APRIL 17, 2016 FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER SATURDAY, VIGIL MASS, APRIL 16, 2016 4:30pm +Parents Anthony & Mary Pedenski, and husband Monte Kasch Terry Kasch SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2016 8:00am +Wanda Borowy children & grandchildren 10:00am +Donald Linane (25 th anniv.) wife & daughters 11:30am +Bronislaw Zeglen (6 rocznica) syn z rodzina 5:30pm +Salvatore J. Casa, Sr. Antoinette Maida & family MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016 7:00pm +Daria & Zenon Ciszkiewicz, Eugenia & Wlodzimierz Balabon, Genowefa & Antoni Ciszkiewicz -Beata TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016 7:00am +Roman Jusinski Hanna Kaczmarczyk WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016 7:00pm +Julia & Jakub Dziuba granddaughter Mary Mycek THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016 7:00am +Josephine Dawid family FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016 7:00am +Genevieve Dziekan Irene Haldas SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2016 8:00am +Sylvia & Albin Serafinowicz-nephew SATURDAY, VIGIL MASS, APRIL 23, 2016 4:30pm +Dana Schoppee Bob & Susan Carter SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2016 8:00am +Edward Wadas Sofia & Stanislaw Turski 10:00am +Jan Poltorak daughter Mirka Demianczyk & family 11:30am +Stella Jurewicz Mr. & Mrs. Henry Baryla 5:30pm +Edward & Helen Kashuba family COLLECTIONS APRIL 10, 2016 Offertory - $3104, Peter s Pence - $1733 Misc. - $358, Easter Gifts $85 (Total 11,614) SANCTUARY LAMP INTENTION The living flame of the Sanctuary Lamp, signifying the Eucharistic presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, is offered this week in loving memory of Stanislaw & Zofia Switala from daughter & family. (Offering: $15.) THANK YOU - Appreciative thanks from the Little Sister s of the Poor for your generosity in the second collection on April 2/3. They collected $2814.73 which will benefit St. Joseph Residence in Enfield, a facility that cares for the elderly poor. They are most grateful for your help. PRO-LIFE ROSE INTENTIONS 1. In loving memory for a dear friend, Carol Pagliaro, from Eileen and Lindy Witek. 2. In memory of our dear friend Don Linane on his 25 th anniversary in heaven (4/19) from the Garofalo family. 3. In loving memory of Donald Linane on his 25 th anniversary (4/19) in heaven from wife & daughters. 4. In memory of Fr. John Sledziona, CM from Frania & Sande. 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 In your box of Offertory Envelopes, the Mother s Day Envelope is on April 24. Envelopes may be placed into any collection basket at any time. Extra envelopes are at the side entrance. All intention envelopes should be in by May 1 in order to be placed on the altar for Mother s Day. UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS April 24: St. Gerard s Baby Bottle Appeal May 1: Annual Crowning after 11:30am Mass 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 5: Parish Picnic, Warsaw Park June 19: Father s Day
CONGRATULATIONS This Sunday at 3:00pm in the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford, Czeslaw and Elzbieta Zygadlo will receive the St. Joseph Medal of Appreciation (given to volunteers) from His Excellency, Archbishop Leonard Blair. Czeslaw and Elzbieta have been long-time Lectors in the parish. Czeslaw has also served as a Eucharistic Minister and lately has been instrumental in a great deal of masonry work (and more) on the parish grounds. We ask for God s blessings on them and thank them for their years of dedicated service to St. Michael Parish. Bog zaplac! SPECIAL CELEBRATION Fr. Joseph Szpilski, CM, a former Vicar at St. Michael s Parish, will be celebrating his 60th Anniversary of Ordination at St. Michael Church on 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. CCD PROGRAM Schedule of Classes 8:30 to 9:45 am Grades 1, 2, 3, and 8. April 24, May 1 Grades 4, 5, 6, 7. April 17 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. It is a rewarding experience to work with the children. (If you have children in the program their registration fee will be waived if you volunteer to teach)....