SACRAMENTS Baptism: Sundays at 11:00am (St. Joseph) & 11:30am (St. Gabriel)

Please call the Parish Rectory Office to schedule a date

Reconciliation: The 1st and 2nd Saturdays at 4:30pm (St. Joseph)

3rd and 4th Saturdays at 3:15pm (St. Gabriel)

Marriage: Arrangements should be made by calling the Rectory at least six months in advance

Anointing of the Sick: Please contact the Rectory

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE

Mrs. Cynthia Glick

Coordinator of Faith Formation

Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 3:00pm

Telephone: 860-683-0366

FAX: 860-688-2638

E-mail: reled@windsorcatholic.org

CEMETERY SEXTON

Ms. Lori Possum

Telephone: 860-285-0696

MUSIC MINISTRY

Mr. Michael Rheault St. Gabriel

Mr. Scott P. Rioux St. Joseph

Directors of Music

CHURCH SEXTON

Mrs. Charlene Stosonis

ST. GABRIEL SCHOOL

Mrs. Patricia Martin

Principal

77 Bloomfield Avenue, Windsor, CT Tel: 860-688-6401

Website: www.stgabrielschool.org FAX: 860-298-8668

Reverend John P. Melnick

Pastor

Reverend Tuan Anh Dinh Mai

Parochial Vicar

Deacon R. Carl Lickwar

Accessible by

side entrance

SCHEDULE OF MASSES Monday - Friday Daily Mass: 7:30am

St. Gabriel & St. Joseph Churches alternate weeks

Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm (St. Gabriel), 5:00pm (St. Joseph)

Sunday: 8:00 & 10:30am (St. Gabriel) 8:00 & 10:00am (St. Joseph)

RECTORY OFFICE

Mrs. Martha Erickson Mr. Jonathan Wyse Ms. Lori Possum

Parish Secretary Communications Coordinator Bookkeeper

E-mail: office@windsorcatholic.org E-mail: web@windsorcatholic.org E-mail: finance@windsorcatholic.org

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00am-3:00pm

Telephone: 860-688-4905/ 860-688-9566 FAX: 860-688-2638

379 Broad Street, Windsor, CT Website: www.windsorcatholic.org

Saint Joseph Church

1747 Poquonock Avenue

Poquonock, CT 06064

Saint Gabriel Church 379 Broad Street

Windsor, CT 06095

St. Damien of Molokai Parish

THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 3, 2017

Saturday December 2 - The Vigil of the First Sunday

of Advent

4:00 PM A Special Intention req. by Ray & Veronica

(SGC) Merz

5:00 PM Albert Biamonte req. by His Family

(SJC)

