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St. Philip Church 1 Father Conlon Place, Norwalk, CT 06851-3821
Mission Statement
St. Philip Parish, a welcoming Catholic community, strives to love, honor, know, and serve God. As a
family, we gather to celebrate liturgy, perform good deeds, share our faith, and bring all to Christ.
St. Philip, lead us to Jesus.
Office: 203-847-4549 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.stphilipnorwalk.org
Easter Sunday April 17, 2022
For additional bulletin content, please see the Parish website.
OUR EASTER PRAYER
Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ
overcame death and opened to us the way of everlasting life: Grant
that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord's resurrection,
may renew our lives through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Wishes for a Blessed Easter to all our St. Philip Families
from the parish staff and clergy. May this Easter bring Peace and Joy to you and your loved ones.
Let it bring New Life into our families and communities.
St Philip Parish is a Community and YOU make up that Community. The Easter Story continues on, lasting year-round. Let us all join together and become more involved in our Community throughout the year by volunteering for one of the many ministries available here at St. Philip!
Music is the fragrant oil that anoints the body of Christ. We are the broken jars from which it pours.
MJO
Office: 203-847-4549 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.stphilipnorwalk.org Faith Formation and Youth Ministry Office Janet Negron, Director 203-847-4286 Jennifer Boccanfuso, Youth Minister and Confirmation Coordinator Music Office Maria J. O’Kelly, Director Finance/Property Committee Michael Sullivan, Chair All Saints Catholic School Linda Dunn, Principal 203-847-3881
Father Sudhir DSouza, Pastor
Deacon Paul J. Reilly
MaryAnne Tripodi Pastoral Assistant
Alan D. Yoder
Administrative Director
Celebration of the Eucharist Saturday: 5:00 pm
Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am and 12:00 Noon Monday - Friday: 7:30 am
Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 4:00 - 4:30 pm or by appointment
Baptism and Marriage Please call to schedule Pre-Baptism and
Baptism dates. Marriage dates are to be scheduled one year prior.
Mass Intentions & Liturgical Schedule Week of April 18, 2022
Monday 7:30 am Lorenzo Solano Tuesday 7:30 am Souls in Purgatory Wednesday 7:30 am Tony Cappuccia 12:15pm Special Intention Thursday 7:30 am Rosa Barroso Friday 7:30 am Maria Martino and Giuseppe Germano Saturday 5:00 pm Ray & Terry Squires Sunday 8:00 am For the Parishioners 10:00 am Elaine Sheehan 12:00 pm Ileana Guillen
We Pray That Christ’s Healing
Be Given To:
Tom Burns Barbara Reilly
Sympathy and Prayerful Remembrances to
The Families of: Valentino Ciccone Nicholas DeRosa Valerian D'Souza Vincenzo Marmo Matthew Mullarkey Alice Perrone
Genevieve Sequeira
Wednesday 12:15 Mass
During the Easter Season there will be a 12:15 pm Mass on Wednesdays. Please join us!
The Saint Philip Parish Office will be closed
Easter Monday, April 18. As always, the phones will be monitored for emergencies.
Faith Formation Classes Closing Mass is next Sunday, April 24.
Confirmation Class is on Sunday, April 24 at 11 am.
All Saints Catholic School
Enrollment is Open for Next Year!
If you are interested in applying to All Saints Catholic School, they are now accepting 2022 - 2023 applications for all grades. In person tours and shadow days are available. Call the Admissions Office for information on enrollment. (Denise Vuoso 203-847-3881 Ext. 1)
Schedule of Meetings and Parish Events
Mon., Apr. 18 ⚫ Office closed Tues., Apr. 19 ⚫ Youth Group YAC 6:30 pm
Wed., Apr. 20 ⚫ Blood Drive School Hall 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Sat., Apr. 23 ⚫ Men’s Ministry Charleston Room 9:00 am
Easter Food Pantry Collection
Because of your generosity, over 130 families enjoyed a bountiful Easter dinner and more. Your thoughtfulness is truly appreciated. Please remember, the need is not just for the holiday, the St Philip food pantry serves over 100 families each week and your continued support is needed. Donations may be placed in the baskets by the door of the church.
We are a People of Hope and yet we know we have much to learn.
Join us for a 31-day (virtual) formation event to learn more about your faith, find tips for raising faith-filled children, discuss how the pandemic has changed our Church, and much, much more. Online workshops, keynotes, and webinars will be held throughout May. More than 60 topics and speakers confirmed. All online. All free. Preregistration required at https://formationreimagined.org/people-of-hope/.
