April 23, 2017 ~ Divine Mercy Sunday Congratulations to the Confirmation Class of 2017!

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1 The Spirit Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Church April 23, 2017 ~ Divine Mercy Sunday Congratulations to the Confirmation Class of 2017! Nichole (Therese) Botello Justin (Patrick) Brosnan Jexienne (Hildegard) Chavez Michael (Anthony) Ciupinski Jenilin (Teresa) Costello Jaeren (Anthony) Dadivas Kaitlyn (Catherine) Dempsey Brendan (Anthony) Forrest Cassandra (Rosalia) Fragale Ann Marie (Cecilia) Gotthelf Patrick (George) Halm Daniel (Nicholas) Jara Kamil (Christopher) Joshi Adrian (John) Kopec Joshua (Anthony) Luce Natalie (Emily) Magdaleno Dane (Louis) Murray Logan (Patrick) Murray Nicholas (Michael) Navarra Maciej (Maximilian) Nieradka Robert (Zygmunt) Spocinski Maya (Agnes) Torres Taylor (Dymphna) Virgilio Aaron (Patrick) Ward Mark (Lawrence) Zamiechowski

2 April 23, 2017 Mass Intentions 2nd Sunday of Easter Monday, April 24 (St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest & Martyr) 6:30 a.m. Emily Loret Bedran 8:15 a.m. Terese Surgailiene Tuesday, April 25 (St. Mark, Evangelist) 6:30 a.m. Matthew Kielek 8:15 a.m. Diane Benica; Norma Murk; John Bubula Wednesday, April 26 6:30 a.m. Purgatorial Society 8:15 a.m. Fr. Tom Enright Thursday, April 27 6:30 a.m. Dolly Gargano 8:15 a.m. Joseph Bialko Friday, April 28 (St. Peter Chanel, Priest & Martyr; St. Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest) 6:30 a.m. Edward McKinley 8:15 a.m. Angela Ambrose Saturday, April 29 (St. Catherine of Sienna, Virgin & Doctor) 8:15 a.m. Carmella Ponte; Bobby Morgan; Joe Garcia; Mary Biskup; Bill Kindt 5:00 p.m. Margaret Cerabona Sunday, April 30 (Third Sunday of Easter) 7:30 a.m. Deceased Members of Scimeca Family 9:00 a.m. Gregory Cairo 10:45 a.m. Howie Sikorski 12:15 p.m. For the People of OLR 5:00 p.m. Emma & Joe Izzi PARISH DIRECTORY CHURCH: 8300 N. Greenwood, Niles, IL PARISH OFFICE - Ministry Center, 8624 W. Normal Phone: Fax: Rev. Christopher M. Gustafson Pastor Rev. Paul Reczek, O.F.M. Sunday Celebrant Rev. Robert Darow Retired Assistant Rev. Andrew Luczak Retired Assistant Rev. Mr. Charlie O Donnell Deacon Rev. Mr. James Frugé Deacon Mrs. Cathy Williams Office Manager Mr. Richard Gargul Business Manager Mr. Rob Sadlowski Music Director Mr. Jim Potthast Youth Minister Mr. Andy Duran Digital Communications Mr. Bob DiSandro Maintenance Engineer Mrs. Kathleen Sass Bulletin Typist RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM Mrs. Maureen Valvassori Director o.ransom@att.net SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Let the children come to me Lk 18:16 Baptisms are ordinarily celebrated on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 1:30 p.m. in the Church. A preparation meeting is required. Please call the Ministry Center to arrange. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: God s mercy is ever near. Confessions are heard every Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to Noon in the Church and by appointment. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Congratulations! Weddings are ordinarily celebrated on Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Please be sure to consult a priest before setting the date for your wedding. MINISTRIES CHAIRPERSONS Mrs. Deborah Bosco Parish Pastoral Council Mr. Steve Dolan Parish Finance Committee Mrs. Nancy Stranczek Ministry of Care Mrs. Gigi Bialko Bereavement Ms. Reneda Mittman Lectors Mr. & Mrs. Jack Eichstaedt Communion Ministers Mr. Vince Milito Ushers Mrs. Terry Uselmann St. Matthew Circle Ms. Heidi Mergenthaler & Mrs. Julie Galluzzi & Ms. Marilyn Kirschten Wedding Ministry Coordinators EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION SUNDAY MASSES: 5:00 pm (Saturday) 7:30, 9:00, 10:45 am, 12:15, 5:00pm Weekday: 6:30 & 8:15 am; Saturday 8:15 am Holy Day: 6:30, 8:15 am, 7:00 pm RECONCILIATION: Saturday, 11:00 am - 12 noon and individually as requested. HOPELINE: For Pregnant Women HOPE CARING FOR THE SICK: If you or a loved one are ill and would like prayers or to receive the Sacrament of Anointing, Holy Communion, or a visit, please do not hesitate to call the Ministry Center. A communal celebration of the Sacrament of Anointing follows the 8:15 a.m. Mass on the first Saturday of the month. FIRST FRIDAYS: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place throughout the day, ending with Holy Hour and Benediction from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome to the Parish! We are glad you are here. Please come to the Ministry Center to register or call:

