DECEMBER 25, 2016 THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD

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1 DECEMBER 25, 2016 THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD Welcome God s Love into the World God the Father, Creator of all that lives and loves, this day you give of yourself. Your Son, the Word made flesh, has come into the world; this day your Son is welcomed with great joy. May we who have awaited his coming, who have prepared our hearts with anticipation, grow in love and service, as we share that joy, that welcome, and that presence with our families, our communities, and the world. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Incarnate Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen Liturgy Training Publications Written by Anne C. McGuire. Permission to publish granted by the Archdiocese of Chicago on March 1, Boundless Joy The news of our Savior s birth cannot be contained. Every reading is bursting with joy at this ultimate Good News: Rejoice! Exult! Make merry! Announce to the world and proclaim to all people! We have been preparing for this day. Even as we prepared in joy, there was something holding us back, but no longer. The darkness no longer appears dark, for the light has come, and it is a light brighter than any other. The readings for today tell us that there was no room in the inn, but the news of a wondrous birth is spread by angels and shepherds. The Savior has come into the world, heaven and earth rejoice. It is as if the entire world lets loose unbounded joy. How can we both celebrate and spread this joy today? The shepherds did not just hear the announcement of the angels, they gathered their flocks and traipsed together to find this simple new family and welcome the infant, with both silent awe and joyful sharing of the news. May this Christmas find us eager to celebrate and spread the news with exaltation, silent awe, sharing good news and kindness, and looking for Christ in all families and situations of the day. Our abundant joy cannot be contained Liturgy Training Publications Written by Anne C. McGuire. Scripture quotations are from The New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1993 and 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Permission to publish granted by the Archdiocese of Chicago on March 1, Weekend Mass Times: Sat. 5:00pm Sun. 7:30, 9:30,11:30am

2 Liturgical Ministers December 31, 2016 & January 1, 2017 Mass Times December 31, :00PM January 1, :00AM Presiders Fr. Alexander Fr. Alexander Fr. Pelrine January 1, :00AM Deacons Deacon Mike Deacon Gary Deacon Bob Lectors M. A. Buntenbach D. Prezell B. Slack P. Coughlin E. McPherson K. Lenzen Eucharistic Minister Deacon S. Tracy H. Stumpf D. Suhling C. Fisher S. Scesniak G. McQuillan D. Slater T. Powell J. Powell Deacon K. Schmitt P. Tekampe M. Tekampe E. McPherson Capulong E. Martin N. Martin O. Santos-Trinidad L. Kandefer E. Tauscher Ministers are needed at every Mass. Please check in the sacristy to sign in. Mass Intentions Monday. December 26, Saint Stephen, The first Martyr 8:00AM Living 63rd Wedding Anniversary Howard & Carol Huber Curt Schey req. His Mother, Susan Maria, Nieves & Augusto Logman req. Rodrigo Dela Cruz Family ` Dorothy Hatton req. Her Husband Harry & Family Tuesday, December 27, Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist 8:00AM Living Gene Schmidt Family James Freher req.barbara Long Wendi Roberts req. Brother Tom & Pamela Ladewig Wednesday, December 28, The Holy Innocents, Martyrs 8:00AM Living For the Intention of Fr. Nate Payne Donald Schweinberg req. His Wife Virginia & Family Rita Schmidt req. Dick & Nancy Bingham Thursday, December 29 8:00AM Living 60th Wedding Anniversary Tom & Connie Schofield Living Mike & Sherry Schmidt req. Gene Schmidt Family Friday, December 30, The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph 8:00AM John Gagliardi req. His Wife Barbara Dianne Dooley req. Victoria Hansen Robert B. Smola Saturday, December 31 5:00PM For the Parishioners of St. Mary of the Annunciation Sunday, January 1 8:00AM For the Parishioners of St. Mary of the Annunciation 11:00AM For the Parishioners of St. Mary of the Annunciation The Week Ahead Sunday, December 25 Christmas Day 11:00AM Mass Monday, December 26 Parish Office Closed 8:30AM Pray the Rosary Tuesday, December 27 8:30AM Pray the Rosary Wednesday, December 28 8:30AM Pray the Rosary 6:00PM PADS Thursday, December 29 8:30AM Pray the Rosary Friday, December 30 8:30AM Pray the Rosary Saturday, December 31 5:00PM Mass Sunday, January 1 New Year s Day 11:00AM Mass

3 from J W ell acob s Dear Parishioners, I wish to extend a warm welcome to all who have come to Saint Mary of the Annunciation to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior. I pray that your families and friends may experience the peace and joy that God offers us through his beloved Son. Saint Augustine once said, The birth of a child is a sign from God that the world is to go on. The blessing of a newborn child brings a special joy and sense of awe for the gift of new life. As we celebrate the birth of Christ, may we experience that same type of joy and awe. May our faith be strengthened to live with a profound sense of gratitude for the hope He brings. I enjoy many of the traditions that are unique to this time of year. The decorations, lights and ornaments brighten our homes during these cold and dark winter days. I especially enjoy the Christmas tree with the many ornaments and lights. The Christmas tree is an invitation to receive in one s heart the gift of the joy, peace and love of Jesus. To believe in Christ means to let your