St. Monica, St. Sylvester, St. Cecelia & St. Frances Cabrini

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Christmas 2021 Mass Schedule:
Christmas Eve:  4:00 pm, 6:30 pm & Midnight
Christmas Day:  8:00 am & 10:00 am

Weekly Mass schedule:

Monday & Friday:  7:00 AM
Wednesday:  8:15 AM 
Tuesday & Thursday:  5:00 PM 

Saturday:  4:15 PM
Sunday:    8:00 AM, 10:00 AM & 4:15 PM




The Burlington Diocese will continue live-streaming daily mass at 12:05 pm and Sunday mass at 10:00 am at:
 
www.vermontcatholic.org/tvmass and
www.facebook.com/DioBurlington

Mass may also be found on Sunday morning at 6:00 am on WCAX.

The link to the diocesean daily and weekly masses is below under "From the Diocese". 

The following is the prayer for making spiritual communion:

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

Weekly message from Father Robert Murphy
12/3/21
Check out Bishop Barron's "Three Comings of Christ Prepare us for Advent" on YouTube: 
https://youtu.be/ZP-bjpWo9U8

11/26/21
Do you want a daily reflection for Advent? Check out https://daily.formed.org/ for their “Free Advent Daily Reflections.”

11/19/21
In the video: The “Little Things” Are Actually Most Things, Father Mike Schmitz talks about being faithful in the little things that make up most of life. 
Check it out here: https://youtu.be/GcINf-Ohxe4

11/12/21
Do you want “An Easy Way to Do a Daily Examen” to help keep your spiritual life on track throughout the day? 
Then check out this video: https://youtu.be/FUcoHAqOFRs?t=5

11/5/21
Do you want to learn more about “How to Live "The Little Way" (of St Therese of Lisieux)?”
Here is a video about some of the ways we can do this: https://youtu.be/GD3ksvsw6QE

10/29/21
Do you want to know about "Vatican II in a nutshell?"
Then check out this video: https://youtu.be/BZthcLaNe5Y

10/22/21
Do you want to learn more about how to pray with Scripture?
Here are two videos on a method of praying with Scripture called Lectio Divina:
Lectio Divina - https://youtu.be/JH0dUw0b4Yc?t=9s
How Do You Pray with the Bible? - https://youtu.be/Fthhy59rxWo?t=30s

10/15/21
Have you ever wondered about penance?
Here is a short video: Why Do Penance? - Jimmy Akin - https://youtu.be/0cmckKxwkXM

And an article on the virtue of penance (and much more) - https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/penance#i-the-virtue-of-penance

The article defines penance as the “virtue whereby the sinner is disposed to hatred of his sin as an offense against God and to a firm purpose of amendment and satisfaction”

The Catechism of the Catholic Church talks about interior and exterior penance:
“Interior penance: a conversion of heart toward God and away from sin, which implies the intention to change one’s life because of hope in divine mercy
External acts of penance include fasting, prayer, and almsgiving”

10/8/21
Have you ever wanted to read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church? Would you prefer to have someone read it to you and provide a reflection? If so, Father Neil has a podcast where he does this. To find it, you can go to: https://www.fatherneil.com/

From his website: “The podcast is available on SoundCloud and Spotify, on the Apple Podcast Store as well as in the Google Podcast Store.  It is already available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts (search for "Catechism" and "Neil" and it should appear as one of the options).”

“The catechism is an organized presentation of the essential teachings of the Catholic Church in regards to both faith and morals.”

If this is something you would be interested in meeting to discuss as a group (and you are near Barre, VT), please let me know by filling out this survey: https://forms.gle/8QBVXyJkkjpwrrSx8

For a full view of all the Parish events/news, please visit the weekly bulletin posted on this website.  

11/19/21 - Advent/Christmas Season Newsletter:






11/13/21 -


11/09/21 - Our Prayer Team Ministry generally is available following the 10:00 AM Mass on the 4th Sunday of the month. Because Christmas weekend includes Sunday, December 26, the Team will be ministering on December 19.

We have received “praise reports,” from folks who have had prayers answered through this ministry, so all are encouraged to come for confidential prayer ministry for special intentions, including prayers for healing.


9/9/21 - Are you interested in learning more about Catholicism?

Father Robert will be leading a video discussion on the Catholicism series by Bishop Barron on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month starting at 6:30 PM. The group will watch and then discuss the videos. Attendance is voluntary and no commitment is required. You may go to whichever sessions you are able to go to and seem interesting to you. The discussions will take place in the parish hall (below the church). There is no cost.

The First Dates:

11/22 - 5. The Indispensable Men: Peter, Paul, and the Missionary Adventure

9/8/21 - Chicken Harvest Dinner 10/2 - curbside pick-up only 5:00PM to 6:30PM - St. Monica-St. Michael School, 79 Summer Street, Barre. Reserve tickets by 9/23/21 - 479-0667 or 479-3440. Adults - $14.00 Adult/$6.00 Children (under age 12)

Menu:  Chicken & Biscuits, mashed potatoes, gravy, squash, coleslaw, cranberry sauce, carrot cake.  

7/29/21- Mass Time Change - Aug 2-6 (Mon -Fri) - Monday through Friday next week during Totus Tuus, the daily mass will be at 11:30 am each day.  Thank you to our daily mass community for understanding.

7/12/21 -Such a blessed weekend celebrating Fr. Murphy! Thank you to the The Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court St. Monica for hosting the receptions for Fr Murphy after masses this weekend.  It was wonderful to see many parishioners welcoming him and receiving his blessings.  (Photo - reception after 10:00 am mass Sunday)


Welcome Father Robert Murphy  - Thursday, July 1st, Father Robert will join St. Monica Parish.  Let's give him a warm welcome!  The Catholic Daughters will host a reception after each Mass the weekend of July 10/11 to give parishioners an opportunity to meet him.