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CORPUS is a faith community affirming an inclusive priesthood rooted in a reformed and renewed Church.
CORPUS, celebrating forty-six years of service to the people of God, is one of the oldest reform groups in the Catholic Church, and is active in reform movements both in the U.S. and abroad. We are committed to working for a renewed priesthood of married and single men and women dedicated to serving God through the Community of Believers.
Praying Lent 2020
an Online Ministry of Creighton University
February 26th - April 9th, 2020
Many resources and prayers for your Lenten journey.
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Busted Halo 2020 Lenten Calendar Pray Fast and Give
Lent Calendar
Fast, pray, ad give with us this Lenten season! Our digital lent calendar shows every day of lent and Holy Week but doesn't let you "open" each day and find out what behind the picture until that day comes along. Each link will lead you to a special new Lent-themed Daily Jolt and Microchallenge!
Catholic Women Announce Global Strike from Church Participation
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Catholic women are initiating a global strike from Church participation, attendance, and financial contributions throughout the month of May.
Organized by a network of 12 progressive Catholic organizations, the Catholic Women Strike campaign will begin on May 3rd, the “World Day of Prayer for Vocations,” and will nonviolently disrupt “business as usual” to demand women’s equal place at the altar and in Church governance.
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Vincent & Maureen Mirabito
REST IN PEACE
November 8, 2016
Vincent V. Mirabito, 87, of Syracuse, passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at The Centers at St. Camillus. Born in Fulton, he lived in Endicott and Liverpool before moving to Syracuse. Vincent was a 1946 graduate of Fulton High School, a 1950 graduate of Niagara University and completed studies in 1955 from St. Bernard's Seminary. Vinnie transitioned from the priesthood in 1993. He was a communicant of St. Lucy's Church and a member of the NY State Retired Teachers' Assn. and the Federation of Christian Ministries. Vincent enjoyed traveling and playing golf.
Vincent was predeceased by his wife, Maureen; brothers, Joseph and Angelo; and sisters, Grace Galletta and Catherine Mirabito.
Surviving are his sister, Mary Lanzafame of Liverpool; brother, John of East Syracuse; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
A memorial Mass will be celebrated in St. Lucy's Church at a later date.
Vincent's wishes were fulfilled with the donation of his body to medical science.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in Vincent's name may be made to the Marianists Mission at www.marianist.com/donate/.
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Vinnie and Maureen joined CORPUS in 1993
April 26, 2016
Maureen (Marilyn) Mirabito, 79, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2016. She was born on November 10, 1936 in Syracuse 
to James and Mary Mara. She graduated from St. Patrick's High School in 1954 and entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet where she ministered for 38 years as a teacher, administrator and parish minister in the dioceses of Albany and Syracuse. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the College of St. Rose in Albany and later took courses in theology at Boston College and the Harvard School of Divinity. In 1993, she married Vincent Mirabito. Maureen worked at the Syracuse City School District as an English teacher in the Adult Refugee Assistance Program until her retirement in 2003. She was an active member of St. Lucy's Parish community and also joined her husband as a volunteer with the jail ministry. She enjoyed traveling, reading, gardening and Syracuse basketball.
Maureen was deeply grateful for both callings in her life. First, to a community of women dedicated to the service of others and then to a life of marriage to a very special man, truly the love of her life, Vincent Mirabito.
Maureen is survived by her beloved husband, Vincent; sister, Maureen Mara; brother, James (Linda Frazier) Mara; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
James Joseph (Mac) McInnis
March 23, 2014
REST IN PEACE
James Joseph (Mac) McInnis, 82, Sun City, Ariz., passed away Sunday, March 23, 2014 from injuries he received in an automobile accident. He was born June 7, 1932, in Green Bay to James A. and Lorraine McInnis. Mac graduated from the Cathedral Grade School, St Lawrence High School, Mt Calvary, Wis., and St. Meinrad Seminary,
St. Meinrad, Ind. Mac loved sailing on the bay of Green Bay. He worked for the Wisconsin Job Service in Green Bay, where he met Lora Banerdt. They were married in the summer of 1979. They eventually retired to Sun City, Ariz.
He is survived by his wife, Lora; his sisters, Mary (Michael)Quigley, Cedarburg, Wis.; Barbara (Stanley)Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo.; his nieces and nephews, his stepchildren, Karen, Steve, Bruce, Sally, Patrick, Julie and their spouses and his step-grandchildren.
Jim, a CORPUS member, was ordained for Green Bay WI and made the transition in 1974.
James J. O'Connell
February 13 2020
REST IN PEACE
James J. O'Connell February 13, 2020 James J. "Jim" O'Connell, died peacefully at home in the town of Spafford, on the east side of Skaneateles Lake, in the presence of his loving wife and family on Thursday, February 13th at the age of 88. Jim was born in Troy, NY, on February 25, 1931, the son of William J. and Elizabeth (Walsh) O'Connell. He was raised across the Hudson River in Watervliet, graduating from St. Patrick's School in 1944 and from Catholic Central High School in Troy in 1948. Jim then prepared for the priesthood in seminaries in Rochester and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Syracuse in February 1956. As a priest Jim served as Assistant Pastor of St. Lucy's Church, Syracuse (1956-63), then on the faculty of a brand-new Rome (N.Y.) Catholic High School, first as Guidance Director (1963-67), then as Principal (1967-71). He was a priest in residence at St. Peter's Church in Rome, N.Y. (1963-66) and was part-time pastor of St. Mary's, Florence, and St. Paul's, Redfield (1966-1971). Jim was founding pastor of Pope John XXIII Church in Liverpool, a/k/a St. John's Church, oversaw construction of the rectory (1971), church (1973), and rel. ed. addition (1979), while parish membership grew from around 240 families in 1971 to over 1,400 families in 1984. In the 1970's Jim was active in several diocesan, statewide and national associations of priests, including one term (1976-78) representing priests of New York and New England on the (mainly lay) U.S. Catholic Bishops Advisory Council. Jim resigned from active ministry in January 1984 in order to marry.
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