Parish Office 254 Burritt Street, Plantsville, Connecticut, 06479 Phone: (860) 276-9208 Fax (860) 628-7650 Email: [email protected]Website: www.staloysiusplantsville.org Parish Secretary: Jennifer Perrin Office Hours: Monday – Friday 9:30 a.m.—2:30 p.m. SACRAMENTS: Reconciliation: Saturday - 3:15 p.m. and by appointment Baptism: 1st Sunday of the month after 10:30 Mass & 3rd Sunday of the month during or after 10:30 Mass. Baptism Preparation Classes: for first time parents - last Sunday of the month. Marriage: Arrangements must be made at least 6 months in advance Parish Membership: We welcome you into our Parish Family. It is requested that every family in the Parish be registered and receive envelopes. Sponsor Certificates: Those seeking a sponsor certificate must be a Catholic in good standing; attend Mass weekly; if married, be in a valid marriage, be a registered member of the parish, using the envelope system for at least 3 months. Pastor: Rev. Ronald P. Zepecki Deacon: James V. Arena Mass Schedule Weekday Masses: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 7:00 a.m. Saturday (Sunday Vigil) 4:00 p.m. Sunday 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. Holy Days 7:00 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 5:30 p.m. Finance Council President: Fr. Ronald P. Zepecki Trustees: Mr. Nick DePaola; Mr. Walter Hushak Parish Council President: Anne Grey Coordinator of Religious Education: Leslie Griffin Music Director: Judy Miller Holy Name Society President: Tom Fitzgerald Ladies Guild President: Kathy Sima Building and Grounds: Bill Langdeau; Larry Sima; Jim Sima Meetings Holy Name Society (Men’s Club) Every 1st Tuesday of the month at 8pm in the kitchen. Ladies Guild Every 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. Parish Council Mondays every two or three months at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium (dates to be announced) Est. 1961
Reconciliation: Saturday - 3:15 p.m. and by appointment
Baptism: 1st Sunday of the month after 10:30 Mass & 3rd Sunday of the month during or after 10:30 Mass. Baptism Preparation Classes: for first time parents - last Sunday of the month.
Marriage: Arrangements must be made at least 6 months in advance
Parish Membership: We welcome you into our Parish Family. It is requested that every family in the Parish be registered and receive envelopes.
Sponsor Certificates: Those seeking a sponsor certificate must be a Catholic in good standing; attend Mass weekly; if married, be in a valid marriage, be a registered member of the parish, using the envelope system for at least 3 months.
Pastor: Rev. Ronald P. Zepecki
Deacon: James V. Arena
Mass Schedule Weekday Masses:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 7:00 a.m.
Saturday (Sunday Vigil) 4:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m.
Holy Days 7:00 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 5:30 p.m.
Finance Council President: Fr. Ronald P. Zepecki
Trustees: Mr. Nick DePaola; Mr. Walter Hushak
Parish Council President: Anne Grey
Coordinator of Religious Education: Leslie Griffin
Music Director: Judy Miller
Holy Name Society President: Tom Fitzgerald
Ladies Guild President: Kathy Sima
Building and Grounds: Bill Langdeau; Larry Sima; Jim Sima
Meetings
Holy Name Society (Men’s Club)
Every 1st Tuesday of the month at 8pm in the kitchen.
