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CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH

December 17th - 23rd Monday 7:00am Carolyn Werner Wednesday 8:15am Norbert Brenner Friday 7:00am Jackie Pender Saturday 4:00pm Joan Emge Sunday 7:30am Rose Acton Sunday 10:00am For the Parish

Parish Information Pastor, Fr. Claude Burns…..………………………….….cburns@evdio.org

Parochial Vicar, Fr. Gordon Mann..……………...…gmann@evdio.org Deacon Tom Goebel……………...……………….……tgoebel@evdio.org

PCL, Kathryn Curtis………………………………….…......kcurtis@evdio.org

Financial Officer, Carol Reising…...……………...…creising@evdio.org

Administrative Assistant, Kimberly Greulich…..kgreulich@evdio.org Dir. of Youth Formation, Sharon Shumate……...sshumate@evdio.org

Middle Sch Youth Ministry, Bailey Balbach.….bbalbach@evdio.org

Music Coordinator, Diane Sammet…………….………..812.455.6303 Principal, Martha Craig ……………………………….mcraig@evdio.org

School Secretary, Adela Blaszczyk …………...ablaszczyk@evdio.org

School Bookkeeper, Judy Grannan………….…. jgrannan@evdio.org

Pastoral Council Chair, Rex Masterson...…rex.masterson@sabic.com

Church office: 812.422.2027; School office: 812.422.1208

Parish Council Members (2018-2019) Tom Goebel Kathryn Curtis Brenda Born Tim Zeller Jim Gorman Melissa Mindrup Rob Goedde Rex Masterson Ann Wilson Martha Craig Casi Schiff Cindy Townsend Jennifer Decamps Debbie Singer Sharon Shumate Andrew Martin Brenda Chronert Janie Decamps Greg Hamilton Rusty Schimmell Fr. Dusty Burns

Sacraments RECONCILIATION - Sat 3pm and anytime by appointment. BAPTISM - Please call the parish office to schedule. MARRIAGES - Begin arrangements and preparation ses-sions at least six months before the planned day of the wed-ding.

For an appointment with Fr. Burns, call Carol at (812) 985-2275 or (812) 422-2027 or email creising@evdio.org.

THIS WEEK at CORPUS CHRISTI

MONDAY Prayer Group 4pm Church RCIA 6:30pm Conf Rm

WEDNESDAY Seniors Dinner 5:30pm Social Room

THURSDAY School Closed until January 3rd

Please Note: The Parish Office will be Closed from

December 24 - January 1

FRIDAY Rosary Group 7:30am Conf Rm

Advent Crib - There is a baby crib in the Narthex to collect baby items for those in need. We are collecting diapers, wipes, clothing, bibs, etc. The crib will be up until December 23. In the past, we have donated to Christian Life Center, Life Choice Maternity & Youth Homes and Right to Life.

Thank you for your generosity. ________________________________________________________________________________________

Ministries - Please take time to sign up for Christmas and Advent ministries. The lists are in the back of church on the wall. You do not have to be a minister to sign your family up

to light the Advent Wreath - this is open to all families. ________________________________________________________________________________________

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CHRISTMAS FLOWER MEMORIALS

If you with to donate Christmas flowers in memory of loved ones, please fill out an envelope found in the pews or in the back of church. Please return in the collection or to the parish office by Tuesday, December 18. Envelopes will also be availa-ble in the parish office and a form can be seen online and on the parish app. All Mass Intentions for Christmas

will be for those who are listed on the memorials sheet. ________________________________________________________________________________________

UNITE High School Youth Ministry—Sunday, Dec 16 Unite students are Christmas caroling at Leisure Living on Lavender Court. Please arrive at the youth room at 2:30pm. Students will return by 5:30pm. Permission and driver forms are required to attend and can be found on unitecym.com. Middle School (Jr Hi) Youth Group—Thanks for a great fall semester! We will resume meeting in January. I hope you all have a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year. -Bailey

Christmas Mass Schedule

Christmas Eve: Monday, Dec 24 4:00pm (Children’s Mass) & 11:00pm Christmas Day: Tuesday, Dec 25 9:00am

Solemnity of Mary: Tuesday, Jan 1 (Holy Day of Obligation) Monday Vigil: 5:00pm at Corpus Christi Tuesday Mass: 9am at St. Philip

