J A N U A R Y 1 2 , 2 0 2 0 JUNE 14, 2020

Sacred Heart St Francis de Sales

And Liturgical Celebrations for June 13—21, 2020

(Numbers next to a name indicate Anniversary of death)

Sat./Sun., June 13/14 The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) 4:00 p.m. † Raymond Pinsonneault (9th) - His wife † Lillian Sarchino - Her daughter, Marianne 7:30 a.m. † Beatrice Boutin - Her daughter † Deceased Members of the Knights of Columbus Council #307 9:30 a.m. † Magdalene Hogan - Sheila - Sharon Stepp & Bentley Branon

Monday, June 15 Weekday (11th Week in Ordinary Time) 8:00 a.m. † William & Donalda Boutin - Rita & Family

Tuesday, June 16 Weekday 8:00 a.m. † Earl Alderman - The Family

Wednesday, June 17 Weekday 8:00 a.m. Our Parish Family

Thursday, June 18 Weekday 8:00 a.m. Our Parish Family

Friday, June 19 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 8:00 a.m. Our Parish Family

Sat./Sun., June 20/21 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 p.m. For All Fathers Living & Deceased 7:30 a.m. For All Fathers Living & Deceased 9:30 a.m. For All Fathers Living & Deceased

Readings for the week of June 14, 2020

Sunday: Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a/Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19- 20 [12]/1 Cor 10:16-17/Jn 6:51-58 Monday: 1 Kgs 21:1-16/Ps 5:2-3ab, 4b-6a, 6b-7 [2b] /Mt 5:38-42 Tuesday: 1 Kgs 21:17-29/Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 11 and 16 [cf. 3a]/Mt 5:43-48 Wednesday: 2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14/Ps 31:20, 21, 24 [25]/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: Sir 48:1-14/Ps 97:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7 [12a]/Mt 6:7-15 Friday: Dt 7:6-11/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10 [cf. 17]/1 Jn 4:7-16/Mt 11:25-30 Saturday: 2 Chr 24:17-25/Ps 1 Sm 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8abcd [cf. 1]/Lk 2:41-51 Next Sunday: Jer 20:10-13/Ps 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35 [14c]/Rom 5:12-15/Mt 10:26-33

Gospel Reflection

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

It is no wonder that followers of Christ are called the Body of Christ. After all, sharing in the same spiritual food and sacred meal, they become what they eat and reveal the Divine Image. There is so much power for healing in the community of believers. Through the Eucharist, Christ becomes as present in those who have partaken of his Body and Blood as he has the elements themselves. The very presence of God touches the depths of the human soul and visits a part of us that no human being can ever hope to explore. We are God’s. The sacred Eucharistic meal is a celebration of intimacy, the reunion of two loves in constant search of and longing for the other.

The community of believers receives the power and the presence to touch and heal in the name of the One they have welcomed within. It is now within their grasp to change the way life is lived and to more intentionally put into practice the Beatitudes that the Divine Guest has revealed. We are asked to be like Christ and work to create a world of sufficiency, where the greed of some no longer creates the want of others but where all of God’s children can find a home and a place at the table of life. The One who makes a home within calls us to live a life that transforms. We are changed ourselves and now become agents of change for others. We are the Body of Christ. God is with us. We have been nourished.

Sadly, many are afraid to try. We know what we are called to do, but we struggle with feelings of doubt as to whether God really is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Do our systems have to change? Is it possible that we somehow missed the mark when we put all of our social networks in place and established the business of our lives? Perhaps we have to radically rethink our approach and that can scare us. We might have to give something up or change, and we don’t want to. As long as want, injustice, division, prejudice, and scarcity still exit, there is tremendous work for the Body of Christ. ©LPi

Smile………You’re on CAT-TV

Below is the CAT-TV schedule of when Masses will be shown. They can be found on Channel 1075. Sunday 12:00 p.m. Tuesday 4:30 p.m. Friday 5:30 p.m. Saturday 11:00 a.m.

