Church of Our Lady of the Assumption

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

October 13, 2019

“In all circumstances, give thanks,

for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.”

Church of Our Lady of the Assumption

81 Center Road, Woodbridge, CT. 06525

203-387-7119; Fax: 203-387-4281

Pastor: Reverend Christopher M. Ford

Deacon: Mr. John “Jack” Mordecai

Website: www.assumptionchurch.com

Email: parishsecretaryoloa@gmail.com

Parish Office Hours:

Monday-Wednesday:

9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

Friday: 9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.

Office is closed on Thursdays

Mass Schedule

Mother Church

(Litchfield Tpke./Rte. 69)

Sunday, 8:00 AM

Saturday, 8:30AM

Center Road Church

(75 Center Road)

Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM

Sunday: 9:30 AM, 11:30 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturdays: 4:00 to 4:45 P.M.

SATURDAY, October 12 Vigil Twenty-Eighth

Sunday in Ordinary Time

5:00 P.M. +John Szozda (John & Kathy

Adamovich)

SUNDAY, October 13 Twenty-Eighth Sunday

in Ordinary Time

8:00 A.M. +Richard A. LoRicco (Family)

9:30 A.M. +Joseph & Rita Canuel (Adult

Choir)

11:30 A.M. +Dennis Clermont

(Lisa Passidomo & Family)

MONDAY, October 14 St. Callistus I, Pope,

Martyr

9:00 A.M. +Jill Pfeiffer (Walter Longo Family)

TUESDAY, October 15 St. Teresa of Jesus,

Virgin, Doctor of the Church

9:00 A.M. +Frank Yurczyk (Daughter, Mary

Lou Viola)

WEDNESDAY, October 16 St. Hedwig,

Religious, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin

9:00 A.M. +Mareta & Edward Fagan (Fagan

Family)

THURSDAY, October 17 St. Ignatius of

Antioch, Bishop, Martyr

9:00 A.M. No Mass

FRIDAY, October 18 St. Luke, Evangelist

9:00 A.M. +Curt Bradley (Walter Longo

Family)

SATURDAY, October 19 Sts. John de Brebeuf

and Isaac Jogues, Priests, Companions,

Martyrs

8:30 A.M. +Herbert Marcucilli Sr. (Pat Warner)

SATURDAY, October 19 Vigil Twenty-Ninth

Sunday in Ordinary Time

5:00 P.M. +Robert J. Simmons (Joseph E.

Monahan)

SUNDAY, October 20 Twenty-Ninth Sunday

in Ordinary Time

8:00 A.M. +Nick & Julia Capogna (Daughter,

Paula)

9:30 A.M. +Barbara Connor (Patrick Connor)

11:30 A.M. Birthday Remembrance Julia

Ligouri (Ligouri Family)

Director of Music

Dr. Keith Smolinski, 389-1712

Director of Faith Formation

Mrs. Debra Carpenter

203-397-5250 (attendance line only),

Main Office 203-389-9863

Office Hours:

Monday-Wednesday, 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Faith Formation Secretary

Mrs. Nancy Monelli

203-389-9863

Parish Secretary

Anita Bellmore, 203-387-7119

parishsecretaryoloa@gmail.com

Parish Trustees

Dr. Bruce Marien, Karen T. Cusick

Pastoral Parish Council President

Margaret Hamilton

Mass intentions

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Monday, October 14

Romans 1: 1-7; Luke 11: 22-39

Tuesday, October 15

Romans 1: 16-25; Luke 11: 37-41

Wednesday, October 16

Romans 2: 1-11; Luke 11: 42-46

Thursday, October 17

Romans 3: 21-30; Luke 11: 47-54

Friday, October 18

2 Timothy 4: 10-17b; Luke 10: 1-9

Saturday, October 19

Romans 4: 13, 16-18; Luke 12: 18-12

Eucharistic Adoration

Every Monday

immediately following

the 9:00 A.M. Mass

Mother Church

“Do you realize that Jesus

is there in the Blessed Sacrament

expressly for you,

for you alone?

He burns with the desire

to come into your heart. “

St. Therese of Lisieux

The Sanctuary Lamp burns

this week at the Center

Road church in memory of

Andrew and Lucy Valeriano

requested by Children and

Grandchildren.

