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Pastor: Reverend Thomas J. Barry
Deacon Robert Barry
Deacon William Farrell (Ret.)
Parish Office:
Office: (860) 677-2639
Fax Number: (860) 677-2672
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.stpatsfarm.org
Hours: Monday through Thursday………………...…9:00am—3:30pm
Friday……………………………………………………………………...………9:00am—2:00pm
Religious Education
Director, Eileen Dignazio
Telephone: (860) 676-0253………………………....……[email protected]
Monday - Thursday………………………………………………..………...……....9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Youth Ministry and Confirmation
Director, Toni Berlandy
Telephone: (860) 677-2639 x19 ……………………...…[email protected]
Young Adult Ministry
Coordinator, Toni Berlandy
Telephone: (860) 677-2639 x19 ……………..…………[email protected]
Music Ministry
Director, pending
Parish Council:
Dave Edwards, Chairperson …………[email protected]
Mike Netkovick, Vice Chairperson ……………….…….…… [email protected]
Secretary:
Lisa McEnery:(860) 677-2639 x20 ………………………….……………[email protected]
Patty Antony:(860) 677-2639 x10 ………………………….………[email protected]
Parish Trustees:
Robert McLaughlin, Elizabeth Rubino
Schedule of Masses:
Saturday Vigil Mass:…………..4:30pm
Sunday Mass: ………………………...7:30am, 9:30am and 11:30am
Daily Mass: ……………………………….8:00am (Monday through Thursday)
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION/CONFESSION:
Saturday: 3:15 pm to 4:00 pm or by appointment.
The Faith Community of
The Church of Saint Patrick
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BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS: Requests are due Mondays at noon.
All materials are subject for approval from Parish office. Please
contact Parish Office at [email protected] for more details.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Families need to attend a pre-baptismal
program. Baptisms are celebrated the 4th Sunday of the month at
12:30pm & may be scheduled after attending the program. Please
contact Parish Office at [email protected] for more details.
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Please contact Parish Office at
[email protected] six months in advance to begin preparation.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Reverend M. Ernest Wilson Council #20.
Meetings are held the 2nd Monday of each month in the Church
Hall. Contact: Ray Liudzius, Grand Knight at 860-202-8256 or email
him at [email protected].
6:00 pm Officers Meeting …………………………. 7:00 pm General Meeting
HOSPITAL & HOME VISITATION: Please contact the parish office
when a serious illness occurs or when the sick, aged or incapacitat-
ed are confined to home or hospital.
August 28, 2016
St. Patrick Church
Welcome If you are a visitor to Saint Patrick Church, we want you to know how welcome you are –
whether you have come here from another part of the country, from across the world, or
simply from another parish here in the Archdiocese of Hartford. Thanks in part to the generosity
of visitors like yourself, we are able to celebrate the Church’s liturgy here in a fitting and
beautiful way. We are also able to offer a wide range of services to individuals living in our
parish and community.
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Saturday, August 27th
4:30pm George Ku
Req. by: the Mack Family
Sunday, August 28st
7:30am Sandy & Steven Orvis
Req. by: Bill
9:30am Ines F. Tee
Req. by: her brother, Alfred Tee
11:30am Kimberly Martin
Req. by: her family
Monday, August 29th
8:00 am
Tuesday, August 30th
8:00 am Joseph Sievel
Req. by: Frank & Louise Sievel
Wednesday, August 31st
8:00 am
Thursday, September 1st
8:00 am
Saturday, September 3rd
4:30 pm
Sunday, September 4th
7:30 am The Orvis & Lauretti Families
Req. by: Bill
9:30 am Ines F. Tee
Req. by: her brother, Alfred Tee
11:30 am Patrica Daly
Req. by: Barbara Daly-Byrnes
and Kevin Byrnes
Grace Dunn, Charlotte Eagan, Lynn Daley,
Sharon Parun, Michael D’Ambrose,
The Chorzempa Family, Vicki DeJohn, Trisha Elliott,
Helen Guenther, Frances Capodiferro,
Adele Meaney, Irene LaMont, Ann Stankoski,
Teresa Seravalli, Ralph W. Corso, Patricia McDermott,
Tess Drezek, James Bisaillon, Tess, Patricia Fellows,
Helen Battista, Ann Jett, Gleisy Nardini,
Ethan Edwards, Anne DeNuccio, Theresa Turbie ,
Mary Fasolo, Larry Naviaux, Violet Frascarelli,
Bobbie Pequignot, Loreen Markie and family,
Donald Strickland, Michael Timura, Clara Cellino,
the Morley Jr./ Sr. families, Helen Rogers,
Karen Corriveau, Charles Mierzwa, Brad Ragaglia.
