june 17, 2018 · colleen ahearn ~ juliette beatty ~ cameron bently ! benjamin bushee ~ jack bushee...
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If you are new to the area or looking for a spiritual home, you can register at Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales parish by stopping in the Parish Office to fill out a brief census card. Or call the Parish Office and we’ll be happy to mail you a form. !
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Welcome to the family of God and!Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church!!
Question of the Week!What is humility?!
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TO DISCOVER the essentials of humility, you have to experiment with self�emptying and change the channel from yourself to the Ultimate Other. When you begin with God and not with yourself, your perspective on reality does a dramatic shift. God’s will comes first. “Not my will, but yours be done,” as Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane. The radical humility of the Son of God is echoed in the submission of his mother to that same divine will in the story of the Annunciation: “Let it be done to me according to your word.”!
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Life itself has its genesis in God�hence the name of the Bible’s first book. When you choose the perspective of a humble heart, you become aware that your proper orientation as a creature should be one of obedience�that is, attentive listening�to God’s call rather than egoistic self�determination. It’s precisely the attitude of obedience that led to the salvation of the world, as Saint Paul says in his letter to the community at Philippi: “[Jesus] humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.” Paul explains that humility means putting other people ahead of yourself, thinking of their needs rather than monologuing about yours. !
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And Liturgical Celebrations for !June 16 � June 24, 2018!
(Numbers next to a name indicate Anniversary of death)!!
Sat./Sun., June 16/17! Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time! ! 4:00 p.m.! † Sinclair Family � Warren, Juliann, Betty Jane ! ! & Martin � Sandra Sinclair, Cathy Scribner &!
! ! ! ! Amy Sinclair!! ! All Fathers Living and Deceased!
7:30 a.m.! † Beatrice Boutin (12th) � Daughter, Mary!! ! All Fathers Living and Deceased!! 9:30 a.m.! Our Parish Family!! ! All Fathers Living and Deceased!!
Monday, June 18! Weekday!! 8:00 a.m.! † Robert Hutchins, Jr. � Rick & Maria Caswell !! 5:30 p.m.! Our Parish Family!! ! Miraculous Medal Novena!!
Tuesday, June 19! Saint Romuald! 8:00 a.m.!! No Mass!!
Wednesday, June 20! Weekday! ! 8:00 a.m.! Catherine Squiers (Living) � Michelle!
! ! † William & Lillian Peat � The Peat Family!
! ! † Margaret LaCroix � Dan Taylor!! !
Thursday, June 21! Saint Aloysius Gonzaga!! 8:00 a.m.! No Mass!!
Friday, June 22 ! Saint Paulinus of Nola, !! ! ! ! Saints John Fisher & Thomas More!! 8:00 a.m.! † Bernie Bourgeois !! ! ! ! � Grady and Henderson Families!!
Sat./Sun., June 23/24! Nativity of St. John the Baptist! ! 4:00 p.m.! † Elizabeth Maroney (18th) � The Family!
! ! † Kay & Al Allen � The Family!
! ! † Deceased Members of the !! ! ! ! Knights of Columbus Council 307!
! ! † Raymond LaCroix � Nan Chapman! 7:30 a.m.! Our Parish Family!
! 9:30 a.m.! † JoAnn Connor Morrissey (20th)!! ! ! ! � Her children & granddaughter! 6:00 p.m.! Our Parish Family!
Sunday Summary!!
Ezekiel 17:22�24 In a vision of the prophet the remnant of Israel is promised a return to Zion.!!
Psalm 92:2�3, 13�14, 15�16 Those who are planted firmly in the Lord will flourish and bear fruit.!!
2 Corinthians 5:6�10 While mor tal life is not the point of life in Christ, it is the medium of the gospel message.!!
Mark 4:26�34 Jesus descr ibes life in the reign of God: purposeful, hidden, vibrant, fruitful.!
!!!!!!!!"This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land? Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. And when the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once, for the harvest has come."! ! ! ! ! ! ! � Mk 4:26, 28�29!
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Faith Formation Program !
“Growing In Faith Together” !
For more information contact the !parish office at 442�3141 or
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!
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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 responsibly in daily life.!
