Following the Mass

■ Today is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Todays

readings begin on No 1001 (Year B)

■ To follow the mass in your missalette, please begin

on No 166….Order of the Mass.

■The following sung responses will be found in the

insert in the holders in the pews (Sing Praise and

Thanksgiving )

■ Holy, Holy, Holy

■ When We Eat This Bread (Year B)

■ Great Amen

■ Lamb of God

We thank you for your patience.

Daily Masses at ICC This Week

On Monday and Tuesday, the 7:30am masses

will be held in the school.

Memorializing Missalettes Our new missalettes can be memorialized in honor or

memory of a loved one. From 1 to 9 books is $30.00

each, from 10 to 99 books is 25.00 each. If you wish to

memorialize 100 books or more, the cost is just $20.00

each. Thus far, a total of 151 missalettes have been

memorialized. We thank you for your donations.

Pilates Classes There will be no more Pilates classes this year! Classes

will resume on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. We will cer-

tainly need it then!! Classes are held on Tuesdays &

Thursdays from 6:00PM to 7:00PM, Wednesday morn-

ings from 9:00AM to 10:00AM and Saturdays from

8:30AM to 9:30AM in ICC hall. Adults are welcome to

attend. Donation is $5.00 per class/ $4.00 if attending 2

or more classes each week. All proceeds benefit

Social Concerns.

New Year - New Events Watch the bulletin for details on the following new

events in our parish:

■ Family fun….Ping Pong Games and Tournaments!!

■ “Young at Heart” seniors….who like to play games

at a little slower pace, a card club will be starting!!

A BIG Thank You We would like to thank Recupero Funeral Home for

sponsoring our 2012 Parish Calendar. Please be sure to

pick one up in the back of the Church.

December 17-18, 2011 Fourth Sunday of Advent of the Church Cy-

CORPUS CHRISTI PARISH

WEEKDAY CELEBRATION OF EUCHARIST 7:30 AM Immaculate Conception Church 8:30 AM Holy Redeemer Church

WEEKEND CELEBRATION OF EUCHARIST

Saturday - 4:00 PM - Immaculate Conception Saturday - 5:00 PM - Holy Redeemer

Sunday - 7:30 AM - Immaculate Conception Sunday - 9:00 AM - Holy Redeemer Sunday - 10:30 AM—Immaculate Conception

CONFESSION - SATURDAYS 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM at Immaculate Conception 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM at Holy Redeemer

Msgr. John J. Sempa, PASTOR

Rev. Arbogaste Satoun, ASSISTANT PASTOR

Rev. James J. Alco, IN RESIDENCE

Rev. Mr. Peter Hoegen, DEACON

Mrs. Joyce Cecconi, PASTORAL ASSOCIATE

www. corpuschristinepa.com

Parish Office 605 Luzerne Avenue, West Pittston, PA 18643

Phone (570) 654-2753 Fax (570) 654-9244

“Wish to Win”….Parish Fundraiser We still have some raffle tickets. We will be selling

them after mass this weekend. We would like to sell all

1000 tickets and we have about 150 left to sell. If you

can help us out by selling a few to family members and

friends, take a few with you. Remember, the monies

must be turned into the rectory before the 1st drawing

date of January 1, 2012. Your help is appreciated!!

Christmas Wreath Sale Our parish youth group is once again conducting our

yearly Christmas wreath sale. The cost is $10 per

wreath. Tickets to reserve your wreath can be pur-

chased after all masses or call the rectory.

Volunteers are Needed! We are in need of help, especially from young

adults and teenagers on the following days and

times to help get everything distributed in time

for Christmas. Please give us an hour or two

if you can!!

December 18 from 11:30AM

December 19 from 3:00to 7:00PM

December 20 from 3:00 to 7:00PM

Advent Penance Services Mon, Dec 19 @ 7PM St. Monica’s Parish

Tues, Dec 20 @ 7PM St John the Evangelist

Christmas/New Years Mass Schedule Christmas Eve (December 24th)

4:00 PM (ICC) Children’s Mass

”Birthday Party for Jesus”

5:00 PM (Holy Redeemer)

10:00PM (Immaculate Conception)

Christmas Day (December 25th)

7:30AM (Immaculate Conception)

9:00AM (Holy Redeemer)

10:30AM (Immaculate Conception)

New Year’s Eve (December 31st)

(Regular Weekend Schedule)

4:00PM (Immaculate Conception)

5:00PM (Holy Redeemer)

7:30AM (Immaculate Conception)

9:00AM (Holy Redeemer)

10:30AM (Immaculate Conception)

Parish Fundraising As we are all aware, our parish community has been

challenged these last several months with flooding through own

our parish community, and, as a community, we should all be

proud how we have met this challenge.

