All are welcome. Handicapped parking is located in front of church. Personal hearing devices are available from the ushers/greeters.

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1 PARISH STAFF REV. ROBERT CLARK Pastor REV. EDGAR RODRIGUEZ Associate Pastor REV. KENNETH BAKER Associate Pastor REV. RON ANGLIM Weekend Associate REV. MR. JESÚS & SILVIA CASAS Deacon Couple REV. MR. STUART & MARLENE HEYES Deacon Couple PASTORAL STAFF Fr. Ken Baker/Paulette Bolton Worship (708) Laura Langseth Brasky Music Ministry (708) Deacon Jesús Casas Hispanic Ministry (708) Amanda Birth Youth Ministry (708) Mary Beth Ford Social Concerns (708) Deacon Stuart Heyes Ministry of Care (708) Debbie Lestarczyk Business Manager (708) Christopher Wagner Technology (708) St. Cletus Canticle 600 W. 55th Street - La Grange, IL (708) Rectory (708) Español (708) School SCHOOL STAFF Jolene Hillgoth President Margaret Hayes Principal Mary Lee Krieger Administrative Assistant Jeannie Scalzitti Receptionist/Office Assistant (708) RELIGIOUS EDUCATION STAFF Paulette Bolton Director of Parish Catechesis/Formation (708) RECTORY STAFF Patricia Drobny Bulletin Editor/Office Assistant Bobbie Kallal Human Resources/Records Mary Zwolinski Parish Accounting (708) All are welcome. Handicapped parking is located in front of church. Personal hearing devices are available from the ushers/greeters. Children s Chapel available for the young and the restless in the rear of the church.

2 Page Two Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 20, 2014 Mass Intentions for the Week of July 21 July 27, 2014 Day Presider Time Intentions Subject to change Monday Fr. Anglm 8:00 a.m. Jozef & James Slowik Tuesday Fr. Baker 8:00 a.m. Purgatorial Society Wednesday Fr. Baker 8:00 a.m. Angelo Cumbo, Stacy Ann Baker Thursday Fr. Rodriguez 8:00 a.m. John Keating Friday Fr. Rodriguez 8:00 a.m. Rev. Robert Shannon, Leyla Zavislak Barry, Fred Rieble Saturday Sunday Fr. Anglim Fr. Baker Fr. Rodriguez Fr. Baker Fr. Rodriguez Fr. Anglim Fr. Juan Carlos 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Purgatorial Society Chester Wojcik, Michael Liszeo, Georgia Popp, Gloria Panek, Florence Siemieniec, Benjamin Patrick Hyink, McAndrew Family Purgatorial Society Purgatorial Society Otto Hammer, Roseann Lodato Dale Fisher, Mary Clare O Connell, Joseph Naponiello, Robert Murray, Sr. Souls in Purgatory Please remember our sick in your prayers: Bruce Byrne, Ed Barnicle, Grace Dominick, Glen Peters, Emily Ann Dziedzic, Collette Grisko-Dote, David Harrington, Dave McCoy, LaVerne Gill, Richard Rottinger, Ed Vokurka, Sr., Fernando Cabral, Joyce Arnold, Jackie Schickel, Jacquelyn Fuchs, Sue Engstrom, Ray Salstedt, Loretta Johncola, Catherine Mlot, Denise Rowalka, Marty Weber, Barbara Kotus, Hector Gonzalez, Donna Cameron, Anna Mae McCormick, Sharon Mylan, Mary Jamrozik, Margaret Bauer Fountain, Shellye Bolton, Emily Devine, Gerda Dorso, Judy Duque, Mark Bergnach, Joan Curtin, Phil Hodak, John Duda, George Duda, Steven Onusaitis, Lorraine Walter, Loretta Harwood, Marilyn Matesevac, Joe Butkus, Elizabeth Dougherty, Barbara Stamm, Teddy Kowalski, and Frances Klimcke. Also pray for our parishioners who are in nursing homes or are homebound unable to attend Mass. SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Lawrence of Brindisi St. Mary Magdalene St. Bridget St. Sharbel Makhlūf St. James Ss. Joachim and Anne READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Mi 6:1-4, 6-8; Ps 50:5-6, 8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Mt 12:38-42 Tuesday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 85:2-8; Jn 20:1-2, Wednesday: Jer 1:1, 4-10; Ps 71:1-4a, 5-6ab, 15, 17; Mt 13:1-9 Thursday: Jer 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13; Friday: Ps 26:6-7ab, 8-11; Mt 13: Cor 4:7-15; Ps 126:1bc-6; Mt 20:20-28 Saturday: Jer 7:1-11; Ps 84:3-6a, 8a, 11; Mt 13:24-30 Sunday: 1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12; Ps 119:57, 72, 76-77, ; Rom 8:28-30; Mt 13:44-52 [44-46] Please remember our deceased and their families in your prayers Kathleen Sisul, mother of Allison & Justin Sisul May the Lord grant her eternal rest. Amen.

