February 25, 2018Second Sunday of Lent

CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH6300 McKenna Drive, Mobile, Alabama 36608

Email: Church@CorpusChristiParish.com ! Website: www.CorpusChristiParish.com

TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Parish Office: 342-1852 • Fax 342-6313School 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 Director

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 tokmartin@CorpusChristiParish.com.

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

BLOOD DRIVE Next SundayNext Sunday, March 4, 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Bloodmobile on site here at Corpus Christi.

UNDERSTANDING THE CATHOLIC FAITH

ADULT SERIES OF 5 CLASSES

for Catholic and Non-Catholic Adults

Wednesdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Through March 28

Adult Ed. Room in the Community Center

For information, please contact one of the priests at342-1852 or Church@CorpusChristiParish.com.

Special Note: Those preparing to join the Church this

Easter are being welcomed by the archbishop today, Feb. 25, at 3:00 p.m. at the Cathedral during the Rite of Election.

LentFriday Stations of the Cross – 6:30 p.m.

Friday Evening Mass – 7:00 p.m.Through March 23

Communal Reconciliation ServiceMonday, March 26, 7 p.m.

Once a month3rd Sunday 5:30 p.m. Mass

During the school year (Sept. to May), we have an extra SundayMass the 3rd Sunday of each month. High School students serve.

Catholic Charities Appeal4th Report: 465 pledges totaling $302,627

Thanks to all who helped to exceed our goal of $268,000.

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 Mon. of the month, 6:30p.m.,Parish House. To seek help, call 243-4061; leave name & phone no.

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

Catholic Maronite Rite MassThis Mass, which is in one of the Eastern Rites of theCatholic Church, will fulfill your Sunday obligation.

Also, you can receive Communion again at this Mass,even if you already received Communion

at an earlier Mass today.

Sunday, March 11, 6 p.m., here at Corpus Christi Church,celebrated by Chorbishop Richard D. Saad, pastor of

St. Elias Catholic Maronite Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Jazz Brunch

in the Banquet HallWith Jazz Musicians Performing Live!

2nd 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)

Wednesday Night Dinner5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Banquet Hall

$9.25 for Adults ! $4.25 for Children (Age 12 & under)

Feb. 28: Boston Pork Butt, Baked Fish, Skillet Cabbage, SauteedGreen Beans, Garden Salad, Corn Bread, Banana Pudding.Iced Tea, Lemonade, Coffee. (Kids’ Option: Chicken Tenders/Fries)

Must RSVP no later than TUESDAY EVENINGReturn an RSVP Card, or call 342-1852 or email

WedNightDinner@CorpusChristiParish.com

High School Confirmation SchedulesH.S. Senior Class of 2019: Confirmation pictures in parish officefor pick up Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

H.S. Senior Class of 2021: Sun., Feb. 18, 2018, Spirit Day, atCorpus Christi, 2:00 to 6:30 p.m., Lessons 5 & 7.

Children’s 1st Reconciliation & 1st EucharistMon., Feb. 19, 2018: First Eucharist Parent Meeting, 6:30 p.m.Sun., Feb. 25, 2018: 1st Eucharist Enrollment Mass, 9 a.m.,followed by 1st Eucharist Mini Retreat, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.Sat., April 14, 2018: First Eucharist Practice, 10:00 a.m.Sun., April 15, 2018: First Eucharist Mass, 1:00 p.m.Info: Diane Stoyka, DianeStoyka@yahoo.com or 342-5474, ext. 7.

SUNDAY SCHOOLClasses resume today, Feb. 25, 10:05-10:55 a.m.

Who wants to be an Altar Server?Notify the parish office at 342-1852 or emailChurch@CorpusChristiParish.com.

You may also contact Mike Martin, Director ofAltar Servers at 251-391-8666.

CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, MOBILE, ALABAMA FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Fish Fry Fridays February 16 through March 23 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Corpus Christi Community Center Banquet Hall

Volunteers needed: 10 volunteers for Thursday Prep, 1:30-3:00 p.m. 10 volunteers for Friday Set-up, 1:30-3:00 p.m. 40 volunteers for Friday Fish Fry, 1:30-3:00 p.m.

To volunteer, contact Tracey Netto at tbn1105@hotmail.com

For further info, please contact Melissa Overstreet at 648-8378 or at melissaoverstreet@gmail.com.

The PTO Fish Fry also provides opportunities for Bake-SaleFundraisers for various groups in the Corpus Christi Family.

