Office hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM ; Friday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

-CHURCH IS HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE-

Welcome to our Little Church on the Hill

Mass Schedule Sacrament of Reconciliation

Monday - Friday: 7:30 AM Available Saturdays: 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Saturday: 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Vigil Thursdays: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:45 AM, 11:30 AM Every Day: 15 minutes before Mass

Holy Days: posted in the Bulletin

Baptism & Marriage Preparation

Eucharistic Adoration Please contact Parish Office (203) 748-9029

First Tuesday 7:00 PM–8:00 PM Anointing of the Sick

Every Friday 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM Please contact Parish Office (203) 748-9029

June 24, 2018

Stewardship | Our Financial View

Weekend of June 16th and 17th

$3,564.00

Going on Vacation? Please visit our website

www.sacredheartdanbury.org

to set up your online giving account.

Thank You for your continued generosity!

Liturgical Schedule

- MONDAY 06/25/18-

7:30 AM + Jean Stanton | Buzzy Klecha

Rdgs: 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18 | Mt 7:1-5

- TUESDAY 06/26/18 -

7:30 AM + Max and +Fred Klecha| Buzzy Klecha

Rdgs: 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36| Mt 7: 6, 12-14

-WEDNESDAY 06/27/18 -

7:30 AM + Mary Patren| Patren Family

Rdgs: 2 Kgs 22:8-13, 23:1-3| Mt 7:15-20

- THURSDAY 06/28/18 -

Saint Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr

7:30 AM Fr. Peter and Staff | Janice McNamara

Rdgs: 2 Kgs 24:8-17 | Mt 7:21-29

7:00 PM Confessions

- FRIDAY 06/29/18 -

Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles

7:30 AM + JoAnn Melillo| Linda and David Evans

Rdgs: Acts 12: 1-11 | 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18|Mt. 16:13-19

-SATURDAY 06/30/18 -

8:00 AM +Marge Hlavenka| Dorothy Pribulo

Rdgs: Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19| Mt 8: 5-17

5:00 PM +Victor Kolwicz | Muriel Kolwicz

Lectors - M. Godfrey & J. Kieras

Ministers of the Blood - R. Godfrey & B. Miazga

Minister of the Body - J. Garofalo

Altar Servers - J. & J. Dennison

Music Ministry - St. Cecilia Choir

- SUNDAY 07/01/18 -

7:30 AM Parishioners Living and Deceased

Lectors - D. & K. Kozlowski

Ministers of the Blood - B. Scully

Minister of the Body - J. Freitas

Altar Servers - K. Kozlowski , K. Viera- Hanley, R. Posca

Music Ministry - Cantor

9:45 AM Anthony Scalzo | Janice McNamara

Lector - D. Suess

Ministers of the Blood - E. Cerno & B. Hagan

Minister of the Body - K. Cerno

Altar Servers - E. & A. Vas, E. Castro

Music Ministry - Cantor

11:30 AM + Lucille Roth | Anna Fitzsimons

Lector - G. Kula

Ministers of the Blood - Sr. Doris & V. Giordano

Minister of the Body - M. Casey

Altar Servers - C. Vogel, JP Miranda

Music Ministry - Contemporary Choir

Rdgs: Wis 1:13-15, 2:23-24 | 2Cor 8:7,9,13-15| Mk 5:21-43

Tuesday nights 7:00PM - 8:00 PM Join the Flame of Love group in the Church and Pray the Rosary in Spanish

Los Martes no juntamos desde las 7:00 hasta las 8:00 de la noche. Sea miembro del grupo La llama del amor en la iglesia y rece el Rosario en espanol con nostros.Español.

Your prayers are requested for our hospitalized parishioners, family members, and

friends who are bearing the Cross of Suffering: Fran Wilkes, Bob & Pat Extance,

Herminia Genao, Therese Slesinsky,

Emily Donofrio,

the Morosky Family, & Homebound.

