Saint Robert Bellarmine

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1 Saint Robert Bellarmine Parish Mission Statement We are a diverse Catholic community of generations, experiencing the living God and reflecting our faith in action with one another. June 24, 2018 The Nativity of St. John the Baptist Birth of John the Baptist June 24 Sunday Peter s Pence Collection July 1 Sunday Independence Day July 4 Wednesday

2 Page 2 June 24, 2018 Mass Intentions MON. June 25, Weekday 8:30 am Bernie Smith TUES. June 26, Weekday 8:30 am WED. June 27, St. Cyril of Alexandria 8:30 am Louis & Alice Tortorelli, Walter Lisowski Arlene Placek (Good Health) THURS. June 28, St. Irenaeus 8:30 am Joseph Gagliano Jr (Happy 41 st Birthday), Anna Koestner FRI. June 29, Sts. Peter and Paul 8:30 am Joseph Gagliano Jr ( 17 th Anniv) SAT. June 30, Weekday 8:30 am John Rybicki 5:00 pm Margaret Mullane, Tim Toomey, Donna Kehoe, Gertrude & Theodore Nowacki SUN. July 1, Thirteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time 8:00 am Thomas Yankee, Rev. John Rochford, Rev. James Colleran 10:00 am Lucy Galluzzi, Donna Kehoe, Marie Doroba 12:00 pm The People of St. Robert Bellarmine Parish 5:30 pm The People of St. Robert Bellarmine, St. Pascal and Our Lady of Victory Parishes Weekly Collections June 10, 2018 Sunday Offertory $ 9,111 Priest Retirement $ 3,277 Catholic Charities $ 167 Sharing $ 103 The amount for the Sunday Offertory includes the electronic donations received for the week. Please pray for our sick Gina Brettman, Patricia Klenck, Robert Walsh, Margaret Ludden The Nativity of St. John the Baptist John the Baptist is the one who was sent to prepare the way of the Lord, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins so that our hearts could be opened to hear the good news of salvation. John the Baptist is the only saint whose birth we celebrate. This should give us an idea of how important John is in the plan of salvation and help us to focus on his message. John is the last of the prophets, of whom Jesus says no one is greater. John comes in the name of Elijah to announce the coming of salvation. He is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Israel, inaugurating the gospel and proclaiming that the Consolation of Israel is imminent. Isaiah tells us in the first reading that the Lord called him from his birth, making him a light of the nations so that God s salvation may reach to the ends of the earth. While this is normally applied as a prophecy about Jesus the Messiah, it is also a prophecy about John who announces the coming of the light and the coming of salvation. He is chosen from birth as Luke tells us in the gospel. Elizabeth, old and barren, conceives a child after the Archangel Gabriel visits Zechariah in the temple to announce the good news. When the child is born, they name him John, rather than after his father as was the custom, to tell the people that he has a different mission, that he has been set apart by God. Zechariah, who had been struck dumb, now recounts the vision and the promise of the angel and fear came upon all their neighbors and they understood that the hand of the Lord was with him. In the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul reminds the people that the prophecy of the promise of God has come true in the person of John the Baptist, who proclaimed this message of salvation and announced Christ s coming to the world. The importance both of the message and the messenger are the emphasis of this celebration. We are called to hear and believe the message, to repent our sins and convert our hearts so that we can receive the message of salvation. We are also called to imitate the humility of the messenger, who points to Christ rather than himself and says I am not worthy to untie the sandals of his feet.

