Saint Marianne Cope Parish

Rev. Stuart H. Pinette

St. Catherine of Siena 6 Windsorville Road

Broad Brook, CT 06016

Masses:

Sunday, 7:00 a.m. & 9:00 a.m.

Daily Mass: Mon. - Thurs., 8:00 a.m.

Parish Office: 6 Windsorville Road

Broad Brook, CT 06016

St. Philip the Apostle 150 South Main Street

East Windsor, CT 06088

Masses: Saturday Vigil, 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, 11:00 a.m.

Parish Rectory: 150 South Main Street

East Windsor, CT 06088

Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Phone: (860) 623-4636 (extension 101) Fax: (860) 292-8550

Website: smceastwindsor.org

Parish Office email: office@smceastwindsor.org

Fr. Stu’s email: frstu@smceastwindsor.org

Pastoral Assistant: Patty Woodward

Director of Music: Wendy Quinn

Faith Formation Office: (860) 623-4636 (extension 106)

Grades K-7 Coordinator: Robert Nadler

Grades 8-10 Coordinator: Kathy Hearn

Prayer Shawl Ministry: Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m.– St. Catherine Church Hall

Altar Rosary Society Women’s Group:

First Monday of the Month, 7:00 p.m.– St. Catherine Church Hall

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Reconciliation Saturday, 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. • St. Philip Church

Baptism 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month - Please call the Parish Office to make arrangements.

Pre-Baptism Class for parents and Godparents - 1st Monday of the month– 5:30 pm. at St. Catherine Church.

Matrimony Please call the Parish Office at least six months in advance to make arrangements (Archdiocesan Policy).

New Parishioners

Please call the Parish Office to register. Registration forms are available in the church foyers.

Church Envelopes

We suggest their use. Please call the Parish Office.

SAINT MARIANNE COPE PARISH EAST WINDSOR

PLEASE PRAY ESPECIALLY FOR– Leona Bard, Joyce

Benoit, Jeannie Bernier, Emery Berube, Larry Bielen, June

Boains, Maria Brenza, Brianna, Dolores Briggs, Linda Brown,

Inez Cabral, Helen Calsetta, Peter Clark, James Conlin, Donald

Daigle, Gabriel Desrocher, , Eileen, Donald Fitzgerald, Laurie

Gallipo, David Gieseke, Bill Green, Mae Grigely, Concetta

Kopp, , Auralie LaChance, Bill Mager, Paula McCloskey, Ethel

Morin, Rosemary Murak, Francine Nadeau, Rita Nadeau,

Laura Palmer, Donald Quist, Margaret & Patricia Raber,

Florence Reed, Rob & Lilly, Bob & Gen Roy, George St.

Georges, Toni Theriault, Meghan Tully, Mike Urano, Heidi

Vasseur Vaughan, Mary Winn, Deborah Wrann, James Wrann,

Susan Dixon Wrann, Ellie Ziegler. Also, pray for our men and

women in the military.

PRAYER LINE- Please contact Nancy Pochron at

860-623-2752 with your requests.

NEW PARISHIONERS – Welcome! Please pick up a

Registration Form, located on the table at the front entrance of

the church. Fill out the information and drop it in the collection

basket, or return it to the parish office. You may also register

by phone by calling the office during business hours.

YOUNG FAMILIES – At St. Philip Church, the quiet room is

available for families with young children attending Mass. At

St. Catherine Church, the foyer is available if your child needs a

break/quiet time.

COMMUNION CALLS-Eucharistic Ministers from the parish

bring Communion to parishioners who cannot attend Mass due

to age and/or illness. If you know a parishioner who is

homebound and would like to receive the Eucharist, please call

the church office Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon.

PARISHIONERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS - (1) The first

pew on both sides of the church is reserved for parishioners that

have any type of physical limitations. They may also receive

Holy Communion while staying in that pew if they choose. At

St. Philip, all those in the quiet room may proceed to the end of

the first pew and receive communion as well. (2) Parishioners

that have any type of allergies that prohibit them from receiving

the standard wheat host for Holy Communion should contact

the parish office or let Fr. Stu know before Mass.

PLEASE REMEMBER- The Sacrament of the Anointing of

the Sick, now replaces “Last Rites” for the ill or infirmed. As

soon as someone’s condition worsens, please call the parish

office to arrange for Fr. Stu to visit and celebrate the sacrament,

as it is not preferable to wait until the last moment before death.