Mass Intentions If you have a Mass that was not offered because of the shutdown, Jo-Anne will be calling you to reschedule. The calls will be from either 442-3141 or 802-282-8318. If you get a message from her please call her back at 802-282-8318. We will begin scheduling new intentions on Tuesday, June 16.

Bennington, VT

Faith Formation Program

“Growing In Faith Together”

For more information contact the parish office at 442-3141 or 1kathy.murphy@gmail.com

You are invited to join us on Facebook – SHSF Faith Formation

The School of Sacred Heart

St. Francis de Sales 307 School Street

Bennington, VT 05201

Mr. David Estes, Principal 442-2446, Ext. 3

Providing excellence in academics and a deepening faith in God and Gospel Values in an environment that is caring, challenging, and respectful, striving to develop in every student the habits of thinking critically and acting responsi-bly in daily life.

Faith Formation News

First Eucharist Celebrations: First Eucharist celebrations were originally scheduled for Sunday, may3, but were postponed. As we re-open the churches, we look forward to rescheduling First Eucharist. Details will be coming soon.

Baptisms: Private Baptisms may now be scheduled. Please contact Kathy Murphy for more information.

Confirmation: We are in the planning stages for the new class of Confirmation students which will be students in 7th and 8th grade for 2020-2021. Please let us know if you have any students interested in preparing for the sacrament of Confirmation this coming year.

The Diocese has not established the rescheduled Confirmation date yet for the fall for those who were scheduled to receive Confirmation in April. Confirmation students have continued meeting through Zoom. These meetings have been both prayerful and fun, the last one being a trivia game.

Thank you to our catechists and families for helping us stay connected through the challenges presented by COVID-19.

Faith Formation: Thanks to catechist Jessica O’Connell for continuing our lessons remotely! The Catechism of the Catholic Church emphasizes that families are the primary edu-cators of their children’s faith. Jessica’s videos have provided ways for families to learn more about their faith at home. Students have been learning about the Eucharist being the source and summit of our faith as well as May being the month of Mary.

Totus Tuus: Unfortunately, the Diocese has canceled Totus Tuus for this summer.

The following is the list of graduation events that have taken place over the past week: Starting on May 31, we honored one eighth grader

a day for seventeen days on our school’s Facebook Page.

On Tuesday, June 9, from 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM, we had a drive through parade for our graduates in the church parking lot. Families of graduates were strategically placed (SOCIAL DISTANCING IN PLACE) and other school families, friends, teachers, and relatives drove through honking horns and sending good wishes.

There is a banner posted on our school’s fence that says CONGRATULATIONS!

We had a virtual graduation on Thursday, June 11, at 7:00 PM through ZOOM.

Congratulations to the Class of 2020!

Walker Broderson Isabella Casalinova

Cole Cummings-Mayer Colden Deveneau

Adam Funck Adelene Harrington

Molly Lindsey Adriana Main Brice Mailhot

Kaiden Mailhot Catherine Morrissey

Luisa Novelli Jane Rivers

Nikolas Segura Riley Thurber

Noah Warner Claire Zimpfer

June 14, 2020

Ordinary Time

The every seven-day celebration of the Lord’s Day is the basic structure upon which the Church Year is built. The great liturgical seasons of Advent-Christmas and Lent-Easter are more expansive celebrations of particular aspects of the one paschal mystery which we celebrate every Lord’s Day. These special seasons focus our attention upon critical dimensions of one mystery, a mystery so overwhelming that we are compelled to separate out its various elements for particular attention. These seasons in no way minimize the critical importance of the Sunday celebration throughout the rest of the year. Ordinary Time is not very ordinary at all. Ordinary Time, the celebration of Sunday, is the identifying mark of the Christian community which comes together, remembering that on this first day of the week the Lord of Life was raised up and creation came at last to completion. Sunday as a day of play and worship is a sacrament of redeemed time. How we live Sunday proclaims to the world what we believe about redeemed time now and for ever. Vestment colors are used to represent the mood of the Mass being celebrated. There are four standard vestment colors. Green, a sign of life and growth, represents Ordinary Time

