Office Hours-

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 9-5

(Closed for Lunch) Please call before coming to

the office.

Mass Schedule Saturday (vigil): 4:00 pm Sunday: 9:00 am, 11:30 am (Spanish) Weekdays: Wednesday 9:00 am Thursday 9:00 am Friday 12:10 pm

Confessions Saturdays

3:00-3:30 pm or by appt.

Confesiones cada sábado de 3:00 a 3:30 pm

Baptisms Preparation Class

required, call for an appointment

Sacrament of Holy Matrimony

6 months advance preparation, call for an

appointment

Anointing of the Sick By appointment, please call

the office

Holy Days of Obligation Times vary– please check the schedule—regularly sched-

uled daily Mass is usually cancelled

Parish Email-generaloffice@ ccchurchcc.org Parish Website-

www.ccchurchcc.org

Welcome to Corpus Christi!

!Bendiciones a Ti!

The Blessings of Advent?

Corpus Christi Catholic Community 3597 N. Sunridge Drive, Carson City, NV 89705 (775) 267-3200

Pastor- Rev. Father James J. Setelik, Jr.

First Sunday of Advent

December 3, 2017

Receptionist- Susan Zampirro Pastoral Assistant (DRE, Youth Minister, Ministry Development,

Facilities Director, Art and Environment) - Karen Smeath

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Corpus Christi Sunday Collection/ Colecta Semanal

Regular Collection

$2,261.00

Human Development $604.00

Thank You ! ¡Gracias!

Reflection of the Week

This First Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of a new liturgical year. All the readings during this period of waiting and anticipation concentrate on making us aware that it is time for us to awaken our lives as Christians. Jesus opens our Gospel Reading from St. Mark by saying “Be watchful! Be alert!” and closes it with an intense “Watch!”

For many Advent and Christmas are times of light, whether it is the light of the candles on Advent wreaths or the lights on a tree or the festive lights which decorate many houses and businesses. Jesus brings light into our worlds, but we must allow this light to permeate our own lives, to enter into the dark and sinful parts of our lives to illuminate and cleanse them.

This should be a time of renewed prayer and penance which truly prepares us to “watch” for the Lord, not just at Christmas but throughout our lives. There is a natural wonder among children at this time of year, but sometimes as we age, we lose that sense as if we are sleeping. It is time to awaken. Our minds may say “Let go” but our spirituality tells us to “Awaken.” We are filled with spiritual depths. It is time to seek them, find them, and awaken them. It is Advent, time for us to awaken and become aware of the gifts of love we have received from God and others. Or as Jesus reminds us: “Watch.”

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Gifts to God...Have You Given Yours?

Please add the following to our monthly “pray for” list in our Just for You newsletter…..

Frank Leupp, Benjamin R, Jean Smeath, Helen Minshew, Richard DeLallo, Anna Mann, Evelyn McBride.

Call the office if you wish to add someone to our prayer list including; our military and members of our parish family and

friends who are sick.

ADULT FAITH FORMATION

Corpus Christi Catholic Book Club

Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 20, 2018

at 6:30 p.m. Book Selection: Church of Spies: The

Pope’s Secret War Against Hitler by Mark Riebling

Read the book and join us for the discussion. All are welcome!

Read the book and join us for the discussion.

Also, a correction to Catholic 101 How Saints Are Made T/F Quiz: Question 15 SHOULD read: If the Servant of

God passes the scrutiny of the THIRD stage, he is canonized and declared Saint.

THE ICON STAND VOTIVE CANDLE is burning this week for the 7 teenage

accident victims.

THE SANCTUARY LAMP CANDLE is burning this week for the recent massacre victims.

MUSIC NEEDED FOR OUR PARISH

The music ministry is in creative transition. What ideas do you have?

We are looking for your wonderful ideas for this ministry.

Please let us know by placing letter in the offering baskets, stopping by the office or even emailing to

generaloffice@ccchurchcc.org.

Corpus Christi’s 7th Annual Cookie Walk Saturday, December 9th from 9am until 1pm.

A wonderful and festive assortment of homemade cook-ies will be available for you to choose from as you make

up your own holiday box. Cookies will be priced at $9:00 per pound. Bakers, please remember to submit

your sign-up sheets before the end of the month so that we can print the labels for your cookies. Additional in-formation and sign-up sheets can be found in the entry.

Sunday’s Readings

First Reading — We are the clay and you, O L , are the potter: we are the work of your hands (Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7). Psalm — Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved (Psalm 80). Second Reading — God is faithful; by God you were called to fellowship with the Son (1 Corinthians 1:3-9). Gospel — Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. (Mark 13:33-37). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Lecturas Dominicales

