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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.

William J. Sellecy

REST IN PEACE

TROY William J. Spellecy, 74, died unexpectedly on Monday, August 14, 2006 at Samaritan Hospital in Troy after he became ill at home. Born on January 28, 1932 in Hornell, Steuben County, N.Y., Bill was a son of the late Francis and Mary Elizabeth McKernan Spellecy. He was raised in both Hornell and Rochester and was educated at St. Andrew's Seminary and later graduated from St. Bernard's Seminary, both in Rochester. Bill was ordained into the priesthood and served the Diocese of Rochester for 17 years as a parish priest and as field education director at St. Bernard's Seminary. He was married in 1976 to his beloved wife, Rosalie Saynay Spellecy and they resided in Chicago for several years where Bill was employed by the Mayor's Office for Senior Citizens and the Handicapped. Later, they relocated to Troy and Bill took employment with the New York State Office for the Aging in Albany where he worked for 26 years and retired as program manager. He was a communicant of St. Francis de Sales Church in Troy. Bill was the dear brother of Mary Elizabeth Fletcher of Hawaii, Francis Mack Spellecy and his wife Colleen of Waterloo, N.Y., the late Margaret Walsh whose husband Michael of Minn. survives and the late Jack Spellecy whose wife Lomani of Hornell survives. He is also survived by several nieces, nephews and cousins. Bill's family will receive friends on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Parker Brothers Memorial, 2013 Broadway in Watervliet, N.Y. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday at 11 a.m. in St. Ann's Church, Erie Avenue in Hornell, N.Y. and burial will follow in the parish cemetery. Contributions in Bill's memory may be made to the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Seton Health-St. Mary's Hospital, 1444 Massachusetts Ave., Troy, NY 12180. For directions and on-line condolence book, please visit www.parkerbrosmemorial.com

Bill joined CORPUS in 1976

Bernard Timmers

November 14, 2004
REST IN PEACE

Bernard Timmers, the fifth of ten children was born to Willem and Adriana Timmers in Uden, Netherlands on February 5, 1917. He attended Crosier College in Uden before immigrating to the United States at the age of nineteen where he joined his uncle, the late Rev. John DeWild in Combined Locks, Wisconsin. He attended Crosier College in Onamia, Minnesota and Hastings, Nebraska. Bernie attended major seminary at St. Paul, Minnesota where he was ordained for the Green Bay Diocese by Archbishop Murray on March 17, 1945. His first assignment was to St. Boniface Church in DePere, Wisconsin. In 1951, he was assigned as Director of Catholic Charities in Manitowoc, Wisconsin and later in Appleton, Wisconsin. In 1957, he became pastor at St. James Church in White Lake Wisconsin and St. Stanislaus Church. In 1961, he was assigned as pastor at St. Paul Church in Combined Locks, Wisconsin where he guided the building of the new church, the rectory, and the education center. After obtaining a dispensation, he married Lucille Rekoske in 1971. Bernie obtained a Master's Degree in psychiatric social work from Loyola University in Chicago. Bernie was employed as the Director of Children and Adolescent Services at the mental health clinic in Waukegan, Illinois.

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Joseph Bradley

March 17, 2020
REST IN PEACE
Joseph Bradley died peacefully at home on March 17, 2020. Joe was born in W. Orange, NJ, and moved to the Philadelphia area to attend Villanova University. In the 1960s he was Athletic Director at Bonner High School and later Campus Minister at Villanova University. It was there Joe discovered his passion for a world without war/violence. Joe was co-founder and an active member of the Philadelphia Catholic Peace Fellowship; long-time member of Bainbridge Community; teacher and advocate for the men and PA Lifers Without Parole at SCI Phoenix (Graterford). Joe is survived by his wife Mary Ellen Sheridan Bradley; four beloved Ferguson nephews and their families; and a tribe of Sheridans. At a later date a memorial will be held at St. Malachy's. Donations can be sent to: House of Grace Catholic Worker, 1826 E. Lehigh St., Phila., PA 19125.