Queen of All Saints Basilica Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time June 17th, 2012

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1 Queen of All Saints Basilica Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time June 17th, 2012 St. Joseph Loving Guardian, Guide All Fathers N. Sauganash Avenue Chicago, Illinois Phone: Fax:

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3 Parish News The QAS Men s Club and Alderman Margaret Laurino present: Ravinia Night on the Basilica Lawn Featuring the music of The Wren & The Whistler Sunday, June 24 7:30 p.m. Bring your blankets, your coolers and the whole family for a casual Summer evening of music in the shadow of the Basilica. All are welcome! The Wren & The Whistler (Jason McInnes & Judy Higgins, of Chicago) features the unusual pairing of fiddle and harmonica to illuminate original and traditional folk tunes from North America and around the world. Youth Ministry News QAS Youth Ministry wants to thank everyone who came out to our Teen Mass last Sunday! We had over 20 teens for the mass and 10 more came out for the open gym. Also, a big thanks goes out to Monsignor Pollard and Fr. Simon who presided over our first 2 teen Masses. Please check out our FACEBOOK page for more info on events this summer. If you have any questions, please contact Daniel Chun at dchun@qasparish.org or at the Religion Education office at (773) our FACEBOOK page Queen of All Saints Basilica Youth Ministry Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time June 17,

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5 Parish News Religious Education News We are now undertaking ongoing registration for the fall classes. Anyone needing registration forms may call the RE Office ( ) during regular office hours. You will find us on the second floor of the Benedict Center Monday through Thursday from 10 AM until 3PM. Our summer hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10AM 3PM. If you are a new student please bring in all sacrament records at the time of registration and medical information with you. Transfer students will be asked to produce transcripts from their previous parish. Help Needed We are most grateful to all our volunteers particularly our catechists who gave of their time to share their most treasured gifts, that is their faith. We are always looking for special people to join our faculty. So if you are interested or know of someone who would like to be part of our team of catechists, please call Aline ( ) for more information. There is a need for both our Sunday morning classes in Grades K, 1 st, 3 rd, 7 th and 8 th, as well as our Tuesday afternoon classes for Grades 5 and 7. If you would like to help in some other capacity, (ex. office help, attendance clerk), give us a call. We will find the perfect spot for you. Vacation Bible School News Vacation Bible School is this week. We are using as our theme St Mary s Press Adventures on Promise Island. Campers will be exploring how God keeps promises in both the Old and New Testament stories of God s fidelity to His people. Each day s theme is: Day 1 Fire Safety Day Day 2 Water Day Day 3 Olympic Day Day 4 Obstacle Course Day Day 5 Promise Island Musical Review Happy Father s Day We extend prayers and good wishes to all the fathers, grandfathers, fathers-to-be, and godfathers. We wish to particularly honor Rico Ramos, and Gary Vandenbroucke who share their faith with our students in Religious Education. May God who is father of us all continue to pour blessings on all of you. Queen of All Saints Basilica will once again be hosting Theology on Tap!!! This year, sessions will take place on Wednesday nights at 7:30pm in the Benedict Center. The first group conversations will takes place July 11th with Dr. Katie DeVries, the Associate Director of the Young Adult Ministry Office for the Archdiocese of Chicago. Dr. DeVries will be discussing the Eucharist. We are thrilled to have Dr. Terry Nelson-Johnson end our four weeks of Theology on Tap on August 1st. For more information, please contact Daniel Chun at dchun@qasparish.org or at the Religious Education office. Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time June 17,

6 Volunteer at The Food Pantry this Summer!!! Come help out at the Albany Park Community Center Food Pantry at any of the following times: Bagging Groceries on specific Thursdays 5:00pm to 6:00pm June 28th, July 5th, July 19th, August 2nd, August 16th, August 30th Bagging Groceries & Unload Delivery Truck on specific Thursdays 9:00am to 11:30am June 21st, July 12th, July 26th, August 9th, August 23rd We are also open every Friday from 9:00am to 12:00 noon to distribute the food. All ages are welcomed to come help but children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. (Kids, get a head start on your service hours!) The Albany Park Community Center is located at 5101 N Kimball one block south of Foster. Call Peggy Molina at or skbr3@aol.com for more information. Parish News Peter s Pence Collection Next Sunday June 24th The Peter s Pence Collection is taken up worldwide in an effort of solidarity to support the most disadvantaged: victims of war, oppression, natural disaster and others in need of emergency assistance. Pope Benedict XVI has said God s love...gives us the courage to continue seeking and working for the benefit of all (Caritas in Vertate, no. 78). Cast the love of Christ upon the world - please be generous in next week s collection. Since 1984, Chicagoland s very own Women s Center has reduced the number of abortions by approximately 1,000 per year through counseling, spiritual, and marital help wihich enable us to provide for mother and fathers. We are currently in need of English/Spanish volunteers to assist clients in our resource center and diapers size newborns to 6 are desperately needed. Please call with any questions and/or to help in any of our projects! 5116 N. Cicero Ave Chicago, IL Queen of All Saints Basilica Chicago, IL

