A Roman Catholic Community

235 Maltby Street

Bristol, CT 06010

860-589-2295 • Fax 860-589-6692 Welcome visitors and new parishioners. Kindly introduce yourself after Mass.

Please register by calling the Office.

PARISH MASS SCHEDULE:

Saturday: 4:00 pm—Vigil Mass

Sunday: 7:30 am; 9:30 am; 11:15 am

Weekdays: Monday thru Saturday at 9:00 am

Holy Days: 9:00 am, 12:10 pm & 5:30 pm (With the exception of Christmas & New Year’s)

SACRAMENTS:

Baptisms: Are celebrated on the first & third Sunday

of the month at 12:15 pm. Pre-registration is required.

A Pre-baptismal program is held on the first Tuesday of

the month at 7:00 pm in Rosary Hall. Please call the

Parish Office for further information.

Marriages: Arrangements are to be made at least six

months in advance. Please call the Parish Office for

further information.

Reconciliation (Confession): Saturday: 3:00 pm—3:30 pm

VISITATION OF THE SICK & HOMEBOUND Those who cannot celebrate Mass with us because of illness, disability or age are encouraged

to call the Parish Office to arrange for the sacraments to be received at home. Please notify us if you are hospitalized and would like to be visited.

OFFICE HOURS: Monday thru Thursday 9:00 am to 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm; Fridays: 9:00 AM to 12 Noon.

E-Mail: st.gregory.rectory@comcast.net • Website: stgregorybristol.org

PASTOR

Reverend Gary F. Simeone

PAROCHIAL VICAR Reverend Hector Rangel

DEACON

Stanley Piotrowski 860-589-7942

PARISH OFFICE

Joanne Sekorski, Parish Secretary 860-589-2295

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/CCD

Claudia Larsen Director of Religious Education

Office: 860-589-4232

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC David Junko

203-217-5752

HALL RENTALS Bea Roy: 860-589-5898

ST GREGORY THE GREAT CHURCH BRISTOL CT

PARISH INFORMATION

ROSARY…………….….Monday thru Saturday 8:30am PRAYER GROUP…………..Mondays—Church-Rosary 1:15pm; Meeting 1:30pm in Rosary Hall PRAYER SHAWL……………..Monday 9:30am Rectory BIBLE STUDY…………...Tuesday 7:00pm Rosary Hall RCIA………………………….Thursday 7pm Rosary Hall

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 15 - VIGIL TWENTY- FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4:00 PM DECEASED MEMBERS OF WRAY & TENNIS FAMILIES By Mr & Mrs John Tennis SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 16 - TWENTY FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 AM JOHN SIMEONE By Prayer Shawl Ministry 9:30 AM GLENNA PELLETIER By Pelletier Family

11:15AM JOSEPH DOBEK By Wife & Family MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 WEEKDAY 9:00 AM JOHN SIMEONE By Doug Lanteri TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 WEEKDAY 9:00 AM KAREN ROSE By Anthony & JoAnn Crino WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 19 WEEKDAY 9:00 AM JOHN SIMEONE By St. Gregory Rosary Society THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20 STS ANDREW & PAUL, 9:00AM THOMAS GENOVESE SR By His Wife FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 ST MATTHEW, APOSTLE 9:00 AM - MARK SQUIRES By Gene Goyette SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 WEEKDAY 9:00 AM - AMELIA JOURNELL OROPALLO By Grandmother, Jennie SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 22- VIGIL TWENTY- FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4:00 PM MARILYN BRIERE By Husband SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23 - TWENY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 AM JOHN SIMEONE By Deacon Stan & Adrianna 9:30 AM ED BROWN By Joan & Family

11:15AM GERMANIA YEPEZ By Daughter, Jeannette Carbo, Her Siblings and Grandchildren

I LISA CAPOBIANCO & CALVIN BROWN

The Rosary Society will begin this year on Monday, September 24th at 7pm in Rosary Hall. Our guest speaker will be Catherine Gibson, author of chil-dren’s books. Her books deal with children, the challenges they face and how they cope with them. The stories are very positive and help all children to understand their own challenges and those that other children face. She will sign books that you purchase and there will also be some of the prod-ucts that go with the books. Anyone may attend. Catherine’s website is www.forchildrenwithlove.com The Rosary will be recited at 6:30pm in church for anyone who is interested. Dues are still $5.00 which helps to support all of our programs.

