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Weekend Masses St. Rita

Saturday Vigil 4:00 p.m.

Sunday 9:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Saturday Vigil 5:00 p.m.

Sunday 8:00 a.m., 11:00a.m.

Blessed Sacrament Saturday Vigil 4:00p.m.

Sunday 10:00a.m. 12 p.m. Sp.

Ascension Sunday 8:30 a.m.

OFFICE HOURS St. Rita Rectory Monday to Thursday

8:30 a.m.– 3:00 p.m.

Friday

8:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m.

March 06, 2022

Reverend Christopher M.Tiano, Pastor Reverend Elkin Mauricio Galvis, Parochial Vicar

Reverend Monsignor Joseph V. DiSciacca, Senior Parochial Vicar Deacon Dominic Corraro, Deacon Ronald Gurr,

Deacon Tulio Ossa, Deacon Joseph Ryzewski, Deacon Steve Yacko

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Weekday Masses- Monday- St. Rita - 8:00 a.m.

Weekday Masses Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel 8:00 a.m.

St. Paul ^VI

Saturday, March 5th- Vigil

4:00PM Barbara Dinan req. by friends St. Rita

4:00PM Pray for Peace in the Ukraine- Bl. Sacrament 5:00PM All Those Buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery-Mt.

Carmel

Sunday, March 6th– 9th Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00AM Agnes Droney req. by husband and family - Mt. Carmel

8:30AM Vincenzo and Rose DiMonaco req. by family Ascension

9:00AM For the People of St. Paul VI Parish - St. Rita

10:00AM Zoila Letisia Barrios and Luis Alfredo Corzo req.

by Castellanos family - Bl. Sacrament

11:00AM For Deceased Family and Friends - Mt Car- mel 11:30AM Dolores Mercugliano req. by daughter -St. Rita

12:00PM For the Soul of Giovanny Cardona req. by Consuelo Bedoya -Bl. Sacrament (Spanish)

Monday, March 7th –St. Perpetua and Felicity 8:00AM - Rev. Robert Burbank req. by Gail Bellucci St. Rita

Tuesday, March 8th-St. John of God

8:00AM Elizabeth Countey Req. by th County Family Mt. Carmel

Wednesday, March 9th- St. Francis of Rome 8:00AM Ralph and Ellen Rubino req. by The Family Mt. Carmel

Thursday, March 10th–

8:00AM Sidney and Margherita Rinaldi req. by The Family Mt. Carmel

Friday, March 11th-

8:00AM William Milici req. by Hollie -Mt. Carmel 9:00AM School Mass -St. Rita

Saturday, March 12th- Vigil

4:00PM Sharon Degnan req. by Joan Zurolo -St. Rita 4:00PM Isabella Malerba and Joseph Rocca req. by Walter and Theresa Pierce- Bl. Sacrament

5:00PM Joan Moynihan req. by The Moynihan Family- Mt. Carmel

1st Sunday of Lent March 06, 2022

PLEASE REMEMBER in your prayers those in our parish family who are homebound, sick or suffering.

ANGEL PRAYER LINE: If you have or know of someone with a special intention call 203-288-0436.

Readings for the week of March 06, 2022

Sunday: Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91; Roman 10:8-13;

Luke 4:1-13

Monday: Leviticus 19:1-18; Psalm 19; Matthew 25:31-46 Tuesday: Isaiah 55:10-11; Psalm 34; Matthew 6:7-15 Wednesday: Jonah 3:1-10; Psalm 51; Luke 11:29-32 Thursday: Esther 12-25; Psalm 138; Matthew 7:7-12 Friday: Ezekiel 18:21-28; Psalm 130; Mathew 5:20-26 Saturday: Deuteronomy 26:16-19; Psalm 119; Matthew 5:43-48 Next Sunday: Genesis 15:5-1-18; Psalm 27; Phil 3:17—4:1;

Luke 9:28-36

When Men Pray!

Men of the parish and friends are invited to pray the Rosary Saturday mornings at 7:30 AM in St. Rita

St. Rita Church

Eucharistic Adoration Mondays 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Please remember all who suffer from the coronavirus and their families.

Remember also Church vocations to the priesthood, Diaconate, vowed religious life and lay ministry.

Sunday, March 13th– 2nd Sunday of Lent 8:00AM Harry Richetelle req. by The Moynihan Family- Mt. Carmel

8:30AM -Ascension

9:00AM Celine Finn- St. Rita 10:00AM - Bl. Sacrament

11:00AM George Bednarsic req. by The Family- Mt Carmel

11:30AM Special Intention for The Corden Family- St. Rita

12:00PM-Manuel Macias req. by Bl.

Sacrament (Spanish)

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday

Obligatory days of fast and abstinence for Catholics.

Fridays during Lent are days of abstinence. For Catho- lics, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. Fasting means one full meal and two smaller meals that are not equal to a full meal. Abstinence means refraining from meat and is binding for Catholics from age 14 and up. If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) honoring the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus and to prepare ourselves to share more fully in the celebration of his Resurrection.

Stations of the Cross will be prayed three times each Friday during Lent.

12:10PM and 7:00PM at Blessed Sacrament, with the evening one in Spanish.

7:00PM March 11th at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church.

A Simple Lunch will be served at Blessed Sacrament fol- lowing the 12:10 Stations on March 11.

The Knights of Columbus are planning a Fish Fry before the March 18th Stations at St. Rita.

