· The CATECHETICAL CONGRESS will be held
on Saturday, November 16 at Sacred Heart University. Click here for flyer. Click here for online
registration
· Sean Forrest concert for Haiti 180 in
Manchester, CT on November 16. Feel free to share this is anyone who would be
interested. Your support on this awesome event will be a blessing for the
elderly of Haiti. More info to follow.
· SHARE FALL 2013 SCHEDULE: 4 courses
offered; two at SHU-Fairfield, two at SHU-Stamford. They are: Synoptic Gospels;
Women of the Church; Church as a Sacrament, The Second Vatican Council: Renewing
Our Appreciation!; and Christology.
· The Ministry for Adult Formation of the
Diocese of Bridgeport will be offering a pilgrimage on November 8-10 in
conjunction with Magnificat Day. We will visit
four Shrines in the Philadelphia area and attend Magnificat Day. The speakers
at Magnificat Day will be Father Robert Barron and Father Peter John Cameron,
OP. See the attached flyer to share with parishioners, family, and friends.
Contact Gina Donnarummo at gdonnarummo@diobpt.org / 203-416-1446 for more information and the registration
form.
· AN AFTERNOON OF PRAYERFUL REMEMBRANCE AND
INTERCESSION: Saturday, October 12, 2013: 1-4pm, Our Lady Star of the Sea,
1200 Shippan Ave., Stamford, CT. The hidden wounds of abortion affect each of
us. Whether it be one’s neighbor, co-worker, friend, relative, maybe oneself…as
a community we have all been touched. Join us as we observe an afternoon of
remembrance and intercession to heal. We will gather to pray and intercede on
behalf of those who have been touched by abortion, seeking forgiveness and
healing in God’s merciful love. The day will include Mass, Eucharistic
Adoration and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Sponsored by the Diocese of
Bridgeport - Respect Life Ministry. For further information call Maureen
Ciardiello, Director of Respect Life Ministry at 203-416-1445 or email respectlife@diobpt.org
· Encountering the Word Made Flesh, A
Retreat for Lay Ministers. Join Father Peter Lynch at Saint Ann Church, 481
Brewster Street, Bridgeport for a one-day retreat designed to enrich your
ministry and deepen your relationship with Jesus, the Word Made Flesh. Retreats
are offered from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on 9/14/13, 11/16/13, 3/8/14, 5/10/14 for
$45 and include lunch, the opportunity for Confession and Mass. Visit www.StAnnBlackRock.com for more
information or call the Parish Office at (203)
368-1607.
· "Take a Walk in Their Shoes" and join
the Morning Glory Walkathon to benefit the Morning Glory Breakfast Program in
its fight against hunger in the Danbury area Saturday, October 5th. See the
attached flyer for all the details or contact Marlene at: 203-746-1142 or marlenedrygas@charter.net.
· Living Rosary for October
19th at St. Margaret Shrine in Bridgeport. See the
website for more information: http://prolifelivingrosary.wordpress.com/
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Discernment Retreat
Clearly one of the dynamic groups of women religious in
Connecticut are the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. They're having a
vocation discernment retreat in early October. Pass the info onto some
women.
The Apostles are women of prayer and community. They
seek the face of Christ revealed in the spirituality of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus. They're involved in corporal and spiritual works of mercy in the USA and
internationally. In CT, the Sisters work in parishes, offices in (Arch)
dioceses of Hartford and Bridgeport, the immigrants in New Haven, working with
seniors, and running elementary and secondary schools. Invite....
WHAT
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
Discernment
Retreat with the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Oct 4 - 6 ; Mount Sacred Heart,
Hamden.
Single
Catholic Women ages 18 to 30: Is God calling you to be an Apostle? Join us for a
weekend of prayer and openness to God's plan for your life. This retreat
includes presentations on discernment and the Apostle charism, Mass, Eucharistic
adoration, Rosary, praying the Liturgy of the Hours with the community, silent
reflection, and an opportunity to get to know the Apostles as women of love,
service, and reparation.
Contact Sister Colleen Therese Smith for more info: vocations@ascjus.org 203-988-4742
I
have also attached a flyer.
Follow
us on Facebook and Twitter @ASCJvocations
Walk
securely and generously along the road indicated for you, keeping yourself
strongly attached to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
~Clelia
Merloni, Foundress
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Dear
Friends of the Connecticut Catholic Men's Conference,
Pope Francis has challenged us to rethink our relationship with the Lord. As he said recently at World Youth Day:
"God always surprises us, like the new wine in the Gospel we have just heard. God always saves the best for us. But he asks us to let ourselves be surprised by his love, to accept his surprises. Let us trust God! Cut off from him, the wine of joy, the wine of hope, runs out. If we draw near to him, if we stay with him, what seems to be cold water, difficulty, sin; is changed into the new wine of friendship with him." (Homily of Pope Francis July 24, 2013)
Are you ready to be surprised by God? Are you ready to be challenged and inspired, to be moved and excited, to be given a charge to change the world and the tools to fulfill that charge?
