Fr. George Omwando! July 1, th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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1 July 1, th Sunday in Ordinary Time Fr. George Omwando! PASTORAL TEAM Rev. George Omwando, Pastor Rev. John J. Carolan, Pastor Emeritus Mr. James Hargadon, Pastoral Associate Mrs. Shelby Boblick, Pastoral Associate Ms. Gail Rohmann, Director of Music Ms. Hyacinth Pettey, Parish Secretary Sr. Marion Cypser, RSM, School Principal SUPPORT STAFF Mrs. Fannie Cooper, School Secretary Mr. Michael Cypser, Maintenance CONTACTING THE PARISH Rectory 38 N. Austin Blvd.; Oak Park, IL Telephone: Hours: 8:00 AM-8:00 PM Monday-Friday Saturday 9:00-4:30; Sunday 8:30-Noon School 27 Washington Blvd.; Oak Park, IL Telephone: Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday at 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM; or by appointment. Weddings: Please contact a parish priest to set a wedding date. Allow at least 4 months for preparation. Baptisms: Baptism of infants and young children is celebrated on the 1st and 3rd weekends of the month. Parents are asked to attend a Baptism preparation session/class prior to the ceremony. Please call the rectory to register for the preparation and set a baptismal date. RCIA The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a sacramental process, celebrated in the midst of this Faith Community. This process assists adults, as well as children over the age of 7, in learning about the Catholic Faith. Through its witness, worship, service, and teaching our Faith Community offers the invitation and support necessary for initiation into the Catholic Church. Ministry to the Sick, Hospitalized and Shut Ins: Please notify the Parish Office so that we can visit and minister to your confined loved-ones. Newcomers: Please fill out a registration form after Mass, or come by the Office during the week.

2 Page 2 July 1, 2012 j PARISH MISSION STATEMENT e, the parishioners of St. Catherine of Siena- St. Lucy Parish, seek to deepen our relationships with God and to celebrate God s presence in Word and Sacrament. By accepting all into our family, we seek unity in Christ and seek to proclaim his Good News in the discipleship of our lives. PARISH ORGANIZATIONS: CONTACTS PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL Christine Wedekind & Celeste Blackwell Co-Chairs PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL John McGuire SPIRITUAL LIFE COMMISSION Faith & Fellowship: Connie Rakitan Liturgy Committee: Cantors: Gail Rohmann Celebration Choir: Gail Rohmann Praise Choir: Julius White Greeters & Ushers: Tom Frank Ministers of the Eucharist: Jeanne Visteen Ministers of the Word: Jeanne Visteen Servers: Jim Hargadon Ministers of Care: Jim Hargadon Retreat Committee: Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Jim Hargadon HUMAN CONCERNS COMMISSION Cross Cultural Christian Concerns: Louisa Newberry Peace & Justice Committee: Sara Blair Transportation Committee: Tom Farwell Youth Ministry: EDUCATION COMMISSION Baptism Committee: Jim Hargadon Bible Study: Jim Hargadon Religious Education of Children: Jim Hargadon St. Catherine/St. Lucy School: Principal: Sr. Marion Cypser School Board Chair: Gloria Baxter PARISH LIFE COMMISSION Bridge Club: Social Committee: Welcoming Committee: Kathy Egan & Lucille Short-Sheridan PARISH DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES COMMISSION Collection Counters: Carol Kallok Facilities Committee: Kevin Kell Fundraising Committee: Pat Nelson & Sue Schouten WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE Weekday Masses: M-F at 8:30am Sat. at 9:00am Weekend Masses: Saturday Evening at 5:00pm Sunday Morning at 8:30am & 10:30am Thoughts From the Pastor In this first article, I want to briefly introduce myself and hopefully down the road you will get to know me beyond this introduction. I was born in Kisii-Kenya on 20 th December Kenya is best known here in the USA for producing some of the best long distance runners. I have 6 brothers and 3 sisters. 