self be encompassed by the light of his truth that gives full meaning, value and sense to our existence, given that precisely to reveal to us the mystery of his Father and of his love, he also reveals man fully to himself and shows to him his lofty vocation. His Holiness Benedict XVI, Pope-Emeritus I believe that God delights in the beauty and creative Spirit that each of us possesses. Each of us has a unique calling and mission to fulfill in this life. We are happiest when we live with an awareness of the greater calling we have received. Sometimes that calling involves entering into another s suffering even as we ourselves experience pain and grief. None of us can do all things and perhaps that is also part of the God s plan. There is a joy that we experience deep in our hearts when we are able to help another or further a cause in which we believe It is not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. Small acts, when multiplied (by millions of people), can change the world. Howard Zinn I am grateful to the 408 households who have participated in the To Teach Who Christ is Campaign. We have received more than $2,431,215 in pledges which will enable us to eliminate our parish debt. It gives me great joy to be able to serve as a priest and pastor of Saint Mary and to witness the generosity of so many in this community. I am also grateful for the assistance of Fr. Matthew Alexander and for his youthful passion for Christ and the joy he brings to the rectory and the parish. On behalf of the pastoral staff and leadership of Saint Mary, may you have a blessed and joy filled Christmas Let us pray for one another, Fr. Jerry

4 Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God Saturday, December 31 New Year s Eve 5:00 PM Vigil Mass Sunday, January 1 Mary, the Mother of God 8:00 AM Holy Day Mass 11:00 AM Holy Day Mass. note next weekend s altered Mass schedule Pacific Garden Mission Opportunity You are invited to come with us to the Pacific Garden mission from 12:30 to 3:30pm on Sunday January 1 st. Pacific Garden Mission offers weary people food, shelter, clothing, medical and dental care. Guests are offered the best answer to life s struggles: faith in Jesus Christ. Our group assembles at the Mission on the first Sunday of each month from November through April. Carpool with us or drive yourself to the mission. Our volunteer group name, Saint Mary of the Annunciation, is given at check-in. We sort bedding, serve lunch, clean up and help in a variety of other ways. A tour of the Mission is always available to first time visitors. Pacific Garden Mission is located in Chicago at 1458 S. Canal Street, Chicago, IL. Come as a family or bring a friend if you like. Carpoolers meet in our Narthex and leave for Chicago by 11:15 am. Contact in advance: Jim Robinson or Bill Pohl Jw_robinson@sbcglobal.net (847) bpohl@dspins.com (847) Pray the Daily Rosary Please join other parishioners in the Eucharistic Chapel following the 8:00 AM Mass Monday through Thursday. Pray the Divine Mercy Novena & Chaplet The Divine Mercy Novena & Chaplet is prayed in the Eucharistic Chapel on Fridays immediately following the 8:00 AM Mass.and 3:00 PM during Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. The Family Rosary Join us for Family Rosary Saturday Devotion, requested by Our Lady of Fatima, every First Saturday of the month at 4:30 PM. Stewardship Report Sunday Collection December 11, 2016 $ 18, Budgeted Weekly Collection $ 21, Difference $ (3,098.50) Current Fiscal Year-to-Date* $ 519, Budgeted Sunday Collections To-Date $ 510, Difference $ 8, Difference vs. Last Year $ (15,384.38) Retirement for Religious 12/11/16 $ 6, Retirement for Religious PY $ 8, Difference $ (2,429.50) *Note: YTD amount reflects updates by bank to postings and adjustments. Annual Contribution Statements If you would like a statement of your regular church contributions for the calendar year 2016 please call the office. We will be happy to send you a statement. So that the volunteers may spend the holiday with their families, the Childcare Room will be closed on New Years Eve and Day, 12/31 & 1/1 St. Mary of the Annunciation Ministry of Care The community of St. Mary is blessed with many wonderful Ministers of Care (MOC). Some of them serve as MOC who visit parishioners who are in the hospital at Advocate Condell. We also have MOC who visit with parishioners who are homebound and cannot get to mass. If you or someone you know is a St. Mary parishioner and would like to have one of our MOC come and visit, pray, and bring communion while in the hospital or if homebound, please call the parish office or me at dmulroe@stmota.org ~Diane Mulroe Year-End Financial Planning As we approach the end of the calendar year, many of us make a number of gifts to charitable organizations. While many worthwhile causes are appealing for your support, we ask that you consider St. Mary of the Annunciation in your year-end financial planning as well. In addition to placing an envelope in the collection basket or mailing a gift to the Parish Office, our online giving page (accessed from the Stewardship tab of our parish web site, also has an option for year-end gifts. In order to reap the potential tax benefits for the current year, now is the best time to follow through with important contributions you have been considering as gifts must be made before the end of the year if they are to be eligible for 2016 tax deductions. Thank you again for your thoughtfulness and generosity to St. Mary of the Annunciation! Your support enables us to build the Kingdom of God and manifest the Good News of Jesus Christ to so many and in so many ways!!

