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A Parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford The St. Catherine Parish Legacy Fund is com- mitted to ensuring the long-term stability of our parish and its ministries. Please consid- er a gift in lieu of flowers upon a love one's passing as a way to ensure our community The Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 31 August 2014 Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. Pastor The Reverend Michael Whyte 860 658 1642 PARISH STAFF Administrave Assistant-Parish Office Mrs. Lisa Cerchia 860 658 1642 or [email protected] Director of Religious Educaon Mrs. Kathi Bonner 860 658 4737 or [email protected] Director of Youth Ministry Mrs. Judy Pluta 860 408 9888 or [email protected] Music Director Mrs. Susan Zybert 860 216 6519 or [email protected] Facilies Manager Mr. Michael Grappone 860 658 1642 Parish Council President Mr. Tom Tanski 860 658 4430 Finance Council Chairman Mr. Sco Muryasz 860 693 4164 Parish Legacy Fund Chairman Mr. Peter Pabich 860 408 1254 Parish Lay Trustees Mrs. Melissa Horbal, (860)651-7844 Mr. Joseph Capozzoli, (860)352-2390 Thanks for worshiping with us. If you would like to join our parish family, fill out a yellow membership form found in the vestibule or atrium and mail it to us, drop it in the collection basket or call us at 658 1642. Mass/Liturgy Schedule: Saturday Vigil at 5:00 p.m. Sunday Masses at 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend, NO 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass) Daily Mass at 8:30 a.m., Monday through Wednesday, and Friday. (Yearly) Sacrament of Reconciliaon: For the summer: Saturday from 4:00 p.m. unl 4:30 p.m. Monday from 6:00 p.m. unl 7:00 p.m. Bapsms and Bapsmal Preparaon: Please call the parish office at 860 658 1642 Sacrament of Holy Matrimony: Please call the parish office at 860 658 1642 at least 6 months in advance Choir Pracces: Adult—Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Youth—Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. Contemporary Music Group—Thursdays prior to 1st & 3rd Saturday of the Month at 7:00 p.m. Bullen Deadline: Monday at 10:00 a.m. Website News: email to: [email protected] 265 Straon Brook Road, Box 184, West Simsbury, Conneccut 06092 Tel: 860 658 1642 /Fax: 888 297 3134 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stcatherine.info WELCOME! We welcome all visitors who are celebrating with us today. As is our custom at St. Catherine of Siena, please remain in your pew for the singing of the first and last verses of the recessional hymn.
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A Parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford

The St. Catherine Parish Legacy Fund is com-

mitted to ensuring the long-term stability of our parish and its ministries. Please consid-

er a gift in lieu of flowers upon a love one's passing as a way to ensure our community

The Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 31 August 2014

Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m.

Pastor The Reverend Michael Whyte 860 658 1642

PARISH STAFF Administrative Assistant-Parish Office Mrs. Lisa Cerchia 860 658 1642 or [email protected] Director of Religious Education Mrs. Kathi Bonner 860 658 4737 or [email protected] Director of Youth Ministry Mrs. Judy Pluta 860 408 9888 or [email protected] Music Director Mrs. Susan Zybert 860 216 6519 or [email protected] Facilities Manager Mr. Michael Grappone 860 658 1642 Parish Council President Mr. Tom Tanski 860 658 4430 Finance Council Chairman Mr. Scott Muryasz 860 693 4164 Parish Legacy Fund Chairman Mr. Peter Pabich 860 408 1254 Parish Lay Trustees Mrs. Melissa Horbal, (860)651-7844 Mr. Joseph Capozzoli, (860)352-2390

Thanks for worshiping with us.

If you would like to join our parish

family, fill out a yellow membership form found

in the vestibule or atrium and mail it to us, drop

it in the collection basket or

call us at 658 1642.

Mass/Liturgy Schedule: Saturday Vigil at 5:00 p.m. Sunday Masses at 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend, NO 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass) Daily Mass at 8:30 a.m., Monday through Wednesday, and Friday. (Yearly) Sacrament of Reconciliation: For the summer: Saturday from 4:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Baptisms and Baptismal Preparation: Please call the parish office at 860 658 1642 Sacrament of Holy Matrimony: Please call the parish office at 860 658 1642 at least 6 months in advance Choir Practices: Adult—Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Youth—Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. Contemporary Music Group—Thursdays prior to 1st & 3rd Saturday of the Month at 7:00 p.m.

