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We welcome

with great joy!

Christopher Anderson, Elena Cates, Ray Duda, Frank Colandro, Susan Jacobsen, Bart Heefner, Warren Denny, Toni Coe, Gary Livia, Taylor Bova, Gerry Fraioli, Betty Vitti, Rosemary Bella, Sonya Correntee, Mary Caruso, Patrick Battinelli, Julie Salce, Lois Scatton, Carol Kane, Kristee Brooks, Michael Pataky, Ed Gentile, Daniel Caruso, Anthony Tomczyk, Marge Denicola, Gina Stuart, Adam Godlewski, Mark, Johann Fernando, Sandy Recchia, Kathy L., Mary Palmer, Sylvia Privil, Sandra Coppola, Theresa Riendeau, Maria Nurena, Sal Bonina, Harper Pappas, Mary Montaine, Lucille Tomzick, Marie Parente, Debbie Gilroan, Steven DiCiccio, Anthony Covino, Aisha Bonny and Megan Lemoung

Remember the men and women in the Armed Forces and all who protect us and put themselves in harm’s way on our behalf; may they be shielded from danger; and for their families and loved

ones. In particular, Andrew Anderson, Christopher Blasius, C. J. DelVaglio, Samantha Krom, Christian Legaspe, Steven Nolan, Dylan Schneider and Nick Carella.

To speak of many things...

Avery Rose Herrmann Daughter of Christopher Herrmann and

Justine Colangelo Herrmann baptized into the Catholic faith on

March 31, 2019. May the good Lord continue to bless

Avery and her family.

As we enter into the Fifth Sunday of Lent, we might very well realize that the season is passing quickly and with Palm Sunday next weekend we know that Easter will be here before we know it, come April 21. I hope you will have an opportunity during these remaining days of Lent to prepare for the joy that comes to our lives and our hearts with the celebration of Easter glory. With Holy Week fast approaching, there are a number of ways to be involved - with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, the Good Friday remembrance with the Passion of Saint John and the Great vigil of Easter on Holy Saturday. God’s choicest blessings! Fr. Fred

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FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT "The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle." The episode of the woman caught in adultery is a powerful story. We have perhaps all felt as the woman has at some point in our lives, surrounded by those who would condemn us. The beauty of Christ's mercy at the end is clear...and a welcome relief as we all struggle to be good and holy people. But have we ever imagined ourselves on the edge of the circle? Have we pictured ourselves in the sea of dusty robes? Perhaps, we hope, we're hovering at the edge of the circle of judgment. But we've all been there. How easy it is to be righteous when someone else's reputation is at stake. When the small child is acting up in the grocery store or on the plane. When another company has a scandal break or a major error sets back their profits. Could it be easy to pick up the stone and feel its weight and heft in our hands? Because if we've got a stone in our hands, our own righteous category is clear. Our judgment is our insurance that we won't be on the receiving end of the criticism. If we can point out a wrong, surely we are firmly in the right. "'Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her'... they went away one by one." This Lent, not only are we invited to receive God's mercy, but to show God's mercy. As the season begins to wind to a close, consider those in your life you tend to judge the most harshly. What is one concrete way you can drop your stone?

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N. Sabanski M. Lamonte D. Ezzo

ALTAR SERVERS May serve at Mass they attend

MARTHA MINISTRY - D. HUGHES

LIVE THE LITURGY - INSIPRATION FOR THE WEEK

We are all sinners, and we all need mercy. If met with sincerity and true repentance of heart, an encounter with God's unconditional and all-forgiving love will lead to true conversion and a new life of grace. There is no point to condemnation or excessive punishment. We do not need to wag fingers or make people feel inferior. Jesus met the woman caught in adultery with compassion. He did not condemn her. People have not always been faithful to God. We have not always been faithful to God. Yet, God waits for us to return and trusts that His seeds of forgiveness and mercy will take root. We do not know if the woman left Jesus and sinned no more. It's not important.

ATTENTION LECTORS & EMs: Please see the sign-up sheet in the Sacristy for Holy Week.

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No Faith Formation classes - Spring Break and Easter Due to spring break and the Easter holiday, there are no Faith Formation classes on the following days: Sunday, April 14; Tuesday, April 16; and Sunday, April 21. Classes resume on Tuesday, April 23 and Sunday, April 28.

