St. Roch Church Greenwich, CT

www.strochchurch.com ST. ROCH FEAST AUGUST 9 - 12, 2017 Wednesday thru Friday 6pm to 10:30pm Saturday, 6pm to 11pm (Raffle @ 11pm)

Sunday, August 13th 9am Procession followed by 12 noon Italian Mass

Schedule of Events

Don’t miss any of St. Roch’s 2017 Feast! Come for the food, games, rides, and fun! Stay to enjoy the wonderful entertainment that we will have each night starting at 6:30pm! Responsibly enjoy our festive Beer and Wine Garden.

ENTERTAINMENT:

Wednesday, August 9th: D.J. PAUL from JAMES DANIEL MUSIC

Thursday, August 0th: THE BREAKERS

Friday, August 11th: SKUNK ROCKETS

Saturday, August 12th: LOCAL TALENT Sunday, August 13th @ 9am

The Feast concludes with our Grand Procession. Hosted by: Societa San Rocco Di Morra De Sanctis

2017 Grand Marshal: Cianfaglione Quintino - Honorary Counsel of Italy Honorary Guest: First Selectman Peter Tesei

Please join the Morrese Society , Father Arthur, and the Parishoners of St. Roch Church at 9am for the Grand Procession as we wind through the streets of the neighborhood accompanied by a brass band and returning to St. Roch Church at about 11:45, for a Noon Mass in Italian. Followed by a 1pm luncheon at T & J Restaurant.

Anyone who would like to participate in the luncheon must sign up before Thursday, August 10. Contact: Salvatore Di Pietro 203 898 1479 Nicolina Pennella 203 661 168

The procession is an event steeped in history and tradition stretching back hundreds of years to rural Italy.

Please don’t miss this important and sacred tradition followed by a Mass in the . Featuring: Rides * Games PIZZA FRITTA, Sausage & Peppers Wedge, Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, French Fries and traditional Latino food. Cotton Candy * Candy Apples * Ice Cream Treats * Sand Art * Beer & Wine Garden

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Before there was a St. Roch , there was a St. Roch Society and a St. Roch Feast. In a town south of Naples, Morra de Sanctis, St. Roch was the patron of the Church. He was a French- man who made a pilgrimage to Rome and on the way, he cared for people stricken by the plague. Eventually, he fell sick himself, but a faithful dog brought him food daily to help him recover. Italian immigrants who settled in Chickahominy, East Port Chester (Byram) and Port Chester formed the “Societa Morresa di San Rocco” a mutual aid society. They gathered yearly in mid-August to celebrate the feast day of their patron , St. Roch.

The Catholics of Chickahominy walked to Sacred Heart Church in Byram for Mass, which during the winter months was a real hard- ship, especially for the children. Father Sullivan, pastor of Sacred Heart, and Angelo Roina, president of the Saint Roch Society, contacted the Bishop about building a church in the community.

The property was purchased in 1918, and most of the Morrese parishioners were masons and stonecutters but anyone and every- one from the community who desired to help were put to work. The foundation of the church was built, but because there was no more money, a roof was placed over the top and a chapel was furnished with an altar and pews. The chapel was dedicated on May 14, 1922.

Father Rice, assistant pastor of Sacred Heart, came every Saturday morning to instruct the children in religion, and to prepare them for the sacraments. Either Father Sullivan or Father Rice celebrated one Mass each Sunday in the chapel. Many societies in the parish did volunteer work and held fundraisers. The St. Roch Society, the St. John Society, the Society of Mount Carmel, the Society of St. Gerard, the Children of Mary, the St. Anne Sodality, and the Holy Name Society each hosted celebrations and/or feasts for their particular . The largest of these was the St. Roch feast, held in August of each year. By 1928, $5,000 had been saved, and work was able to begin on the upper church.

By 1937, the new church was financially able to stand independent- ly of Sacred Heart. The first pastor of the newly incorporated church was Fr. Vincent Finn. He had to rent an apartment, for there was not yet a rectory. With much volunteer work, he built the rectory. Later a convent for the Sisters of St. John the Baptist was added through a purchase of the Thomas Monti house and, in 1952, a nursery school was started. Property was purchased for a school site and St. Roch School opened in 1958. Grigg Avenue was renamed “ST. ROCH AVENUE”.

Due to the diminished numbers in vocations, the Sisters of St. John were not able to remain at the school and no other orders of Sisters were available to take on the school. Sadly, the school closed in June, 1969, but was renamed the Christian Life Center, and today serves as the Religious Education Center. The first floor is used by the YMCA Magic Rainbow Nursery School. Who Was St. Roch?