Bulletin Deadline: Monday at 10:00 a.m. Website News: email to: [email protected] 265 Stratton Brook Road, Box 184, West Simsbury, Connecticut 06092 Tel: 860 658 1642 /Fax: 888 297 3134 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stcatherine.info

WELCOME! We welcome all visitors who are celebrating with us today. As is

our custom at St. Catherine of Siena, please remain in your pew

for the singing of the first and last verses of the recessional

hymn.

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Religious Education News

Class lists, K-10, will be posted on our

website the first week of September. This is for con-venience only, not to requests changes. Children

enrolled after 27 August may not be reflected on the online lists but will be on the lists posted at HJMS on 14

September.

CONFIRMATION I (Grade 9) Saturday, Sept

6 is the Enrollment Mass at 5 pm. The mandatory parent meeting takes place immediately after the Mass. A letter

was sent home last week with related details. At least

ONE PARENT must attend, but both are welcome (students need not attend this meeting—we’ll see you

at the Mass).

Catechist Orientation and Commissioning Mass is next Sunday, September 7th. We will gather in

Russell Hall at 9am for Orientation (continental break-

fast), with the Commissioning at the 11am Mass.

A big, pre-Thank You to all our catechists and aides!

Saturday, August 30th @ 5:00 pm Mass for Frances Bellacosa, 2nd anniversary,

requested by her family; Sunday, August 31st @ 8:00 am Mass for Robert Maxwell; and; Sunday, August 31st @ 11:00 am Mass for Stephen Ebner, 1st anniversary, requested by his family. Monday, September 1st @ 8:30 am Mass for Edward Kelly, requested Gloria Rose; Tuesday, September 2nd @ 8:30 am Mass for Gerald Lyman, birthday remembrance, requested by his family; Wednesday, September 3rd @ 8:30 a.m. Mass

for Rev. Lech Kuna; Friday, September 5th @ 8:30 am Mass for James Healy; Saturday, September 6th @ 5:00 pm Mass for Sophie & Arthur Winters, requested by Barbara & Dick Hopkins and family; Sunday, September 7th @ 8:00 am Mass for Maureen O’Malley, requested by her family; Sunday, September 7th @ 11:00 am Mass for our Catechists; and; Sunday, September 7th @ 5:00 pm Mass for Thomas McManus.

WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS

Offertory Collection

Weekly Collection: $9,020.31 Loose Cash/Checks $1,374.31 Envelopes $6,707.00 Cathedraticum* -$496.11 School Tax* -$496.11 *Parish taxes (5.5%) paid to the Archdiocese for services to the parish.

Repair & Refurbishment…..$260.00 (additional)

This weekend’s second collection is

SENIOR AND JUNIOR HIGH

YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS SENIOR HIGH ( gr 9-12) Youth Ministry KICKOFF

is SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th at 6:00 pm.

Free T Shirt tonight!

JUNIOR HIGH ( gr 7-8) Youth Ministry KICKOFF is

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th at 7:00-8:30pm.

Come sign up for car wash, TWA weekend, fall service pro-

jects and more. Join the fun, bring a friend, pizza will be

served. Free T Shirt tonight!

Registration forms can be found in the atrium and the

vestibule and on the St. Catherine of Siena web site.

SENIOR AND JUNIOR HIGH Saturday- Sunday, Sept 13 and 14 Wash Away Hunger

Car Wash tickets sold after every Mass by teens.

Sunday, September 21st WASH AWAY HUNGER CAR

WASH in the St. Cather ine' s parking lot 12:05-3:00 pm.

Together we can wash away hunger one car at a

time. WANTED - Dad's and mom's of teens are needed to

help at this event. Contact [email protected]. Defending Our Religious Liberty

Unless reversed or modified, the current federal health

care mandate threatens religious liberty, guaranteed to

all Americans in the U.S. Constitution under the First

Amendment. If you haven’t done so already, please

voice your opposition to the health care mandate by

calling President Obama at the White House at 202-456

-1111 or U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Sylvia Mathews Burwell at 202-205-5445. Let them

know that the mandate is in violation of our First

Amendment right to religious freedom.

Mass Schedule Change

Beginning September 7th we return to our full Mass schedule with the Sunday 5 p.m. Mass.

Saturday Vigil Mass at 5 pm Sunday Masses at 8 am, 11 am, & 5 pm

Welcome Back!

