Church of Saint Ann
289 Arch Road * Avon, Connecticut * 06001
860-673-9858 * fax: 860-675-4350
Rev. John W. McHugh, Pastor
www.stannavon.com
WEEKEND ASSISTANTS
Rev. Joseph P. Cheah, OSM, Ph.D.
Rev. Daniel J. Sullivan
DEACONS
Jeffrey Sutherland and Tim Healy
SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER
Russell Koch: [email protected]
COORDINATOR OF SOCIAL MINISTRY
Tom McCabe: [email protected]
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COORDINATOR (K - 8)
Lisa Stevens: ext. 223 [email protected]
RCIA DIRECTOR & LITURGY COORDINATOR
Maureen Fiedler: 860-995-4026
CONFIRMATION & YOUTH MINISTRY DIRECTOR
Joan Gould: ext. 226 [email protected]
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
Tom Stockton: ext. 230
OFFICE MANAGER
Kris Martino: ext. 221 [email protected]
CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENT
Richard Tourville: 860-673-3793
BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT
Michael Gould, ext. 225
BAPTISMS (Registered Parishioners):
Call the Parish Office
MASS SCHEDULE:
CONFESSIONS:
MARRIAGES
Monday - Friday:
9:00 am
Saturday: after 4pm Mass
First Friday: Before 9:00 AM Mass
Other times by appointment
Please set the date with the priest or deacon at least six
months prior to the wedding. Weddings cannot be scheduled
after the Saturday evening Mass or on Sundays.
BULLETIN DEADLINE & INSERTS
Please submit any bulletin announcements to the Parish
Office by 2pm on the Monday prior to the weekend you
would like it published. Also, please contact the office to
obtain permission to insert fliers into the weekly bulletin.
Sunday Vigil (Saturday):
4:00 pm
Sunday:
7:30, 9:30 and 11:00am
First Friday:
9:00 am
DEVOTIONS:
Rosary & Chaplet - Daily: 8:15 am
Holy Hour - Thursday: 12:00 Noon
First Friday Eucharistic Adoration:
9:30 am till 12:00 Noon
First Friday Holy Hour for Life
10:00am till 11:00am
January 25, 2015
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3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
M0NDAY, January 26
9:00
Special Intentions
TUESDAY, January 27
9:00
Billy Martinez, requested by his mom
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As you
Schola
St. Ann
If you are a resident in this area, we hope that you will continue to grace us
with your presence and register with our office manager. You may call 860673-9858 or stop by the parish office to register. If you are a visitor, we thank
you for participating in worshiping with us and we hope to see you again.
This Week at St. Ann’s
MONDAY, Janaury 26
Marian Movement of Priests Cenacle: 7:15pm in the church
WEDNESDAY, January 28
9:00
Special Intentions
TUESDAY, January 27
RCIA: 7pm in Room 3
THURSDAY, January 29
9:00
Special Intentions
FRIDAY, January 30
9:00
Special Intention
SATURDAY, January 31
Patricia Martucci (1st Ann.),
requested by Brian and Ann Beloin
4:00
SUNDAY, February 1
7:30
Gayle Glenn Koffi, requested by
Carolyn and Richard Mogielnicki
9:30
Margaret Andrew, requested by
Loretta D’Incecco
11:00 Edward Poirier and Dennis Poirier,
requested by the family
WEDNESDAY, January 28
THURSDAY, January 29
Holy Hour of Reparation this week: 12 noon in the church
Children’s Choir: 4:15pm in the Choir Loft
Traditional Choir: 2pm in the Choir Loft
St. Ann Cares Ministry Meeting: 7pm in Room 2
Folk/Contemporary Choir: 7:30pm in the Choir Loft
FRIDAY, January 30
SATURDAY, January 31
Men’s Breakfast Group: 8am in Room 3 in Fr. Bennett Hall
SUNDAY, February 1
Our 5th and 6th Grade Faith Formation students will be sponsoring coffee and refreshments after the 9:30am Mass
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Weekly Ordinary Income
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Religious Education
January 18, 2015: $5,103.25
Online Giving (week ending1/21/15): $2,050.00
Next weekend’s second collection:
Snow Removal
Grades K-8: UPCOMING CLASSES
January 25th and February 8th
Next Family Mass:
Mass February 1st at 9:30am
Grades 5 & 6 sponsor Parish Coﬀee after the Mass
Ministering to body, mind and spirit, the
Health Ministry offers blood pressure screening, health
counseling and referrals to our community of faith. Office
hours are the 2nd Sunday of each month from 8:15-11am in
the Sacristry (2nd door on the left as you enter the vestibule
of the church). No appointment is necessary.