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As members of the Body of Christ, we need to
pray for each other & encourage you to let us
know of any parishioner who is ill or hospitalized,
so we can include them each week.
Call or email the office with the words “Add me
to the Prayer List” in the email subject line
OR
call Parish Office at 860-677-2639 or
email [email protected]
The St. Joseph Candle Burns in the memory of Andrew Kron Sr .
Requested by: his family
The Blessed Mother Candle Burns in the memory of
Mary J . Rund Requested by: her children
Farmington, Connecticut
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FOR WEEKEND OF AUG 21
Offering at Mass: $7,475.00 Parish Development $ 213.00 Assumption $ 451.00 Total $8,139.00
Thank you very much for your continuing support and generosity.
There are four ways of giving to St. Patrick’s Church: 1. Making contributions through your bank in person or online. 2. Making gifts to church of appreciated securities. 3. Making a one time or an annual end of the year gift. 4. Establishing a legacy gift as part of one’s estate planning.
Please see our website www.stpatsfarm.org for more details. Thank you.
Those who say that the Catholic Church is discriminating against poor women by opposing the health care mandate are completely misinformed. The Catholic Church is against requirements con-tained in the mandate that would force them to pay for surgical procedures such as: sterilization, abortion-inducing drugs, and con-traception that go against our moral convictions, and therefore, impede religious freedom.
If you haven’t done so already, please voice your opposition to the federal health care mandate by calling U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell at 202-205-5445, and your elected representatives. Let them know that the mandate is in violation of our First Amendment right to religious freedom. If you have called, call again, our representatives need to listen to us.
DEFENDING OUR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY #235 -AUGUST 28
The Annual Archidiocesan Social Justice Dinner
October 18, 2016 5pm
The Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry (OCSJM) will present awards for exceptional efforts in social justice minis-try at its Annual Dinner on Tuesday, October 18 at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville, CT, beginning with a reception at 5 pm. Kerry Weber will present the keynote address. Kerry is a Mercy Associate and managing editor of America Magazine. She is the author of “Keeping the Faith: Prayers for College Students” and “Mercy in the City: How to Feed the Hungry Give Drink to the Thirsty, Visit the Imprisoned, and Keep your Day Job”. Being honored with awards at the dinner are: Fr. Stephen Sledesky, the Collaborative Center for Justice, and St. Louis Church in West Haven, For tickets call OCSJM at: (860) 243-0649 or visit the website at www.catholicsocialjustice.org. Tickets are $70 per person, or $650 for a table of ten.
Virtus Training Session Thursday, September 29
6:30—9:30pm Church Hall
The Office of Safe Environment for the Archdiocese of Hartford requires all parishes in the Archdiocese to sponsor Virtus Work-shops for all Staff Members, Eucharistic Ministers, Music Direc-tors and any volunteers who have access to childhood, youth, teens and volunteer adults. A Virtus Training Session is scheduled on September 29 from 6:30—9:30pm here at St. Patrick’s. Registration for Virtus Work-shop are processed online at www.virtusonline.org. Please contact Eileen Dignazio for further information. She can be reached at 860-676-0253 or email at [email protected].
Fall Registration is now open Send in your forms now !!
Registration forms may be found in the Children’s Liturgy of the Word Corner
in the Church Hall, and online http://www.stpatsfarm.org/ccd
Religious Education Director Eileen Dignazio 860-676-0253
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PreK—Grade 10
Classes starts in September
St. Patrick Church Religious Education 110 Main Street, P. O. Box 523 Farmington, CT. 06034-0523 http://stpatsfarm.org/ccd [email protected] Phone: (860) 676-0253
Important Dates to Remember - September 2016 *Liturgy of the Word for Children will continue to be celebrated at the 9:30 & 11:30 Masses throughout the year.
