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MASSES FRIARY OFFICE Sunday Vigil: 5:00 pm P: (860) 347-4441 (Saturday) F: (860) 347-3001 Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 am Office Hours: & 12:00 Noon Sun: 8:30 am - 2:30 pm Weekdays: 7:00 & 9:00 am Mon-Fri: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Saturday: 9:00 am Only Sat: 9:30 am - 6:30 pm Vigil of Holy Days: 5:30 pm FAITH FORMATION Holy Days: Please see CENTER schedule (860) 346-9100 inside bulletin.

STAFF SACRAMENTS Rev. Martin Curtin, OFM Cap. Baptisms: Twice a month at Pastor 1:30 pm for registered parishioners. Instruction for Rev. Ernest Bedard, OFM Cap. parents is required. Arrangements Parochial Vicar must be made in advance. Marriages: Arrangements Kathy Lampron must be made at least one year Administrative Assistant in advance.

Peggy Wichowski Care of the Sick: Please advise us Receptionist of anyone from your family who is sick or hospitalized that we may David Rogalski keep them in prayer, visit them Supervisor of Maintenance and bring the sacraments. Reconciliation: Kimberly Molski Saturdays at 3:30 - 4:30 pm CRE (Pre K - Grade 5) Thursdays before First Fridays

Carol Butler at 4:00 - 4:30 pm WELCOME CRE (Grade 6 - Confirmation) Other times by appointment TO ST. PIUS X Andrew Berezowski Michelle Donahue WE ARE A TITHING PARISH Gail Saltus We extend a warm welcome to all who Music Ministry attend our church. We hope that you find our parish community a place where your life of faith will be nourished. We also hope that you will share your special gifts with the community. Your prayers, your presence, and your talents are most welcome. Please introduce yourself after Mass. May God bless all of you. SɄ. PȹɅɃ X, MȹȴȴȼȵɄȿɇȾ
St. Pius Parish Mission Statement:

We, a community of faith, have come together to respond to God’s invitation to become holy by living the Gospel.

We strive to do this through our awareness of God’s presence, our sense of responsibility to one another,
and our response to needs within and beyond the parish of St. Pius X.
“Love one another, as I have loved you.” (John 13:34)

Stewardship Is Our Way Of Life
Tithing (Stewardship) is an important way to consecrate ourselves to the Lord. Our gift is made holy because we give thanks and praise to God without strings or conditions.

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7:00 AM Living & Deceased Parishioners  9:00 AM Dec. Eileen Kelly    
God knows that comming to a stewardship lifestyle is Wednesday, August 11
difficult.
However, we were not designed to do it on our
7:00 AM Special Intention Dastoli Family
own, we need His help.
Fortunately, God gave us the
9:00 AM Special Intention Thomas Olszewski      greatest gi of all, His son, Jesus.
Through the gi of the Thursday, August 12
Eucharist we join our sacrifice with the sacrifice of the Holy
7:00 AM Dec. Yessa Militante Reyes Mass and receive the strength and courage to be His joyful  9:00 AM Dec. Fr. James Hammer, OFM Cap. 

 disciples.


Friday, August 13

7:00 AM Dec. Jean Bysiewicz Stewardship of Time and Talent
 9:00 AM Special Intention Zoraida Jimenez Spending Time with God in Prayer:
 
