Saint Marianne Cope Parish

Rev. Stuart H. Pinette, Pastor

St. Catherine of Siena 6 Windsorville Road Broad Brook, CT 06016

Masses: Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Weekdays: Mon. - Thurs., 8:00 a.m.

Holy Hour: Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

Parish Office: 6 Windsorville Road Broad Brook, CT 06016

St. Philip the Apostle 150 South Main Street

East Windsor, CT 06088

Masses: Saturday Vigil, 4:00 p.m. Sunday, 10:30 a.m.

Parish Rectory: 150 South Main Street East Windsor, CT 06088

Parish Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 9:00am -12:00 noon Phone: (860) 623-4636 (ext. 101)

Fax: (860) 292-8550 Website: smceastwindsor.org

Parish Office email: office@smceastwindsor.org Fr. Stu’s email: frstu@smceastwindsor.org

Pastoral Assistant - Theresa Jablow Director of Music - Wendy Quinn

Pastoral Minister - Jan Albetski email: JanA@smceastwindsor.org

Faith Formation Office: (860) 623-4636 (ext. 106)

Prayer Shawl Ministry: Tuesdays - 1:30 p.m. at St. Catherine Church

Altar Rosary Society Women’s Group:

First Monday of the Month - 7:00 p.m. at St. Catherine Church

Reconciliation Saturday, 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. • St. Philip Church

Baptism Please call the parish office to make arrangements for the celebration of the sacrament

as well as a pre-baptismal session for parents and Godparents.

Matrimony Please call the parish office at least six months in advance before making any other arrangements.

New Parishioners Please call the parish office to register. Registration forms are also available in the church foyers.

Church Envelopes These are a regular way to practice Christian stewardship. Please call the parish office for more details.

Saint Marianne cope parish East Windsor

NEW PARISHIONERS – Welcome! There are registration forms on the resource tables in the foyers of our two churches. Just fill one out and drop it in the collection basket or return it to the parish office. You may also register by calling the parish office during weekday business hours.

YOUNG FAMILIES – At St. Philip Church, the quiet room is available for families with young children attending Mass, and at St. Catherine Church the foyer is available if your child needs a break.

PARISHIONERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS - The first pew in both of our churches is available for parishioners that have any type of physical limitations, and you may also receive communion while staying in your seat if you’d like. At St. Philip, those in the quiet room may proceed in front of the first pew for communion as well.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK - can be celebrated at any time for those who are ill or infirmed. When someone’s condition worsens, please call the parish office to arrange for Fr. Stu to visit and celebrate the sacrament rather then waiting until the final moments of their life.

PLEASE PRAY FOR – Leona Bard, Joyce Benoit, Jeannie Bernier, Maria Brenza, Linda Brown, Inez Cabral, Helen Calsetta, Donald Daigle, Gabriel Desrocher, Donald Fitzgerald, Laurie Gallipo, David Gieseke, Joanne Gird, Ciera Green, Mae Grigely, Regina Jackmauh, Concetta Kopp, Auralie LaChance, Martha Leonard, Bill Mager, Ethel Morin, Rosemary Murak, Francine & Rita Nadeau, Mabel Ouellette, Laura Palmer, Donald Quist, Rob & Lilly, Bob & Gen Roy, Meghan Tully, Mary Winn, Heidi Wormstedt, Deborah & James Wrann, and Ellie Ziegler. Also, remember all health care workers, missionaries and those serving in the armed forces.

The Pastor’s Desk Weekday Masses only have begun in our parish for the next few weeks. This will be a gradual process, mindful of the pandemic, the need to be careful, safe and thoughtful for others. To help this hap-pen, due to its size, points of entry and departure as well as other features and the need for thorough daily cleaning, St. Philip’s will be the parish church used for all Masses and liturgies for the foreseeable future until a vaccine is created and available to all. Another consideration is the number of people who will be able to safely gather at one time in the church. Based on the guidelines set by the diocese, no more than 100 persons can be present at a given Mass. When we come together, we’ll do so attentive to social dis-tancing and the need for quiet time afterwards so the church can settle and be kept clean and safe. During these days of transition, we’d like to try to give folks differ-ent chances to worship during the week in order to enjoy some sab-bath time in light of limited seating. So for now, this will be our weekly Mass schedule beginning Tuesday, June 9th:

Tuesday-12:10pm & 6:00pm and Thursday-8:00am at St. Philip

Please choose one time and then call the parish office during regular hours (860-623-4636 - M,W,F: 9am-noon) to see if there is space to reserve a seat to attend Mass at one of these times in our parish. Or go to the website “Pics & Happenings” page and sign-up for a Mass time. Again, because of seating limits you’ll need to call ahead or sign- up before attending Mass.)

