Parish Office

254 Burritt Street, Plantsville, Connecticut, 06479

Phone: (860) 276-9208 Fax (860) 628-7650

Email: staloysius@aohct.org

Website: www.staloysiusplantsville.org

Parish Secretary: Jennifer Perrin

Office Hours:

Monday – Friday 9:30 a.m.—2:30 p.m.

SACRAMENTS:

Reconciliation: Saturday - 3:15 p.m. and by appointment

Baptism: 1st Sunday of the month after 10:30 Mass & 3rd Sunday of the month during or after 10:30 Mass. Baptism Preparation Classes: for first time parents - last Sunday of the month.

Marriage: Arrangements must be made at least 6 months in advance

Parish Membership: We welcome you into our Parish Family. It is requested that every family in the Parish be registered and receive envelopes.

Sponsor Certificates: Those seeking a sponsor certificate must be a Catholic in good standing; attend Mass weekly; if married, be in a valid marriage, be a registered member of the parish, using the envelope system for at least 3 months.

Pastor: Rev. Ronald P. Zepecki

Deacon: John Thorpe Deacon Emeritus: W ayne Griffin

Mass Schedule

Weekday Masses:

Monday, Tuesday 7:00 a.m. St. Aloysius

Wednesday, Thursday 8:00 a.m. Immaculate Conception

Saturday (Sunday Vigil) 4:30 p.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m.

Holy Days TBA

Finance Council President: Fr. Ronald P. Zepecki

Trustees: Mr. Robert Corjulo; Mrs. Elizabeth Martin

Parish Council President: Anne Grey

Coordinator of Religious Education: Leslie Griffin

Music Director: Judy Miller

Holy Name Society President: Tom Fitzgerald

Ladies Guild President: Kathy Sima

Pro-Life Representatives: Carolyn Bean, Marlene Kulesa

Building and Grounds: Bill Langdeau; Larry Sima; Jim Sima

Meetings

Holy Name Society (Men’s Club)

Every 1st Tuesday of the month at 8pm in the kitchen.

Ladies Guild

Every 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. Parish Council

Mondays every two or three months at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium (dates to be announced)

Est. 1961

Weekly Mass Schedule August 15, Twentieth Sunday Ordinary Time

Saturday 7:30 a.m. at St. Aloysius In honor of the Assumption of Mary; Gerard Roccapriore 9:00 a.m. at Immaculate Conception in Polish In honor of the Assumption of Mary; Helena and Arkardiusz Konopka 4:30 p.m. at St. Aloysius Church

Dot Gallagher, Sarah Smith, and Jack McArdle, requested by family

August 16, Twentieth Sunday Ordinary Time Sunday 7:30 a.m. at Immaculate Conception in English

George W. Heath, Jr., requested by The Heath family

9:00 a.m. at Immaculate Conception in Polish Fr. Felix Woroniecki, Founder

11:00 a.m. at St. Aloysius Church Susan Spadjinske, requested by parents

Monday, August 17, 2020 Weekday

Ferial Day 7:00 a.m. Jeanette Norris, requested by family 4:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Confessions 5:15 p.m. World Wide Intentions for the Filippini Sisters, requested by Fr. Ron 6:00-7:00 p.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Tuesday, August 18, 2020 Weekday

Ferial Day 7:00 a.m. Josephine and Santo Panciera, Jr., requested by family

Wednesday, August 19, 2020 Weekday

St. John Eudes, priest Mass at Immaculate Conception

8:00 a.m. William A. Dubicki requested by mother, Mary Dubicki and family Mass in English 8:30-9:30 a.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 5:30 p.m. Danuta Anulewicz, requested by Fr. Ron Mass in Polish

Thursday, August 20, 2020 Weekday

St. Bernard, abbot and doctor of the Church Mass at Immaculate Conception

8:00 a.m. Joseph Kenny, requested by Wally and Bette Ann Bailey

Friday, August 21, 2020 Weekday

St. Pius. pope 7:00 a.m. No Daily Mass

August 22, Twenty First Sunday Ordinary Time Saturday 4:30 p.m. at St. Aloysius Church

Venerable Fr. Michael McGivney, requested by K of C

August 23, Twenty First Sunday Ordinary Time Sunday 7:30 a.m. at Immaculate Conception in English

Valerie IcKrath, requested by The Wellington family 9:00 a.m. at Immaculate Conception in Polish

Halina Kapala Retecki, requested by The Retecki family 11:00 a.m. at St. Aloysius Church Roger & B. Alice LaMadeleine & Eric Parsons, requested by Denise Parsons

Please Pray For The Repose of the Soul of Deacon Robert F. Wallin, Archdiocese of Hart-ford

The Sacrament of Baptism

We welcome Adelaide Violet Letourneau baptized into the Church on August 16, 2020. St. Aloysius Church congratulates the parents and Godparents. Adelaide Violet, is the daughter

of John Letourneau and Mallory Violette. The Godfather of Adelaide is Patrick Switaj and the Christian Witness is Ruby Nicholas. We wish all of you God’s choicest blessings.

