July 29, 2012Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH6300 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

Preschool Office: 342-2424 • Fax 343-3119

Youth Ministry: 342-1852 • Fax 342-6313

PASTORAL STAFF

Very Rev. James F. Zoghby, V.F., Pastor

Rev. John S. Boudreaux, Associate Pastor

Deacon Arthur W. Robbins, Deacon

Sr. Donna Cooper, R.S.M., Visitation Chaplain

Mrs. Linda M. Hawkins, Pastoral Assistant

Mrs. Joan T. McMullen, School Principal

Mrs. Kathleen Q. Jester, Parish Catechetical Leader

Mrs. Judi B. Ankiewicz, R.C.I.A. Coordinator

Mrs. Colleen DeVoe, Youth Ministry Co-Director

Mrs. Brenda Martens, Youth Ministry Co-Director

Mr. Matthew F. Purvis, Music Director

Mr. Jay H. Henley, Gym Manager

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) or 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 K through 8.

For info & registration, please call the school office.

PRESCHOOL, State-licensed for 6-week to 4-yr. olds.

For info & registration, please call the preschool office

S EVENTEENTH S UNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Volunteer Teachers Needed for Sunday School (CCD) program in Grades 2, 6, 7 & 8. Volunteer forms are in the vestibule, and also can be downloaded from the parish website: Click “Church” then the “Sunday School [CCD] link; see “Volunteer Forms” below.

Children’s Liturgy of the Word Forms in vestibule and on parish website.

(Please see above announcement.)

SCHOOL NEWSSummer Office Hours: July 31, Aug. 1, 7 & 9, hours are 9 a.m.-1 p.m.Aug. 13-17, hours are 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.Regular school-day hours are 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.Family Social for ALL School Families: Thurs., Aug 2, 6 p.m., Com. Ctr.Book & Supplies Drop-Off Day: Fri., Aug. 17, 10 am.-12 noon.Opening Day of School: Monday, Aug. 20. Noon dismissal.To reach the school office, call 342-5474, ext. 1.

Starting Wednesday, Sept. 12

ADULT RELIGIOUS

EDUCATION (R.C.I.A.)

Continuing education for Catholic and other adults who would like to learn more about and/or join the

Catholic Church. Meetings are in the Adult Ed. Room in the Community Center, Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Wed., Sept. 12 — Introductory Class: Everything you want to know about the Catholic Church but haven’t been able to ask. Bring your questions! Ask, or drop them in our Question Box.

Men of St. JosephTuesdays, 7 to 8 a.m. in the Family Room

Also Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in Room 6 (2 Floor)nd

All men are welcome to meet for prayer, reading the Gospel, and discussion.Info: Jim Donaghey, jbd@orthomobile.com or www.MenOfStJoseph.com.

Wed. Evening Info: Walter Bracewell, 599-1650 or walter.bracewell@yahoo.com

Women of MaryWednesdays, 7-8 p.m., in the Family Room

.. All women are welcome to meet for prayer, reading the Gospel, and discussion.Info: Sr. Deborah Kennedy, R.S.M., 316-3960.

Widowed Persons’ Support GroupFor information call parishioner Glen Porter at 666-8977.

High School

Youth Ministry TUBING TRIPSaturday, Aug. 4

All high school teens are invited to join us for a fun day tubing down Cold Water Creek in Milton, FL . Meet at Corpus Christi at 9:30 a.m. sharp. Wear your swimsuit & sun screen. Bring a towel, bag lunch and drink, wear shoes that can get wet (not flip flops). Faith Bus Service will transport to the River and back. Return to Corpus Christi at approx. 5:30-6:00 p.m. Send an email to corpuschristihsyouth@yahoo.com to have a permission form and liability waiver sent to you. Cost: $25 includes tube rental and bus transportation. Make checks out to “Corpus Christi Church”. SPACE IS LIMITED to 40 teens and 2 extra adults. Turn in permission form, liability waiver and check in an envelope marked “Youth Tubing trip” to the parish office front-door mail slot.

CORPUS CHRISTI BOOSTER CLUB

22nd Annual Cougar Golf ClassicFriday, August 24, Azalea City Golf Course

12 noon Registration and Lunch by Firehouse Subs-Hillcrest

1:30 p.m. Shotgun Start

Winners paid in Flights with final scorecard (All skill levels could win!)Field limited to 32 teams. Four-ball format, $100 per player

Gold, Silver and Bronze SponsorshipsGold: $600 (4 golfers, 1 tee box recognition)Silver: $300 (2 golfers, 1 tee box recognition)

Bronze: $100 (1 tee box recognition)

Registration Forms are available in the church vestibule.

