Historic St. James at Sag Bridge Church

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1 Historic St. James at Sag Bridge Church S. Archer Avenue Lemont, Illinois (Ph) (Fx) Website: Facebook: James At Sag Bridge July 15, 2016 Fifteenth Ordinary Sunday Work continues on the restoration of our church windows. Founded in 1833, St. James at Sag Bridge is the sole country parish of the Archdiocese of Chicago, serving a growing community of Catholics who come together to worship God through the celebration of the Eucharist and traditional devotional activities within truly unique and beautiful surroundings. Our faith-filled community strives to bear witness to Jesus Christ by loving and serving one another to bring about the Kingdom of God. Listen to The Winds of Change 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm on WNDZ AM 750. Fr. substitutes every other Wednesday. Visit: windsofchangeshow.com, Fr. unlikeothernations@gmail.com Register on Flocknotes to receive important text messages and s. Text: jamesatsag to Mass Schedule: WEEKENDS: Saturdays: 5:00pm Sundays: 8:00, 9:30 & 11:30am HOLY DAYS: 8:15am & 7:00pm WEEKDAYS: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 8:15am Fridays: 6:00pm Wednesdays: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at 5:00-7:00pm, w/confessions at 6:15pm & Mass at 7:00pm. Confession Schedule: Saturdays: 9:30-10:00am Wednesdays: 6:30pm Baptisms: Sundays after the 11:30am Mass by appointment. At least one parent must be a registered parishioner. Weddings: Minimum eight months in advance. At least one spouse must be a registered parishioner. Marriage preparation by appointment only. Funerals: For families of registered parishioners, or for non-parishioners to be buried in our own cemetery. Sick & Homebound Pastoral Care: Please notify rectory Rectory Office Hours: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu & Fri: 9:30am to 1:00pm Apostolic Disciples: Fr. Thomas, M.A.,S.T.L., Pastor Fr. Ed Gleeson, Pastor Emeritus Deacon John M. Wilkinson, CKM, Minister of Care/RCIA Deacon Doug Szarzynski, Mike Dillenburg, Parish Council Chair Doug Witter, Finance Council Chair Mrs. Pamela Mikrut, Organist Rodney Poynter, Holy Name Society, President Margaret Ryan, Altar & Rosary Mrs. Giovanna Imbarrato, CCD Teacher Mrs. Mary Coughlin Lenzen CCD Teacher Mr. Steve Hagen CCD Teacher Mrs. Joyce McNamara-Coughlin, CCD Director.

2 Page Two July 10, 2016 From the Desk of Fr. Thomas, M.A., S.T.L., Pastor Adams/Jefferson Letters The To Teach Who Christ Is funds being put to use. Please check out the newly framed and painted windows outside. They are very sharp looking, although, like so many of the wonderful things in life, can be easily overlooked. The beautiful St James window over our main entrance is still in the workshop, but coming along and should be back in its proper place soon. The crumbling window sills are still on our to do list. A very special thank you to all those who have made a pledge and have sent in a check or clicked the submit button on our Give Central application on our parish website. We re making a church of which we can all be proud. Speaking of the TTWCI campaign, if you have ANY questions about your payment method or your payment frequency, or the kinds of communications you are receiving from the archdiocesan TTWCI office, PLEASE call A number of people have made inquiries about their promise or their payments, and these questions should be directed to this number. The Adams Jefferson Letters. An historical play by Fr., with Phil Laricella as Thomas Jefferson, Brookelyn Skryzyna as Abigail Adams and Jack Zabilka as the narrator. Sunday, July 10 th, 3:00pm in Sag Hall free will offering for the play. Revolutionary burgers and treats for sale after the play. A number of people have asked, Fr. why the Adams/ Jefferson drama for your parish? It s a valid question. A short answer would be, it is a powerful way to see that our nation, that needs fixing, needs to recover something from the past, from our amazing wise founders and needs to locate certain subtleties that need faith filled and intellectually honest reforms. If I had to focus on one of the many great quotes our play will include it would be the following: The general principles on which the Fathers achieved Independence, were the only principles in which that beautiful assembly of young gentlemen could unite. And what were these general principles? I answer, the general principles of Christianity, which are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God, and that those principles of liberty are as unalterable as human nature. This is the short answer. The better answer, though a bit longer answer is: COME AND SEE. (The play is about 1 ½ hours, followed by lively discussion and debate). ST. GERALD SCHOOL OAK LAWN, IL All grades PK3 to 8th still have openings for the school year which begins on August 29, Moderate tuition, helpful payment plans, some limited financial aid make Catholic schooling affordable for many families. Before and after care and many enrichment opportunities add to an already strong curriculum. Consult or phone or contact elem.stgerald@archchicago.org.

