Corpus Christi Parish 70 Pleasant St. Waterville, ME 04901

(207) 872-2281 Email: ccmoffice@gwi.net

Website: www.corpuschristimaine.org

May 24, 2020

MASS SCHEDULE

Notre Dame du Perpetuel Secours 116 Silver St. Waterville

Saturday 4:00 & 6:00PM Sunday 9:00 & 10:30AM Tuesday/Thursday 12:15PM

St. John the Baptist 26 Monument St. Winslow

Saturday 4:00PM Sunday 7:30 & 10:00AM Monday/Wednesday/Friday 8:00AM

Parish Staff Rev. Daniel J. Baillargeon

Pastor Rev. Patrick J. Finn

Parochial Vicar Kim Suttie

Pastoral Life Coordinator Deb Hebert

Parish Business Coordinator Daja Gombojav

Catechetical Leader for grades K-8 Marge Veilleux

Pastoral Administrative Assistant Joan Hallee

Pastoral Receptionist

St. John School 15 S. Garand St.

Winslow, ME 04901 872-7115

Email: sjcs@portlanddiocese.org Valerie Wheeler, Principal

St. Francis Cemetery 78 Grove St.,

Waterville, ME 04901 872-2770

Email: stfrancem@myfairpoint.net Deb Hebert, Director

We will do our best in the next several weeks to keep all parishioners updated through our

Social Media pages:

Visit our parish website at: www.corpuschristimaine.org

Our easy to navigate website is your source for Mass times, ministry schedules, Mass readings and daily

prayers, Catholic resources, videos and so much more.

Like us on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/

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View photos, videos and get inspired through fellowship with other parishioners!

Parish Instagram Account Corpus Christi Parish is now on

Instagram. Find us at: @corpuschristimaine

Access us on a computer by visiting: https://www.instagram.com/corpuschristimaine/

Download Our Parish App!

Our Corpus Christi app is available to download for iPhone and Android smart phones. Stay connected throughout the week with instant notifications. Enjoy a bunch of additional

features like prayers, daily readings, helpful reminders to silence your phone before Mass or Confession, and much

more. To access: text app to 88202

Parish Faith Formation Blog: Keepin’ it Real . . . Catholic

https://faithformationcorp.wixsite.com/faithformation Follow our Faith Formation blog for great ideas for how to

grow in faith for children and adults.

Parish Information

The Week Ahead

All programs and meetings have been suspended until further notice.

Parish Social Media

Please remember in your prayers

All our dearly departed family members of Corpus Christi Parish

The Mission of Corpus Christi Parish is to share our gifts as the body of Christ

through Liturgy, Outreach and Education.

Parish Mission Statement

Sanctuary Candle

In thanksgiving by a parishioner (SJ)

Keep in Your Prayers

Please remember Roger Caron

May God’s healing touch come down upon our brothers and sisters in faith.

Please call the Parish Office to be included in our Prayer Line.

April—Corpus Christi Memorial Fund

Raymond Mathieu, Holy Souls in Purgatory Roland and Lorraine Roy, Richard Besson, Leon Richard Sr. Cecile Chagnon Jeannette Charette, Wilfred Bartley

Charles and Theresa Crocker, Joseph Martin, Jeannette and Chuck Pare, Charles and Theresa Patrick

Leo and Virginia Sylvain, The Loubier family Deceased Sisters of St. Joseph, Leo Sylvain

George Roderigue, Malcolm Charles, Robert Wranosky

Live-Streamed Mass Schedule

Sunday 9AM Monday 12:15PM

Wednesday 12:15PM Thursday 12:15PM

Friday 12:15PM

Mass Intentions for the Dead from March 19-April 17 will be celebrated in the order in which they were originally scheduled. Moving forward intentions will be honored as requested. On days when the live-stream is not available, our priests will celebrate Mass privately for the intention listed.

MONDAY May 24, 2020 12:15 PM Ann Duval by Pat O’Keefe

TUESDAY May 25, 2020 Dan Coughlin by wife, Vivan

WEDNESDAY May 26, 2020 12:15 PM All enrolled in the Corpus Christi April Memorial Book

THURSDAY May 27, 2020 12:15 PM Roland LaRochelle by wife, Lucile & family

FRIDAY May 22, 2020 12:15 PM Alvina Pelletier by daughter, Aline

SATURDAY May 28, 2020 Sylvia Morissette Gilbert by the family

SUNDAY May 29, 2020 9:00 AM M/M Edmund Saucier by Daniel & Brenda

Mass Times & Intentions

Drive-thru Confessions

Fridays 11AM-12noon Notre Dame parking lot

Saturdays 3-4PM St. John parking lot

St. Francis Catholic Cemetery

In accordance with the CDC and the Diocese of Portland, St. Francis Catholic Cemetery’s office will be closed due to the Coronavirus. We will continue to take calls and respond to them as soon as possible. Should you need to purchase a lot, we will call you to make an appointment to meet at the Cemetery office. We will adhere to the state and Diocesan guidelines that only gatherings of 10 or less (which includes clergy and any funeral home personnel) will be allowed in the Cemetery for the Committal prayers and burial. Thank you for your understanding during this difficult time. May God bless you and your families and keep you safe.