To pay by Credit Card contact Bob Slaby, 473-5550.Fax any form to 473-8026.

To reserve a team or sponsorship, contact Golf Director

Duke Ankiewicz, 622-4387 or duke6566@comcast.net.

This fundraiser supports the athletic program for all Corpus Christi sports.Thank you for your support!

CORPUS CHRIS TI CHURCH, MOBILE, ALABAMA J ULY 2 9 , 2 0 1 2

Support McGill-Toolen Football PlayersA McGill-Toolen football player will be in the atrium asking for donations for the Lift-A-Thon to help buy and/or replace equipment and help with transportation of playersto & from games. Please support Mc-T Football Team, last year’s regional champs.

Society of St. Vincent de PaulPoor Box, Food, Clothing donations put in the designated places inthe vestibule are distributed by our St. Vincent de Paul Society

To obtain assistance, call 432-5173 and leave name & phone no.

Meetings: 1 & 3 Wed., 7 p.m., Com. Ctr. Conf. Rm. (2 Flr.)st rd nd

Knights of ColumbusMeeting: 2 Tues., Aug. 14, 7 p.m., Com. Ctr. Conf. Rm.. (2 Flr).ndnd

Contact: Grand Knight, Bob Wheat, 490-9350.

Cub Scout NewsJuly 28-29: Cub Scout Round-up after 5:30, 9:00 & 11:00 MassesAug. 14: 5-8 p.m. Fishing & Raingutter Regatta at Camp Grace.

To join Cub Scouts or for more info call Walter Bracewell 633-2027or Mike Martin 633-5218 or email/visit ccspack29.scoutlander.com.

Boy Scouts — Troop 29Troop Mtg: 6-7:30 pm, Tues, Jul 31. Commtee Mtg: Mon., Jul 30, 6:30-8:00 pm

AA — Alanon — OA — COD AAA: 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.

Welcom e, New Pa r is h ionersLeslie & Sylvia Britain and their sons, Crosby and Conrad + Bridget Holloway and her son, Christian + Leslie McIntyre + Donny & Yalim Suhartono and their children, Aiden and Aryana

BAPTIZED IN CHRISTAugustus Joshua Ladner

(son of Brian Scott Ladner & April Elizabeth Patrick Ladner)

REST IN PEACEVictoria Doran (mother of Mike Doran)

William Gerard “Jerry” Pitt

FlowersThe flowers before the altar this weekend

have been placed in memory ofMark Lewis Tapia, Jr.

on the 15 anniversary of his deathth

Given by the Tapia family.

FlowersThe flowers before the altar last weekend

were placed in memory ofArmand Manning

on the 1 anniversary of his deathst

Given by his wife and family.

Around the Archdiocese: Our Savior Preschool &

Mother's Day Out 4-year-old Preschool program 3 & 5 days a week.; Mother's Day Out for children 6 months - 4 yrs.,Mon.,, Wed., &/or Fri.. Hours 8:30-12:30. Contact RitaLangan, Director, 633-3017 or director@oursaviorpreschool.com. The Visitation Shop Xmas in July Sale, July 1-31. Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 24-HrMarried Couples Retreat. Visitation Monastery. Aug. 3, 5 p.m. registration. Retreat; ends Aug. 4 by 4 p.m. Fr. Stephen Hellman, chaplain; Tom & Caroline McDonald,assistants. Info: tommcdonald1@bellsouth.net or 490-1027. To register, call 473-2321.Info: www.familylifemobile.org. Gabriel's Project - Maria Callaghan is starting thisministry. To serve as a Prayer Angel for a woman asking for help with her pregnancy,contact Maria at rwcallaghan63@bellsouth.net or 753-2416. Rachel’s VineyardRetreat (Post-abortive healing retreat), Nov. 30-Dec. 2. Brochures in vestibule. Info:Sheri, 604-4754, or Bridget, 421-4313. Mobile Deanery Archdiocesan Council ofCatholic Women Fall Quarterly Meeting, Tues., Aug. 14, at St. Mary’s Parish, 1453Old Shell Rd. 9 a.m. registration. Mass & Luncheon follow the meeting. Cost of lunchis $12. Make reservations by Sat., Aug. 11: Call Jane Shoulders, 476-4989, or BettyRussell, 479-8907. Faith, Hope, Love (& beer) - Pub Theology. New season startsAug. 1 with our guest speaker: Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi. Pub Theology is held everyFirst Wed. at McSharry's Irish Pub, 101 N. Bancroft St. in downtown Fairhope, wherethe food is great and the beer is COLD! Sponsored by St. Lawrence Church in Fairhope.

