Corpus Christi Catholic Church

October 6, 2013 Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

2350 Augusta Highway Lexington, South Carolina 29072

Phone: (803) 359-4391 Fax: (803) 359-8885

Rev. Emmanuel Andinam Pastor

Deacon Dale Palmer Deacon Coleman Parks

Gerry Prestia

Director of Operations

Vicky Reese Parish Secretary

Susan Kantra Director of Finance

Dr. Charles Renick Director of Music

Tom Jones Director of Community Life

Lionel Torbett Director of Faith Formation

Brigette Hemming Director of Youth Ministry

— MASS SCHEDULE —

Saturday Vigil (Sunday Liturgy) 5:00 PM

Sunday

8:00 AM, 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM

Spanish Mass Third Sunday 1:00 PM

Weekday Masses

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

8:30 AM

Wednesday 12:15 PM

following Mass Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction at 7:15 pm

Confessions Saturdays 3:30-4:30 PM

or by appointment

Mission Statement We are one body in Christ and individually parts of one another.

Vision Statement To be a community that is nurtured through the Eucharist and

empowered by the Holy Spirit to serve God and neighbor.

— Web Page — www.catholic-doc.org/corpuschristi

E-mail: Corpusmail@aol.com

Church Office Hours: Monday - Friday

9:00 AM-12:00 PM & 1:00 PM-4:00 PM

The apostle said, to the Lord,

“Increase our faith.” The Lord

replied. “If you have faith the

size of a mustard seed, you

would say to this mulberry tree.

Be uprooted and planted in the

sea,” and it would obey you.

Luke: 17, 5

— BAPTISMS — The Sacrament of Baptism is normally

celebrated following the 11:00 AM

Mass on the third Sunday of each

month by Deacon Dale Palmer.

Parents are asked to make arrange-

ments to attend a “Preparation Class”

required prior to receiving the Sacra-

ment.

Please contact the parish office

359-4391 to make arrangements.

— WEDDINGS — Couples are asked to make arrange-

ments with the Pastor at least six

months prior to the wedding date.

Rev. Emmanuel Andinam, Pastor

Deacon Dale Palmer

Deacon Coleman Parks

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— Anointing of the Sick—

Rev. Emmanuel Andinam, Pastor

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LITURGY COMMITTEE

MEMBERS Altar Servers

Deacon Dale Palmer

Altar Society—Barbara Lux

Decorations—Joan Follmer,

Joanne Hoover, Vicky Reese,

Paul D’Agostino,

Ken Korbelak, Gerry Prestia,

Deacon Coleman Parks

Devotions—Dan Goering

Extraordinary Ministers of the

Eucharist and Lectors—Office

Faith Formation—

Lionel Torbett, DFF

Music—Dr. Charles Renick,

Carl Mayers,

Paul Butsavage,

Carolyn Zimmer

Ushers—Herb Johnson

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Catechesis Weekend 2nd Sunday Mass at 11:00 a.m.

Children Liturgy 11:00 a.m. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Hispanic Ministry

Ana Andrew anaandrew@aol.com

Claudia Rosales cladiagami@yahoo.com.mx

Mass Intentions & Scripture

Readings for the Twenty-

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary

Time/Year C

October 6, 2013 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sunday Vigil TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN

ORDINARY TIME

Vigil: Hb 1:2-3, 2:2-4; Ps 95;

2 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14; Lk 17:5-10

5:00 PM Ellie Serra,

by Tom Serra

Sunday

8:00 AM Maeve Elizabeth Fintak,

by Bob & Sue Fintak

11:00 AM For Parishioners

5:00 PM Eugene Falgione,

by Adrian L. Falgione Family

Monday Our Lady of the Rosary

Jon 1:1—2:2, 11; Ps Jon 2;

Lk 10:25-37 NO MASS Fr. Emmanuel’s Day Off

Tuesday Jon 3:1-10; Ps 130; Lk 10:38-42 8:30 AM Sean Kantra,

by Susan Kantra

Saints Denis, bishop, and

companions, martyrs; Saint John

Leonardi, priest

Wednesday Jon 4:1-11; Ps 86; Lk 11:1-4

12:15 PM Winnifred “Gay” O’Neill,

by Jim O’Neill

Thursday Mal 3:13-20b; Ps 1; Lk 11:5-13 8:30 AM Ann Pratt,

by The Reese Family

Friday Jl 1:13-15, 2:1-2; Ps 9;

