50th Anniversary Jubilee Founding of The Church of the Incarnation Parish

1963 - 2013

The Church of the Incarnation 544 Prospect Street

Wethersfield, CT 06109

Rev. James M. Moran Pastor

Mrs. Noranne Wamester

Pastoral Associate

Mrs. Audrey Saharek Pastoral Assistant

Mrs. Teri Aiudi

Rectory Office Assistant Faith Formation Secretary

Mrs. Theodora Niver Director of Music

Robert & Diana Hamel

Musicians

Vanessa Crowley Lorissa Heath

Rosanne Sweeney Gowdy Andrew Russo

Heather Picard Bonney Cantors

Toni Munoz Sacristan

Maggie Seaver

Mass Schedule Confessions on Saturdays from 3:45 - 4:30p.m.

Vigil Mass: Saturday at 5:00p.m. Sunday Masses: 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Daily Mass: (Mon. - Fri.) 9:00 a.m. Recitation of the Rosary before

9:00 a.m. daily Mass

Sacrament of Baptism By previous appointment

Sundays at 1:00 p.m. in the Baptistry of the Chapel.

Weddings Please contact a priest 6-10 months prior.

New Parishioners and Faith Formation Registration

The Church of the Incarnation welcomes new parishioners. All forms are available at the main entrance of the church. Please mail or place in the

collection basket. You may also visit our website for printable forms at:

www.thechurchoftheincarnation.com

Rectory Hours

Rectory Fax Church E-Mail Faith Formation Website address: (860) 529-2533 (860) 721-6595 cincarnation@sbcglobal.net (860) 529-6765 www.thechurchoftheincarnation.com gotellit@aol.com

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SATURDAY, JULY 6TH 5:00pm - Yvonne Breton SUNDAY, JULY 7TH 8:00 am- For all deceased parishioners & benefactors 9:30am- Deceased members of the Anzellotti & DiLoreto Families 11:00am - Richard E. Kutyla MONDAY, JULY 8TH 9:00am– Joseph Aiudi and In Thanksgiving for a special intention TUESDAY, JULY 9TH 9:00am–John L. & Leonard J. D’Onofrio WEDNESDAY, JULY 10TH 9:00am—For all our parishioners THURSDAY, JULY 11TH 9:00am- Raffaele & Angela Carmela Truilli and Anna & Nunzio Domizio FRIDAY, JULY 12TH 9:00am- Ida Mascaro SATURDAY, JULY 13TH 5:00pm- Julian Nesta & Deceased members of the Nesta Family SUNDAY, JULY 14TH 8:00am- Margaret Grieco 9:30 am-Charlie Christadore 11:00am–Luigi Lucci The Sanctuary Candle will burn from 7/8/2013–7/14/2013 in memory of Vincenza Bulanti. The Blessed Virgin Mary Candle will burn from 7/8/2013-7/14/2013 in memory of Thomas Reddin.

There is a “Project Baby Love” collection this weekend. Disposable diapers & wipes are requested! Thank you. Prayer Shawl Ministry will meet this Wednesday, July 10th at 9:30am in Fr. Crawford Hall. Prayer for Healing will meet this Thurs-day, July 11th at 9:30am in Fr. Crawford Hall. If you or someone is in need of prayers please join us. The second collection next weekend will be the monthly collection. Employment Support Group will meet on July 16th from 9:30-10:30am in Fr. Crawford Hall.

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May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. — Galatians 6:14

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Registration for Faith Formation To register a new student that has not been baptized at The Church of the Incarnation, a copy of your child's Baptismal certificate must accompany the registration form in order to be processed. Gr. 9 students (Sept. 2013) will re-ceive an invitation in Oct. for the Sacrament of Confirmation. Faith Formation (Religious Education) formally begins in First Grade. First Communion preparation begins in First Grade. The Pre-K/Kindergarten programs enti-tled “Little Lambs” begin in October and are optional. All Faith Formation communities are in recess for the summer.