7 Parish News St. Thomas Moore Patron of Lawyers, Politicians, and Statesmen ~Pray for Us~ Wedding Banns Pavlos W. Arsenis Son of Spiro Arsenis & Margaret Kaminska Adrien Matthew Dujour Son of J. Reginald & Bernadette Potaczek Dujour Anthony Michael Ernst Song of John & Amanda Genens Ernst Finnegan Patrick Moran Son of Sean & Kathleen McSherry Moran Abigail Meili Tan Daughter of Eric & Lanette Aguilar Tan Joseph Ramiro Terronez Son of Andres & Sarah Trevino Andres June 23, 2012 Stephanie Nakanishi & Mark Cagadas Gretchen Proesel & Ryan Roth June 30, 2012 Megan Bach & Bret Clayton Ashley Brenke & Gary Walcott Baptized into the Faith Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time June 17,

8 Basilica Façade Rising up on either side of the portal on an intermediate plane, two octagonal stone buttresses rise up some sixty feet high, like sentinels beside the doorway. Actually, they are buttresses in the true sense of the word for they enclose the interior stairways to the choir and help to support the great weight of the gallery and its furnishings. Each one of the towers is trimmed with smooth, finished, paneled limestone caps, carved in bas-relief with typical cyma curves; and at the front and side, just below the capital, the solidity of the wall is relieved by carved niches, crowned with open tracery, which will eventually hold slender statuary, elevated on pedestals. (See right) Set in between the buttresses, slightly recessed behind the portal, shadowed under the concave vaulting of the facade is a multi-lancet window, carved out of and enclosed within a large, gray, limestone frame. Intricate, delicate, open, stone tracery adorns the upper part of each lancet and entwines around an elaborate quatrefoil directly under the ogival arch. If you step back or to one side, so that the portal does not obstruct your view, you will be better able to see the graceful, curving mullions, carved out of stone. (See below) In the center of the window, one a pedestal provided for her, stands the Patroness of the Basilica, the Queen of All Saints, a fine piece of sculpture. Wearing a royal crown, she has no sceptre in her hand, like the image in the shrine before the rectory; she does not even have her hands folded, like many of the images in the great window of the façade. Here, she has both her hands extended downward, in a gesture of welcome to all her children who come to visit her shrine. Not left unattended, the Queen is reverenced by two heroic figures of angels, one on either side of the window frame, at that point where the arch springs up to the peak. Their hands folded before them, their wings folded behind them, they represent the Angels of the Annunciations and of the Nativity. 8 Queen of All Saints Basilica Chicago, IL

