Clergy Reverend Raymond Smialowski, Pastor

Robert A. Berube, Senior Deacon

Staff Sandra DeBlois, Bookkeeper

Jo-Ann Blanchette-Silverio, Administrative Assistant

Jeanne Gionfriddo, Director of Religious Education & RCIA

Eric Hoffman, Organist and Music Director

Robert DeBlois, Maintenance

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Celebration of the Holy Eucharist Vigil of Sunday (Saturday): 4:00p

Sunday: 8:30a & 10:30a Daily Mass: 8:00a

(No morning Mass on Wednesdays)

Confession (Sacrament of Reconciliation) Saturday Noon or by appointment

Rosary Devotion before daily Mass

A Roman Catholic Community of Faith & Good Works Born as a Mission of Bristol in 1864 & Established as an Independent Parish in 1881

Parish email: olmct@sbcglobal.net Parish website: www.olmct.org Facebook®: OurLadyOfMercyChurchCT

“Do whatever He tells you.” - Mary, to the disciples of Jesus (John 2:5)

June 16, 2019

Parish & Cemetery Office

19 South Canal Street Tel: 860-747-6825 ● Fax: 860-747-5407

Hours: 9:00a to 4:00p (Weekdays)

Welcome to Our Lady of Mercy Church! If you are new to the area or just visiting, please stop and introduce yourself. We are pleased to have you share in our celebration of the Eucharist. We

invite you to become part of our parish family. To register, or to update your address, please complete this form and mail it to the Parish Office or place it in the collection basket.

_____ New Parishioner / Address Change _____ Name ________________________________________________ Phone __________________ Address _______________________________________________________________________

Street/ City / Zip

We are called to witness to the presence of Jesus Christ in our lives through sharing and

celebration of faith and a life of Christian service.

PARISH MISSION: We, the people of Our Lady of Mercy Church in Plainville, Connecticut are committed to journey together as a community of faith, hope, and love within the Catholic tradition.

Sunday June 16, The Most Holy Trinity

8:30a For the Intentions of all Living & Deceased

Fathers

10:30a For the Intentions of all Living & Deceased

Fathers

Monday June 17, Weekday

8:00a Rosaire Gaignard Req. Family

Tuesday June 18, Weekday

8:00a Margaret Hammer

Wednesday June 19, St. Romuald, Abbot

8:00a No Mass

Thursday June 20, Weekday

8:00a Michelle & Anita Kelsey Req. Family

Friday June 21, St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious

8:00a William Wallace Req. Family

7:30p Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Saturday June 22, Sts. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop; John

Fisher, Bishop & Thomas Moore, Martyrs

8:00a Francis Faniola Month Anniv.

Saturday June 22, Vigil of The Most Holy Body &

Blood of Christ

4:00p Edwin Michaud Req. Joseph & Rose Ciccio

Sunday June 23, The Most Holy Body & Blood of

Christ

8:30a For the Intentions of all Parishioners

10:30a Peter Philip Norris Req. Family

11:30a Procession in the church with Benediction

OLM Religious Education Offerings 2019 – 2020

Our NEW program schedule now includes fewer classes per month for

lower grades and more convenient times! For more information and registration materials, please contact Jeanne at 860.747.6825 or go to www.olmct.org and

click on Faith Formation & Traditional Religious Education.

Pro-Life Thought for the Week We ourselves (pro-lifers etc.) feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing

drop. Mother Teresa

We welcome all who gather here to worship with us. You are most welcome if you are visiting with us today.

If you are new to our parish and wish to become a member of OLM, we invite you to introduce yourself to

our pastor, Fr. Raymond Smialowski, and to register.

Registration can be completed by stopping by the

parish office, filling out the short form on the front page of our bulletin, or completing a short registration form

which can be found on our home page at www.olmct.org under the heading “New to Our Parish?” Please return the form to the office by

dropping it in the collection basket or mailing it to 19 S. Canal St., Plainville.

