Our Lady of the Assumption

545 Stratfield Road Fairfield, CT 06825-1872 Tel. (203) 333-9065 Fax: (203) 333-2562 Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.olaffld.org “Ad Jesum per Mariam” To Jesus through Mary. Clergy/Lay Leadership

Rev. Peter A. Cipriani, Pastor Rev. Michael Flynn, Parochial Vicar Deacon Raymond John Chervenak Deacon Robert McLaughlin Michael Cooney, Director of Music Dr. Claire Paolini, Trustee Daniel Ford, Esq., Trustee Masses Saturday Vigil : 4 PM Sunday Masses: 7:30 AM, 9 AM (Family, ex- cept in the Summer), 10:30 AM, and 12 PM Morning Daily Mass: (Mon.-Sat.) 7:30 AM Evening Daily Mass: (Mon.-Fri.) 5:30 PM Holy Days: See Bulletin for schedule

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 3- 3:45 PM or by appointment. Every Tuesday: 7-8:00 PM

Rosary 7 AM Monday-Saturday 9 AM Friday Morning Rosary (Except for the First Friday of the month)

8 AM First Saturday Rosary Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Anyone interested in becoming a Roman Catholic becomes a part of this First Friday of each month from 8 AM process, as can any adult Catholic who has not received all the Sacraments of Friday to 7:15 AM Saturday. To volunteer initiation. For further information contact the Religious Education office. please contact Grand Knight, Jeffrey Thompson at (203) 374-9262. Sacrament of Baptism This Sacrament is celebrated on Sundays at 1:00 PM. It is required that Miraculous Medal Novena parents participate in a Pre-Baptismal class. Classes are held on the third 8 AM. Monday mornings Saturday of the month. Registration is required by calling the parish office. Saint Joseph Novena 8 AM. Wednesday mornings Sacrament of Marriage Please contact the parish office as soon as possible so as to ensure a proper Parish Membership time and adequate preparation for this Sacrament. Pre-Cana or Engaged En- Our parish family invites all of its members counters are required. to participate fully in our spiritual and social life. Every family moving into the parish is Anointing of the Sick Ministry to the Sick and Elderly requested to register at the Rectory or go to This Sacrament of healing expresses the love of God and our Church for our our website for a registration form. If you sick, our shut-ins and the elderly, unable to come to Church. For the dying, move to another parish, or change your ad- please contact the Rectory immediately. For the confined, the elderly and dress, notify the Rectory. our shut-ins, whether at home, or in the hospital, please inform the Rectory. Page 2 From The Pastor’s Desk Zacchaeus and Jersey Jim

Having developed a love for boxing during the early part of the 1920’s, James Braddock (AKA the Cinderella Man) spent those years honing his skills as a successful fighter throughout New Jersey in the light heavyweight division.

During his first year, Braddock overwhelmed the competition, knocking out opponent after opponent in the early rounds of most fights. On the evening of July 18, 1929, Braddock entered the ring in Yankee Stadium to face Tommy Loughran for the light heavyweight championship. Loughran who had studied Braddock's boxing style knew about Jim's powerful right hand and spent the match ducking and dodging Jim's punches. Braddock would never land a clean hard punch and lost the 15 round bout to decision.

On September 3, 1929, less then two months after the Loughran bout, the stock market crashed and the nation plunged into the "Great Depression". Braddock, like so many other millions of Americans lost everything. With no work available, Jim struggled to put food on the table for his wife and three young children.

Jim's fight career hit the skids. He lost sixteen out of twenty-two fights during which time he shattered his right hand landing a punch. Jim swallowed his pride, hung up his boxing gloves and filed for government relief to help support his family. Whatever love Braddock had for the sport was poured into his now increased love for his family who he now desperately sought to provide for, protect, in a word...save.

