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May 21, 2017Sixth Sunday of Easter
CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH6300 McKenna Drive, Mobile, Alabama 36608
Email: [email protected] ! Website: www.CorpusChristiParish.com
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Parish Office: 342-1852 • Fax 342-6313School Office: 342-5474, ext. 1 • Fax 380-0325Rel. Ed. Office: 342-5474, ext. 7 • Fax 380-0325Full-Day Care: 342-2424 • Fax 343-3119Youth Ministry: 342-1852 • Fax 342-6313
PARISH OFFICE HOURSMonday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
PASTORAL STAFF
Very Reverend James F. Zoghby, V.F.Reverend John S. BoudreauxDeacon Arthur W. RobbinsMrs. Kristy F. Martin, School PrincipalMrs. Diane M. Stoyka, Parish Catechetical LeaderMrs. Judi B. Ankiewicz, R.C.I.A. CoordinatorMr. Peter J. Stoyka, Youth Ministry DirectorMr. Thomas C. McKee, Gym Manager
TO REGISTER AS A MEMBER OF THE PARISH
Please fill out a Census Form. Census Forms areavailable in the church vestibule and parish office.
COMMUNITY CENTER RENTALS & SERVICES
For rental information and kitchen services, please callthe parish office at 342-1852 or 342-1420.
SUNDAY MASSES
Vigil: 5:30 p.m. SaturdayMorning: 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.
WEEKDAY MASSES
6:30 a.m.: Monday through Friday8:15 a.m.: Monday through Saturday
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Saturday: 5:00 p.m. and by request, particularlyafter the 6:30 & 8:15 a.m. weekday Masses.
BAPTISM, MARRIAGE, ANOINTING OF SICK
Please call the parish office (342-1852) or informationand scheduling baptism, marriage, anointing of sick.
ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (R.C.I.A.)
Please see published schedule for specific dates andtimes, or call the parish office (342-1852).
SUNDAY SCHOOL (C.C.D.) Grades K–12, Sundaysduring school year, 10:05-10:55 a.m. in school bldgs.
SCHOOL, SACS-accredited for Grades PreK3 through 8.To register, or to obtain further information or toarrange for a personal tour of our school, please call theschool office, 342-5474, ext. 1, or send an email [email protected].
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Corpus Christi’s 2017
Wedding Anniversary Celebration
Celebrating Wedding Anniversariesin 5-year increments from 5 years to 50 years
and every single year after 50.
Congratulations to all
Wedding Anniversary Couplesrenewing their Wedding Vows
at this weekend’s 5:30 pm. Vigil Mass
All parishioners and visitors are cordially invited to theReception in the Banquet Hall after Mass.
VBS 2017Maker Fun Factory
Created by God, made for a purpose!
Monday-Friday, June 19-23, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noonGrades K-8
Registration fee is $35 per childRegistration fee includes VBS supplies, snacks and take-home crafts! VBS T-Shirt is $10 per student, Grades K–12.VBS CD is $10 (optional).
Middle School students (Grades 6–8) are needed to lead crews.High School students (Grades 9–12) are needed to assist teachersin the classrooms. Please consider donating your time and talents! High School: Please list your top 3 choices in the comments sectionon your Registration Form: The categories to help out with areGames, Drama, Snacks, Cinema, Crafts, Dancing/Singing, Skits!
Registration instructions will be available every Sunday during themonth of May after the 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Masses at a designatedtable in the atrium. Mrs. Diane Stoyka and Mr. Peter Stoyka will besigning up children and teens through an online registration format.
Raffle Baskets to support VBS 2017! One more basket to be raffledoff in the atrium: Tickets are $1 or six tickets for $5.
Also at the VBS table is a list of items needed for Vacation BibleSchool. Do you have these items around the house, or would you liketo make a donation? Please consider donating what you can!
Please contact Diane or Peter Stoyka if you have any questions aboutVBS 2017. Religious Education Office: 342-5474, ext. 7.Diane Stoyka: [email protected] Stoyka: [email protected].
Jazz Brunch in the Banquet Hall
2nd Sunday of the Month
(Every month except June, July, August)
Will resume in September!
SUNDAY SCHOOLLast Day of Classes: 10:05-10:55 a.m. in the school bldgs. SundaySchool participants at 9 a.m. Mass are dismissed with final blessing.
Info: [email protected] or 342-5474, ext. 7.
Tuesday Women’s Bible StudyResumes in September with the Book of Exodus
10-1130 am, Rm 3 (2nd Flr, Com Ctr). Judi Ankiewicz, 344-0321
Tuesday Night Bible StudyThe Bible Timeline, a Catholic study with a series of 24 videos. Info: Dave Burchette, 251-367-6660 or [email protected].
Thursday Women’s Bible Study9:15 am, Com Ctr Conference Rm. Info: [email protected] or776-5850. For Nursery: Cynthia, 767-0532 or [email protected].
