PARISH CENTER 467 Alling Street, Kensington, Ct 06037 Weekdays, 8 AM—4 PM (860) 828-0331 Fax (860)828-7620 Parish Website: Stpaulkensington.org Email: [email protected]RELIGIOUS ED Monday—Thursday 8 AM—2 PM (860) 828-1934 Email: [email protected]PARISH SCHOOL (860)-828-4343 Fax (860) 828-1226 Website: Ourschool.stpaulkensington.org Email: [email protected]BAPTISMS: 1 st & 3 rd Sunday of the month, 1:15 PM. Register on our website. Baptism instruction is required for all first time parents and all first-time godparents. 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7 PM in the Parish Center. You must pre-register. CONFIRMATION: Confirmation is held each year for candidates who have completed the 2-year confirmation program. SPONSORS: A sponsor must be a Confirmed Catholic, who lives a life of faith (i.e., regular Sunday worship; if married, in a ceremony approved by the Church), and who is not the parent of the person to be baptized/confirmed. If you are registered at St. Paul and need a sponsor certificate, contact the Parish Office. MARRIAGES: Register on our website at least 6 months prior. TO JOIN OUR CHURCH: 7 PM, Church Hall, 2 nd Monday of the month. (Please let us know if you are coming.) MASS SCHEDULE Saturday • 4 PM Vigil Sunday 7:30, 9, & 10:30 AM, & Noon Weekdays 7 AM • 5 PM Headphones for the hearing impaired are available in the Sacristy. ANOINTING Please see a Friar after Mass or call our office. CONFESSIONS Saturday 3:00-3:45 PM, or by appointment TRUSTEES Edward J. Janik & David N. Loiselle, Jr. FINANCE OFFICE Diane Funk, Business Manager BUILDING AND GROUNDS William DiCicco PARISH SECRETARY Flora Sittnick COORDINATOR FOR PARISH COMMUNICATION & MEMBERSHIP Patty LaVette PARISH SCHOOL PRE-K TO GRADE 8 PRINCIPAL Fayne Molloy ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Heidi Calderone BUSINESS MANAGER Diane Funk DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS & ADVANCEMENT Ellen Bertolami RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS ED Robin Veronesi ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Michelle LaFrance YOUTH MINISTER Sal Biase MUSIC MINISTRY DIRECTOR OF MUSIC AND LITURGY Jeff Batter CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE Maura Liegeot CANTORS Karen Cyr, Michelle Fiertek Meric Martin, David Pelletier and Patricia Tzetzo PASTOR: Fr. Robert Schlageter, OFM Conv. PAROCHIAL VICARS: Fr. Raymond Borkowski, OFM Conv. Fr. Timothy Lyons, OFM Conv. DEACON: Deacon Carmen Guzzardi January 4, 2015
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BAPTISMS: 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month, 1:15 PM. Register on our website. Baptism instruction is required for all first time parents and all first-time godparents. 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7 PM in the Parish Center. You must pre-register. CONFIRMATION: Confirmation is held each year for candidates who have completed the 2-year confirmation program. SPONSORS: A sponsor must be a Confirmed Catholic, who lives a life of faith (i.e., regular Sunday worship; if married, in a ceremony approved by the Church), and who is not the parent of the person to be baptized/confirmed. If you are registered at St. Paul and need a sponsor certificate, contact the Parish Office. MARRIAGES: Register on our website at least 6 months prior. TO JOIN OUR CHURCH: 7 PM, Church Hall, 2nd Monday of the month. (Please let us know if you are coming.)
Headphones for the hearing impaired are available in the Sacristy.
ANOINTING Please see a Friar after Mass or call our office.
