We are trying to keep our Sick List as current as possible. If someone's name does not appear and should be listed, or to include the name of your Sick please contact the Rectory Office at (203) 866-5546. The Sick List will be cleared every two months to maintain current.
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The Meaning of Vestments
People often wonder why a priest wears vestments at the Mass. The short answer is that this is how he clothes his own self and becomes “just” a priest of Jesus Christ. Mass vestments, like all church vestments, are meant to point away from the person who is wearing them to what that person is…
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No Masses Oct. 16-17
Monday, Oct. 16–Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2017: No Masses (Priest Convocation)
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Conference and Mass with Bishop Schneider
We are happy to announce that the Society of St Hugh of Cluny and St. Mary’s parish, Norwalk, Connecticut are sponsoring a conference and Mass on Thursday, October 19 at St Mary’s Church with Bishop Athanasius Schneider. The conference and Mass commemorate the tenth anniversary of Summorum Pontificum. The schedule will be as follows: 5:30 PM.…
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Religious Education News
According to the Diocese of Bridgeport, ALL Home School and Catholic School students who are eligible to receive either the Sacrament of First Holy Communion, or the Sacrament of Confirmation, must be registered with St. Mary's Parish, as well as registered with the Religious Education Office. The Confirmation program starts in 7th grade with 40…
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Altar Server Training in October
Come and Serve at the Altar of Jesus Christ: Ven y Sirva en el Altar de Jesucristo: Altar Server training sessions will be held on Tuesday evenings in October from 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. in the upper church. Las sesiones de entrenamiento de los monaguillos se llevarán a cabo el martes Tardes en octubre…
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Knitting & Crocheting Group on Saturdays
Saturdays from 2 p.m.–4 p.m. in the school building starting September 30, 2017: Come and knit or crochet with us! We have plenty of yarn to share with you. If you know how, great! Come and work on your project. If you don't know how, that's OK, we'll teach you! Details? Call the Rectory at (203)…
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Music for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, 22 October 2017
Music for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude (en fa mineur) (Op. 7, No. 2) (Marcel Dupré, 1886-1971)
Hymn at the Procession: Let All the World in Every Corner Sing (Universal Praise)
Missa L’homme armé (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Omnia quae fecisti
Motet at the Offertory: Super flumina Babylonis (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Oculi omnium (prima pars) (Heinrich Schütz, 1585-1672)
Postlude: Douzième Concerto (en Si bémol): Pomposo, Allegro maestoso (George Frideric Handel, arr. Dupré)
Music for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Introit: Ego clamavi (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gradual: Salvum fac populum tuum (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Meditabor (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Communion: Domine Dominus noster (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above
Music for a Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament, 19 October 2017
Thursday, 19 October 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Pontifical Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
His Excellency Athanasisus Schneider, celebrant
Auxiliary Bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan
Prelude: Improvisation
At reception of the bishop: Ecce sacerdos magnus (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
At the vesting: Versets on Verbum supernum (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Coronation Mass (Mass in C Major, K. 317) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Gregorian Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament: Cibavit eos
Qui manducat meam carnem (David Hughes, b.1980)
O sacrum convivium (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Ave verum corpus (Mozart)
Postlude: Prelude in C Major (9/8) (BWV 547/1) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
This Mass, and the bishop of Bishop Schneider to Connecticut,
are consponsored by St. Mary's and the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.
Music for the Feast of St. Luke, 18 October 2017
Wednesday, 18 October 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Luke
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of St. Luke: Mihi autem
Postlude: Improvisation