Primera lectura — Isaías ruega por el retorno del Se-ñor (Isaías 63:16-17, 19; 64:2-7). Salmo — Señor, Dios nuestro, restáuranos que brille tu rostro y nos salve (Salmo 80 [79]). Segunda lectura — Pablo está agradecido por las ben-diciones que los corintios han recibido debido a su fe en Jesús (1 Corintios 1:3-9). Evangelio — Jesús dice a los discípulos que estén siem-pre alertas a la llegada del tiempo designado (Marcos 13:33-37). Salmo responsorial: Leccionario Hispanoamericano Dominical © 1970, Comisión Episcopal Española. Usado con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados. READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Is 2:1-5; Ps 122:1-9; Mt 8:5-11 Tuesday: Is 11:1-10; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Lk 10:21-24 Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 15:29-37 Thursday: Is 26:1-6; Ps 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a; Mt 7:21, 24-27 Friday: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98:1-4; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38 Saturday: Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Ps 147:1-6; Mt 9:35 — 10:1, 5a, 6-8 Sunday: Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 85:9-14; 2 Pt 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: First Sunday of Advent Monday: St. John Damascene Wednesday: St. Nicholas Thursday: St. Ambrose; Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Friday: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday: St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

Advent calendars appear now in many homes, and newfangled formats are even available on line. Children have fun opening the doors and windows keyed to the days counting down to Christmas. Behind each door is a picture related to the Christmas mystery, perhaps a scripture verse or saying, but more and more these days something totally unconnected to religious life, like a small toy or a chocolate treat, appears instead. The Advent calendar is not very old as traditions go. We can trace it back to German-speaking Christians, both Protestant and Catholic. Lutherans might have originated the custom by placing chalk marks on doors starting December 1, lighting candles every day, or placing a new religious picture on the wall each day during Advent. The oldest known hand-made calendar goes back to 1851, and the first printed ones appeared in 1908 in Germany with Bible verses behind the doors. By far the most interesting calendar is a building, the town hall (Rathaus) of Gengenbach in Germany’s Black Forest. Every year the townspeople invite an illustrator of children’s books to create twenty-four paintings or motifs for each of the twenty-four main windows of the building. Every night the people gather to see a new window opened and illuminated. Very few commercial Advent calendars pay much attention to the core values of our liturgical calendar: the pivotal place of Sunday, the importance of Advent feasts like Saint Lucy and Saint Nicholas, and the clear shift in tone on December 17 from Advent longing and preparation toward imminent hope in Christ’s coming. That kind of creativity is left up to you!

—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE

El significado de la palabra “¡Adviento!” es muy interesante. Viene del latín y quiere decir “Allí viene” o “Ya está llegando”. Pero, ¿de quién hablamos cuando proclamamos “adviento”? ¿Del Rey de la Gloria?, ¿del Príncipe de la Paz?, ¿del Hijo del Dios Altísimo?, ¿del Salvador de Israel? Sí, sí, sí y otra vez, sí, pero más todavía del Hijo del Hombre, del niñito de María. Allí viene y ya está llegando. Tenemos que estar preparados. Pero ¿cómo prepararnos para la llegada de un rey que es pobre?, ¿de un príncipe que nació entre una mula y un buey? ¿de un niñito que ya es todo un hombre y además es Dios? He allí el dilema del Adviento cristiano. Es un llamado a vivir la paradoja de un tiempo que está a medias, donde el Reino de los Cielos ya existe pero no en su plenitud. Es un llamado a buscar en el templo, en el mall, en el barrio, en el hogar y en el propio corazón, para ver si “allí viene” el dueño de la casa. Es un llamado a estar atentos y vigilantes.

—Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Is 2:1-5; Sal 122 (121):1-9; Mt 8:5-11 Martes: Is 11:1-10; Sal 72 (71):1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Lc 10:21-24 Miércoles: Is 25:6-10a; Sal 23 (22):1-6; Mt 15:29-37 Jueves: Is 26:1-6; Sal 118 (117):1, 8-9, 19-21, 25- 27a; Mt 7:21, 24-27 Viernes: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Sal 98 (97):1-4; Ef 1:3-6, 11-12; Lc 1:26-38 Sábado: Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Sal 147 (146):1-6; Mt 9:35 — 10:1, 5a, 6-8 Domingo: Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Sal 85 (84):9-14; 2 Pe 3:8-14; Mc 1:1-8

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES

Domingo: Primer Domingo de Adviento Lunes: San Juan Damasceno Miércoles: San Nicolás Jueves: San Ambrosio; Día para Recordar Pearl Harbor Viernes: La Inmaculada Concepción de la Virgen María Sábado: San Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin

This Week at /Esta Semana Corpus Christi

Wednesday—December 6 9:00 am — Father’s Day Intentions

Thursday— December 7

9:00 am — Mother’s Day Intentions

Friday— December 8—Immaculate Conception 12:10 pm— †Leah Chiara

5:30 pm— People of the Parish

Saturday — December 9— 2nd Sunday of Adventvigil)

4:00 pm — †Alden Lewis by his family

Sunday — December 10— deciembre 10—2nd Sunday of Advent/2º Domingo de Adviento

9:00 am— †Ken Vechiarelli by his family

11:30 am— People of the Parish

Minister Schedule/ Horario de los Ministerios

Saturday 4:00 p.m. EM— Larry Tapp, Phyllis Zink, Cecilia Kness

Lector— Kate Sciacca

Sunday 9:00 a.m. EM— Molly Jordan, Pater Stoelton, Cindy Pardini

Lector— George Bishop

Sunday 11:30 a.m. ME—Catalina Diaz y Evangelina Velasco

Lectór—Jose Orozco

Our next Jacks Valley Elementary School Food Drive will be our Christmas Family

Adoption and Food Baskets

Around the Diocese

Around the Diocese

St Teresa Of Avila Catholic School 2nd Annual Night of Nativity Exhibit

December 6-7—5:30pm-8:00pm 567 S Richmond St, Carson City In school’s Multipurpose Room

Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Cemetery

Monthly Memorial Mass for those interred will be celebrated on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at the Most Holy

Redeemer Mausoleum Chapel at the cemetery.

