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The Church of the Incarnation 544 Prospect Street
Wethersfield, CT 06109
Rev. James M. Moran
Pastor
Mrs. Noranne Wamester Pastoral Associate
Mrs. Maggie Seaver
Coordinator of Middle School Faith Formation Youth Minister
Mrs. Audrey Saharek Pastoral Assistant
Mrs. Teri Aiudi
Rectory Office Assistant Faith Formation Secretary
Mrs. Theodora Niver Director of Music
Vanessa Crowley
Lorissa Heath Rosanne Sweeney Gowdy
Andrew Russo Heather Picard Bonney
Gianna Bielenda Cantors
Toni Munoz Sacristan
Marguerite Heinimann
Rectory Assistant
Mass Schedule
Confessions on Saturdays from 3:45 - 4:30p.m. Vigil Mass: Saturday at 5:00p.m.
Sunday Masses: 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Daily Mass: (Mon. - Fri.) 9:00 a.m.
Recitation of the Rosary before 9:00 a.m. daily Mass
Sacrament of Baptism By previous appointment
Sundays at 12:30 p.m. in the Baptistry of the Chapel.
Weddings Please contact a priest 6-10 months prior.
New Parishioners and Faith Formation Registration
The Church of the Incarnation welcomes new parishioners. All forms are available at the main entrance of the church. Please mail or place in the
collection basket. You may also visit our website for printable forms at:
www.thechurchoftheincarnation.com
Rectory Hours 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Rectory Fax Church E-Mail Faith Formation Website address: (860) 529-2533 (860) 721-6595 [email protected] (860) 529-6765 www.thechurchoftheincarnation.com [email protected]
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Rectory closed on 9/5 in honor of Labor Day. Emergency calls only please.
If you or someone you know is in need of employment, please call Ken Mendoza at (860) 665-1515 to set up a meeting. Men’s Assoc. mtg. Wed., 9/7 at 7pm in Fr. Crawford Hall. The Second Collection next wkd. will be the Monthly Collection.
THE INCARNATION
PARISH PICNIC: SUNDAY, SEPT. 11TH
FROM 1 -4 PM.
Hosted by the Men’s Association. We will have a traditional picnic menu, dessert, entertainment, and activities for the children. To supplement the meal, salads will be provid-ed by women of the parish. The traditional picnic menu will be served from 1 - 3:00 P.M. The cost for the picnic is $10 per adult and $25 per family (children under 12 are free). Join us in our air-conditioned Fr. Crawford Hall or under a cool, shady outdoor tent. There will be a Project Baby Love collection next wkd. Sept. 10th & 11th, Disposable diapers & wipes are needed. Our donations will benefit St. Gerard’s Center for Life, which is a pregnancy resource Center serving the greater Hartford area since 2004. Gently used clothing up to size 4T & baby supplies are requested.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD 5:00 pm – Francis L. Kinney SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH 8:30am– Carmelo & Michelina Reale 10:30am– Kevin Vaughan MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH 9:00am– For all our deceased parishioners & benefactors TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH 9:00am—Elizabeth Matt WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH 9:00am— Salvatore & Carmella DiSilvestro THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH 9:00am– For all our parishioners FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH 9:00am– Margaret Parisi & James Sr. & James Parisi Jr. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH 5:00pm–Ian David Moquin & Elizabeth “Betty” Moquin SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH 8:30am– Joseph Edward Ware Jr. 10:30am– Reverend John J. Crawford and Tom & Charlotte Crawford The Sanctuary Candle will burn from 9/5/2016– 9/11/2016 in memory of Elizabeth Phillips Kempf & the Deceased members of the Phillips & Burgie Families. The Blessed Virgin Mary Candle will burn from 9/5/2016-9/11/2016 in memory of Judith Skinner Curcio & Robert John Skinner and Gertrude E. Skinner.
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Registration for Faith Formation is available for new students only. Call Noranne S. Wamester, Pastoral Associate at (860) 529-6765. Our Faith Formation Program is in need of two catechists for the Saturday morning program at Emerson Williams. The fir st is for one second grade catechist with a class that has twelve children. The second is for a Grade Four catechist with a class that has fourteen children. All who serve as a catechist must fill out a background check and attend a Protecting God's Children Workshop. This is mandated by the Archdiocese of Hartford as we are called to be in compliance for the safety for all children. Please call the Faith Formation Office at 860-529-6765. The morning classes at Emerson are filled with joy and enthusiasm for the Lord and for our faith. Please consider answering Gods' call to become a catechist, a teacher of our Catholic Faith. The Parish Family home communities are now filled. PFH catechists are also a great, enthusiastic team. All catechists are committed to sharing their faith with our children. We are indeed blessed.
Letters have been sent this week regarding late registrations. This will be the last com-munication sent. The Faith Formation Elemen-tary Program will begin on Saturday, Septem-ber 24th at Emerson-Williams School. PFH communities will begin after that date. PFH catechists will notify their parents about their calendars after our mid-September catechist meeting.
