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November 2, 2014
Mass Intentions This Week
(“” Indicates this person is deceased)
St. Bridget of Ireland Parish
Many thanks
to all who participated in the
October Family Fest last week. The event was a tremendous success with approximately 180 atendees!
The food was amazing, the weather beautiful and a
everyone had a wonderful time. Special thanks the cochairmen John Roemer and Daniel Benoit, to Cathy
McCarthy for “Kids in the Kitchen”, to the Ladies’s
Guild and all the other volunteers for donations of
baked goods, service and their valuble time!
Saturday, November 1, Vigil of All Souls Day
8:00 AM For the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist
by Daniel Benoit
4:00 PM
All Deceased Souls
Sunday, November 2, All Souls Day
8:00 AM
Ralph Grande & Michael Interlandi by their family
9:30 AM
Deceased members of the
The next Nocturnal Adoration will be Novem Danielle Family
ber 7, 2014. Nocturnal Adoration before the Blessed
by their family
Sacrament will be during the hours of 8 to 9PM; 9 to
11:45 AM Ed McLoughlin Sr.
10PM; 10 to 11PM; and 11 to 12 midnight, commencby his family
ing with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament during
Monday, November 3, Feast of St. Martin de Porres the first hour and will conclude the hour with Benedic
7:00 AM Ralph Grande & Mike Interlandi
tion.
by their family
Please use the sign-up sheets available in the vestibule
Tuesday, November 4, Feast of St. Charles Borromeo
of the Church for the 9, 10 and 11 PM hours.
7:00 AM Mildred Beattie
For further information or to volunteer please contact
by Gloria Schafer
the parish office at 203-324-2910 (Bridgetct@aol.
Wednesday, November 5, Weekday
com) or Michael Molgano ([email protected])
7:00 AM Jennie & Jerry Esposito
for further details.
by Jeanette & Peter Zezima
New Member of St. Bridget’s
Thursday, November 6, Weekday
Memorial Fund
7:00 AM
Paul Benoit
Frank Pistelle
by Daniel Benoit
enrolled
by Margaret & Al Uva
Friday, November 7, Weekday
7:00 AM
Jimmy O’Neill
The Holy Bread and Wine for our Eucharis
by Craig, Sinead & Shannen Barry
tic celebrations November 2-8 has been donated by
Saturday, November 8, Vigil of the Dedication of the her family in memory of Vera “Dede” Bonvenuto. If you
Lateran Basilica
would like to provide the bread & wine in memory or
8:00 AM
Salvatore Guarna
honor of your loved ones please contact the parish office.
by Raphael & Rose Schinella
1stBanns of Matrimony-Michelle Vaccaro &
4:00 PM William Carlucci
Ray Mancini are to be married on November
by his family
22, 2014. Please contact the parish office if
Sunday, November 9, the Dedication of the Lateran you are aware of any reason these two people
Basilica
should not be wed.
8:00 AM
Edward Flynn Jr. &
Edward Flynn III
~ Financial Support of Our Parish~
by the Blank family
Amount needed for weekly expenses: $6,750.00
9:30 AM
In thanksgiving for the 2nd
October 26, 2014
anniversary of Father Ed’s Amount received: 2014
same week in 2013
service to St. Bridget’s
Weekly
$3,780.00
$3,285.00
11:45 AM
Richard F. Daly Sr.
Maintenance
$1,317.00
$985.00
by his wife Claire
Poor box
$71.00
$92.00
Please pray for the departed souls of our loved ones especially
Theresa Chianelli, recently departed member of our parish.
Grant all of our deceased loved ones perpetual rest and comfort
in the arms of our Lord.
Candles
$143.00
$147.00
Electronic Donations $480.00 NA
Thank-you for your generous support. Your gifts help us to reach
the weekly budgeted amount necessary to run our Parish.
Ladies Guild Craft Fair & Bake
Sale: St. Bridget Ladies Guild will pres-
ent their annual Holiday Boutique & Bake
Sale on Saturday, November 22, 2014.
We have a wonderful selection of artists
and vendors joining us for this special
event including several new vendors. Save the date
and plan to do your holiday gift shopping!