The Pastor’s Desk

Awhile back, I read an article in The Atlantic magazine entitled “What was your biggest religious choice.” A cross-section of individu-als and people of faith responded, from Mormons and Presbyterians to armed service veterans and members of their families. One person’s name was Chris who, as an Orthodox Christian, is a member of a Church with very similar beliefs and practices as the Roman Catholic Church. Indeed, that Church held a large council in Greece a few years ago with representatives from many nations attending as they talked about who they are and how they want to grow and adapt to the challenges faced by their members throughout the world. In response to the question about religious choosing, Chris writes the following:

“This is very boring, but the biggest religious choice I’ve had to make is simply that of staying put. I was very fortunate in the tradi-tion that I grew up in. While I’m far from incurious, I found that my own tradition, with its demands and expectations of belief and behavior, held up pretty well under scrutiny. So I stayed. Doing so has reinforced to me the value of rootedness and the flimsiness of whim, volition, and passing fancy. Doubts come and go, but I seem to inhabit a different zone from most modern Ameri-cans – not of uncertainty, but of inevitability. It’s true whether or not I believe it.”

Making religious choices is an important part of being a person of faith and a member of a religious community. If our faith is going to be real and speak to the situations in our lives, then we have to engage it, learn more about it, and commit to actively living it out inside and out-side our churches. Otherwise, we can slip into patterns that no longer enrich our faith nor stretch us as followers of Jesus. Can we say that our Catholic faith holds up under scrutiny? Do we think about why we believe and how we show our beliefs regularly? Are we honest about the things that test us in contemporary Catholi-cism, asking questions, praying for insight, remaining open to the real-ity of our faith and church right now, and being willing to make adjust-ments as hard as they may be? This is part of being ‘rooted’ in our tradition as we reflect on what being Catholic meant in the past and what it means now, old truths and new ones that can shape us if we let them. This is particularly the case within American Catholicism in the Northeast, with its history of immigration, the many urban and ethnic parishes built over the past century, and the shifting populations and parish memberships that have brought about the changes of recent years. In the old days, Catholic churches were bigger, with customs and events shared by families who passed on the importance of sup-porting the parish with time and resources as several priests took care of the sacramental needs of the parish. Nowadays, parishes are smaller, memberships are more fluid and folks more mobile, and the traditions of the past aren’t always able to continue. But there is a searching spirit in the hearts of many who are looking for nourishing liturgies, meaningful experiences of community, and chances to be about justice and service. In short, there’s new challenges but poten-tial blessings ahead which call us to admit that things are different but possibilities await us too. So who do we say that Jesus is for us now and how will we choose him - together?

Scripture Readings for Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Ezekiel 17:22-24 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 Mark 4:26-34

10TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Ordinary Time 2018 - Lectionary Cycle B The Year of Mark’s Gospel

Ordinary Time, the longest season of the church year, fills the weeks “which do not celebrate a specific aspect of the mystery of Christ.” It’s the “no particular reason” season. The Christmas cycle honors the birth of Christ. The Easter cycle rejoices in the resurrection. Ordinary Time is devoted to the mystery of Christ in all its aspects. The number of the weeks of Ordinary Time replaces the old count-ing of weeks “after Epiphany” and “after Pentecost.” The old calendar suggested that Pentecost ran for six months. The new calendar gives Pentecost a day. Then we return to Ordinary Time. At first glance the principles of Ordinary Time seem basic enough. Start counting the weeks after the Christmas season. Break for Lent and Easter. Resume after Pentecost and keep counting till Advent. Basically, that’s how it works. But we have a few quirks. For example, there is no “First Sunday in Ordinary Time”; however, there is a first week. Usually the Christmas season ends on a Sunday with the Baptism of the Lord. The lectionary also calls it the First Sun-day in Ordinary Time, but it is part of the Christmas season. (Some years the baptism falls on a Monday, but that’s another story.) Ordinary Time gets underway on a weekday. When the next Sunday rolls around we start week two. On the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, we see the last of Ordinary Time until after Pentecost. Even then, it emerges only on weekdays. Trinity Sunday always follows Pentecost Sunday, and The Body and Blood of the Lord comes the next Sunday in the United States. (In countries where The Body and Blood of the Lord is a holy day, it falls on a Thursday.) So when the numbered Sundays in Ordinary Time return in summer, we start out a little higher than where we left off. Sometimes we skip one or two entire weeks of Ordinary Time during the Easter break. We want to close the Sundays of the year with Christ the King, one week before Advent. Christ the King always falls on the 34th Sunday in Ordinary Time. So, we determine the week number after Pentecost not based on where we left off before Lent but counting backwards from Christ the King. One or two weeks may evaporate while Ordinary Time serves the mystery of Christ.

Paul Turner, Resource Publications, Inc., 1997. All rights reserved.

The Ministry of Gift Bearers

One of the ministries at our weekend Masses is

bringing up the gifts of bread and wine from the gift

tables in the back of our worship spaces. It’s a spe-

cial way to be involved in the liturgy by processing

forward with the gifts after the offertory when we’ll offer them up to God the Father during the Eucha-

ristic Prayer.

Thanks to everyone who has agreed to take on

this role when asked by one of our liturgical minis-

ters, and if you’d like to take part just let them or Fr.

Stu know before Mass as we all get involved in our praise of God as a parish community.

EW 250th Events

A Revolutionary War Reenactment/Encampment along

with a Food Truck Festival will take place next Saturday,

June 16 from 10am-6pm at the Scout Hall Youth Center, 28

Abbe Road, East Windsor to celebrate East Windsor’s

250th Anniversary. Free Admission. Come for lunch and

stay for the revolution!

Saint Marianne Cope S.E.T. Ministry

A new ministry is being created in our parish aimed at

tapping into our many gifts. Its called the S.E.T. Ministry

which stands for Skills, Expertise, Talents. If you have a par-

ticular skill or talent (which we all have!) this is the ministry

for you.

There are Join the Ministry Sheets available on the Re-

source Tables at each of our churches, and many folks have

picked one up! Just stop by the tables after Mass, fill it in,

and return it in the offertory baskets or online. And if you

haven't returned your yellow sheet yet please do so as soon as

you can. This is a great way for us to continue to grow as a

stewardship community in the days ahead.

AAA Commitment Weekend

This weekend is Gift Commitment Weekend through-out the Archdiocese for the 2018 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal - Our Faith, Our Future. At all our parish Masses there will be a reflection video on the Appeal, with an introduction by Archbishop Blair and some very personal highlights and stories of how our contributions are at work in the lives of others, furthering the work of the gospel. As a result of our shared support as a parish commu-nity, this outreach can continue. Thanks to everyone who has made a contribution to the Appeal. And if you have not had a chance to do so yet, please take a gift envelope from one of the resource tables in the foyers of our two churches Thank you for your participation as we share our faith and gifts as an archdiocesan church.

Summer Mass Schedule

Summer is usually a busy time of year for our parish families, with vacations, weekend events, and other activities held throughout. Since we strive to gather in good-size numbers to praise the Lord together as a community, we will be adjusting the weekend Mass times to help make this happen.

From June 30 & July 1 through September 1 & 2, the Weekend Mass schedule will be as follows:

Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm - St. Philip Church Sunday: 8:30am - St. Catherine Church

Sunday: 10:30am - St. Philip Church

Please call the parish office if you have any questions and mark your calendars as we worship together at these new times as a summertime Catholic parish.

WELCOME!

We at Saint Marianne Cope Parish begin each month at our “All Are Welcome” Masses by turning to our neighbors and saying hello so that “there are no strangers among us.” We strive to be about hospitality where wel-come and a sense of community mark our journey of faith together. Everyone is invited to join us from all walks of life with varied stories, different experiences, and unique ways as we share the gifts of our lives and grow as fol-lowers of Jesus. Here in our Catholic parish all are wel-come.

