Fr. John MacPherson, Pastor Fr. Keith Billard, Associate Pastor Fr. Raymond Odumoku, Associate Pastor
Bulletin for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
WINDSOR Sunday 11:45 am
KENTVI LLE Saturday 4 pm Sunday 8:30 & 11:45 am
WOLF VILLE Sunday 10 am
BERWICK Sunday 8:30 am
January 23, 2022
MIDDLETON Sunday 10:00 am BRIDGETOWN Sunday 8:30 am ANNAPOLIS ROYAL Sunday 9 am
DIGBY Saturday 4 pm WEYMOUTH Sunday 11:30 am
Vision Prayer 1st Reading
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.
Sun Jan 23 Mon Jan 24 Tue Jan 25 Wed Jan 26 Thu Jan 27 Fri Jan 28 Sat Jan 29
Gospel
NEH 8:2-4, 5-6, 8-10 2 SAM 5:1-7, 10 ACTS 22:3-16 2 TIM 1:1-8 2 SAM 7:18-19, 24-29 2 SAM 11:1-10, 13-17 2 SAM 12:1-7, 10-17
LK 1:1-4; 4:14-21 MK 3:22-30 MK 16:15-18 MK 4:1-20 MK 4:21-25 MK 4:26-34 MK 4:35-41
T O REQUEST A MASS INTENTION OR MASS CARD C ONTACT YOUR NEAREST PARISH OFFICE
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22 Digby 4:00 PM Kentville 4:00 PM SUNDAY, JANUARY 23 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/Online 11:45 AM Windsor 11:45 AM MONDAY, JANUARY 17 Kentville/Online 8:30 AM TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 Kentville/Online 8:30 AM
Ray Cosman by Marion, Peter, Michael & Christian Gordon Gould by Theresa & Floyd Preston
Liturgy of the Word with Communion Rose Storms by Diane Loranger Lorraine Pottie by Hattie O'Rourke Tom McClafferty by Karen McClafferty Dan Bernard by Paul & Susan Dill Souls in Purgatory For deceased family members by Evelyn Melanson Louisa Cooper by Bernie Cooper All Corpus Christi Parishioners Souls in Purgatory Kathleen Hanna by Mari McCabe
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19 Kentville/Online 8:30 AM
Armeline Guay by St Joseph's CWL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 Kentville/Online 8:30 AM
Bernard Quinn by St Monica's CWL
FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 Kentville/Online 8:30 AM
Bernie Fitzgerald by Karen & Joseph Heukshorst
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22 Digby 4:00 PM Kentville 4:00 PM SUNDAY, JANUARY 23 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
Vanessa Gennette by Pam & Family Mike Hickey by Theresa Coffey Gillian Beckner by the Family
Liturgy of the Word with Communion Alphée d'Entremont by Dennis & Barb Nash Lloyd Bright by Pat & Al Dill Intentions of Marg Jackson by Carolyn Gilbert Sean Lombard by Claire, Greg & Karen Bishop For a special intention by Joan Nelson
Kentville/Online
11:45 AM
Deceased Members of Hawley & Landry families by Francis & Carmen
Windsor
11:45 AM
All Corpus Christi Parishioners
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Covid Guidelines were updated by the Province on December 22, 2021. MASKS MUST BE
Communion may only be received in the hand WORN
The formal gathering limit is now 25% of a room or venue’s capacity to a maximum of 50 , The size for household or close social groups that do not need to be physically distanced is
now 10.
Due to the highly infectious nature of the Omicron variant, congregational singing is not permitted. Singing can only be performed by
one singer. You must stay home and participate online if you have any Covid symptoms
You can arrange Confession by appointment. Call or email your nearest Parish Office.
You are encouraged to use the hand sanitizers
provided at the entrance to the church Limit washroom use as much as possible
Proof of vaccination is not required, however everyone is encouraged to get vaccinated There will be no entrance procession at Mass.
Collection baskets will remain at the entrances/ exits for weekly offerings. Consider making your offering via e-transfer or PAR. Daily Mass attendance must follow these protocols.
You can review all the protocols at the Archdiocese website.
Call your nearest Parish Office to arrange a Baptism. If you are planning on getting married at a Corpus Christi church, contact the Parish Office nearest you. To register in the next First Communion or Confirmation class, or to get more information about Children’s Faith Formation, contact
Jennifer Moore familylifeandyouth@ corpuschristins.ca
902-799-1250
Exploring becoming Catholic? Contact the Kentville Parish Office.
