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Announcements Weekend Altar Servers for next weekend
Holy Rosary Fundraiser Bus Trips to Mohegan Sun, $35 per person includes a $30. give back for gambling and dining. Leaves Holy Rosary Parking lot at 8:30 am leaves Mohegan Sun Casino at 4:15 pm. Call Elaine for tickets (203) 735-7874.
If you are thinking about priesthood or religious life contact Fr. Michael Dolan, Director of Vocations, Archdiocesan Center at St. Thomas Seminary, 860-7617456, email vocations@stseminary.org or visit the web at www.vocationshartford.org.
St. Michael’s Church is pleased to offer a preventive health event. Life Line Screening, Do you have high cholesterol or high blood pressure? Have members of you family suffered from these aliments? Do you have a poor diet? If you answer “yes” to any of these questions, you may want to consider being screened for your risk of stroke through the services of Life Line Screening. Life Line Screening uses ultrasound technology to view the plaque build up in your carotid arteries, the main arteries that carry blood to the brain. Blockages in these arteries are a leading cause of stroke. We are pleased to host this Life Line Screening event on August 25th at St. Michael’s Church Register for a Wellness Package with Hearth Rhythm for $149.00 All five screenings take 60-90 minutes to complete. Your Health is in your Hands,
Introduction to Fly Fishing. The Beacon Falls Parks and Rec. department is offering a 4 hour program on learning to fly fish. Classes will be held at Osborndale State park in Derby and will be scheduled at your convenience. The cost of the program is $30.00.
CHOIR MEMBERS ARE NEEDED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN OUR CHOIR PLEASE CALL CHOIR DIRECTOR GAIL LANE 203-393-9386.
Holy Land Pilgrimage: Join Fr. Stephen Bzdrya of St. Augustine Church in Seymour on his 7th pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Feb 22- March 3, 2011. Visit includes among others: Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee. Cost is $2,675.00. For more information: 203-232-7941; email: ksstefan@gmail.com
Confirmation date is Tuesday, Confirmation Class
Dear Parishioners,
Bus Trip Sept 19-25—Mackinac Island, MI trip sponsored by the Milord Knights of Columbus for 7 days 6 nights. Included a guided tour of Mackinac Island by horse and buggy, Kewadin Sault Casino. Mackinaw Crossings, boat ride through the Soo Locks, free time
Would you like to serve your parish in a more effective was and deepen your faith life at the same time? If your answer is “yes”, then perhaps God is inviting you to be a lay minister. The lay minister is formed through classes in theology, spirituality, and pastoral skills over a two-year period. Some of the areas of ministry that may be studied are: adult education, baptismal preparation, bereavement, liturgy, health care, stewardship, RCIA, youth/young adult and social justice to name a few. Other areas for which you and your parish see a need can be designed, Interested persons should speak to their pastor about the possibility of being sponsored by the parish and then contact Mary Marsan, Coordinator for Lay Ministry, Mary can be reached at the Office of Religious Education, 860-243-9465, or Email, mmarsan@adh-ore.org. An new lay ministry class begins in September 2010 and application may be found at www.lm.orghartfod.org.
A Family Perspective:
St. Michael’s Business style cards have been made of the Stain Glass Window that is over the altar with the Holy, Holy, Holy prayer on the back side. This is a reminder to realize that Jesus is our Lord and King. We would like everyone in our parish and visitor to have one.
Please bring a lawn chair or a blanket.
Holy Rosary Fundraiser Bus Trips to Mohegan Sun, $35 per person includes a $30. give back for gambling and dining. Leaves Holy Rosary Parking lot at 8:30 am leaves Mohegan Sun Casino at 4:15 pm. Call Elaine for tickets (203) 735-7874. September 13, October 11.
My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. As a church, let us pray to Mary, Mother of Vocations, for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life. If you are thinking about priesthood or religious life contact Fr. Michael Dolan, Director of Vocations, Archdiocesan Center at St. Thomas Seminary, 860-7617456, email vocations@stseminary.org or visit the web at www.vocationshartford.org.
St. Michael’s Church is pleased to offer a preventive health event. Life Line Screening, St. Michael’s Church is pleased to host a Life Line Screening preventive health event to scan for risk of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Life Line Screening uses hospital quality ultrasound technology to detect an enlargement or weak area in the main blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. The screening will be held August 25th at St. Michael’s Church. Register for a Wellness Package with Hearth Rhythm for $149.00. All five screenings take 60-90 minutes to complete. Your Health is in your Hands,
Couples observing their twenty-fifth, fiftieth or other special wedding anniversaries are invited to the Anniversary Mass on Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 2 pm. Archbishop Mansell will celebrate the liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford. Family, friends, and all married couples are welcome to attend the Mass. A brief reception immediately follows. Registration for anniversary couple is required by calling
Four Seasons Country Fair Committee Meeting An Invitation to Crafters & Vendors
Women’s Retreat News.. Save the Date Oct 8-10
WANTED - BOOKS for the Book Nook Booth at the
CCD News
In an effort to go green - beginning this year the CCD Registration Form and Calendar are now available on the church website - www.saintmichaelsonline.org - click on the directory tab and then click on the documents tab and you will find both documents. Please print them out for your information and complete the registration form and you can turn it in at the church fair. Thank you. Beginning this year - the First Communion Third Grade Class will meet on Sundays and some additional nights - please keep a look out for the calendar with all the applicable dates. Any child who has received their First Holy Communion and wishes to become an altar server please call Father Kvedas
The Beacon Falls Congregational Church Vacation Bible School forChildren pre K – 5th grade August 16-20, 2010
Raffle Tickets have been sent out; additional books of tickets are available at the rectory or in the vestibule of the church.
Women’s Retreat News.. Save the Date Oct 8-10
Confirmation date is Tuesday, September 28, 2010
We have set up a basket on the table across from the church elevator in order to collect Box Tops for Education "coupons". We will be giving these "coupons" to St. Francis School and St. Bridget School, two area Catholic elementary schools that some of St. Michael's young parishioners attend. For each Box Tops "coupon" sent to the Box Tops company, the school will earn 10 cents, money that can be used for educational materials, playground equipment, etc. . If you have any questions,
WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER A Get-Away Weekend Upcoming dates: September 17-19 and November 5-7, 2010
FEAST OF SAINT MICHAEL ANNUAL DINNER: will be held in the lyceum on Saturday, October 2nd following the 5:00 pm mass. Hors d’oeuvers,
DERBY- St. Jude’s Church will host it 2nd Annual Family Labor Day Festival/Concert on Sept 6th on the church grounds. Food Vendors, crafts vendors, children’s rides and games and a free concert by Nutmeg Symphonic Pops Orchestra. Also a TAG SALE. Family events start at 11am. Concert is from 2-4pm. Rain or Shine. Bring a chair or blanket. For details call 203-735-8725.
Fall 2010 Schedule for Adult Religious Education at
A Family Perspective: “Blessed is the fruit of your womb” can be said to all mothers, because every child is “blessed” and a child of God upon whom God “looks with favor.” We cannot earn this blessing; God’s love is a free gift to each of us. This is our deepest identity and destiny.
Saturday 5:00 pm Anniv. Alice Betkoski (by family)
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