St Genevieve Church St Bernadette Church St Mary’s Church 3275 Route 22A 9 Crown Point Road 326 College Street Shoreham, VT Bridport, VT Middlebury, VT
Staff Pastor: Father Luke P. Austin Music Director: Dr. Kevin D. Parizo Faith Formation & Campus Ministry: Nicholas Maille Administrative Assistant: Marianne Manning
MAY 9, 2021 - SIXth SUNDAY OF EASTER
Telephone: 802-388-2943
Office: 73 Weybridge Street (side entrance), Middlebury, VT 05753
Office Hours: Tues. 11:30 am - 4:30 pm Fri. 11:30 am - 4:30 pm (access is limited)
e-mail: [email protected]
website: https://stmary.vermontcatholic.org
Sacrament of Reconciliation Tuesday, 5:45-6:30 pm, St. Mary’s Sacristy Saturday, 4:30 pm-5:00 pm, Knights Council Room (Parish Hall)
Anointing of the Sick Do not hesitate to call Fr. Luke at the parish MAY 9, 2021 - SIXth SUNDAY OF EASTER
Liturgical Schedule Saturday, May 8 What is the difference between a “Saint” and 4:30-5:00 pm - Confession, Parish Hall / 4:40 Rosary a “Blessed”? 5:15 pm - Sick & Suffering by CSC The process of proclaiming someone as a saint 7:30 pm - (St. Bernadette) - Ruby Antonelli by Cheryl in the Catholic Church has evolved over the Connor course of many centuries. In the beginning, Sunday, May 9 8:00 am - Nancy Abel by Jan Ryan those honored as saints were almost exclusive- 10:00 am - pro Popolo ly biblical figures or martyrs. However, after 7:00 pm - Newman Mass the legalization of Christianity in the fourth Monday, May 10 - No Mass century, new holy women and men came to be 5:30 pm - Adoration honored as saints, and this was often done by Tuesday, May 11 popular acclaim or by the local bishop or ab- 6:30 pm - (St. Bernadette) Donald Keeler by the Family followed by Rosary in Spanish at the Grotto bot. Wednesday, May 12 Vigil of Ascension It was Pope Gregory IX (who was pope from 5:15 pm - Jim D’Avignon by Bill and Nicole Laberge 1227 to 1241) who officially proclaimed that Thursday, May 13 Ascension of our Lord only the pope had the authority to add some- 8:00 am - (St. Bernadette) one to the official list (the “canon”) of saints. 12:05 pm - (St. Mary’s) - Buck Rogers by his Family This is the meaning of the word Friday, May 14 8:00 am - Amy Lamb by Janice Whittemore “canonization.” Saturday, May 15 Today, the saint-making process includes sev- 4:30-5:00 pm - Confession, Parish Hall / 4:40 Rosary eral steps, including detailed studies of the per- 5:15 pm - pro Popolo son’s life and a recognition that they died as a 7:30 pm - (St. Bernadette) - Mary Plouffe by Jean- martyr or lived a life of “heroic virtue.” Once Noel Plouffe & Family Sunday, May 16 someone is recognized as a martyr or if a mira- 8:00 am - Susan Lee (1st Anniv. 5/15) by the Parish cle is attributed to their intercession, they will 10:00 am - Terry Quesnel (1st Anniv. 5/17) by the be beatified and honored as “Blessed.” This Parish means that they can be celebrated by Catholics 7:00 pm - Newman Mass in a particular country or region or by the ------members of certain religious community. If an- Requiescat in Pace other miracle occurs and is approved, then the Please pray for the repose of the souls of the “Blessed” is canonized and honored with the departed, and for the consolation of their title “Saint,” meaning that they are now offi- families: Amy Lamb, Bob Maguire, Mary cially recognized as a universal model of holi- Bergeron, Ralph Montera, Matthew ness and an intercessor. Bilodeau ©LPi V/. Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord. Cookie Ministry R/. And let perpetual light shine upon them. I want to thank all those involved with the V/. May their souls, and the souls of the Cookie Ministry. As you recall, this ministry faithful departed, through the mercy of God, shifted from the Newman Mass, to the Friday rest in peace. R/. Amen. night Community Supper. Needless to say, the amount of cookies now needed is much larger, “We have loved them during life, let us not and the coordination much greater. Thank you abandon them until we have conducted them to those who prepare them, and to the Chris- by our prayers into the house of the Lord.” tian Service Committee. Martha Baldwin kind- ~ St. Ambrose ly schedules. -Fr. Luke
MAY 9, 2021 - SIXth SUNDAY OF EASTER
Our Sponsor This Week Spanish Rosary Cole’s Flowers (Paula Cole) Through St. Peter-St. Ambrose’s Farm Worker 21 MacIntyre Lane Outreach, a Rosary in Spanish will be celebrated 388-4003 on Tuesday, May 11, at 7 pm, at the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at St. Bernadette’s in Bridport. Please bring a chair; Spanish translations will be provided. The usual Tuesday Mass will be The Pregnancy Resource Center of Addison switched to 6:30 pm at St. Bernadette’s. County Baby Bottle Campaign Did you see the baby bottles by the entrance Ascension Thursday (s)? The PRC of Addison County Baby Bottle Vigil, May 12- 5:15 pm, St. Mary’s Campaign starts today! When you give, Day, May 13 - 8:00 am, St. Bernadette’s, you’re helping relieve financial and emotion- 12:05 pm, St. Mary’s. al pressures for mothers and fathers facing an unplanned pregnancy. This includes pregnan- Save the Date - Spring Fling cy testing/ultrasound, counseling, and classes Outdoor Mass, May 23, 11 am (will take to earn diapers, clothes and other essential place of 10 am Mass) items for their babies/toddlers and even To-go lunches provided by K of C school age children…while learning parent- ing skills. Your giving makes it possible for First Communion at St. Bernadette the Center to meet these growing needs. St. Bernadette-St. Genevieve Parish
Worldwide Rosary Relay is pleased to announce We are very excited to announce that on the First Communion Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (June for Taryn Burns 11th), the Diocese of Burlington will be par- Saturday, May 29, 7:30 pm ticipating in a worldwide Rosary Relay led by Bishop Coyne at St. Joseph Cathedral in Bur------lington.
Vermont Catholic Community Foundation (VCCF) The Foundation’s Annual Report and Parish Support ‘Creating a Legacy’ brochures will be placed April 24 - 25, 2021 at the exits.
St. Mary’s Cont: $2,635.00 Our cemetery perpetual care funds are in Easter: $100.00 VCCF. This year, the St. Mary’s Finance Holy Land: $25.00 Council recommended that the annual dis- Home Missions: $504.00 Total St. Mary’s: $3,264.00 bursement for the St. Mary’s Cemetery be used for operations, while the St. Bernadette- St. Bern./Gene.’s Cont: $483.00 St. Genevieve Finance Council recommended Easter: $40.00 that the disbursement for St. Genevieve Cem- Total St. B/G: $523.00 etery be re-invested. We are grateful to the pa-
rishioners, past and present, who made these Thank you for your generosity! funds what they are today.