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Saint Maurice Church “I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.” - Jn 10:14-15 358 GLENBROOK ROAD • STAMFORD, CT • 06906-2198 • (203) 324-3434 • WWW.SMCGLENBROOK.ORG TH PAGE 2 4 SUNDAY OF EASTER SAINT MAURICE CHURCH Saint Maurice Church A NEW PARISH COUNCIL Parish Office Hours: My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Monday-Thursday, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM A lot has happened here at Saint Maurice in the last three years: we have endured a pandemic, Fr. (203) 324-3434 • [email protected] Fred retired, and the parish was without its own priest for four months. The pandemic, in particular, has made it difficult for us to gather as a community for prayer and worship, and many people haven’t felt comfortable stepping Liturgical Schedule back into the volunteer roles they enjoyed before all of this began. I understand how it happened and why, but I think it is Weekend Masses ...............................................Saturday, 4:00 PM time for us to begin working to make a new start. Sunday, 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM The Church’s Code of Canon Law states, in part, that “…a Weekday Masses ............................ Monday-Thursday, 8:00 AM pastoral council is to be established in each parish, over which the pastor presides and in which the Christian faithful, Reconciliation ........................................... Saturday, 2:00-3:00 PM together with those who share in pastoral care by virtue of (or by appointment) their office in the parish, assist in fostering pastoral activity.” (Can. 536 §1) Baptisms/Weddings .................................... Contact Parish Office A Parish Pastoral Council, also referred to more simply as a Parish Staff Parish Council, exists “to assist the Pastor in planning, coordinating, guiding, and directing all aspects of parish life.” Rev. James Bates, Parochial Administrator ........................ ext. 701 Since June 29, 2019, the Diocese of Bridgeport has required [email protected] that all of its parishes have a Parish Pastoral Council. Sandra Kluun, Faith Formation & Safe Environments ...... ext. 707 For a new Pastor, or Administrator like me, the Parish Pastoral Council represents the voice of the parish; a small [email protected] group of parishioners who generously offer their insights and counsel regarding the spiritual and temporal life of the parish Monica Di Costanzo, Administrative Assistant ................. ext. 705 and the pastoral care of its people. It is with the parish [email protected] Pastoral Council that I am able to better understand the needs of our parishioners and chart a course forward. And Tony Recchia, Facilities Manager ....................................... ext. 708 while the Bishop requires each parish to have a Parish Pastoral [email protected] Council, it is important that you understand that I want one. I want to hear from you, and I want to work with you, to the Neil Flores, Director of Music & Organist ......................... ext. 706 Glory of God and the betterment of our parish community. [email protected] If you have been a previous member of the Parish Pastoral Council, I would like to hear from you; if you have never Members of the Parish Corporation served but would be interested in serving on a new Parish Pastoral Council, I want to hear from you too. “In any newly Steve Doran ............................................................. (203) 324-3434 formed Council, all members serve an initial three-year term. After this initial term, one third of the membership serves an Mary Lamonte ......................................................... (203) 348-6701 additional year, one third serve two additional years, and one Parish Finance Council third serves a full additional term of three years.” As the Parochial Administrator of Saint Maurice, I am charged Kathryn Jimenez...................................................... (203) 324-3434 with the stewardship of both its spiritual as well as temporal goods, but not alone. I need your voice as well as your help. VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT —Fr. Jim Bates, Parochial Administrator WWW.SMCGLENBROOK.ORG OR SCAN THE QR CODE COVER ARTWORK & ASSETS COURTESY OF LPI • WWW.4LPI.COM SAINT MAURICE CHURCH APRIL 25, 2021 PAGE 3 4TH SUNDAY OF EASTER MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, April 24 Any builder worth his or her 4:00 PM Lazarus & Larry Lampros salt knows the value and Sunday, April 25—Fourth Sunday of Easter importance of a cornerstone. 