Corpus Christi Parish
April
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See Inside: LITURGICAL BITS &
BYTES FOR HOLY
WEEK AND THE
SACRED TRIDUUM
Mass Times & Intentions Corpus Christi Parish 70 Pleasant St., Waterville ME 04901
Business Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 8:00AM - 4:00PM
Fri 8:00AM - Noon
Phone: 872-2281 Fax: 877-0675
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.corpuschristimaine.org
Parish Information
MONDAY April 10, 2017
8:00 AM SJ John LaPointe by Claudette Massey
TUESDAY April 11, 2017
12:15 PM ND George Roderigue by Roland and Ann Michaud
WEDNESDAY April 12, 2017
8:00 AM SJ Mary Gravel by M/M Thomas Corey
EVENING MASS
OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
HOLY THURSDAY April 13, 2017 6:00 PM SJ Jeannette, Paul, Flora, Richard, Paul Jr. by
Harold and Marianne Poirer
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
GOOD FRIDAY April 14, 2017 3:00 PM Sacred Heart Church
GOOD FRIDAY
OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD
GOOD FRIDAY April 14, 2017 6:00 PM SJ Liturgy
EASTER VIGIL IN THE HOLY NIGHT
HOLY SATURDAY April 15, 2017 7:45 PM SJ Parishioners of Corpus Christi Parish
EASTER SUNDAY
OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
April 16, 2017 7:30 AM SJ Maisie Knowles by Grandparents, John and
Shirley McQuillan
Armand Dutil by wife, Darlene
9:00 AM ND Armand Gagne by wife, Norma
Leon Richard by his family
10:00 AM SJ Rosalie Poulin Palow by Tony
Rita Boucher by son, Steven Boucher
10:30 AM ND John Tardiff by wife and family
Richard Lutz by Violette and Ambulos families
4:30 PM CC Corinne Lombardi by Maine family
Norman Boulet by Pearley and Alice Lachance
Please remember in your prayers…
All the dearly departed family members
of Corpus Christi Parish
Sanctuary Candle
In thanksgiving by a parishioner (SJ)
Sun., Apr. 9 10:00AM ND Coffee Hour
1:30PM ND Secular Franciscan
Presentation
5:00PM SJ AA Meeting
Mon., Apr. 10 1:30PM ND Prayer Group
6:00PM FFC Lord Teach Me To Pray
Ignatian Prayer Series
Tue., Apr. 11 10:30AM FFC Bereavement Group
6:00PM SJ KC #7300 Meeting
7:00PM FFC Al Anon
Wed., Apr. 12 6:00PM FFC RCIA
6:30PM SJ Lenten Retreat
Thur., Apr. 13 NO 12:15PM MASS
6:00PM SJ Holy Thursday Mass
Fri., Apr. 14 NO 7:00AM ADORATION/CONFESSIONS
NO 8:00AM MASS
3:30PM SH Stations of the Cross
6:00PM SJ Good Friday Liturgy
Sat., Apr. 15 NO 3:00PM CONFESSIONS
NO MASSES AT 4:00PM OR 6:00PM
7:15PM SJ Easter Vigil Mass
Sun., Apr. 16 10:00AM ND Coffee Hour
5:00PM SJ AA Meeting
Rev. Daniel J. Baillargeon, Pastor Rev. Matthew Gregory, Parochial Vicar
Deb Hebert, Director of Business Administration Mike Hebert, Facilities Director and
St. Francis Cemetery Director
Kim Suttie, Pastoral Life Coordinator Elaine Gordon, Parish Catechetical Leader
Theresa Poulin, Business Administrative Assistant
Marge Veilleux, Pastoral Administrative Assistant Joan Hallee, Pastoral Receptionist
Valerie Wheeler, Principal St. John Catholic School
Rosary Campaign
April 9-April 15 Dan and Connie LaFlamme
Andrea Daigle
April 16-April 22 Sr. Cecile and Doreen
April 23-April 29 Rebekah McLean
Joanne Vigue
Keep in Your Prayers
Harold Marden, Edmund Theriault
Jami, Emily and Richie
May God’s healing touch come down upon our brothers
and sisters in faith.
Parish Events
Parish Offertory Offertory for March 26 - $15,254.60
Average offertory to date - $15,757.25
The budget is based on a weekly average offertory of
$15,942.00 per week.
The collection on Good Friday is for the Church in the
Holy Land.
There will be a 2nd collection next weekend for the Clergy
Health and Pension Programs
Saint of the Week Saint Bernadette Soubirous
April 16th is the Memorial of Saint Bernadette Soubirous,
but because her feast falls on Easter Sunday this year it is
not officially celebrated. Bernadette was born at Lourdes,
France on January 7, 1844. At the age of fourteen, near a
cave at Massabielle, she witnessed the first of eighteen
apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who identified
herself as “the Immaculate Conception.” At twenty-two,
Bernadette entered the convent of Saint-Gildard, the mother
house of the congregation of the Sisters of Charity of
Nevers. She spent the remainder of her life in that convent
working as an infirmary assistant, and later a sacristan.
