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Thank you to Stella LoGiudice for giving our statue of St Anthony a refreshing paint lift!

Readings for September 22, 2019 I f we make good choices in the small details of our daily lives, it will add up to a good and holy life. Small gestures that don’t always require much time or effort. But they can go a long way toward training us to be more concerned with others and more aware of God’s presence and action in our lives. A good example of this spiritual principle is the “little way” of St. Therese of Lisieux. She teaches us that no talent or gift is as pleasing to God as the ability to love. Like holiness, love is the universal calling of the Christian. When done with love, the smallest works become great in the eyes of God. If we commit to being kind and compassionate with each person we meet and to daily acts of charity, no matter how small, it would likely benefit our lives and community.

Please click on the links to familiarize yourself with the Hymns for this weekend: Gathering: We Are Called Offertory: The Cry of the Poor Communion: Look Beyond Recessional: God of the Hungry

Upcoming Events:  September 22nd- Faith and Friendship Gathering. Join us for some coffee and conversation following the 11:15 am Mass. All are welcome to attend these Faith and Friendship gatherings to make connections to one another and to St. Anthony Church. October 2nd - New Day Bereavement Group begins. More information is on the website. October 5th - Blessing of the Animals at 10:30 am. In honor of the feast of St Francis, please bring your pets to the statue of Pope John Paul II for their annual blessing. (If there is a funeral that day, it will move to the meditation garden.) October 6th  - Faith and Friendship Gathering. Join us for some coffee and conversation following the 7:30 am Mass. All are welcome to attend these Faith and Friendship gatherings to make connections to one another and to St. Anthony Church. October 11th - Volunteer Appreciation Dinner, see below. October 15th - Ladies Guild Meeting, 6:30 pm in the Parish Center. The Ladies Guild will be hosting the Congregational Church for a tea party & tea presentation given by a member of our parish, Michael Accuosti. All female members of the parish are invited & encouraged to attend. Bring your favorite tea cup! October 19th - Pro-Life Ministry—40 Days for Life - Eucharistic Adoration from 6:30 am to 2:30 pm. Please sign up for one hour or more of prayer. Contact Trudy Higgins trudybh1950@gmail.com  We will pray for God’s intervention in bringing about an end to abortion.  October 22nd - Living Rosary, 6:30 pm in the church.Save the date, info coming soon! October 26th - Faith and Friendship Gathering. Join us for some coffee and conversation following the 4:30 pm Mass. All are welcome to attend these Faith and Friendship gatherings to make connections to one another and to St. Anthony Church. November 9th - Harvest Dance at the Chrystal Room in Naugatuck

Friday, October 11, 2019 Wine reception at 6:00 PM in the Church Hall, Followed by Dinner Guest Speaker will be Shawnee Baldwin, an inspirational Ministry Speaker from  the Archdiocese of Hartford. (bio below) All ministry volunteers are free, guests are $25.00 Kindly RSVP by October 6th. Please drop the bottom portion in the collection basket or email stanthonyvc@gmail.com Volunteer Name(s): _____________________________________________ Ministry / Volunteer activity you participate in: ___________________ Guest: __________________________________________________________ Phone number ___________________ Email _______________________

Shawnee Baldwin served as the Youth and Young Adult Ministry Coordinator for the Archdiocese of Hartford for nearly 20 years. She has extensive history in the provision of youth development programs and capacity-building among adults who serve youth. Shawnee currently works for the YMCA in the before and after school child care program as well as the English as a Second Language program. Shawnee is the outreach coordinator for the Inter-religious Eco-justice Network (IREJN) and has a strong network among church and community-based youth services. She has significant experience organizing and leading workshops. She has served as a regional and national consultant on Youth and Young Adult programs. She enjoys reading, watching movies and tending to plants.

Welcome to a new year of Faith Formation at St Anthony Church Sunday September 29th - This year, we officially “kick-off” the new year with a special Mass, hosted by deanery 5 Directors of Faith, held at our Parish. We will welcome back families with an outdoor Mass at 4 pm that day. Please plan on attending and bring the entire family!  Saturday September 21st- Grade 3 will begin their classes October 6th, 7th, or 8th - All other grades will begin classes  If you need to register, please return completed registration with payment by Friday, September 13, 2019. A $ 25 late fee will apply, per child, after this date.  All forms are available at the magazine racks at both entrances to our church, as well as the racks at the Parish Center and are on the Faith Formation page of the website.

