1 The Sanctuary Lamp is the candle near the tabernacle which reminds us of the true presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. The Sanctuary Lamp will burn in memory of Herbert Boone by Susie & Rick Howard Corpus Christi Parish Office Hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 9—2. Tuesday 9:45-2. Bulletin Submission Information Please submit information for the bulletin by 9am per the following schedule. Bulletin Date Submission Date March 29th March 23rd April 5th March 26th April 12th March 30th April 19th April 13th March 22, 2020 A MESSAGE FROM OUR PASTOR We are all reeling from the news that Masses are canceled for the time being in an effort to help contain the spread of the Coronavirus. What are we to do? First of all, we must keep pray- ing and pray even more than usual, es- pecially for those who are suffering the most from this epidemic. Our churches and our Adoration Chapel are still open. Come and visit Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. You are welcome to take home a missalette that has all the Mass prayers and readings for each day. I encour- age you to watch Mass on TV and online and to make fre- quent “Spiritual Communions”. A prayer for that can be found on the back of the missalette. Additionally, since it would have been the weekend for our Deacons to preach, you can find those linked on our website. Also, The Word Among Us has opened all of their daily Mass readings and reflections which are usually available by subscription. Those reflections from The Word Among Us can be found here: https://wau.org/ meditations Reach out by phone and by sending cards to those who are isolated. Remember Our Lord’s promise; “Where 2 or more are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” [Mt18:20] And even when you are alone, he wants you to know that he is with you always. [Mt 28:20] This is not the Lent we would have chosen but it is the one we have been given. It has the potential to be a very holy, grace-filled time. Prayer, self- denial, and self-giving are required in these times more than ever. Let’s storm Heaven for an end to the Coronavirus and for public Masses to resume soon. We priests will still be able to offer Mass privately every day and you will be especially close to us when we do. We also lift up those who must make difficult decisions for the well being of others. Under the pro- tective mantle of our Blessed Mother may we not carry this virus, and even more importantly may we not carry fear, pan- ic, worry or anger. As I told our children at the Costa school Mass – Look to Jesus. Think of others. Father Bill Miller Contact Information Request Please be sure to update your phone numbers and address with the Parish Office if they have changed recently. Not sure if contact information is cor- rect? Please feel free to contact the office to check! Jesus I Trust In You! STAY CONNECTED WITH OUR PARISH DURING THE TIME OF SUSPENDED PARISH EVENTS Our parish will continue to update and announce upcoming "parish events" that will be available digitally = weather they are Streamed Masses, streamed Stations of the Cross, or other opportunities for community prayer. Videos will be posted on Facebook, on the internet for those without a Facebook account (not accessible via mobile de- vice) at https://www.facebook.com/GBBCatholic and YouTube. Please continue to check our parish website www.galesburgcatholic.net, for information as well as by following @GALESBURGCATHOLIC on Instagram, Face- book, and Twitter. You're also invited to subscribe to our parishes YouTube Channel by searching Galesburg Catholic Parishes.
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1 The Sanctuary Lamp is the candle near the tabernacle which reminds us of the true presence of
Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.
The Sanctuary Lamp will burn in memory of Herbert Boone by Susie & Rick Howard
Corpus Christi Parish Office Hours are
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 9—2.
Tuesday 9:45-2.
Bulletin Submission Information
Please submit information for the bulletin by 9am per the following schedule.
Bulletin Date Submission Date
March 29th March 23rd
April 5th March 26th
April 12th March 30th
April 19th April 13th
March 22, 2020
A MESSAGE FROM OUR PASTOR
We are all reeling from the news
that Masses are canceled for the time
being in an effort to help contain the spread of the Coronavirus. What are we
to do? First of all, we must keep pray-
ing and pray even more than usual, es-
pecially for those who are suffering the
most from this epidemic. Our churches
and our Adoration Chapel are still open.
Come and visit Our Lord in the Blessed
Sacrament. You are welcome to take home a missalette that
has all the Mass prayers and readings for each day. I encour-
age you to watch Mass on TV and online and to make fre-
quent “Spiritual Communions”. A prayer for that can be found
on the back of the missalette. Additionally, since it would have been the weekend for our Deacons to preach, you can
find those linked on our website. Also, The Word Among Us
has opened all of their daily Mass readings and reflections
which are usually available by subscription. Those reflections
from The Word Among Us can be found here: https://wau.org/
meditations
Reach out by phone and by sending cards to those who are
isolated. Remember Our Lord’s promise; “Where 2 or more
are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” [Mt18:20]
And even when you are alone, he wants you to know that he is with you always. [Mt 28:20] This is not the Lent we would
have chosen but it is the one we have been given. It has the
potential to be a very holy, grace-filled time. Prayer, self-
denial, and self-giving are required in these times more than
ever. Let’s storm Heaven for an end to the Coronavirus and
for public Masses to resume soon. We priests will still be able
to offer Mass privately every day and you will be especially
close to us when we do. We also lift up those who must make
difficult decisions for the well being of others. Under the pro-
tective mantle of our Blessed Mother may we not carry this
virus, and even more importantly may we not carry fear, pan-
ic, worry or anger. As I told our children at the Costa school Mass – Look to Jesus. Think of others.