Communion For Shut-Ins
The Eucharistic ministers would be happy to bring Communion to those in our parish who are unable to come to church.
Please call the Parish Office and leave your name and
address if you wish to receive Communion 860-673-9858.
St. Ann’s Re-Employment Group
meets every other Wednesday from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. in the
Activity Room at St. Ann’s. For more information, or if any
working member of the parish hears of a job opening, please
contact :JOHN DRAKE, 860-989-2377 or email at:
[email protected].
Free Rosary Repair Service...
Free Rosary Repair Service at St. Ann’s will resume in
May. If you should need rosaries repaired from
November to April, please send to Betty and Dick Holden, 7930 Estero
Blvd. #502, Fort Myers Beach, FL 33931. For more information you
may call: 239-463-3993 or email them at: [email protected]
Marian Movement of Priests -Cenacle of Prayer
Monday evenings at St. Ann’s from 7:15 8:15pm
The Cenacle format is very simple:
1. Invocation to the Holy Spirit, 2. Recitation of the Holy Rosary,
3. Prayers for our Holy Father, 4. Prayers for our Priests and
Seminarians, 5. Reading and meditation on one of the messages
given in the book—”To the Priests, Our Lady’s Beloved Sons”,
6. Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Please visit the official website of the MMP at
www.mmp-usa.net for additional information.
If you are interested in joining us to pray a holy rosary,
please come to the church on Monday evenings at 7:15.
All are welcome! Come pray with us.
It's That Time of Year Again...
If you are a registered parishioner using envelopes or online giving, and
would like a copy of our records of your weekly envelope contributions,
please e-mail Kris in the Parish Office: [email protected] or
call 860-673-9858, ext. 221. Please note that if you contributed to the Annual
Parish Collection the statements have been mailed out separately from the
company that handles those collections for us. Contributions to the Archbishop’s
Annual Appeal are mailed separately from the Archdiocese.
Pray for Vocations
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St. Ann Cares
Is looking for a project for 2015
Saint Ann Cares, now in its 21st year of serving the community, is accepting proposals for their 2015 project.
The Day of Caring will be on May 2nd. If you know of a charitable organization that needs
assistance with repairs, painting, demolition &/or construction, please contact Jeff Clarke at
860-693-2869. Also, we are seeking volunteers to assist us in our annual project. If you would
like to help with the planning and coordination of this year’s project, please join us at our next
meeting on January 22nd. The meeting is at 7pm in Room 2 under Fr. Bennett Hall
Is your family interested in
becoming involved in more
activities here at St. Ann’s?
If so, consider participating
in our Youth Outreach
activities!!!
The mission of the St. Ann Youth Outreach is to
build our children’s, and our own, relationships with
God by living out God’s word as we better the lives
of His children, locally and globally.
Come to the Youth Outreach meetings
(Next one is Tues. Feb. 3rd at 7pm in Rm.2)
to learn about the fun, purposeful activities we
are planning such as:
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Monthly Movie Nights for kids K-8
Soup dinner (a dinner that will demonstrate the
division of food in the the world)
Walk for water on the rails to trails (lessons
about clean water)
The garden we are creating here at St. Ann’s to
serve local food pantries
Our parish library
And more!
Be well and God bless,
The Youth Outreach Committee
2015 Vacation Bible Camp… EVEREST!
We are looking for volunteers to be on our
2015 Vacation Bible Camp Committee.
If you are interested,
please contact Lisa Stevens at
[email protected]
or call 860-673-2137 or 8602-673-9858, x.223
Pray for Vocations
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Faith Formation For the Family
Sharing the Gospel
There's a colorful envelope addressed to you on the kitchen table. You see it's from your friend. You open it and find
a party invitation inside. You parents say you can go!
When Jesus invited Peter, Andrew, James and John to
come along with him, they were just as excited to go. Jesus was the Savior and a good friend. They couldn't wait!
Prayer
Jesus, I thank you for inviting me to spend time
with you.
Question of the Week…
When have you
experienced the
Kingdom of God?
Something to Draw
Draw a picture of Jesus smiling and waving to you.
Mission for the Week
Jesus wants you to come to his home in heaven. Make a
party invitation from Jesus to you. Use
this invitation as a bookmark in your Bible.
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Perhaps you've heard the story about the
small-town doctor who always bragged about the
big fish he caught. It was hard to believe, but no
one could catch heavier fish than him; he even had
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pictures of them hanging from his personal fish
scale showing the weight. One day while fishing, he
got an emergency call that a woman had gone into
labor
at
home and he needed to get over there. After the
Defending Our Religious Liberty
baby was born, the family had nothing to weigh it with so
It is important that we stay informed regarding the Health and
the doctor pulled out his fish scale. The baby came in at
Human Services (HHS) mandate and how it will violate our
twenty-six pounds, fourteen ounces. His prideful ways
religious freedom as Catholics and as Americans. If religious
were revealed.
liberty is not upheld, all people will suffer and many will be
deprived of the social, educational, and human services that
they need.