3 Fifteenth Ordinary Sunday Page Three PRAISE JESUS, WEST VIRGINIA -- by Kathy Lamb Traveling through West Virginia with my husband, Wayne, driving through mountainous countryside, we pass through many little towns in these farming communities. The scenery is breathtaking as we pass through a little piece of heaven. My heart overflows with praise for our creator, our generous God, filling our days with beauty, so much beauty reflecting how magnificently beautiful is our God. We pass through so many little towns on our trip and each town has several little Protestant churches. Whenever I pass a Protestant church, I m in a habit of saying, Praise be Jesus Christ Now and Forever. I ve been saying this prayer very much as we drive through West Virginia since there are so many churches. I can t help but think about all the people who live in these communities and worship in these churches. The one who worship God together. They believe in Jesus. They are grateful to Jesus and praise Jesus. So whenever we pass one of these quaint little churches I say, Praise be Jesus Christ, Now and Forever! I do this because the people who attend these churches believe in Jesus and worship Jesus as we do. There are so many churches that I ve been praising Jesus a lot. This is great because all these churches help me to remember Jesus. Then I realized what an opportunity for me to pray for the people in these communities, to give back to God, to thank God for all the beauty he surrounds me with. My prayer, Dear God, I pray for all the people who live in all these little towns. I praise you. I ask you to care for the people who live here. I entrust all of them to the care of the Blessed Mother, my Mother, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, to present them to her Son, all their trails, cares, concerns, joy, fears, hopes, promises, wants, needs, merits, good deeds and good intentions that Jesus may remember them this day. Remember to make the Sign of the Cross when passing a Catholic Church. I loved seeing all these churches but sadly not so many Catholic Churches as we traveled south and east. After writing this I learned that some communities are lacking a Catholic Church, even this day, and my sister told me about Father Francis Clement Kelly born 1870 who saw the plight of poor parishes in rural area and strove to do something about it. Editor note: Fr.Francis Clement Kelley was born in Canada.( ) Ordained a priest for the diocese of Detroit, Michigan, in A military chaplain during the Spanish-American War. As a diplomat, Kelley represented the bishops of Mexico during the World War I Peace Conference in Paris. He also initiated unofficial negotiations between the Vatican and the Italian government for a settlement of the Roman Question. Two years after the war, Kelley was sent to England by the Vatican to settle postwar differences over German and American missions In 1905, he founded the Catholic Church Extension Society of the United States. As president of the Extension Society, Kelley also represented the Mexican bishops during the Carranza Revolution. He established a seminary in Texas for exiled Mexican seminarians and clergy. Fr. Kelley was consecrated Bishop of Oklahoma City in During his years as Bishop, he successfully resisted the agitation of the KKK and continued his work as the "Extension Bishop." The Extension Society continues today to promoting the mission of the Catholic Church in rural and mission areas of the United States -- Deacon John -- When traveling over the Summer Visit: to find the closest Church & Mass schedule. VATICAN PRIESTS & NUNS ARE DROWNING IN WINE: The Vatican has the highest per capita consumption of wine and it has nothing to do with Holy Mass. VATICAN CITY Last month, Pope Francis told a little story during his weekly Catechism lesson about Jesus s first miracle at the wedding feast of Cana, a well known Biblical passage during which Jesus saves the party by turning water into wine. In classic Francis form, he ad-libbed the better part of the lesson, explaining that at a certain point in the celebration the wine ran dry. How is it possible to celebrate the wedding and have a party if you lack what the prophets indicated was a typical element of the messianic banquet? he asked the crowd. Water is necessary to live, but wine expresses the abundance of the feast and the joy of the celebration. And a wedding party which lacks wine the newlyweds feel ashamed of this. Imagine finishing a wedding party drinking tea it would be shameful! There is no celebration without wine! And who can argue with that? Apparently, the Catholic Church does practice what it preaches. Vatican City, with a population of just 842 people, has the highest per capita wine consumption in the world, according to the California Wine Institute, an American organization that tracks such trends. They found that each Vatican City resident consumes an average of 74 liters of wine annually, which is twice the per capita consumption in the rest of Italy and seven times the per capita consumption in the United States. One might automatically assume that the reason for the high quantity of consumption is surely the wine used at holy mass, but the so-called sacramental wine isn t even part of the equation, according to the Wine Institute. Wine used in mass can be red or white, sweet or dry, but it must be fermented naturally from grapes and not mixed with anything else, which is why the Vatican orders it from a special distributor. An assistant to Monsignor Jose Avelino Bettencourt, who heads the Vatican s protocol office, told The Daily Beast that wine used in sacramental ceremonies inside the Vatican city state is not house wine or bottled wine, but rather comes in vats that are doled out as necessary, and therefore does not figure into the per capita consumption. Altar wine and table wine are two different things, he said. Sacramental wine is considered holy, table wine is of a different variety. The most logical reason for the Vatican s high consumption of wine is likely demographics. Among those who live inside the fortification walls are families and the population is mostly made of up ageing prelates and nuns, many of whom live communally and dine in mess halls where wine flows freely quite literally. Wine is one of the most common gifts to the pope, with several vineyards printing special labels and sending cases of various vintages to the Vatican so they can claim the pope drinks their wine, which he regularly shares with Vatican City inhabitants. Pope Francis s own grandfather Giovanni Angelo Bergoglio was a winemaker from the Piedmont area of northern Italy, and he was known for making sweet Grignolino wine, which Francis (as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio) regularly had sent to Argentina. He has also blessed winemakers and his given several private audiences to producers and sommeliers at the Vatican. And when Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi first visited Francis, he brought a selection of Tuscan dessert wines that the pope was said to appreciate. Bodegas Heras-Cordon, a Rioja Alta winery from Spain, started gifting wine to the Vatican under John Paul II. Now they produce a vintage with the papal seal on it they claim Francis orders and say it is one of his favorite sips. American winemakers Tim and Steph Busch of Trinita Cellars also make special papal wine that sells for $75 a bottle. In 2014, at their second audience with the pope as part of his blessing of winemakers, they presented the pontiff with bottles of Cabernet Francis, a wine named after him, for which he thanked them and then said, Your wine is augmenting the pope s vices. As the Busch s tell the story, the pope s assistants later called the couple to tell them how much the pope said he enjoyed the wine and asked if they had more with them in Rome. They say they then scrambled and called all the cardinals they had given bottles to and asked for them back to give to the pope. The California couple also made a Zinfandel wine for Pope Benedict XVI they called RatZINger and they produce a full list of religiously-inspired wines including Psalms and Rosery. In the final analysis, of course, it really doesn t mean much that the Vatican is apparently full of winos. In vino, veritas, (In wine, truth), as the Latin saying goes, which may give a window into why the devout are such drinkers. Or, perhaps a better quote came from Pope John XXIII, who also enjoyed a glass of the good stuff. Men are like wine, he said. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

