August 21, 2016 - St. Aloysius Church

Saint Aloysius Catholic Church
21 Cherry Street, New Canaan, CT 06840
August 21, 2016
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Handicap Accessible
PLEASE HELP US COLLECT SCHOOL SUPPLIES
FOR CHILDREN IN NEED!
Please place the requested donations in the bins at the
church entrances by AUGUST 26 !
Backpacks, lunch boxes or bags, glue sticks, blunt
ended scissors, rulers, ballpoint pens, pencils,
pencil sharpeners, pencil boxes, 10 pack colored
broad line markers, 24 pack crayons, 12 pack colored
pencils, spiral bound and composition notebooks,
three ring binders, loose leaf paper and folders
THEN, ON AUGUST 28, immediately
following the 10:00 a.m. Mass, our young
disciples and their parents are invited to
attend a “NEVER TOO YOUNG TO SERVE”
packing session in the St. Aloysius School Gym.
Sign up to help out at www.signupgenius.com,
locating the sign up under [email protected].
COFFEE, JUICE & DONUTS WILL BE SERVED!
SUNDAY MASSES
Saturday: Vigil for Sunday 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 7:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m. (Family
Mass), 11:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Teen Mass)
SUMMER WEEKDAY MASSES
Monday through Saturday: 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
For those who are homebound and unable to join us at
St. Aloysius, the celebration of the Eucharist is on daily at
10:00 a.m. on Cablevision Channel 84.
RECONCILIATION
Saturdays 4:00 - 5:00, every First Friday one half hour
prior to Mass or always by appointment
with a priest.
PRIESTS/CLERGY
Rev. Msgr. William J. Scheyd, Pastor
Rev. Cyrus M. Bartolome, Parochial Vicar
Rev. Ralph Segura, Parochial Vicar
Rev. William G. Carey, Retired
Deacon Stephen W. Pond , Permanent Deacon
Deacon William A. Santulli, Permanent Deacon
Not Catholic?
Interested in learning more about the Catholic faith?
Perhaps you were baptized Catholic and have not
received the sacraments of initiation—Reconciliation, the
Eucharist, Confirmation.
St. Aloysius will soon begin a new journey in faith to share the
richness of the Catholic Church and our parish family with those
who are not Catholic or baptized Catholics who desire to complete the sacraments of initiation. We invite you to learn what
our Church teaches in an open and welcoming environment.
These sessions are opportunities for you to ask those
perplexing and difficult questions you may have about the
church. Gatherings are for inquirers and are open to people
who are unbaptized, as well as those who are baptized
Christians from Protestant or Evangelical backgrounds.
Please contact Deacon Bill Santulli at 203-940-0711 or
[email protected] if you have questions or would like
further information and then . . .
JOIN THE JOURNEY WITH US!
St. Aloysius,
our parish
patron,
helping a
victim of the
plague.
ST.
ST. ALOYSIUS
ALOYSIUS MISSION
MISSION STATEMENT:
STATEMENT:
We
We are
are a
a community
community of
of believers
believers in
in Jesus
Jesus Christ
Christ striving
striving to
to
proclaim
the
Gospel
in
word
and
in
deed.
Through
proclaim the Gospel in word and in deed. Through worship,
worship,
evangelization,
evangelization, formation
formation and
and service
service we
we invite
invite our
our
brothers
and
sisters
to
know
the
Lord.
brothers and sisters to know the Lord.
Let
Let us
us all
all strive
strive to
to live
live out
out our
our mission
mission each
each and
and every
every day!
day!
SACRAMENTAL LIFE OF THE PARISH
BAPTISM:
PARISH OFFICE
40 Maple Street, New Canaan CT 06840
Phone: (203) 966-0020
Fax: (203) 972-7691
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday: 9:00AM-3:00PM
PARISH WEBSITE
www.starcc.com
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
Richard Phelan, Business Manager
[email protected]
Jean Desmond, Administrative Assistant
Email - [email protected]
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Monday - Thursday 9:30 - 3:30; closed Friday
Phone: (203) 966- 4555
Marie Pascale Vandall, Director
Email - [email protected]
Mary Karen Keneally, Confirmation Coordinator
Email - [email protected]
Kathleen Redman, Grade Level Coordinator
Email - [email protected]
Marie Osterndorf, Administrative Coordinator
Email - [email protected]
YOUTH AND FAMILY MINISTRY
Phone: (203) 652-1154
Chris Otis, Director
Email - [email protected]
MUSIC MINISTRY
Phone: (203) 652-1180
Fax: (203) 972-3359
Thomas Marino, Director
Email - [email protected]
Cidalia Kettles, Director of Youth Choir
Email - [email protected]
Angelo Natalie, StAY Choir/ Praise Band
Email - [email protected]
MAINTENANCE
Willie Roeder
Celebrated each Sunday at 12:45 pm. Parents must attend a Pre-Baptism class, held
the 2nd Monday of each month at 8 pm in the Maple Street Meeting Room. To
schedule a Baptism and register for the class, call the Parish Office. Please note that
Godparents must be practicing, Confirmed Catholics, age 16 and over.
