Your Corpus Christi Parish news for the week of June 13,
the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Join us for Sunday Mass online at 10 am on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/corpuschristins
If you are experiencing any hardship due to the current restrictions, and need help, please reach out. Call or email the Parish Office at 902-678-3303 or ParishOffice_Kentville@CorpusChristiNS.ca.
You are not alone.
#wearecorpuschristins
You are not alone.
#wearecorpuschristins
Grab your coffee and join us after Mass on Zoom for a chat and some social time. Our numbers are growing and we look forward to continuing our Zoom chats. If someone would be interested in helping host the Zoom chats, please let us know.
Online Hospitality Team
Our online hospitality team members will start and end the Zoom calls for online hospitality. You will greet people as they join the call. We will be using a Zoom account set up just for this purpose. Easy peasy. Please consider taking a turn as host. We will set up a schedule and there will be a short tutorial for those who are helping.
Meeting ID:
869 5638 2080
Passcode:
Passcode:
390797
Heavenly Father, by the power of Your Holy Spirit, we the faithful of Corpus Christi Parish, ask that You bless and sanctify us as we work together to implement our Vision. We ask that You guide us as we strive to love bravely, to serve radically and to meet all whom we encounter with humility and compassion. Help us to unite joyfully and lovingly as followers of your Son, Jesus, to take His message with us wherever we go. We know that by Your grace, we can make this Vision a reality. We ask this in the name of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Daily Mass is livestreamed on our YouTube Channel at
8:30 am Monday through Friday.
SUNDAY MASS IS AT 10 AM
To request a Mass card/intention email your nearest Parish Office.
This Week's Mass Intentions
SUNDAY, JUNE 13
Online
10:00 AM
John Gaudet by Doris Gaudet
MONDAY, JUNE 14
Online
8:30 AM
Art Rasmusson by Shirley Rasmusson-Samson
TUESDAY, JUNE 15
Online
8:30 AM
Allan Theriault by Cynthia Gilbert
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16
Online
8:30 AM
Dean Brown by Elwin & Jacqueline Brown
THURSDAY, JUNE 17
Online
8:30 AM
Intentions of Marg Jackson by Carolyn Gilbert & Marylin Harry
FRIDAY, JUNE 18
Online
8:30 AM
Rodena Moore by Colette Pellerine
SUNDAY, JUNE 20
Online
10:00 AM
Claire Frizzle by Jan & Pony Poulin
"To go out with enthusiasm carrying Christ to those we meet in everyday life. We become a church with the jug in hand, which awakens thirst and brings water. Let us open our hearts in love, to be the spacious and hospitable room where everyone can enter to meet the Lord."
You can arrange Confession by appointment.
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In India, a terrible new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is infecting over 300,000 people and killing more than 3,500 every day. To help Caritas India cope with this emergency, Development and Peace has committed an initial sum of $50,000. Given that much of the Indian subcontinent is vulnerable to this crisis, much more help will be needed.
Caritas India’s executive director, Fr. Paul Moonjely, has appealed to “the community of [the] faithful, institutions and people of goodwill to contribute generously.” Let’s respond with open hearts!
Free Film Screening from Word on Fire: Celebrating the 500th Year Anniversary of St. Ignatius’s Conversion
In honor of the Ignatian Jubilee Year and St. Ignatius, Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire Catholic Ministries will offer The Pivotal Players - St. Ignatius of Loyola: The Founder for free online streaming at wordonfire.org/ignatius.
To celebrate the life and witness of St. Ignatius, the Society of Jesus has called for an Ignatian Jubilee Year beginning on May 20, 2021—the 500th anniversary of the beginning of his conversion—and continuing through July 31, 2022—his feast day on the Church’s calendar.
In honor of the Ignatian Jubilee Year and St. Ignatius, Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire Catholic Ministries will offer The Pivotal Players - St. Ignatius of Loyola: The Founder for free online streaming at wordonfire.org/ignatius.
To celebrate the life and witness of St. Ignatius, the Society of Jesus has called for an Ignatian Jubilee Year beginning on May 20, 2021—the 500th anniversary of the beginning of his conversion—and continuing through July 31, 2022—his feast day on the Church’s calendar.
Did you know you can view St. Anthony's tomb via webcam? https://www.santantonio.org/en
Here's the official trailer.
June 13 is the Feast Day of St. Anthony.
St. Anthony of Padua pray for us.
What is St. Anthony's patronage?
Animals
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Finding lost and stolen things
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Lost causes
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Where in our parish will you find this statue?