8:00 AM Luigi & Luigia Casinelli Properly laying and securing this primary unit determines how 10:30 AM All our parishioners the rest of the project unfolds Monday, April 26 and its success. Cornerstones are necessary elements 8:00 AM John Hogan not only of buildings but of lives as well. Many human Tuesday, April 27 beings conduct the business of their lives paying little 8:00 AM All our parishioners attention to a grounding reference or starting point. Wednesday, April 28 Hence, what unfolds is a tapestry of relativism, with few 8:00 AM In thanksgiving for Jackie Hargraves anchors or guideposts and many impulsive choices. Some Thursday, April 29 consider love to be their cornerstone. While this may sound attractive and useful, the pursuit of love without a 8:00 AM In thanksgiving for Jackie Hargraves simultaneous pursuit of its source can be shallow and self Saturday, May 1 -focused. Just because a person chooses to do no harm 10:00 AM First Eucharist and love others does not mean that they are living in 4:00 PM In memory of the spouses of the truth and properly anchored to the real cornerstone. Bereavement Support Group Sunday, May 2—Fifth Sunday of Easter Jesus is the true and authentic cornerstone and 8:00 AM Larraine Vermal shepherd. It is only in following the Risen One as the 10:30 AM All our parishioners way, the truth, and the life that we can move from being well grounded ethical people to properly focused moral ones. Proper conduct, a true sense of justice, wisdom, virtue, moral principles, faith, hope, and love will be difficult to find unless we listen to the right Voice. It is The sanctuary candle when we learn to listen to the voice of God that we this week is in memory of begin our journey on the road to salvation. It is only the Lazarus & Larry Lampros. Good Shepherd, the authentic and solid cornerstone, who can guide us through life’s questions and challenges and bring us to the safe and proper pasture. A person’s life only has meaning when the cornerstone is READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 25, 2021 properly selected and set. Understanding themselves only as random acts of creation, existing without intent Sunday: Acts 4:8-12/Ps 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29 or purpose, will color their choices and influence their [22]/1 Jn 3:1-2/Jn 10:11-18 decisions. The foundation of their lives will be simply a Monday: Acts 11:1-18/Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4 [cf. 3a]/Jn matter of preference and choice, leaving benchmarks of 10:1-10 growth and higher ideals optional to pursue. Whereas Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26/Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7 [117:1a]/Jn people who believe that they are fashioned and loved 10:22-30 into existence by a God who purposely made them, have Wednesday: Acts 12:24—13:5a/Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6 and 8 [4]/Jn this incredible unconditional relationship at their source 12:44-50 which has tremendous significance. Their allegiance is not Thursday: Acts 13:13-25/Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25 and 27 [2]/Jn 13:16-20 to themselves but to their Creator. Life, then, is an Friday: Acts 13:26-33/Ps 2:6-7, 8-9, 10-11ab [7bc]/Jn adventure in search of this Creator God and a journey of 14:1-6 self-discovery that seeks to unite their will to His. There Saturday: Acts 13:44-52/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [3cd]/Jn is a cost. We have to give up our life in order to gain our 14:7-14 life. As ironic as that sounds, it is true. It is only when we St. Joseph the Worker: Gn 1:26—2:3 or Col finally figure this out that the true cornerstone of our 3:14-15, 17, 23-24/Ps 90:2, 3-4, 12-13, 14 and lives will be properly laid and we can, with God’s help, 16 [cf. 17b]/Mt 13:54-58 get about the business of properly constructing a temple Next Sunday: Acts 9:26-31/Ps 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31-3 that endures. [26a]/1 Jn 3:18-24/Jn 15:1-8 PAGE 4 FAITH FORMATION SAINT MAURICE CHURCH FAITH FORMATION NEWS For reflection and discussion: In ancient Israel, a good shepherd was admired for his courage, dedication, and ability to provide everything his flock required. Who do First Eucharist Mass—Saturday, you think might be considered good shepherds today? May 1, 2021 Why? In what ways do you see Jesus as the Good On Saturday, May 1, nine young Shepherd? How are the followers of Jesus called to parishioners from Saint Maurice Parish "shepherd" others who may be lost or afraid, weak or will celebrate the Sacrament of Holy without guidance? Communion for the first time. Please pray for these children, and their families: Grace Meet an April Saint—Mark the Evangelist Kennedy, Bannon Heraghty, Ryan Viesto, Genesis Mills- Feast Day: April 25; Canonized: Pre-Congregation Hidalgo, Catherine LaBerteaux, Crystal Joseph, Caitlyn Mark was an Evangelist—one of the four men who wrote Day, Abigail Williams, and Stefania Motta.
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