Ladies Guild
Every 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. Parish Council
Mondays every two or three months at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium (dates to be announced)
Est. 1961
The Sacrament of Baptism
We welcome the follow-ing children Anthony Dennis Dellabitta, Jo-seph William Harvey, Jr., Weston James White-head, Hazelynn Ray Weber and Violet May Weber who are being baptized into the Chris-tian Church. St. Aloys-
ius Church congratulates the parents and God-parents. Anthony Dennis Dellabitta, is the son of Thom-as Dellabitta and Ashley Crispino. The Godpar-ents are: Godfather, Dennis Crispino and God-mother, April Crispino Joseph William Harvey, Jr., is the son of Joseph Harvey and Alexa Cox The Godparents are: Godfather, Adam Cox and Christian Witness, Rachel Harvey. Weston James Whitehead, is the son of Ulysses Whitehead and Emily Janazzo. The Godpar-ents are: Christian Witness*, Aaron Britt and Godmother, Rosalie Whitehead Hazelynn Ray and Violet May Weber, are the daughters of David Weber and Kristen Cod-inna. The Godparents are: Godfather, Mark Codianna and Godmother, Joan Parrotta We wish all of you God’s choicest blessing’s with your sons and daughters. *Christian Witness is a person who is not Ro-man Catholic, but baptized in another Chris-tian Faith
Dementia Friends Have you or anyone you love been diagnosed with de-mentia? Have you been concerned about your memory or the memory of someone that you love? Dementia Friends is a national effort to educate communities about this ill-ness in the hopes of changing our perception or miscon-ceptions about it. Our goal is to help understanding and offer action for the benefit of those living with the disease as well as family and friends impacted by it. At 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 3rd, 2018, St. Aloysius will host a one hour Dementia Friends information session in the CCD Center. Our presenters will share personal stories about living with dementia, information about the disease process, discussion on normal memory aging vs abnor-mal memory concerns, caregiver/personal coping strate-gies, and resources/supports.
A Man of His Word, Pope Francis Pope Francis: A Man of His Word, is in-tended to be a personal journey with Pope Francis, rather than a biographical docu-mentary about him. The pope’s ideas and his message are central to this documen-tary, which sets out to present his work of reform and his answers to today’s global questions. From his deep concern for the poor and wealth inequality, to his involve-
ment in environmental issues and social justice, Pope Francis engages the audience face-to-face and calls for peace. The movie will be in select theaters May 18, 2018. The movie will be playing at AMC Plainville 20.
Women’s ACTS Retreat The Women’s ACTS retreat is a three-day, three-night Catholic lay retreat presented by women who have at-tended prior ACTS retreats, under the direction of a Cath-olic Guide. This is a simple, reverent, Catholic retreat with goals of renewing yourself spiritually, strengthening your faith in your daily life, and creating lasting and sup-porting friendships within your church communities. Re-treat begins on Thursday evening June 28, 2018, with a 5:45 p.m. check-in at Saint Mary Church in Coventry, Ct. Participants will then go to My Father’s House in Moodus, Ct, for the remainder of the retreat where you will experi-ence true faith, fun and unconditional love. The retreat will end on Sunday, July 1, 2018 with a morning Mass and reception at Saint Mary Church in Coventry, Ct. **$199 First Time Retreatant Special. Questions? For more information contact Maureen Fleming at 860-338-1392 or visit actsct.org.
Knights of Columbus Scholarship Awards The following are the recipients of the 2018 Knights of Columbus Council 15 Scholarship award of $500 each for college bound High school seniors. Robert Taylor from Mary our Queen Church Rachel Roberts from Mary our Queen Church Glenn Prushinski from Immaculate Conception Church Kate O’Reilly from Mary our Queen Church Mark D’Agostino from St. Thomas Church Congratulations. The awards will be presented on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at Mary our Queen Church Hall.
Theater on the Mount Presents: The Golden Days of Radio
A delightful trip back to the 1940’s: written and directed by David Gardino. Live Big Band featuring Local Musi-cans, Comedy, News and Commercial from Waterbury in the 1940’s. The show will take place at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Hall, 785 Highland Ave., Water-bury, Ct. on June 1, 2018 at 7:00 p.m., June 2, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. and June 3, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. Admission is $20.00 and proceeds benefit Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. For ticket information please call 203-560-1102.
Pentecost Sunday
Calendar of Events
June 4, 2018 Parish Council meeting at 7:00 p.m.
