Masses Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:00 am Daily Mass: Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am Friday: 11:00 am. Holy Days: See Bulletin for schedule Sacrament of Reconciliation Monday-Thursday: 8:30 am Fridays: 11:30 a.m. Saturday: 3:00 - 4:45 PM or anytime upon request. Centers of Mercy-St Catherine’s, Trumbull on Tuesday from 7-8:30 pm & St Theresa, Trumbull on Thursday, 7-8:30pm

Sacrament of Baptism: All are requested to call the Parish Office. Parish Membership: Welcome! Please introduce yourself to the parish staff and stop by the Parish Office and register. Sacrament of Marriage: Arrangements are to be made 8 months in advance. Please call the office for infor-mation and to meet with the Pastor and begin Marriage Preparation classes. Hospital and Home Visitations: Please notify the parish of family illness.

Godparent and Confirmation Sponsor Requests: Any parishioner of Christ the King who wishes to act as a Godparent for the Sacrament of Baptism or as a Sponsor for the Sacrament of Confirmation must be registered with Christ the King Parish, be at least 16 years of age, have received all three sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Holy Communion, and Confirmation) If Married, married according to Catholic teaching in the Church, and regularly attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days. Please contact the parish office at 203-268-8695 for more information, or to request a sponsor form.

Adoration–Every Monday from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. We will pray the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Come, Pray the Rosary every morning 7:30 a.m. before 8am Mass Rosary– Tuesday evenings, at 7:00pm Prayer Line – Mary Ann DeFusco, 261-4378 or Barbara Sliva at 268-6108. Knights of Columbus, Council 2961 meets on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 7:30pm in the Christ the King Parish Hall. If you are interested in joining, please email knights2961@gmail.com.

Christ the King Catholic Church

4700 Madison Avenue, Trumbull CT 06611 Parish Office: 268-8695

Faith Formation Office: 261-2583 Fax: 268-9265

www.christthekingtrumbull.org Email: ctkparish@aol.com

JANUARY 12, 2020

BAPTISM OF THE LORD Parish Staff Fr. Walsh, Pastor,

Don Brunetto, Deacon Fr. Marcel Saint Jean, In Residence

Mary Ann DeFusco, Trustee Carlos Perez, Trustee

Anthony & Tina Mancini, Co-Youth Ministers Eileen Wilkins, Faith Formation Director,

Noreen Douglas, Asst. Faith Formation Director Rebecca Barko, Director of Music

Lorraine Elmo, Assistant Director of Music Joseph Peddle-Finance Chairperson

The Vision of Innocence -Fr Terry Walsh

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches Christian Perfection in the Beatitudes. He says, “Blessed are the pure of heart, they shall see God.” Consider, too, the prophecy of Isaiah: “…and a child shall lead them.” Clearly, God is trying to tell us something deeply profound and at the same time quite simple. When we seek the Truth with a pure heart we will see it through the eyes of innocence. Luke reports, “Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, ‘I thank thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes’…”(Lk 10:21). Remember, too, the martyrdom of St. Stephen in the Acts of the Apostles. While he was being stoned to death for his faith in Jesus Christ, we hear: “Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.” In his innocence, he was given the grace of seeing God. Others likewise have seen extraordinary visions: Isaiah, Ezekiel, and John the Evangelist to name a few from the Scriptures. Consider the Mass. All the Angels and Saints are there. Jesus Christ is there. He offers Himself to the Father and gives Himself to us in Holy Eucharist. We don’t “see” Him, or the angels and saints, but they are there. We “see” them through the eyes of faith. In other words, we believe they are there. It is a truth of our faith. (Some indeed have seen with their natural eyes the supernatural vision - St. Padre Pio, St. Faustina, and others!) In like manner, there are moral truths that we are likewise required to believe. But we can only see them clearly if we keep our spiritual eyes sharply focused on Christ – Prayer, Sacraments, fidelity to the Gospel. When we begin to walk the worldly path, we quickly find ourselves in the maze of worldly wisdom, which is not true wisdom at all. Reading the newspapers or listening to the various news services, one might be left feeling a little dazed and confused. After all, the headlines seem to be filled with such bitterness and rancor these days. Could it be that we live in a divided house? Have we lost our innocence? Have we abandoned our pursuit of the truth in favor of the wisdom of men and the worldly ideal of so-called “achievement” even when that achievement comes at the expense of the moral law and contradicts our faith? Contraception, Abortion, Euthanasia and the list goes on. These “achievements” are touted by their advocates as “advances” in science and of great benefit to humanity and yet every one of them opposes God’s law. Is it the Tower of Babel? Have we lost sight of our true purpose – to love God through our obedience? Simply put, the deeper one walks into the maze of moral error, the more dazed and confused one will naturally become. Jesus warns us about the danger of duplicity: “…this people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me…”(Mt 15:8). God is patient. He sees. He waits. He longs for the sinner to see the error of his ways and to repent and seek reconciliation and so be healed and begin to walk in the light once again; to find his way out of the maze of utter shame and destruc-tion – the spiritual death of the soul. Our Lord patiently waits. He offers grace. He offers healing – because He loves us. God doesn’t force anyone to walk in the Truth. But for all who seek the Truth, He will reveal Himself so that we might see clearly and distinctly how we have violated the truth and offended Him and so seek reconciliation. Only then can we say mea culpa, mea culpa. Only then can our hearts be purified so that we may see God with the Vision of Innocence. We are mere stewards of the gifts God has created – including our bodies. We have freedom to do what we will with these gifts, but we would be fools to think that our choices are without consequence. Through the virtue of humility, we may be healed and regain the child-like innocence necessary for salvation. Recall the compelling words our Lord utters in the Gospel: “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven” (Mt 18:2). St. Paul reminds us: “…if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.”

