Your Corpus Christi Parish news for the week of August 1, the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
In-Person Masses have resumed on our regular Mass schedule. You can return to the same Mass you were attending before.
Not ready to attend in person?
You can still join us online at 11:45 am on Sunday on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/corpuschristins
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
Mass Times:
SATURDAY, JULY 31
Kentville 4:00 PM
Kentville 4:00 PM
Windsor 4:00 PM
Digby 6:00 PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1
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 has Resumed and the 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
"If in so many parts of the world there are children who have nothing to eat, that's not news, it seems normal. It cannot be this way! "
You can arrange Confession by appointment.
Call or email your nearest Parish Office.
Call or email your nearest Parish Office.
If you are planning on getting married at a Corpus Christi Parish church, contact the Parish Office nearest you.
Call your nearest Parish Office to arrange a Baptism.
To register your child in the next First Communion or Confirmation class, or to get more information about Children’s Faith Formation
Contact Jennifer Moore
902-799-1250
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.
Here's this week's Parish Trivia Questions:
Keep track of these questions and answers - some of them might just show up in our Festival Trivia Night next year.
How many times is the hymn mentioned?
Two times
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Three times
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I didn't notice any references to a hymn
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Answers next week....
What hymn is mentioned in this bulletin?
Gather Us In
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Amazing Grace
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Faith of our Fathers
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Which Church is this?
St. Anthony
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St. Joseph Weymouth
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St. Patrick
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Here's Last Week's Answers....
What piece of clothing made Joseph's brothers jealous? A coat or cloak.
What instrument did David play? Harp/Lyre
Which church is this?
St. Patrick is the answer.
Community Garden Digby
Does your Church Community have a project they'd like to see highlighted in the bulletin? Submit it to your Community Liaison!
Do you have old eyeglasses or hearing aids that you no longer use?
Donate them to those in need.
Drop them in the donation box at your church and they will be forwarded to a religious community in the US that distributes them to the Third Word.
With thanks to a parishioner from Corpus Christi St. John who leads this ministry.
Kings Kikima Granny
Yard Sale
Drop off Friday Sept 24..1-6
15 Chestnut Ave, Wolfville
Sale Sat. Sept 25….8-1
15 Chestnut Ave
Rain or shine.
No books or clothing
All proceeds go to Supporting Grannies and their grandchildren in Kikima, Kenya
The Kings-Kikima Grannies began about 12 years ago to help grandmothers in Africa who are raising their grandchildren because their children have died from HIV/AIDS. They are grandmothers and grand-others from Kings County Nova Scotia who are connected with a group of 30 grandmothers in Kikima, Kenya who are raising their grandchildren and who need support.
The Knights of Columbus Soup Kitchen at St. Monica has resumed with Free Take Out Meals on Wednesdays at 11:30 am.
Chalice is a Catholic international aid charity focused on child, family, and community development. They work closely with lay people, religious missionaries, and local communities to provide care for the many children and families caught in the dehumanizing grip of poverty.
For more info visit their website.
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.
Hail Mary Project
We have surpassed 2,000,000 Hail Mary's as part of our Hail Mary Project.
It’s time to select an intention for the next Million! Our previous intention was for an end to Covid.
Fr. Keith has left it up to us, the Parishioners, to choose an intention that looks outward, beyond our immediate local needs, to Canada or beyond.
Hit reply to your newsletter and send us your ideas for an intention and we'll keep track. Next week we'll include a poll in the newsletter for the three most common suggestions. So let's hear what you'd like to pray for!
Here are the featured items for this week:
"Consecration to St. Joseph" by Fr. Donald Calloway is a timely invitation in this year dedicated by Pope Francis to the fatherly care of Saint Joseph who leads us to holiness and teaches us to trust in Jesus and follow Him. This book is an at-home retreat with short meaningful readings and reflections for 33 days, leading to a deeper friendship with St. Joseph and responsiveness to Christ. ($21.95)
Call Mary Crooks @ 902-825-6495.
"God sets a father in honour over his children.”
― St. Francis Of Assisi
― St. Francis Of Assisi
The store is located in St. Monica's in Middleton. Contactless shopping by appointment. COVID protocols apply.
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. Here is how your gifts and donations help others: "A parishioner brought a bag of lovely items from a friend who was sorting through the possessions of her deceased mother. I could see how well the mother had cared for them, and I will be able to find homes where they will bring comfort, inspiration, hope, and expression of faith.”
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.
The following article appeared in the July 27 issue of McLean's online magazine.
