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Saint Marianne Cope Parish Rev Saint Marianne Cope Parish Rev. Stuart H. Pinette, Pastor St. Catherine of Siena St. Philip the Apostle 6 Windsorville Road 150 South Main Street Broad Brook, CT 06016 East Windsor, CT 06088 Parish Office Hours - Weekly Masses - Mon, Wed, Fri: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Social Action Outreach - Weekdays: Tuesday, 12:10 p.m. Loaves & Fishes Sandwiches: 1st Tuesday, 9am-noon Thursday, 8:00 a.m. Mobile Foodshare: Bi-weekly - Fridays, 1:00-1:30pm Sacrament of Reconciliation - (Check bulletin & parish website for details) Saturday: 3:00-3:30 p.m. Parish Office Phone - (860) 623-4636 (ext. 101) Parish Fax - (860) 292-8550 Parish Website - smceastwindsor.org Parish Office email - [email protected] Fr. Stu’s email - [email protected] Pastoral Assistant - Theresa Jablow Director of Music - Wendy Quinn Pastoral Minister - Jan Albetski Email - [email protected] Faith Formation Office - (860) 623-4636 (ext. 106) Parish Rectory - 150 South Main Street East Windsor, CT 06088 Sacrament of Baptism Please call the parish office to make arrangements for the celebration of the sacrament as well as a pre-baptismal session for parents and Godparents. Sacrament of Matrimony Please call the parish office at least six months in advance before making any other arrangements. New Parishioners Please call the parish office or registration forms are available on the church bulletin boards. Christian Stewardship We are a stewardship community. Parish members are invited to use offertory envelopes or Online Giving to support the mission & needs of our parish. Please call the parish office for more details. Saint Marianne cope parish East Windsor The Pastor’s Desk Scripture Readings - Several years ago, an elementary school teacher in Florida named Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Rebecca began a special project in addition to her weekly duties in I Samuel 3:3b-10, 19 the classroom. It started when she learned from one of the school I Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20 secretaries that some of their students would ask for lots of food on John 1:35-42 their plate during lunch or put extra fruit or cookies in their book bags on Fridays. For some, it was their last meal until school on Monday. NEW PARISHIONERS – Welcome! There are Rebecca couldn’t sleep that night. Then she and other teachers and older students decided to create a food pantry in the school. registration forms on the bulletin boards in the Every Friday, a group would fill knapsacks with food items to deliver church foyers. Just fill one out and drop it in the to classrooms with needy students before they left for the weekend. Giving Box or Basket or return it to the parish office. When asked about this gesture, she said, “how can we help them learn if they’re carrying such burdens?” You may also register by calling the parish office How do we care for those who need support? This theme plays during weekday business hours. out in the biblical figures of this year’s Feast of the Holy Family, be- ginning with Sarah and Abraham. Throughout the story of these two YOUNG FAMILIES – At St. Philip Church, the quiet elderly pilgrims, God tries to help them trust in his word. Unlike us, room is available for families with young children they have nothing to lean on, no story of faith to follow; indeed, they’re the story makers who take leaps of faith. Each of their three attending Mass, and at St. Catherine Church the covenant moments with Yahweh he sustains them; first with the gift of foyer is available if your child needs a break. a son of their own, then the gift of land for their ancestors, and finally a blessing forged for all the people of the world. Each bond is a jump PARISHIONERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS - The first into the unknown, where these believing frontrunners learn to lean on marked pew is available for parishioners that have their God. While each covenant promise holds them over, it’s the any type of physical limitations, and you may also promise-maker who they learn to love, the one who helps them be- lieve and follow. receive communion while staying in your seat if This continues in Luke’s story of the Presentation. It’s been a long you’d like. At St. Philip, those in the quiet room 40 days for Mary & Joseph with the back and forth from Nazareth to may proceed in front of the first pew for Bethlehem for the census to say nothing of the 9 months of carrying their God-son inside and between them, with angelic visitors as well. communion as well. When the time came to trek to