CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH

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1 April 22, 2018 Fourth Sunday of Easter CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH 6300 McKenna Drive, Mobile, Alabama Website: TELEPHONE NUMBERS Parish Office: Fax School Office: , ext. 1 Fax Rel. Ed. Office: , ext. 7 Fax Full-Day Care: Fax Youth Ministry: Fax PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PASTORAL STAFF Very Reverend James F. Zoghby, V.F. Reverend John S. Boudreaux Deacon Arthur W. Robbins Mrs. Kristy F. Martin, School Principal Mrs. Diane M. Stoyka, Parish Catechetical Leader Mrs. Judi B. Ankiewicz, R.C.I.A. Coordinator Mr. Peter J. Stoyka, Youth Ministry Director TO REGISTER AS A MEMBER OF THE PARISH Please fill out a Census Form. Census Forms are available in the church vestibule and parish office. COMMUNITY CENTER RENTALS & SERVICES For rental information and kitchen services, please call the parish office at or SUNDAY MASSES Vigil: 5:30 p.m. Saturday Morning: 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. WEEKDAY MASSES 6:30 a.m.: Monday through Friday 8:15 a.m.: Monday through Saturday SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: 5:00 p.m. and by request, particularly after the 6:30 & 8:15 a.m. weekday Masses. BAPTISM, MARRIAGE, ANOINTING OF SICK Please call the parish office ( ) for information and scheduling baptism, marriage, anointing of sick. ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (R.C.I.A.) Please see published schedule for specific dates and times, or call the parish office ( ). SUNDAY SCHOOL (C.C.D.) Grades K 12, Sundays during 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 to arrange for a personal tour of our school, please call the school office, , ext. 1, or send an to kmartin@corpuschristiparish.com.

2 FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Please support the advertisers on 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 or Now! Saturday, April 21. 5:30 p.m. Corpus Christi Banquet Hall KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Congratulations! to all of our First Communicants Butts, Burgers & Bingo for Bleachers Proceeds go to the School Bleachers Project! Smoked Pulled Pork, Burgers, and Hot Dogs for kids Plates $8 Adults / Kids hotdog plates $5. and Thanks! To all who helped with the celebration of the CHILDREN S FIRST EUCHARIST KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Next Meeting: 4th Mon., April 23, 7 p.m., The Parish House. Info: Chad Pugh, Grand Knight, or chad.pugh34@gmail.com. Widowed Persons Support Group Wedding Anniversary Celebration Saturday, May 19, at the 5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass Forms are in the vestibule for couples who, during this year of 2018, have or will have been married for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or 51, 52, 53, etc. years. Those who wish to participate must complete the form. Their names will be included in the program. They will be called to the altar area for the renewal of their wedding vows. Visitors, friends & parishioners are invited to join all of the anniversary couples at the reception in the banquet hall. Forms will be due by Monday, May 14. For information call parishioner Glen Porter at Tuesday Night Bible Study Meetings are at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Parish House. Info: Dave Burchette, or davebur1955@gmail.com. Tuesday Women s Bible Study 10: a.m., Room 3 (2nd Flr, Community Center). Info: Judi Ankiewicz, : Leave name & no. Thursday Women s Bible Study 9:15-10:45 a.m..,com Ctr Conference Rm. Info:Joanne Donaghey, or joannekd@alo.com. Nursery is available. Jazz Brunch in the Banquet Hall With Jazz Musicians Performing Live! 2 nd Sunday of the Month (Every month except June, July, August) Buffet Served from 12 Noon to 1:30 p.m. $10.25 for Adults! $4.25 for Children (Age 12 & under) Society of St. Vincent de Paul Poor Box, Food, Clothing donations and In-Need Drop Box at the SVDP table in the vestibule. Join the Society of St. Vincent de Paul by attending a meeting on the 1st & 3rd Mon. of the month, 6:30 p.m.,parish House. To seek help, call AA Alanon OA CODA Wednesday Night Dinner 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Banquet Hall $9.25 for Adults! $4.25 for Children (Age 12 & under) April 25: Fried Pork Chops, Blackened Fish w/lemon Butter Crawfish Sauce, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Turnip Greens, Steamed Broccoli, Cornbread, Banana Foster Over Vanilla Ice Cream. Iced Tea, Lemonade, Coffee. (Kids Option: Chicken Tenders/Fries) Must RSVP no later than TUESDAY EVENING Return an RSVP Card, or call or WedNightDinner@CorpusChristiParish.com AA: 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. BAPTIZED IN CHRIST Dakarai Kashief Smith (son of Ron Kashief Smith & Jada DonRita Dukes Smith) REST IN PEACE Anthony Michael Guarino

