Saint James Church and Assumption Church 896 Main Street, Manchester, Connecticut 06040

Website: www.stjamesmanchester.org (860) 643-4129

July 28, 2019

MASS SCHEDULE Vigil: Saturday 4:00pm @ Saint James, 5:00pm @ Assumption

Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am & 11:00am @ Saint James Sunday: 10:00am @ Assumption

Monday: 12:05pm, Tuesday - Friday 8:00am @ Assumption Church Saturday 8:00 am @ Saint James Church

CLERGY Father Kevin P. Cavanaugh, Pastor

Father Janusz Kukulka Deacon Alan A. Germain

Deacon Lee LaRocque Seminarian: Jeremy Belk

PARISH SECRETARY Carole Scialla (860) 643-4129

secretary@stjamesmanchester.org

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRIES James J. Bagni

jamesjbagni@yahoo.com (860) 231-2316

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION & CONFIRMATION PROGRAMS

(860) 643-4129 Macy Jordan, Coordinator

SAINT JAMES SCHOOL PRE-KINDERGARTEN - 8TH GRADE

73 Park Street, Manchester (860) 643-5088

www.saintjamesschool.net Mrs. Bridget Zorger, Principal

SJS FOUNDATION www.stjamesschoolfoundation.com PO Box 254, Manchester, CT 06040

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY (860) 643-8445

Please consider remembering Saint James Parish or Saint James School in your will.

Saint James Parish — Manchester

Please make ALL checks payable to Saint James Parish.

The weekly collection last Sunday totaled $10,767.50

The second collection last Sunday in support of the Mission Appeal totaled $5,491.00

Saint James Parish offers Online Giving. Visit: www.stjamesmanchester.org, or call our

Business Manager, Marisa Howard, at 860-643-4129.

The second quarter Online Giving totaled $22,131.00

Key: AC - Assumption Church / SJC - St. James Church

burns this week for the greater honor

and glory of God and for

A Special Intention

Readings for the week of July 28, 2019

Sunday: Gn 18:20-32/Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8 [3a]/ Col 2:12-14/Lk 11:1-13 Monday: Ex 32:15-24, 30-34/Ps 106:19-20, 21-22, 23 [1a]/Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42 Tuesday: Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28/Ps 103:6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13 [8a]/Mt 13:36-43 Wednesday: Ex 34:29-35/Ps 99:5, 6, 7, 9 [cf. 9c]/ Mt 13:44-46 Thursday: Ex 40:16-21, 34-38/Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6a and 8a, 11 [2]/Mt 13:47-53 Friday: Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37/Ps 81:3-4, 5- 6, 10-11ab [2a]/Mt 13:54-58 Saturday: Lv 25:1, 8-17/Ps 67:2-3, 5, 7-8 [4]/Mt 14:1-12

Saturday, July 27 VIGIL MASS—SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SJC 4:00 PM John Novack by K of C Council 1155 AC 5:00 PM Darrell Begin (10th) by his mother

Sunday, July 28 SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARYTIME SJC 7:30 AM William “Bill” Maltzan by Norm & Carol Daignault SJC 9:00 AM Sheila Foley by the Foley family

AC 10:00 AM John H. MacDonald by his loving wife, Teresa and family SJC 11:00 AM Vincent Navarro by Angie D’Amato

ALL WEEKDAY MASSES WILL BE HELD AT ASSUMPTION CHURCH DURING REROOFING.

Monday, July 29—St. Martha AC 12:05 PM Fran & Albert Otten by M/M Charles Crocini

Tuesday, July 30—St Peter Chrysologus, Bishop AC 8:00 AM Thanksgiving to St. Anthony by Rani Gomes

Wednesday, July 31— St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest AC 8:00 AM Edward Persinski by the Persinski Family

Thursday, August 1—St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop AC 8:00 AM Heather Diminico by the Haley family

First Friday, August 2— St. Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop; St. Peter Julian Eymard, Priest

AC 8:00 AM Parishioners SJC 7-8:00 PM Holy Hour for Vocations

Saturday, August 3 SJC 8:00 AM Mariamma Antony Menachery by Nancy Antony VIGIL MASS—EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SJC 4:00 PM Deceased members of the England & Spaulding Families AC 5:00 PM John & Therese Pontillo by Linda McFarland

Sunday, August 4 EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARYTIME SJC 7:30 AM Laura Larciprete (34th) by her granddaughter, Laura Hall SJC 9:00 AM Susan Eaton & Jean Rizzo by their family

AC 10:00 AM Joseph Doucette by his wife Therese SJC 11:00 AM Lilian Klinger by K of C Council 1155

First Friday Holy Hour for Vocations Seminarians Matthew Collins (3rd Theology) and Jeremy Belk (2nd College) will be hosting a Eucharistic Holy Hour for the intention of an increase in religious vocations to the Arch-diocese of Hartford. Please join us on Friday, August 2 from 7 to 8 pm at St. James Church to pray for more vocations.

