St. Jerome Church 23 Half Mile Road Norwalk, CT 06851 ~ 203-847-5349 Christmas Pageant 2019 THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD JANUARY 5, 2020 MISSION STATEMENT Parish Staff We the people of St. Jerome Parish, a Ro- man Catholic community, proclaim our be- PASTORAL STAFF ~ 203-847-5349 Rev. Rojin Karickal, Pastor lief in the message and mission of Jesus Rev. David Blanchfield, In-Residence Christ. As disciples of Jesus we are called Rev. Michael Hoag, S.J., Weekend Assistant to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to work for its values in the local community PARISH OFFICE ~ 203-847-5349 and beyond. We are committed to wor- Office Hours, Mon-Fri 9:00 AM—1 PM Summer Hours Mon—Fri 9:00 AM—12 Noon ship, religious education, shared faith, and [email protected] service. We welcome all people with re- Kathy Coyne, Parish Ministries Coordinator spect, acceptance and support. Natalie Raduazzo, Administrative Assistant Kathy Rohr, Administrative Assistant SABBATH MASSES BULLETIN/SOCIAL MEDIA Saturday 4:00 PM Kathy Rohr Sunday 8:00 AM [email protected] 9:15 AM Family Mass RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 11:00 AM REACH 6:00 PM (September—June) [email protected] DAYS OF OBLIGATION TOTAL Joe and Daniela OʼCallaghan Holy Day 9:00 AM, 7:00 PM Youth Ministers 203-847-0321 WEEKDAY MASSES [email protected] Mon-Fri 9:00 AM MUSIC MINISTRY HOW TO FIND US... Tom Sullivan • 203-847-5349 Parish Website: www.stjeromenorwalk.org Parish Email: [email protected] PASTORAL COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON REACH email: [email protected] Nicole Tobin • 203- 856-6436 TOTAL email: total @stjeromenorwalk.org [email protected] Bulletin/Social Media: FINANCE COUNCIL [email protected] Bill Sweeney • [email protected] Fr. Rojin: [email protected] Fr. David: [email protected] ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL 203-847-3881 Pre K—Grade 8 Parish Facebook: stjeromenorwalk 139 West Rocks Road REACH & TOTAL Facebook: Norwalk, CT 06851 REACH.TOTAL.stjerome Linda Dunn, Principal Parish Twitter: @StJeromeNorwalk REACH & TOTAL Twitter: FAITH DIRECT—ONLINE GIVING @REACHstjerome 866-507-8757 www.faithdirect.net Sign up using our church code: CT46 or visit our Instagram: stjeromenorwalk website at www.stjeromenorwalk.org/Faith-Direct- enrollment.pdf Altar Flowers Altar Flowers may be memorialized for a donation of $50. Please call the Parish Office several months prior to your desired date. VIGIL FOR SUNDAY 1/4 4:00 pm Lucille Correnty Adoration & Silent Prayer Every day between 4:00PM and 5:00PM. (Kenneth & Nancy Craw) Contemplative Prayer EPIPHANY OF THE LORD 1/5 8:00 am Vincenzo Iannone, Jr. Wednesday evening at 7:00 PM. (family) Come spend some quiet time with the Lord. Perpetual Novena 9:15 am Sahara Calisaya Lopez (daughter) Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal takes place each Monday following morning Mass 11:00 am Helen Loch (Annette & Richard Maiberger) Rosary & Divine Mercy Prayers Monday through Friday after daily Mass 6:00 pm Raffaele Iacono (Balestriere family) Baptisms Please call the parish office during regular office hours 1/6 9:00 am Barbara Blanchfield to schedule. (Fr. Dave) Required Pre-Baptism 1/7 9:00 am Elzbieta Kwapinska- Class at 7PM third Tuesday of the month. Please Zwierzchowska register ahead of time by calling the office. (Dina Howe) Reconciliation 1/8 9:00 am Joseph DiPreta One hour before vigil on Saturday. Also any time by (Laura DiPreta) appointment. 1/9 9:00 am Pat Currie Marriages (Sheila & Tom Rietano) Please contact the parish office at least six months in advance. 1/10 9:00 am Sr. Daria Gencarelli (Zapata family) Anointing of the Sick First Wednesday of each month, immediately VIGIL FOR SUNDAY following the 9:00 AM Mass, in the sanctuary. 1/11 4:00 pm Lucille Correnty Anyone who has a chronic medical condition, who is (Brian & Linda Stone) seriously ill, or who is anticipating a medical procedure THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD or operation, is welcome to come. 1/12 8:00 am Camille Cardone Gluten Free Hosts (Barbara Vlach) If you require a gluten free host, please see the officiating priest before Mass. 9:15 am Michael Hefferan (Anna & Lee L’Archevesque) Bringing up the Gifts at Mass 11:00 am Diane O’Malley If the Mass intention has been requested by you or for (Andrea & Joe Licek) your loved ones, and you would like to bring up the 6:00 pm Theresa & Joseph Bruno Gifts at the Offertory, please let the ushers know that (Carmela Bruno) you are present and would like to bring up the gifts. Widows’ Support Group If interested please contact the office. Sanctuary Candle Our sanctuary candle may be memorialized for a week. Suggested donation $25. Please contact the office