! ! CHURCH OF SAINT JOHN 1986 Post Road · Darien, Connecticut 06820 ! 203.655.1145 ! September 8, 2019 ! MASS SCHEDULE ! ! SUNDAY MASSES ! Vigil: ! 4:30 PM ! Sunday: !7:30, 8:30, 10:00, ! 11:30 AM, 5:00 PM ! ! ! DAILY MASSES ! Monday Friday: 8:00 AM ! Saturday: 8:30 AM ! ! ! ! Adoration & Benediction ! First Friday after the 8:00 AM Mass ! until 12 Noon except July and August .! ! ! Miraculous Medal Novena ! Monday after the 8:00 AM Mass ! ! ! Reconciliation ! Saturday at 3:00 PM M 4:00 PM ! or anytime by appointment ! ! ! Rosary ! Immediately following the daily ! 8:00 AM Mass ! CLERGY ! Fr. Frank Hoffmann, Pastor ! [email protected] ! ! ! Fr. Chris Perrella, Parochial Vicar ! [email protected] ! PARISH OFFICE ! 203.655.1145 phone ! 203.655.1048 fax ! [email protected] ! PRESCHOOL ! RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ! YOUTH GROUP ! 203.656.0548 phone ! 203.655.8020 phone ! 203.662.1217 phone ! www.stjohnpreschool.org ! ! [email protected] ! [email protected] ! ST.! JOHN CHURCH SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ! Pastor’s Column ! ! This week, we will look at another pair of saints, Marcellinus and Peter. The reason we consider them in the same entry is they are part of a number of “paired” saints, that is, saints whose names are always mentioned together. (Next week, we take a look at another pair of saints, Felicity and Perpetua.) ! ! Both lived in the city of Rome during the late third and early fourth centuries. The only thing that can be said about them for sure is that they were martyred during the Diocletian The next Chat & Chew meeting will be this ! persecution, sometime around 304 AD. Marcellinus is said to have ! been a priest, Peter (not THE Saint Peter) was an exorcist. Pope Tuesday, September 10th Saint Damasus, who lived in the later part of the fourth century Beginning with Mass at 12:00 Noon ! provides some detail about them. He claimed to have gotten his story from their executioner who became a Christian after their Chat & Chew meets monthly on the 2nd Tuesday from deaths there. Some holy women, led by a divine revelation, May through November, beginning with Mass at 12:00 recovered the bodies and buried them properly in a place that came PM. They have pizza parties, ice cream socials with to bear their names, the Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter. The ! beautiful wall painting from the catacombs shown below is an speakers/entertainment, a day of retreat, and luncheons. image of Christ between Sts. Peter (THE St. Peter) and Paul. Marcellinus and Peter are among those figures along the bottom of the painting. A work about their deaths, referred to as a passio , comes 200 years after their deaths, embellishes the story and Saint John Bible Study Group Resumes ! includes more detail, although most scholars would not consider it ! a reliable source of what actually happened. ! St. John Wednesday evening Bible Study will resume on th ! ! A church, Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano, was built Wednesday, September 18 f rom 7:00 8:30PM in Room near their tomb by Constantine, who later buried his mother, St. 108 of the Parish Center. The group is led by Maryann Helena there. Like the relics of many early martyrs, there are many Knag, MAT, MAR, a trained Catholic Bible scholar. All are versions of where they are. This church, along with a church in welcome! Just come with a Bible. This session, we will Seilgenstadt, Germany and the Cathedral of Cremona, Italy, claim begin with a 16 !week series on the Blessed Virgin called, to have them. !One version of how this might have happened says “Mary, the Mother of God and Our Mother”. the in the ninth century, for reasons lost to history, the remains of Saints Marcellinus and Peter were transferred from the catacombs The meeting dates are: to a church in !Seligenstadt. When the church was rebuilt in 1256 Sept 18 & 25; Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30; by !Pope Alexander IV, the martyrs' relics were putatively returned. Nov 6 & 27; Dec 4, 11 & 18. A somewhat comical version, given in Wikipedia states the following: “Einhard had built a basilica at Michelstadt in 827 and Newcomers Welcome! then sent a servant, Ratleic, to Rome with an end to find relics for For more information, contact Maryann at 203.213.4809 or the new building. Once in Rome, Ratleic, with the help of a Roman [email protected] deacon with a reputation as a relics swindler and thief ! named Deusdona, robbed a ! catacomb ! of the bones of Marcellinus and Peter and had them translated to Michelstadt. Once there, the relics made it known they were unhappy with their new tomb and thus had to be moved again to Mulinheim (now Seligenstadt). Once established there, they proved to be miracle workers.” ! ! It is clear, despite all this confusion, that these men were venerated in the city of Rome from a very early date. Their feast is celebrated on June 2 every year. ! ! Fr. Frank Hoffmann ! Our next meeting will be Thursday, September 19th. ! St. John’s Chapter of the Knights of Columbus will be hosting a 5th Sunday Rosary which will be held Sunday, September 29, 2019 between the 8:30 and 10:00AM Masses. The Knights will be available that day to answer questions about the program and about becoming a 2! member. ! ST.! JOHN CHURCH SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ! ! Mass Intentions ! Memorial Candles ! ! ! The Tabernacle Candle burns in memory of VIGIL Rita Broderick ! 