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The Church of the Incarnation 544 Prospect Street
Wethersfield, CT 06109
Rev. James M. Moran
Pastor
Mrs. Noranne Wamester Pastoral Associate
Mrs. Audrey Saharek Pastoral Assistant
Mrs. Maggie Seaver
Coordinator of Middle School Faith Formation Youth Minister
Mrs. Teri Aiudi
Rectory Office Assistant Faith Formation Secretary
Mrs. Theodora Niver Director of Music
Vanessa Crowley
Lorissa Heath Rosanne Sweeney Gowdy
Andrew Russo Heather Picard
Gianna Bielenda Cantors
Marguerite Heinimann
Rectory Assistant
Toni Munoz Sacristan
Mass Schedule
Confessions on Saturdays from 3:45 - 4:30p.m. Vigil Mass: Saturday at 5:00p.m.
Sunday Masses: 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Daily Mass: (Mon. - Fri.) 9:00 a.m.
Recitation of the Rosary before 9:00 a.m. daily Mass
Sacrament of Baptism By previous appointment
Sundays at 12:30 p.m. in the Baptistry of the Chapel.
Weddings Please contact a priest 6-10 months prior.
New Parishioners and Faith Formation Registration
The Church of the Incarnation welcomes new parishioners. All forms are available at the main entrance of the church. Please mail or place in the
collection basket. You may also visit our website for printable forms at:
www.thechurchoftheincarnation.com
Rectory Hours 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Rectory Fax Church E-Mail Faith Formation Website address: (860) 529-2533 (860) 721-6595 [email protected] (860) 529-6765 www.thechurchoftheincarnation.com [email protected]
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Employment Support Group: If you or some one you know is in need of employment, please call Ken Mendoza (860) 729-5960. We will begin accepting the 2018 Masses, Sanctuary & Blessed Virgin Mary Candles on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 10am and not prior to that date. Please keep in mind that our parish has a large number of parishioners who remember their loved ones with Memorial Masses and we request that you limit your Masses to 2 per household. Thanks Fr. Moran. Friday is the first Friday in January….mass will be held at 9am with Vocations Holy Hour held after mass in the Chapel. The second collection next weekend will be the monthly collection. There will be a “Project Baby Love” collec-tion next wkd., January 7th & 8th. Disposa-ble diapers & wipes are needed. We continue to pray for all unborn children throughout the world. Our collections benefit St. Gerard’s Center for Life a Catholic Crisis Pregnancy Center. Thank you to all who so kindly donate to this most worthy cause all year! There will be no January or February Prayer Shawl Meeting. Thank you! If you know of a parishioner who was recently in the hospital or is grieving the loss of a loved one and would benefit from a prayer shawl please call Audrey at the rectory (860) 529-2533. We offer heartfelt thanks to all members of this wonderful ministry!
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31ST NEW YEAR’S EVE 5:00pm— David Dolge SUNDAY JANUARY 1, 2017 NEW YEAR’S DAY 8:30am– For all our parishioners 10:30am–Anthony W. Melillo MONDAY, JANUARY 2ND 9:00am– For all our deceased parishioners & benefactors TUESDAY, JANUARY 3RD 9:00am— Keron Larkin WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4TH 9:00am—Salvatore & Antonina Tarascio THURSDAY, JANUARY 5TH 9:00am— Elaine Miksztowicz FRIDAY, JANUARY 6TH 9:00am– Michael Sullivan SATURDAY, JANUARY 7TH 5:00pm—Maryann Walmsley and Lorraine Walmsley SUNDAY, JANUARY 8TH 8:30am– Wladyslawa & Edward Skrzyniarz 10:30am– Deceased members of the Brassard, White and Joyce Families The Sanctuary Candle will burn from 1/2/2017– 1/8/2017 in memory of Nicholas & Mary Champ. The Blessed Virgin Mary Candle will burn from 1/2/2017-1/8/2017 in memory of Elizabeth Carcia.
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Gr. 8: Faith Formation will be on Tues., January 3rd & Gr. 7: will be held on Wed., January 4th—6:30-8pm, Fr. Crawford Hall. Emerson-Williams Faith Formation Grades K-6 Sat., January 7th at 9am. Parish Family Home communities will meet at designated times. Children’s Liturgy of the Word: We will begin our 2017 Winter/Spring session on Sunday, January 8th at the 10:30am mass. We welcome presiders: Maura Buyak & Kathy Stickley and Catechists; Lynn Odell, Julia Hughes and Morgan Pacheco. Please join us for refreshments in Fr. Crawford Hall after Mass. Thank you to the Paruta Family for hosting! Confirmation Retreat: There will be a retreat for all of our young men receiving the Sacrament of Confirma-tion in 2017 this Sunday, January 8th from 12:30-3pm in Fr. Crawford Hall. Reconciliation Parent meeting will be held on Monday, January 9th at 6:30pm in Fr. Crawford Hall.