FIRST FRIDAY Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction after 8;15 a.m. Mass.

SPECIAL COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND: The Church in Latin America.

FIRST COLLECTION TODAY for tithing offerings.SECOND COLLECTION TODAY for Corpus Christi Building Fund.

MISSIONARY CO-OP COLLECTION: $7,478.46JULY 15 BUILDING FUND COLLECTION: $1,999.50TH

JULY 15 TITHING COLLECTION: $20,691.36TH

Thank You and God Bless Youfor your tithes, contributions & bequests to Corpus Christi Church. To make a direct donation of stock, ask your stockbroker, or callSteve Setterstrom at Citigroup Global Mkts. at 470-1060.Receive a detail listing of your contributions by mail, email or fax:Call 342-1852 or email Church@CorpusChristiParish.com

Online GivingWith Online Giving you can either make a one-time contribution orset up a recurring automatic withdrawal from a checking or savingsor credit card account: Go to www.CorpusChristiParish.com; click“Church”; then click the green Online Giving icon, and follow the

instructions to contribute to the tithing or building fund or special collections.For assistance, call 1-800-348-2886, ext 4, or parish office, 342-1852.

Thanks from our Missionary SpeakerWe are very grateful for your generosity toward the missionarywork Divine Word Missionaries do for the Catholic Church aroundthe world. Your financial help and prayerful support make itpossible for us to continue building up the kingdom of God insome of the most difficult areas around the world. We are onlyable to spread the Gospel message with your prayers andgenerous support. We want to thank you for your warm welcomeon the weekend of July 14-15. May God continue to bless all ofyou! Let us remember each other in prayer.

Fr. Antoine Leason SVD

A Walk Through the MassFr.Thomas Richstatter, O.F.M., in one of the Catholic Updates published by St.Anthony Messenger Press, writes: What do we do at a formal meal? We gatherwith family and friends, we talk and share our stories, and then we move to thetable. The food is brought to the table, we say grace and we pass the food andeat and drink. Finally, we take our leave and return to our homes.

Fr. Richstatter explains how the Mass has these same four movements:

1 : Gathering: We come together ready to listen to God’s word and to breakst

bread in memory of Jesus.

2 : Storytelling (Liturgy of the Word): When we gather at a friend’s house fornd

a meal, we begin with conversation, telling our stories. At Mass, after the ritesof gathering, we sit down and listen as readings from the Word of God areproclaimed. They are the stories of God’s people – they are our story.

3 : Meal sharing (Liturgy of the Eucharist): After the readings we move tord

the table. As at a meal in the home of a friend, we 1) set the table, 2) say grace,and 3) share the food. At Mass, these ritual actions are called 1) the Preparationof the Gifts, 2) the Eucharistic Prayer and 3) the Communion rite.

4 Commissioning: Finally, we prepare to go back to that world in which we liveth

for the coming week. Strengthened by this Eucharist, we are better prepared to take up the burdens of our daily lives.

In his article Fr. Richstatter points out that the Gospel of Luke, in the story of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke24:13-35), walks us through the Mass. The disciples are walking along and the stranger (Jesus) catches up to them: 1) theygather together; 2) they tell their story and recall the scriptures; 3) they recognize him in the “breaking of bread” and 4) theydash back to Jerusalem to share their joy with the other disciples: Gathering, Storytelling, Meal sharing and Commissioning.

Bow or Genuflect?Q. I have sometimes seen people bow toward the altar or the Blessed Sacrament instead of genuflecting. Shouldn’twe genuflect if we really believe in the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament?A. Genuflecting (bending one knee) toward the altar or the reserved Blessed Sacrament upon entering a church happens tobe the act of reverence Catholics of our time and country are most accustomed to, but a devout bow can be just as reverent. Untilperhaps 300 years ago, bowing was the common way of showing reverence to the Eucharist, or to the crucifix or the altar. It wasconsidered quite proper, in fact, for young girls to curtsey to the Blessed Sacrament! Our practice of genuflection derives mainly from practices of imperial Rome and the later courts of Europe when it was acustom to go down on one knee before a king or person of rank. Bowing is still used in preference to genuflecting by somereligious orders, and is the practice almost exclusively in the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches.