While dealing with flood relief, we’ve also been faced

with unusual financial needs, specifically, replacement of the

Air Conditioning at I.C., a new roof for the rectory at H.R., and

the cost of new missals for the liturgical changes, all totaling

over $60,000.

We held a parish fundraising meeting last week to ad-

dress these financial challenges and we began laying the founda-

tion for our parish to continue on a solid financial footing for

next year.

As you know, lottery tickets have been distributed and

returns have been made. The tickets that have not been pur-

chased will be sold this weekend after masses.

Looking forward, we will hold our annual Night at the

Races in mid February. We will hold a planning meeting for

Night at the Races on December 14th at 7PM in the IC Hall.

In April we are planning a cooking demonstration/

dinner. We will be putting together a parish cookbook which

will be promoted at this event.

Our inaugural Parish Picnic was a great success last year

and plans for next years June picnic will start in January.

Watch the bulletin so you can plan which events you

would enjoy participating in or helping with.

We’ll have another general fundraising meeting in the

spring so we can start planning events for next Fall.

Our goal is to try to have something for everyone.

Thank you for your continued support.

Holy Name Fund Raiser Holy Name Society are selling $2 lottery tickets after all

masses. Each ticket contains 10 numbers to be matched

with the daily PM evening number drawing of the PA Lot-

tery for December 25th, 2011. Call Harry O’Dell at 654-

0776 or Jerry Yakobitis at 655-5528. Winning tickets will

receive $100. Proceeds from this fund raiser will help

benefit the local flood victims of our parish.

Night at the Races This past week we held our first planning meeting for our

annual “Night at the Races”. We decided it will be held

on February 18th at Immaculate Conception Hall….so

mark your calendar!! The next planning meeting will be

on January 11th at 7:00PM in ICC rectory. All are wel-

come!! Your participation will help make this important

fundraiser a success. ..and add to the fun.

Church Courtesy With the holidays upon us, our masses are more crowded.

We are asking everyone to please try to move into the cen-

ter of the pews to make the availability of seats more visi-

ble to everyone. Also, as parking is at a premium, we ask

that we all try to park within the lines in the parking lots,

thus not losing valuable spaces. Also, when leaving mass,

if we all could try to put the pew cards in the holders and

just stack the missalettes on the ends of the pews, our tidy

worship sites will be more accommodating. Thank you for

your help!

Vigil Candle at ICC which will burn this week in loving memory of Louis & Nicho-

las Zuernda - donated by Marrance Family.

MASS Intentions Dec 19th thru Dec 25th

Mon 7:30 am (IC) Pauline & Anthony Aufiero

by Jim & Joanne

8:30 am (HR) Ann J. Nicholson

by Michael & Susan Murphy

Tues 7:30 am (IC) Kevin Powers

by Joe & Mary Antonello

8:30 am (HR) Ann Ross by Dorothy Graff

Wed 7:30 am (IC) Dec. Mem. Midura Family

by Family

8:30 am (HR) Bernadine Romasiewicz

by M/M Anthony Massara

Thurs 7:30 am (IC) William Stead

by Family

8:30 am (HR) Mary Ann Yatsko

by Richard Sokoloski

Fri 7:30 am (IC) Sam Angelella

by Family

8:30 am (HR) Margaret Klotz

by Elaine Pendleton

Sat 4:00 pm (IC) Birthday for Jesus

5:00 pm (HR) Special Intentions

10:00 pm (IC) Special Intentions

Sun 7:30 am (IC) Julia Melberger

by M/M Anthony Winsock, Sr.

9:00 am (HR) Grace E. Alco

by Vita & Louis Cella

10:30 am (IC) Sabrina M. Hill

by John, Peggy & Paige Hudock

"Feed The Hungry, Clothe The Naked, Shelter The Homeless, Love One Another . . . “ Corpus Christi Parish Community welcomes new parishioners who have moved into the parish. Contact the parish of-

fice at 570-654-2753. All parishioners are asked to notify the parish office of a change of address or telephone number.

Holy Family Candle at ICC will burn this week in loving memory of Rose Hudak &

Margaret McHale Cawley - donated by Family.

Altar Candles at ICC will burn this week in loving memory of Sam Angelella -

donated by Family.

WEEKLY

COLLECTION

December 11, 2011

$9,552.75

2ND COLLECTION RELIGIOUS RETIREMENT

$765.50

DIOCESAN APPEAL

Goal….$31,654.00

Pledges …...$24,126.00

We need …..$7,528.00