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THE PARISH OF ST. CECILIA ~ ST. GABRIEL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Saint Cecilia Saint Gabriel 1184 Newfield Ave. 914 Newfield Ave. Stamford, CT 06905 July 19, 2020 Rev. John P. Connaughton, Pastor Rev. Mariusz M. Olbrys, Parochial Vicar Deacon Larry Buzzeo Seminarian Anh Vu PHASE 2 SCHEDULE Fr. John Connaughton, Pastor For the time being all Masses will be held at [email protected] St. Cecilia Church Fr. Mariusz Olbrys, Parochial Vicar [email protected] Daily Mass Deacon Larry Buzzeo Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. [email protected] Weekend Masses: Seminarian Anh Vu Saturday (Vigil Mass) 4 p.m. [email protected] Sunday Masses 8 a.m., 10 a.m. & 12 Noon Parish Center Office hours: Monday Friday, 9 a.m. 4 p.m. RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE Maryanne Didelot, Director of Religious Education [email protected] FOR ALL WEEKEND MASSES 2033221562 To make a reservation please go to our Parish Gina DeVito, Parish Office Manager Website http://stceciliastgabriel.org [email protected] 2033221562 Michele Schule, Organist and Music Director The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed [email protected] for personal devotion or call the parish office 2033221562 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 12-1 p.m. Tom McKiernan, Business Manager and 2032467681 Wednesday evenings from 7:30 9 p.m. Mark Browning, Finance Council President 2033221562 Vicki Alton, Prayer Line Confession Schedule at Church of St. Cecilia: [email protected] Wednesdays: 7:30-9 p.m., Saturdays: 3-3:45 p.m. or call the parish office 2033221562 Patricia Brady, Head of School & Principal BAPTISMS: Sundays following Noon Mass at St. Cecilia Church Catholic Academy of Stamford WEDDINGS: St. Gabriel or St. Cecilia upon request of the couple. 2033226505 Arrangements to be made at least six months prior to the wedding. FUNERALS: St. Gabriel or St. Cecilia upon request of the family. The Parish of St. CeciliaSt. Gabriel Stamford, Connecticut ST. CECILIA - ST. GABRIEL PARISH Good Teacher MASS INTENTIONS For the time being, all Masses will be said at Robert P. George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at St. Cecilia Church Princeton University, where he has taught since 1985. The grandson of immigrants who worked in the coal mines of West Virginia, George is known as one of the naon’s leading con- SATURDAY July 18, 2020 4 PM Alfred DeCarlo Jr. & Sr. servave intellectuals. As a praccing Catholic who holds (Mary DeCarlo) viewsconsidered “conservave”on many things, George’s out- SUNDAY July 19, 2020 spokencriques of aboron,sameRsex marriage,euthanasia, 8 AM Deceased Members of the pornography, largeRscale government welfare programs, O’Reilly & Walker Families and human trafficking o en put him at odds with his col- (The Walker Family) leagues. But he has a gi forbeing able to engage with those 10 AM Tony Sweeney who disagree with him in a respecul and construcve wayand (Mary Brennan) has earnedwidespreadrespectamonghis peers.As a teacher, 12 Noon Nicola DePreta what George does exceedingly well is challengestudentsto be (Family) more introspecve and to subject their typically convenon- albeliefs to crical analysis. During the recentwave ofaacks The following Mass intentions originally scheduled at on monuments erected to historical figures, George posted the St. Gabriel Church SATURDAY, July 18th at 4:00 PM following on his Twier account: for Thomas Salvino from his family and SUNDAY, July 19th at 9 a.m. for Philomena Totilo “I somemes ask students what their posion on slavery would from Joseph Rainone Jr. will be said privately have been had they been white and living in the South before by Fr. John & Fr. Mariusz. abolion. Guess what? They all would have been abolionists! They all would have bravely spoken out against slavery, MONDAY July 20, 2020 St. Appolinaris andworked relessly against it. Of course, this is nonsense. Only 7:30 AM Marie Duffy the niest fracon of them, or of any of us, would have spoken (Agnes Cannon) up against slavery or li ed a finger to free the slaves. Most of TUESDAY July 21, 2020 St. Lawrence of Brindisi themVand usVwould have gone along. Many would have sup- 7:30 AM Philomena DeCarlo ported the slave system and happily benefited from.” (Vicki Alton) WEDNESDAY July 22, 2020 St. Mary Magdalene “So I respond by saying that I will credit their claims if they can 7:30 AM Rocco Vinci show evidence of the following: that in leading their lives today (His Children) they have stood up for the rights of unpopular vicms of injus- THURSDAY July 23, 2020 St. Bridget ce whose very humanity is denied, and where they have done 7:30 AM DaPra and Mandi Families so knowing: (1) that it would make them unpopular with their (Kitty Mandi) peers, (2) that they would be loathed and ridiculed by powerful, FRIDAY July 24, 2020 St. Sharbel