Stewardship of Treasure

Offertory for May 17 - $9,220.73 Average weekly offertory to date - $14,646.83

Our budget is based on a weekly average offertory of - $15,570.15

Please consider mailing your weekly offering to us or dropping it off at the parish office or signing up for our new

online giving option WeShare by going to our website.

Thank you for your continued support of our parish.

Readings for the Week

Gospel Meditation

2019 Contribution Tax Letter

Parishioners needing a letter containing their 2019 contributions must CALL the parish office and make this request. This information is not automatically generated and mailed out. Please have your envelope number available when you call.

Seventh Sunday of Easter

What does faith and religion do for us? Ultimately, they remind us of some truths we conveniently forget: we are created by a loving God, we have imperfections, we sin, we need to be forgiven, we have a mission and a purpose, it’s not just about us, and we hunger for the joy of salvation. These are human truths that are not dependent upon whether we like them. Ignoring them places us on the paths of comfort and satisfaction as we blindly pursue the busyness and superficiality of our empty lives. Instead of pursuing supernatural and lasting pleasure, we choose things that are easier and quicker to obtain: sex, drugs, travel, houses, cars, fame, popularity, self-achievement and satisfaction, physical enjoyment, and the like.

We may also find ourselves falling victim to more negative responses to what life brings us: anger, envy, lust, pride, gluttony, greed, and apathy. Human hearts can become so hardened to the truth that violence becomes the response of first choice. Being a Christian is hard! Yet, as Pope Francis reminds us, the Church needs to be a field hospital that has to be prepared to provide people with the remedy they need. What we need is Jesus Christ. The Church, with all of the glory of the sacraments, exists to help make Christ present and real for us. Once we find Christ, we find joy. Joy is a matter of the heart that is beyond pleasure and happiness. It is not found in some earthly satisfaction, only in Christ.

Once we accept that we are destined to be in Christ, then we will discover eternal life. Namely, “that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.” It is easy to conveniently forget truth and pursue illusions immediately within our grasp, but at what price? A man celebrating 60 years of marriage remarked that it took so much effort and so many attempts to convince his wife that they were meant to be together. Even his friends told him he was foolish. He easily could have given up and pursued other interests. He chose to persevere and is so grateful that he made that choice because he now has a pearl of great price. Do we see a value in persevering in our faith regardless of the cost? If we don’t take the risk, we could lose more than we know. ©LPi

Question for Adults - Who needs you to pray for them this week, as Jesus prayed for his disciples? Question for Kids - Who will you pray for this week? © 2019 The Pastoral Center. All rights reserved.

Calling all Snowbirds

If you have returned for the summer please contact the Parish Office so we can record it in our census and resume your envelopes. Welcome home!

Sunday: Acts 1:12-14/Ps 27:1, 4, 7-8 [13]/1 Pt 4:13-16/Jn 17:1-11a Monday: Acts 19:1-8/Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab [33a]/Jn 16:29-33

Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27/Ps 68:10-11, 20-21 [33a]/Jn 17:1-11a Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38/Ps 68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab [33a]/Jn 17:11b-19 Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Ps 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 [1]/Jn 17:20-26

Friday: Acts 25:13b-21/Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab [19a]/Jn 21:15-19 Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/Ps 11:4, 5 and 7 [cf. 7b]/Jn 21:20-25

Next Sunday: Acts 2:1-11/Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 [cf. 30]/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13/Jn 20:19-23 ©LPi

ELEMENTARY FAITH FORMATION & JUNIOR HIGH YOUTH MINISTRY

Classes are held at the Faith Formation Center attached to St. John Catholic School, September-May.

Vocations

“They received the Holy Spirit.” The Blessed Virgin Mary intercedes for your faithfulness to the vocation to which the Spirit is leading you. If you think God may be offering you the grace of serving Him and His people as a priest or in the consecrated life, contact: Fr. Seamus Griesbach 773-6471 Email: seamus.griesbach@portlanddiocese.org Website: www.portlanddiocese/vocations

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY Sunday Evenings 6:00 - 8:00PM

Youth Ministry Room on the 2nd Floor at St. John School (enter by the Grotto)

All gathered Faith Formation programs have been suspended until further notice.