In 1934, due to a last minute cancellation, Braddock was given the opportunity to fight John "Corn" Griffin on the under-card fight for that evening's heavyweight championship fight between Max Baer and Primo Carnera. To the amazement of everyone, he went on to upset Griffin with a third round knockout.

This began a series of victories that would propel Braddock to a shot at the title against the nearly invincible cham- pion Max Baer who had the reputation of being the hardest puncher of all time. When asked what motivated Brad- dock to box, he responded: “Milk.” A reference to his determination to provide for his family.

James Braddock is very akin to today’s Gospel figure of Zacchaeus. As desperate as Zacchaeus is to get a glimpse of Jesus, and as much maneuvering as he does to at last get that look, it is actually Jesus who makes the first contact with him. But it is in the condition that Jesus finds Zacchaeus’ heart that is the catalyst for this inti- macy. Christ is drawn to the heart that expresses a willingness to sacrifice and confront adversity: “Behold Lord half of my possessions I will give to the poor. And if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over.” Because more than any to the poor we may give, is the Christ-focused love that inspires us, in- spired Zacchaeus to do just that and make amends and penance as well for his greed and sinfulness. And not only for his own benefit but for the benefit of his entire household.

When James Braddock was cruising along collecting paycheck after paycheck, he was enjoying his profession and comfortable rich lifestyle. However, when that was all taken away from him, he maintained his appreciation for boxing but redeveloped a more passionate love for his whole family. That catalyst for his incredible comebackA adversity.

And it is precisely this adversity that demanded of James Braddock the sacrifice of his whole body, not to collect a boxing purse, but to put milk on the table for his children. We hear Saint Paul say today: “We always pray for you, that God may make you worthy of his calling and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose and ever effort of faith; that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you and you in Him.”

No one endured any greater contest of having to suffer in order to provide for one's household, the entire human and angelic family, than what Christ endured during His passion. And Christ courageously stepped into that arena of our fallen human condition, squaring off at one at the same time against humanity's most vicious and unrelent- ing opponents: Hell, sin, suffering and death. And the purse that Christ collected by virtue of His Passion was our salvation...for there is no greater treasure, no greater wealth in all God's possession than me and you. As any Cross reminds us...we are worth fighting for, worth dying for. And so our Christ, our Church our each other are worth our always fighting the good fight of faith.

There is that part of us who deeply appreciate the Passion of Christ, would have it so despite its horror, since it demonstrates in the most glaring fashion the deepest truest nature of real love: sacrifice and suffering. Whatever punch Braddock landed or absorbed was for his familyAwhatever dock job he had to wait day in and day out for, was for love of his family.

In our own lives, the more demanding the world gets, the more perverted and depraved our culture becomes and more criticized and condemned Christianity isAthe deeper and more profound our encounter with Christ will be and the more intensely passionate our love for our families will be especially for our kids who are in the cross hairs of the Devil's awful fury. Page 3 OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION

Thirty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time Mass Intentions November 3, 2019 Saturday, November 2nd 4:00 p.m. William C. Haffey

Parish Office Hours: Sunday, November 3rd Monday-Thursday, 9 AM to 4 PM 7:30 a.m. Rosa & Antonio Cuccaro Friday, 9 AM to 12 PM 9:00 a.m. Deceased members of the Knights of Columbus

Assumption Catholic School 10:30 a.m. Deceased parishioners of Assumption Mr. Steven J Santoli, Principal - (203) 334-6271 12:00 p.m. Steven Petrone

Grades: Pre-K 3 through 8 Hours: 8:40 AM - 3 PM Weekday Masses Before and After School Programs Available Mon. 11/4 7:30 a.m. Luisa Marie Vaz & Family (Before School program begins at 7:00 AM and After School 5:30 p.m. Albertino Santos program ends 5:30 PM) Tues. 11/5 7:30 a.m. Ralph Cipriani

