SACRED HEART CHURCH & SAINT JOHN MISSION - SUNDAY JULY 18, 2021- PASTOR: MSGR LES JANIK
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SACRED HEART CHURCH & SAINT JOHN MISSION
PASTOR: MSGR LES JANIK
————— SUNDAY JULY 18, 2021 —————
The following are in need
of guidance and strength
during difficult times: Eric
Allard, Lydia Baborsky,
Saturday, July 17th-Vigil: Sixteenth Sunday in Audrey & Dan Case, Phyllis
Ordinary Time Chamberlin, Deacon Al Cote, Alfred Cutrone Jr., Betty Ettl,
Joe Ettl, Dorothy Fisher, Rick Gunther, Loretta LeBlanc,
4:00PM In Memory of William Pineault James Riley, Mary Sanborn, Maryann St. Peter, Stanley
Sunday July 18th-Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Weingart, Richard Wengar, Justin West and Charles Whitty.
Time Lord God, we ask you to bless the members of our armed
7:30 am In Memory of Thomas Casey requested services. Give them courage, hope and strength.
by Mary Tauro Please call or email the rectory to confirm the
9:00 am In Memory of Mary Ann Goulart names on the Prayer List.
(birthday remembrance) requested by her
family Our parish family is happy to
10:30 am In Memory of Walter Canova welcome into our faith community
requested by Brian & Margret Canova, Giovanni Jude Belanger, son of
Michael & Cris Canova Stephen & Tarajoy (Sales) Belanger, baptized on
July 11th in Sacred Heart Church by Msgr. Les Janik.
Monday, July 19th-Weekday We pray that Giovanni will grow in Faith through the
8:00 am In Memory of Jeremiah & Auxilia nurturing of his parents, grandparents and Godparents.
Lowney requested by Dr. Jeremiah &
Virginia Lowney To all who have contributed to the toiletry
drive for St. Vincent dePaul; the response
Tuesday, July 20th-Weekday has been overwhelming. St. John Rosary
8:00 am In Memory of Henry & Frances Altar Society will continue to collect items or cash
Winiarski requested by Dr. Jeremiah & donations.
Virginia Lowney
The Catholic Charities 16th Annual Golf Tournament
Wednesday, July 21th-Weekday will be held Monday September 13, 2021 at
8:00 am In Memory of Gerard LeBlanc, Sr. Great Neck Country Club, 28 Lamphere Rd.
requested by Loretta LeBlanc (Wife) Waterford, CT.
In Memory of Rev. Charles McGrail BBQ lunch at 11:00AM, Shotgun Start
12:30PM. Appetizers & Awards to follow!
In Memory of Rev. William McCarthy, To register contact Sally Velcofsky at
MSA 203-556-0115 or email sallyvelcofsky@ccfsn.org
In Memory of Virginia Moran requested
by Rosary Altar Society SAVE THE DATE — ANNIVERSARY MASS
for all married couples celebrating a Silver or
Thursday, July 22nd-St. Mary Magdalene Golden Jubilee at the Cathedral of St. Patrick in
No Mass Norwich on Sunday, October 3, 2021, at 2 P.M.
Friday, July 23rd-Weekday Registration deadline is Friday, September 10.
This is a firm date, so please register early. Call Mary-Jo
8:00 am For Pat Lucente (birthday remembrance) McLaughlin, 860-848-2237, Ext 312, or email at
requested by the Morning Mass Group mmclaughlin@norwichdiocese.net.