It burns at the Mother Church in memory

of John Sortito requested by Lou and Diana

Ritucci and Family.

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October 6, 2019

Weekly Offertory

$6,852.00

Thank you for your generous support.

The second collection this weekend

is the monthly collection for October.

Please pray for the Sick

Joe Moore, Carolyn Hosey, Cynthia Schultz, Joey

Moore, Dan DiElsi, Ron Wyda, Angelo Sordilli, John

Torre, Susan Hecht, Elaine Sellings, Barbara Ciepack-

Migani, Robert Scussel, Ray Martino, Anthony De-

Laurentis, John Reilly, Ed Rish, Marie Hartung, Valeria

Asprelli, Allene Kelly, Dottie Malerba, Raymond Gabri-

elle, Jill Ellis, Cornelious Smith, Jean Panico, Kevin Hea-

ly, Shirley Varmette, Chris Rish, Mary Pavlinko, Jesse

Critelli, David Massey, Rocco Campanelli, Lori Cleve-

land, Lori Warner, Robert Williams Jr., Danny Pagliaro,

Mary Lyons, Wayne Teto, John O’Connell, Mary

Tencza, Carole DaVia, Sandy Stone, Helen Havens, Lin-

da Candella, Nicholas Philip Laudano, Kristin Marie

D’Amico, John Mahor Sr., Sharon Mallico, Rebecca Ro-

driguez, Joe Carrano, Victor DeCarlo, Brett Bunnell,

Suzette Bunnell, David Luciani, Margaret DeCarlo, Ruth

Breslin, Theresa DeLucia, Patricia Hunt, Mary Ellen

Martino, Brian Kelley, Rosemary Festa, Pat DeLuca, De-

lores Malafronte, Rose Sampson, Danielle Esposito, Con-

nie DiCarlo. Please call the Parish Office to update the

list of names.

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The Knights of Columbus, Trinity Council (5467) �

is sponsoring a Blood Drive:�

Friday, October 18th from 1�6 P.M. at Center Road.�

A person can donate every 56 days�

�� Must be in good health�

�� Must be 16 years of age�

�� Must weigh at least 110 lbs.�

The need for blood never ends, your donation is greatly appreciated. �The best way to

schedule is online at RedCross.org or contact Russ Faroni:�russ.faroni@gmail.com� ��

Thank you on behalf of Trinity Council!�

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Please note: There will be an information table and opportunity to ask ques-

tions and to join the Bone Marrow Registry during the Blood Drive being held on

Friday October 18 at OLOA from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M.�

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Please feel free to direct any questions to Deb Criscuolo RN or Barb Bessinger

RN at�

Oloaparishnurse@gmail.com�

Knights of Columbus Trinity Council 5467,

“Coats for Kids” Program�

Trinity Council 5467 an-

nounces their 5

th

annual

“Coats for Kids” program.