Father Bill Miller
Contact Information Request
Please be sure to update your phone
numbers and address with the Parish
Office if they have changed recently.
Not sure if contact information is cor-rect? Please feel free to contact the
office to check!
Jesus I Trust In You!
STAY CONNECTED WITH OUR PARISH DURING
THE TIME OF SUSPENDED PARISH EVENTS
Our parish will continue to update and announce upcoming
"parish events" that will be available digitally = weather they
are Streamed Masses, streamed Stations of the Cross, or other opportunities for community prayer.
Videos will be posted on Facebook, on the internet for those
without a Facebook account (not accessible via mobile de-
vice) at https://www.facebook.com/GBBCatholic and
YouTube.
Please continue to check our parish website
www.galesburgcatholic.net, for information as well as by
following @GALESBURGCATHOLIC on Instagram, Face-
book, and Twitter.
You're also invited to subscribe to our parishes YouTube Channel by searching Galesburg Catholic Parishes.
Corpus Christi Parish
Laura Junk ~Cluster D.R.E. 309-337-0301 RELIGIOUS ED OFFICE 309-343-8289
Please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as we can. —————————————— 7th & 8th Grade CCD is canceled for until further notice, per Diocesan Directives.
Wednesday CCD Grades 1 - 6 is Canceled per Diocesan Directive until further notice.
Youth Group is canceled per Diocesan Directive until further notice. —————————————————————————— First Holy Communion dates: IHM: Sunday, April 26th, 11:00 AM Mass Corpus Christi: Sunday, May 3rd, 10:00 AM Mass St. Patrick: Sunday, May 10th, 9:00 AM Mass. St. Aloysius: Sunday, May 3rd Confirmation: —————————————————————————— 8th Grade Confirmation will no longer be held at the Cathedral.
Confirmation details and dates will be shared when they are available. Currently, there will not be Confirmation Mass on Saturday, March 28 at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria.
2726 Costa Drive,
Galesburg, IL 61401
309-344-3151
Our Vision: Costa Catholic Academy is Dedicated to the Whole Child; Body, Mind, Spirit and Community! Our Mission: Striving everyday to bring the Living God into the Hearts and Minds of our Students. SAVE THE DATE: Join Costa Catholic Academy for their 33rd Annual Auction “Casino Royale’ on SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2020 at the Soangetaha Country Club. Doors open at 5:00pm, Dinner is at 6:00pm with Live Auction following.
www.costa-galesburg.net
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Corporal Works of Mercy
While the nursing homes are not receiv-ing guests at this time you can still re-member those who are in the care of them by sending cards, letters, prayers and words of encouragement.
Nursing Homes to Send Letters to: Heartland Health Care Center Kensington Manor Aperion Care North (Former Rosewood) Hawthorne Inn Woodridge Supportive Living Marigold Rehabilitation & Health
*PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION CHAP-
EL WILL REMAIN OPEN (unless we are directed differ-
ently)
*Churches will be opened through the week (normal busi-
ness hours) for private prayer:
IHM - 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM daily
Corpus Christi - 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM daily
St. Patrick’s 9am-2pm Monday—Thursday
RCIA is canceled in person per Diocesan
Directive, until further notice. Possible
online learning opportunity will be com-
municated.
PLEASE REMEMBER that even though we are not gathering
for Mass weekly our parish relies on your charitable giving to
support it.
You can mail checks to the parish office-
Corpus Christi Church 273 S. Prairie St.
Galesburg, IL 61401
Magnificat
Dear MAGNIFICAT Family,
During this difficult time, many of the faithful may be unable
to attend Mass. To help them sanctify their day and to keep
walking in the liturgical rhythm of the Church, we are honored to make our online version of MAGNIFICAT temporarily
available to everyone for free.
Please help us spread this message and share this email and
link: www.magnificat.com/free with as many people as you
can. Free temporary access is also available in Spanish:
www.magnificat.com/gratis.
