July 8, 2018 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Corpus Christi Parish 60 th Anniversary July 1958 July 2018 You are the body of Christ. Every one of you is a member of it. The command I give you is this: that you love one another. By this will everyone know that you as my disciples: that you love one another. CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH 6300 McKenna Drive, Mobile, Alabama 36608 Email: Church@CorpusChristiParish.com! Website: www.corpuschristiparish.com TELEPHONE NUMBERS Parish Office: 342-1852 Fax 342-6313 School Office: 342-5474, ext. 1 Fax 380-0325 Rel. Ed. Office: 342-5474, ext. 7 Fax 380-0325 Full-Day Care: 342-2424 Fax 343-3119 Youth Ministry: 342-1852 Fax 342-6313 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 342-1852 or 342-1420. 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 (342-1852) 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 (342-1852). 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 for information, please call the school office, 342-5474, ext. 1, or send an email to kmartin@corpuschristiparish.com.
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Corpus Christi Parish 60 th Anniversary July 6, 1958 July 6, 2018 Called to LOVE Catholic Women s Conference Savor the Faith Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018 here at Corpus Christi Parish 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 8:15 a.m. Mass with Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi Purchase tickets NOW. They are selling fast. $40 Registration Fee includes Lunch, doughnuts & coffee, gift bag and more! For info & to register: mobarchconferences.org 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 1-800-292-9111 or www.diocesan.com. BAPTIZED IN CHRIST Robert James Downing (son of Charles Lee Downing & Jennifer Ann Clefi Downing) 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 1 st & 3 rd Mon. of the month, 6:30 p.m.,parish House. To seek help, call 251-366-6443. Widowed Persons Support Group For information call parishioner Glen Porter at 666-8977. Sunday Lunchtime Bingo July 15 th aat 12:15 p.m. in the Banquet Hall Lunch Plates $5 or $8 w/beverage 10 Rounds of Bingo with Loads of Fun! Presented by the Knights of Columbus KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Next Meeting: 4 th Mon., July 22, 7 p.m., The Parish House. www.kofc.org Click on Join Us. Corpus Christi Council 13125 Info: Chad Pugh, Grand Knight, 232-0648 or chad.pugh34@gmail.com. Men of St. Joseph Tuesdays, 7 to 8 a.m. in the Family Room Also Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m. in the Parish House All men are welcome to meet for prayer, reading the Gospel, and discussion. Info: Damian Bell, 639-2522 or 367-4486 or Damian@rockbwm.com. Wed Evening Info: Walter Bracewell, 599-1650 or walter.bracewell@gmail.com FIRST COLLECTION TODAY: Tithing Offerings. SECOND COLLECTION TODAY: Corpus Christi Building Fund. SEMINARIANS COLLECTION FIRST REPORT: $1.888.21 JUNE 24 TH BUILDING FUND ONLINE & COLLECTION: $20,940.25 JUNE 24 TH TITHING ONLINE & COLLECTION: $20,873.50 Thank You and God Bless You Receive a detail listing of your contributions by mail, email or fax at any time: Call 342-1852 or email Church@CorpusChristiParish.com 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 470-1084 or 800-624-7814. Offering Envelopes If you wish to use Offering Envelopes, just notify the parish office (342-1852). An initial set will be sent to you right away, and then, every two months, you will receive a two-month s supply of envelopes. Online Giving With Online Giving make a one-time contribution or set up a recurring automatic withdrawal from a checking or saving or credit card account: Use a computer, tablet or smartphone to go to CorpusChristiParish.com/Church; click Church ; then click the green Online Giving icon on the side left of the church s homepage. Follow the instructions to contribute to the tithing or building fund or special collections. For assistance, call 1-800-348-2886, ext 1, or the parish office, 342-1852. AA Alanon OA CODA 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.
A History of Corpus Christi Parish Mobile, Alabama Part Two in a Series In the Summer of 1957, on June 8, Archbishop Thomas J. Toolen appointed Father Bernard McKenna, to serve as the first resident pastor for this growing area of the diocese. Father McKenna a priest from Ireland, ordained for the Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham was serving as an assistant pastor at St. Mary s Church in Mobile when he was appointed to become founding pastor for the new parish, not yet named. As resident pastor of the area, Father McKenna continued celebrating Mass and the sacraments both at St. Mary s Mission Church on Government Street Road and at Sts. Simon and Jude s Church on Cottage Hill Road. Father McKenna s first entries in the first baptismal register of Corpus Christi show the first baptisms took place at Sts. Simon & Jude and at St. Mary s Mission Churches. When Sisters of Mercy were able to begin coming to the Mission to teach, Father McKenna arranged for parishioners to drive a bus to pick up the Sisters from the Convent of Mercy downtown, and then the bus would pick up school children along the way back out to the Mission.
On November 26, 1957, ten acres, located off Airport Blvd., were purchased to be the site for the new parish, whose western boundary extends to the Alabama-Mississippi state line. Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new church were held January 28, 1958. On May 22, 1958, ground was broken for the parish s new school building with three rooms to serve 105 students. With the new parish site established, St. Mary s Mission Church was closed June 29, 1958. While Archbishop Toolen was away in Ireland, Msgr. J. R. O Donoghue, who was the vicar general of the diocese (and pastor of St. Mary s Parish), initially blessed the new church, and when Archbishop Toolen would be back in the diocese, he would formally dedicate the new church at a later date.
The first Mass in the new church of the new parish, now named Corpus Christi, was celebrated on July 6, 1958 at 8:30 a.m. Father Bernard McKenna greets parishioners arriving for Mass at the new church for the new Corpus Christi Parish. The first unit of the new parish school building, consisting of three classrooms, was opened September 1958. As with the earlier St. Mary s Mission, the new parish school continued to be staffed by Sisters of Mercy of the Union there were three Sisters on the faculty: Sister Mary Aloyse, R.S.M., Sister Mary Marie Teresa, R.S.M., and Sister Mary Carl, R.S.M.
On March 8, 1959, Archbishop Toolen c e l e b r a t e d t h e solemn dedication ceremony for the new church and school. In September of 1959, two additional classrooms were built making a total of five classrooms for an enrollment of 175 students. Additional classrooms were added, and, on February 3, 1960, construction of a new convent began. The new convent was built, and it was ready to house Sisters coming from Ireland on August 17, 1963. It remained a convent until c.1988 when there were no longer any Sisters available to serve the parish. Then some of the interior walls were removed so that the building could serve as a place for parish meetings. In the fall of 1996 the building was removed to make way for the new central parking lot.
On August 22, 1963, Sisters of Mercy of Tipperary, Ireland, arrived to begin teaching in the school: Sister Mary Raphael, Principal; Sister Mary of Lourdes, Sister Mary Annunciata, Sister Mary Aloysius, Sister Mary of the Angels and Sister Mary Assumpta. The Sisters of Mercy of the Union (from the Baltimore province) who initially served the parish school continued in their many other assignments in the diocese, including their Convent of Mercy High School for girls, St. Mary s School, Blessed Martin de Porres Hospital, etc. On September 3, 1963, the new school year began with seven classrooms for eight grades. In 1966 a new room with office space was added to the school. At the same time, a full rectory was connected to the back of the church to complete the temporary living quarters for the pastor. Volunteer parishioners built the rectory and school room addition.