Pope Francis has challenged us to rethink our relationship with the Lord. As he said recently at World Youth Day:
"God always surprises us, like the new wine in the Gospel we have just heard. God always saves the best for us. But he asks us to let ourselves be surprised by his love, to accept his surprises. Let us trust God! Cut off from him, the wine of joy, the wine of hope, runs out. If we draw near to him, if we stay with him, what seems to be cold water, difficulty, sin; is changed into the new wine of friendship with him." (Homily of Pope Francis July 24, 2013)
Are you ready to be surprised by God? Are you ready to be challenged and inspired, to be moved and excited, to be given a charge to change the world and the tools to fulfill that charge?
If so, join us at this year's Connecticut Catholic Men's Conference on
October 26, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Goodwin College, 1 Riverside
Drive, East Hartford, CT 06118.
Go to https://www.ctcatholicmen.org/ticket.aspx and purchase your tickets.
Go to https://www.ctcatholicmen.org/ticket.aspx and purchase your tickets.
Attached is a flyer.
Be another St. Francis! Rebuild our Church!
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Holy
Family Retreat Center, Women’s Weekend Retreat
Friday-Sunday, Oct
4-6,
Holy Family Retreat Center, West Hartford; Women’s Weekend Retreat, Nothing Less
than Everything. Experience a dynamic weekend retreat which explores the meaning
and the potential of love to transform our lives. Love is our source and our
destination. Christ gave us nothing less than complete love on the cross, and
we, in turn, are called to love one another. The retreat includes dynamic
teaching, home-cooked meals, inspirational liturgies, original music, free time
to rest and walk the labyrinth, workshops, and healing arts therapies
(additional cost). Begins with dinner from6-8 p.m. on
Friday evening and concludes with Sunday brunch at noon. $295, more if you can; less if you
can’t. 860-760-9705. www.holyfamilyretreat.org
Holy
Family Retreat Center, Youth Sunday Retreat
Sunday, Oct 6, 2-6 p.m. Holy Family Retreat Center, West
Hartford; Youth SundayRetreat. Confirmation
classes and other high school youth are invited to experience the tranquility of
this holy place through a variety of experiences. The theme for the Sundayevening retreats incorporates Holy Family's
retreat theme for the season. Included are a catechetical component, prayer
experience, cooperation activity, a beautiful Reconciliation service with the
help of Holy Family's very talented musicians, and a delicious dinner provided
by executive chef Joe Ethier. $40. 860-760-9712. www.holyfamilyretreat.org
Holy
Family Retreat Center, What's in Your Bag? Tools for the Trade: An Evening
Workshop for Parish Catechists
Tuesday, Oct 8, 6-9 p.m. Holy Family Retreat Center, West
Hartford; What's in Your Bag? Tools for the Trade: An Evening Workshop for
Parish Catechists, with Liza Peters and Janine Cote. Please join us for an
evening of energetic conversation and learning as we share some tools for the
trade in religious education. If you are a sacramental preparation catechist or
CCD/Religious Education program catechist, this program is for you. We will
share our best practices with each other and also share some of the tribulations
we have experienced over the years. We will additionally provide you with some
resources to reinvigorate your lessons. Program includes dinner, presentation,
and discussion. $40.860-760-9712. www.holyfamilyretreat.org
Holy
Family Retreat Center, The Journey from a Sacrificial to a Sacramental
Relationship with God
Wednesday, Oct 16, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 6-9
p.m. Holy Family Retreat Center, West Hartford; Day or Evening of
Reflection: With What Shall I Come Before the Lord? The Journey from a
Sacrificial to a Sacramental Relationship with God, with Bill Walsh. We will
talk about the meaning of the Temple system, and how Jesus was moving humanity
away from a sacrificial way of life towards a sacramental relationship with God.
