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Friday, June 20, 2014

Catholic Events in Connecticut

Dear Friends,

Honor Jesus truly present in the Blessed Sacrament with a special procession in His honor. Some Corpus Christi processions in your area this coming Sunday, June 22:

St. Rita Church, 1620 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, will hold a traditional outdoor Corpus Christi procession on Sunday June 22 immediately following the 11:30 a.m. Mass (approx. 12:30 p.m.). The procession of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament will leave from the upper church and make its way around the block. Benediction will take place in the parish's daily Mass chapel (downstairs). A light reception will follow in the church hall. All are welcome. 

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St. Mary's Church of the Visitation, 54 Grove St, Clinton CT will hold a Eucharistic procession following the 11:30 Mass, Sunday June 22nd, 2014.

A Festival of Faith begins in the Main Church at the closing of Mass.
For More Information call St. Mary's at 860-669-8512

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The Torrington Cluster of Roman Catholic Parishes will have a Eucharistic Procession on Sunday, June 22nd, beginning at 2:30pm at St. Peter Church, 107 East Main St., Torrington. The procession will travel from St. Peter to St. Francis Church 160 Main St., continue to Sacred Heart Church at 116 Grove St., and end at St. Mary Church, 85 Pulaski St.
Rain location is St. Peter Church for a Holy Hour. All are welcome.

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The Waterbury Deanery will sponsor the Annual Corpus Christi Procession on Sunday, June 22. The Celebration will begin in the Basilica of the Immaculate (74 W. Main St, Waterbury) at 2:00 P.M. The Outdoor Procession will start at 2:30 P.M. and proceed to Our Lady of Lourdes for the second station and then to the Shrine of Saint Anne for the final station. Refreshments will be served in the hall following the devotions in the Church. Please plan to attend!

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Following the 10am Mass at Saint Mary’s Church, 5 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, there will be a Eucharistic procession on the street around the parish church.

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The Eucharistic procession will begin at 3:00pm at Sacred Heart Church49 Winthrop Street Hartford, walking on Main Street to Saint Peter Church160 Main Street Hartford. With
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Eucharistic Procession Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at various points.
For more information please contact Saint Peter Church at 860 924-4044

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The annual Corpus Christi Procession will take place in Wallingford on Sunday, June 22, 2014, beginning at 2:30 P.M., at Saints Peter & Paul Church, 139 North Orchard Street.  The opening ceremony will begin promptly at 2:30 P.M.  The procession will proceed down North Orchard Street to Church Street and then to Most Holy Trinity Church.  There will be three stations at which the procession will stop on North Orchard Street and Church Street for prayer, a reading from the Holy Gospel and the blessing of the Blessed Sacrament.   The closing ceremony will take place in Most Holy Trinity Church, 68 North Colony Street, with prayer, readings and concluding with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.  A reception will follow in the church hall.  Everyone is cordially invited to participate in this beautiful ceremony marking our reverence and faith in the Most Blessed Sacrament.

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Beginning with High Mass (the Traditional Latin Mass) in the Presence of the Most Blessed Sacrament for the feast of the Corpus Christi, at St Stanislaus Church (State and Eld Streets, New Haven) at 2pm Mass —a Eucharistic procession and Benediction follow.

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St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Solemn Mass (Traditional Latin Mass), 9:30 am.  Outdoor Eucharistic Procession around the neighborhood and Benediction follow the Mass.  Festive coffee hour follows in Msgr. Haius Hall.


Saint John Paul said in Ecclesia de Eucharistia: “In many places, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is also an important daily practice and becomes an inexhaustible source of holiness. The devout participation of the faithful in the Eucharistic procession on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ is a grace from the Lord which yearly brings joy to those who take part in it.”

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You may be interested in attending a talk to be given by Dom Alcuin Reid, monk of the Monastère Saint Benoit in the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon in France. Dom Alcuin is the author of The Organic Development of the Liturgy, for which Pope Benedict XVI wrote the preface.  Dom Alcuin will speak about his new book, Sacred Liturgy, and "The Elements and Future of the Liturgical Movement." He will speak on Friday 20 June at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Church on West Avenue in Norwalk, CT. 


His second talk will be on Sunday 22 June after Vespers (2:30 p.m.) at the Church of the Holy Innocents on West 37th Street, between Broadway and 7th Avenue.  This is a marvelous opportunity to hear and meet this eminent liturgical scholar and supporter of the Traditional Roman Mass.

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Beginning TOMORROW

The Fortnight for Freedom: Freedom to Serve will take place from June 21 to July 4, 2014, a time when our liturgical calendar celebrates a series of great martyrs who remained faithful in the face of persecution by political power—St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, St. John the Baptist, SS. Peter and Paul, and the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome.

The theme of this year's Fortnight will focus on the freedom to serve the poor and vulnerable in accord with human dignity and the Church's teaching.


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Men’s Breakfast: 
Food, Faith & Fellowship
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
7:30-9:00 AM
Paisano’s Restaurant 
538 Meriden Road Waterbury, CT 06705
(Dutch Treat)
Lead by: Father Simon Devereux, LC

Guest Speaker:
Dr. Gary Tennyson
Dr. Gary Tennyson is a pathologist in Shelton, Connecticut. He received his medical degree from Stony Brook University School of Medicine and has been in practice for 29 years.

RSVP

John Donato, Jr.



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1 comment:

  1. Thanks for posting this! I was just googling if there were any processions in CT this Sunday and I found your site.

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