3 July 20, 2014 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page Three NOTES FROM FATHER BOB SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2014 I don t feel that you have understood me. These words capture the difficulty we have in communicating to one another. It can be very hard at times to express our true feelings and experience to another person, sometimes even to ourselves. James and Mary had been experiencing difficulties in their marriage. They did not seem to understand one another any more. Little irritations had begun to become major stumbling blocks in their relationship. Jane and her daughter were no longer able to talk to one another. They just didn t seem to understand each other any more. Maybe a long heart-to-heart talk would sort it out. At times like this, people turn to a counselor or seek advice from someone experienced in communication. If communicating with one another can be difficult, how easy is it to communicate with God? John says his prayers but sometimes he feels that they are only words and do not seem to express his deepest self. St. Paul is aware of the difficulty of prayer and the struggle of putting into words the deepest desires of the heart. However, this is not a cause of despair for him; rather it is an opportunity to trust in God. The Spirit comes to help us in our weakness. Even when we think our prayer is inadequate and the words are not properly expressed, God knows what we want and grace perfects our human attempts. When the words are right, we gain insight into our need; perhaps this is more for our benefit than God s. Growth in the spiritual life is like learning a new language. Prayer changes with age and maturity. As children, we learned prayers like the Our Father and Hail Mary. These words can become the starting point for a lifetime of reflection. The words of the Our Father sum up all the petitions of prayer. When we pray Our Father, we begin by recognizing that we are one human family, brothers and sisters in Christ who can address a common Father. Yet we each have a different experience associated with the word father. Different meanings follow. Hopefully many have experienced a loving relationship with their father. Some have not been so fortunate and a few perhaps experienced violence or neglect from a father-figure. The scriptures remind us that each person s understanding of father is very limited. God the Father in the scriptures is revealed as one who is like a shepherd who seeks out the lost sheep, even if it is only one out of a hundred. The father is like an elderly man who runs out to welcome home his son who had left home and went off to see the world, fell upon hard times, spent all his money and returned home penniless. There is no word of recrimination, I knew this would happen to you, you should have listened to me, but rather his words announce that there will be a party. Sometimes it is difficult to articulate our deepest needs and the needs of others. God asks only that we do our best and recognize our dependence. Begin by praying in whatever way you want, God understands. Honesty is important. We might be afraid to tell God that we are angry or hurt. Only when we do this are we honest in prayer. By naming these feelings before God, we grow in the ability to pray. God desires that each person will find his or her way back to the Father. God is waiting to embrace each person. It is never too late to repent. Jesus promised everlasting life to the repentant thief who asked for mercy; Today you will be with me in paradise. This promise is there for each person. Jesus warns against the premature judgment of others and advises that judgment should be left to God. This scene does not sit easily in contemporary society. While it may be necessary to send some people to prison as a result of crime, the gospel is a reminder that one of the aims of the criminal justice system is rehabilitation by repentance and conversion. Christians are reminded of this fact in the words of the Our Father : forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. This is difficult; we pray for the capacity to do so. Extraordinary Blessings during Ordinary Time, Father Bob Pastor

