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Fr Frederick L Cain 50th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood If you would like to send a note of Congratulations Please send it to: Fr Frederick L Cain, VE St Thomas A'Becket Church 139 Gill Hall Road Jefferson Hills, PA 15025 Or if you would like to email a message instead, please send it to: congratsfrcain@gmail.comRead More -
WELCOME! COME VISIT OUR CHURCHES DOORS OPEN DAILY Holy Child - 1 pm -5 pm St Barbara - 11 am - 3 pm St Mary - 9 am - 1 pm ONLY USE PEWS THAT ARE OPEN RESTROOMS CLOSEDRead More -
Registration is open for the 2020 - 2021 Faith Formation year! For the 2020 - 2021 school year, we will offer the following sessions: Sunday AM session 9:15 - 10:30 am Grades K - 8 Sunday PM Session 6 - 7:15 pm. Grades K - 8 Homeschool Grades K - 8 Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (ages 3 - 5) Monday: AM 9:30 - 11 am and PM 1 - 2:30 pm. Please go to our parish website to access the session information and registration forms https://www.corpuschristipgh.org/2020-21-faith-formation-registration You can register for Faith Formation two ways: 1. Download and complete a traditional paper registration form and send it in to the parish office with payment. 2. New this year, complete the registration online. It will be automatically be sent to me. For payment, you can choose the pay now option using check or credit card or pay later and send in you check or drop off your payment in cash. Please note: Your registration is not complete until we receive payment. If funds are an issue, please contact me at liz@corpuschristipgh.org. On Site classes fill up quickly. If a class is full, you may be asked to choose a different session.Read More -
Wednesday - Holy Child - 7 pm - 8 pm Saturday - St Mary - 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Saturday - St Barbara - 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Masks must be worn. We are Back!Read More -
Mark your calendars! Sunday June 28th - Thursday July 2nd Corpus Christi Vacation Bible School PS-5th Grade MS, HS & Adult Volunteers Needed! Registration open Easter Monday!Read More
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Tuesday, May 26, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
If you or if you know of a family in need and can use fresh produce, Corpus Christi will be distributing Monteverde produce boxes of fresh fruit and veggies every Tuesday till June 30th. These boxes of incredible yummy produce have been donated by farmers to help those in need. Members of Corpus Christi parish will be distributing these boxes beginning at 12 pm in Holy Child parking lot. If you know a family in need, encourage them to stop byRead More -
Wednesday, May 27, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday - Holy Child - 7 pm - 8 pm Saturday - St Mary - 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Saturday - St Barbara - 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Masks must be worn. We are back!Read More -
Saturday, May 30, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Wednesday - Holy Child - 7 pm - 8 pm Saturday - St Mary - 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Saturday - St Barbara - 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Masks must be worn. We are back!Read More
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Family Game Night!
Friday, May 1st 7:00pm
Join us for a virtual family "Minute to Win it!"challenge. RSVP to Katie for the zoom call information
You'll receive a list of common household items to have ready for the games!
Happening This Week in Corpus Christi Parish Community
Join Fr. Michael Sedor at 11:00am daily for Mass Live Streamed on the Facebook page. (Please note, the Facebook page is Public, you do not have to have an account with Facebook in order to see the stream.)
Check the YouTube channel for the recordings as well as many other videos from the parish!
Mass Schedule for Sunday May 3rd:
9:30am - Fr. Dennis
11:00am - Fr. Michael
In-Person, "Drive Through" Style Confessions in the Parking Lots:
Wednesdays 7-8pm Holy Child
Saturdays 11:30a-12:30p St. Mary's & 12:30-1:30p St. Barbara's
Spe Salvi Discussion Group -
A group of women are reading and discussing Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical "On Christian Hope". If you'd like to join in the virtual discussion on Friday, May 1st at 10:00am email Katie
Online Family Game Night
Friday, May 1st - RSVP to get the list of materials needed and the zoom meeting ID
Wednesday, May 6th
Live-Streamed Eucharistic Adoration with our Parish Praise and Worship Band! Tune in via Facebook at 7:00pm
Coming Soon - Register Now!
Mother's Day dinner from Rome- Quarantine Edition
Fr. Dennis and his mother, Miss Carmel will cook a four-course Italian meal. You can donate to this parish fundraiser to receive the recipes and other special gifts (depending on the package that you choose)
Register here!Set the World on Fire! 
One of my favorite things about being Catholic is the Liturgical Year. I love traditions and so the repetition of feasts, solemnities, activities and readings that come along with Liturgical Living are really fun for me. Each year, beginning in Advent we start a new "year" and with it a new set of readings. There are readings for 3 years, A, B, and C. In year A we read the Gospel of Matthew, in B the Gospel of Mark (with a lot of John to supplement), in C Luke's Gospel. (Right now we're in year A) And so, because of this cycle, we hear the same readings again and again, allowing them to penetrate our hearts and minds at different points in our lives.
The Scriptures are the Living Word of God and each time I hear a Gospel proclaimed or read it at home I am in a different place in my faith journey and so different parts of it speak to me. This past Sunday, when I listened to the Gospel of the "Road to Emmaus" the phrase that hit me was "So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem". Earlier in this reading we hear that it was evening and the day was almost over, so they had stopped traveling for the evening. Cleopas and the other disciple were miles from Jerusalem. They encountered Jesus, allowed him to stir their hearts and were transformed. Once they recognized who He was and the Gift which He had bestowed upon them, they immediately retraced their steps back to Jerusalem and spread the Good News.
This struck me because the day was over, it was dark, the road held potential dangers (bandits, thieves, wild animals etc.), and they were tired; but none of that could stop the fire that they felt within them. They knew Jesus was alive! Nothing else mattered! They had experienced the Living Christ - they had nothing to fear.
Friends, I want to live this way and I want you to live this way too - today in quarantine and once we're together again! I want to live without fear! I want to live knowing that Jesus is Risen from the Dead and that nothing else matters. I want to allow Jesus to touch my heart and transform me. And I know that all I have to do is ask Him.
Today is the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena and one of her most famous quotes is "Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire!" Pray with me in the words of St. Catherine of Siena - "Holy Spirit, come into my heart, and in your power draw it to you."
This Week in the Church:
- Month of May - Mary's Month!!!
- The entire month of May is dedicated to our Blessed Mother! She is our mother and during this difficult time of isolation and trial, she wants to comfort and protect us from all of the fallout - spiritually, psychologically, emotionally etc.!
- I love this quote from St. Bonaventure: "Men do not fear a powerful, hostile army as the powers of Hell fear the name and protection of Mary."
- As a family, create a Marian altar in your home: get a statue or picture of Mary, make a crown for Mary, place candles and flowers around the altar. Keep it in a prominent place all month long. The blog: Look to Him and Be Radiant, has wonderful and simple ideas.
- Make a meal fit for a queen! And celebrate the Blessed Mother. In fact, register for our parish fundraiser "Mother's Day from Rome - Quarrantine Edition" and cook a meal together as a family alongside Fr. Dennis and his mother!
- Try and say a decade of the Rosary each night after dinner or before bedtime.
- Pray a Litany to Mary
- Make a "pilgrimage" to visit the Marian statues that are outdoors at Holy Child and St. Mary's. Take the Blessed Mother some flowers too!
- Each day in May, pick a different title of Mary and reflect on that title and what it means
- The entire month of May is dedicated to our Blessed Mother! She is our mother and during this difficult time of isolation and trial, she wants to comfort and protect us from all of the fallout - spiritually, psychologically, emotionally etc.!
- Friday, May 1st is the Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker. To foster deep devotion to Saint Joseph among Catholics, and in response to the “May Day” celebrations for workers sponsored by Communists, Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker in 1955.
- Look around your neighborhood - is there someone who needs some outdoor work done? Maybe an elderly person, or a family with lots of small children? Can your family be of service to someone else?
- Prayer for Success in Work: "Joseph, by the work of your hands and the sweat of your brow, you supported Jesus and Mary, and had the Son of God as your fellow worker. Teach me to work as you did, with patience and perseverance, for God and for those whom God has given me to support. Teach me to see in my fellow workers the Christ who desires to be in them, that I may always be charitable and forbearing towards all. Grant me to look upon work with the eyes of faith, so that I shall recognize in it my share in God’s own creative activity and in Christ’s work of our redemption, and so take pride in it. When it is pleasant and productive, remind me to give thanks to God for it. And when it is burdensome, teach me to offer it to God, in reparation for my sins and the sins of the world". (Note: This prayer was taken from the booklet “Devotions to Saint Joseph” by Brian Moore, S.J., printed and published by the Society of St. Paul.)
- Sunday, May 3rd - Feast of St. Philiip & James - Apostles & Martyrs
- Read the Book of James in the bible. It's only 5 chapters and has some great wisdom for family life (listening & obeying, taming the tongue, patience in suffering etc.)
We're here to help! If you have any questions or need support during this time, please let us know! - Month of May - Mary's Month!!!