Sixteenth Annual
Sacred Heart School
Golf Extravaganza
Mount Anthony Country Club
Friday, June 22nd ~ Shotgun Start at 1:00 pm Join us for a popular afternoon of golf and friendship at the Mount Anthony Country Club to benefit the School of Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales. Beginners are welcome! For more information contact: Jason Morrissey at 442�0377 or [email protected] or Matt Maroney at 447�8610 or [email protected].!
Special Baptism Anniversary Celebration
On Sunday, June 24, at the 9:30 am Liturgy, our parish will be celebrating a baptism anniversary Mass for anyone,
child or adult, who was baptized in the past year. Dur-ing the Mass there will be a blessing extended to those members of the community who are celebrating this special milestone. Following Mass there will be a re-ception in the parish hall at which time the participants will receive a small gift to help them remember their “first birthday” in the church.!
! We want to offer our Congratulations and Best Wishes to Mrs. Carol Roaf, our second grade teacher, who will be retiring at the end of this school year. Mrs. Roaf has been teaching at Sacred Heart School for 30 years. We will miss her so much! For your dedication and hard work, you deserve the best retirement ever. Enjoy every moment!!!!
Congratulations to the High School Graduates of 2018
We as a parish want to confer on each of our graduating seniors a blanket. It symbolizes the warmth that we hope you experienced here at Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales Parish, a warmth that is indeed an expression of God’s Spirit alive and among us. We hope that you will use this blanket on your bed whether you stay home or go away, so that whether you go to sleep or rise, you will remember the community that introduced you to the Faith, that taught you to pray, to love, to serve and to sacrifice. Some nights you may feel alone or isolated, but feelings are not facts. The most Holy Trinity is with you and we as the community that bears God’s name continues as a concrete reminder of that presence. We will pray for you and watch eagerly for your return.!!
Colleen Ahearn ~ Juliette Beatty ~ Cameron Bently!Benjamin Bushee ~ Jack Bushee ~ Franklin Cody!Cassidy Danforth ~ Liam Drew ~ William Fischer!Sophia Fusco ~ Paige Greenawalt ~ Ellie Harris!Bridget Keenan ~ Anna Salem ~ Olivia Salem!
Josua Schmid ~ Emilio Stevens!
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Please remember the sick, including ~ Ann LeBlanc�Peters, James Feeney, Robert & Therese Long, Joanne Beshara, Barbara Concannon, Gloria VanDerzee, Brian J. Young, Michael Hoth, Jean Kellum, Jo Cadiz, Elaine Peacock, Edie LeRay, Dick Pembroke, Marie Maynard, Adrianna Dewey, Karen Tatro, Kenneth Swierad, Robert Condon, Kathy Keenan, and this week we remember the residents of Cora B. Whitney.!
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Prayer Events this Week !
Mon., June 18! 10:15 am! Mass at BPI!Tues., June 19! 9:30 am! Fillmore Pond Mass!Tues., June 19! 6:30 pm! Prayer Group (Chp)!Wed., June 20! 10:30 am! CLR Rosary!Wed., June 20! 3:00 pm! Vets’ Home Mass!Thur., June 21! 10:30 am! Mass at CLR!
Meetings/Events this Week
Tues., June 19! 7:00 pm Finance Comm. Mtg!Wed., June 20! 12:00 pm UCS Luncheon!Wed., June 20! 1:00 pm HIS Pantry !Wed., June 20! 7:00 pm Parish Council Mtg.!Fri., June 22! 9:00 am Poverty Seminar!Fri., June 22! 10:00 am HIS Pantry !
“The Eucharist, in the Mass and out-
side of the Mass, is the Body and
Blood of Jesus Christ, and is there-
fore deserving of the worship that is
given to the living God, and to him
alone.” !
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Adoration Fridays in the chapel!from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.!
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Sign up sheets for one hour shifts are in the chapel.!
“Fathers are often blind to the universal inclination of children to imitate them. Our children are always watching our actions, even when we are not aware of it. When my youngest son was two years old, my wife Karen found pennies in his dirty diapers. My son had observed that I put money in my wallet and then stuck it in my back pocket. Since he had no wallet or pocket, he just stuck loose change he found around the house down the back of his diaper.” ! Steve Wood, Legacy�
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Happy Father’s Day! !
