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Our Lady of the Angels & Our Lady of the Valley Parishes Rev. Scott A. Gratton, Administrator: Rev. John R. Carroll, Visiting Priest: (Deployed) (617)699-5425 Email: [email protected] Mr. Josh Perry, Diocesan Administrator: Elizabeth Stuart, Parish Secretary: (802)448-3515 (513)238-4854 – cell Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Our Lady of the Angels St. Anthony Parish Office Information: St. Elizabeth 221 Church Street 43 Hebard Hill Road 169 S. Main Street P O Box 63 P O Box 428 Rochester, VT 05767 Bethel, VT 05032 Randolph VT 05060 Office:(802)728-5251 Email: [email protected] Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time Confessions Sat.: 3:00– 3:45 PM St. E., Rochester Sun.: 8:00—8:45 AM OLA, Randolph & After the 11:00 AM Mass, St. A., Bethel Or by Appointment Adoration of the Bl. Sacrament Sat.: 3:00—4:00 PM, St. E. Mon.: 7:00—8:00 AM, St. A. Tues.: 5:15—6:15 PM, St. A. Wed.: 4:00-5:00 PM, St. E 5:00 –6:00 PM, OLA Thurs: 8:30—9:30 AM, OLA Fri: 8:30-9:30 AM, OLA Weekend Masses 2:00-3:00 PM, St. A. Sat.: 4:00 PM St. E., Rochester Sun.: 9:00 AM OLA, Randolph 11:00 AM St. A., Bethel www.ourladyvt.org 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time 1 August 2021 Remember your loved ones in the Holy Mass GARDENING ASSISTANCE NEEDED: – they will be forever grateful to you! CALLING ALL GARDENERS, or anyone that can help pull weeds, rake beds or otherwise be of help – on Saturday, July 31st – come and work THIS WEEKEND: at St. Anthony’s to get the various flower beds weeded. The rain has Saturday, July 31: St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest been good for the flowers, but it’s also been “good” for the weeds. St. A. ~ 8:00 am Gardening Work Party On Saturday, August 7th at Our Lady of the Angels, specifically, to St. E. ~ 3:00 pm Adoration/Confessions clear out the weeds from the gravel beds, both the front and back St. E. ~ 4:00 pm Mass – For the end of Abortion (by Mary Johnson) patio areas. Work will begin at 8:00 and continue until 12:00 noon Sunday, August 1 (although, if it’s really hot, we may quit sooner). As always, please OLA ~ 9:00 am Mass – Intentions of the Parishioners bring your own tools! St. A. ~ 11:00 am Mass – Lean Aylward+ (by Mary Johnson) ********************************************** th THIS WEEK: Grant Camp: 6:00 pm Wednesday, August 11 Monday, August 2 Knights of Columbus (Randolph) FAMILY Picnic will St A ~ 7:00 am Adoration be happening rain or shine !! Burgers, hot dogs, Tuesday, August 3 condiments, buns, & beverages will be provided. St A ~ 5:15 pm Adoration Please bring a salad or dessert to share. Families, Wednesday, August 4: St. John Vianney, Priest onlies, adult children, littles, even grand littles – all OLA ~ 9:00 am Bible Study: James, Pearls of Wise Living are welcome! (There is a pavilion in case of rain) St. E ~ 4:00 pm Adoration th OLA ~ 5:00 pm Adoration St. Anthony’s: Sunday, 12:15 pm August 15 Knights of Columbus OLA ~ 7:00 pm Bible Study: James, Pearls of Wise Living Council 10241 (Bethel)/ Parish Fellowship BBQ consisting of Thursday, August 5 hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, salads, and ice cream for OLA ~ 8:30 am Adoration dessert. Please bring your family to share time with your Parish Day Funeral Home ~ 2:00 pm Visitation for Marion Casarico family – all are welcome! Weather permitting, this will be outside. Day Funeral Home ~ 3:00 pm Celebration of Life for Marion Casarico $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ th th Everyone is encouraged to stay & share stories about Marion Sunday Collections (July 24 – 25 , 2021) OLA: total collections and gifts: $883.00 Friday, August 6 The Transfiguration of the Lord Electronic giving: $215 Sunday collections: $668 OLA ~ 8:30 am Adoration St. A ~ 11:00 am Funeral Mass for Marion Casarico OLV: total collections and gifts: $2,039.00 Electronic giving: $225, Sunday collections: $1,814 NEXT WEEKEND: Including: $5 Church in Africa, $20 Energy/Fuel, $268 Donations Saturday, August 7 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ OLA ~ 8:00 am Gardening Work Party In 2021, the Superintendent’s Office provided the St. E. ~ 3:00 pm Adoration/Confessions Catholic schools with the safety protocols and St. E. ~ 4:00 pm Mass – Intentions of the Parishioners support necessary to provide in-person education Sunday, August 8 thanks to your support. If you have not yet made a OLA ~ 9:00 am Mass – Howard & Diane Magnant (by Richard & gift to the appeal or would like to make an additional Annette Magnant) gift online, visit vermontcatholic.org/giveonline St. A. ~ 11:00 am Mass – In Thanksgiving to St. Anthony (by JLD) UPCOMING: As of July 27, 2021: Wednesday, August 11 OLA goal $9,625.40, pledges/gifts $4,715.00: => 49% of goal OLA ~ 9:00 am Bible Study: James, Pearls of Wise Living OLV goal $16,133.85, pledges/gifts $13,781.00: => 85% of goal Grant Camp ~ 6:00 pm Knights of Columbus (Randolph) Family Picnic $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (rain or shine) WELCOME to all our Visitors: If you would like more OLA ~ 7:00 pm Bible Study: James, Pearls of Wise Living information about our Parishes, or would like to learn more Sunday, August 15 about the Catholic Faith, or about the process for joining St. A. ~ 12:15 pm Knights of Columbus (Bethel)/Parish Fellowship BBQ the Catholic Church, please ask your neighbor or contact (rain – in the Parish Hall, shine – outside ! ) Elizabeth Stuart, Parish Secretary at 802-728-5251, or [email protected] Remember to pray for the sick ********************************************************* and hurting, especially for… Returning to a pew near you…. Stanislaw Kosiorek, Judy McCullough, Janice Brown, Pam it’s the collection basket. With the lifting Corcoran, Rita Morin, Frank Mojzesz, Bobby Perez, Richard of all COVID related restrictions, we now Perez, Cathy Bigelow, Paul & Sue Field, Samantha Field, have the opportunity to “pass the Sophie Weden, Nancy McNally, Blanche Rea, Peg Mollitor, basket” again instead of leaving baskets at the entrance. Starting the th th Frank Russell, Shirley Dumont, Marion Bourn, Maybelle Dumont, weekend of August 14 /15 , the “normal” basket routines will be re- Richard Church, John Flanagan, Annette W., John Mahaffy, Russ established. USHERS – you will need to check the schedule to see Mitchell, and Keith Grimes when you will be needed to assist. 1 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time 1 August 2021 On October 3, 1873, Pope Pius IX proclaimed Fr. Vianney as St. John Vianney, Patron of Priests "venerable" and on January 8, 1905, Pope Pius X beatified him. St. https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=399 John Vianney was canonized on May 31, 1925. His feast day was Catholic Online Saints & Angels Feastday: August 4 declared August 9 but it was changed twice before it fell to August 4. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online St. John Vianney would often say: "Private prayer is like straw scattered Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, known as John in here and there: If you set it on fire, it English, was born May 8, 1786 in Dardilly, makes a lot of little flames. But gather France and was baptized the same day. He was these straws into a bundle and light the fourth of six children born to Matthieu and them, and you get a mighty fire, rising Marie Vianney. John was raised in a Catholic like a column into the sky; public prayer home and the family often helped the poor is like that." and housed St. Benedict Joseph Labre when he made his pilgrimage to Rome. Prayer of St. John Vianney I love You, O my God, and my only desire In 1790, when the anticlerical Terror phase of is to love You until the last breath of my the French Revolution forced priests to work life. in secrecy or face execution, young Vianney I love You, O my infinitely lovable God, believed the priests were heroes. He and I would rather die loving You, than continued to believe in the bravery of priests live without loving You. and received his First Communion catechism I love You, Lord and the only grace I ask is instructions in private by two nuns who lost to love You eternally... their convents to the Revolution. My God, if my tongue cannot say in every moment that I love You, I want my heart At 13, John made his first communion and to repeat it to You as often as I draw prepared for his confirmation in secrecy. breath. When he was 20, John was allowed to leave the family farm for school. There he learned math, history, geography and Latin. As his education had been ********************************************************* disrupted by the French Revolution, he struggled in his studies, particularly with Latin, but worked hard to learn. He attended a The Story of Our Lady of Fatima minor seminary, Abbe Balley, in 1812 and was eventually ordained a https://www.bluearmy.com/the-story-of-fatima/ deacon in June 1815. He joined his heroes as a priest August 12, 1815 https://all.org/15-things-about-our-lady-of-fatima-you-might-not- in the Couvent des Minimes de Grenoble. His first Mass was know/ celebrated the next day and he was appointed assistant to Balley in The Angel of Portugal: In the spring of 1916, the children had their Écully. Three years later, when Balley passed away, Fr. John Vianney first supernatural encounter as a means of preparing them for their was appointed parish priest of the Ars parish.