September 11 9:45 – 11:00am Sacraments 2 Class/ Church Hall 11:00 – 11:25am Sacraments 2 Parent Orientation/Church Hall 12:30 – 1:15pm PreK-Gr.6 Parent Orientation/ Church Hall 12:30 – 1:15pm Gr.9 Parent/Student Orientation/ Church 1:30 – 2:15pm Gr.7-8 Parent/Student Orientation/ Church Hall 1:30 – 2:15pm Gr.10 Parent/Student Orientation/ Church
September 16 6:00-8:30pm GIFT (Porter Memorial)
September 17 9:00-11:30am GIFT (Porter Memorial)
September 18 9:45-11:00am Sacraments 1 Class/ Church Hall 11:00-11:25am Sacraments 1 Parent Orientation 2:00-4:30pm GIFT (Porter Memorial)
September 25 9:45-11:00am Sacraments 2 Class/ Church Hall 11:00-2:30pm Grade 9 Mass & Class/ Church
September 26 6:00-7:00pm PreK-K, Gr. 3-8 Religious Education Classes/ Irving A. Robbins Middle School
http://stpatsfarm.org/religious-education-calendar-2016-2017
Registration for Fall Religious Education Classes
According to our records, 50% of the children are still not in clas-ses. If you have already registered your children for classes, thank you! If not, please do so this week. The programs are due to begin in one month. Registration forms may be found in the Children’s Liturgy of the Word Corner in the Church Hall, and on the Parish Web-site: www.stpatsfarm.org. Classes for Preschool, Kindergarten, Grades 3,4,5,6,7,8 will be held at Irving A. Robbins Middle School on Monday evenings from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Please note that Parents Teaching At Home, (PTAH) will remain an option for families of children who cannot attend classes on Monday evenings due to scheduling con-flicts. Sacrament Classes: S1, S2, Grades 9 and 10 are held in the Church Hall on Sundays. *Families who are “new to the parish” are asked to come into the Parish Office Building, next door to the Church, to fill out a Parish Census Form in addition to the Religious Education Registration Forms. Baptismal Certificates, (Reconciliation and Eucharist as well for older children), are requested at the time of registration for classes.
Religious Education Catechists Needed
Catechists will be needed at Irving A. Robbins School on Mon-day evenings and also for the monthly GIFT program. Please contact Eileen Dignazio, if you would like to sign-up for this ministry. No previous experience needed.
St Patrick Church GIFT Program
We are beginning to make plans for GIFT ~ fall of 2016. The dates and themes for the fall are as follows. September 16, 17, 18 Theme: The Holy Spirit: The Spirit in Scripture; Pentecost; Spirit of Life. The theme will focus on the Holy Spirit in Scripture and how the Holy Spirit is active in our lives, the Church and the world. *Sign up online is available on the parish website: www.stpatsfarm.org. Orange registration forms for families without computer access may be found at the doors of the church and also in the Parish Office Building.
http://stpatsfarm.org/gift
R.C.I.A RCIA – Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults
The Church, after the Second Vatican Council, has restored the Order of the Catechumenate in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). Persons baptized in other Christian Churches and now seeking full com-munion with the Catholic Church are also welcomed to participate along with Catechumens (unbaptized individuals) in the RCIA process of learning about the Catholic faith and being formed in that faith. For a Baptized Christian, reception into full communion with the Catholic Church involves a Formal Profession of Faith, Reception of the Sacra-ment of Reconciliation followed by the celebration of the Sacraments of Confirmation and the Eucharist. RCIA provides a forum for shared spiritual growth and a means to explore the Catholic Faith through: Sacred Scripture; Sacred Tradition; Liturgy and Prayer; the Sacraments; the Parish Community and Individual Sponsorship. Men and women in all stages of their faith journey and from all backgrounds, come together in a non-threatening and non-pressured atmosphere to learn more about the Catholic Church. God calls, God invites, We respond. We will begin the process this fall in church for the 9:30 Mass begin-ning in October, where we will participate in the Liturgy of the Word and then be dismissed to go the Parish Office Building, (next door to the church), to continue the class. This is the time when we share our re-flections on the meaning of the Gospel message for each one of us, fol-lowed by the teachings of the Church related to the theme of the week’s readings. Class usually ends at 11:15 a.m. Materials will be given to participants for reflection and learning at home. *Anyone interested in learning more about the RCIA process is asked to call Eileen in the Religious Education Office, (860) 676-0253 or email: [email protected] .
GIFT PROGRAM for September
Just a few weeks away, REGISTER NOW!
go to www.stpatsfarm.org Click on the GIFT Registration button
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Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Please be sure to register for Religious Education clas-ses that begin in September. Currently only half of the students have registered.
