Sponsored by St. Agnes of Niantic, St. Paul of Waterford and St. Matthias of East Lyme

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Every year we take the opportunity to give a Financial Report about our parish.  And I wish to begin by saying I am sincerely grateful for your financial support and the spiritual gift that you are to St. Agnes Parish.  I would like to make this brief and to the point.

Spiritually, we are a vibrant parish that is growing.  The Sacramental statistics for the calendar year 2010 are as follows:  We have more than 900 registered households on the database, 36 Baptisms, 30 First Communions, 31 Confirmations, 7 Marriages (and 18 already planned for 2011) and 36 Funerals.  St. Agnes remains in the top 15% of the parishes in the diocese with an average attendance of 900 people in attendance at weekend Masses.  In addition, we registered 72 new families last year and over 50 families already this year.  We are graced with many ministers.  Liturgically, we have 30 lectors, more than 60 Eucharistic ministers, 30 ministers to the sick, more than 20 adult and youth altar servers, and 25 ushers who greet us every weekend.  Our faith formation program had 225 students in attendance last year and 50 teachers and administrative staff.  This year we have 250 students.  At the Easter Vigil this spring, we had 8 RCIA candidates received into the church.  There are more than 500 families who receive envelopes and use them consistently.  If you do not currently receive offertory envelopes but would like to, please notify the Rectory office.  If you choose not to use the envelope system, please consider using checks in order to provide tax documentation for the IRS.  Also, let us know if you would like to use electronic giving.

The year ending June 2011 was more favorable than we budgeted.  Overall, ordinary income was on budget, but gifts and donations were $20,000 more than expected generating some additional income for the year.  The purchases planned with those memorial donations like the church doors were not paid until the current year.  We curtailed all non-essential spending and kept ordinary expenses under budget by $14,000.  The damage and repairs to the church windows last fall were less extensive than anticipated and saved us an additional $25,000.  All toll spending equaled income for the entire year generating neither a gain nor loss to the bottom line.

Our capital expenditures for the year included:  the long anticipated purchase of the “Donor Giving Tree” for the Chapel before the summer season.  At the main church, the restoring and sealing of the stained glass windows and repairs to the steeple & roof.  The church doors were also replaced through the generosity of donors. The front doors are presently being restored. The choir loft floor has just been refinished from the damage last spring.   The wood floors in the parish hall were refinished this summer and the air conditioning unit had to be replaced.  Those are two areas of this year’s cash expenses.

We are eternally grateful for your ongoing support of our parish community as well as the Diocese.  Our community once again exceeded our Annual Catholic Appeal goal of $97,000. We are in the top five of all the giving parishes. We couldn’t do any of this without you.  Your contribution levels have remained constant since the increased giving campaign from the summer of 2009.  We have projected our offertory income for this fiscal year 2012 to be relatively consistent with last year.  That level of giving enables us to provide services and maintain the buildings and grounds as they are.  We do plan to pave the rock driveway surrounding the rectory garage this fall.  We do not have any other major capital repairs budgeted and hope that we will not encounter any unforeseen capital improvements.

Next Tuesday’s readings tell us that “GOD BLESSES A GRATEFUL GIVER.  YOUR REWARD WILL BE GREAT IN HEAVEN.”  We are blessed in so many ways.  Everything that we have comes from God and HIS generosity will never be outdone.  We are fortunate for all that we have received.  We are grateful for your generosity – your time, talent, and tithing, for your ongoing support of this parish and for responding to the Annual Catholic Appeal.  It is your commitment which has helped us to be a spiritually vibrant parish that can sustain itself fiscally.  Remember, when we give to God, He blesses us.  In giving to the church, we give thanks to God for His many blessings.

Have a wonderful day.  Thank you for your time.  If you are interested, copies of the budget can be found on the usher’s tables.

Here you will find a list of homework and make-up work for the students in the Oneight St. Agnes Confirmation program. This will be updated regularly, so keep checking back if you don’t find what you are looking for. If you have any questions, contact our confirmation coordinator Kelsey Doherty at 860-739-9992  x234 or stagneskelsey@gmail.com.

7th Grade:

September Homework: Download.

October Homework: Download.

November Homework: Download.

December Homework: Download.