With guidance from the Center for Disease Control, Bishop Deeley is temporarily suspending all daily and Sunday Masses and religious services throughout the diocese, effective immediately. Funerals and weddings may continue but only with immediate family present.

Corpus Christi Parish live-streamed Masses on our parish Facebook page: Sundays at 9:00AM

Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays at 12:15PM

Although we are unable to attend Mass in person, it is important that we continue to support our parish as best we can to continue to carry on the mission of the Church. Please consider mailing or dropping off your weekly offering to the Parish Office or signing up for We Share, our new online giving option. Thank you!

A Simple Act of Spiritual Communion for Children

Jesus, I believe you are really present

in the Eucharist. I love you with my whole heart.

I want you to be in my soul all the time.

Please be with me in spirit even when I can’t receive you in the

Blessed Sacrament. Keep me always close to you as part of the Body of Christ,

just as you promised. Amen.

Q & A - Why Kneel?

My Jesus,

I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You

into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment

receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.

I embrace you as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen.

Prayer for Spiritual Communion

Question: Why do we kneel at Mass?

Answer: Since the beginnings of the Church, kneeling has been a key posture of prayer. We see Sts. Peter and Paul in the Acts of the Apostles kneeling in prayer. Early in the 4th century, the Council of Nicea prohibited kneeling on Sundays and special feasts. Kneeling began more as a posture of penance for our sins, but in the history of the Church, it has become more a posture or reverence and solemn prayer.

You will notice that the times we kneel at Mass are tied to the consecration of the holy Eucharist. We kneel in both anticipation of what will occur and then in awe of what has taken place: Jesus Christ becomes truly present to us under the guise of bread and wine. The profoundness of this event has over time led the Church to mandate in the current General Instruction of the Roman Missal that kneeling is the only posture allowed during this time. The sheer awesomeness of the holy Eucharist leads us to fall to our knees in wonder and thanksgiving. ©LPi

Please Keep Us Updated

Have a new name/address/phone number or email? Want to receive offertory envelopes? Please keep the parish updated with your current information by calling or dropping by the parish office at 872-2281 or 70 Pleasant St., Waterville, ME 04901.

If there is anything we can do for you to ease these challenging times, please let us know.

Dear Parishioners,

Not long ago our world as we know it changed. During this Easter season let us reflect on the important things in our lives: love of God, family, friends and community. People have lost jobs, experienced anxiety, perhaps saddened by the death of a loved one, and we practice social distancing. However, we need to keep in touch spiritually and emotionally. If you or someone you know are alone during this pandemic and might need a happy “How are you doing?” phone call, please contact the Parish Office at ccmoffice@gwi.net or 872-2281.

If you do know of someone to whom we can “reach out” please ask their permission to share their contact information with parish volunteers. We want to respect their personal information. They do not have to be a member of the parish. We are community – all of us!

Help Us Reach Out

Everlasting Easter

The Easter season is almost over. This season is always a tougher one for us Catholics. We get Advent and Lent: preparation. We are on board with Christmas, mainly because we like to keep up our decorations until someone tells us the exact day we must take them down. But Easter as a season is a bit more difficult to observe. The rest of the world has moved on. There are no Easter eggs left in store windows and all those religious movies on television have given way to reruns or season-ending episodes. It just feels like Easter anywhere … except in the Church.

The truth is that it should feel like Easter all year-round in the Church. Every Sunday, we celebrate a mini-Easter. Our Lord is ALIVE! He is risen and alive, and we need to celebrate. We also need to be about the work of the Lord. We are an Easter people who bear witness to his resurrection through our stewardship. If he had never risen, then we would be called to nothing by no one. But he lives! As this Easter season is drawing to a close, it is prudent to reflect on what his death and resurrection mean for each of us. How has it changed us? How does it motivate us? It doesn’t look like Easter in most corners of the world, so it is up to us to bring a little Easter to every place we go and to everyone we meet. —Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS ©LPi

Everyday Stewardship - Recognize God in Your Ordinary Moments

Totus Tuus Cancelled for Summer of 2020

After much prayerful consideration and discussion with participating parishes and families, organizers of the 2020 Totus Tuus summer program in Maine have announced it has been cancelled.

“Taking into account the social and relational nature of the program itself, we felt that the program would not be

able to adhere to the social distancing protocols currently in place in Maine,” said Fr. Seamus Griesbach, director of vocations for the Diocese of Portland and program coordinator for Totus Tuus. Fr. Griesbach is happy to report, however, that the program will be back, stronger than ever, in 2021.

For any families who have already registered their children, fees will be refunded in full in the coming days. FMI contact vocations@portlanddiocese.org.