Sunday June 16

10:30a Men’s AA Meeting, Rm 107 Monday June 17

9:30a Legion of Mary, Library

Wednesday June 19

6 – 7:30p Bereavement Program, Conference Room

7p NA Meeting, Rm 107

Saturday June 22

Noon Confession, Church

Sunday June 23

10:30a Men’s AA Meeting, Rm 107 6p Brake the Cycle Presentation, Rm 106

The Tabernacle Lamp…

is lighted for the Greater Glory of God and in recognition of the Real Presence of Christ. This week the candle is flickering in memory of

Ray Corsini. The Tabernacle Lamp is available as a memorial for a $5 donation

per week. Consider having the lamp burn in memory of or the intentions of a loved one. There

are present openings available.

Social Justice Committee Meeting

The meeting is THIS Monday, June 17 at 7pm. Please

join us.

Youth Ministry Volunteers are needed to help with our ministry to middle and high school youth. If you would like to help, please contact Jeanne or Fr. Ray.

Church Support $4,385.00 Weekly Envelopes June 8/9

-$324.49 Cathedraticum to Archdiocese

$4,060.51 Total for OLM use

*

Thank you for your generous support!

Sacrament of Baptism We look forward to welcoming you and celebrating the

Sacrament of Baptism of your child. You may begin preparation even before your child is born. To begin the process, call Sue at 860-747-5451. The date of the Baptism

is scheduled after attending the Parent Preparation Program and

registering with OLM. Please note that Godparents must be confirmed and obtain a Sponsor Certificate from their

own Catholic parish. Baptisms normally take place Sundays after the 10:30am Mass.

Become an Altar Server Children who have received

the Sacrament of Holy Communion are invited to become altar servers. The parents of those interested are asked to contact Fr. Ray.

Parish Informative Booklet

We have only heard from a few of you so far! We would like to hear from more groups. The plan is to develop an

informational booklet descripting the various organizations,

committees, and ministries offered in our parish. Each grouping

within our parish is asked to write a short description of their group

stating why they exist and what their goals are. Once the booklet is completed it will be made available in the

church and parish center. It will also be given to new parishioners. Submissions should be directed to Jo-Ann

in the parish office. If you have any questions, please contact Jo-Ann or Fr. Ray. Please call or email the office for a sample description to help you get started in writing

your group information.

Religious Education Volunteer Opportunities We are in need of volunteers. The success of our religious

education program depends on the dedicated individuals in our parish willing to share their time, talents and faith with our parish

children. The Mission of a Catechist is such an important one. It is a

mission that has been given to the whole Church. A Catechist must be

at least 18 years old, a practicing Catholic who has a love for children and/or teens and the desire

to grow in faith. Virtus training and background check are mandated by our Archdiocese. Teacher training and support is

available to all our Catechists. Please call Jeanne at 860.747.6825 for additional information. Faith Formation fee

for families of Catechists are waived as a small token of appreciation for your efforts to share our faith with our parish children. We want to thank all of those parishioners who have come forward and have offered to teach next year!

Evening Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament –

Friday, June 21

Please join us this Friday evening at 7:30pm with

meditational music provided by the Rock Group.

Please note that adoration of the Blessed

Sacrament will not take place this Friday monrning

following the 8am Mass and will resume on

June 28.

Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima June, when the roses are in bloom… Tt was in 1531 that the

Mother of God appeared to Juan Diego in Tepeyac Hill in Mexico and performed "the miracle of the roses" as proof to

Bishop Zumarraga of her presence. Roses never grew on that rocky terrain, and certainly not in December. Moreover, when, in their surprise, the bishop's attendants tried to pick and take some

of them from his tilma, they could not do so because they became, as one author put it, "not roses that they touched, but as if they were painted or embroidered." Indeed, they were "mystical roses" from the hands of the Mystical

Rose herself. The Litany of Loreto lists

many of her titles, but there is a flower amongst them; the

Mystical Rose. Truly, the rose is the queen of all the flowers, and there is something in the Heavenly arrangement of Its petals and Its coloring, there Is

something In Its scent and symmetry, In the modesty of its green leaves, which makes it very special. It is the flower which captures

the heart at nearly every stage of its growth, even when a bud. While It grows, Its petals gradually unfold as a token, as It

were, of the blossoming of the lover's love for his loved one. Mary, the most beautiful of God's creation, is indeed "the

Incarnate Rose," especially chosen for God's garden. She is the "rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys" [Song 2:1]. There is no

rose comparable to her and she has made Paradise ever so much more beautiful.

