St Mary’s Church 326 College Street

Middlebury, VT

Mass: Saturday 5:15 pm

Sunday 8:00 am & 10:00 am

St Bernadette Church 9 Crown Point Road

Bridport, VT

Mass: Saturday 7:30 pm

November-April

St Genevieve Church 3275 Route 22A

Shoreham, VT

Mass: Saturday 7:30 pm

May-October

CONFESSION

Tuesdays:

St. Mary’s: 5:45 - 6:30 pm

Saturdays:

St. Mary’s: 4:30 - 5:00 pm

St. Bernadette-St. Genevieve: 7:15 pm

and always welcome by appointment

BAPTISM

Contact the Rectory 802-388-2943

MATRIMONY

Contact the Rectory at least six months before

your desired date

Parish: 802-388-2943

Office: 73 Weybridge Street (side entrance),

Middlebury, VT 05753

Office Hours: Tues 9:30-4:30, Wed 9:30-3:30, Thurs

9:30-4:30

e-mail: stmarys11@comcast.net

website: https://stmary.vermontcatholic.org

STAFF

Pastor: Father Luke P. Austin

Music Director: Dr. Kevin D. Parizo

Faith Formation & Campus Ministry: Nicholas

Maille

Administrative Assistant: Marianne Manning

March 1, 2020 FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT

Liturgical Schedule

Saturday, February 29

4:40 p.m. to 5:00 pm - group Rosary 5:15 pm - For The Parishioners

7:30 pm - (St. Bernadette’s) Edward Boudreau

by Parish

Sunday, March 1

8:00 am - Richard Deegan by Buck & Laurene

10:00 am - Joyce Newton (1st Ann.) by the Parish

7:00 pm - Newman Mass, Mitchell Green

Monday, March 2 - No Mass

Tuesday, March 3

5:15 pm - Janet Leggett (birthday March 2) from the

Mullen Families

Wednesday, March 4

8:00 am - Brian Richard McKenna (1st Ann) by the

Parish

Thursday, March 5

8:00 am - Robert and Marie Highter

Friday, March 6

8:00 am - Joan Audet by the Family

Saturday, March 7

4:40 to 5:00 pm - group Rosary

5:15 pm - Ethel DesMarais by her daughter, Marie

Garbacz

7:30 pm Parishioners

Sunday, March 8

8:00 am - George & Madeline Dubois by their

Children

10:00 am - William J. Galligan, Jr. by his daughter

Shari Galligan Johnson

7:00 pm - Newman Mass, Mitchell Green

------------------------------------------------- Requiescat in Pace

Please pray for the repose of the souls of the departed,

including Robert Whitman, Rosalie M. (Reardon) Kelly

(mother of Tom Kelly), Edward O. Boudreau (brother-in-

law of Jean-Noel Plouffe), Charles Valentine (father of Lorraine Growney), Betty Kochuba, and for the

consolation of their families. V/. Eternal rest, grant unto

them, O Lord. R/. And let perpetual light shine upon them.

V/. May their souls, and the souls of the faithful departed,

through the mercy of God, rest in peace. R/. Amen.

Men’s Retreat

“Third Annual Vermont Catholic Men’s Conference” will

be held on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at St. Anthony’s

Church in White River Junction from

9:00 am to 3:15 pm Learn more and register

at: vermontcatholic.org/men

March 1, 2020 FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT

Parish Support for Feb. 22 - 23, 2020 St. Bernadette/St. Genevieve:

Envelopes: $669.00 (30)

Total Offertory: $959.00 Last year: $239.00

East Europe: $91.00

St. Mary’s: (Weekly Need - $4,700)

Envelopes: $3,002.00 (?)

Total Offertory: $9,920.60 Last year: $3,511.85 East Europe: $839.76 additional from 2/16, not counted

last week: $1,588.67

Thank you for your generosity!

Activity Schedule

Sunday, March 1

4:00 pm - Emmaus Group’s Conversing with God in

Lent, St. Mary’s Parish Hall

Tuesday, March 3 - Knights of Columbus

6:00 PM for the 4th Degree (Please note early start

time.)

