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
Confirmation Director, Curtiss Stella
Email: …………………………………………………………………………….……………[email protected]
Peer Ministry Coordinators, Fernando & Winnie Macaro
Email: ……………………………………….…….………..……....…[email protected]
Music Ministry Director, Michael Carney
Email: ………………………………………………….………………[email protected]
Parish Council: Mike Netkovick, Chairperson ………………………………….…[email protected]
Monica Blum, Vice Chairperson …...….….……[email protected]
Secretary: Lisa McEnery:(860) 677-2639 x20 ……………….………………………[email protected]
Patty Antony:(860) 677-2639 x10 …………………..…..……...……[email protected]
Parish Trustees: Jeffrey Pingpank, Beverly Montresor
SCHEDULE OF MASSES:
Saturday Vigil Mass…………..5:00pm
Sunday Mass…………………………..7:30am, 9:30am and 11:30am
Weekday Mass…….……...………. 8:30am (Monday through Thursday)
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION/CONFESSION:
Monday: 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm or by appointment.
BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS: Requests are due Mondays at noon.
All materials are subject to approval from Parish office. Please
contact Parish Office at [email protected] for more details.
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The Faith Community of
The Church of Saint Patrick
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
incapacitated are confined to home or hospital.
November 26, 2017
Saturday, November 25th
5:00pm Deceased members
of Simonetta & Bigazzi
Req. by: Anna Bigazzi
Sunday, November 26th
7:30am All souls intention
9:30am Zenny Olsen
Req. by: Pauline Olsen
11:30am In Thanksgiving
Req. by: Christiana Ankiambom
Monday, November 27th
8:30am Gertrude Wheeler
Req. by: Judy Krohomer
Tuesday, November 28th
8:30am All souls intention
Wednesday, November 29th
8:30am Adele K. Meaney
Req. by: her children
Thursday, November 30th
8:30am All souls intention
Friday, December 1st No Mass
Saturday, December 2nd
5:00pm Marc Todd Concra &
Dom and Felicia Massalo
Req. by: the Therrien Family
Sunday, December 3rd
7:30am William Dodez
Req. by: his daughter & family
9:30am Adele Meaney
Req. by: her family
11:30am Tina Festa
Req. by: Bruno & Marie Macaro
Please note that Mass will not be celebrated if Farmington School schedules are delayed or cancelled.
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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Grace Dunn, Charlotte Egan, Lynn Daley,
Sharon Parun, Michael D’Ambrose,
The Chorzempa Family, Trisha Elliott,
Frances Capodiferro, Ann Stankoski,
Teresa Seravalli, Ralph W. Corso,
Patricia McDermott, Tess Drezek, Helen Battista,
Gleisy Nardini, Ethan Edwards, Anne DeNuccio,
Theresa Turbie, Mary Fasolo, Violet Frascarelli,
Loreen Markie and family, Michael Timura,
Clara Cellino, the Morley Jr./ Sr. families,
Charles Mierzwa, Brad Ragaglia, Helen Rogers,
Belynda Reidda, Betty Franceus, Elena Marroni,
Bill Millerick, Frank Celeste, Roger May,
Eileen Torrenti, Ellie Carle, Evelyn M.,
Martene Macaro, Dianne Easdon, Janet Dunning,
Marilyn LoRusso, Emily Lavendier,
Jean Kaczynski, Nathan A., Irene Kramer,
Greta Stifel, Alan Raynock, Bill Chesanek,
Ron & Renanna, Sandy Therrien, Fred Kennedy,
Eilanna Dignazio-Davis, Ralph Bozza, Carol Liepis,
Jackie Pezzulo, Constantino Macaro
Call Parish Office at 860-677-2639 or
email: [email protected]
The Blessed Mother Candle burns in the loving memory of
Anna Casasanta Requested by: Franca & Teresa
The Christ in Blessing Candle, The St. Joseph Candle, The Blessed Mother Candle, & The Eucharistic Candle
are available in remembrance of your loved ones. You can contact the Parish Office at 860-677-2639 or
[email protected] for details.
Farmington, Connecticut
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FOR WEEKEND OF NOV 19
OFFERTORY: Weekly Masses: $6,773.00 Mail: $ 713.00 Online: $ 310.00
TOTAL OFFERTORY: $7,796.00
Catholic Campaign: $12,216.00
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.
