February 12-13, 2011
High School Kickback and Scripture Circle: Kickback and Scripture Circle continue on Thursday nights! We spend the first part of the evening, 7:00 pm – 7:45 pm, talking about how our weeks are going as we enjoy snacks. From 8:00 pm – 8:45 pm we have Scripture Circle where we spend some time previewing the Gospel for the upcoming week. Come hang out with us on Thursday nights, you’ll enjoy yourself! This session of Kickback and Scripture Circle runs through March 31st. For more information contact Linda Palomino at palomino6@cox.net.
JAMMER and Parent Meeting: “Lent is Coming! Are You Ready?” Our JAMMER and Parent meeting will take place on February 27th from 5:45 pm – 8:00 pm. JAMMERS need to bring at least one parent to attend! This meeting will help families prepare for the upcoming season of Lent by focusing on the aspects of Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Parents and JAMMERS will enjoy dinner together, interactive activities and discussion as we explore the theme. Please RSVP with the number of parents and middle school students attending to palomino6@cox.net by February 20th.
July 18 – 22 – Corpus Christi Elementary Summer Camp Though this camp will be for our younger Corpus Christians, there will be plenty of VOLUNTEER opportunities for teens. It will be a great way to have fun and give back while earning service hours over the summer!
August 8th – 12th – Youth Leadership Summit at UC Irvine : UC Irvine will be our home for the annual youth leadership summit. Corpus Christi Youth leaders will be housed in dorms and eat in the campus dining halls as they spend the week getting to know each other and learning skills for: communication, small group facilitation, public speaking, planning, and more! To become a high school youth leader you must submit an application, be interviewed, and be willing to take on many challenges and responsibilities, but it is guaranteed to be an amazing year! A mandatory information meeting for all interested teens and parents will be held on Thursday, April 14th at 7:00 pm in the lower hall.
August 19th – 21st – JAMS Weekend Summer Camp: Journeying with Jesus JAMMERS, middle school students who will be entering grades 6 – 8 in the fall of 2011, will have the opportunity to spend a weekend at the incredible Irvine Outdoor Education Center enjoying activities such as games, swimming, archery, and even a zip-line as they explore stories from the disciples. Our new team of high school youth leaders will help lead this weekend of adventure!
A Lifeline for Troubled Marriage – Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vî) helps couples through difficult times in their marriages. It is designed to provide the tools to help get your marriage back on track, providing an opportunity to rediscover each other and examine your lives together in a new and positive way. This program has helped tens of thousands of couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels including disillusionment and deep misery. If you are or know someone who is divorced, separated or contemplating divorce or separation or miserable in their marriage, contact Retrouvaille for confidential information or to register for the next program beginning with a weekend on May 13th call (714) 306-6469 or email: 6011@retrouvaille.org or visit the web site at www.retrouvaille.org The Coordinators, Orange Coast Retrouvaille Coordinators, Gary and Mary Lopez will be available after all the Masses on the weekend of February 26-27. Thanks.
For those who may be interested, our good neighbor, St. Timothy’s in Laguna Niguel, is hosting Fr. Richard Rohr on Saturday, February 26th from 8:30 to 1:00 p.m. for a special presentation. $20 is requested for lunch and expenses. For more information on details and timing, please contact St. Timothy’s at 249-4091.
Networking and Employment Transition Support (NETS) Ministry: Are you are working hard doing everything you know to find the job you want, and still not getting the results you desire? It can be frustrating for sure. The job world has changed considerably over the past few years, and along with this change has come new and improved methods to get you where you want to go. The job market is opening up, opportunities are emerging, and you want to be poised to make your move with the latest information available. To help navigate these seemingly uncharted job search waters, NETS is pleased to introduce job search expert and financial recruiter, Jennifer Hannigan Boyer, CPA, Managing Partner of Alliance Resource Group. She will address how to find the best opportunities and turn them into jobs, in her presentation entitled, “How to Conduct an Impactful Job Search”. Ms. Hannigan will cover the key steps to landing your ideal job, including: how to best use your network and contacts; how to research companies and specific jobs to gain an edge; how to apply for positions in such as way as to guarantee a call back; how to follow up during all aspects of your job search; and finally, she will share the secret tips of the most successful job seekers. Get the latest tools and techniques to make your job search a success. Please join us on Thursday, February 17, 2011 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Please RSVP by contacting Ed Jordan at ejordan@noletspirits.com or 949-389-1715.
The Next POPs (parish outreach to the DADs of our parish) is a MARCH MADNESS Event….more info to follow, but the bare bones is: March 19th; 10AM – 2PM; Lower Hall; $5 adults, $3 children, payable at the event. Lunch and snacks will be provided.
Look for the flyer on the Concierge Shelves!