Honoring Original Parishioners: Do you remember attending Mass at the Webb School? Do you remember daily Mass being said at 340 Prospect Street, the original rectory with a Chapel? Did you go door to door as a seeker of donations to help build Incarnation Church? Do you remember being at the ground break-ing ceremony with Father Crawford pitching his shovel into this holy ground known as the beginning of the construction? If you do recall these founding events, then you are an original parishioner and the 50th Jubilee Committee wishes to honor you. If you plan to attend the 50th Anniversary Mass on September 8, 2013 at 11:00am, there will be reserved seating es-pecially for you. Please spread this message to any original parishioner that you know. Call Noranne Wamester at (860) 529-6765 with your name & address or email us at: cincarnation@sbcglobal.net. Reference your message: Original parishioner. Thank you.

Due to the Privacy Acts it has become in-creasingly difficult for priests to locate and visit parishioners in the hospital. If you are going to be admitted into the hospital, please inform the hospital that you are a member of Incarnation or call the rectory prior to your entry into the hospital. Thank you. A Family Perspective...Just like the 72 dis-ciples sent out by Jesus in today’s gospel, families are expected to be MISSIONAR-IES. By our lives, words and lifestyle we proclaim peace, commitment, fidelity and respect to a culture caught up with vio-lence and gratification. ABC’s of Catholic Relief Services: CRS/Haiti… More than one third of all Hai-tians, over 3 million people, are reached by CRS programs, such as education, health and agriculture, implemented in the name of American Catholics. Challenges confront Haitians trying to recover from the 2010 earthquake and build infrastructure for long term development. For info visit: www.crs.org.

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A Weekly Bible Study 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Galatians 6:14-18

May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Je-sus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. If we were persuaded to become converts to Judaism, how would we react? What beliefs would we give up? What symbols of our faith would we leave behind? Could we even conceive of such a change? Imagine the very difficult transition in the early church as Jews accepted the new faith. For many of them it was not the sense of immediate conversion we get from the Pentecost event. It was more of a gradual struggle to let go of traditions and practices deeply embedded in their history as well as their collective psyche. In order to understand properly the context of the above quote from Galatians, we first need to consider the “Judaizers.” These Jewish Christians in the early church held that circumcision and the observance of the Mosaic Law were necessary for salvation and wished to impose them on the Gentile converts or re-quire them of other Jewish Christians. Paul admonishes those of the Galatian church who continue to promote the notion that their external acts, behaviors and achievements mark them as believers and become a source of their boasting. Paul points them, rather, in the direction of the one and only real-ity that must be the source of their boasting: the cross. In this context “cross” signifies the whole Christ-event, the Paschal Mystery. When he says “the world has been crucified to me and I to the world,” Paul has put to death within himself all that is opposed to his new faith. He looks to the cross as the true symbol of transformation. The reality of the Paschal Mystery is now so central to Paul’s life that he is totally absorbed in its power to shape his life. Would that we could even come close to Paul’s re-solve!

Beginning in January 2014, our Sunday Mass schedule will be revised. Sunday masses will be celebrated at 8:30am and 10:30am only. Our vigil mass will remain at 5pm on Saturday. The Incarnation Parish Council came to this decision based on a num-ber of factors. We appreciate the cooperation of all of our parishioners in this regard. Archbishop’s Annual Appeal 2013: We ask for your continued support Thank you! Congratulations to all graduates from all of us at Incarnation! Please note: We have low gluten hosts avail-able for those with Gluten Intolerance. Please notify the sacristan prior to Mass.

Please note: We have wheel-chair accessibility on the East Side Chapel entrance.

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We appreciate the thoughtfulness of parishioners who have made a bequest to The Church of the Incarnation. These charitable gifts build our parish endowment to help pass on our Catholic faith to future generations. Many Catholic families are mak-ing charitable gifts to create parish endow-ment funds in memory of parents and other loved ones. Contact Fr. Moran to establish a Memorial Fund in the name of your parent(s) or a loved one. If you will be moving within or out of our parish, please notify the rectory so that we may update our records. Thank you. Corpus Christi School in Wethersfield is seeking after school aides to fill positions for the 2013/2014 school year. Ideal candidates are self motivated individuals who are crea-tive, energetic and enjoys interacting with children in grades Pre K-8. Responsibilities include planning, organizing and supervising daily activities which include the completion of homework as well as the care, support and discipline of boys and girls in all settings of the program. Hours are 2-5:15pm Monday - Friday with one Friday each month from 12noon to 5:15pm. For an interview call Mrs. Diane DeLuca at (860) 529-0090. Corpus Christi Women’s Club Bus Trips: Two trips are being sponsored by the Women’s Club which include Foliage & the CT Wine Trail on October 9th and The New-port Mansions at Christmas on December 14th. These bus trips are not fund raisers, but rather to build community amongst parishes. Call Natalie at (860) 529-2545 for details.