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CPC 2018 follow-up letters will be mailed soon. If we haven’t received your pledge card, please expect a second request and/or phone call. It is very important for us to receive re-sponses from our entire parish. Thank you to everyone who has returned their pledge cards! To date, we have received almost $94,000 in pledges, but only 38% participation. ________________________________________________________________________________________

The Message will not publish Dec. 28, 2018, and Jan. 4, 2019. The final 2018 issue will be published on Dec. 21, and the first 2019 issue will be published on Jan. 11. Infor-mation for publication before Christmas must be received in The Message office by Dec. 12; information for publication in the Jan. 11, 2019, issue should arrive no later than Jan. 2, 2019. Remember, there will be no issue of The Message on

Dec.28, 2018, or Jan. 4, 2019.

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CCC WINNERS - Winners of the December CCC drawing are: $240 - John Black and Matt Bartek; $120 - Dianne Werner; $25 - Tom Verkamp, Carol Reising, Tammy Evans and Paul Vandendorpe. There are 7 open numbers availa-ble for this monthly drawing. They make great Christmas gifts! If you are interested, please contact Steve Schapker at (812) 421-9497. Proceeds from the CCC Club are used

for capital improvements.

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CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH MINISTERS OF THE LITURGY

December 22 Sat. 4:00PM

Eucharistic Minister Andrea Greaney

Eucharistic Minister Cassie Quinn

Eucharistic Ministers James & Cindy Townsend

Eucharistic Ministers Bob & Kate Wittgen

Greeter OPEN

Lector Tim Scheu

Lector Sarah Jankowski

Server Addison Willett

Server Lucas Kuhn

Server Jack Richey

Ushers Tom Schapker

December 23 Sun. 7:30 AM

Eucharistic Minister Shari Seitz

Eucharistic Minister Steve Goedde

Eucharistic Minister John Hoos

Eucharistic Ministers Gary & Janet Wink

Eucharistic Minister Carolyn Bailey

Greeters Ray & Nancy Pritchett

Lector Liz Fulton

Lector Donna Hodges

Server Nick Hermann

Server Sam Wassmer

Server OPEN

Usher Ray Pritchett

Usher Steve Schapker

December 23 Sun. 10:00 AM

Eucharistic Ministers Al & Darlene Weinzapfel

Eucharistic Minister Chris VanCleve

Eucharistic Minister Martha Reising

Eucharistic Minister Cecilia Reising

Eucharistic Minister Casi Schiff

Greeter Heidi Bailey

Lector Don Cooper

Lector Paul Reising

Server Ella Hamilton

Server Tate Mallory

Server OPEN

Usher Neal Bailey

Stewardship of Giving

December 9, 2018 Stewardship $ 17,042

Weekly Budget $ 19,847

St. Vincent dePaul $ 50

Religious Retirement $ 190

Feast of the Immaculate Concep- $ 534

YTD Budget $ 456,492

YTD Collection $ 419,407

GROUNDS CREW

Crew #3 - Mark Eickhoff (Dec 16 - 22)

Knights of Columbus - Auxilio Council #16454

There will not be a December KofC meeting.

The next meeting will be January 23, 2019 at 6pm at

Corpus Christi.

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Mass Intentions

Date December 17 - December 23

Tuesday: 6:00pm Brad Hinderliter Thursday: 6:00pm Glenn Moll Saturday: 7:00am for the parish 4:30pm Edna Schenk & Elgene Bell Sunday: 9:30am George & Helen Martin ______________________________________________

Parish Information

Pastor, Fr. Claude Burns ……………………………….cburns@evdio.org

Parochial Vicar, Fr. Gordon Mann…………….…....gmann@evdio.org

Director of Parish Ministries, Deacon Koressel...ckoressel@evdio.org

Deacon, Tom Kirsch…………………………….…………tkirsch@evdio.org Office Manager, Angie Wildeman …………..awildeman@evdio.org

Financial Officer, Carol Reising…..……….….…….creising@evdio.org

Director of Sacred Music, Christina Kelley…..…...ckelley@evdio.org

Director of Youth Formation, Sharon Shumate...sshumate@evdio.org

Middle School Youth Ministry, Bailey Balbach.bbalbach@evdio.org Principal, Megan Howington …………………...mhowington@evdio.org

