TǘdžǏǕǚENJLjljǕlj SǖǏDžǂǚ IǏ OǓDžNJǏǂǓǚ TNJǎdž ~ ODŽǕǐǃdžǓ 11Ǖlj, 2020 A.D. Reverend Nicholas Pavia, Pastor Faith Formation Deacon Thomas Fekete, Director Reverend Michael A. Boccaccio Our Lady of Peace In Residence Roman Catholic Church Mr. Michael Petreycik, Director Music Ministry 651 Stratford Road ~ Lordship ~ Stratford Mrs. Karen Capozziello, Cantor MASS SCHEDULE Mr. Martin Tristine, DAILY MASS: Finance Committee Chairperson Wednesday, Thursday, Friday ~ 8:30 a.m. Telephone Number 2037325575 Rosary: 8:00 a.m. No Mass or Rosary Monday and Tuesday Mrs. Pia Ramadanovic, Administration SATURDAY: 12:00 NǐǐǏ SȱȳɂȱȽȵȾɄɃ Vigil ~ 4:30 p.m. BǂǑǕNJǔǎǔ: By arrangement SUNDAY: 8:30 a.m. ~ 11:00 a.m. ~ 4:30 p.m. RdžDŽǐǏDŽNJǍNJǂǕNJǐǏCȿȾȶȵɃɃȹȿȾPȵȾȱȾȳȵ: DEVOTION: Saturday: 3:15 to 4:00 p.m. SǖǏDžǂǚ: DNJǗNJǏdž MdžǓDŽǚ HǐǍǚ HǐǖǓ ~ 3:004:00 p.m. Other times by appointment The Church is open for private prayer MǂǕǓNJǎǐǏǚ: Arrangements must be made with (except during Mass) the Pastor at least (8) eight months in advance of Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. the date. Before social plans are made. FAITH FORMATION: 2033774863 ext. 15 R.C.I.A.: Adults interested in becoming Email:[email protected] or [email protected] members of the Catholic Church and those who wish to receive the Sacraments of Baptism, First PARISH OFFICE: 2033774863 ext. 10 Eucharist, and Confirmation are asked to contact Address: 10 Ivy Street, Stratford, CT 06615 the Parish Office. Hours: Wednesday and Friday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Nȵɇ PȱɂȹɃȸȹȿȾȵɂɃ Closed Monday and Tuesday Welcome to Our Parish Family! Email: [email protected] Please visit the Parish Office to register and Fax Number: 2033785253 complete a Census Card. Website: www.ourladyofpeacestratfordct.weconnect.com Gifts and Bequests to Our Lady of Peace Church The Sanctuary Candle are encouraged and gratefully accepted. A Suggestion: When a loved one dies, advise friends burns this week in memory of and relatives to make a donation to the The Parishioners “Our Lady of Peace Sanctuary Fund” in memory of the deceased, and include this wish in the Obituary Notice. GOSPEL MEDITATION ~ ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE God gives us an invitation to have an abundant life. The banquet is ready, and the tables are set. Come! There is so much to attend to in the everydayness of our lives. We have plans, after all. There is never enough time and so much that needs to be done. There is work, children, and grandchildren, paying the bills, planning for retirement, figuring out the details of our next vacation, making sure we are on top of our game with work, planning social engagements, answering emails, texts, and getting our latest pictures on Facebook. There is always something. What is this about some banquet? I need another party and commitment like a hole in the head. I can’t manage what I already have, and someone is asking me to do more! Seriously? I saw the invitation; I think it came in the mail the other day. Did I leave it on the table? Oh wait, it may have gotten thrown away. I can’t remember. In any case, I’m managing things pretty well on my own, I think. Thanks for thinking of me, but no thanks. My life is only as good as I make it and I have to be sure that all is in order! Oh, another invitation came today! This guy’s being persistent. Now, I’m getting angry. I wish he would just leave me alone and stop with this invitation nonsense. I woke up feeling a bit unsettled this morning. The kids have left the house, the grandchildren are busy with their lives, my retirement fund is losing ground, I’m worried about my health, folks have moved away, and I find myself alone. I am unhappy. I remember getting an invitation some time ago to a banquet promising new life and life in abundance. Did I miss something? I think I may have. I am finally discovering that life is not about me and my world. I think I’ve ignored the God who made me and the God who is the reason for my life, my hope, and my joy. It’s always been about me. I have not really discovered Eternal Love. Is the invitation still open? Can I come to the banquet? I think I’d like to come.