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Saint Mary Home to Host Support Group Event on Alzheimer’s Disease– June 13^th (PDF)

West Hartford’s Premier Skilled Nursing Facility to Hold Educational Program for Loved Ones of Those with Alzheimer’s.

Mercy to Host Community Roundtable on Palliative Care (PDF)

West Hartford’s Continuing Care Retirement Community to Hold Discussion in Series on Issues in Aging.

Registration is Open for the Thirteenth Annual Circle of Mercy Golf Outing

The 2013 Circle of Mercy Golf Outing will take place Monday, June 10, 2013 at Hartford Golf Club in West Hartford. It’s time to start thinking out of winter’s rough; plan to be with us for a great day of golf. For non-golfers, our tournament dinner and charity auction provide a wonderful evening of entertainment.

To register as a player or foursome, or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities, please download the registration brochure. You may mail completed registration forms –please remember to include all player handicaps and e-mail addresses– to:

Christine Looby, Director of Community Relations
The Mercy Community
2021 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to reach Christine by phone at 860.570.8305 or e-mail her at clooby@mchct.org. See you on the green!

The Mercy Community Begins Its Annual Lenten Series Ash Wednesday,
February 13

Lenten/Holy Week Series: Presented by The Mercy Community Pastoral Care Team. Listed by location – all are welcome at each program/service.

• Ash Wednesday: February 13th
  • Ashes distributed in the Archbishop John F. Whealon Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy (third floor, Saint Mary Home) at 3:00 p.m.
• Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper: Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist, Part 1, Monday, February 18th
  • 2:00 p.m., Chapel
  • Presenter: Father Thomas Kelly
• Interfaith Reflection Service: Thursday, February 21st
  • 2:00 p.m., Chapel
  • The Mercy Community Health Clinical Pastoral Education Team
• Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper: Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist, Part 2: Monday, March 4th
  • 2:00 p.m., Chapel
  • Presenter: Father Thomas Kelly
• “Rainbow Reflections: God’s Covenant With Us His Faithful People”: Tuesday, March 5th
  • 2:00 p.m., Chapel
  • Presenter: Rev. Ute Schmidt, Coordinator for Clinical Pastoral Education
• Service with an Episcopal Deacon: Wednesday, March 6th
  • 2:30 p.m., Saint Mary Home Center 1 Dining Room
  • Rev. Walter McKenney
• Lenten Reflection: Sunday, March 10th
  • 2:00 p.m., Chapel
  • Presenter: Peggy Luby, RSM
• Lenten Reflection and Lenten Music: Monday, March 11th
  “God does not love us IF we change. God loves us so that we can change.” – Richard Rohr
  • 2:00-3:00 p.m., Chapel
  • Presenter: Father Henry Frascadore
  • Musician: Luke Scott
• Mass of the Anointing: Wednesday, March 13th
  • Father Thomas Kelly, Father Henry Frascadore
  • 10:00 a.m., Chapel
• Service with a Baptist Minister: Wednesday, March 13th
  • 2:30 p.m., Saint Mary Home Center 1 Dining Room
  • Rev. Tom Carr
• Lenten Reflection, “The Loveliness of Lent… 2013”: Thursday, March 14th
  • 3:00-4:00 p.m., Chapel
  • Presenter: Patty Cook, RSM
• Passover Service: Tuesday, March 19th
  • 2:00 p.m., Saint Mary Home Callaghan Center Dining Room
  • Rabbi Alan Lefkowitz
• Interfaith Reflection Service: Thursday, March 21st
  • 2:00 p.m., Chapel
  • The Mercy Community Health Clinical Pastoral Education Team
• Palm Sunday: March 24th
  • 10:00 a.m. Mass, Chapel
  • Distribution of palms during Mass
• Reconciliation Service: Monday, March 25th:
  • Father Thomas Kelly, Father Henry Frascadore
  • 2:00 p.m., Chapel
• Holy Thursday: March 28th
  • Mass of the Lord’s Supper – 4:00 p.m., Chapel
• Good Friday: March 29th
  • Service of the Passion and Death of Our Lord, Holy Communion
  • 3:00 p.m. Service, Chapel
• Holy Saturday: March 30th
  • 4:00 p.m. Mass and Service, Chapel
• Easter Sunday: March 31st
  • 10:00 a.m. Mass, Chapel

• Ash Wednesday Service and Distribution of Ashes: February 13th
  • 2:00 p.m., The McAuley Auditorium
  • Pat Piano, Pastoral Associate, Saint Timothy Parish
• Lenten Reflection and Lenten Music: Tuesday, February 26th
  “God does not love us IF we change. God loves us so that we can change.” – Richard Rohr
  • Father Henry Frascadore
  • Musician – Luke Scott
  • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m., Auditorium
• Finding God in the Winters of Our Lives: Thursday, March 7th
  • 2:00 p.m., Auditorium
  • Using her book The Tree That Survived the Winter, Sister Mary Fahy will help us see the hidden growth of the dark, cold, winter times of our lives.
• Passover Service: Monday, March 25th
  • 2:00 p.m., Auditorium
  • Reservations required by March 20th. Transportation will be provided – Please call extension 8229. A ceremonial sharing of the Seder with Cantor Susan Levine.
• Ecumenical Service of the Passion: March 29th
  • 3:00 p.m. Service, Auditorium

The President’s College at the University of Hartford Brings “The McAuley Lecture Series” to The Mercy Community This Spring

The President’s College at the University of Hartford is partnering with The Mercy Community on “The McAuley Lecture Series.” Members of the University’s erudite faculty will avail residents of The McAuley as well as the general public of intellectual discussions on topics that cover a wide variety of disciplines and interests. Attend the inaugural McAuley Lecture Friday, January 25 at 1:00 p.m. in The McAuley Auditorium, 275 Steele Road in West Hartford. Louis Manzione, Dean of the College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture, presents “Cyberspace and Innerspace: The Role of the Internet and Nanotechnology in Creating a Sustainable Future.”

• Friday, February 22 – What is a Language?
  Join us for the second in The McAuley Lecture Series presented by the University of Hartford’s President’s College. Humphrey Tonkin, University Professor of Humanities and President Emeritus, is widely published in English Renaissance literature (Shakespeare and his contemporaries) and in aspects of language policy and planning. His February lecture will explore dialects, conundrums and common misperceptions of language.
• Friday, March 22 – Searching for Shangri-La, the Hidden Paradise
  Catherine Stevenson, Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Hartford, will lead us in an examination of the ancient origins of the notion of Shambola/Shangri La in Hindu and Buddhist texts, as well as its influence on spiritualism in the 19th century and its impact on 20th century culture.
• Friday, April 26 – Whatever Happened to Little Miss Muffet? Music in Early Childhood.
  John Feierbrand, Professor of Music Education and Director of the Division of Music Education at The Hartt School, will deliver the final installment in The 2013 McAuley Lecture Series. Join us in learning about young children’s development of musical intelligence, behavior and spirit.

Admission to the lecture series is $25.00 for residents of The McAuley. It is free to Fellows of the Presidents' College and $15.00 per lecture for all others. Each event will take place in The McAuley Auditorium at 1:00 p.m.