A of the Roman Archdiocese of Hartford Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time 28 August 2016 Mass/Liturgy Schedule: Pastor Saturday Vigil at 5:00 p.m. The Reverend Michael Whyte, 860 658 1642 Sunday Masses at 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend, PARISH STAFF NO 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass) Administrative Assistant-Parish Office Daily Mass at 8:30 a.m., Monday through Wednesday, Mrs. Lisa Cerchia and Friday. (Yearly) 860 658 1642 or [email protected]

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday from 4:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. Director of Religious Education Monday from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Mrs. Kathi Bonner 860 658 4737 or [email protected] and Baptismal Preparation: Please call the parish office at 860 658 1642 Director of Youth Ministry Mrs. Judy Pluta Sacrament of Holy Matrimony: 860 408 9888 or [email protected] Please call the parish office at 860 658 1642 at least 6 months in advance Director of Music Ministry Mrs. Susan Zybert Choir Practices: 860 216 6519 or [email protected] Adult—Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Youth—Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. Facilities Manager Contemporary Music Group—Sundays at 4:00 p.m. Mr. Michael Grappone, 860 658 1642

Bulletin Deadline: Monday at 10:00 a.m. Parish Council President Website News: email to: Mr. Jim Peters [email protected] 860 651-3143 or [email protected]

265 Stratton Brook Road, Box 184, Finance Council Chairman West Simsbury, Connecticut 06092 Tel: 860 658 1642 /Fax: 888 297 3134 Mr. Scott Muryasz Email: [email protected] 860 693 4164 Website: www.stcatherine.info Parish Legacy Fund Chairman Mr. Peter Pabich, 860 408 1254

Parish Lay Trustees WELCOME! Mrs. Melissa Horbal, 860 651 7844 We welcome all visitors who are celebrating with us today. As is our custom at St. Catherine of Siena, please remain in your pew Mr. Joseph Capozzoli, 860 352 2390 for the singing of the first and last verses of the recessional hymn. Thanks for worshiping with us. If you would like to join our parish Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday family, fill out a yellow membership form found 9:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. in the vestibule or atrium and mail it to us, drop it in the collection basket or The St. Catherine Parish Legacy Fund is committed to call us at 658 1642. ensuring the long-term stability of our parish and its We Welcome You to Our ministries. Please consider a gift in lieu of flowers upon a Family of Faith! loved one's passing as a way to ensure our community will thrive well into the future.

WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS Religious Education News

 Saturday, August 27th @ 5:00 pm Mass for Confirmation I Enrollment Mass is Daniel Gallagher, requested by Fay Shea; Saturday Vigil, September 10th with the  Sunday, August 28th @ 8:00 am Mass for mandatory parent meeting to follow. Important the improved health of Angela Ging; information and the student texts will be given out  Sunday, August 28th @ 11:00 am Mass for and discussed at this meeting. The St. Catherine of Siena Women’s Club Ministry; Catechist Orientation and Commissioning  Monday, August 29th @ 8:30 a.m. Mass for Mass is Sunday, Sept. 11th, 9am in Russell Hall, Rev. Richard R. Russell; and 11am Mass for all catechists and catechist  August 30th @ 8:30 am Mass for Rev. Stanley Staron; aides. We are successful because we are supportive  Wednesday, August 31st @ 8:30 a.m. Mass for and attentive to our ministry. Our parish prays for Jack Fitgzerald, requested by the Neureither Family; us and supports us at this Mass so please attend  Friday, September 2nd @ 8:30 a.m. Mass for with your families! Gerald Lyman, birthday remembrance, requested by There are still several families who have his family; not yet re-registered their children in the Rel Ed  Saturday, September 3rd @ 5:00 pm Mass for program. Please send in the form (the online Special Intention; process has expired) which is found on the website  Sunday, September 4th @ 8:00 am Mass for as soon as possible! William R. Rhodes, requested by the Egan Family; Class Lists will be on our website on and, Monday, Sept. 5th! Any additions or changes will  Sunday, September 4th @ 11:00 am Mass for not be included on those lists, but will be on the Isabel Fowler, requested by the Jahne Family. updated lists at Henry James on the first day of classes, Sept. 18th.