Wine and Water?Q. Is it necessary for water to be added to all the chalices (or to the large carafe) at Sunday Masses, or to both chalicesat weekday Masses?A. No. In a letter dated April 30, 2012, Archbishop J. Augustine Di Nola, O.P., Secretary of the Congregation for DivineWorship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, issued this statement: “This congregation takes the view that it is sufficient forthe water to be added only to the chalice used by the main Celebrant. The addition of water to the other chalices, however, wouldnot in any way be considered to be an abuse.” Canon 934, 1 states, “The most holy Eucharistic sacrifice must be offered with bread and with wine in which a little watermust be mixed.” Still, it has long been held, and affirmed by the Council of Trent, that the ritual mixing of wine and water issymbolic of the blood and water flowing from Christ’s side as he hung upon the cross. The words spoken as the gesture is carriedout, “By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share in ourhumanity,” also indicate that the mixing represents the unification of Christ’s divinity with our humanity. The mixing of the water and wine is not the mixing of elements as in a magical ritual, creating a magic potion which thencan become the blood of Christ. It is only symbolic. Even if the priest forgets to add any water at all, the wine still becomes theblood of Christ.

PRAYERWe create all kinds of

difficulties in our prayer. Let usgo back to what Jesus has taught– the intimate and simple prayer:‘Our Father...’ Even little children can pray this. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Jesus said:

When you pray, there is no need to use many words.

Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray like this:

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowedbe thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will bedone, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us thisday our daily bread, and forgive us ourtrespasses as we forgive those who trespassagainst us, and lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil. Amen.

I cannot bring myself to hunt through books for beautiful

prayers. There are so many of them that I get a headache. Besides, each prayer seems lovelier than the next. Icannot possibly say them all and do not know which tochoose. I behave like a child who cannot read: I tell Godvery simply what I want and He always understands.For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, anuntroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude andlove which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well asfrom the heights of joy...When I feel so spiritually barren that I cannot summon upa single worthwhile thought, I say an Our Father or a HailMary. These two prayers fill me with rapture and feedand satisfy my soul. St. Theresa of Lisieux

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.

Blessed are you among women and blessed is thefruit of your womb, Jesus.Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and the

Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now andever shall be. Amen.

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were

alone with Him, with familiarity and confidence and love,as to the dearest and most loving of friends.Ask those who love Him with a sincere love, and theywill tell you that they find no greater or prompter reliefamid the troubles of their life than in loving conversationwith their Divine Friend. Speak to Him often of yourbusiness, your plans, your troubles, your fears – ofeverything that concerns you. St. Alphonsus Liguori

I should be distressed that I

drop off to sleep during myprayers... But I don’t feel at alldistressed. I know that childrenare just as dear to their parentswhether they are asleep orawake, and I know that doctorsput their patients to sleep beforethey operate. I’d never before heard it said

that one’s faults did not distress God, and I wasoverwhelmed with joy when I did receive this assurance. It gave me patience to endure this life of exile. It was,too, the echo of my inmost thoughts. For a long time Ihad realized that Our Lord was more tender than a mother– and how well I know the depths of tenderness in morethan one mother’s heart! I know that a mother is alwaysready to forgive the misbehavior of her child. St. Theresa of Lisieux

A construction worker who visited St. Patrick’s

Cathedral every day on his lunch hour was asked by oneof his fellow workers, “What do you do there?” Heresponded, “I say, Hello, Jesus, this is Jerry. Then I lookat Him, and He looks at me.”

It is a great grace of God to

practice self-examination; but toomuch is as bad as too little. Believe me, by God’s help, weshal l advance more bycontemplating God than bykeeping our eyes fixed onourselves.

Let nothing disturb you, let

nothing frighten you. All thingspass: God never changes. Patience achieves all it strivesfor. Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices. St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

(Edith Stein)1891-1942

Carmelite Martyr, Doctor of the Church

Edith Stein was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Breslau,

Germany, though by the time she was a teenager she had rejected her

family’s faith and declared herself an atheist. A brilliant scholar, she

devoted herself to philosophy and completed her doctorate at the age of

twenty-three. Increasingly, however, her studies prompted a growing

interest in religion.

