Second Sunday Food Drive - Dec. 10-11

Parish Family Breakfast - Dec. 11, after morning Masses

Advent Moonlight Labyrinth Walk - Dec. 11, 6:00pm Our Lady of Guadalupe Film - Monday, Dec. 12, 12:00pm

Advent Communal Reconciliation - Dec. 14, 6:00pm Centering Prayer - Led by Jo Behrman

Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 7pm Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 1pm in the Chapel RE K-5 Grade - Dec. 14 at 4:30pm (no class 12/21 & 12/28) Youth Group - Jr. HS (6-8 Gr.) Sun., 11am-12:15pm

Sr. HS (9-12 Gr.) Sun., 12:15-1:30pm

An Arizona Non-Profit Corporation founded in 1999 — 300 N. Tanque Verde Loop Road, Tucson, AZ 85748

December 11, 2016 3rd Sunday of Advent Gaudete Sunday

The Mission of Corpus Christi

We, at Corpus Christi, seek to experience God in Scripture, the Sacraments, our prayer,

studies, one another and all of God’s creation. We aspire to embody

God’s presence by sharing our gifts and welcoming all.

Come

With

Grow

Us

Fr. Christopher Orndorff, Pastor Fr. Richard Kingsley, Pastor Emeritus

Deacon Mark Cesnik

PHONE: (520) 751-4235

FAX: (520) 751-1304

Parish Office Hours:

Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-4:30pm

Web Page: www.cccctucson.org

SCHEDULE OF MASSES

SATURDAY: 4:30 PM

SUNDAY: 7:45 AM

9:45 AM

HOLY DAY VIGIL: 6:00 PM

HOLY DAY: 8:00 AM

MONDAY through FRIDAY:

8:00 AM

ROSARY FRIDAY: 7:30 AM

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

BY APPOINTMENT AND

3:45PM SATURDAYS

SACRAMENT OF

THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK

FIRST FRIDAY AT 8 AM MASS

Come

With

Grow

Us

December Events For more information on events see details inside, call the Parish Office, or visit our website Yoga - Mon. and Wed., 9:00am Qigong - Thurs., 9:00am Angel Tree Drive - Through Dec. 11 Shawl Ministry - Dec. 13, 1:00pm Quilt Ministry - Dec. 14, 9:00am Parish Council Meeting - Dec. 27, 5:00pm Welcoming the New Year Reception - Jan. 1, 12:15am (after 11:30pm Mass 12/31))

Donations for 12/4/16

Not available at time of printing.

Thank you for your generosity!

Corpus Christi Has Gluten-Free Hosts

For those who wish to receive Gluten-Free hosts at Communion, we have them available at all Masses. To receive them, please come down the center aisle at the end of Communion and indicate to the Eucharistic Minister that you need the Gluten-Free host.

We welcome all who are visiting our Corpus Christi Faith Community for the first time or are frequent visitors. We are hon-ored by your presence. If we can be of service to you, please do not hesitate to call on us. If you would like to become a member of our Parish, please com-plete one of the Registration forms located in the Parish Office, at the Community Center Bulletin Board, or on our website at www.cccctucson.org

Please remember to let the Parish Office know when you are on campus during business hours. Thank you.

Mass Intentions are Available

If you would like to schedule a weekday Mass for your loved one(s), or have a special intention, please contact the parish office.

Homebound Eucharist If you have a family member or know of a parishioner on the eastside of Tucson in need of having Eucharist brought to them regularly, please contact the Parish Office at 751-4235.

Prayer Chain If you would like to be a part of the Prayer Chain, or have a pray-er request, all that’s required is to have a computer with internet access, an email address, a compassionate heart, and willingness to pray for others (no phone trees). For more information contact Lyn Diehl at 751-4235 or prayerchain@cccctucson.org

The Pima East Vicariate Penance (Evening) Schedule is as follows: St. Pius X – 13 December @ 6:30pm Corpus Christi - 14 December @ 6pm Our Mother of Sorrows - 18 December @ 7:30pm St. Cyril of Alexandria - 20 December @ 7pm St. Francis de Sales - 20 December @ 7pm St. Rita in the Desert - 22 December @ 7pm

Christmas Mass Schedule

Christmas Eve 3:30 pm 6:00 pm Midnight Christmas Day 8:00 am

New Year’s Eve Masses 12/31 4:30pm & 11:30pm (with reception following).