7th & 8th grade Faith Formation:
Middle School Faith Formation classes will begin on Tues. Sept. 20th for Grade 8, and Wed. Sept. 21st for Grade 7. All reg-istered students will be receiving their wel-come letter and schedule for the year in the mail this week. Enjoy these last final days of summer and we pray for a smooth tran-sition to the new school year for all. Students entering Grade Nine will receive a letter of invitation in September to consider embarking on the journey toward Confirmation 2017. The schedule for Children's Liturgy of the Word will be announced in a few weeks. Parents are strongly encouraged to worship as a family.
The Sacrament of Confirmation will be administered at The Church of the Incarnation on Sunday, October 30th at 2pm with a Mass. Archbishop Mansell will be the celebrant.
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What sets Solomon apart is his quest for and deep love of wisdom. Even as Solo-mon ascends the throne of his father, Da-vid, he asks not for long life, riches, nor conquest of his enemies. Rather, with deep humility, he asks for a listening heart, one that will bring him closer to God. He seeks discernment to know what is right that he might be a king pleasing to the Lord. In all his endeavors Solomon does not hesitate to seek guidance from God. A lesson for us all! Solomon’s Prayer offers us clear and sim-ple instructions today: unless we seek the Lord’s wisdom our plans are unsure, our deliberations timid and our souls burdened by life’s heavy demands. The secret of Solomon’s “success” is his confidence in the Lord’s gift of wisdom for all who seek it. Humbly requested and abundantly giv-en, wisdom “sets our earthly path straight.” We have only to follow the example of Solomon set forth in the seventh chapter of this book: I prayed and wisdom was given to me. Let us make this our prayer.
Weekly Reflection for the Year of Mercy
In Misericordiae Vultus, Pope Francis states that “Love can never be just an abstraction. By its very nature, it has concrete expression in the intentions, attitudes and behaviors of our daily living.” What efforts do we make to manifest our love to one another? Can we do more?
A Weekly Bible Study
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wisdom 9:13-18 Is there a better way to usher in the new academic year than by immersing our-selves in God’s wellspring of “wisdom?” The insightful words of a mere mortal lead us to wonder if the unknown author of today’s first reading actually understands the mind of God. The Book of Wisdom was written about fifty years before the coming of Christ. In today’s passage, “Solomon’s Pray-er,” the author speaks in the person of this 10th century B.C. king. Who exact-ly was this wise Hebrew sage who in-fluenced today’s writing? Solomon was unlike most kings who reigned over Judah and Israel. A rather curious passage often repeated through-out the Second Book of Kings gives us a glimpse into a common pattern among the vast majority of monarchs: He was a king who did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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Having a loose grasp on those people and things that rightly belong to God is required of every follower. The open hands you are left with will be filled to overflowing by God. Can you let go? If you can, let go to follow as a priest or deacon, brother or sister. Call Fr. Jeffrey Gubbiotti, Director of Voca-tions, Archdiocesan Center at St. Thom-as Seminary, Tel. 860-242-5573, email [email protected] or visit the web at www.vocationshartford.org. Join us at The Church of the Incarnation the First Friday of the month at 9:30am, Blessed Sacrament Chapel, for Voca-tions Holy Hour. Incarnation Choir Rehearsals will begin on Monday, September 12th at 7:30pm in the Choir Loft. We welcome new members. If interested, see Mrs. Niver in the Choir Loft after any of the Masses. We are also looking for new members for our Bell Choir. No musical experience is needed. See Mrs. Niver in the Choir Loft. We are blessed to have such a talented Director of Music and Choir!
Married couples observing their 25th, 50th, 60th & other special wedding an-niversaries in 2016 are invited to at-tend the Archdiocesan Anniversary Mass on Sun., October 16th, 2pm at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hart-ford. Archbishop Blair will be the main celebrant. Mass will include the renewal of marriage vows, followed by a simple reception & photo opportunity with Archbishop Blair. Family members & friends are invited. Call Audrey/Teri at (860) 529-2533 to RSVP by September 7th. We invite you to take home a Mother Theresa Prayer Card celebrating her canonization this weekend by Pope Francis. We express a sincere thank you to D’Esopo Funeral Homes for providing us with these beautiful memorial prayer cards.
A Call to Support Our Brothers and Sisters in Louisiana: Archbishop Blair has designated September 18th as a day for a collec-tion to benefit the victims of the Loui-siana Floods. Proceeds will be used by Catholic Charities U.S.A. to assist the recovery efforts and all those in need in Louisiana. Thank you.
