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==Traditions== The grace laid out in the founding statutes is still said before every formal dinner in hall: <blockquote> ''Nos miseri et egentes homines pro hoc cibo, quem in alimonium corporis nostri sanctificatum es largitus, ut eo recte utamur, Tibi, Deus omnipotens, Pater caelestis, reverenter gratias agimus; simul obsecrantes, ut cibum angelorum, panem verum caelestem, Dei Verbum aeternum, Iesum Christum Dominum nostrum, nobis impertiaris, ut Eo mens nostra pascatur, et per carnem et sanguinem Eius alamur, foveamur, corroboremur.''<ref name="CCC09-Grace">{{cite web | url=https://www.ccc.ox.ac.uk/data/uploads/publicationscheme/CollegeRulesandGeneralInformation2009.pdf | title=General Information and College Rules | publisher=Corpus Christi College, Oxford | date=September 2009 | page=31}}</ref> </blockquote> which translates to <blockquote> We wretched and needy mortals give reverent thanks to you, almighty God, heavenly Father, for this food, which you have given us to nourish our bodies, praying at the same time that you may bestow on us the food of angels, the true heavenly bread, the eternal Word of God, Jesus Christ Our Lord, that our souls may feed on him, and that through his flesh and blood we may be nourished, cherished and strengthened.<ref name="CCC09-Grace"/> </blockquote> There is also a shorter grace said after dinner, which is now only used on special occasions.{{fact|date=March 2021}} The college traditionally keeps at least one [[tortoise]] as a living mascot, cared for by an elected 'Tortoise Keeper'. The 'Tortoise Fair', at which the Corpus tortoise(s) are raced against other [[University of Oxford tortoises]] belonging to other colleges and local residents, is an annual event held to raise funds for charity. As of 2013, the college tortoise was named 'Foxe', after the founder of the college.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Emily |url=http://www.cherwell.org/news/college/2013/05/25/oxford-in-suspense-for-corpus-tortoise-fair |title=Oxford in suspense for Corpus tortoise fair |work=[[Cherwell (newspaper)|Cherwell]] |date=25 May 2013 |access-date=26 April 2014 }}</ref> The Tortoise Fair had its 50th anniversary in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tortoise Fair β Corpus Christi JCR |url=https://www.corpusjcr.org/clubs-and-societies/tortoise-fair/ |access-date=2025-04-25 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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