MARRIAGE: Call the Parish Office at least nine months prior to the wedding date.
SACRAMENT OF THE SICK:
If someone is ill at home or in the hospital, please call the parish office to
arrange for Communion and administration of the Sacrament of the Sick. Our Parish
Partners Ministry can also visit with those that are homebound. Contact Carrie
Sindelar at [email protected] to arrange for a member of the ministry to visit.
PLEASE PRAY FOR:
Eileen Apy
Gladys Borodich
Catherine Buonaiuto
Tony Cappuccia
Addison Jane Carestia
Anne Conroy
Pat (Pasquale) Conte
Tony Cantone
Fr. William Carey
Anne Cleary
Nuziata Colella
Julio Delatorre
Sandy DiGilio
Frank DiMuzio
Jean DiPanni
Kathleen Dooley
Daniel Fitzgerald
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Paula Lynn Fuegner
Garo Garabedian
Judy Garcia
Angelo Gesualdi
Chip Granata
Dolores Haas
James Heffner
Jeanne Hersam
Carol Hollister
Cecile Howard
Mary Katawa
Father Bernie Keefe
Bernard Kelly
Carol King
Christopher Kotos
Ronnie Lazzaro
Elizabeth Ambrose Lovett
Mary Maher
Donald McQuid
Jon Morrison
Louis G. Nappi
Alex Newton
Patrick O’Kane
Lorenzo Palladino
Dorothy Pojasek
Iracema Galvani Quinete
Mary Redman
Albino Romano
Pete Roux
Maria Cielo Sanchez
Lynda Ann Slovik
Szenasi Family
Joan Toppin
Anna Totaro
Rita Troshynski
Kathleen Turpin
Jan Wamego
Barbara Wengernuk
Ryan Joseph Willen
Salvatore Giovanni Zucaro
And the sick & suffering
known only to God.
Please pray for our service men and women:
SSG Thomas Aldrich; CPT. Elizabeth A. Condon; Cadet Paul Corapi; CPT. Michael
Howard; Spec. 3rd CL Thomas Lally; Lt. Col. Christopher Schilling; Jason Trischitta C3C
USAFA SSG Steven Vasko; Cpl Patrick Joseph Hussey
Parish Finance Council Diane Castrovinci - Chairperson - [email protected]
Parish Advisory Council Shannon Goetz - Chairperson - [email protected]
ST. ALOYSIUS SCHOOL
A diocesan school offering academic and values-based education for children in
grades kindergarten through eighth grade.
33 South Avenue
Phone: 203-966-0786 Website: www.sasncct.org
Principal, Mr. Bardhyl Gjoka/ Secretary, Jeanne Bearden
St. Aloysius Church, New Canaan CT
MASS INTENTIONS
Monday, August 22
7:00
Katherine & Leo Karl (L)
5:30
Michael J. Naughton
Tuesday, August 23
7:00
Antonio Braccia & Taddeo Family
5:30
Elizabeth Smith
Wednesday, August 24
7:00
Micheline & Andrew Parsa
5:30
Genevieve Christiansen
Thursday, August 25
7:00 James Kelly
5:30 Edward Denn
Friday, August 26
7:00
Jack Engel
5:30
Maria DiFulvio
Saturday, August 27
7:00
Dorothy Harrison
5:30
St. Aloysius Parishioners
Sunday, August 28
7:00 Jack Engel
8:30 Joanne St. George
10:00 Joseph J. Toppin
11:30 Pietro Dantini
5:00 Michael Ryan Desmond
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WORDS FROM Msgr. Scheyd
Life’s Journey…
As the days of summer are quickly passing and our
vacation or routine changes, we begin to return to the usual
pace of life. We are reminded that the journey of life is filled
with both normal and extraordinary events. Each presents
challenges and at times produces chaotic effects in our usual
life style. Such is life!
