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 

Mr. Josh Rosa—Youth Minister

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

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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 - 5:00PM

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.

Collection for November 17-18: 2018 2017 Offertory: $ 5285 $ 4235 Maintenance: $ 907.50 $ 894 Human Development: $ 1136 $ 850 Collection for November 24-25: Offertory: $ 4017 $ 4608 Maintenance: $ 746 $ 735 Christmas Flowers: $ 1188 $ 1302

First Sunday of Advent December 2, 2018

SATURDAY - December 1st - First Saturday 5:00 PM + Catherine & Patrick Gorman + 6:30 PM +Salvatore J. Salemi + SUNDAY - December 2nd

8:45 AM + Ruth Rausch Joyce + 11:00 AM En Honor A San Antonio En Honor Del Niño Jesus + Chan Sil Yin + + Benjamin Lama + + Rosa Elena Lenis + + Jose Quispe - 2nd Anniversary + Maria Perez - Cumplaños Giovanni Quintero + Paula Sierra de Reyes + Maria Del Carmen Santana 12:30 PM Benny & Angelina Marciano MONDAY - December 3rd 8:00 AM Mary, Martin &James Devaney 6:30 PM Andres, Alina Raul, Kecy, Carlos y Daniel Gozales TUESDAY - December 4th

8:00 AM Michele Casale WEDNESDAY - December 5th

8:00 AM Shae Barbour - Birthday 10:30 AM Willmer, Carter & Nelson Families (Blvd. Gdns.)

THURSDAY - December 6th

8:00 AM Doris Rivera - Thanksgiving FRIDAY - December 7th - First Friday 8:00 AM + Andres Rivera + 6:30 PM Immaculate Conception - English 7:30 PM + Salvatore J. Salemi + SATURDAY - December 8th - Immaculate Conception 8:00 AM Unborn 11:00 AM 5:00 PM + Thomas Callaghan - 23rd Anniversary 6:30 PM Manuel de la Cruz Florian

Efrain Acosta Alvarado Family Fernando Arata Juan Bautista Sandra Brown Bullon Family Isabela Colombo Valerie Flynn Ana Hillda Frias Maria Kim Ralph Gil Hilda Gomez Edelmira Guzman Josephine Haber Cecilia Hernandez James Keegan

Maria Kim Jean LaBonte Robert Luzzie Todd Martin Patricia Frain Murray Christopher Moore Robert Nieves Julia Peña Delena Maria Ramirez Maria Isabel Ramirez Judith Rodriguez Al Strobl Nancy Strobl Maria Tenecela Phil Troy Olga Elena Uidal Eileen Willmer

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

memory of

Lt. John Reilly

Requested by the Harnischfeger Family

Feast of the Immaculate Conception Friday, December 7, 2018

6:30 PM - English 7:30 PM—Spanish

Saturday, December 8, 2018 8:00 AM - English

11:00 AM - English

Pray for the deceased

Carol Gillen Costello

First Sunday of Advent December 2, 2018

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Christmas Carols Wednesday, December 19

You are invited to join the choir for Christmas Caroling on Northern Blvd. and 54th St.

Come sing or just listen!

The choir will gather downstairs, in the train station on Northern Blvd. and 54th Street at 6:00 PM to greet people who are coming home from work and invite them to worship with us.

Villancicos Miércoles, 19 de diciembre

Te invitamos a unirte al coro esta Navidad Caroling en Northern Blvd. y la calle 54 Ven a cantar o simplemente escucha! El coro se reunirá en la estaciónl de tren en Northern Blvd. y la 54th Street a las 6:00 PM para saludar a las personas que regresan a casa del trabajo e invitarlos a adorar con nosotros

¡Ven y únete a nosotros!

FAMILY CHRISTMAS MOVIE NIGHT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15TH

4:00 PM - SCHOOL GYMNASIUM

MOVIE — THE GRINCH

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ALL ARE INVITED TO SPEND THIS SPECIAL TIME OF CELEBRATION FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE PARISH.

FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE RECTORY OR AFTER MASS.

First Sunday of Advent December 2, 2018

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Con FORMED encontrarás programas de vídeo que explican la fe católica, explorar el significado más pro-fundo del matrimonio, recibir estudios bíblicos sobre una variedad de temas e incluyendo conversaciones de audio . 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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COFRADÍA DE LA

SANTA EUCARISTÍA Misa de Consagración Total a Jesús

6 de diciembre 2018 7:00 PM-Rosario 7:30 PM-Misa

Únete a la cofradía de la Santa Eucaristía para una misa especial el viernes el 6 de diciembre en la iglesia.

NOVENA DE LA NAVIDAD

15 a 23 de diciembre 7:30 PM

La Novena de Misas de Navidad en español comenzará sabado, el 15 de diciembre a las 7:30 PM en el sótano

de la rectoría .

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

nacimiento de Cristo el Señor.

First Sunday of Advent December 2, 2018

LLAMANDO A TODOS LOS ADOLESCENTES

Nuestro Ministerio Juvenil reanudará las reuniones los jueves por la noche de 7:00 PM a 8:30 PM en el sótano de la rectoría. Se les anima a todos los jóvenes de la parro-quia asistir. Para más información llame al Josh Rosa a la rectoría.

