ST. DUNSTAN
GLASTONBURY
Saturday, November 14 4:00 PM !Teresa Mielczarek requested by the Boyd family Sunday, November 15 8:00 AM !Raymond & Elizabeth Matey requested by Dan & Myra Niver 9:30 AM !Jack Kessler requested by the family 11:30 AM !Bob Stelzer requested by the Reinhardt family Monday, November 16 8:00 AM People of St. Dunstan Parish Tuesday, November 17 8:00 AM !Simone Ouellette. 5th anniversary, requested by Gerry Ouellette Wednesday, November 18 8:00 AM Special Intention Thursday, November 19 8:00 AM No Mass Friday, November 20 8:00 AM Rose Cianciolo requested by the Takahashi family Saturday, November 21 4:00 PM !Ellie Bertrand requested by Martha & Steve Bertrand & family Sunday, November 22 8:00 AM !Deceased members of the Jacques family requested by the family 9:30 AM !Teresa Mielczarek requested by Kurt & Margaret Muscanell 11:30 AM !Bob Stelzer requested by Therese Stelzer If you are attending the Mass scheduled for your deceased loved one, please let the ushers know before Mass if you would like to bring the gifts to the altar.
FINANCIAL BLESSINGS Nov. 7/8 Offertory Monthly Offertory
$9,070.99 $3,182.16
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY! Next week’s second collection is the Campaign for Human Development Collection. CCHD was founded to end the cycle of poverty in the United States by funding organizations that help individuals help themselves. With the tradition of improving education, housing situations, and community economic development, CCHD continues to make a positive impact in communities nationwide. Your contribution will defend human dignity and reach out to those living on the margins. Please give to the CCHD collection.
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Grace Abraham, Patricia Audet, Columba Bae, Wes Chang, Deacon Ron Daigle, Dennis DeCosta, Cynthia Fiorini, Joan and Paul Galeazzi, Lynn Hammel, Ernie Harriman, John Jacobson, Jean Jacques, Ellen Elko Kubel, Meredith Lankarge, George Mackas, Jane Marin, Susan Maudsley, Toni Merrigan, Jim Murphy, Nancy Murphy, Joan Nardi, Diane Newton, David Poulin, Patricia Raymond, Frank Romano, Anima Slangen, Chet Stasiowski, Katie Sullivan, Roseanne Talbot, Felix Tamesis, Joanne Townsend, Patty Traverse, Barbara Tsipouras, Gloria Vespoli
ALL SOULS During the month of November, we traditionally pray for our deceased relatives and friends. Those names listed on the All Souls envelopes can be placed in the collection basket, and then they will be placed on the altar and remembered during all Masses throughout the month of November.
Tuesday, December 8 is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a Holy Day of Obligation. Masses will be at 7:30 am and 6:00 pm. ATTENTION ALTAR SERVERS, COMMUNION MINISTERS AND LECTORS: The next serving schedule will cover December and January. When submitting your unavailable dates and/or special request, please include available times for Christmas Vigil and Christmas Day Masses. Christmas Vigil Masses on Thursday, Dec. 24 will be 4:00, 5:30 and 10:00. Christmas Day Masses on Friday, Dec. 25 will be at 9:30 and 11:00. The deadline for requests is Sunday, November 15. Email replies to
[email protected].
We are in need of 12 more turkeys for our annual Resettlement program. We only have one week left to collect them! Can you donate one? Please call Joe Scalise at 860-965-5879 if you can help. All turkeys need to be frozen and delivered to the hall no later than 12:30 on Sunday November 22. Thank you for your generosity! FALL CLEAN UP NOVEMBER 21st We will have our annual fall cleanup on Saturday, November 21st. Please join us for a light breakfast at 8:30 and work begins at 9:00 AM. Please bring rakes, tarps, brooms and other tools. Many hands make light work!!! Hope to see you there!!!
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORINDARY TIME This year’s Giving Tree Program will begin on st November 21 . A tree will be place in the Narthex with tags listing practical gifts that are needed by our sister church, St. Michaels’s in Hartford. Please take a tag (or two) and bring your UNWRAPPED present to th th the back of the church before Mass on December 12 or 13 . Please attach the tag to your unwrapped present. Presents must th be received no later than 12:30 pm on December 13 to ensure timely delivery. Please contact the Wenner Family at (
[email protected]) or 860-‐604-‐8392 with any questions. Thank you for supporting this very special and wonderful program!
Early bulletin deadline Due to the Thanksgiving holiday we have an early deadline for the November 29th bulletin. Please have your submissions in by Wednesday, Nov. 18 to
[email protected] and
[email protected].
Prayer Shawl Ministry The next meeting of the Shawl Ministry will be November 21 in the church hall from 9:30 until 11:30 AM. New members are always welcome. If you have questions call Jean Nolan 860-646-4955.
ADVENT SCRIPTURE SERIES BEGINS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19!
