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Friday 8:30a.m. - 12:00 Noon
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First Saturday of the Month: 9:00a.m. Mass at St. Jerome
Saturday Vigil: 4:00p.m. at St. Jerome Sunday: 9:00a.m. at St. Maurice
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8:00a.m. at St. Jerome Tuesday/Thursday
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or by appointment at St. Jerome
Monday: 5:00-6:30p.m. 4th Wednesday: 8:30a.m.-9:30a.m.
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months in advance of desired wedding date.
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(Call between 2-4p.m.)
In June, after years of study, one man is scheduled to be ordained to the priesthood. During the years of preparation for his vocation, he was supported by family and friends – and by everyone who made a gift to the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. When you make a gift to the Appeal, you help meet the cost of priestly formation and education. Please support our seminarians by making a gift to the Appeal today. All funds contributed to the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal are used exclusively for the purposes outlined in the Appeal literature, which can be found at https://archdioceseofhartford.org/appeal/ No Appeal funds are ever used for legal fees or settlements.
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My Dear Friends,
Last week, I shared with you the prayers that are supposed to be prayed by the priest as he vests for Mass. They are very powerful reminders for me and for all the priests as we prepare to offer Mass. There are also two other prayers in the Roman Missal that a priest prays before Mass that also reminds him what he is about to do. The first prayer is to the Blessed Mother. “O most blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of tenderness and mercy, I, a miserable and unworthy sinner, fly to you with all the affection of my heart and I beseech your motherly love, that, as you stood by your most dear Son, while he hung on the Cross, so, in your kindness, you may be pleased to stand by me, a poor sinner, and all Priests who today are offering the Sacrifice here and throughout the entire holy Church, so that with your gracious help we may offer a worthy and acceptable oblation in the sight of the most high and undivided Trinity. Amen.”
The second prayer is the formula of intent for the priest. “My intention is to celebrate Mass and to consecrate the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the Rite of Holy Roman Church militant, for all who have commended themselves to my prayers in general and in particular, and for the welfare of Holy Roman Church. Amen. May the almighty and merciful Lord grant us joy with peace, amendment of life, room for true repentance, the grace and consolation of the Holy Spirit and perseverance in good works. Amen.”
As you see, between the vesting prayers and these prayers for preparation for the celebration and offering of the Holy Mass, a priest who prays these prayers cannot but help to grow in his understanding of who he is and why he does what he does. It is a reminder for me that Mass is not a show but an offering to the Father and the glory of the most Holy Trinity. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the most importance act a priest can perform every day. Without the Mass a priest ceases to know and understand what sacrifice is, and a priest who does not sacrifice is not a priest, for a priest by definition is one who offers sacrifice. In our Roman Catholic Church, this interior sacrifice of the priest is shown in his celibacy, which in a unique way, unites him externally to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
God bless, Fr. John
Saturday, May 16 4:00p.m. tCarlo Carlozzi Sr., 10th Anniversary by the
Carlozzi family
Sunday, MMay 17 - Sixth Sunday of Easter 9:00a.m. tMichael Paventi and Carlo A. Carlone, 14th
Anniversary by the family 11:00a.m. tRoland Beaupre by Dennis and Mary Anne
Beaupre
Monday, May 18 8:00a.m. Parishioners of St. Katharine Drexel Parish
Tuesday, May 19 8:00a.m. tIn Loving memory of Ron Tradd by Mary Fournier
Wednesday, May 20 8:00a.m. For the work of the Legion of Mary
Vigil of the Ascension of the Lord 5:30p.m. tJames E. Sanders Sr., Birthday
Remembrance by his wife, MaryLou
Thursday, May 21 - The Ascension of the Lord 8:00a.m. tHelen K. Grill, Birthday Remembrance by her
daughter, Mary Murphy 12:10p.m.tHoly Souls in purgatory by Mary Fournier
Friday, May 22– No Mass
Saturday, May 23 4:00p.m. tIn Loving memory of Lawrence Bosse, 3rd
Anniversary by the Bosse family
Sunday, MMay 24 - Seventh Sunday of Easter 9:00a.m. tAnthony Madigan by Rita and David
Bagdasarian 11:00a.m. tJoseph Falconeri, Raymond and Jean
Rossignol by Dolores Falconeri
Thank you to all who have continued to support our parish during this pandemic.
Your dedication to St. Katharine Drexel Parish is greatly appreciated.
Thank You!
Masses will be said privately by Fr. John
The Flowers in the Blessed Mother Altar at SJC are in loving memory of
Leon Rzewnicki requested by the family.
The Sanctuary Candle at SMC is burning this week in loving memory
Keenan Pindar, Birthday Remembrance requested by his wife, Elaine and family.
May 17, 2020 Monday: Acts 16:11-15; Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a, 9b; Jn 15:26 — 16:4a Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34; Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cd-3, 7c-8; Jn 16:5-11 Wednesday: Acts 17:15, 22 — 18:1; Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14; Jn 16:12-15 Thursday: Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9; Eph 1:17-23; Mt 28:16-20 (for Ascension); or Acts 18:1-8; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Jn 16:16- 20 Friday: Acts 18:9-18; Ps 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Jn 16:20-23 Saturday: Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-9, 10; Jn 16:23b-28 Sunday: Acts 1:12-14; Ps 27:1, 4, 7-8; 1 Pt 4:13-16; Jn 17:1-11a; or (for Ascension) Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8- 9; Eph 1:17-23; Mt 28:16-20
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Please pray for the repose of the souls of Richard P. Boyle, Sr.
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