Saint James Church and Assumption Church 896 Main Street, Manchester, Connecticut 06040

Website: www.stjamesmanchester.org (860) 643-4129

July 12, 2020

MASS SCHEDULE Vigil: Saturday 4:00pm @ Saint James, 5:00pm @ Assumption

Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am & 11:00am @ Saint James Sunday: 10:00am @ Assumption

Monday: 12:05pm (8:00 am if a Holiday) @ Saint James Tuesday - Saturday 8:00am @ Saint James

CLERGY Father Kevin P. Cavanaugh, Pastor

Father Janusz Kukulka Deacon Alan A. Germain

Deacon Lee LaRocque

PARISH SECRETARY Carole Scialla (860) 643-4129

secretary@stjamesmanchester.org

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRIES James J. Bagni

jamesjbagni@yahoo.com (860) 231-2316

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION & CONFIRMATION PROGRAMS

(860) 643-4129 Macy Jordan, Coordinator

SAINT JAMES SCHOOL PRE-KINDERGARTEN - 8TH GRADE

73 Park Street, Manchester (860) 643-5088

www.saintjamesschool.net Mrs. Bridget Zorger, Principal

SJS FOUNDATION www.stjamesschoolfoundation.com PO Box 254, Manchester, CT 06040

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY (860) 643-8445

Please consider remembering Saint James Parish or Saint James School in your will.

Saint James Parish — Manchester

Please make ALL checks payable to Saint James Parish. The collections for June 22—June 28 totaled $7,807.00. The collections for June 29—July 5 totaled $14,200.00.

The Peter’s Pence collection totaled $941.00. The second collection this weekend is the

monthly school collection. The second collection next weekend is the

Co-op Mission collection. A very sincere thank you to those parishioners who have continued their weekly contributions by mail, by dropping them off or through Online Giving. Your generosity and support are very much appreciated especially during this challenging time. We are most grateful for your continued support of Saint James Parish. Collections can still be made by mail, directly to the rectory by dropping them through the mail slot in the front door, or through Online Giving. For information regarding Online Giving Visit: www.stjamesmanchester.org

Key: AC - Assumption Church / SJC - St. James Church

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Special Intention

Readings for the week of July 12, 2020

Sunday: Is 55:10-11/Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14 [Lk 8:8]/Rom 8:18-23/Mt 13:1-23 or 13:1-9 Monday: Is 1:10-17/Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23 [23b]/Mt 10:34—11:1 Tuesday: Is 7:1-9/Ps 48:2-3a, 3b-4, 5-6, 7-8 [cf. 9d]/ Mt 11:20-24 Wednesday: Is 10:5-7, 13b-16/Ps 94:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 14-15 [14a]/Mt 11:25-27 Thursday: Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19/Ps 102:13-14ab and 15, 16-18, 19-21 [20b]/Mt 11:28-30 Friday: Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8/Is 38:10, 11, 12abcd, 16 [cf. 17b]/Mt 12:1-8 Saturday: Mi 2:1-5/Ps 10:1-2, 3-4, 7-8, 14 [12b]/ Mt 12:14-21

Saturday, July 11

VIGIL MASS—15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SJC 4:00 PM Leonard Parla by Kim & Jeanne Lee AC 5:00 PM John & Mary Rukus

Sunday, July 12—15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SJC 7:30 AM Vocations SJC 9:00 AM Leonardo Parla by Thomas and Anna Moriarty AC 10:00 AM Vocations SJC 11:00 AM Special Intention

Monday, July 13—St. Henry SJC 12:05 PM Anita Comrack by Dan & Cindy Herr

Tuesday, July 14 — St. Kateri Tekakwitha SJC 8:00 AM Celso Morson by his family

Wednesday, July 15—St. Bonaventure, Bishop SJC 8:00 AM Vincent L. Diana by his family

Thursday, July 16— Our Lady of Mt. Carmel SJC 8:00 AM Katie Reid by Pat & Jim Sullivan

Friday, July 17 SJC 8:00 AM Parishioners

Saturday, July 18 – St. Camillus de Lellis. Priest

SJC 8:00 AM The Hagedorn Family

VIGIL MASS—16TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SJC 4:00 PM Pasquale Bartone by David & Kathy Blackwell AC 5:00 PM Mr. & Mrs. David Turner by Carol Marino

Sunday, July 19—16TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SJC 7:30 AM Teresa Monaco Weigel & Enrico Monaco SJC 9:00 AM Mary & Eugene Blackwell by David & Kathy Blackwell AC 10:00 AM Nelson Nieves by his wife and son SJC 11:00 AM Walter & Georgette Bantly by Arthur & Gloria Dean

JUST A REMINDER… Many thanks to everyone who participates in Online Giving to support Saint James Parish. Please remember to update your banking information if you have changes that affect your account with Our Sunday Visitor.