Faith Formation 5:30 p.m. Dr. Joseph Sciarrillo

Mr. Frank Macari, Director - (203) 367-1108 Weds. 11/6 7:30 a.m. Robert Massino Email address: [email protected] 5:30 p.m. Rose Massino

Tuesday Classes For Grades 1-5 from 4-5 PM Thurs. 11/7 7:30 a.m. Special Intention of For Grades 6-8 from 7-8 PM Kenneth McLellan Office of Faith Formation Hours: Weekdays 10 AM - 3 PM 5:30 p.m. Barbara Conklin and Tuesdays 10 AM-5:30 PM Fri. 11/8 7:30 a.m. Rev. Carducci D’Amico Parish Finance Council 5:30 p.m. Helen Chervenak

Our parish Finance Council is a consultative body of lay Sat. 11/9 7:30 a.m. Thomas J. Farrell persons established to advise the pastor in matters pertain- Saturday, November 9th ing to the financial affairs of the church. The chairman is 4:00 p.m. Winston Ross Ron Fiske, (203) 330-0375. Sunday, November 10th Parish Activities 7:30 a.m. Deacon Kevin Moore American Heritage Girls Troop #4862: Monthly (except 9:00 a.m. John Helmeyer summer), 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 4:00 PM , parish center. 10:30 a.m. Alyssa Karpinski For girls ages 5-18. Jillian Plomin at [email protected]. 12:00 p.m. Mary Alice Hudzik

Altar Society of St. Joseph the Worker: Monthly, 1st & 3rd

Saturdays of the month following 7:30 AM Mass. Cleans Our Sanctuary Light and beautifies the Sanctuary and chapels in the church. Will burn this week in Alcoholics Anonymous Friday, 8:00 PM, parish hall. Narcotics Anonymous Wednesday 7:30 PM, parish hall. Loving Memory of

Bible Study: Thursdays, 9:15 AM and 7 PM, parish center. Rosa & Antonio Cuccaro Study sessions will be posted in our bulletin.

Choir: Adults: Wednesday, 7 PM in the church. Resurrection Choir: Sings at funeral Masses. Our Devotional Light Contact Michael Cooney, Director of Music, at (203) 572-2213 or email [email protected] for details. Will burn this week for

Knights of Columbus: Monthly, 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7 PM those who passed away in the parish hall. Grand Knight Jeffrey Thompson at month of November (203) 374-9262 or email [email protected].

Off the Streets Ministry: Monthly, 2nd Wednesday, PRAY FOR OUR SICK 7:30 PM, parish center, email [email protected] Solange Anziano Michael Devaney Suzanne Hannan or (203) 590-1501. Ellie Art Sharon DeVellis Waldo Howland Parish Nurses: Monthly, 2nd Wednesday, Sept. to June, at Carol Bertanza Fred Eichhorn Raymond Jedrysik 7 PM St. Vincent Medical Center Eleanor Bruckmann Vincent Fama Clare Kelleher Blood pressure screening: Monthly, 2nd weekend after Tim Carney Mark Florentio Eugene Madara selected Masses, will be announced after each Mass. Theresa Castello Michael Foster Michael Maggiore Jack Cravalho Paula Gallagher Jody Poisson Sisters in Faith: Monthly, 2nd Monday, 7 - 9 PM, parish Brendan Crosby Ty Guarente Felix Quinones hall, except July & August. Ministry for women of As- Anthony DeLucci Ray Guarino Michael Russo sumption Church. Mary Garbe at [email protected]. Page 4 NOVEMBER 3, 2019

October 26/27 Miraculous Medal Mass The origins of the Medal of the Immaculate Conception, 2019 2018 commonly known now as the Miraculous Medal because of Weekend Offertory: $5,633.00 $5,982.00 the countless miracles associated with it since its inception, Online Giving: $1,011.00 $ 931.00 is dated to 1830 in Paris, France when Mary appeared to

