Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Corpus Christi Parish, Mobile

August 12, 2012
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH
6300 McKenna Drive, Mobile, Alabama 36608
Email: Church@CorpusChristiParish.com ! Website: www.CorpusChristiParish.com
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Parish Office:
School Office:
Rel. Ed. Office:
Preschool Office:
Youth Ministry:
342-1852 • Fax 342-6313
342-5474, ext. 1 • Fax 380-0325
342-5474, ext. 7 • Fax 380-0325
342-2424 • Fax 343-3119
342-1852 • Fax 342-6313
SUNDAY M ASSES
Vigil:
5:30 p.m. Saturday
Morning: 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.
W EEKDAY MASSES
6:30 a.m.: Monday through Friday
8:15 a.m.: Monday through Saturday
PASTORAL STAFF
Very Rev. James F. Zoghby, V.F., Pastor
Rev. John S. Boudreaux, Associate Pastor
Deacon Arthur W . Robbins, Deacon
Sr. Donna Cooper, R.S.M., Visitation Chaplain
Mrs. Linda M. Hawkins, Pastoral Assistant
Mrs. Joan T. McMullen, School Principal
Mrs. Kathleen Q. Jester, Parish Catechetical Leader
Mrs. Judi B. Ankiewicz, R.C.I.A. Coordinator
Mrs. Colleen DeVoe, Youth Ministry Co-Director
Mrs. Brenda Martens, Youth Ministry Co-Director
Mr. Matthew F. Purvis, Music Director
Mr. Jay H. Henley, Gym Manager
TO REGISTER AS A M EM BER OF TH E PARISH
Please fill out a Census Form. Census Forms are
available in the church vestibule and parish office.
COM M UNITY CENTER RENTALS & SERVICES
For rental information and kitchen services, please call
the parish office at 342-1852 or 342-1420.
SACRAM ENT OF RECONCILIATION
Saturday: 5:00 p.m. and by request, particularly
after the 6:30 & 8:15 a.m. weekday Masses.
BAPTISM , MARRIAGE, ANOINTING OF SICK
Please call the parish office (342-1852) or information
and scheduling baptism, marriage, anointing of sick.
ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (R.C.I.A.)
Please see published schedule for specific dates and
times, or call the parish office (342-1852).
SUNDAY SCH OOL (C.C.D.) Grades K–12, Sundays
during school year, 10:05-10:55 a.m. in school bldgs.
SCH OOL, SACS-accredited for Grades K through 8.
For info & registration, please call the school office.
PRESCHOOL, State-licensed for 6-week to 4-yr. olds.
For info & registration, please call the preschool office
NINE TE E NTH S UND AY IN OR D INAR Y TIME
Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary
Holy Day Mass Schedule
Tuesday, Aug. 14: 5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass
Wednesday, Aug. 15: 6:30 & 8:15 a.m. and 7 p.m.
The Women’s Club
All women are welcome.
Monday, Aug. 13: 6:30 p.m. meeting in atrium. Guest Speaker:
K of C Grand Knight Bob Wheat. Info: Barbara Collette, 767-1638.
Women of Mary
Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m., in the Family Room
. All women are welcome to meet for prayer, reading the Gospel, and discussion.
Info: Sr. Deborah Kennedy, R.S.M., 316-3960.
Wednesday Night Dinner
Student Registration & Parent Meeting
Sunday, Aug. 19, at 10 a.m. in the Adult Education Room
(located on the 1st Floor in the Community Center)
Student Registration Forms can also be printed & dropped at the parish
office: Go to CorpusChristiParish.com, then click “Church” on the Intro
Page, then click the “Sunday School (CCD)” link on the left side of the page.
Volunteer Teachers Needed for Sunday School (CCD) program
in Grades 2, 6, 7 & 8. Volunteer forms are in the vestibule, and
also can be downloaded from the parish website: Click “Church”
then the “Sunday School [CCD] link; see “Volunteer Forms” below.
5:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the Banquet Hall
$9.00 for Adults ! $4.00 for Children (Age 12 & under)
Aug. 15: Herb-Crusted Pork Tenderloin, Grilled Chicken Breast
w/Citrus Butter Sauce, Scalloped Potatoes, Zucchini & Squash
Medley, Tossed Salad w/Dressings, Sweet Yeast Rolls,
Cheesecake, Beverages. Kids Meal: Chicken Tenders and Fries.