3 brothers so far have died. I am the third born. I began college seminary studies in 1995 for an undergraduate degree in philosophy. Upon graduation, I enrolled for a postgraduate degree in computer based information systems graduating as a System Analyst. After graduation, I moved to Chicago to continue my priestly studies culminating to my ordination in Life in the rural Kisii- Kenya was very simple; there is no electricity, no pipe water. People depend on what they grow in the small parcels of land. My father kept cows, goats, sheep and chicken to supplement the family income. My mother took care of the house. In the village, we knew everybody and we shared each other s burdens thus the saying, it takes the entire village to raise one single child! I joined Mundelein seminary in the fall of 2003 graduating with a bachelor s degree in theology, (STB), a Master s Degree in pastoral Ministry, (MDiv). After my ordination in 2007, I enrolled for advanced studies in Systematic Theology at Mundelein and this saw me graduating last year with an STL- (Licentiate in Sacred Theology) degree that prepares one to teach in Catholic universities and colleges all over the world. For the last 5 years, I have been privileged to be an associate pastor of Our Lady of the Ridge in Chicago Ridge before being appointed your pastor. I am very excited to be your pastor and I hope to learn more from you in the course of time. I am a very open person and willing to learn whenever an opportunity presents itself. There is so much to learn from each other, and I want you to know me, ask me questions when possible. We want to make this world a better place to be by sharing that portion of our time, that portion of our talents and that portion of our treasure. All of us are called to be evangelizers and evangelizing is a team ministry. This, we learn from Jesus who commanded the Apostles to go all over the world to preach, to baptize, and to bring God s people closer to Him. That is what I want to follow as your pastor by trying to bring the world back to God with your assistance and prayers. This is the reason why I left all my parents and siblings in Kenya to come to Chicago and minister to people of God. My Joy is in the celebration of the Sacraments that the Church has given us. Please pray for me, as you will always be in my prayers. Fr. George Omwando P.S. remember that you can always reach me by gomwando@gmail.com or face book,

3 Page 3 July 1, 2012 INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY This Wednesday July 4th is our national holiday. The parish office will be closed. Daily Mass will be at 9:00 a.m. IT S TIME TO MAKE THE DONUTS! The Farmer s Market Donut Day will see our Faith Community making/selling donuts on Saturday, July 28th. It takes many hands to make this annual event a success so, please, if you can help that day for an hour, two or three (!) contact Gracie Tobin at Gracie will be glad to try to accommodate your time availability as well as the role you may want to play in making this event a success. Thanks! THEOLOGY ON TAP Sunday, July 8 th, at 7:30 PM Ascension Church Pine Room 20 and 30 year olds men and women, married and single: you are invited to Theology On Tap, a four week program (Sundays July 8th15th, 22nd, 29th) which combines an enjoyable social experience with thoughtful presentations and discussions about key young adult issues. Each meeting will feature an outstanding speaker, beginning July 8th, with Fr. John Cusick, director of Young Adult Ministry for the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Ascension young adult planning committee is intent on making this both an outstanding social event and a meaningful experience for all. Beer, wine, nonalcoholic beverages and munchies will be served. For more information and directions call the Ascension Parish Center, (708) Tuesday 10:00 a.m. - Bible Study Wednesday 12:00 p.m. - Midday Prayer Thursday 6:00 p.m. - AA Saturday 9:30 a.m. - Rosary Group SAVE THE DATE! Tuesday, July 24 (7pm): Parish Outing to Chicago White Sox Game Saturday, July 28: Farmer s Market Donut Day Saturday, August 4 (8am): Community Health Fair Thursday Evening, August 16: An Evening at the Races at Maywood Park WOW! TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEW WEBSITE! Please take the time to see the culmination of many weeks of faithful work and energy which has produced our parish website! You ll find it at So many folks to thank! God bless em all. TICKETS ARE HERE!!! PARISH OUTING TO CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME IT'S TIME to get your tickets for our parish outing to cheer on the Chicago White Sox as they play the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday, July 24th, at 7:10 p.m. Tickets are $30 each and are available after weekend Masses until they are sold out. Get your tickets now and plan to enjoy a night at the ballpark with family and friends. If you want a ride or need a ride, please contact Cynthia Weaver at The Fundraising Committee Food First This Weekend!