Thank you to Faith Formation communi-ties and Youth Ministry members on be-half of the Kids’ Cafe team for par ticipat-ing in the Goodie Bag collection. Our clas-ses donated over 565 goodie bags to benefit Kids’ Cafe!! Thank you to Cathy Beers & Phyllis DiFiore for organizing this out-reach!! Last week, it was an honor for me to represent the Confirmation 2016 Class as I presented a check for the CCMC Fami-ly Assistance Program in the amount of $2,300.00. This was the mission of this wonderful group of teens. They wanted to honor Baby Luke Gary Dunn who passed away from Cancer at the age of 17 months old. The money raised will be placed in a special fund in his memory to help infants, toddlers, children, teens and families who are living with cancer and who are cared for at CCMC on the Pediatric Oncology floor. It is entitled " Pay it Forward" with acts of kindness, such as a gift or a gift card to bring a bit of cheer to the children and their parents. Maryjo and Shane Dunn, Luke's parents and the family assistance staff as well as two oncology nurses who cared for Baby Luke. I also wish to thank the band Fever, our parishioners and the Incarnation Men's Association for their support and gen-erous contribution. Noranne S. Wamester, Pastoral Associate.
SNOW CANCELLATIONS: will be an-nounced on WFSB, WVIT & WTIC and al-so via our website. Please do not call the rectory regarding class cancellations.
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In his third of three volumes on the Life of Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI offers us his perspective on this verse from Gala-tians. He begins by reminding us that for Luke, author of today's Gospel, con-text in world history was an important consideration. At the time of Jesus’s conception there was a worldwide gov-ernment, a commonality of law, a uni-versal language and expanding com-merce. The world was celebrating the Pax Augustus. In this time of widespread wellbeing, the world was ready for a Savior. Benedict writes, “Only now can a message of universal salvation, a uni-versal Savior, enter the world: it is in-deed the fullness of time.” In fact, Ben-edict tells us the name Augustus means “one worthy of adoration” and a particu-lar inscription honoring Caesar Augus-tus referred to him as Savior and Re-deemer. In the first century, who was the Savior whom the world was actually awaiting? The history of the Roman Empire is in-terwoven with the history of salvation that God established with Israel. God has entered world history and become man. “It was not with the timelessness of myth,” Benedict continues, “that Je-sus came to be born among us. Faith at-tached itself to concrete reality.” And the world would never be the same.
A Weekly
Bible Study
January 1 The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy
Mother of God Galatians 4:4-7
Reflecting on the mystery of the Incar-nation, one will invariably be led to ask: Why was Jesus born in the time and place that he was? Today’s second reading offers us an answer, albeit a mysterious one, within verse 4: But when the fullness of time had come… To what exactly do these words refer?
Our search for a simple answer might bring us to consider the following: From the moment of the Divine Con-ception in the womb of the Virgin Mary, the world would never be the same. But there is more.
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Mary gave birth to Jesus who founded the Church. Thus, we know that she is the mother of the Church. Pray that Mary will bless and inspire those who are discerning a Religious Vocation to be open to the Holy Spirit as she was in her life. Consid-er becoming a priest or religious. Call Fr. Jeffrey Gubbiotti, Director of Vocations, Archdiocesan Center at St. Thomas Semi-nary, Tel. (860) 242-5573, or contact him via email at: [email protected] or visit the web at www.vocationshartford.org. Join us at The Church of the Incarnation the First Friday of the month at 9:30am, Blessed Sacrament Chapel, for Vocations Holy Hour.
PRAYER FOR PEACE: Join us at Incarnation Church 30 minutes prior to 9am Daily Mass to pray for peace in the troubled areas of
our world. SAVE THE DATE: The men's retreat for all men of the parish will be FEB 24 - 26, 2017 at the Holy Family Retreat Center in West Hartford. This year's theme is: The Light of Simplicity. Visit their website at www.holyfamilyretreat.org.
Join The Wethersfield Knights of Colum-bus for Dinner at Bertucci's restaurant on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington. Pick up a Flyer & Coupon at the exits of the Church to enjoy a good family meal and help raise money for the Knights of Colum-bus's local charities. This is an on going event on the last Tuesday of each month. Thank you for your Annual Collection donations! Due to the generosity of so many parishioners, we have exceeded our goal! Any donations will continue to be graciously accepted. Prayer Intention Book: We would like to remind you that we have a book available on the stand near the Chapel sliding glass doors, for prayer intentions. Your prayer intentions may be written in this book of prayer and they will be remembered during the Prayer of the Faithful. If you are leaving Wethersfield for the winter, please notify the rectory so that we can place your envelopes on inactive. When you return, kindly call and we will re-activate them. Thank you.
Mary, the Holy Mother of God January 1, 2017
Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.
— Luke 2:19
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New Year’s Mass Schedule:
THE SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD MASSES WILL BE HELD ON SAT., DEC. 31ST AT 5PM and SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2017 AT 8:30AM & 10:30AM.
Rectory closed on Monday, January 2, 2017. Emergency calls only please.
Fr. Moran wishes to thank all parishioners for the cards, prayers, good wishes, and gifts for Christmas and New Years. Fr Moran is most grateful to ALL who work during the year in any capacity from Parish Council members to the youngest Altar Server to make our parish
function with such devotion. Thank you to all who helped prepare and decorate the Church so beautifully for Christmas, to all who donated to the special flower collection, and to all choir
members/musicians who helped to make our Christmas Masses so moving. A Happy, Holy, Healthy New Year to All!
PLEASE ENJOY THESE PICTURES
OF OUR LIVING NATIVITY, OUR YOUTH MINISTRY FILLING
GOODIE BAGS FOR THE KIDS’ CAFÉ AT THE HOUSE OF BREAD AND
CHRISTMAS CAROLING.
IT’S SO WONDERFUL TO SEE THE
YOUTH OF OUR PARISH INVOLVED IN THEIR PARISH
MINISTRIES.
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SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Mary, the Holy Mother of God; The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord; World Day of Prayer for Peace; New Year’s Day Monday: Ss. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen Tuesday: The Most Holy Name of Jesus Wednesday: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Thursday: St. John Neumann Friday: St. André Bessette; First Friday Saturday: St. Raymond of Penyafort; First Saturday; TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION “Octave” comes from the Latin word for “eight,” and since eight is one step beyond sev-en, the number of days in a week, it has long been seen as a symbol of perfection, comple-tion, and new beginnings. Early Christians called Sunday the “eighth day,” since it was the day after the Sabbath and a day of resurrected life, the Lord’s Day. By the seventh century, people regarded the eight days after Easter Sunday as one great day, an octave, one glori-ous feast when people were forbidden to fast or kneel. In the seventh century, Pentecost ac-quired an Octave, too. Christmas didn’t claim the honor of a continuous feast, but it did get an Octave Day. January 1 is the oldest Marian feast, the Octave of Christmas. It was original-ly a feast of the motherhood of Mary, although for centuries until 1969 it was called the Feast of the Circumcision. Our reformed calendar follows the earlier tradition of celebrating Mary as Mother of God. TIME Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. —Benjamin Franklin PASSIONS We should employ our passions in the ser-vice of life, not spend life in the service of our passions. —Richard Steele
THE BLESSING WE RECEIVE The blessing we experience in Christ Jesus is proclaimed in Numbers as the special blessing for the people of Israel. They and we are to be blessed by the invocation of God’s loving kind-ness, the shining glory of God’s face turned to-ward us in love, not away from us in anger. We are blessed by God’s own peace! Our wish and our hope are fulfilled in this blessing, which is made visible in the coming of Jesus. In Jesus, the image of the invisible God, God’s face is shown to us and God’s presence is made known to us in faithful and loving kind-ness. TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — The L bless you and keep you! The L look upon you kindly and give you peace! (Numbers 6:22-27). Psalm — May God bless us in his mercy (Psalm 67). Second Reading — God sent the Spirit of the Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a slave but an heir, through God (Galatians 4:4-7). Gospel — The shepherds glorified and praised God for all they had heard and seen (Luke 2:16-21). READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:29 — 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34 Wednesday: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42 Thursday: 1 Jn 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 4:14-22a Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Mk 1:7-11 or Lk 3:23-28 [23, 31-34, 36, 38] Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Sal 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 2:1-11 Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12
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Our Christmas Environment
Through the kind generosity of two of our
parishioners we have added to our Christmas Nativity: the camel and the seated ox.
They have now become part of our permanent Fontanini statuary. The ornaments that adorn the trees on the altar, the wreaths,
the swags at the windows, and wall hangings in the narthex are all handmade by one of our flower ministers.
They are made with all natural materials gathered locally: stems, leaves, berries, pinecones and flowers. Through these endeavors we celebrate creation and life
and we honor God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth. We are grateful to our flower ministers, men and women of our parish,
who creatively work to design a prayerful Christmas environment for all of us. Also you will see the “Messenger Angel” at the Saint Joseph altar.
This statue has also been donated to the parish. The scripture related to Saint Joseph and the angels is framed and accompanies the display.
We are humbled by the outpouring of time, talent and treasure among our parishioners to make our Christmas decorating
beautiful and a source of prayer for all who look upon it.
We invite you to visit our new statue The Messenger Angel Located at the St. Joseph Altar.
If you have offered a Mass in memory of a loved one we invite you to carry the gifts up at Mass. Please notify the usher pr ior to Mass that you will be do-ing so. Thank you! We have a lost and found area in the Narthex near the magazine racks.
COVER SHEET CHURCH NAME: CHURCH OF THE INCARNATION BULLETIN NUMBER 356900 DATE OF PUBLICATION: SUNDAY, January 1, 2017
NUMBER OF PAGES TRANSMITTED: 8 PAGES SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: PLEASE READ THIS NEW INFORMATION!!!! CALL AUDREY SAHAREK (860) 529-2534...Please note: WE WILL TRANSMIT VIA UPLOAD. JUST AS A REMINDER WE WORK IN PUBLISHER 2013 AND WE HAVE ADOBE ACROBAT 9 STANDARD. Dear Production: Per Rick Monarque, we are now using our two additional pages which will be permanent. Thanks Audrey Saharek