3 CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, MOBILE, ALABAMA APRIL 22, 2018 Vacation Bible School June :30 a.m. to 12 noon Venture onto an uncharted island where kids survive and thrive. Anchor kids in the truth that Jesus carries them through life s storms. Each day at Shipwrecked VBS, kids travel through faith-building rotations that reinforce relevant Bible Points and immerse kids in new adventures. Online Registration! To register, visit vbspro.events/p/corpuschristi Fees: Participant Registration Fees Kindergarten through 5 th Grade $45 Crew Leaders (Middle School) $45 Assistant Station Leaders (High School) $45 Participant Registration Fees include T-Shirt, snacks for the week, Kona Ice and VBS activities & materials. Middle & High School students also receive a VBS Shipwrecked bandana. Volunteer Registration Fee Adult Station Leaders (high school graduates & up) $10, includes T-Shirt. Please make checks out to Corpus Christi Church. Please drop off checks with your child s name to the parish office. To pre-order tickets, fill out form below and return it along with payment to the school or church office by Friday, April 27. Pre-ordered tickets cam be picked up at the school or church office, or sent home through your child s daily folder. Tickets also can be purchased at the door by cash, check or credit card on the day of the event for an additional fee of $5. Make checks payable to CCS PTO. We will contact you for payment if you choose to pay with credit card. Name: Child s Home Room: Phone No. $35 x No. of Guests = Total Amount Due: Who wants to be an Altar Server? 3 rd thru 8 th Graders attend either training. Trainings: Wed., May 2, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. and/or Sat., May 5, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Meet in the church. Questions? Contact Mike Martin, Director of Altar Servers at Cash Check Check No.: Pay with Credit Card: I will pick up my tickets from the School Office Church office Send my tickets home with my child

4 CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, MOBILE, ALABAMA APRIL 22, 2018 Around the Archdiocese: Our Lady of Lourdes Annual Lawn Party, April 29, Noon until 4 p.m. Food Court, Prizes Plant Sale, Split-the-Pot, Kids World, Vintage Car Show, Ring Toss, Book Store, Tub of Cheer, Handmade Crafts, etc Boykin Blvd. All Catholic ladies are welcome to attend the ACCW Mobile Deanery Spring Quarterly Meeting, Wed., May 9, at 9:15 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church. Mass at 11 a.m., followed by lunch. Lunch cost, $13 per person. Make reservations by Monday, May 7, with Carlee Russell, or carlee.4ussell@icloud.com, or with Shirley Alexander, or Shirley.alexander1@gmail.com. For further information, call Fannie Burden, President, at Living Well Alabama offering a free 6-week health education program for caregivers and for people with chronic health conditions who wish to practice healthier lifestyle choices and learn tools to help manage symptons.: You must register to attend the free workshop which will be held at Corpus Christi Community Center, 9:00-11:30 a.m. on Fridays, May 4, 11, 18, 25, and June 1 & 8. To register, call Peggy Gomez at , or Silvia Vaca Diez, South Alabama Regional Planning Commission s Area Agency on Aging. Pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Fr. Mike Austin and Fr. Michael Vu: 10 days, Jan , 2019, visiting Haifa, Tiberias, Nazareth, Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the Shepherd s field, cross over the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum, the Mount of Beatitudes, the site of the Sermon on the Mount, Tabgha, the site of the Miracle of the Loaves & Fishes, Mount Tabor, traditional site of hte Transfiguration, walk where Jesus walked in Jerusalem. $4199 per person based on two in a room. Includes a round trip from New Orleans, Land, Hotels, most meals. Contact Paula at Pilgrimagetotheholyland@gmail.com or at A Majestic Scandinavia Experience with Fr. Louis Lohan: 10 days, Sept , visiting Norway and Sweden, including a train ride on the Flam Railway and Fjord Cruise on the Naeroyfjord & the Aurlandsfjord, a Funicular Trip to Mount Floyen, the Resistance Museum and Viking Ship Museum, Drottingham Palace. Includes round-trip flight from Gulfport MS, Land, Hotels, all breakfasts & most dinners. Contact Paula at Pilgrimagetotheholyland@gmail.com or at Plant Sale to benefit St. Mary s Home, Sat., April 28, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m Moffett Rd. Raffle of Handmade Quilt, Garden Angel, $100 gift card for Carrabba s restaurant. Tickets & Info: St. Vincent de Paul Spring Festival, Sunday, May 20, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Silent Auction, Dinners, Games, Cash Prizes, etc. (More info to follow.) FIRST COLLECTION TODAY: Tithing Offerings. SECOND COLLECTION TODAY: Corpus Christi Building Fund. CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE AND AFRICA FINAL: $1, HOLY LAND & ONLINE COLLECTION FINAL: $1, LENTEN RICE BOWL DONATIONS FINAL: $1, APR. 8 TH BUILDING FUND ONLINE & COLLECTION: $4, APR. 8 TH TITHING ONLINE & COLLECTION: $26, Thank You and God Bless You God bless all for tithing, contributions, bequests, remembrances in wills in support of God s work here at Corpus Christi Parish. To make a donation of stock, ask your financial manager, or call Selena Hemphill at Morgan Stanley at or Receive a detail list of your contributions by mail, or fax. Call or Church@CorpusChristiParish.com To receive Offering Envelopes: Please contact the parish office at or at Church@CorpusChristiParish.com. To set up Online Giving: Please go to click Church ; then click the green Online Giving icon on the left side of the church s homepage. Follow the instructions to contribute to tithing or building fund or school annual fund or other special collections. For assistance, call , ext 1, or the parish office, The Lord is my Shepherd. My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this, you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore I will trust you always, though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone. Thomas Merton, O merciful God, fill our hearts with the grace of your Holy Spirit: with love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, humility and selfcontrol. Teach us to love those who hate us; to pray for those who despitefully use us; that we may be children of your love, our Father, you who make the sun to rise on the evil and the good. And sends rain on the just and on the unjust. In adversity grant us grace to be patient; in prosperity keep us humble; may we guard the door of our lips; may we lightly esteem the pleasures of this world, and thirst after heavenly things. St. Anselm, c I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. St. Francis of Assisi,