Lk 11:15-26 8:30 AM Al Irion,,

by Jane & Dan Casey

Saturday Jl 4:12-21; Ps 97; Lk 11:27-28 Note: denotes a deceased intention

Scripture Readings for the Twenty-

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time/ Year

“C” October 13, 2013

2 Kgs 5:14-17; Ps 98; 2 Tm 2:8-13; Lk 17:11-19

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THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH 2013

***NO CHOIR REHEARSAL OR CHOIR for

the 11:00 a.m. Mass on October 6 & 13, 2013***

Choir will resume on October 20th with rehearsal

at 10:00 a.m. prior to the Mass.

Respect Life Sunday

Sunday October 6, 2013

7:15-7:45 AM Scriptural Rosary will be

prayed during the month of October.

9:15AM Religious Education Classes

9:15AM R.C.I.A.

6:15PM Youth Group Meeting

Monday October 7, 2013

NO MASS Fr. Emmanuel’s Day Off

Tuesday October 8, 2013

3:00 PM Legion of Mary

7:00 PM Bible Study in the old church

Wednesday October 9, 2013

11:00 AM CGA meeting in the Parish

Hall

12:15 PM Following Mass Eucharistic

Adoration until 7:15 PM

closing with Benediction.

Thursday October 10, 2013

9:15 AM Bible Study in the old church

7:00 PM Knights of Columbus Officer’s

meeting.

Friday October 11, 2013

Saturday

October 12, 2013 YOUTH DONUT SALE

4:15-4:45 PM Scriptural Rosary will be

prayed during the month of October.

LITURGY OCTOBER 6, 2013 TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Readings - 1172

Opening Hymn - 677

“A Living Faith”

See Worship Hand Out

Lord Have Mercy

Gloria to God

Alleluia

Offertory Hymn - 764

“Lord, Whose Love”

See Worship Hand Out

Holy

Memorial Acclamation

Amen

Lamb of God

Communion Hymn - 681

“We Remember ”

Closing Hymn - 680

“We Walk By Faith”

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6 de octubre de 2013

Proyecto de Homilía • El Evangelio de hoy tiene un contexto tanto

bíblico como litúrgico. Bíblico, porque en el

pasaje que precede inmediatamente al

Evangelio de hoy, Jesús advierte acerca de los

inevitables escándalos, desafía a sus

discípulos a reprender a los miembros de la

comunidad que pecan y nos manda a perdonar

siete veces al día, en otras palabras,

incesantemente. Litúrgico, porque Habacuc se

lamenta a Dios que parece ignorar el clamor

desesperado de los creyentes frente a “asaltos

y violencias”, “rebeliones y desórdenes”, pero

que después promete el cumplimiento de la

visión para aquellos cuya fe les da la fuerza

para esperar pacientemente.

• Por medio de este contexto bíblico —

escándalos, reprensión mutua y perdón

incesante—Jesús desafía a los discípulos de

hoy a llevar una vida de amor entregado

dentro de la Iglesia. Por medio del contexto

litúrgico y del domingo del Respeto a la Vida,

la Iglesia describe el mundo, más allá de la

Iglesia, en el cual debemos dar testimonio.

Junto a “rebeliones y desórdenes” globales

existe en esta nación una nefasta realidad

disfrazada de derecho constitucional, que

apaga la vida de 1.3 millones de niños sin

nacer cada año. ¡Cómo podemos nosotros,

aunque “no somos más que siervos”, dejar de

clamar con los apóstoles: “Auméntanos la

fe”!

• La respuesta de Jesús podría parafrasearse:

“Calidad y no cantidad”. La calidad que se

requiere de nuestra fe, no importa cuán débil

sea, es que confíe, se arriesgue y se atreva. El

beato John Henry Newman consideraba que

la “nobleza” de la fe se expresa más

claramente en “un corazón que se atreve a

algo”. Tal equilibrio entre humildad y fe nos

permite convertirnos en lo que Pablo le pide a

Timoteo que sea: discípulos, cuya vida y

testimonio no llevan la marca de “un espíritu

de temor, sino de fortaleza, de amor y de

moderación”. Efectivamente, “no somos más

que siervos” ¡pero nuestra fe es

inquebrantable!