Workshops for Week One Every Family is Unique: Some Have Special Needs | Las Cinco Tareas de la Catequesis para Estudiantes Diversos | Trauma Informed Accompaniment | Why Do You Lead and Serve? | Parents seeking ways to engage their children in the faith | State of Religion and Young People 2022: Catholic Edition Report | Our Story Begins at Home; Parent Teaching our Children Religion | Culture, Indemnity, and Sexuality: Forming Teens for Authentic Freedom | General Directory for Catechesis Engaging Young People in God Talk | Crafting a Religious Identity | Threats to My Inner Peace | Unexpected Occasions of Faith | First Things First | Sacramentos para Todos | Writing Emails That Get Read
The St. Philip Samaritan Ministry gives us the opportunity to help us respond to Jesus’ call to “Go and do likewise”, to be a good neighbor to the elderly, the poor, the homeless, the
bereaved and the sick. This ministry will oversee and coordinate the various ministries that we have been doing in the past, including - the Midnight Run, the Food Pantry, communion calls, visiting the sick and homebound, Bereavement Ministry and home-cooked meals for the homebound.
Eligibility: Anyone who is a member of the Parish and wants to be a good neighbor. You just need to have a big heart and a little bit of time! How often? Depending on the service project at hand, we coordinate electronically or via phone.
For more information and/or to sign up – Please contact Brent Fitteron - [email protected] Dollka Morico - [email protected]
New Mass Times begin in July
On the weekend of March 26 and 27 nearly 500 of our parishioners voted on a new Mass schedule. Two-thirds (67%) of you voted the 9:00 am/11:00 am schedule as your first or second choice, leading all other options.
The results were discussed at a combined meeting of the Parish Council and the Liturgy Committee and it was agreed that we should defer to the survey results which strongly favored 9:00 am and 11:00 am.
Fr. Sudhir is grateful to the Parish Council and the Liturgy Committee for their support and their honesty in representing the Parish needs.
A special ‘Thank You’ to Terry Aloise for conducting the survey and compiling the results.
MAY CROWNING
The Crowning of the Blessed Mother will take place on Sunday, May 1, at the 10 am Mass. Children of all ages are encouraged to join in the procession, placing flowers at the foot of the statue.
Please join us at the 5:00 pm Mass on Saturday,
May 7 and at the 10:00 am Mass on Sunday, May 8, when the children of our Parish will be receiving their
First Eucharist. Please keep our children in your prayers as they continue their Faith Journey.
Recognize God In Your Ordinary Moments
Leave It in the Tomb Today, on the most important day of the liturgical year, the Apostle Paul is calling us out.
“I see you hiding in that tomb,” he says. “I see you baking with that old, stale yeast, thinking no one will notice.”
He says it a little more elegantly, I’ll grant you. But the message is this: If you want to be raised with Christ, you’d better be ready to step out of the shadows. Seek what is above — not what is on earth.
I can feel myself responding almost reflexively, “Great idea, Paul — but I’m pretty comfy here.” Because sometimes, it’s just easier to stay in the tomb. It’s easier to crouch in the shadows and look outward at everyone else, thinking of the changes they could make or the sins they could overcome.
Today we are called to embrace newness. New hearts, new lives, new futures, new chances. If there’s anything keeping you from that, you need to leave it in the tomb. It’s a little scary, sure — maybe Jesus thought so before he stepped into the light of that first Easter morning. But no loaf of bread worth eating was ever baked using stale yeast that wouldn’t rise. No new life worth having was ever lived through the broken sins of yesterday. No Easter morning ever dawned without the tomb sitting empty.
Step into the light. He is waiting for you. Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS ©LPi
First Friday Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be on May 6 from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm in the Day
Chapel. Sign up on the Parish website.
DISCOVERY RETREAT
Our Confirmation Prep group and candidates will head up to New Hartford, Connecticut on Saturday, April 30 for their Discovery Retreat. They will be on a spiritual journey together as they move closer to the
reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Fall. Please keep them in your prayers.
ST. PHILIP “FAMILY” PICNIC
12:00 pm MASS followed by PICNIC
Pentecost Sunday
June 5
Many kind and generous parishioners have made donations for flowers, plants, and decorations which
bring the spirit of this Holy Season of Lent, Holy Week, and Easter into our Church. For all your
kindness, again, your parish thanks and blesses you.
