RECTORY: 81 Center Road

387-7119

Fax: 387-4281

Website: www.assumptionchurch.com

PASTOR: Reverend Gene E. Gianelli

PAROCHIAL VICAR: Reverend Joseph A. Sidera, C.S.C.,

VISITING PRIEST:

PERMANENT DEACON: Mr. John “Jack” Mordecai

PERMANENT DEACON EMERITUS: Mr. John Conte

PARISH SECRETARY Mrs. Denise Herbert 387-7119

DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS MUSIC: Dr. Keith Smolinski 389-1712

DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN’S CHOIR: Dr. Keith Smolinski 389-1712

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE:

389-9863

Center Rd. Classrooms 397-5250

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SECRETARY: Mrs. Nancy Monelli

PARISH TRUSTEES: Mrs. Joyce Thomson

Mrs. Karen Cusick

PASTORAL COUNCIL PRESIDENT: Mr. Carlos Alvarez

FINANCE COUNCIL CONVENER: Mr. Bruce Marien

CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION Woodbridge/Bethany

Weekend Liturgy Mother Church (Litchfield Tpke./Rte. 69) Sunday, 8:00 AM Saturday, 8:30AM Center Road Church (75 Center Road) Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM Sunday: 9:30 AM, 11:30 AM Reconciliation: Saturday 9:00AM

Celebration of Sacrament of Baptism: First & Third Sunday of the Month 12:30 PM

Priesthood: Office of Vocations

www.vocationshartford.org

OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION WOODBRIDGE, CT

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 (St. Clare, Virgin)

5:00 PM VINCENT BROZEK &

KATHERINE BROZEK (Family)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 (Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary

Time) 8:00 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 9:30 AM FOR THOSE BURIED FROM O.L.O.A.

AUGUST 15, 2017-AUGUST 15, 2018 11:30 AM DOLORES CARPENTIER (Family) MONDAY, AUGUST 13 (Sts. Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus,

Priest, Martyrs ) 9:00 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 (St. Sixtus II, Pope, and Compan-

ions, Martyrs; St. Cajetan, Priest) 9:00 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 (Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (holy day of obligation) 9:00 AM ELISA & DANTE GAUDIO (Jack & Clem) NOON PEOPLE OF THE PARISH

6:00PM FOR BENEFACTORS OF THE PARISH

THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 (St. Stephen of Hungary ) 9:00 AM NO MASS

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 9:00 AM EMELIE ARKINDOLIE (Ionie & Jude Fagan) SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 8:30 AM DAVID CARRINGTON 22ND ANNIVERSARY

(Mother, Joan) 5:00 PM PHILIP & MARIE CICCARELLI

(Anne Ciccarelli McNeil) SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 (Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

8:00 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 9:30 AM ARTIE MARIEN (Bruce & Cindy Marien) 11:30 AM FRANK & THERESA PERROTTI (Carol Perrotti)

Prayers are asked for the sick of the parish: Joe Moore, Carolyn Hosey, Cynthia Schultz, Joey Moore, Dan DiElsi,

Ron Wyda, Angelo Sordilli, John Torre, Susan Hecht, Elaine Sellings, Barbara Ciepack-Migani, Hugo Kranz, Robert Scussel, Ray Martino, Anthony DeLaurentis, John Reilly, Ed Rish, George Conroy, Marie Hartung, Valeria Asprelli, Allene Kelly, Dottie Malerba, Raymond Gabrielle, Jill Ellis, Cornelious Smith, Anthony Panico, Kevin Healy, Shirley Varmette, Chris Rish, Mary Pavlinko, Jesse Critelli, David Massey, Rocco Campanelli, Lori Cleveland, Lori Warner, Robert Williams Jr., Danny Pagliaro, Mary Lyons, Wayne Teto, John O’Connell, Mary Tencza, Carole DaVia, Sandy Stone, Helen Havens, Linda Candella, Nicholas Philip Laudano, Kristin Marie D’Amico, John Mahor Sr., Sharon Mallico, Rebecca Rodriguez, Joe Carrano, Victor DeCarlo, Brett Bunnell, Suzette Bunnell, David Luciani, Margaret DeCarlo, Ruth Breslin, Theresa DeLucia, Patricia Hunt, Mary Ellen Martino, Brian Kelley, Ralph Monaco, Rosemary Festa, Pat DeLuca. All are asked to pray for this faith community that we might with enthusiasm and goodness “grow from strength to strength.”