But if you call her a rose, white is the color of her purity; gold, the tint of her royalty; red, the hue of her suffering. The rose grows out

from a stem of thorns and in the heart of this flower, the red of the Cross of her son was forming. Indeed, without thorns a rose is not a rose, and without the thorn of great suffering, Mary could not

have become the Mystical Rose of God's Paradise…it is a beautiful month to receive the statue of Our Lady into your home

for a period of one week. A sign-up sheet is found in the church near the ambo with ideas as to how to welcome Mary into your

home. Taken from: http://www.catholictradition.org/Mary/rosa-mystica.htm

Next Sunday… is the Solemnity of the Most Holy

Body and Blood of Christ, also known in Latin as Corpus Christi.

In our parish a Eucharistic procession through the church will follow the 10:30am Mass. The procession will end with

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Please plan to join us.

Our Lady of Mercy Vacation Bible School

July 29 to August 2, 9am to 11:30am, Ages 3 – 10

Our theme this year is Roar! Life is wild God is good.

The children ages 3 – 10 will participate in

memorable Bible learnig activities, sing catchy songs

and make a daily craft. Each day they will collect a

Bible memory buddy to remind them of God’s love

and each family will receive a music CD on Friday to

continue the fun at home.

The fee is only $25 per child

for the week. Registration is

limited. Since many of the

children return each year we

suggest that you register early

to ensure a spot for your child.

Please call Jeanne at the OLM

Parish Office at 860.747.6825 for a registration form.

Ordinations to the Priesthood – Saturday, June 22 All the faithful of the Archdiocese of Hartford are cordially invited by Archbishop Leonard P. Blair to

attend the oridnation to the priesthood of John Gancarz and Anthony Federico on Saturday, June 22,

at 1pm at the cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford. Please remember the newly to be ordained priests in

your prayers. Also, the ordination Mass will be covered live on WCCT – TV-channel 20.

Father’s Day… Can hold many emotions for both men and women. Those who had a loving father that passed away, those who never knew

their dad, those expectantly waiting to become a dad soon, and countless other situations

surrounding the father – child relationship can stir up many different emotions. God can use this special day to draw us closer to Himself.

He is the one true Father who remains faithful and full of unconditional love for all of us.

THANK YOU!! As of June 10th, more than 30,000 generous donors have

pledged over $8,000,000 to the 2019 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, Sharing the Joy of the Gospel for

Generations!! Together, we can and do make a profound difference in the lives of many individuals and families, in a way that exceeds anything we could hope to achieve on our own. Thank you to all from OLM who

have donated so generously!

Today we Celebrate Trinity Sunday Perhaps the deepest, the most profound of all mysteries is the mystery of the Trinity. The Church teaches us that although there is only one God, yet somehow, there are three Persons in God. Even though the Three Persons are one God, yet they are distinct for the Father

has no origin. He came from no one. The Son is

begotten. He comes from the Father alone.

The Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son.

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: Loved,

Forgiven & Empowered,

The Actions of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit

For many years I have encouraged people, young

and old, to join me in a brief daily meditation which can

transform our lives. I first heard about this meditation

over 20 years ago when I attended a seminar given by Fr.

Joh Fullenbach. I don’t know if he is the origin of the

meditation, or just promoted it. The meditation is simply

to focus on three thoughts: First God loves me with an unconditional love. I must realize that I am loved and

do with him.

The three meditations are really Trinitarian: they each

express the action of one of the persons of the

lovable. Second, God forgives me, I must forgive

myself. And third, God is with me. Whatever I do; I can

Blessed Trinity. We are loved. We are forgiven. We are

empowered.

