MAY 1, 2016 SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER SATURDAY, VIGIL MASS, APRIL 30, 2016 4:30pm + Frank J. Stockmal, Sr. Mary Stockmal SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 8:00am +Eugene J. Kopec Carol & Michael Tichy 10:00am +Edward Wadas Zofia i Ryszard Przydzial 11:30am +Helena Tadra Halina Mychajluk 5:30pm +Edward & Helen Kashuba family MONDAY, MAY 2, 2016 (St. Athanasius, Bishop & Doctor of the Church) 7:00pm +Dominick Jeanetti wife & family TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016 (Ss. Philip & James, Apostles) 7:00am +Anna Jachyra children & grandsons **HOLY DAY VIGIL, WED., MAY 4, 2016** 7:00pm (Polish) +Stanislawa Konefal wnucka i rodzina **HOLY DAY - THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016** (THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD) 7:00am (English) +Parents Anthony & Mary Pedenski, husband Monte Kasch Terry Kasch 5:30pm (English) +Stanislaw Sadowski -St. Michael s office staff 7:00pm (Polish) +Tadeusz Mlynek Siwiec family FIRST FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2016 7:00am +Sally & Charles Markut family 7:00pm +Zofia Grosiak corka Alina, maz Ryszard, wnuczek Daniel i syn Boguslaw SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2016 8:00am +David Jesionka family SATURDAY, VIGIL MASS, MAY 7, 2016 4:30pm Mother s Day Intentions SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2016 8:00am Mother s Day Intentions 10:00am Mother s Day Intentions 12 NOON (not 11:30am) Mother s Day Intentions 5:30pm Mother s Day Intentions COLLECTIONS APRIL 24, 2016 Offertory - $3129 Misc. - $744 The second collection today is for St. Mary- St.Michael School. Your donations help to support our parish school and the wonderful Catholic education it provides to the students! SANCTUARY LAMP INTENTION The living flame of the Sanctuary Lamp, signifying the Eucharistic presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, is offered this week in remembrance of the St. Michael School Class of 1944, living & deceased from Charles Stochmal. (Offering: $15.) PRO-LIFE ROSE INTENTIONS 1. Happy 21 st Birthday Blessings for Victoria Smith (5/2) from Mom, Dad, brother Jared, Grandma & Papa, & Uncle Brian. 2. Condolences to John and Laura Zaprzalka on the passing of their Aunt Helen Wlodek from the office staff. 3. Birthday blessings for Lucas Stochmal with much love from Auntie Mare and Uncle Mike. Pro-Life rose offering is $5. Requests may be mailed or put into the Sunday Collection Basket indicate the date of the week you want the rose to appear. Thank you. MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA/MASS The rosary is prayed at 6:45 pm every Monday before the Miraculous Medal Novena and Mass and also on Wednesdays in Polish at the 7:00 pm Novena and Mass. All are invited and encouraged to attend this beautiful devotion to our Blessed Mother on Mondays and Wednesdays. MOTHER S DAY ENVELOPES Additional envelopes are on the bench at the side entrance. All intention envelopes must be into the office by this Monday, May 2 in order to be placed on the altar for Mother s Day. Thank you. CROWNING OF THE BLESSED MOTHER THIS SUNDAY, MAY 1st The annual crowning of the statue of the Blessed Mother will take place this Sunday immediately following the 11:30 am Mass. All parishioners are invited and encouraged to attend the 11:30am Mass and participate in the procession to the Grotto for this beautiful tribute to Mary. This years crowner is Natalia Wyszkowski. The crown bearer is Veronica Borowski and the court attendees are Sylvia Lemanski, Victoria Baliga, and Vanessa Adamski. In the event of inclement weather the crowning will take place inside the Church.