Must RSVP with your name & number in your party: 1. Return an RSVP
Card, or 2. Call 342-1288 or 3. Email church@CorpusChristiParish.com
Children’s Liturgy of the Word —Forms in vestibule and on
parish website. (Please see above announcement.)
SCHOOL NEWS
Summer Office Hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Aug. 13-17.
Book & Supplies Drop-Off Day: Fri., Aug. 17, 10 am.-12 noon.
Opening Day of School: Monday, Aug. 20. Noon dismissal.
Starting Wednesday, Sept. 12
ADULT R ELIGIOUS
E DUCATION (R.C.I.A.)
Continuing education for Catholic and other
adults who would like to learn more about
and/or join the Catholic Church. Meetings
are in the Adult Ed. Room in the Community
Center, Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Wed., Sept. 12 — Introductory Class: Everything you want to
know about the Catholic Church but haven’t been able to ask.
Bring your questions! Ask, or drop them in our Question Box.
Men of St. Joseph
Tuesdays, 7 to 8 a.m. in the Family Room
Also Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in Room 6 (2nd Floor)
All men are welcome to meet for prayer, reading the Gospel, and discussion.
Info: Jim Donaghey, jbd@orthomobile.com or www.MenOfStJoseph.com.
Wed. Evening Info: Walter Bracewell, 599-1650 or walter.bracewell@yahoo.com
Widowed Persons’ Support Group
For information call parishioner Glen Porter at 666-8977.
CORPUS CHRISTI BOOSTER CLUB
22nd Annual Cougar Golf Classic
Friday, August 24, Azalea City Golf Course
12 noon Registration and Lunch by Firehouse Subs-Hillcrest
1:30 p.m. Shotgun Start
Winners paid in Flights with final scorecard (All skill levels could win!)
Field limited to 32 teams. Four-ball format, $100 per player
Gold, Silver and Bronze Sponsorships
Gold: $600 (4 golfers, 1 tee box recognition)
Silver: $300 (2 golfers, 1 tee box recognition)
Bronze: $100 (1 tee box recognition)
Registration Forms are available in the church vestibule.
To pay by Credit Card contact Bob Slaby, 473-5550.
Fax any form to 473-8026.
To reserve a team or sponsorship, contact Golf Director
Duke Ankiewicz, 622-4387 or duke6566@comcast.net.
This fundraiser supports the athletic program for all Corpus Christi sports.
COR PUS CH R IS TI CH UR CH , MOB ILE , ALAB AMA
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Poor Box, Food, Clothing donations put in the designated places in
the vestibule are distributed by our St. Vincent de Paul Society
To obtain assistance, call 432-5173 and leave name & phone no.
Meetings: 1st & 3rd Wed., 7 p.m., Com. Ctr. Conf. Rm. (2nd Flr.)
Knights of Columbus
Meeting: 2nd Tues., Aug. 14, 7 p.m., Com. Ctr. Conf. Rm.. (2nd Flr).
Contact: Grand Knight, Bob Wheat, 490-9350.
AUGUS T 1 2 , 2 0 1 2
A Hist ory of t he
Archdiocese of Mobile
Copies of this beautiful history of our archdiocese are now available
in the parish office. It is presented in a hard-cover volume with 192
pages, glossy paper and full-color throughout. The price is $35.
Book Signing by the Author, Dr. Charles Nolan: Saturday, Aug.
25, 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon at the Portier House, near the Cathedral.
Books are to be purchased at the parish, and brought to the signing.
Voter Registration Forms
K of C Raffle
1st Prize — Charbroil Pro Gas & Charcoal Grill
2nd Prize — $100 Cash ! 3rd Prize — $50 Cash
Drawing to be held Monday, Sept. 3
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Donation $1 each or 6 for $5.
Need not be present to win.
With thanks to the Knights for the covered drive-through/walkway
which provides protection on rainy days for our school students
during car pool and to & from lunch in the community center and
which also serves the rest of the parish community on numerous
occasions, proceeds from this fund raiser will go to the Knights’
continuing projects to serve the Corpus Christi parish community.
Boy Scouts — Troop 29
Tues., Aug. 14: 6-7:30 Meeting. Sun., Aug. 19 & 26: 5-6:30 Meeting.
Sat, Aug. 18: 6:30 Court of Honor. Fri, Aug. 24: 7-9:30 Jr High Sock Hop
Mon., Aug. 27: 6:30 p.m. Commtee Meeting.
Cub Scout News
Aug. 11-12: Cub Scout Roundup after the 5:30, 9 and 11 Masses.