CONFESSIONS Saturday 3:00-3:45 PM, or by appointment
TRUSTEES Edward J. Janik & David N. Loiselle, Jr. FINANCE OFFICE Diane Funk, Business Manager BUILDING AND GROUNDS William DiCicco PARISH SECRETARY Flora Sittnick COORDINATOR FOR PARISH COMMUNICATION & MEMBERSHIP Patty LaVette
PARISH SCHOOL PRE-K TO GRADE 8 PRINCIPAL Fayne Molloy ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Heidi Calderone BUSINESS MANAGER Diane Funk DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS & ADVANCEMENT Ellen Bertolami
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS ED Robin Veronesi ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Michelle LaFrance YOUTH MINISTER Sal Biase
MUSIC MINISTRY DIRECTOR OF MUSIC AND LITURGY Jeff Batter CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE Maura Liegeot CANTORS Karen Cyr, Michelle Fiertek Meric Martin, David Pelletier and Patricia Tzetzo
PASTOR: Fr. Robert Schlageter, OFM Conv.
PAROCHIAL VICARS:
Fr. Raymond Borkowski, OFM Conv.
Fr. Timothy Lyons, OFM Conv.
DEACON: Deacon Carmen Guzzardi
January 4, 2015
MASS INTENTIONS SAINT PAUL CHURCH
Saturday, January 3, 2015 4:00 Alice Bittner by Phil & Pat Florio Catherine Heath (Birthday Remembrance) by her Children
Sunday, January 4, 2015 7:30 Rita Waluk by Gregory & Clarice Antonio & Salvatrice Piccione by Son, Sal Piccione & Family 9:00 Leon Wrobel (10 Yr Anniversary ) by Mom Jean Gregory (Wife of Al Gregory) by Harold & Florence Peasley 10:30 Armand T. Audette (Birthday Remembrance) by Daughter Carolyn 12:00 James Pavano & Michael "Duke" Pavano by Barbara Pavano & Family Myles Buckley (7th Anniversary) by Wife Mary & Family
Monday, January 5, 2015 7:00 Friends and Benefactors of the Friars 5:00 Milford Morin (6th Anniversary) by Wife & Family Rosalie & Louis DiValentino by Diana
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 7:00 Mary Pelkey by Gregory & Clarice 5:00 Richard Lussier by Kathleen Welch Edward Bernard (4th Anniversary) by Linda
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 7:00 Your Special Intention 9:00 Saint Paul School Mass—All are Welcome 5:00 Ruth Betterini (30th Anniversary) by Husband, Adolph Betterini Maria & Michael Reale by Diana
Thursday, January 8, 2015
7:00 The Homebound Parishioners of St. Paul Church 5:00 Anthony Farone by Donald Hrenko & Gladys Johnson
Friday, January 9, 2015 7:00 A Special Intention 5:00 Living & Deceased Parishioners of St. Paul Church
Saturday, January 10, 2015 4:00 Theresa Soliwoda by Husband & Family Rodney Fongemie by Wife & Sons
Sunday, January 11, 2015 7:30 Rosalie & Louis DiValentino by Diana 9:00 Patricia Duplin by the Duplin Family John & Agnes Marut & Rose Mazur by the Mazur Family 10:30 Donald G. Parsons (3rd Anniversary) by Wife & Family Herminia Caravaca by the Caravaca Family 12:00 Laura Bolles by the Family
The Blessed Mother Candle will burn this week for
Fred Lewchik (Birthday Remembrance) by Wife Irene and Family
A Sanctuary Candle will burn this week for
Ann C. Tata by William P. Tata
Gladys & Stephen Choluj by Daughter Sophia Choluj
Antonio & Salvatrice Piccione by Son, Sal Piccione & Family
Edward M. Bernard (4th Anniversary) by Linda
Clara DiPietro
Maria DiSalvo
IT’S SO EASY TO REGISTER! Help us keep our budget on track by setting up recurring donations through ON-LINE GIVING. You can sign up using a computer, tablet or smartphone. Just go to our website (www.stpaulkensington.org) and Look for the Logo. If you give online and wish to stop your envelopes, let us know.
January Prayer List Call our office to add or keep a name on the list for January.