4 Page Four Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 20, 2014 St. Cletus Parish Welcomes Fabián Morelos, Jr., son of Fabían Morelos & María Abrego Isaac Alexander Murillo Rico, son of Isidro Murillo & Diana Rico Yamileth Murillo, daughter of Isidro Murillo & Diana Rico to the Catholic Faith through the Sacrament of Baptism. DO Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. -Theodore Roosevelt WORD OF LIFE We are confident that we serve a God of life, of hope and mercy. We know that all human life is a gift from God, a gift that God charges us to protect. To be worthy of being called his disciples, Jesus urges us to love others as he has loved us (Jn 13:34-35). Our response then, to a culture in which hostility towards others is commonplace, in which killing is often considered a legitimate solution to social problems, is to both live and proclaim a gospel of life, hope and mercy. Life Matters: A catholic Response to the Death Penalty 2013Respect Life Program TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Charlemagne, crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day, 800, had a major interest in shaping the worship life of the church, and began a long period of reform and regulation. We owe many confirmation policies and practices to his rule. A baptized person was required to be confirmed as soon as the bishop s presence made it possible. Priests were expected to do their best in seeing to it that a newly-baptized child received the Eucharist. One twelfth-century ritual insists that if the child is not yet capable of eating or drinking, then the priest might give him or her some of the Precious Blood on a leaf or a finger. Despite the best efforts of the Empire to hold liturgical life together, the rules were not always lived out with great beauty. St. Richard of Chichester of thirteenth-century England, for example, was canonized for his holy life as a bishop. One of the remarkable signs of his sanctity was his willingness to climb down from his horse to confirm merely baptized layfolk who crossed his path! This praiseworthy practice points a finger of blame at less zealous bishops, whose casual attitudes revealed a sacrament in need of rescue. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.

5 July 20, 2014 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page Five ST. CLETUS PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL (PPC) NOMINATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP Over the past several weeks I have discussed and explained the new structure for our Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) which will become functional this fall. The next couple of weeks I would like parishioners to spend some time in prayer and reflection on possible nominations to the new council. The requirements for being nominated to run for the new parish council and the make-up the council are as follows: Any registered member of the Parish who is (16) years or older, will be eligible to serve on the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) Six (6) voting members will be elected by the parish at large Three (3) voting members will be appointed from the parish by the elected members The Pastor, the Associate Pastor(s), the School President or the School Principal, and the Director of Religious Education will serve as (Non-voting members) A representative of the Parish Pastoral Staff will serve as a (Non-voting member) A representative of the Parish Finance Committee will serve as a (Non-voting member) NOMINATIONS If you would like to run for the new council or know someone else you would like to nominate after you have received their approval, please complete the nomination form below and return it by Sunday July 27, 2014, either at the rectory or in the Sunday collection basket. You may also nominate yourself or someone else on-line by going to the parish web site at ppc.stcletusparish.com and clicking on the PPC link PPC NOMINATION FORM NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE NUMBER: ADDRESS: Please include a brief, one-or-two paragraph Bio of your or their skills and talents, plus involvement in parish life.

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8 Page Eight Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 20, 2014 FOOD PANTRY UPDATE We are continuing to experience locally what pantries across the country are finding a rise in the number of new faces of people, who find they need our services. Your donations, along with those from various area churches and organizations, are what keep us going. Thank you for your continuing generosity! It s not necessary to bring every item we need each week (although we will graciously and gratefully accept them!), but if everyone could just bring one or two items, it would help us greatly. Our shelves are very low after our July 10 distribution. Most needed items at this time: tuna, jelly, crackers, snacks, baking mixes, pancake mix, syrup, salad dressings, condiments, boxed potatoes and canned meals. Please mark your calendar for our Share the Wealth distribution of fresh garden produce, which will take place at our August 14 monthly food distribution. Donations need to be dropped off in Morrissey Hall Lobby in the school on that day, between 4:45-5:45 p.m. It is important to remember that we can accept such donations only at this time, because of our storage and distribution limitations. Be sure to read this week s Canticle insert about Jack Dahill s Eagle Project, which details needed school supplies for our August 14 distribution. If you have any questions, please contact me at (708) , or at mford@stcletusparish.com. Thank you for your generous spirit as you grocery shop! Mary Beth Ford Director of Social Concerns FREE RESUME REVIEW Interfaith Career Network invites you to join on Saturday, August 2, from 9:00-11:00 a.m. Come in for a helpful 20 minute one-on-one conversation with a HR, or other search related professional for some ideas and suggestions that may enhance or refresh your resume. Looking for some helpful job search strategies? Need some coaching with your elevator speech? This is a terrific opportunity. We hope to see you at St. Cletus Education Building (Room 201), 700 West 55 th Street in La Grange. Please use the flagpole entrance and look for the ICN sign outside. Interfaith Career Network (ICN) offers job support through various programs throughout the month. For further information, please visit our website at WE RE HERE FOR YOU! Interfaith Community Partners is a service organization that helps area adults maintain their independence and remain connected to their communities. Services include: Escorted transportation/fulfillment of necessary errand Friendly visitation Telephone reassurance /Well-being checks All services are provided by trained and screened volunteers. If you are in need of a little assistance, we can help! If you would like a rewarding volunteer opportunity, we are looking for you! Call Interfaith Community Partners (708)