Aug. 14: 5-8 p.m. Fishing & Raingutter Regatta at Camp Grace.
To join Cub Scouts or for more info call Walter Bracewell 633-2027
or Mike Martin 633-5218 or email/visit ccspack29.scoutlander.com.
A A — A lan on — O A — CO D A
AA: 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.
W e l c om e , Ne w Pa r i s h i on e r s
Bob Cummings & Gwen Cummings-Harrison and their
daughter, Haley + Brian & Sue Hall and their children, Nick,
Sarah and Sophie + Milton & Darla Hoven + Oscar &
Jannie Lopez and their children, Angela, O.J. and Gabrielle.
BAPTIZED IN CHRIS T
Katherine Maria Byrne (daughter of Mark Oliver Byrne & Maria
Audelia Kiskowski Byrne) + Nadia Zendaya Moore (daughter
of Marlon Angelo Moore & Marissa Denise Washington Moore) +
Jada Michelle Nguyen (daughter of Chau Dinh Nguyen & Sharri
Lynn Williams Nguyen) + Liam Avery Palmer (son of Jonathan
Wilber Fisk Palmer, III & Krystal Marie Dickinson and grandson of
Louise Dickinson) + Molly Brooke Sellew (daughter of
Brendan Michael Sellew & Tracie Suzanne Moss Sellew).
If you would like to register to vote in the State of Alabama, or if
you need to update your address or voter registration record,
forms are available in the church vestibule and the parish office.
Directions are provided on the forms. Competed forms must be
mailed directly to the County Board of Registers. For further info
call the Elections Division at 1-800-274-8683 or 334-242-7210.
Around the Archdiocese:
Our Savior Preschool &
Mother's Day Out 4-year-old Preschool program3 &5 days a week.; Mother's Day Out
for children 6 months - 4 yrs.,Mon.,, Wed., &/or Fri.. Hours 8:30-12:30. Contact Rita
Langan, Director, 633-3017 or director@oursaviorpreschool.com. Gabriel's Project Maria Callaghan is starting this ministry. To serve as a Prayer Angel for a woman
asking for help with her pregnancy, contact Maria at rwcallaghan63@bellsouth.net or
753-2416. Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat (Post-abortive healing retreat), Nov. 30-Dec. 2.
Brochures in vestibule. Info: Sheri, 604-4754, or Bridget, 421-4313. Mobile Deanery
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women Fall Quarterly Meeting, Tues., Aug. 14,
at St. Mary’s Parish, 1453 Old Shell Rd. 9 a.m. registration. Mass & Luncheon follow
the meeting. Cost of lunch is $12. Make reservations by Sat., Aug. 11: Call Jane
Shoulders, 476-4989, or Betty Russell, 479-8907. Attention Catholic Singles.
Interested in joining an excellent Catholic singles organization? The Catholic Alumni
Club International is looking to expand in the Mobile archdiocese. We provide a group
dedicated to social, cultural, civic and spiritual relationships in a Catholic setting. For
more info check visit www.caci.org, or contact Steve at valksr@yahoo.com.
NEXT WEEKEND’S SPECIAL COLLECTION: Home Missions.
FIRST COLLECTION TODAY for tithing offerings.
SECOND COLLECTION TODAY for Corpus Christi Building Fund.
THE CHURCH IN LATIN AMERICA: $1,698.40
AUG. 5TH BUILDING FUND COLLECTION: $8,781.00
AUG. 5TH TITHING COLLECTION: $31,916.14
Thank You and God Bless You
for your tithes, contributions & bequests to Corpus Christi Church.
To make a direct donation of stock, ask your stockbroker, or call
Steve Setterstrom at Citigroup Global Mkts. at 470-1060.
Receive a detail listing of your contributions by mail, email or fax:
Call 342-1852 or email Church@CorpusChristiParish.com
Online Giving
With Online Giving you can either make a one-time contribution or
set up a recurring automatic withdrawal from a checking or savings
or credit card account: Go to www.CorpusChristiParish.com; click
“Church”; then click the green Online Giving icon, and follow the
instructions to contribute to the tithing or building fund or special collections.
For assistance, call 1-800-348-2886, ext 4, or parish office, 342-1852.
History
of
Liturgical
Singing
“Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord. Let us shout
aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come
before him with thanksgiving and extol him with
music and song.” Psalm 95:1-2
As in the synagogue service, the congregation in the
early Church actively sang in worship.