The search for graves—and truth—at a Nova Scotia residential school
For decades, former students of the Shubenacadie Residential School shared accounts of deaths and at least one burial at the facility. READ MORE
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 many of our Liaisons:
Carolyn Gilbert from Middleton (St Monica) and
Joanne Beliveau from Weymouth (St. Joseph)
Lynn Main from Bridgetown (St. Alphonsus)
Marilyn Hatfield from Berwick (St. Anthony)
Jennifer Hilborn from Windsor (St. John).
Jennifer Hilborn is also the Office Coordinator in Kentville, and the interim Liaison for St. Joseph in Kentville.
We have yet to meet our liaisons for Digby (St. Patrick), Annapolis Royal (St. Louis) and Wolfville (St. Francis). We'll bring you their profiles in the weeks to come. In the meantime, you can reach your liaison at their email address (or at church on Sunday of course)
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.
This past week Facebook was very active with lots of photos and videos of our Young Catholics at VBS, but most especially this post with a very special VBS participant. Can you spot him?
CCCB Permanent Council Responds to Saskatchewan “Catholic TRC Healing Response Appeal”
Recently the Bishops of Saskatchewan began an appeal to show support and raise funds for survivors of Residential Schools. To read more about this initiative click here. The Permanent Council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has acknowledged this initiative and released a statement late last week to express their support.
The Council is also considering what actions Canadian bishops can do in their local dioceses as well as a national body of bishops. To read the statement please click here or go to www.cccb.ca .
Locally, Archbishop Dunn hopes to gather later this summer with members of the Mi’kmaq communities in our diocese. He wants to listen and learn from the Mi’kmaq what actions the diocese can do to support and provide pastoral care for the local First Nations communities in Halifax-Yarmouth.
May the Holy Spirit guide all our efforts to seek justice, reconciliation, and peace.
Mark you calendar:
Ordination to the Priesthood:
Deacon Patrick Salah
August 21, 2021
10:00 am
On August 21, 2021 at 10:00am at Saint Mary’s Cathedral Basilica, Archbishop Brian Dunn will ordain Reverend Mr. Patrick Salah to the priesthood. Deacon Patrick completed his studies at St. Augustine’s Seminary in Toronto this past May. He was born and raised in Halifax and grew up in Saint Benedict Parish in Clayton Park.
Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions in-person attendance at the ordination will be by invitation only. The faithful are encouraged to “join” the celebration by livestream. The link to the livestream broadcast will be on diocesan website, www.halifaxyarmouth.org, closer to the ordination in August.
Mark your calendar and please keep Deacon Patrick in your prayers as he continues to give his “yes” to the Lord and prepares to be ordained a priest.
Masses for the Faithful Departed
We are pleased this year to be able once again hold two of our annual Masses for the Faithful Departed at two of our three Catholic cemeteries in August.
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Mumford Rd.
Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:00am
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Sackville Dr.
Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 7:00pm.
Due to the current gathering limitations these outdoor Masses will have limited attendance. Attendees are asked to please bring their own chair. These Masses will also be available via livestream. The links for each Mass will be made available closer to their August dates.
In the event of rain, the masses will be at Saint Agnes Church - August 14 and Saint John Vianney - August 19.
Holy Cross Cemetery Tours
Beginning Monday, July 19, the Catholic Cemeteries of Halifax is pleased to once again offer free tours of historic Holy Cross Cemetery located at South Park St. in Halifax.
The tour will explore the gravesites of the various local and national historical figures who have been laid to rest in the cemetery, including a former premier of Nova Scotia as well as victims of the Halifax Explosion. The tour also includes the story of “chapel built in a day”, Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel, that is found at Holy Cross.
Tours will be offered Monday to Friday at 11:00am and 2:00pm. No tours will be offered on rainy days. The tours are free and donations are gratefully accepted.
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 Attendance Update
We are now in Phase 4 of the provincial government's reopening plan. In Phase 4 the maximum number of participants for faith gatherings increases but all other Covid protocols remain. Please continue to register, sanitize, wear masks and sit where assigned by the ushers and to remain seated until directed by an usher to leave. Do not come to Mass if you have any symptoms of Covid or if you are feeling unwell. The next phase - Living with Covid - is expected to deploy in September.
In-person Masses resumed the weekend of July 3 / 4. All the same Covid protocols still apply. Pre-registering for Mass makes it easier for everyone, so please follow your church community's procedure for registering for Mass. If you have questions you can email or you can call the Kentville Parish Office during office hours:
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.