It is our hope that everyone will take this opportunity to pray
with MAGNIFICAT in union with the Church each Sunday
and weekday.
Please pray with us for a speedy and safe end to this time of
difficulty in our world. Sincerely in Christ,
Romain Lizé
President
“Friends. Stay steady. Take a deep breath.
Do not give in to fear. Serve and pray for others.
Set your heart right with God.
This is not the end of the story. All shall be well.”
-Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT
“Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach
the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the strug-
gle increases.” - St. Rose of Lima
3 Corpus Christi Parish
ST. FRANCIS CONFERENCE St. Vincent de Paul
Groceries will be given out to those in need by appointment, please call 815-200-4911 To schedule a time.
March 22—Fourth Sunday of Lent: In today’s Gospel, as Jesus gives sight to the blind man. Through grace we are also transformed from not seeing to seeing and then Jesus sends us to help others see and to believe.
Your gift to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul brings joy, peace, forgiveness, mercy and kindness to the hurting hearts of the poor.
The food drive continues at Menards on behalf of St. Vincent de Paul.
LET US PRAY FOR EACH OTHER Lord, look with loving kindness on the needs of all our
parishioners, and remember especially those who are ill
at home, in the hospitals and nursing homes;
Linda Krueger, Steven Nemeth, Barbara Phillips, Larry Welch,
Adam, Bill Richards, Consuelo Howell, Lewis Nichols, Jim
Verheyen, Deb Worden, Patricia & John Kissinger, Lenard
Ventura Betty Alva, Mike Reatherford, Horst Eoecker, Ron
Devlin, Father Bill Miller, Berniece Walck, Joe Groeper
Sick & Shut-ins: Please notify the office if a parishioner is
seriously ill or housebound, hospitals are not allowed to give
out this info. Also please call when the parishioner
is well, so we may take them off the list and say a
prayer of thanksgiving.
Pray for Our Military especially for those from Corpus Christi Parish
Ryan Beil, Joseph Mangieri, Samuel
“Max” Hess, Tony Trisilla, Mark
McDowell , Jimmy Nache, Zach
Kaniewski, Kim Becker, Matthew Schiff,
Christopher Edwards*, Sean Hatfield, Maria Blunt,
Nathan Jones, Kavan Woodruff, Timothy Brennan, Jesus
Weigand
If you have a family member serving in the Military please
contact Kathy Ensley at 368-7191 when your loved one
comes home, please call and we will remove their name
from the list and offer prayers of thanksgiving for their
safe return.
* Serving Combat Duty
Prayer Warriors: Every day is abortion
day now that they are doing chemical
abortions in Peoria.
7x7x7x: 7am, 7pm-7 words “Lord, please
stop abortion in this country.”
EASTER FLOWERS
If you would like to have a flower in memory of
someone this Easter please submit $10 and a note with
who it is in memory of to the parish office.
MASS OPTIONS:
Since public Masses have been suspended and if you are
spending more time at home we wanted to share a few online
options with you so that you can still watch Mass — and have
a fruitful Lent.
Here are a few options for you:
Live Monday-Saturday at 7:00 am on the EWTN Global Cath-
olic Network
(rebroadcasts at 11:00 am, 6:00 pm, and 11:00 pm)
Live Sunday Mass is at 7:00 am
(rebroadcasts at 11:00 am & 11:00 pm)
Watch online LIVE on EWTN.com or on any mobile de-
vice. Watch online RECORDINGS
Knights of Columbus
The Easter Bunny will be at the Galesburg Knights
of Columbus on Wednesday April 8th from 3:30 to
5:30. Have the kids come out and get their picture
taken with the Easter Bunny. The Easter Bunny will also be handing out candy.
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Anniversaries of our faithful departed:
Stephen Bullock, Florence Bohan, Crescent Frederick, Mabel McCune, James W. Graham, John P. McIlravy, Gladys Shane, Albert (Abe) Pecsi, Bernice Pogue, Agnes Gerhardt, Leland H. Whitsitt, Rita Green, John Healey, Samuel Gayton, Alberta Purcell, William Krupps, Michael Shane, Mary Sayrs, Bennie Amato, Helen Derby, Rita Marks, Irene F. Sloan, John Teval,
Edwin Buescher, Louis Paul Sepich, Lucille Campisi, Wayne W. Ensley, Immanuel Duran, Mildred Farrell, Margaret Haehnel,
Mary Karlovich, James H. Graham, John Murray, Pauline Melton, Merele Owen, Joanna M. Tracy, Veronica Kopun, John
Whitsitt, Pamela Hanna
Eternal Rest, Grant Unto Them O Lord & Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them
