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SAINT PATRICK CHURCH, BRIDGEPORT, CT

CONFESSION SCHEDULE
April 24th 2:30-3:30 p.m. Fr. Guilbert
Sat. April 17th Vigil: Third Sunday of Easter
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
4:00 pm NG Marguerita McEvoy
6:00 pm RJ People of Our Parish
(Names Listed Are Those 60-Years-Young and More-Seasoned)
Sun. April 18th Third Sunday of Easter
Annette O’Neill and Evelyn Perez on April 18th
8:00 am NG Chester and Charlotte Suchecki Patricia Kiely on April 19th
10:00 am RJ Joel Biondino
12:10 pm NG William Verese ANNUAL BISHOPS APPEAL REPORT
Mon. April 19th Easter Weekday Our Goal: $30,000
7:30 am Ray and Ethel Flynn Pledged as of 04/12/10: $25,346
Tues. April 20th Easter Weekday We have reached 84% of our goal!
7:30 am Number of Gifts: 102
Wed. April 21st St. Anselm, bishop, doctor Go St. Patrick!!!
7:30 am
Thur. April 22nd Easter Weekday
7:30 am People of Our Parish BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING
Fri. April 23rd St. George, martyr Our Parish Nurses will be doing blood pressure
7:30 am screenings this weekend, Saturday, April 16th, after the
Sat. April 24th Easter Weekday 4:00 p.m. Mass, and Sunday, April 17th, after the 8:00
8:00 am Ernesto Diaz a.m. and 12:10 p.m. Mass. This is a free service offered
Sat. April 24th Fourth Sunday of Easter by our Parish Nurses and we should all take advantage
4:00 pm RJ John Dorsch of it.
6:00 pm NG Carmella Mazza
Sun. April 25th Fourth Sunday of Easter THOMAS MERTON HOUSE
8:00 am NG Nora McQuilkin Our next scheduled day is Friday, April 30th, from
10:00 am Bishop Lori Erma DeBrum 10:00 a.m. until 1:20 p.m. If you are interested in
12:10 pm RJ Julio Videira serving or want more information, please call Larry at
203-372-5799. As Jesus says in Luke 14:13: "...when
you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the
lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of
Sat. April 24th Fourth Sunday of Easter their inability to repay you."
4:00 pm Lectors A. Bottillo
Ministers
Servers J. Dwyer RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR ADULTS
Sun. April 25th Fourth Sunday of Easter The next sessions will be held in our Parish Center
8:00 am Lector M. Florence from 10:30 a.m. until 12:00 noon on Sunday, April
Ministers D. Capozzi & A. Salanto 25th. We WELCOME new participants. Come to enjoy
Server F. D’Ausilio & J. Sabol different prayer experiences, Scripture (Bible) study,
10:00 am Lector Sr. Daniella and a deeper understanding of the truths of our
Ministers D. Cortello & M. Ignatowski Catholic Faith.
Servers M. Powell, S. Illingworth &
K. Yorke
12:10 pm Lector M. Smith WOMEN’S GUILD MEETING
Ministers S. Scott & J. Suglo The ladies will be holding their monthly meeting on
Servers A. & C. Clark & E. Suglo Wednesday, April 28th, at 6:00 p.m. in our Parish
Center. ALL ladies of the parish are welcome. We will
be discussing happenings and events planned for the
next two or three months. Light refreshments and
Weekend of April 11th Offertory: $4,716
conversation will follow. Look forward to seeing you
Weekly amount needed to run parish: $5,500
on the 28th!
Shortage last week: $784
2nd Offering this weekend: Flowers
THANK YOU for your continued support! QUOTEABLE QUOTES
“It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount
Did you know that Electronic Funds Transfer from of love that is put into them that matters.”
checking accounts is now available? Mother Teresa
Call the Parish Office for more information.
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

DATES TO REMEMBER
April 24th, First Confession at 11:30
and Practice Afterwards for First Communion
until 1:00

May 1st, First Communion at the 10:00 a.m. Mass

May 2nd, May Crowning at the 12:10 p.m. Mass
with the children wearing their Communion Clothes