JUNE 10, 2018

Sunday Scriptures Today

Scripture tells us that Satan is the Prince of Lies and Jesus makes it clear that, among all sins, failure to acknowledge the truth is far and away the most dangerous. We see this in today’s gospel which warns us that we can commit a sin that’s unforgiveable because it’s a blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. What’s this sin? Why is it unforgiveable? And what has it got to do with telling lies? The unforgiveable sin is precisely the sin of lying which can become unforgiveable because of what lying can do to us. Here’s how the gospel text unfolds: Jesus has just cast out a demon. Part of Jewish faith at that time was the belief that only one who came from God had power to cast out a demon. Jesus had done that, but the Scribes and Pharisees who just witnessed this found it to be an inconvenient truth since they denied Jesus’ goodness. So they chose to manipulate the truth, accusing Jesus of performing the miracle through the power of Satan. They knew they were lying, but the truth was too difficult to accept. Jesus initially tries to argue with them, pointing out that there’s no logic in suggesting that Satan is casting out demons. They persist, and then Jesus utters his warning: “Anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin.” (Mark 3:28-29) Jesus is saying this: Be careful about what you are doing, putting a false spin on something because it is too awkward to accept as true. The danger is that if you continue doing this you may eventually come to believe your own lie. That will be unforgiveable, given that you will no longer want to be forgiven because you will see truth as a lie and a lie as the truth. The sin cannot be forgiven, not because God doesn’t want to forgive it but because we no longer want to be forgiven. The one thing God cannot handle is lying, where we lie to the point of believing our own lies (the real danger) because that eventually warps our consciences so that we can no longer tell truth from falsehood or falsehood from truth. God is One, this means that God’s inner integrity assures that all of reality also has an inner integrity, an intelligibility, meaning that something cannot be and not be at the same time; meaning that two plus two cannot equal anything but four; meaning that a tree is always a tree no matter what you say it is. God’s Oneness allows us to both trust reality and trust our normal perception of it. That’s what’s under attack today, most everywhere. It’s the ultimate moral danger: God is One and so two plus two can never be five - and if it is then we are no longer in touch with God or with reality, are warped in conscience, and are blaspheming the Holy Spirit.

Ron Rolheiser, “Playing Loose with the Truth” in The Sunday Website, June 10, 2018. All rights reserved.

The Real Presence of Christ in Church When we gather to worship as a parish in our two churches, we are experiencing the real presence of the risen Lord Jesus in our midst. Church teaching says that he is present in four particular ways: in the word of God proclaimed in the scriptures from the pulpit and heard by the congregation; in the gifts of bread and wine transformed into the body and blood of Christ; in the person of the priest-presider; and in the people of God participating together in the liturgy. In all these ways, the Lord is really present to us through the powerful movement of his Holy Spirit, praying for us and lifting up our prayers to God the Father. In a sense, he is right near, praying, praising and worshipping with us as a community from the opening hymn to the final verses at the end of Mass. If he’s with us right to the end then we’re called to do the same, lest we leave him and his special gift of grace behind.

June 10, 2018

Mass Intentions

Saturday, June 9

4:00PM +16th Anniversary Memorial for Betty Sheridan

requested by her family

Sunday, June 10

7:00AM +Wedding Anniversary Blessings for

Paul and Nancy Pochron

9:00AM + Memorial for William P. Green, Sr.

requested by family

11:00AM + Memorial for Joseph A. Balch II

requested by family

Monday, June 11

9:00AM

Tuesday, June 12

8:00AM

Wednesday, June 13

8:00AM +Memorial for Guadalupe Gonzalez

requested by Gary and Marie Pelletier

Thursday, June 14

8:00A +Memorial for William and Margaret Montgomery

Saturday, June 16

4:00PM +Memorial for Thomas Breor,

Sunday, June 17

7:00AM + 1st Anniversary Memorial for Henry Chartier

requested by family

9:00AM +

11:00AM +Birthday Memorial for Al Wyrostek

requested by his wife Lorraine and family

The sanctuary light at St. Catherine Church burns

for the glory of God and in memory of

Donald “Spike” Dzen, Sr.

requested by his wife, Linda.

Parish Sharing & Support - June 2 & 3

Weekly Offertory - $4,202 Online Giving- $493

Thank you for sharing your gift of treasure with our parish.

Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden because of their disobedience. But Jesus says in today’s Gospel that when we are obedient to God’s will—when we use our gifts to serve one another—we become part of His family. “Whoever does

the will of God is brother and sister and mother to me”

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Monthly Upkeep Collection

Our monthly collection for the upkeep and maintenance of our two churches and parish plant will be take place this week-

end at all our Masses. Our stewardship envelopes are also marked for June 10 so they can be used as well. Thank you for

supporting the needs of our parish.