School Secretary, Jane Scheu…………………....jscheu@evdio.org

Parish Council Members (2018-2019) Tom Wildeman Katie Nurrenbern Kate Bigge Jeremy Hile Mary Bohleber Mike Folz Charlene Kraft Chuck Brown Rick Goebel Rusty Wildeman Paula Parkinson Paula Bone

RECONCILIATION Saturday 3:30pm, Sunday 8:45am, Tuesday 5:30pm

BAPTISM Please call the parish office to schedule a baptism 812-985-2275

MARRIAGES Please call the parish office for information

** for an appointment with Fr. Burns, call Carol Reising at 812-422-2027 or 812-985-2275 or creising@evdio.org

PRAYER NETWORK Rosemarie Horstman .........................................812-985-3742 Olivia Kissel ........................................................812-568-3822 Lois Martin ...........................................................812-985-9425

ANGEL TREE Please return wrapped gifts by December 16th. CHRISTMAS FLOWER MEMORIALS Please have envelopes turned in by December 16th. 55+ CLUB DECEMBER LUNCHEON The 55+ Club monthly luncheon will be held on Tuesday, December 18th. Gathering will begin at 11:30am. The sign-up sheet with the details is located in the gathering area. Please bring a $5 exchange gift. ADVENT ADULT FORMATION AT ST. PHILIP 'PRESENCE' The Mystery of The Eucharist Join us in the St. Philip Room at 6:40pm December 18th, Tuesday, "Bread for the Journey" December 20th, Thursday, "Biblical Foundations" EARLY BULLETIN DEADLINE Because of the Holidays, the deadline is: December 30th → December 18th The parish office will be closed December 21–January 2, 2019. HELP FOR CHRISTMAS MASSES We are looking for lectors, greeters, ushers, servers, & Eucharistic Ministers for Christmas Masses. The sign-up sheets are in the gathering area. DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS We need lots of help decorating our church for Christmas. Grab a friend and join us Sunday, December 23rd after 9:30am Mass. Please help make our church beautiful for Christmas. CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES Christmas Eve ~ 4pm & 11pm Christmas Day ~ 8am The St. Philip Christmas Choir invites you to join them for prelude music to celebrate Christmas, 30 minutes before the 11pm Christmas Eve Mass.

THIS WEEK AT ST. PHILIP

Sunday: Confirmation after Mass Unite CYM caroling meet @ 2:30pm

Monday: Men’s Club 6:30pm

Tuesday: Legion of Mary 8:30am- St. Philip Rm.

Wednesday: Choir practice 6:30pm

The parish office will be closed December 20 & 21

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MINISTERS OF THE LITURGY

Dec. 22 4:30pm Mass

Lector: Debbie Reineke

Lay Ministers: R. Kaiser, J. & K. Folz, R. Hall, F. Kanowsky, B. Bueltel Ushers: Rich & Sara Fischer

Greeters: Randy & Angela Wargel Servers: Camryn Darr & Tyler Vanover Dec. 23 9:30am Mass

Lector: Ashley Tenbarge

Lay Ministers: S. Weis, T. & C. Wildeman, T. Verkamp, T. Spahn, D. Kirsch

Ushers: Rusty & Carol Reising Greeters: Lynn & Clare Hassler Servers: Xavier Bigge & Chloe Miller Children’s Liturgy Instructor: Missy Beach Assistants: Jennifer Rogge & Alyssa Goebel

Church Cleaning Dec. 21 Team of: Patty Scheu SCRIP SELLERS Dec. 22 4:30pm Rosemarie Horstman & Rosemary Spahn Dec. 23 9:30am Carla Wildeman & Cindy Mallory

Stewardship of Treasure December 9, 2018 Weekly Requirement $19,029 Weekly Income $14,882 Budget requirement YTD $437,667 YTD $360,983 (total tithing amount only including direct deposit, but ex-cluding tuition payments)