5 Divorce and Beyond Support Group This support group program helps bring healing for those who are divorced or who have already filed for divorce. Each meeting focuses on a different aspect of the divorce healing process such as: grief, stress, anger, blame, guilt, loneliness, forgiveness, and happiness. The program includes education, discussion, and prayer and is held here at St. Mary of the Annunciation. Upcoming dates tbd. For additional information and to register contact Diane Mulroe in the parish office. Living God s Word We live in between the coming of the Messiah and the final fulfillment of salvation. What are we to do in this between-time? How can we embrace the past, present, and future of God s passionate love for us? How can we both sing and bring joy to the world? Copyright 2013, World Library Publications. All rights reserved. Reflecting on God s Word Margaret left the massage therapist feeling released from the stress of the last few months, renewed and energized. It was as though the memory in her muscles was erased and their power was unleashed by the therapist s healing touch and aromatic oils. The Rite of Baptism includes a kind of symbolic massage that has a similar purpose. The newly baptized are anointed with fragrant chrism and empowered by the Holy Spirit to live as members of Christ, who was anointed priest, prophet, and king. This connects Christians, the new Israel, to ancient Israel, in which priests, prophets, and kings were anointed to show that the Spirit of God was with them. It also connects us to Jesus, as today s scriptures show. In the second reading we hear that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, after which he went about doing good, for God was with him (Acts 10:38). Matthew shows Jesus being symbolically anointed with the Holy Spirit as God s chosen Son, and the first reading describes what Jesus was chosen to do: establish justice on the earth... open the eyes of the blind... bring out... those who live in darkness (Isaiah 42:1, 7). In short, Jesus was chosen as the Messiah, or Anointed One, of God who would inaugurate the messianic era. The baptized are chosen and anointed as well, to continue Christ s messianic mission in the church. Virginia Stillwell Copyright 2013, World Library Publications. All rights reserved. Pray for all who suffer illness, pain and grief: and for the repose of all who have recently died. John Robert McCormick Prayer for Vocations God of Love, You call us to live in your love through the grace of our baptism. Bless us with the courage to carry out the msision of Jesus. Grant us open and generous hearts to see the needs of others and to respond with compassion. May the Church be blest with women and men who are dedicated to you through marriage, the single life, the diaconate, priesthood, and the consecrated life. It is in Christ and through Christ that we offer ourselves to you now and forever. Amen. 2007NCCV

6 Our Winter Passover The heart of our faith is the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, and the fact that what happened to Jesus is our destiny, too. We, too, in various ways and over time, will suffer, die and be raised up all in the arms of a God who loves us. This is what we call the paschal mystery. We celebrate the paschal mystery every Sunday, and in a most important way once a year, in spring around the time of the Jewish Passover, when we baptize, confirm and welcome to the eucharist new believers at Easter. But did you know that even as we celebrate Jesus birth in the flesh, we are in fact celebrating the paschal mystery? Have you ever noticed how Christmas is actually a second Easter, our winter Passover? There are hints all over the gospel accounts of Jesus birth. When the baby is born, he is wrapped in swaddling clothes; when the man dies, he is wrapped in a shroud. The newborn is laid in the manger, the