Confirmation orientation meetings will be held in the church on Sunday September 11th. Times are as fol-lows:
9th Grade - 12:30pm 10th Grade - 1:30pm
Both parents and students should attend.
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Prayer Shawl Meeting
The St. Patrick Prayer Shawl knitters and crocheters will have their next meeting on Sept 9th, 12-2 pm in Church kitchen. Please call Barbara if you can attend.
Comfort in a Shawl: Free Prayer Shawls are available to comfort a relative, friend, caregiver, or neighbor, no matter the age, who would find solace wrapped in a soft shawl made with love and blessed by prayer. We also have a limited supply of blessed baby blankets.
Call Barbara Sutkowski (860-747-8427) to request one, or visit the church office to pick out a shawl.
Upcoming Opportunities to Share
House of Bread Breakfast: Contact Lorraine Douglass 860-677-8138 for more details. http://www.stpatsfarm.org/house-of-bread
House of Bread:
Upcoming House of Bread: September 11, October 16
Monthly Food Drive: Second weekend of every month benefits: Sacred Heart Church Food Pantry in Hartford. Contact Linda Regius for more information at 860-674-1963 or [email protected]. http://www.stpatsfarm.org/food-drive-ministry
Upcoming Food Drives: September 10&11, October 8&9
Monthly Meatloaf Collection: Meatloaves are delivered to the House of Bread once a month throughout the whole year; contact Lorraine Stec for more information at 860-506-4238, or [email protected]
http://www.stpatsfarm.org/meatloaf-ministry
Upcoming Meatloaf Collections: September 10&11, October 1&2 .
Confirmation is scheduled for November 4, 2016 @7:00pm.
Thank you to those Confirmation students who have been working with me to ensure all the requirements have been met.
REMINDER: If all requirements have been met and you have not contacted Father Barry to schedule your meeting with him, please do so immediate-ly. Father would like all of the interviews completed by September. Please call 860-677-2639 as soon as possible to set up your appointment.
If all requirements have not been met, please con-tact Toni Berlandy at [email protected] to dis-cuss the next steps.
Peace, Mrs. Berlandy
The Beginning Experience® Weekend
Sept 30—Oct 2 The Archdiocesan Conference Center
St. Thomas Seminary
In Bloomfield
For all who are divorced, widowed, or separated—there is a special heartache in finding oneself alone again. DIVORCED, SEPARATED AND WIDOWED MEN AND WOMEN of all ages are encouraged to attend a Beginning Experience® weekend designed for those who wish to resolve the pain and grief of losing the marriage re-lationship and create a more peace-filled future. The Begin-ning Experience® Weekend will be held September 30—October 2 at the Archdiocesan Conference Center at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield. The weekend begins Friday evening, September 30 and continues through Sunday after-noon, October 2, concluding with Mass. The weekend fee is $235/person, which includes the program and materials, all meals on Saturday and Sunday and two nights’ stay, as well as a follow-up event. For more information and an applica-tion for yourself or for a friend, please call Victoria at 860-993-7866 or visit www.beginningexperience.org/connecticut.
Beginning Experience® is endorsed by the Archdiocesan Family Life Office.
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, "If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, broth-ers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple." - Lk 14:25-27
Readings for the Week of August 28, 2016
Sunday: Sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29/Ps 68:4-7, 10-11/Heb 12:18-19, 22-24a/Lk 14:1, 7-14 Monday: 1 Cor 2:1-5/Ps 119:97-102/Mk 6:17-29 Tuesday: 1 Cor 2:10b-16/Ps 145:8-14/Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday: 1 Cor 3:1-9/Ps 33:12-15, 20-21/Lk 4:38-44 Thursday: 1 Cor 3:18-23/Ps 24:1-6/Lk 5:1-11 Friday: 1 Cor 4:1-5/Ps 37:3-6, 27-28, 39-40/Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: 1 Cor 4:6b-15/Ps 145:17-21/Lk 6:1-5 Next Sunday: Wis 9:13-18b/Ps 90:3-6, 12-17/Phlm 9-10, 12-17/Lk 14:25-33
On Saturday, September 10, 2016 the Order of Malta will hold the third
annual “Lourdes in a Day Pilgrimage” at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloom-
field, CT (www.stseminary.org/directions.html).