The purpose of this coats

initiative is designed to

keep children warm in

harsh winter climates. In

2018 the council distribut-

ed a record number (468) coats which were pro-

vided to individual families and eighteen schools,

parishes and service organizations in the area. �

Our goal this year is to exceed 468 coats.� To

achieve this objective, the council will work to

raise $9,400. Please contact Bob Ellis (203�393�

0787) if you have any questions or if you know of

families with children who could benefit from re-

ceiving a new winter coat. The coats will be dis-

tributed between October 7�December 15.� Each

box of (12) coats cost $250. �

If you would like to make a donation of any

amount to help purchase these coats, please mail

your check, payable to the Trinity Council 5467,

to Bob Ellis, 129 Peck Hill Road, Woodbridge, CT

06525 by October 15 to assist us with our plan-

ning. �

In 2018, 1,943 local councils distributed 117,264

coats. Since the program inception’s in 2009,

573,905 coats have been distributed in the Unit-

ed States and Canada, including military bases, in

Native American communities, in inner�city neigh-

borhoods and through partnerships with local po-

lice departments.�

Please pray

for those serving in the Military

Pvt Nicholas Rickel, (Army), Dan Kelley (Army), Lieu-

tenant William ”Mason” Miller (Army),

Captain Alexander Carpenter (Army),

1st Lieutenant Benjamin Steven Santan-

dreu (Army), SEA BEE Nicholas

Listro, (Navy) Lieutenant John Philip

Morrissey (Army) Lieutenant Matthew

Hansen, Major Daniel Morrissey, (Air Force) Lieutenant

Colonel Seth Krummrich (Army), Captain Samuel

Hurchala, Lieutenant Sean Leary, Kevin Murphy, Dan-

ny Murphy, Pfc. J. Adams, Emily O’Hara, Jonathan

Sanchez, Alice Mary, Eric Trivette, Meara O’ Hara,

Brendan Tyma, Zachary Simpson, Douglas G. Trau-

mer, Jon Farwell, Sergeant Brian Streit, Ryan Rausch

and Mary O’Connell. Please note: Please call the

Parish Office to have a name added or removed if the

individual is no longer in active duty.

We are Baptized and Sent!

Next week is World Mission Sunday, in a special Extraor-

dinary Missionary Month. We are called through our bap-

tism to be part of the Church’s missionary efforts,

through prayer, self-sacrifice and support of missionary

vocations through material aid. Remembering that we are

baptized and sent as a Universal Church of Christ on mis-

sion in the world, we can… PRAY for the Church’s world-

wide missionary work OFFER financial HELP and CHARI-

TY through The Society for the Propagation of the Faith

for vulnerable communities throughout Asia, Africa, Latin

America and the Pacific Islands.

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All interested Parishioners are invited to join us in celebrating 30 years of Parish Nursing at

Griffin Hospital Cafeteria this Sunday 10/13 from 1-4 pm. There will be storyboards displayed

and refreshments served.

Holiday collage concert

Presented by the new haven chorale

Saturday, December 7, 2019

2:30 P.M. at Our Lady of the Assumption church (center rd.)

The New Haven Chorale’s Holiday Collage Concert has become a popular holiday tradition for

the greater Hew Haven Community. This year’s concert is built around the

themes of “glory” and “light” and features energetic and lively music by

Handel, Haydn, and Schubert with orchestra, a world premier of Hanerot

Hallelu by composer Josh Sparkman, as well as inspirational a capella

works by David von Kampen, Whitacre, Poulenc, and Christopher

Mueller. The concert also includes our popular sing-along with orchestra,

and features the engaging and dynamic sopraro soloist Michelle Fiertek.

This is a family friendly concert. Children are welcome.

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Are You a Woman in the Second Half of Life?�

Join us at the 2019 Women’s

Conference for a workshop

on “The Wisewoman: Ar-

chetypes for Women Over

50,” presented by Chaplain

Geri Cappabianca.�

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All of us over 50 have reached a certain point in

our lives where we are free to express our-

selves, cherish every moment, and be grateful

for the wisdom learned from a life well lived. A

brief history of women’s issues, cultures and

women’s archetypes, maiden, mother and

grandmother will be presented, along with

finding these archetypes in our own Roman�

Catholic tradition. The session will include a

guided meditatation to meet our own Wise-

woman.�

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This workshop and many more are featured at

the 2019 Women’s Conference. All women of

faith are invited to register today! For more in-

formation contact Nicole Perone at 860-242-5573

ext. 2677.�

A Prayer for Priests

O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble

prayers on behalf of your priests. Give them a deep

faith, a bright and firm hope and a burning love

which will ever increase in the course of their

priestly life. In their loneliness, comfort them. In

their sorrows, strengthen them. In their frustra-

tions, point out to them that it is through suffering

that the soul is purified, and show them that they

are needed by the Church; they are needed by souls;

they are needed for the work of redemption. Amen.

Frassati on Tap

with Bishop Betancourt

Calling all young adults!

Want to enjoy a cold pint,

meet fellow Catholic young

adults, and listen to interest-

ing discussions about the

faith? Join us for the season

finale of “Frassati on Tap” at

Stony Creek Brewery in Bran-

ford on Sunday, October 20th

from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the

upper event room.

We welcome Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt,

SEMV, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of

Hartford, to be our speaker for Part II of the

Bishop Finale! Bishop Betancourt earned his Li-

centiate (SSL) in Sacred Scripture from the Pon-

tifical Biblical Institute in Rome and will be

speaking on “How to Read and Interpret the Bi-

ble”. We hope you can join us. Food may be pur-

chased at the food trucks located at the Brewery, or

you may bring your own! Hosted by Frassati New

Haven, a young adult ministry for Catholics in

their 20's and 30's which focuses on prayer, ser-

vice, and fellowship.