Our second collection for next weekend is for Capital St. Catherine Labouré, a novice with the Daughters of Charity. Mary directed Catherine to have the Miraculous Improvements Thank You Medal struck and distributed. Countless numbers of people who have worn the medal have experienced the gracious-

ness of God’s love and mercy through the intercession of Book of Remembrance our Blessed Mother. All people draw closer to God through A Book of Remembrance with the names of devotion to Mary. The Miraculous Medal is one more spe- all whose funerals were held here during the cial way in which we share with Mary the Mission of draw- past year (November 1, 2018 to November ing others closer to her son, our Savior Jesus Christ. A 1, 2019) will be placed in our sanctuary dur- Mass will be offered on Wednesday, November 27th at ing the month of November. Please remem- 5:30 PM. Miraculous Medals will distributed at the Mass. ber the souls of our faithful departed in your prayers. Thanksgiving Day Daily Evening Mass Veteran’s Day Mass Due to the holiday, our 5:30 PM daily evening Mass on We will be honoring our veterans on Sunday, November Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28 will NOT be 10th during the 10:30 AM Mass. All offered. The daily morning Mass at 7:30 AM will be cele- veterans of our parish and their families brated. are invited to attend this Mass in recog- nition of their heroic service to God and our country. Fr. Cipriani will also offer a blessing upon our veterans.

Sacrament of Reconciliation The Sacrament of Reconciliation will NOT be offered at R.C.I.A. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults 3:00 PM on Saturday, November 16th due to our parish Who is it for? celebrating a Mass for the Sacrament of Confirmation. Our It is for you: weekly Tuesday evening Confession with Exposition of • If you have not been Baptized or received First Commun- the Blessed Sacrament will take place on November 12 ion/Confirmation at 7:00 PM. • If you as an adult want to know more about your faith • If you feel your faith is just a habit and you want to know Vespers Service more

Come and pray together on Sunday, November 24th at It could be for: 6:30 PM for our Evening Prayer, or “Vespers.” Vespers is • Someone interested in knowing about the Catholic faith part of the Liturgy of the Hours, also known as the Divine • Someone who might consider becoming a member of the Office. Through this prayer, the people of God sanctify the day by continual praise of God and prayers of intercession • Someone who has no church to call their own for the needs of the world, and give thanks for the day just • Someone who is a member of another faith community passed and makes an evening sacrifice of praise to God and has expressed an interest in the Catholic faith

(see Psalm 141:1). In addition, Exposition of the Blessed Please contact the Faith Formation office at 203-367-1108 Sacrament will be offered during this time. Please come for more information. and join together as a parish family and experience this beautiful prayer of the Divine Office. 2019 Daily Mass Intentions

Mass of Thanksgiving Mass intentions for our daily Masses at 7:30 AM & 5:30 PM are still available in 2019. There is no more important and On Tuesday evening, November 26th, we will celebrate a more effective and powerful form of prayer than the Mass. Mass of Thanksgiving at 5:30 PM. This Liturgy will be Please contact the parish office to offer a Mass in remem- offered in Thanksgiving for the great families who make up brance of a loved one who has passed or a special inten- our wonderful parish and for all your special intentions and tion of the living. The Mass stipend amount is $15 and is needs. To further put the significance of this celebration, due at the time of scheduling. please join us in the parish hall during this time to enjoy pie and coffee. Looking forward to this "bonus" time of worship and connecting with our parish family. Newly Baptized: Last weekend we welcomed