St. Anthony Berwick
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St. John Windsor
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Everyone has a St. Anthony statue
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Thank you to everyone who joined in for our 2nd Annual Corpus Christi Festival. We gained new followers on Facebook, over 5000 people saw our posts, we launched our Vision hymn, "We are the Body of Christ," we shared music, laughter, fun and friendship, we worshiped together, we discovered we have some extremely talented florists in our midst, we prayed our Novena together with Fr. John, Archbishop Dunn and so many wonderful volunteers, and Fr. John shared an amazing Homily with us on Corpus Christi Sunday. We truly are the Body of Christ. Let's do it all again in 2022!
Who can't stop humming "We are the Body of Christ."
Me
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Humming?! I can't stop singing it!
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I don't know how to hum
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Join us on Facebook in our Prayer Group. You can request prayers for your intentions from our Facebook prayer team or you can join in and pray with us, or both!
It is a way for us to share community even when we cannot gather for prayer.
This week's feature is a Catholic NRSV Bible with durable flex cover in joyful pink and white flower design. Compact size is easy to carry with you, to hold in your hands or lap, or to keep neatly at your bedside and prayer corner. Lovely gift for Confirmation, Graduation, or Birthday. ($27.95)
The store is located in St. Monica's in Middleton. Contactless shopping by appointment. COVID protocols apply.
Call Mary Crooks @ 902-825-6495 for more information.
Our new parish is governed in new ways. We are highlighting our Parish Organization for you as we all begin to work together in new ways, leading to a model of our Parish Organization that you'll find on our new and revised website.
Please pray for our Parish Leadership Team, the Parish Pastoral Council, the Parish Finance and Administrative Council, the Community Life Teams and our Community Liaisons.
We introduced the members of our Parish Pastoral Council during Lent. Each of the members of the PPC answered three questions to help you get to know them a little better. We hope this series helped you to feel more connected to those who have volunteered to help take our Parish forward into the future.
Over the next several weeks, we'll be introducing your Community Liaisons.
Your Community Liaisons are the critical link between Parish administration, ministries and councils and the local church communities. They liaise between your Pastor, the Parish Pastoral Council, the Finance Council and the Community Life Team at your church to make sure we are all kept informed of what is happening at Corpus Christi. News flows both ways so that we can keep you informed of events in your community through the bulletin, too. So let's get to know these dedicated volunteers!!
Please pray for our Parish Leadership Team, the Parish Pastoral Council, the Parish Finance and Administrative Council, the Community Life Teams and our Community Liaisons.
We introduced the members of our Parish Pastoral Council during Lent. Each of the members of the PPC answered three questions to help you get to know them a little better. We hope this series helped you to feel more connected to those who have volunteered to help take our Parish forward into the future.
Over the next several weeks, we'll be introducing your Community Liaisons.
Your Community Liaisons are the critical link between Parish administration, ministries and councils and the local church communities. They liaise between your Pastor, the Parish Pastoral Council, the Finance Council and the Community Life Team at your church to make sure we are all kept informed of what is happening at Corpus Christi. News flows both ways so that we can keep you informed of events in your community through the bulletin, too. So let's get to know these dedicated volunteers!!
Over the past couple of weeks we met Liaisons, Carolyn from Middleton (St Monica) and Joanne from Weymouth (St. Joseph). Say hello again to Lynn Main, our Liaison from Bridgetown (St. Alphonsus). We introduced Lynn before the Festival, but it's been a while, so we'll pick up where we left off. Here are Lynn's answers to our Get to Know You Questions.
These are your Community Emails.
We used the names of the towns to make them easy to remember. No need to remember if it's "Saint" or "St" or "St." or if it's "St.Patrick" or "St.Patrick's". And no confusion as to which St. Joseph church you're emailing!!
Just the name of the town followed by @ followed by CorpusChristiNS.ca
Easy Peasy!
Why not try it out - send a hello email to your Community Liaison and thank him or her for helping out!
If you have questions about what is going on in your church community, you can email your Community Liaison. Each church has its own email address. Make sure to add your Community's email to your address book.
We used the names of the towns to make them easy to remember. No need to remember if it's "Saint" or "St" or "St." or if it's "St.Patrick" or "St.Patrick's". And no confusion as to which St. Joseph church you're emailing!!
Just the name of the town followed by @ followed by CorpusChristiNS.ca
Easy Peasy!
Why not try it out - send a hello email to your Community Liaison and thank him or her for helping out!
If you have questions about what is going on in your church community, you can email your Community Liaison. Each church has its own email address. Make sure to add your Community's email to your address book.
One way for us to stay connected is through our Facebook page.
Visit us on Facebook and join in the conversation. Join one of our Social Groups. Stay connected even when you can't get to Mass or get out and socialize in person. We're meeting every day on Facebook and sharing our faith. Please join us.