“Be filled with the Holy Spirit, addressing one
another in psalms and hymns and inspired songs.
Sing praise to the Lord with all your hearts. Give
thanks to God the Father always and for everything
in our Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 5:18b-20
In the early 300s, the Church was no longer persecuted
by the Roman Empire, and it began to change from
celebrating the Eucharist in homes to celebrating in
large public buildings (basilicas or law courts). It began
to adopt Imperial Roman Court ceremonies into the
Mass. Congregational singing was still strong, but
choirs were also created to support the music at liturgy.
The tradition of using the vernacular language (Hebrew
to Aramaic to Greek to Latin) was maintained when
Pope Damasas I had the Liturgy translated from Greek
into Latin — the vernacular language of the empire.
In later centuries, Latin was no longer the vernacular
language of the people, and there was no one like Pope
Damasas to maintain the tradition of using the
vernacular language. As the vast majority of the people
could no longer understand Latin, and the singing
became more elaborate, congregational singing declined.
Choirs predominated in the larger city churches, but by
the time of the early Middle Ages there was little or no
music in the Mass in smaller parishes.
Even in most parishes in the United States in the first
half of the 20th century, congregational singing or
praying out loud at Mass was not the norm. Choirs
might sing at the one “High Mass” on Sunday, but the
vast majority of the other Sunday Masses were “Low
Masses,” where there was no singing, and the people
participated in silence. Devotional celebrations, such as
novenas, became popular because they were conducted
in the vernacular language, and the people were allowed
to pray the prayers out loud and sing at those services.
When the Bishops of the world met for the Second
Vatican Council in 1962, called by Blessed Pope John
XXIII, the first priority of the Council was to renew and
reform the celebration of the Mass and the other
sacraments. The People gathered for Mass were to be
encouraged to participate actively in the Mass, which
included singing the Mass. As Vatican II’s Constitution
on the Sacred Liturgy decreed:
“To promote active participation, the people should
be encouraged to take part by means of
acclamations, responses, psalmody, antiphons, and
songs, as well as by actions, gestures, and bodily
attitudes... Liturgical action is given a more noble
form when sacred rites are solemnized in song.”
Since its initial publication in 1969, the General
Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) has
encouraged singing at mass. “Great importance should
be attached to the use of singing in the celebration of
Mass. Every care must be taken that singing by the
minsters and the people is not absent in celebrations that
occur on Sundays and holy days of obligation.”
In 1972, a statement of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on
the Liturgy, reminds us that “music is of pre-eminent
importance” in liturgical celebration, and that “it forms
a necessary, integral part” of the liturgy.
The Eucharist is the center of the whole Christian life.
We gather at Mass to express and nourish our faith.
Joyful celebrations of the Eucharist, with music and
song, can only help build up the faith of those assembled
as they give thanks and praise to a loving God.
Apart
from those moments
when the Scriptures are being
read or a sermon is preached,
when the bishop is praying
aloud or the deacon is
specifying the intentions of the
community, is there any time
when the faithful assembled in
the church are not singing:?
Truly, I see nothing better,
more useful, or more holy that
they could do.
St. Augustine (354-430)
The one who sings, prays twice!
St. Augustine (354-430)
Singing arises
from joy and, if we look at it more
closely, from love. To sing and make music belongs to
lovers, because we wish to sing about the one we love.
Love and joy express themselves in song: we praise in
loving and love in praising.” St. Augustine (354-430)
How close the bond of unity is
when so many people join
together as a single chorus.
They are like a harp, which has
many strings yet produces only
one melody. And the harpist,
who is the Holy Spirit, never
makes a mistake while playing
on the hearts of all the people.
St. Ambrose (340-397)
Praise the Lord for his mighty deeds, praise him for his
sovereign majesty. Praise him with the blast of the
trumpet, praise him with lyre and harp, praise him with
timbrel and dance, praise him with strings and pipe,
praise him with clanging cymbals. Let everything that
has breath praise the Lord! Alleluia. Psalm 150:2-6
All you people, clap your hands, shout to God with cries
of gladness, for the Lord, the Most High, the awesome,
is the great king over all the earth.
Psalm 47:2-3
Sing joyfully to the Lord, all you lands; break into song;
sing praise. Sing praise to the Lord with the harp, with
the harp and melodious song, with trumpets and the
sound of the horn, sing to the Lord.
Psalm 98:4-6
Is Singing
at Mass
Necessary?
Cultural traditions influence
how people celebrate various
events in their lives, major and
minor, joyful and mournful.