June 16, 2018 Celebration of St. Aloysius Parish Potluck Supper In Church Hall at 5:00 p.m. with entertainment.
July 2018 Vacation Bible School TBA
Knights of Columbus The Knights of Columbus Assembly #122 is holding it's Annual Catholic Citizenship Awards luncheon on June 10, 2018 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at Hawks Landing CC, Southington. This years honorees are Ann Bendyk - Immaculate Conception Church, Martin Jansen - Mary Our Queen Church, Vincent Raby - St. Thomas Church, Roger & Linda Lemire - St. Dominic Church and Daniel Spatafore - St. Aloysius Church. We are so blessed to have such wonderful nominees representing our Catholic faith in our churches and in the community. We also want to thank all 5 Catholic Churches for participating in this wonderful honor of our faith. All are invited to celebrate with the honorees so please come out and show support for your fellow parishioners and all that they do for us. The offering for the reception is $32.00 person, advance payment is greatly appreciated. Please RSVP by June 1, 2018 by contacting Philip Mazzatti at 860-276-8228 or [email protected] for reservations. Payment should be made out to the Knights of Columbus Assembly #122 and mailed to 59 Marcy Drive Southington CT 06489.
Lourdes in Litchfield Upcoming Events May 1st marks the beginning of the 60
th Pilgrimage Sea-
son of the Shrine of Lourdes in Litchfield, located at 50 Montfort Rd., Rte. 118, Litchfield, CT 06759. Mass is cel-ebrated Tuesday through Sunday at 11:30am in the out-side Grotto. In the event of inclement weather, Mass is celebrated in the Grotto Chapel located on the Shrine grounds. Also on the grounds are the Grotto Gift Shop and the Grotto Café. Following are events that will take place during the month of May.
May 20th
: The Annual Blessing of Motorcycles will begin at 1:30 p.m. to mark the beginning of the 2018 riding sea-son. There is no 3:00 p.m. service today.
May 27th
: Monthly prayer of the Sacrament of the Sick occurs at the conclusion of Mass.
May 28th
: Memorial Day Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. in the Grotto.
For further information call 860-567-1041, email: [email protected] or visit our web site: www.shrinect.org. Roses For Life Thank You
On behalf of Birthright, we wish to thank all who purchased silk roses on Mother’s Day. Your generous donation helps Birthright mothers to chose life for their child. May God bless you for your kindness. Birthright gives girls and women the confidential and practical
support they need to choose life for their unborn children. Birthright helps by giving maternity and baby clothes, dia-pers, baby food and referral for car seats, cribs and finan-cial assistance. If interested in donating or volunteering in our office, please contact Birthright of Meriden at 203-237-9887. Thank you for helping women, the unborn and their families. They realized $163.00.
St. Aloysius Scholarship Award The 2018 Rev John P. Blanchfield Memorial Scholar-ship will be awarded Sunday, June 3, 2018 during the 10:30 a.m. Mass. All are welcome to come and enjoy the reception after Mass in honor of the recipients.
In observance of Memorial Day the Parish Office will be closed Monday, May 28, 2018 and will re-open Tuesday, May 29, 2018.
Legionaries of Christ Golf Tournament The Legionaries of Christ are sponsoring their annual Golf Tournament on Monday, June 25, 2018 at the Southington Country Club, 157 Savage St., Plantsville, Ct. The Tournament is entitled: Golf Swing for Seminari-ans, sponsored by A-1 Toyota. The price per person is $150.00. This includes: 18 holes, lunch and dinner. The tournament benefits seminarian scholarships with 10% of the proceeds benefiting St. Bridget of Sweden Catholic School in Cheshire. The goal is to raise a total of $33,000.00 for seminarians to accrue these scholarships. “They (seminarians) have answered the call, will you join them on the journey.” TEE TIME: 10:30 a.m., Lunch at the turn; Cocktails at 4 p.m.; Dinner at 5 p.m. If you wish to only donate to the scholarship, please con-tact Candy Nebit at 203-271-0623 or [email protected]. For registrations please call Anne Ciacciarella at 203-800-6002 or email [email protected]. Registration brochures are on the back tables.