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FROM FATHER MICHAEL...

Twenty-Second Sunday, Ordinary Time Last weekend in the Gospel we heard that Peter was the Rock upon which Christ would build His Church and that what Peter and His apostles bound on earth would be bound in heaven, what they loosed on earth would be loosed in heaven. Peter was the rock , he was called the Blessed by Christ. This weekend the Gospel (Mt 16:21-27) puts Peter in a different light. He is still Blessed and he is still the Rock, but it seems that Peter has also become a barrier or obstacle to Christ’s mission and ministry. Peter objects—even physically, pulling Christ aside—to His words that He must suffer—even unto death on the Cross. In this action, Peter is pulling Christ away from the path of the Cross and becomes an obstacle to Christ’s mission and ministry. Jesus responds with “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are not thinking as God does, but as human beings do.” Christ commands that Peter, like all disciples, take their proper place BEHIND Him, be-hind the master. It is human nature to deny and avoid pain. We all do it. We all either look for ways to avoid pain and suffer-ing ourselves and we can at times become the barrier to pain and suffering for those around us, especially those we love. But God does not promise us a carefree, painless life on earth. For Jesus said to His disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For who-ever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. In this we believe that just as Christ Himself suffered and died, so too must we suffer—taking up our cross and following Christ. Then Jesus asks again, “What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? As Peter became an obstacle to Christ’s mission—and then transformed into the Rock upon which Christ’s Church has been built and continues—we too must get behind the Master and follow Him to the Cross—and then beyond the Cross—to the resurrection of the joy on Easter Sunday morning. For our faith tells us—in the very words of Christ: “For the Son of Man will come with His angels in His Fa-ther’s glory, and then He will repay all according to his conduct.” The very difficult truth is that our life will be filled with joy and tribulation, it will hand us happiness at times and great sadness—and sometimes our crosses many seem numerous and unending, but at the end, on that Final Day when the Lord comes in all His glory, He will make all things anew. The righteous will rise “on the third day” and unto them will be an everlasting glory; a joy beyond all be-lief—and it will be unending, eternal and glorious for it has been promised by none other that Christ Himself. Let us again look to last weekend’s Gospel and hear the question Christ asks us: “Who do you say that the Son of Man is?” And do you really, truly believe this? What shall our faith-filled response be?

Reminders Senior Altar Servers: dinner at the rectory on

September 10 at 5:30 p.m. Please RSVP at 658 1642

Altar Servers: if you are interested in joining the team at Mass, please look in the atrium and vestibule for sign-up sheets. You must be in grade 4 and attend Mass regularly. There WILL BE TWO MANDATORY training sessions. Any questions, feel free to call Fr. Mi-chael at 658 1642. There will be an informational meeting on September 8th in Russell Hall at 4 p.m.

“In those days a decree went out

…that the whole world should

be enrolled” (Matthew: 2)

Well, you will not be required to go to Bethlehem

any time soon, but shortly you are going to be asked to be

counted by responding to the upcoming Parish Census

Survey. In September, our Parish will conduct an updated

Census. The purpose of the Census is to provide the Par-

ish and the Archdiocese with current information about

the number of parishioners and to provide the Parish with

information to assist in our daily operations.

Key Messages as to “Why” Parish Registration

is important:

1. Registration illustrates, in a concrete way, the direction

in which the parish is going. Every organization needs

to know this in order to plan efficiently for the fu-

ture—from issues of planning parking and Mass

schedules and bugeting to organizing religious educa-

tion and youth ministry;

2. Registration in a parish shows one’s commitment to the

worshiping community, and is necessary when one

hopes to be a godparent or Confirmation sponsor;

3. Registered parishioners receive necessary and timely

communications on events and information about the

parish; and,

4. As the Archdiocese makes determinations regarding the

number of parishes and priests needed to operate and

meet the needs of Catholics, numbers count.

Kindly look out for more announcements

in future bulletins and make your presence

known, we’re counting on you!

“Come, follow me!”

