Christmas Weekend Mass Schedule
ST. DUNSTAN
GLASTONBURY
Saturday, December 7 4:00 PM Bernabe Tagal requested by the family Sunday, December 8 8:00 AM Carl & Della Lutgen requested by Lois & Brad Churchill 9:30 AM Albert Benoit requested by the family 11:30 AM Peter DiVicino requested by the family Monday, December 9 8:00 AM Erik Oechsli requested by Greg & Linda Bond Tuesday, December 10 8:00 AM Yvette Couturier requested by Marg & Chris Banach & Anne Breton Wednesday, December 11 8:00 AM Patrick Lawson 2nd anniversary requested by the family Thursday, December 12 8:00 AM No Mass Friday, December 13 8:00 AM Elena Gutzmer requested by the family Saturday, December 14 4:00 PM Raymond Matey & Daniel Niver requested by Daniel & Myra Niver Sunday, December 15 8:00 AM Thomas Brault-Acunto requested by his parents 9:30 AM Yvette Couturier requested by Jim & Ruth Murphy & family 11:30 AM Anthony Vespoli requested by the Brinckman family 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.
Columba Bae, James Burke, Deacon Ron Daigle, Vicki DiMayo, Daniel Ficacelli, Kathleen Hersey, Jean Jacques, Joanna Lee, Susan Maudsley, Steven Rothmann, Katie Sullivan, Mark Sullivan, Roseann Talbot, Barbara Tsipouras, Gloria Vespoli, Tim Wall
Christmas Weekend Mass Schedule Tuesday, December 24 4:00 PM, 5:30 PM and 10:00 PM Wednesday, December 25 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM Confession Schedule Sunday, December 22: 7:00-8:00 PM Monday, December 23: 7:00-8:00 PM
THIRD SUNDAY FOOD DRIVE. Next weekend, December 14-15, is the regular Third Sunday food collection. This is the last drive of the year, and it will benefit the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry here in town. The holidays can be particularly hard times for family suffering job losses or debilitating illness. St. Vincent de Paul reaches out to a wide range of people from our community in need. Volunteers will be posted outside the main entrance of the church collecting non-perishable food and cash donations. (Checks can be made out to Church of St. Dunstan.) The Third Sunday group wishes to thank all parishioners who have given so generously this holiday season, and we wish all a peaceful and joyous Christmas.
FINANCIAL BLESSINGS November 23 & 24 November 30/December 1 Campaign for Human Development
$9,768.47 $9,556.98 $4,489.40
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY! This week’s second collection is the Monthly Collection.
Teen Mass is Sunday, December 15 at 11:30. Please note new time. Liturgical Publications Inc. will have a sales representative available within the next few weeks for those interested in placing a new ad in our publication. To place your ad, please contact Pete Silvestri at 800-884-4574 ext. 3335 or [email protected].
If anyone in the parish wishes prayers for someone who is sick, please call the office and the name will be printed in the bulletin. It will run for four weeks, unless a renewal is requested.
ADVENT SCRIPTURE SERIES Our third session of the Current Advent Bible Study Series will be this Thursday, December 12th, in Fr Bannon Hall at 7:00 PM. You need not have attended a prior session to attend this session. We will continue in the Gospel of Matthew and the messianic reading in Isaiah. Please bring your Bible, but come even if you don’t have a Bible since we have extras to share. Have you noticed that the gods of culture want us to be so busy that we don’t even have time for Jesus, who is the reason for the season? Our sessions are informal and end promptly at 8:30. Light refreshments are served. For more information call Walter Twachtman 860-633-7837.
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT CHRISTMAS EVE PAGEANT THIS YEAR WE WILL AGAIN HAVE THE DRAMATIZATION OF THE CHRISTMAS STORY DURING OUR 5:30 PM CHRISTMAS EVE LITURGY. CHILDREN OF ALL AGES ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PAGEANT AS MARY, JOSEPH, SHEPHERDS OR ANGELS. THERE WILL BE A SHORT PRACTICE FOR ALL CHILDREN IN CHURCH ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22 AFTER THE 9:30 AM MASS. (IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE BUT CANNOT ATTEND THIS PRACTICE, PICK UP AN INFORMATION SHEET IN THE NARTHEX.)
