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Welcome!New parishioners are asked to register for the parish by goingto our website at www.corpuschristi.org. Click on theParish Registration tab at the top of the home page next toOnline Giving. For more info, please call the Parish Office.Stay Connectede-Bulletin‘Contact Us’ on websitePlease Pray for the SickPatty Westerzelt, LaVerne Washburne, Brian Deasy, MonCassius, Pam Koch, Trish Dowling, David Natale, MeganO’Neil, Christopher Ciufo, Melina Hennigan, JamesGreendonner, Jeffrey Dowling, Donna Conforti, Carolyn Phalon,Wayne Parisi, Debby Conti, James J. Price, Pat Pierson,Florence and John Hefele, Hank Campbell, Amy Fitzgerald,Mary McHale, Father John O’Brien, Frances Primack, DorothyM. Torick, Howard Daly, Katherine Brown, Conor Jennings,Barbara Layman, Peter Pietrucha, Craig Wisdo, John Petite,Raymond O’Connell, Joseph Doria, John Fleming, DonnaKugelman, Jeffrey Hodgeson, Kiran Kenney, Helen Dwyer,Margaret Pittaluga, Tina Errico, Nick McGann, John (Jack)Kaplan, Marie Orgo, Lucy Ryan, Joann Uibelhoer, Beth Abella,Hazel Townsend, Nicholas Ciufo, Peter Elder, Lori Abrams,Brandon Glynnyoung, David Carey, Marylou Perrini, AlanFischer, Sarah Addison, Carol Murphy, Likeu Lee, SusanKosinski, Camille Moran, Michael Turinchak, Dorothy Norton,Sr. Barbara Takacs, Diane Allen, Nora and Callum Lemanski,Lucas Reiling, Dominic Ursino, Andrew Jenkins, DebbieDwyer, Bridget Noe, John Cunningham, Mary Beth Driscoll,Denise Phalon Cascio, Abigail Brady, Frances Smith, ClaudiaFernandez, Tom Warren, Marty Erickson, Mary BethBonkowski, Carey Jenkins, Aurora Tremaroli, AubreyBaumbach, Christopher Green Cunningham, John VanDam,Ethel Gasda, Patrick Ford, David Kelly, Patrick Murphy, Jr.,Helen Huk, Cathy Caputo, Rui Boos, Joseph Todisco, MarieSkurka, Arianna Khelil, Dorothy Craig, Stephanie Quiroga, SalGuidone, Judy Broyhill, Tony Rios, Lois McGuire, GinaPagnotta, Helen Huddleston, Mary Ann Allen, Mary EllenWagner, Ed Lord, Gina Pelillo, Thomas Singer, GregoryMalzberg, Kristine Ryan, Luis Gallardo, Susan McGeough,Marianne Conod, Joseph Cirella, Donna Gocking, MartiSullivan, Lauren Gardner, Edward Cameron, Marie Viteri,Steven Hensle, Bob Whelan, William Cody, John Keelin,Richard Delaney, Mary Lou Carrier, Mary Conforti, CharlieRoussel, Jay Conroy, Richard Pelillo, Christopher Crahan, RyanLowe, Dominick Canavaro, Larry Califano, Frank Intagliato,Clifford McGuire, Don Stauber, Marie Meister, MarlenesTeixeira, John Crisp, Don Spagnuolo, Maddie Niebanch,Anthony Careccia, Martine Errico, Henry Von See, MichelleBenaim, Parker Watson, Kevin and Dorothy Franken, AdrianaMartins, Eugene Iannocelli, Peggy Cox, Eileen Matt, EverettFarren, Connie McNamara, Ann Zerga, Cheryl Maiorini, AlfriRundio, Barbara Marvin, Beth Cintron, Anna McGeough,Andrew White, Adeline Lombardi, Caitlin Murray, DonaldHanson, Giovanna Tagliaferri, Nancy Merola Miller, AnnGilroy, Stephanie Windsor, Rosemarie Moeller, Ralph Partlow,John Canary, Eileen Scholp, Patricia Marceterre, NancyArtiglere, Connie Prince, Bud Jeannette, Roy Weiland, GeorginaWeiland, Anna West, Maddi Kinney, Michele Carney, EricWahlberg.Pray for those who havegone home to the Lord Receive digital version by Thursday via emailA mini newsletter to keep connected when awayAccess on your phone for reference anytimee-CommunicationsText CHATHAM to 84576 to joinFlocknote MessagingReal-time information updatesReceive by Text or Email—You choose!Christmas e-Giving AvailableSimple, fast and secure. That’s the bestway to make your Christmas gift to CorpusChristi this year! Visit us at https://corpuschristi.org/contributions and prayerfully make your