©LPi LIVE THE LITURGY INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK Come to the feast! God calls us to participate in the banquet of life, a banquet that can fill and satisfy us like no other. It is a spiritual feast where we kind find inner refreshment and satisfy the thirst and hunger of our souls. Do you want to come? Every human being receives an invitation; no one is excluded. There is no charge and an abundant table is set. Some will blatantly refuse. They see no merit in attending and feel that they can fill their needs in other ways. Others will simply ignore the invitation. Maybe they are too consumed with other matters they feel are more important at the time. Still others may even get angry and feel deep resentment for even being asked, resorting to acts of violence in protest of the very presence of the feast. In spite of this, many will also come. They will be the good and the bad, the lost and the lonely, and the ones who understand. They know love when they see it. When they go to the feast, they will rejoice and be glad as they will have found the God for whom they looked!©LPi Classes are in the Parish Center and The Annual Mass of Healing and the Administration of in the Msgr. Gilmartin Church Hall the Sacrament of the Sick will not be celebrated this Sundays 9:40 to 10:45 a.m. year due to the pandemic. During the month of Class October 18th, 24th October, Father Pavia will pray the Rosary each day for all who are ill, infirmed or elderly. Praying the Contact Deacon Tom Fekete at 2033774863 ext. 15 Rosary is the best medicine for physical, mental and if you have any questions. spiritual enrichment. In your daily rosary and prayer Social distancing protocol will be followed remember the ill, infirmed and elderly. for all Faith Formation Prayer for the Sick Faith Formation is an important part of family life Lord Jesus, who went about doing good and healing not only in your own family but, in the life of our all, we ask you to bless your friends who are sick. Give Parish Family here at Our Lady of Peacewhere we them the strength in body, courage in spirit, and grow together towards the Lord. patience in pain. Let them recover their health, so that, restored to the Observances for the week of October 11, 2020 Christian community, they may joyfully praise your Monday: Columbus Day name, for you live and reign for ever and ever. Amen Wednesday: St. Callistus I, Pope and Martyr Thursday: St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of Some people are so foolish the Church that they think they can go Friday: St. Hedwig, Religious; St. Margaret Mary through life without the Alacoque, Virgin help of the Blessed Saturday: St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr Mother. Next Sunday: World Mission Sunday “Love the Madonna and pray the rosary, for her ROSARY is the weapon against all the evils of the world today. All graces given by God pass through the Blessed Mother.” St. Padre Pio Columbus Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492. It became a federal holiday in 1937 even though unofficially was celebrated in a number of cities and states as early as the 18th century. The first So often we think of missionaries as those people from statewide celebration was in Colorado in 1907 and Protestant churches that go to other counties to spread celebrated on the second Monday in October since the good news. However, do you realize that the United 1971. States is actually considered a “mission country” be- cause we need more priests and sisters in the United States than we produce? Yes, we are now a mission country. Let us ask God’s blessing on those men and women from other countries who are in our midst as priests, brothers, and sisters. And when we pray, let us also ask God to change our hearts so that we will again produce a society that brings forth more vocations. Columbus Day is a U.S. holiday that com- OǖǓ CljǖǓDŽlj NJǔ ǐǑdžǏ LJǐǓ Mǂǔǔ FǐǓ džǂǔǚ ǓdžLJdžǓdžǏDŽdž ljdžǓdž NJǔ OǖǓ CǖǓǓdžǏǕ SDŽljdžDžǖǍdž Our Lady of Peace receives no outside financial Daily Mass: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday ~ 8:30 a.m. support. We rely entirely on your generosity to meet our many expenses. Every contribution furthers our Rosary: ~ 8:00 a.m. Parish’s mission of faith, worship, and service, as we No Mass or Rosary on Monday and Tuesday seek to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to serve Saturday: 12:00 Noon those most in need, and to worship the living God. Vigil ~4:30 p.m. Wdždžnj ǐLJ ODŽǕǐǃdžǓ 4, 2020 Sunday: 8:30 a.m. ~ 11:00 a.m. ~ 4:30 p.m. Devotion: Offertory Collection $ 2,224.00 Sunday: Divine Mercy Holy Hour Online Giving $ 1,308.00 3:00 4:00 p.m. Confession: Saturday 3:15 to 4:00 p.m.