Fall Dinner Dance

A Fall Dinner Dance (DJ) – hosted by Knights of Columbus St. Rita Council #14664 – will be held on September 25th at 6:00 P.M. in the Donnelly Parish Center. $25 per person/$40 per couple.

Family Style Dining: featuring cold Antipasto, Tossed Salad, Homemade meatballs with pasta, dessert, coffee & tea. BYOB- Soda will be provided. Tickets can be purchased at the rectory.

Please bring a donation item for the food pantry: Cereal, tuna, baked beans, soup, pasta sauce, mac & cheese, pasta, peanut butter & jelly.

St. Rita Day Care Center Teacher Needed

ST. RITA DAY CARE CENTER has an opening for a full time Head Teacher. Head Teacher certificate or the equivalent in experience is requested. Degree in early childhood education preferred. Salary is negotiable based upon experience.

If interested, please contact Heather Ennis at 203-288-6828 or submit your resume to stritadaycare@att.net.

Social Action Committee

SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE will meet Sunday, September 12, after the 11:30 AM Mass (12:30) in the Parish Meeting Room. Parishioners interested in social justice, respect life and building solidarity are invited to attend. New members are welcome.

For more information call 203-288-8168.

Mother Teresa Exhibit at the Knights of Columbus Museum

Mother Teresa, the diminutive and nun who ministered daily to the abandoned and dying in the slums of Calcutta, also had the attention and admiration of aristocrats and world leaders. She amazed and inspired countless people across the globe by her simple, humble lifestyle and her unbridled compassion for the poorest of the poor.

The Knights of Columbus Museum observed the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa’s birth on Aug. 26. The day’s activities included a birthday celebration, the unveiling of the new USPS postage stamp memorializing Mother Teresa (to be released Sept. 5), and a presentation and book signing by writer and speaker Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle, author of Mother Teresa and Me: Ten Years of Friendship.

The Knights of Columbus Museum is featuring an exhibit, Mother Teresa: Life, Spirituality and Message, to honor the memory of this holy nun on the path to sainthood. Join the Knights in celebrating her life and contributions to the welfare of so many, at the Knights of Columbus Museum.

Connecticut Bike Project

The Connecticut Bike Project in conjunction with Catholic Charities in Bridgeport and several other non-profit organizations will be collecting old bikes on Saturday, September 25th in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church (Hamden) parking lot from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.

The idea is simple: Get old bikes, fix them up and give them to people, who need transportation including ex convicts, who otherwise would not be able to get to work and people who have lost their jobs and have no income to pay for public transit. People in need can contact the group or get a referral from their social worker for a bike.

For more information you can call Fr. Daniel Sullivan at OLMC Church 203-248-0141.

St. Rita School Corner

St. Rita School will open its doors on September 1st to 430 students. Grade 1-8 will begin on September 1st and Kindergarten on September 2nd. Pre-school begins on September 7th. We will celebrate our Opening School Liturgy on Friday, September 3rd at 9:00 A.M. Please join us for this special liturgy asking God’s blessing on our new school year.

The Annual School Walk-A-Thon will be held on Sunday, September 26th after the 11:30 AM Mass. Students will walk from school to the Farmington Canal and back to school for a festive party. If any parishioner would like to sponsor a child, ask a neighbor or call the school office.
We are always grateful to the entire parish community that so generously support our efforts at St. Rita School.

Bereavement Support Group

Have you recently suffered the loss of a spouse, another family member or friend?

A 10-week seminar for the bereaved led by trained facilitators will begin on September 13th. The group meets every Monday evening for 10 weeks from 6:45pm-8:45pm at the Elderly Ministry Office (convent) on 30 Gillies Road.

To register call Anne at 203-737-2587

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RCIA

Are you considering becoming Catholic? Are you a baptized Catholic without Communion and Confirmation? Then this invitation is for you or someone you know.

“COME and SEE” information about Catholic faith life, and our Church.

A meeting will be held Sept. 28, at 7:30PM, at 30 Gillies Rd., (across from St. Rita’s School). For more information, call Laura at, (203) 623-6987.

Food Needed

The following is a list of food needed for our Parish Food Pantry: cereal, tuna, baked beans, soup, pasta sauce, mac & cheese, pasta, peanut butter, jelly. If you could bring these items to our pantry on the 1st & 3rd Saturday mornings between 10:00-11:00 AM when the pantry is open, it would be both appreciated and helpful.

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