January Homework: Download.

February Homework: Download. (Participate in the Penny Drive. Donate Pennies to your small group’s penny bottle. More details in the download)

8th Grade:

September Homework: Download.

November Homework: Download.

December Homework: Download.

January Homework:  Confirmation/Sponsor Workbook + Sponsor Form (see FF secretary in person)

February Homework: Download.

Last Fall we made a “Joyful Noise” unto the Lord. This Fall, we will draw deeper into the meaning and reasons behind the changes in the New Roman Missal with our 2011 Fall Retreat – “Word For Word.”

Back with us again will be Full Armor
We’ll also have:
Games (definitely some MESSY ones)
Music (lots from our AWESOME band)
Adoration (The LIVING Word is coming to hang with us!)
Mass (more Jesus)
Confession (so you all can be squeaky clean and be SAINTS!)
Dance Party (a retreat MUST)
Food (YES, I guess we’ll feed you guys)

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You asked for it, and we’re bringin’ it!  St. Agnes Life Teen is having a day trip to 6 Flags NE! We will depart the Church parking lot at 8:00 AM and carpool to and from the park.  We’ll be able to spend the entire day there – the park opens at 10 AM and doesn’t close until 8 PM. Bring money for food and drink, as we will have lunch and dinner away.

Other than that, just bring yourself and be ready for FUNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Welcome to St. Agnes Faith Formation!

The purpose of the program is to assist parents in the faith formation of their children. The home remains, as it always has been, the first and foremost source of the faith formation of children. It is here that prayers are learned and that patterns and habits of church attendance are begun and cultivated. The home is the Church in miniature, a community of God’s people.

In our Faith Formation program, the parish seeks to build on the foundation of faith, which you, as a parent, have already laid, and to offer a sense of community into which you had them baptized.

The goal of Faith Formation is to deepen and nurture the faith of the Body of Christ. Our staff will support you in fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation of faith, which binds us together in the one Body of Christ.

It is our privilege to accompany your family on your journey of faith.

The Handbook of Policy & Procedure will be posted the first week of November.

Director of Faith Formation: Rhonda Lundgren

860-739-9992 (press “4″) or dre.st.agnes@sbcglobal.net

Director of Faith Formation Office Hours

Monday through Wednesday 12:00n – 6:00p*

*These are times the Director will be in the office.  All other times as needed, by meeting, by appointment or by activity.

FACT

The Faith Formation Advisory and Confirmation Team (known as FACT) has been in existence at St. Agnes for over 15 years.

Our duties are to assist the Director of Faith Formation (DRE) and the Confirmation Coordinator in planning the curriculum and implementing policy, act as a nonpartisan board for parental concerns, and assess Confirmation student readiness.

Healing Service with Frank Kelly!

Frank Kelly will be at St. Agnes Church on Monday, June 6^th beginning with a 6 p.m. Mass. Mass will be celebrated in the church at 6 p.m. Frank will give his talk following the Mass and will then pray over people invidually in the church. Frank Kelly’s mission is to serve God daily by giving glory to God the Father and to help bring people closer to the Trinity in all aspects of our lives. You can check out his website for more information: http://frankkellyministry.com/

About Frank Kelly

Frank Kelly radiates peace and joy.  He has always lived his life striving to give honor and glory to God the Father, whether it was serving our Lord as a husband, father, construction worker or as a sufferer of debilitating rheumatoid arthritis. He was raised the sixth of twelve children in a devout Irish Catholic family in Boston.  In 1985, he miraculously survived what should have been a lethal dose of electricity.  Frank’s life then took a dramatic turn and his early devotion to the sacraments, rosary and prayer expanded and increased. Now he travels throughout the country, sharing his life changing experience and story, which is the subject of the book “Short Circuit to God.” He has been blessed with many apostolic gifts. His ministry, which is faithful to the Magisterium, consists of: Healing Services, Spiritual Seminars, Confirmation instruction classes, Retreats and Conferences.  His periods of prayer with individuals are powerfully accentuated by his gifts of discerning word of knowledge and healing- often accompanied by scriptural verses personally designated for the recipient of his prayers to the Lord.  Many have been touched by God, through this simple, humble man, whom God uses as a vessel to heal mind, body and soul.