Pregunta de la semana

En esta semana y en este mes dedicado al

respeto a la vida, ¿cómo puedo dar testimonio

público, ante el mundo, del llamado que me

hace el Evangelio y la Iglesia a ser una persona

de fe?

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Director of Finance Susan Kantra

Corpus Christi

Finance Council The members of the Finance Council have the responsibility of advising the Pastor in the discharge of his duties of good stewardship of the temporary goods of the parish. They are ap p o int e d b as e d o t h e ir commitment to the Church and their professional background.

Chairman of the Finance Council

Wade Fisher

Members Fred Williams Barbara Parks Greg Williams

Adrian Falgione Auditors Dan Casey

Kyle Herbert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PASTORAL COUNCIL Officers

Guillermo Ramis, President

Vacant, Vice President

Jill Menhart, Secretary

——————— Members Bob Fintak

Joanne Hoover

Ann-Marie Lewis

Vicki McClure

Tommy Reynolds

Parish Community Life

Parish Outreach for

September

Sue Buel ~~ 996-6941

We need Extraordinary

Ministers of the Eucharist to

visit shut-ins & those in

Institutions of Care

Extraordinary Ministers of the

Eucharist are needed for the sick,

the home bound and shut-in. There is

a sign-up sheet in the vestibule or

you can contact Tom Jones, Director

of Community Life the parish office

359-4391 or corpuslife@aol.com.

CGA (Catholic’s for

Greater Activities) invites

parish members 50 plus

to join them Wednesday,

October 9th at 10:30 a.m.

in the parish hall for a

current business meeting

and they have a Nurses

from the CVS store across

from Lexington High

School administering the

flu shoot, before attending

Mass at 12:15 p.m.

followed with a Potluck

Lunch.

Our Next meeting will be

Wednesday November

13th at 10:30 a.m. in the

Parish Hall.

Mark your Calendar!

CGA’S

Fall Meeting

Corpus Christi Catholic

Women’s Group Retreat

October 25-27, 2013.

Location: The Oratory of the

Congregation of St. Philip Neri,

Rock Hill, S.C.

The Corpus Christi Catholic Women

invite all women to join them at their

annual Retreat at the Oratory, Rock

Hill, Sc. The approximate cost is

about $90.00 per person. The facility

at the retreat offers 2 persons rooms.

Each room has a bathroom. The fee

for the retreat includes 2 breakfasts, 1

lunch and 1 dinner and your room for

2 nights.

Contact Rosemary Wood

to sign-up at 803-996-1441.

Lector’s Workbook for

Cycle A (2014)

On the First Sunday of Advent

December 1, 2013 we will return to

Cycle A scripture readings. Lector’s

Workbook which begins the Cycle

A readings will be given out to

Lectors. Lectors are required to

return to the office their 2013

Lector’s Workbook and to use that

opportunity to pick up their 2014

Workbook.

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FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Offertory Collection for September 29, 2013…,,,,,,,…$10,504.60

Second Collection October 20, 2013 “Mission Sunday” for the Propagation of the Faith…$

Mark your Calendar!

Join the Corpus Christi Youth Group on

October 19th to help repair a home in the

Midlands Area

Home Works site leader for Corpus Christi

“We will work with each other, we will work side

by side, and they’ll know we are Christians by our

Love.” These are words from a “folk style” hymn

from the 60’s. In April of this year, the Corpus

Christi Youth Group worked side by side with Home

Works of Columbia. We were able to bring Faith,

Hope, and Love to a disabled woman by repairing

windows, cleaning floors, painting, cleaning the

kitchen and doing yard maintenance. It was a long

day, but it was full of Love. Working side by side

with us were friends from other churches. Some were

from Gilbert United Methodist. Like the members of

our group, they too were so moved by the experience

serving our brothers and sisters in need that they will

join us again this October. They will also bring along

their own youth group.

As the site leader for this team, I am overjoyed to

have our fellow Christians join us to spread God’s

love through this wonderful ministry and

organization. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells

us, “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and

all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious

throne, and all the nations will be assembled before

him. And he will separate them one from another, as

a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He

will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his

left. Then the king will say to those on his right,

‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit

the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of

the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I

was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and

you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and

you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’

Then the righteous will answer him and say, ‘Lord,

when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty

and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger

and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When

did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’ And

the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to

you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers

of mine, you did for me.’ (Matthew 25:31-40).

