ST BLAISE PARISH

Saint Patrick Joseph 50 Charles Street, Waterbury, CT 06708 46 Congress Avenue, Waterbury, CT 06708 203-756-8837 • Fax (203) 756-4690 203-756-8837 • Fax (203) 756-4690

CONSOLIDATED RECTORY OFFICE HOURS MASSES: AT 50 CHARLES STREET MASSES: Saturday Vigil: 4:00 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 9:00 a.m.. - 1:00 p.m. - Offices Closed on Fridays Sunday: 9:00am Sunday: 10:30 am Pastor: Rev. Frederick M. Aniello Holy Days as announced. Deacon: Mark Stevens Director of Religious Education: Ginny Ciochetti [email protected] or (203) 756-8981 Organist and Music Director: Jonathan Barney (St. Patrick) Choir - Sunday @ 10:30 a.m. Organist: Joe Faryniarz (St. Joseph - 9:00 a.m.) Secretary: Debra Guerrera Email: [email protected]

Sacrament of Baptism Parents who are registered parishioners are Pro-Life Rosary - at 6:00 p.m. at St. Patrick Church Hall prepared for infant baptism through a Pre-Baptismal Preparation Class. on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Godparents are welcome to attend. Dates and times for the baptism are arranged at the Pre Baptismal Class. They are usually scheduled the Pastoral Care of the Sick and Homebound - Please contact the second and fourth Sunday of the month following the 10:30 a.m. Mass. rectory if a parishioner is in the hospital and desires a visit from a priest. Parishioners who are homebound or in local nursing homes who would Religious Education - Classes are provided for students in grades one desire ministry should notify the rectory so that arrangements can be through ten. These classes are held on Sunday mornings at Our Lady Of made. Mount Carmel. Please note that Confirmation is a two year program. The Sacraments of First Reconciliation, First Holy Communion and Registration - If you consider the Parish of St. Blaise (the Churches of Confirmation are conducted within the Religious Education program at Saint Joseph and ) your spiritual home, we would ask that the appropriate grade level. E-mail or call our DRE for more information. you formally register with the parish. This is accomplished by filling out a Census Form. Census Forms are available at the rear of both churches Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults - Adult confirmation for or from the rectory office. Catholics over the age of 16 and RCIA are coordinated through our Religious Education Director. Bingo - Every Tuesday evening in St. Patrick Church Hall at 7:00 p.m. Two Progressive Jackpots - Doors open @ 5:00 p.m.. Sacrament of Reconciliation - (Confession) - Saturday

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. at St. Patrick and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Churches.

Sacrament of Matrimony - Arrangements begin with an initial interview with our pastor. A wedding date cannot be formalized until this meeting has taken place. Please contact our rectory office for additional information. = Knights of Columbus #13424 - meeting on the 3rd Wednesday of = each month at 7:00 p.m. Grand Knight - Edward Veillette =,+`=,*+3= PARISH AUGUST 18, 2019

th Saturday, August 17 - Twentieth Sunday The Tabernacle Lamp will burn this week in Ordinary Time at St Joseph for 4:00 pm - Margaret Otto Stone Eric Zupka (by friend) at St Patrick for Anthony Marino Sunday, August 18th - Twentieth Sunday

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on Friday, September 6th, from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. in the Fr. Michael J. McGivney Church Hall, 74 West Main Street, 2020 MASS INTENTION REQUESTS Waterbury. Members of theAnnulment Team, Br. Larry Lussier, CSC, Deacon George Frederick and Jim Tottenham, will review The Rectory Office is now accepting multiple Mass the changes in the annulment process initiated by Pope Francis intention requests for the 2020 calendar year. as well as those made in the Archdiocese of Hartford. In Please contact the Rectory Office to schedule your requests. addition, there will be two new Spanish speaking team members: Mirian Guzman and Lisandra Martinez. They will be a great asset to the team and will greatly facilitate the need for SEASONAL REFLECTION applicants who may be more comfortable using their first language during the annulment process application. A Senior's Prayer Besides the September 6th opening presentation, applicants for Good and gracious God, annulment will be meet at the Hall for additional writing work- I thank you for the gift of life. shop sessions. The Annulment Team will be present to guide and assist applicants in completing the application You have given me so many good things over its course: process. These follow-up writing Annulment Workshops will health of mind and body, friends and family, also be at Fr. Michael J. McGivney Church Hall on Fridays, strengths and weaknesses, sorrows and joys. September 13th and 20th, and October 4th from You have ordained that seasons change 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.. and time passes. The “ABCs of Annulment” event is open to all. Participants receive a folder with the required printed materials and Help me to surrender graciously annulment application form. A donation is requested to to the changing circumstances of my life. defray the cost of the printed materials. No registration is Help me to accept my weaknesses, required. and to see them as opportunities Any questions may be referred to Annulment Team members: for others to show the love of Jesus. Br. Larry Lussier, at (203) 909-8570 or [email protected] Make me strong in Your spirit, or Jim Tottenham at (203) 859-4195 or that I may love You all the days of my life. [email protected]. Amen. by Fr. Michael Casey, Vocation Director for Honorary and Memorial Candles Saint Blaise - August 11 Patrick F. Maisto, Weekly - $2,498 Dominick J. & Elizabeth A. Maglio SAINT BLAISE PARISH AUGUST 18 2019