Please also pray for those suffering senseless

violence and racial tensions.

PLEASE NOTE Danbury Hospital continues to update their computer system. We are still not receiving notification of hospitalized parishioners. If you or a loved one are hospitalized, and would like a visit, please contact the Par ish Office. (203) 748-9029

Sacred Heart has

received donations:

In Loving Memory of :

+ Geraldine Strusky

From:

Roberta and Allan Phipps

Parish Staff Pastor

Fr. Peter Towsley FrPeter@SacredHeartDanbury.org

In Residence Fr. Amobi Atuegbu

Pastoral Administrator Dan Tomé

Danieltome.sacredheart@gmail.com

203-743-0689

Finance Administrator Marie Fitzgerald

MarieKFitzgerald.SacredHeart@gmail.com

Office Administrator

Suzanne Najman Suzannenajman.SacredHeart@gmail.com

Parish Building & Grounds Manny Guaman | 203-449-4197

Music Ministry Director Suzanne Najman

Suzannenajman.SacredHeart@gmail.com

Finance Council Chairperson Nannette Scudiero | 203-746-5884

Parish Pastoral Council Chairperson Karen Cerno | 203-798-1466

Parish Office Email office@sacredheartdanbury.org

Bulletin Editor bulletinshc@gmail.com

Anthony Scalzo | Janice McNamara Week of July 1

This Week in the Parish

- MONDAY 06/25/18-

- TUESDAY 06/26/18 -

6:15 PM - 7:15 PM Class School Gym

- WEDNESDAY 06/27/18 -

- THURSDAY 06/28/18 - 6:45 PM - 8:00 PM Rehearsal Church

- FRIDAY 06/29/18 -

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Rehearsal Church

- SATURDAY 06/30/18 -

- SUNDAY 07/01/18-

6:30PM - 8:00 PM Meeting Parish Center

FRIDAY Adoration 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM

closing with Benediction.

Couldn't you watch with me even one

hour? Matt 26:40

All Ministers please take note:

As we head into warmer months, please remember that when you are exercising

your ministry, you should be dressed appropriately.

OUTDOOR MASS

& PICNIC

9.23.18

Adorers’ Corner

Scheduled for June 29th

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Georgia Kula

9:00 AM -10:00 AM | Janice McNamara &

Christina Brito

10:00 AM -11:00 AM | Sr. Doris Thibault &

Virginia Giordano

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Volunteer(s) Needed

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Tom DiGiovanni,

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Ginger Wohlfarth

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Fran & Sonia Kieras

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Ben Slesinsky

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Peggy Dyer, Deb Isaacson

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |Contemporary Choir

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM |Alessandra Zocolotti

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM |Cyndi Morosky,

Leoneidia Sousa

If you would like to volunteer to be an

adorer, please contact the Parish Office

203-748-9029 or office@sacredheartdanbury.org

If you are unable to make your assigned time

please find a substitute.

Jesus must never be left unattended. Thank you!

As a Parish community, we would like to lift each family up in prayer; praying for the

spiritual, physical, and emotional well-being of each member of the family. Please be sure to include

them in your daily prayers.

Sunday: Mary Franc & Family Monday: Jonathan and Aiza Freitas & Family Tuesday: Nathalie Froehlich & Family Wednesday: Danie and Anastasia Fur tado & Family Thursday: Zalina Fur tado & Family Friday: Frank and Janet Gaetano & Family Saturday: Paul and Ann Galvin & Family Sunday: Paul and Martina Gar izio& Family

Pastor’s Corner conclusion…..

Time will be dedicated to sharing of the word of God as directed by the Holy Spirit. The leader of the group can start

and after opening the minds and hearts of brothers and sisters as directed by the Holy Spirit, then other brothers and

sisters will be given opportunity to share as directed by the Holy Spirit.