We are loved. The Father loves us. God loves us.

Sometimes we focus on the view of God the Father as the

Awesome One, the El Shaddai, the Creator. We envision

him as the powerful old man with the beard creating the

world and Adam

on the ceiling of

the Sistine

Chapel. That is

all valid. But He

is also the Divine

Lover. John 3:16: He so loved the world as to give us His only

Son. His Son told us to call God Abba, Daddy

really. Our God loves us as a parent loves his or her

children, unconditionally. He loves us for whom we are.

Good parents don’t love their children for what they do,

although they are often proud of them. Good parents

love their children for whom they are, their children. We

are sons and daughters of God. We are loved.

He, the Father, sent us the One who saved us. We

believe in God the Son. We believe in Jesus Christ. We

make the sign of the cross as an affirmation that Jesus

saved us by being crucified for us. We believe that God’s

love for us is so intense that the Second Person of the

Blessed Trinity became one of us while remaining One

with the Father. Jesus Christ is our Lord and

Savior. Perhaps we use that term Savior too

freely. Perhaps it has lost its meaning for us. Without

Jesus Christ we would be in the grips of hatred, sin and

death. With Jesus Christ, we are engulfed in love and

life. When we

say “He frees us

from sin,” we

mean that he

frees us from the

misery that makes

existence

intolerable. With

Jesus Christ, there

is no situation in

life that cannot lead us to his peace and happiness. Jesus

Christ is the One who brought the Forgiveness of God to

the world. God forgives us, not just as a people, but as

individuals. We have to forgive ourselves. No matter

what we have done, we have to let go of our guilt and trust

in God. We have no right to refuse to forgive

ourselves. We are not more powerful than God.

The Word became one of us, Christmas. He died for us,

Good Friday. He conquered death and restored eternal

life for us, Easter. He ascended to the Father, but His

Spirit and the Spirit of the Father, the Holy Spirit, was

given to us on Pentecost and remains with each of us. We

each have the Presence and

Power of God within us. We

can make God Present to

others. We believe in the

God who empowers us. We

believe in the Holy Spirit.

We can do all things in Him

who strengthens us, as Paul

stated in Philippians 4:13. And so we begin our prayers

in the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy

Spirit. We begin our prayers in the name of the Father

who loves us unconditionally, and of the Son who made

this love concrete by becoming one of us and dying for us

and bringing God’s forgiveness to us, and the name of the

Holy Spirit, who is God dwelling within us, empowering

us. The sign of the cross is an affirmation of our faith. It

is a declaration of whom we are: people God loves,

forgives and empowers.

As we grow in the knowledge that God loves us, as

we experience His Love more and more in our lives, we

are transformed by His Love. We want nothing more

than to nurture this Love. We want to spread this Love.

When we recognize that God forgives us, we

realize that His Love is infinitely greater than our sins. We

need to stop beating ourselves up and let His forgiveness

into our lives. So many people in the world, so many of

us, give up on life because we have given up on

ourselves. When that happens we get into a downward

cycle. We continue to do things that lead to spiritual

disaster because we think God will not forgive us. Jesus

Christ is our Savior, He saves us from ourselves. He

forgives us. He calls us to spread the Good News, the

Gospel to others. He challenges us to let all know that if

they are committed to God, He will forgive them also.

He gives us the Power to lead others to Christ. Every one

of us has a unique ability to reflect God’s love in the

world. Every one of us is capable of instilling the seed of

God’s love in others. We can change other people. We

can lead them from a

meaningless life to a life of

eternal fulfillment. We have

the Power of God within

us. We possess the Holy

Spirit.

And so we begin and end our

prayers with a statement of

whom we are and what we

are about. We are people

who are loved, forgiven and

empowered. We find our meaning in life in the name of

the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

This material is used with permission of its author, Rev. Msgr. Joseph A. Pellegrino, Diocese of St. Petersburg, FL

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