selection, it’s that easy. Ourannual budget relies on your generoussupport to keep our ministries active. Yourdonation is greatly appreciated and a blessing to our parish family. Scan the QR Codebelow with the camera on your phone or godirectly to our parish website. So far wehave 338 signed up.Thank you!YEAR-END GIVINGDid you know that there are several taxsaving options when it comes to makingyour Year-End Giving to Corpus Christi.Visit us at https://corpuschristi.org/contributions and learn more. Yourgenerous tax-deductible donation keepsour programs alive and fuels our spirit.Prayerfully consider making this choice tocontribute to the growth of our community.Thank you!Page 4 - 603 Corpus Christi

SPIRITUALITY-FAITH DEVELOPMENTAltar ServersAltar Servers are needed at Mass. Oneserver is needed to process with the crossat the entrance to Mass to lead those whobring the gifts to the altar and to lead theprocession at the end of Mass. Thesecond server assists the priest duringthe Mass. Boys and girls in grades 3thru 8 are invited to serve.Contact:Sister Margaret Dincher SCC973-635-0070 x 714 (phone)973-635-5518 (fax)email: marga@corpuschristi.orgContact Sister Margaret to set a time tobe trained to serve at Masses on Sunday.Pastoral CareIf you or someone you know isin the hospital or is homebound and wishes to receiveCommunion or the Sacramentof the Sick, please contact Sr.Margaret and arrangementswill be made for a visit.Father Kevin and Father Lemare available to celebrate theSacrament of the Sick withthose who are homebound.Special Ministers of the EucharistAll Eucharistic Ministersare asked to sign-in forSunday liturgies by emailor check the bulletin boardto sign-in when you cometo Mass. We are in need ofadditional Eucharistic Ministers.LECTORSLectors are asked to pick up their Workbook forLectors in the Priest’s sacristy.We are in need of several additional lectors.If you wish to become a lector at the SundayLiturgies, please contact Sister Margaret to goover the details for lecturing at Sunday Mass.BIBLE STUDIESSpiritual directionSpiritual Direction offers a time andplace to be attentive and take noticeof God’s presence and action in ourlives. It helps a person grow in his/her relationship with God and betterdiscern how the Holy Spirit is leading in their life. It helps a person todeepen in his/her relationship with God, self, others andcreation. For more information contact Sister Margaret.Abide Keeping Vigil With God’s WordBreathe in the Word of God and waitbefore the Word as you walk throughthe Scriptures and Abide with God.Meetings are held on the secondTuesday of the month in the UpperRoom on the second floor. The nextmeeting will be held on Tuesday,January 14th from 7—8 pm.All are welcome to this time of prayerand reflection.Facilitators: Diane Radwill and Sister MargaretEucharistic MinistersThe First Letter of Paul to theCorinthians is the topic of the BibleStudy on Monday Evening. Thenext meeting will be on January 6thfrom 8 to 9 pm in the Upper Room.John’s Gospel is the topic of the Bible Study onWednesday morning from 9:00 am to 10:00 am.The book of John’s Gospel combines biblicalinformation and suggestions for personal andgroup prayer. The study will resume on January8th in the Atrium Conference Room.Page 5 - 603 Corpus ChristiIf you are available to serve asa Eucharistic Minister at theweekend liturgies, please contactSr. Margaret by phone or e-mail .A meeting will be set up to learnthe details of being a EucharisticMinister. Eucharistic Ministersare needed for all Masses onSaturday and Sunday.Adults and teenagers in Juniorand Senior year are invited toserve as Eucharistic Ministers.