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BAPTISM OF THE LORDBAPTISM OF THE LORDBAPTISM OF THE LORDBAPTISM OF THE LORD

Mon. 1/13 8am +RALPH CAPASSO

Marian & Jerry McCarthy

Tue. 1/14 8am +SHIRLANE FERRANTE

Joanne & Mark Ryan

Wed. 1/15 8am +RALPH CAPASSO

M/M Angelo Magliocco Sr.

Thrs. 1/16 8am +JULIA AND ROBERT SILK Pat & Bob Silk

Fri 1/17 11am +LOUISE STANKIEWICZ AND

MARIE BALDINO Pat & Pat Pagliarulo

Sat. 1/18 5pm +WILLIAM DEFUSCO

Family Sun. 1/19 8am PARISHIONERS OF CHRIST THE KING

9:30am +MARIA GREGORICH

Pia Barrella & Family

11am +RICHARD LAMY

Dayan & Chris Haddad

Please Pray For The SickPlease Pray For The SickPlease Pray For The SickPlease Pray For The Sick Let us remember in our prayers the sick of our Let us remember in our prayers the sick of our Let us remember in our prayers the sick of our Let us remember in our prayers the sick of our

Parish especially:Parish especially:Parish especially:Parish especially: Jim Reilly, Nancy, Msgr. DiGiovanni, Sr. Maria, Leslie Hume, Lisa, Estelle Murray, Chris Ghitsa, Joan Ferrante, Megan Bobroske, Marco LaCroix, Mary O’Connor, Janet Plonka, Nick, Don Watt, John Carmolingo, Sean, Patricia Bullett, Necita Belfort, Marlene, Ralph, Josephine LoPresti, Louise, Deacon Don, Raymond Michele, J oseph Janusaitis, Scott, Robert, Emil, Ann, Mike, Dawn , Kathryn, Todd Burr Leah Sharibu, Msgr. Tom Powers, Clara Brenneman, Nicole & Colton, John Bowlin ,Mary Battaglia, Robert Blozzon, Danny Ward, Marcelle Saint Jean, Joanne Galante, Gary, Dave

PPPPlease Pray For The Recently Departedlease Pray For The Recently Departedlease Pray For The Recently Departedlease Pray For The Recently Departed

Rosina Verrelli Mizzoni James Martin Steidlmayer,

Doris Neto, Michael E. Balestrieri, Salomey Thomas, Michael Valluzzo, Jr. ,

Ruth Justo, Lucille Becker, Ralph A. Cipriani, Kathryn L. Butler

Linda Sliva, Jodianne Castelli Alessandra Faiella, Carole A. Czernota

Cono Babbino

ADORATION

“There is no greater love given to Catholics than Christ present in the Eucharist.” St. Pope John Paul II

Come and adore Jesus, here at

Christ the King on Mondays from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. We will pray the

Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet . Please join us.

“Come to me all you who are weary

and find life burdensome and I will give you rest.”

COME JOIN US IN PRAYING THE ROSARY

Please join us in praying the Rosary every morning at 7:30 am before the 8am Mass, and on Mondays at 7:00 pm before Adoration, in the Church. Praying the Rosary is a Family Prayer and we encourage families to come and bring their children, and for all parishioners to pray the Rosary for our families and seek the blessings of Our Mother Mary on both themselves and our parish. A guide to praying the Rosary pamphlets are available in the Church entrances.