3 The Nativity of St. John the Baptist Page 3 From the Pastor s Desk In a quirk of the calendar, we will not hear the scriptures from the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time today. We celebrate the Nativity of John the Baptist because this feast falls on a Sunday this year. The importance of this event cannot be overstated. First, John is the only saint whose birth we celebrate as a solemnity. Even Mary s birth is an optional memorial in the church calendar because it is her Immaculate Conception that is the important event in the plan of salvation. Secondly, when June 24 falls on a Sunday, the celebration supersedes the normal Sunday celebration. The Church is telling us to pay attention; something important is happening. John the Baptist is the forerunner of the Messiah, the herald who announces that the salvation of God s people is at hand. He comes to tell us to prepare the way of the Lord, preaching a baptism for the forgiveness of sins. Basically it is a spiritual spring cleaning so that we can receive the Lord into our hearts. The focus of today s celebration is on John s birth. It is about what God is doing. The prophet Isaiah tells us that the Lord called him from his birth; the Lord named him while still in his mother s womb. This is the story of John s conception which immediately precedes today s gospel. While in the temple, Zechariah is visited by the Archangel Gabriel who announces the fulfillment of the prophecy and tells him the child is to be named John. This is a break with tradition as sons were named after their fathers (or, more usually, their grandfathers). The scripture tells us that no one in Zechariah s family is named John. While it may seem like an insignificant detail, it really is of prime importance. God always acts outside the norms of human expectations to tell us something important is going on. Elizabeth is chosen because she is old and barren. Mary is chosen while she is still a virgin. God appears to Moses in a burning bush. All these signs (as well as Jesus miracles) are given to get our attention. Then we are able to hear the message. God is bringing his plan of salvation to fulfillment. The promise made to Israel was that Elijah would return to announce that the Messiah was coming. John was chosen to bring that message to the people. The celebration of his birth is a cause for great joy. Salvation is at hand. The kingdom is about to be made a reality. Wake up! Get ready! Don t miss it! When John is circumcised in the temple and given the name of John, Zechariah s speech is restored and he tells the people the announcement of the angel. All were filled with wonder and knew that God had a special plan for the child. That plan, of course, was to be the herald, the forerunner of the Messiah. Heralds, like angels, are messengers. When God sends a messenger, we are supposed to listen. The message is that the kingdom is at hand. We are called by John to repent, to recognize our need for God s grace so that we can receive Christ into our lives. John is the Voice who announces that the Consolation of Israel is coming. Jesus is Salvation; he gives us the Holy Spirit, the Consoler. We are to hear the message, to repent our sins and believe the Good News. We celebrate the birth of John the Baptist on June 24, the summer solstice, because we celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25, the winter solstice. Just as Jesus is the Light of the world, celebrated symbolically when the sun returns and the days get longer, so, too, do we celebrate the birth of John the Baptist when the days are getting shorter. John tells us that he must decrease and Christ must increase. John points not to himself, but to the one who is to come. He tells us that he is not the Messiah, that he is not worthy to untie his sandals. We are called to imitate the messenger, to act in humility, to realize that all we are and have is a gift from God. St. Paul reminds us in the Acts of the Apostles that it is to the God-fearing that the word of salvation has been sent. So we celebrate today God s plan of salvation and pray for the grace to be more like St. John, to open our hearts to God s will rather than our own. He must increase and we must decrease if we are to enter into his kingdom. The 9th Annual Walter Monco Memorial Day at the Races will he held this afternoon at Arlington Park race track. We gather to remember a dearly beloved member of our parish for over fifty-five years who passed away nine years ago. His family established a scholarship in his name to benefit our school and inaugurated this event to raise money for the scholarship fund. I hope to see some of you there. Have a great week and a wonderful summer. Sincerely, Fr. Neil

4 Page 4 June 24, 2018 In Sympathy Please pray for the repose of the soul of Karen E. Ohlson Elaine Jaski Bernadette Smith and for their families and friends. St. Robert Bellarmine Ministers of Care are dedicated volunteers who serve the hospitalized and homebound of our parish. If you have a family member or neighbor who is homebound and wishes to receive communion from a Minister of Care, A Reminder. Having Hear- Mass? Trouble ing at Our online payment partner is GiveCentral.org, a secure interface for making donations to our parish. You may make both one-time and recurring payments to the church and/or school by credit card (Visa, MC, Discover or American Express) or arrange for an electronic withdrawal from your checking or savings account. The parish bulletin is made possible through the people that take out ads on the inside back cover. Please take a look at the list of advertisers and patronize them whenever When a person with a hearing loss is in a house of worship, they are often a great distance from any given sound source, and in such a challenging listening environment, they can experience difficulty hearing. Assistive listening devices (ALDs) aid the hearing impaired and expand the functionality of hearing aids and cochlear implants by amplifying the sounds in houses of worship. SRB Has A Mobile App! Did you know you can access the weekly bulletin from your phone? Keep up with all the news from around the parish. Our app is also an easy way to see the parish, Children s Faith Formation and school calendars. Make sure you don t miss something important. Just click on copy to my calendar to add that special event to your personal calendar. The SRB App is a great way to stay connected!

