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4th Sunday of Easter, May 3, 2009
Announced Masses:
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Saturday |
May 2 |
5:00 PM |
JoAnn Gizzi by Marie & Dick Fadus |
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Sunday |
May 3 |
8:00
AM |
Living
& deceased members of St. Thomas Becket |
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Monday |
May 4 |
9:00 |
Deceased priests of the Archdiocese |
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Tuesday |
May 5 |
9:00 |
Lisa Kolodziej by Birth to Three Staff at Darcy School |
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Wednesday |
May 6 |
xxx |
No scheduled Mass |
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Thursday |
May 7 |
9:00 |
Thomas Hopkins by friends |
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Friday |
May 8 |
9:00 |
Valerie Farley Morano by John & Carolyn Garibaldi |
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Saturday |
May 9 |
10:00 AM 5:00 PM |
First Communion Elizabeth, Mary & Josephine Fede, Ann Peetrowski & Virginia Falcone by Grace Iabichino |
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Sunday |
May 10 |
8:00
AM |
Dorothy
Astramowicz by Jessica & Gary Tell |
AREA
MASS SCHEDULE
St. Bridget - Daily (M-F) 7:00 AM, Sat. 9:00 AM,
Sat. Vigil 4:30 PM, Sun. 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 AM
Epiphany -
Daily (M,T,W,F) 8:30 AM, Sat. Vigil 4:00 PM, Sun. 8:30 & 10:30
AM
O.L. Mt. Carmel - (M-F) 7:30 & 9:00 AM, Sat. 8:00 AM, Sat.
Vigil 5:00 PM, Sun. 8:00, 10:00 , 11:30 AM
O.L. Fatima, Yalesville
(M,T, W) 8:00 AM, Sat. Vigil 4:00 PM, Sun. 8:30 & 10:30 AM
St.
Vincent Ferrer, Naugatuck (M,T,W,F) 7:30 AM, Sat. Vigil 4:00 PM, Sun.
8:00, 10:30 AM 4:15
PM
Financial Report. Offertory: $5,995 . Donation: $200. Thank you for your generosity.
Coffee & after all Masses next weekend.
Religious
Formation .
Regular
scheduled classes have ended for this session. 8th
and
9th
graders
need to continue their Mass reports each week throughout the summer.
An
exam
make-up day will
be held for all grades on Wednesday, May 6th
at
3:45 PM. Confirmation
Candidates –
Service
reports are due into the CCD office no later than May 9th.
Our
Annual
CCD Outing
at
Holiday
Hill
will
be held Thursday, May 7th,
3:30 – 5:30. Students must bring with them to the Hill the
permission slip given out in class and signed by a parent. Parents
are responsible for transportation to and from the Hill.
First Communion Rehearsals will be held on Monday, May 6th and Tuesday, May 7th from 3:30 to 5:00 PM. Final Rehearsal will be held on Friday, May 8th at 5:00 PM. One parent is required to attend the final rehearsal with their child. First Communion will be held on Saturday, May 9th at 10:00 AM. Please keep these children in your prayers this week.
Living Rosary. The St. Thomas Becket Women's Club will be hosting a Living Rosary on Tuesday, May 13th at 7:00 PM in the church. Students in our Confirmation Class will be taking part in the program Refreshments will be served in the Parish Center after the Rosary. We invite all men, women and children to join us in this lovely way to honor Our Lady, on this anniversary of her appearance at Fatima. A sign up sheet for bakers is on the table in the vestibule.
The May Crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary ceremony will be done by our First Communion Class at the 11:00 Mass next Sunday. A reception for the First Communion Class will follow this Mass.
Men's Club will be sponsoring our annual Mother's Day flower sale to benefit our scholarship fund -- taking orders on 4/25-26 and 5/2-3 with delivery on Mother's Day weekend 5/9-10.
Save the date: Parish Picnic this year at Holiday Hill, Sunday afternoon, August 16th.
Archbishop's Annual Appeal The 2009 Archbishop's Annual Appeal is now well underway. Every parish family is asked to consider making a pledge or one-time gift to this year's Appeal. Please return the commitment card you received in the mail as soon as possible. Your support of the 2009 Appeal ensures that essential educational, pastoral and charitable ministries of the Archdiocese of Hartford are sustained and carried forward.
Family Perspective. The gospel description of the Good Shepherd is a job description for parenting. Parents must “know” their children and “freely lay down their lives” each day by sacrificing for their children. Even when they don't want to listen, children must “hear our voice.” Like Jesus, it is our job to “lead” our children to the Father.
Mary - Month of May. On the table next to the banner honoring Mary is a basket for prayer petitions for the month of May. Please fill out a slip next to the basket with your petition. These will be included in the Prayer of the Faithful at all Masses during the month of May.
Stewardship. To be good stewards we must be good shepherds, willing to lay down our lives for those committed to our care, not mere hired hands who run off, "leaving the sheep to be snatched and scattered by the wolf".