Please remember the sick, including ~ Don Place, Cathy Place, Elaine Letourneau, Janet Sausville, Tina Harrington, Ray Vivaldi, A.J. Morton, Eden Jeannine Beckwith, Cindy Levitte, Christopher Rubino, Lena Reap, Dolores Pruden, Ruth Emaish, Matthew Rubino, Abigail Grace Lamar, Wilfred LaBonte, Therese Long, Gloria VanDerzee, Adrianna Dewey, Kenneth Swierad, Kathy Keenan, and this week we remember the residents of Fillmore Pond.

A Prayer for Protection in Time of Pandemic

O Mary, you always brighten our path

as a sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick,

who, at the Cross, took part in Jesus’ pain while remaining steadfast in faith.

O loving Mother, you know what we need,

and we are confident you will provide for us as at Cana in Galilee.

Intercede for us with your Son Jesus, the Divine Physician,

for those who have fallen ill, for those who are vulnerable, and for those who have died.

Intercede also for those charged with protecting the health and safety of others and for those who are tending to the sick

and seeking a cure.

Help us, O Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father and to do as we are told by Jesus,

who took upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows, so as to lead us, through the Cross,

to the glory of the Resurrection. Amen.

Under thy protection we seek refuge, O Holy Mother of God.

In our needs, despise not our petitions, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.

Adapted from the prayer of Pope Francis

The ancient fresco of Madonna del Soccorso (Our Lady of Help) in St. Peter’s Basilica was restored with the support

of the Knights of Columbus to mark the Year of Faith (2012-2013). Photo courtesy of Fabbrica di San Pietro/M. Falcioni.

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Reprinted from “The Inland See” for the Diocese of Burlington June 6—12, 2020

Welcome Back to the Celebration of Mass

Vermont Interfaith Power & Light Announcement

It is the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ Ecological Encyclical and the Global Catholic Climate Movement has sponsored five webinars, from sites around the world, to celebrat Laudato Si’ Week 2020. They are now available on You Tube under the titles: Laudato Si’ at 5: As Prophetic and Relevant As Ever Eco-Spirituality: Deepening our Communion with

Creation Sustainability: Time for the Church to Lead by

Example Advocacy: Raising our Voices for the Earth and the

most Vulnerable Social Action: Integral Ecology and Community

Building in Times of Global Pandemic They have been beautifully produced and are well-worth watching.

Wilma Ann Johnson, VTIPL Liaison for both Parishes

Congratulations to our Graduating Seniors!

The following is a list of Seniors that are graduating from high school this June and where they will be off to in the fall. Their Baccalaureate Mass was celebrated/recorded on May 31. We wish them all the best on their future endeavors and will keep them in our prayers!

From Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales:

Jack Drew - Montana State University

Erin Farrell - University of Vermont

Emma Fischer - Hudson Valley Community College

Adam Frost - Trinity College

Andrew Giorgi - Guelph University

Coleman Hogan - University of Vermont

Morgan Jennings - University of Hartford

Mackenzie Kelley - University of Vermont

Emma Salem - Middlebury College

From Saint John the Baptist:

Kyle Dooling - BBA Exit Program

Alexa Dunlap - Keene State University

Lexie Gabrus - Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts

Regina MacDonald - Keene State University

Grace Mahar - University of Rhode Island

Anthony Mazzola - University of Vermont

Claire Paquin - College of St. Rose

Lilah Ward - SUNY Cobleskill

Matthew Whitman - Virginia Tech

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It is with an abundance of joy and gratitude that I an-nounce the first phase of the reopening of our churches to celebrate daily and Sunday Mass beginning June 1. The obligation to attend Sunday Mass remains lifted un-til further notice, especially if you are part of a vul-nerable population and/or have an underlying health condi-tion. Please approach the celebration of Mass with charity and love for our clergy and faith community by following the protocols: • Stay home if you are sick or not feeling well. • Wear a mask in Mass. • Sanitize your hands upon entry. Due to shortages of sanitizer, please bring your own if possible. • Sit in designated pews and respect social distance be-tween others of 6 feet or more unless you are one family unit. • Refrain from congregating in tight areas or entering cordoned off areas. • Follow the protocols to receive Holy Communion as directed at Mass. • Follow your church protocols regarding registration if nec-essary due to the 25% capacity limit. While these protocols are intrusive, they are necessary as they allow us to celebrate the Sacraments in person while doing our part to help stop the spread of coronavirus.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

