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Saint Gabriel Parish 379 Broad Street

Windsor, CT 06095

Reverend Robert B. Vargo, J.C.L.

Pastor

Deacon R. Carl Lickwar Deacon Ronald Biamonte

RECTORY OFFICE ST. GABRIEL SCHOOL

Mrs. Martha Erickson Mrs. Patricia Martin

Parish Secretary Principal

Office Hours: Monday – Thursday 8:00 am-3:00 pm 77 Bloomfield Avenue

Telephone: 860-688-4905 Telephone: 860-688-6401

Fax: 860-688-2638 Fax: 860-298-8668

E-mail: [email protected] School Website

Website: www.windsorcatholic.org www.stgabrielschool.org

PARISH MINISTRIES MUSIC MINISTRY

Mrs. Gayle Brick Mr. Michael Rheault

Coordinator of Parish Life and Ministries Director of Music

Telephone: 860-688-4905

Fax: 860-688-2638

E-mail: [email protected]

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE CHURCH SEXTON

Mrs. Cynthia A. Glick Mr. Edward Kozloski

Coordinator of Faith Formation

Ms. Dolores McGuinness

Assistant

Office Hours: Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am-3:00 pm

Telephone: 860-683-0366

Fax: 860-683-2225

E-mail: [email protected]

SACRAMENTS MASS SCHEDULE Baptism: 3rd Sunday of the Month: 12:00pm Daily Mass: 7:30 am

Please call Rectory Office to schedule a date. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

Marriage: Arrangements should be made by calling Wednesdays: Prayer Service with Communion

the Rectory at least six months in advance. Alternating weeks with St. Joseph Parish

Reconciliation: Saturdays at 3:15 pm (as noted outside Confessionals) <><><><><><><><>

Anointing of the Sick: Please contact the Rectory. Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 pm

Sunday Masses: 8:00 am , 10:30 am

Accessible by

front right side entrance

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ST. GABRIEL CHURCH WINDSOR, CT

Saturday April 2 - The Vigil of the Sunday of

Divine Mercy

4:00 PM 1st Ann. - Helen and Chester Zasada &

Henry Jopek by Daughter and Family

Sunday April 3 - The Sunday of Divine Mercy

8:00 AM Mickey Chrzanowski by Mary Walters

10:30 AM 6th Month Remembrance - Rachel

Bonito by Dolores McGuinness

Saturday April 9 - The Vigil of the Third Sunday

of Easter

4:00 PM 6th Month Remembrance - Lee Barden

by Anthony “Joe the Barber” Cymerys

Sunday April 10 - The Third Sunday of Easter

8:00 AM Birthday Remembrance - Joyce Van

der Voorn by Husband and Family

10:30 AM Birthday Remembrance - Angela

Caliendo by Husband and Daughter

Weekend of March 26 & 27

Weekly: $6,314

Easter Offering: $7,233

This Weekend’s Second Collection is for My Monthly Collection.

Next Weekend’s Second Collection is for the The Holy Father—Peter’s Pence diocesan collection.

Thank you for your generosity to St. Gabriel Parish.

Archbishop’s Annual Appeal

Raises 4,000,000+ in Three Weeks

All Time Record!

Thank you to the parish families who have made

a gift or pledge commitment to the 2016

Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. If you have not

yet had the opportunity, please consider

prayerfully supporting the many Good Works of the

Archdiocese. Every gift will be gratefully received and

sincerely appreciated.

For more information, please visit the updated Appeal

website at www.archdioceseofhartford.org/archbishops-

annual-appeal.

Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!"

Jesus said to him, "Have you come to believe because you

have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and

have believed." - Jn 20:28-29

Daily 7:30 AM Masses:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

and

Prayer Service with Communion on Wednesday

celebrated at Saint Joseph Church

Parishioners wishing to attend weekday Mass and Prayer

Service are invited and encouraged to attend there.

Please remember those who have gone

before us marked with the sign of faith

especially, Robert Quinn and Edmund

Carroll.