feeding trough of animals. The man grows up to teach us, I am the bread of life. If you eat of my flesh and drink of my blood, you will live forever. Angels herald his birth, and angels announce his resurrection to the three women. A star shines over the baby in the manger; the sun hides its face as the man hangs on the cross. And perhaps most ominously of all, the magi those mysterious strangers bring gifts that seem sentimental and sweet to us today: gold, frankincense and myrrh. But when this story would have first been told, the original hearers might have been puzzled or even horrified, for these were things people brought to a deathbed: gold coins to put in the mouth (as a sign of paying for the soul to take the ferry across the river of death), frankincense to burn (to cover the odors, and as a sign of the soul ascending), and myrrh to embalm. (Recall that the three women come to the tomb on Easter morning with a mixture of myrrh and aloes.) And if there wasn t enough blood in the childbirth, recall that after Jesus is born, the Holy Family must flee into exile in Egypt to escape Herod, who slaughters in cold blood all the innocent baby boys of Bethlehem. As an adult, Jesus will right this wrong by shedding his blood on the cross for us all. But note that to protect Jesus, Mary and Joseph take him into Egypt, just as their ancestors had fled there centuries before to escape starvation and find the other Joseph, the son of Jacob. So Jesus ends up living as a refugee and an exile, just as his people had done. And just as they had crossed the River Jordan to enter the promised land after the first Passover, the adult Jesus is baptized in that same river as he begins his ministry that reaches its high point at Passover. So Merry Christmas and Happy Easter, too. Glory in heaven and peace on earth, now and forever! Copyright 2002 Archdiocese of Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1800 North Hermitage Avenue, Chicago IL ; ; Text by David Philippart. Art by Steve Erspamer, sm. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Thank You for A Successful Food Drive Dear Friends at St. Mary of the Annunciation, The Holy Family Food Pantry of Most Blessed Trinity Parish in Waukegan wants to extend our deepest gratitude to Saint Mary of the Annunciation and your Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Conference for your recent food drive. All the donations were just what we needed. It is a great gift to be able to offer such good quality food to our guests. In our sharing with each other, we become Christ s love for each other. We are truly the Body of Christ today. May the Advent season and Christmas bring many joys to each of you. We are so very grateful. Sr. Peggy Ryan Adult Confirmation If you are A practicing Catholic Between the ages of 17 & 99 Who has received First Communion But has not yet received Confirmation We are offering a series of formation sessions that will allow you to be Confirmed this spring. Meetings will be held roughly every two weeks on Sunday evenings, 7:00 8:30 PM, in St. Francis de Sales school beginning January 15. The Confirmation Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, May 16, 7:00 PM at St. Frances de Sales Church. For more information and to register, please call Kathy Brady-Murfin at or her at KBradyMurfin@stfracisiz.org Bayanihan and The Joy of Love Retreat/Mission Trip- Philippines 2017 Young Adult Ministry (YAM) Lake County is excited to announce a retreat/mission trip to the Philippines this June We will work with San Agustin Parish in the Calamian Islands to examine Pope Francis teachings in The Joy of Love through cultural experiences, service and prayer. The trip will also include a brief stay in Japan to explore its amazing food, culture and technology. For more information visit or bn5v@virginia.edu. Registration Deadline: January 14, 2017.

