Office hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM ; Friday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM -CHURCH IS HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE- Welcome to our Little Church on the Hill Mass Schedule Sacrament of Reconciliation Monday - Friday: 7:30 AM Available Saturdays: 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Saturday: 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Vigil Thursdays: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:45 AM, 11:30 AM Every Day: 15 minutes before Mass Holy Days: as posted in the Bulletin Eucharistic Adoration Baptism & Marriage Preparation First Tuesday 7:00 PM–8:00 PM Please contact Parish Office (203) 748-9029 Every Thursday 7:00 PM–8:00 PM Anointing of the Sick Every Friday 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM Please contact Parish Office (203) 748-9029 October 7, 2018 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Office hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM ; Friday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
-CHURCH IS HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE-
Welcome to our Little Church on the Hill
Mass Schedule Sacrament of Reconciliation
Monday - Friday: 7:30 AM Available Saturdays: 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Saturday: 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Vigil Thursdays: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:45 AM, 11:30 AM Every Day: 15 minutes before Mass
Holy Days: as posted in the Bulletin
Eucharistic Adoration Baptism & Marriage Preparation
Your prayers are requested for our hospitalized parishioners, family members, and friends
who are bearing the Cross of Suffering: Fran Wilkes, Bob & Pat Extance, Herminia Genao, Therese Slesinsky, Emily Donofrio, Pat Rooney,
the Morosky Family, Lucy Rozanski, Irene Cebron, & our Homebound.
Please also pray for those suffering senseless violence and racial tensions.
Liturgical Schedule continued
-SATURDAY 10/13/18 -
5:00 PM Maria Preisner| Kaul Family
Lectors - D. Pietras & B. Miazga
Ministers of the Blood - R. Godfrey & J. Garofalo
Minister of the Body - N. Scudiero
Altar Servers - JP. Miranda, E. Castro
Music Ministry - St. Cecilia Choir
- SUNDAY 10/14/18 -
Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
7:30 AM Verton J. and Anna | Hassiak Family
B&W Verton J. and Anna | Hassiak Family
Lectors - D. Coelho & R. Doran.
Ministers of the Blood - D. Kozlowski & C. Gehring
Minister of the Body - D. Gehring
Altar Servers - K.ozlowskis, R. Posca
Music Ministry - Cantor
9:45 AM Antonio Del Moral | Vogel Family
Lector - S. Mendonsa
Ministers of the Blood - K. & E. Cerno
Ministers of the Body - B. Hagan
Altar Servers - B. Goodman, Hanleys
Music Ministry - Cantor
11:30 AM Parishioners Living and Deceased
Lector - G. Kula
Ministers of the Blood - P. Nero & V. Giordano
Minister of the Body - R. Lamontagne
Altar Servers - C. Vogel, A. Vas
Music Ministry - Contemporary Choir
Rdgs: Wis 7:7-11 | Heb 4:12-13 | Mk 10:17-30
As a Parish community, we continue to lift every family individually up in our daily prayers;
praying for the spiritual, physical, and emotional health of each member of the family.
Please include them in your daily prayers.
Sunday: Er ic and Barbara Joseph & Family Monday: Dorothy Kaminski & Family Tuesday: Lucia Kaptein & Family Wednesday: Erika Leigh Kendrick & Family Thursday: Donald and Andrea Kennedy & Family Friday: Fran and Sonia Kieras & Family Saturday: Joe Kieras & Family Sunday: Buzzy Klecha & Family
Children’s Program Sundays during 9:45am Mass
drop children off in the Café when you arrive
Mass of Reparation Sunday, Oct. 21; 9:45am Mass
Please join us in asking the Lord for forgiveness and to offer reparation for the sins committed by clergy
and any member of the Church.
All Souls Mass - Nov 4. 11:30am
If you have a family member who passed away last year who you would
like to have remembered at our All Souls Mass, please contact Suzanne
If you are aware of someone who is sick, or otherwise unable to join us regularly for Mass and think they would appreciate a visit, or a call, please let us know. You can either fill in this form and drop it in the collection basket, or call or email the Parish office. Please be sure to let them know first, and include your name here. Name, address and phone number of Parishioner:
Your Name:
Young Adult Bible Study and Holy Hour Thursdays 6:00pm - 8:00pm
It isn’t too late to join!! contact: Erika Leigh at [email protected]
An interactive program focused on the development of male Leadership in the modern world.
