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St. Jerome Church
23 Half Mile Road Norwalk, CT 06851
203-847-5349
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 8, 2018
SABBATH MASSES
Saturday 4:00 PM
Sunday 8:00 AM
9:15 AM Young Children's Mass
11:00 AM
6:00 PM (September—June)
DAYS OF OBLIGATION
Holy Day 9:00 AM, 7:00 PM
WEEKDAY MASSES
Mon-Sat 9:00 AM
HOW TO FIND US……
Parish Website:
www.stjeromenorwalk.org
Parish Email: [email protected]
REACH email: [email protected]
Parish Facebook:
stjeromenorwalk
REACH & TOTAL Facebook:
REACH.TOTAL.stjerome
Parish Twitter: @StJeromeNorwalk
REACH & TOTAL Twitter:
@REACHstjerome
Instagram:
stjeromenorwalk
PASTORAL STAFF
203-847-5349
Rev. David Blanchfield, Pastor
Rev. Rojin Karickal, Parochial Vicar
Rev. Michael Hoag, S.J., Weekend Assistant
PARISH OFFICE
203-847-5349
Summer Office Hours, Mon-Fri 9:00 AM—Noon
Mrs. Natalie Raduazzo, Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Kathy Rohr, Administrative Assistant
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
203-846-2111
(REACH) Mrs. Kathy Coyne, DRE
(TOTAL) Joe and Daniela OʼCallaghan
Youth Ministers
203-847-0321
MUSIC MINISTRY
203-847-5349
Mr. Donald Nelson
PARISH COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON
Dan Loch • 203-846-3980
FINANCE COUNCIL
Jerry Holdridge • 203-966-3658
ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL
203-847-3881 Pre K—Grade 8
139 West Rocks Road
Norwalk, CT 06851
Mrs. Linda Dunn, Principal
FAITH DIRECT—ONLINE GIVING
866-507-8757 www.faithdirect.net
Sign up using our church code: CT46, or
by mailing a paper enrollment form available in
the parish office. Also available on our website at
www.stjeromenorwalk.org/Faith-Direct-
enrollment.pdf
MISSION STATEMENT
We the people of St. Jerome Parish, a Ro-
man Catholic community, proclaim our
belief in the message and mission of Jesus
Christ. As disciples of Jesus we are called
to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to
work for its values in the local community
and beyond. We are committed to: wor-
ship, religious education, shared faith and
service. We welcome all people with re-
spect, acceptance and support.
Parish Staff
Altar Flowers
Altar Flowers may be memorialized for a donation
of $50. Please call the Parish Office several
months prior to your desired date.
Adoration & Silent Prayer
Every day between 4:00PM and 5:00PM.
Contemplative Prayer
Wednesday evening at 7:00 PM.
Come spend some quiet time with the Lord.
Perpetual Novena
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal takes place
each Monday following morning Mass
Rosary & Divine Mercy Prayers
Monday through Saturday after daily Mass
Baptisms Please call the parish office during
regular office hours to schedule.
Required Pre-Baptism Class at 7PM third
Monday of the month. Please register ahead of
time by calling the office.
Reconciliation One hour before vigil on
Saturday. Also anytime by appointment.
Marriages Please contact the Parish Office at
least six months in advance.
Anointing of the Sick First Wednesday of
each month, immediately following the 9:00 AM Mass,
in the sanctuary. Anyone with an ongoing medical
condition or who is seriously ill, anticipating a medical
procedure or operation, is welcome to come.
Gluten Free Hosts are available at all Masses. If
you require a gluten-free host, please see the
officiating priest before Mass.
Bringing up the Gifts at Mass If the Mass
intention has been requested by you or for your loved
ones, and you would like to bring up the Gifts at the
Offertory, please let the ushers know that you are
present and would like to bring up the gifts.
Widows’ Support Group
Meets at 1:00 PM on the second & forth Tuesday
of the month in the Kevin Eidt Youth Room.
7/7 9:00 am for our military and
their families
VIGIL FOR SUNDAY
4:00 pm Debra Ann Shatas
(Bergamasco family)
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
7/8 8:00 am Tony Wiggins
(Dan & Florence Loch)
9:15 am Joseph Hufnagel
(Kate Duffy Hufnagel)
11:00 am Katherina Huber
(Geignetter family)
NO 6PM Mass for July & August
7/9 9:00 am for the homeless in our
community
7/10 9:00 am Irene Devine
(Georgina Russo)
7/11 9:00 am Eileen Kennedy (3rd Ann.)