SCHOOL NEWS December 19th is our last day of school. School resumes on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019! A2J- Middle School Youth Ministry Thanks for a great fall semester! We will resume meeting in January. I hope you all have a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year. THANK YOU A special thanks to Pierre Funeral Home for providing us with 2019 calendars. They are in the gathering area for all parishioners. ADORATION CHAPEL Add prayer time during this Advent Season by visiting St. Philip Chapel. Open 24/7~ Everyone is welcome!! Open Adoration Hours: Sunday 10am, Tuesday 4pm, Wednesday 3am, Thursday 1pm, Friday 5pm, Saturday 12 noon & 5pm HELP NEEDED St. Philip cafeteria needs a part-time helper 3 days per week for approximately 3 to 4 hours. You will be assisting in food prep and service, dishwashing, sweeping/mopping, general cleaning, stock room duties, etc. The job is very fast paced, physically demanding and does require heavy lifting and standing the entire shift. If you are interested, please contact Jane Herrmann at 812-985-2447 ext. 121 2019 TRADITION LOTTERY TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE Tradition Lottery tickets for 2019 are available for purchase NOW! Every month: Grand Prize $10,000; Second Prize $1,500; Third Prize $1,000; Fourth Prize $500. Tickets are $100. To purchase a ticket, call Dan Horstman at 812-985-3742. You may also stop by the parish office. All proceeds benefit the students of Mater Dei High School and Reitz Memorial High School. CPC UPDATE- THANK YOU Our Catholic Parishes Campaign is underway. Our parish goal is $161,881. We’ve had 253 cards returned with $118,813 pledged. We are 73% to our goal, but only 38% participation. It is very important to receive a response from all families. Extra cards are in the gathering area. IN SYMPATHY The St. Philip Community would like to offer sympathy to Denise Hamilton on the death of father, David Wendholt.

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THE LINK

UNITE CATHOLIC YOUTH MINISTRY Unite students are Christmas caroling at Leisure Living on Lavender Court. Arrive at Youth Room at 2:30 pm, and caravan to caroling site. Return for pickup at 5:30 pm. Permission and driver forms are required to attend and can be found on unitecym.com. Thanks for a great fall semester! We will resume meeting in January.

FORMED.ORG

Don’t forget to visit Formed.org during your Advent journey. There are videos, audio programs, spiritual readings, children’s programs and much more! Access Code: 6RZP7R MARRIAGE HELP Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vi) has helped thousands of couples who are disillusioned or even experiencing misery in their marriage. This program can help you too. For confidential information or to register for the January program beginning with a weekend on January 11, 2019,

call the Family Life office at 270-683-1545.

HANDY HELPERS HOME REPAIR Catholic Charities, in it’s efforts to help clients create lives that work, has opened Handy Helpers Home Repair - and we are working for you! Handy Helpers Home Repair is a light maintenance and repair service that can work in your home or small business. Our trained technicians supervised by Gary Kieffer, a contractor with over twenty years of service to clients in Evansville, are now available at reasonable rates. Call 812-913-9800 for a free estimate.

Dear Family,

As you read this we are celebrating the 3rd Sunday of Ad-vent, and just a little over a week it will be Christmas. This year our preparation time is moving particularly fast to say the least. Let us continue to prepare well spiritually 1st of all above all else. Please make it a priority for you and your family.

We are certainly making your spiritual life a priority by adding two dates this next week for an opportunity to go to confession. Confession is an amazing sacrament that both forgives our sins (clearing out all obstacles to God’s grace) and preparing us for the great solemnity of Christmas.

The dates and times are as follows: Tuesday, December 18th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at Corpus Christi Parish Saturday, December 22nd from 9:30am to 11:00am at St. Philip Parish In addition to these times, we also have our normal times on Saturday evening before Masses at both parishes. We hope to see you there. Prepare well, because our Lord Je-sus has something special for each of you this Christmas.

In the Heart of Christ, Fr. Dusty Burns

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Fr. Burns

ADVENT ADULT FORMATION AT ST. PHILIP 'PRESENCE' The Mystery of The Eucharist Join us in the St. Philip Room at 6:40pm December 18th, Tuesday, "Bread for the Journey" December 20th, Thursday, "Biblical Foundations" KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS The Knights of Columbus will NOT meet in December. The next meeting is January 23, 2019, 6pm at Corpus Christi. THE MESSAGE

The Message will not be published on December 28, 2018, and January 4, 2019. The deadline for information for the

January 11, 2019 issue is January 2, 2019.