Offertory Collection Weekly Collection: $9,382.55 Loose Cash/Checks $1,504.50 Envelopes $7,877.50 YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS Cathedraticum* -$ 516.01 School Tax* -$ 516.01 SENIOR HIGH YOUTH MINISTRY *Parish taxes (5.5%) paid to the Archdiocese for services to the parish. MISSION TRIP APPLICATIONS for Repair & Refurbishment $430.00(additional) this year’s trip to Delaware are due August 31st. Register now for this enriching life experience. Sunday, August 28, 7:00 pm, LEADERSHIP TEAM meeting in the parish Library. Housing Needed for Refugee Families Sunday, September 11, 6:00 pm, SENIOR High KICKOFF, Russell Hall. is in urgent need of large, affordable, multi-bedroom apartments for Pizza will be served. Sign up for car wash, refugee families arriving in the very near future in TWA, service projects and more. Tee shirt the Greater Hartford Area. Some of the families give-a-way tonight !!! Join the fun. Bring a are as large as ten members. It is also helpful if friend. the apartments are situated near public transportation routes. These would be paid rentals JUNIOR HIGH YOUTH MINISTRY with a lease period of one year with the option to renew. Monday, September 12, 7:00 pm, If you know of an apartment that meets Russell Hall, JUNIOR High KICKOFF. All these criteria, please contact Mr. Jama Ahmed, Assistant Director of Migration, Refugee and 7th and 8th graders are invited to come and Immigration Services at 860-248-5850 or email "check it out." Pizza will be served. Sign up [email protected], or Ms. Alyce Menald, for car wash and fall activities. Tee shirt Administrative Assistant, at 860-240-5661 or give-a-way tonight. email [email protected]. MANY THANKS to our Senior High Youth Ministry who FROM FATHER MICHAEL... with the Catholic godparent at a . Two baked and delivered 75 apple pies to area soup kitchens for their godfathers or two godmothers are not permitted as Thanksgiving meals. Thank you to the parent helpers who gave their time and energy on PIE NIGHT: Rosanne O' Hara, Amy Rituals of the Church. the godparents are to represent the unique roles of the Dillon, Susan Hoffman, Jeanne Carpenter, Debbie Hamil, Kathy The Roman has seven (7) parents, who when united in marriage represent the Duford, Manuela Hanshaw and Mike Laiuppa. Sacraments instituted by Jesus Christ Himself, no fullness of God. council or synod nor committee of the Vatican created these Sacraments. Christ created them in Divine Funeral (Christian Burial) Mass: the funeral Wisdom because He and God the Father determined Mass-and all Masses- are offered as praise and to give that we need them in our flawed human condition. glory to God. The funeral Mass is thus offered for the The Sacraments provide us with God's grace so that deceased's noble soul, and then for the comfort of the we may journey toward . family. In the context of the Mass, only sacred music is The Catholic Church, in committees, synods or played, not Broadway hits or great songs by the councils, developed the rituals for the Sacraments so Rolling Stones no matter how much the deceased that we would come to understand and know God's loved them. Because it is a Mass, we do not eliminate love and desire for each of us. The rituals help to the Old Testament or the New, nor do we withhold explain God's love for us and His hope that we will the Gospel. The Mass is held inside the Church, not at choose Him and His truths so that we may come to Nana's favorite beach. While some may feel that this live with Him forever, passing through the "narrow may not fit into their professed faith or life choices, we gate" and enjoy unending glory. should remember that for the faithful Catholic who While the rituals do not "make or complete" has died, we are celebrating their faith and their the Sacraments, they rather call us to understand life--thus Mass is for them. them and apply them in our daily lives. I write this weekend to help people Holy Communion: the Catholic Church believes understand some of the "rules and/or requirements -- that the bread and wine offered in the consecration or expectations" of the sacramental process. You can become, through the power of God, the sacred body imagine that our parish office receives lots of and precious blood of Christ our Savior. This One questions and comments when people call to schedule sacrifice, offered once and for all, nourishes us with a baptism and asked "why the godparents have to be Christ's very self. Catholic" or when a funeral is being planned we might Holy Communion of the Roman Catholic hear that "we don't need a big Mass, Father, but that a Church then is offered to Roman Catholics. Thus the small or simple one is ok." Some folks believe that the reception of Holy Communion should be for Catholics godparent is just an honorarium or that the Catholic only. For those who are not Catholic, the Church might offer something less than a Catholic non-reception of Communion should not be viewed Mass for those who don't usually attend church. as "exclusive" but rather the non-Catholic attending a Would we tell an auto mechanic how to Catholic Mass should respect their own faith and not change our car's oil or instruct a CPA how to figure consume the Body or Blood of Christ, which their faith out our taxes? does not recognize. If a non-Catholic feels "left out" or With more than 2000 years of practical feels awkward by staying in the pew while those with experience and many highly educated theologians and whom he or she is attending Mass go up for philosophers, I believe the Church is well prepared to Communion, he or she may come up for a spiritual lead us in the Sacramental life which Christ gave to blessing, crossing their arms over their chest as a sign His Church. So, the following is offered by way of tips to the priest. The priest will them say a brief blessing or edification in planning a Sacramental ritual for over them. someone. Next weekend I will speak to the Sacraments of Baptism: two godparents, a Catholic godmother and Matrimony, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, a Catholic godfather are expected to serve in this role and Confirmation. which is meant to provide the child with living examples of the Catholic faith to instruct them in the ways of faith. It goes against religious freedom to demand that a non-Catholic, e.g., a Methodist or a Jew, to lead by example in the living out of or faith. In some instances a non-Catholic Christian may stand Please join Please but everyone should do something!