7 F isch ing Lines by Deacon Howard Fischer Merry and Blessed Christmas to you and yours! Christmas celebrates a truth that is downright scandalous to many: Our humanity is wonderful enough that God chose to share it. It is also wonderful because God chose to share it! Author Alice Camille writes that Christmas is scandalous because God does what none of us hope to do: plunges from omnipotence to powerlessness, from eternity to limitation, from omnipresence to crushing specificity. From celestial majesty to prickly manger straw? That s a big comedown. There are cosmic consequences to this divine choice. The same God who created the universe with its billions of galaxies and trillions of stars wraps divine love in swaddling clothes and a baby s hungry cry. God serves up love to be eaten and drunk at tables the world over. God decrees that divine love can be discovered in coming together with people we love and also with people we don t love or even know. God is in the word, in the conversation, in the heart of the world and the heart of each one of us. So Merry Christmas indeed! God is in the world, in the flesh. God wants to be known as Emmanuel, God-with-us. Not some God-outthere, but God-right-here. Not a God who receives our prayers from faraway and may or may not reply but a God who experiences our loneliness, sweats our fear, hopes for what we hope for, and works through us and with us to bring the future into being. Since God desires to work with us and through us, an essential dimension of the meaning of Christmas is that we must open our hearts and lives for Jesus indwelling with us to have its full force. Consider the following story: Once upon a time, a parish prepared for its annual Christmas pageant. Wally was given the role of the innkeeper. He was delighted. He had difficulty memorizing things and for this role he only had to learn one line: There is no room in the inn. He had that down in no time! Then came the night for the pageant. The parents took their places. Every seat was filled. The curtain opened on Scene One. Mary and Joseph entered the stage and walked up to the inn. Please sir! My wife is not well. Could we have a room for the night? Wally was ready for his line. He had rehearsed it all night. He began, There is and he hesitated. He started over again. There is and again his mind went completely blank. Poor Wally didn t know what to do! Joseph thought he would improvise and started walking away toward the stable on stage left. Seeing him walking away, Wally in desperation called out, Look, there s plenty of room at my house! Just come on home with me! When Jesus came 2000 years ago, there was no room for him in the inn. There was no room for him in the economic world. There was no room for Jesus in the legal realm, nor was there room in the religious order. As He comes again to us this Christmas, let us take a cue from Wally: May we make room for the Christ and invite him to come and stay in our homes and in our lives. May your Christmas season be filled with joy and peace! If you wish to contact me, please leave a note in the parish office or send an to deaconhwf99@yahoo.com. Christmas A Sense of the Season You probably know the song The Twelve Days of Christmas. Even though a radio station once proclaimed the twelve days of Christmas as those before December 25, Christians have always kept Christmas as a season from December 25 until January 6 (the traditional Epiphany). The church calendar today even extends the celebration until the feast of the Baptism of the Lord the Sunday after Epiphany. Here is what the church says about the season of Christmas: Next to the yearly celebration of the paschal mystery [meaning the Triduum and Easter season], the church holds most sacred the memorial of Christ s birth and early manifestations. This is the purpose of the Christmas season. (General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, #32) More than just Jesus birthday, the Christmas season is a time for remembering and reveling in the nativity of Christ, the revelation of Christ to the Jewish shepherds, the revelation of Christ to the Gentile magi (that s us!), Christ s baptism by John in the Jordan, and Christ changing water into wine at the wedding on the third day (John 2:1) in Cana of Galilee. In all these saving events, we know that the Word is made flesh and dwells among us. How can we keep Christmas not just as a day, but as a season? Keep the tree up (and watered!) and shining bright until the Baptism of the Lord. Sing carols and read the scriptures every day. Safely put candles around your creche: Use small glass votive candle holders, and place them away from the straw. You might also want to add a little water to the bottom of the glass before putting the candle in an added precaution that will also help you clean the glass more easily. When you light the candles, sing or say the prayer of the angels: Glory in heaven and peace on earth, now and forever. Amen! Copyright 1997 Archdiocese of Chicago, Liturgy Training Publications, 1800 North Hermitage Avenue, Chicago IL ; Text by David Philippart. Art by Chuck Ludeke.