If you took an ornament from the Giving Tree, please bring your unwrapped present to the back of the church before Mass on December 14th or 15th. Please attach the tree ornament to your present. Presents must be received no later than 12:30 pm on December 15th for timely delivery. Please contact the Lang family at [email protected] or 860-‐657-‐2059 with any questions. Thank you for supporting this very special and wonderful program.
St. Dunstan's Annual Cookie Festival
On Saturday, December 14 we will be holding our annual cookie festival to benefit the 2014 mission trip. Come and buy all your holiday cookies from 9-‐12. Anyone who wishes to bake for the cookie festival may drop off donations at the church hall on Friday, December 13 from 5-‐7pm.
Christmas Trees & Wreaths for Home Front Day
Please come out Nov.29-‐Dec. 8 and buy your holiday wreaths and Christmas trees at Melzen's Farm Supplies, 100 Oak St. to benefit Homefront Day, 2014! Trees are of high quality and freshly cut, averaging 7-‐10 feet. Cost is $60-‐ $70. Beautifully adorned evergreen wreaths will also be available to complete your holiday decor! Thank you to the Melzen Family for their support of Homefront Day!
Senior Luncheon Seniors come join us on Tuesday, Dec. 10th at noon in the Church Hall for a delightful, catered Christmas Luncheon. Cost for the luncheon is $18 per person payable in advance at the parish office by Friday, Dec. 6th. This month you won't need to bring a thing! The menu will be posted on the church bulletin board. Please encourage a fellow parishioner who may never have attended a luncheon to join you. Come enjoy good food, lively conversation and an enjoyable start to the Christmas Season. If you would like a ride please let the office know at time of payment so it can be arranged. Looking forward to seeing you on December 10th.
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 a gift card in any denomination to Stop & Shop, Shop-Rite, Target, Wal-Mart, Kohl’s, Bob’s, K-Mart, Marshall’s or any kind of gas card. Please call the parish (860 633-3317) if you would like to help or to learn more about being a sponsor.
Looking for gently-‐used, queen comforters for the J-‐ Team’s Sleeping Bag Project. They will be remade into sleeping bags to be distributed by the South Park Inn for outreach to the homeless who will not go to shelters in these cold winter months. Please contact Gina Raymond at [email protected] if you can donate.
Assumption School in Manchester Breakfast with Santa Breakfast with Santa will be Saturday, December 14th; seatings are at 8:00, 9:00 and 10:00 AM. There will be home-‐baked goodies to buy and children’s raffle baskets to take chances on. Bring your camera for pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Advanced tickets may be ordered: $4.00/adult, $3.00/child, at the door $5.00 adult, $4.00 child. To order tickets please contact Meghan Kearney at 860-‐212-‐6122.
The Sound of Christmas
Saturday, December 14th 7:00 pm St. Paul Church, Glastonbury Free-will offering – Reception after program
Spiritual Life Center: Women Rise A Circle for Women and Girls to Explore the Sacred Feminine in Their Lives WomanRise is open to all women who desire to explore the Sacred Feminine in their lives and in our world. Together we will "sit circle" around the themes and energies of our lives and, through silence, blessing and sharing, reveal the grace inherent in women's ways of being. Facilitator: Melina Rudman When: Thursday December 19 from 5:30 to 8:30. Theme: Winter-‐Solstice-‐Womb. Where: Anam Cara Room, 303 Tunxis Rd., West Hartford, CT Offering: $20, girls are welcome for free. Includes a potluck supper. -‐ See more at: www.spiritlifectr.org Who will herald Christ in our world? Consider becoming a priest, brother, or sister. Call Fr. Anthony Smith, Director of Vocations, Archdiocesan Center at St. Thomas Seminary, call 860-761-7456, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.vocationshartford.org.
