Your Corpus Christi Parish news for the week of July 4, the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
In-Person Masses resume this weekend. Our regular Mass schedule resumes. You can return to the same Mass you were attending before.
You can still join us online at 11:45 am on Sunday on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/corpuschristins
Grab your coffee and join us after the 11:45 am Mass on Zoom for a chat and some social time. Our numbers are growing and we look forward to continuing our Zoom chats. If you 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.
ONLINE SUNDAY MASS IS AT 11:45 AM
To request a Mass card/intention email your nearest Parish Office.
This Week's Mass Intentions
SATURDAY, JULY 3
Kentville 4:00 PM
Kentville 4:00 PM
Fernando Ferreira Pessoa by Janice Peddle
Windsor 4:00 PM
Gilles Lord by Paula & Jim Carter
Digby 6:00 PM
For all the parishioners that kept me in their prayers by Pamela Cosman
SUNDAY, JULY 4
Bridgetown 8:30 AM
Bridgetown 8:30 AM
David Shackleton by Valerie Pelley
Berwick 8:30 AM
Graeme King by John McNeil & Coleen Stephenson
Kentville 8:30 AM
Liturgy of the Word with Communion
Annapolis Royal 9:00 AM
Fayne & Annie Brown by Eric & Leah Brown
Middleton 10:00 AM
Bill Smith by Gordon & Helen MacDonald
Wolfville 10:00 AM
All Corpus Christi Parishioners
Weymouth 11:30 AM
Comeau/LeBlanc family members by Catherine LeBlanc
Kentville 11:45 AM
Al Hartlen by Maureen & Keith
Windsor 11:45 AM
Claire Frizzle by Jan & Pony Poulin
MONDAY, JULY 5
Online 8:30 AM
Online 8:30 AM
Souls in Purgatory
TUESDAY, JULY 6
Online 8:30 AM
Intentions of Betty McGrath by a friend
Digby 6:30 PM
Hughes Randall by the Crofts
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7
Online 8:30 AM
Online 8:30 AM
Laurie Ross by his mother, Gail Ross
Weymouth 6:30 PM
Edward Rice by Catherine LeBlanc
THURSDAY, JULY 8
Online 8:30 AM
Online 8:30 AM
Mary Ann D'Eon by Alice Boudreau
Weymouth 6:30 PM
Derek Doucet by Lucille Saulnier
FRIDAY, JULY 9
Online 8:30 AM
Online 8:30 AM
Intentions of Carolyn Gilbert by Gordon & Helen MacDonald
Digby 9:00 AM
Mass of Thanksgiving by Pamela
SATURDAY, JULY 10
Kentville 4:00 PM
Kentville 4:00 PM
Marion Mulcahy by Hector & Joan Pottie
Windsor 4:00 PM
Gilles Lord by Paula & Jim Carter
Digby 6:00 PM
Christopher Loughran by Pearl & Family
SUNDAY, JULY 11
Bridgetown 8:30 AM
Bridgetown 8:30 AM
Liturgy of the Word with Communion
Berwick 8:30 AM
Gary Dunn by Mary Stevenson
Kentville 8:30 AM
Jane Brown by Greg & Caroline Brown
Annapolis Royal 9:00 AM
Richard Theriault by Marilyn Harry
Middleton 10:00 AM
Jim Thibodeau by Bob & Kathleen Amos
Wolfville 10:00 AM
All Corpus Christi Parishioners
Weymouth 11:30 AM
Edward LeBlanc by Catherine LeBlanc
Kentville 11:45 AM
Gord Gould by Hector & Joan Pottie
Windsor 11:45 AM
Samantha Simmons by Terry & Eleanor McKiel
Mass Times:
SATURDAY, JULY 3
Kentville 4:00 PM
Kentville 4:00 PM
Windsor 4:00 PM
Digby 6:00 PM
SUNDAY, JULY 4
Bridgetown 8:30 AM Berwick 8:30 AM
Kentville 8:30 AM Annapolis Royal 9:00 AM Middleton 10:00 AM Wolfville 10:00 AM
Weymouth 11:30 AM
Kentville 11:45 AM Windsor 11:45 AM
In-Person Mass Starts this WEEKEND (July 3 and 4)
Same rules apply:
Masks
Social Distancing
Gathering Limits
Provide contact info
Sanitize
Sit where the usher indicates
Remain seated once you're seated
and
Stay home and participate online if :
you have any Covid symptoms
you've been at an exposure site
"To come out of this pandemic better than we went in, we must let ourselves be touched by others’ pain."