8 Domestic Violence Awareness Committee Does our faith community care enough? Do we have the will to change the statistics? 54 Million Americans report they have been a VICTIM of Domestic Violence. (Number represents % of U.S. population ages 15+) 60% of Americans know a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault. 73% of parents with children under the age of 18 said they have not talked with them about domestic violence or sexual assault. Even though 75% of Americans say they would act help a stranger being abused, the reality is most people do not help. But 64% of Americans say if we talk more about domestic violence and sexual assault, it would make it easier to help someone. "NO MORE Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Survey of Attitudes and Experiences of Teens and Adults," Commissioned by the AVON Foundation for Women 2013 To learn more, join us to discern the formation of a parish-based domestic violence outreach ministry at St. Mary of the Annunciation parish. DATE: Monday, January 9, 2017 TIME: 7:00 8:30 pm LOCATION: Meeting Room 1 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE How can St. Mary of the Annunciation Parish support domestic violence victims and educate our community to prevent domestic violence? The faith community at St. Mary of the Annunciation is beginning an important discussion to raise awareness about Domestic Violence issues, and its prevalence in families throughout our society. St. Mary of the Annunciation wants to reach out to provide opportunity for emotional, physical and spiritual healing. We hope you can join us. Readings for the Week Monday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Tuesday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Wednesday: 1 Jn 1:5 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7b-8; Mt 2:13-18 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:36-40 Friday: Sir 3:2-6, or Col 3:12-21 [12-17]; Ps 128:1-5; Mt 2:13-15, Saturday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18 Sunday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21

9 At Table During Christmastime A Christmas candle may be lighted as the leader begins. Everyone makes the sign of the Cross. Leader: Glory to God in the highest. ALL: And peace to people of good will. Leader: Lord Jesus, in the peace of this season our spirits rejoice: with the beasts and angels, the shepherds and stars, with Mary and Joseph we sing God s praise. By your coming may the hungry be filled with good things, and may our table and home be blessed. Glory to God in the highest. All: And peace to people of good will. THE GIFT OF GOD S WORD On this day of gifts and gift-giving, it seems appropriate that we take a moment to reflect on the great gift of God s Word. Because it is creative, God s Word always points to its author, always calls us to respond. Because it is powerful, God s Word can link the sublime with the ridiculous, the transcendent with the immanent, the divine with the human. Because it is graceful, God s Word establishes a relationship of deep intimacy between us and God. At the heart of God s Word lies a tantalizing tension between the mysterious and the mundane. In our liturgical celebration, this unresolved tension both reveals the meaning of life for us and calls us to respond, to act upon that meaning. Once accepted and opened, the gift of God s Word is a gift that keeps on giving and keeps on calling us to give in return. It dares us to be like the gift giver and to become gifts for others, not only at Christmas, but at every moment of life. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. Welcome Session Are you know to St. Mary Parish? Would you like to register as a parishioner? Would you like to learn more about our parish? Please consider yourself invited to our next welcoming session. Sunday, January 8 after the 9:30 AM Mass (about 10:45) Meeting Room 1 Future welcoming sessions: February 12 & Mar 12

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11 Mass Parish Staff Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday 7:30 AM 9:30 AM 11:30 AM Weekday Monday Friday 8:00 AM PARISH NUMBER Parish Emergency Rev. Jerome Jacob Ext. 213 Pastor Rev. Matthew Alexander Ext. 212 Associate Pastor Deacons Mike O Malley, Gary Kupsak, Robert Poletto, Mike Alandy Mr. Fred Vipond Ext. 234 Director of Music & Liturgy FVipond@stmota.org Ms. Sue Matousek Ext. 218 Director of Religious Education SMatous@stmota.org Ms. Diane Mulroe Ext. 216 Director of Human Concerns DMulroe@stmota.org Mr. Benjamin Valle Ext. 230 Coordinator of Youth Ministry BValle@stmota.org Dcn. Howard Fischer Ext. 215 Director of Parish Operations HFischer@stmota.org Ms. Tammy Kleckner Ext. 310 Principal, CCLC cclcprincipal@gmail.com Ms. Penny Elwood Ext. 217 Bookkeeper/Accountant Bookkeeper@stmota.org Ms. Victoria Hansen Ext. 200 Administrative Assistant parish@stmota.org Mr. Richard Plage Ext. 304 Site Manager rplage@stmota.org Mr. James Shaffer Mr. William Tangney Maintenance Pastoral Council Jon Matousek Mary Lou Loomis Joaquin Valdes Cassandra Dye Kathy Lenzen Pete Coughlin Gina Debord Jill Stowe Roni Hertel Dan Prezell Sheila Dalton Carey Marciniak Marivie Alandy Will Roberts Danielle LoMastro Bob Lyman Sara Gunther W. Erhart Road Mundelein, Illinois parish@stmota.org Parish Fax number Pre K 5 School: Frassati Catholic Academy (Grades 6 8) Religious Education Program (REP) Emergency Number Parish Office Hours Monday Friday 8:30AM 4:00PM Sacrament of Penance Baptisms Adult Initiation Marriage Ministry of Care New parishioners Saturdays 4:00 4:40 PM, and by appointment Ordinarily during the Mass on the 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month and after the Mass on the other Sundays, outside of Lent. Parents are required to participate in a Baptismal Preparation class before scheduling a Baptism. Adults who wish to become Roman Catholics are enrolled in a formation process that includes prayer, dialogue, instruction, and introduction to the Church s life and values, rituals and tradition. Call the parish office for more information. St. Mary Parish rejoices with parishioners who are preparing for the Sacrament of Matrimony. The Church requires at least four months time before the marriage for adequate preparation. A parish wedding information packet is available at the parish office. Ministers of Care visit the homes of the sick, homebound, or hospitalized and bring Holy Communion to them. Call the parish office when a pastoral visit is desired. The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is administered by the parish priest upon request. We welcome new members who wish to worship with us and support the parish s work and mission. Please call the parish office to schedule a time to register. A complete listing of parish services and organizations is available at the parish office.