The opportunities for giving witness to Christ and being
Christian are limitless. There is never enough goodness in our
world. This year when our church is celebrating mercy as its
major motivating force, we face a world where there is a great
vacuum in this regard. Both on the international level as well
as within our own country, there is so much unkindness which
can even be defined as cruelty. In our own families this may
even be the case. Jesus continues through His Vicar, Pope
Francis, to encourage us to be different.
With the dawning of a new period of renewed activity both
in the academic world as well as in other areas of living, make
an effort to allow your relationship with Christ to lead you in
giving witness to the love of God and the mercy of God in this
world.
SANCTUARY CANDLES burn from 8/19-8/25/16
The Sacred Heart Sanctuary candle for
Anna Paglialunga
The Mary Sanctuary candle for
Joan Sullivan
The Chapel candle for
Peter Quoma
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE DECEASED
Freda Jeremiah
John Lapolla
WE WELCOME
Our New Parishioners:
Elizabeth & Ryan Barry
Karolina Robel & John Converse
Martha Porretta
Luisa Vascotto
Taryn & Daniel Walsh
Our Newly Baptized Parishioner:
Riley Sullivan Lynn
St. Aloysius – A Tithing Parish
TITHING MEANS ONE-TENTH:
FIVE % TO MY CHURCH + FIVE % TO CHARITY
SUNDAY, August 14, 2016 $18,317
Online giving for the week: $2,938
TOTAL OFFERTORY: $21,255
LAST YEAR: $27,198
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August 21, 2016
Religious Education
The Religious Education office is now open. Our hours
are Monday through Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. We are not
in the office on Friday.
IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE: All those who registered
before June 16 should have now received an e-mail from the
office ([email protected]) giving you the link that will enable you
to select the day and time for your child to attend religious
education classes. This link will be active on TUESDAY,
AUGUST 23 and goes live at 6 a.m. so that we may
accommodate our working parents. Follow the directions in the
e-mail. The religious ed staff will be in the office to assist
anyone having difficulty.
Please keep in mind that we can only offer classes where there
are VOLUNTEER CATECHISTS. There are also space
restrictions within each class. Given this situation, you should
have two choices in mind when you make your selection.
If you registered before June 16 and DID NOT receive an e-mail
from us (please check your spam), call Marie Osterndorf at
203-652-1172 or Marie Pascale Vandall at 203-61170 ON
MONDAY, AUGUST 22.
Level 1
Last week all incoming registered Level 1 Confirmation families
received an email regarding class placement for next year. If
you did not receive an email from Mary Karen Keneally,
Confirmation Coordinator, please contact her via email or
phone, 203-652-1173. Alternatively go to “Find a Sign Up”
at http://www.signupgenius.com and enter her email
address; [email protected]. Please remember you are
only expressing your child’s availability, you are not “choosing” a
specific day or time. Please feel free to contact Mary Karen if
you have information that would help us with this
placement! This sign up is active through August 28th only.
Level 2
All students should have chosen a sponsor and their
Confirmation name. Please complete the Sponsor Form which
is available on our website on the religious education page,
http://www.starcc.com/ReligiousEducation.html. The sponsor
form is due the first day of class. The June 2016 letter, which
has more information regarding the required paperwork, is also
available on this same page. Please do not hesitate to contact
Mary Karen if you have any questions.
High School Teens in Fellowship, Prayer, Service and Worship!
Sign ups at www.signupgenius.com, under [email protected].
28 teens and 6 chaperones spent the day at St. Rose of Lima in Newtown at Fan the Fire! A day of inspiring talks, lots of praise and worship
music, time in Adoration with our Lord, confession, small group sharing of our faith, Mass with Bishop Caggiano and LOTS of fun with water
balloons and a dance party! A special thanks to our World Youth Day pilgrims who were with us and manned the WYD tent where we helped to
spread the messages Pope Francis shared at World Youth Day! Our teens have been challenged by the Bishop to keep the fire going & to have
the courage to bring Christ into every aspect of their life and decision making and to keep in mind that
YOU can do all things through Christ who will strengthen you!!!
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
One of the Corporal Works of
Mercy is to feed the hungry.
This summer, St. Aloysius fed
the hungry at Blessed
Sacrament Church in
Bridgeport as we donated to
their empty food pantry
shelves. A little later, we took
a huge car load of donations
down to the Franciscan
Sisters of Renewal’s food
pantry in the Bronx, where 150
people will line up this Thursday
to receive a bag of food from the
sisters. Danielle Martin fed the
hungry at an orphanage in
Tanzania. What can you do to
act with Christ’s mercy and love
to someone who is hungry?
Perhaps drop a bag of food off
at the back left hand side chapel
entrance. Our donations will now go back to the New Canaan
Food Pantry which
depends upon our support
to feed our hungry
brothers and sisters right
here in New Canaan . . .
