DECEMBER 30, 2018 ST. JOSEPH CHURCH 120 CLIFF STREET NORWICH, CT 06360 Sunday Vigil Saturday 4:00 PM Sunday Morning 8:30 AM PHONE: 860-887-1565, Fax 889-3560 Monday Morning 8:00 AM EMAIL: [email protected]
Parish Priests: Fr. Robert Washabaugh, Fr. Tomasz Albrecht Parish Secretary: Mrs. Lauren Pitkin Office hrs: Mon., Tues. Thurs. 9-2, Fri. 9-1 CARE OF THE SICK: Please advise us of anyone in your family who is ill at home or hospitalized for pastoral visits, Holy Communion, and the Sacrament of the Sick. BAPTISMS& MARRIAGES Please contact the Parish office to begin preparations Visit us at jnccfaith.org
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Masses Vigil - Saturday Masses Vigil — Saturday 5:30 4:00 p.m. p.m. Sunday 9:45 a.m. (Spanish) Sunday 7:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. (Creole) 10:00 a.m. Holy Days 8:30 a.m.(English) Holy Days 5:15 vigil; 10:00 a.m. (Creole) 7:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m.(Spanish) Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Thursday 8:00 a.m. 6:30 p.m. (Spanish) Friday 8:00 a.m.
Merry Christmas! Did you get your copy of Dr. Edward Sri's book, In His Likeness: Be Transformed as a Disciple of Christ? It's a little Christmas gift to the members SATURDAY December 29, 2018 of our parish of St. Joseph. Pick up your copy at the door of the Church this Sunday, Jan. 1st, or at 4:00 pm +Blanche Jankowski Epiphany Mass on Jan. 6th! From Family
SUNDAY December 30, 2018 Happy New Year! 2019 8:30 a.m. .+Evelyn A. Sienkiewicz Tuesday, January 1, The Octave of Christmas. From Family This day is a “holy day of obligation”. This MONDAY important day encompasses many celebrations: The December 31, 2018 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, New Year’s 8:00 am +Reverend Monsignor Day, World Day of Prayer for Peace, and Robert L. Brown Independence Day for Haiti. Masses are as follows Next Sunday Masses Vigil Masses (Dec. 31) 4:00 p.m. St. Joseph SATURDAY January 5, 2019 4:00 p.m. St. Mary Church
5:30 p.m. St. Peter and Paul Church 4:00 pm +Anna, Bronislaw and 7:00 p.m. St. Mary Church (in Bennie Jurczyk Spanish) From Leandra and Armand LeClair Masses during the day, Jan. 1
8:30 St. Joseph Church (Polish SUNDAY January 6, 2019 and English)
10:00 St. Peter and Paul 8:30 a.m +Eleanor Dubicki 12:00 St. Mary (Haitian Creole) From Sophie Marek and Theresa Beauregard After the 12:00 Haitian Mass, all are welcome to a traditional Haitian celebration, sharing great food including squash soup (Soup Joumou).
Sanctuary Candle Take a look at January’s full schedule! Is lit in Memory of all the Deceased Priests who worked at Sunday, Januaary 6, The Epiphany (Feast of the Three St. Joseph Church Kings) This is the great 12th Day of Christmas when the Wise Men, following a star, found the king of kings Church Support 12/16/2018 in a manger bed. All Sunday Masses will be joyful Weekly offertory $1413.50 celebrations, but the 10:00 multilingual Mass at St. Christmas Flowers $130.00 Mary’s will be very special with sounds and flavors of many lands, pageantry, and a grand party for children Memorial $120.00 and their families after Mass. All are invited, but let us Due to early publishing deadlines, our offertory know if you’re coming to the party. It helps with will be listed in a future bulletin. planning for food!