You can arrange Confession by appointment.
Call or email your nearest Parish Office.
A Jesuit, a Dominican, and a Franciscan were walking along an old road, debating the greatness of their orders. Suddenly, an apparition of the Holy Family appeared in front of them, with Jesus in a manger and Mary and Joseph praying over him. The Franciscan fell on his face, overcome with awe at the sight of God born in such poverty. The Dominican fell to his knees, adoring the beautiful reflection of the Trinity and the Holy Family. The Jesuit walked up to Joseph, put his arm around his shoulder, and said, “So, have you thought about where to send him to school?”
Thanks for keeping your contact info up to date. If you change your email address or want to add your cell phone number - you can look after it yourself by clicking on the button below. No need to phone or email or go into the office.
Having trouble receiving your emails? Send an email to communications@corpuschristins.ca and we'll get you sorted out.
VBS is at Corpus Christi St. Joseph Kentville July 19-22
VBS is at Corpus Christi St. John Windsor July 26-29
VBS needs volunteers.
Can you volunteer a day, or a week, to Vacation Bible School?
Leaders are needed to help with supervision so that we meet Responsible Ministry Protocols and have enough adults on the team to make sure that every child gets the attention that he or she needs throughout VBS week.
Our Corpus Christi Youth Director, Jennifer Moore, has everything all ready to go - she just needs you!!
Can you spend some time with the kids?
If you can help out, please get in touch with Jennifer.
902-799-1250
And now, for more VBS news.....
Just fill in the registration form. Super easy. Just like that. Boom! You're going to VBS.
Questions? Call Jennifer Moore.
902-799-1250
We are looking for volunteers for the kitchen, to help lead, to check kids in at camp, to keep things germ free (you know, Covid), to get things ready for the next day. There are so many jobs that need to be done to make a successful VBS. Can you help? If you can, let Jennifer Moore know.
Come be part of this year's fun!!
Would you like to be in the kitchen making snacks?
Would you like to drop off some ready made snacks on camp days?
Would you like to drop off snack ingredients?
Would you like to make a financial donation toward our snack budget?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, here's what you need to do:
Items may be dropped off at:
Saint Joseph's: during office hours or on July 2, 8, 15, 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Saint John's: July 6, 13, 20, 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Fresh food may be dropped off at churches during camp weeks.
Please call Jennifer Moore (902-799-1250) if you have any questions or need to arrange an alternate drop off time.
Here are some suggestions of snacks needed for VBS camp:
Lunch box snacks: granola and cereal bars, Bear Paws
Cheese, Crackers and Cookies or other treats
Fruit: bananas, grapes, apples, oranges, watermelon, strawberries
Juice and Water: bottles, cartons or boxes
Frozen treats: ice cream, popsicles, freezies
Muffin mix
Birthday party treat bag items (for prizes!)
Want to make a financial donation? Send an e-transfer to finance@corpuschristins.ca with your 4-digit envelope number and VBS in the comment box.
July 3 is the Feast Day of St. Thomas the Apostle. What other name is he known by?
The Twin
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Didymus
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Doubting Thomas
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All of the Above
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Which church is this?
St. Mary Queen of Heaven and Earth
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St. Monica
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St. Anne
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Which church used to have a Parish Bus?
St. Joseph, Weymouth
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St. John
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St. Joseph, Kentville
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Answers next week....
St. Alphonsus Liguori Church, Bridgetown
Here's your answers to last week's questions.
Who is this? No, it is not St. Lawrence of Arabia ( who isn't even real LOL)
The statue is ST. LOUIS IX OF FRANCE
Which church is this? ST. ALPHONSUS
Which of our parish churches once had a bowling alley in its basement?