A Dessert Social will be served following the March 25 Sta- tions at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

Simple Suppers will be served before the Stations on April 1 at St. Rita and April 8 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

Dear Friends,

Fifty-seven years ago our patron—St. Paul VI spoke to the UN General Assembly. The masterful speech was a call not to arms but to peace. His words ring true over the more than half century. We live in a world of war. The

Ukraine situation affects us; just as the various wars and incursions over the years affect us. Pope Paul was speaking twenty years after World War II, he was speaking in the midst of the Cold War and to a world fearful of nuclear an- nihilation.

Pope Paul said in New York on that October day:

As you know very well, peace is not built merely by means of politics and a balance of power and interests. It is built with the mind, with ideas, with the works of peace. You are working at this great endeavor, but you are only at the beginning of your labors. Will the world ever come to change the selfish and bellicose outlook that has spun out such a great part of its history up to now? It is hard to foresee the future, but easy to assert that the world has to set out resolutely on the path toward a new history, a peaceful history, one that will be truly and fully human, the one that God promised to men of good will. The pathways are marked out before you and the first one is disarmament.

If you want to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. A person cannot love with offensive weapons in his hands. Arms, and especially the terrible arms that modern science has provided you, engender bad dreams, feed evil sentiments, create nightmares, hostilities, and dark resolutions even before they cause any victims and ruins. They call for enormous expenses. They interrupt projects of solidarity and of useful labor. They warp the outlook of na- tions. So long as man remains the weak, changeable, and even wicked being that he so often shows himself to be, defensive arms will, alas, be necessary. But your courage and good qualities urge you on to a study of means that can guarantee the security of international life without any recourse to arms.

…Listen to the clear words of a great man who is no longer with us, John Kennedy, who proclaimed four years ago:

"Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind." There is no need for a long talk to proclaim the main purpose of your Institution. It is enough to recall that the blood of millions, countless unheard-of sufferings, useless massacres and frightening ruins have sanctioned the agreement that unites you with an oath that ought to change the future history of the world: never again war, never again war! It is peace, peace, that has to guide the destiny of the nations of all mankind! (excerpts from St. Paul VI address to the United Nations, October 4, 1965) Our own shepherd, Archbishop Blair, wrote to us this past Sunday:

Now we can only pray for the Ukrainian people, especially those very much in harm’s way, not only mili- tarily but personally, in the face of a brutal regime that stifles

all opposition and demonizes its enemies. (Archbishop Leonard Blair).

Let us pray for peace, let us be peacemakers in own homes and lives.

Thank you for all you do for our parish. Father Tiano

St. Rita Church Monday, March 7th—

• Confession and Adoration 6:00-7:00 p.m. Mt. Carmel Tuesday, March 8th

• Scripture on zoom 6:30p.m.

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• Rosary 6:30 p.m. St. Rita Chapel Wednesday, March 9th

Friday, March 11th

• Taize prayer 7:00 p.m. on zoom

• 12:10 p.m. Stations of the Cross—Blessed Sacrament

• 7:00PM Stations of the Cross-Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Saturday, March 12th

• 7:30 a.m. When Men Pray…….

Sunday, March 13th

• Free Vaccination Clinic 10-3pm Blessed Sacrament

Prayers and Sympathy are extended to the fam- ilies of

Catherine T. Colleran, Adele Mirando Christopher Prisco, Albert Cofranceso

Giuseppe Floriano

who have died recently.

Hamden Catholic Parish of St. Paul VI

Weekly Rosary asking Our Lady’s interces- sion for unified Hamden Parish of St. Paul VI. Please join us each Tuesday at 6:30PM in St. Rita Church chapel.

THE PILLARS OF LENT

As we begin our Lenten journey, reflect on how your pray- ers, fasting and almsgiving can guide you. As Pope Francis explains, these are “elements which, when lived sincerely, can transform life and provide a sure foundation for digni- ty and fraternity.” How can practicing the Lenten pillars transform your life and the lives of our sisters and brothers around the world? Visit crsricebowl.org to learn more.

PALM CROSSES SALES THIS WEEKEND Divine Mercy Knights of Columbus are again selling palm crosses for Easter beginning this weekend. These beautiful crosses measure 24” high by 12” across, include a varie- ty of colored ribbons and feature artificial lilies, suitable to adorn your yard or respectfully placed at gravesites of be- loved family members.

The crosses remain $12.00 each. Order forms are at the exits through the weekend of March 26-27 or on the parish website. Order forms with payment can be turned in with the weekly collection or at the rectory. Crosses will be available for pickup on Palm Sunday weekend, April 8- 10 in St. Rita’s Church Basement at the

times designated on the form.

Our Lenten Journey with St. Paul VI:

Talk and discussion Mondays, 7:00 pm, Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Church

The 2022 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal—Stronger Together is now underway. Our goal is to engage our entire parish family in this year’s Appeal and to pray for the success of the Appeal, both here in our parish and across the Archdiocese. We hope that you will be able to reach our goal….Please mail in your pledge card.

We invite you to visit the Appeal website www.archdioceseofhartford.org.

VACCINATION CLINIC

A free vaccination clinic will be held from 10 am - 3 pm on the Blessed Sacrament cam- pus on Sunday, March 13th. You do not need an appointment. Bring health insurance and photo ID. Let's protect ourselves and protect others.

Bowls of Love

Our Italian Wedding Soup will be featured in a Divine Mercy Columbiette soup fundrais- er, Bowls of Love, to support the St. Paul VI Parish Food Pantries on the weekend of March 19/20 following each of the Blessed Sacrament and Ascension Masses. In “payment” for a freshly made pint container of soup we ask you to leave a monetary donation of your choice.

Your kind donation will help us Feed the Hungry.

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