1200 Shippan Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902 • Rectory: 203-324-4634 • Fax: 203-348-9963 • E-mail: ourladystaroftheseastamford@yahoo.com
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1200 Shippan Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902 • Rectory: 203-324-4634 • Fax: 203-348-9963 • E-mail: ourladystaroftheseastamford@yahoo.com |
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Sacraments BAPTISMS are normally celebrated on Sundays. Please call the Parish Office to make the necessary arrangements. HOLY EUCHARIST is celebrated daily and brought periodically to shut-ins upon request. First Communion is received in Second grade. There is a two year preparation period for Penance and First Communion. It begins when a child is in First Grade and culminates in May, Second Grade year. Christian Formation classes are required of public and private school children. RECONCILIATION - Confessions are heard on Saturdays from 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM and anytime upon request. Communal Reconciliation Services with area parishes are held at 7:30 PM on Monday evenings the week before Christmas and Easter. CONFIRMATION is a two year program which starts in ninth grade and is celebrated in the Fall of tenth grade. Preparation includes Faith Formation classes, guest speakers, field trips, retreats, liturgical participation and Parish community service. MATRIMONY is celebrated usually on Saturdays, but can be arranged for other times. Pre-Cana meetings and a meeting with the pastor are required well in advance of the date. SACRAMENT OF THE SICK (Anointing and Last Rites) is administered by the parish priests upon request. HOLY ORDERS is conferred by the Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport each year. St. John Fisher Seminary on Newfield Avenue in Stamford is located on the Trinity Catholic High School campus. Our parish frequently hosts seminarians while they are preparing for this sacrament. Those interested in the priesthood as their vocation can talk with a parish priest or contact St. John Fisher Seminary at 203-322-5331 or view their website www.stjohnfisher.org. 
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