DECEMBER 8, 2013
Grades Pre-‐K to 5: Saturdays: Dec. 14; Sundays: December 8, 15; Thursdays: December 12 Grades 6, 7, 8: Tuesdays: December 10; Sundays: December 8.
Confirmation Year 1 - Next event is Teen Mass Sunday, Dec 15 at the 11:30 Mass. We will worship as a class. This is a time change. Confirmation Year 2 - Next class is Sunday, December 8 from 6:30-8:30 in the hall. Please bring a non-perishable food item. Remember your book, Bible and folder. Your Statement of Faith is due. Retreat is Sunday, Jan. 5 from 5:30-8 pm. Creeds – Survivor-Christmas Edition is coming! December 20 – Signups open online. Creeds - December meeting is Sunday, Dec. 15 from 6-7 pm. All are welcome! Please bring gently used queen size clean comforters for the J-Team’s Sleeping Bag Project in January. If you don’t have any, we welcome mittens, hats and gloves. New or gently used. Mission Trip 2014 - Next mandatory meeting is Sunday, December 15 from 6-7 pm (note that the Teen Mass on this day has been moved to the 11:30 am Mass). All campers must attend. J-Team meeting – Sunday, December 15 from 3:30-4:45. All middle school students are welcome. Sign up online. Please bring queen size clean comforters for our Sleeping Bag Project in January. J-Team Shelter visit – Saturday, December 14. We will make a meal and serve it to the men of the Immaculate Conception Shelter. Signups open online. We need about 50 middle school families to make this meal! LHO meeting – We will pray the rosary after the 11:30 Mass on Dec. 8 with our high school youth group. 4th and 5th graders welcome!
Readings for the Week of December 8, 2013 Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Next Sunday:
Is 11:1-10/Rom 15:4-9/Mt 3:1-12 Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 Is 40:1-11/Mt 18:12-14 Is 40:25-31/Mt 11:28-30 Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Lk 1:2638 or Lk 1:39-47 Is 48:17-19/Mt 11:16-19 Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 Is 35:1-6a, 10/Jas 5:7-10/Mt 11:2-11 ©Liturgical Publications Inc.
GLASTONBURY
Saturday, December 7 4:00 PM Bernabe Tagal requested by the family Sunday, December 8 8:00 AM Carl & Della Lutgen requested by Lois & Brad Churchill 9:30 AM Albert Benoit requested by the family 11:30 AM Peter DiVicino requested by the family Monday, December 9 8:00 AM Erik Oechsli requested by Greg & Linda Bond Tuesday, December 10 8:00 AM Yvette Couturier requested by Marg & Chris Banach & Anne Breton Wednesday, December 11 8:00 AM Patrick Lawson 2nd anniversary requested by the family Thursday, December 12 8:00 AM No Mass Friday, December 13 8:00 AM Elena Gutzmer requested by the family Saturday, December 14 4:00 PM Raymond Matey & Daniel Niver requested by Daniel & Myra Niver Sunday, December 15 8:00 AM Thomas Brault-Acunto requested by his parents 9:30 AM Yvette Couturier requested by Jim & Ruth Murphy & family 11:30 AM Anthony Vespoli requested by the Brinckman family 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.
Columba Bae, James Burke, Deacon Ron Daigle, Vicki DiMayo, Daniel Ficacelli, Kathleen Hersey, Jean Jacques, Joanna Lee, Susan Maudsley, Steven Rothmann, Katie Sullivan, Mark Sullivan, Roseann Talbot, Barbara Tsipouras, Gloria Vespoli, Tim Wall
Christmas Weekend Mass Schedule Tuesday, December 24 4:00 PM, 5:30 PM and 10:00 PM Wednesday, December 25 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM Confession Schedule Sunday, December 22: 7:00-8:00 PM Monday, December 23: 7:00-8:00 PM
THIRD SUNDAY FOOD DRIVE. Next weekend, December 14-15, is the regular Third Sunday food collection. This is the last drive of the year, and it will benefit the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry here in town. The holidays can be particularly hard times for family suffering job losses or debilitating illness. St. Vincent de Paul reaches out to a wide range of people from our community in need. Volunteers will be posted outside the main entrance of the church collecting non-perishable food and cash donations. (Checks can be made out to Church of St. Dunstan.) The Third Sunday group wishes to thank all parishioners who have given so generously this holiday season, and we wish all a peaceful and joyous Christmas.