New Year’s Day Mass, 1/1/17, at 7:45am & 9:45am

Parish Office Holiday Schedule

Closed Friday, December 23 – Monday, December 26

Friday, December 30 – Monday, January 2, 2017 Open 8:30am – 12:30pm Tuesday, December 27

Wednesday, December 28 Thursday, December 29

We will resume regular business hours on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 (Mon. – Fri., 8:30am – 4:30pm)

REMINDER: There will be a full moonlight labyrinth walk

this Sunday evening December 11th at 6 pm. We will meet in the chapel for a brief history and use of the labyrinth and then we will walk the labyrinth together, by only the light of the full moon, stars and candles. Think of Mary and Joseph all those years ago and how that was the only light they had. Where did faith come into that image? What else did they take with them? Were they afraid? Were they tired? What gave them the strength to go on? We hope to see you there. Stop outside Mass today for more information on the labyrinth and the scheduled moonlit walk. The team is looking forward to sharing this ancient prayer path with you.

From the parish survey, the Parish Pastoral Council evaluated the demographics of our active parishioners and the needs ex-pressed by each category of those groups. As a result, we have set priorities for action which you will be hearing about over the next several months. One demographic that became obvious is that a large number of parishioners are at retirement, dealing with issues of aging, or are families who are in caregiver positions for older family members. Wellness, estate planning, resources, recreation, housing, nutrition, exercise, change of day-to-day routines, adapting homes for safety, use of computers and other current technology, and varying other topics are of interest to many in our community. Everyone is busy now thinking of the holidays, so watch the bul-letin in early January for more information on a new ministry to ad-dress this need. We will need YOU - interested, creative parishion-ers with ideas to develop a valuable treasure trove of information, speakers, and support!

New Ministry

Coming to Corpus Christi

No name yet, Just a focus!

Consider joining us!

For information regarding advertising on the back of our Parish bulletin, please call Claudia Borders at 298-1265.

Sunday, 12/11 All Corpus Christi Parishioners Monday, 12/12 Bill Bergen (D); Johanna Guilli-Dale (D); Maria Giampapa (D) Tuesday, 12/13 Bill Bergen (D) Wednesday, 12/14 Fr. Chris Orndorff, (L); Patricia Smith (D) Thursday, 12/15 Edmundo F. Ruiz (D); Carmen Lombardo (L); Eleanore Spellman (D) Friday, 12/16 Joshua Miller (D); Bill Bergen (D) Saturday, 12/17 All Corpus Christi Parishioners

Corpus Christi Ministries & Groups

CORPUS CHRISTI STAFF

(520)751- 4235 • Fax (520) 751-1304 • www.cccctucson.org Office Manager, Kara Montaño; kmontano@cccctucson.org Finance Manager, John Salapski; jsalapski@cccctucson.org Safe Environment Rep., Carmen Lombardo; clombardo@cccctucson.org; safeenvironment@cccctucson.org Director of Music, Jana Gee; jmgee19@gmail.com Coordinator of Children’s Ministry, Suzanne Hensel; shensel@cccctucson.org Coordinator of Youth Ministry, Stacey Beste; sbeste@cccctucson.org YM Assistant, Monique Wilson; mwilson@cccctucson.org Parish Office Receptionist, Kathy Cullinan; kcullinan@cccctucson.org Maintenance Supervisor, OJ Hartman; ohartman@cccctucson.org Maintenance, Alma Schlor; aschlor@cccctucson.org

Alcoholics Anonymous Faith 275-5176 Bob 749-1770 Activities Group Ceil Woodruff 490-8947 Adopt-A-Roadway Parish Office 751-4235 Altar Linens Cathy Cristo 401-9140 Altar Servers Ann Babick 308-8397 Becoming Catholic Dc Mark & Anna Cesnik 751-4235 Bereavement Hospitality Roger Heiman 721-4974 Boy Scouts Brad Underwood 465-4935 Bridge Barb McElroy 885-4996 Cancer Support Susan Middleton 751-4235 Centering Prayer Jo Behrman 955-4478 Church Decorations Linda Calandrella 749-9171 Cub Scouts Don Smith 971-9542 Eucharistic Ministers Dave Baker 290-9064 Eucharistic Minister Trainer Sheila Hill 886-9840 Faith Sharing Parish Office 751-4235 Greeters Pat Laufer 749-3510 Health Amy Eberle-White 488-9542 Hiking Club Dave Kohmann 449-7750 Homebound Eucharist Theresa Romanelli 751-4235 Infant Baptism Prep Dc Mark Cesnik 751-4235 Knights of Columbus Bud Mader 358-8043 Labyrinth Helen Russell 749-8932 Landscape Helpers OJ Hartman 751-4235 Lectors Francis Kearney 207-9807 Let’s Talk Travel Dick Englert 751-4235 Liturgical Life Marge Schaefer 207-4974 Native Peoples Angie Gill 465-5891 Out to Lunch Bunch Dorie Anne Ory 296-5399 Outreach Anna Cesnik 751-4235 Parish Council Francis Kearney 207-9807 Parish Librarian Kay Dahms 751-4235 Poker John Gulli 245-2149 Prayer Chain Lyn Diehl 751-4235 Quilt Ministry Diane Arnold 885-7490 Scrip (Gift Cards) Bill Wierschem 886-1349 Scrip (Gift Cards) by Mail Roxanne Gautreau 290-6188 Shawl Ministry Carol Poirier 576-2756 Time & Talent Linda Calandrella 749-9171 Ushers Henry Zipf 444-5672 Welcoming Ministry Sylvia Olberding 751-4235 Widowed Women Theresa Harth 751-4235 Women’s Retreat Ministry Janet Reff 721-7780 Young Adults Nick Sitzman 975-7445