5 Be compassionate, as your heavenly Father is compassionate. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Luke 6:36-37 God s justice is HIS MERCY. His mercy endures forever.

6 God Is Good For You! Many studies have shown that people of faith who regularly attend services tend to be happier and healthier than those who don t. Back in the 1990s a study by psychiatrist David Larson found that: Regular church attenders live longer, have fewer heart attacks and a lower incidence of arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure and hypertension. Religious people are less likely to abuse alcohol and are far less likely to use illicit drugs. Prison inmates who make a religious commitment are less likely than their counterparts to return to jail. Marital satisfaction and overall well-being tend to increase with church attendance. Blessed be the Lord, my Rock, my refuge and my fortress, my stronghold, my deliverer, my shield, in whom I trust. Psalm 144 According to a study published in December, 2010, in the journal, American Sociological Review, religious people were more satisfied than nonreligious people. According to the data, about 28 percent of people who attended a religious service weekly were extremely satisfied with their lives, compared with 19.6 of people who never attended services. Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy! Fill us at daybreak with your kindness, that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days. And may the gracious care of the Lord our God be ours! Psalm 90 In 2010, the Pew Research Center released a study which found that people who attend religious services weekly or more are happier (43% very happy) than those who attend monthly or less (31%); or seldom (26%). This correlation between happiness and frequency of church attendance has been a consistent finding of the Research Center s General Social Surveys taken over the years. The same pattern applies within all major religious denominations. For example, 38% of all Catholics who attend church weekly or more report being very happy, while just 28% of Catholics who attend church less often say they are very happy. Only in God is my soul at rest, for from him comes my hope. He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be disturbed. Psa lm 62 According to an article in Time magazine in 2009, A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that faith may indeed bring us health. People who attend religious services do have a lower risk of dying in any one year than people who don t attend. People who believe in a loving God fare better after a diagnosis of illness than people who believe in a punishing God. No less a killer than AIDS will back off at least a bit when it s hit with a double-barreled blast of belief. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness. The Lord is good to all and compassionate toward all his works. Psa lm 145 Social demographer Robert Hummer of the University of Texas has found that those who never attend religious services have twice the risk of dying over the next 8 years as people who attend once a week. People who fall somewhere between no churchgoing and weekly churchgoing also fall somewhere between in terms of mortality. Happy the people the Lord has chosen to be his own! Our soul waits for the Lord, who is our help and our shield, for in him our hearts rejoice; in his holy name we trust. Psa lm 33

7 God Is Good For You! Studies Find Less Depression Among Weekly Churchgoers Past studies have shown that those who attend religious services at least weekly tend to live longer and healthier lives. More recent research indicates that frequent churchgoers also face those additional years with more optimism and greater social support than other people. A study involving nearly 100,000 postmenopausal women showed that those who reported weekly attendance at religious services were 56 percent more likely to be above the median in terms of their optimism level. They were also significantly less likely to be depressed or to be characterized by cynical hostility. The more recent study was funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Catholic News Service I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with all my heart. In the presence of the angels I will sing your praise. Psalm 138 Neal Krause, a sociologist and public-health expert at the University of Michigan found that parishioners naturally benefit when they receive social support from their church. But he also found that those people who give help fare even better than those who receive it. Out of love, place yourselves at the service of one another. The whole law has found its fulfillment in this one saying: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Gal 5:13b-14 Krause also found that people who maintain a sense of gratitude for what s going right in their lives have a reduced incidence of depression. In another study, he found that people who believe their lives have meaning live longer than people who don t. A 30-year study by Cornell University sociologist Phyllis Moen showed that women who volunteered in churches, civic groups and schools reported good health and high self-esteem. They described their lives as meaningful, and their outlook was more optimistic than most of their peers. It seems that people who volunteer at least two hours a week show significant reductions in their stress levels. Once they see how much better off they have it than the people they help, they lose their self-pity. All this I tell you that my joy may be yours and that your joy may be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. John 15:11-12 Sing joyfully to the Lord, serve the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful song. Know that the Lord is God, he made us, his we are, his people, the flock he tends. The Lord is good, the Lord, whose kindness endures forever, and his faithfulness, to all generations. Psalm 100