Visiting a young widow of a fellow philosopher, she expected to find her

devastated. Instead, she found a calmness due entirely to the widow’s deep

faith. On another occasion, she found an autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila at the home of friends. She

avidly read it. The next day, she bought a catechism of the Catholic faith. After she attended Mass for the

first time, she followed the priest and said that she wanted to become a Catholic. Nevertheless, because of

respect for the feelings of her Jewish mother, she waited for twelve years before officially converting to

Catholicism. She was baptized in 1922 at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany.

Edith taught for a while, translated the books of Catholic philosophers, and had a desire to enter the

Carmelite Order of contemplative nuns. She entered the Carmelite monastery at Cologne in 1934, taking the

religious name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.

The persecution of Jews in Germany was rampant in 1938, and no distinction was made between Jews

who had become Christian. Sister Teresa Benedicta had to leave Germany, and went to Holland. After the

Nazi invasion of Holland in 1942, she was required to wear the Yellow Star of David on her religious habit.

When the archbishop of Utrecht denounced the treatment of the Jewish people, the Nazis responded by

deporting all Jews – including Christian converts – to concentration camps.

St. Teresa Benedicta died on August 9,1942 at the age of 51 in an Auschwitz gas chamber. In 1987, she

was beatified in the Cologne Cathedral by Pope John Paul II and canonized on October 11, 1988.

It has always been far from me to think that God’s mercy allows

itself to be circumscribed (limited) by the visible Church’s

boundaries. God is Truth. All who seek truth seek God, whether

this is clear to them or not.”

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

The concept which assumes that everything in the Church is

irrevocably set for all times appears to me to be a false one. It

would be naive to disregard that the Church has a history; the

Church is a human institution and, like all things human, was

destined to change and evolve. Likewise, its development takes

place often in the form of struggles.St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Divorced CatholicsShould Still ReceiveCommunionI am a divorced Catholic. Is it properfor me to receive Communion?

Absolutely! I am continually surprised at the

number of divorced Catholics who feel they are

out of the Church, or are otherwise somehow

second-class Catholics because they are

divorced. They should receive support from the

Church more than ever! The fact is, a divorce in

itself does not remove anyone from full

membership in the church.

We Catholics make no secret of our

convictions about the permanence and

indissolubility of marriage. But sometimes a

married person has no choice if his/her spouse

ends the marriage. It’s also obvious that

personal tragedies can develop in a marriage

which make it emotionally, spiritually, and

perhaps even physically dangerous if the

husband and wife remain living together. One or

both of the spouses has no alternative except to

legally separate for his or her own health and the

health of any of the children.

Such separations can carry terrible burdens of

hurt, fear and frustration which may never be

completely healed or forgotten. There’s just no

way that the Church could be true to say to such

suffering people “you’re out.”

There is nothing to prevent your receiving the

sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist. For

whatever faults there were on your part, ask

God’s forgiveness, and receive the Eucharist

regularly. You will need it and all the other help

you can get to fulfill your new responsibilities to

yourself and others. Rev. John J. Ditzen © National Catholic News Service. Used with permission.

Beloved, let us love in deed and in truth,

and not just talk about it. This is our way of knowing we are committed to the truth and are at peace before God no matter what our consciences may charge us with; for God is greater than our hearts, and all is known to him.

Beloved, if our consciences have nothing to charge us

with, we can be sure that God is with us, and that we will receive at his hands whatever we ask. Why? Because we are keeping his commandments and are doing what is pleasing in his sight.

A s long as w e love each other, God rem ains in us,

and his love com es to perfection in us. (1 Jn 3:18-22; 4:12b)

Oh God, my God, be everything to me.

Even when my heart condemns me, be greater than my sins.

I am not holy or worthy of you. Make it so that I do not have to be.

Show me—show the whole world—that you can carve something acceptable from the most flawed stone.

— John Carmody

Let me love you, My Lord and my God, and see myself as

I really am — a pilgrim in this world, a Christian called to respect and love all whose lives I touch, those in authority over me or those under my authority, my friends and my enemies. Help me conquer anger with gentleness, greed by generosity, apathy by fervor. Help me to forget myself and reach out towards others. — Pope Clement XI