March 31- April 1, 2012
Now taking applications for Youth Leadership at Corpus Christi: Youth Leadership is an opportunity at Corpus Christi for teens to gain leadership experience through training, mentoring, and experience. Our task in youth ministry is to help teens grasp and enhance their gifts in leadership so as to be effective servant leaders in their church community. Youth Leadership does take time and commitment but the rewards are endless. Applications are available in the office or online. For more information please email vininunez@corpuschristialisoviejo.org.
Youth Leadership Sponsorships now being accepted…
Corpus Christi is blessed with a great treasure in our parish youth that seek (and are accepted) to become Youth Leaders. The result of an evolving process of initial preparation and then ongoing training, our Youth Leaders are the ones you most frequently see serving at La Cena, selling food in our Food Booths, helping out at JAMs and HAVEN events and assisting with Faith Formation gatherings. They are, in a word, simply incredible. This year, our new Youth Ministry Coordinator, Mr. Vini Nunez is developing a revised multi-tract approach of training and prep that will offer both specific opportunities for those NEW to Youth Leadership and more advanced experiences for those choosing to return and continue as Youth Leaders. Thus, this summer’s Youth Leadership Experience is not a single Retreat/Summit but a series of experiences starting with all our Youth Leaders participating with the ‘Azusa Pacific University- Student Leadership Conference’ (where they will have the opportunity to interact with youth-leaders from other faiths and from all over the Western US) in early July followed by further team/leadership development tracts throughout the summer for the varied Leadership Levels of our Youth Leaders. With transportation, tuition, room and board and assorted food costs for both the Conference and follow-up events factored in, this Summer’s Youth Leadership Development will cost $500 per youth….and we are now accepting Sponsorship/Partial Sponsorship donations to help offset the cost for each of our projected 36 youth who will be accepted into this year’s Leadership training. In the past, your generosity has TREMENDOUSLY reduced the final cost for which each youth is individually responsible and I hope we can again count on your kindness and support. If you wish to make a Sponsorship donation to support this year’s Youth Leadership efforts, please send your Sponsorship (via the weekly Stewardship/Offertory collection or via US Mail) to Fr. Fred or give me a call (389-9011) to discuss putting it on your VISA/MasterCard or AMEX. Thank you, as always, for your love and care of our youth…the Church of today AND tomorrow. FKB
LAST OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE RESERVATIONS…..
‘Who is this that even the wind and sea obey him?’ Mark 5:1
Corpus Christi Catholic-Christian Community
presents our
Thirteenth Annual South Orange County Good Friday Prayer Breakfast
April 6, 2012 7:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M.
The St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa Pacific Ballroom
$55 per person
(Reserved seating for ENTIRE tables of 10 (insuring that your entire party will be seated together) may be requested for an additional $5 per person.)
Guest Speakers:
Captain Greg Kosloff, 26-year veteran of the Tuscaloosa, Alabama Police Department
Mr. Jackson Terry, 18-year old Holy Spirit Catholic High School Senior, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Mr. Samuel Tobias Foster, 18-year old Holy Spirit Catholic High School Senior, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
On April 27, 2011, a devastating tornado with winds of 260 mph ripped through Tuscaloosa Alabama, reducing a 6-mile swath of this Southern city to rubble and claiming 52 lives while injuring hundreds more. Captain Greg Kosloff, lost his home to the winds as he and his family huddled in the next-door basement. Immediately becoming a first-responder amid the devastation, Captain Kosloff was eventually joined by members of the Holy Spirit Catholic High School Baseball team of which he is the coach. Assembled by team-members Jackson Terry and Sam Foster, the students participated in the search and rescue efforts amidst the wind-ravaged neighborhoods. According to Jackson: ‘Each day my family went into one of the devastated areas to assist. No one was black, white, Hispanic, Catholic, Baptist or Jewish. We were all simply neighbors.’ Along with a simple meal, Scripture, music and prayer, the Prayer Breakfast presents a rare opportunity to hear of the funnel-shaped CROSS that befell Tuscaloosa last April as seen through the eyes of a seasoned policeman and two high school youths. Captain Kosloff, Jackson and Sam will share their varied experiences and offer their reflections on how their faith sustained them during their darkest hours.
In case you didn’t know: Those who participate with our Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, are always invited to take some of the bread (that is in baskets near the altar) home with them and use it as part of your family GRACE on Easter Sunday. While NOT consecrated, it is ‘blessed’ and is a wonderful way of connecting the events of Holy Thursday with the empty tomb of Easter. Please come and share the experience! (And come on Good Friday too!!)
Holy Week Guide…
April 5 Holy Thursday, Triduum begins, 7:00 p.m., Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Altar of Repose in Meeting Rooms 3 & 4 until Midnight.
