Mass Schedule/Intentions this Week

Please note: Masses require a reservation.

If you are unable to join us in person you may connect to the livestream Mass via our Facebook page or our website. Going forward only the Daily 8:30A.M., Saturday 5:00 P.M., and the Sunday 9:30A.M. masses will be livestreamed. You can view the recording anytime.

Saturday, October 24

5:00pm - Livestream

Kevin Kennedy Sp. Int

Req. by The Kennedy Family

Sunday, October 25

8:00am

+Lorraine Furino

Req. by Effie Smith

9:30am - Livestream

+Vincent Maiolo

Req. by The Maiolo Family

11:30am

Fr. Prince - Thanksgiving

Req. by Deacon and Mary Foyt

Monday, October 26

8:30am - Livestream

+Puck Waterhouse

Req. by Otto and Mico Raebiger

Tuesday, October 27

8:30am - Livestream

+Josephine

Req. by Fr. Prince

Wednesday, October 28

8:30am - Livestream

+Ralph Kline Peter Sr.

Req. by Jim and Virginia Curnal

Thursday, October 29

8:30am - Livestream

+Alfred Ceccarelli

Req. by Bob and Mary Young

Friday, October 30

8:30am - Livestream

+Merwyn Anesetti

Req. by Patricia Anesetti

Saturday, October 31

Links to the site to make a reservation for this weekend's Masses will be sent out on Monday morning.

5:00pm - Livestream

+ Ellen Hayes

Req. by John and Gigi Pekala

Sunday, November 1 - All Saints Day

8:00am

+Rachel Cercone

Req. by Deacon Frank and Mary Foyt

9:30am - Livestream

+Vincent Maiolo

Req. by The Maiolo Family

11:30am

+Margaret and Dominic Colabufo

Req. by Al and Marie Trebing

Announcements

Parish Raffle

The tickets for our Annual Parish Raffle were sent out. Thank you very much to all who have already returned your tickets. If you haven't already done so, please mail in or return your tickets to the parish office as soon as you are able. If you did not receive tickets and would like to have a chance of winning one of our great prizes please call the parish office. The prizes this year include $1,000 Visa Gift Card, $500 Costco Gift Card, $300 Amazon Gift Card, and a $200 Exxon Mobil Gift Card. We are eager to see who our lucky winners will be this year! The drawing will be held on November 14, 2020 at 6:00pm. Tickets are $5 each and must be returned on or before November 10th.

Father Prince's Gospel Reflection

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Stephen Vincent Benet’s book “John Brown’s Body” is about a slave-ship. In the ship’s hold is a cargo of human misery, torment and death. Human life is being sold as property. But the captain believes himself to be a Christian. He is devout in reading the Bible, and fastidious in his daily prayers. His devotional practices would put many a Christian to shame. But he makes no connection between his religious faith, and being captain of a slave-ship. He has no sense of the unrighteousness of the slave-traffic. In his view, those slaves are not in any sense his neighbors.

Like the lawyer in today’s gospel, like the captain of the slave-ship, we may have thought that fidelity to God’s laws, written and unwritten, is a proof of love. To some extent that’s true. There are some actions commanded of us which, if we do not do them, become signs of infidelity. To omit the action is to omit Jesus from our life. But Jesus invites us to a deeper perspective. True fidelity, he says, is not just obedience to laws, but also an interior attitude. It involves our hearts.

What is love? What does it mean to love someone? Love moves a person to the center of his or her life. It makes the person of our love the focus of our concern. Love gives us more than a reason for living. It gives us a person to live for. We live for them and their happiness and that becomes our goal.

Love makes us vulnerable because, in a sense, it gives another person ‘control over us,’ something we are reluctant to do in our own living moments. Love changes us and that’s crazy! So, we try to control love. In loving God and our neighbor, we hold back a bit. We keep our foot on the brake.

As a young mother, Helena prayed for her three children all the time. Naming each one, she asked God to take care of them, their needs, and their frame of mind. She did this every night when she put them to bed and every morning after her husband left for work when the hour was very still. Helena was a devoted mother, teaching her children about life, through Bible stories, catechism, people, books, sports, travel and nature. She worked hard at making them feel loved and secure. But as they grew up and went their separate ways, Helena knew she would have to let God take care of her children. She would not have the daily interaction as when they were young at home.

“JOY” was her motto, and she had always been quick to share it with her children. “J-O-Y” stood for “Jesus, Others, and Yourself.” Throughout their lives, when they had problems, needed to make decisions, felt down, Helena reminded them that their focus should be on Jesus, others and then themselves. Helena knew that if Jesus came first, things would fall into place. But she also knew that if others came before themselves, her children would grow up to respect others. Oh, if we could all remember “J-O-Y.”

Thank You!

We wish to thank all of our parishioners who have been mailing in or dropping off their donations, and those who have signed up for Online Giving. We appreciate your generosity and desire to continue to support the parish.

Please note that we have upgraded our Online Giving Platform. It is very user friendly. If you shop or do your banking on-line please consider this format for your donations. You have the option to make a one time gift or set up a recurring cycle that suits your timing and budget You can visit the site by clicking the button below.

Online Giving

If you would like to make a one time donation to our Sunday Collection, please click on the button below.

Sunday Offertory

If you would like assist a family in need and add a gift to our Family Assistance Fund, you can do so by clicking the link below.

Parish Assistance Fund

This weeks Second Collection is for World Mission Sunday. Please visit www.GiveToTheMissions.org for more information.

World Mission Sunday

Act of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus,
I believe that You
are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen.

Saint Elizabeth Seton, Ridgefield raised 209 gifts worth $77,414 from 173 donors bringing the parish to 81.92% of its $94,500 goal. Thank you for your generosity. If you have not yet returned your pledge, please do so as soon as you are able. Your gift is a lifeline to the poor and most vulnerable in our diocese.

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Mass Intentions

If you would like to schedule a Mass intention for a loved one. Please send an email to the office: stsetonparish@comcast.net, or call 203-438-7292.

Prayer Requests

If you have a prayer request, please send an email to the St. Elizabeth Seton prayer tree. SESPrayertree@gmail.com

Church Hours

The Church is open daily 6:30am-4:30pm for private prayer. Daily Mass is offered Monday through Friday at 8:30am and is limited to 100 people.

Parish Office

The Parish Office is open daily Monday through Friday 9am to 1pm.