Your Corpus Christi Parish news for the week of August 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14
Kentville 4:00 PM
Stella Piercey by Theresa Coffey
Windsor 4:00 PM
All Corpus Christi Parishioners
Digby 6:00 PM
Jerry Rogers by Pearl & Family
SUNDAY, AUGUST 15
Bridgetown 8:30 AM
Bob Fischer by Jon & Lynn Main
Berwick 8:30 AM
Mary Ann D'Eon by Sandra & Tom Jardine
Kentville 8:30 AM
Liturgy of the Word with Communion
Annapolis Royal 9:00 AM
Kathy Hoyles by Mark & Nick McEachern
Middleton 10:00 AM
Intentions of Mildred Shipley (Birthday) by St Monica's CWL
Wolfville 10:00 AM
Deceased members of the teBogt family
Weymouth 11:30 AM
Helen Hershey by Marion & Greg MacDonald
Kentville 11:45 AM
Wally Avery by Dennis & Barb Nash
Windsor 11:45 AM
Fern Poulin by Jan & Pony Poulin
MONDAY, AUGUST 16
Online 8:30 AM
No Mass
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17
Online 8:30 AM
Bridget Hann by Theresa Coffey
Digby 6:30 PM
Gilles Turcot by Andre Turcot
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18
Online 8:30 AM
Catherine Viola MacDougall by family
Weymouth 6:30 PM
Peter Stewart by Joanne & Jerry Belliveau
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19
Online 8:30 AM
Rose Storms by Sandra Jardine
Weymouth 6:30 PM
Roger Hankinson by Joanne & Jerry Belliveau
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20
Online 8:30 AM
Bernie Fitzgerald by his Wife & Son
Digby 9:00 AM
Clifford (Junie) Mullen by Gordon & Nancy Coakley
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21
Kentville 4:00 PM
Assumption Falcon by Anne Pereira
Windsor 4:00 PM
Dennis Herx by Owen Stephens
Digby 6:00 PM
Rose Storms by Anna & Danny Corbett
SUNDAY, AUGUST 15
Bridgetown 8:30 AM
Liturgy of the Word with Communion
Berwick 8:30 AM
Josephine Peeters by Rita & Tony Roefs
Kentville 8:30 AM
All Corpus Christi Parishioners
Annapolis Royal 9:00 AM
Intentions of Donald and Barbara Theriault (Anniversary) by Mary, Carolyn & Cynthia Gilbert and Marilyn Harry
Middleton 10:00 AM
Intentions of Dan & Grace Bernard (Anniversary) by Carolyn Gilbert
Wolfville 10:00 AM
Deceased members of the Geverinck by the Family
Weymouth 11:30 AM
Chester Melanson by Helen Melanson
Kentville 11:45 AM
Ron Kanary by Mari McCabe
Windsor 11:45 AM
Dennis Herx by Llyod & Denise Vassallo
Mass Times:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14
Kentville 4:00 PM
Kentville 4:00 PM
Windsor 4:00 PM
Digby 6:00 PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 15
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
“What does ‘evangelize’ mean? To give witness with joy and simplicity to what we are and what we believe in.”
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:
What is the intention of our next 1,000,000 Hail Mary's?
Faithful leadership
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An end to Covid
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Peace and Reconciliation
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What was the intention of our most recent 1,000,000 Hail Mary's?
An end to Covid
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Our Parish Identity
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World Peace
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What feast are we celebrating on August 15?
Transfiguration of our Lord
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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Annunciation of the Lord
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Here's last week's answers:
How many times did "Hail Mary" appear in last week's bulletin? 7 times
What church is this? St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica
What feast day did we celebrate on Friday, August 6? Transfiguration of our Lord.
Does your Church Community have a project they'd like to see highlighted in the bulletin? Submit it to your Community Liaison and it could appear here!
Jesus: the Way, the Truth, and the Life is an online study starting Wednesday, September 22, and ending November 24.
The group will meet on Zoom on Wednesdays from 7 PM to 8PM to discuss the lessons.
Please register by Sept. 10 so we can order the materials. To register please email greg.brown@ns.sympatico.ca.
The Fee is $30 and includesa workbook, a book about Jesus' life, a timeline chart of his life, and one year of access to the online videos. There are 10 thirty minute videos. The videos were shot in the Holy Land and Jeff Cavins and Marcelle D'ambrosio talk about Jesus as they visit the places in his life.
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.
Grab the family, hop in the car and head on out to the Church Fair at St. Monica in Middleton for some good old-fashioned family fun!! You'll get to visit one of the many wonderful churches that make up our Parish of Corpus Christi, enjoy some yummy food, try out some games, meet some new folks and support our service groups as they raise funds and contribute to our communities.
In the interest of everyone's safety in this extreme heat, the Knights of Columbus have cancelled the procession scheduled for August 15.
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. This month they are highlighting the radiance of their Asia region.
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.
Fr. Keith left it up to us, the Parishioners, to choose our next intention. The results of our survey are in:
Our next 1,000,000 Hail Mary's will be for Peace and Reconciliation.
Here are the featured items for this week:
"Marian Devotions" This compact book contains a wealth of prayers to Our Blessed Mother and is beautifully illustrated on glossy paper. It fits easily at your prayer corner or on your bedside table or in your purse or Bible case. It is also a lovely gift to give to another. $6.95
Call Mary Crooks @ 902-825-6495.
There are four copies of the Encyclical Letter "God is Love" by Pope Benedict XVI available in French.
Lettre Encyclique Deus Caritas Est du Soverain Pontiff Benoit XVI
If you would like a copy, please contact Mary Crooks.
The store is located in St. Monica's in Middleton. Contactless shopping by appointment. COVID protocols apply.
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.
Happy Diocesan Feast Day!!
This Sunday, August 15 is the Feast of the Assumption and our diocesan feast day!
Because this feast falls on a Sunday this year all parishes across the Archdiocese are invited to acknowledge our diocesan feast day in the Masses and to pray that the Holy Spirit will continue to guide our Archbishop, priests, leaders and all the people to boldly live out Christ’s mission in the local Church of Halifax-Yarmouth.
It is also important to note that August 15 is National Acadian Day. We celebrate our Acadians communities and the gifts they bring to our Church.
Bonne fête national a tous nos paroisses acadians et acadiannes!
Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!
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.