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The St. Augustine Medal

It is with great pleasure that I let you know that I have nominated Jill and Stuart Chessman for the St. Augustine Medal, given each year by the Diocese of Bridgeport. Each parish is asked to nominate someone who has made a significant contribution to the life of the parish through the years. Stuart and…
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Music for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 8 October 2017

Music for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Messa della Madonna: Toccata, Kyrie (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Hymn at the Procession: Mary Immaculate, Star of the Morning (Liebster Immanuel)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Da pacem Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Ferdinand de Lassus, c.1560-1609)
Motet at the Communion: Salve Regina (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Messa della Madonna: Toccata, Recercar, Bergamasca (Frescobaldi)

Music for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Introit: In voluntate tua (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gradual: Domine, refugium factus es (plainsong, mode ii)
Alleluia: In exitu Israel (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Vir erat in terra (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Jacques Arcadelt, 1507-1568)
Communion: In salutari tuo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Salve Regina (Franz Schubert, 1797-1828)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Visit from Bishop Schneider

Saint Mary's will be blessed by a special visit to our parish of Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Kazakhstan. We thank Stuart Chessman and the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny for making this visit possible. Bishop Schneider will be staying at the rectory for two nights and will have the opportunity to see St. Mary's "in action" and…
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First Saturday Rosaries

Every First Saturday of the month: Rosary in the Chapel at 8:15 a.m. before the 9:00 a.m. Mass Rosary in the main Church right after the 9:00 a.m. Mass Please join us for this great devotion to fulfill our Lady’s request at Fatima. How did the First Saturday Devotion begin? Saturday has traditionally been a…
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