9 Paul Valued the Ministry of Women By Catherine Upchurch Director Little Rock Scripture Study Celebrating Paul - 8th in a series from Little Rock Scripture Study. The Little Rock Scripture Study groups, lead by Deacon Mike Monnelly, are currently studying the Letters of Paul. Would you be surprised to discover that Paul worked closely with women throughout his ministry as an apostle of Jesus Christ? If so, you re not alone. Many Christians are most familiar with a few passages in Paul s letters that seem to denigrate women, keeping them in their place, and even silencing them. Perhaps we need to give these passages a fresh hearing, with special attention given to the original context. In Paul s first letter to Corinth, he writes about the worshipping assembly, emphasizing the appropriate attitudes and roles. In one particular passage he speaks of the need for women to cover their heads so as not to bring shame when praying or prophesying (1 Corinthians 11:3-16). He further speaks about males being the image and glory of God, while women are the glory of men. What could this have meant? Modern readers must first remember that for several centuries the Church gathered in homes to pray and celebrate the Lord s Supper. In public settings of the day, women were required to cover their hair, but in their own homes this may not have been necessary. When the home is used for a public gathering, existing social norms and etiquette would have to be reexamined. Perhaps in Corinth, there was confusion in this mix of public and personal space. Secondly, Paul s advice regarding headdress occurs in the middle of an explanation of the commonly accepted design of creation. God is the head of creation, with Jesus next in line, and then men, and finally women. While we might find this description of order disorienting or insulting, it would be unfair to expect 21st-century ideals to appear in a first-century text. Nevertheless, even the modern reader will find a surprising note of equality in verse 11: Woman is not independent of man or man of woman in the Lord. The tone of the entire passage is to remind both men and women that they are subservient to the God of all creation, and that their glory is found in the way they submit to the lordship of Jesus. Furthermore, the passage in chapter 11 assumes that women are praying and prophesying. Here Paul does not limit what women can or cannot do in worship. Later in that same letter (1 Corinthians 14:34-36), however, we read women are to keep silent in the churches for they are not allowed to speak... if they want to learn anything, they should ask their husbands at home. Here we come face to face with two realities: ancient cultural expectations about married women and women in general (history and anthropology demonstrate that women had limited status), as well as the particular circumstances Paul might have been responding to in Corinth. Ancient Corinth was an economically vibrant city that served as a land and sea route connecting Europe to Asia. Its multicultural population could dip from the well of a number of religious influences; there are remains of temples to Aphrodite, Athena and Apollo to name a few, as well as evidence of an active Jewish population. In addition, various philosophical systems would have been attractive. In such an environment, Paul was concerned that Christians remain united and strong in their faith. Whatever situation he might have heard of from leaders there caused him enough concern to respond. Some biblical scholars point out that the first two verses could be read as the complaint given in the words of local leaders who condemn the input of women. If so, verse 36 would be Paul s response: Did the word of God go forth from you [men]? Or has it come to you alone? Since we know from this same letter that women were free to prophesy in church, it would not make sense for Paul to command their silence. The implication is that Paul could be stretching the believers to think beyond their own conventional wisdom. Paul did not develop a full theology about women. Instead his words are a product of his pastoral care for various communities. When writing the church in Galatia about baptism, he emphasized that in Christ, distinctions between people are no longer significant: neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female (Galatians 3:27-28). Most importantly, perhaps, for all that Paul s words might do to maintain gender restrictions, his actions demonstrated a collegiality with women. Phoebe, the deacon at Cenchreae (Romans 16:1), leaders of house churches such as Prisca and Aquila in Rome (Romans 16:3; Acts 18:2; 1 Corinthians 16:19), Nympha (Colossians 4:15), Lydia (Acts 16:11-15) -- these women were co-workers, whose leadership and experiences no doubt helped to shape the early Church and the great apostle Paul. This article was originally published in Arkansas Catholic. Copyright Diocese of Little Rock. All rights reserved. This article may be copied or redistributed with acknowledgement and permission of the publisher. Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time June 17,

10 Mass Intentions Sunday, June 17th (Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time) - All Sunday Masses will be offered for the People of Queen of All Saints and the Benefactors of our Endowments for the School and the Parish. Monday, June 18th - School Endowment Fund Benefactors, QAS Homebound, QAS Ministry of Praise, Paul Beha, Aduarte P. Rimando, George B. Stegmaier, Edmund A. Jung, William & Pearl Cheop, In Honor of Our Blessed Mother - Sara & Ben Testa, John McCormick, Robert Edelmann, Patrick Hardy, Elmer Tadel, Dave Referiza, Simon Pahati, Joan Planek, Clement C. Stegmaier Family Readings: 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Mt 5:38-42 Tuesday, June 19th (St. Romuald) - Deceased Members of QAS Widowed Groups, Ruth G. Stegmaier, Gino Prestigiacomo, Lalita Nebril, Gladys Del Gado, Dr. Clifford H. Miller, Brett Noe Readings: 1 Kgs 21:17-29; Mt: 5:43-48 Wednesday, June 20th - Basilica Fund Members, Natalia Korniyenko, Eileen B. Stegmaier, Salvy Monastero, Josephine & Daniel Amico, Joan Planek, Fred Stummer, Oscar Stone, John Divane Readings: 2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14; Mt 6:1-6, Thursday, June 21st (St. Aloysius) -Over 50 Club Members, John T. Kelly, Lenora Nigliazzo, Vito De Carlo, Cecilia Vinzons, Agata Garcia, Hector Garcia, Ted Prugar Readings: Sir 48: 1-14; Mt 6:7-15 Friday, June 22nd (St. Thomas Moore) Helen & Jerry Martin, Jan Michael Madamba, Luz Pahati, Pedro Del Gado, Jim Asnis, Berardo Lerit, Rudy Isuga, Manuel Ong, Junver Isuga Readings: 2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20; Mt 6:19-23 Saturday, June 23rd - Dorothy & Donna Dereng, John & Maria Ramirez - 10th Wedding Anniv., Flora P. Rimando, Joesph Czyzewski Readings: 2 Chr 24:17-25; Mt 6:24-34 We Pray for our Recently Deceased Thomas Chelampath 10 Queen of All Saints Basilica Chicago, IL