Family Mass – April 28, 2019 The final Family Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 28. It will be hosted by the preK/K and first grade classes. The Mass will begin with a procession led by the preK/K and first graders, and a crowning of Mary. Please join us!

Pennies from Heaven – for Lent Our final penny collection will take place on Sunday, April 7, and Tuesday, April 9. In class the young parishioners in the Faith Formation program will determine the charity to which our donations will be given. Watch the bulletin for the updates. Our thanks to the many parishioners who helped fill our Pennies from Heaven containers. Your gifts will make a great difference in the lives of hungry children.

Family Bible Challenge The Leadership Institute of the Diocese of Bridgeport is pleased to introduce the Family Bible Challenge. The first season begins Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019, and continues throughout Lent 2019. The second season will be held in Summer 2019. Families can join at any time. The “challenge” is to engage your family with Sacred Scripture. There is no contest. There are no rules. There is, however, the great benefit of falling in love with Jesus through the power of the Good News found in the Bible. Will your family accept the Bishop’s challenge? SIGN UP: formationreimagned.org

Family Scripture Reflection: Gospel 8:1-11

In today’s Gospel reading we hear about a woman who is brought before Jesus because she has sinned. According to the Law of Moses the woman should be stoned. But Jesus has a better idea. He helps the people see that the woman is not the only sinner in the crowd. This causes everyone to leave. Jesus is left standing alone with the woman. Jesus gives the woman the gift of a new start. After her experience with Jesus she is reconciled to God, to her community and to herself.

Questions for Deeper Reflection: How does Jesus give you a new start? What does it mean that God loves us unconditionally? How can you celebrate God’s forgiveness and unconditional love? (from RCL Benziger)

Meet Dietrich Bonhoeffer Feast day April 9

Dietrich Bonhoeffer is not officially a saint of the Catholic Church, but he is remembered by the Church for his courage in the face of Nazi Germany. Bonhoeffer was a clergyman who lived in Germany during World War II. Adolf Hitler came to power of the Nazi Party, and soon after a group of Protestants formed an anti-Hitler group called the Confessing Church. Bonhoeffer was a member of this group and began training its members to become teachers and preachers. When the Nazis found out, they closed the church down. Bonhoeffer was forbidden to teach and was banned from the city of Berlin.

Then came “Kristallnacht” or the “Night of the Broken Glass.” German troops led an attack on Jewish property; more than 7,000 shops and hundreds of synagogues were burned down. Bonhoeffer thought Christians would be next. He began to speak out more and more against the Nazis; and his friends in the United States became worried about his safety, so they arranged him to visit to give a series of speaker-talks. When it became clear that war would break out soon, Bonhoeffer left the safety of the United States to “share the difficulty of this time with my people.”

Fearing what would happen to the world with a man like Hitler leading it, Bonhoeffer became a double agent by taking a job in the Nazi Military Intelligence Department. His job allowed him to travel all over Europe to visit churches with the expectation that he would bring back information to help the Nazis—but he wasn’t really working with the Nazis, he was working against them and was secretly helping Jews escape Germany to less-hostile countries in Europe.

In the end, the Nazis discovered he was a double agent, and he was put in a Berlin military prison. They also discovered he was involved in a plot to kill Hitler. He was then sentenced to death shortly after. Before he died, he said to another prisoner, “This is the end—but for me it is also the beginning of new life.” He was hanged a few days before the end of the war. Bonhoeffer knelt for the last time to pray; and within five minutes, his life was over.

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CONSIDER ONLINE GIVING??? Online Giving is a safe and convenient way for you to make your weekly offertory and special collections and contributions in support of our Parish. The service is easy to set up and manage. If you have not yet signed up for Online Giving, please consider this option. To sign up, visit our Parish website and click on the Online Giving logo located on the main page. Thank you for considering this safe, secure and easy method of donating regularly in support of our Parish. Our Online Giving system is also an App for Apple and Android products! You can download it free in the App Store, Google Play Store or go to OLGapp.com. If you are new to Online Giving, register and enter Church ID 1376.

SECOND COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND

The second collection this weekend is the regular monthly collection which supports capital expenses and replenishes the rain day fund. Thank you for your generosity in this collection in the care and concern of our Parish May God bless you and your families in your kindness.