Membership on the Parish Council is your opportunity to assist your Parish and
to help shape what goes on in the Parish. The Parish Council members assist and advise the Pastor with church matters and serve as a liaison
between the laity and the Pastor.
*** We are currently seeking nominations for candidates for the Parish Council Election.
*** If you would like to become a candidate or nominate
someone you know, please contact either Mike Netkovick at [email protected],
or the Parish Office at [email protected], telephone 860-677-2639.
Parish Council 2017
Elections
CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING
FESTIVAL Next Sunday, December 3, 4-6pm
Please join Father Barry and the St. Patrick’s
Parish Community as we celebrate the Christ-
mas season with food and fellowship. Our an-
nual Christmas Tree Lighting Festival will take
place on Sunday, Dec 3rd from 4-6pm.
We will join in singing Christmas Carols, watch
the children of our parish present the “Living
Nativity” and light our Christmas Tree. Chili,
soup, bread, hot & cold beverages and plenty
of Christmas cookies will be served! We invite
you to join us at this memorable way to begin
the Christmas season. There is no cost to parish-
ioners for this event.
Register Now!
Visit www.stpatsfarm.org
Complete the signup form and return to the
Parish Office.
Call Parish Office at 860-677-2639
Planning for this exciting event has begun. Anyone interested in helping to plan the event is asked to email Karen Mastella at [email protected].
Committee Chairperson
Karen Mastella
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Holy day of Obligation
Friday, December 8, 2017
Masses at 8:30am, 12 noon & 5:30pm
All are welcome!
Week of Awareness for Persecuted Christians Nov. 26 – Dec. 2
In observance of this week, we ask that you take a moment to pray for our brothers and sisters around the globe who are punished for practic-ing their faith.
For more information about persecuted Christians visit: USCCB.org, Christiansatrisk.org, or ArchdioceseofHartford.org.
Prayer for Persecuted Christians:
O God of all the nations, the One God who is and was and always will be, in your providence you willed that your Church
be united to the suffering of your Son. Look with mercy on your servants
who are persecuted for their faith in you. Grant them perseverance and courage
to be worthy imitators of Christ. Bring your wisdom upon leaders of nations
to work for peace among all peoples. May your Spirit open conversion for those who contradict your will,
that we may live in harmony. Give us the grace to be united in truth and freedom,
and to always seek your will in our lives.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Our Lady, Queen of Peace, pray for us.
Prayer composed by: Abp. William E. Lori, Supreme Chaplain, Knights of Columbus
Liturgy of the Word for Children will continue to be celebrated at the 9:30 & 11:30 Masses
IMPORTANT DATES
Nov 23-26 Thanksgiving Recess 11:30-12:30pm PreK-K-Sacrament 1 classes
Nov 27 6:00-7:00pm Gr.3-8 classes at IAR
Dec 2 9:00-10:30am Advent Wreath Workshop (Church hall) 11:00-12:00pm Rehearsal for Living Nativity
Dec 3 4:00-6:00pm Christmas Tree Festival
Dec 4 6:00-7:00pm Gr.3-8 classes at IAR 6:30-8:00pm Gr. 9 class in church hall
Visit https://www.stpatsfarm.org/ccd for full schedule.
The Living Nativity
On December 3, the children of the parish will “act out” the Nativity of the Lord as part of our annual Christmas Tree Lighting that is planned to begin at 4:00. Rehearsal: Saturday, December 2, 11:00 A.M. NEEDED: Children/youth to play the roles of Baby Je-sus, Mary, Joseph, Gabriel, Inn Keeper, Shepherds, Angels, Magi, and Narrator.
Costumes for will be picked up at the rehearsal.
Please call the religious education office for more information or to sign up to participate.
(860-677-2639; [email protected])
November Traditions
The children in our Religious Education Classes will focus on the lives of their patron saints and the deceased members of their families throughout the month of November. The prayer table will be adorned with prayer cards and prayer intentions brought into class by the children. We hope that this will help to make them aware of the traditions we have come to appreciate as Roman Catholics. The closing prayer
will be, one that you may remember learning as a child. “Eternal rest unto their souls, O Lord, and May perpet-ual life shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
May all the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.”
