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Corpus Christi Parish

110 West Lafayette Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21217

http://www.corpuschristibaltimore.org/
Parish Office: (410) 523-4161
Parish Fax: (410) 523-5745
E-mail: CChristi@archbalt.org
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Click here for PDF or Word versions of this week's parish bulletin, containing the week's readings, reflections, mass intentions, mass schedule, and other news. You can download Adobe's free PDF reader by clicking here. You can find an archive of parish bulletins starting in 2005 by clicking here.


	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mass for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, our country’s patronal feast day and a holy day of obligation, will be celebrated on Friday, August 15, at 12:10 p.m.
	Religious Education (Sunday School) Registration
Attention Parents: If you are planning to enroll your child in this upcoming year's religious education classes (Sunday School), please contact Ann Stavely, Coordinator of Religious Education, at 410-523-4161 or e-mail her at AStavely@archbalt.org. Thank you.
	Sandwiches For Lunch
Please contact Betsy Lafferty if you could provide sandwiches for our lunch program. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11 am to noon, sandwiches are given out at the rectory door. We are currently giving out around 30 sandwiches on those days. The sandwiches are white bread, a deli meat (like bologna) with a piece of cheese. Mustard goes between the meat and the cheese. Please wrap them in a type of Ziploc bag and put them in the wrapper of the bread loaf. Sandwiches should be dropped off the day you make them or freeze them and bring them in when you come to the weekend liturgy. Your efforts are really making a difference!
	Sister Parish Note
Greetings from warm, sunny San Salvador and special greetings from the folks in San Juan Sepalau, conveyed in a phone call today from Julio. I called him right back in Sepalau and we spoke at length. He and probably Adela will be coming to El Salvador Aug, 29-30-31, for the [meeting of Sister Parish International representatives], “Primero Dios.” I’ll catch up with them here. He said the community would like to do a chicken coop project, 300 hens and they will write it up and submit the proposal to Sr. Parish. This year’s visit began with tears amid the usual hugs – 3 male youngsters from the parish were killed recently – gang related. I knew all of them and their families very well, worked closely with Henri Josue, age 16 and in the 9th grade – 18 bullets. His friends were gang members. Henri and his older brother were karate champs. The others are William and Nelson. Prayers, please – a heavy summer. My friend Elvira Patricia Flores is this year’s miracle and I need to thank the parish for their long-standing prayers, as her name was in the bulletin. Her life is back on track! Hope all is well in Baltimore. Love to all – Patti Ann.
	Liturgical Bits and Bites
The Bread that is received. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal is quite clear: “It is most desirable that the faithful should receive the body of the Lord in hosts consecrated at the same Mass and should share in the cup when it is permitted. Communion is thus a clearer sign of sharing in the sacrifice that is actually being celebrated."
	Lay Ministry Schedule
The schedule for lectors, Prayers of the Faithful, and Communion ministers can be found by clicking here.
	Community Center Volunteer Opportunities
If you're interested in making Chili, Chicken Soup, Vegetable Beef Soup, or Sandwiches for the Community Center, recipes can be found by clicking on the names of those items.
	Search and Benefit Corpus Christi
Everytime you do an Internet search go to http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=804234 and Corpus Christi will receive 1¢.

“All of us...make up one body in Christ, and as different parts we are all joined to one” (Romans 12:4).

We who gather at Corpus Christi are called into the Body of Christ. Alone we acknowledge our incompleteness; together we experience our wholeness as a people of God. Our journey of faith opens us up to opportunities for collaborative ministry, the pursuit of justice, and the celebration of our diversity. Strengthened by the Spirit, we accept our calling to be a church that affirms the grace of our baptism into Christ’s death and resurrection. We acknowledge that we share in the transformation of the world through Eucharist, reconciliation, and prophetic witness to God’s justice and peace.

In discernment of our particular calling as a parish community, here and now, we take up these challenges:

to be good news for one another, for the communities to which we are joined, near and far, and for the stranger in our midst, always looking for opportunities to be hospitable and supportive;

to worship with prayer and purpose, celebrating our communion in Christ through life-giving liturgy and collaborative ministry that encourage full and active participation by all;

to nurture in one another a deep and responsive faith through programs of education and spiritual formation that inspire Christian witness at all stages of life;

to extend ourselves in service to each other, to the wider community, and to the world through personal and communal acts of justice and mercy;

to care for and cultivate all that God has entrusted to us by the wise and generous use of our resources of time, talent, and treasure.

This is our calling. With Christ, may we become the bread that is broken and the wine that is poured. May we live out our mission “not halfheartedly but with conscientiousness and an eager spirit” (Romans 12: 11); so that, when we gather to remember, we may truly call ourselves the Body of Christ, Corpus Christi.

Approved & adopted by the Pastoral Council - 5 November 2001

Saturdays
4:00 p.m. (Year round)

Sunday
9:30 a.m. (July 1st - Labor Day Weekend)
10:30 a.m. (September 10 - June 24)

Weekdays
12:10 p.m. (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)

Holy Week
Holy Thursday Mass - 7:30 p.m.
Good Friday Stations of the Cross - 12:10 p.m.
Good Friday Mass - 7:30 p.m.
Easter Vigil - 8:00 p.m.
Easter Sunday Mass - 10:30 a.m.

Holy Days
12:10 p.m.

Confessions
Saturdays at 3:30 p.m. or by appointment

Pastor: Rev. Richard J. Bozzelli

Pastoral Associate: Betsy Lafferty

Coordinator of Religious Education: Ann Stavely

Deacons: Fritz Bauerschmidt
Frank Hodges

Community Center
Food Program Manager: Roberta Brown

Music Ministry Coordinator: Don Boomgaarden

Administrative Assistant: Robert Wissmann

Facility Supervisor: Jim Dimmer

Last updated on July 24, 2008

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