St. Roch was born in , at the French border of Italy in 1295. His father was governor of the city, but when both his parents died when he was 20 years old, Rocke (as his name was spelled) was named governor. But instead, he gave away all his earthly goods to the poor, and set out as a mendicant pilgrim for Rome.

At the time, Italy was experiencing an epidemic of plague, and Rocke was very dili- gent in tending the sick in the public hospitals in Acquapendente, Cesena, Remini, , and Rome. As he prayed over people, making the sign of the cross on the forehead of the afflicted, it is said that many had miraculous cures from just the touch of his hand. It is said that Rocke was marked with a red mark in the shape of a cross on his breast when he was born. The mark grew as he did, and therefore it is believed that he was blessed by God from birth.

While ministering to the sick in , Rocke himself finally fell ill. He was ex- pelled from the town, and withdrew into a forest. He fashioned a small shelter for himself and a fresh water spring miraculously sprang up. He would have perished if not for a dog who visited him, bringing him bread and licking his wounds. The owner of the dog, a nobleman named Gothard Palastrelli, followed his hunting dog, and discovered St. Roch and became his acolyte.

After his recovery, he returned to Montpellier where his uncle, who had taken over as governor, had him thrown in prison and charged as a spy. He never told anyone who he was, and languished in prison for five years before he died in 1327. After his death, some townspeople recognized who he was from his birthmark, and began to refer to him as a saint. Even though the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, and the adjacent Church of San Rocco in , were named for him shortly after his death, Roch was not actually named a saint until January 5, 1577 by Pope Gregory XIV. FORMER PASTORS

Fr. Vincent Finn Fr. Bartholomew Laurello St. Roch’s first pastor 1964-1969 1937-1940

Fr. Francis Sugrue Fr. Anthony Intagliata 1940-1946 1969-1990

Fr. Thomas M. Garrick Fr. Nicholas Calabro 1946-1955 1990-2009

Fr. Donald Paolucci Fr. Matthew R. Mauriello 1955-1964 2009 - 2016 OUR PASTOR, REV. ARTHUR MOLLENHAUER, PhL, STB, JCL 9th Pastor of St. Roch

Rev. Arthur Mollenhauer was born in Syracuse, NY on December 28, 1962. He grew up in Verona, NY, the third of six siblings. There he attended pub- lic grade school and high school, after which he attended one year of liberal arts college in Manchester, NH, before entering the seminary at 20 years of age.

As a seminarian, as well as dedicating himself to his studies, he was in- volved with the administrative and financial management of a number of seminaries. He studied for fifteen years before being ordained to the priest- hood on December 24, 1997 in Rome, Italy, by Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli. He has a Licentiate Degree in Philosophy from the Pontifical Grego- rian University (Rome, Italy) and a Bachelor Degree in Theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum (Rome, Italy). After ordination, he spent 10 years in Chile, South America, as director of a catechetical cen- ter, school chaplain, family mission director, university professor, spiritual director for women religious and retreat master. He also helped in parish ministry on weekends and directed spiritual seminars for laymen´s societ- ies.

He arrived to the Bridgeport Diocese in January 2007 and was named Pa- rochial Vicar of St. Mary Parish, Stamford. In September 2008 he became Administrator of the same parish. In June 2009 Bishop Lori received him formally into the diocese and appointed him Pastor of St. Mary Parish. In July of 2011 he was appointed Administrator of St. Benedict-Our Lady of Montserrat Parish in Stamford while maintaining his pastorate at St. Mary. In July of 2014 Most Rev. Frank Caggiano sent him to St. Paul Univer- sity, Ottawa, ON, Canada, to study for a Licentiate Degree in Canon Law. He completed his Licentiate Degree in Canon Law in June 2016. On June 30, 2016, Bishop Frank Caggiano appointed him as 9th Pastor of St. Roch Parish and Adjutant Judicial Vicar of the Diocesan Tribunal.

He is an “aficionado” of Latino Culture and speaks fluent Spanish and Italian. His hobbies are photography, drawing, painting, cycle riding and kayaking. At St. Mary and St. Benedict-Our Lady of Montserrat he worked tirelessly to form a united family by helping each person grow in their relationship with God and with one another, supporting fami- lies and lending a hand to youth by teaching them to cherish and live a good moral life in accord with their true vocation as human beings and children of God. We welcome him to St. Roch Parish and wish him the best in his spiri- tual leadership and guidance of our parish community. Let us support him with our prayers and through our committed dedication to our parish. IN MEMORIAM

In Loving Memory of the Passerelle Family

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