UPCOMING EVENTS/MEETINGS

Please support our bulletin sponsors. Today we highlight BINGO Saint Blaise Bingo will take place on Tuesdays at Fairfield Wine & Liquor. 7:00 p.m. in Saint Patrick Church Hall. Doors open at 5:00 p.m.. Food To place ads call Servaas at 1-800-477-4574 ext.6630. and beverages are available for purchase. Progressive Jackpots included. Dear Parishioners, OLMC Bingo will take place on Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. in Our Lady of Mount Carmel School Hall. For more information regarding OLMC INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK Bingo, please contact Terri Brunelli at (203) 982-5782. Our baptismal rite instructs the parents and godparents of the SAINT BLAISE PARISH PICNIC SALES Tickets for the upcoming newly baptized children, "May they keep the flame of faith alive picnic are on sale at both churches before and after each Mass. The adult in their hearts." Faith has often been associated with fire. price is $10.00 if purchased in advance and $15.00 at the gate. Children While fire can be useful and welcomed as a source of light and 10 - 16 are $5.00 in advance and $8.00 at the gate. Children under 10 are warmth, it can also be devastating and destructive. The Gospel is very much like this. On the one hand, Jesus speaks free. Everyone is welcome. of healing, liberty, mercy, and forgiveness. On the other, he challenges the secular mindset and ideology, risks opposition, HELP WANTED and pushes people out of their comfort zones. We are more attracted to things that make us feel better about ourselves. Saint Blaise Bingo needs volunteer help at the concession counter Equipped with the flame of faith, are we willing to see the from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday evenings to serve hotdogs, bigger picture and risk popularity and self-preservation in favor sandwiches, chips, beverages, etc. to interested players. of the kingdom of God?

Please contact Jim at (203) 574-5642 if interested. CATHOLIC LIFE EXPLAINED Leave a message on voicemail if call goes unanswered. Q: If we are all meant to be united in Christ, why is there so DATES FOR 2019 much division in the Church?

ST. BLAISE PARISH PICNIC, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH A: Each Sunday, we profess that we believe in "one, holy, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM@ ST. MARIA GORETTI CHURCH catholic, and apostolic Church." The Church is indeed one GROUNDS IN WOLCOTT because her source is the Trinity, and she is founded by Christ. The Church also exists in the fallen world and is made up of ST. BLAISE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING, WEDNESDAY, fallen people. Sometimes, there are tensions over what we SEPTEMBER 18TH 6:00 PM @ *SAINT PATRICK CHURCH believe as Catholics. Who is Jesus really? Are we affected by HALL (*CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS LOCATION) original sin? How do our traditional sexual ethics play out ST. BLAISE PASTA DINNER, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER amidst medical and technological developments? Doctrinal 28TH 5:00 PM @ ST. PATRICK CHURCH HALL disagreements are rarely just about ideas... they occur within a context. ST. BLAISE WINTER HAT, SCARF, MITTEN & GLOVE Tensions are influenced by various social and political factors COLLECTION FOR DUGGAN SCHOOL STUDENTS, of the time period. For example, Martin Luther's attempts at OCTOBER 2ND - DECEMBER 8TH reform gained followers, in part, as a reaction against poor moral practices within the . When the schism ST. JOSEPH CHURCH 125TH ANNIVERSARY between the and the Catholic Church CELEBRATION DINNER, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH occurred in 1028, tensions between the two culturally different @ ST. PATRICK CHURCH HALL regions had been brewing for centuries. Division still occurs within the bounds of the Church today. Oftentimes, this is about pastoral or practical matters. These SAINT BLAISE MISSION STATEMENT questions can vary. Should we incorporate back into the liturgy? What is the best way to reach the youth in our parish? These may not be articles of faith, but people have strong opinions about what ought to be done. We can remember the Saint Blaise Parish is committed to bring people together as the prayer of Christ - "that all might be one" - and do what we can Catholic Faith Community in the Brooklyn neighborhood. to grow in understanding and respectful dialogue.

We proclaim our belief in the gospel message and mission of Jesus Christ by seeking to nurture people on their Christian Father Aniello journey and to promote God’s love in word and deed.

Embracing the strength of our Irish and Lithuanian heritage, we continue to strive to create a spirit of fellowship, enlightenment, Following Jesus sometimes means being rejected by others. cooperation, and involvement among the entire community. Speak an encouraging word this week to someone you know

who is trying to follow Jesus through the fire. Say a prayer for Find us on Facebook those who are discerning a call to priesthood or religious life. Here we will share the most up to Ask them to call Fr. Michael Casey, date information and activities Director of Vocations, Pastoral Center, (860)761-7446, regarding both churches. email [email protected] or visit the web at Please visit, St. Blaise Parish. www.hartfordpriest.com.