Sunday, January 13: Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Happy New Year Jan 20, 27, Feb. 3 Stewardship Sundays for Missionary Discipleship Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your
neighbors, and let each New Year find you, a better person Benjamin Franklin
Religious Education CCD CLASSES K-7 Christmas in Poland! Next classe Jan. 13, 2019 The Knights of Columbus Museum, at 1 State Street in CONFIRMATION CLASSES New Haven, has a new Christmas exhibit, Christmas in Lifeteen! Poland. The show features more than 100 items, some At Sts Peter and Paul’s from the museum’s own collection. Highlights include: visit our website, www.jnccfaith.org Szopki from Drakow, hand carved wooden creches and traditional Polish clothing. The museum is also Week of Jan. 6 -13: featuring its annual Christmas Tree Festival. Open 10- National Migration Week, 2019: Building Communities 5 daily through February 3. Free admission & parking. of Welcome More at 203-865-0400 or kofcmuseum.org. For nearly a half century, the Catholic Church in the United States has celebrated National Migration Saint Mary Magdalene School LaGonave, Haiti Week, which is an opportunity for the Church to reflect on Thank you to everyone who has chosen to sponsor a the circumstances confronting migrants, including child at Fr. Fanel's parish school of St. Mary immigrants, refugees, children and victims and survivors Magdalene! We will give a report on the number of of human trafficking. The theme of this year’s sponsorships in our three parishes in the coming week. commemoration – Building Communities of Welcome – There is still time to sponsor a child! Sponsor sheets emphasizes our responsibility as Catholics to engage and are available at the church entrances. Be sure to return welcome newcomers on their arrival, and help to ease them to the parish office (or in the collection basket) their transition into a new life here in the U.S. Welcoming and to indicate your arrangements for sponsor communities do not emerge by chance but are established payment. through the hard work and conviction of people on the ground through direct service, shared experience, and Young Adults! Let your Voices be Heard! faith, advocacy and institution building. Join Dr. Walter Hidalgo of Maryknoll Fathers Tuesday, January 22: A Day of Prayer for the and Brothers for a young adult listening session. You Legal Protection of Unborn Children will have the opportunity to share your experience of The over 56 million abortions since the 1973 faith and of the Church. Your voice matters! decisions of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton reflect the Thursday evening, January 10. Time and place to be heartbreaking magnitude of what Pope Francis means by a announced. “throwaway culture” We are called to observe this day through the penitential practices of prayer, fasting and/or Worldwide Marriage Encounter giving alms. Each year, committed Catholics travel to Start the New Year out right enriching your marriage Washington D.C. to take part in the National March for by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Life. If you are interested this march, let us know! Weekend. The next Weekends are Feb 1-3, 2019 in January 18-25: The Week of Prayer for Christian MANCHESTER, CT and Jul 12-14, 2019 in Unity MANCHESTER, CT. For more information, call Pat & The Church Unity Octave, a forerunner of the Mary-Jo McLaughlin at 860-315-2127 or visit them at Week of Prayer for Christian Unity was developed by https://wwmectw.org/. Servant of God Father Paul Watson, SA at Graymoor in Garrison, N.Y>, and was first observed in 1908. Today, Patriotic Rosary the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity invites the whole As we begin the New Year, we pray that our elected officials Christian community throughout the world to pray in will serve this country ethically and with wisdom. We place communion with the prayer of Jesus “that they all may be our country in God's hands as we pray the Patriotic one” (Jn 17:21). Rosary. Please join us on Thursday evening, January 3rd, at January 21, National Holiday in honor of 7:00 p.m. at St. Andrew Church, 128 Norwich Ave. in Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Colchester, CT for an evening of prayer and song. This is a wonderful day, not just for a midwinter break from school or work, but for reflection on the continuing need to build “the beloved community” in which all are treated as equal Jan. 27-Feb. 2 National Catholic Schools Week Since 1974 National Catholic Schools Week is the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. The theme of this year’s celebration is: “Catholic Schools Learn, Serve, Lead, Succeed”.
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Church Name: St. Joseph
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Date: August 21, 2017 Contact Lauren Pitkin (860)-887-1565
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