On Corpus Christi Sunday (June 23) we invite all parishioners to come together to celebrate as one Parish at the 9:00AM Mass at Notre Dame Church in Waterville. At the conclusion of Mass we will process down Silver St. with the Holy Eucharist to the Blessed Sacrament Chapel for Benediction. Join us and be a part of this wonderful parish tradition! There will be no Masses at 10:00AM at St. John or 10:30AM at Notre Dame that morning.
As our community works to welcome hundreds of asylum seekers to Portland, I wish to offer ways in which Maine residents who are looking to assist in the efforts can help. Please remember that these individuals and families are filled with anxiety and fear about what will happen to them. This time of grave difficulty for some of our brothers and sisters calls us to show our concern and solidarity, answering our baptismal call to serve the most vulnerable among us, regardless of whether they are born in America or are new arrivals. To offer financial assistance: • text “EXPO” to 91999; • call (207) 775-7911; • send a check to: City Manager’s Office, Room 208, 389 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101 (write “support asylum seekers” in memo field); or • log on to www.portlandmaine.gov/1554/Support-Asylum-Seekers. Please join me in asking God to protect all new arrivals in their travels. May they find a loving and welcoming people in our country, and may our kindness and care make us worthy of the refuge we all find in the Lord.
“The passage of physician-assisted suicide, which comes on the eighth legislative attempt in Maine, legalizes a practice which has devastating effects on the common good. Suicide is always a tragedy. Allowing doctors to prescribe deadly medications to hasten a person’s death is a horrendous wound to the dignity of the human person. With this law, the elderly will feel undue pressure to view this as an option to prevent being a burden to others; there will be a further desensitization of the value of human life; and young people will now think that people can and should be disposable. This law devalues individual human life and the essential human bonds that call us to value one another and care for one another. This is a sad day for Maine. Let us all pray for an increase in the understanding and respect for the value and dignity of human life from conception to natural death.”
To date, 371 parishioners from Corpus Christi Parish have pledged $93,284 to this year's Catholic Appeal. That is 57% of our goal of $162,896. Thank you to everyone who has donated so generously! If you have not yet made your pledge, envelopes can be found it both of our churches or at the Parish Office. Donations can also be made online by clicking here.