This year's sale is in the parish hall from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM. Raffle items are needed. Please call Diane Bailey at 802-751-5756. Besides the Raffle, other features at this year's bazaar are the Cookie Walk, Attic Treasures, Puzzles, Children's Toys, and Christmas items. Please come and enjoy a great time at our sale!

Please donate disposable diapers and baby wipes during our October drive for Futures Pregnancy Care in Lyndonville. Sizes needed are 4 and 5, and Pull-Ups. Futures also kindly requests $10 gift cards to Walmart.

Following the closing of the La Salette Shrine in New Hampshire, Fr. Harlow, pastor of Corpus Christi Parish and past Cathedral rector, is asking Our Lady of La Salette for drug addiction healing at First Saturday Masses at his St. Johnsbury Church. Fr. Harlow invites parishioners to send him names of addicts or communities afflicted by drug use, drug overdoses, and drug sales. All names will be kept secret and not mentioned at these Masses, but Father will pray for them to Our Lady. Please email names to [email protected]. Father asks that no one send money for this cause. The Enfield, NH shrine dedicated to the 1846 appearance in France of the Blessed Mother to French children, is giving its property back to the Shakers who donated it to the missionaries in 1927.

Please gather with us for Coffee Hour at St. Elizabeth Sunday, October 6 after the 9:35 AM Mass. Members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are our hosts. Please come and enjoy a hot cup of coffee and visit with your fellow parishioners.

This devotion grew popular after Our Lady of Fatima spoke of it during her appearances to the shepherd children in that small Portuguese town in 1917. The Blessed Mother asked us to perform these devotions as reparation for sins against her Immaculate Heart and for the conversion of Russia: go to Confession within eight days before the First Saturday; attend Mass and receive Holy Communion; pray five decades of the Rosary; meditate on the Mysteries of the Rosary for 15 minutes. The Mother of God promised her help at the penitent’s death if these promises were kept.

In the seventeenth century, Our Lord asked French nun, now Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, to honor His Sacred Heart on nine consecutive first Fridays, by attending Holy Mass and receiving Holy Communion. Jesus said, “I promise you in the excessive mercy of my Heart that its all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on nine first Fridays of consecutive months the grace of final repentance; they will not die under my displeasure or without receiving their sacraments, my divine Heart making itself their assured refuge at the last moment."

Sallie has stepped down from the leadership role, but will be glad to assist the next chair for the St. John Bazaar. Please call the parish office if you're interested in running the bazaar: 802-748-8129.

Runners may sign up at the race website: https://www.thekingdomchallenge.com. The Challenge also is asking for volunteers to bake cookies, help on race day, or lend a hand in some other way. Please call Lynn at Good Shepherd School to volunteer: 802-751-8223.

The Knights of Columbus have issued another matching challenge to the parish to support the repair of the brickwork at St. John's Church. The cost of that work is $13,000. The Knights will match - dollar per dollar - the first $5,000 in donations for that purpose by September 10th of this year. Checks should be drawn to Corpus Christi Parish and marked "Brickwork Fund.” Please drop your donation in the collection basket.

On many Saturdays, the priest celebrating the day's Mass may choose a Mass of Our Lady. This memorial is optional: the priest instead may use readings and prayers for the calendar day.

Father Harlow seeks donations to a scholarship fund he is setting up as he marks his 31st year as a priest. Father's goal is to help students afford an education at Good Shepherd Catholic School. To contribute, please send checks to Father Harlow at the rectory. Please write checks to GSCS and note "Father Harlow Scholarship."

Deacon and Mrs. Gummere invite parishioners to join them for prayer and help with their spiritual life through the Diocese's new Prayer Partners program, which Deacon Pete and his wife, MaryAnn have just finished. The Gummeres will help prayer partners use scripture with prayer, deepen their faith, grow closer to Our Lord, and weather personal crises. Private meetings take place once a month at the parish rectory, and are free. These sessions are not pastoral or mental health counseling. Please call Deacon Pete (802-274-0942) or MaryAnn Gummere (802-274-2001)to schedule a monthly meeting.

The Corpus Christi St. Vincent De Paul Conference will sell rickets for the Art Raffle fundraiser after Masses this weekend. Prices are $2 for a single ticket, or $5 for three tickets. The drawing will be Tuesday, September 17 at the Conference meeting.

Classes for Grades Pre-Kindergarten through 6 begin Sunday, September 15. Classes will run from 9:45 to 11:15 AM every Sunday, except for the first Sunday of each month, when students will attend Family Mass at St. Elizabeth at 9:35 AM. Registration forms are on the parish website: corpuschristi.vermontcatholic.org/religiouseducation, or can be picked up at the back of each church. Please send them to the parish: [email protected], or drop them off at the parish office at the rectory. Registration is still open.

We hope the St. John basement work will begin October 24. It's delayed because the company doing the work is unable to find supplies. Groups may use the kitchen and basement until sometime near the start-of-work date. When work begins, the basement and kitchen will close. The stairs at the church entrance also will be blocked off, but the sanctuary stairs will be open. The recent flood damage created a bigger project. We hope that sump pumps and drainage systems prevent future damage, and correct the long-time basement drainage problem. Thank you to generous donors who contributed extra funds during our novena for parish improvement.

Deacon Pete Gummere leads this group the third Sunday of each month at the St. John Rectory at 1:00 PM. The ministry focuses on prayer, but will include a time for sharing thoughts and experiences. This new ministry encourages praying for the deceased, and for comfort and help for their families. Please call Deacon Pete for more information: 802-274-0942.

Classes are at St. John, Sunday after the 11:30 AM Mass, at the rectory. We are holding classes for ten weeks throughout the summer for teens and adults who want to receive the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and/or Holy Communion). Classes cover Catholicism fundamentals including Prayer, the Church, Catholic moral teaching, the Sacraments, and the Creed. If you are interested, contact the Parish Office (751-8129 or [email protected]) or Deacon Tom Lovett [email protected]).

We are looking for people to teach part-time in these subjects: middle school science, humanities, and pre-Algebra. This is a wonderful opportunity to share your love for education and work with really great kids. Please note: Your employment will not impact your retirement benefits! For more information, please contact Lynn Cartularo at 802-751-8223 or email: [email protected]

Calling all Veterans! I am looking for the names of men and women, living and deceased, who served in the military from Notre Dame School, Mount St. Joseph School, St. Gabriel School, and Good Shepherd Catholic School. We would like to honor our veterans at a ceremony in the fall and need your help to gather their information. You can give names to Fr. Harlow directly, stop by the parish office, or via email at [email protected]. God Bless You! Fr. Lance W. Harlow

Daily Masses will keep their regular schedule during these three days of diocesan priest meetings. There is Mass Tuesday morning at 8:30 at St. John, no Mass Wednesday, and 5:00 PM Adoration followed by 6:00 PM Mass at St. John Thursday.