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6 Page 6 June 24, 2018 Learning Garden Family Service Day Join Us - Saturday June 30th, 2-5pm Bring the whole Family and help us install garden elements, paint murals on the inside fence sections and games on the asphalt paths. Have some fun with your parish community! As always, Your generosity is greatly appreciated!

7 The Nativity of St. John the Baptist Page 7 The Women s Center Bulletin Announcement for June, 2018 We celebrate Father s Day during June. Many fathers feel a deep loss and sadness due to the abortion of their child. At the Women s Center, we reduce the number of abortions by approximately 1,000 babies saved each year. We are able to do this because of the counseling, spiritual, and material help which you enable us to provide our mothers and fathers. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: substitute and on-call (flexible hours are available); to sort donated items and assist clients in our Family Room; help with mailings and baby bottle projects; bi-lingual who are conversational in Spanish to help in special areas; Friday morning, Cicero Ave. lobby receptionist from 9-12 a.m.; male volunteers to assist with baby furniture donations; receptionist Thursday or Friday morning and occasionally Saturday at our Evergreen Park office. For more info on these volunteer roles, call us at SEEKING DONATIONS: We need 4 infant car seat/carriers, lb. car seats (all less than 7 years old), 2 double strollers, 4 umbrella strollers, 6 high chairs, 3 toddler beds and 4 walkers. We need baby food (in date) and Enfamil formula and women s hygiene products. Also needed are diapers in sizes 5 and 6 only, summer clothes for girls in sizes 2 and 5 and boys summer clothes in sizes 7 and 8. These items cannot be picked up unless accompanied by baby furniture. The families who receive these things are grateful for your generosity. For our address where you can deliver these things or if a pick-up by a volunteer is needed, please call SUMMER ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS: 1) FREE Pro-Life Apologetics Training with Students for Life of America for high school and college students, Friday, July 20th at our Cicero Ave. office. dweber@gotwc.org to register by July 18th. 2) FIRST EVER Pro-Life T-shirt design contest for students Grand prize of $200!! Visit our website for contest rules at August 1st is the deadline for entries. At Fr. Neil s 20th anniversary celebration, a binder with photos and a brief story about how Fr. Neil has impacted St. Robert Bellarmine Parish the life of James Ouper (our business manager). To make this binder complete, all are invited and encouraged to write your own stories to express what Fr. Neil means to you. Write down you memories, expressions or stories and drop them off at the rectory (with or without photos) for James or them to him at jouper@srb-chicago.org. Congratulations to the following parishioners from St. Robert Bellarmine Parish who were on the Resurrection College Prep High School Honor Roll for the Second Semester of the school year. 1st Honors 2nd Honors Madalynn Benavides Leema Kalayi Emily Kadus Katelin Cummens Elizabeth Walsh Grace Farrell

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9 O.T. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 2nd Coll-Peter s Pence O.T. 2nd Coll- Summer Mission 15 15th Sunday in O.T. 10am Children s Liturgy of the Word (C/KH) O.T. 11:30am-3pm SPRED Summer Social (KH) 2nd Coll - Energy Needs O.T pm Baptismal Prep (R) 6:30pm Novena/ Benediction (C) Day Holiday Rectory Office Closed 5 7pm Common Threads (MR) pm Benediction (C) pm - 8 pm Theology on Tap (G/LR) St. Robert Bellarmine Parish July nd Coll - Summer Mission 21 2nd Coll - Energy Needs Sunday, August 26,2018 The Nativity of St. John the Baptist Page th Sunday in 8 14th Sunday in 22 16th Sunday in 29 17th Sunday in Independence 7pm PA Board Mtg (KH) Parish Picnic -