May 19th, Confirmation Practice at the Cathedral
Time to be announced

May 22nd, Confirmation at the Cathedral
at the 4:00 p.m. Mass

RETREAT THANK YOU’S
The Confirmation Retreat for the prospective
candidates was held here on April 10th. Father Peter
Cipriani was excellent in presenting his homily, talks,
and question and answer session. Tracy Fernandez
and June Vendetti, our eighth grade catechists,
volunteered their time to help. Janet Jimenez took
care of the food buying and made sure the breakfast
and the pizza lunch were ready for our students. Alyssa
Brana, Charisma Diaz, Natalie Jimenez, and Emily
Vargas are in our Religious Education Program and
helped where needed. Mary Ellen Giannino and
friends, and Sister Stephanie, S.S.C.M. provided
religious articles for our students. We thank all those
who helped and ask God to bless them for what they
did.

THE GREEN BALL
Many of the Confirmation Retreat pictures have a
student holding a green ball. It was part of a contest.
The ball was thrown to one of the students. That
student had to answer a question about the Catholic
Faith. If the student could not answer it, he or she was
out. The last one left won a prize. It was a lot of fun as
the students answered questions, showed how much
they had learned in the classes throughout the years,
and hoped to win one of the prizes.

TO PONDER
What will you do this week to make this a better world?

“Make her known.” (Pius IX about Mary)

“The five keys to sanctity are: Jesus, Mary, the Rosary,
Scripture, and fasting.”
(Fr. P. Cipriani to our students)
APRIL 18, 2010

Invest just five minutes a day,
and your faith will deepen and grow—a day at a time.

SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
The great reversal
There comes that time in our lives when our parents or
grandparents become too old or sick to care for
themselves, and they stretch out their hands to us. It then
becomes our task to dress them as they once dressed us
and to take them where they don‟t wish to go as they
many times took us where we didn‟t want to go. It‟s part of
the coming of God‟s kingdom when the last are first, the
first are last, the children become the parents, and the
parents become the children. We glorify God by the
manner in which we answer the call to serve those who
once served us, and to receive the care of those for
whom we once cared.
TODAY‟S READINGS: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Revelation 5:11-
14; John 21:1-19 or 21:1-14
“When you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and
someone else will fasten a belt around you and take you
where you do not wish to go.”
Sharing the Gospel
The Book of Revelation uses highly symbolic language to
MONDAY, APRIL 19
EASTER WEEKDAY
communicate its message to the Church in the first century
as Christians were being persecuted. The author, who calls Put on your angel face
himself John (not the Gospel writer), wants to assure the Children often have that cherubic look—though they can
community that Jesus lives, hope endures, and the final be little devils sometimes! More rarely do we see that
victory is theirs, if they are faithful to Christ. Turning away transcendent purity and beauty in the face of a grown-up.
from him as a short-term expediency is not the solution, When we do glimpse it in the blazing appearance of a
even though the allure of avoiding persecution may seem charismatic preacher, the gentle eyes of a wise elder, or
stronger than being true to Christ. even the loveliness of a stranger, it stirs in us a longing to
Some of the visions that John writes about, like the one we learn more, to grow closer, perhaps even to follow. The
hear in today's second reading, are meant to reveal what is angelic look isn‟t reserved for the seraphic among us. We
the final end for those who remain faithful and endure the cultivate a heavenly appearance by keeping our gaze on
trial. They surround the throne and cry out in praise of God. God‟s beautiful will—just as Saint Stephen did.
They live in blessedness. One of the great comforts of this TODAY‟S READINGS: Acts 6:8-15; John 6:22-29
vision is the way in which John describes the throng “And all who sat in the council looked intently at [Stephen],
gathered around the throne of God: "They were countless in and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.”
number" (Rev. 5:11).
In the Gospel today, we hear of the miraculous catch of
TUESDAY, APRIL 20
fish made by the disciples after Jesus' resurrection. Standing EASTER WEEKDAY
on the shore, he directs them to lower their nets one more Scout’s honor
time, even though they had been hard at it all night. The The Boy Scout Law contains 12 points, the first of which
result is that they haul in an incredible catch. The states that a scout is trustworthy. BoyScoutTrail.com
underlying theme of this miracle, as well as the message describes the quality in this way: “Being „Worthy of Trust‟
revealed in the Book of Revelation, is that God's mercy is means a promise made is a promise fulfilled. It means a
without end. Through the Resurrection of Christ, God wills scout will do what he says he will do. It means the scout
that all people be saved. While the visions of the second will see things through to the end.” Not a bad character
reading from Revelation reveal the final outcome, the story trait at all, is it? We are blessed to have a trustworthy
of the Gospel today reminds us that we disciples have to keep God. Let‟s “be prepared” every day to follow suit.
cooperating with God's grace to help bring others into the TODAY‟S READINGS: Acts 7:51-8:1a; John 6:30-35
fold. Then the words of Revelation, "They were countless in “I trust in the Lord” (Psalm 31:6).
number," will truly come to pass.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21
FEAST OF ANSELM, BISHOP, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
Who do you say that he is?
Saint Anselm was a Benedictine monk, archbishop of Canterbury,
and a scholar during the 11th and 12th centuries. He is also
honored as a doctor of the Church and is best known for using
reason to prove the existence of God. Throughout his many
scholarly writings there are also beautiful prayers, including ones
that use different images to speak of God. In Prayer to Saint Paul
Anselm wrote: “And you, Jesus, are you not also a mother? Are you
not that mother who, like a hen, gathers her chicks under her
wings?” How does this image of Jesus as mother speak to you?
What other images do you have of God?
TODAY‟S READINGS: Acts 8:1b-8; John 6:35-40
“Jesus said to them, „I am the bread of life.‟ ”