People admired her humility and spirit of sacrifice.
Bernadette died on April 16, 1879. She was canonized by
on December 8, 1933 (the Feast of the Immaculate
Conception) by Pope Pius XI. St. Bernadette is the
patroness of illness, people ridiculed for their piety, poverty,
shepherds, and shepherdesses. Her body lies incorrupt in the
convent chapel in Nevers.
Sunday Readings & Reflections Readings for Sunday, April 9, 2017 - Palm Sunday
Obedience and Humility
Procession Gospel Matthew 21:1-11 (triumphal entry into
Jerusalem)
Reading I Isaiah 50:4-7 (salvation only through the
Lord’s servant)
Reading II Philippians 2:6-11 (imitating Christ’s humility)
Gospel Matthew 26:14-27:66 (the passion of Jesus)
Key Passage: Jesus emptied himself, taking the form of a
slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in
human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to
the point to death-even death on a cross. (Philippians 2:7-8)
Adult: We are called to die to ourselves in love for others.
How do you live that in your own life?
Youth: How do you allow Jesus to live in your heart?
Prayer of the Week Lenten Prayer
Almighty ever-living God, who as an example of humility for the human race to follow
caused our Savior to take flesh and submit to the Cross,
graciously grant that we may heed his lesson of patient suffering and so merit a share in his Resurrection.
Who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Fast and Abstinence During Lent
Good Friday (April 14) is a day of fast and abstinence
(from meat) in the universal Church. The Law of
Abstinence binds Catholics aged 14 and older. The Law of
Fasting binds Catholics aged 18 - 60.
ELEMENTARY FAITH FORMATION Classes are held at the Faith Formation Center attached to
St. John Catholic School, September-May.
Schedule of Liturgies for
The Sacred Triduum and
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
Thursday of the Lord’s Supper
(Holy Thursday)
Thursday, April 13, 2017
6:00PM Mass St. John Church
Friday of the Passion of the Lord
(Good Friday)
Friday, April 14, 2017
6:00PM Liturgy St. John Church
The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
Saturday, April 15, 2017
7:45PM Mass St. John Church
There will be no confessions at 3PM or Masses at 4PM or
6PM at either Notre Dame or St. John.
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
Sunday, April 16
7:30AM Mass St. John Church
9:00AM Mass Notre Dame Church
10:00AM Mass St. John Church
10:30AM Mass Notre Dame Church
4:30PM Mass Colby College Lorimer Chapel
Faith Formation
Elementary Faith Formation Calendar 2016-2017 Sundays Tuesdays Family Life
(8:30-9:45am) (3:15-4:30pm) Sundays 3-5pm)
Apr. 9, 30 Apr. 11 Apr. 9
May 7 May 2 May 7
JR HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY Sundays 6:00 - 8:00PM Faith Formation Center
Apr. 9 & 30
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)
Liturgical Bits & Bytes Holy Week
Holy Week is the most sacred time in the life of a parish community. It is what we have been preparing for all during Lent. It
is the highlight of what our faith life is all about. So don't miss the best part! As we enter the holiest of weeks, know that
your presence at these liturgies is important. Each service is unique. The solemn liturgies for Holy Thursday, Good Friday,
and Holy Saturday are among the very best things we do in the church. Don't miss these celebrations! Yes, they are longer
than usual. Yes, they are different, but isn't that to be expected? Special events always cause us to change our ordinary
routine way of doing things. That should not surprise us.
Join your parish community for these special celebrations. You won't be disappointed. The celebrations of this holy week are
a climactic conclusion to our Lenten experience. As we move from the "hosannas" of Palm Sunday to the remembrance table
of Holy Thursday, may our faith strengthen us to go from the Good Friday Cross of Calvary to the living waters of Holy
Saturday and to the joy of Easter "Alleluias!"
Holy Thursday and the
Washing of the Feet Each year on Holy Thursday the
church calls us to wash feet. We
all need to be washed by the
healing love of Jesus. Holy
Thursday is a night of service and
so all of us need to be reminded that Jesus
washes us so that we in turn can wash others.
For almost all of us there is a certain
discomfort or embarrassment with this
command of Jesus. Yet foot washing on Holy
Thursday is a powerful symbol of our identity
as a servant people. It calls for great humility
for those who wash and for those who are
washed. (Peter was the first to object to this ges-
ture and you remember, of course, Jesus’ words
to him.) Those who participate in this ritual
note that it is very moving for them. Remember
the words of Jesus to Peter, “If I do not wash
your feet, you can have no part with me.”
Holy Thursday Mass is at 6:00PM at St. John
The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night The Vigil of Easter is a day of emptiness. The church waits at the Lord’s tomb. The altar is bare, the church is
empty. Mass is not celebrated. Even the Vigil celebration has the feeling of prayerful waiting. The Vigil
celebration is begun only after nightfall. This is not an anticipated Sunday Mass, but a vigil in the strictest sense.