Prayer to St. Joseph Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. To you God entrusted his only Son; in you Mary placed her trust; with you Christ became man. Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself a father and guide us in the path of life. Obtain for us grace, mercy and courage, and defend us from every evil. Amen. Prayer: © Libreria Editrice Vaticana
Jesus Christ – The Person and the Mystery by Fr. Ron Rolheiser o.m.i.
We quite naturally tend to think of the word “Christ” as Jesus’ second name. The word “Christ” is a title which, while it includes the person of Jesus, speaks of something wider than Jesus alone. What’s the difference between “Jesus” and “Christ”? Jesus refers to a concrete person who walked this earth for 33 years and is still today someone whom we understand and relate to as an individual person. Christ refers to something larger, namely, the huge mystery of both creation and salvation of which Jesus, as the Christ, plays the foundational role but which includes the Eucharist, the Christian community, the historical Christian churches, the community of all sincere people who walk this planet, and physical creation itself. Jesus is a person with whom we seek to be in a relationship within friendship and intimacy, while Christ is a mystery of which we and all creation are part of and within which we participate. This has huge implications, not least in how we understand spirituality and church. In essence, this is what’s at stake: What’s more central to us, what Jesus has done and asks of us or the person of Jesus himself? Various Christian churches have different answers to that question. Are they more focused on the teaching of Jesus or on the person of Jesus? Are they more focused on Jesus or on Christ? Christian discipleship, clearly, asks for both, intimacy with Jesus and attention to what he taught, personal piety and social justice, firm loyalty to one’s own ecclesial family and the capacity to also embrace all others of sincere heart as one’s faith family. Soren Kierkegaard, who was a Protestant theologian once suggested that what Jesus really wants is followers, not admirers. We need to proclaim both the message of Jesus and Jesus himself. www.ronrolheiser.com
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Corpus Christi St. Monica CWL President is Bernadette Burns
Knights of Columbus - Greenwood and Middleton
bernadetteburns54@gmail.com
Hughie Bagnell is the Grand Knight for Bishop Gallagher Council 6297 (902) 680-5238 hughie.bagnell@gmail.com
(902) 765-8643 Corpus Christi St Louis Contact person is Eloise Mailman. eloise.mailman@gmail.com (902) 532-2205 Corpus Christi St. Joseph Contact Pat Crossman: pcrossman@eastlink.ca 902-385-6760
Did you know that each church in our Corpus Christi Parish has its own email address? Make sure to add your Community's email to your address book. St. John
windsor@corpuschristins.ca St. Francis
The contact for St Anthony Berwick is Leon Zwicker. He is the representative for the Greenwood/ Middleton Knights of Columbus. e_zwicker@yahoo.ca (902) 847-5746
Knights of Columbus - Windsor/St. John Gary Brown garydbrown2003@yahoo.ca Knights of Columbus Council 5030 meet at St. Joseph, Kentville Meetings are on the first Wednesday of each month in the Multi-Purpose Room at Corpus Christi St. Joseph Kentville at 7 pm. The next meeting is November 3. For more info contact John Boulter johnboulter7@gmail.com
wolfville@corpuschristins.ca St. Joseph
kentville@corpuschristns.ca St. Anthony berwick@corpuschristins.ca
St. Alphonsus
bridgetown@corpuschristins.ca St. Monica
middleton@corpuschristins.ca St. Louis
annapolisroyal@corpuschristins.ca St. Patrick
digby@corpuschristins.ca St. Joseph
weymouth@corpuschristins.ca We’ve used the names of our communities for these emails to make them easy to remember and easy to spell. No worrying if it’s St.John or St.John’s? Is Is it Saint or St?, etc, etc. Just the name of the town and the name of the parish!! Easy Peasy!!
Little Church takes place during the Liturgy of the Word at Sunday Mass. This children’s liturgy of God's word invites children to experience the elements of the liturgy through music, prayer, readings and interactive reflections adapted to their understanding. Parents are welcome to accompany their children or stay in Mass while children participate in Little Church.
Little Church is Coming Soon! To Corpus Christi St. John Windsor and St. Joseph Kentville.
The Kentville Parish Office is open Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 9 am to Noon
The Digby Parish Office is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9:30 am to 5 pm
Box 486 48 Belcher St Kentville, NS B4N 3X3 902-678-3303
Box 190 110 Queen St. Digby, NS B0V 1A0 902-245-2115
Jennifer Hilborn ParishOffice_Kentville@CorpusChristiNS.ca
Pam Cosman ParishOffice_Digby@CorpusChristiNS.ca
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: finance@corpuschristins.ca • PAR - pre-authorized remittances from your bank account to Corpus Christi's bank account • Mailing a cheque to the Kentville Parish Office.
Thank you for all your generous donations to Corpus Christi.
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