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July 5, 2020Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Corpus Christi Catholic Church6300 McKenna Drive, Mobile, Alabama 36608
Email: [email protected] ! Website: www.CorpusChristiParish.com
PARISH OFFICE HOURSMonday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
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
PASTORAL STAFF
Very Reverend James F. Zoghby, V.F.Reverend John S. BoudreauxDeacon Arthur W. RobbinsMrs. Kristy F. Martin, School PrincipalMrs. Jennifer S. Pritchett, Parish Catechetical LeaderMr. 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 catering services, pleasecall the 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. Mass: Monday through Friday8:15 a.m. Mass: Saturday
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Saturday: 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. in the Banquet Halland by request after Mass and by appointment.
BAPTISM, MARRIAGE, ANOINTING OF SICK
Please call the parish office (342-1852) for 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: Grades K–12, Sundays duringschool year, 10:05-10:55 a.m. in school bldgs.
SCHOOL Grades PreK2 through 8. Info: 342-5474,ext. 1, or email [email protected].
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Rejoice!With joy we welcome our brothers & sisters
into the Catholic Christian Community.
CATECHUMENSThose not yet baptized received the 3 sacraments of Christian initiation:
Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist
April Marie Kelso PrineRyan Andrew RogersLewis Wayne Walker
CANDIDATES FOR FULL COMMUNIONBaptized Christians of other denominations were received
into full communion with the sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist
Evan Renner MoorerHayden O’Neal PayneJames Bruce Pollock
Regina Howze PollockGeorge Gregory SangilanPaul Darren Sutherland
CATHOLIC ADULT CONFIRMATIONBaptized Catholics receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation
Jared William KachelSarah Helen Downs Kelso
Lauren Elizabeth Aldred Tholl
Schedule of MassesSunday Mass in Church
Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:30 p.m.Sunday Morning Masses: 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.
Sunday Mass Onlineon the Parish Website & YouTube
Each Sunday, Mass is posted online at 6:00 a.m.and is available for viewing
anytime, any day, along with all previous Online Masses.Go to CorpusChristiParish.com/Church
OR YouTube.com & Corpus Christi Church, Mobile, AL
Weekday Mass in Church6:30 a.m. Mon-Fri: Sit on Left Side of church.
8:15 a.m. Mon-Sat: Sit on Right Side of church.
Year-round Baby Showerfor newborn babies through 2B Choices for Women
Place new diapers and items for newborns in the box in the vestibule.
Regular Parish Office Hours ResumeMonday through Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
No one is obligated to attend Mass on Sundays.
Everyone in the archdiocese of Mobileis dispensed from the obligation
to attend Sunday Mass.Anyone who feels sick should NOT attend.
Society of St. Vincent de PaulMeetings: 1st & 3rd Mon. of month, at 6:30 p.m., via Zoom.Poor Box, Food, Clothing donations and “In-Need” Drop Box at theSVDP table in the vestibule. To seek help, call 251-366-6443.For further info, visit our website: SVDPCCC.org or our Facebookpage at Saint Vincent de Paul Corpus Christi Conference-Mobile ALThanks for helping our SVDP Group provide assistance to the needy.
MEN OF ST. JOSEPH All men are welcome to meet for prayer, Gospel reflection, fellowship.
The Men of St. Joseph have been continuing their meetingsIn person and by Phone. To join the meeting by phone,
Dial in: 251-665-2515. Conference ID: 102102#contact Jay Cox at 401-6070 or [email protected]
Thursday Morning Women’s Bible StudyContinuing with Zoom meetings, 9:15 to 10:45 a.m.
Info: Patti Hughes, 401-9623 or [email protected].
Welcome New ParishionersJonathan Paez
Giovanna Villasmil
REST IN PEACEFrances Lee Myers Strong
SPECIAL COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND: Missionary Co-Op.
RESCHEDULED SPECIAL COLLECTION: The annual Peter’s Pencecollection has been rescheduled by the archdiocese to the October 3-4weekend. This worldwide collection supports the charitable works of thepope, helping victims of war, oppression and natural disasters. For moreinfo of the Peter’s Pence collection, visit www.usccb.org/peters-pence.
SEMINARIANS ONLINE AND COLLECTION: $1,101.00JUN 28TH BUILDING FUND ONLINE & COLLECTION: $596.00JUN 28TH TITHING ONLINE & COLLECTION: $15,938.64
Thank You and God Bless Youfor your continued, faithful generosity supporting
Corpus Christi during this difficult time.
To receive Offering Envelopes please notify the parishoffice at 342-1852 or at [email protected].