ST. PATRICK'S, DIGBY
(and we're told that St. Louis also had a bowling lane at one time)
Scholarship Recipient
Emilie Townsend
Congratulations to Emilie Townsend who is the recipient of the 2021 Education Award from St. Monica's Catholic Women's League. Emilie has also received the Youth Ambassador Award from the Kingston-Greenwood Mental Health Association for establishing the Safe Space for Youth program in Middleton.
Emilie serves as a lector and a willing volunteer at St. Monica's and has helped this year as a screener. On the foundation of her faith, Emilie will be commencing the Community Service Worker Diploma Program with special focus on helping those with addictions. In response to the grace of her Baptism and Confirmation, she seeks to be an instrument of healing and hope. May Emilie and all our youth walk in the light of Christ and the guidance of Our Lady of Good Counsel.
Knights of Columbus Greenwood Middleton
Announcements
The Knights of Columbus Soup Kitchen at St. Monica has resumed with Free Take Out Meals on Wednesdays at 11:30 am.
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.
I Heard God Laugh! Can we imagine being embraced in the laughter of God as He delights in us! In this new book, Matthew Kelly invites us to enter into the welcoming presence of God with joy and trust through the simple faithful practice of daily prayer. Excellent gift for Confirmation, for adults of all ages and stages in life... or for you as you renew the gift of yourself to God. Freewill offering.
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.
Do you Know About the
Corpus Christi St. Monica Middleton Library?
With our Churches re-opening, the Library at St. Monica will once again be available. Did you know that the library accepts donations of gently used Catholic books, CD's, Bibles, rosaries, statues and sacramentals?
Parishioners can donate books and sacramentals to the Library so they can be passed on to others. Mary Crooks, who leads this Ministry, tells the Bulletin, "Often, someone will come to me looking for a certain item, such as a Bible, and I will have it for them due to the generosity of others. Sometimes people bring religious items that belonged to their parents and they want me to find a good home for them. The Holy Spirit has a great way of matching a gift with the right person."
If you have extra Bibles, Catholic books, rosaries, crucifixes, holy cards, statues, greeting cards, or religious items, please contact Mary Crooks at 902-825-6495 who will add them to our library or make them available to others.
With thanks to Parishioner Mary Crooks for leading this Ministry.
1st Reading Gospel
Sun, July 4 EZEKIEL 2:2-5 MARK 6:1-6
Mon, July 5 GENESIS 28:10-22 MATTHEW 9:18-26
Tues, July 6 GENESIS 32:23-33 MATTHEW 9:32-38
Wed, July 7 GENESIS 41:55-57; 42:5-7, 17 MATTHEW 10:1-7
Thurs, July 8 GENESIS 44:18-21, 23-29; 45:1-5 MATTHEW 10:7-15
Fri, July 9 GENESIS 46:1-7, 28-30 MATTHEW 10:16-23
Sat, July 10 2 CORINTHIANS 4:6-11,16,17 MATTHEW 16:24-27
Our new parish is governed in new ways. We are highlighting our Parish Organization for you as we all learn 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.
In this next series, we are 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.
In this next series, we are 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 several weeks we met Liaisons, Carolyn from Middleton (St Monica) and Joanne from Weymouth (St. Joseph). Then we met Lynn Main, our Liaison from Bridgetown (St. Alphonsus) and after we met Lynn we said hello to Marilyn Hatfield from Berwick. Last week we met Jennifer Hilborn, Liaison for our Corpus Christi Windsor church (St. John). Jennifer Hilborn is also the Office Coordinator in Kentville, so you may already have met her if you've ever called the office or gone in to the office in Kentville.
This week, we are going to replay our interview with Marilyn from Berwick. Half her answers were missing and the Bulletin Editor forgot to add her photo. So, let's try this again: Please meet Marilyn from Berwick!
My name is Marilyn Hatfield from Berwick and I call St Anthony’s my home.
A couple of interesting facts:
1. I belonged to a teen girl choir. We travelled with our choir director ( aka our organist, seamstress, van driver, and ‘ our rock’) to other small parishes to sing for weddings and funerals. A highlight ~ a wedding at St Ambrose co- Cathedral.
2. Many years ago, while working at the border, I was fortunate to meet world -renowned chef, Julia Child. Discovered we share the same birthdate, August 15 ( just not the same year😉).
