Entries for March 2021

Starting on Monday April 12th, there will be new Mass times during the week and they will run until the Fall 2021 as the UConn Fall semester begins: Mondays No Masses at either churches Tuesdays 6 pm Mass at St. Mary/No day Mass anywhere Wednesdays 9 am Mass at St. Mary only Thursdays 9 am Mass at St. Mary only Fridays 9 am Mass at St. Mary only Weekend Masses at both churches will remain the same except for no more 7pm Student Mass at St. Thomas on Sunday nights.

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We will gather at St. Mary’s on Saturday April 24th, 9 am to 12:00 pm, we will be cleaning the gardens and edging them. All those who have helped us in the past please let me know if you will still be able to help. We always need more helpers!! 1 hour a week would be great. Call me : Mary Cross. 8608723511. Thanks and God Bless

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Faith Formation Information: April Class Schedule: (Our Class ZOOM Sessions will not meet until After the Easter. Classes will resume Sunday April 11th) 4/11 Sunday Session 8 (Tentatively No Go Tell Presentation) 4/12 Monday Session 8 (Tentatively No Go Tell Presentation) 4/19 Monday Sacramental Prep Extra Class Session: 3rd Grade 1st Communion 6pm 4/25 Sunday Session 9: Confirmation Phase 2 Sacramental Parent Info Session 4:45pm 4/26 Monday Session 9: 3rd Grade Sacrament of 1st Communion Parent Info Session 6:15pm Sacramental Reminders: 5/1 S...

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There will be a Lenten Penance Service on Tuesday, March 23, at 7:00 P.M. at St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel.

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Download Full Schedule Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Saturday, March 27, 2021 and Sunday, March 28, 2021 Normal weekend Mass Schedule — Palms will be distributed at all the Masses. Monday of Holy Week Monday, March 29, 2021 9:00 A.M. Morning Prayer Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel 12:00 P.M. Daytime Prayer Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel 12:00–6:00 P.M. Eucharistic Adoration Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel 5:00 P.M. Evening Prayer Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel 8:00 P.M. Eucharistic Holy Hour Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel 9:00 P.M. Holy Mass ...

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The Haiti Ministry Committee is preparing two barrels to be sent in March to our twinned parish in Les Palmes, Our Lady of Presentation. We are looking for donations of sewing material (cotton, light material) and sewing items like scissors, thread. There are 20 students in the special weekly sewing class, with 7 graduates at the end of the school year who will earn a tailors certificate. In the past, we have awarded a manual sewing machine to the top student. The barrels will include 50 birthing kits. *We are collecting receiving blankets, cloth diapers, hats and bootie...

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Download PDF As you know, this year, the Solemnity of St. Joseph falls on a Friday. This has given rise to a number of questions from both clergy and faithful concerning whether or not the usual requirement to abstain from the eating of meat applies. Canon 1251 of the Code of Canon Law states: Abstinence from eating meat or some other food according to the prescripts of the conference of bishops is to be observed on every Friday of the year unless a Friday occurs on a day listed as a solemnity. Abstinence and fasting, however, are to be observed on Ash Wednesday an...

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Bringing the Old Testament Passover into the Upper Room A FREE Virtual Presentation Palm Sunday, March 28, 2021 6:30 8:30 PM Presented by THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF CHARITY, NE Region We invite you to participate in a unique experience as we place ourselves into the Upper Room with Jesus and His Apostles. Because it is virtual, you will provide a seder plate and wine (or grape juice) for yourself in your own home and we will provide the instructions for the food items and the script so you can participate as if we were all together in person. No worries, the seder plate...

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