The Tuesday night Rosary Group

will not meet for the month of January and February. They will

resume in March.

March for Life Mass-Please join Bishop Caggiano as he celebrates a Vigil Mass for the March for Life on Thursday, January 23 at 6:30pm at St Augustine Cathedral, 399 Washington Avenue in Bridgeport.

Bus Pilgrimage: The Respect Life Ministry of the Diocese of Bridgeport is sponsoring a bus to the annual March for Life in Friday, January 24, 2020. The bus will pick up passengers at three different locations in the Diocese: 5:00am, Depart from St Augustine Cathedral, Bridgeport; 5:30am pick up passengers at St Thomas the Apostle, Norwalk; 6:00am pick up passengers at St. John the Evangelist in Stamford. Arrive Washington DC 11:30am for Rally and March for Life. Bus departs for Connecticut at 4:00pm. The cost is $75.00 per person. You may bring your own food/drink on the bus, and the bus stops once en route to Washington. For more information, email officeofffaithformation@diobpt.org, or call 203-416-1670. (St Theresa Parish in Trumbull is also sponsoring a bus to the March for Life on January 24; the bus departs from St Theresa church at 4:30am. If you are interested and would ike to join their bus, please go to : https://rally.co/march-for-life-st-theresa-trumbull

A DAY WITH MARY-A Free Marian Eucharistic Day Retreat with the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. St Jude Parish, 707 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe CT. Saturday, January 18, 2020 8:45am –3:00 pm Retreat is-Free bring a bag lunch. (Snow Date Saturday, January 25, 2020) Come and bring your friends , pick up a flyer in the Church entrances for more information.

BASKETBALL FREE THROW CHAMPIONSHIP

Boys and girls age 9-14yrs- Saturday, February 1, 2020. Stop in to shoot between 3:00 and 4:45pm —At INSPORTS, 29 Trefoil Drive, Trumbull, no need to pre-register, pick up a flyer located in all Church entrances, sponsored by The Knights of Columbus #2961.

HOSPITALITY/PANCAKE BREAKFAST UPCOMING DATES

Please join us after all Sunday Masses for coffee, refreshments and Pan-

cakes on the dates listed below!

January 12...Pancake Breakfast… January 19th...Coffee and… January 26th...Coffee and...

To volunteer and/or sign up to

donate baked items, go to

OFFERTORY TOTALS December 28-29, 2019

2019 2018 Sunday Offertory $5,657.00 $8,926.00 Online Giving $991.00 $941.00

January 1, 2020 January 4-5, 2020 2020 2019 Solemnity of Mary $1,882.00 $2,227.00 Sunday Offertory $7,892.00 $6,346.00 Online Giving $1,623.00 $1,320.00

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHTFAMILY MOVIE NIGHTFAMILY MOVIE NIGHTFAMILY MOVIE NIGHT

Thank you to all our families that participated in the Family Movie Night on Saturday, December 21st. We enjoy popcorn, pizza, dessert, and the movie

“The Star.” A big thank you to Aimee Wu and her family for coordinating the event!

Faith Formation Eileen Wilkins, Faith Formation Director ctkfaithformation@att.net 203-261-2583

JANUARY UPDATES

No Faith Formation Classes over Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend

Sunday, January, 19th, Monday, January 20th, and Tuesday, January 21st

Confirmation ScheduleConfirmation ScheduleConfirmation ScheduleConfirmation Schedule

Family Faith Night Sunday, January 26th from 6:30pm to 8:30 pm

Student and at least one parent Parish Hall

Dinner will be provided

Please bring signed/stamped bulletins

Please bring the following items to the Faith Night if you haven’t already submitted them to the Office.

Sponsor’s Name

Sponsor Certificate

Confirmation Name

Second GradeSecond GradeSecond GradeSecond Grade

First Reconciliation ScheduleFirst Reconciliation ScheduleFirst Reconciliation ScheduleFirst Reconciliation Schedule

Rehearsal

Friday, March 6th 4:30pm to 5:30pm

First Reconciliation

Saturday, March 7th

10am

Snow Date

Saturday, March 14th

10am

More information will be sent More information will be sent More information will be sent More information will be sent to Second Grade Families to Second Grade Families to Second Grade Families to Second Grade Families

Inclement Weather We follow the Trumbull Public Weather School Cancellation Policy. All cancellations

are posted on our website in a RED banner at the top of the page www.christthekingtrumbull.org. Also, weather cancellations are announced of

Channel 3 (WFSB).