RESPECT LIFE9 Dൺඒඌ ൿඈඋ Lංൿൾ: Jൺඇඎൺඋඒ 21-29January 22, 2020 is designated the“Day of Prayer for the LegalProtection of Unborn Children” inall Dioceses in the U.S. It isobserved as a day of prayer for thefull restoration of the legal guaranteeof the right to life and of penance forviolations to the dignity of the humanperson committed through acts ofabortion. Catholics are called toobserve this day through thepenitential practices of prayer, fastingand/or giving alms. For BaptismsAre typically held on the1st & 3rd Sundays, immediatelyfollowing the last Mass.Contact the Parish Office after your child is bornto schedule their sacrament.Baptism Preparation Instructionis required for first-time parents.Contact the Family Ministry office for anappointment.Check out our Family Ministry Table at the backof the Atrium for free materials on parenting,marriage and family.New materials are always being added.Text from anywhere in the USA to connectwith a trained Crisis Counselor.You can also join thousands ofCatholics nationwide in the annualpro-life novena, 9 Days for Life,Tues., Jan. 21st – Wed., Jan 29th.Pray for the respect of all human lifewith daily intentions, brief reflections,and more. Download a free mobileapp, or sign up to receive thenovena through daily emails or textmessage.Sign up at: www.9daysforlife.com.Every texter is connected with a CrisisCounselor, a real-life human being trained tobring texters from a hot moment to a coolcalm through active listening andcollaborative problem solving. All of CrisisText Line's Crisis Counselors are volunteers,donating their time to helping people incrisis.Crisis Text Line serves anyone, in any type ofcrisis, providing access to free, 24/7 supportand information via a medium peoplealready use and trust: text.To Get Help: Text HOME to 741741Learn more at:https://www.crisistextline.org/Page 6 - 603 Corpus Christi

Religious EducationContact: Brigette Hanley 973-635-0070 x715 (phone); 973-6355518 (fax) or email: bhanley@corpuschristi.org for PreK—Grade 5Contact: Brian Duemling 973-635-0070 x740 (phone);973-635-5518 (fax) or email: bduemling@corpuschristi.org forMiddle School (Grades 6-8)Contact: Psomi 973-635-0070 x718 (phone); 973-635-5518 (fax)or email: Psomi@corpuschristi.org for Confirmation Prep (Gr. 9-10)Music MinistryContact: Robert Long, 973-635-0070 x716 (phone);973-635-5518 (fax); email: rlong@corpuschristi.orgCORPUS CHRISTI CHOIRSSingers and InstrumentalistsAre Welcome!CHILDREN’S CHOIRSElementary and Middle School Instrumentalists:Youth OrchestraChildren—Grades 3 through Middle SchoolChildren—K-2: Cherubs & ChimesADULT CHOIRSCorpus Christi Adult Choir rehearses on Thursday at7:30 p.m. in the Emmaus Room.Corpus Christi Handbell Choir rehearses on Mondayat 7:00 p.m. in the Emmaus Room.Middle School Back Pack ProgramEvery year Corpus Christi Middle School families reachout to economically poor families in Paterson by donatingfood items that are then assembled on 2/9/20 into Ziplocbags. Once delivered, these bags fit conveniently into apreschooler’s backpack, which he or she takes home onFriday afternoon to feed the family for that weekend. It’sa great cause and Corpus Christi makes a delivery in December and February. Appreciate any and all donations!Items Needed: Chef Boyardee microwavable meals,bags of rice or beans (1 lb. ONLY), Rice Krispie Treats;small cans of tuna; UHT organic milk boxes; fruit cups,juice boxes, packages of instant oatmeal, BOXED Mac &Cheese.Thanks, as always, for your generosity!!Page 7 - 603 Corpus Christi

Sisters Against Human TraffickingHow Do We Break The Supply Chain?Contact M. A. “Psomi” Psomas-Jackloski;973-507-8718(desk); 201-572-1608 (cell) 973-635-5518 (fax);email: psomi@corpuschristi.org; stryConfirmation PreparationConfirmation Prep Years 1 & 2To register please follow this:www.corpuschristi.org—Ministries—Youth Ministry and Confirmation.High School Religious Ed (HSRE) Schedule:Next Classes: Sundays Jan. 12 & 26, 7—8 PMUpcoming RetreatsJanuary 10 Year 1January 24 Year 2 (this is a changed date)Diocesan Retreat option: Sun, Jan 26, 10—4 PMPancake BreakfastJan 26The Great Pancake Breakfast is comingup, slated for January 26th. We needticket sellers after masses during themonth of January, and workers for the setup and breakfast. Please contact any ofthe following:Will Agostinelli will.agostinelli@verizon.netAllyson Burkitt allysonburkitt@yahoo.com or Psomi.Extreme FaithAny instrument or voice is alwayswelcome to join Extreme Faith. Wemeet on Sunday mornings at 10:30to rehearse. Please contact Psomi.To read the full story by Ian Thomsen onNews@Northeastern on-the-supply-chain/Bridges RunSaturday, February 1st, 8AM—1:00PMNewark.please RSVP soon Hannah Kelly athkkelly5@gmail.com or Psomi.Food BankImagine, says Northeastern assistant professor Shawn Bhimani,the plight of a migrant worker who cannot find work.