To set up Online Giving, please go to the church website,CorpusChristiParish.com/Church, click the green Online Giving iconon left side of the page, and follow the instructions.For help, call 1-800-348-2886, ext 1, or parish office, 342-1852.
A Prayer for the NationAlmighty God, you have given us this good land for our
heritage. We humbly ask you that we may always proveourselves a people mindful of your favor and glad to doyour will. Bless our land with honorable endeavor,sound learning and pure manners. Save us fromviolence, discord and confusion, from pride andarrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our libertiesand fashion into one united people the multitude broughthere out of many nations and tongues. Endow with theSpirit of wisdom those to whom in your name we entrustthe authority of government, that there may be justiceand peace at home, and that through obedience to yourlaw we may show forth your praise among the nations onearth. In time of prosperity fill our hearts withthankfulness, and in the day of trouble do not allow yourtrust to fail. Thomas Jefferson
Prayers from the Mass for
Independence Day
Father of all nations and ages, we recall the day when
our country claimed its place among the nations. For what has been achieved we give you thanks. For the work that still remains we ask your help.
All-powerful Father, we rededicate ourselves to your
service, and to the works of justice and freedom for all.
As you have called us from many peoples to be onenation, help us to give witness in our lives, and in our lifeas a nation, to the rich diversity of your gifts. Grant thatunder your providence our country may share yourblessings with all the peoples of the earth.
Loving Father, your son Jesus spoke to people a
message of peace, and taught us to live as brothers andsisters. His message lives on in our midst as a task for ustoday and a promise for tomorrow.
We thank you, Father, for your blessings in the past and
for all that, with your help, we must yet achieve.
John Carroll, S.J.1735-1815
First Bishop of the United States
John Carroll was born in Maryland, the fourth son ofseven children. First instructed in the Catholic faith byhis mother, in 1748 he was sent to the Jesuit school of St.Omer in French Flanders. Attending St. Omer with himwas his cousin Charles Carroll, who was to become theonly Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence. (John’s older brother Daniel Carrollbecame one of only five men to signboth the Articles of Confederation andthe Constitution of the United States).
In 1753, John entered the Jesuit novitiateand was ordained in 1761. He taught inEurope after 1761 and took final vows in1771. His happy Jesuit life ended,however, when Pope Clement XIVsuppressed the Jesuit community in 1773. John Carrollwrote to his mother: “The greatest blessing which in myestimation I could receive from God would be immediatedeath.”
John Carroll returned to Maryland, where he resided withhis mother. Since Catholics were forbidden publicworship, a chapel was built for him so he could celebrateMass for local Catholics.
In 1776, the Continental Congress asked John Carroll, hiscousin Charles, Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Chase totravel to Quebec to persuade the French Canadians to jointhe American Revolution.
The mission was unsuccessful, and Carroll wasexcommunicated by the local Quebec bishop for hispolitical activities. John journeyed back to Philadelphia,caring for an ailing Benjamin Franklin. Franklin wouldremember John Carroll’s kindness later when asked bythe Vatican to recommend a priest who would become thefirst bishop of the United States.
After 1783, John Carroll was a vigorous defender ofCatholic rights in the new nation. In his role as therepresentative of Catholics in the United States, Carrolloften wrote articles for publication defending the Catholictradition against demagogues who furthered the popularcause of anti-Catholicism in the United States. He foughtnotions of state establishment of Protestantism as theofficial religion, but he always treated non-Catholics withrespect, insisting that Catholics and Protestants shouldwork together to build up the new nation. An earlyadvocate of Christian Unity, Carroll put forward the ideathat the chief obstacles to unity among Christians in theUnited States were the lack of clarity on the boundaries ofPapal Primacy and the use of Latin in the liturgy.
In March of 1788, the Catholic clergy of the United Statesrequested permission from Rome to elect their firstbishop. Permission was granted, and in April 1789, JohnCarroll, S.J. was elected bishop of Baltimore by the
clergy of the new nation by a vote of 24out of 25. On November 6, 1789 PopePius VI approved the election, namingCarroll the first Catholic bishop in theUnited States. He was the bishop of all13 states. He was the only Catholicbishop in the U.S. ever elected byclergy.
John Carroll served as bishop andarchbishop of Baltimore for 35 years. He proved to be anastute leader while facing the innumerable difficulties ofestablishing the Church in a new, democraticenvironment. Greatly interested in the education ofyouth, John Carroll was instrumental in foundingGeorgetown University, the oldest Catholic university inthe United States. He encountered resistance as hepromoted the inclusion of women in higher education. He also encouraged St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to establishthe American Sisters of Charity for the education ofyoung girls.
Archbishop John Carroll’s death in 1815 was the occasionof a universal outpouring of mourning.