Prayers, Apology, and Support for our
Indigenous Communities
On Sunday, Archbishop Dunn offered the 10:30am Mass at Saint Mary’s Cathedral Basilica for the repose of the souls of the 215 children found in Kamloops. During his homily he shared his reflections on residential schools and offered his apology and support to our Mi'kmaq brothers and sisters. The Archbishop spoke of what our Church has done in the recent past as well as what he hopes we can continue to do moving forward.
Here is the portion of Archbishop Dunn’s homily where he speaks of the residential schools
Mission Collection 2021
In recent weeks many of the faithful received a letter from Archbishop Dunn inviting them to contribute to our efforts to live the mission Christ has entrusted to us all.
In part the letter reads:
If we have learned anything in the past year, it is that those who are the most vulnerable in our communities need our support now more than ever. While many are without homes in Nova Scotia, many more are presented with the impossible choice of spending what little they have on shelter, food or medications. Because of this, I have included the crisis of homelessness as one of my pastoral priorities for 2021.
Homelessness does not only happen in the big cities, it impacts rural and suburban communities as well. Homelessness is not just a city issue, but a human issue.
Together we can witness God's goodness in our communities and beyond!
If you did not receive a letter, click below to read the full document.
Mission Collection Letter - English (pdf)
Mission Collection Letter - French (pdf)
Pastoral Priorities
Knowing who you are is important. As followers of Christ, we know we are sons and daughters of Christ, individually. Yet we live our faith communally as part of a parish. What is the identity of your parish. In the last 18 months, the parishes of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth have not only lived a new reality in light of a global pandemic but ALSO as new parishes.
In January Archbishop Dunn shared with the faithful four pastoral priorities that he asks us all to focus on this year. The four priorities are Evangelization, Homelessness, Parish Identity, and Catechetics. From many these are familiar terms, for others the words may be new. What is also important is to know what is meant by each of these words.
“For you always have the poor with you...” Matt 26.11
We heard Jesus express this to his Apostles in Matt’s gospel only a few weeks ago. The phrase is as true for us today, as it was then. We know everywhere around us there are many who go without or have to make difficult choices about what basic necessities they can afford. Living through a global pandemic has only highlighted the needs of those who are vulnerable. If the poor are always with us, then as followers of Christ today we must always seek ways to help those in need. When Archbishop Dunn moved to Halifax, he was struck by the number of poor and vulnerable he came across as he walked down the street. Moved by this new-to-him experience he reflected on what he could do, and what we as a people of faith could do.
Sunday School is a familiar to term to many of the faithful. It is in this setting that we have traditionally done, catechesis, that is, the passing on of the faith. This task is essential to the growth of our Church universally and locally. For Archbishop Dunn this is a priority - a pastoral priority. In his January letter to the faithful he said:
“In addition to a program of evangelization, each Parish must have a process of ongoing formation in faith for children and adults. Growth in our closeness to the Lord and friendship with Him comes not only from study but also from encounter. All of our methods should be holistic in their approach to formation: human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral. On this page throughout the year, we will post material and resources to help all of us work towards strengthening these priorities in our parish communities.”
In a recent presentation to clergy he reiterated the importance of the task of catechesis and also made clear that it is not just about teaching and educating the faithful but it is also about learning to walk with Jesus and become is his disciple throughout our whole lives. Let us continue to encourage one another, the young and the young at heart to constantly learn more about our God, share that Good News, and make disciples.
“Evangelization – proclaiming the good news of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ – is the primary activity of the Church. Each new Parish must have a plan for evangelization with a commitment to a particular program of evangelization. Significant time, energy, and resources should be invested in reaching the various audiences of the new evangelization: those who have never heard the Word of God, those who have heard the Word of God but fallen away, and those who have heard the Word of God yet require ever deepening conversion”
To read the full text of Archbishop Dunn’s January pastoral letter click here.
Year of St. Joseph
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has invited diocesan and eparchial bishops to celebrate an Act of Entrustment to Saint Joseph, on Canada Day, Thursday, July 1, 2021 in their respective diocese or eparchy.
The Act of Entrustment is preceded by a novena imploring Saint Joseph’s intercession for the welfare of the entire country, for the many needs of society, and to pray in particular for those who passed away due to COVID-19. The Novena begins on Tuesday, June 22 and end on Wednesday June 30.
The CCCB has provided a resource document for the faithful to take part in the novena.
The document is available in English and French and was prepared by the two CCCB National Liturgy Offices (English Sector and French Sector).
The documents are also found on the CCCB website: www.cccb.ca
Click on the image of St. Joseph to visit the CCCB webpage dedicated to the Year of St. Joseph.
Archbishop Dunn has invited the faithful to renew their devotion to Saint Joseph. The Holy Father designated this year a Year of Saint Joseph to encourage the faithful to learn more about the spouse of the Blessed Mother and foster father of Jesus. We offer a resource list of devotions at www.halifaxyarmouth.org/Lent in the prayer box.
