If you are an E-giver and your funds were being withdrawn from a Simsbury Bank account you will need to update your account information in our WeShare e-giving system.  Now that Liberty Bank has purchased Simsbury Bank, parishioners will need to update their routing numbers so their donations are uninterrupted.  E-giving transactions are still being honored during the transition but the correct routing number for LIberty Bank (211170282) will need to be updated.

Click on the link below to make the changes in your WeShare account.

Instructions:  New Routing Number
 

If you need assistance with this change, please contact the Parish Office.

Tolton. On Friday evening, October 25 ^th, 7:00 PM, Saint Luke Productions will present a live 90 minute production of the story of Father Augustus Tolton at St. Mary’s Church.  Admission is free.

Augustus Tolton was born in Missouri, the son of enslaved parents. Despite being rejected by every American seminary to which he applied, he was ordained in Rome in 1886, the first African American priest in the United States. Pope Francis has promulgated a Decree of Heroic Virtue, advancing the cause for Fr. Tolton’s sainthood.

Tolton is a powerful multi-media live production, filled with music and drama. It brings a message of hope and healing for the wounds that plague our culture. Jim Coleman plays the role of Father Tolton. This event is sponsored by the Fr. Nadolny Good News Fund.

Alive In Christ!

This year, I'm hoping to deepen our sense of community by focusing the theme of Alive In Christ, drawing this theme from a document Pope Francis wrote about youth and youth ministry entitled Christus Vivit ("Christ Lives!").

When we are alive in Christ, the Church is alive. When we are alive in Christ, we act with meaning and purpose because Christ lives in and empowers us.

But how do I become alive in Christ?  How do I know that Christ lives in me? St. Paul explains it this way. When we were baptized, we were baptized into the death and the resurrection of Christ. This means that we were joined with Christ in the most important event of his life: his death to the power of sin and his resurrection to new life, which is God’s own life.

Something extraordinary has already happened to us, even though we are not always aware of it. If we are in Christ, the power of sin can no longer dominate our lives. And, if we have been raised up with Christ, we already have a share in his new life through the gift of the Holy Spirit that dwell in us.

St. Paul explains it this way in his letter to the Colossians: "If you were raised up with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. … For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God."

Paul is telling us that we can and should live in a new way because we already have the power to do so: the power of Christ’ death and resurrection that lives within us.

The Christian life is not as complicated as we make it to be. And it is much more beautiful and powerful than we can ever imagine. It is about living in a new way because we are already alive in Christ. Once we understand that we are alive in Christ our lives are changed and transformed. In Christ, we have the gift of new life, life in the Holy Spirit. It is this life that empowers us to live in a way filled with faith, hope, joy, and peace. 

You are alive in Christ, even if you don’t fully realize it. Live in, with, and for Christ, and your life will be forever transformed.

~ Fr. Matera

"St. Mary's: Connecting Our Community"

This program from Simsbury Community TV focuses on our
parish and school following the completion of our new facility.
Fr. Matera and Mrs. Margaret Williamson discuss the impact
for our school, our parish and the community.

Click the image to watch the program