ADVENT WREATH WORKSHOP
Saturday, December 2 9:00-10:30 a.m. St. Patrick Church Hall
The Advent Wreath Workshop last year was so well attended and enjoyed, that we are planning one on Saturday, December 2, 9:00-10:30 a.m. in St. Patrick Church Hall.
We ask for a donation of $5.00 per family to help defray the cost of the candles, oasis, plastic dish, and ribbons.
Please trim your evergreens, pick some pine cones and bring them to share with other families.
Also, bring some Christmas Cookies to share…..
This is a wonderful, fun way to begin the Season of Advent? Come one…..come all.
*Please call the Parish Office to sign up for this workshop. Or go online to our website: www.stpatsfarm.org.
Frozen Turkey/ Thanksgiving Meal Drive
updates
A BIG THANK YOU for the turkeys, food & cash donations
from the drive last weekend.
We were able to donate 52 turkeys and plenty of food
for Hartford Catholic Workers & DCF families.
Thank you for your generosity & help to put a turkey on the family’s table this Thanksgiving.
Wishing you and your family
a Blessed Thanksgiving!
Jim Conway - Hartford Catholic Worker Eileen Dignazio - Director of Religious Education
Dorothy Zyla - Department of Children & Families
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Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
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
November 26, 2017
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Nov 26 ……………..…….. No Peer Ministry Meeting (revised)
Dec 2 ……………………… Advent Wreath Workshop (9-10:30am)
Living Nativity Rehearsal (11:00am)
Dec 2-3 …………...…… Monthly Meatloaf
Dec 3 ……………………….. Christmas Tree Lighting (4-6pm)
No Peer Ministry Meeting (revised)
Dec 4 ……………………….. Knights of Columbus meeting
Dec 5 ……………………….. Parish Council Meeting
Dec 8 ………………..……… Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary
Masses at 8:30am, 12noon & 5:30pm
Dec 8 ……………………….. Prayer Shaw Ministry
Dec 9-10 ……….…….. Monthly Food Drive
Dec 10 ……………………. Peer Ministry Meeting (Hitchcock room)
Dec 10 …………………… House of Bread
Dec 13 …………………… Bible Series Presentations: All talks
(6:30pm in church hall)
Dec 17 …………..………. Peer Ministry Meeting
(Baking event in church kitchen)
Dec 24 …………………… Regular Masses
7:30am, 9:30am & 11:30am
Christmas Eve Masses
3:30pm, 5:30pm & 10:00pm
No Peer Ministry Meeting
Dec 25 ……………………. Christmas Day
Masses at 9:00am & 11:00am
Dec 31 …………………… No Peer Ministry Meeting
Jan 7 ………………………… Peer Ministry Meeting (Hitchcock room)
Jan 12 ……………..……… Prayer Shawl Ministry
Jan 26 …………………….. Prayer Shawl Ministry
Advent Wreath Eileen Dignazio 860-676-0253
Bible Series Curtiss Stella [email protected]
Christmas Festival Karen Mastella [email protected]
House of Bread Lorraine Douglass 860-677-8138 ImmConception Allison Rose & 860-250-8937 Ann Jett 860-830-9038
Knights of Columbus Ray Liudzius 860-202-8256 Monthly Food Drive Linda Regius 860-674-1963 Monthly Meatloaf Lorraine Stec 860-506-4238 Parish Council Mike Netkovick [email protected]
Peer Ministry Fernando & Winnie Macaro [email protected]
Prayer Shawl Barbara Sutkowski 860-747-8427
Visit www.stpatsfarm.org/ministries
Parish Calendar
The Annual” Living Nativity”, a re-enactment of the First Christmas, will be presented by the children and teens of this parish. Please contact Eileen Dignazio at 860-676-0253 or email [email protected] if your children would like to be part of the celebration.
Teens are asked to contact Eileen, if they are interested in playing one of the major roles: Joseph or Mary.
Living Nativity December 3, 2017
The Peer Ministers will be meeting on Sunday,
November 26th, after the 9:30 mass in the church kitchen.
If you have any questions, you can email Fernando at [email protected].
The Peer Ministry has created a Facebook Page; please like "St.Patrick Peer Ministry" on Facebook
The group appreciates your support!