7:00 PM for the Council; Annual Meeting, to elect a

trustee for 7 years, a clerk for 1 year, and to transact

other business

Wednesday, March 4

6:00 pm - Adult Confirmation classes start, Parish

Hall

Friday, March 6

5:00-7:00 pm - Fish Fry, St. Ambrose, Bristol

Sunday, March 8

4:00 pm - Emmaus Group’s Conversing with God in

Lent, St. Mary’s Parish Hall

Thursday, March 12

6:30 pm - St. Bernadette-St. Genevieve Parish Coun-

cil Meeting, Bridport Town Garage

Saturday, March 14

Food Drive Collection at St. Bernadette’s

Envelopes

Who is using St. Mary’s Envelope # 247 ? Please

write your name and address on your envelope, or use

a return address label. Thank you!

Mass cards are available at the parish office

The suggested stipend is $10.00 per Mass. You may

call the office and schedule the Mass, and either drop

your offering in the collection basket, labeled as

Mass Stipend, or mail it to the office. If you want a

Mass card to send to a friend, it is best to stop at the

office to pick one up.

Our Sponsor this Week

BROWN - McCLAY

FUNERAL HOMES

Bristol and Vergennes

Survey for Saturday Mass Times

This is the final weekend to submit a survey of

preferred Saturday Mass times. The survey

offers different options, including the option

of keeping the current schedule. There will be

one survey per household. Should someone

during the Sunday Masses wish to complete a

survey, they may come to the sacristy to do so.

Forty Cans For Lent The Knights of Columbus are once again sponsor-

ing 40 Cans For Lent to benefit HOPE’S food

shelf. We are asking parishioners to set aside one

can of food each day of Lent, and bring it to the

narthex of St. Mary’s, on or before April 8. The

Knights will collect all the cans, and transport

them to Hope. Last year we delivered over 1600

lbs. of food for the hungry. Lets top that this year!

Note: St. Mary’s will be skipping their March

Food Drive, and are encouraging people to par-

ticipate in the Forty Cans For Lent. The Food

Drive will resume the third weekend of April.

St. Bernadette’s/Genevieve’s will be having its

normal Food Drive on the second weekend of the

month, and will be depending on its usual volun-

teers to transport food to HOPE (altho’ parishion-

ers there may also participate in donating Forty

Cans For Lent, if they wish.)

“Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial ac-tions - which often are not real de-fects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.” ~Saint Teresa

LENT

Lenten Weekly Gathering

The Emmaus Group will be using Stephen Binz’s

Conversing with God in Lent, which uses the steps

of lectio divina prayer to have a conversation with

God. Having the book is not a requirement, but is

helpful; they will be available in the sacristies and

at the sessions themselves. All are welcome – at-

tendance at every session is not required. St. Mary’s

Parish Hall, Sundays, 4 pm.

Lenten Daily Devotional Book

So that we may encounter Christ the Healer, our

parishes will offer Ken Kniepmann’s Lenten Heal-

ing: 40 Days to Set You Free from Sin. Catholic art-

ist Audrey Assad comments that the book “expands

our concept of Lenten fasting from obligation to

awakening. Through this approach to the Lenten

disciplines of fasting and prayer, Ken Kniepmann

offers readers an opportunity to deepen our vision

of what it means to be free, whole, and loved by

God.”

Stations of the Cross

6:00 pm, St. Paul’s, Orwell

7:00 pm, St. Mary’s, Middlebury

St. Ambrose 21st Annual Lenten Fish Fry

Fried or Baked Haddock, French Fries, Coleslaw,

Fresh Baked Dinner Roll, Beverage & Dessert.

Serving Times & Dates:

5pm to 7pm on Fridays

March 6th, March 20th, April 3rd

$$: Adults - $13.50, Children 9 & under - $6.50, Im-

mediate Family of 5 - $38.00

For more info, call St. Ambrose Church in Bristol

VT @ 453-2488

St. Peter’s Fund-Raising Breakfast

hosted by the Vergennes Knights of Colubus: Sunday, March 8th, 8-10:00 am. eggs, omelets (to order),

hot cakes, French toast, sausage, bacon and more Adults

- $9.00; Seniors over 60 - $8.00 and kids 6-12yrs. $6.00,

children under 6 years old are free and immediate fami-

lies of five or more $28.00

March 1, 2020 FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT