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 elcome to the CORPUS online community.
CORPUS is a ministerial faith community, rooted in a strong Eucharistic commitment, promoting an expanded and renewed priesthood of married and single men and women in the Catholic Church. Celebrating thirty-five years of service to the people of God, CORPUS is one of the oldest reform groups in the Catholic Church, and is active in reform movements both in the U.S. and abroad.
Newborn God, fill us with the light, hope and the peace that will allow us to transform the world.
Wishing you and your families a blessed Christmas and New Year from the CORPUS Board and Staff.
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Featured Articles, Reflections and Essays |
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 Baptism of Jesus
Living the Life of the Gospel
All throughout His ministry, Jesus unveiled a new plan, one revealing a startling new way of looking at the promised reign of God; one that would come about not through power, or force or military conquest, but through compassion, gentleness and peace.
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Families--Holy and Dysfunctional
The liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Family on the Sunday after Christmas. It’s fitting that the feast occurs during the Christmas season. For at Christmas we focus in a dramatic way on children, generosity and family togetherness. Moreover, this holiday season routinely brings not only Christian families but families of different faith traditions together.
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Mama LaCorte
Jennie, whom everyone in Lyndhurst knew, loved and trembled before was the matriarch of la famiglia LaCorte. Short, and anything but petite in stature, she was known by all simply as Mama LaCorte.
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The Murderer Within
Of all the so-called seven deadly sins, Americans are probably least likely to be accused of sloth. This is one failing we are more likely to attach to the stereotype of a Latin sitting in the sun shaded by his big sombrero and putting off real work until tomorrow or maybe next week.
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Recommended Resources and Web Links |
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Boston College; Church in 21st Century
The Church in the 21st Century Center at Boston College seeks to be a catalyst and resource for the renewal of the Catholic Church in the United States by engaging critical issues facing the Catholic community. Many programs can be found online for your spiritual and theological development.
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PROFILE; Thomas Merton
From Religion and Ethics Online: There are ceremonies and gatherings all over the country this month and next remembering the late Trappist monk Thomas Merton on the 40th anniversary of his untimely death. Through his prolific writing, Merton opened the door to spirituality for generations of believers, as Judy Valente reports.
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Alerts & Special Announcements |
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Break the Silence on Women's Ordination
PLEASE SIGN On October 21, 2008, the Vatican sent a letter to the Maryknoll community stating that Fr. Roy Bourgeois, a Maryknoll priest of 36 years, has 30 days to recant his statement of public support of women's ordination or he will be automatically excommunicated. Fr. Bourgeois co-presided and gave the homily during the ordination ceremony of Roman Catholic Womenpriest, Janice Sevre-Duszynska, which took place on August 9 in Lexington, Ky.
The Women's Ordination Conference has initiated a petition, with Roman Catholics Womenpriests and Call to Action as partners, to support Fr. Bourgeois. The petition will be sent to Pope Benedict XVI; the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S., Archbishop Pietro Sambi; and Maryknoll Superior General, John Sivalon.
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CORPUS supports Fr. Ray Bourgeois
November 20, 2008
CORPUS, a National Association for an Inclusive Priesthood stands with Fr. Roy Bourgeois, M.M. and agrees with his conscientious support for the ordination of women in our Roman Catholic Church. We call upon the Vatican to listen to the witness of the Holy Scriptures and the voice of the faithful as we stand with Fr. Roy Bourgeois and our sisters who are responding to God's call to the ministerial priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
Sincerely,
William J. Manseau, D. Min.
CORPUS Pres
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Report; 2008 Congress in Vienna
The way consciousness evolves and develops is most fascinating. It does so, often subtly, in a manner that we are hardly aware of until the process is complete.
So it was at the 2008 Congress in Vienna. This was the tenth Congress of the International Federation of organizations seeking reform and renewal in priesthood and ministry. During that time, the Federation has had three names and has celebrated Eucharist in very different ways. A look at these titles and celebrations reveals astonishing changes in consciousness.
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