We will follow this path whenever we meet for lectio divina;

Reading a passage of scripture (Then together we will slowly reflect and share what the Word of God seems to

communicate to us)

After reception of God’s word, we will dedicate time for silent meditation and contemplation

We will follow the meditation with Intercessions

We will end with Benediction

Please join us on Monday evenings at 7:00pm beginning July 2.

LECTIO DIVINA

UNDERSTANDING GOD’S WORD AND PRAYING WITH IT

Fr. Michael Boakye Yeboah

Lectio divina is an ancient spiritual exercise promoted by the Benedictine monks around the 6th century. Lectio

divina literally means “divine reading” and is a method of prayer, study, and meditation. It can be described as the

slow contemplative praying of scripture. Lectio divina approaches the study and prayer of scripture as something to

be calmly and carefully absorbed and understood. The ultimate goal to this spiritual technique is to spend some time,

physically and mentally, with God through His word.

Lectio divina teaches us about the God who truly loves us. In lectio divina we dare to believe that our loving Father

continues to extend His embrace to us today. And His embrace is real. In His word, we experience ourselves as

personally loved by God; as the recipients of a word which He gives uniquely to each of us whenever we turn to

Him in the Scriptures.

Lectio divina teaches us about ourselves. In lectio divina we discover that there is no place in our hearts, no interior

corner or closet that cannot be opened and offered to God. God teaches us in lectio divina what it means to be

members of his Church.

Though followers of St. Benedict have faithfully practiced Lectio Divina since the 6th century, it has experienced a

revival in the 20th and 21st centuries. Pope Paul VI with his document Dei Verbum and the establishment of the

Second Vatican Council expressed the importance of this ancient practice in the 20th century. Even more recently

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI restated the significance of the Lectio Divina in 2005, explaining that “Lectio divina

should therefore be increasingly encouraged […] It should never be forgotten that the Word of God is a lamp for

our feet and a light for our path.”

Lectio divina is divided into different phases: reading/listening, meditation, prayer, and contemplation. The rhythm

of the lectio divina is a gentle alteration between action and reception: reading the words and thereby entering a

conversation with God. By focusing on a selected scripture, one waits and listens for God’s voice. The individual

practicing lectio divina is both listening to and speaking with God, united with Him via his words.

Lectio is a prayerful process of reading the scriptures in the light of the Holy Spirit. When we prayerfully read the

Word of God, the Holy Spirit will lead us to new understanding. The Word of God has this incarnation effect, where

Jesus becomes present in the heart that receives His Word. Lectio helps us to develop an openness and receptivity to

the Word of God in Scripture, as well as in nature and in events. It helps us to see God everywhere, and hear what

God might be saying. We do lectio to align our hearts with the directives of God that come to us through His Word

and the Word of God becomes the light for our path.

Lectio divina is also among the important exercises, practiced in the atmosphere of silence. The Blessed Virgin

Mary is a key example of the Spirituality of lectio divina. When the angel Gabriel brought the word of God to her,

she accepted it though she couldn’t understand the message. Her response “I am the handmaid of the Lord, do unto

me as you have said” has been the mantra of Christian discipleship and devotion to the Word of God. Mary plays a

key role in the mystery of incarnation: she accepted the word of God and allowed it to grow within her. Mary always

pondered on the words of God silently and patiently and always allowed the “will” of the Lord be done in her life. If

we are to practice Lectio divina well, then Mary should be our role model.

The first step of Lectio Divina is Lectio, or reading. It is not ordinary reading, either as to matter or manner.

To begin the exercise of lectio divina, we will try to put ourselves in a silent mode and after a short period of

silence, we will say an opening prayer. We will continue with a slow reading of God’s Word and in silence we

dedicate time for the Word to rest in us. After a brief time, we will read the passage again. After the second reading,

a time will be dedicated for pondering on the Word of God and asking the Holy Spirit to illumine our hearts and

minds to hear what God instructs us in his Word. Continued on pg 4…..