ST. AGNES CHURCH
400 Merwin Avenue Milford, CT 06460 Monday - Friday 9:00am
Saturday Vigil 5:30pm Sunday 7:30, 10:00 & 11:30am
Reconciliation: 1st & 3rd Saturdays 4:15-5:00pm
ST. MARY CHURCH
Parish Office
70 Gulf Street Milford, CT 06460 Monday - Friday 7:00am Saturday 7:30am & Vigil 4:30pm
Sunday 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30am & 4:30pm Reconciliation: Saturday 3:00-4:00pm or
by appointment
Novena to the Miraculous Medal, Rosary & Benediction Mondays at 7:30pm
PARISH CLERGY Rev. Aidan N. Donahue, Pastor Rev. Francis X. Callahan, Senior Priest
Rev. Sam John, Parochial Vicar Rev. Deny Varghese, Parochial Vicar
Deacon Nicholas Genovese Deacon John Hoffman
Deacon Paul Jennings Deacon Robert Magnuson
PASTORAL ASSOCIATE CHRISTIAN FORMATION Deacon John Hoffman (203) 877-5874
[email protected] PARISH SECRETARY
Barbara Kelley
[email protected] DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
April Bryant
[email protected] RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
St. Agnes - Cindy Phelan (203) 710-8910 St. Mary - Tori Saxer (203) 877-5874
CEMETERY OFFICE Robert Lynch (203) 874-9270
ST. MARY SCHOOL www.saintmaryschoolmilford.org Principal Frank Lacerenza (203) 878-6539
PARISH TRUSTEES Mary Bissell & Jay Mraz
www.preciousbloodparishmilford.org
(203) 878-3571 Fax (203) 877-8741
St. Agnes Church
Mon May 7 Weekday
9:00 Mary Ann & Frank Rizzo by Wong Family Tue May 8 Weekday
9:00 No Intention Wed May 9 Weekday
9:00 Paul H. Hartmann by wife Jacquelyn VIGIL
7:00 No Intention
Thu May 10 The Ascension of the Lord
Holy Day of Obligation
9:00 No Intention Fri May 11 Weekday 9:00 No Intention Sat May 12
VIGIL 5:30 No Intention
Sun May 13 Seventh Sunday of Easter 7:30 Clarisse Anastasio by her cousin 10:00 No Intention
11:30 Margaret Bonessi by her family
P RECIOUS B LOOD P ARISH , M ILFORD
St. Mary Church
Mon May 7 Weekday
7:00 Timothy J. Shea by his estate Tue May 8 Weekday
7:00 Howard Dickinson by Maureen Meade Wed May 9 Weekday
7:00 No Intention
Thu May 10 The Ascension of the Lord
Holy Day of Obligation
7:00 Dr. Michael McLoughlin by his family 9:00 Pauline Liucci by Berchem and Studer 12:00 Margaret & William Myers by their family Fri May 11 Weekday
7:00 Joseph & Marie Palmer by daughter Mary Ann Sat May 12 St. Nereus and St. Achilleus
7:30 Richard Dondero by Robert and Lee Berchem VIGIL
4:30 Mass of Thanksgiving by M/M Richard Sennett Sun May 13 Seventh Sunday of Easter
7:00 Parishioners of Precious Blood Parish 8:30 Elton & Myrtle Brown by their family 10:00 Michael Grosso by Diane & Roger Dayo 11:30 Ron J. Walkowsky by wife & Mary Payne 4:30 Nora Kennedy by Sheila Farrell
The Sanctuary Lamp Week of May 6, 2018 Is in Honor of Karen Bellerose
Mass Intentions for the Week
COLLECTION
April 29—$14,718 Peter’s Pence—$7,949
The Sanctuary Lamp Week of May 6, 2018
Is in Memory of Anthony & Rose Gagliardi
Readings for the Week of May 6, 2018
Sun: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48/Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 [cf 2b]/1 Jn 4:7-10 or 1 Jn 4:11-16/Jn 15:9-17 Mon: Acts 16:11-15/Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b [cf.