Here are some other helpful practices as we join in worship.

Entering/Departing Church – Everyone will be asked to wear a face covering. Enter through one of the two side doors in the main foyer since they can be hinged-open most times, allowing access with little need to open and close the doors. Then walk down the sloping aisles to pick out a marked row to sit in. At the end of Mass, all will leave, 6ft apart, one row at a time, down the side aisles and out the side foyer doors. Seating & Social Distancing - Seating will be in every other row with no more than 4 in each pew (such as: 3 singles; or 1 couple and 2 singles; or 1 family of 3 and 1 single; or just 1 family of 4+). Rows to sit in will be marked at the end of each pew with a colored sheet of paper. Giving Boxes/Baskets – There will be no passing of the collec-tion baskets during Mass since we need to abide by social distancing and hand safety. Instead, marked Giving Boxes can be found in the wooden wall shelves near the bulletin racks in the main foyer as you enter through the side doors. There will also be two wicker Giving Baskets on the carpet kneeling pads near the sanctuary. Both the Giving Boxes & Baskets enable us to take care of our stewardship offerings on our own at Mass while mailing them in or using Online Giving if needed. Communion Time – Ministers of the Eucharist will wear face coverings and hand-sanitize before and after serving at communion. Those who would like to receive communion will come up while wear-ing face coverings, one row at a time, 6ft. apart. Communion will be received in the hands, flat and extended towards the minister, mindful of the red marker strips in the carpet. After receiving the host, each person is asked to step six feet to the side, lower their face covering, consume the host, replace the covering, and then return to their seat. The first few weeks will be a learning time but once we get used to safe practices, things should be okay. And we'll do this together with God’s help.

Scripture Readings - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jeremiah 20:10-13 Romans 5:12-15

Matthew 10:26-33

“Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in them.”

“As I sat with these readings several weeks ago, all’s I could think of was how the Israelites wandered in the de-sert for 40 years. Were they so hard hearted that God tested them for more than a generation? We’re not even 40 weeks into this pandemic in America and already the signs of strain are evident. The other theme that kept sur-facing was that God fed them. God provided the suste-nance they needed to continue their journey. However, I stepped away from today’s readings when both my mother and mother-in-law entered hospice care within days of each other. My beloved mother-in-law, Elaine, passed away yesterday. Due to COVID-19, no fami-ly was able to be with Elaine when she died. Knowing that none of us could be there during her deathwatch was the most difficult part of these past few weeks. As I racked my brains trying to figure out how to let Elaine know we were ‘with’ her, both my daughters did something that so reminded me of Elaine, I found the answer. My oldest daughter has her sense of delight and laughs just the way she did. My youngest daughter has Elaine’s steely resolve to be able to do very difficult things because they need to be done. Knowing part of Elaine will live on in my daugh-ters provided me some comfort. That comfort led me back to today’s readings on this solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. By gifting us with an ongoing reminder of himself in the Eu-charist, Jesus physically lets us know he is still with us. He did and will continue to feed us. Jesus knew our human nature so well. How else could we human beings carry on Jesus’ teachings without a lasting tangible presence? The Eucharist can provide us the resolve and ability to fulfill God’s greatest commandment to love one another. Just as parts of my mother-in-law live on in my daugh-ters, may the parts of Jesus that are needed most now live on in us so that we too, can feed our struggling world.”

Julie Kalkowski, Creighton Univ. Online Ministries, June 14, 2020. All rights reserved.

A Native African Prayer for Peace

Almighty God, The Great Thumb we cannot evade to tie

any knot; The Roaring Thunder that splits mighty trees;

The All-seeing Lord up on high who sees even the foot-

prints of an antelope on a rock mass here on Earth. You

are the one who does not hesitate to respond to our

call. You are the cornerstone of peace. Amen.