Sunday December 3 - The First Sunday of Advent

8:00 AM 38th Ann. - Elizabeth R. Sponzo req. by

(SGC) Children

8:00 AM Nancy Auclair req. by Joe & Marty

(SJC) Auclair

10:00 AM Martha Boi and

(SJC) Peter Dinh Nguyen req. by Truong

Family

10:30 AM Birthday Remembrance - Josephine

(SGC) Remillard req. by Carol Brown

Monday December 4 - St. John Damascene

7:30 AM Frank Cerutti req. by Family

Tuesday December 5

7:30 AM John Van der Voorn req. by His Neighbors

Wednesday December 6 - St. Nicholas

7:30 AM Joseph Rukus req. by Sam and Mary Ann

Parlapiano

Thursday December 7

7:30 AM The Prosperous Future of St. Damien of

Molokai Parish

5:30 PM Bernard W. Regan req. by Family

Friday December 8 - The Immaculate Conception

of the Blessed Virgin Mary

7:30 AM Elaine Ambrosino req. by Gayle & Mark

(SJC) Brick

9:00 AM St. Gabriel School Mass - Parish is invited

12:10 PM 9th Ann. - John Burns req. by Daughter

5:30 PM Deceased Members of the Cunningham,

(SJC) Kearney & Villa Families

The Following Weekend

Mass Intentions

Saturday December 9 - The Vigil of the Second

Sunday of Advent

4:00 PM 12th Ann. - Clayton and Florence Van

(SGC) Gasbeck req. by Family

5:00 PM Special Intention for the O’Neil and Lapato

(SJC) Families req. by Joan O’Neil

Sunday December 10 – The Second Sunday of

Advent

8:00 AM Patrick & Anna Kane and Patrick

(SGC) Canning req. by Family

8:00 AM Anniversary Remembrance - Nicholas

(SJC) Palladino req. by His Nephew, Joseph

10:00 AM 11th Ann. - Peter Binette req. by

(SJC) His Family

10:30 AM Birthday Remembrance - Donald

(SGC) LaBarre req. by Family

Daily 7:30 AM Masses

Monday through Friday at St. Gabriel Church

December 8th, The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Holy Day of Obligation.

Please remember those who have gone before

us marked with the sign of faith.

Also, remember the sick of the parish at home, in hospitals and

in convalescent homes, especially, Florence Raimo, Arline

Jacques, Darlene Kennedy, Robin Trimmier, Jim Hunter

and Lori Marinone.

The Sanctuary Lamp will burn at St. Gabriel Church the week of

December 3rd for the greater glory of God and for :

The 20th Anniversary Remembrance

Pat Verrengia

Requested by

Daughter & Family

Pat Verrengia’s Daughter and Family have also

offered altar flowers in his honor to embrace the

beauty each life holds.

Please offer a silent prayer for Pat and his family to

acknowledge and remember the joys he and his family

shared throughout his life, especially at the holidays.

St. Damien of Molokai Parish

Collections: Weekend of November 25 & 26

Weekly Collection: $9,479

On-line: $3,977

Parish Annual Collection Goal: $75,000

Collection to Date: $39,267

This Weekend, the Second Collection is for My Monthly

offering.

Next Weekend, the Second Collection is for the Retired

Religious Fund.

Thank you for your involvement in Parish activities and

ministries. Your generosity is always appreciated.

DECEMBER 3, 2017

St. Damien of Molokai Bible Study’s last session will

meet on Tuesday, December 5 in St. Joseph Church,

Fr. Doherty Hall from 6:30-8pm.

Readings for the Week of December 3, 2017

Sunday: Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7/Ps 80:2-3, 15-16

, 18-19 [4]/1 Cor 1:3-9/Mk 13:33-37

Monday: Is 2:1-5/Ps 122:1-2, 3-4b, 4cd-5, 6-7, 8-9/Mt 8:5-11

Tuesday: Is 11:1-10/Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 [cf. 7]/Lk 10:21-

24

Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [6cd]/Mt 15:29-

37

Thursday: Is 26:1-6/Ps 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a [26a]/

Mt 7:21, 24-27

Friday: Gn 3:9-15, 20/Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 [1a]/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/

Lk 1:26-38

Saturday: Is 30:19-21, 23-26/Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [cf.

Is 30:18d]/Mt 9:35--10:1, 5a, 6-8

Next Sunday: Is 40:1-5, 9-11/Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14 [8]/2

Pt 3:8-14/Mk 1:1-8

WE WELCOME INTO OUR PARISH FAMILY

THROUGH THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:

Nathaniel Maurice Morneau

son of Joel & Victoria Morneau

May the grace of God he received at his rebirth remain with him

always and may he grow in the love and friendship of our loving

Father.

For the convenience of those planning to use the traditional

advent wreath in their homes to prepare for Christmas, we

will publish the prayers that accompany the lighting of each

week’s candle.

Standard Advent wreath candles are available in the sacristy

for purchase.

FIRST WEEK

Prayer: O Lord, stir up your might we beg you, and come,

that by your protection we may deserve to be rescued from

threatening dangers of our sins and saved by your

deliverance. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. (The purple

candle opposite the pink one is lit and left burning during the

evening meal, family prayers or another specified time.)