4 The Sunday collection for the weekend of July 3rd was $3, The number of envelopes was 114. OUR MANY THANKS TO OUR REGISTERED FAMILIES USING ENVELOPES AND THE CASH-AND-CARRY FOLKS. Our CHURCH CLEANERS FOR WEDNESDAY 7/15/16 Are JoAnn, Linda, Bronislawa & Volunteer. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the rectory office VOTIVE OFFERINGS FOR THE WEEK OF 7/10/16 St. James Ladies Guild In memory of Lillian Simanavicius Special int. for Healing for Jim Wall Special int. for Healing for Rodney & Renee Poynter God s Blessings & Healing for Bob Czja In honor of Jeffrey Golom Our beautiful bouquets of flowers surrounding our altar were made available in memory of JULIANNE KALATA by Marie Kedzior THANK YOU! Please keep NICK IMGRUND in your prayers as he continues his service in the United States Navy. Please keep LUCAS GOUGH in your prayers as he continues his service in the United States Air Force. Please keep KELSEY SMITH in your prayers as she continues her service in the Peace Corps in Africa. Please keep STEPHANIE REMAR in your prayers as she continues her service in the Diplomatic Corps in Africa.

5 Monday July 11th 10:00 AM Adam Juzba Tuesday July 12th 8:15 AM Augustyn, Andrzej & Sebastian Bilski Wednesday July 13th 7:00 PM Blessings & Thanksgiving -- the Raj Family Thursday 8:15 AM July 14th Prayerful Wishes Society Friday 6:00 PM July 15th Pray for Peace in the World SIXTEENTH ORDINARY SUNDAY Saturday 5:00 PM July 16th - Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Barbara & Leon John Pieprzyca Sunday July 17th 8:00 AM Harold Kopping 9:30 AM John Hanchar 11:30 AM Jozef Dziaba 16th Ordinary Sunday 7/16/ & 7/17/16 Celebrant Altar Servers Lectors 5:00 PM C. Zarzycki 8:00 AM J. Beecher J. Beecher Dillenburg C. Stach- Pearman 9:30 AM N. Akroush A. Gallager J. LaSota D. LaSota 11:30 AM Legionnaire priest? M. May J.P. Ramirez M. Ramirez DeRoche