Our NEW CHAPTERS Women’s Ministry offers: The Feminine Spiritual Journey
There is a path that is well trodden. It has been traveled by Eve, Mary, Rebecca, Martha, Ruth, Elizabeth, Teresa, Agnes, Rose, Rita and so many other women throughout the course of history. It is the path often referred to today as the Feminine Spiritual Journey, a unique, dynamic, transformative walk with the Lord. As women of the 21st century, we too are invited to walk this path (consciously or unconsciously) in our own special way. However, we don’t walk it alone or outside the history of the countless beautiful women that have journeyed before us. Their path, although distinct, has so much to teach us! It is with this in mind that Chapters announces a five-week reflection on the Feminine Spiritual Journey. Facilitated by Shawn Wehan, Coordinator of Adult Faith Formation, the reflection will involve both lecture and small group sharing involving Biblical history, Church teachings, spirituality and feminine theology. Scheduled on Wednesday evenings beginning at 7PM, Remaining dates are: Feb. 16, 23 and March 2nd. Meeting in the Grand Hall. (Asking for $10 supplies fee for course.)
Corpus Christi Adult Faith Formation presents “Understanding the Old Testament,” a four week course exploring the history, genre, content, symbolism, theology and modern impact of the books of the Old Testament. This engaging and provocative Bible study course will be taught by Shawn Wehan (Coordinator of Adult Faith Formation) and will involve both lecture and small group sharing. Classes will take place on Monday evenings at 7PM and repeated Tuesday mornings at 10AM. The remaining course dates are: February, 14 & 15, 28 & March 1, 7 & 8.
Dear Friends of Corpus Christi Catholic-Christian Community:
As we look to this new year full of hope and prosperity, here is an opportunity to participate with our 12th Annual Good Friday Prayer Breakfast on April 22, 2011, once again hosted at the St. Regis Resort and Spa Grand Ballroom in Dana Point.
Our theme this year will be “‘Unless the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies…’, a reference to our encounters with the cross by which we reap our deepest, if not at times conflicted, encounters with the grace of Jesus through the shedding of our external impediments.
The morning will feature The Most Reverend Gordon D. Bennett, S.J., MA, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Mandeville, Jamaica. A successful and happy school administrator, ‘Father’ Bennett’s elevation to Bishop thrust him into the cauldron of ecclesiastical politics and racial sensitivities within the Catholic Church. Following his assignment to the impoverished Diocese of Mandeville, Jamaica, he suffered a stroke, and within his recovery came to the painful awareness and appreciation of the cross of Jesus being present within the very things we love, in his case, the inner workings of the Church itself.
Bishop’s Bennett’s words and reflections on Good Friday morning will speak to many who likewise experience the painful cross of Jesus within their own entwined lives. Addressing the theme: ‘Unless the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies…’, Bishop Bennett will guide us to perceive the grace of God within the painful circumstances that are part and parcel of the very things that frequently define our lives.
I invite you to consider participating -yet again- in Corpus Christi’s special Good Friday tradition by becoming one of our event-sponsors. We offer three levels of sponsorships: Platinum, Gold and Silver. In return for your support you will receive one (1) table for ten (10), five certificates for valet parking at the St. Regis as well as recognition in all the promotional materials, the 2000 invitations to be sent to our parishioners and the printed programs for Good Friday morning.
To insure the reservation of your desired seating (with each level afforded closer proximity to the speaker platform and access to Bishop Bennett) please contact Jackie Kleinhammes, at 949-837-4441 to obtain a Sponsorship Form and return it to our parish offices by February 15, 2011.
Our 2011 Pastoral Services Appeal effort: ‘WE are the ROCKS on which will build OUR Church’ is off to a most successful start and we continue to receive and accept pledges. Keep in mind that this is a ten-month pledge effort, and even modest monthly contributions can grow into a sizeable pledge over 10 months! The PSA is the manner by which we pay our mortgage…nobody else does it for us…we pay it ourselves and generate the monies through the PSA. Participation within the PSA (not unlike regular weekly contributions to our Stewardship/Offertory collections) enables Corpus Christi to exist and thrive. The contributions, either big or small, are the proud familial sacrifice of those who claim participation and membership within the Corpus Christi family. While we do not publish the names of contributors to the PSA (like some parishes do with their capital campaigns) we urge, cajole, beg, lovingly harass and otherwise do everything we can to get the entire community involved with this pledge effort…because even small pledges become big contributions when multiplied by hundreds of parishioners! Keep in mind as well that participation with the PSA is seen as an indicator of genuine parish participation when referrals to Catholic High Schools are sought, for our own College/University Scholarship Applications and when considering assorted scholarship aid for parish programs. PLEASE…if you have not done so already….make your PSA pledge this week…and celebrate being one of ‘the rocks on which WE will build OUR Church!’