New study starts in September
Resumes August 23.
Wednesday Night Dinner5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Banquet Hall
May 24: No Wednesday Night Dinner. [Summer Break]
Corpus Christi Booster Club
Fall Sports RegistrationFootball, Soccer, Volleyball, and Cheerleading
For students attending our parish school or CCD classes.Football, Soccer, Cheerleading are open to 2nd–8th Graders .
Volleyball is open to 5th–8th GradersOnline registration only at www.ccsboosterclub.com.
Registration closes Wednesday, May 31. No exceptions.
Please contact Sport Directors with any questions:
R.J. Gonzales, [email protected] Declan Youkey/Tony Nelson, [email protected] Lisa Hickman/John Norton, [email protected] Keyna Vialpando/Kelly O’Brien, [email protected]
Go Cougars!
CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, MOBILE, ALABAMA MAY 21, 2017
College Students in Mobile area for the summerJoin fellow college students at the Catholic Student Center at theUniversity of South Alabama (6051 Old Shell Road) for some foodand fellowship. Every Monday night (beginning June 5), we will haveConfessions (5:30-5:50pm), 6 p.m. Mass, followed by dinner andsome fun activity! Questions? Please call Fr. Dean, (251) 343-3662.
The Archdiocese of Mobile
One Faith One Family ConferenceAugust 18-19 at the Daphne Civic Center
Tickets on sale now. Visit mobarchconferences.org for info, orspeak with Sean & Cynthia Wentworth or Vinnie & DeeDee Picicci.Tickets include supper on Friday evening, and are $75 for a familyor $45 for individuals, with a $5 discount for early-bird registrations.
Widowed Persons’ Support GroupFor information call parishioner Glen Porter at 666-8977.
Society of St. Vincent de PaulPoor Box, Food, Clothing donations and “In-Need” Drop Box at theSVDP table in the vestibule. Join the Society of St. Vincent de Paulby attending a meeting on the 1st & 3rd Wed., 6:30 p.m., Community
Ctr.. Conf. Rm. To seek help, call 243-4061; leave name & phone no.
Men of St. JosephTuesdays, 7 to 8 a.m. in the Family Room
Also Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m. in the Parish HouseAll men are welcome to meet for prayer, reading the Gospel, and discussion.
Info: Damian Bell, 639-2522 or 367-4486 or [email protected] Evening Info: Walter Bracewell, 599-1650 or [email protected]
Women of MaryAfter this week, weekly meetings will resume Aug. 23.
Wednesdays, 7 to 8 p.m. Room 3 (2nd Floor, Community Center)All women are welcome to meet for prayer, reading the Gospel, and discussion.
Info: Sr. Deborah Kennedy, R.S.M., 753-4872.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUSNext K of C Meeting: 2nd Tues., June 13, 7 p.m., Parish HouseContact: Grand Knight, Cosmo Comiskey, 508-0547.
AA — Alanon — OA — CODAAA: Sun., 7 p.m., and Wed., 7 p.m., Cougar Den.
Alanon: Sun., 7 p.m., and Wed., 7 p.m., Arts & Sciences Bldg.OA: Sat., 9 a.m., Arts & Sciences Bldg.
CODA: Tues., 6:45 p.m., Arts & Sciences Bldg.
Welcome New ParishionersLiz O’Gorman
BAPTIZED IN CHRISTThomas Francis DeAndrade
.(son of Kevin Blase DeAndrade & Ashley Anne Green DeAndrade)
Cayden Lane Fitzgerald(son of Rowdy Chance Fitzgerald & Lori Venice Worring Anderson)
Jack William O’Brien(son of John Michael O’Brien & Heather Ann Dunning O’Brien)
All are invited to the Ordination of Gilbert Thomas Pierre
to the Sacred Order of DeaconSaturday, June 3, 10:00 a.m.
at the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conceptionand
Sunday, June 4,here at Corpus Christi Church
newly-ordained Deacon Gilbert Pierrewill serve as Deacon of the Mass
for the first timeat our 11:00 a.m. Mass
A reception will follow in the Banquet Hall.
Around the Archdiocese: St. Vincent de Paul Parish’s
Spring Festival, Sun., May 21, 11am-4pm. BBQ, gumbo, hamburgers,soft drinks, sno cones, cakes. Dunking booth with Fr. Stephen Vrazel!Entertainment, games, face painting, arts&crafts, train, silent auction,Country Store, etc. Providence Hospital Auxiliary Fundraisers: DeepSouth Jewelry, $12 Jewelry, 8am to 4 pm, June 7-9, Hospital Lobby. Flea Market to benefit Providence Senior Center, Friday, June 9,8am-2pm at Providence Hospital DePaul Center. Spring Hill CollegeSummer Institute of Christian Spirituality, a unique blend of academicchallenge and spiritual enrichment, specifically designed for adultsseeking to deepen their faith. The curriculum is made up of one-creditcourses offered in one-week sessions from June 5-16. Courses may betaken for college credit or on an “easy-listening” basis (no requiredassignments, no grade, no transcript record kept).For course descriptions& registration forms, go to shc.edu/sics or call 251-380-4458.