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. ST. MARY-ST. MICHAEL SCHOOL...The Great Give! St. Mary St. Michael School will be participating in the Great Give on May 3-4. The Great Give is a 36 hour online giving event starting at 8:00am on May 3rd. Every gift will be increased with matching dollars provided by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, its affiliate the Valley Community Foundation and other community sponsors. Please help to support St. Mary St. Michael School for The Great Give....St. Mary-St. Michael School is accepting registration for all grades PreK through Gr. 8 for the 2016-17 school year. Please contact Mrs. Coppola, Principal, to make an appointment....there will be an Open House every Tuesday between 9:30-11:30 am. Parents of prospective students are invited to visit the school while the students are in session to see the school in action. PARISH PICNIC NEWS Half-Keg Challenge...A donation of $25 helps to defray the cost of beer and beverages for the picnic. The challenge begins... 4. Andrew and Krystyna Kloc, 5. Irene Haldas 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.. DIOCESE/COMMUNITY NEWS St. Vincent depaul Thrift Shoppe & Food Bank 237 Roosevelt Dr., Derby, is grateful for our continued donations of non-perishable food items, monetary and gift cards. They are all so helpful! Polish Falcons Nest 208 District meeting, Sat., April 23, 1:00 pm, Church Hall. 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. Next Porketta Dinner on Tuesday, April 26, 7pm at Paugassett Hook and Ladder Co. Firehouse. (bread, pasta with meat sauce, salad, porketta, potatoes, and chicken.) There s a raffle, too. Cost $15 per person. Space is limited. The next dinner will be in the fall. 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. Alpha achievement summer program 2016 for Girls is registering children in Grades 3,4,5,6,7,8. Instruction takes place from Monday,June 27 until Friday, July 1 from 9am until noon at St.Thomas Moore Catholic Hall in the Yale Campus, 268 Park St. New Haven. The goals of the program are to help students develop good character and leadership qualities, improve their reading, writing, math, and critical thinking skills and prepare them for junior and high school work. The summer fee is $50, Please call 203-393-3396 or write an e-mail to dohofilena@aol.com. For divorced, widowed, or separated there is a special heartache in finding oneself alone again. Divorced, separated and widowed men and women of all ages are encouraged to attend a Beginning Experience weekend designed for those who wish to resolve this pain and grief of losing the marriage relationship and create a more peace-filled future. The weekend begins Friday evening, May 13 and continues through Sunday afternoon, May 15. The weekend fee is $235 per person and includes the program and materials, all meals on Saturday and Sunday and two nights stay. For info and an application please call 1-860-993-7866 or 1-845- 373-8202. PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY Our prayer shawl ministry has resumed meeting after the winter break. If you like to knit or crochet please join the group on Tuesday mornings from 10:00 am until noon at the Rectory (use back door entrance). Shawls and blankets that the group makes are give to babies at baptisms in our Church and to area hospitals. Donations of yarn are always gratefully accepted and may be left on the back porch of the Rectory. The group wishes to thank all those who donate yarn or make monetary donations to purchase yarn for this ministry. OGŁOSZENIA PARAFIALNE IV NIEDZIELA WIELKANOCNA GRATULACJE Gratulujemy i dziękujemy równocześnie państwu Elżbiecie i Czesławowi Zygadło, którzy w dniu dziesiejszym zostaną uhonorowani przez biskupa w katedrze w Hartford medalem św. Józefa. Jest to forma podziękowania za zaangażowanie i pracę w parafii. KORONACJA Koronacja Matki Bożej odbędzie się 1 maja bezpośrednio po Mszy św. o godz. 11.30. JUBILEUSZ KS. SZPILSKIEGO Ks. Józef Szpilski CM długoletni duszpasterz naszej parafii w dniu 1 maja o godz. 11:30 odprawi Mszę św. dziękczynną za 60 lat kapłaństwa. Po Mszy św. zapraszamy na skromny poczęstunek. 