The Service begins with LIGHT. The Easter fire is blessed. The Paschal Candle is lit, carried to its place of
honor, and the great Easter proclamation, the Exsultet, is sung.
The next major part of this service is the WORD. On this most holy night the story of our salvation is retold and slowly we
approach the message of great joy: the Alleluia! The Gospel announcing the good news of resurrection is proclaimed and a
homily is shared.
The third part of the service is perhaps the highlight: WATER. All of Lent we have been reflecting on the process of
initiation for our adult candidates in the RCIA process. This is the night that we bless the Easter water, we profess our faith,
we baptize our catechumens, and we renew our own Baptism through the ritual of sprinkling. Confirmation, a sacrament
separated from Baptism for most of us, is celebrated as part of this rite of initiation.
The final section of the Vigil is EUCHARIST. The newly initiated bring bread and wine to the table where they will share
Eucharist with us for the first time.
The dismissal with its double alleluia is sung and thus begins the season of Easter: the great fifty days of celebration which
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The Easter Vigil Mass is at 7:45PM at St. John
Friday of the Passion of the Lord On this day the centerpiece of the solemn liturgy is the reflective
listening to the Passion of St. John’s Gospel which presents Jesus as the
sovereign king who willingly lays down his life for those he loves. We
venerate not the figure of the crucified, but the cross as the symbol of
victory and salvation. We solemnly present our lenten intentions for our
broken brothers and sisters throughout the entire world. There is no
entrance procession because we are continuing the
Triduum liturgy begun the day before on Holy
Thursday. There is no recessional because this
Triduum liturgy will continue and conclude the next
night with the Easter Vigil. All three are one liturgy,
each day focusing on one aspect of the Paschal
Mystery which brought about our salvation.
The service on Good Friday is a communion service, since there is no
consecration and all receive Eucharist from hosts consecrated on Holy
Thursday. The communion rite, therefore, is done with the greatest sim-
plicity. On this day of the Lord’s Passion it is almost as though every-
thing we do is done with greater reverence, attention and devotion. The
simple refrain from the day says it best: “Behold, behold the wood of
the Cross on which is hung our salvation. O come, let us adore.”
Good Friday Liturgy is at 6:00PM at St. John
In Our Parish and Diocese
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Adorers Needed
Did you know that the Lord is waiting to speak heart-to
heart with you? Don’t keep Him waiting. Blessed
Sacrament chapel is open all day, every day.
St. John School
Giant Indoor Lawn Sale
April 22 8:00AM to 1:00PM
St. John School Cafeteria
We are now accepting donations.
Items can be dropped off during school hours.
For more information please call Linda at 314-3991.
Spring has arrived and that means we have
lots of things going on at school. The
students and staff are working very hard
preparing for Countries Night. We would love
to have you visit the school on April 12—doors open at 6PM.
The students love sharing what they have learned. There will be
so many amazing items on display.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the many
people who have donated to the annual appeal. The appeal is
very important to our school because it helps bridge the gap
between tuition and the actual cost to educate a child. We are
truly grateful for your thoughtful gifts and support.
St John Catholic School provides a supportive community to
share the Catholic faith with those who enter our doors and to
help strengthen that faith in their hearts.
Please continue to keep St John Catholic School in your prayers
The Diocese of Portland and the Office of Lifelong
Formation is proud to present:
The Sixth Annual Woman’s Conference
Keynote speaker Leah Darrow, former professional model,
author and speaker. “Prodigal Daughter: How a Dad got
his Little Girl Back” and “Decent Exposure: Why Women
Must Reclaim Beauty”.
Saturday, April 29, 2017 8:30am to 4:30pm
Holiday Inn By The Bay, Portland.
Conference opens with Mass.
Cost: $60 (includes continental breakfast and lunch)
Registration opens March 6th and closes April 20th.
More information at: http://portlanddiocese.org//
womensconference
Secular Franciscans
All are welcome! Joe and Patty Makely, OFS will be
presenting on their Outreach Experience in India from 1:30-
2:30PM on Palm Sunday, April 9 at Notre Dame Hall.
Come and join the Secular Franciscans for this special
presentation as we solemnly enter into prayer and reflection
at the beginning of Holy Week.
Mount Merici Academy is now accepting registrations for
the 2017/2018 school year! We are a Nursery School
through Grade 8 Ursuline Catholic school and we welcome
all to enroll!
New this year - we are expanding our PreKindergarten (4
year old program) and we have exciting plans for our
Middle School that include STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, & Math) projects which will take our already
strong academic program to the next level! Our students
test on average 3-4 grade levels above their current grade!
Come see what Mount Merici is all about! Call the school
for a tour at 873-3773 or email Mrs. Duguay/Principal at
[email protected]. Needs based Scholarships
available (over 30% of our students receive scholarships).
Time Changes and New Programming
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Vocations
“Blessed are they who come in the Name of the Lord!” Are
you being called to proclaim Jesus as a priest, deacon,
religious brother or sister? If you think this may be so, call
Father Seamus Griesbach at (207) 773-6471 or write: