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Religious Education Update

If registering your child late (after Sept. 1), please note:

Class size limitations: Due to safety issues and to ensure that the children get the highest quality instruction in every class session and a healthy adult to child ratio, certain sessions are no longer open to increased enrollment. But there is still room in alternate sessions.

Grade 2 Session A is full. No more enrollment is being accepted for Grade 2 on Monday evenings. There IS room, however, in Grade 2 Session B, which meets on alternate Thursdays.

Grade 4 Session A is also full. No more enrollment is being accepted for Grade 4 on Monday evenings. There IS room, however, in Grade 4 Session B, which meets on alternate Thursdays beginning on Sept 26.
OTHER DATES TO MARK ON YOUR CALENDAR

*Session B Religious Ed Classes begin: Tuesday, Sept. 24^th

*Not all dates are every other week due to holidays, parent teacher conferences, etc. Pay close attention to the dates once they are published in the bulletin, on hand-outs in the back of churches, and on the OurLadyofHopeParish.com website.
Religious Education Schedule 2019-2020. Click here
OUR LADY OF HOPE 2019 CONFIRMATION

Archbishop Leonard P. Blair will celebrate the Confirmation Mass on Friday, November 22nd at 7:00 PM at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Harwinton. There will be 48 candidates for Confirmation from Our Lady of Hope Parish presented by our pastor, Father Michael A. Ruminski.

Call/text Teresa Lovejoy for any questions: 860-806-5347 or email Religious.ed@OurLadyofHopeParish.com.

TMIY

That Man is You! Honestly addresses the pressures and temptations that men face in our modern culture, especially those relating to their roles as husbands and fathers.

Wednesday Mornings

NEW PROGRAM!!! PLEASE JOIN US!!

6:00am @ IHOM Social Center

“The Revelation of the Father”

Open to all men in the parish 18 and older. Please join us for breakfast, video review and group discussion. Please call John L. @ 203.623.3474 with any questions.

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Women's Bible Study

The Bible and the Virgin Mary New Edition

Began on September 12th

Thursday Evenings

IHOM Social Center

7-8:30pm

Contact: Melissa L. at 860-459-6679/missykh2@gmail.com

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Harwinton Fair Bakery Booth -- October 4, 5 & 6

As is our tradition, our famous bakery booth will be open for business!!!

We need your baked goods – pies, cakes, breads, cookies, muffins, fudge, etc.

Please – no items that need refrigeration such as pumpkin pies.

Pie tins & boxes will be in the foyers of the churches.

Drop off for baked goods will be: at the IHOM Social Center on:

Thursday, Oct. 3, 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Friday, Oct. 4, 10:00am to 2:00pm.

We are asking you to help for one hour to staff the booth during the fair. Sign-up sheets will be in the IHOM foyer.

Please note that you will be required to pay the Fair entrance fee.

Any questions, please contact Sue Rentz 860.485.1434, or contact the Parish office.

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Our Lady of Hope Autumn Gala

Please join us on Friday, September 20, 2019 at the Crystal Peak Facilty, 164 Torrington Rd., Winsted, CT from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. There will be great food, drinks, a silent auction, and music by DJ Scottie. Tickets are $40 per person which includes 1 beverage. Interested in sponsoring, please contact the parish office. Tickets go on sale the weekend of August 17/18. All proceeds benefit Our Lady of Hope Parish.

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Our Parishes’ Great Adventure Bible Study Continues

Join your fellow parishioner’s ongoing Great Adventure for Acts: the Spread of the Kingdom at Trinita beginning Tuesday, Sept. 17th and continuing every other Tuesday for 20 sessions from 6:30—8:30pm.

Acts is the story of how a few Christians empowered by the Holy Spirit were chosen to bring Christ and the Good News to the ends of the earth. They faced secular forces, internal strife, and hostile crowds, and despite all this, they brought the kingdom of God to a broken world and the love of God to the hearts of men.

For more information or to register for the Study, forms are available on the tables at the back of the Church, or contact Ken Foisie at 860-678-7922 cfn_inc@comcast.net, Deborah Kellogg at djkrunning@yahoo.com; Yvonne Stoops at YStoops@gmail.com 860.693.1913 or Sanita Gingras at segingas116@yahoo.com.

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Our Lady of Hope Christmas Bazaar

Yes it’s early …..but….vendors are needed. The Bazaar will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2019 from 9:00a.m.– 2:00p.m. at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Social Center. The vendor application is online on the parish website….click here. Questions, please call Sue Rentz at 860.485.1434 or Cindy Young at 860.605.9250.

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RCIA

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. This faith formation program is available to non-Catholic adults and young adults past the age of reasoning who wish to become members of the Catholic Church, and to Catholic adults and young adults past the age of reasoning who have not yet received the sacraments of First Eucharist and Confirmation. Classes meet on a weekly basis, and can be begun at any time. Contact Father Michael (860-379-5215) if you are interested. Young adults under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult over the age of 18.

Online Giving Message

We are proud to announce that Our Lady of Hope is keeping up with technology, and now has the ability for online giving. Contributions can be made to the parish online safety via an encrypted website. Online giving makes it easy when you are unable to attend Mass. It's real simple to do. Here are two simple ways:

1. Sign up here at the website. Click on the "online giving" button that is found on the home page. For the first time user, just click on "create new account". This is a one-time account set-up. This allows you to make donations to the church with options as a one-time gift or recurring.

2. The second way for accessing online giving is from your phones. Simply download the app for free from Apple or Google stores. The name of the app is "Online Giving by Our Sunday Visitor". From there it's the same login process as the website.

IMPORTANT: All current IHOM online givers please sign up on the Our Lady of Hope Parish portal and cancel your current account on the IHOM portal.