October 8: Freedom to Choose the Good Monday nights 7:15 - 8:30 in the Man Cave!
ALL are encouraged to gather as one community of faith to pray the Rosary Coast To Coast along with millions of others around the world, on the
Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary Sunday, October 7, 4:00pm St. Joseph Church, 8 Robinson Ave, Danbury
The Rosary Coast To Coast is asking God through the intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary to : heal our nation heal all countries around the world combat the powers of darkness that
seek to destroy the light return all to holiness
Are you being called to become a deacon?
Monthly, Diaconate Discovery Evenings will be a consistent space to wonder, explore, pray and share with other men of faith regarding serving the Church as a Permanent Deacon. First gathering is, Thursday October 11th 7:00pm-8:30pm St. Stephen’s Parish 6948 Main St., Trumbull Interested in attending? Have any questions? Contact Deacon Tim Bolton, Coordinator of Diaconate Vocations: [email protected].
THANK YOU!
To all who helped open the café.
The donated furniture makes the space so warm and inviting.
The café committee nourishes us.
Café is open after the Saturday Vigil Mass, and Sundays.
Feast of Guardian Angels - Oct. 2nd NOT A CHILD’S TAIL!
The Feast of the Guardian angels is an opportunity for all of us to thank God for the gift of our Guardian Angels. In a materialistic world that believes that the only things that exist can be observed empirically by the naked eye or under a microscope, it is important for us to emphasize what we proclaim in the Creed each Sunday, that we believe all that God created, “things visible and invisible.” The angels participate in that invisible reality. The Catechism describes, “The existence of the spiritual, non-corporeal beings that Sacred Scripture usually calls ‘angels’ is a truth of faith. The witness of Scripture is as clear as the unanimity of Tradition (328) . Rather than talk about the theology of guardian angels.
What practical impacts can our Guardian Angels have on us? They help us to finish one day and begin the next well. Many saints have relied on the Guardian Angels as “alarm clocks” to get them up on time and help them begin to sanctify the day from the first moment. They have prayed to them to help them sleep well, to avoid nightmares, and to live an heroic moment at the beginning of the day, when our weak human nature just wants to stay in bed. Entrust the night and entrust the morning to the Guardian Angels.
Pray to your Guardian Angel. We have that beautiful prayer that many of us have said since childhood: “Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits me here.
Be ever this day at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide, Amen!” This prayer opens us up to His action. He seeks to fill us with the light of God’s truth. He seeks to guard us from the evil one. Blessed John XXIII called Him a “bodyguard,” but we need to allow Him to protect us.
Pray with your Guardian Angel. The Guardian Angel is always before God’s throne adoring Him. He can teach us reverence. He can help us maintain the presence of God. He can pray with us. When we are conscious of his presence, we are never alone. When we are praying the Rosary, we should be conscious of the accompaniment of our Guardian Angel. They can pray with us as we examine our consciences, for they are very much aware of all our sins. They can amplify our prayers of praise, of thanksgiving, of petition.
Do the apostolate of evangelization together with your guardian angel. Whenever I’m having pastoral conversations with others, especially when people are resistant to the faith, I remember that it’s not a one-on-one conversation, but my guardian angel and the other’s guardian angel are also present, trying to help me be God’s servant to bring others to God. It’s 3 on 1, and I always like those odds! I ask the other’s guardian angel to help me find the words necessary. St. Josemaria Escriva used to greet the guardian angel of another person as the person entered the room. What a reminder of another person’s dignity! St. Francis de Sales used to greet the guardian angels of all those in Church when he would climb the pulpit to preach, so that they might assist him in preaching in a way that would really inspire the listeners to conversion and holiness. Padre Pio used to tell people that if they wanted to request his prayers and they couldn’t get to him because of geography or the crowds, to pray to his guardian angel.
Ask your guardian angel to help you to pray the Mass well. They teach us reverence. They know that it is truly God here on the altar and they want to help us pray the Mass in the right way. They know what the Divine Liturgy means. They have something to offer to the Lord. Avail yourself of this moment to make an offering of yourself. Offer your sorrows, your pains, your hopes, your sadness, your joys, and your petitions. Remember the Mass has infinite value. Therefore, be generous with your offerings and petitions.
And... As we thank God for the gift of our Guardian Angels, let us thank Him in the best way possible, by becoming docile to all the ways they seek to enlighten, guard, rule and guide us, as together with them we adore the presence of God especially when He is about to come down on our altars!