3 April 23, 2017 Second Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday Page Three From the desk of the Pastor... Alleluia!!! He Is Risen As He Said!!! What a great Holy Week we shared! As I tried to express at all of the Easter Masses, it truly is a joy to gather as a people of faith to celebrate with fitting dignity, solemnity and joy the Paschal Mystery. Many, many thanks to all who so generously helped us to do so through their ministries, liturgical and otherwise. Our choirs, quartet and accompanists were such a gift. Our money counters worked overtime tracking carefully and accurately each donation. In a special way I would like to thank the incredibly dedicated team that took the church through various transformations from the desert of Lent - to the praises of Palm Sunday - to our reverence of the Eucharist on Holy Thursday - to the stark, eerie emptiness of Good Friday - and finally to the great joy of Easter -- including: Phyllis Ranalli, Marilyn Kirschten, Delores Petz, Philomena Randazzo, Kathy Randazzo, and Rita Callero. I would also like to thank a new group of volunteers who pray the Rosary daily after the 8:15am Mass. This year they gave their time and effort as well to polishing all of the sacred vessels, processional cross, candle stand and followers, etc. It was also great to have Fr. Mark return to join us for several parts of the Triduum. The spirit of Easter joy was tangible as record crowds gathered with us in celebration of God s love triumphant over death. Let us hold that joy in our hearts and share it with a world in desperate need of it. Come Holy Spirit We congratulate and hold in prayer our young men and women who will be receiving the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the Sacrament of Confirmation administered by Bishop John Manz on Wednesday evening. Many of us were privileged to witness their powerful depiction of Christ s Passion in the Living Stations both during Lent and on Good Friday. May they always follow the life of grace that God wants for them through their use of the 7-fold gifts of the Holy Spirit: wisdom, knowledge, understanding, counsel (right judgment), fortitude (courage), piety (reverence) and fear of the Lord (awe/wonder). We are proud of and grateful for them. CWC Spring Luncheon Fashion Show With all of the bulletin deadlines during this busy time, I never got to formally congratulate and thank the Catholic Women s Club for their creative and entertaining Springtime gathering. Thanks to Suzie Nape, a number of familiar faces took on the personas of First Ladies, donning their daytime and evening wear. It was also educational as we learned about their personalities and styles in relation to their spouse s presidency. Thanks to all who took to the runway and all who support the CWC and the wonderful work they do. God Bless Our Visiting Seminarians You may recall that we were asked to participate in a pilot program for allowing seminarians to experience parish life on given Sundays during their academic year. We were fortunate to have 6 such seminarians participate with us from Chicago, Grand Rapids and Wichita. Under the direction of Deacon Steve Geerling and with the wonderful support of parishioners Andy and Loll Thelen and Bob and Maureen Bell, they were able to get a glimpse of life at Our Lady of Ransom. Their last such visit will be this weekend. We wish them well and ask God s blessing on their continued journey to the priesthood. Have a blessed week of Easter joy,