The Eucharistic Holy Hour is a beautiful devotional prac-tice observed by the Catholic Church for centuries. As Catholics, we believe that Jesus Christ is truly and substan-tially present in the Holy Eucharist. By praying before our Lord in Eucharistic Exposition, we present ourselves to Him, thereby offering ourselves and our petitions more fully to Him. ‘The harvest is great, but the laborers are few.’ Please pray for vocations!

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sacraments

Baptism: contact the Parish Office for information Penance (Confession): Saturdays 2:00 PM –3:00 PM & Thursday Evenings before First Fridays 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Communion: (parishioners who are homebound or hospitalized) contact the Parish Office

Marriage: contact the Parish Office at least six months prior to possible date Priesthood: speak with one of our priests or visit www.vocationshartford.org Anointing of the Sick: contact the Rectory as soon as possible

ASSUMPTION CHURCH MEMORIAL CANDLES Week of July 28, 2019

Mary’s altar st. Joseph’s altar

Leonore Ash My daughter & family Lillian Zammillo and souls in purgatory Jennifer Fusfeld Help Nick find a job

To request that a candle be lit, please take an envelope from Mary’s Altar, or the front entrance to the church; fill in the information, and place it in the collection bas-ket or mail to Saint James Rectory, 896 Main Street, Manchester, CT 06040. You can request more than one candle per envelope by utilizing the space on the back of the envelope. Those that attend Mass at Saint James Church are welcome to complete an envelope for a can-dle. Please print legibly. The cost for a candle is $8.

The Saint James Parish Social Action

Committee is once again working with the Manchester Human Services Department to provide school supplies to Manchester students for the 2018-2019 school year. Eligible students must reside in Manchester and receive free or

reduced-cost school lunches. The committee is asking parishioners to pack a backpack (any size but the biggest demand is for the LARGER sizes) with new school sup-plies for children between the ages of 5-17. Suggested items to include in the backpack are pens, # 2 pencils, pen-cil cases, pencil sharpeners, erasers, eraser caps, colored pencils, crayons, magic markers, highlighters, lined paper, spiral bound notebooks - single or 3 to 5 subject, pocket folders, scissors, rulers and calculators. The backpacks are due back on the weekends of July 28th and August 4th. Please drop off backpacks in the Saint James elevator lobby after Masses or at Assumption Church in a designated box in the church hall. For more info email Peter Mason @

2019-20 REGISTRATION FOR GRADES 1-8 AND CONFIRMATION will take place in

SAINT JAMES CHURCH HALL:

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18TH after all Masses & 6:30PM-7:30PM MONDAY, AUGUST 19TH 5:00PM-6:00PM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST 5:00PM-6:00PM

CONFIRMATION REGISTRATION:

CONFIRMATION 2020: (2ND YR OF 2-YEAR PROGRAM) (Students must have completed year 1 of the 2-year program) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH @ 6:30PM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH @ 6:30PM 10th Grade or higher (Student must attend with par-ent)

CONFIRMATION 2021: (1ST YR OF 2-YEAR PROGRAM)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH @ 6:30PM MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH @ 6:30PM 9th Grade or higher (Student must attend with parent)

First Friday Eucharistic Adoration

First Friday Eucharistic Adoration will not

take place for the month of August and will resume in September. Weekly Eucharistic Adoration on Mon-days will continue as usual.

**DAILY MASSES TO RESUME AT

SAINT JAMES CHURCH**

Please note that daily Masses will resume at Saint James Church beginning

Monday, August 5.

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Parish Appeal Update

As of July 19 a total of $609,064,79 in donations has been received and another $55,280.38 has been pledged to be paid during the remainder of the campaign’s 2-year dona-

tion period – for a total of $664,345.17— 89% of our $750,000 goal.

If you have yet to make a pledge or a donation to the Annual Parish Appeal, please take the opportunity to do so at your earliest convenience. Thank you to those

Parishioners who have so generously responded to help us reach our goal!