Also, remember the sick of the parish at home, in hospitals

and convalescent homes, especially Norm Cloutier and

Aaron Kearns. The Forgiveness Prayer, with Mary Dwyer

Saturday, April 9th

10 am - 5 pm

Come discover this prayer practice that opens the

practitioner to God’s presence and action and grace. $65,

includes lunch. 860-760-9705 at the Holy Family Retreat

Center, West Hartford. www.holyfamilyretreat.org.

All are invited to the lower Church Hall after

the 10:30 AM Mass for coffee, donuts and

fellowship.

Please join us again on Sunday, April 10th

and 17th, to share in this sweet treat. Our last Sunday

Coffee Hour will be April 17th and we will resume again

this Fall.

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SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY APRIL 3, 2016

Saint Gabriel Parish Volunteer Appreciation

Dinner

Monday, April 18, 2016

We will begin with a Prayer Service at 6:00pm Dinner immediately following at

The Lodge 130 Deerfield Road Windsor, CT 06095

Please R.S.V.P. by Monday, April 11th by calling the parish rectory office

at 860-688-4905, or by email to [email protected]

Pope Francis addresses “every person

living on this planet” in the latest

encyclical, Laudato Si: On Care of Our

Common Home.

The Office for Catholic Social Justice

Ministry will be hosting a day of reflection and action:

“Creating a Culture of Solidarity, Encounter and

Relationship” on Saturday, April 9th, from 8:30 am-

2:00 pm at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Rocky Hill.

This workshop will explore the vision of Pope Francis, as

expressed in his new encyclical, and provide practical

tools for strengthening parish ministry through

relationship and advocacy efforts. The cost is $10 and

includes lunch. Please call (860) 242- 5573 ext. 2688 or

visit catholicsocialjustice.org/registration for more

information.

WE WELCOME INTO OUR PARISH FAMILY

THROUGH THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:

Anna Marie Schibley

May the grace of God she received at her rebirth remain

with her always and may she grow in the love and

friendship of our loving Father.

Saint Gabriel

Memorial Fund

It is customary and fitting to remember loved ones

who have died with memorial donations to a favorite cause

or charity. In this way, the memory of the deceased is

honored and a good work, either civic or religious, is

perpetuated. There are numerous charities that have been

traditionally designated for such purpose.

Memorial donations to the St. Gabriel Memorial

Fund would be used for the betterment of our St. Gabriel

Parish, as the needs present itself, or as determined by our

Pastor.

Would you consider the St. Gabriel Memorial

Fund as a worthy recipient of memorial donations at the

time of a loved one’s death?

We are grateful to the following who have donated to the

Memorial Fund in loving memory of:

Virginia Murphy

Lorraine & Chandler Wells Mary Long

Sam & MaryAnn Parlapiano Marianne Westcott

Mike & Phyllis Luckey Lynn & Carol Dittmar

Patricia & Robert Galler Claire & Bill Spitler

The Vagnini Family Kyoko Shemanskis

Keiko Tsushima Anne Kelley

Dan and Jacki Miller & Family

John “Jack” Fernandes

Patricia & Tom Tomkunas Mary Long Tax Saving News

(Shared by a Fellow Parishioner)

Congress usually waits until December to revive

some tax-saving provisions that expired at the end of the

previous December. One of these allows taxpayers who are

70 1/2 or older to transfer up to $100,000 directly from

their IRA’s (individual retirement accounts) to charitable

organizations. The transfer counts as your RMD (required

minimum distribution) and isn’t included in your AGI

(adjusted gross income). Reducing your AGI could help

you avoid taxes on your Social Security benefits and stay

below the cutoff for the Medicare high-income surcharge.

Though this provision is still in limbo for 2015, you

may want to consider this as an option for your next annual

giving to St. Gabriel Church. It has worked for the past

several years and has been retroactive for all direct

charitable contributions made from an IRA for the entire

year.

Rather than transferring your gift directly to a

charity, if you take your RMD and donate part or all to

Charity, you have to first report the full RMD as income,

then deduct your contribution if you itemize deductions.