4 Page 4 July 1, 2012 FR. DAN S ADDRESS As of June 28, Fr. Dan s new address will be: Fr. Dan Whiteside St. Mary Parish 10 N. Buffalo Grove Road Buffalo Grove, IL Parish Telephone: Parish Stewardship: WEEKLY OFFERING: Sunday, June 24, 2012 $4,935 Weekly Budget $8,900 TODAY S READINGS First Reading God did not make death, nor does God rejoice in the destruction of the living (Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24). Psalm I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me (Psalm 30). Second Reading Your abundance should supply the needs of the others (2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15). Gospel Your faith has saved you (Mark 5:21-43 [21-24, 35b-43]). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Am 2:6-10, 13-16; Mt 8:18-22 Tuesday: Eph 2:19-22; Jn 10:24-29 Wednesday: Am 5:14-15, 21-24; Mt 8:28-34 or, for Independence Day, any readings from the Mass For Public Needs, nos , or For Peace & Justice, nos Thursday: Am 7:10-17; Mt 9:1-8 Friday: Am 8:4-6, 9-12; Mt 9:9-13 Saturday: Am 9:11-15; Mt 9:14-17 Sunday: Ez 2:2-5; Ps 123; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6a SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday: St. Thomas Wednesday: Independence Day Thursday: St. Elizabeth of Portugal; St. Anthony Zaccaria Friday: St. Maria Goretti; First Friday Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday LITURGICAL MINISTERS JULY 7 & 8 5:00 8:30 10:30 ALTAR SERVERS Ellen Legatzke Hannah Legatzke Andrea Legatzke Dan Brown Jack Kernan Chemetha Baker Susan Kumler Carol Brown Jana Barber Lauren Mann MINISTERS OF THE WORD Mary Jane O Brien Peter Barber MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST Thom Schouten Valerie Jennings Fannie Cooper Jeanne Visteen Kathy Mortell Ginny Jones MASS INTENTIONS MON. JULY 2 8:30 FOR OUR PARISHIONERS TUE. JULY 3 8:30 +ROBERTO QUINTANILLA BY: JUAN QUINTANILLA WED. JULY 4 9:00 FOR OUR NATION THU. JULY 5 8:30 +JESSIE A. LEIGH FRI. JULY 6 8:30 +ROBERT WHEEL Mary Detmer Ian Elsen Christianne Msall Bill Holmes Diane Cameron Pat Nelson Mary Howard Vivian Tyler Jerry Tyler John McGuire David Geffe Shelby Boblick Katie Walker SAT. JULY 7 9:00 +LARRY MIMS BY: THE ROSARY GROUP 5:00 +RUTH CONNERY (20TH ANNIVERSARY) BY: THE KOKO FAMILY SUN. JULY 8 8:30 FOR THE INTENTIONS OF KAMILE KALINA 10:30 +JOSEPH L. RIGALI, JR. BY: TOM & PAT NELSON LORD HEAR MY PRAYER Janette Alexander, Robert Alexander, Coletta Ali, Alvaro Arellano, Rebecca Arnold-Sauer, Marian Bannister, William Brandstrader, Jim Beals, Rose Beesley, Elizabeth Cox, Margaret Cragg, Lillian Czaplicki, Lynn Galuska-Elsen, Johnnie Evans, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Faerber, Mary Finn, Doris Foston, Susan Fuentes, Lucille Gill, Cathola Hill, Lil Hinds, Phillip Hodak, Bridget Kernan Hubbard, Lena Jackson, Anna Jones, Charles Jones, Stanley Jones, Kelley Kline, Jeanette Knight, Judy Kukral, Dan Kalina, David Kalina, Kamile Kalina, Richard Keller, Jr., Suzie Kemp, Brent Lano, Reneé Estese Long, Robert Lewis, Eliza Mathews, Christopher Mauritz, Vincent Miniscalco, Andrew Mitchell, Sarah Mittler, Mary McGlynn, Barbara O Brien, Harvey Page, Joe & Mary Peery, Lester Phillips, Marlene Rebstock, Gerald Richard, Mark Robbins, Deb Serra, Carlton Shanks, Phyllis Shaw, Lucille Short-Sheridan, Carol Stadler, Mark Swietek, Audry Todd, Mary Triebes, Aaron Vanek, Jerome Washington, Sr., Cecil Wheeler, Bill White, Samuel Wilks

5 Page 5 July 1, AND LET IT BEGIN WITH ME. What are we? Hope turned to dust. No. What are we? Dust turned to hope. [Elie Wiesel] QUESTION OF THE WEEK Based upon the Gospel of Mark, 5:21-43 Do not be afraid. Just have faith. Can you recall at time when your faith was able to calm your fears? What does it really mean to just have faith? I that an excuse not to do anything but believe? What is your role in having faith? How do you act, besides being unafraid, when you just have faith? How do you recognize the presence of faith when someone is not afraid? Take time each week to reflect upon the CURRENT Sunday s Scripture. We are fed by the Word so we can live out the Word OUR LIVING WORD: FOR REFLECTION THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JUNE 30 - JULY 1, 2012 Being powerless in the face of severe illness and death has brought me to deeper faith when... I find it easy to come to Jesus to touch him when...i find it difficult when... PREPARING TO RECEIVE AND HEAR THE WORD OF GOD Each week introductions to the 1st and 2nd Readings for the UPCOMING Sunday are offered. Their sole