April 6 Good Friday Prayer Breakfast at 7:00 a.m. (previous reservations required)
Triduum continues with Good Friday Liturgy with veneration of the Cross, 7:00 p.m.
April 7 Triduum continues with Easter Vigil at 7:00 p.m., reception of catechumens and candidates into the Church through Baptism or Profession of Faith (please note….NO 5:00 p.m. Mass.)
April 8 EASTER SUNDAY –REGULAR SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE, 8, 10 and 12 Noon, Masses INDOORS in the GRAND Hall. With overflow seating outdoors…dress accordingly. Special extra parking ON THE STREET has been arranged for EASTER SUNDAY ONLY. Please cross the street only at the lights.
*Please note that Parking will be available ON BOTH SIDES of ALISO VIEJO PARKWAY on EASTER SUNDAY, from Pacific Park to Liberty. Please cross the street at the light and do so carefully.
*Also, as is our tradition, there will be NO CHILD CARE on Easter Morning…but with ample outdoor seating and ALL the Grand Hall Doors open, there is plenty of space for those of you with fidgety children.
This is a BIG week for EASTER LILLY donations…as well as other potted, flowering plants (hydrangeas are excellent!) that can be used in our Easter Garden. We rely upon your kindness to help our Grand Hall BLOOM with color in celebration of the Resurrection, please leave your lilies and other potted flowers outside the Parish Kitchen. Thanks!!!
Are you presently CIVILLY married but have never had your marriage blessed by the Catholic Church? Then perhaps our Late-Spring Marriage Blessing Event on FRIDAY, JUNE 1st at 6:30pm is for you!? In order to participate, the following requirements need to be understood:
1. Both persons have NEVER been married before (this is a first marriage for both) and at least one spouse needs to be Roman Catholic.
2. If one or both persons have been married previously (in any manner or capacity) the prior marriage(s) need to have ALREADY been annulled by the Roman Catholic Church (or the previous spouse is deceased.)
3. The couple needs to be already REGISTERED and participating within Corpus Christi as of February 1st, 2012. (Sorry, this is not available for extended family or friends who are not already REGISTERED Corpus Christi parishioners.)
4. BOTH spouses (no exceptions) need to attend a preparation meeting on Sunday, April 22nd at 2:00 p.m. in the Grand Hall. This is an adult-only meeting, please arrange to leave all infants, toddlers and children with sitters. Sorry, there are no ‘make-up’ meetings for sickness or unplanned conflicts.
All necessary paperwork will be explained at the April 22nd meeting, no documents need to be brought with you at that time. Please call our Front Office Receptionist, Susie Hays, at 389-9008 to confirm your eligibility and RSVP.
Adult Confirmation for those ALREADY 18 and ALREADY Registered at Corpus Christi…
Are you an Adult (over 18) who is a Baptized Catholic and who has received your First Reconciliation and First
Eucharist…BUT….have never received the Sacrament of CONFIRMATION? Well, PENTECOST Weekend is coming (the 5:00pm Mass on MAY 26th to be exact), and on that occasion, Bishop Tod authorizes pastors to offer the Sacrament of Confirmation to ADULTS who are our own parishioners. So, if you are presently an ADULT, 18+, REGISTERED here in Corpus Christi (sorry, no outside family or friends who are not already registered and participating here at Corpus Christi) as of February 1, 2012, and would like to be CONFIRMED on Saturday, May 26th …please contact Susan Hays at 389-9008 for information and to confirm eligibility. (P.S. We will eventually need a copy of your Baptismal Certificate and a copy of Your First Communion Certificate so you may want to start scrounging around for them.) Further information will be provided once your eligibility has been confirmed.
Last chance to welcome our NEWEST family members:
Corpus Christi has a loving and welcoming tradition of inviting YOU, the members of our Corpus Christi family to write letters of welcome and support to those being received into the Church on Holy Saturday at the Easter Vigil Liturgy. These letters will be presented to them on Holy Saturday evening as a gift from our community to support them as they continue their journey of faith. You may drop your letters in the weekly Stewardship/Offertory basket or leave them on the Concierge Shelves. Their names are: Kellie Johnson, Teddy Johnson, Michelle Alexander, Barry Allyn, Ronald Brunell, Jorine Campopiano, Jessica De La Cruz, Cameron Fenton, Eliza “Shelby” Hayes, Ella Hayes, Jo Ann Jones, Phil Jones, Diego Lopez, Christopher Nguyen, Jennifer Hau Kim Nguyen, Julius Olzer, Keanna Sviland. Thanks for being kind!
Remember…next week will be CROWDED…. COME HAPPY…and Early!!!