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Upcoming Meetings/Events -Sat, 30—Men’s Club Ministry Membership Drive

-Sun, 31st—Men’s Club Ministry Membership Drive

September -Thurs, 4th—Contemporary Choir Resumes, MR, 7 pm

-Sat, 6th—Men’s & Women’s Club Membership Drive

-Sat, 6th—Enrollment Mass for Confirmation I, 5 pm

-Sat, 6th—Confirmation Parent Meeting, Church, 6 pm –

Sun, 7th—Men’s & Women’s Club Ministry Member Drive

-Sun, 7th—Catechist Orientation, RH, 9:15 am

-Sun, 7th—Commissioning Mass for Catechists, 11 am

-Sun, 7th—Senior High Youth Group, RH, 6 pm

-Mon, 8th—New Altar Server Meeting, RH, 4 pm

-Mon, 8th—Junior High Youth Group, RH, 7 pm

-Tues, 9th—Finance Council, Rectory, 7 pm

-Tues, 9th—Adult Choir Resumes, MR, 7 pm

-Wed, 10th—Senior Acolyte Meeting, Rectory, 5:30 pm

-Thurs, 11th—Contemporary Choir, MR, 7 pm

-Fri, 12th—Making Music Praying Twice (MMPT), MR, 10 am

-Fri, 12th—Men’s & Women’s Club Welcome Back Cookout, RH, 6 pm

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Pantry Partners—The next distribution date for Pantry Partners will be September 20 at 9:30 in the vestibule. We will take orders through September 13. Please pick up a menu and consider placing an order for your family or someone you know. The envelopes located in the vestibule and the atrium can be used for donations as well.

Music Notes Our Music Ministry is blessed to have so many talented volunteers who help us pray through liturgical music each week. All of our groups would like to con-tinue to grow. If you have ever thought of joining one of the groups, now is the time! Please contact Susan Zybert, [email protected], for information.

Children’s Choir: Sings at the vigil Mass on the 2nd & 4th Saturdays of each month from Sept. through April. They rehearse on Tuesday nights from 6:30-7:20 PM in the Music Room. This choir is open to all children entering grades 2-8. A parent information meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 9th at 7 PM. Our first rehearsal will be Tuesday, Sept. 16th.

Adult Choir: Rehearses on Tuesday nights from 7:30-9PM in the Music Room. This choir is open to all high school and adult singers. We sing at the 11 AM Mass from September through mid-June and we sing a wide range of music mostly in four part harmony. It is a fun group to be a part of and there are no auditions. Come and give it a try at our first rehearsal on Tuesday, Sept. 9th!

Contemporary Music Group: Rehearses on Thursday nights from 7-8:30 PM in the Music Room. The Contemporary Music Group sings at the 5 PM Sunday Mass each week and is led by Nicole Poirier. This group is open to singers entering Jr. High through adults. We look forward to another wonderful year of music and hope to welcome even more singers. Our first rehearsal is on Thursday, Sept. 4th.

Making Music Praying Twice: This is a ministry for children age 0-5 with caregiver. It is a pro-gram of music and movement, designed to foster the Catholic faith and to enrich education and family life. This is your chance to try out our new program and watch your child grow, make friends, and have fun. While the gift of music education is invaluable, the gift of music combined with prayer is immeasurable. Classes meet weekly and run in three sessions throughout the academic year. The class teacher is Susan Zybert and class size is limited to 12 children. Our first session will run on Fridays at 10 AM from Sept. 19-Dec. 19 in the Music Room. Look for registration infor-mation in future bulletins or email Susan to receive one directly. [email protected]

Save the Date: Piano Dedication Concert in Russell Hall Sept. 19th at 8 PM featuring: Susan Zybert, piano & Michael Winer, violin, performing works by Mozart, Dvorak & Handel.

The Men’s & Women’s Clubs Ministry announce

their welcome back cook-out Friday September

12, 6 PM Russell Hall. The cook-out is open to all men &

women of the parish members or non-members. Over the next

several Sunday’s information on the Men’s Club Ministry and

the Women’s Club will be available in the back of the

church. Fellowship, friendship and service make them great

clubs to join. Please join us on September 12.

Shelter Needs: The men’s shelter in Hartford is in

need of socks, razors, shaving cream, soap, toothbrushes,

toothpaste and deodorant. A container will be placed

near the entrance of the church (atrium) or please call

Lisa Sheary to arrange pickup/delivery at 658-2899 or

[email protected] Thank You!!!

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Church: St. Catherine of Siena

City: West Simsbury, Connecticut

Account # 04-0523

Run #

Routing Code: O

Phone: 860.658.1642

Fax: 888.297.3134

Contact: Lisa Cerchia


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