As always, consult your tax advisor for the latest,

most accurate information.

Please find the “Little White Books” for your

daily readings at the doorways of the Church offered by our Adult Ed. Committee.

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APRIL 3, 2016

PANCAKE BREAKFAST

BAKE SALE RAFFLE

Our Youth Group & Confirmation 1 Students

will be hosting a Pancake Breakfast, Bake Sale & Spring Clean Up Raffle on Sunday, May 1.

The Bake Sale will also be after the 4:00pm Vigil Mass on

Saturday, April 30. 100 % of the proceeds will be

contributed to the Station Fire Memorial Fund through the Rhode Island State Council of Churches to help build a

permanent memorial in memory of the 100 people who lost their lives in this tragic fire 13 years ago.

Through our donation, our Church will receive a brick in

the Commemorative Walkway part of the Memorial, which will be dedicated this Fall.

We are looking for volunteers to bake for the bake sale.

To Volunteer and for information please contact Jody Denno @ 860.688.6141, or email

[email protected].

We hope to see everyone there to share in this very special event of fellowship!

The students at St. Gabriel School have had

a very meaningful Lenten journey. They experienced the Stations of the Cross

weekly, either through a PowerPoint or the 7th grade doing a live version. The students participated in

the Rice Bowl program collecting money for Catholic Relief

Services. We ended the program on Holy Thursday with a prayer service including a procession of students placing

their Rice Bowls before the cross. A total of $895 was collected. To end our journey before Good Friday, the

Student Council prepared an Easter Egg Hunt that the younger students in grades Pre-K to 2 enjoyed. The

students & staff of St. Gabriel School wish our Parish

Family enjoys the joy & new life that the Easter Season brings to all of us. (Mrs. Patricia Martin, Principal)

St. Gabriel & St. Joseph Youth Group

will meet on Sunday, April 3rd from 5:30

to 7:00 p.m. in the lower Church Hall at St.

Gabriel Church.

Dinner will be provided. All youth in grades 6 through 10

are welcome!

The last two Youth Group meetings for this school year

will be on May 1st and June 5th – watch the bulletin for

more information about those meetings!

“St. Gabriel School Fun Night”

Izote will donate 20% of the sales to St. Gabriel School. Eat in or take out!

IZOTE Southwest Grill 697 Poquonock Avenue, Windsor

Monday, April 4th From 4pm to 8pm

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APRIL 3, 2016

April 7 Last Religious Ed classes for the 2015/2016 school

year

7 2nd grade Parent Meeting at St. Gabriel School at

6:00 pm

28 Practice for First Communion at 5:45 to 6:45 pm in

the Church

May

6 Practice for First Communion at 5:45 pm in the

Church

7 Sacrament of First Holy Communion 11:00 am

8 May Crowning at 10:30 am Mass

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Practice for First Communion will be

held on April 28th and May 6th from

5:45 to 6:45 p.m. in the Church. All

children receiving First Eucharist on Saturday, May 7th,

are requested to attend both practices, and one parent/

guardian of each child must attend the practice on May

7th.

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Registration for 2016/2017 Religious Ed classes will begin next month. Registration forms will be mailed to all

families whose children were enrolled in the Religious Education program this year. Registration forms must be

returned by Wednesday, June 1, 2016. If your child was not enrolled in the Religious Education program this

year, please contact the Religious Education Office.

The Confirmation Program for

Students in grades 9 & 10 -

Students entering 9th or 10th grade

in September, in public or

Catholic schools, and wishing to

receive the Sacrament of

Confirmation within St. Gabriel Parish are required to

register for Confirmation preparation classes. Registration

forms will be mailed to families whose children were

enrolled in the Religious Education program this year; the

same Religious Education Registration form is used to

register students in grades K through 10. Completed forms

must be returned by Wednesday, June 1, 2016. If your

child was not enrolled in the Religious Ed program this

year, please contact the Religious Education Office.


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