ST PAUL THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SCHOOL 18 Woodlawn Joliet, Illinois 60435

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1 ST PAUL THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SCHOOL 18 Woodlawn Joliet, Illinois 60435

2 St. Paul the Apostle Parish Office: Parish Fax School: Religious Education Youth Ministry: RCIA (Roberta Lemke) Parish Rev. John Klein, Pastor x243 Rev. John Belmonte, S.J., Resident x230 Rev. James Lennon, Weekend Celebrant Deacon William Bevan, III Deacon John Freund Lynne Passarella, Parish Secretary x200 Denise Rowan, Business Manager x203 Corie Alimento, Principal x401 Sr. Karen Marie Lanigan, O.S.F., D.R.E. x301 Jeremy Hylka, Dir. Of Liturgy & Youth Min. x320 Tanya Rand, Dean of Development & Mrktg. x201 Raymond Kaufmann, Director of Music LITURGICAL SCHEDULE week of September 22th Saturday: 4:30 PM Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM Weekday mass: 7:30 AM Monday through Friday except Wednesdays are 8:30 AM when school is in session Holy Days: Varies by Holy Day of Obligation Saturday: SACRAMENT OF PENANCE 8:30-9:30 am or by appointment BAPTISMS Baptisms are scheduled on the Second Sunday of the month at 11:30 AM based on parental requests. Participation in a Parent Preparation Program is mandatory before the baptism of the child. Our preparation Program is held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM. Attendance at Sunday Mass on the day of the Baptism is Mandatory. Please call the Parish office to schedule a baptism. WEDDINGS All weddings are scheduled by the Pastor of the Parish. Office staff cannot schedule a wedding and a wedding is not considered to be officially scheduled until the couple receives written confirmation from the Pastor of the Parish. Couples desiring to be married need to speak directly with the Pastor BEFORE reserving a hall. Only the Bride or Groom may request a date for their wedding. Diocesan policy requires that a 6 month (minimum) preparation process be completed prior to the celebration of all weddings. Weddings are not scheduled on Sundays. ANOINTING OF THE SICK Parishioners who are seriously or critically ill, or have surgery scheduled should receive the Sacrament of Anointing and Healing. Please call the parish office to request this sacrament. Regular visits are also made by our Pastoral Staff and Ministers of Care to bring Holy Communion to hospitalized or homebound parishioners. Anyone desiring such a visit should call the Parish Office. R.C.I.A. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is an ongoing formation process for adults who are interested in becoming a Catholic and adult Catholics who would like to receive the sacraments of Confirmation and/or First Eucharist. Please call the Parish Office for additional information. PARISH REGISTRATION New parishioners are always welcome! You may register in person or by calling the Parish Office. MONDAY Weekday 7:30 AM Mary Long TUESDAY St Pius of Pjeteclina, priest 7:30 AM Henry Kwasneske WEDNESDAY Weekday 7:30 AM David Zielinski John Schwerha THURSDAY Weekday 7:30 AM Evelyn Davis Bernadette Lanigan FRIDAY Sts. Cosmes & Damian, Martyrs 7:30 AM Florian Knick SATURDAY Vigil, Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:30PM Helen Vercelli SUNDAY Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 AM The People of St. Paul the Apostle 9:00 AM Arthur Klein 10:30 AM Colleen Kapsch SUNDAY OFFERING THANK YOU! Offering for Sunday, September 7, $16, Collection Amount Budgeted. $16, Week s Budget (Shortfall)/Overage.. $ (616.00) Year to date (Shortfall)/ Overage...$(21, ) Our Parish depends on a weekly collection of $16, to meet our budget. Thank you for your generous support of our parish. Your donations of time, talent, and treasure enables us to provide many ministries and services for the benefit of our parishioners and the local community. God bless you and your family! St. Paul s is now on Facebook and Twitter! LIKE US ON FACEBOOK: w.facebook.com/stpauljoliet FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: stpauljoliet

3 FROM FATHER JOHN: "The confession of evil works is the irst beginning of good works." St. Augustine; To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done, and to do no evil to bewail. Pope St. Gregory the Great On Friday, September 12 th, I was recuperating from orthoscopic knee surgery at my parent s house. And, as I was doing so, I decided to pray the Of ice of Readings which is part of the Liturgy of the Hours. All priests, at their ordination, promise to pray ive of the seven hours each day on behalf of the and the People of God. I think I thought prayer would help relieve the pain from the surgery and it certainly did! The Of ice of Readings on that day contained a homily from Blessed Isaac of Stella who lived from 1100 until 1169 AD. I immediately thought that his homily would prove interesting not only to me but also to the people of our parish. Blessed Isaac was born in England but went to Paris for advanced studies. He decided to enter the Abbey of Citeaux, which was near the city of Dijon, France. (I m not sure, but that s probably where we get Dijon mustard from). By entering the abbey, he became a Cistercian monk. This all happened at the time that St. Bernard began his monastic reforms at the Cistercian monastery of Clairvaux. Blessed Isaac eventually became the Abbot of Citeaux and it was at Citeaux that he created his numerous theological works. He is known for his knowledge of philosophy, theology and for his deep spiritual insights. His homilies re lect his profound theological and spiritual thinking. Blessed Isaac makes the point in this homily that our Lord Jesus Christ will not forgive any sin without the ; that He in fact shares His power to forgive sins with the. I ind this interesting because people often ask me why do I have to go to confession? Can t I just pray to God on my own and be forgiven? I think Blessed Isaac s answer would be, no, you can t you need to go to the church and receive forgiveness of your sins through the sacrament of confession. Otherwise, your sins are not forgiven. His point is that Christ is unwilling to forgive sin without the involving the in the forgiveness of the sin because the is the Bride of Christ and Christ has shared everything given to him with his bride, the. In His humanity, our Lord Jesus Christ shares in the s cries of distress, in our cries of distress, in our weakness and, thus, the shares in the forgiveness of our sins. The prerogative of receiving the confession of sin and the power to forgive sin are two things that belong properly to God alone. We must confess our sins to him and look to him for forgiveness. Since only he has the power to forgive sins, it is to him that we must make our confession. But when the Almighty, the Most High, wedded a bride who was weak and of low estate, he made that maid servant a queen. He took her from her place behind him, at this feet, and enthroned her at his side. She had been born from his side, and therefore he betrothed her to himself. And as all that belongs to the Father belongs also to the Son because by nature they are one, so also the bridegroom gave all he had to the bride and he shared in all that was hers. He made her one both with himself and with the Father. Praying for his bride, the Son said to the Father: I want them to be one with us, even as you and I are one. And so the bridegroom is one with the Father and one with the bride. Whatever he found in his bride alien to her own nature he took from her and nailed to his cross when he bore her sins and destroyed them on the tree. He received from her and clothed himself in what was hers by nature and gave her what belonged to him as God. He destroyed what was diabolical, took to himself what was human, and conferred on her what was divine. So all that belonged to the bride was shared in by the bridegroom, and he who had done no wrong and on whose lips was found no deceit could say: Have pity on me, Lord, for I am weak. Thus, sharing as he did in the bride s weakness, the bridegroom made his own her cries of distress, and gave his bride all that was his. Therefore, she too has the prerogative of receiving the confession of sin and the power to forgive sin, which is the reason for the command: Go, show yourself to the priest. The is incapable of forgiving any sin without Christ, and Christ is unwilling to forgive any sin without the. The cannot forgive the sin of one who has not repented, who has not been touched by Christ; Christ will not forgive the sin of one who despises the. What God has joined together, man must not separate. This is a great mystery, but I understand it as referring to Christ and the. Do not destroy the whole Christ by separating head from body, for Christ is not complete without the, nor is the complete without Christ. The whole and complete Christ is head and body. This is why he said: No one has ever ascended into heaven except the Son of Man whose home is in heaven. He is the only man who can forgive sin. (From a Homily by Blessed Isaac of Stella)

4 Parish News St. Paul s FOLLOW Youth Ministry Members always welcome. You must be confirmed and/or in high school! Contact Youth Minister Jeremy Hylka at or jhylka@stpauljoliet.com Website: Facebook: St. Paul s Youth Ministry Joliet Twitter: stpaulsfollow Instagram: stpauljolietyouth Text Message News Reminders: to R.E.P. NEWS In need of information about Our Religious Education Program? Please call the REP office at FOLLOW Night Tues., Sept. 23 doors open at 5:30pm; meeting from 6:30-9pm; Games Night. MTS (Meet the Saints) Tues., Sept. 24 from 5:00-6:15pm. Youth Mass and Open Sat., Sept. 27 from 3:00-8:00pm. This weekend parishes celebrate Catechetical Sunday. Our parish school and religious education program teachers and aides and those men and women in youth ministry and sacramental preparation ministry are commissioned as catechists. Catechetical Sunday spotlights the importance of the formal teaching ministry in the Catholic. The work of these catechists most of whom volunteer their time is vital to the life of the. This celebration gives us a chance to recognize the importance of those who share faith with so many in our parish. Thank you, Catechists! Religious Education Prgm Reverend John Klein Sr. Karen Marie Lanigan, OSF Denise Powers Lorelle Czarnecki Tina Gieseke Kathleen DeVito Lucy Hoffman Sunny Hobbs Pat Norris Nancy Paquet Beth White Dave Bailey Diane Keay Tarra Jordan Jen Bernard Cheryl Turner Katrice Sawyer Kristen Benegas Jacque Klika Julie Rice Alyssa Rice John Klika Cindy Vessel Peggy Georgevitch Sandy Werner Nicole Alejos Carol Jones Cindy Vessel Peggy Georgevitch Sandy Werner Nicole Alejos Carol Jones Dave Skorupa Ruthann Baskerville Roberta Lemke Larry Lindholm Leann Syslo Roseann Hoidas Karen DeNardo School Corie Alimento Pauline Krok Peggy Mantia Lori McBride Patrick McDonnell Katie Nelson Pat Norris Judy Offerman Mary Ann Okos Missi Papesh Jennifer Swiderski Shannon Bobbe Amy Botka Marge Briski Stephanie Chellino Tina Chin Jessica Contreras Michelle Elias Dawn Gurgone Lauren Helland Lea Hilke Sharon Hostert Celeste Jay Bev Kaufman Ray Kaufman Adult Formation Deacon John Freund Youth Ministry Jeremy Hylka Joanna Szymanski Rich Lenski Michael Bannon Tim Cora Lori Cora Carol Stiff Dave Bailey RCIA Reverend John Klein Deacon William Bevan III Deacon John Freund Sr. Karen Marie Lanigan, OSF Roberta Lemke Jim & Karen Hatfield Jeremy Hylka Mary Kokosz Dave Skorupa Anne Theobald Children s Liturgy of the Word Tanya Rand Gail Crobie Sue Swarthout Kristen Clarke Baptismal Prep Jim & Karen Hatfield Marriage Prep Jim & Karen Hatfield Leon & Kathleen Briick Dave & Nancy Lagger

5 Calendar News Sunday, Sept. 21 9:00am Mass 9:00am Open House, Book Fair A/C 10:00am Hospitality Sunday Narthex 10:00am RCIA 10:30am Mass 11:30am Hospitality Sunday Narthex 4:00pm Volleyball Practice Monday, Sept 22 3:45pm Volleyball Practice 5:45pm REP Classes School/AC 7:00pm A A Meeting A 1 Tuesday, Sept 23 3:45pm Volleyball Practice 5:00pm Volleyball Games 5:00pm Youth Ministry 6:30pm Boy Scouts # 15 School Hall 7:00pm Knights of Columbus A 2 Wednesday, Sept 24 8:30am Mass 3:45pm Volleyball Practice 4:00pm Youth Ministry Rosary 7:00pm Liturgy Committee Mtg. Thursday, Sept 25 3:00pm Children s Choir 3:45am Interviews W/ Diana A 2 5:00pm Volleyball Practice 6:30pm Adult Choir Friday, Sept 26 1:00pm P/U Mums So. Parking lot 5:00pm Volleyball Practice 6:15pm Girl Scouts (Wendel) A 2 & 3 6:45pm 4 H A 4 Saturday, Sept 27 8:30am Confessions 9:00am Catechists Formation A 4 4:00pm Youth Ministry Rosary 4:30pm Sunday Vigil Mass 5:30pm Y.M. Open 5:30pm Music Ensemble Sunday, Sept 28 9:00am Mass 10:00am RCIA 10:30am Mass 4:00pm Volleyball Practice Patricia Balla Erin Bartel Gerri Bertino Mason Briese Laura Criel Jean Fabich Judith Gahala Harn Family Susan Gentile For the most current calendar information please go to Pray for the Sick Please remember the following people in your prayers who are seriously ill or who are suffering from long-term illnesses: Matt Gross Sami Henderson James Hickey, Jr. Ann Juhlmann Ann Kane Mary Kaplan Terri King Helen Locher Mary Maloney John Matejcak Shirley Max Terry Meyer John Mowbray Jeanie Nunuue Kurt Palmer Kay Prock Walter Ratkovich Amy Remallard Lisa Savero Richard Schreiner Don Senffner Tony Simone Paityn Sims Jennifer Stephen Louis Toka