Stay up to date. You can check out the latest info by clicking on the links below. At this time, there are no in-person Masses.
Church Reopening Update
Phase 3 of the province's re-opening plan allows for the resumption of Masses. We are tentatively scheduling Masses for the weekend of July 3/4. This is dependent on a number of factors including having enough volunteers to carry out the required Covid-19 protocols. Watch for more details to come as we approach this date.
Knowing who you are is important. As followers of Christ, we know we are sons and daughters of Christ, individually. Yet we live our faith communally as part of a parish. What is the identity of your parish. In the last 18 months, the parishes of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth have not only lived a new reality in light of a global pandemic but ALSO as new parishes.
“Evangelization – proclaiming the good news of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ – is the primary activity of the Church. Each new Parish must have a plan for evangelization with a commitment to a particular program of evangelization. Significant time, energy, and resources should be invested in reaching the various audiences of the new evangelization: those who have never heard the Word of God, those who have heard the Word of God but fallen away, and those who have heard the Word of God yet require ever deepening conversion”
Thank you for your donations to Corpus Christi.
Your Parish Administrative Team, that includes many volunteers, manages the counting of collections each week, making bank deposits, doing the bookkeeping, issuing annual tax receipts, and many other aspects of Parish Giving.
You can donate through:
- Weekly offering envelopes
- Cash donations in the collection basket at Mass
- E-transfers directly to Corpus Christi's bank account
- PAR - pre-authorized remittances from your bank account to Corpus Christi's bank account
- Mailing a cheque to the Kentville Parish Office.
Thank you so much for all your generous donations to Corpus Christi. Please continue to make your donations online as you are able.
Who Goes to Hell and Who Doesn’t?
by Fr. Ron Rolheiser o.m.i.
Hell is never a nasty surprise waiting for a basically happy person.
Nor is it necessarily a predicable ending for an unhappy, bitter person. Can a happy, warm-hearted person go to hell? Can an unhappy, bitter person go to heaven? That’s all contingent upon how we understand hell and how we read the human heart.
A person who is struggling honestly to be happy cannot go to hell since hell is the antithesis of an honest struggle to be happy. Hell, in Pope Francis’ words, “is wanting to be distant from God’s love.” Anyone who sincerely wants love and happiness will never be condemned to an eternity of alienation, emptiness, bitterness, anger, and hatred (which are what constitute the fires of hell) because hell is wanting not to be in heaven. Thus there’s no one in hell who’s sincerely longing for another chance to mend things so as to go to heaven. If there’s anyone in hell, it’s because that person truly wants to be distant from love.
Many people want distance from God and the churches, even as at another level they don’t. But God reads the heart and judges accordingly. That’s why we shouldn’t be so quick to fill up hell with everyone who appears to want distance from love, faith, church, and God. God’s love can encompass, empathize with, melt down, and heal that hatred. Our love should too.
Christian hope asks us to believe things that go against our natural instincts and emotions and one of these is that God’s love is so powerful that, just as it did at Jesus’ death, it can descend into hell itself and there breathe love and forgiveness into both the most wounded and most hardened of souls. Hope asks us to believe that the final triumph of God’s love will be when the Lucifer himself converts, returns to heaven, and hell is finally empty.
Fanciful? No. That’s Christian hope; it’s what many of our great saints believed.
Yes, there’s a hell and, given human freedom, it’s always a radical possibility for everyone; but, given God’s love, perhaps sometime it will be completely empty.
www.ronrolheiser.com
WE WILL SING!
Come Sing Safely With AVHC
“We Will Sing” has been the motto for the Annapolis Valley Honour Choir all year. Persevering all through the pandemic, we have continued to offer meaningful artistic programming for their students. Now planning for a full return to in-person singing in the fall, the AVHC is excited to welcome singers for the next season!
The Annapolis Valley Honour Choir is planning for a return to safe in-person singing in the fall, and is excited to welcome singers for next year! Registration is now open for students in Grades 3-12 in September. Musical Meet & Greets for all three choirs will be taking place the first two weeks of June.
Nationally recognized and known for its excellence in education and capacity for community building, AVHC is an accessible, inclusive program that offers a complete and well-rounded music training through choral singing, musicianship skills, leadership and more. Rooted in teamwork, community and common vision, it is a positive, safe and supportive atmosphere for all young people to build their confidence and discover their true voice. Come Sing Safely With Us! Find out more about the AVHC programs and how to join atwww.avhc.ca!
Registration is NOW OPEN for students in Grades 3-12 in September! Our Musical Meet & Greets for all three choirs are taking place the first two weeks of June.
(Online and In-Person Options)
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