March 14-15, 2009
The Networking and Employment Transition Support (“NETS”) Group is hosting a meeting for those seeking networking and employment opportunities, and parishioners who are looking for good talent to fill open positions. The mission of the group is to bring together parishioners who have open job positions with those who are looking for employment opportunities. Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday March 24th from 7:30 to 9:30 pm in rooms 3 and 4 and will feature a presentation on our parish networking and employment resources. If you are planning on attending please RSVP by Thursday March 19th by sending an email to networking@forums.belovedsons.org. Also, if your company has job openings that you would like to share with parishioners please attend our meeting. For questions about the Networking and Employment Support group contact Ed
Jordan at ejordan@ketelone.com or 949-389-1715.
“Joining Jesus in His Passion” – A Lenten Day of Reflection Saturday, March 21st, 8:45 am – 2:00 pm Santiago de Compostela Church Parish Hall 21682 Lake Forest Dr., Lake Forest, $10.00 registration fee includes continental breakfast and lunch For information or to register call: Irene Stockton 949-458-9611 or Mary Beth Harman 949-459-7528
JSerra Catholic High School Open House Join us for an Open House & Campus Tour Thursday, March 19 from 6:30-8:00pm In the JSerra Center Room. 26351 Junipero Serra Road • San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Phone: (949) 493-9307, option 2 • Fax: (949) 493-9308 Website: www.jserra.org
Please join us for a discussion of The Soloist by Steve Lopez. Be sure to check the author, there’s another book by the same title, but different author. We’ll meet in Room 4, April 6, at 7:00 P.M.
‘Let the Children Come to Me’
Corpus Christi Catholic-Christian Community
presents
The Tenth Annual South Orange County Good Friday Prayer Breakfast
Guest Speakers:
Michael Driscoll:, was 15 when diagnosed with Melanoma that had spread to his lymph nodes. He is now 20 and an English Major at UCI with dreams of Notre Dame.
Sean O’Donoghue: was born with 8 Heart Defects and suffered a paralyzing stroke at 4-months. At age 4 Sean received a new heart and is now, a jr. black belt in Tae Kwan Do & a 5th grader at Serra Catholic School.
Darla DuAmarell – At age 6 a recurring neck pain led to the discovery of a tumor encasing her spinal cord. Given 3 months to live Darla has been in remission for six years and is 5th grader at St. Catherine’s.
Friday, April 10, 2009 7:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
The St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa, Grand Ballroom
$55.00 per person
RSVP seating for entire tables of 10 (insuring that your entire party will be seated together) may be reserved for an additional $5 per person
Corporate Sponsorships Available: Platinum $2500 Gold $1500 Silver $1000
RSVP by April7, 2009. For more information, please call Jackie Kleinhammes (949-837-4441)
Will you be in High School in 2009-2010?
Might you be interested in gaining and practicing leadership skills here at Corpus Christi?
Corpus Christi’s Youth Leadership Ministry program is a springboard for talented and motivated teens to become leaders and at church, school and beyond. Working as peer leaders and mentors in Corpus Christi’s JAMs and HAVEN ministries, members of the youth leadership team learn the communication, negotiation and planning skills needed to effectively lead and motivate others. They also gain tools to develop self-confidence and grow into strong witnesses for the Catholic faith. High School students, whose families are registered and active within the parish, are admitted to the program based on written applications and personal interviews. Only a limited number of slots are available. Students who are selected will (must) attend a 3-night Youth Leadership Summit in Big Bear from August 18-21. Here they will prepare for leadership and mentor roles in JAMS and/or HAVEN. After that, they meet twice a month to sharpen their leadership skills and socialize with fellow team members. Applications for Youth Leadership are now being accepted and are available on the concierge shelves or by contacting Linda Palomino 290-3424 or palomino6@cox.net. The application deadline is April 1.
‘Catholics’ Best Kept Secret’
Shawn Wehan invites you to join him in a fresh look at the development of Catholic Social teaching from its early beginning with Rerum Novarum (Leo XIII, 1891) through Vatican II (1965), to the recent encyclicals of Pope John Paul II. The course will be offered on Tuesday morning from 6:30 a.m. -7:45 am and repeated on Tuesday evenings from 7 pm -8:15 p.m. The remaining meetings are March 17, 24 & 31.
Please sir, more soup sir….
Again overseen by our Adult Faith Formation coordinator, Mr. Shawn Wehan, you are invited to join with others of our Corpus Christi parish community for a simple soup supper served in the lower hall on Fridays March 20th and 27th with presentations entitled ‘A Call to Service’ and ‘The Night Christ Died’ respectively. The evening of March 27th will be a drama and art presentation by Corpus Christi parishioners. ($5 per person donation to offset cost of supper and presentation supplies is requested.)