 Don’t have time for reading?
Listen to the Word with an Audio Saturday, August 14
BibleNanytime, anywhere,
on your commute, eating lunch etc.
9:00 AM Dec. Esther & Eli Hart Talents in Service to God and Others
 5:00 PM Dec. Pauline Neyer Amazing Grace Food Pantry has requested donations of pasta,
pasta sauce, baked beans, peanut butter and tuna. Donations may Sunday, August 15
be left in the baskets in the foyer of the Church  7:30 AM Dec. Fr. Thomas Schmitt & David Schmitt, Jr.  9:00 AM Dec. Fred & Jeanne Ide, Richard & Robert Oros  10:30 AM Dec. Ann Loffredo Readings for the week of August 8, 2021  12:00 NN Dec. Margaret & Arthur Starrs Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:4
8/Ps 34:2
3, 4
5, 6
7, 8
9 [9a]/Eph 4:30N 5:2/Jn 6:41
51 Monday: Dt 10:12
22/Ps 147:12
13, 14
15, 19
20 [12a]/Mt 17:22
27 Tuesday: 2 Cor 9:6
10/Ps 112:1
2, 5
6, 7
8, 9 [5]/Jn 12:24
26 Wednesday: Dt 34:1
12/Ps 66:1
3a, 5 and 8, 16
17 [cf. 20a and 10b]/Mt 18:15
20 Congratulations and best wishes to Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Thursday: Jos 3:7
10a, 11, 13
17/Ps 114:1
2, 3
4, 5
6/Mt Shea who were recently married here at St. Pius. May 18:21N19:1 God bless them with a lifetime of happiness together. Friday: Jos 24:1
13/Ps 136:1
3, 16
18, 21
22 and 24/Mt 19:3
12 Saturday: Jos 24:14
29/Ps 16:1
2a, and 5, 7
8, 11 [cf. 5a]/Mt 19:13
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The Feast of St. Clare August 11th, vigil August 10th
St. Clare of Assisi is called the greatest Franciscan. St. Francis isn’t a Franciscan, he is Francis. St. Clare embodies his spirituality with a disnct power and fidelity. While Francis was the son of a Merchant (a ridiculously wealthy one), Clare was of noble lineage on both her mother’s and father’s side. Some historians have speculated her connecons were important in Francis geng access to the Bishop of Assisi and maybe even later on the Pope. Her family, parcularly her mother, were pious people. They also gave Clare room to develop her own mind. She was allowed to turn down a marriage match at age 15 and had kept herself unspoken for unl she was 17.

She hears Francis preach about the Gospel and the radical trust in God which was to be his regular message. She arranges to give him a sign on Palm Sunday that she will meet him that night to start a new life. Leaves Assisi through the “Door of the Dead” and meets the brothers. She changes her fine clothes for a course pilgrim habit and a rope belt. She cuts her hair as a sign of leaving the world behind. His father and her uncles catch wind of the escape and storm to the lile chapel of the Porcuncula and start to drag her off. Her veil falls off and they see her shaved head, they retreat confused. Later two of Clare’s sisters, an aunt and her very mother join her in the community of Poor Women of Assisi.

Francis gave Clare a ruleR very simpleR they will be dedicated to prayer, they will live simply, they will be cloistered, they will keep mes of silence, they will own nothing at all. They will bring no doweries to help support the convent. They will own no buildingsR the Benedicnes let them use San Damiano, other buildings belonging to the Pope. They will be dependent day to day of what people bring to their door or what the friars get for them.

Bishops and Popes won’t approve the rule. They ask Clare to so en it. One of the Popes tells Clare that he could “absolve her of the demand for complete poverty”. She responds, “I need absoluon for my sins, I don’t need absoluon from living the Gospel”. As a FranciscanR the greatest Franciscan Clare knew that the Good News of the Gospel was that God would not let us down. We could not take too big of a risk in believing that he would provide. Two days before she died the Pope sent Clare a leer confirming the Rule that Francis had given her.

St. Clare reminds us of the beauty and risk of the Gospel. She was cloistered and others could be trusted to bring she and her sisters what they needed. We can trust God that he will provide in our lives. Others might have to help more; we might have to adjust our desires and ambions according to God’s desire and plans. God will make himself manifest to us all.

We have a special prayer service on Tuesday August 10th at 7pm in honor of St Clare. Come be renewed by the Franciscan spirit.

Feast of St. Clare
Wednesday, August 11, is the Feast of St. Clare. With St. Francis, she founded a contem- ST PIUS GOLF OUTING
plative order of nuns that has played a major role Thursday, September 30
in the life of the Franciscan Order until this very Portland Golf Club
day.  On Tuesday evening, August 10th, we will Save the Date
have a special prayer service to mark her More information will follow in upcoming bulletins