Parish Offering Weekend of March 31, 2019

Saturday, 4:00pm (87) ............................................. $731.00

Sunday, 8:00am (59) ............................................... $720.00

Sunday, 10:30am (141) ........................................... $872.00

TOTAL ................................................................... $2,323.00

Mailed into Parish Office ........................................... $65.00

Online Giving ........................................................ $1,797.00

Catholic Relief Services ............................................ $306.00

This past weekend 83 Parish family offertory envelopes were collected. $480.00 was collected in loose checks and cash. 287 were in attendance.

Thank you for your continued and generous support and for your consideration in participating in on-line giving! May God Bless you in your care and concern for the well being of Saint Maurice Parish.

The 2019 Annual Catholic Appeal will not be conducted this year as usual in our parish. We are in the early stages of the Diocesan-wide $75 million capital campaign, We Stand With Christ, which will raise funds for our parish needs and the ministries and mission of the Diocese of Bridgeport establishing Foundations in Education, Foundations in Faith and Foundations in Charity. Our 2019 ACA goal will be incorporated into the capital campaign. In the weeks and months to come, every parish family will be invit-ed to play a part in this campaign at which time you will hear much more about our parish plans. In the meantime, please pray for the success of this campaign.

Weekly Calendar

April 7-14, 2019

Sunday, April 7 Fifth Sunday of Lent

Wednesday, April 10 8:00am Mass with Miraculous Medal Novena Chapel 7:00pm Capital campaign team gathering Doran Hall

Thursday, April 11 6:30pm Walking with Purpose Doran Hall

Friday, April 12 6:30pm Stations of the Cross Church

Sunday, April 14 Palm Sunday

CONTACT INFORMATION PARISH OFFICE

parishoffice@smcglenbrook.org Phone: 203.324.3434

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday - 10:00am to 2:00pm

PARISH STAFF

Reverend Alfred Riendeau Jr., Pastor (Ext. 701) frfred@smcglenbrook.org

Sandra Kluun, Coordinator of Faith Formation (Ext. 707) Safe Environment Coordinator skluun@smcglenbrook.org

Monica Di Costanzo, Administrative Assistant (Ext. 705) mdicostanzo@smcglenbrook.org

Tony Recchia, Facilities (Ext. 708) trecchia@smcglenbrook.org

MEMBERS OF THE PARISH CORPORATION Steve Doran 203.324.3434

Mary Lamonte 203.348.6701

PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL Kathryn Jimenez 203.324.3434

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Saturday, April 6 4:00pm The Fiordelisi family

Sunday, April 7 Fifth Sunday of Lent 8:00am All our parishioners and Onide Jean-Guillaume 10:30am Quintino Saltarelli

Monday, April 8 8:00am Stan Hammond

Tuesday, April 9 8:00am All souls

Wednesday, April 10 8:00am Josephine Zinicola

Thursday, April 11 8:00am Stan Hammond

Saturday, April 13 4:00pm Thomas F. Maloney

Sunday, April 14 Palm Sunday 8:00am Jonathan Malizia 10:30am All our parishioners

BEREAVEMENT GROUP FOR THE WIDOWED. A support group for women and men who have lost a spouse or significant other. The meetings are held every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month from 7-8:30pm in the Saint Maurice Chapel (located on the south end of Augustana Homes). For more information, contact

Donna Hughes at 203.595.0603 or donnahuz@aol.com.

Sunday: Is 43:16-21/Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 [3]/Phil 3:8- 14/Jn 8:1-11 Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [4ab]/Jn 8:12-20 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9/Ps 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21 [2]/ Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95/Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 [52b]/Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9/Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [8a]/Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13/Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7 [cf. 7]/ Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28/Jer 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13 [cf. 10d]/ Jn 11:45-56 Next Sunday: Lk 19:28-40/Is 50:4-7/Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 [2a]/Phil 2:6-11/Lk 22:14--23:56

READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 7, 2019

The Sanctuary candle is for our nation.

The Chapel candle is in memory

of Onide Jean-Guillaume.

VIRTUS Safe Environments All volunteers in the Church are required to attend a Virtus – Protecting God’s Children Awareness Training session. The Safe Environment Initiative is intended to make each person more aware of the warning signs of child sexual abuse and how to prevent it. The trainings also provide the correct methods to report suspected abuse both in the State of Connecticut and the Diocese of Bridgeport.