FINANCIAL BLESSINGS November 23 & 24 November 30/December 1 Campaign for Human Development
$9,768.47 $9,556.98 $4,489.40
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY! This week’s second collection is the Monthly Collection.
Teen Mass is Sunday, December 15 at 11:30. Please note new time. Liturgical Publications Inc. will have a sales representative available within the next few weeks for those interested in placing a new ad in our publication. To place your ad, please contact Pete Silvestri at 800-884-4574 ext. 3335 or [email protected].
If anyone in the parish wishes prayers for someone who is sick, please call the office and the name will be printed in the bulletin. It will run for four weeks, unless a renewal is requested.
ADVENT SCRIPTURE SERIES Our third session of the Current Advent Bible Study Series will be this Thursday, December 12th, in Fr Bannon Hall at 7:00 PM. You need not have attended a prior session to attend this session. We will continue in the Gospel of Matthew and the messianic reading in Isaiah. Please bring your Bible, but come even if you don’t have a Bible since we have extras to share. Have you noticed that the gods of culture want us to be so busy that we don’t even have time for Jesus, who is the reason for the season? Our sessions are informal and end promptly at 8:30. Light refreshments are served. For more information call Walter Twachtman 860-633-7837.
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT CHRISTMAS EVE PAGEANT THIS YEAR WE WILL AGAIN HAVE THE DRAMATIZATION OF THE CHRISTMAS STORY DURING OUR 5:30 PM CHRISTMAS EVE LITURGY. CHILDREN OF ALL AGES ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PAGEANT AS MARY, JOSEPH, SHEPHERDS OR ANGELS. THERE WILL BE A SHORT PRACTICE FOR ALL CHILDREN IN CHURCH ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22 AFTER THE 9:30 AM MASS. (IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE BUT CANNOT ATTEND THIS PRACTICE, PICK UP AN INFORMATION SHEET IN THE NARTHEX.)
If you took an ornament from the Giving Tree, please bring your unwrapped present to the back of the church before Mass on December 14th or 15th. Please attach the tree ornament to your present. Presents must be received no later than 12:30 pm on December 15th for timely delivery. Please contact the Lang family at [email protected] or 860-‐657-‐2059 with any questions. Thank you for supporting this very special and wonderful program.
St. Dunstan's Annual Cookie Festival
On Saturday, December 14 we will be holding our annual cookie festival to benefit the 2014 mission trip. Come and buy all your holiday cookies from 9-‐12. Anyone who wishes to bake for the cookie festival may drop off donations at the church hall on Friday, December 13 from 5-‐7pm.
Christmas Trees & Wreaths for Home Front Day
Please come out Nov.29-‐Dec. 8 and buy your holiday wreaths and Christmas trees at Melzen's Farm Supplies, 100 Oak St. to benefit Homefront Day, 2014! Trees are of high quality and freshly cut, averaging 7-‐10 feet. Cost is $60-‐ $70. Beautifully adorned evergreen wreaths will also be available to complete your holiday decor! Thank you to the Melzen Family for their support of Homefront Day!
Senior Luncheon Seniors come join us on Tuesday, Dec. 10th at noon in the Church Hall for a delightful, catered Christmas Luncheon. Cost for the luncheon is $18 per person payable in advance at the parish office by Friday, Dec. 6th. This month you won't need to bring a thing! The menu will be posted on the church bulletin board. Please encourage a fellow parishioner who may never have attended a luncheon to join you. Come enjoy good food, lively conversation and an enjoyable start to the Christmas Season. If you would like a ride please let the office know at time of payment so it can be arranged. Looking forward to seeing you on December 10th.
