THE PASTORAL STAFF Rev. Patrick J. West, Pastor 

Rev. James Hughes, Parochial Vicar Rev. John O’Neill, I.V.D., Weekend Associate Deacon Juan J. Zhagñay, Permanent Deacon 

Mr. Augusto Lucero, Religious Educa on Director Mrs. Karen Sherlock, Outreach Director 

Mr. Gerardo Vera, Plant Manager Mr. Ma hew LaBanca, Music Director

CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH

Marriage/Matrimonio:

Marriage arrangements must be made at least six months in advance with one of the Priests of the Parish. Call the rectory for an appointment.

Español: Sacar cita con el Sacerdote seis meses antes de la fecha elegida, para varias entrevistas y compilación de documentos.

Devotions:

Divine Mercy: Fr iday at 3:00 PM/Chapel.

Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confesiones:

Saturday/Sábado: 4:00 PM until 4:45 PM and any time by appointment / durante la semana previa cita.

Baptism/Bautismo:

English: 2nd Sunday of the month at 1:45 PM. Parents must register with child’s birth certificate at the Rectory prior to instruction which is held on the 1st Sunday of the month after the 8:45 AM Mass.

Español: Tercer Sábado de cada mes 1:00 PM. Preparación domingo anterior después de misa de 11:00 AM. Para mayor información llamar a la rectoría.

CATHOLIC CEMETERIES

For information please call: 718 894-4888

CEMENTERIOS CATÓLICOS

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration

Chapel of Saint Philomena

31‐31 60th Street, Woodside, NY 11377

31‐30 61st Street, Woodside, NY 11377 Rectory ~ Phone: 718-278-8114 ~ Fax: 718-278-3619 ~

Food Pantry: 718-721-2774

Web site: ccwoodsideny.org E‐Mail: corpuschris @ccwoodsideny.org

Pastor E‐Mail: ccpastor@ccwoodsideny.org

Rectory Office Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:00AM - 8:30PM ~ Saturday: 9:00AM - 7:00PM

Sunday - Office Closed

SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE Saturday/Sábado: 5:00PM 6:30 PM Español, Sunday/Domingo: 8:45AM 11:00AM Español, 12:30PM Filipino Mass 2:00PM ‐ 4th Sunday

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE Monday ‐ Saturday:     8:00AM Lunes: 7:30PM Español First Friday/Primer Viernes: 7:30PM

Blvd Gardens Mass 10:30AM—First Wednesday

We are grateful for your generous gift in gratitude for all of God’s blessings. Your gift makes the ministries of our Parish possible.

The collection for December 2-3: 2017 2016 Offertory: $ 4427 $ 4848 Maintenance: $ 908 $ 655 Fuel: $ 934 $ 874 Christmas Flowers: $ 204 $ 248

Thank you for your generosity

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SATURDAY - December 9th

5:00 PM + Thomas Callahan + 6:30 PM + Christian Betancourt + + Jose Quizhpi - 1st Anniversary SUNDAY - December 10th

8:45 AM Genoveva Bravo 11:00 AM + Chang Sil Yin + + Carmen Chia + +Esteban & Carmen Ayerbe + Julio & Maria Fernandez - Por la Salud + Hilda Aquino - 1st Anniversary + Manuel Morocho - Salud y Cumpleaños - 103 años + Virginia Guzman - 1st Anniversary + + Manuel Rodriguez + Dilenia Nuñes - Cumpleaños 12:30 PM Connie Fitzsimmons MONDAY - December 11th 8:00 AM + Theresa & Edward Stroligo + 7:30 PM Virgen de Guadalupe TUESDAY - December 12th

8:00 AM + Martin Devaney + 7:30 PM Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass WEDNESDAY - December 13th

8:00 AM + Fay Laudani +

THURSDAY - Decenber 14th

8:00 AM + Tony Laudani + FRIDAY - December 15th 8:00 AM + Virginia Salemi + SATURDAY - December 16th 8:00 AM + Lena Laudani + 5:00 PM + Margaret & John Baxter + 6:30 PM Novena Mass - Spanish 7:30 PM Novena Mass - English SUNDAY - December 17th

