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Our Lady of the Lakes Our Mission Statement

“We the people of Our Lady of the Lakes

are called to live and proclaim the gospel of

Jesus Christ through Eucharistic celebration

and adoration. We strive to build a community

of faith by the recognition of the God-given

dignity of the human person and the sacred

value of human life from its very beginning

until its end, and to be disciples committed to

carrying out the mission of Jesus in our own

time and place. We collaborate freely through

the use of time, talent and treasure to be a parish

of true stewardship and human development.”

Parish Staff Rev. Frederick M. Langlois

Kim G. Buser, Secretary

Beryl Gribbin, Bookkeeper

Karen O’Donnell, Director of Religious Ed.

Margaret Fitzgerald, Music Ministry Leader

Anne Flynn, Youth Minister

Patty Wright, Youth Minister

Shaun McDougall, Youth Minister

Our Lady of the Lakes

3 Old Town Park Road New Milford, CT 06776

Parish Office Hours Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Telephone Office (860) 354-5239 Fax (860) 354-2968

Religious Education (860) 355-5365

Masses Saturday Vigil 5:00 p.m.

Sunday 8:30 & 10:00 a.m.

Monday, Thursday & Friday 9:00 a.m.

Morning Prayer Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8:30 a.m.

Sacrament of Penance Saturday 4:00 - 4:30 p.m.

and by appointment

Sacrament of Baptism Please call the Parish Office for information.

Sacrament of Marriage Arrangements for marriage are made at

least six months before the marriage date.

Sacrament of Holy Orders Is the priesthood for you?

Call: Office of Vocations (860) 242-5573

or visit: www.vocationshartford.org

December 5 & 6, 2015 Our Lady of the Lakes, New Milford

Ministries Week of December 12 & 13

Saturday 5:00 p.m. E.M.’s B. Granata, K. Granata, R. Toscano Greeters Rella family Lector B. Parrish Servers: Andrew Rella, Juliana Rella Usher J. O’Donnell Sunday 8:00 a.m. E.M.’s S. Keaney, C. Gallagher, K. Roche Greeters Roche family Lector C. Brandorff Servers Jenna Havas Usher J. Klous Sunday 10:00 a.m. E.M.’s J. Kraus, J. Buchheit, G. Flynn Greeters Buchheit family Lector R. Portelance Servers Dylan Gouveia, Brendan Gouveia Usher R. Portelance

Mass Intentions

Saturday, December 5 5:00 p.m. Jimmy McCarthy Req. by the Van Moffaert family Sunday, December 6 8:00 a.m. Leone Lanig Req. by her sister Nelly 10:00 a.m. For the People of Our Lady of the Lakes Parish Monday, December 7 9:00 a.m. Grazia Piacentini Req. by Laura McCormick Tuesday, December 8 9:00 a.m. Maylo Bizier Req. by Lillian Winhoffer 10:00 a.m. Nora Sullivan Req. by Christopher Goetz Thursday, December 10 9:00 a.m. Intentions of Warren Krug Req. by the Delaney family Friday, December 11 9:00 a.m. Alicia Siok Req. by Ralph & Noreen Toscano Saturday, December 12 5:00 p.m. Rene Roemig Jr . Req. by his sister Sunday, December 13 * 8:00 a.m. Joe Murray Req. by the Office of Religious Education 10:00 a.m. Tom Plona Req. by Henry & Agatha Beary

Feast of the

Immaculate

Conception of Mary Mass times for the

Holy Day of

Obligation are 9:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m.

Gifts for the giving tree

are due back no later

than December 13, 2015. Please wrap the gift and

attached the ornament to

the gift. Thank you for supporting

this important ministry.

The crib at the Church is ready and waiting for

our children (and adults) to fill it with pieces of

straw, one piece for every act of kindness we do

during the weeks of Advent. The figure of the

Christ Child is not placed in the crib until

Christmas Eve. By that time, the crib will be full

of soft straw as a bed for the Christ Child.

Straw for the Crib

Christmas

Mass Schedule

December 24

4:00 p.m.—Children’s Mass 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.

December 25

8:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

December 6 2015

2nd Sunday of Advent

OUR LADY OF THE

LAKES ANNUAL

CHRISTMAS PAGEANT

SUNDAY,

DECEMBER 13

AT 1:00 P.M.

All are welcome to join

us. Reception to follow.

Once there was a boy named Nicholas who was

born far away in Asia Minor. Nicholas was always

good and kind. He liked to help people who were in

need. When his parents died, Nicholas shared his

money with the poor. When he grew up he became a

monk, and later he became a bishop. He continued

to show his love for God by loving and helping

people.

After his death, people remembered the stories

about Nicholas. People in the country of Holland

called him Sinter Klaas. In America his name is

Santa Claus. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of

children.

Legend has it that children who leave their shoes by

their door will have a visit from the spirit of St

Nicholas. He will go from house to house and leave

candy and treats for good children in their shoes.

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PAGEANT

Practice Schedule Monday, December 7—4:30 p.m.—6 p.m.

Full Rehearsal

Wednesday, December 9—4:30—6 p.m. Dress

Rehearsal

Mon. Dec. 7—6:30—8-00 p.m.—Instrumental

Ensemble

From Fr. Fred: The Jubilee Year of Mercy, December 8,

2015-November 20, 2016, begins with the blessing

and opening of a Holy Door.

A holy door has been used since the fifteenth

century to represent conversion. Pilgrims and

penitents pass through it as a gesture of leaving the

past behind and crossing the threshold from sin to

grace, from slavery to freedom, and form darkness to

light.

Passing through a holy door is often

associated with prayer, pilgrimage, sacrifice and

confession.

Saint John Paul II tells us: “To focus on the

door is to recall the responsibility of every believer

to cross its threshold. To pass through that door

means to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord; it is to

strengthen faith in him in order to live the new life

which he has given us. It is a decision which

presumes freedom to choose and also the courage to

leave something behind, in the knowledge that what

is gained is divine life.”

John’s gospel recounts Jesus saying: “I am

the gate for the sheep. Whoever enters through me

will be saved.” (John 10).

In Rome the Holy Year Door of Mercy of St.

Peter’s Basilica will be opened on December 8.

In Hartford the Holy Year Door of Mercy of

St. Joseph’s Cathedral will be opened on December

13 at 3:00 p.m.—and Archbishop Leonard Blair

hopes you will attend.

Dates for December:

12/13 Regular meeting—Holiday family donations

Christmas party

2nd installment for Lock In due

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