purpose is to help all of us receive and hear the Word of God. FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 7-8, 2012 The Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass will be held on Sunday, September 23, 2012, at 2:45 PM, at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 North State Street, Chicago, IL. Couples married in 1962 interested in attending this celebration should contact their parish to register. First Reading: Ezekiel 2:2-5 Our first Scripture reading describes the call of the prophet Ezekiel. Hew as a Jewish priest who was deported to Babylon at the time of the exile. He is called to proclaim God s word to those who are exiled with him. God warns him that this will be no easy task. Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 In the passage just preceding this reading from Paul s letter to the Corinthians, he described some of this spiritual visions and revelations. But in this passage, he chooses not to boast of these, but rather to talk about how God has worked through him despite his weaknesses. For further information call the Family Ministries Office at or visit the website: CLUB WINNER July 1, 2012: $25: #118 Brenda Fojtik STEWARDSHIP & SCRIPTURE: July 1, th Sunday in Ordinary Time your abundance at the present time should supply their needs - 2 Corinthians 8:14 Economic crisis can teach us many valuable stewardship lessons. We are quickly realizing that as individuals and as a society we really did not need everything that we wanted. We are also learning to count our blessings and to see that we have been abundantly blessed by God. And, hopefully, we are becoming more willing to share our gifts with those who truly are in need.

6 ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA ST. LUCY PARISH SUMMER/FALL WOMEN S GROUP THE WOMEN OF ST. CATHERINE ST. LUCY PARISH AND OF THE NEAR-WEST SUBURBAN CATHOLIC PARISHES ARE INVITED TO GATHER THIS SUMMER AND FALL FOR REFLECTION AND CONVERSATION Shelby Boblick will facilitate the discussion, and we ll use as a catalyst the 22 women portrayed in Mothers, Sisters, Daughters: Standing on Their Shoulders, a book by Edwina Gateley and Sandra Mattucci. Here are women upon whose shoulders all women stand, from every continent, time period, and walk of life. They include saints, mystics, and martyrs; reformers, writers, and environmentalists. These amazing women have all made the world a better place by pursuing their dreams and visions often against enormous odds. We ll discuss these women s lives and how they, in turn, call each of us to be the best of who we are. Shelby will supply the books each week. No need to prepare in advance. If you want your own, the book is available on amazon.com for about $14. It matters not at all if you miss a week or several weeks. You are most welcome to join us as and when your schedule permits. Drop-ins are encouraged! Bring your female friends, visitors, or relatives. All are welcome: once, occasionally, or regularly. To accommodate a variety of schedules, we ll offer duplicate sessions each Monday: one at 1 p.m. and another at 7:30 p.m. Please join us at whichever time suits you and your life. No need to come at the same time each Monday. You may attend during the afternoon one Monday and during the evening next time. Sessions last no longer than 90 minutes. Monday, July 9: Hildegard of Bingen Monday, July 16: Miriam Monday, July 23: Annalena Tonelli Monday, July 30: The Woman at the Well Monday, August 13: MOVIE DAY: Rachel Carson s Silent Spring Monday, August 27: MOVIE DAY: They Killed Sister Dorothy: Saving the Rainforest is a Dangerous Mission - Sister Dorothy Stang [2 hr session] Monday, September 10: Emily Dickinson Monday, September 17: Julian of Norwich Monday, September 24: Blessed Mother Teresa Monday, October 1: Lucy Wisdom Monday, October 8: Pema Chodron Monday, October 15: Mechtild of Magdeburg Monday, October 22: Annie Dodge Wauneka Monday, October 29: Rachel Corrie Monday, November 5: Brigid of Kildare Monday, November 12: The Syro-Phoenician Woman Monday, November 19: Aung San Suu Kyi Monday, November 26: Sister Karen Klimczak Monday, December 3: Brenda Myers Powell Monday, December 10: Rachel Weeping for Her Children Monday, December 17: Wangari Muta Maathai We meet in the Rectory Dining Room of St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy Church at 38 N. Austin Blvd., Oak Park, IL. Watch the bulletin for more details. Questions or concerns? Call Shelby Boblick at

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