(son, Brian)
7/12 9:00 am for the People
7/13 9:00 am for First Responders
7/14 9:00 am for deceased parishioners
VIGIL FOR SUNDAY
4:00 pm Dino Mottarella
(Bergamasco family)
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
7/15 8:00 am Rose & Joseph Esposito
(2nd Ann.)
(sister, Maria)
9:15 am Florence Genovese
(Susan, Dennis & Colin Kaiser)
11:00 am Skip Vincent
(Jo Denicola)
NO 6PM Mass for July & August
The altar flowers for next
weekend have been
donated in memory of
Irene & Mickey Tarella
by their daughter and family.
Banns of Marriage
The Banns of Marriage are
announced for the second
time between
Antoinette Kelly
& Michael Fraioli
Summer is here and after our tough winter and cold spring it is a welcome visitor. Summer is a
time for slowing down. Most of my columns will be about spirituality, since the activity level in
the parish drops like a stone in July and August. The only major activity is the Festival Commit-
tee, led by Dan and Florence Loch, which has already started working on the Festival which
will take place on the last Sunday of September the 30
th
. This year we will also have the raffle
drawing at the Festival picnic.
As you know, I am a lover of stories. I a convinced not only that our lives are stories, co-
authored by God and ourselves, but that the key events in that story need to be retold over and
over, for at each telling they reveal more about the God who is present in the depths of the
story.
Mary Gordon is a renowned novelist who tells the story of her first Communion back in the
“good old days”. Her story comes in a book of essays, A SENSE OF WONDER, edited by
Brian Doyle and published by Orbis books. She was six years old and hated school because
she already knew how to read, so it was not challenging. But then came the preparation for first
Confession and first Communion. Her remembrance of that first Confession reminded me of
what the Sacrament was like in those days, often psychologically damaging for a six year old.
Thank heaven that we now see the sacrament not as a judgment, but rather as a means of
healing. However, Communion was different. It moved her young self on many different levels.
In those days she memorized this prayer:
“Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus, while before Thy face I humbly kneel and with
burning soul, pray and beseech Thee, to fix deep within my heart lively sentiments of faith,
hope and charity, true contrition for my sins and a firm purpose of amendment. While I contem-
plate with great love and tender pity, Thy five most precious wounds, pondering over them
within me, And calling to mind the words which David, Thy prophet, said of Thee, my Jesus,
‘They have pierced my hands and my feet, They have numbered all my bones.’”
Gordon said that her six year old soul knew what burning was, she felt a deep need to love
God, to be good, not out of fear of punishment, but because not to be good would betray God’s
love for her.
If you are old enough to remember those days think of your first Communion and what it meant
to you. Gordon closes by saying, “I know that, whoever I am, something lodged in me, or was
lodged that day. The taste for the invisible7..a way that I can know myself. My highest self,
the truest one, the one that ordinary life must, by its nature, blur and muddy. “
Wonderful!
THIS WEEK AT ST. JEROME…….
Sunday 7/8
Monday 7/9 Women’s Scripture Group 9:30 AM
Tuesday 7/10 Widow’s Support Group 1PM
Wednesday 7/11 Contemplative Prayer 7 PM
Women’s Scripture Group 7:30 PM
Thursday 7/12
Friday 7/13
Saturday 7/14 Men’s Ministry 7:00 AM
WEEKLY OFFERTORY SUMMARY
July 1, 2018 $3,642
July Offertory Budget $36,740
For the fiscal year, just concluded 6/30/18, actual
offertory was $529,607 as compares to budgeted
offertory of $540,934. This shortfall was made up
by many generous gifts to the parish and, on the
whole, the parish was in good finanacial shape
fort the year.
As always, thank you for your generous support of
the parish!