Fish Fry Bake-Sale Fundraisers Feb. 16 — Bake Sale for 8th Grade Luncheon Feb. 23 — Bake Sale for Disciples of St. Michael Mar. 2 — Bake Sale for 6th Grade Girl Scouts Mar. 9 — Bake Sale for Daisy & Junior Girl Scouts Mar. 16 — Bake Sale for 8th Grade Class Gift Mar. 23 — Bake Sale for Easter Egg Hunt for Booster Club

Also!SCRIP will be available for purchase!

Fish Fry MealsFish Fry Meals include fish, two sides and a drink.

Regular Plate: $7.00 Hungry Man: $8.00Child’s Plate: $5.00 Extra Side: $1.00Gumbo: $4.00 Pizza: $1.00Nachos: $3.00 Soft Drinks: $1.00

Special SeatingThe Atrium will be reserved for Adults Only Seating, and

the Family Room will be reserved for Adults Quiet Seating.Volunteers will direct guests to the seating they desire.

For child safety, children are to remain in the banquet hall, and mustbe accompanied by their parent or guardian if they are outside in frontof the building or in other areas of the community center. For thesafety of their children, parents and guardians must take care thattheir children are not running through the parking lots outside, orinside the community center.

The Fish Fry Fridays areSponsored by the Corpus Christi PTO

Melissa Overstreet, PTO PresidentScarlett Moulder, PTO Vice President

Leslie Youkey, PTO SecretarySandi Zoghby, PTO Treasurer

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, ahoalton322@gmail.com, 251-458-6188.

MOSJ OUTBACK WEEKENDFor Parents & Teens, Husbands & Wives and Engaged Couples

Friday, March 9, through Sunday, March-11Camp Grace 11081 Wanda Drive, Mobile, AL 36608

Register online at

www.mosjoutback.com

The Men of St Joseph offer this unique, spirit filled, adventurousretreat: Men of St Joseph Outback — a high octane, two-personencounter with several reflective talks and outdoor activities such asa high ropes course. MOSJ Outback is about building, restoring andstrengthening relationships. The weekend experience is designed togive husbands & wives and parents & teens a practical strategy fordaily living, focusing on their relationship with God, family, friends,church and community. MOSJ Outback will include the celebration ofMass, Adoration and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Tuesday Night Bible StudyMeetings are at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Parish House.

The Bible Timeline, a Catholic study with a series of 24 videos. Info: Dave Burchette, 251-367-6660 or davebur1955@gmail.com.

Tuesday Women’s Bible Study10:00-1130 a.m., Room 3 (2nd Flr, Com. Ctr). The book of Exodus:Moses, Joshua, the Migration to the Promised Land. Please bringyour Bible. Info: Judi Ankiewicz, 251-344-0321: Leave name & no.

Thursday Women’s Bible Study9:15-10:45 a.m..,Com Ctr Conference Rm.“The Letters of John andthe book of Revelation. Ignatius Catholic Bible Study. Info:JoanneDonaghey, 251-554-6753 or joannekd@alo.com. Nursery is available.

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.

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.

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

CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, MOBILE, ALABAMA FEBRUARY 25, 2018

BAPTIZED IN CHRISTMireya Amber Goree

(daughter of Douglas James Goree & Courtne Carter-Pendleton Goree)Joseph Frederick Greer

(son of David Joseph Greer & Alyssa Ann DeVeer Greer)

MARRIED IN CHRISTJacob John Dupre & Laura Elizabeth Schaffer

FlowersThe flowers before the altar this weekend

have been placed in memory ofGertrude Hernandez

on the 5th anniversary of her death.Given by her daughter, Susan.

Around the Archdiocese: Mobile Deanery

Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (ACCW) Lenten Day ofReflection: Wed., March 14, at Visitation Monastery, 2300 SpringhillAve. Registration from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. Guest Speaker: Fr. CecilSpotswood. Theme: “Our Lady of Victory.” A light lunch will be provided. Admission is free. Please contact Carlee Russell, 533-4771, or ShirleyAlexander 367-4239 for reservations. Info: Patricia Lofton at 432-2896. St. Elias Lebanese Food and Cultural Festival at St. Elias MaroniteCatholic Church in Birmingham, Ala., April 13-14. Taste the food andexperience the atmosphere of this Lebanese Maronite Catholic Church.Info, call 205-252-3867 of visit www.stelias.org.