On Saturday October 19th 2013, the Corpus Christi

Youth Group will be repairing another home here in

the Midlands area. Regardless of your skill level, you

are invited to join us. If you are unable join us to

work, we ask for your prayers. Home Works is a

nonprofit organization committed to showing God's

love by repairing the homes of homeowners in need.

For more information on Home Works, you may

visit their web site at www.homeworksofamerica.org

or call them at 781-4536. If you would like to join

our youth and their families on October 19th or

donate to buy food and supplies, contact the Corpus

Christi Youth Coordinator Brigette Hemming at 318-

3633.

www.catholic-doc.org/corpuschristi

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Faith Formation Director

Lionel Torbett—3594391 corpusdff@aol.com

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation)

Joshua Gehling

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ECUMENISM Joan Patrick

Corpus Christi Respect Life Jeff Hemming, Coordinator

Hispanic Ministry

Ana Andrew anaandrew@aol.com

Claudia Rosales cladiagami@yahoo.com.m

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Director of Youth Ministry

Brigette Hemming—318-3633

www.catholic-doc.org/corpuschristi

Vocations Office of the Diocese of Charleston

The Vocations Office of the Diocese of

Charleston is hosting a discernment retreat for

men (Ages 18-49) on October 25-27 at White

Oak Conference Center.

If you’re interested in learning more about

Christian discipleship,

discernment, and the priesthood,

please consider this retreat.

For more information, please

contact the Office of Vocations at 1-800-660-4102,

or on the web at charlestonvocations.com.

Carolina’s Catholic Day at Carowinds on September 28th

Corpus Christi Youth Group joined the Bishops of the Catholic

Dioceses of North Carolina and South Carolina, along with Youth

Groups from other parishes around the dioceses at Carowinds for a

day prayers, fellowship and fun

on September 28th. Nine

members of the Corpus Christi

Youth Group attended the event.

More than 750 people attended

the Mass concelebrated by the

Bishops from Charleston,

Charlotte and Raleigh. We had

the opportunity to enjoy a meal

together and we were able to

meet up with some friends from

other Catholic churches. The weather was perfect and everyone

enjoyed the fellowship and the rides!

St. Peters Catholic School Newcomers Meeting

On October, 10, 2103, Kathy Preston, Principal of St. Peters Catholic

School, invites all Lexington parents to the Lexington Library at 5440

Augusta Highway at 6:30 pm to meet and learn about this school's

program. The presentation will include

information on academic achievement,

national achievement testing scores, faith

and tradition, virtuous character,

individualized attention in the classroom,

and financial aid available. Contact: St.

Peters School for more information.

Lionel Torbett Director of Faith Formation

Corpus Christi Catholic Church 803-359-

4391 corpusdff@aol.com

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THE CHILDREN’S CORNER Hello Children, I want to continue our discussion on the

importance of prayer. Last week we learned about the

prayer of thanksgiving. Do you know of any other type of

prayer? If you don't know any other prayer by name, then

I will gladly introduce you to another one.

This prayer has to do with saying we are sorry. We know

when to say sorry, don't we? We say sorry when we do

something wrong or when we are not as nice as we should

be to another person. Some people don't know how to say

sorry when they are wrong. When we do something wrong

or bad, the person we have offended feels bad. The way

we can stop that person from feeling bad is to say that we

are sorry. Saying sorry is a very good thing to do to our

friends, our parents, our teachers or any person we hurt by

our bad action. We should say sorry to God also when we

do not do what he expects us to do. So the name for the

prayer when we want to say sorry to God is the PRAYER

OF SORROW. I give you an example of this prayer. At

the beginning of every Mass we say we are sorry to God.

But we say sorry not only to God but to everyone in the

Church and even those who are not there that we had

offended. We say sorry for thinking bad things, for saying

bad things and for doing bad things and ask God for

forgiveness and we ask everyone to pray to God on our

behalf as well. So at Mass we say sorry to God not just by

our self alone but with everyone there.

This is the prayer we say. I confess to almighty God and

to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned,

in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and

in what I have failed to do, -all strike their breast–

through my fault, through my fault, through my most

grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin,

all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and

sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

Priest: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us

our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.