10 Page 10 June 24, 2018 PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY GySgt Timothy R. Hogan (Marines) CPT Patrick J. Collins (Army) Raymond Weernink (Navy) Sgt Scott Pekar (Marines) CPT Dan Allen (Army) LCpl Kurt Williams (Marines) SGT Joseph Konieczny (Army) Mike Janson (Navy) 1LT Brian G. Lutz (Army) Bernard Brennan (Marines) Sgt. Benjamin Juhasz (Marines) Sarah Faye Tierra (Navy) Sgt Joseph VonMoser (Marines) Luke Bulanda (Navy) Capt Kevin P. O Grady (Air Force) Major Daniel C. Ouper (Air Force) PO1 John J. Schmidt III (Navy) Capt Albert Eiffes (Air Force) Joseph A. Casey (Navy) EM3 Abraham Ubi (Navy) PVT Michael Barry (Army) SPC David A. Torres (Army) E2 Anthony V. Tierra (Navy) A1C Logan Lopez (Air Force) Brandon Lee Logan (Marines) Private 2 Tyler A. Woelke (Army) Private Raymond M. Brennan III (Army) It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to demonstrate. Fr. Denis O Brien, United States Marine Corps Weekly Schedule Monday, June 25 7 pm Baptismal Prep Class (R) Tuesday, June 26 Wednesday, June 27 Thursday, June 28 Friday, June 29 Saturday, June 30 9:30 am 3 pm Boy Scouts Car Wash (PL) 2 pm 5 pm SRB Learning Garden Family Day of Service 2nd Collection Peter s Pence Sunday, July 1 2nd Collection Peter s Pence Daily Scripture Readings Monday 2 Kgs 17: 5-8, 13-15a, 18 / Mt 7:1-5 Tuesday 2 Kgs 19-9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36 / Mt 7:6, Wednesday 2 Kgs 22:8-13, 23:1-3 / Mt 7:15-20 Thursday 2 Kgs 24:8-17 / Mt 7:21-29 Friday Acts 12:1-11 / 2 Tm 4:6-8, / Mt 16:13-19 Saturday Lam 2:2, 10-14, / Mt 8:5-17 Sunday Wis 1:13-15, 2:23-24 / 2 Cor 8:7, 9, / Mt 5:21-43 June 30 / July 1, 2018 Mass Presider Servers Lectors Auxiliary Ministers 5:00 PM 8:00 AM 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 5:30 PM Fr. Neil Fackler Fr. Dennis Woerter Fr. Neil Fackler Fr. Neil Fackler Fr. Neil Fackler K. Brislane, T. Farrell, S. Grant J. Bell, A. Begovic, T. Hansen J. Bendig, S. White, T. White R. Balubar, D. Durcan, L. Nigro J. Sarau-Young, A. Augello, R. Sarau-Young P. Zyburt J. Jakobsze, P Mullane, J. Rejczyk C. Bell C. Bell, B. Davis, Deacon Bill E. Day O. Cave, E. Day, N. Kriescher K. Nigro D. Ahearn, M. Blake, G. Ignarski L. Baylian J. Ryan