(Please accept an apology for any misspelling and please notify the office so correction(s) can be made in a future bulletin.)
Abruzzi and Castellano Family
Ruth Agudow All Children Who Are
Victims of War All Deparated Souls
Claudia Aloise Joan Ancker
Angelina Ancona David Ancona, Jr. David Ancona, Sr.
Grace Anderson M/M Peter Andrease
Barbieri and Viscoso Family Clare Beggan Susan Beggan
Patrick Beggan Belizaire Family Yvonne Boulet
Alice Boyle Michael Boyle Henio Camacho Tony Cappuccia Dom Cappuccia Joseph Carelli
Frank Catugno William Catugno, Jr. William Catugno, Sr.
Dr. Leo Chan E. J. Chariott Family
John Coleman Margaret Connelly
Rose Conrad Arthur Crespo
Joseph and Frances Cutrone Eugene and Isabella Daddona
Anita O'Malley D'Andrea Hon Frank D'Andrea
Mr. and Mrs. Lino Dassatti Maria de los Angeles
Clara and Joseph DeRobertis Skip de Pierne
Frank Desgro, Sr. Maria "Jennie" DiBerardino
Beverly DiBlasio Rose DiBlasio Adam DiBlasio
James P. DiMeglio Oreste DiStasio Renato DiStasio Rosa DiStasio
Francesco Diurno Carlo and Betty Donato
Karen Drap Joe and Evelyn Eichner M/M Vincent Fabrizio
Carmela Falbo Jack Farrow
Herman and Connie Faust June Faust
Mathew and Mary Fee Kay Fee
Anthony and Rose Ferro Florio Family Jean Fraboni
Peter Fraboni, Sr. William George Anne Guastella
Harry Hall Viola Hall
Michael & Josephine Hanrahan John Henkel
Thomas Henkel Edward Hughes
Joseph Hunt Bernadette Hunt Sr. Ellen Hunt
Maria Kabitkze John Kelly
Edward Knauf Andrew Kosvitch
Henry and Kathleen Kozlark M/M Paul LaGuardia
Kurt Lametta Joe Lametta, Sr
Lucita Legarse-Velasco Charles and Harriet Lewis
Frank Localzo Marie Localzo Delia Lombardi
Martha Lombardi Lombardi Family Diego LoSardo
M/ M Dominick Mangone Philip and Laura Mangone
M/M Philip Mangone Mattera Family
Robert F. McAndrew Mary and Jim McCobb
Mercurio Family Jane Miura Ted Miura
Judy Miura-Fraboni Teodora Mongaiel Morgera Family Sharon Morsa
Thomas F. O'Connor Muriel F. O'Connor Marilyn O'Malley Patrick O'Malley
Parents of James Patchen Elvira Pascarella Barbara Perchak
M/M Art Petrone, Sr. Florence Phillips Donald Phillips
Ralph and Josephine Porcelli Anthony and Lucy Porcelli Vincent and Ann Porcelli
Ralph Porcelli Antonia Porehi
Teodozja Przyborowski Boleslaw Przyborowski
Radomski Family Mr. Richard Ramsey
Ted Ristau Benedict Riznyk Florence Romano Joseph Romano Rotella Family
Vito and Theresa Ruggiero Sadouski Family
Mary Salta Joseph Salvo Mary Salvo
Anthony and Jean Santella Schipani Family
Anna and Nicholas Selepes, Sr. Domenico Sgarlata
Maria Sgarlata Pasquale Sgarlata
Sean Sheridan John and Elizabeth Sheridan
John Skrensky Harry and Doris Smith
Sokolowski Family Lorenzo Solano
M/M Domenico Solano Mary Stennach Robert Sullivan
Margaret Sullivan Bernice Swallow Frank Swallow
Philip and Antoinette Tavella Antoinette Tavella Helen Thompson Trenard Family Viktor Trubaj
Stella and Joseph Tyburski Anna and Peter Tyburski
Eva and Michael Tyburski Michelina and Pio Urso
Joyce Van Wychen Antonio Varbaro
Pina Varbaro Victor Family Nick Visconti
Baby Brian Volpe Angelina Walker
Lily and Charles Werwin Michelle Wilkes Patricia Zakhar
Amanda Zampalioni
Office: 203-847-4549 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.stphilipnorwalk.org