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The Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry of the Archdiocese of Hartford

will hold a Social Justice Dinner and Awards celebration on Tuesday, October 22

at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville, CT, beginning with a reception at 5 pm.

Keynote speaker Kerry Robinson will present “Justice, Recovery and Reform in the

Catholic Church”. Robinson is the Global Ambassador of Leadership Roundtable

and a member of the Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities and FADICA. She

is the prize-winning author of Imagining Abundance: Fundraising, Philanthropy

and a Spiritual Call to Service and the founding editor of The Catholic Funding Guide: A Directory of

Resources for Catholic Activities. Robinson serves as a Director for the Hartford Bishops’ Foundation.

Deacon Art Miller will receive the Most. Rev. Donnelly Award to an individual. Author, activist, homilist,

and educator, Deacon Miller is known for his inspiring homilies and is a frequent speaker at area retreat

centers. His motto is: “If God were to give us an 11th commandment, it would be ‘Thou shall not be a

bystander.’”

Sister Ruth Rosenbaum, TC, PhD, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Center for Reflection, Edu-

cation and Action (CREA), will accept the organization award. For the past 23 years, CREA has been

working in the areas of corporate responsibility including socially responsible investing, and sustainable

communities.

The North American Martyrs Parish will receive the Dr. Charlie Schlegel Award for Cooperative Parish

Sharing for their Social Justice and Hispanic Ministry.

For tickets call Agnes Dann at: (860) 243-5573 or visit the website at www.catholicsocialjustice.org. Tick-

ets are $75 per person, or $650 for a table of ten.

Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center�

“Come away and rest awhile”�

Forgiveness Prayer and Practice�

Saturday, October 26, 2019 �

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. �

Led by Steve Staniford �

We will deepen our understanding of what it means to forgive one another as we

consider what forgiveness is and what it is not. The day includes the opportunity to

practice the Forgiveness Prayer, a guided meditation created by Mary Mrozowski,

one of the founders of Contemplative Outreach. Offering: $65, includes lunch. Ste-

ve Standiford is a regular Centering Prayer practitioner. He leads retreats and work-

shops and teaches spiritual practices through Contemplative Outreach. He is also a

psychotherapist in private practice in Manhattan and Westchester County. �

Holy Family Retreat Center is located at 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT 06107. Call

860.521.0440�for information about upcoming Retreats and events or visit: holyfamilyretreat.org.�

Thanksgiving after Holy Communion

I thank You, Lord, Almighty Father,

Everlasting God, for having been pleased,

through no merit of mine,

but of Your great mercy alone, to feed me

, a sinner, and Your unworthy servant,

with the precious Body and Blood of Your Son,

our Lord Jesus Christ.

I pray that this Holy Communion may not be

for my judgment and condemnation,

but for my pardon and salvation.

Let this Holy Communion be to me

an armor of faith and a shield of good will,

a cleansing of all vices, and a rooting out

of all evil desires.

May it increase love and patience, humility

and obedience, and all virtues.

May it be a firm defense against the evil designs

of all my visible and invisible enemies,

a perfect quieting of all the desires of soul

and body. May this Holy Communion

bring about a perfect union with You,

the one true God, and at last enable me to reach

eternal bliss when You will call me.

I pray that You bring me, a sinner,

to the indescribable Feast where You,

with Your Son and the Holy Spirit, are to Your

saints true light, full blessedness,

everlasting joy, and perfect happiness.

Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

How has Jesus touched you and made you whole? In

gratitude, ask him how he would like you to respond.

Could Jesus be calling you to follow him as a priest,

deacon, brother or sister? If you think you are being

called, contact Fr. Michael Casey, Director of Voca-

tions, Pastoral Center, 860-761-7456, email voca-

t ions@aohct .org or visit the web at

www.hartfordpriest.com

“Let nothing disturb you,

nothing frighten you, all

things are passing, God is un-

changing. Patience gains all;

nothing is lacking to those

who have God: God alone is

sufficient.” St. Teresa of Avila

Feast Day October 15

We pray for the repose of the souls of Dr. Gilbert Hogan

and Gloria Orzechowski and the consolation of their fam-

ilies. Their funeral rites were celebrated at Our Lady of

the Assumption Parish last week.

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