Sacraments

Baptism: contact the Parish Office for information Penance (Confession): Saturdays 2:00 PM –3:00 PM & Thursday Evenings before First Fridays 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Communion: (parishioners who are homebound or hospitalized) contact the Parish Office Marriage: contact the Parish Office at least six months prior to possible date Priesthood: speak with one of our priests or visit www.vocationshartford.org Anointing of the Sick: contact the Rectory as soon as possible

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Changes Being Made to Online Giving – Our Sunday Visitor (OSV)

Effective June 22, 2020, Our Sunday Visitor has up-dated its website for online giving. You will notice a new visual interface, so the site will look a bit differ-ent from what you have become accustomed to see-ing. Your user name will change to your email ad-dress; however, your password will remain the same. Please know your donations will continue without in-terruption. You will receive an email directly from OSV regarding the changes. The new site is www.OSVhub.com We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our online giving users for their continuous support of Saint James Parish during these difficult times. We are truly grateful for your generosity. Please do not hesitate to contact Marisa Howard regarding online giving if you have any questions, 860.643.4129. Thank you.

ASSUMPTION CHURCH MEMORIAL CANDLES

Lighting of memorial candles will resume the week of July 12th. The requests listed below were held during the suspension period. Week of July 12, 2020

Mary’s altar st. Joseph’s altar

Lillian Zammiello Jennifer Fusfeld Carmen Y. Robert

To request that a candle be lit, please take an envelope from Mary’s Altar, or the front entrance to the church; fill in the information, and place it in the collection bas-ket or mail to Saint James Rectory, 896 Main Street, Manchester, CT 06040. You can request more than one candle per envelope by utilizing the space on the back of the envelope. Those that attend Mass at Saint James Church are welcome to complete an envelope for a can-dle. Please print legibly. The cost per candle is $8.

SECOND COLLECTION WEEKEND OF JULY 18/19 TO BENEFIT MARYKNOLL FATHERS AND BROTHERS

The second collection next weekend is for the benefit of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers through the annual Mission Cooperative Appeal Collection. The missionar-ies are unable to join us in person because of the coro-navirus pandemic; nonetheless, we seek to assist them with our prayer and financial support toward health care particularly for those with eye disease, vocational skills training for those with blindness, famine relief and assistance for refugees in south Sudan, seminarian formation and care of infirm older missioners. We ask your generous response, especially in these dif-ficult times. Checks can be made out to The Catholic Mission Aid Office. Thank you for your kindness.

Knights of Columbus Council #1155 of St. James Parish will be holding a tag sale in September to fund pro-grams for the homeless.

We are seeking donations of items including: house-hold, decor, and holiday items; glassware; collectibles; small furniture; costume jewelry and accessories; sport-ing goods; bikes; tools; toys; children's clothing; elec-tronics/small appliances in good working order; CDs, DVDs & books (no textbooks/encyclopedias please). Items can be dropped off during the monthly can & bot-tle drive or at the Assumption Convent from 10-11 am only on the 2nd & 3rd Saturdays in June, July & August. Pull into the driveway on the right side of the convent. Any questions can be directed to Paul @ 860-951-1712.

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Welcome Back to Celebration of the Eucharist Father Cavanaugh and Father Janusz were pleased to resume public celebration of the Mass and welcome parishioners back to church. Many things have changed but the important thing hasn’t changed at all’; that is, to be with Jesus, to invite Him into our lives, and to allow God’s Word to transform us and to re-ceive Our Lord in the Eucharist as we heed His com-mand, “Do this in memory of me”. Please be reminded of the following changes: Everyone is required to wear a face mask. Seating in the church is limited to 100 people ade-

quately spaced. The lower church (at Saint James) can accommodate overflow seating for approxi-mately 60 people if necessary. Certain pews have been closed to allow for social distancing. Families may sit together but unrelated people should sit six feet apart from one another. You may not be able to sit in your favorite seat.