The Most Reverend Christopher J. Coyne Bishop of Burlington

Important Update

The Diocese is postponing the transitional diaconate ordination for Robert Murphy in anticipation and with hope that churches will be opening up for more people to attend. At this point the date is to be determined.

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

The Second Collection this weekend is for

the maintenance of our church.

There is no Second Collection next weekend.

We thank you for your generosity!

HIS Pantry “Seeing Christ in the hungry”

Phone Number: 442-1720 hispantryshsf@gmail.com

HIS Pantry at SHSF (Facebook link)

Wednesdays 1:00 – 3:30 pm Fridays 10:00 am – 11:30 am

HIS Pantry is a volunteer-run parish ministry which assists those in need of food in our local community. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic, the pantry food distribution is now being done outside, under tents in the parking lot. Now, more than ever, we need your support to help those struggling with food insecurities in our area.

Here are some ways you can help:

Financial support: Cash donations, VISA or store gift cards (can bring to the parish office or place in the collection basket in an envelope marked for HIS Pantry). Note that these gift cards are used solely by pantry volunteers to purchase needed foods as we run low. Thank you for your generosity!

Groceries: r ice, spaghetti, pasta sauce, canned vegetables, canned fruit, canned beans, shelf stable juices, tuna, canned chicken, mac & cheese, peanut butter.

Personal hygiene items: bars of soap, deodorant, shampoo, toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, feminine products.

PPE: facemasks, hand sanitizer , Lysol spray.

Volunteering: If you would like to become a volunteer at HIS Pantry, please call 802-823-0195 or email hispantryshsf@gmail.com. We are especially in need of shoppers and people that can pick up fresh produce at local farm markets during the summer & fall months. All new hands and hearts are welcome!

At this time we DO NOT NEED THE following: plastic bags egg cartons clothing or household items of any kind Special Note: His Pantry would like to gratefully thank all the indi-viduals and organizations that are so kindly giving of their time, food, gift cards and monetary donations to help feed the needy in our community. Your continued generosity during this difficult time is truly making a difference in the lives of so many! Our sincere bless-ings and wishes for good health to all.

Please note: For the next few weeks the office will remain closed to the public. Should you need assistance please call the office at 442-3141 and we will be hap-py to help you. There should be someone to answer the phone (leave a message) or respond to an email (benncath@comcast.net) Monday thru Friday.

Last Sunday June 7, members of our Parish answered our call to lend a hand with the Interfaith Dinner at the Second Congregational Church. A special thank you to Carolyn & Gerry McMurray, Janet & Dan Lucy, Carolyn & John Reed, Paula Keatley, and Julie Guasconi. We truly appreciate your willingness to lend your time, talent and treasure to this worthwhile community outreach. If you (or a group) would be interested in hosting one of these dinners, just give the office a call at 442-3141. Thank you. Special Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Second Congregational Church has put in place new protocols to keep all volunteers safe, and changed the dinner to take out only.

Msgr. Bernard Bourgeois

Msgr. Bernie Bourgeois celebrated his 25th anniversary of ordination on June 3, 2020. If you’d like to drop him a card and congratulate him on this milestone his address is:

Msgr. Bernard Bourgeois The Rutland—Wallingford Catholic Community

66 South Main Street Rutland, VT 05701

Msgr. Bourgeois is the son of SHSF parishioners

Bernard Sr. (deceased) and Joanne Bourgeois.