Such traditions also influence the extent to which music
and song are used at celebrations. In many parts of the
world, any type of communal gathering invariably
includes music and song. There are many Catholics
whose cultural background leads them to be very
comfortable with public singing, and parishes associated
with particular ethnic groups are often well-known for
music-filled liturgies.
Unlike people of some other nations, Americans do not
often sing together publicly except at birthday
celebrations. It is becoming more and more common at
sporting events to find the National Anthem being sung
by a soloist rather than by all present as was common
several decades ago. It is as if the center of attention is
no longer the song – the National Anthem – but instead,
the professional singer. And, there are instances where
the excessive antics of the singer draws even more
attention to himself or herself.
As a result of cultural conditioning, liturgical music and
congregational singing seem unnecessary to some. It is
indeed unnecessary, for we are beyond the categories of
the “necessary.” Music and art and beauty are never
“necessary,” “functional,” or “useful.” When we are
expecting someone whom we love, we might put a
beautiful tablecloth on the table and decorate it with
candles and flowers, play beautiful music, and we wear
our very best clothes — and we do all of this not out of
necessity, but out of love. When Christians truly
appreciate the presence of Christ as Mass, they celebrate
it in music and art and beauty.
When we gather together to celebrate the Mass, we
gather in joy. The Liturgy is, before everything else, the
joyous gathering of those who are preparing to meet the
risen Lord. And it is this joy of expectation and this
expectation of joy that are expressed in the singing and
the ritual — in that whole beauty of the liturgy.
When did the organ become the
predominant musical instrument
used in church services?
Not until the 1100s! In the early centuries of the church,
the pipe organ was prohibited. It was considered pagan
because it was used in pagan rituals. The objection to
the organ in church services continued for the most part
until the 12th century, when it became the privileged
church instrument.
Since then, however, objections to the use of musical
instruments other than the organ have sometimes been
expressed. In 1903, St. Pius X issued the following
directive: “The employment of the piano is forbidden in
church, as is also that of noisy or frivolous instruments
such as drums, cymbals, bells and the like.”
In 2008, in its document “Sing to The Lord, Music in
Divine Worship,” the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops quote the following statement from the
General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM):
“Among all other instruments which are suitable for
divine worship, the organ is accorded pride of place
because of its capacity to sustain the singing of a large
gathered assembly......”.
But the bishops also state (in “Sing To the Lord”...):
“However, from the days when the Ark of the Covenant
was accompanied in procession by cymbals, harps, lyres,
and trumpets, God’s people have, in various periods,
used a variety of musical instruments to sing his praise.
Each of these instruments born of the culture and the
traditions of a particular people, has given voice to a
wide variety of forms and styles through which Christ’s
faithful continue to join their voices to his perfect song
of praise upon the Cross. Many other instruments (in
addition to the organ) also enrich the celebration of the
Liturgy, such as wind, stringed or percussion instruments
according to longstanding local usage, provided they are
truly apt for sacred use or can be rendered apt.”
In 1994, a Vatican instruction (under Pope John Paul II)
was released from the Congregation for Divine Worship
and the Discipline of the Sacraments called
“Inculturation and the Roman Liturgy.” Part of this
instruction refers to the use of instruments in the Liturgy
as well as gestures and posture. It states: “Musical
forms, melodies and musical instruments could be used
in divine worship as long as they “are suitable, or can be
made suitable, for sacred use, and provided they are in
accord with the dignity of the place of worship and truly
contribute to the uplifting of the faithful.”
“Among some peoples, singing is instinctively
accompanied by hand-clapping, rhythmic swinging and
dance movements on the part of the participants. Such
forms of external expression can have a place in the
liturgical actions of these peoples on condition that they
are always the expression of true communal prayer of
adoration, praise, offering and supplication, and not
simply a performance.”
In “Sing to the Lord...” the American bishops beautifully
summarize: “Of all the sounds of which human beings,
created in the image and likeness of God, are capable,
voice is the most privileged and fundamental. Musical
instruments in the Liturgy are best understood as an
extension of and support to the primary liturgical
instrument, which is the human voice.”
“From the days when the Ark of the
Covenant was accompanied in
procession by cymbals, harps, lyres,
and trumpets, God’s people have, in
various periods, used a variety of
musical instruments to sing praise.
Musical instruments in the Liturgy
are best understood as an extension
of, and support to, the primary
liturgical instrument, which is that
of the human voice.”
— U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2008.