MEATLOAF COLLECTION
December 2-3
The mission of the parish meatloaf ministry is to pro-vide the House of Bread, a Hartford soup kitchen,
with at least 12 baked and frozen meatloaves once a month throughout the year. The meatloaves, cooked and frozen at home, are then brought to the parish
hall and placed in the freezer. Once they are all collected, a volunteer delivers them to the House of Bread. Thank you for your support.
Lorraine Stec 860-506-4238 or [email protected]
Confessions Monday: 6:00-6:45pm
Mass Schedule
Monday - Thursday 8:30am
Saturday 5:00pm
Sunday 7:30am, 9:30am &
11:30am (with Adult Choir)
New Confession Time &
New Saturday Mass Schedule
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
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"Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom pre-pared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.'" - Mt 25:34-36
Readings for the Week of November 26, 2017 Sunday: Ez 34:11-12, 15-17/Ps 23:1-3, 5-6/1 Cor 15:20-26, 28/Mt 25:31-46
Monday: Dn 1:1-6, 8-20/Dn 3:52-56/Lk 21:1-4
Tuesday: Dn 2:31-45/Dn 3:57-61/Lk 21:5-11
Wednesday: Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28/Dn 3:62-67/Lk 21:12-19
Thursday: Rom 10:9-18/Ps 19:8-11/Mt 4:18-22
Friday: Dn 7:2-14/Dn 3:75-81/Lk 21:29-33
Saturday: Dn 7:15-27/Dn 3:82-87/Lk 21:34-36
Next Sunday: Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7/Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19/1 Cor 1:3-9/Mk 13:33-37
THE ADULT CHOIR sings at
the 11:30am Mass on a weekly
basis from September to
June. We are a lively and fun
group that enjoys using our
voices to praise God. We re-
hearse on Thursday evening approximately biweekly. If
you are interested in joining or learning more, please see
Mike Carney, Director of Music, after any of the Sunday
services or e-mail me at [email protected]. We
are especially looking for male voices!
THE YOUTH CHOIR will be singing at the 9:30am
Mass. This is a small commitment with a huge
output for any singers in grades 5-12. For more
information, please see Mike Carney, Director
of Music, after any of the Sunday services or e-
mail me at [email protected].
Women’s Retreat: “Make Me An Instrument of Your Peace.”
January 19-21, 2017 On the weekend of January 19-21, the women of our par-
ish are invited to Our Lady of Calvary Retreat Cen-
ter in Farmington, CT. Experience a weekend filled with
rest, relaxation and spiritual renewal. At Our Lady of Cal-
vary, the natural beauty of the grounds and the peaceful
atmosphere of the retreat house can provide a much
needed break from your daily routine. You’ll have the op-
portunity to participate in the sacraments, to hear confer-
ence talks, to share with other women and to reflect on
this year’s theme, “Make Me An Instrument of Your Peace.”
For information call: Lauren Foote @ 860-677-1625.
The Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry shares this quote on Church Teaching. For more information visit: www.catholicsocialjustice.org
Catholic Teaching on Solidarity
We are one human family. We are our brothers’ and sis-ters’ keepers, wherever they may be. Pope John Paul II insists, “We are all really responsible for all.” Loving our neighbor has global dimensions in a shrinking world. At the core of the virtue of solidarity is the pursuit of justice and peace. Pope Paul VI taught that “if you want peace, work for justice.” The Gospel calls us to be “peacemakers.” Our love for all our sisters and brothers demands that we be “sentinels of peace” in a world wounded by violence and conflict.
- USCCB Administrative Committee, Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility, p. 15
Worldwide Marriage Encounter
“I myself will pasture my sheep; I myself will give them rest,
says the Lord GOD.”
As we celebrate Christ the King, let us also learn to serve our spouses by attending a Worldwide Mar-
riage Encounter Weekend. The next Weekends are Feb 2-4, 2018 in Manchester, CT
and Jul 6-8, 2018 in Manchester, CT.
For more information, call Dennis & Jane Lamondy at 860-481-3720 or visit them at https://wwmectw.org/.
Birthright is a pregnancy service offering free pregnancy tests, friend-ship counseling, and practical support to women experiencing a crisis preg-nancy. Our guiding principle: It is the RIGHT of every pregnant women to give BIRTH and the RIGHT of every
child to be BORN. We help any pregnant girl or women who calls us. If you would like to help, please call 860-290-8800. Training is provided.
of Greater Hartford, Inc. (860) 290-8800
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