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The Diocese of Burlington will celebrate World Marriage Day 2025 with Bishop John McDermott, celebrating Mass Sunday, February 16, at 10:00 AM at Holy Cross Church in Colchester. Those celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2025 (5, 10,15, 20… 50, 51 or more are invited to register by contacting Nicole Hamilton at the Diocese at 802-658-6110,Ext. 1131 or [email protected]. Please provide the couple’s names, anniversary date (month, day and year) and current parish. The deadline to register is Friday, January 24.

Please come down to the parish hall after the 10:00 AM Mass for our free Coffee Hour.

At the end of Mass each day, St. Francis students will give a short talk on the importance of clean drinking water and be hosts at a bake sale to raise funds for Healing Water International (Healingwaters.org), a Christian organization that has helped 417 communities in Third World countries. Please stay for the presentation and consider buying baked goods from the sale to support this project.

The daily Mass on Martin Luther King Day will be at 9:00 AM in the chapel. There will be no Confessions at 11:30 AM. The parish office and Joseph's House are closed.

This period is called “ordinary” because the weeks are numbered in order – 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. The priest’s vestments are green. After the Baptism of the Lord, our church’s Christmas decorations come down but Ordinary Time, however, is not at all plain and simple. On the contrary, week after week, we see all facets of Christ’s life, a change from celebrating and delving into one aspect, His Nativity. What could be ordinary about exploring the full sweep of Christ’s works and teachings? The green of Ordinary Time, like the green of nature, also encourages us to grow and mature in our faith, and as the color of hope, to anticipate the gifts of God’s kingdom. We use daily Mass readings for Year I in 2025, and Year C for Sundays, when we read mostly St. Luke's Gospels.