American Red Cross Blood Drive Cancelled Agostino Sabino Giacobbe

The Knights of Columbus #11077 sponsored blood drive into the Roman Catholic Faith, through the scheduled for Friday, November 29th has been cancelled saving waters of Baptism. due to a scheduling conflict with the American Red Cross. Page 5 THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sisters in Faith The Sisters in Faith will host their next gathering on Mon- day, November 11th at 7:00 PM in the PARISH CEN- TER, not the HALL. We will be making fresh apple pies for the Bridgeport Rescue Mission. They are very excited to receive homemade pies! Please bring a canned or pack- aged good also to be donated to their pantry. Please bring Sick and Homebound Visitation a paring knife and cutting board for the apples. All women Hospital Visitations of the Parish are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP: Mary Garbe at [email protected] or We are a parish family. The priests, deacon and laity who 203-767-9652 or Elaine Davis at [email protected]. bring Holy Communion are delighted to share with you the Body of Christ. If one of the priests visits, he can also Support Our Knights of Columbus share Sacramental Absolution and the Sacrament of the On the weekend of November 23 & 24 after each Mass Anointing of Sick (Holy Oils). our Knights of Columbus will be holding their annual Coats for Kids Drive. Please make a donation to help raise funds We need your help. When you or a family member are sick for children who need coats to keep at home, whether for a short period, home with a chronic them warm this winter. Last year’s illness, or simply homebound, we are happy to visit. You collection allowed our Knights to can help us by calling the rectory, so we can set a time to distribute 13 cases of coats to the visit at your convenience. needy. Thank you for your support! The Anointing of the Sick is not just for life threatening ill- ness but for any illness—cancer, pre-surgery, depression. Stained Glass Window Tour of The sacrament is for the sick and prays for healing. It is not Assumption Church Last Rites or Extreme Unction. (These terms were deleted Dr. Frank DeStefano will conduct a walking 50 years ago as a result of Vatican II.) We look forward to tour of the lovely stained glass windows of visiting you. our church on Sunday, November 24th, from 3-4 PM. With today’s HIPPA regulations...that is, the right of privacy for hospital patients, it is difficult to know when parishion- The Church was built in 1939/1940 as the ers are hospitalized. Even, if when registering you identify country was still suffering the effects of the yourself as a Catholic, it does not guarantee you will be Great Depression. In America, the period visited by a priest, deacon or Eucharistic Minister of Holy between the two world wars saw a true Communion from Assumption because we are not in- renaissance in Church art and considered formed by the hospital. to be the purer and more authentic style of the early Middle Ages. At the same time, Please call the rectory if you wish one of our priest, deacon church designers sought to make their or Eucharistic Minister to visit you or a family member. All churches more liturgically correct. parishes provide for the salary of priests on duty in our

In 1941 Americans went to war and church building came Fairfield County hospitals—hospital chaplains. While in the to a standstill. Practically every stained glass window studio hospital you or a family member may also ask for the Hos- in the country closed its doors as the war effort claimed all pital Catholic Chaplain to visit and provide the sacraments. the nation’s resources. Most never reopened.

Assumption Church remains today a living monument to a New Catholic Youth Ministry Program short-lived American renaissance. We are pleased to be part of the new catholic youth minis- try programs for high school students and middle school Thank You for Your Donations students and their families. The programs are a collabora- On behalf of the Bridgeport Rescue Mission, thank you to tion between several parishes in Fairfield that will provide a all who made a donation of corn to this years Great deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church and Thanksgiving Project. The cans collected will assist peo- put the love of Christ and others into action through service ple in need in Fairfield County with full Thanksgiving meal. opportunities. Each meeting will include snacks and fellow- ship, prayers, and games, as a way to grow in our Catholic Advent Sunday Evening Masses Added faith. There will be opportunities to attend retreats and ser- In order to accommodate the busy schedules families are vice trips. confronted with during the weekends and in hopes of as- sisting them in satisfying the Sunday Mass obligation, once Fairfield Life Teen is the program for high school students again we will add a 5:30 PM Mass on Sunday during the that meet on Sunday evenings from 6-8 PM. For more in- season of Advent (December 1 - December 22). This formation, please email [email protected] or visit Mass will be simple and time-efficient. It is understood that Facebook @FairfieldLT. families are busy and exhausted, however, Mass will pro- Fairfield Edge is the program for middle school students vide more peace, strength, and energy, which is the best that meet on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8 PM. For remedy. Please spread the word about this added Mass. more information, please email [email protected] or Let's get the Church packed again with Catholic Families. visit Facebook @ffldEDGE. Page 6 OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION Readings for the Week Sunday: Wisdom 11:22—12:2/Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14 [cf. 1]/2 Thessalonians 1:11—2:2/Luke 19:1-10 Off the Streets Monday: Romans 11:29-36/Psalm 69:30-31, 33-34, 36 The Greater Bridgeport area chapter of Off the Streets [14c]/Luke 14:12-14 (OTS), begun by Deacon Kevin Moore is presently look- Tuesday: Romans 12:5-16b/Psalm 131:1bcde, 2, 3/ ing for an individual(s) to administer the chapter. OTS helps Luke 14:15-24 homeless people get into apartments by providing security Wednesday: Romans 13:8-10/Psalm 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9 [5a]/ deposits and some basic furniture and living needs. The Luke 14:25-33 administrator oversees committee operations, coordinates Thursday: Romans 14:7-12/Psalm 27:1bcde, 4, 13-14 placements with the social workers and helps in fund- [13]/Luke 15:1-10 raising efforts. We are an all-volunteer, not-for-profit, non- Friday: Romans 15:14-21/Psalm 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 denominational, faith based organization. If you feel called [cf. 2b]/Luke 16:1-8 to help the homeless get into permanent homes and you Saturday: Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12/Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8, 9 have the time, please contact Ellen Moore at 203-880- 9814. [5]/1 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17/John 2:13-22 Next Sunday: 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14/Psalm 17:1, 5-6, 8, Faith Catching Fire: My Spiritual Journey 15 [15b]/2 Thessalonians 2:16—3:5/Luke Sacred Heart University’s Curtis Center and the Depart- 20:27-38 or 20:27, 34-38 ment of Catholic Studies presents guest speaker Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., who will present her talk “Faith Communion Antiphon Catching Fire: My Spiritual Journey” on Thursday, Novem- “You will show me the path to life, abounding joy in your ber 7, at 7 p.m. in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, 5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield. Author of Dead Man Walking, Sis- presence.” - -Psalm 16(15): 11 ter Prejean will talk about life, death and a burning passion for justice regarding the death penalty. Sister Prejean's lat- est memoir River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey will be avail- able for purchase and signing following the talk. This event is part of the Human Journey Colloquia Series and the Chapel of the Holy Spirit 10th Anniversary year of events.

Wine & Beer Tasting Event Holy Cross Church, 750 Tahmore Drive Fairfield will be holding its 7th Annual Wine & Beer Tasting on Friday, November 8th from 7 - 10 PM in the parish hall. The + event will feature wines & beers from Val's Putnam Wines & Liquors, finger foods, coffee, tea and desserts. Advance sale tickets ONLY are $30, call 203-372-4595 for reserva- tions.

Annual Christmas Fair Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish invites you to their Parish Nurse’s Corner annual Christmas Fair on Saturday, November 9th from Doctor and Hospital Visits

9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in the chapel at 163 Ortega Avenue A visit to the doctor or a hospital admission can be very in Bridgeport. Admission is Free! There will be holiday stressful. We feel anxious and often forget to provide im- crafts, vendor tables, raffle prizes and 50/50 raffle. Plenty portant information or ask pertinent questions.

of good food, music and great fun! It can be helpful to bring someone with you who can act as

your advocate by: Spiritual Talk, Faith Testimonies and Music On Sunday, November 10th at 3:00 PM , St. Emery − Stating your concerns and issues Church, Fairfield will present a spiritual talk, faith testimo- − Helping you understand your diagnosis and treatment nies and music. As Moses, in the Old Testament ap- − Discussing physical limitations with your doctor proached the burning bush of God’s existence, the Church − Clarifying treatment options always encourages us to approach the burning flame of − Overseeing in-patient care

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