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 9-10: 2017 2016 Offertory: $ 4915 $ 4265 Maintenance: $ 892 $ 1652 Religious Retirement: $ 949 $ 1060 Immaculate Conception: $ 1101 $ 1078 Christmas Gift: $ 1160 $ 350 Christmas Flowers: $ 295

Thank you for your generosity

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SATURDAY - December 16th

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 + + Esperanza Falcon + 12:30 PM + Anna & Alfred DeDona + 7:00 PM Novena Mass - English 6:30 PM Novena Prayers- Spanish MONDAY - December 18th 8:00 AM Otilia Espinoza 7:00 PM Novena Mass - English 7:30 PM Novena Mass - Spanish TUESDAY - December 19th

8:00 AM + Kathleen McCall + 7:00 PM Novena Mass - English 7:30 PM Novena Mass - Spanish WEDNESDAY - December 20th

8:00 AM + Dorothy King + 7:00 PM Novena Mass - English 7:30 PM Novena Mass - Spanish

THURSDAY - Decenber 21st

8:00 AM + Deceased Members of the Belen & Fazah Families + 7:00 PM Novena Mass - English 7:30 PM Novena Mass - Spanish FRIDAY - December 22nd 8:00 AM + Deceased Members of the Madden & O’Brien Families+ 7:00 PM Novena Mass - English 7:30 PM Novena Mass - Spanish SATURDAY - December 23rd 8:00 AM + Christ Gasparich + 5:00 PM + Frank Bongiovanni + 6:30 PM Novena Mass - Bi-lingual SUNDAY - December 24th

8:45 AM + Nancy & Luke Foye, Sr. 11:00 AM + Fructuosa Quinoz + Diviño Niñ0 Jesus - Familia Pezantes 12:30 PM + Deceased Members of the O’Hara & Quinn Families 5:00 PM + Helen Harnischfeger + 7:30 PM Diviño Niño Midnight Mary, Martin & James Devaney

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 James Keegan 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 Eileen Willmer

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

honor of

Jason A. Brown United States Navy

Third Sunday of Advent December 17, 2017

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.

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CHRISTMAS GIFT TO THE

CHURCH Today, 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 sup-port.

SUNDAY SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS PAGEANT

TODAY

DECEMBER 17 2:00 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.

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 recto-

ría .

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

nacimiento de Cristo el Señor.

REGALO DE NAVIDAD

A LA IGLESIA Hoy la segunda colecta en las misas será para el regalo de Navidad de la iglesia. Tenemos muchas necesidades y cuento con su apoyo y generosidad. Le doy las gracias por todo su apoyo.

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Con FORMED encontrarás programas de vídeo que ex-plican la fe católica, explorar el significado más profun-do del matrimonio, recibir estudios bíblicos sobre una variedad de temas e incluyendo conversaciones de au-dio . Y usted encontrará presentadores como el Dr. Tim Gray, el Dr. Edward Sri, la doctora Mary Healey, Chris Stefanick, el Dr. Scott Hahn y mucho más. Todos son parte de nuestra suscripción parroquia. Es sin duda la fe católica - bajo demanda.

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El Árbol del Ángel para donar juguetes y rega-los de Navidad estará recolectando juguetes hasta hoy, 17 de Diciembre.

POR FAVOR, NO ENVUELVA EL

REGALO

LECTURAS DEL PROXIMO DOMINGO

Primera lectura ‐ El Señor promete a David que su casa permanecerá para siempre (2 Samuel 7:1‐5, 8b‐12, 14a, 16).

Salmo — Cantaré eternamente las misericordias del Señor (Salmo 89 [88]).

Segunda lectura — Pablo ora para que Dios sea glorifi‐cado mediante Jesucristo (Romanos 16:25‐27).

Evangelio — El ángel Gabriel anuncia a María que ella concebirá al hijo de Dios (Lucas 1:26‐38).

El Programa de

Catecismo

los invita a

Las Obras De

Navidad

el 17 de diciembre

2:00 de la tarde

AUDITORIO

de la ESCUELA

TODOS SON INVITADOS

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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.

FOOD PANTRY Please return your Christmas gift for the children of the Pantry cli-ents. Thank you in advance for

your generosity. In addition to all of our generous donations noted in last week’s bulletin, we would also like to thank Eileen Duffy for donating a complete Thanksgiving dinner. We are truly blessed.

Needed: Canned Hams for Christmas

The Angel Tree for Christmas toys and gifts will be up until today, December 17th.

PLEASE DO NOT WRAP THE GIFT.

SIMBANG GABI

The Filipino Ministry of Corpus Christi invite you to attend:

SIMBANG GABI:

CHRISTMAS NOVENA OF MASSES

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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CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE

Sunday, December 24 - Christmas Eve 5:00 PM - English 6:30 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

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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

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