Ladies Guild Bake Sale will take place as part of the
holiday fair. Donations of home baked goodies, breads,
home made jams, etc. are needed for the sale. Share
your cooking talents with others and help your parish
at the same time. Please drop off your goodies that day
or on Friday evening, November 21, when they will be
setting up for the fair.
Sing to the Lord... Both the St. Bridget’s Adult
and Children’s Choirs are now beginning to prepare
special music for Advent and Christmas Masses. Both
groups are presently welcoming new members.St.
Bridget Adult Choir rehearses every Sunday 10:45 11:30 AM then sings at the 11:45 Mass. St. Bridget
Children’s choir meets every Sunday from 8:50-9:25.
They are preparing for the upcoming family Masses
and the Christmas Eve 4PM Mass. Please contact our
organist Boris Gerasimov with any questions.
New Parents: If you are parents of your first child,
congratulations! To arrange for your child’s baptism,
you’ll first need to call the office to schedule your prebaptism class. The class takes a look at the Sacrament
of Baptism and what it means for your child, the godparents, and you, as your child’s First Teachers and
nourishers of your child’s faith. The final class for this
year will be offered on the evening of November 3 .
Call the office to register for your class and for additional information.
Family Advent Dinner Wreath Making &
Blessing: Saturday, November 29th, after the 4:00
Mass we will celebrate the start of Advent with family pasta dinner which
will include the opportunity to make
a family Advent wreath. After the
wreaths are made we will gather in
church for the blessing of the wreaths
and enjoy a special musical service of lessons and carols led by Michael Brelsford.
All parishioners are welcome, join us for the entire
evening or any part of the festivities. The cost is $20
per family which includes supplies to make your Advent Wreath. Singles or seniors may join us for dinner
only for $10.00. For more information or to reserve a
spot please contact the parish office at 203 324-2910
or email [email protected]. to RSVP.
Religious Education Program News
(email: [email protected])
The Religious Education Program has gotten off to a
great start this year. Our first challenge was “Acts of
Kindness”. Each week students record acts of kindness that they did during the week and have a discussion in class about it. It’s incredible to see how kind
our students are out in our communities. Each special
act is written on a yellow sheet of paper and they are all
posted in the parish hall. If you have a chance please
stop by and read some about the wonderful things they
have been doing. The 6th graders are in the lead with
32 acts of kindness. The total for our program is 157
acts of kindness since we started class on September
21st. This challenge will end on November 30th but I
am sure the acts of kindness will continue.
The Confirmation Class hosted our first Family Mass
this month and did a fantastic job. It was a perfect lead
in to our October Family Fest.
The 6th graders performed the play “Daniel in the Lion’s Den” for the Kindergarten and First Grade classes. The 6th graders worked so hard and even stayed
after class to learn their parts. I would like to give a
shout out to all the 6th graders who did a wonderful
job on the play and were such great role models for
our younger students : Ashley Bruno, Ethan Colon,
Amanda Faubel, Daniel Sarria, Jared Tedesco, Emily
Tippelman, Nina Gianola and Jordan Rossi. Congratulations !
The Holy Communion Class is in the leading the way
in our Canned Goods Collection. The final challenge
our program is involved in is a Penny Drive. Each
class is collecting pennies to see which class can collect the most and the money will to go to a charity at
Christmas time.
The next Family Mass will be our Thanksgiving Mass
on November 26th at 7:30PM, hosted by our 6th graders. Our students have been giving back in so many
ways this year and we just started. Not only are they
learning about their faith, but also about living that
faith in their everyday lives. Stay tuned to learn about
the caring things happening in our Religious Education Program.
Readings for the Week of November 2, 2014
Sunday:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Wis 3:1-9/Rom 5:5-11 or Rom 6:3-9/Jn 6:37-40
Phil 2:1-4/Lk 14:12-14
Phil 2:5-11/Lk 14:15-24
Phil 2:12-18/Lk 14:25-33
Phil 3:3-8a/Lk 15:1-10
Phil 3:17--4:1/Lk 16:1-8
Phil 4:10-19/Lk 16:9-15