4 April 23, 2017 Second Sunday of Easer - Divine Mercy Sunday Page Four Prayer to End Abortion WEDDING BANNS I - John Gustafson & Nicole Hubbard Lord God, we praise and thank You for the gift of our lives, and for the lives of all human beings. There is nothing more destructive to human life than abortion, yet we rejoice that You have conquered death by the resurrection of Your Son. Help us to do our part to end abortion -- never to be silent, never to be passive, and never to be forgetful of the unborn. Give us strength to defend human life, especially in the womb, until all humans are protected. Guide our nation to truly be a nation with liberty and justice not just for some, but for all. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Rice Bowl Return! We prayed, fasted and gave alms -- and now we celebrate! Our community changed lives this Lent, and CRS Rice Bowl wants to say THANK YOU! Please return your Rice Bowls beginning this weekend. A Container is in the Gathering Space, thank you for your generosity. SPIRIT OF UNENDING LOVE SOUL Due to Confirmation, our charismatic prayer group will not meet on Wednesday, April 26. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FR. LINDEN COUNCIL KNIGHTLY NEWS THANK YOU for being a part of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls SHAMROCKS FOR KIDS campaign this past February Thank you for your support and helping us raise $ to continue the good work of helping young people in need. God Bless! 3 yr. Trustee & PGK Jeffrey Once again, our fabulous OLR ladies made us all proud as they modeled First Ladies from Eleanor Roosevelt to Michelle Obama during our annual Fashion Show Luncheon held at the Chateau Ritz Banquets. The food was delicious; and the raffle prizes were eagerly appreciated by all. GRAND PRIZE RAFFLE WINNERS: Cathy Williams Cubs Grill Paula Brady One Night Stay at Bed & Breakfast/Waterford Vase Dolores Drover Galaxy Tablet Joan Del Medico Induction Cook Top Barbara Rechtien Television Our next event is our final meeting of this year where our Woman of the Year, Eleanor Laraia, will crown the Blessed Mother followed by Holy Mass. A unique Pot Luck will be held after Mass. Be thinking of what you can prepare for us and remember to state the ingredients. More information will follow on date and time.

5 April 23, 2017 Second Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday Page Five We were overjoyed to welcome our newest member, Gina Marie Greco into the Church at the Easter Vigil. Gina Marie was Baptized, Confirmed and received her First Holy Communion. Congratulations Gina Marie! 2018 Mass Book opens Wednesday, May 10 The opening date for the Mass Book for 2018 intentions will be Wednesday, May10 at 9:00a.m. in the Ministry Center. Unfortunately, we cannot accept advance bookings and checks. Any checks received before the opening date will be returned to sender. Intentions for the Mass are limited to one person and/or spouse per Mass. Should there be more family names, they will be listed as Deceased Members of the Family. According to the Code of Canon Law 948: Separate Masses must be applied for the intentions of those for whom an individual offering, even if small, has been made and accepted. The Archdiocese allows 2 Masses per week to be multiple intention Masses. These will be celebrated each Tuesday and Saturday at 8:15a.m. There will be a limit to one Sunday Mass per calendar month (12 Sunday Masses per year. ) There is no limit to weekday Masses. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy 1. Begin with the Sign of the Cross, 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary and The Apostles Creed. 2. Then on the Our Father Beads say the following: Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. 3. On the 10 Hail Mary Beads say the following: For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. (Repeat step 2 and 3 for all five decades). 4. Conclude with (three times): Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