Missalettes, bibles, and bulletins have been re-moved from the pews.

Music will be provided by our musicians; however, the congregation will not be singing.

The entrance, offertory and recessional processions have been omitted as well as exchanging a sign of peace.

The collection basket will not be passed. You are welcome to place your donation in the collection box as you enter or leave church. Alternatively, you are encouraged to use online giving or to mail a check to the rectory.

When receiving Holy Communion, approach the altar while maintaining a distance from one anoth-er. Do not come up side by side. Keep your mask on if you are receiving in the hand. Receive the Eu-charist, step to the side, drop your mask and re-ceive Our Lord. If you wish to receive on the tongue, you are asked to come at the end of the communion line.

Professional contractors have been hired to clean before each Mass. Parishioners are asked to depart shortly after Mass and arrive no more than twenty minutes before Mass to allow time for cleaning.

While the public celebration of Sunday Masses has re-sumed, dispensation from the Sunday obligation grant-ed by the Archbishop will extend through Sunday, September 6, 2020. Sunday Mass will continue to be broadcast on Youtube.

EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP - RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS

Focus on the Good When I was a child, my mother had a set of sculptures resembling three human heads. One head had hands over the ears, one had hands over the eyes, and one had hands over the mouth. Of course, they depicted the phrase, “Hear no evil; see no evil; speak no evil.” I have seen these images repeated many times since then, usually as the monkey heads from a Japanese proverb, which would have probably seemed a little less creepy to me when I was a small child. Apparently, there is no consensus about the full meaning or certain origin of these three im-ages nor the phrase. At the very least, it causes us to re-flect on the need to avoid evil and look for the good in things. As I have lived my life, I have come to believe there are more people who live their lives in a contrary manner to these images. It is not that they seek evil, but it is as if they “see no good, hear no good, and speak no good.” Gossiping is the way they pass the time, and they always seem to find the negative in people and situations. Being a good steward certainly means that we do not seek evil, but more than that, it means that we see the abundance of good things all around us. These gifts of God are big and little, profound and ordinary. By seeing the world in this way, we begin to change our personalities and our overall disposition. We always need to follow a new proverb: see all the good, hear all the good, and speak about the good. Amen. — Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS ©LPi

RECTORY OFFICE RESUMES NORMAL OFFICE HOURS

The rectory office has resumed normal office hours this week. We ask that you call in advance as op-posed to just dropping by. Thank you for your cooperation.

FOOD DRIVE TO BENEFIT MACC Knights of Columbus, Council 1155, will be collecting non-perishable food and monetary donations on Saturday, August 8, 2020 in St. James Church parking lot, from 9 am – 12 noon. All donations will be given directly to the MACC Food Pantry. Items most in need: Cereal, canned veggies (need all but especially peas, carrots), canned fruits, snacks for kids, grape jelly, peanut butter, pasta & sauce ,mayo, tuna, canned chicken, Spam, chicken noodle soup, baked beans, red kidney beans, chickpeas, black beans, canned chili, ketchup, beef stew, canned pastas, diced tomatoes, juice boxes, size 5 diapers.

JULY 12, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 virus TUESDAY EVENING BINGO IS CANCELLED

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

Weekly Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place on Mondays at Assumption Church from 2 PM until 7 PM. Please try to set aside at least one

hour weekly to spend with the Lord. Each hour you spend with Jesus. will deepen His Divine Peace in your heart.

Saint James Parish Circle of Love Prayer Line For information on joining or to add a prayer intention to the Saint James Parish Circle of Love

Prayer Line, please call Joan Dower, 860-432-3397, or Sharon Krause, 860-649-6525.

Jesus said “Whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me and whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the

one who sent me”. Are you willing to embrace the cross and follow Jesus as a priest? Call Fr. Michael Casey, Director of Vocations, Pastoral Center, 860-761-7456, e-mail vocations@aohct.org or visit the web at www.hartfordpriest.com.

NOVENA TO RESUME JULY 13TH

Novena to the Blessed Virgin Mary resumes on Monday, July 13, at 7 p.m., at Assumption Church. during exposition of

the Blessed Sacrament. We will pray the rosary and conclude with Benediction.

MASS ATTENDANCE JULY 4/5

SJC 4 p.m. 33 7:30 a.m. 52 9 a.m. 52 11 a.m. 45 AC 5 p.m. 20 10 a.m. 31