Pot Luck Supper The Greater Meriden Council of Catholic Women invite you to attend our popular year end potluck supper on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. at the Holy Angels Campus, 585 Main St., South Meriden, Ct. Come enjoy some good
food and company. Bring a friend or relative. We look forward to seeing you. For more information call 203-237-8253. May Our Lady of Good Counsel Pray for us.
May 19, Pentecost Sunday Saturday 3:15 p.m. Confessions 4:00 p.m. Elizabeth McArdle, requested by Richard and Mary Dowd
May 20, Pentecost Sunday Sunday 9:00 a.m. Louise Eisenbeiser, requested by family
10:30 a.m. Roger and B. Alice La Madeleine and Eric Parsons, requested by Denise Parsons
May 21, Weekday
Monday Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church 7:00 a.m. Alan Griffin, requested by wife, Leslie
May 22, Weekday
Tuesday St. Rita of Cascia, religious 7:00 a.m. Aloyzy Maternowski, requested by Elizabeth Dobosz
May 23, Weekday
Wednesday Ferial Day 7:00 a.m. Souls in Purgatory
May 24 Weekday
Thursday Ferial Day 7:00 a.m. Rosemarie Wallett, requested by daughter
May 25, Weekday
Friday St. Bede the Venerable, priest and Doctor of the Church; St. Gregory VII, pope; St. Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi, virgin No Daily Mass
May 26, Most Holy Trinity Sunday Saturday 3:15 p.m. Confessions 4:00 p.m. Judith Holian, requested by the family
May 27, Most Holy Trinity Sunday Sunday 9:00 a.m. Mary E. Palmer, requested by family
10:30 a.m. Betty Sphatt, requested by The Tomalesky Family
The Sanctuary Candle will burn for this week in loving memory for Louise
Eisenbeiser, requested by the family
May 20, 2018
Weekly Collections for May 13, 2018
Regular Offertory: $5,191.00
Ascension: $1,691.00
Online Giving: $620.00
Votive candles: $483.00
Thank you for your continued support of your Parish. Please remember to mark your envelopes so you may get proper credit.
Support Our Advertisers We have a number of businesses that advertise on the back cover of our bulletin. They actually help to keep the bulletin costs down. Bulletins are quite ex-pensive to publish, costing about $3,000.00 per month. Because of our advertisers that cost is kept way down. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS ON THE BACK COVER OF OUR BULLETIN.
Forward with Faith Cathedral Repair and Renovations Update
Due to the steeple limestone replacement, illumination of the cross and tower and cleaning of the exterior of the Cathedral, access to the Farmington Avenue entrances will be limited through November 2018. The three large bronze doors are closed and not in use. However the two front/side, wooden doors and the front ramp remain open for access from Farmington Avenue. These entrances/exits are clearly marked. Parking is available surrounding the Cathedral in marked parking lots (including two lots on Asylum Avenue, Webster Bank and Ahern Funeral Home) and on both sides of Farmington Avenue. Eleva-tor/handicapped access to the Cathedral is available from the main Asylum Avenue Parking lot (behind Cathedral) West Entrance. Multiple restrooms are located in this new west addition.
Read, Reap and Rise to New Life in Christ Risen
Come to know Jesus more fully in the Bible right here at St. Aloysius, Plants-ville! The program will start this Septem-ber on Tuesday mornings (evening clas-ses are available nearby as well). The
Catholic Biblical School is an intensive program of study and prayer. Registration has already begun, so now is the time to visit us online at www.CatholicEdAOHCT.org, on Facebook or Twitter. Or contact the Archdiocesan Office of Education, Evan-gelization and Catechesis at 860-242-5573 or catho-
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