9 July 20, 2014 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page Nine ST. CLETUS SCHOOL OPEN REGISTRATION The St. Cletus Catholic School family invites you to join our community. We currently have openings available for the school year in first through eighth grades. We also offer the following: Half-day Preschool: 3-yr olds on Tuesday and Thursday mornings; 4-year olds on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings; and 4-yr old Prekindergarten on Monday through Friday afternoons. Full-day Preschool is offered five days a week for 3 and 4 year olds. Kindergarten: Half & Full-day program. Besides our regular educational and religious programs, all students also take art, library, music, PE, Spanish, science lab, and technology. We also offer a variety of afterschool activities: band, clubs and sports. Before and Aftercare Programs: Available for PreK through 8th grade. Please contact the school office at (708) for information on openings for specific programs. Our website, provides more information regarding the school, tuition, and registration. We look forward to welcoming you into our school family. Jolene Hillgoth President Margaret Hayes Principal RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION! It is time to register your child/ren for Religious Education Classes for Make sure that your child is part of an exciting faith adventure. Growing closer to Jesus and our parish family is always exciting and never ending. Please note: Students anticipating celebrating their First Communion (second grade) or Confirmation (8th grade) need to be in the program for 2 years prior to the reception of the sacrament. (1st & 2nd grades and 7th & 8th grades). Remember that we need a copy of your child s Baptismal Certificate if you are new to our program. I look forward to hearing from you. CATECHISTS NEEDED! Please think about offering your gifts and talents by teaching the children of St. Cletus Parish. Please consider the call to share your faith as a catechist. Perhaps you could work with a partner. Paulette Bolton Director of Parish Catechesis/Formation JOLIET SLAMMERS BASEBALL TICKETS FOR AUGUST 3RD GAME AVAILABLE FROM JIM MATTHEWS (708) Parishioners are invited to join the Holy Name Society members at a Joliet Slammers minor league baseball game at 1:05 p.m. on Sunday, August 3. Block seating for fans from St. Cletus is available at the downtown Silver Cross Stadium near the Joliet railroad station. Tickets are $10 each and fans can call Joe Delaloye at (708) to join the group. People attending will be able to park their vehicle in a free parking lot next to the stadium. The Slammers play in the West Division of the Frontier League, an independent league founded in Their opponents on August 3 are the Schaumburg Boomers who are also in the Frontier League s West Division. The clean, modern ball park provides low cost family entertainment throughout the season when the 14 Frontier League teams battle for Division championships and an overall league champion. The St. Cletus baseball outing will be the Holy Name s sixth August excursion to the Joliet Ball Park. Jim Matthews

10 Page Ten Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 20, 2014 VOLUNTEER TUTORS NEEDED Volunteers are needed for School on Wheels Adult Literacy/English as a Second Language program, which is a ministry of the Congregation of St. Joseph of La Grange Park. Tutors are asked to teach one hour or more per week, during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., or 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at locations in Brookfield, Cicero, Downers Grove, Hodgkins, Lombard, Villa Park, Summit, or Woodridge. No prior second language skills are needed, however, it is necessary to attend a two-day tutor training session from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturdays, August 9 and August 16, 2014, at the Congregation of St. Joseph Center in La Grange Park. Further information is available by calling (708) or (708) SUBURBAN CATHOLIC SINGLES GROUP (SCSG) MULTI PARISH MINISTRY FOR SINGLES IN THEIR 40 S AND 50 S JULY/AUGUST EVENTS Saturday, July 26-5:30 p.m. - Q-BBQ 70 S. La Grange Rd. La Grange followed by a movie at La Grange Theater. $5.50 per ticket. Saturday, August 9-5:30 p.m. - Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer, 1530 Jackson Avenue, River Forest. Followed by dinner at Johnnie's Beef, 7500 W. North Ave., Elmwood Park. Carpooling available from Panera Bread in La Grange Park. Saturday, August 23 12:30 p.m. - Arlington Park, 2200 W Euclid Ave, Arlington Heights. Race Track Admission $8. Carpooling available from Panera Bread in LaGrange Park. ABOVE EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. You can contact us at singlesadmin@gmail.com Find us on Facebook Suburban Catholic Singles WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat Let Worldwide Marriage Encounter help protect your good marriage from the weeds of the modern world. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends are August 8-10, October or December 5-7, all at Burr Ridge, IL. Early registration is highly recommended. For reservations/information, call Jim & Kris at (630) or contact us through SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 20, 2014 Those who are just must be kind. Wisdom 12:19

