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Holy Family Syro-Malabar

Catholic Mission
Newsletter- Vol 4, Issue No.43, June 14th

Phone: 623-328-5784 Website: www.holyfamilychurchphx.org

Liturgy Feast of Corpus Christi

Every Sunday at 4:00 PM until
Catechism resumes at: The festival of Corpus Christi celebrates the Eucharist as the body of Christ.
Our Lady of Fatima church The name 'Corpus Christi' is Latin for 'the body of Christ’. This jubilant
1418 S 17th Avenue festival is celebrated by Roman Catholics to proclaim the truth of the
Phoenix, AZ 85007 transubstantiation of bread and wine into the actual body of Christ during
Weekday Mass.
Mon - Sat at 8.30 AM at: The main feature of Corpus Christi celebrations is the triumphant liturgical
Father’s residence procession in which the sacred host is carried out of the Church 'for the
1st Friday – Qurbana & Christian faithful to make public profession of faith and worship of the Most
Adoration at 6.30 PM Blessed Sacrament'. The procession also emphasizes that the sacrifice of
Detailed Schedule-Sunday Christ was for the salvation of the whole world.
3:00 PM: Catechism for
Children During his papacy, Pope John Paul II led an annual Corpus Christi
Rosary, Novena procession from St Peter's Square in the Vatican to the streets of Rome. Many
Praise & worship traditional Catholics are keen for such processions to be promoted
4:15 PM: Holy Qurbana everywhere in the world in the light of the late Pope's example. Since the host
5:30 PM: Social Hour contains the real presence of Christ, it is treated as Christ in human form
would be treated, with reverence, ceremony and adoration. The host is
Director displayed on a 'monstrance' and protected from the sun by a canopy. The
Fr. Mathew Munjanatt procession moves through local streets, either to another church, or back to
2936 N 81st Avenue, the church where it began. The Church states that...the devout participation
Phoenix, AZ- 85033 of the faithful in the Eucharistic procession on the Solemnity of the Body and
Phone: 623-328-5784 Blood of Christ is a grace from the Lord which yearly fills with joy those who
take part in it. - Redemptionis Sacramentum 143
Finance Details The festival was inspired by the religious experience of St Juliana (1193-
Income for May 31st & June 7th: 1258), a Belgian nun, who dreamed repeatedly of the Church under a full
$2,601.00 moon with a black spot. The moon, she said, was the Church's calendar of
Expenses: $2,500.00 festivals and the black spot was the lack of a festival to celebrate the holiest
Building Fund: $500.00 element of the Church - the Eucharist. The festival was instituted
Total Church fund: $24,164.05 throughout the Church by Pope Urban IV in 1264.
Total Building fund: $68,609.14

Thank you all for your Prayer Intentions

contributions. Please note the Lets pray to the Lord - to relieve the sufferings of the
suggested amount per month is innocent victims of war around the world,
$50.00 for subscription and Grant them peace of mind, healing of body, and a renewed
$100.00 towards building fund. faith in your protection and care.

I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst…..John 6-35
Holy Family Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission June 14th 2009

Announcements There is perhaps no more loved and admired

1)Prayer Meetings
Third Saturday -Bl.Kunjachan
ward-Mesa area
Fourth Saturday – Bl.Chavara
ward. - Laveen area
Bible Study- Mathew-Chapter 2
2) There will be 2 sessions (one
week each) of summer classes for
children in the month of June
and July respectively.
3) Those who are interested for
Malayalam classes please sign up
for the same.
Feast Day
July 27th is the feast of
St.Alphonsa.
St.Alphonsa ward members
are requested to take the
initiative in planning the
celebrations for the feast.
saint in the Catholic Church than Saint SAINTS
Anthony of Padua, a Doctor of the Church. CORNER
Though his work was in Italy, he was born in
Portugal. He first joined the Augustinian
Order and then left it and joined the
Franciscan Order in 1221, when he was 26
years old. St. Anthony became a Franciscan in
the hope of shedding his own blood and
becoming a martyr. He lived only ten years
after joining the Franciscan Order. So simple
and resounding was his teaching of the
Catholic Faith, so that the most unlettered and innocent might
understand it. He was made a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XII
in 1946. Saint Anthony was only 36 years old when he died. He is
called the “hammer of the Heretics” His great protection against their
lies and deceits in the matter of Christian doctrine was to utter, simply
and innocently, the Holy Name of Mary. When St. Anthony of Padua
found he was preaching the true Gospel of the Catholic Church to
heretics who would not listen to him, he then went out and preached
it to the fishes. This was not, as liberals and naturalists are trying to
say, for the instruction of the fishes, but rather for the glory of God,
the delight of the angels, and the easing of his own heart. St. Anthony
wanted to profess the Catholic Faith with his mind and his heart, at
every moment. He is typically depicted with a book and the Infant
Child Jesus, who miraculously appeared to him, and is commonly
referred to today as the "finder of lost articles. Saint Anthony was
canonized (declared a saint) less than one year after his death.

Amazing facts of the Bible

Fruit of the Spirit
There are 9 fruits of the Spirit listed in the Bible
They are found in the Ninth book of the Bible
GALATIONS 5:22
Also take a look a little further....
5 + 2 + 2 = NINE!
Just by chance? Coincidence? Or is it proof of just how deep are God's ways down to every detail.

* The First Holy Communion and Confirmation is tentatively planned for the month of October.
Preparation classes for the First Holy Communion will be conducted accordingly.

New Parish Members

Hearty Welcome to all the newcomers. Members who have not yet registered are requested to contact
Fr.Mathew Munjanatt or Mr. Thomas Chacko to fill in the registration forms.
Let all that you do be done in love…….I Corinthians 16:14