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AUGUST choice your of meeting a come to n and Weekend of August 27 and 28 - Ministry Membership Drive & Bake Sale after all -Sat/Sun, 27th/28th—Women’s Club Membership Drive Masses—look for representatives of the & Bake Sale, Atrium Women’s Club to renew your membership or -Sun, 28th—Leadership Team Meeting, Library, 7 p.m. consider joining us anew. All are welcome; the -Mon, 29th—Confession, Church, 6 p.m. best $20.00 you can spend (more if you can, less -Tues, 30th—Grade 3 Teacher Meeting, Library, 7 p.m. if you need to). Join us for a year of fun and SEPTEMBER fellowship, making new friends and renewing old acquaintances. Membership Forms for the -Mon, 5th-Labor Day, Office closed. 2016-2017 year are available in the Atrium in the -Mon, 5th—NO Confession/No Rosary WCM basket and on the Parish website. -Thurs, 8th—Girl Scouts, RH, 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 21st, Welcome Back -Sat, 10th—Enrollment Mass Confirmation I, 5 p.m. Potluck Dinner & Opening Meeting, 7pm -Sat, 10th—Parent Meeting Confirmation I, Church, 6 p.m. Russell Hall—Meet your new Women’s Club -Sun, 11th—Catechist Orientation, RH, 9:15 a.m. Get involved:Get youdon’t have to do everything... Leadership Team, preview our upcoming

. -Sun, 11th Catechist Commissioning Mass, 11 a.m. Calendar of Events, and enjoy your evening’s -Sun, 11th—St. Elizabeth House, Parking lot, 3:45 p.m. dinner with friends old & new, sampling a tasty -Sun, 11th—Contemporary Choir Rehearsal, MR, 4 p.m. menu of each other’s home cookin’. Sign-up -Sun, 11th—5 p.m. Sunday Mass resumes. sheets will be available after Labor Day in the -Sun, 11th—Sr. High Youth Ministry Kick-Off, RH, 6 p.m. Atrium and on-line, so give some thought to your “category” (apps, sides, entrée, dessert). Social Outreach

Pantry Partners—.The next distribution for Music ministers work magic! Learning SCPP is September 17th. Fresh fruits vegetables through music is fun, rewarding and effective. Our and a variety of frozen food will be available to our Rel Ed program is looking for a music teacher to guests. These are available for purchase by our work with our little ones....Grades K-4 to lead and parishioners as well. The gift of food can be a teach Bible songs and hymns that we all remember welcome respite from the chore of shopping. It learning when we were young. The music is simple also is a thoughtful way to acknowledge a but important. If you can sing, play keyboards and/or hardship, a friendship or a happy event. Envelopes guitar, you are the perfect fit! A team of two would are in the basket in the atrium. work well! We meet on Sunday mornings at Henry James. We have the sheet music and the children. You bring your faith, enthusiasm and talent! Call Kathi Bonner, 860.658.4737 or email St. Elizabeth House—next service date is, [email protected]. today, August 28th. Food needs to be ready to serve (casseroles hot, salad pre-cut) and at the church by 3:45 p.m. Please sign up in the atrium. Any questions, please contact Leila Enjoy the beautiful grounds of Bruno at (860) 392-8585. Thank you! the of Regina Laudis and bring your family to see the “The Next Service Date is September 11th! Fantasticks,” the world’s longest running musical, at The Gary The Olivia Theater, a roofed, open air theater located at the The Farmington Valley VNA flu Abbey of Regina Laudis, a vaccination clinic is scheduled Benedictine community in Bethlehem, CT. Weekend performances run from for Wednesday, October 19th, 9/17-9/25 at 7:30 PM with matinees on Sundays at in Russell Hall from 5-7 PM. 2:30 PM. Children 11 and under are free and discounts Quadrivalent vaccine will be are given to seniors and groups of 10 or more. To administered this season. More purchase tickets, please visit www.thegarytheolivia.com information regarding scheduling will follow. or call the box office at 203-273-5669 End of Bulletin Information on this page is not printed

Church: St. Catherine of Siena

City: West Simsbury, Connecticut

Account # 04-0523

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Routing Code: O

Phone: 860.658.1642

Fax: 888.297.3134

Contact: Lisa Cerchia