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12 Saint Robert Bellarmine Church Saint Robert Bellarmine Church Parish Rectory & Office 4646 North Austin Avenue Chicago, Illinois Tel Parish Office & Rectory Fax North Austin Avenue Website: Chicago, Illinois Tel SRB Mobile App: Fax Website: Contact Deacon Bill Frere Rev. Neil Rev. E. Fackler, Neil E. Pastor Fackler, Pastor Rev. Scott Donahue, Resident Rev. Scott Donahue, Resident Tony Delgado, Deacon Bill Frere, Deacon Kathy Goetz, Business Manager James Ouper, Business Operations Manager Barbara Donnelly, Adm. Assist/Office Mgr Barbara Donnelly, Parish Secretary Dr. Christina Zaker, Adult Education Deacon Bill Frere, Pastoral Associate Beth Farias, Youth Minister Maria Siap, Youth Minister Religious Education Office Fr. Neil Fackler, 6036 West Pastor Eastwood Avenue Tel Faith Formation Debi Office DeMario, Director 6036 West Eastwood Avenue Tel St. Robert Bellarmine School Mary Ellen 6036 Casselman, West Eastwood Director Avenue Tel St. Robert Bellarmine Carrie Mijal, School Principal 6036 West Eastwood Avenue Tel Chris Wilson, Secretary Carrie Mijal, Principal Office of Music Director Chris Wilson, 6036 Secretary West Eastwood Avenue Tel Office of Dennis Music Director Costanzo, Music Director 6036 West Eastwood Avenue Tel Bulletin Deadline: Dennis Thursday Costanzo, 12 Music Noon Director 10 days in advance Submit articles via Bulletin Deadline: Thursday in person 12 at Noon the rectory 10 days or in fax advance Submit Pulpit articles Announcement via Deadline Friday by 7:30 the rectory. in person at the rectory or fax Mass Schedule Mass Schedule Weekdays - Monday - Friday at 8:30 a.m. Weekdays - Monday - Friday at 8:30 a.m. Weekends - Saturday Morning at 8:30 a.m. Weekends - Saturday Morning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday Evening at 5:00, Saturday Evening at 5:00, Sundays Sundays at 8:00 at a.m., 8:00 10:00a.m., a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12:00 12:00 and and 5:30 5:30 Holy Holy Days Days - 8:30 - a.m. 8:30 and a.m. 7:00 and 7:00 Rectory Office Hours Monday through Rectory Thursday Office - 8:30 Hours a.m. to 7:30 Friday Monday - 8:30 - Friday a.m. to - 58:30 a.m. to 7:30 (Closed (Closed from from 12:00 12:00 to to 1:00 1:00 for for lunch) lunch) Saturday Saturday - - 8:30 8:30 a.m. a.m. to to 2:30 2:30 Sunday - 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 Sunday - 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 Weddings Weddings Arrangements to be made to be made with a with priest a priest at least six at months least six in months advance. in advance. Please Please contact contact the the rectory rectory for for date date and and time time availability before before making making other other arrangements. Baptisms Baptisms Celebrated Celebrated the second the second and fourth and fourth Sunday Sunday at 1:15 at 1:15 Parents Parents need need to register to register at the at the rectory rectory office. office. Baptismal preparation class for for first first time time Parents Parents and Godparents and Godparents is offered is offered on the on last the Monday last Monday of the of month the month at 7:00 at 7:00 in the in the rectory. rectory. Please note: there are no baptisms scheduled Please note: there during are the no season baptisms of Lent. scheduled during the season of Lent. Confessions/Reconciliations Saturdays Saturdays 4:00 4:00-4:45 - or 4:45 by appointment. or by appointment. Anointing of the Sick 1st Saturday Anointing of the month of after the the Sick 8:30 a.m. mass. Eucharistic 1st Saturday Adoration of the month & Benediction after the 8:30 a.m. mass. Third Wednesday of every month. Adoration Eucharistic begins Adoration after 8:30 a.m. & mass. Benediction Third Wednesday of every month. Benediction at 5 Adoration begins after 8:30 a.m. mass. Please sign up at the rectory office. Benediction at 5 Novena Please sign up at the rectory office. Mother of Perpetual Help Novena is offered on the First Tuesday of the month Novena at 6:30 in the church, followed Mother by of Benediction. Perpetual Help Novena is offered on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 in the church. Recitation of the Rosary Monday through Recitation Saturday of at the 8:00 Rosary a.m. Pulpit Announcement Monday through Deadline Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Friday by 12 Noon in the rectory.