THE CHURCH OF TIMOTHY 225 KING PHILIP DRIV E - WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06117

Masses

Saturday Vigil ------4:00 pm Sunday ------10:30 am Monday, Tuesday & Friday ------7:30 am Holy Days Vigil 7:00 pm (night before), 7:30 am, 12:05 pm if school is in session National Holidays ------9:00 am

RECONCILIATION (Confession): Saturday ------2:30 - 3:30 pm (Not yet resumed, by appointment only)

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION with Exposition: Wednesday ------8:00 am to 5:00 pm

SAINT TIMOTHY MIDDLE SCHOOL Principal: Mrs. Colleen Whitty DiSanto Associate Principal: Mr. Thomas Menner Phone: 860-236-0614 Website: stmswh.org

Served By MINISTRIES

Rev. Alvin J. LeBlanc ex 4 ------Pastor CCD/FAITH FORMATION [email protected] Stephanie Barnes, CRE for Pre - K through 8th grade Most Rev. Peter A. Rosazza—Auxiliary Emeritus Phone: 860-462-3886 email: [email protected] Dennis R. Ferguson -—————————-—–—Deacon Paul Travers, CRE for 9 and 10th grades. [email protected] (860) 570-1806 Phone: 860-372-7532 email: [email protected] C. Eric Thermer ------Deacon [email protected] (860) 233-5131 BAPTISMS Please arrange by calling Sr. Ann Kane at 860 -794-5295 or email Sr. Ann Kane, C.S.J. ex 3 ------Pastoral Associate her at [email protected]. Baptism [email protected] (860) 794-5295 preparation class for first time parents are offered monthly. Please call Sr. Ann Kane to register. Jane LaChapelle ex 2 ------Finance Manager Jill Costa ex 1 ------Administrative Assistant MATRIMONY Rochelle Bard ------Music Director Please arrange at least six months in advance. Please call Fr. Alvin J. LeBlanc at 860-233-5131 ex 4 to make an Barbara Stage ------Daily Sacristan appointment. Mert Champagne ------Weekend Sacristan R.C.I.A. (The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) What does it mean to be a Catholic? The RCIA is a process, not a program. It creates a community of inquirers, sponsors and guides Rectory Office Hours ------9:30 am - 2:30 pm that will help you through the education, formation and ritualization (Monday thru Wednesday, Thursday 9:30 - 12:00) of the Catholic community. If interested in learning about the Rectory Telephone ------860-233-5131 Catholic faith please call Sr. Ann Kane 860-794-5295. Rectory Fax ------860-232-2189 PRAYER REQUESTS Parish Web Site ------www.sttimothywesthartford.com E-MAIL your prayer requests to Suzanne Travers at Parish Email [email protected] [email protected] Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 13, 2020

Mass Intentions September 5th Offerings at Mass and online through th Saturday, September 12 September 8 , 2020 4:00 pm + Antoinette Lombardi Offertory Goal of $ 7,350 is needed weekly Vigil Requested by ~ Cleary Family Regular Offertory______TBA Sunday, September 13 10:30 am Christopher Gosselin Offertory Online——————————— -$ 2,335.00 Happy Birthday Social Justice Monthly—————————$ 125.00 Requested by ~ Rita Gosselin Catholic Schools ______$ 20.00

Monday, September 14 7:30 am + Peter Chenausky Birthday Remembrance Thank You for Your Generosity! Requested by ~ Linda Chenausky

Tuesday, September 15 7:30 am + Gerald (Gerry) Brady Requested by ~ Family The Sanctuary Lamp will burn from September 13 Friday, September 18 7:30 am + Maria Notar Through September 19 Requested by ~ Jessie Bourbeau With God’s Blessings for Ann F. Fairbrother Saturday, September 19 4:00 pm + Mary Lombardi Vigil Requested by ~ Cleary Family

Sunday, September 20 10:30 am + Gosselin Birthday Remembrance Requested by ~ Rita Gosselin A Family Perspective Preaching/Presiding Schedule

Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Date Mass Presiding Preaching Time Unable to forgive another means we are holding onto a 9/19 4:00 pm Fr. LeBlanc Deacon Eric past wrong and hoping for a better past. That is not going to happen. We must move on with our life by 9/20 10:30 am Fr. LeBlanc Deacon Eric accepting we were unjustly treated and it will not be 9/26 4:00 pm Fr. LeBlanc Fr. LeBlanc corrected. We aren’t condoning the injustice. We just don’t let it control our lives any longer. Forgiveness is 9/27 10:30 am Fr. LeBlanc Fr. LeBlanc critical to living a healthy life in the present.

by Bud Ozar Church of St. Timothy - September 13, 2020

Our Parish office hours are Monday through Wednesday 9:30 am to 2:30 Pastoral Care pm , Thursday 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. We are asking people to  Baptism Preparation: All those having first please make an appointment if possible and keep the CDC babies baptized are asked to attend rules of wearing a mask and distancing. an informational class. The next Baptism class is scheduled for Monday, September 14, 6:00 PM, at the rectory. Please call Sr. Ann Kane to register 860-794-5295.

 RCIA: What does it mean to be a Catholic? Have you ever Eucharistic Adoration—the Eucharist is exposed in thought about becoming a Catholic or learning more our church since the chapel is too small for us to about the Catholic faith? We welcome inquiry and are happy to meet with anyone to offer suggestions about keep the CDC 6 foot distancing, on Wednesdays from how those questions can become reality. 8 AM to 5 PM. Additionally, the church will still be

opened 8 AM to 5PM daily for people to come and  For more information on the above ministries, please call visit and be silent and present with the Lord. Any question Sr. Ann at 860-794-5295. please call Daryl Nuebecker 860-507-6583.