4a]/Jn 15:26--16:4a
Tue: Acts 16:22-34/Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 [7c]
/Jn 16:5-11
Wed: Acts 17:15, 22--18:1/Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14 Jn 16:12-15
Thu: Acts 18:1-8/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [cf. 2b]/Jn 16:16 Fri: Acts 18:9-18/Ps 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 [8a]/Jn 16:20-23 Sat: Acts 18:23-28/Ps 47:2-3, 8-9, 10 [8a]/Jn 16:23b Next Sunday: Acts:15-17,20a,20c-26;1 Jn 4:11-16; Jn
17:11b-19
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If you keep my commandments , you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy might be complete." “ -
Jn 15:10-11 ASCENSION: St. Thomas Aquinas asserts that Christascended, not by the power proper to a natural body, but by the virtue proper to Him as God and by that which belongs to a blessed spirit..
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ASTERAT ST. MARY THIS WEEK
Sun Jr. Legion school 10:00AM Mon Novena , May Crowning church 7:30PM Tue Legion of Mary rectory 10:15AM
Guild hall 7:00PM
K of C officers rectory 7:00PM Wed NAMI rectory 6:00PM Thu Bereavement hall 1:00PM K of C 4th degree hall 7:00PM Legion of Mary rectory 7:00PM
ANNUAL MAY CROWNING The Angels of Mary and the Junior Legion, sponsored by the Legion of Mary will participate in the annual May Crowning of the Blessed Mother’s statue on Mon. May 7th. The crowning procession, rosary and
benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, in conjunction with the Miraculous Medal novena, will begin at 7:30PM. All are invited. Refreshments will be served in Fr. Cronin Hall following the devotion.
Rehearsal Monday, 4-5:30PM is required for participating Juniors and Angels.
Questions: call Mrs. DiNapoli, 799-8670
AT ST. AGNES THIS WEEKMon Golf Committee classroom 7:00PM Wed Guild/St. Jos. Soc. hall 6:30PM
LADY LIBERTY has invited us to visit!
The bus will be leaving St. Mary parking lot on Sat., June 16 at 8:45AM. After an early lunch at Ryan/McGuire’s Irish Pub/
Restaurant in NYC we head to Liberty Island to see the Statue of Liberty. We will then have a few leisure hours at South St.
Seaport before returning home by approx. 8PM. Cost is $100 which includes lunch. Deadline (May 10) for reservations and payment is firm. Call Diane, 878- 3363 or www.preciousbloodparishmilford.org.
The St. Mary Ladies Guild will be hosting a WINE TASTING EVENING on Tuesday, May 8th at 7PM in Fr. Cronin Hall. Greg Davies of The Crushed Grape on Melba Street (and a St. Mary School alumnus) will be featured. Snacks and desserts will be available and there will also be a raffle. All ladies of the parish are welcome.
Dear Friends:
By the time you read these words, the celebrations of First Communion will have concluded for the year in our parish. This year, Precious Blood Parish welcomed one hundred thirty-one children to the Lord’s table for the first time. I wonder how many of us, even after so many years, can still remember the day of our First Communion? We should at least be able to remember some things about it, for the celebration of First Communion is a significant milestone in the life of every Catholic. I myself received First Communion fifty years ago this week, on May 11, 1968 at SS. Peter and Paul Church in Waterbury. I remember it as a sunny warm day and I also remember that almost eighty of us, the second grade class at SS. Peter & Paul School, made our First Communion together. As is often done even today, so then the girls wore white dresses, veils, and gloves and the boys blue trousers, white shirts and white ties. The point of my small trip down memory lane is to stress that we should even now appreciate the wonder that is the Eucharist and that our reception of what is the
“Sacrament of sacraments” should fill us with awe as much now, after so many years, as it did that day however many years ago.
This Thursday, May 10, is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, a holy day of obligation. There will be a Vigil Mass on Wednesday at 7:00 PM at St.
