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March 19, 2017Third Sunday of Lent
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].
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
Today, Sunday, March 193rd Sunday 5:30 p.m. Mass
Note: No 3rd Sunday 5:30 p.m. Mass on Easter Sunday, April 16.
Do you have a vocation to thepriesthood or religious life?
Pray and ask for God’s guidance.Contact Fr. Victor Ingalls, Archdiocesan Director ofVocations at 251-415-3871 or [email protected] 400 Government St., Mobile, AL 36602.
LentFriday Stations of the Cross – 6:30 p.m.
Friday Evening Mass – 7:00 p.m.Through April 7
Communal Reconciliation ServiceMonday, April 10, 7 p.m.
UNDERSTANDING THE CATHOLIC FAITH
ADULT SERIES OF 5 CLASSES
for Catholic and Non-Catholic Adults
Wednesdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Through April 12
Adult Ed. Room in the Community Center
For information, please contact one of the priests at342-1852 or [email protected].
40 DAYS FOR LIFEJoin fellow parishioners in prayer on the sidewalk at the PlannedParenthood site on Wednesdays, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. To sign up, goto www.40daysforlife.com/mobile, or contact Corpus Christi’s 40 DFLCoordinator, Steve Pierre, [email protected], 251-458-6188,or Mae or Chris Rehm, 251-554-2032, [email protected] of Masses for Life: March 17-25, the Mass Intention for oneof our morning or weekend Masses will be for the Novena for Life.The Mass Intention List is posted on the vestibule bulletin boards.
Bulletin Deadline: Monday at 12 NoonSend announcements to [email protected].
Please support the advertiserson the back of the bulletin
Their ads enable us to have our bulletins printed at no cost to the parish. Ads are purchased through Diocesan Publications. For info contact them at 1-800-292-9111 or www.diocesan.com.
Fish Fry Fridays Through April 7 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Corpus Christi Community Center Banquet Hall
Volunteers needed for: Thursday Prep 1:30-3:00 p.m. Friday Set up 1:30-3:00 p.m. Friday Fish Fry 5:00-8:30 p.m.
To volunteer, contact Susie Veasey at 251-510-5803.For further info, please contact Erin Slabyat 802-5181 or at [email protected]
Partners in Education – RecognitionStudents & teacher recognized at the Mar. 14th School Mass for outstanding
performance in the prior month, and the businesses that recognized them:
Ryleigh Winters, Kindergarten – Professional Estimating ServicesClaire Watson, 4th Grade – Providence Hospital
Jonathon Slaby, 8th Grade – Donaghey OrthodonticsAngela Pitts, Teacher – Assist-2-Sell Realty
To join the Partners in Education group, call School PrincipalMrs. Martin, 342-5474, ext. 1, or Richard March, 401-0466.
Tuesday Women’s Bible Study10-1130 am, Rm 3 (2nd Flr, Com Ctr). Judi Ankiewicz, 533-7882
Tuesday Night Bible Study7-8:30 pm, Parish House (2nd Tues, school library). Dave, 367-6660
Thursday Women’s Bible Study 9:15 am, Com Ctr Conference Rm. Info: [email protected] or776-5850. For Nursery: Cynthia, 767-0532 or [email protected] the Book of David through April 27. New study starts in Sept.
Be Prepared Apologetics SeriesPresented by Patrick J. Arensberg
Director of the Archdiocesan Office of Religious Education
Wed., April 12, 7 to 8 p.m.: “As long as you believe you are doingright, we’re all good, right?” Corpus Christi Community Center,Conference Room (2nd Floor)
Info: http://mobilefaithformation.org/be-prepared-dates.
Jazz Brunch
in the Banquet HallWith Jazz Musicians Performing Live!
2nd Sunday of the Month, Sept. through May
12:00 Noon to 1:30 p.m.Apr. 9 and May 14.
$10.25 for adults. $4.25 for children (Age 12 & under)
CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, MOBILE, ALABAMA MARCH 19, 2017
Widowed Persons’ Support GroupFor information call parishioner Glen Porter at 666-8977.
Wednesday Night Dinner5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Banquet Hall
$9.25 for Adults ! $4.25 for Children (Age 12 & under)
Mar. 22: Chicken Marsala, Classic Lasagna, Sauteed Green Beans,Spinach Risotto, Caesar Salad, Garlic Breadsticks, Tiramisu. IcedTea, Lemonade, Coffee. Kids Meal (by request): Chicken Tenders & Fries.