Summer Blood Drives There is a real need for blood espe-cially during the Corona Virus. If you are able to donate, it would be very appreciated.

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Each Blood Drive session is from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in St. Aloysius Church Hall.

St. Aloysius Raffle Tickets Although we are not picnicking this year as a parish, please consider send-ing in your raffle tickets for a chance of winning a prize. REMEMBER, Sep-

tember 6, 2020 is the absolute Deadline.

Newsy News The resuming of C.C.D. classes for the school year 2020-2021 is in the process of being decid-ed. More information as we get it. First Holy Communion will take place at the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, August 16, August 23, and August 30, 2020 at St. Aloysius. First Holy Communion at Immaculate Conception will be on August 29, 20202. Because of COVID-19 and regulations set down by the State of Connecticut and the Archdiocese of Hartford, the Churches cannot combine First Holy Communion Masses. I just received the permission from the Archdio-cese to Confirm in both parishes. Again, not combining of parishes. More information will be forthcoming on Confirmation, which will be mul-tiple.

August 16 , 2020 Twent ie th Sunday Ordinary Time

Opening of Sunday Masses Sunday Masses re-opened we have a completely new schedule for those Masses in both Churches. While it stands to reason, that I cannot offer seven Masses on the weekend. Masses have to be changed to accommodate one priest. Many of our retired priests may feel themselves compromised, because of their personal medical issues or they simply don’t wish to venture out during the COVID-19 virus...WHICH HAS NOT COME TO AN END. Priests are only allowed to say three Masses on a weekend by Canon Law. The Archbishop has granted only one more Mass (4) to those priests who have two parishes. Also, because of COVID-19 the Archdiocese has suggested that we gather for Masses in the bigger parish that provides more room for parishioners to attend. Please recall how expensive it is to have a visiting priest. The both parishes simply cannot keep up that expense. The following will be the weekend Mass schedule for Immaculate Conception and St. Aloysius Church: Saturday Vigil Mass This will be the combined 5 p.m. Mass at Immacu-late Conception and the 4 p.m. at St. Aloysius into a 4:30 p.m. at St. Aloysius Sunday Masses 7:30 a.m. in English at The Immaculate Conception Church. 9:00 a.m. in Polish at The Immaculate Conception Church. The Combined 10:30 a.m. Mass at The Immaculate Conception Church and the 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Aloysius will be combined into an 11:00 a.m. Mass at St. Aloysius Church. Unfortunately, there will not be a 9 a.m. Sunday Mass at St. Aloysius. I am very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause anyone. However, this is TEMPORARY as all Masses will have to change in a very short time when all the parishes come together in Southington.

The Sanctuary Candle will burn this week in loving memory of Jackson Palmer

requested by family

Prayer for Peace Southington Catholic Churches join Rosaries to Pray for Peace in our Country. Since the beginning of June in response to the vio-lence and rioting happening across the country, parishioners from the Southington churches of St. Aloysius, St. Thomas, St. Dominic, Immaculate Conception and recently Mary Our Queen

have been uniting in praying the Rosary for Peace & Racial Healing on Saturday mornings socially dis-tancing outside some of the churches in our town. Come join in praying the most powerful weapon against evil.

St. Thomas 8/22/20 at 8:30 a.m. immediately after 8 a.m. Mass St. Dominic 8/29/20 at 9 a.m.

Prayer for Peace and Racial Healing Through your goodness, open our eyes to see the dignity, beauty, and worth of every human being. Open our minds to understand that all your children are brothers and sisters in the same human family. Open our hearts to repent of racist attitudes, behav-iors, and speech, which demean others. Open our ears to hear the cries of those wounded by racial discrimination, and their passionate appeals for change. Strengthen our resolve to make amends for past injustices and to right the wrongs of history. And fill us with courage that we might seek to heal wounds, build bridges, forgive and be forgiven, and establish peace and equality for all in our communi-ties. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Thank You A note of thanks to all of you for supporting our parish through difficult times. We are still in much need of your support. Please continue to send in your donations. God bless you.

Updates As most of you know, a stained glass window was damaged by a vandal. The culprit was found, not the person, but the material culprit. It was a golf ball! It did damage to the second win-

dow up from the alcove of St. Aloysius. Fortunately, the damaged part of the window is the part we open for air, not the top of the window with the beautiful picture. The Archdiocese has been notified a few weeks ago and all phone pictures of the window have been sent to the Archdiocese. The Archdiocese in return called to give some stained glass repair companies. Our insurance will pay for everything with a $1,000.00 deductible. Presently, I am waiting for the companies to respond. More to follow.

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