My greatest hope for our new parish is to have a harmonious and joyous union of communities; and once the pandemic has cleared, an even more joyful reunion.
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.
Listen and Learn: Walking with the Mi'kmaq
When French missionaries first came to what would become Nova Scotia, they sought to share the faith and find friendship with the Mi’kmaq they encountered in this new land. The Church’s history and interaction with the Mi’kmaq people in Nova Scotia has had some good moments and some very bad moments. Today, Archbishop Dunn seeks to help us all work to truly listen to and learn from Indigenous communities.
Plans for Listening Circles, educational opportunities for clergy and the faithful, and shared moments of prayer and worship such as the annual Treaty Day Mass are some of the small ways that the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth is creating spaces for sharing, storytelling, and faith. May we find more opportunities to better know and learn the stories and culture of our Mi’kmaq brothers and sisters.
Let us walk together towards a future that seeks healing, reconciliation, and peace.
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha and Saint Anne, pray for us!
For a small glimpse of the history of the local Church and the Mi’kmaq people click here.
Delegation to the Holy See
Over the past two years, The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) have been working in each diocese to create space for listening and dialogue with Indigenous peoples across Canada. The Bishops of Canada have sought to hear their stories and build bridges that could lead to authentic healing and reconciliation. As part of this endeavor, the CCCB is in the final stages of planning to bring a delegation of indigenous people and bishops to meet with the Pope Francis.
Laudato Si Study Group
The Canadian Catholic Organization of Development and Peace, Maritime Regional Office, and the Knights of Columbus, Council 1097, in Halifax are offering a study group on the encyclical Laudato Si On the Care for Creation issued in 2015 by Pope Francis. The study group will prayerfully read and reflect on this Encyclical.
We will start online on July 5, 2021 at 7:30, with biweekly online sessions and meet six more times. We invite all parish members and Knights who are interested in studying Laudato Si to read the introductory chapter (paragraphs 1-16).
And please register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Thank you!
Sea Sunday: July 11
The second Sunday in July, this year July 11, is know as Sea Sunday. This a day, organized by the international movement, Mission to Seamen, invites people across the globe celebrate the role seafarers play in our daily lives.
It is a time to thank them for the hardships they face, the sacrifices they have been forced to endure due, especially during the pandemic, and to pray for their safety. See some of the different ways that you can help seafarers here.
From London to Lagos and Manila to Melbourne, communities gather together to give something back to these essential workers who spend months away from their families in often difficult conditions to help keep our global economy afloat.It is a time to thank them for the hardships they face, the sacrifices they have been forced to endure, especially during the pandemic, and to pray for their safety. See some of the different ways that you can help seafarers here.
Locally, Deacon Art Mitchell, is the archdiocesan liaison for our local branch of Mission to Seamen. He provides pastoral support to seafarers that find themselves in our harbour. For more information on Mission to Seamen in Halifax see: missiontoseafarershalifax.ca
If you would like more information on the Sea Sunday 2021 service, then please register here. If you have any questions or would like to send in a ‘thank you’ video then please contact john.dowling@missiontoseafarers.org
Year of St. Joseph
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
In-person Masses resume this weekend (July 3/4). All the same Covid protocols still apply.
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”
Which one of our parish churches once included lanes for bowling in the hall?
St. Patrick, Digby
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St. Joseph, Kentville
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Churches don't have bowling lanes!
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Parishioners can donate books and sacramentals to the Library so they can be passed on to others. Mary Crooks, who leads this Ministry, tells the Bulletin, "Often, someone will come to me looking for a certain item, such as a Bible, and I will have it for them due to the generosity of others. Sometimes people bring religious items that belonged to their parents and they want me to find a good home for them. The Holy Spirit has a great way of matching a gift with the right person."If you have extra Bibles, Catholic books, rosaries, crucifixes, holy cards, statues, greeting cards, or religious items, please contact Mary Crooks at 902-825-6495 who will add them to our library or make them available to others.
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.
Please remember to support our advertisers. They help make the bulletin possible and our local businesses need our support during these times. You'll find a list of all our advertisers on the parish website.