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Father Tony Saab Pastor

860-725-2924

Steven P. Marcus Deacon

Paul J. Comeau

David C. Leard, Esq. Subdeacons

Organists

Melanie Libby Sunday 10:00 am

Michael Nejaime Saturday 4:30pm

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Liturgies

Saturday at 4:30 P.M.

Sunday at 10:00 A.M.

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Bingo Nights

Mondays and Fridays

5.00PM

Sacraments: Baptism and Confirmation

Please contact the priest ASAP after the birth of the child.

Reconciliation: Before or after Liturgy or by appointment.

Marriage: Couples must contact the Priest six months before the wedding.

SAINT MARON MARONITE CATHOLIC CHURCH 613 Main Street

Torrington, CT 06790

[email protected]

Phone: (860) 4899015

Fax: (860) 482-1614 www.saintmaronchurch.org

Fourth Sunday after the Cross October 8, 2017

Office hours at the rectory Wednesday through Friday:

9:00am- 1:00pm For urgent Calls : 860-725-2924

Please be patient with us. We have no secretary. Please call the office before coming. All visits by appointment.

Matthew 24:45-51 "Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household to distribute to them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so. Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property. But if that wicked servant says to himself, 'My master is long delayed,' and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards, the servant's master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.

Five Reasons to Pray the Rosary 1- You can learn to know, love, and imitate Christ Jesus. In praying the Rosary, we get to know Jesus, love Jesus, and desire to follow Jesus through the prayers and intercession of the first disciple of Jesus, His Mother Mary! 2– It is a Summary of the Gospel. The mysteries that we call the Joyful Mysteries are all found in

the Gospel of Saint Luke, Chapters One and Two! This being said, we can get to know and love the Word of God by meditating upon the Mysteries of the Holy Ro-sary!

3- The Rosary can bring peace of to the world, inner and outer. A prayer for conquering vices! It is a spiritual slingshot to conquer the evil one. Sin can get hold of us, and we become slaves to it. Jesus Himself says that sin is

slavery. A well-known convert once said that before becoming Catholic, he liked going to bookstores to look over the dirty magazines and buy some of them. How-ever, while there, no matter how hard he tried, he could not resist, almost as if he were drawn by a magnet, checking out and browsing through the bad magazines. Though he was still a Protestant, he started to pray the most Holy Rosary, and im-mediately, his desire to look at the indecent magazines left him totally. He attribut-ed this miracle to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy

Rosary. 4– It is a prayer for family unity. Pope Saint John Paul II asked us to pray the Rosary for world peace. He warmly

encouraged us to pray the Rosary for the sake and salvation of the family. The Ro-sary priest, Father Patrick Peyton, expresses this truth in these timely maxims: “The family that prays together, stays together” and, “A world at prayer is a world at peace!”

5- The Rosary can lift us to the heights! The Rosary is a meditative prayer in that we reflect upon the meaning of the mys-

teries and how they can be applied to our own lives right now. Furthermore, it is a contemplative prayer, meaning that we are summoned to enter into the scenes or mysteries of the life of Jesus and Mary.

Weekly Offertory Collection Weekend of October 01,2017

Saturday $436.00.00 Sunday $961.00 =================

Bingo Monday 9/25 $276.50 Bingo Friday 9/29 $137.00

Thank you!

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10/7 Rita Fournier and Mary Comeau, requested by Ray and Madeleine Hubert Willard Soliani, requested by Marie Soliani and family

10/8 Bernarr Jacob, requested by Margaret Jacob and children

10/14 The Gagne family, requested by Ray and Madeleine Hubert Paul T. Keywan, requested by Adla and Lola Keywan.

10/15 Irene and George Kozlak, requested by the family

Liturgical Intentions

Religious Education Program Classes began on SUNDAY SEPT. 24

Please register your children All ages, every Sunday at 9AM A Blessed school year to you all!!

For the Pasta Dinner We need

Bakers– Pastry– Cake Etc.

Whatever sweets you would like to donate. We also need

Volunteers to work the events!!

Please talk to Jack Leifert or any of the members of the Fundraising committee.

THANK YOU!!!

Join us every Monday and Friday

Bingo Nights

Monday & Friday 6:00 PM Great Prize payouts Win Two Jackpots

Sealed event tickets Volunteers needed!

Have fun while supporting your church

Great food &

Drink!! Hope you will

Join us!