Be sure the person knows their name is here.
A Few Simple Words…….from Fr. Robert
Reminder for our College Students Our annual College Holiday Dinner is this Tuesday, January 6th, at 6:00pm in our church hall. All our college students are invited to come. Be sure your friends know about it! Please RSVP on our website, www.stpaulkensington.org if you plan on coming. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with your friends and have some great food and surprises.
Below is a picture from our Baptism on December 21st.
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Henry M. Adamcewicz Nancy Adamowicz Giuseppe Amato Hank Andrukiewicz Lynn Baikal Ethel Blake Mae Carabetta Robert H. Cooley Alyssa Dutkiewicz Anne Fields Richard Fracasso Danielle Freeman Eileen George Jonathan Gionfriddo Maria Gionfriddo Gene Goryl Bruce Havelevitch
Nate Minor Evelyn Modzelewski Ray Molino-Myers Emma Pagano Tania Pandolfo Katherine Romero Christopher Rozycki Joan Schwartz Betty Jo Stevens Gary Tierney Gerry McCourt Washburn Elaine Willis Tristan Cole Yashura Diane Zanelli Nick Zuk
Jeanne Higgins Carolyne Hoffman Tom Karanda Dijana Klapatch Rita Kropf John G. Kumitis, Sr. Sheila Labickas Angel Lauria Jennie Laviana Mary Helen Loiselle James F. Lynch Carla Mangiafico Lisa Mangiafico Keith Martin Paul Martin Joseph Michaud
DAUGHTERS OF JAIRUS PRAYER LINE If you need extra prayers, call to make a prayer request, (for anything) and state your first name and need. You may call Terry (860-828-6667), Jean (860-829-1355) or Gloria (860- 828-1525) with your confidential intentions. YOU CAN RECEIVE COMMUNION We have a few parishioner who you may have no-ticed, receiving communion in the new wing before everyone else. If you need a gluten free host, you can: 1. arrive 10-15 minutes early, go to the sacristy, and let them
know you need a gluten free host. 2. Sit in the new wing, close to the front. 3. Watch for a Eucharistic Minister to come to the front with a
pyx containing a consecrated host for you. DO WE HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS? If we don’t, you will be missing out on special mass schedules, event reminders, parish office closings or short news letters. Please send us your email address today, at:
[email protected]. VISITING THE SICK AND HOMEBOUND PARISHIONERS There are many who cannot celebrate Mass with us because of illness, disability or age. We encourage you or a family member to call the parish office to arrange for the sacraments to be re-ceived at home. Also, if you are hospitalized and would like to be visited, please notify us.
We welcome Connor Todd Lowe
EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR We are accepting applications for all grades including Preschool. We would love to have you come for a tour of the school or to have your child on a shadow visit. For more information, please contact Ellen Bertolami, [email protected]. or 860-828-4343, Ext. 136. For the past two years we have had a Wait List for our Preschool pro-gram, so if you are interested, we encourage you to contact us soon. Please visit our website at ourschool.stpaulkensington.org.
MONTHLY SCHOOL MASS All are welcome to come to our school Mass at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, January 7th.
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OPEN HOUSE AND PLACEMENT EXAMS St. Paul Catholic High School, 1001 Stafford Ave., Bristol will be hosting an Open House on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 for prospective students and their families. Tours begin at 7:00pm. The St. Paul Catholic High School Placement Exam will be ad-ministered on Saturday, January 10, at 8:00 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic H.S. for prospective grade 9 and grade 10 students. Visit our website; www.spchs.net for more information or call the Admissions Office at 860-584-0911 Ext. 34. Northwest Catholic High School will administer its Entrance Exam to incoming 9th and 10th graders on January 24th at 8 a.m. For more information or to apply/register for the exam, go toNorthwestCatholic.org/Apply. There will be an Information Session for prospective students at Northwest Catholic on Wednesday, February 4 at 7pm. Families who are interested should [email protected] to register.