Must RSVP no later than TUESDAY EVENINGReturn an RSVP Card, or call 342-1852 or email
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUSNext K of C Meeting: 2nd Tues., April 11, 7 p.m., Parish HouseContact: Grand Knight, Cosmo Comiskey, 508-0547.
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 MaryWednesdays, 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.
Senior Cass of 2019 Make-up Confirmation Retreat:Sunday, Mar. 19: 10:30-300 p.m. at Little Flower Church.
Info: at [email protected] or 342-5474, ext. 7.
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.
REST IN PEACEElizabeth Clair “Betty” Richardson
Josephine G. “Jo” Shirey
Around the Archdiocese: Providence Hospital Auxiliary
Fundraisers, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., March 30-31, Meggie B’s (home décor)in Main Lobby. St. Elias Maronite Church Lebanese Food andCultural Festival, April 21-22, 836 8th St. S., Birmingham.. Info:www.stelias.org, 205-252-3867.
FIRST COLLECTION TODAY: Tithing Offerings.SECOND COLLECTION TODAY: Corpus Christi Building Fund.
Collection totals will be posted 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 theparish office at 342-1852 or at [email protected].
To set up Online Giving: Please go
to www.CorpusChristiParish.com; click “Church”; thenclick the green Online Giving icon on the left side of thechurch’s homepage. Follow the instructions to contributeto tithing or building fund or school annual fund or otherspecial collections. For assistance, call 1-800-348-2886, ext 4, or parish office, 342-1852.
2016 Annual Financial Report
Income Regular Collections $ 1,441,980.10 Building Fund Collections 127,124.01Miscellaneous 100.80Insurance Recoveries 11,789.40 Transferred from Savings 50,000.00TOTAL INCOME $ 1,630,994.31
ExpensesBuildings & Grounds $ 195,493.97 Priests Residence 19,970.76 Personnel Expenses 191,492.15 Parish Administration 64,362.34 Education Ministry 543,665.92Charitable Ministry 5,198.50 Archdiocesan Expenses 120,230.79 Debt Service 448,754.76TOTAL EXPENSES $ 1,589,169.19
Receipts over Expenses $ 41,825.12
LENT: Season of Love
A person is great not by the ferocity of his
hatred of evil, but by the intensity of his love forGod. Asceticism and mortification are not theends of a Christian life: they are only the means. The end is charity. Penance merely makes anopening in our ego in which the Light of God canpour. As we deflate ourselves, God fills us. Andit is God’s arrival that is the important event.
Lent Is Not A Time of Sadness“Father, each year you give us this
J O Y F U L S E A S O Nwhen we prepare to celebrate the paschal mystery
with mind and heart renewed.”Preface of Lent I
In common opinion, the Season of Lent runs the risk of being marked bysadness, by the darkness of life. Instead, it is a precious gift of God. It is an intense time full of meaning in thejourney of the Church. It is the itinerary to the Lord’s Easter. Lent is about putting into practice an attitude of genuine conversion to God – of return to him – recognizinghis holiness, his power, his majesty. And this conversion is possible because God is rich in mercy and great inlove. Lent is a journey of forty days where we can experience in an effective way the merciful love of God.
Pope Benedict XVI on Ash Wednesday 2012
Forty Days of Lent?Q. Lent, the period of prayer and fasting in preparation for Easter, is 40 days long,but there are 46 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter. How can that be?
A. The answer takes us back to the earliest days of the Church. In Judaism the Sabbathis Saturday, the seventh day of the week, and designated as a day of rest and worship,and the first of the two accounts of the creation says that God rested on the seventh day. Jesus rose from the dead on a Sunday, the first day of the week, and the apostles andearly Christians saw Christ’s resurrection as a new creation. Sundays then became days
to celebrate Christ’s resurrection. Sunday became the “Sabbath” day for those who followed Christ, and no fasting orpenance was done on Sundays. When the Church established a 40-day Lenten period of penance and prayer in preparation for Easter to mirror Christ’sfasting in the desert before he began his public ministry, Sundays could not be included in the count because Sunday wasthe day of the Resurrection. Thus, in order to include 40 days on which penance could occur, the period had to beexpanded to six full weeks (with six days of penance in each week) plus four extra days – Ash Wednesday and theThursday, Friday, and Saturday that follow it. Six times six is thirty-six, plus four equals forty — the 40 days of Lent!
