Indulgences and pilgrimages and parties - oh, my! Please click on the image for this week’s updates from Corpus Christi! The Pharisee & the Publican; 10th ANNIVERSARY OF ANGLICANORUM COETIBUS & JUBILEE YEAR! Sneak Peak at Our Lady of Walsingham Statue; All Saints' Party; All Saints Day & All Souls Day Masses; All Souls Remembrances; More!
"General Remarks on Indulgences"
The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has granted a plenary indulgence to all the faithful who attend an Ordinariate Mass on Sunday, November 3rd, in honor of the 10th Anniversary of the promulgation of Anglicanorum coetibus, the apostolic constitution establishing the personal ordinariates, and to all the faithful who make a pious visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham during the the Jubilee Year (Nov 3, 2019 - Sept 29, 2020).
General Remarks On Indulgences from the Apostolic Penitentiary (SOURCE)
1. This is how an indulgence is defined in the Code of Canon Law (can. 992) and in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (n. 1471): "An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints".
2. In general, the gaining of indulgences requires certain prescribed conditions (below, nn. 3, 4), and the performance of certain prescribed works (nn. 8, 9, 10 indicate those specific to the Holy Year).
3. To gain indulgences, whether plenary or partial, it is necessary that the faithful be in the state of grace at least at the time the indulgenced work is completed.
4. A plenary indulgence can be gained only once a day. In order to obtain it, the faithful must, in addition to being in the state of grace:
— have the interior disposition of complete detachment from sin, even venial sin;
— have sacramentally confessed their sins;
— receive the Holy Eucharist (it is certainly better to receive it while participating in Holy Mass, but for the indulgence only Holy Communion is required);
— pray for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff.
5. It is appropriate, but not necessary, that the sacramental Confession and especially Holy Communion and the prayer for the Pope's intentions take place on the same day that the indulgenced work is performed; but it is sufficient that these sacred rites and prayers be carried out within several days (about 20) before or after the indulgenced act. Prayer for the Pope's intentions is left to the choice of the faithful, but an "Our Father" and a "Hail Mary" are suggested. One sacramental Confession suffices for several plenary indulgences, but a separate Holy Communion and a separate prayer for the Holy Father's intentions are required for each plenary indulgence.
6. For the sake of those legitimately impeded, confessors can commute both the work prescribed and the conditions required (except, obviously, detachment from even venial sin).
7. Indulgences can always be applied either to oneself or to the souls of the deceased, but they cannot be applied to other persons living on earth.
Corpus Christi Updates: Trinity 18 - Oct 20th, 2019
Click on the image to read this week’s updates from Corpus Christi: The Importunate Widow; Tuesday RSVP; Annual Clergy Assembly; All Saints & All Souls'; Fire-folk sitting in the air; Advent Parish Retreat; Sarah, Silence & Sacred Music; Evensong for St JHN; More! (Image source.)
RSVP for Family Supper, Tuesday, Oct 22nd.
Please use this form to RSVP for the Family Supper on Tuesday, October 22nd. Thank you!
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (children 4 and up): 4.30 - 6.00PM;
Family Supper, 6.00PM
No adult Bible Study this week!
All Souls' Day Requiem Mass Intentions
Please use this form to submit names of deceased loved ones to be remembered at the All Souls’ Day Requiem - Saturday, Nov 2nd, 10.00AM.
RSVP for Family Supper, Tuesday, Oct 15
Please use this form to RSVP for the Family Supper on Tuesday, October 15th. Thank you!
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (children 4 and up): 4.30 - 6.00PM;
Family Supper, 6.00PM
Adult Bible Study, 6.45PM
Corpus Christi Updates: Trinity 15 (Sept 29, 2019)
Click on the image for this week’s updates from Corpus Christi: Lazarus & Dives; Less Stuff, More Love; Guild of St Margaret Clitherow; Cardinal Levada, RIP…
Masses Cancelled 9/3 - 9/6
Due to hurricane Dorian, all Masses and other activities are cancelled through Friday, 9/6. Please be safe!
Newsletter for the 11th Sunday after Trinity - 1 Sept 2019
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Christian Formation Fall 2019 Calendar
CHRISTIAN FORMATION at CORPUS CHRISTI:
CATECHESIS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD & CHILDREN’S CHOIR
Fall Calendar (print)
September 18 (Wed, 6PM): Required Safe Environment meeting for parents of all children participating in Catechesis, Altar Server, and Guild of St Margaret Clitherow programs.
September 24 (Tu, 6PM): Holy Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham; Marian Devotion led by Guild of St Margaret Clitherow.
October 1 (Tu, 4.30PM): Children’s Choir
October 15 (Tu)
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, 4.30-6.00PM
Family Supper, 6.00PM
Bible Study, 6.45PM
October 22 (Tu)
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, 4.30-6.00PM
Family Supper, 6.00PM
Bible Study, 6.45PM
October 29 (Tu): Family Supper & Children’s “Saints of God” Costume Party & Ice Cream Sundae Extravaganza
November 5 (Tu, 4.30PM): Children’s Choir
November 19 (Tu)
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, 4.30-6.00PM
Family Supper, 6.00PM
Bible Study, 6.45PM
November 26 (Tu)
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, 4.30-6.00PM
Family Supper, 6.00PM
Bible Study, 6.45PM
December 3 (Tu, 4.30PM): Children’s Choir
December 17 (Tu)
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, 4.30-6.00PM
Family Supper, 6.00PM
Bible Study, 6.45PM