We will look at ways in which we still struggle with the sacrificial way of life
today, and what it means to be in a sacramental relationship with God. $40,
includes lunch or dinner. 860-760-9705. www.holyfamilyretreat.org
Holy
Family Retreat Center, Youth Sunday Retreat
Sunday, Oct 20, 2-6 p.m. Holy Family Retreat Center, West
Hartford; Youth SundayRetreat. Confirmation
classes and other high school youth are invited to experience the tranquility of
this holy place through a variety of experiences. The theme for the Sundayevening retreats incorporates Holy Family's
retreat theme for the season. Included are a catechetical component, prayer
experience, cooperation activity, a beautiful Reconciliation service with the
help of Holy Family's very talented musicians, and a delicious dinner provided
by executive chef Joe Ethier. $40. 860-760-9712. www.holyfamilyretreat.org
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UPDATE!
Additional events outside Connecticut...
His Excellency, Don Teodoro de Faria
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UPDATE!
Additional events outside Connecticut...
Blessed Karl of Austria
Events in the Northeast -- October 2013
All Masses are
Traditional Latin Masses unless otherwise indicated.
Thursday, 17 October,
5:30 PM
Pontifical Mass &
Conference, Mary Immaculate of Lourdes
Church,
Newton,
MA
Friday, 18 October, 6:30
PM
Pontifical Mass, Holy Name of Jesus
Church,
Providence,
RI
Saturday, 19 October,
11:00 AM
Pontifical Mass, Holy Name of Jesus
Church,
Providence,
RI
Sunday, 20 October, 2:00
PM
Pontifical Mass, Dinner & Conference,
St. Titus Church,
Aliquippa,
PA
Monday, 21 October, 7:30
PM
(Feast Day of Blessed Karl of Austria)
Pontifical Mass &
Reception, St. Mary Mother of God
Church,
Washington,
DC
Tuesday, 22 October,
6:00 PM
Mass, Reception &
Conference, John Paul II Shrine,
Washington,
DC
Wednesday, 23 October,
7:00 PM
Pontifical Mass &
Conference, Mater Ecclesiae
Church,
Berlin,
NJ
Friday, 25 October, 8:00
AM
Pontifical Mass, Carmel of Jesus,
Mary, and Joseph,
Elysburg,
PA
Saturday, 26 October,
5:30 PM
Novus
Ordo
(in Portuguese), Our Lady of
Fatima Church,
Elizabeth,
NJ
Sunday, 27 October,
11:00 AM
Pontifical Mass &
Conference, St. Anthony of Padua
Oratory,
West Orange,
NJ
Monday, 28 October, 6:00
PM
Pontifical Mass &
Conference, Church of the
Holy Innocents,
Manhattan,
NY
Celebrant of Pontifical
Masses:
His Excellency, Don
Teodoro de Faria
Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Madeira Islands, Portugal
Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Madeira Islands, Portugal
Conference
Speaker:
Ricardo Dumont dos
Santos
Portugal Delegate of the
Emperor Karl League of
Prayers
These Masses and
conferences were arranged and coordinated by the following Traditional
Knights of Columbus councils:
Regina Coeli Council
423, Manhattan, NY
Potomac Council 433,
Washington, DC
Woodlawn Council 2161,
Aliquippa, PA
Agnus Dei Council 12361,
Manhattan, NY
Mater Ecclesiae Council
12833, Berlin, NJ
Grateful acknowledgement
to Syversen Touring for arranging air
travel.
Additional support
provided by:
The Paulus Institute for the
Propagation of Sacred Liturgy
The Pittsburgh Latin Mass Community, Inc.
(PLMC)
For additional
information on Bl. Karl, please visit
the Emperor Karl League of Prayers website.
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Background info on
speakers:
His Excellency, Don Teodoro de Faria
Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, author of a new
book about Blessed Karl. As Bishop of the diocese in which Blessed Karl died in
1922, Bishop de Faria has long been active in his cause for sainthood, and it
was he who formally presented to the Holy Father the petition to beatify Emperor
Karl at the beatification ceremony in Saint Peter’s Square on 3 October 2004. A
native of Madeira, Bishop de Faria was ordained in 1956 at the age of 26,
consecrated bishop of Funchal in 1982, and since his retirement in 2007, has
been working on his book about Blessed Karl, which he will discuss during his
remarks.
Ricardo Dumont dos
Santos
Portugal Delegate of the Emperor Karl League of Prayers. Mr. Dumont
dos Santos is the honorary consul of the Federal Republic of Germany on the
Portuguese island of Madeira. His family's connection to Blessed Karl
encompasses three generations. His father, Dr. Alfredo Dumont Machado dos
Santos, was leader of the Emperor Karl Prayer League in Portugal until his death
in 1989. His paternal grandfather was one of the doctors called for
consultation during the final illness of Emperor Karl, and it was he who signed
his death certificate.
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In Christ,
Julie @ Connecticut Catholic Corner
In Christ,
Julie @ Connecticut Catholic Corner
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