Are Sundays Part of Lent?Q. Last year my Catholic co-workers and I disagreed over whether Sundays are considered part of Lent. Each year I giveup sweets for Lent, but I have always understood that I could eat them on Sundays during Lent. I would like to know if Iam correct on this issue.
A. Technically, Sundays are not part of Lent. Although we celebrate them liturgically as part of Lent, the Lord’s Daycannot be a day of penance, fast or abstinence. Six weeks of Monday through Saturday give you 36 days. If you add tothem Ash Wednesday and the three days after it, you get the 40 days of Lent. Some people may find it easier or preferable to “give up” something for the entire period between Ash Wednesday andEaster, but you are correct in saying that Sundays are not part of the 40 days.
Ask A Franciscan, St. Anthony Messenger
Was the relaxing of Eucharisticfast regulations an innovation ofVatican Council II?
No. The change in Eucharistic fast regulations was rather
an innovation born of World War II. For centuries theChurch required Catholics in good health to fast frommidnight in order to receive Communion on any givenday. The fast included water, along with all foods andother liquids, and there were no exceptions, not even fora small sip of water taken while half-asleep in the middleof the night. Any intake of whatever kind broke the fast,and one could not receive Communion that day.
The Eucharistic fast was formally enacted into universalChurch law with the Council of Constance in 1414-1418. Before that, local councils had regulated the length andextent of the fast. Now the rule was to abstain from allfood and liquids, including water, from the previousmidnight, until after Mass.
The regulation was changed by
Pope Pius XII (1938-1958) toaccommodate the requests ofmilitary chaplains so that theycould celebrate Mass at anyhour for the welfare of thetroops. But the privilege wasstrictly a military one. Changefor the faithful generally didnot come until Pius XIIapproved evening Mass on holy
days of obligation (that was in 1953), and later when heextended the holy day evening Mass exception to FirstFridays and occasions of religious solemnity (1957).
For ordinary people in the pew, changes in the Eucharisticfast came in two steps. First, there was the apostolicconstitution of January 16, 1953, Christus Dominus,declaring that water did not break the Eucharistic fast —though one still had to fast from food and other liquidsfrom midnight in order to receive Communion. Exceptions were provided for travelers and those engagedin energy-sapping work; they could take liquids (alcoholexcepted) up to one hour before Mass and Communion.
Those relaxations led to Sacrum communionem, Pius XII”smoto proprio of March 19, 1957, which reduced theEucharistic fast to three hours from solid food and onehour from liquids, alcohol again excepted; a three-hourfast was required from alcohol.
In 1964 Pope Paul VI (1963-1978) in turn reduced the
Eucharistic-fast time frame to one hour from solid foodand liquids. That regulation is in place today.
Of course, in apostolic timesand for the early Christians,there was no such thing as aEucharistic fast. The Eucharistwas celebrated in the contextof a meal. Strict Eucharisticfasts developed centuries later.The gradual reducing of thefasts can be seen as leading upto the time when the fathers ofthe 2nd Vatican Council (1962-1965) directed that the Mass be restored "to the ancientusage of the holy Fathers." Most material from Facts, Myths and Maybes by John Deedy
Pope Francis recalled how
“Pope Pius XII freed us fromthe very heavy cross that wasthe Eucharistic fast.“Some of you mightremember. You couldn’t evendrink a drop of water (aftermidnight). And to brush yourteeth, it had to be done in sucha way that you didn’t swallowthe water. I myself as a young
boy went to confession for having received Communionbecause I thought a drop of water had been swallowed!
“When Pius XII changed the discipline, some said, ‘Ah!Heresy! He changed the discipline of the Church!’ Somany Pharisees were scandalized! But Pius XII had actedlike Jesus: He saw the need of the people — saw the needof priests who said three Masses, the last one at 1 p.m. —after having fasted from water and food since midnight.”
The Church’s faithful are not those who cling to accidental elements that were valid in the past but are now outdated.
St. John Paul II Mexico, 1997