SAINT PAUL SCHOOL NEWS ST. PAUL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
There are NO classes on January 4, 2015. Classes resume on Monday, January 5, 2015.
ST. PAUL CHURCH NEWS
ATTENTION ALL ROSARY MAKERS OF ST PAUL CHURCH The Rosary makers meeting for January 5 has been cancelled. I’m wishing a happy, healthy New Year to each one of you. See you all in February. NEW MEMBERS…. You are most welcome to come to our meet-ing on February 2nd at 1 PM in the church hall, or anytime we meet on the 1st Monday of the month. Phyllis Fecteau
ATTENTION ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS OF ST. PAUL’S Tuesday, January 6th, 2015 6pm church hall. Last chance to RSVP! See the home page of our web.
DO YOU LOVE TO SING? CONSIDER THIS: It’s time for New Year’s resolutions. If you like to sing, why not make a resolution to join the choir at the Saturday, 4 PM Vigil Mass? When you meet the welcoming, friendly, fun-loving choir members, this might be a resolution you will keep.
REGISTRATION NIGHT, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 7PM Please let us know if you want to join our parish. Simply attend our registration evening at 7PM in our church hall. Email us at: [email protected], or call the office, 860-828-0331.
PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 6:30PM Stop in at the church hall at one our meetings! We are in our 14th year and have distributed over 600 prayer shawls! Our group of 10—13 woman knit or crochet prayer shawls for the homebound, ill, or those who are in need of comfort. Contact Mary at 860-828-5478 for further information.
CONTEST: K of C YOUTH FREE THROW CHAMPIONSHIP All area boys and girls ages 9 to 14 are invited to participate in the Knights of Columbus Bas-ketball Free Throw Championship Competi-tion. The competition will be held on Sunday January 4, 2015 in the St. Paul School gym in Kensington. Registration is at 1:15 PM and competition begins at 1:30 PM. Advanced registration is not required and there is no fee to partici-pate. The winner of each division will compete on the District level and may continue on to the Regional, and State competition. The performance of the state winners will be compared to determine a national winner. For information please contact Terry Lescoe at 860-828-9285.
SAINT PAUL CHURCH K OF C POSTER CONTEST WINNERS Last week we announced the winning artists. Here are their posters :
Anna Morrissey
Ciara Colon
Nora Ritchie
Emma LaFrance
Nell Kordalski
C A L E N D A R
Sunday, January 4, 2015 12:00pm Kof C Free Throw Contest 1:15pm Baptisms 2:30pm JVB Girls vs St. Thomas @ILS(Bstl) 4:30pm No Rel Ed Grades 1-8 5:30pm Mid Schl Youth Group Monday, January 5, 2015 8:30a Parish Staff Meeting 1:00pm NO Rosary Makers 2:00pm Ledgecrest 3:45pm Swim Club 4:00pmJVA Boys bball practice 4:30pm Gr 1-5 Rel Ed 5:30pm Varsity Boys bball practice 6:30pm Gr 6-8 Rel Ed 7:30pm High School Youth Group Tuesday, January 6, 2015 9:00am Banking in School 3:00pm After School Band 3:00pm Newspaper Club 4:30pm JVB Boys Bball practice 4:30pm Gr 1-5 Rel Ed 6:00pm College Holiday Dinner 6:00pm Varsity: St. Paul @ Sacred Heart (NB) 6:00pm Daisy Scout Troop Meeting 7:00pm Evangelization Committee Parish Council 7:00pm Family Life Committee 7:00pm Social Action Committee Wednesday, January 7, 2015 9:00am School Mass 1:30pm Grade 8 to Ledgecrest 3:00pm Mock Trial 3:00pm JVC Girls bball practice 5:30pm JVC Boys bball practice 5:45pm Cub Scouts - Pack 4 6:30pm Gr 6-8 Rel Ed 7:00pm V Boys bball practice