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 a gift card in any denomination to Stop & Shop, Shop-Rite, Target, Wal-Mart, Kohl’s, Bob’s, K-Mart, Marshall’s or any kind of gas card. Please call the parish (860 633-3317) if you would like to help or to learn more about being a sponsor.
Looking for gently-‐used, queen comforters for the J-‐ Team’s Sleeping Bag Project. They will be remade into sleeping bags to be distributed by the South Park Inn for outreach to the homeless who will not go to shelters in these cold winter months. Please contact Gina Raymond at [email protected] if you can donate.
Assumption School in Manchester Breakfast with Santa Breakfast with Santa will be Saturday, December 14th; seatings are at 8:00, 9:00 and 10:00 AM. There will be home-‐baked goodies to buy and children’s raffle baskets to take chances on. Bring your camera for pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Advanced tickets may be ordered: $4.00/adult, $3.00/child, at the door $5.00 adult, $4.00 child. To order tickets please contact Meghan Kearney at 860-‐212-‐6122.
The Sound of Christmas
Saturday, December 14th 7:00 pm St. Paul Church, Glastonbury Free-will offering – Reception after program
Spiritual Life Center: Women Rise A Circle for Women and Girls to Explore the Sacred Feminine in Their Lives WomanRise is open to all women who desire to explore the Sacred Feminine in their lives and in our world. Together we will "sit circle" around the themes and energies of our lives and, through silence, blessing and sharing, reveal the grace inherent in women's ways of being. Facilitator: Melina Rudman When: Thursday December 19 from 5:30 to 8:30. Theme: Winter-‐Solstice-‐Womb. Where: Anam Cara Room, 303 Tunxis Rd., West Hartford, CT Offering: $20, girls are welcome for free. Includes a potluck supper. -‐ See more at: www.spiritlifectr.org Who will herald Christ in our world? Consider becoming a priest, brother, or sister. Call Fr. Anthony Smith, Director of Vocations, Archdiocesan Center at St. Thomas Seminary, call 860-761-7456, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.vocationshartford.org.
DECEMBER 8, 2013
Grades Pre-‐K to 5: Saturdays: Dec. 14; Sundays: December 8, 15; Thursdays: December 12 Grades 6, 7, 8: Tuesdays: December 10; Sundays: December 8.
Confirmation Year 1 - Next event is Teen Mass Sunday, Dec 15 at the 11:30 Mass. We will worship as a class. This is a time change. Confirmation Year 2 - Next class is Sunday, December 8 from 6:30-8:30 in the hall. Please bring a non-perishable food item. Remember your book, Bible and folder. Your Statement of Faith is due. Retreat is Sunday, Jan. 5 from 5:30-8 pm. Creeds – Survivor-Christmas Edition is coming! December 20 – Signups open online. Creeds - December meeting is Sunday, Dec. 15 from 6-7 pm. All are welcome! Please bring gently used queen size clean comforters for the J-Team’s Sleeping Bag Project in January. If you don’t have any, we welcome mittens, hats and gloves. New or gently used. Mission Trip 2014 - Next mandatory meeting is Sunday, December 15 from 6-7 pm (note that the Teen Mass on this day has been moved to the 11:30 am Mass). All campers must attend. J-Team meeting – Sunday, December 15 from 3:30-4:45. All middle school students are welcome. Sign up online. Please bring queen size clean comforters for our Sleeping Bag Project in January. J-Team Shelter visit – Saturday, December 14. We will make a meal and serve it to the men of the Immaculate Conception Shelter. Signups open online. We need about 50 middle school families to make this meal! LHO meeting – We will pray the rosary after the 11:30 Mass on Dec. 8 with our high school youth group. 4th and 5th graders welcome!
Readings for the Week of December 8, 2013 Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Next Sunday:
Is 11:1-10/Rom 15:4-9/Mt 3:1-12 Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 Is 40:1-11/Mt 18:12-14 Is 40:25-31/Mt 11:28-30 Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Lk 1:2638 or Lk 1:39-47 Is 48:17-19/Mt 11:16-19 Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 Is 35:1-6a, 10/Jas 5:7-10/Mt 11:2-11 ©Liturgical Publications Inc.