Sanctuary Lamps. . . .

FOR THE GREATER GLORY AND

HONOR OF GOD THE SANCTUARY

LAMP AT THE CENTER ROAD CHURCH

burns this week In Memory of People of the

Parish requested by Family.

FOR THE GREATER GLORY AND HONOR

OF GOD THE SANCTUARY LAMP AT THE

MOTHER CHURCH burns this week In Memory of David

Carrington 22nd Anniversary requested by Mom, Joan.

Parishioners may request Masses for 2018 and 2019. We recommend parishioners call during the week to reserve the Masses they wish and contact Denise in the rectory 387-7119. Masses are on a first come first serve basis.

The offering for the weekday Mass is $20.00 weekend Mass is $25.00 and the sanctuary candle offering is $10.00 �

Please support those who make this bulletin possible! Whenever possible we ask parishioners to patronize the advertisers who appear on the back page of our bulletin. Please tell the place of business where you saw their advertisement. We are grateful to those who utilize the parish bulletin by placing an ad with us.

Readings for the Week of August 12, 2018

Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:4-8/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [9a]/Eph 4:30--

5:2/Jn 6:41-51

Monday: Ez 1:2-5, 24-28c/Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14/Mt 17:22-

27

Tuesday: Ez 2:8--3:4/Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131 [103a]/Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14

Wednesday: Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2/Ps 132:6-7, 9-

10, 13-14 [8]/1 Cor 15:54b-57/Lk 11:27-28

Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Ps 45:10, 11, 12, 16 [10bc]/1 Cor 15:20-27/Lk 1:39-56

Thursday: Ez 12:1-12/Ps 78:56-57, 58-59, 61-62 [cf. 7b]/Mt 18:21--19:1

Friday: Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63/Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 [1c]/Mt 19:3-12

Saturday: Ez 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32/Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19 [12a]/Mt 19:13-15

Next Sunday: Prv 9:1-6/Ps 34:2-3, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 [9a]/Eph 5:15-20/Jn 6:51-58

THE ASSUMPTION OF

THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Wednesday, August 15 is a Holy Day of Obligation.

Masses will be held at the:

9:00AM-Mother Church

Noon and 6:00PM-Center Road Church It is Back to School Time

The Ladies Guild is once again collecting school supplies for their annual Back to School Drive to benefit St. Aedan-St. Brendan Catholic School and St. Francis & St. Rose School in New Haven. Please support our efforts by donating notebooks, pens, pencils, crayons, glue sticks, folders, composition notebooks, lined paper , backpacks and the like. Items can be left in the collection box in the Church vestibule or checks payable to OLOA Ladies Guild can be left in the Rectory office or mailed to Diane Ritucci, 28 Fox Den Way, Woodbridge. Deadline for donations is Sunday, August 26, 2018. For further information call 203-387

-7428

Saturday’s 9:00AM at the Center Road Church. The opportunity for “confession/reconciliation” should be a primary objective of every follower of JESUS. All are urged to celebrate this sacrament.

Notice Email address when contacting the rectory and the Parish Secretary, Mrs. Denise Herbert.

denise.assumptionchurch@gmail.com

CALENDAR ACTIVITIES FOR 2018-2019

All Chair people, ministries, organization or sponsored activities must submit their date of their events which will utilize the Parish Center Church or the Gonzalo Docal Conference Room by August

21, 2018. This will avoid conflicts.

The Archdiocese of Hartford welcomes inquiries

from young men seeking to serve the Church as

priests. We also would like to help direct those men

and women in discerning a vocation in the

consecrated life as a religious sister, brother or deacon. To talk about a priestly or religious vocation, Call Vocations, Archdiocesan Center at St. Thomas Seminary, Tel. 860-761-7456, e-mail vocations@stseminary.org or visit the web at

www.vocationshartford.org

NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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We welcome to God’s family through the Sacrament of Baptism TARA LEIGHTON REHM, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Justin Rehm. We rejoice with her parents and offer our prayers of support as they begin the awesome task

of raising their child in the Catholic faith.