A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

THE WORD TODAY

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 13, 2020

“Wrath and anger are hateful things yet the sinner hugs them tight... Forgive your neighbor’s injustices then when you pray your own sins will be forgiven. Could anyone nourish anger against another and expect healing from the Lord? Could anyone refuse mercy to another like oneself, can anyone seek pardon for ones own sins? If one who is but flesh cherishes wrath, who will forgive ones sins? Remember your last days, set enmity aside.”

For most, it is hard to forgive. For God, it is the very reason why came, to forgive us and reconcile us to our God. Sometimes we overlook our faults and fail to ask for forgiveness. At other times we see the hurt we have caused others and see how necessary it is to say ‘I’m sorry.’

Take a moment today and be like Peter, asking how frequently I must forgive my sibling – seven or seventy times? The answer is not a number, but an attitude. Reread Sirach and ask if I hug wrath and anger, if I cling to what separates me from another, if I fail to recognize the remorse that another has. Be willing to take the first step. Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 13, 2020

Confirmation Class Ministries The Confirmation Parent/ Social Justice Ministry Teacher kick off meeting with take place on Sunday, Food for the Hungry: As we enter our September 13. The 9th seventh month of the pandemic, food grade families will meet from 9:30-10:15 & the 10th insecurity in our local community remains grade families will meet from 11:40-12:30. very prevalent. As individuals and families If there are questions, concerns or need of a struggle to make ends meet, the Church of St. Timothy registration form, please contact the Confirmation is committed to helping “Feed the Hungry.” Some ways Coordinator, Paul Travers @ (860)372-7532 or paul- you can help do that are: [email protected]  Bringing Donations to our church: shop for non- perishable food items (see suggested list of items The prayer shawl ministry will meet on below) and drop off in the vestibule“ Feed the Hungry” baskets. Thursday September 17, 2020 at 1:00pm at 24 Biltmore Park, Bloomfield (Balbrae). All are wel-  Host A Food Drive - consider hosting a neighborhood food drive and bring the items to our come. Any questions, please contact Jane Brady at church or deliver to the West Hartford Food Panty. 860-242-4430 or: jagbradycomcast.net. These drives have been very successful recently, a 2 -week duration seems to be a good timeframe to run such food drives. COMING: SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRY WINTER WEAR FOR KIDS  Suggested Item to bring/collect are: Food: Canned beans, Canned chicken/spam, Pasta. Spaghetti DRIVE SEPT & OCT sauce, Rice, Nuts, Applesauce, Canned fish, Cooking This weekend SJM will be collecting gently oil, Granola bars, Instant mashed potatoes, Peanut used or new winter coats, hats, mittens, butter, Soup, Cereal and Nonfood items: Detergent, scarves & boots at the church. A member of Soap products the committee will be outside the front doors of the church  Make Sandwiches: St Timothy and to collect the items on Saturday from 3:00pm to 5:00 pm and St Thomas Parishes are working on Sunday from 9:00am to 12:00pm. Due to COVID-19’s together on the 3rd Tuesday of financial impact, the need is even greater this year. To keep every Month to provide sandwiches people safe, the logistics of this Drive will change. We will to Shelters in Hartford. Prepared not collect monetary donations at the church door, but you sandwiches are brought to St can use the monthly SJM donation envelope and place in the Timothy’s church between 9 AM church collection boxes, or donate online if you have a St and 12 Noon and placed in coolers in the church vestibule. Sandwiches are “very Timothy’s online account (selecting the new gift option for simple” consisting of meat, cheese and bread, with the Social Justice Ministry Drives) or mailing a check to the no condiments. Our next Shelter Sandwich day is Rectory ( made out to the Church of St Timothy with SJM THIS Tuesday, September 15th. We invite you to Winter Wear in the memo portion). Donations will purchase participate. If you have questions or need more winter coats through local businesses. The Coat sizes that information, please contact Barbara Carpenter at are needed are extra-small to extra-large (grades pre-k [email protected] . through 8th). Thank you for considering this request and for all your support in the past. If you have questions, contact Shelters’ Needs: People are people and basic needs Debbie LaPierre at [email protected] are the same: Toothpaste soap, deodorant, socks, underwear (basics are basics) are always a need in the shelters. If you have some basics to share, we will gladly deliver them to the shelters. St. Timothy Church - September 13, 2020

Our Lady of Sorrows Icon Workshop With Grace Zazzaro Oct 4th - Oct 9th, 2020

In this participatory icon workshop, the central subject will be Our Lady of Sorrows, influenced by Marcos Zapata from the Cuzco school. The icon will be painted in classical traditional, egg tempera medium. Byzantine, Romanesque, and contemporary methods will be applied in this week-long, intensive icon workshop.

CRAFTERS WANTED

St. Ann Craft Fair is a “Handmade Crafters Only” Event Saturday, November 21, 2020 215 West St. Bristol, CT

For an application & event documents, please contact: Rachel at [email protected] or 860 989-1560

Calling All Bakers on September 24 Volunteers will serve lunch on the fourth Thursday of every month at The Plimpton House in Hartford, a smaller shelter sponsored by South Park Inn. Would you like to donate baked goods? If so, please contact Diane Whittemore at 860-913-0241 or [email protected].

Thank you for your continued generosity!

Help Our Parish Elementary Schools - HOPES Collection

Next weeks second collection will be the HOPES Collection which benefits the Catholic elementary schools of the Archdiocese by providing schools with individual HOPES Grants. Last year’s HOPES Grants funded advances in technology, safety and the marketing and promotion of Catholic schools through branding and social media. Please help us provide a culture of faith and academic excellence to elementary school students by giving to the 2020 Catholic elementary school HOPES Collection on the weekend of September 19&20, 2020. (This is a different date than you have on your envelopes). We will collect both weeks.