The Respect Life Commission of the Diocese of Reno is cosponsoring three presentations at the annual Diocesan

Conference in Sparks. Richard Doerflinger, who retired last year as the USCCB’s Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, prepared policy statements and testimony on abortion,

euthanasia, and other medical-moral issues for 36 years. He has published in many journals, and his syndicated column is distributed by the National Catholic News Service. He is an Associate Scholar the Charlotte Lozier Institute and a Fellow

at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Ethics and Culture. He will present the following presentations on

January 6, 2018: (1) “Assisted Suicide: The Ethics, the Law and the Dangers,” (2) “Our Rights of Conscience Under

Attack,” and (3) “Shall we Manufacture of Children?” Please register at http://www.renodiocese.org/diocesanconference.

Walk for Life West Coast

January 27, 2018 If you’ve never attended the Walk for Life, consider doing

so...it’s a great experience. With buses leaving from various Reno churches.

See the entry for more information on most of these

including flyers from NAMI.

Project Rachel A Post-Abortion Healing Ministry

We pray for all those affected by abortion any way and whose hearts ache. May they be blessed with the cour-

age to seek help and experience the love and mercy of God.

Call our help line 775-324-4325 Visit www.dioceseofreno.org, click the Ministries page

and find us under “Agencies”. The page gives infor-mation on Project Rachel.

Diocesan Conference registration now open!

It’s Not Too Late! Register Now!

The annual Diocesan Conference, “Keep Your Eyes on Me/Manttén tus ojos en Me” is being held January 5 & 6, 2018 at the Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks. Any registrations received after Friday, December 15, 2017 will be assessed a $10.00 late

fee. Late fee applies to onsite registrations as well.

Ministries/Ministerios

Respect Life

Respect Life is praying across from the West End Abortion Clinic at 5915 Tyrone Rd in Reno twice a month. Directions: From Business US 395, turn east on Neil Rd., Turn right at Meadow Wood Ln, then turn right onto Tyrone Rd. If you are interested in praying with us, please call the office.. “When we encounter Christ, experience his love, and deepen our relationship with him, we become more aware of our own worth and that of others.”

USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities “How to Build a Culture of Life,” www.goo.gl/yAt6Gk

“Si conoce a alguien que ha tenido un aborto, exprese compasión por su pérdida. Asegúrele el amor incondicional de Dios, y anímela a buscar sanación y perdón”. Secretariado de Actividades Pro-Vida de la USCCB “Vías de

misericordia para la sanación posaborto”, www.goo.gl/tRqZhx

St. Benedict Society - Sunday December 3, 4:00 pm

Knights of Columbus - normally the 1st

Wednesday of each month - 7:00 pm Next date: December 6th

Catholic Daughters - usually the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 4:00 pm. None in July and August

Next date: December 20 Next Bake Sale: December 16-17

Rosary normally held every Wednesday & Thursday after Daily

Mass & Friday at 11:20 am except during

Eucharistic Adoration Fridays, then the Rosary is at 10:00 am.

Eucharistic Adoration

usually held on the first Friday. from 10:45 - 11:45 a.m., with

Rosary at 10:00 a.m. Next date: January 5th

Corpus Christi Information

Altar Servers/Acólitos Contact Parish Office

Youth Ministry/ Grupo de Jóvenes

Terrie Juchtzer-Youth Minister (The Club) Contact Parish Office

Hands of Christ/Ministry to Sick

Las Manos de Cristo/A Los Enfermos Contact Parish Office

Convalescent Home Coordinator Terrie Juchtzer

Minister Scheduling/La Programación de Ministerios

Charlie Muller - 220-6242 Claudia Morales (en español)

Spanish Baptism Classes

Rodolfo y Evangelina Velasco

Pastoral Council/El Consejo Parroquial Contact Parish Office

Knights of Columbus

Joe Pettit - Grand Knight

Adult Conversion Classes/

Los Sacramentos de los Adultos Father Jim- Parish Office

Respect Life Committee/

El Comité de Respeto por la Vida Lori Courtney - 885-6880

Catholic Daughters/Las Hijas Católicas

Pam Petersen-Regent

Rosary Maker’s Guild/Maniobra de Rosarios Cindy Pardini - Parish Office

St. Benedict Society/La Sociedad de San Benito

Phil Clarke- Minister - 267-3936

Hispanic Marriage Encounter/ Encuentro Matrimonial Hispano

Rodolfo y Evangelina Velasco

Boy Scout/Girl Scout Information Marty Schwedhelm 250-9564

Susan Zampirro 882-7523