We are inviting 10 St. Anthony high school age parishioners and their parents to join us as volunteers on Sunday October 20th at St. Vincent De Paul Soup Kitchen on 327 Baldwin Street in Waterbury. Volunteers will help set up, cook, and serve breakfast & lunch at St Vincent De Paul Soup Kitchen. Hours 8:15-1pm. Please contact Andrea Brown to let us know you will share the gift of service that day!

St Anthony Parish will participate in the “Friends Helping Friends” Discount Day at Boscov’s Department Store in the Meriden Mall. As a fundraiser, the parish will be selling passes which are $5 each. In return for the pass, you will receive a 25% off Discount on October 16, 2019 from 8 am to 11pm, refreshments at the store and a chance to win some fabulous prizes! All proceeds from the sale of the passes will go directly to benefit the restoration of the parish hall. Tickets will be sold after all Masses starting the weekend of September 21/22 and available at the Parish Office 203-785-4056 Email Pat Vlamis stanthonychurchcc@gmail.com with any questions or if you want a bunch of discount tickets!

All are welcome! Get a table of your friends together and have a fun night out.

November 9, 2019 5 pm-10 pm Crystal Room in Naugatuck $45 per person, Cash Bar Family Style Meal  Silent Auction Wine Cork Pull Music by DJ Jebb

Tickets will be sold after Mass starting this weekend! (credit cards accepted in the vestibule of church) Proceeds To Benefit The Restoration of the Church Hall

Fellowship, Fixins and Fun was a great event and we would like to thank all those who made it so!   This event began as an idea from a parishioner, Sue Edmond, and we expanded on the idea. Thank you Sue for sharing your enthusiasm and for getting so many of the gift certificates that were given that day as prizes. Thank you to Father Gregory for your support in this all the different ideas that cross your desk for approval. Thank you to all the volunteers who: Made phone calls Washed and prepped the potatoes Put up and took down the tents Judged the chili contest Made chili Oversaw and tabulated the chili contest Ran the 50/50 raffle Ran the music games and handed out prizes Monitored the corn hole tournament Helped clean up Brought a lot of the leftovers to the St. Vincent De Paul Shelter And to all those who came and brought toppings, desserts, fruit, participated in the contests and had fun! To the staff members who offered their faces up for pie and to those who paid to pie them, raising $61.00. All of the chili contestants received a St. Anthony Church shopping bag. Chili Cook Off Winners: 1 st prize went to Haleigh Perugini who won a gift certificate donated from Senor Panchos for $40.00 2 nd prize went to Michele Mikelskas who won a gift certificate donated from Baki’s Pizza for $25.00 Congratulations to Sue Dunn who won $75.00 in the 50.50 raffle.   Gift certificates for other prizes were generously donated by Balanca’s Beauty Salon          Bills Barber Shop Casey’s Classic Cuts Hometown Pizza Little City Barber Shop Lily Nails The Big Dipper   Please be sure to thank and support the businesses who are so generous to us! Be sure to check out the photo album on the website . Thanks also to parishioner Will Girard of WillyG3 for great music and announcing during the event. We hope that you all had a great time, as we did. We are blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful people!

Parish Photographer Ministry Photographers take photographs  of church activities and functions to be  used in publications or kept as a record  of church life.

Be sure to join us for our next session September 23rd! It's SURPRISE NIGHT and Jackpot #2 will be a possible MUST GO Our Progressive #2 jackpot is now at $1,350 Click here for more details on the BINGO page of our website Doors open at 5:30 PM   Games begin at 7:00 PM PLEASE NOTE: In order to the start of our sessions promptly at 7:00 PM, admission and all bingo game sales will now close promptly at 6:55 PM Progressive Jackpot #1  $625 Progressive Jackpot #2   1,350   SURPRISE NIGHT!  Possible MUST GO!! VOLUNTEERS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED! If you can volunteer one Monday per month, please call the Parish Center at 203-758-405

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Parish Mission Statement St. Anthony Church is a parish where God’s love nourishes the soul to actively minister to people and share the joy of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

St. Anthony Church 4 Union City Road – Prospect, CT 06712 203-758-4056 .   www.stanthonyprospect.org