An Evening of Spirituality with Deacon Carl

Wednesdays, December 6th, 13th & 20th

6:00 pm St. Gabriel Church Hall

Help care for elders. “ Thanks to support from the Retirement Fund for Religious, we are now in a much better position to care for our elders,” writes a religious sister. Your donation helps her religious community and hundreds of others provide for aging members and plan for long-

term needs. Please give to Next Week’s Retirement Fund for Religious collection.

The Little Blue Books offering daily reflections for Advent are

available at the Church doorways this weekend. Please take a

copy home with you to take well deserved time to remember

the true meaning of Christmas.

Helen Haidle *The Candymaker’s

Gift SeedFaithBooks.com

Monday, December 4th, the Rosary Makers will

meet at 9:30 am in Fr. Doherty Hall at St. Joseph

Church.

Our parish now offers Online Giving, a web-

based electronic contribution application.

We are providing this service so that you

have the option to manage your

contributions online or with your offering envelopes. This service

is safe and secure. And it is convenient for you and for our parish

staff. Sign up for Online Giving by visiting our parish website at

www.yourparishwebsite.com and selecting the Online Giving

link.

We are accepting donations for Christmas flowers.

Perhaps you would like to make a donation in memory of

a deceased family member, friend or in honor of

someone. Names will be published in January.

DECEMBER 3, 2017

A Message from Social Action

Monthly Food Collection Grocery bags are available this weekend for the December food drive. The Food Bank has requested personal care items, paper goods, hot beverages, canned meats, and cereal. Thank you for your continued support of our monthly drives.

Giving Tree

The annual Giving Trees are set up at the entrances to the Churches. Please consider taking a tag or two to help a child in need of a smile this Christmas! The gifts will support Windsor Social Services, the Solnit Center group home in East Windsor, and Covenant to Care. The gifts need to be returned to either church hall the weekend of December 9 or 10. In addition to tags for children’s gifts, there will be monetary envelopes to support our care packages to the troops. If you have any questions concerning the Giving Tree, please contact Lisa Andersen or Sue Claughsey.

Agendas and minutes are sent out before and after all Social Action meetings. If you would like to be added to the email distribution list, please contact Lisa Andersen.

The next Social Action meeting is February 12th, at 6PM in St. Gabriel Church Hall. For more information on how you can participate in Social Action contact Lisa Andersen at 860-688-

3474 or Landers403@comcast.net or Sue Claughsey at 860-298-0550 or rnsue51@yahoo.com.

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

ANCHOR MEETING

DECEMBER 10TH

(St Gabriel Hall) after 10:30 Mass – Activities

include: Holiday gift bags filled for Santa

Breakfast followed by Pizza lunch & travel to

local MOVIE theater. (R.S.V.P required to

Suzanne Hawran – hawranjs@comcast.net or 860-508-7520).

ANCHOR is now open to grade 5 students!!

Santa Breakfast is December 16th at St. Gabriel School.

ANCHOR is collecting socks, gloves and hats of all sizes in the

months of December & January.

The Windsor Locks Knights of Columbus is sponsoring the Christmas Party for Developmentally Challenged Adults in the Greater Hartford Area on Friday evening, December 8th. Last year we had over 100 guests in attendance. If you would like to

volunteer to assist with this special event please contact Pat and Darlene Kennedy at 860-688-9482 or kingskid1953@comcast.net. Those who have volunteered in past years have often told us “This is what Christmas is all about.”

Also, we are in need of NEW medium size stuffed animals to use as gifts for Santa for the Knights of Columbus Christmas Party for Developmentally Challenged Adults. There is a box for donations (unwrapped) located in both Church Halls. Please have any donations in the box by Sunday, December 3rd.Thank you in advance for your anticipated generosity.

Thank you to the 15 student volunteers,

and to parents Michelle Camara, Celine

Cappiello and Ray Gosselin for helping

with this year’s very successful

Thanksgiving Turkey & Food Drive held on

November 18th. Thanks to the very generous

donations from St. Damien parishioners and

neighbors, 105 turkeys, 468 pounds of food

and $1170 was donated to Foodshare! If you

didn’t hear, Foodshare was able to meet the

request for the 15,334 turkeys for

Thanksgiving - Thank you!