Next Weekend
4:00 pm In Memory of Bernice Morrissey Sacred Heart Church, Norwichtown
7:30 am In Memory of Dorothy Atkinson Saint John Mission, Fitchville
Pastor: Msgr. Leszek T. Janik
9:00 am In Memory of Kathleen Cummings
10:30 am In Memory of Stanley Krietsick Rectory Office: Lue Ann Watchus
Mon., Tue., Wed., Fri: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
52 West Town St., Norwichtown, CT 06360-2296
Phone: 860-887-1030 • Fax: 860-887-6550
Please Remain Prayerfully Silent Email: SacredHeart06360@gmail.com
Before Mass Website: https://sacredheartnorwichct.orgCollection for the Mission Cooperative Program
to be held the weekend of AUGUST 1st Thank you for your
continued support
CONGREGATION OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS
AND MARY Weekly Offertory:
Sacred Heart Church: $2,317
The Community began during the French Revolution, a Saint John Mission: $295
time when the practice of religion was forbidden and took
place at a great personal risk. In May 1792, Frenchman
Online: $373
Fr. Pierre Coudrin, who had been secretly ordained to the
priesthood, went into hiding for 6 months in an attic of the establish missions in California, South Texas,
granary. One evening, he had a vision of being surrounded Ireland, England, Japan, the Bahamas and India.
by a heavenly, illuminated group of missionaries dressed in
In 1975 the young mission in India officially became a
white robes. It became his calling to establish a religious
Region of the USA East Province, which today for the US
institute that would be the Congregation of the Sacred
Province is the primary mission of the Congregation of the
Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
In 1827 the young congregation set off on a new mission
St. Damien, a member of the Congregation of the Sacred
sending teams of missionaries to settle in several Pacific
Hearts of Jesus and Mary, worked on the Island of Hawaii
Islands, to spread the Gospel, build churches and
for 8 years before volunteering in 1873 to work at the
evangelize new faithful. Nowhere in the Pacific did the
leprosy colony on Molokai, where he served as pastor,
presence of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus
doctor and counsellor to some 800 patients. In 1884 he
and Mary inspire its people more than in the Hawaii. They
contracted leprosy but, refusing to leave the Island for
established the Diocese of Honolulu, and built the
treatment, continued to work until the month before his
Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. The oldest Roman
death at age 49 in 1889.
Catholic Cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
Pope Benedict the XVI said at his canonization in October
Bishop William Stang, first Bishop of Fall River,
2009, St. Damien “invites us to open our eyes toward the
Massachusetts, had been a student at the Catholic
“leprosies” that disfigure the humanity of our brothers and
University of Louvain. While there, he met members of
sisters and that today still call, more than for our
the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts. Following his
generosity, for the charity of our serving presence.”
installation as bishop, he was faced with a shortage of
priests and a multi-lingual diocese. He invited the The mission serves the poor and needy, leprosy affected
Congregation to come to the Fall River to help minister to families, students, women and children, the marginalized
these communities and establish parishes. The and abandoned people, victims of the Caste System in
Congregation responded sending three priests in 1905. India.
From this simple beginning, the Sacred Hearts established Services include health services; education; rehabilitation
a secondary school and ten other parishes and missions in and human development programs (i.e. women
Massachusetts that eventually matured into parish empowerment, tailoring, beautician training and other
communities. Over the years, brothers were sent to trades).
From the Pews…
Our Deserted Places It’s been said that busyness has become
a disease in our culture. Walking away
Albert Einstein wrote, “The one who from the crowds allows God to speak to
follows the crowd will usually get no us in the quiet of our hearts. Without
further than the crowd. The one who distractions, we can develop new habits
walks alone is likely to find themselves of noticing and nurturing the abundant
in places no one has ever been before.” gifts given to us by our Creator. We may
see our true selves without judgment,
In this week’s gospel, Jesus invites us to
knowing we are beloved children of
come away to a ‘deserted place.’
God. Our bodies can be replenished at the inner well, as
We all need to move away from the crowds from time to we encounter God in ways we’ve never experienced.
time. When it gets too noisy, too busy, too
As the disciples learned to let God impart knowledge to
overwhelming, it’s time to find a place where we can let
them in their ‘deserted places’, may we let God speak to
our souls rest awhile. We may be people who do a lot for
us through words, images, stories, emotions, feelings,
the Lord, but don’t see the meaning of it, because we
and whatever ways God chooses to impart his wisdom to
neglect taking time for personal reflection and
us.
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her life and after her death.
Holy Patroness of those in need, Saint Rita, so humble, pure
and patient, whose pleadings with thy Divine Spouse are
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