11 Queen of All Saints Basilica Information 6280 N. Sauganash Avenue Chicago, Illinois (773) Pastoral Staff Pastor..Rev. Msgr. John E. Pollard Pastor Emeritus Rev. Msgr. Wayne F. Prist Associate Pastor..Rev. Simon Braganza Associate Pastor....Rev. Thomas J. Campana Resident.Rev. Edward D. Grace Resident....Rev. Richard Conyers, CSC Deacon..Rev. Mr. Michael Monnelly Pastoral Associate...Sr. Ann Kathleen McDonnell, BVM Director of Religious Education..Mrs. Aline Reynolds Youth Minister.. Daniel Chun Director of Music......Dr. Kenneth Sotak Assistant Director of Music...Paul Scavone Rectory Hours Monday-Friday...8:30 am-4:00 pm Telephone Numbers Rectory School/Preschool Parish FAX Religious Education Office Accounting Office Business Manager...Gerald Farrell Accounting Assistant...Kate Dombrowski Rectory Office Staff Parish Secretary...Pam Hautzinger Parish Secretary...Michael Jolls Parish Secretary....Jan Praznowski Building and Grounds Ralph Meschewski, Bobby Brooks, Victor Miranda, Mike Farina Queen of All Saints School Early Childhood through Grade 8 Principal.. Ms. Stephanie M. DiPrima Administrative Assistant...Mrs. Segreti School Secretary.... Mrs. Santicola Visit Our Website Queen of All Saints Basilica... Queen of All Saints School... Sunday Masses Saturday Vigil.. 5:00 pm Sunday....6:45, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 am, 12:30 pm Daily Mass and Rosary Monday-Friday.... 6:30, 7:30, 8:45 am Saturday.....8:00 am Rosary......Daily after the 8:45 am Mass Devotions and Holy Day Masses Perpetual Novena...Monday, 7:00 pm Benediction..First & Third Mondays at 7:30 pm Please consult the parish bulletin or website for the holy day Mass schedule. The Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday...8:30-9:15 am To Register in the Parish Please contact the Rectory Office The Sacrament of Baptism Queen of All Saints rejoices in the incorporation of new members into the Body of Christ. The Sacrament of Baptism for infants is celebrated on the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Sunday of each month at 1:30 PM. Please come into the rectory to schedule the baptism for your child. Prior to the baptism, the parents are invited to attend a baptismal preparation session. If an adult or a school age child seeks baptism, special arrangements should be made with one of the priests. The Sacrament of Matrimony Queen of All Saints helps couples prepare not only for their wedding day, but the lifelong commitment of living a Christian marriage. Parishioners of Queen of All Saints Basilica who are baptized and free to marry in the Catholic Church may celebrate their marriage in Queen of All Saints Basilica. Couples from Queen of All Saints seeking marriage in Queen of All Saints Basilica should contact one of the parish priests at least six months prior to their intended date of marriage. The couple must meet with one of the priests before the date for the marriage can be confirmed. Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick If a member of your family would like to receive the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, please contact the Rectory. Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time June 17,

12 Celebrant Schedule Sunday, June 24th 5:00pm - Fr. Rich Conyers 6:45am - Fr. Simon Braganza 8:00am - Fr. Thomas Campana 9:30am - Fr. Edward Grace 11:00am - Msgr. Wayne Prist 12:30pm - Msgr. John Pollard Parish News Parish Financials for June 3rd, 2012 Actual to Prior Year Actual to Budget YTD Week $30,181 $1,305,870 Last Year $31,189 $1,306,956 Difference ($1,008) ($1,086) YTD Week $30,181 $1,305,870 Weekly Budget $28,000 $1,344,000 Difference $2,181 ($38,130) Today s Readings First Reading I have lifted high the lowly tree (Ezekiel 17:22-24). Psalm Lord, it is good to give thanks to you (Psalm 92). Second Reading Whether we are at home or away, we aspire to please the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:6-10). Gospel It is the smallest of all seeds, and becomes the largest of plants (Mark 4:26-34). Considered Electronic Donations? 12 Queen of All Saints Basilica Chicago, IL