Date: December 16, 2017

Time: 9-11 AM

Place: St. Gabriel School Cafeteria

Children (3 to 12) @ $5 each. Adults $8

Please call the school to register at (860) 688-6401

Must register by December 11

The Prayer Shawl Ministry evening group will meet

in Fr. Doherty Hall from 7-9pm on Monday,

December 4th.

The Prayer Shawl Ministry daytime group will meet

at St. Gabriel Church Hall from 1-2pm on Monday, December

11th.

The school will be celebrating the Advent season

with a prayer service at our School every Monday at

8:30am, starting December 4th.

Parishioners are welcome to attend the State of the

School Annual Report given on Wednesday,

December 6th at 6:30 pm in the St. Gabr iel School cafeter ia

during our monthly Home & School Association meeting.

This weekend we kick-off our ‘February Fast Cash’ fundraiser.

Calendars will be sold until the end of January and winning stubs

will be drawn each day in February. See the bulletin insert for

more information, call the school or visit our website.

Sunday, January 21st is Open House for the 2018/2019

DECEMBER 3, 2017

December

3 Religious Education Classes at

St. Gabriel School for Grades K - 8

[9:00 - 10:00 am]

3 Religious Ed & St. Gabriel School Family Mass at 10:30

am Mass

10 Religious Education Classes at St. Gabriel School for

Grades K - 8 [9:00 - 10:00 am]

16 Christmas Pageant practice at 12:00 noon at St. Joseph

Church

17 Religious Education Classes at St. Gabriel School for

Grades K - 8 [9:00 - 10:00 am]

23 Christmas Pageant practice at 12:00 noon at St. Joseph

Church

24 Christmas Pageant at 3:30 pm at St. Joseph Church

followed by Family Mass at 4:00 pm

24 No Religious Education classes

31 No Religious Education classes

January

7 Religious Education Classes at St. Gabriel School for

Grades K - 8 [9:00 - 10:00 am]

7 Religious Ed & St. Gabriel School Family Mass at 10:30am

Mass

7 C2 Confirmation Retreat 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. All C2

Confirmation candidates will attend

12 Rehearsal for First Reconciliation 5:30 - 6:30 pm at St.

Joseph Church

14 Religious Education Classes at St. Gabriel School for

Grades K - 8 [9:00 - 10:10 am]

19 Rehearsal for First Reconciliation 5:30 - 6:30 pm at St.

Joseph Church

20 Sacrament of First Reconciliation 1:00 pm at St. Joseph

Church

21 Religious Education Classes at St. Gabriel School for

Grades K - 8 [9:00 - 10:10 am]

28 Religious Education Classes at St. Gabriel School for

Grades K - 8 [9:00 - 10:10 am]

Christmas Pageant Practice - all youth in the Parish are invited to participate in the Christmas Pageant. Once again this year, our Youth Choir Director, Vicky Ascherman, will coordinate the pageant. Children & youth taking part in the Pageant and Parent & Student Volunteers should plan to attend both rehearsals on December 16th & 23rd at 12:00 Noon at St. Joseph Church.

C1 & C2 Community Service Opportunities – Volunteers are needed to assist with the Christmas Pageant rehearsals on December 16th & 23rd & Pageant on December 24th. Volunteers should contact the Religious Ed Office to sign up. Volunteers are also needed for the Christmas Party for developmentally challenged adults sponsored by the Windsor Locks Knights of Columbus; the party will be held Friday evening, December 8th, in St. Robert Church Hall in Windsor Locks. Volunteers should contact Pat and Darlene Kennedy at kingskid1953@comcast.net or 860-688-9482.

Partners in Faith is a monthly newsletter designed for parents to help our children grow in their Catholic faith; during the school year copies of Partners in Faith are sent home with K - 8th grade students in the Religious Education program and beginning this month, with the St. Gabriel School students. Additional copies are located at the entrances of the church - please take one home!

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