THURSDAY, APRIL 22
EASTER WEEKDAY
Fill up on the bread
Pop quiz on biblical history: What is manna? Sorry, it‟s not the
name of an ancient Middle Eastern band or a slang greeting among
the Israelites. Manna was a sweet-tasting food that, according to
accounts of the Exodus, came down from heaven as the morning
dew evaporated and nourished the Jewish people during their long
desert sojourn. What can manna do for us today? It provides a
powerful symbol of the truth, then as now, that God provides. Jesus
is the living bread that has come down from heaven and offers
eternal life—a never-ending feast!
TODAY‟S READINGS: Acts 8:26-40; John 6:44-51
“Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness.”

FRIDAY, APRIL 23
FEAST OF GEORGE, MARTYR
Role models
The human need for heroes is deep, so deep that when our
assumptions about them are challenged we can become not only
disappointed but angry. It may be disappointing to learn that the
stories of Saint George as dragon-slayer can be traced to medieval
Italian legends while George—who is honored because he gave his
life for his faith—lived and died in third-century Palestine.
Romanticizing the life of a hero may be good for the imagination,
but it can also separate holiness from everyday life. The substance
of being a good scout or a good soldier (George is patron of both)
is not slaying dragons: It‟s choosing to be honest, fair,
compassionate, forgiving, and honorable.
TODAY‟S READINGS: Acts 9:1-20; John 6:52-59
“Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring
my name before Gentiles and kings.”
Sharing the Gospel for Kidz
SATURDAY, APRIL 24 When the apostles ran out of food, they went fishing. They
EASTER WEEKDAY fished all night long, but they didn't catch anything. In the
When in doubt, choose love early hours of the morning, they saw Jesus standing on
Thomas Aquinas, the Church‟s great brain, after years of pondering shore. He told them to put their nets down in the water on
and problem-solving came to this stark conclusion: “All the efforts of
the right side of their boat. They caught so many fish that
the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.” Of
course that hasn‟t stopped us from trying. But Thomas‟ hard saying
their net was filled to the top. They were very glad they had
about the limits of knowledge is a good reminder for us when we‟re listened to Jesus.
seized with doubt and disbelief. So much of what we experience we After Jesus rose from the dead, he must have looked very
will never fully understand. Nagging questions will go unanswered, different. Jesus helped his apostles catch a lot of fish, just as
and we‟ll wonder about the purpose and meaning of our lives. he had done before. Jesus invited his friends to eat with
During those times of mental and spiritual anguish, simply choose him, and he still broke his bread to share it in the same way
to love—love yourself, love your enemies, love life, and love God, he always had. The disciples still recognized Jesus by the
who is love. things he did.
TODAY‟S READINGS: Acts 9:31-42; John 6:60-69 Dear God, help me to always recognize Jesus. Lord, help
“Then many of his disciples who were listening said, „This
me listen and follow the directions of my parents.
saying is hard; who can accept it?‟ ”