Welcome to Mater Dei Parish as we celebrate the Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time
1. Mater Dei Parish especially welcomes our visitors to the Northeast Kingdom this weekend. We are glad that you have joined us! We hope you have a relaxing vacation and a safe trip back to your home. Please feel free to call the parish office if we assist you in any way.
2. Just a reminder that there are no 4:00 pm Daily Masses at St. Mary’s during August. The4:00 pm daily Mass will resume in September.
3. Thank you for keeping our parish family safe by following Bishop Coyne’s mandate to wear masks at Mass.
4. Weekend Masses are celebrated at all our parish churches. Saturday Masses: St. James 4:00 pm St. Mary 4:00 pm St. Benedict 5:30 pm Sunday Masses: St. Edward 8:30 am St. Mary 9:30 am & 11:00 am
5. Contributions for the week of August 16th totaled $7,178.25, which included $946.50 for Insurance, leaving us with a budget deficit of $4,532.33 for the week. We are grateful to all who faithfully support our parish financially each week.
6. Readings for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Reading I: Isaiah 22:19-23 Reading II: Romans 11:33-46 Gospel: Matthew 16:13-20
7. This weekend’s Masses are offered for: St. Mary’s: 4:00 pm the repose of the soul of †Marie-Paul Bonneau. 9:30 am the repose of the soul of †Simone Graveline. 11:00 am the repose of the soul of † Desnaiges Cote. St. Edward’s: the repose of the souls of † Germain & † Ruby Choiniere and † Mike Randall. St. James: the repose of the souls of † Dick McCarthy & † Jeremy Maxwell. St. Benedict’s: the repose of the soul of † Raymond Post & and for the † Health of Amy Cleveland.
8. We wish everyone a safe and healthy weekend and a wonderful week!