6 NEXT WEEKEND S LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS TIME READERS EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS Saturday, Sept. 27, :30 PM T Jordan/ A Kokosz J Anzalone/ K Anzalone/ C Wilda/ P Wilda L Freund/ L Jenco/ J Militello Sunday, Sept. 28, :30 AM A Henderson/ C Burla C Fox/ C Lukowski/ A Prock C Schultz/ M A Schwerha 9:00 AM A Theobald/ D Gross F Theobald/ D Bailey/ L Nichols C Sinwell/ Jacque Klika/ John Klika/ Kaitlyn Sawyer 10:30 AM M L Crossen/ B Bodach P Bodach/ S Graham/ S Hobbs B Bayci/ J Hatfield/ M Knorr/ N Lovati Next Weekend s Servers: ANCIENT WORDS OF LIFE Saturday, Sept. 27, :30 PM J Scherf/ C Castillo/ P Kasheimer Sunday, Sept 28, :30 AM A Banas/ J McGinnis/ K McGinnis 9:00 AM M Trizna/ A Ardaugh/ K Krall 10:30AM S Horn/ A Serrato/ S Serrato Knights of Columbus Reverend Gordon Michels Council #12014 Presents a Family Movie Night Featuring The Lego Movie When: Saturday, September 27, PM till 8PM Where: St. Mary Nativity School nasium 702 N. Broadway Joliet, IL Price: $6.00 per person - includes the movie, pizza, popcorn and a beverage 50/50 RAFFLE $1.00 for 1 ticket or $5.00 for 6 tickets RSVP is appreciated if attending Capacity 200 people When: no later than Thursday September 25th Contact: Rodney Kauer with number of attendees Via phone: Via shaolinman1@comcast.net The Joliet Franciscan Sisters and Associates invite you to join them for an hour of prayer and reflection focusing on Ancient Words of Life. Tuesday, September 23rd, 7 p.m. Joliet Franciscan Center 1433 Essington Rd. Joliet, IL ext. 104 The second reading calls us to conduct yourselves in a way worthy of the gospel of Christ. A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend helps your marriage to be a sign for the world. Treat yourself to the next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend on October 10-12, 2014 or December 5-7, 2014, both at Elk Grove Village, IL. Early registration is highly recommended. For reservations/information, call Jim & Kris at or contact us through Pray for those who protect our shores

7 You are invited to the Joliet Franciscan Sisters Fall Prayer Breakfast scheduled for Wednesday, September 24 th at 7AM at the Joliet Franciscan Center, 1433 Essington Road in Joliet. This event is open to both men and women. Breakfast will be available. Our speaker is Diane Nilan, founder of Hear Us, an organization that gives voice and visibility to homeless children and families. Diane s topic is Invisible and Everywhere: Homeless Families. Please reserve your space by Monday, September 22 nd by phone: (815) ; nnagl@jolietfranciscans.org; or on Facebook, which gives you the option to respond. Invite a friend or two to join you. There is a suggested donation of $10.00 per person. We are also inviting you and your guests to bring nonperishable food items which will be delivered to a local food pantry. Start your September morning with us! INVITATION TO CEF SOUNDS OF SACRED MUSIC, Sept. 30 You are cordially invited to the SOUNDS OF SACRED MU- SIC on Tuesday, September 30 at Sacred Heart Monastery, 1920 Maple Ave, Lisle. The FREE concert will begin at 7:15, and last one hour featuring the talent of our school children: the Singing Celtics of Providence Catholic High School, String Quartet from All Saints Catholic Academy, and the Student Choir of Holy Trinity School. Call the Catholic Education Foundation (CEF) office today at to reserve your seats. Since 2003, the CEF has awarded over $14 million in scholarships and $340,000 in ministry grants to schools and parishes in our diocese. Contact JLangenderfer@dioceseofjoliet.org at the CEF to learn more about planning your estate while supporting the ministry of Catholic education. We want to thank all the volunteers who donated time, talent and of course the delicious baked goods to make our picnic a wonderful success. A Very Special thank you to Jenny Scherf for heading up this event, Walt s for the donation of ice cream and toppings and TCBY in Shorewood for the donation of frozen yogurt and spoons. A great time was had by all, there was plenty of food, beverages, desserts and lively music. If you missed it, plan on attending next year. You ll be glad you did! The Paulites St. Paul the Apostle Catholic October Program 2014 Date: Wednesday October 1,2014 Time 5:30 PM Place St Paul the Apostle Parish Center 130 Woodlawn Avenue Joliet, IL Cost $ 8.00 Member $ 9.00 Non-Member - (Guest) Menu: Bratwurst/Hot Dogs, Sauerkraut, potato salad One of Lillian s delicious desserts Hot and Cold Drinks Entertainment: Ed Elvis, Entertainer *************************************** Payment must be made by: Wed. Sept. 24, 2014 Name: Paid Name: Paid