- Center for Concern

THE FEAST OF THE BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST

Sisters take food pantry ministry outdoors in pandemic

Sr. Stephanie Baliga had a problem: The Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago's food pantry was shut down by restrictions to stop the spread of the coronavirus, but the need for food in the neighborhood was greater than ever. So she found a way. And as sisters are doing across the country under challenges imposed by COVID-19, when she ran into still more challenges, she got creative. Nationwide, millions of people have lost jobs as employers closed or cut back, making the need for food and other support greater than ever. The weekly food pantry at the Mission of Our Lady of Angels in Chicago normally serves about 225 people, Sister Stephanie said, but the need for food had doubled. So the sisters moved the pantry outside. Because social distancing requirements meant patrons would not be able to pick and choose their own food, it all had to be prepackaged. At the same time, the sisters couldn't allow most of their volunteers to help. So all nine sisters in the small community, founded in 2010, pitched in to help. "Everyone's here," Sister Stephanie said. "We're very, very limited on volunteers, so it's a lot of work." They did get some unexpected volunteers: the Chicago Police. Even with moving the pantry outside and keeping everyone 6 feet apart, many senior citizens and those with compromised immune systems could not risk exposure. Likewise, those who are homebound discovered many of the services they rely on had been shut down. So the police loaded up a vehicle with more than 100 bags of food and delivered them to those in need. "The city and the [police] department as a whole is going through a difficult period and this neighborhood, which is one of the more challenged communities within the city as we see it, needs all the help they can get," Lt. Jason Brown told the Chicago Tribune in late March. "We're kind of in uncharted waters. I think given that, we have to take a different approach to how we police and what policing really means." Sister Stephanie said working with the police is not unusual at the mission, and that has not changed even after a weekend of destruction in Chicago that left 20 dead, sparked by protests over the death of George Floyd. "They're absolute heroes," she said of the police in the neighborhood. Sister Stephanie said the Mission's buildings were the only ones not damaged over the weekend, and that the neighborhood was largely destroyed. "This is one of the most economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in the United States of America, so we were not in a good place before this [pandemic] started." There was a woman, a working mother with six children who had just been laid off," she said. "Because she was working, she wasn't qualified for food stamps, but now she had no job, six children and no government assistance. She was almost in tears, she was so grateful for the food." The pantry work has become all-consuming, Sister Stephanie said, but it hasn't been a problem because almost all of the community's other ministries have been shut down.

Dan Stockman, Global Sister’s Report, 6/4/20. All rights reserved.

Parish Sharing & Support (May 31 & June 7)

Weekly Offertory - $3,864 Online Giving - $1,815 Monthly Offertory - $1,140

Thank you for sharing your gift of treasure with our parish.

There are different ways to share your stewardship offering during this time of transition:

Drop it in the Giving Boxes or Giving Baskets when you attend one of the weekday Masses. You can also mail it to the parish offices or make your offering through Online Giving which can be reached on

our parish website homepage.

Thanks to everyone who has been able to take part these past months as we live out our call to be the body of Christ in the world

while supporting the needs and mission of our parish.

SMC Liturgical Schedule at St. Philip Church

Weekday Masses -

Tuesday at 12:10pm & 6:00pm Thursday at 8:00am

Sacrament of Reconciliation -

Saturday: 3:00-3:30pm

Please choose one Mass time and then call the parish office (860-623-4636 - M,W,F: 9am-noon) to see if there is space to reserve a seat for that Mass. Or go to the parish website “Pics & Happenings” page and sign-up for a Mass time. Again, because of seating limits you’ll need to call ahead or sign-up before attending Mass.

St. Catherine Cemetery News

Meditation Patio Brick Drive – takes place throughout this month of June for those who would like to take part. The yellow order forms for brick purchases are available in the entranceway of the parish offices. These provide instructions about the information allowed on each brick as well as other details. Engraved bricks may be pur-chased for $55 per brick and checks should be made payable to St. Catherine Cemetery. The engraving will take about 6 weeks and the new bricks should be ready to be installed in the patio in September. Please note if you have a location preference in the patio.

- St. Catherine Cemetery Committee

The Memory Café-Giving Alzheimer’s Purpose

Ellington Human Services, in conjunction with the Alzhei-mer’s Association, is offering a monthly Early Stage En-gagement Program for those living with early stage de-mentia. The program offers a comfortable environment for people to socialize and build a support system. The Memory Café is held on the last Wednesday of the month at 1:00pm, currently in a virtual format for the foreseeable future. For more info contact Rebecca Stack at 860-870-3128 or rstackellington-ct.gov. All are welcome!

“Catholic social teaching is built on a commitment to the

poor. This commitment arises from our experience of

Christ in the Eucharist.”

- US Bishops: Sharing Catholic Social Teaching