Jerusalem, they didn’t know what to expect in the temple. ANOINTING OF THE SICK - can be celebrated at any Luke could have just told us that they went straight to the priest on time for those who are ill or infirmed. When duty, 2 turtle doves in hand for this poor family of a carpenter. In- someone’s condition worsens, please call the parish stead, they meet two temple dwellers who become a bit of an extend- ed family of faith. First, it’s the elderly Simeon, a layman who knows office to arrange for Fr. Stu to visit and celebrate his way around the temple over the years of waiting for the chosen the sacrament rather then waiting until the final one of God to come. When it happens, he takes him into his arms moments of their life. and cries out in joy, asking God to dismiss him in peace as the nighttime of his life draws near. He also tells the parents that things PLEASE PRAY FOR – Leona Bard, Joyce Benoit, won’t be easy; Mary will take her own passion walk with her son. Jeannie Bernier, Maria Brenza, Linda Brown, Inez Then comes Anna, long-lived as well and so shaped by her temple days of prayer and fasting that she senses the one from heaven, Cabral, Helen Calsetta, Donald Daigle, Gabriel greeting them and then going off to tell others that he’s come. The Desrocher, Donald Fitzgerald, Laurie Gallipo, David words of these seasoned seekers will echo inside the holy ones in the Gieseke, Joanne Gird, Ciera Green, Regina years ahead as they leap together with the Spirit as their guide. While compassionate Rebecca down south helps feed her hungry Jackmauh, Concetta Kopp, Auralie LaChance, students, another teacher has been on a virtual journey with his high Martha Leonard, Bill Mager, Ethel Morin, Rosemary schoolers. As they finish their semester of Zoom gatherings, they Murak, Francine & Rita Nadeau, Mabel Ouellette, come together one last time. But he wonders why he’s the only one Laura Palmer, Donald Quist, Rob & Lilly, Bob & Gen with his screen on. “I’ve heard that in some remote classes, everyone has their cameras off, including the teacher. That must be hard, he Roy, Kay Teixeira, Ron Theriault, Meghan Tully, wonders out loud. “Is it my fault that your screens are not on, did I do Mary Winn, Heidi Wormstedt, Deborah & James something wrong?” “No, Dr. Brown,” a gal chimes in, “we wanted to Wrann, and Ellie Ziegler. Also, remember all health do something special for you.” The screens light up with grateful mes- sages to their teacher for working so hard to make their time together care workers, missionaries and those serving in the meaningful. “Oh, you guys,” he says, removing his glasses and wip- armed forces. ing his eyes. Another community supporting one another. Simeons and Annas are always nearby as we leap. THE FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD Worship at SMC Our weekly Mass schedule has been going well, with three week- end Masses and two weekday Masses at St. Philip Church. Each week different disciples gather to worship, with more returning folks and new ones joining in. Based on parish size, our average attend- ance is similar to the surrounding Catholic parishes in the area. Everyone has selected a Mass as sabbath time, which may be a weekend liturgy, with more people gathered, or a weekday Mass which is smaller and a little more quiet. All have chosen the worship time that suits them best while continuing to practice good steward- ship in the Giving Boxes & Baskets, mailing in offerings to the parish office, or joining the Online Giving team. We’re holding our own! Here’s some other practices we’ve been following during worship. Entering/Departing Church – Everyone is asked to wear a face covering. Enter through one of the two side doors in the main foyer so you can be greeted and helped as needed. Then walk down the sloping aisles to pick out a marked row to sit in. At the end of Mass, all will leave carefully, 6ft apart, one row at a time, down the side aisles and out the side foyer doors. Seating & Social Distancing - Seating is every other row with no more than 4 in each pew (such as: 3 singles; or 1 couple and 2 singles; or 1 family of 3 and 1 single; or just 1 family of 4+). Rows to sit in are marked at the end of each pew with a colored sheet. Communion Time – Ministers of the Eucharist wear face cover- ings and hand-sanitize before serving at communion. Those who would like to receive communion come-up wearing face coverings, one person at a time & one row at a time, 6ft. Apart. Communion is received in the hands, flat and extended towards the minister, mindful of the red marked strips in the carpet.
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