FIRST COLLECTION TODAY: Tithing Offerings.
SECOND COLLECTION TODAY: Corpus Christi Building Fund.
MAY 7TH BUILDING FUND ONLINE & COLLECTION: $4,718.50MAY 7TH TITHING ONLINE & COLLECTION: $28,796.45
MAY 14TH COLLECTION TOTALS WILL BE IN NEXT BULLETIN.
Thank You and God Bless YouReceive a detail listing of your contributions
by mail, email or fax at any time:Call 342-1852 or email [email protected]. God blessall for tithing, contributions, bequests, remembrances in wills insupport of God’s work here at Corpus Christi Parish. To make adonation of stock, ask your financial manager, or call Selena Hemphillat Morgan Stanley at 470-1084 or 800-624-7814.
To receive Offering Envelopes: Please contact the
parish office at 342-1852 or at [email protected].
To set up Online Giving: Please go to
www.CorpusChristiParish.com; click “Church”; then click the greenOnline Giving icon on the left side of the church’s homepage. Followthe instructions to contribute to tithing or building fund or schoolannual fund or other special collections. For assistance, call 1-800-348-2886, ext 4, or the parish office, 342-1852.
“Respect that Table . . . Not only arrows andjavelins cause wounds.”Respect that Table in which we all participate. After participating in such a Table, andcommuning such Food, why take up arms againstone another? Not only arrows and javelins causewounds. Certain words can inflict more profoundwounds. A word pronounced against your brotheris poison shot from your mouth. If your neighborharmed you, ask God to show mercy to him. Heis your brother, a member of Christ’s body. He iscalled to one and the same Table with you. St. John Chrsysostom
If you can’t say somethinggood about someone...Q. When does an injury to another person by true
gossip become sinful? If the information is true and hastaken place, where is the injury or sin?
A. To deliberately harm another person’s reputation
by needlessly passing on some private informationabout that person can be what is called the sin ofdetraction. And to pass on something that we know isnot true, that is called the sin of calumny or slander. Ofcourse, there are times when there is good reason or anobligation to tell another’s faults — for example, if an
individual is known to be a danger to others; it may benecessary to warn others, and even to report such aperson to the appropriate authorities. It is wrong though to imagine that, just because astory about another is true, one is at liberty to spread itaround. A person’s good name is among his mostprecious possessions, and there is no justification fortarnishing that good name. A person’s faults are amatter between himself and God. The rest of us shouldkeep our noses out. Scripture has many condemning words for gossips. In Psalm 101, God doesn’t mince words: “Whoeverslanders another in secret I reduce to silence.” (Ps 101.5)
St. Paul recognized the poisonous effect of this kindof conversation. He found himself forced to warnagainst it frequently. His advice in the letter to Titus isstill valid: “They (Christians) are to slander no one, tobe peaceable, considerate, exercising all graciousnesstoward everyone” (Ti 3:2). As the old saying goes, if you can’t say somethinggood about someone, it is generally best to keep quiet.
From Catholic Q & A by Fr. John Dietzen
Meddlesome tongues...Cursed be gossips and the double-tongued, for theydestroy the peace of many.A meddlesome tongue subverts many... it destroyswalled cities, and overthrows powerful dynasties.A blow from a whip raises a welt, but a blow from thetongue smashes bones.Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not asmany as by the tongue. Sirach, Chapter 28
Pope Francis on GOSSIP:
“It happens to everyone, including me.”Christians need to recover the value of meekness, particularlywhen they are tempted to speak ill of one another or gossip abouteach other. The virtue of meekness is a key to harmony. Butmeekness has many enemies, and the first is gossip. Whenone prefers gossiping, gossiping about another, it’s likeclobbering another. This is normal, it happens to everyone,including me.
If something must be said about someone, it should be said to the person who could remedy the situation — notthe whole neighborhood. If, with the grace of the Spirit, we were able to stop gossiping, it would be a huge stepforward, and it would do everyone good. If one notices a defect in another, our response should be to praythat God will help him or her. St. James, in his letter, said the tongue is to be used to praise God, but when weuse our tongue to speak ill of our brother or sister, we are using it to kill God – the image of God in our brother.
Some may say that there are persons who deserve being gossiped about. But it is not so. Go and pray for him! Go and do penance for her! And then, if it is necessary, speak to someone who may be able to seek remedy forthe problem. But don’t tell everyone! We ask for grace so that we and the entire Church may convert from thecrime of gossip to love, to humility, to meekness, to docility, to the generosity of love towards our neighbor.