We pray for those who bravely serve our country in
the military and those deployed in dangerous loca-
tions. Thank God for those who have returned home
safely. Our service people include:
PFC Devon Barker, United States Army
PFC Andrew Chimento, United States Army
Sgt. Jason Kulik, United States Army
SSgt. Cameron Prescott, USAF
Pvt. Patrick Ruther, CTARNG
SSG Hendrik P. Sorensen, ARNG
Airman Lauren A. Sorensen, USN
LCpl. Jack H. Whitney, USMC
HOSPITAL VISITS
If you are admitted to the hospital,
please remember that in order to
have a priest visit, you need to
identify yourself to the hospital staff
as a Catholic and if possible, have
a family member call the Parish Office to let us
know what hospital and room number you are in.
TWEETS OF THE WEEK
@Pontifex “When we are firmly
united to the God who loves and
sustains us, we are able to with-
stand all life’s difficulties and
challenges.”
@BishopCaggiano “We must put our faith into
action and assist those in need as an authentic
expression of our love for them and God.”
@JamesMartinSJ “Gospel: In last weeks Gos-
pel, Jesus is mocked by his disciples after he
asks who, in the large crowd, touched him; and
by onlookers who ‘ridicule’ him when he comes to
heal Jairus’s daughter. Neither the mocking nor
ridiculing prevents Jesus from doing what he has
come to do: love.”
Laurie Krysiak from LPI, our bulletin printer, will be in our office
securing new ads for our bulletin. Please consider purchasing
an ad, sponsoring a charity, or in Memory of a Loved One. Your
participation makes our bulletin successful, & attract customers!
Laurie Krysiak
Be on the lookout!
An email will be coming shortly with details for the
Fall REACH start date and registration.
We had the first of our Confirmation retreats on
Friday, June 29th. Sixteen of our soon to be 10th
graders spent the day at The Convent of St.
Birgitta on Long Island Sound. It was a beautiful
day and the kids were terrific! At the end of the
retreat Joe asked the kids to sum up their day in
one word. They said it was quiet, unique, calm,
relaxing, beautiful, and a break. The teens who
attended are:
Dylan Ackerman, Tommy Brown, Kevin Chuba,
Olivia D’Elia, Taylor DeNardo, Bendan Edvardsen,
William Edvardsen, Chris Ely, Sara Genuario,
Rhianna Gilberston, Jake Lusardo, Daniel Miller,
Joseph Pistulli, Brinn Renwick, Billy Sullivan, and
Nico Tullio
Our second group of teens will be on retreat on
Monday, July 2. Please keep all of our teens in
your prayers as they prepare for Confirmation on
December 2, 2018.
SUMMER MASS
SCHEDULE CHANGE
During the months of July and Au-
gust, the 6:00 PM Sunday liturgy
will be discontinued. All other
weekend Masses will remain the same.
Weekend Mass times for July and August are Satur-
day at 4:00 PM, Sunday at 8:00 AM, 9:15 AM, and
11:00 AM. Please make note of this change.
The 6:00 PM Mass will resume in September.
This year’s 13th Annual Eucha-
ristic Centered Youth Rally “Fan
the Fire” will be held on August
11, 2018 at St. Rose of Lima
Church (46 Church Hill Road,
Newtown, CT 06470) from 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM. The
rally is open to all teens 8th through 12th grade.
The cost is $45 which includes lunch & dinner and
helps fund the service project of packaging 10,000
meals for Burkina Faso through Catholic Relief Ser-
vices. For more information or to register, please
visit: https://www.formationreimagined.org/fan-the-fire/
Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs pairs
medical service dogs with deserving Veterans
suffering from PTSD and/or physical disabilities.
The CT Region will be holding their second an-
nual Barks, Brews & BBQ on Sunday, Septem-
ber 16
th
at the Westport VFW.
At this time we are seeking volunteers to assist
both prior to and at the event. Please contact
Dian Mecca(203) 847-5284 or
[email protected], if you are interested in
volunteering, sponsorship, or advertising opportu-
nities.
College student in the Diocese of Bridgeport look-
ing to deepen your Catholic faith? The annual
Make it or Break it college retreat is for you! Reg-
ister today! https://www.st-pius.org/high-school-
youth-ministry/make-it-or-break-it-college-retreat/
ALTAR FLOWERS
We have many 2018 openings
for altar flower memorials.
Each week the altar flowers can
be memorialized for a loved one.
Please contact the parish office to arrange.