First Friday Adoration 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the chapel.

Sign-up sheet is on the table in the chapel.

Rice Bowls for LentRice Bowls and brochures are in the vestibule.

FIRST COLLECTION TODAY: Tithing Offerings.SECOND COLLECTION TODAY: Corpus Christi Building Fund.

JAN. 28TH BUILDING FUND ONLINE & COLLECTION: $1,018.50JAN. 28TH TITHING ONLINE & COLLECTION: $21,330.46

FEB. 4TH BUILDING FUND ONLINE & COLLECTION: $3,847.90FEB. 4TH TITHING ONLINE & COLLECTION: $29,018.70

FEB. 11TH BUILDING FUND ONLINE & COLLECTION: $1,407.50FEB. 11TH TITHING ONLINE & COLLECTION: $17,874.23

Thank You and God Bless YouGod bless all for tithing, contributions, bequests, remembrancesin wills in support of God’s work here at Corpus Christi Parish.

To make a donation of stock, ask your financial manager, or callSelena Hemphill at Morgan Stanley at 470-1084 or 800-624-7814.

Receive a detail listing of your contributionsby mail, email or fax at any time:

Call 342-1852 or email Church@CorpusChristiParish.com

Offering EnvelopesIf you wish to use Offering Envelopes, just notify the parish office (342-1852). An initial set will be sent toyou right away, and then, every two months, you willreceive a two-month’s supply of envelopes.

Online GivingWith Online Giving make a one-time contribution or setup a recurring automatic withdrawal from a checking orsaving or credit card account: Use a computer, tablet orsmartphone to go to www.CorpusChristiParish.com; click

“Church”; then click the green Online Giving icon on the side left ofthe church’s homepage. Follow the instructions to contribute to thetithing or building fund or special collections. For assistance, call 1-800-348-2886, ext 1, or the parish office, 342-1852.

Liturgical ColorsPurple vestmentsand hangings inchurch during Lentmake our eyes takenotice. Before wesing about theseforty days, beforewe notice the Gloryto God is missing,b e f o r e t h e ysubstitute a newGospel acclamationfor that word we’re not supposed to say duringLent (Alleluia) – our eyes have meditated onpurple, and told us a new season has come. Why do we have liturgical colors? Why do theyaffect us? Even in the secular world we associatecolors with particular celebrations: red and greenfor Christmas, purple and yellow for Easter, red-white-and-blue for the fourth of July, white for thebridal gown. Schools have colors, so do doctoralrobes, and of course, sports teams. The early Church used only one liturgical color:white for the resurrection and for the newly-baptized and the new life attained in the risenChrist. Not until the 12th century, when dyes weremore commonplace, did liturgical colors start tobecome law. In the western, Latin Rite (thepredominant rite in the Church) there are fourliturgical colors: white, green, violet, red. (Thereare some 21 Eastern Rites in our Church which useother colors, including blue.) In the Latin Rite, white is used for festive daysand saints, red for martyrs and the Holy Spirit,green for the daily life of what we call “ordinarytime,” and violet or purple for the penitentialseason of Lent. With these four colors, othercolors are often used as trim: such as blue trim onthe white for feasts of the Blessed Mother, andblue trim or bluer hues with the violet for theseason of Advent to distinguish it from thepenitential season of Lent. Liturgical colors helpus meditate on the seasons of the year and themeaning of life.

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Pretzels!In medieval Europe when fat,eggs and milk were forbiddenduring Lent, a special bread wasmade with dough consisting ofonly flour, salt, and water. Theselittle breads were shaped in theform of arms crossed in prayer and were calledbracellae (Latin, “little arms”). Among the Germans theLatin word became bretzel, and in England, pretzel. These pretzels were a common Lenten food through theMiddle Ages in Europe, and became a year round snack,in its original shape, only in the 20th century.

Lord God,

Take me where You want me to go today.

Let me meet the people You want me to meet today.

Give me the words You want me to say today,

and the ears to hear what You want me to hear today.

And if at all possible — keep me out of Your way.

Amen.

Fr. Mychal Judge, OFM Chaplain, FDNY Victim 0001, Sept. 11, 2001

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 more than athousand years later. Thegradual reducing of the fastscan be seen as leading up tothe time when the fathers ofthe 2nd Vatican Council (1962-1965) directed that the Massbe restored "to the ancient usage 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 hadacted like Jesus, seeing the need of the people — 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