“Come work for me,” a prospective employer says to theworker. “I’ll pay you 14 an hour.”So begins an ugly cycle of exploitation. The worker is transported to a farm, where her actual salary is reduced to, say, 8per hour. Then she learns that most or all of her salary is beingseized by the employer to pay for her airfare as well as her rent.And she worries about complaining to law enforcement becauseher employer has confiscated her passport.This is one of the many scenarios that three Northeasternprofessors will be researching as part of an investigation ofhuman trafficking in U.S. agriculture. They intend to map andevaluate the human supply chains to determine the key areas ofvulnerability, with the goal of engineering ways to disrupt thosetrafficking systems, over the course of a three-year study. Theyhope to create models of disruption that can be applied to othersectors of human trafficking, which is estimated to victimizemore than 24 million people worldwide.“There is a fallacy that trafficking is happening in someforeign place,” says Bhimani, a visiting assistant professor inthe D’Amore-McKim School of Business. “It’s happening inour local areas, across our country, across the world. And weare all connected to it.”Studies of human trafficking tend to focus on its productsand services—including food, clothes, and sex. But the Northeastern researchers are taking a different approach by focusingon the human supply chain and those who are victimized by it.“We’re kind of flipping it and looking atthe other side,” says Kayse Maass, anassistant professor in the College ofEngineering. “We’re saying, how did thehuman beings get from the point of whereverthey’re originating to the point of exploitation? And how do we break the supplychain?”Their research, funded by a 574,000 grant fromthe National Science Foundation to investigate humantrafficking in American agriculture.EpiphanySaturday, Jan 11, 9—11AMWe arrive at church 8:15,volunteer from 9 – 11am,and be home by 12:15, byway of Panera in Short Hills.Anyone wishing to attend mustPlease contact either Psomi or Payton McGarry at peytonmcgarry@chatham-nj.org.January 5thThis Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, theday Christians believe the wise travelers or Magi visitedJesus, bringinggold, frankincenseand myrrh. Thesetravelers from theEast represent nowthat the Messiahcame for all theworld.Page 8 - 603 Corpus Christi

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson “Tis the season” of beautifully wrapped boxes encasing treasures specially chosen bythe givers. They are meant to express many things, above all love, but also friendship,forgiveness for perceived failures, or just plain joy for the present and the future.“Tis the season” for receiving gifts, presumably given by loved ones or recent acquaintances, or even perhaps a co-worker from the wider reaches of our “people circle”wishing to acquire or strengthen a relationship. Or they may be expressions of thanksfor favors received.“Tis the season” of a brand new year, its number 2020 often used to define perfecteyesight, thereby giving a hint that this may be the perfect year to look for a “newvision” to permeate our outlook.“Tis the season” of Winter’s apex, when ever so slowly the daylight lasts longer witheach new day, calling for us to live the hope we invest in Spring.“Tis the season” above all to recognize that Jesus Christ is Himself our greatest gift.His unchanging love for us is no prisoner of time or whim. He is “the Light of theWorld” for all men and women anywhere and everywhere.“Tis the season,” finally, of Epiphany, which is Christmas for many Eastern Christians. That marks the time when Christ burst out of the confines of a Bethlehem stableto be a Gift, beautifully wrapped but eager to be opened for all nations.All of this expanded meaning for the season underscores why we love it as being sospecial. True, it shakes us up a bit, especially if we have commercialized it, or limitedits invitation to love God and our neighbor, or unconsciously made our Christianity intosome kind of private possession, not to be shared with people who don’t look like us orspeak our language. It tells us each year that we share this blue ball we live in withbillions of others, all created by the one God and Father. There are no strangers here.The poets of our world have a way of stating the truth that makes us pause and rehearsetheir words with our inner ears. We need them more desperately than we sometimesacknowledge. They open us up on this Epiphany day so that we can ponder andgrow. Here is one of them with the lilting name of Edna St. Vincent Millay. This iswhat she wrote:“The world stands out on either side,No wider than the heart is wide.Above the world is stretched the sky,No higher than the soul is high.”Peace to you and yours this New Year of the Lord 2020!Page 9 - 603 Corpus Christi

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9:00 a.m. Dr. Walter Fitzsimmons, Sr. 11:00 a.m. Kathryn McNally 12:15 p.m. Claire Gill In Remembrance January 5, 2020 The Epiphany Of the Lord For the week of January 5, Sanctuary Lights burn for a Special Intention. Bread and Wine is offered in memory of Maureen Alexander. Blessed Sacrament Chapel flowers are in memory of Maureen Alexander