8:45 AM + Plunkett Foye + 11:00 AM Ester Calderon Virgen de la Puerta + Rosendo Nahua catl + + Celerina Luna + + Luis Urrutia + 12:30 PM + Anna & Alfred DeDona + 7:00 PM Novena Mass - English 7:30 PM Novena - Spanish

Efrain Acosta Alvarado Family Juan Bautista Bullon Family Isabela Colombo Deborah Cruz Valerie Flynn Maria Kim Ralph Gil Hilda Gomez Arthur Gualtieri Edelmira Guzman Josephine Haber Cecilia Hernandez

Maria Kim Jean LaBonte Robert Luzzie Todd Martin Patricia Frain Murray Christopher Moore Robert Nieves Delena Maria Ramirez Maria Isabel Ramirez Judith Rodriguez Larry Stimpfel Al Strobl Nancy Strobl Olga Elena Uidal Nelly Villamizar

The American flag flying over the church during the month of December is in

honor of

Jason A. Brown United States Navy

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SENIOR CLUB

We will not meet again until January 11th. Our December Happy Birthday to Catherine Schultz on the 8th and to Jack Shea on the 27th . Enjoy the holidays. Be safe, happy, and healthy.

We would like to honor our veterans by flying a flag in their honor or their memory on our flagpole. If you have an American

flag at home that you would like to lend to the par-ish in memory of or in honor of a loved one, please bring it to the rectory. We will fly it for one month and then return the flag to you. The name of your loved one will appear in the bulletin for the month his or her flag is displayed.

Lectionary Based Bible Study and

Reflection Meets Monday at 1:00 PM

In the Parish Center.

Diocesan Choir Advent - Christmas Concert

December 15, 2017

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The sounds of the season will fill the air on Friday evening, December 15th , at 7:30 p.m., as the Diocesan Choir, Celestial Voices and Chamber Orchestra per-form:

For Us A Child is Born

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Next Sunday’s Readings

First Reading — As a garden makes its growth spring up, so will G make jus ce spring up before all the na ons (Isaiah 61:1‐2a, 10‐11).

Psalm — My soul rejoices in my God (Luke 1:46‐50, 53‐54).

Second Reading — Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophe c u erances. Test everything; retain what is good (1 Thessalonians 5:16‐24).

Gospel — I am the voice of one crying out in the de‐sert, make straight the way of the Lord (John 1:6‐8, 19‐28).

CHRISTMAS GIFT TO THE

CHURCH Next Sunday, the second collection at the Masses will be your Christmas gift for the church. We have many needs and count on your continued support and generosity. We thank you for all your support.

SUNDAY SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS PAGEANT

DECEMBER 17 1:30 pm

SCHOOL AUDITORIUM ALL ARE INVITED FREE ADMISSION

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Queremos honrar a nuestros ve-teranos volando una bandera en su honor o su memoria en nues-tro asta de bandera. Si usted tie-

ne una bandera americana en casa que le gustaría prestar a la parroquia en memoria de o en honor de un ser querido, por favor traerlo a la rectoría. La volaremos por un mes y luego le devolveremos la bandera. El nombre de su ser querido aparecerá en el boletín del mes en que se muestra su bandera.

LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE

Lunes, 11 de diciembre 7:30 PM—Santa Misa

8:30 PM—Adoración y Flores 10:00 PM—el Rosario

11:00—12:00 PM—Las Mañanitas

Martes 12 de diciembre

7:30 PM—Santa Misa

REGALO DE NAVIDAD

A LA IGLESIA El próximo domingo la segunda colecta en las misas será para el regalo de Navidad de la iglesia. Tene-mos muchas necesidades y cuento con su apoyo y generosidad. Le doy las gracias por todo su apoyo.

El Programa de Catecismo los in-vita a Las Obras

De Navidad

el 17 de diciembre 1:30 de la tarde

AUDITORIO de la ESCUELA TODOS SON INVITADOS

ENTRADA GRATIS

LECTURAS DEL PROXIMO DOMINGO

Primera lectura — Regocíjense en el Espíritu del Señor que nos trae buenas no cias (Isaías 61:1‐2a, 10‐11).