ANNUAL THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE THIS WEEKEND St. Dunstan’s annual Thanksgiving food drive will be held this weekend, November 14-15. Proceeds will benefit the food pantry run by our sister parish St. Michael’s in Hartford’s North End. “Third Sunday” volunteers will be present at all the weekend Masses to collect non-perishable food and cash donations (Alternatively, parishioners can bring monetary donations to the altar as a special offering.) St. Michael’s welcomes both nonperishable holiday food and staples such as (healthy) breakfast cereals, peanut butter, spaghetti sauce, and canned tuna, vegetables, fruit, and soups. Cash donations will go toward the purchase of turkeys and essential staples, via Foodshare, to be distributed to needy families served by St. Michael’s pantry. (Checks can be made out to Church of St Dunstan.) St. Michael’s food pantry was honored last year by the Archdiocese of Hartford’s Office for Black Catholic Ministries. St. Dunstan continues to be an important source of support in terms of food and monetary donations, and through the volunteer time contributed by both our youth and adult parishioners. The mission of providing food support to struggling families is a vital one, with many of our brothers and sisters at risk of hunger. Many are working families in low-pay or minimum-wage jobs. In fact, nearly half of all SNAP (food stamp) beneficiaries, according to Bread for the World, come from working households. Both St. Michael’s and the St. Vincent de Paul food pantries greatly appreciate the sustained generosity of St. Dunstan’s parish over the course of the year. Your help is particularly critical. Beyond the monthly food drives, there are many ways to support this ministry. Please contact Pete Kennedy at
[email protected] to learn more.
St. Dunstan Fall Social – A Fabulous Success! Thank you to the almost 200 people who came out last weekend for a night of good food, good friends and good fun. Our Night with Bricco and Silent Auction was a huge success! Not only did we have a great time, we raised about $10,000 for our High School Mission Trip to Ogdensburg, NY next summer. Special thanks go to Alana Kantor and her team for leading the overall event and to Mike Botelho and his team for leading our silent auction. Thank you also to the Creeds Leadership Team who worked the event.
St Dunstan’s Advent Scripture Series begins this Thursday, November 19th at 7:00 PM in Father Bannon Hall. Because Thanksgiving is the Thursday before the first Sunday in Advent we will meet one week earlier than usual this year. The new Liturgical Year begins with Advent and we will be exploring the Cycle “C” readings. Please consider attending this special Advent program. There is no better way to prepare spiritually for Christmas. Please bring your Bible but we have extras if you do not have a Bible. We will meet on all the Thursdays of Advent; December 3, 10 and 17 (and maybe on Tuesday the 22nd if enough folks are free). No formal Bible training is necessary and participation is encouraged. The sessions are informal and light refreshments will be served. We begin at 7:00 end promptly at 8:30. For further information call the church office 860-633-3317 or Walter Twachtman, 860633-7837.
Advent Candles will be on sale after all Masses on the weekend of Nov 28/29. They are $5 per box. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The Glastonbury conference of St. Vincent de Paul is once again looking for Christmas sponsors for our less fortunate families. If you can help it would be greatly appreciated. If you cannot help with sponsoring a family, perhaps you can purchase some gift cards in any denomination to Stop & Shop, Shop-‐Rite, Target, Wal-‐ Mart, Kohl’s, Bob’s, Kmart, Marshall’s, Macy’s or any kind of gas card. Please call the parish office (860 633 3317) if you would like to help or to learn more about being a sponsor.
The 30th Annual House of Bread Hunger Banquet The Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry 285 Church Street, Hartford Wednesday – November 18, 2015 11:30 am – 1:00 pm $25.00 donation entitles you to delicious soup, mug and bread—soup also available to take out. Holiday gift baskets will be available for purchase. FREE PARKING AT SAINTS LOT ACROSS THE STREET For more information or ways to help, call Sister Maureen Faenza or Sister Theresa at 860.549.4188 or go to www.hobread.org.
NOVEMBER 15, 2015
Grades K through 8: Upcoming Classes by group Thursdays (Gideon Welles and Hebron Ave) Grades K-‐5: Nov 19, Dec 10 Thursdays (Gideon Welles) Grades 6-‐8: Nov 19, Dec 10 Sundays (Gideon Welles) Grades 1-‐5: Nov 15, Dec 6 Sundays (Gideon Welles) Grades 6-‐8: Nov 15, Dec 6 Encounter (Grade 8, Church Hall): Nov 18 Confirmation Year 1 – Year 1 Rite of Welcome is Sunday November 15 at the 11:30 Mass. Your next class is Sunday December 6 at 6:30. Confirmation Year 2 – Your next class is your retreat on Sunday December 13 from 5:00-‐8:30. J-‐Team Shelter date is Saturday December 5 from 5:30-‐8:30. If you would like your middle school student to make part of the meal and serve, please email Gina Raymond at
[email protected] Teen Choir – next rehearsal and Mass is Sunday November 15 beginning at 10:30 in the hall followed by 11:30 Rite of Welcome Teen Mass for Year 1. Please dress up. Mission Trip Chaperone Meeting is Sunday November 15 from 5-‐6 in the hall. Please stay for youth group after. Creeds – Our next meeting is Sunday November 15 from 6-‐7 pm in the hall. Survivor Christmas is Friday December 18 – save the date. Creeds – Outing to Flight moved to January. Creeds Church Merch is available – quarter zips, pocket tees and shorts -‐ email Gina Raymond for an order form at
[email protected] Readings for the Week of November 15, 2015 Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Next Sunday:
Dn 12:1-3/Heb 10:11-14, 18/Mk 13:24-32 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63/Lk 18:3543 2 Mc 6:18-31/Lk 19:1-10 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31/Lk 19:11-28 1 Mc 2:15-29/Lk 19:41-44 1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59/Lk 19:45-48 1 Mc 6:1-13/Lk 20:27-40 Dn 7:13-14/Rv 1:5-8/Jn 18:33b-37 ©Liturgical Publications Inc.
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