FISH (Faith Initiative Starts are HOME) invites you and your children to a wonderful, interactive way to experience the Stations of the Cross on Friday, March 20th (with a rain date of March 27th if necessary) from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Arriving at your leisure (which means any time between 6 and 8) take a self-guided candle-lit walk with your family down the outdoor Stations of the Cross meditation path. A take-home family booklet with a pictorial story of the Passion of Christ will be available. Dress warmly and wear walking shoes. Please note, the path is not accessible for strollers
Our Corpus Christi Music Ministry is THROWING OPEN their doors in search of NEW members. On Wednesday, March 25th, come to the Music Room in the lower level between 6:oo and 7:00 p.m. for information on how YOU can be a part of the Corpus Christi Music Ministry family. They are looking for musicians, non-musicians, vocalists…anyone that wants to help make Corpus Christi music vibrant. For more information or to RSVP please give a call to Jonathan Kim at 297-8515. Thanks.
Hey DADs….POPs is NEXT SATURDAY
What is POPs going to be?
POPs will be an outreach to the men of our Corpus Christi parish community who are dads. DADs, along with their kids, are invited to gather every other month (roughly) to socialize, network and simply share the experience of being dads with each other.
Why is POPs being started?
While our Men’s Fellowship provides a network opportunity for a particular component of our parish, a vastly larger component of men, those who are dad’s, has been left un-served. POPs will hopefully rectify this by providing an opportunity for dads to mingle with other dads in a non-structured way, while their kids benefit from mingling and socializing with each other.
Is this primarily an outreach for men or for kids?
POPs responds to TWO particular expressed needs within our community: creating an opportunity for the DADS of our parish to conveniently gather and ALSO provide an additional opportunity for our kids to be able to enjoy each other’s company while doing things with their dads. While dads are a primary focus of POPs, this won’t work if the kids don’t get behind it. Thus, events will always be things that kids will enjoy doing with their dads…and that dads will enjoy doing with their kids while being around other dads.
If a man does not have kids can he still participate with POPs?
That would be rather awkward and odd. No.
If a man has grown children can he participate with POPs?
The spirit of POPs is oriented toward dads with kids up to 18. Men with grown kids would probably be more comfortable affiliating with other men’s ministries.
What if there is no ‘dad’ in the family, how can my kid participate.
A reminder, this is primarily an outreach to MEN who are dads, along WITH their kids. If there is a regular male figure who is consistently filling the role of a dad in a child’s life, then that man together with the child, can attend. The ‘dad surrogate’ does should, however, be a registered and regular participant within Corpus Christi.
What is the first event?
It will be a breakfast, perhaps pancakes, perhaps something else, on Saturday morning, March 21st at 8 am. Please RSVP to the names below so that sufficient food can be prepared.
Who do I contact for more information?
That would be Dave Bell at davebell@cox.net 362-0494 and/or Rosario Rodriguez at Rosario@MyOCLiving.com 429-7411.
Extra POPs flyers and RSVP breakfast forms are on the concierge shelves.
Corpus Christi DINERS is BACK….and celebrating the return of the Swallows to Orange County THIS Thursday, March 19th with an ALL DAY extravaganza at BJs Restaurant on El Toro Road across from the Laguna Hills Mall. From 11:00 am until midnight, if you bring in the special flyer (available in THIS week’s Bulletin) Corpus Christi’s Building Fund will receive a 15% rebate on all food and beverage (excluding alcohol) purchases! So, round up your co-workers, gather the family, celebrate the Swallow’s (or St. Joseph’s Day if you are not into birds) and head over to BJ’s Restaurant on the 19th.
Pulling ourselves up by our own BOOTSTRAPS….
Over the years you have seen repeat and frequent appeals for financial support for our ever-growing Youth Ministry outreaches and efforts. While some of this may continue (sponsorships for the summer Leadership Summit, etc.) the appeals endeavor to minimize the associated costs of retreats, bus transportation and to help cover a portion of the costs for the teen and adult leadership teams who end up participating with virtually ALL of the outreaches. The parish has always chipped in with subsidies, but with the growth of youth events, this is becoming a significant budgetary item. In an effort to generate a regular ‘flow of money’ for HAVEN and JAMS events, we are pleased to announce the formation of ‘BOOTSTRAPS’, a hospitality outreach that will sell ‘youth prepared food’ after all the Masses on designated weekends, roughly every other month. To be overseen by Mr. Scotty Eisenbart, BOOTSTRAPS will be modeled somewhat on the very successful efforts by our Eagle Scout candidates who have sold food to fund their Eagle Scout projects…generating anywhere from $1500 to $2000+ on a single weekend! Keeping in mind that bus transportation for one retreat at Big Bear costs $1800 for ONE BUS….BOOTSRAPS will provide valuable aid in keeping retreat costs to a minimum. BOOTSRAPS will involve the teens in preparing and selling the food, but is also open to other adults who would like to volunteer and be a part of this new outreach of service directly linked to supporting OUR youth. If you are interested in helping, please give a call to Mr. Scotty Eisenbart at 859-3890. (Please note that the standard Diocesan fingerprinting and Safe Environment training is a pre-requisite for all volunteer involvement.)
‘Feeding Our Family Weekends’
The last weekend of each month will be a food collection opportunity to help our local and Diocesan food banks. Non-perishable food items, NO CLOTHING and NO perishable foods. Bring your canned or other non-perishable food on March 28-29th. Thanks!