Makhluf influenal individuals and instuons in our society; (3) that 7:30 AM For The Parish they would be abandoned by many of their friends, (4) that they would be called nasty names, and(5) that they would risk being SATURDAY July 25, 2020 denied valuable professional opportunies as a result of their 4 PM Thomas Pesce Sr. moral witness. In short, my challenge is [for them] to show (His Family) where they haveRat risk to themselves and their futuresRstood SUNDAY July 26, 2020 up for a cause that is unpopular in elite sectors of our culture 8 AM Joanne Kinahan today.” (Her Family) 10 AM John Gardell Georgebelieves that these kinds of thought exercises are essen- (Vera Gardell) alin the university seng, since he believes that the intellectu- 12 Noon Mary Vassallo al life is about truthRseeking.“The spirit of truthRseeking is first (Erika DeVolpi) a spirit of humility,” George has argued. “It’s a spirit that recog- The following Mass intentions originally scheduled at nizes one’s own fallibility, that whatever one’s convicons, be- St. Cecilia Church SATURDAY, July 25th at 5:30 PM liefs, or judgments, they are fallible.” And once one begins to for Rita Caveney from Frank Caveney and take truthRseeking seriously, he or she will then discov- SUNDAY, July 26th at 9 a.m. for Bernadette Hughes er (hopefully) the need for courage to live in accord with the from Angela Martin will be said privately truth, as well as the need for mercy and grace. George by Fr. John & Fr. Mariusz. hasaributedhisownmoral formaon to the example of his Connued... Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 19, 2020 parents. His fatherwasa man of "simple piety, generosity, hu- mility, integrity, and compassion." His mother "stressed the ways in which living up to the demands of Chrisan faith was a Prayer of Spiritual Communion My Jesus, I believe that You noble challenge." are in the Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things, Prof. George’s parents taught him well, imparng to him the and I long for You in my soul. qualies of a good teacher, one who seeks Truth and who, out Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, of love for his students, wants to helpothersseek it too. come at least spiritually into my heart. As though You have already come, I embrace You and unite myself entirely to You; In Christ, never permit me to be separated from You. Amen. Fr. John Week of June 18th, 2020 The sick and their caregivers. Sal Boni- St. Cecilia Church na, Michael Pra, Nick Pensiero, Ken The Tabernacle Lamp shines for Byxbee, Conor Ehring, Mary Brundage, The DaPra and Mandi Families Ma Marshall, William Perkins, Tricia by Kitty Mandi Saxe Coccomo, Steven Deccicco, Rich- ard Negyesi, Ed Adams, Msgr. Pow- RdžǍNJLjNJǐǖǔ EDžǖDŽǂǕNJǐǏ/FǂNJǕlj FǐǓǎǂǕNJǐǏ ers, Wendy Lenard, Edward Cioffi, Bar- bara Cebula, Columbia Smith, and Kaye Gill, Baby Elyssa, 202021 Registrations have been mailed! Andrew Allesandro, Michael Anderson, Pat Arpaio, Gloria Boccuzzi, Christopher Brady, Amy BurnsRDuda, Fr. Michael We are working with the diocese to create a Cambi, Michael Cooper, Tim Cooper, Allyn Dodd, Carolyn plan where the children and their families can Gagnon, Steve Grossman, Mahew J. Hammill, Eileen learn about their faith in a safe way and be ade- Hynes, Melissa Jambol, Musfira Khan, Kiy Mandi, Rich- ard Nanos, Karen Parent, Chet Quinlan, Bill Ritchie, Bon- quately prepared to receive sacraments. Starting nie Sigfried, Thomas Sparan, Dominic Tono, Alex Trebek, with regular weekly classes this fall seems un- George Wetzler, Christopher Hoeppner, Caroline Andre- likely; we are making every effort to put togeth- ana, Lori Ciccarelli, Mark Mullen, George Uzwiak, Alice er a program in which everyone will feel safe Carella, Kimberley Pracilio, Marilyn Ritchie, Leon Zavos, and comfortable. To do this we need the num- Rose Sorbo Barosky, Deirdre, John Cullen, Steven Farrell, ber of students who will be participating. Please Joseph Freeth, Dorothy Tierney, Italia Malagisi, Owen Ryan, Michael Connole, Ginny Woolston, Mark Mones, complete and return the registration form as Diane Heach, Kyle Bancro , Joseph Roche, Dan Morrissey, soon as possible. If you know of someone who Randy Palonia, Miguel Machado all who travel … the has not received a registration letter, please wounded and recovering military personnel and all who have them contact the office or email our DRE. put themselves in harm’s way to protect us,…vicms of The information and registration form is also war, terrorism and violence around the world, …those whom we remember in our Eucharisc Celebraons this available on our website: stcecilia-stgabriel.org weekend and throughout the week and those who have died. The tentative dates for First Holy Communion are Saturday, Sept. 19th and Saturday, Sept. 26th. We also have a prayer line available for anyone wishing Confirmation has been rescheduled for Thursday, for immediate prayers.