4:30PM Bernard Dempsey by His Wife Happy Birthday ! SUNDAY September 8 ! by Aunt Lovie ! 7:30AM Catherine & Michael Carbotti ! 8:30AM Magdalen & Philip Amodeo The Marian Candle burns for the intentions of ! by Joanne Amodeo Natalie Anne Carroll ! 10:00AM Parishioners of St. John In celebration of her Baptism ! 11:30AM Ralph Hoffmann by Dan & Marilyn Dolcetti ! by St. John Choir & Choirmaster 5:00PM Catherine DeVivo by The Golino Family If you would like to memorialize a candle in the sanctuary, in the name of a loved one, you may do so by contacting the parish office and making a request. We will take requests for petitions for the MONDAY ! ! September 9 ! Tabernacle, Sanctuary, and Marian candles which will burn for one 8:00AM Rita Broderick by Auntie Lovie week each. The suggested donation is $10. ! TUESDAY ! ! September 10 ! 8:00AM George W. Calvosa by His Wife ! St. John Prayers for the Sick ! !! ! ! WEDNESDAY September 11 ! 8:00AM In Memory of the “911” Victims Please Remember The Following In Your Prayers: Sal Bonina, Jacqueline Breedan, Lydia Stafford, Larry THURSDAY ! ! September 12 ! Hueston, Chip White, Marcelo Mora, Lynette Lyon and to 8:00AM Mom & Dad (Aunt Annie & Uncle George) those whose suffering is known only to God, and to those by Pat Broderick who care for them. ! FRIDAY ! ! September 13 ! 8:00AM Don Rossbach by Laurie & Steve Sinacore ! SATURDAY ! ! September 14 ! 8:30AM James Long VIGIL ! 4:30PM Nora, Patrick, Barbara Tracey & Patsy Boullé by The Marini & Tracey Families I Andrew Ragonese & Alexandra Cavalen ! SUNDAY September 15 ! III Ryan D’Souza & Lyubov Neglyad ! 7:30AM Rose Augustus by Her Daughter, Anne 8:30AM Peter Roux by Phil & Allison Dolcetti 10:00AM Robert J. Jachino by Kevin & Sheila Molloy 11:30AM Roberto Viciente Coronel by Catina Aspiazu 5:00PM Parishioners of St. John Rose for Life ! In memory of ! ! Readings for the Week of September 8, 2019 ! ! MaryAnn & Jay Cianciola ! Sunday: !!!!!!!!! Wis 9:13 18b/Ps 90:3 4, 5 6, 12 13, 14 17 [1]/ ! Phlm 9 10, 12 17/Lk 14:25 33 ! Happy Birthday ! Monday: !!!!!!!! Col 1:24 2:3/Ps 62:6 7, 9 [8]/Lk 6:6 11 ! by Their Family ! Tuesday: !!!!!!!! Col 2:6 15/Ps 145:1b 2, 8 9, 10 11 [9]/ ! Lk 6:12 19 ! Wednesday: !!! Col 3:1 11/Ps 145:2 3, 10 11, 12 13ab [9]/ ! Lk 6:20 26 ! Thursday: !!!!!!! Col 3:12 17/Ps 150:1b 2, 3 4, 5 6 [6]/Lk 6:27 38 ! Friday: 1 Tm 1:1 2, 12 14/Ps 16:1b 2a and 5, 7 8, 11 ! [cf. 5]/Lk 6:39 42 ! We Welcome our Newly ! Saturday: !!!!!!!! Nm 21:4b 9/Ps 78:1bc 2, 34 35, 36 37, 38 ! [cf. 7b]/Phil 2:6 11/Jn 3:13 17 ! Baptized Parishioners: ! ! ! Next Sunday: Ex 32:7 11, 13 14/Ps 51:3 4, 12 13, 17, 19 [Lk 15:18]/1 Tm 1:12 17/Lk 15:1 32 or 15:1 10 ! Lena Josephine Holland 3! ST.! JOHN CHURCH SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ! LifeNotes ! to defend and celebrate the culture of life !! ! US Conference of Catholic Bishops respond to recent US Thank You for Sharing Your Blessings ! House vote on The Equality Act. ! The bill, in Senate Committee, will have powerful support in the fall Please consider remembering St. John Church in your Will. ! ! ! session: ! !The Equality Act would add the terms “sexual ! ! ! ! 2019 ! ! 2018 ! orientation” and “gender identity” to the definition of “sex” ! in federal law, inserting them into a range of civil rights and August 31/September 1 antidiscrimination laws . It would also explicitly prohibit Weekly Offertory: ! ! $ 9,442 !! $10,537 ! the bipartisan Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 from applying to it, subjecting Americans of faith to much Monthly Offertory: ! ! $ 4,496 !! $ 5,023 ! higher bars to have their rights vindicated in court .!! = This weekend there will be a second collection for We support the human dignity of, and oppose unjust Catholic University. ! discrimination against every individual. Catholic ! charities do not simply turn away people from needed If you would like to make your weekly or monthly offertory donation by services on account of their professed sexual orientation or credit card or online banking, please call the parish.