El Árbol del Ángel para donar juguetes y rega-los de Navidad estará recolectando juguetes hasta el 16 de diciembre. Por favor, ser un án-gel y tomar una etiqueta para un niño en nece-sidad de un regalo.

POR FAVOR, NO ENVUELVA EL

REGALO.

Coloque el regalo bajo el árbol lo más tardar el domingo 16 de diciembre. Sus regalos genero-sos se distribuirán a las familias de nuestro ve-cindario. ¡Gracias a todos nuestros generosos feligreses.

LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE

LECTURAS DEL PROXIMO DOMINGO

Primera lectura — Sube a la altura, Jerusalén; contem‐pla a tus hijos gozosos porque Dios se acordó de ellos (Baruc 5:1‐9).

Salmo — Grandes cosas has hecho por nosotros, Se‐ñor (Salmo 126 [125]).

Segunda Lectura — Que su amor siga creciendo más y más y se traduzca en un mayor conocimiento y discerni‐miento (Filipenses 1:4‐6, 8‐11).

Evangelio — Juan proclama un bau smo de arrepen ‐miento para el perdón de los pecados (Lucas 3:1‐6).

Fiesta de la Inmaculada Concepción

Viernes, 7 de diciembre 2018 6:30 pm - Inglés

7:30 PM—Español Sabado, 8 de diciembre 2018

Horario de Misas 8:00 am - Inglés

11:00 am - Inglés

Martes, 11 de diciembre

Santa Misa - 11:00 PM

Las Mañanitas—Medianoche

Miercoles, 12 de diciembre 7:30 PM—Santa Misa

First Sunday of Advent December 2, 2018

FOOD PANTRY We would like to thank the American Brotherhood Motor-

cycle Club for their generous donation of 82 turkeys to the Pantry. We distributed a bag of food and a turkey to 78 families; they were ex-tremely grateful! Thank you.

Lectionary Based Bible Study and

Reflection Meets Monday at 1:00 PM

In the Parish Center.

CALLING ALL TEENAGERS

Our Youth Ministry will resume meetings on Thursday evenings from 7: PM to 8:30 PM in the rectory basement. All of the young people of the parish are encouraged to at-tend. For more information call Mr. Josh Rosa at the rectory

XAVIER SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

Xavier Society for the Blind provides inspirational, spiritual and religious reading materials in braille, audio and/or large print to the blind and visually impaired community of faithful free of charge, in-cluding: Monthly readings, prayers and responses for

the Sunday Mass and selected Feast Days and Solemnities.

Faith formation text books for children and adults.

Many popular titles related to the Catholic Church, religion, and spiritual themes.

If you know a family member, friend or fellow pa-rishioner who could benefit from out services, please visit their website –xavierscoietyfortheblind.org, email them at in-fo@xaviewersocietyfortheblind.org or call (800)637-9193.

The Angel Tree for Christmas toys and gifts will be up until December 16th. 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 16th. Your generous gifts will be dis-tributed to families in our neighborhood. Thank you to all of our generous parishioners.

NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS

First Reading — Take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of glory from God (Baruch 5:1‐9).

Psalm — The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy (Psalm 126).

Second Reading — I am confident that the one who began a good work in you will con nue to complete it un l the day of Christ Jesus (Philippians 1:4‐6, 8‐11).

Gospel — The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth (Luke 3:1‐6).

SENIOR CLUB

We meet every Thursday from noon—3:00 PM in the

dining room behind the chapel.

Upcoming Dates for November & December November 29 Open December 6 - AAR Presentation December 13 Open December 20 - End of Year Party

First Sunday of Advent December 2, 2018

LOOKING AHEAD

Saturday, December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Sunday, December 9 - 2nd Sunday of Advent

Saturday, Dec. 15 - 4:00 PM Family Christmas Movie night

Sunday 16 - 3rd Sunday of Advent Christmas Gift to the church collection

Saturday, December 15 Simbang Gabi begins

Novena De La Navidad comienza

Saturday, December 22 Bi-Lingual Christmas Novena Mass

and Dinner

Sunday, December 23 Fourth Sunday of Advent

Perpetual Adoration at

Corpus Christi

We try to provide an atmosphere of quiet reflection in the Chapel. We invite every-

one to pray silently before the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament when you come for a visit.

We thank all Guardians of the Eucharist for their love, fidelity, and commitment to Jesus in the Eucharist. We encourage you to get to know the guardians before and after you. Please try to be on time for your hour. The person before you may have another commitment and is counting on you to be on time.

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

SIMBANG GABI:

“EVENING MASS”

December 15—23 at 7:00 PM

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

Everyone is Welcome

All Masses will be celebrated in English

All are welcome!

CONFRATERNITY OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST

Mass of Total Consecration to Jesus

December 6, 2018 7:00 PM-Rosario

7:30 PM-Mass Join the confraternity of the Holy Eucharist for a spe-cial Mass on Thursday, December 6 in the church.

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