Or is there an elderly
neighbor or family in need
for whom you could cook
a simple dinner?
Pope Francis asks us all to be merciful in this
Year of Mercy . . . What can you and your family do?
In September, First Friday Adoration
OUR FAITH DOESN’T
TAKE A VACATION!
returns on Friday, September 2nd.
Please join Jesus in the Chapel and
consider signing up for an anchor
position by committing to an hour or half
hour each month. To sign up go to :
http://www.signupgenius.com/
go/30e0a49aea62ca0fa7-september
Thank you for your help and enjoy the rest of your summer!
Kindergarten Sunday School starts September 25!
This is a one hour
program for children at
least 5 years of age by
KINDERGARTEN
December 2016. The class
is held during the
SUNDAY
10:00 a.m. Sunday
Mass. Parents
SCHOOL
participate in the
classroom on a rotating
schedule. The Diocese
of Bridgeport requires Virtus Certification for all adults involved
in parish-sponsored activities with children. Applications are
available on the website, in the parish office or at each of the
church entrances. Please note that your child will not be
enrolled until one parent has completed Virtus training and
submitted a copy of their Virtus card. To keep the class size
manageable, the application process will be on a first come, first
serve basis. Please feel free to contact Kristin Dolan at
212-873-0555 or Agnes DiGiacomo at 203-914-6154
with any questions.
We will see you in September!
EARLY BULLETIN DEADLINE
If you have a submission for next Sunday’s August 28th
bulletin, please email your submission to
[email protected] no later than tomorrow,
Monday, August 22nd.
You may also drop off directly to parish office.
Thank you for your cooperation.
THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
Sun., Aug. 21: No Events Scheduled
Mon., Aug. 22: No Events Scheduled
Tues., Aug. 23: No Events Scheduled
Wed., Aug. 24: No Events Scheduled
Thurs., Aug. 25: No Events Scheduled
Fri., Aug. 26:
No Events Scheduled
Sat., Aug. 27:
7:30 AM: Men’s Fellowship/Maple Street
Mother Teresa’s Closet is closed until September 5th.
Please do not leave items
outside of the closet
during this time.
When we re-open, we
welcome fall and winter
gently used clothing for
men, women and children
with a real need for infant
and toddler items.
Please remember that we
can only accept clothing.
Please do not leave
household items.
Thank you for all of your continuing and
overwhelmingly generous support.
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St. Aloysius Church, New Canaan, CT
Our faith doesn't
take a vacation!
Left: Beth Wieber visiting the Cathedral Basilica of
St. Dionysius the Areopagite, the seat of the Roman
Catholic Archdiocese of Athens in Greece. It is dedicated
to Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, disciple of the Apostle Saint
Paul and the first Bishop of Athens.
Right: Kailee and Alexander See attend Sunday Mass at
historic St. Mary’s Church in Lancaster, PA. The church is 275
years old.
100th Anniversary Gala
Centennial Celebration
Saturday, September 24th at 6:30 p.m.
Stamford Marriott Hotel
Master of Ceremonies: Ernie Anastos
Dinner and Dancing to the music of the JK Band
Special Performance by
“Shadows of the 60s, A Tribute to Motown”
Live Auction
Benefactor : $1,000 per couple (includes program recognition)
Patron:
$750 per couple (includes program recognition)
Individual: $300 per person
Sponsorship & Participation Opportunities Available
To purchase tickets: www.100thgala.eventbrite.com
Program Advertising information: [email protected]
ST. ALOYSIUS SCHOOL
60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Be sure to Save the Date for the St. Aloysius School 60th
Anniversary Celebration to be held on Saturday,
September 17th. This event will bring together alumni, families
and faculty from across the years. The celebration will be held
at St. Aloysius School gymnasium from 6:30PM until 10:30PM,
following the 5:30PM Mass. Please visit the alumni page
at http:www.sasncct.org or email
[email protected] for more information.
Host Home Needed for
Catholic Exchange Student from Chile
The New Canaan Rotary Club is hosting Spanish speaking,
soccer player Alvaro, a junior exchange student for the
upcoming academic year. The student stays with three different
local host families during the course of the academic year. The
initial host family is identified, but the Rotary Club is still looking
for two additional host families with middle or high school aged
children. We would love for two of our parish families to host
him as we would like to be able to incorporate him into our
parish life and youth ministry offerings during his stay in
America! For more information or if you or someone you know
would like to be a host family, please contact Ann Cheney at
[email protected] or (203) 966-4848 ext. 117.