11 July 20, 2014 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page Eleven THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE!!! We have completed the very first two weekend collections for the new fiscal year THANK YOU, we have achieved our weekly budget targets for BOTH weeks. What a GREAT FANTASTIC way to start the new fiscal year. This is only possible through your CONTINUED generous financial commitment to the parish. THANK YOU for your ongoing support of all our important ministries within our parish community. We have strived with our new budget to keep costs as low as possible for this new fiscal year by cutting back in all areas. These first two weeks reflect a tremendous effort on your part to provide for the needs of our parish. We continue to pray and hope that it will be a great year with your help and support. Blessings and Prayers to All, Father Bob Pastor As children of God, we are all good seeds, blessed by God with the potential to accomplish much good in the world. We fulfill God s plan when we share our talents and our financial gifts to help build God s kingdom on earth. Through our stewardship we sow good seeds on earth to ultimately help each other get to Heaven! WEEK AT A GLANCE DAY/DATE TIME LOCATION/ ROOM # EVENT Sunday, July 20 8:00 a.m. Front Lawn Eagle Scout Project Monday, July 21 Tuesday, July 22 Wednesday, July 23 Thursday, July 24 Friday, July 25 Saturday, July 26 5:00 p.m. Front Lawn Eagle Scout Project Sunday, July 27 7:00 a.m. Front Lawn Eagle Scout Project C Church S School (Education Building) Narthex Church Vestibule (East & West) RB Rectory Basement MH Morrissey Hall

12 Page Twelve Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 20, 2014 PARISH MISSION STATEMENT St. Cletus Catholic Parish of the Archdiocese of Chicago is a Christian community of believers and followers of Christ Jesus. We call and welcome all to join our family of faith as we seek to live the Gospel values in our daily lives, community and world. We are committed to providing spiritual nourishment through the worship of God, celebration of the sacraments, Christian education, and use of our time, talent and treasure in serving others with compassion and love. MASSES Saturday Evening: 5:00pm Sunday: 7:00am, 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm (Spanish) Weekdays: Mon. thru Sat. 8:00am Evening before Holy Day: 7:00pm Holy Day: 6:30am, 8:00am BAPTISMS 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month at 11:30am. Parents must be registered parishioners and attend the Baptism Preparation class. Please make arrangements by calling the Rectory office ( ). WEDDINGS Dates and times are reserved for registered parishioners. Initial arrangements must be completed five months in advance of the wedding date. HOME/HOSPITAL VISITATION AND COMMUNION CALLS Please contact the Ministry of Care office ( ). EUCHARISTIC ADORATION AND BENEDICTION Adoration begins following the 8:00am Mass and continues during the day until 6:15pm the first Tuesday of the month. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is prayed at 6:15pm followed by Benediction. Hispanic Adoration continues from 7:00pm until 8:00pm. CONFESSIONS Confessions every Saturday of the month: 4:15-4:45pm. DEPARTMENT Administration Fr. Bob Clark Jolene Hillgoth Margaret Hayes Executive Committee Mike Pusatera Marty Mulcrone Heather Alpe Finance Committee Mike Magee Doug Rausch Policy Shawn Temple ST. CLETUS SCHOOL BOARD Development & Marketing Chris McLean Zlata Kozul-Naumovski Ron Skrip Ann Foley Eileen Dorchinecz Patrick Townsend Liaisons Robin Bourjaily Chris Bourjaily Chris McLean POSITION Pastor President Principal Chairperson Vice Chairperson Secretary FSA President Athletic Assoc President Tech Comm Liaison RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Monday thru Saturday: 9:00am-5:00pm Sunday: 8:00am-12:30pm BULLETIN ARTICLES The deadline for Canticle article submission is 5:00 p.m. Friday, one full week prior to Sunday s publication. Articles may be submitted electronically to pdrobny@stcletusparish.com.