Masses
for the week
SATURDAY, April 19
5:00 PM Mass for John & Agnes Mitchell
SUNDAY, April 20
7:30 AM Mass for Leonard Cotucci
9:30 AM 4th Anniversary Memorial Mass for
Bruce
Matre
11:30 AM Mass for Susan Whelan
MONDAY, April 21
7:00 AM Mass
for Kenneth Colangelo
TUESDAY, April 22
7:00 AM Mass for the Intention of all parishioners
of
Church of the Assumption
WEDNESDAY, April
23
7:00 AM Mass
of Thanksgiving to St. Anthony
THURSDAY April 24
7:00 AM Mass for a Special Intention
FRIDAY, April 25
7:00 AM Mass for a Special Intention
SATURDAY, April 26
7:00 AM Mass for Irene Fisette & Family
for
Thomas J. Devine
SUNDAY, April 27
7:30 AM 15th Anniversary Memorial Mass
for
Umberto Pavan
9:30 AM 25th Anniversary Memorial Mass for
Carl
A. Lauretti
First
Communicants and their families
CHURCHES
CYCLE OF PRAYER
MACC is committed to providing opportunities for uniting in worship and
support of the faith each of our traditions represents. Toward this end, this week we will pray for
This weekend,
April 19-20, is our collection time for the MACC FOOD PANTRY. Questions?
Call Joan Troy, 643-0841.
Next Sunday, April 27,
at the 9:30 AM Mass, there will be the scheduled Children’s Liturgy of the
Word (Christ for Kids) for children ages 2 through 9.
2008 ARCHBISHOP’S
ANNUAL APPEAL
Thank you to the parish families who have made a gift or pledge
commitment to the 2008 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. If you have not made a gift or pledge, please
prayerfully consider doing so. Your gift
to the Annual Appeal is an investment in the future of our Archdiocese. Extra pledge cards and envelopes are located
at the back of the church.
ASSUMPTION
LADIES’ GUILD NEWS…
…save the date…Monday, May 5, for the Annual Mass for living members at 6
PM followed by a dinner banquet with entertainment and door prizes at Adams
Mill. Next weekend, April 26-27,
reservations are available after all Masses in the front vestibule and in the
church hall. For more info, Please call
Sarah Begin, 432-1909, or, Terri MacDonald, 643-2653.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO…
…Tessa Belcastro, Samari Negron, Isaiah Nieves, and Nicholas Lentine, who
received their First Eucharist Sunday, April 13, 2008.
The Catholic
Cemeteries Association of the Archdiocese of Hartford for a
limited time affords all Catholic families the opportunity to purchase pre-need
graves with upright monument rights or shrine graves with interest-free
installment payments up to 4 years. This
offer concludes
FOXWOODS TRIP is
scheduled for
SAMARITAN SHELTER
Church of the Assumption week for staffing the Samaritan Shelter for the
Homeless is Monday, May 12, to Sunday, May 18
We are in need of seven Overnight Volunteers or Breakfast Servers and a
total of 21 volunteers to serve meals one night of the week (three each
night). To be a Breakfast Server, we ask
you to serve only an hour or so in the morning.
We also need a family or group to prepare a meal for Sunday
evening. If you can help, please call
Paul McNamara, 860-646-0464.
You are cordially invited to a HIGH TEA FOR HAITI AT SAINT BRIDGET
CHURCH in honor of the Women of Haiti
SAVE THE DATE…
…
RELIGOUS
EDUCATION NEWS…
Classes: Grades K-5 Mondays
Grade K – Mondays
Meeting Room
#2.
Grades 1-5 Mondays
Grades 6-8 Mondays
Meeting
Rooms and Library.
The last CONFIRMATION CLASS is next Sunday,
FIRST HOLY
COMMUNION
On the next two Sundays, April 27th and May 4th,
children will make First Communion at the
ASSUMPTION SCHOOL NEWS…
...
The Assumption Environment Committee is hosting a Coffee Hour
next Sunday, April 27, after the
PARISH SUPPORT
Weekly Budget Amount.................................... $5,240.00
Sunday, April1 13, 2008, Offertory.................... $4,629.00
5.5% to
Archdiocese......................................... 254.60
Net to
Parish................................................ $4,374.40
Second
Collection –Peter’s Pence………………..$1,769.00
Operation Rice
Bowl donations
amounted to $651 during Lent, 2008.
Thank you for your generosity.
BIRTHRIGHT’S
WORK…
…HELPING A MOTHER
AND HER BABY
You are invited to an orientation this
Manchester
Memorial Hospital is seeking a few more Eucharistic Ministers
to help with the distribution of the Eucharist at the hospital. If you feel you could donate an hour or two
of your time weekly, it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact George Zachmann, 649-7976, for
further information.
BAPTISMAL
CONGRATULATIONS TO…
…Skylar Sage Blackman, daughter of Katherine Marie Blackman, who was
baptized
…Alexander Michael Angeli, son of David B. and Rose Marie Catanzaro
Angeli, who was baptized
… at Church of the Assumption,
MEMORIAL CANDLES
Week of
Mary's
Jeanne Poncelet Alfred
Poncelet
Nancy Ann Galligan Loretta
Fiengo
Special Intention-3 Special
Intention
Cyr Family Andrea
Tedesco
Fournier Family Pope
Benedict XVI &
Fam. Int. + Holy Father Staff
Larry Ash, Sr. & Jr., Leonore Ash,
Heather
& Cindy Gosselin
AN EXCITING NEW
GROUP!
Spera – Companions of Hope, Assumption’s Young Adult Group would like to
invite people ages 20-40 to join us for our next meeting on Sunday, April 27,
2008, 7 PM, in the Church Hall. Please
come and see for yourselves what this new and exciting group is about. We will be discussing the Scriptures of
Matthew, so please bring your Bibles.
Pizza will be provided, so bring your apetities. Please contact Alison at (860)558-4332 with
any questions.
JUSTICE FOR
IMIGRANTS…a journey of hope
Pres. George W. Bush,
HOLY FAMILY
RETREAT CENTER,
…Married Couples Evening Retreat, Wednesday, May 7,
…Mother’s Day Mass and Brunch, Sunday May 11, 10AM Mass followed
by brunch. Program Offering: $39/person; $11/child under 12.
…send name, address and offering to above address.
…www.holyfamilyretreat.org.
BINGO
EVERY TUESDAY EVENING AT
PROGRESSIVE
PRIZE………………………..……$500.00