SMALL CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES

Have you heard of Small Christian Communities? Once a week fellow parishioners meet to look at the up-coming weekend scripture readings and try to relate them to their everyday lives. Using prepared materials, we read, talk, listen, pray, and sometimes laugh, but always learn something new. We would like to form new groups this fall. To find out if this could be some-thing you might find interesting, come join a SCC meet-ing over the summer and just check it out! We will be meeting at 7 p.m. in the Assumption Church library (off the church hall) on the following Thursdays: August 8 and 22 . (Please use the back door.) Come to one or all of these meetings and, if it speaks to you, join a newly forming group in the fall. If you have questions or want more info, call Joan O’Loughlin, 860-643-4031.

If you are being called to serve as a priest or reli-gious visit www.hartfordpriest.com or speak with Fr.

Cavanaugh or Fr. Janusz.

Cruisin’ on Main Street

This annual event will take place on Sunday, August 4th,

from 10AM to 3 PM (rain dates, Sun. 8/11 & 8/18). We would like to give you some info in advance. Main St. will be closed to all traffic from 7 AM -5:30 PM be-tween Center St. & Charter Oak St.. Side street access to Main St. will not be permitted. Main St. and side streets will reopen at 5:30 PM. Parishioners attending 7:30 AM and 9 AM Mass may travel Spruce St. to Oak St. to Main St. where a police officer will assist cars in crossing over Main St. and entering St. James St. where you will be able to en-ter the parking lot. At the end of Mass parishioners should plan to exit the church parking lot via Park St. and proceed westbound as Main St. will be closed. All other church ser-vice times, please access and exit the church parking lot via Park St. Church traffic should plan to approach Park St. from the west, avoiding Linden and Myrtle Sts. where show car check-in will be taking place. There will be no parking permitted on Main St. after 7 AM.

The Connecticut councils of the Legion of Mary are sponsoring a pilgrimage to Lourdes in Litchfield, located in the beautiful hills of Litchfield CT, on September 7, 2019. A bus will leave the Church of the Assumption at

7:30 am and return around 5:30 pm. The cost for the bus is $20.00 per person. The day will include Mass, the Sacrament of Reconciliation (if a priest is available) and a Marian talk in the afternoon followed by the Stations of the Cross concluding with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. If interested in going or for information, please contact Nancy Ecabert at 860-646-4325 by August 15.

INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK

We do not need to use a lot of words in order to pray well. Keeping things simple often works best, and it ap-pears to be the form of prayer most preferred by Jesus. The simplicity of the Lord's Prayer, the Our Father, gets quickly to the heart of all of our important relationships in life and sets us straight. Praying simply provides proper focus and helps us develop greater trust in God's providential care. We never know how each day will unfold and cannot control a good measure of what hap-pens to us. What we can control is the disposition we bring to life and how much we trust and hope in God's desire to make all things new and right. Pray simply and listen deeply. Our Father is calling.

Thursday, August 8 7 PM—Small Christian Community will meet in the Assumption Church library.

7 PM—K of C Council 1155, Assumption Church hall. Membership questions, please contact Grand Knight Joe Congdon, 860-372-1738.

July 28, 2019

Novena to the Blessed Virgin Mary

every Monday, beginning at

7:00 PM at Assumption Church during exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. We will pray the Rosary

and conclude with Benediction.

Please note: Exposition and Novena will not take place if Monday is a holiday.

TUESDAY EVENING BINGO

Join us for a fun evening of BINGO at Assumption Church Hall every Tuesday evening. Doors open at 5:00PM and Bingo starts at 6:30PM. Coffee and tea are provided. Food and soda available to purchase. Cash prizes. For further info call Romeo @ 860-647-9335.

PROGRESSIVE PRIZE………………………..$900.00

Weekly Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Weekly exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place on Mondays at Assumption

Church from 2 PM until the conclusion of the evening No-vena service. Please try to set aside at least one hour week-ly to spend with the Lord in prayer for the special inten-tions requested by the arch-bishop: an increase in priestly vocations, the success of the archdiocesan synod, and heal-ing for our suffering Church. Sign-up sheets will be availa-ble at the church entrances.

Saint James Parish Circle of Love Prayer Line

For information on joining or to add a prayer intention to the Saint James Parish Circle of Love Prayer

Line, please call Trish Hirko 860-646-4351 or Cynthia Lataille 860-430-1353.

THE SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL assists your neighbors in need. The Society provides assistance in the form of food, utilities, and oil thanks to the generosity of

Saint James parishioners. Please consider a donation to assist those in need. Donations marked “SVDP” can be placed in the collection basket. Make checks payable to “Society of St. Vincent de Paul”. Thank you in advance for your support.