Parish Office

254 Burritt Street, Plantsville, Connecticut, 06479

Phone: (860) 276-9208 Fax (860) 628-7650

Email: staloysius@aohct.org

Website: www.staloysiusplantsville.org

Parish Secretary: Jennifer Perrin

Office Hours:

Monday – Friday 9:30 a.m.—2:30 p.m.

SACRAMENTS:

Reconciliation: Saturday - 3:15 p.m. and by appointment

Baptism: 1st Sunday of the month after 10:30 Mass & 3rd Sunday of the month during or after 10:30 Mass. Baptism Preparation Classes: for first time parents - last Sunday of the month.

Marriage: Arrangements must be made at least 6 months in advance

Parish Membership: We welcome you into our Parish Family. It is requested that every family in the Parish be registered and receive envelopes.

Sponsor Certificates: Those seeking a sponsor certificate must be a Catholic in good standing; attend Mass weekly; if married, be in a valid marriage, be a registered member of the parish, using the envelope system for at least 3 months.

Pastor: Rev. Ronald P. Zepecki

Deacon: John Thorpe Deacon Emeritus: W ayne Griffin

Mass Schedule

Weekday Masses:

Monday, Tuesday 7:00 a.m. St. Aloysius

Wednesday, Thursday 8:00 a.m. Immaculate Conception

Saturday (Sunday Vigil) 4:00 p.m.

Sunday 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m.

Holy Days 7:00 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m.

Finance Council President: Fr. Ronald P. Zepecki

Trustees: Mr. Robert Corjulo; Mrs. Elizabeth Martin

Parish Council President: Anne Grey

Coordinator of Religious Education: Leslie Griffin

Music Director: Judy Miller

Holy Name Society President: Tom Fitzgerald

Ladies Guild President: Kathy Sima

Pro-Life Representatives: Carolyn Bean, Marlene Kulesa

Building and Grounds: Bill Langdeau; Larry Sima; Jim Sima

Meetings

Holy Name Society (Men’s Club)

Every 1st Tuesday of the month at 8pm in the kitchen.

Ladies Guild

Every 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. Parish Council

Mondays every two or three months at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium (dates to be announced)

Est. 1961

Weekly Mass Schedule

May 23, 2020 Seventh Sunday of Easter Saturday 4:00 p.m. Brendan Silverburg, requested by Nancy and Bob Morrison

May 24, 2020 Seventh Sunday of Easter Sunday 9:00 a.m. Mary Palmer, requested by family

10:30 a.m. Zoa Wivell and Carol Del Valle, requested by Jim and Lori Mierzejewski

May 25, 2020 Memorial Day

St. Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor of the Church; St. Gregory VII, pope; St. Mary

Magdalene de’Pazzi, virgin 7:00 a.m. Rosemarie Wallett, requested by daughter

May 26, 2020 Easter Weekday

St. Philip Neri, priest 7:00 a.m. Mary Ward Curtin, requested by Wally and Bette Anne Bailey

May 27, 2020 Easter Weekday

St. Augustine of Canterbury, bishop Mass at Immaculate Conception

8:00 a.m. Julia Malone-Butkins, requested by grand daughter

May 28, 2020 Easter Weekday

Ferial Day Mass at Immaculate Conception

8:00 a.m. For Parishioners of the Immaculate Conception Church

May 29, 2020 Easter Weekday

Ferial Day 7:00 a.m. No Daily Mass

May 30, 2020 Pentecost Sunday Saturday 4:00 p.m. Health and God’s Blessings for Bob and Joann Calcinari’s 40th Wedding Anniversary, requested by family

May 31, 2020 Pentecost Sunday Sunday 9:00 a.m. James Smith, requested by nieces, Kara and Tricia

10:30 a.m. Maria DeLagrave, requested by St. Aloysius Choir

The Sanctuary Candle will burn this week in loving memory of those who died in

the service of our country

100th Birthday of Pope St. John Paul, The Great

Please notice, in our sanctuary, a display of Pope St. John Paul, the Great. On May 18, 2020 we would have celebrated his 100th birthday. Canon-ized in 2014 with Pope St. John XXIII, John Paul was greatly loved and admired not only by Roman Catholics, but by the entire world! To this day, when asking a seminarian who influenced you to study to be a priest, 90% will say, Pope St. John Paul II. The collage are holy pictures of John Paul, II from Italy. If you look closely you will see the little holy cards written in Italian. I received them some years ago and had a framer make the collage. Below, to your left is the Pope’s Coat of Arms. It says: “Totus Tuus” or “All Yours” in reference to the Blessed Virgin Mary. As a matter of fact the “M” be-low the right hand corner of the cross stands for “Mary”. No other Pope in history has included the Blessed Virgin Mary in his coat of arms. The Latin phrase: “Totus Tuus” is from a longer phrase by St. Marie Louis Grignon de Montfort (1673-1716) and is rendered: “Ergo sum, Totus Tu-us”…”Therefore, I am, all yours”. This display will grace the Church until the end of May. Please enjoy it visually and spiritually.

St. Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591) On June 21, 2020 we celebrate the Feast day of St. Aloysius Gonzaga. As usual, his image will be placed in the sanctuary for the month of June for your spiritual veneration. Personally, I pray and ask him to pray for an end to this pandemic, since he died while administering to the sick during the plague toward the end of the 16th century. Unfortunately, because of Covid19 we will not be having a celebration in the church hall this year. Pray, Pray, Pray and become close to God, the Blessed Mother and the Saints.

Did you ever wonder what Covid19 means: CO stands for corona which means Crown. Corona is crown in Spanish and Italian. In Latin it is very close: Coronam

VI stands for virus

D stands for disease

19 stands for the year it hit with a venge-ance 2019.

May 24, 2020 Seventh Sunday of Easter

Please Pray For The Repose of the Soul of Joseph Panella

Some time ago, Archbishop Blair, encouraged the priests of the Archdiocese of Hartford to culti-vate, among the faithful, a devotion to St. Michael, the Archangel. In fact, the St. Michael prayer was returned again after all Masses. Recall that when the Mass was only in Latin (1570-1969) after the High Mass, known in those days as the Summa (Latin for: The Greatest) this prayer was recited. This St. Michael prayer was placed at the end of the Mass by Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903) in the 1890’s as a result of a vision he saw concerning the 20th century. The Church has always prayed to St. Michael for protection against the evils of the devil. Michaels name means “Who is like God.” In Latin: “Quis ut Deus” He can be found in the Book of The Prophet Daniel (Old Testament) Dn. 10:13; Dn. 10:21; Dn 12:1. In the New Testament he can be found in the Book of Revelation 12:7-9; Epistle of St. Jude 1:9; and the Letter of St. Paul to Thessaloni-ans (4:16); St. Thomas Aquinas (1214-1274) writes of him: “Michael is the breath of the Redeemer’s spirit, who at the end of the World will combat and destroy the antichrist, as he did Lucifer in the begin-ning.” St. Michael is invoked in sickness and most especially at the hour of our death, when Satan makes his last and fiercest attack on our soul, seeking with cunning, craft, fears and despair to drag us into Hell with him. As your pastor, I, like our Archbishop Blair en-courage you to become devoted to St. Michael, The Archangel. I encourage all to fervently pray the St. Michael prayer several times during the day as eve-ry Christian should be sure to have St. Michael’s help in life and at death. In time, the second confessional (not in use) op-posite the little shrine of St. Aloysius, placed in by my predecessor, Fr. Dillon, will be reorganized to accommodate a lovely statue of St. Michael. I am very grateful to St. Aloysius Men’s Club who recently purchased the statue of St. Michael, which now graces the Church sanctuary (near the vigil candles) TEMPORARILY, until the old confessional is made into a small shrine cove like that of St. Alo-ysius. Thank you, St. Aloysius Men’s Club. In his letter to us, Archbishop Blair asked his priests not only to cultivate a devotion to St. Mi-chael, among the priests and faithful, but to place in the Church, in a prominent setting, a picture or a statue of the great warrior Archangel against the wiles (pronounced: will-ees) of the devil. The Church is open every day from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 12 noon to 6 p.m. You

are invited to come and pray at anytime during those hours. Below, please find the St. Michael prayer and several other ways of honoring St. Michael. In time I will supply for all of you the Chaplet in honor of St. Michael. Very Sincerely, Fr. Ron

St. Michael, Pray for us and protect us.

Prayer to St. Michael Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the Power of God, cast into hell, Satan and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

How to Honor St. Michael

By frequently repeating this short prayer: “O Glori-ous St. Michael, Prince of the Heavenly Court, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.”

By invoking his aid in time of sickness.

By praying fervently to St. Michael if we find it hard to conquer a temptation or to correct some fault. He will assuredly help us to overcome the most

violent, the most inveterate temptations.

By having a little picture of St. Michael in our prayer

books, saying each time we see it: “O Glorious St. Michael, I love you! O Glorious St. Mi-chael, help me!”

By praying in honor of St. Michael to defend the world against the devil and save us from the aw-ful evils that threaten us. Let us occasionally offer our Mass, Communion and Rosary in hon-or of St. Michael.

In Observance of Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2020 the office will be closed. The Of-

fice will re-open Tuesday, May 26, 2020.