When visiting our website cccctucson.org, please use the main link to access current information and not the sub-links...they are not updated.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47, or any readings from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nos. 707-712 Tuesday: Zep 3:1-2, 9-13; Ps 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-19, 23; Mt 21:28-32 Wednesday: Is 45: 6b-8, 18, 21b-25; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Lk 7:18b-23 Thursday: Is 54:1-10; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-12a, 13b; Lk 7:24-30 Friday: Is 56:1-3a, 6-8; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 7-8; Jn 5:33-36 Saturday: Gn 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72:1-4ab, 7-8, 17; Mt 1:1-17 Sunday: Is 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-6; Rom 1:1-7; Mt 1:18-24 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Third Sunday of Advent Monday: Our Lady of Guadalupe Tuesday: St. Lucy Wednesday: St. John of the Cross Friday: Las Posadas begins

Registered Households: 1088

Reminder for Parents

We would like to remind parents to please accompany their children to the restrooms. We are a growing parish and would like to continue to be a safe parish. Thank you.

To submit an article for the bulletin, send it via email to bulletin@cccctucson.org or drop it by the Parish Office.

Submissions must be received by 12 pm Monday.

From the Desk of Fr. Chris

To submit an announcement to be read at weekend Mass, send it via email to kmontano@cccctucson.org

or drop it by the Parish Office

Our Facebook page has been revitalized! Please “like” us on Facebook at “Corpus Christi Parish” and be part of increasing our faith community presence!

CORPUS CHRISTI WELCOMES?

Newly Registered Parishioners:

Mark & Kathy Mistler Ronald & Deborah Perkins George Reel & Therese May Welcome to Our Faith Community!

The Shawl Ministry was able to donate 33 homemade sweaters to school children, 38 knitted or crocheted lap robes to Vision Quest, Poverello House, and Sister José Women’s Center, along with over 80 pair of slippers, 18 scarves, about 60 hats, and a dozen mittens to all of these organizations and Kids on the Street. Our ministry has never had to buy yarn thanks to your generosity so, in a round about way, you are very much involved in our community in giving to those less fortunate. Thank you all and thank you to the Shawl ladies for a terrific job! Anyone wishing to be a part of this giving group, please contact Carol Poirier at 520-576-2756

Last Sunday to Choose an Angel Stop by the Angel tree, select an Angel and remember someone who is in need. “One in three children in Tucson live in poverty.” It’s hard to understand, but there are many who

never receive any gift during the holidays. Reach out to one of them and share your good fortune. Thank you...The Outreach Committee

Christmas and friends and family Order your $3 - ¼ lb. packages of Just Coffee now!

Just Coffee

proudly sold and served by the Knights of Columbus.

Have You Moved?

Do you have a new address, phone number or family changes? Updating this information helps us serve the parish more effectively and saves on the cost of returned postage. Please call the Parish Office at 751-4235 to update your information.

Last week I was rather upset with the Baptist for put-ting yet something else on my plate this season, giving me one more thing to do – repent, reconsider, refocus. This week I feel for John. He’s facing the end and start-ing to second guess himself. He’s starting to wonder if he backed the wrong horse. He’s come face to face with disappointment. This Jesus is the not Messiah he expected or preached. He expected to see the vindica-tion of God. He expected the Messiah to take the world by storm. “Are you the One who is to come, or should we look for another?” The big question John is really asking is “Can I trust God?” When life is full of confu-sion and disappointment, Can I trust God?