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 1 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. 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. 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. EASTER FLOWER DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF: -The Malyszko family -John, Stella & Evelyn Supp from Robert Supp -Joseph H. Tereskiewicz, Dunaj family & Tereskiewicz family from Louise Tereskiewicz -Boleslaw & Frances Tracz, Peter & Antonina Madura family, Joseph & Mary Tracz family from Frania Tracz -Edward Tracz, Bronislaus Tracz from Mary Ann Tracz -Joseph & Julia Tracz from Tracz family -Frank & Elizabeth Trcka, Stephen Hallet, Stella Maciog, Paula Savino from Mrs. R. Trcka -Joseph & Frances Tichy, Margaret Nikituk, Francine Cunningham from Fran Turecek -Eleonora Sawicki, Josef Sawicki, Eugeniusz Karwowski, Jan Turski from Eugene Turski -Deacon Louis Canaveri -Mary Verzi, Sam Verzi, Sr., Ann Krenzel from Sam Verzi -Henry Wajdowicz from Joan Marie Wajdowicz -Peter & Anna Saukas, Gilbert & Dorothy Wassell from Mike & Cathy Wassell -Za dusza zmarlych z rodziny, Wieckowski i Hossa from Mr. & Mrs. J. Wieckowski -Our parents Kozcowski & Witek -Witek & Cybart families, Emelia Biesiadecka, Helen Szczesiul, Wladza Slezak -Zofia Kosek, Krystyna Kolodziej, Tadeusz Jarog, Jozef Wojciah from Franciszek Kosek -Jim & Helen DeLeon from Patricia Kurtz -Stanley & Nellie Walkuski, Antonio & Rose Vavala -Minnie Wrigley Cascone from Robert Wrigley -Mr. Joseph Wardzala -Agnieszka & Karol Zygadlo, Wladyslawa & Stefan Grzesko from E. & Cz. Zygadlo -sp. Karol i Agnieszko Zygadlo, sp. Wladyslaw i Julia Krzywola from W.S. Zygadlo -Kazimierz Balcerczyk from Szarwacki family -Joseph Hamary, M. Regina Hamary, Anna Janso, John Chebro from Mr. & Mrs. George Chebro -Stanislaw i Wladyslawa Dziemianko, Jozefa Kosiorowska from family -Antoni i Regina Okula, Gwalbert & Natalia Sliwonik -Luciano Franzese, beloved husband & father from Franzese family -Anna & Charles Matula, Frances & John Slovak from Carol Siglinger -Roman Smist, Cathy Jacobs, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Borowy from Ted -Cecyli i Reginy Kazimiera from family -Frank Dogali from David & Lina Dogali -Francione & Stankye families from Anne Stankye -Joyce Galbraith from Gery Jachimowski Kadance -Millie Szczesiul from son Gery Jachimowski and Kadance -Sophie & Joseph Kenny from David Kenny -Gregory Kudej, Sr. & son Robert from Veronica Kudej WITH THANKS TO: -Bakota family -Sophie Balkun -Czajkowski family -Jan & Malgorzata Czernisz -Monika Mosiej-Gagnon -R. Jazwa family -Janucik family -Melania Kasprys -Jan & Julie Kiwak -Kmiec family -Kaczowka family -Florence Koreiwo - Lemanski family -J. & R. Lemchak -Margaret Lennon -Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Leszczynski -Michael Mosley -R. Z. Oko -Agata Poznanski -Elzbieta & Jozef Pracon -Mr. & Mrs. Ryszard Przydzial -Maria Pustelny -Maria Rut -Ryder family -J. & Joanna Saffo -Iwona & Dariusz Sajkowski -Mr. & Mrs. Osakowicz -B. Strzelec -Anna & Stefan Takarz -Marek & Barbara Zajac -Zambrzycki family -John & Laura Zaprzalka -Henry & Lorraine Zuba -A. L. Zygadlo -Andrzej & Bozena Drodz -Joseph Wojtowicz, Jr. -Slowonek family -Steczkowski family -Barbara Wojcieszak
-Dariusz & Magdalena Zurek -W. M. Piorek -Marta Husted