Salmo — Se alegra mi espíritu en Dios mi Salvador (Lc 1:46‐50, 53‐54).

Segunda lectura — ¡Alégrense! Conserven su in‐tegri‐dad en el Espíritu y guárdense sin mancha hasta la veni‐da del Señor (1 Tesalonicenses 5:16‐24).

Evangelio — Cuando preguntan a Juan Bau sta quien es, dice, “Soy la voz que grita en el desier‐to” (Juan 1:6‐8, 19‐28).

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CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE

Sunday, December 24 - Christmas Eve 5:00 PM - English 7:30 PM - Spanish

11:30 PM—Christmas Carols by the choir 12:00 AM - Midnight Mass in English

Monday, December 25 - Christmas Day 9:30 AM - English

11:00 AM - Spanish 12:30 PM - English

HORARIO DE MISAS

DE NAVIDAD Domingo 24 de diciembre, víspera de Navidad

5:00 PM-Inglés 7:30 PM-Español

11:30 PM—Canciones de Navidad por el coro 12:00 am-Misa de Nochebuena en Inglés

Martes, 25 de diciembre, día de Navidad 9:30 AM-Inglés

11:00 AM-Español 12:30 PM-Inglés

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FOOD PANTRY The Pantry was able to provide food to 453 fami-lies for the month of No-vember which included a

Thanksgiving turkey with all the trimmings. In addition to all of our generous donations noted in last week’s bulletin, we would also like to thank Eileen Moran for donating a com-plete Thanksgiving dinner. We are truly blessed.

Needed: white and brown rice

The Angel Tree for Christmas toys and gifts will be up until December 17th. Please be an angel and take a tag for a child in need of a gift.

PLEASE DO NOT WRAP THE GIFT.

Place the gift under the tree no later than Sunday December 17th. Your generous gifts will be dis-tributed to families in our neighborhood. Thank you to all of our generous parishioners.

SIMBANG GABI The Filipino Ministry of Corpus Christi invite you to attend:

SIMBANG GABI:

CHRISTMAS NOVENA OF MASSES

Friday, December 15 at 7:00 PM

Saturday, December 16 at 7:30 PM

Sunday, December 17 at 7:00 PM

Monday, December 18 at 7:00 PM

Tuesday, December 19 at 7:00 PM—with Bishop Chiapetto

Wednesday, December 20 at 7:00 PM

Thursday, December 21 at 7:00 PM

Friday, December 22 at 7:00 PM

Saturday, December 23 at 6:30 PM—Bi-lingual Mass

Please join us in celebrating this Filipino Advent Tradition of Novena Masses to prepare for the Birth of Christ the Lord.

All Masses will be celebrated in English

All are welcome!

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El Árbol del Ángel para donar juguetes y regalos de Navidad estará recolectando juguetes hasta el 18 de diciembre. Por favor, ser un ángel y tomar una etiqueta para un niño en necesidad de un rega-lo.

POR FAVOR, NO ENVUELVA EL REGALO. Coloque el regalo bajo el árbol lo más tardar el domingo 17 de diciembre. Sus regalos generosos se distribuirán a las familias de nuestro vecindario. ¡Gracias a todos nuestros generosos feligreses.

NOVENA DE LA NAVIDAD

15 a 23 diciembre 7:30 PM

La Novena de Misas de Navidad en español comenzará jueves, el 15 de diciembre en el sótano de la rectoría .

Viernes, 15 de diciembre a las 7:30 p.m. Sábado, 16 de diciembre a las 6:30 p.m.

Domingo, 17 de diciembre a las 6:30 p.m. Lunes, 18 de diciembre a las 7:30 p.m.

Martes, 19 de diciembre a las 7:30 p.m. Miércoles, 20 de diciembre a las 7:30 p.m.

Jueves, 21 de diciembre a las 7:30 p.m. Viernes, 22 de diciembre a las 7:30 p.m.

Sábado, 23 de diciembre a las 6:30 PM-Misa bilingüe

Por favor, únase a nosotros en esta fiesta Novena de Misas de Adviento, mientras nos preparamos para el

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