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As you may have noticed, this is a special neighborhood. There are major educational institutions, students from all over the world, and just ordinary folks living in public housing. Corpus Christi tries to be one place where they can all come together.
LITURGY
Corpus Christi is known for the quality of its liturgy. This parish played an important part in the Liturgical Renewal movement before the Second Vatican Council and now continues the best of the Catholic liturgical tradition.
MUSIC
Fine liturgical music has been a long tradition at Corpus Christi. The music program includes Gregorian chant, Renaissance polyphony, baroque and early classical choral music, and contemporary works (some commissioned especially for us). Our choir is made up of dedicated professional singers–we've even made three CDs of them.
ART
The church building is in a sparse Colonial style, unusual for a Catholic church. The painted crucifix beside the pulpit dates from Florence, Italy, in the 1400s, and the painting of the Madonna and Child with saints in the Blessed Sacrament chapel also reflects that time.
MERTON
Perhaps you've heard of Thomas Merton, the famous writer and Trappist monk. When he was a graduate student at Columbia University, he came to Corpus Christi for religious instruction and was baptized here.