Years ago my own young son refused to drink from his sippy cup unless it first went into the microwave. After a while, I realized that he was watching me place my coffee mug in the microwave and then drinking it. So as a solution, I would place his sippy cup in the microwave for something like 3 seconds. My son would watch and wait for the “beep” indicating it was done. I would pull out the sippy cup, upon which my son would happily drink from it. Our kids are watching us! ! Saint Pope John Paul II, watching his own dad growing up, described it as his “first seminary.” John Paul II grew up during World War II and then under the Communist occupation of Poland. His dad was a general in the Polish army. John Paul, as a young boy, recalled waking up in the middle of the night and often seeing his dad on his knees in prayer. That image and example made a deep and lasting impression on the future pope. As fathers, we have both the privilege and responsibility of forming our children and grandchildren in the faith. Since our actions often speak louder than our words, let me offer three simple suggestions for you on this Father’s Day: !
! Thank God for all the men who have been “Father Figures” in your life. Each of us is here and the men we are because of the men the Lord has placed in our lives, who have helped to form us and modeled for us what it means to be men, husbands, and fathers. Take a moment to thank God for each of these men! !
! Bless your kids/grandkids. When you put your kids to bed or when they or the grandkids leave the house, give them a blessing. The Bible has numerous examples of fathers blessing their children. This can be as simple as making the sign of the cross on their forehead when you give them a hug and a kiss goodnight or goodbye. !
! Pray. Each night before you go to bed, add this simple prayer, “Lord, help me to be the man You want me to be.” If you are a husband and a father, add these as well, “Help me to be the husband and father You want me to be.” Watch this prayer, and your openness to letting the Lord help you, strengthen you to be everything He is calling you to be. May God bless all of you this Father’s Day! !
Deacon Phil Lawson is the Executive Director of !Evangelization, Catechesis, Divine Worship, !Marriage and Family, & Respect Life for the !
Diocese of Burlington!
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Born to Eternal Life ~ !!
Ernest Chenaille!!
Roger LaRue!!
Francis Fischer!!
Daniel Peirce!
The opportunity of doing great things !does not come often, !
but at every moment we can do little ones! with great love.!
~ St. Francis de Sales!
Reprinted from “The Inland See” for the Diocese of Burlington!June 9 � 15, 2018!
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An Update from the Office of Evangelization, Catechesis, Marriage &
Family Life Pope Francis calls for the Church to embark on a “path of pastoral and missionary conversion which can-not leave things as they presently are” (“Evangelii Gaudium,” 25). Specifically, he calls for the Church to raise up missionary disciples, filled with the joy of the Gospel. ! Following are a few examples of the Diocese of Burlington’s efforts to respond to the Pope’s call. !!
Institute for Missionary Discipleship: !Lay Formation Program ! Missionary disciples are men and women who know how to sit at the feet of Jesus (disciples) and are equipped and inspired to go out into the world (missionaries). The 22 men and woman from around the state in this inaugural two�year formation program are being formed with spiritual, intellectual and pastoral tools to take back to their parishes and ministries. Applications for the second class will be available in spring 2019. !!
Parish Staff & Volunteer Retreats ! The past few popes have taken their Curia staffs for a week long retreat each Lent. Instructing the retreatants to leave their work at the office, the retreat gives them the opportunity to “come away for a time with the Lord.” This year the Office of Evangelization & Catechesis made this a possibility for our parish staffs and volunteers. Two retreat days were held, one at St Jude Parish in Hinesburg and one at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Ludlow. Both retreats reflected on Pope Francis’ exhortation “The Joy of the Gospel” and how we are to live this joy as missionary disciples in our pastoral ministries. The retreats will be-come an annual offering. !!
Pre�Cana ! The Church has called us to evaluate how we prepare couples for the Sacrament of Marriage. The Diocese has carefully prepared a new formation process designed to equip couples in the spiritual and human skills necessary for marriage in today’s world. One part of that shift was to move a portion of the formation to an online platform. Taking advantage of the next generation’s comfort with online learning and considering the fact that roughly 1/3 of the Catholic marriages in Vermont are destination weddings, this is a helpful approach. In addition, a retreat day is offered to the couples in order to give them the opportunity to set a foundation of praying and reading the Scriptures together. Couples receive a blessed Crucifix, and the Church’s formal “blessing for engaged couples.” !
Continued at the top of the next column !
Update continued…...!
!Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist ! At the invitation of the Diocese, the Franciscan Sisters have established a mission presence in Vermont. This vibrant community of women, based out of Meriden, CT has a strong focus on bringing the sacred into the secular world. Their presence has already been a gift at the UVM Catholic Center, at numerous vocations events around the diocese and as a part of our new Diocesan Lay Formation Program. In addition to their primary ministries, the sisters are available to speak at parishes, schools, religious education programs and other gatherings. !!
Other Initiatives ! The first ever Diocesan Men’s conference was held on February 17 and, like the Annual Women’s Retreat, will be a yearly event. We are in our second year of of-fering the Adult Confirmation Program which culminates with Confirmation administered by Bishop Coyne on Pentecost. Parish and regional workshops are offered regularly by the Office of Worship for our lectors and other ministers. Parish missions, retreats and workshops are being offered regularly throughout the state. !!
All of these initiatives are only possible through the generosity of the Bishop’s Appeal and the goodwill and prayers of the faithful in the Diocese of Burlington. !
Deacon Phil Lawson is the Executive Director of !Evangelization, Catechesis, Divine Worship, Marriage
and Family, & Respect Life for the !Diocese of Burlington!
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There is no Second Collection this weekend.! !
The Second Collection next weekend is for !Peter’s Pence, supporting the works of !
Pope Francis.!
HIS Pantry!“Seeing Christ in the hungry”!
Phone Number: 442�1720 [email protected]!
HIS Pantry at SHSF (Facebook link)!Wednesdays 1:00 � 4:00 pm!
Fridays 10:00 am �noon!!
It is with a heavy heart that I am writing my last bulletin write�up for this ministry. ! I turned in my resignation in May, and will soon be done as the coordinator for HIS Pantry. It is time for me to step away and let a new coordinator, or core team, take on the upcoming new location. I am grateful to have volunteered in this position for over 5 years, as I have had over 15 years as a volunteer with this minis-try. ! Due to the changes in the economy over the years for our community, HIS Pantry has grown and changed to meet the demand. This ministry is more than just helping with food. We also minister to those searching for a connection, whether in faith or just in seeing God’s love outpoured for them so as to want to know God. ! I could not have been able to do my position with-out the undeniable dedication of the volunteers over the years. They see Christ in the hungry. They made the guests feel like they belonged (sometimes that is all someone needs � to feel wanted). This ministry also has the unwavering support of our parishioners who donate, in kind or monetarily. It is what helps to meet the high demands for people to make their food make the month. Add in the community donations and you have a smoother running operation. This all sent posi-tive ripples out into our community, which extended into our bordering states and throughout Bennington County. ! Thank you for your support over the years, whether in prayer or in person, as you have made it such an en-riching experience for me. I am truly humbled. May the new location and new vision keep God’s love the focus of HIS Pantry � ‘Seeing Christ in the hungry’.!!
God bless you and may you never know hunger, !Diana Center !
Save the Date ~ Summer 2018 Totus Tuus Summer Catholic Camp
Returning to Bennington for the 7th summer
Totus Tuus is Latin for “totally yours” and is a Catholic youth program dedicated to sharing the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through catechesis, evangelization, Christian witness, and Eucharistic worship. The goal of Totus Tuus is to help young people grow in their understanding of, and strengthen their faith in, Jesus Christ. The program strives to bring our faith to life by creating a balance between knowledge of the meaning of the Sacraments and an authentic Sacramental life.!!
Grades 1 � 8 ~ July 30th ! August 3rd !(9:00 am � 3:00 pm)!
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High School ~ July 29th � August 2nd !
(7:30 pm � 9:30 pm)!
Bridges Out of Poverty Workshop Bridges Out of Poverty Workshop sponsored by!Greater Bennington Interfaith Community Services, Inc.: This workshop welcomes members of the Bennington community. It will look at the impact of generational poverty on families and communities, why we must respond, and how we can use an understanding of economic diversity to build a sustainable Bennington. For more information, go to the official webpage. ! The event will be on Friday, June 22, 2018, 9 AM to 4 PM at the Sacred Hear t St. Francis Par ish Center, 238 Main St. Registration is required and costs $30. The cost includes served lunch and handouts. Scholarships available!! ! Register at http://benningtoncares.org/bc/gbics�bridges�out�of�poverty�workshop�bennington�vt/!
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Summer Office Hours The Parish Offices will close at noon on Fridays, from June 15th through August 31st.!
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