Our Annual Raffle has begun. Tickets have been mailed to every registered parishioner. Please sup-port this great fundraiser for our parish. Each family is asked to buy at least the book of raffle tickets. The prizes this year are: 1st Prize: $2500 2nd Prize: $1500 3rd Prize: $1000 4th Prize: $1000 GC Gnazzo’s Supermarket 5th Prize: $500 6th Prize $500 7th Prize: $200 GC Quinoco Oil 8th Prize: $100 GC 150 Central Restaurant 9th Prize: $50 GC Greer’s Chicken 10th Prize: $50 GC Greer’s Chicken Tickets are available at the rectory. We appreciate you selling tickets to your families, at your job or buying them. Please return your stubs with your payment as soon as possible. Thank you.

TWENTY FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SAINT GREGORY 300 CLUB

WINNING NUMBERS WEEK #50

$20 - #67 $10 - #269

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!!!!

Please be sure to pay your captains in full. The dinner/dance will be held on Saturday, September 29th at 7:00pm at Nuchie’s. All tick-et holders are invited to attend. Please let your captains know if you will be attending. Thank You If you would like to join the new 300 Club starting September 24th please call the recto-ry. Tickets are $50 for 50 weeks with a $20 and a $10 drawing each week and next Sep-tember included is a dinner/dance and draw-ings of (2) $1,000, (1) $750, (1) $500, (1) $250, and (5) $50’s.

ST GREGORY’S ON THE GO……

ESCAPE TO BERMUDA 7 NIGHT CRUISE

CELEBRITY SUMMIT MAY 19 - 26, 2019

SAILING FROM CAPE LIBERTY, NEW JERSEY TO

KINGS WHARF BERMUDA DOCKED FOR 3 DAYS

Inside Cabin - $1,131.02 pp dbl occ Ocean View - $1,411.02 pp dbl occ Balcony - $1,711.02 pp dbl occ Includes all taxes and port charges Call Terry Pelletier, Globe Travel 860-584-0517 to book your cabin with a deposit. Cost of Bus to Cape Liberty to be deter-mined by amount of people traveling.

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BERKSHIRE RAILROAD FOLIAGE

EXPRESS SATURDAY OCTOBER 27, 2018

Cost: $87 pp due at signup Depart 8:15am St Gregory CCD Center Return: 6:30pm

BUS IS FULL!! TAKING A WAITING LIST

CCD REGISTRATION FOR SEPTEMBER 2018

We are currently taking registrations for all NEW students (grades 1-10) entering our CCD/Religious Education program for September 2018. If your child was not baptized at St. Gregory, a baptismal certificate will be required to complete the registra-tion. Please note: all students already in our pro-gram will automatically be reregistered for next year. For more information or to register over the phone, please call the CCD Center at 860-589-4232 or email at: stgregory.ccd@comcast.net.

Lord, grant eternal rest to the souls of all of our dearly departed, especially the souls of Your lov-ing servants:

JANET MICUCCI

ROBERT HERPAK AGNES MAREK

St Gregory Parish Family extends sincere sympa-thy to their family and friends.

CRAFT FAIR BASKET RAFFLE

The Basket Raffle is a very popular part of our Christ-mas Craft Fair. As in the past, we would like each ministry to contribute a themed basket to the raffle. Parishioners are welcome to create and donate bas-kets. Please contact Ginny DeLuzio 860-584-8050 once you have determined the theme of your basket.

ST PAUL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Discover why St. Paul Catholic High School has be-come the choice for more and more families for a truly great Catholic education experience! If you or some-one you know has a prospective 6, 7,or 8th grade stu-dent, visit us at our Open House any of the following dates at 10:00AM: Saturday, September 22, Octo-ber 13, or November 10. Tours of our campus, meeting our faculty and visiting our family are all part of our open houses. WEL-COME HOME! Pre-registration is suggested, but not required. Please visit www.spchs.com/openhouse.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 OFFERTORY $8,332.00 SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 OFFERTORY$7,958.00

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF YOUR PARISH. PLEASE REMEMBER TO MARK YOUR ENVELOPES SO YOU MAY GET PROPER CREDIT.

We pray for all our military personnel, especially those current-

ly involved in hostilities around the world:

COLONEL KIRSTEN G. AGUILAR AIRMAN JAKE E AKERLEY

CAPTAIN GREGORY W. ALLEN LANCE CORPORAL MICHAEL BANKS

MAJOR PAUL T BARTOK W2 TODD BOEHM

SARGENT DAVID BONACCORSO COLONEL RUSSELL BONACCORSO

SERGEANT MARY BONACCORSO CONKLIN WO 3 PETER CONKLIN RETIRED

STAFF SERGEANT MICHAEL CORRY COLONEL PATRICK DEDHAM

CORPORAL WILLIAM T DOYLE IV LT STEPHAN D’URSO

CAPTAIN MELISSA FOX LT DANIEL GOLSCHNEIDER AIRMAN HUNTER R GOSLIN

AIRMAN ABEAA DAKOTA GREGER PFC STACEY LYNN GUERRETTE STAFF SERGEANT DAVID GULINO

E3 SAMANTHA HART SPECIALIST E-2 STEPHANIE LANDRY

PRIVATE KAREN-ROSE LEWIS PETTY OFFICER 3RD CLASS JONATHON MARCHETTI

SERGEANT TAYLOR MARTEL COLONEL SCOTT P MASKERY

E1 JACK MCCARTHY U.S. NAVY BRANDON MYERS

BRIAN PAGE JACOB PELLETIER

STAFF SERGEANT JOHN RYAN PHELAN PFC AUSTIN QUILTER

LANCE CORPORAL JAMES RIDER CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 5 PETER W RONDEAU

SERGEANT STEFAN SQUILLANTE E3 SEAMAN B J SULLIVAN

STAFF SERGEANT KEITH ZANETTI LT COMMANDER CRAIG ZECCHIN

(If you know of anyone serving in the military, please call the

office and we will list them.)

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

This week the Sanctuary Candle burns for the

greater Glory of God and in memory of

JAMES GULINO

BENEFIT BREAKFAST FOR BRIAN’S ANGELS

St Gregory Outreach will hold a Benefit Breakfast for Brian’s Angels Homeless Outreach on Sunday, Sep-tember 23rd at the CCD Center, from 8am to noon. The “all you can eat” Breakfast will consist of Pan-cakes, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs, Home Fries, Cof-fee, Tea and Juice. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for Children 6-12. Tickets may be purchased at St. Gregory Rectory during regular business hours or at the door. Brian’s Angels Outreach provides a place for the Homeless to get out of the elements every afternoon, they can rest, take a nap and get a snack. It is a totally volunteer organization. Every dollar they receive is used to help the clients. Please help us make this a successful event for this worthy organi-zation. If any parishioners would like to donate towards the cost of the food for the breakfast, please drop off your donation at the rectory in an envelope marked Brian’s Angels Fundraiser. We will also be collecting needed items such as socks, bottled water, napkins etc. for Brian’s An-gels during breakfast. A list of suggested items will be posted at the entry of the church.

READINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Sunday: Is 50:5-9a/Ps 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 [9]/Jas 2:14-18/Mk

8:27-35

Monday: 1 Cor 11:17-26, 33/Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17 [1 Cor

11:26b]/Lk 7:1-10

Tuesday: 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a/Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5 [3]/Lk

7:11-17

Wednesday: 1 Cor 12:31--13:13/Ps 33:2-3, 4-5, 12 and 22 [12]/

Lk 7:31-35

Thursday: 1 Cor 15:1-11/Ps 118:1b-2, 16ab-17, 28 [1]/Lk 7:36-

50

Friday: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13/Ps 19:2-3, 4-5 [5]/Mt 9:9-13

Saturday: 1 Cor 15:35-37, 42-49/Ps 56:10c-12, 13-14 [14]/Lk

8:4-15

Next Sunday: Wis 2:12, 17-20/Ps 54:3-4, 5, 6-8 [6b]/Jas 3:16--

4:3/Mk 9:30-37

ANNUAL FAMILY FALL PICNIC

Sunday, September 16th, St. Maximillian Kolbe Par-ish will be hosting at Terryville Fair Grounds. Mass at 11am, food booth 12:30-4:00pm. Music by Joey Milardo & The Musical Cavaliers. Menu: Pierogi, Kiel-basa and sauerkraut, fried dough, potato pancakes, hamburgers and hotdogs, beverages and ice cream. Entrance is Free and all-you-can-eat wristbands are available at $15 per adult, 13 years old and over, and $5 per child 6-12 years. Children 5 and under are Free. The public is invited.