Thursday, January 8, 2015 3:15pm Faculty Meeting 6:30pm V Girls bball practice 7:00pm RCIA Mtg. Friday, January 9, 2015 3:00pm JVB Girls bball practice 5:30pm JVA Boys bball practice 7:30pm AA Meeting Saturday, January 10, 2015 9:00am First Reconciliation 10:30am JVB Boys vs STA1 @SJPII(NB) 11:00am First Reconciliation 12:00pm JVA Boys vs HT1 @ILS(Bstl) 12:00pm JVC Boys vs St.Mary(Ngtn) @ SJPII(NB) 12:30pm Varsity: St. Paul vs St. Stan - HOME 1:30pm JVC Girls vs St. Dominic @SJPII(NB) 3:00pm Confessions 4:00pm Mass Sunday, January 11, 2015 8:30am Confirmation Grp Space 9:00am 9th Gr Confirmation Class 10:30am 2nd Yr Confirmation Class 4:30pm Grades 1-8 (SUN) 5:30pm Mid Schl Youth Group Monday, January 12, 2015 8:30am MS Midterm Exams 8:30am Parish Staff Meeting 2:00pm Ledgecrest 3:00pm Recycling Club 4:00pm JVA Boys basketball practice 4:30pm Gr 1-5 Rel Ed 5:30pm Varsity Boys basketball practice 6:30pm Prayer Shawl 6:30pm Gr 6-8 Rel Ed 7:00pm Registration Evening for New Parishioners 7:30pm High School Youth Group
S e n i o r s
RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A COLA
Many people ring in the New Year with champagne. People who receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) get to ring it in with a COLA. This year, more than 60 million Americans are re-ceiving a 1.5 percent cost of living adjustment (COLA) in their monthly benefit payment. The 1.5 percent COLA begins with increased bene-fits for more than 57 million Social Security benefi-ciaries in January 2015, and payments to more than 8 million SSI recipients in late December 2014.
Some other changes that take effect in January of each year are based on the increase in average wages. For example, the maximum amount of earn-ings subject to the Social Security payroll tax (taxable maximum) will increase to $117,000, up from $113,700. Of the estimated 165 million workers who will pay Social Security taxes in 2015, about 10 million will pay higher taxes as a result of the in-crease in the taxable maximum. Information about Medicare changes for 2015 is available at www.Medicare.gov. Visit www.SocialSecurity.gov/pressoffice to learn more about the COLA and other Social Security changes in 2015. Happy New Year from Social Security!
In our church, on the feast of Epipha-ny, we write initials over the door-way, what does this stand for or mean?
Epiphany, like Christmas, is celebrated in various ways by different nationalities and
DEFENDING OUR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY #149 JAN. 4, 2015 The Catholic Church’s stand against the federal health care mandate isn’t about access to contraception, which is widely available. It is about a government reg-ulation that is forcing the Church to act against its moral principles, thereby, vio-lating religious freedom.If you haven’t done so already, please voice your oppo-sition to the mandate by calling President Obama at the White House at 202-456-1111 or U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Bur-well at 202-205-5445. Let them know that the mandate is in violation of our First Amendment right to religious freedom.
A CALL TO ACTORS! AUDITION THIS SUNDAY The Saint Ann Passion Play, celebrating its 50th Anniversary, will hold auditions Sunday, January 4th from 1-4pm in the basement of the church. All are wel-come and encouraged to try out. Plenty of roles, both large and small, are avail-able. A special note to all former cast and crew - we would really like to make this year’s cast a great mix of past actors and new ones. This year’s production will also include scenes for younger children. Rehearsals are on Sunday after-noons in the church basement.
MEALS ON WHEELS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The Berlin Meals on Wheels program is looking for volunteers to deliver meals to the homebound elderly one day per week. Delivery lasts approximately two hours from 10:30-12:30. If you are interested please contact Thomas Pavano at (860)-690-9093 or Michael Pavano at (860)-218-3236.