Known for their charism of defense of the Catholic faith and service to the
sick and the poor, the Order of Malta conducts this one-day pilgrimage to
allow those unable to make the trip to Lourdes, France to experience the
joy, grace and healing promised by Our Lady of Lourdes. In 1858, Our
Lady appeared to Bernadette Soubirous, a poor peasant girl, and revealed
herself as the Immaculate Conception. Her instructions were to drink and
bathe in the waters of the stream, which now holds the Grotto of Our
Lady of Lourdes and the baths that are infamous there. She also asked us to
pray, process and build a chapel – all done at the site of the apparition.
Mass and candlelight processions are a daily celebration in this small town
tucked in the Pyrenees Mountains.
You will experience many of these healing ministries as well as hear inspi-
rational reflections during this spiritual journey.
The day begins at 9:30 am with reconciliation; Mass with
Archbishop Leonard P. Blair at 10 a.m., lunch at noon and workshops for
the sick and their caretakers afterwards. The day will conclude at 4:30
p.m. There is NO cost.
Please register with Mark Sullivan at: 860-523-1405 or
[email protected] by Monday, August 15th.
The Third Annual
‘Lourdes in a Day Pilgrimage’
St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, CT
September 10, 2016
Pilgrimage to PORTUGAL, SPAIN and FRANCE
October 11-24, 2017
At the Basilica of the Immaculate conception in Water-bury, we are conducting a Pilgrimage to Portugal, Spain and France on October 11-24, 2017. This is a spiritual event and an historic once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a in FATIMA on the 13th of the month, during the 100th Anniversary year of the Apparition of our Blessed Lady in Fatima. For details and reservations, please con-tact Joyce Hutt at (203) 753-2483.
The St. Margaret Mary Bereavement Care Ministry offers a ten-
week, spiritual-based program that provides support for those
suffering the loss of loved ones. Trained facilitators guide and
encourage participants to share with others their experience of
loss as they move through their journey from grief to healing.
“New Day” begins on Thursday, September 1st, and will be held
in the Rectory from 2:00-3:30 p.m. To register , please call
Lisa Grivers at (860) 528-4845 or Kathy Sullivan at (860) 644-
5388. Address: 80 Hayes Road,, South Windsor, CT
NEW DAY BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
ST MARGARET MARY
100th Anniversary of the founding of St. Rose of Lima School
October 8 at 4:00pm
ST. Francis & St. Rose of Lima School in New Haven will celebrate the Anniver-
sary at its 8th Annual Alumni Mass. The main celebrant of the Mass will be Bish-
op Peter Rosazza. The mass is scheduled to be held in St. Rose of Lima Church
on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 5pm. Beginning at 4pm, a tour of SRL School will be host-
ed by former graduate and teachers. Following mass, friends and classmates of
two Fair Haven Catholic Schools are invited to the reception in the Church Hall.
For information, call 860-961-2882.
Housing Needed
for Refugee Families
Catholic Charities is in urgent need of large, afford-able, multi-bedroom apartments for refugee fami-
lies arriving in the very near future in the Greater Hartford Area. Some of the families are as large as ten members. It is also help-ful if the apartments are situated near public transportation routes. These would be paid rentals with a lease period of one year with the option to renew. If you know of an apartment that meets these criteria, please con-tact Mr. Jama Ahmed, Assistant Director of Migration, Refugee and Immigration Services at 860-248-5850 or email [email protected], or Ms. Alyce Menald, Administrative Assis-tant, at 860-240-5661 or email [email protected].
THE ABC ANNULMENT
Church of the Assumption, Woodbridge September 15 from 7-9pm
The Rev. Gene Gianelli, pastor of Church of the Assumption at 81 Center Rd, Woodbridge will
host ‘The ABC Annulment’ on Thursday, September 15, from 7-9pm. The main speaker will be Rev. Juan-Diego Brunetta, OP, Judicial Vicar of the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Hartford. He will review the changes in the annulment process initiated by Pope Francis as well as those made in the Archdiocese of Hartford. The Annulment Workshop Team will assist participants in writing their annulment application in follow-up sessions on Thursday September 22, 29, October 6, 13, 20 from 7-9pm at Church of the Assumption. The ‘ABC Annulment’ event is open to all. A donation is request-ed to defray the cost of printed materials. No registration is re-quired.
For further information, call 203-937-7040.