John came to his own answer. We can guess at it, since Jesus says of him: "Among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist..." And in anticipation of your answer and mine, Jesus adds: "... yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."

Fr. Chris

Father Richard’s gospel of John Class. Please read and meditate on the.6th Chapter. Also, answer two questions: Why Jesus is unwilling to be acclaimed "king." Why did the rulers oppose him? All are wel-comed as we meet on the 7th of January at 9am in the chapel.

Community News

Milestones

Do you have a “milestone date” coming up (birthday, anniversary, etc.)? Would you like your friends and fellow parishioners at Corpus Christi to celebrate the event with you? Please either call the parish office (520-751-4235) or email the bulletin at bulletin@cccctucson.org and let us know about your upcoming milestone event at least 10 days be-fore you would like it announced.

Youth Group November Schedule

Dec 11 Operation Christmas Child gift shoeboxes to local children in need Dec 18 All Youth Stand Up For Kids Christmas project 11-1pm Dec 24 Come Celebrate at the 3:30 mass on Christmas Eve. Children and Youth will have a Gospel Pageant & be active in all the ministries throughout the entire mass. For more info on happenings and opportunities, please contact Stacey Beste, Youth Minister, at sbeste@cccctucson.org and like us on Facebook at Corpus Christi YouthMinistry.

Do Twice The Good. The Arizona Charitable Tax Credit has dou-bled! Married couples filing jointly claim a credit up to $800; individ-ual filers claim a credit up to $400. donate to Catholic Community Services, claim the credit when you file your AZ state tax, and re-duce your state taxes dollar for dollar. The choice is yours; pay more in state tax or help children, families, seniors, and people with disabilities right in our community. Completely separate from the CTSO credit. Donate online at www.ccs-soaz.org or call 520-670-0854.

Retrouvaille provides marriage help! A Retrouvaille Weekend can help struggling couples rediscover hope and purpose in their marriages. The next Weekend in Tucson is January 13-15. For confidential information, call 520-686-1598 or email: rtvda-vis@hotmail.com or visit website: retrouvaille.org

Mass of Memorial - Wed., December 14, 6:30pm. Our Mother of Sorrows Parish. For more information, please call Patsy Klein, Director of Pastoral Care at 520-305-3613.

Photo of Fr. Chris blessing the new statue of St. Francis of Assisi in our courtyard on Wed., Nov. 30.

Please join Tom & Judi for an evening of laughs at the Live Theatre Workshop (5317 E. Speedway Blvd.) on Friday, January 20, 2017, at 7:30pm. The Play: Buyer and Cellar. An irresistible, one-man play, with the most delicious fictitious premise - an underem-ployed Los Angeles actor goes to work as a shopkeeper in the basement of Barbra Streisand’s Malibu home. (Contains adult humor.) $16/ticket. Call Tom 520-886-9536 for reservations. Tom has 20 tickets.

Safe Environment Corner - ALL VOLUNTEERS If you missed the annual training session for Safe Environment in October, please remember that make-up training must be completed by December 20. Please visit the Corpus Christi website, cccctucson.org, choose Safe Environment, then On-Line Training. You should choose the 2016 Training — Vulnerable Adults docu-ment to view. Follow the directions provided to turn in the appropri-ate documentation.

Southern AZ VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) - Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team (H-PACT) provides easily accessible care for homeless veterans, such as Primary Medical Care, Referral for substance abuse services, housing resources, employment re-sources, peer support services, shower and laundry facility, clothing room. Call 520-629-1839 for additional information or visit us from 7:30am to 4:00pm in Bldg. 90 at 3601 S 6th Ave, Tucson. No appointment needed.

Tucson AZ Boys Chorus Holiday Concert & Christmas Trees The chorus will celebrate the season with a holiday concert on Sat., Dec. 17, at 3pm and 7:30pm at Crowder Hall at the University of Arizona. Tickets at www.boyschorus.org or call 520-296-6277. The Christmas Tree lot is located at the northwest corner of Broad-way and Wilmot at 75 N Wilmot. The lot will be open Nov. 27 - Dec. 22, 12pm - 9pm Mon through Thurs.; and 10am - 9pm Friday and Sat., and 10am-7pm on Sundays.

THANK YOU to all the writers for helping with the Christmas cards for the Eloy and Florence Detention Centers. We were able to send 380 Christmas Cards!

Outreach Opportunity We are looking for volunteers to organize, sort, pack and deliver monthly food pantry donations to the agencies we support. Please contact Anna Elias-Cesnik (aecesnik@gmail.com) for information.