The expectant parents who wish to have their child baptized are asked to call the rectory at 387-7119 to prepare properly for this joyous celebration. Attendance at the pre-baptismal program conducted by the parish staff is required. The Archdiocese of Hartford mandates this

program prior to baptism. Baptisms are held on the first and third Sundays of each month. Please call Denise at the rectory to register.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SUMMER HOURS

The Religious Education Summer hours are: Monday ~ Wednesday from 10:00 – 3:00pm.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION

Registration for 2018-2019 are now being taken. The earlier registrations are made the better to ensure we have sufficient catechists to cover all classes. Children entering Grade one in the fall need to be registered as well as children who will be new to the program in Grades Two through Ten. If children were not Baptized at Our Lady of the Assumption their Baptismal Certificates must be presented at the

time of registration.

Have you ever wondered what it would take to become a Catholic? Do you feel drawn toward membership in the Catholic Church ?

Have you secretly wished that someone would invite you to look into becoming or to become a Catholic?

That invitation is being extended to you now by Father Gene. You are cordially invited for coffee and pastry, in the rectory after 9:30AM Mass sometime in September to be announced. At this time you will be able to ask questions about the R.C.I.A. process about membership in the Roman Catholic Church, what Catholics believe and do and why?

At this time you will have the opportunity to meet the R.C.I.A. team. We also invite my Adult Catholics in need of receiving the sacraments of First Eucharist and Confirmation. If you think that God might be calling you to full membership in the Roman Catholic Church, please do join us.

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AUGUST 12 2018

Let us remember in prayers our relatives and friends

who are presently serving on active duty in our

armed forces:

Captain Alexander Carpenter (Army), 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin Steven Santandreu (Army), SEA BEE

Nicholas Listro, (Navy) Lieutenant John Philip Morrissey

(Army) Lieutenant Matthew Hansen, Major Daniel Morrissey, (Air Force) Lieutenant Colonel Seth Krummrich (Army), Captain Samuel Hurchala, Lieutenant Sean Leary, Kevin Murphy, Danny Murphy, Pfc. J. Adams, Jonathan Sanchez, Major Alice

Mary (Army), Major Eric Trivette,(Army) Captain Meara O’

Hara, (Army) Brendan Tyma, Zachary Simpson, Douglas G.

Traumer, Jon Farwell, Sergeant Brian Streit, Ryan Rausch

and Mary O’Connell.

Parishioners are invited to add the names of any armed forces personnel on active duty. To include a name on this list call Den-

ise, Parish Secretary in the rectory at 387-7119.

Seeking Crafter & Vendors

Our Lady of Assumption Ladies Guild is currently looking for unique crafters and

creative vendors to join The Annual Christmas Bazaar and Craft Fair.

Saturday November 10, 2018 ∼ 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Our Lady of the Assumption Church 81, Center Road. Applications: mrslindareilly@gmail.com or Linda at 203-

387-1051. $60.00 for a 6-foot table space and $90.00 for 12 feet of display area. Proceeds benefit the Youth Service Awards, Church Food Pantry & other ministry projects.

FROM THE NURSES CORNER

August is National Immunization Awareness Month

Immunizations help prevent dangerous and sometimes deadly diseases. Vaccines are for all of us- from babies to older adults. Check with your doctor to ensure you and your family members are up to date. If you have any questions or are unsure of what immunizations you may need, feel free to contact us at oloaparishnurses@gmail.com

Barbara and Debby

ST. MARY’S HIGH SCHOOL

ALL CLASS REUNION BARBECUE! MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 5-8pm

AMARANTE’S SEA CLIFF RESTAURANT

$40 plus cash bar . ��Please send your class year, maiden name, and contact info along with a $40 check payable to “SMHS 2015” Ad-dress: SMHS 2015, 90 Taylor Ave., East Haven, CT 06512 ** No Re-funds**

Net raffle proceeds will benefit the scholarship fund for graduates of New Haven Academy, the public high school now in the former SMHS building. 203-469-5330

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