If you haven’t done so already, please voice your opposition 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 Burwell at 202-205-5445. Let them
know that the mandate is in violation of our First Amendment
right to religious freedom.
Readings for the Week of January 25, 2015
Sunday:
Jon 3:1-5, 10/1 Cor 7:29-31/Mk 1:14-20
Monday:
2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5/Mk 3:22-30
Tuesday:
Heb 10:1-10/Mk 3:31-35
Wednesday: Heb 10:11-18/Mk 4:1-20
Thursday:
Heb 10:19-25/Mk 4:21-25
Friday:
Heb 10:32-39/Mk 4:26-34
Saturday:
Heb 11:1-2, 8-19/Mk 4:35-41
Next Sunday: Dt 18:15-20/1 Cor 7:32-35/Mk 1:21-28
©Liturgical Publications Inc
"Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men." Has
anyone ever made a better offer? As Jesus began his
ministry, he made a very conscious decision to surround
himself not with disciples who considered themselves
religious leaders of the day, but rather with ordinary men,
men who worked hard, led simple lives, and whose minds
were open to a new way of life in Christ. They abandoned
their nets in order to take up a life of evangelization. The
"nets" of salvation they will offer will in fact give us freedom
from sin.
We are all members of the family of God, and Christ
stands at the center of this calling. We are taught in the
Catechism of the Catholic Church that the kingdom
belongs to the poor and lowly, which means those who
have accepted it with humble hearts (CCC 544).
Throughout his life, he lived among the poor, the sick, and
the sinners. He called his disciples from among them, and
promised that the last shall be first. Today, you are invited
to put down those things which have no real meaning, and
take up the Gospel of Christ into your heart.
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Stolen Lives: A Gospel Response
to Human Trafficking
Saturday, March 7th
9am - 12 noon
St. James Church, Rocky Hill, CT
The Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry and the
Office of the Diaconate are sponsoring a lecture
entitled "Stolen Lives: A Gospel Response to Human
Trafficking". This event will take place at St. James
Church, 787 Elm Street, Rocky Hill on
Saturday, March 7, 2015 from 9:00am until noon.
The speakers at this event will be:
• William Rivera, from the Department of Children
and Families. William spearheaded the creation of the
DCF's human trafficking response system.
• Alicia Kinsman, from the International Institute of
Connecticut
• Opportunities for Action – including the CT
Coalition Against Trafficking, the underground, and the
Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry
Each day more information is being learned
regarding Human Trafficking and the sexual abuse and
exploitation of minors. I would like to extend and
invitation to all of you to attend this
workshop. Please feel free to pass this on to those in
other ministries that might benefit from learning more
about Human Trafficking. This event is
recommended for adults only, as there will be
sensitive information discussed and shown.
Diaconate Inquiry
Wisdom House Retre
at
and Conference Cent
er, Litchfield, CT
Winter Quiet Days:
February 12-16, 2015
. Spend quiet days for
prayer, reflection and
renewal. Spiritual dir
ection is available an
can be scheduled. Me
d
als included. Fee: $1
25 per day. For furthe
information contact W
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isdom House at: (86
0) 567-3163 or
mail: programs@wi
sdomhouse.org or vis
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www.wisdomhouse.o
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Open House
St. Thomas the Apostle School in W. Hartford
Wednesday, January 28th 9amó noon
Happy New Year from St. Thomas the Apostle School! As we begin our
celebration of Catholic Schools Month, we cordially invite you to attend
two upcoming admissions events:
Our next Open House for prospective parents will take place on
Wednesday, January 28th, 9 a.m. – noon. Please drop by to meet the
parents of some of our current students, enjoy a tour of the school and
discover our dynamic learning community. For those parents with children entering Kindergarten in the fall, you will definitely want to attend
our Kindergarten Breakfast for prospective parents on Tuesday,
February 4th at 9 a.m. This informative presentation will provide you
with details on the curriculum, daily schedule and overall philosophy of
our kindergarten program. A question and answer session will immediately follow.
All are welcome, but registration is required. Please contact Diane
Klingman in the Admissions office: 860-236-6257 or
[email protected].
St. Thomas the Apostle School is currently celebrating 77 years of
scholarship, spirituality and service to students in PreK3- grade 5
throughout the Hartford area. 25 Dover Road in West Hartford.
Sessions
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