AN INVITATION TO A SPECIAL CELEBRATION THIS SUNDAY THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION OF FR. JOSEPH SZPILSKI CM. Fr. Joseph Szpilski, CM, a former Vicar at St. Michael s Parish, will be celebrating his 60th Anniversary of Ordination at St. Michael Church this Sunday, May 1, at the 11:30 am Mass. Following Mass and the annual Crowning of Mary ceremony, there will be a reception in the Church Hall for Father Joe. Please attend and extend your congratulatory good wishes to him. REST IN PEACE Please pray for Mary (Mae) Laton Lesko (April 21) and Helen Zaprzalka Wlodek (April 22) buried from our Church. May they both rest in peace. CALENDAR OF EVENTS May 1: Return baby bottles. May 5: Ascension Thursday, Holy Day May 8: CCD 1 st Holy Communion 10am Mass May 8: Mother s Day May 8: 11:30 AM Mass will be held at noon. May 15: Sat. Polish School 1 st Holy Communion 11:30am Mass May 29: Corpus Christi June 4: Ordination of Robert Carter as Deacon. June 5: Parish Picnic, Warsaw Park June 19: Father s Day CCD PROGRAM Schedule of Classes 8:30 to 9:45 am Grades 1, 2, 3, and 8. May 1 Note from Margaret Mattei, DRE...Annual Crowning of Mary, Sun., May 1 after the 11:30 am Mass....First Confession, Grade 3, Sat., May 7, 9:00am...First Holy Communion, Sunday, May 8 (Mother s Day) at the 10 am Mass. TEACHERS/AIDES ARE NEEDED FOR NEXT CCD YEAR. If you can volunteer to instruct our students in the Religious Education Program (twice a month), please call Margaret Mattei at 203-530-2808....If you miss any of our bulletins, you can find them on-line at http://stmichaelsderby.org. Biuletyn parafialny dostepny jest na naszej stronie internetowej: http://stmichaelsderby.org. We are also on Facebook. ST. MARY-ST. MICHAEL SCHOOL...THE GREAT GIVE THIS WEEK! St. Mary St. Michael School will be participating in the Great Give on May 3-4 for the first time and we need your support. It is a 36 hour online giving event starting at 8:00am on May 3rd through May 4. Every gift will be increased with matching dollars provided by generous community sponsors. Donations to the school may be made by logging on to www.thegreatergive.org to help support our school....a Mother s Day Plant Sale will be held at the School on Thursday and Friday (May 4,5 and after all Masses on Saturday and SundayMay 7,8 at St. Mary s Church....Congratulations to the members of our Drama Club for their production of A Night of Mysterious One-Act Plays. Thank you to the volunteer directors, Stacey Ference and Autumn Caraglio,along with staff member Mrs. DeCrisanti for their many volunteer hours putting this production together....a special thanks is extended to the late Vivien Dempsey, whom many of you remember as a school nurse in Derby, for her bequest to our school. We are grateful to Mrs. Dempsey and all of our benfactors and pray for them daily....our School will be participating in a One School, One Read beginning on May 2. The title of the book we will be reading is, IN MEMORY OF GORFMAN T. FROG. Each child will have a copy of this book to read during May. We are grateful to a grant from the KBE Building Corporation enabling us to purchase copies of the book for each student. Mrs. Pat Cayer is coordinating the program and Christian Meagher wrote the grant for the books....st. Mary-St. Michael School is sponsoring a Foxwoods Casino Bingo Bus on Saturday, June 18. Pick-up is at 7:00am at the School with return to the school at 6:00pm. Cost is $30 per person. Free $15 slot play, free $10 food coupon for every person. Plus door prizes, raffles and bingo on the bus! Contact Christian Meagher to reserve your seat: christianmeagher@yahoo.com. SPECIAL DAY AT THE SCHOOL SATURDAY, MAY 14...SHRED DAY 9am to noon in front of the school. $10 per bag....flea MARKET 9am to 1pm to find some special treasures and $25 table rental to sell your treasures! For information please Contact Carla Lombaro at beadog15@yahoo.com....art SHOW in the all purpose room from 10am to 1pm. Come and see the students artistic talents!