Agnes, and on Thursday, Masses at St. Mary’s will be celebrated at 7:00 and 9:00 AM and at 12:05 PM.
There will also be a Mass on Thursday morning at 9:00 at St. Agnes.
This week I leave for ten days of vacation in Florida. While I know that the parish is in good hands with Father Sam and Father Deny, I am happy that we will be sponsoring a Parish Mission that runs from Monday to Wednesday, May 14-16, with presentations each evening at 7:00, preceded by the recitation of the Rosary and followed by the opportunity to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation. I am happy to welcome Father William Garrott, OP to our parish for the mission. He will speak at a number of Masses this weekend and help Father Sam and Father Deny with the celebration of Masses as well. Please make every effort to come to the mission presentations next week. A parish mission is a special moment of grace where we can encounter the Living God in new and even surprising ways. May God bless our mission with success!
Have a good week!
M
AY6, 2018
DEFENDING OUR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
“Conscience protection should not be subject to political whims. No one should be forced to violate their deeply held convictions about the sanctity of human life.” - Joint Statement by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan and Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, USCCB
A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE
Today’s gospel challenges us to “love one another as I have loved you.” Jesus is our model and he asks us to “lay down our life” (our time, attention, opinions and needs) for each other. This is the sacrament of the family, when God is made visible in our sacrificial love for one another.
Please welcome into our parish family the following children who were baptized at St.
Mary Church in the month of April:
Isabelle Conor Bowen, Christopher John Padrin, Christiano Manuel Queiros, Adriana Maria Rzezuski, James Francisco Velez, Aoife Grace Walker.
“Sometimes our actions speak for themselves; other times, words are needed. Whatever the situation, Jesus knows how to speak to each person’s heart; we simply need to follow where he leads.” - USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, “How to Build a Culture of Life.” www.usccb.org/culture-of-life
Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands.
Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Michael Casey USN, Pfc. Ron Murray, Maj. Jonathan Rembetsy, Pfc. Daniel Hewston, Maj . Jason Dymond USAF, Maj. Patrick T. Horvat USA, M.Sgt Joseph Eggersheim, Michael Eno, USN, Lt.
Stephen Shumaker, William F. Gilson, USAF, A1C Michael Foss, Lt. Col. Andrew Whiskeyman, Alec Rosette USN.
ST. MARY LADIES GUILD SCHOLARSHIP Applications for the Guild Scholarships &
Grants are available in the rectory during office hours.
Any 8th grade girl who will be attending a Catholic High School this fall, or is currently enrolled in one, is eligible. Applicants must be an immediate member of a family registered in Precious Blood Parish.
Completed applications must be returned to the rectory no later than 1:30PM Friday, May 18th. Call Martha DeFeo (475 422-3190) with any questions.
St. Mary School is hosting their 9th Annual Grandparents Day and Sprint
fundraiser on Friday, May 18th.
The school is always grateful for the generosity of our parishioners,
and asks if you would like to make a donation in honor of the day, you can do so online at www.sainrmaryschoolmilford.org or by sending it to the school office, 72 Gulf St. with a note that it is for SPRINT. If you are free that day, you are invited to come and be a part of one of the school’s most popular events. If you have questions regarding the event or donation, contact Christine Valiquette, [email protected], or 848-8843.
“CHANGE” FOR BABIES Next Sunday is Mother’s Day. Please take a baby bottle from the basket at the doors of the church and fill it with your loose change as part of your celebration of life. Your donation will
help change a life through “Helping Hands for Hurting Hearts,” the Pro-Life outreach program of Precious Blood Parish. We offer support through prayer
as well as by delivering clothes, diapers, toiletries, baby equipment, etc. to needy mothers who call us at 203 878-8857. May God bless you.
The Knights of Columbus are hosting their Annual LADIES KNIGHT OUT dinner on Friday, May 18th in Fr. Cronin Hall.
Tickets for this appreciation dinner for the women of Precious Blood Parish will be on
sale after each Mass on the weekend of May 12/13 in the rectory office.
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