6 April 23, 2017 Second Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday Page Six R E S T I N P E A C E Please continue to pray for the following people who have recently died: Mary Rush William Kindt Catherine Giovenco Imelda Magdaleno-Maneriguez Susan Potthast Karen Ranos Lord, for your faithful people, life is changed not ended. --Rite of Christian Burial SACRIFICIAL GIVING Our response to God s command to take care of the community with the gifts, talents and resources God entrusts to us. STEWARDSHIP OF RESOURCES Sunday Collections April 9...$ 14,513 (Week 41) Year-to-date. $ 551,799 We are grateful. P R A Y F O R T H E S I C K Marianne Sikorski (4) Irene Morgan (4) Pat Klett (4) Jeanine Warzynski (3) Arnold Tetens (1) We pray for all the sick at every Mass and in our private prayers. Persons who have a change in their health (traumatic event, surgery, critical stage of disease, etc.) will be mentioned by name (if they or a family member request) at Sunday Masses. Thereafter, for one month the name will be published in the bulletin and then placed on our website: olransom. org. OLR MILITARY God keep you safe! A.I.C. Michael Gonzales Sgt. Vito Deiure Gunny Sgt. Paul J. Vee, USMC Lt. 1st Class Jared Kandell Staff Sgt. Michael Osterlund PFC Darren Keifer PO2 Patrick Wurster II Staff Sgt. Anthony LaScola, USMC Cpl. Brian Michael Bell BM3 Kristin Kaufmann Specialist Conrad Sewinski ENFR Joshua Torres 1st Lt. Joseph John Gullo, USAF Cpl. Giselle Obcemea Gayapa, USMC PFC Ezekiel M. Trimble PFC Edrian Fernandez, USAFC Cpt. Jason Lovallo 2nd Lt. Timothy F. Eddy, Jr. 1st Lt. Catie LaScola, USMC PFC Michael Allbright If you know of any Our Lady of Ransom parishioners who are serving in the military and would like to include them in our prayer intentions, please call the Ministry Center ( ) Liturgical Ministers for Next Week s Liturgies Date/Time Commentator Eucharistic Ministers Cantors Servers Saturday, April 29 5:00 p.m. Marilyn Kirschten Steve Dolan Gina Caruso, Steve Dolan, Marilyn Kirschten, Patricia Lawlor, Reneda Mittman, Carol Mozgowiec, Mary Mundt, Chris Seske, Andy Thelen Rob Sadlowski Mia Wilson Renee Pantaleon Sunday, Apr 30 7:30 a.m. Daniel Ramirez Jannard Remo George Colgan, Rosann Dulski, Joan Karwoski, Tom Kleeman, Pat Lucas, Dennis Ramirez, Terry Uselmann Rob Sadlowski John Sacris Jhaydee Santos 9:00 a.m. Isabel DuPont Joe Annunzio, Terry Annunzio, Josephine Fragale, Maria Gullo, Filomena Randazzo, Joey Randazzo, Kathleen Sass, Mel Sass, Norm Stranczek OLR Choir Juliana Parisi Emily Reczek 10:45 a.m. George Kedra Tom Muszynski Josephine Bax, Toni Brana, Edward Cameron, Anna Di Benedetto, Nancy Hedrick, Nancy Jensen, Mike Merchut, Tom Reich, Wayne Sliwa Jody Schuth Megan Ward Alex Jablonski 12:15 p.m. Eva Dadivas Estelle Pahati Angelita De Paz, Eduardo De Paz, Maria Galluzzi, Cathy Gierum, John Gierum, Gloria Scardino, Judy Vee, Matilde Yates, (sub needed) Jody Schuth Daniel Beyer Tony Davies 5:00 p.m. Kathleen Deveau R. Scott Flick, Rick Fox, Lydia LaScola, Mary Ann Malartsik, Ann Remijan Jody Schuth Dominic Vecchio John Paul Vecchio

7 From: Our Lady of Ransom Parish Niles, IL Contact: Cathy Williams Bulletin # Date: April 23, PAGES PLUS COVER SHEET Publisher 2007 Printer HP Laser Jet CP3525