PARISH PICNIC NEWS Half-Keg Challenge...A donation of $25 helps to defray the cost of beer and beverages for the picnic. The challenge so far... 8. Arthur and Annette Hlywa, 9. Terry Kasch, 10. Mary J. Mycek, 11. Bill, Chris, and Christian Tracz, 12. Leonard Rzasa. Thank you!! How about some more supporters!!! Chinese Auction... Prizes are needed and may be brought to the parish office during office hours. Please be sure to put your name on your donation so that we may acknowledge it! Picnic Sponsorship...If you would like to advertise your business, have a sign honoring someone or in memory of someone, it will be displayed at the picnic. You may place the contribution and information you want printed on the sign in the collection basket noted: Picnic sponsor. Donations are $200, $150, and $100. Monetary donation (no signs) are also graciously appreciated. Thank you to the following Sponsors: CT Foot Surgery Center of Milford and Catholic War Veterans, St. Michael s Post #1562. SUPPLIES NEEDED: (leave on back porch of rectory). Aluminum foil, paper towels, apple sauce, tomato sauce, tomato soup, sauerkraut, all-purpose white flour, 2 litre bottles of soda (coke, diet coke, orange, sprite,) coffee, tea. Please be sure that expiration dates are not past. (Do not need paper plates, cups, or napkins we have plenty). DIOCESE/COMMUNITY NEWS St. Vincent depaul Thrift Shoppe & Food Bank 237 Roosevelt Dr., Derby, thanks parishioners for the continued donations of non-perishable food items, monetary and gift cards. Our support does make a difference in people s lives! Catholic War Veterans, St. Michael s Post #1562 pasta dinner and movie night at 6:30pm, second Tuesday of each month. (112 Derby Ave.) Next dinner: May 10. Cost $6 per person. Enders Island, Mystic CT May Day of Recollection Wed., May 11, 10:00am. For info call 1-860-536-0565 or write to Enders Island, P.O. Box 399, Mystic CT 06355. Un Festival Italiano Italian Night Cabert, an Evening of music, laughs, tears and all things Italiano at Center Stage Theater, 54 Grove St., Shelton on Friday, May 13 at 8:00pm, Sat., May 14 at 8:00pm, Sun., May 15 at 2pm. $15 per person, cabaret table seating. BYOB and BYOF. Call 203-225-6079 for reservations. OGŁOSZENIA PARAFIALNE VI NIEDZIELA WIELKANOCNA KORONACJA Koronacja Matki Bożej odbędzie się dzisiaj1 maja bezpośrednio po Mszy św. o godz. 11.30. JUBILEUSZ KS. SZPILSKIEGO Ks. Józef Szpilski CM długoletni duszpasterz naszej parafii w dniu dzisiejszym 1 maja o godz. 11:30 odprawi Mszę św. dziękczynną za 60 lat kapłaństwa. Po Mszy św. zapraszamy na skromny poczęstunek. WNIEBOWSTĄPIENIE PAŃSKIE W czwartek 5 maja będziemy obchodzic Uroczystość Wniebowstąpienia Pańskiego. Jest to święto obowiązkowe i proszę zapoznać się z programem Mszy św. PIERWSZY PIĄTEK MIESIĄCA W najbliższy piątek 6 maja obchodzimy pierwszy piątek miesiąca. Okazja do spowiedzi sw. i adoracja Najswietszego Sakramentu od godziny 18:00. Serdecznie zapraszamy! DZIEŃ MATKI Dodatkowe koperty na Dzień Matki znajdują się z tyłu kościoła. Wszystkie Msze św. 8 maja będą odprawiane za matki za które prosiliśmy w modlitwie wypisując ich imona na kartkach lub kopertach. Koperty z imionami proszę dostarczyć do 6 maja. PIERWSZA KOMUNIA ŚW. Msza św. dla dzieci przystepujących do Pierwszej Komunii św. w języku angielskim odbędzie się w niedzielę 8 maja o godz. 10.00, natomiast dzieci przygotowujące się w języku polskim do Pierwszej Komunii św. przystąpią w niedzielę 15 maja o godz. 11.30. ZMIANA GODZ. MSZY ŚWIĘTEJ 8 MAJA 12:00 W związku z tym, że Pierwsza Komunia św w języku angielskim będzie w niedzielę o godz. 10:00 dlatego w tym dniu jednorazowo zmieniamy godz. Mszy św. z 11:30 na 12:00. Zmiana podyktowana jest tym, żeby nie blokować miejsca na parkinku i dać więcej czasu dla rodzin dzieci pierwszokomunijnych. NABOŻEŃSTWA MAJOWE Nabożeństwa Majowe będziemy odprawiać w środy po Mszy św. o godz. 19.00. W każdą niedzielę maja odmówimy wspólnie Litanie do Matki Bożej po Mszy św. o godz. 11.30 PIKNIK PARAFIALNY
Piknik parafialny odbędzie sie 5 czerwca w Warsaw Park. Chętnych, którzy chcieliby pomóc w jego organizacji proszę o kontakt z biurem parafialnym. VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR PICNIC JUNE 5 BELOW IS A FORM WHICH YOU CAN FILL OUT AND DROP IN ANY COLLECTION BASKET OR LEAVE AT THE PARISH OFFICE; OR YOU CAN CALL THE OFFICE AT 203-734-0005 AND LEAVE YOUR NAME AND NUMBER AND SOMEONE WILL CALL YOU BACK. Do you like to cook? our food booths can use your help. Do you have a truck and would be willing to help bring supplies to Warsaw Park? help bring them back? or Our soda, coffee, and desserts booth needs people to pour coffee, soda, etc. Always wanted to be a parking lot attendant?? Now s your chance to help park cars and work the entrance gate. Can you handle a potato peeler, chop onions, stir sauerkraut and would like to help make pierogi and stuffed cabbage? We have a job for you.
DROP THIS FORM INTO ANY COLLECTION BASKET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Name Tele. No. Telephone No. Availability Where would you like to work