to reserve your date. This weekend is special for us! We celebrate the feast of the Epiphany today. Epiphany means “manifestation” or “showing forth.” It is also called Theophany (“manifestation of God”), especially by Eastern Christians. The Roman Catholic and Protestant churches emphasize the visit of the Magi when they celebrate the Epiphany. Christ revealed himself in the form of a newborn babe to the Three Wise Men who traveled from their countries to pay tribute to the Son of God. As we com- memorate the feast of Epiphany, let us also pay tribute to Our Lord. The parish was exceptionally busy during the Christmas season. First of all, let me mention our REACH Christmas celebration held on December 22. It was a great event where our REACH fami- lies joined together and celebrated Christmas as a community. The participation was beyond ex- pectation! I want to thank Kathy Rohr, Natalie Raduazzo, and all the people who helped to set up the breakfast. After that morning, I could see a ray of hope for the future of our beloved parish. Looking at the young parents along with their children coming together, celebrating together, with children singing and wishing Merry Christmas was an amazing experience! I want to applaud and appreciate the positivity that our REACH parents and children showed towards this gathering. We had a colorful Christmas! It was colorful with the participation of people in the Holy Masses along with the decorations at the Church and rectory. I would like to thank John Kuczo and his son, John, for making the extraordinary effort to decorate our Christmas trees both at the Church and at the rectory and for helping to arrange everything for the Christmas Eve Mass. I know that I could use this whole page to name all of our loving parishioners who selflessly dedicate themselves to the parish. In every parish, there are always some hidden people who volunteer to help the church but would never let their name be upfront. Honestly, there are several of that kind in our parish! I thank you all. Without you, I would be at a loss, and St. Jerome could never be what it is right now. It is our responsibility to invite our younger generation to join us and to motivate us to continue the lega- cy of St. Jerome. Today, at REACH, we have our guest speaker. Holly from ‘Filling in the Blanks’ will be talking to our children and parents. Next week, our parents and children will participate in a packing event at Fill- ing in the Blanks. Let this service project help our children to be aware of the hunger plight of school children right in our own neighborhood. Let me also mention the upcoming preparation for the First Communion and First Reconciliation. The first meeting is scheduled for January 10. I request all the candidates and parents attend the session. Let us begin to pray for them! THIS WEEK AT ST. JEROME…… Sunday 1/5 REACH Grades 1-8 -9:15 Mass then Guest Speaker TOTAL—6:00 PM Mass followed by session Monday 1/6 Women’s Scripture 9:30 AM Tuesday 1/7 Wednesday 1/8 Women’s Scripture 7:30 PM Thursday 1/9 Friday 1/10 Saturday 1/11 Men’s Group 7:00 AM Sunday 1/12 REACH Kindergarten -9:15 Mass then class REACH Grades 1-8 -9:15 Mass then project TOTAL—6:00 PM Mass followed by session WEEKLY OFFERTORY SUMMARY We pray for those Offertory as of12/23 $18,968.50 who bravely serve Faith Direct December $21,458.75 our country. God bless them and their TOTAL December as of 12/23 $40,427.25 families. Our service December Budget (including Christmas) $72,000 people include: Thank you for your support of our parish. LT Jeffrey Bari, USN . ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST COMPLETE PFC Devon Barker, United States Army VIRTUS TRAINING!! Sgt. Andrew Chimento, United States Army SAFE ENVIRONMENTS SSgt. Jason Kulik, United States Army All volunteers 18 years and over must be in com- SSgt. Cameron Prescott, USAF pliance with the diocesan mandate. Pvt. Patrick Ruther, CTARNG Please see the VIRTUS website SSG Hendrik P. Sorensen, ARNG (www.virtusonline.org) click “First-time registrant”, click ABH3 Lauren A. Sorensen, USN “view a list of sessions”, search ‘Bridgeport, CT LCpl. Jack H. Whitney, USMC (Diocese)”. The website has a complete listing of train- ing. “Take-A-Look Tuesdays" Some upcoming training dates: All Saints Catholic School New Covenant Center (Stamford) 1/8 at 6:00 PM Interested in finding out more about All Greenwich Catholic School 1/14 at 10:00 AM Saints Catholic School in Norwalk? Stop by our "Take-A-Look Tuesday" Open House, held every Tuesday from 8:30- 10am. Each week, parents and students are on- We have many available times hand to give tours and answer questions about our for Mass intentions curriculum, activities, after-school program and tui- (memorial or celebratory).