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SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: Labor Day Thursday: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Friday: St. Peter Claver Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Sometimes, this “Treasures” column can seem to be a species of crib-notes for Catholic Jeopardy. Indeed, you may never know when knowledge of our particular vocabulary may come in handy. Such is the case with papal bulls, which conjure up all sorts of images, but are actually not what you might expect. A bull is a papal letter on a matter of great consequence, such as a decision about a crisis in the Church, the declaration of a doctrine, the summoning of a council, or the canonization of a saint. It has a more solemn intention than a mere letter or even an encyclical, a teaching letter circu-lated through the whole Church. Its odd name comes from the Latin bulla, which is the stamp used to apply a signatorial design to the hot lead, or even molten silver or gold, that seals the decree. The format for the bull is the name of the pope in Latin, followed by the title “servant of the serv-ants of God,” also in Latin, and then the text. The title of the bull is always the first two words of the text. Some famous papal bulls are Exsurge Domine (Arise, O Lord), written against Martin Luther’s Ninety-five Theses in 1520; Munificentissimus De-us (The Most Bountiful God), the promulgation of the dogma of the Assumption in 1950 by Pope Pius XII; or Humanae Salutis (Human Salvation), by which Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vati-can Council in 1962.
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Fill us at daybreak with your kindness, that we may shout for joy and gladness
all our days. — Psalm 90:14
INVITED The Good News is that we have all been invit-ed—invited to the Kingdom, invited to be disciples. It’s a life-changing invitation, and like so many other such invitations, it requires a great deal of delibera-tion and discernment. Whether we choose marriage, ordination, single life, or community life, we know the serious planning and consideration that accompa-ny these profound decisions. Like the tower-builder in the Gospel, we have weighed both the monetary and emotional cost. We have pondered and planned our lives in the direction to which we believe God has called us. And while we pray for guidance and acceptance of God’s will, we often fail to understand so much. Like Solomon, we turn to God for wisdom and counsel in our life-changing decisions. TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Who can ever know God’s coun-sel unless God gives wisdom and sends the Holy Spirit from on high? (Wisdom 9:13-18b). Psalm — In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge (Psalm 90). Second Reading — Paul asks Philemon to accept back his slave Onesimus, not as a slave but as a brother (Philemon 9-10, 12-17). Gospel — To be a disciple of Jesus one must carry one’s . READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Cor 5:1-8; Ps 5:5-7, 12; Lk 6:6-11, or, for Labor Day, any readings from the Mass “For the Blessings of Human Labor,”nos. 907-911 Tuesday: 1 Cor 6:1-11; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 6:12-19 Wednesday: 1 Cor 7:25-31; Ps 45:11-12, 14-17; Lk 6:20-26 Thursday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 [18-23] Friday: 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22b-27; Ps 84:3-6, 12; Lk 6:39-42 Saturday: 1 Cor 10:14-22; Ps 116:12-13, 17-18; Lk 6:43-49 Sunday: Ex 32:7-11, 13-14; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19; 1 Tm 1:12-17; Lk 15:1-32 [1-10]
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PRAYER FOR PEACE: Please join us at The Church of the Incarnation thirty minutes prior to the 9am Daily Mass to pray for peace in the trou-bled areas of our world.
We received a thank you note from The Catholic Mission Aid Society thank-ing us for our gift of $4,528.00 to the 2016 Mission Co-Op Appeal. Thank you for your faithful support to the missions! 9th Annual Connecticut Catholic Men’s Conference: Saturday, October 22nd from 8:30-5pm on the grounds of Goodwin College in East Hartford. Go online: www.ctcatholicmen.org for more information. Theme is Year of Mercy.
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Church of the Incarnation Women's Club
Installation -- Save the Date
This year, the Women's Club Installation Ceremony will be held as part of the an-nual Membership Tea at 7 pm on Thurs., September 15th, in Fr. Crawford Hall. Due to several resignations among the women previously elected to the 2016-18 executive committee, a brief business meeting will be held at the start of the even-ing to elect members to fill those vacancies. Immediately after the election, all of the women taking office for 2016-18 will be sworn in during a simple, brief cere-mony in Fr. Crawford Hall. This will be followed by refreshments & socializing. Women’s Club renewal letters will be mailed in August, and the full slate of mem-bers up for election to the executive committee will be listed in the September Bi-Lines.
Join Archbishop Leonard P. Blair to Honor First Responders at the 2016 Blue Mass Sunday, Sept. 11th at the Cathedral of St. Joseph, 11am, Police, Fire, Emergency Responders, the Department of Corrections and other organizations who are in the service of protecting the public’s well-being, will participate in an opening procession on Farmington Avenue in Hartford on Sept. 11th. It will lead into the Cathedral, the mother Church of the Archdiocese, where Archbishop Leonard P. Blair will celebrate the Sunday Liturgy. While this annual event will once again honor the courage, generosity, personal sacrifice and life-saving com-petencies of first-responders, it will also be an occasion to reflect prayerfully on our unity as “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
F.Y.I. We have low gluten hosts available for those who require them. There is always a Minister of Holy Communion available at communion time in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Please come to the Sacristy and see either Fr. Moran or Toni prior to mass, to let them know you will be needing one. Thanks.