death. The Service will begin at 7:00 PM. Come join us to honor this great woman of the Franciscan Order and the Church. Eucharistic Holy Hour for Vocations
Proteins and Products for the Pantry
On Thursday, August 19, 2021, come join in praying with Bish- Pack the Pick
Up. Please help us fill the shelves for op Cote, a Eucharistic Holy Amazing Grace Food Pantry Hour for Vocations. This month Altrusans, Civitans and Sorptimists are joining with our the holy hour will be at St. Peter, community to collect food, personal products, school Higganum from 6N7 PM. supplies and monetary donations to fill the Pantry shelves. Come pray for those who are Saturday, August 21, 2021 called to priestly or consecrated (rain or shine)  religious life. Pray for our semi- 8 AM
12 Noon narians and those in the process St. Pius X Church M Lower Parking Lot of applying to the Diocese. Join our Diocesan Prayer Team for Vocations by emailing the vocation office for more information at [email protected] and check out our website at god
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Anniversary Mass
All couples married 25 & 50 years or celebrating any significant anniversary year are invited to attend a Silver & Golden Jubilee Anniversary Mass at the Cathedral of St. Patrick on Sun., Oct. 3rd at 2PM. Come and renew your commitment to live your marriage in holiness in a Pontifical Mass celebrated by Bishop Michael R. Cote. Each couple who registers will receive a signed certificate from the Bishop. The PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED for the members of our parish names of all registrants and their anniversary dates who are suffering serious or chronic illness. Please take some time will also be listed on a special Anniversary Page on the Diocese this week to remember them. If you or a member of your family of Norwich Website. Register by sending the following would like the faith community of St. Pius to join you in prayers information: Husband and wife’s name, address, telephone for special needs, contact the parish office at 860
347
4441. They number, wedding date, Anniversary being celebrated and parish will be remembered during the Masses that week and then listed to: Mary
Jo McLauglin, Catholic Family Services Coordinator, in the bulletin for three months. To remain on the list after three 199 Broadway, Norwich, CT 06360, call 860
848
2237, Ext months, a follow up call to the friary is necessary. Bob Grasso, Eric Tirone, Sheila Guerin, Joanne Spooner, Elaine, Carolyn 312, or email [email protected]. Couples may also email a recent digital photo of themselves in a jpeg format to Coleman, Thomas Olszewski, Bethany Kutcher, Salvatore Certo, this address to be included in a gallery of pictures on the Michael Cann, Jr., Patricia McAuliffe, Brian McAuliffe, Alicia Diocesan Website. Registration deadline is Fri., Sept. 10. Kiechle, Jeffrey Fudin, Elaine Miele, This is a firm date, so please register early Diane Ellis, Dominick Sassano, Evan  Carr, George Morton, Ellen, Jenny Boutin, Mary Kerby, Joan Dyer, Glenn R. Inman. CT Catholic Men’s Conference 2021NSeptember 21

New Britain Veteran’s Memorial Park at Willow Brook Park Please pray for the souls of our faithful Purchase tickets online at www.ctcatholicmen.org departed and remember those whose Keynote speakers: Dr. Ralph Martin, Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC anniversary of death occurs this week:  Salvatore Mancarella, James Gladwin, You Can Help Your MarriageNDo you feel alone in your Rafael Valentin, Jr., Shirley Rook, Mary marriage? Are you frustrated or angry with your spouse? Do Patricia Hertler, Floremond DeToro, Linda Stella, Mary Dickes, you and your spouse argue, or have you just stopped talking to Domenica Lappostato, Joseph R. Sirois, Bernard Gillis, Edward each other? Does talking about your relationship make it worse? Larson, Fred Rau, Vincent Amato, Frederick Kelly, Jr., Martin If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, consider Hejna, Stanley Brazauskas, Elizabeth Fanska, Patricia Cook, attending a Retrouvaille weekend experience. Retrouvaille is a Gayle Sardo, Stella B. Lewsniowski, Carmelina Siena, Gertrude lifeline for married couples facing difficult challenges in their Sheehan, Helena T. Counter, Millicent Holmes, John Martancik, relationships. It seeks to help couples heal and renew their Frank Lichwain, Nancy O’Brien. hurting marriages. For confidential information about the program or to register for the upcoming September 17
19 Save the date!!
weekend, call 203
710
6207, email [email protected] or
visit the national website at www.HelpOurMarriage.com

Saturday, October 16, 2021 10 AM T 3 PM
is the date/me of our Church Fair,
Formed Now:
“Fall…Into the Holidays Fair”!  Martyrs and Monastics
The Fair will feature our General Raffle as well as Booths We celebrate many martyrs and the White Elephant. New this year, we will feature and monastics during this rich week in the liturgical several vendors and acvies for children. It will also be calendar, But how did the the kickoff of the Church’s Chance Book Raffle which will Church become a place of now be drawn on Saturday, December 4, 2021.
heroic martyrdom and
steadfast monasticism? In this video, Dr, Ben Akers sits down Currently, we are looking for prizes ($25 minimum) for the with Dr. Elizabeth Klein to discuss these themes and their history General Raffle. Deadline is October 4, 2021. Prizes may be in the early Church. dropped off at the Church Friary Office.
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