The harvest is rich, but the workers are few. Ask the harvest master to send workers into the harvest. Pray for Vocations! If you or someone you know is considering priesthood or religious life call Fr. Michael Dolan, Director of Vocations, Archdiocesan Center at St. Thomas Seminary, (860) 761-7456 or e-mail him at vocations@stseminary.org, or visit the web at www.vocationshartford.org. The Church of the Incarnation Commemora-tive 50th Anniversary Jubilee Deluxe Insulated Bags are available for $10.00 each. Call Audrey at the rectory at (860) 529-2533. Thank you. SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: World Youth Day Tuesday: St. Augustine Zhao Rong and Com-panions; Thursday: St. Benedict Saturday: St. Henry; Blessed Virgin Mary

BAPTISMS

Olivia Christine Weber

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MISSION Today’s first reading from Isaiah was occasioned by the return of the Jewish people from exile. The prophet visualizes the Holy City as a mother welcoming her children home. The people may now look forward to prosperity and comfort. In this post-Pentecostal season, the Church attributes this sense of fulfillment to the Holy Spirit. Paul, on the other hand, speaks of “the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.” It is the sin-gle thing of which he will boast, for it is the means by which we are re-created. The com-fort and prosperity promised in the first read-ing are here transformed by a deepening of the Christian paradox. Luke’s Gospel describes the calling and the mission of “seventy-two others,” who are commissioned to bring in the “harvest.” The number is symbolic, since according to Jewish tradition the number of nations in the world is seventy-two. This then is a universal mission, a catholic mission to all the world.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading —As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you (Isaiah 66:10-14c). Psalm — Let all the earth cry out to God with joy (Psalm 66). Second Reading — May I never boast ex-cept in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ (Galatians 6:14-18). Gospel — Jesus sends out the seventy-two (Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 [1-9]).

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Gn 28:10-22a; Ps 91:1-4, 14-15ab; Mt 9:18-26 Tuesday: Gn 32:23-33; Ps 17:1b, 2-3, 6-7ab, 8b, 15; Mt 9:32-38 Wednesday: Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a; Ps 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19; Mt 10:1-7 Thursday: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5; Ps 105:16-21; Mt 10:7-15 Friday: Gn 46:1-7, 28-30; Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40; Mt 10:16-23 Saturday: Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a; Ps 105:1-4, 6-7; Mt 10:24-33 Sunday: Dt 30:10-14; Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37; or 19:8-11; Col 1:15-20; Lk 10:25-37

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION It’s high summer now, school is out, the pace of work slows, and some people drift away. There are visitors in the churches every summer, and famil-iar faces are “among the missing.” Some find the summer’s call more appealing than the summons of the church bells. Many, however, would not dream of missing a Sunday, and so they make their way to Mass in unfamiliar places, watching the locals for clues as to when to sit or stand, where the Commun-ion stations are. In answering the call, they keep the “sabbatical” rhythm of the Christian life: every sev-enth day, the Body of Christ assembles for worship. For centuries, there was no obligation to Sun-day Mass in the sense of a written law, but Christians have always yearned to be together on Sunday. In the city of Abitina, during a persecution by the Emperor Diocletian, a group of Christians were urged to stop worshiping together on Sundays. They responded, “Then take our lives, for without the Sunday we can-not live.” By a curious coincidence, the appointed readings today center us on thoughts of peace. On our Independence Day, the experience of worship situates us in community, and evokes a commitment from us to be advocates of peace in all aspects of our society’s life.

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