ST PAUL THE APOSTLE Catholic Church and School 18 Woodlawn Joliet, Illinois December 1, 2013 First Sunday of

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1 ST PAUL THE APOSTLE Catholic and School 18 Woodlawn Joliet, Illinois December 1, 2013 First Sunday of Advent

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 Mary K. Robbins, Principal x401 Sr. Karen Marie Lanigan, O.S.F., D.R.E. x301 Jeremy Hylka, Dir. Of Liturgy & Youth Minister x320 Tanya Rand, Dean of Development & Marketing x201 Raymond Kaufmann, Director of Music Saturday, November 30 4:30PM Henry J. Ferlin by: D. Ferlin Sunday, December 1 7:30AM The People of St. Paul the Apostle 9:00AM Ann & Earl Maddus by: Fredricks Family 10:30AM Daniel & Agnes Maloney by: Mary Maloney Monday, December 2 7:30AM Edward Janes by: J. Tierney Tuesday, December 3 7:30AM Agnes Stubler by: Family Wednesday, December 4 8:30AM M/M Michael Kowalczyk by: K & J Kowall Thursday, December 5 7:30AM Genevieve Cox by: Cox Family Friday, December 6 7:30AM Robert Colbert by: Colbert Family 4:30PM Eugene Malone by: not stated Next Sunday, December 8 7:30 AM Joseph Lukowski by: C. Lukowski 9:00 AM Frank & Margaret Trizna by: F. Rogina 10:30 AM The People of St. Paul the Apostle NEXT WEEKEND S LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS TIME READERS EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS 4:30 PM A Kokosz/ R Lemke J Pultorak/ N Pultorak/ P & C Wilda P Larranaga/ J Militello/ G Wheeler Sunday, December 8 7:30 AM L Deiss/ C Hinkleman C Lehman/ K & L Briick/ A Prock E Cora/ K Burla/ S Stukel 9:00 AM J Bebar/ A Theobald D Bailey/ T Bailey/ L Nichols/ M Walsh M Kucek/ L Laux/ S Smith 10:30 AM C Nowak/ L Garcia B Bodach/ P Bodach/ M Knorr/ S Hobbs M Maloney/ N Louck/ G Egizio Next Weekend s Servers: 4:30 PM R & P Kasheimer/ L & S Serrato Sunday, December 8 7:30 AM B Hinkleman/ G Sigler/ D Tubonganua/ E Molnar 9:00 AM H & Z Bebar/ C Castillo/ M Trizna 10:30AM N Bartelt/ A Biasella/ G Underhill/ A Simon Weekday Mass: Mon-Fri 7:30 AM (Wed 8:30 AM when school is in session) Saturday Vigil: 4:30 PM Sunday Mass: 7:30,9:00,10:30 AM Holy Day Masses: Variable-check bulletin. Reconciliation: Sat 3-4 pm or by appointment. Baptism: Usually 2nd Sunday of the month after 10:30am Mass. A preparation meeting for parents is mandatory. Call the parish office for details Weddings: Engaged parishioners must contact the parish office at least 6 mos. prior to intended date, and before making any arrangements. RCIA: Classes from September to Easter for those interested in becoming Catholic. Becoming a Parishioner: Please contact the parish office to register All Are Welcome!

3 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 stpaulsyouth@sbcglobal.net Website: Facebook: St. Paul s Youth Ministry Joliet Twitter: stpaulsfollow FOLLOW Night Tuesday, 12/3; doors open at 5:30pm, meeting from 6:30 to 9:00pm: Theology of the Body Night! Walking Rosary and Hangout Wednesday, 12/4 from 4:00 to 5:00pm. Feed My Starving Children Tuesday, 12/10 from 4:30 to 9:00pm please go on our website for forms. Youth Mass and Advent Night with the Cluster Saturday, 12/14 from 3:00 to 9:00pm. R.E.P. NEWS In need of information about Our Religious Education Program? Please call the REP office at On Monday, December 2, the REP students will be dismissed from at 7 pm. They will spend the last part of REP class preparing for the Advent liturgy/christmas pageant which will be held on December 16 at 5:45 pm. (During class time on December 2, the December newsletters will be distributed to the youngest child in each family.) St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School News December 7 th Breakfast with the Ancient Bishop of Myra: St. Nicholas Mark your calendars and gather the kids and grandkids! We are offering a program that will interest children of all ages on th, with breakfast from Bob Evans from 8:00-9:30 a.m. At 9:00, actor Terry Lynch will provide a 45- minute program portraying St. Nicholas. He will tell about world-wide traditions and legends of the ancient Bishop of Myra and how those evolved into our present day Christmas traditions. A photo op, school tours for adults, and additional fun activities for the kids will continue in the school until 10:30 a.m. The program, including breakfast, is free for children 5 years old and younger, and only $5.00 per person ages six and up. Call the school to make a pre-paid reservation for your family. Invite your friends: all are welcome. PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY St. Paul s is now on Facebook and Twitter! LIKE US ON FACEBOOK: FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: stpauljoliet

4 FROM FATHER JOHN: The one true God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, is not a God who is there in Heaven, unconcerned with us and our history, but he is the-god-who-comes. He is a Father who never stops thinking of us and, in the extreme respect of our freedom, desires to meet us and visit us; he wants to come, to dwell among us, to stay with us. His coming is motivated by the desire to free us from evil and death, from all that prevents our true happiness. God comes to save us. Pope Benedict VXI, First Vespers of the First Sunday of Advent (December 2, 2006) Today is the First Sunday of Advent. The Advent Season has a two-fold character to it. Advent is a time to prepare ourselves spiritually for the celebration of the Nativity of our Lord on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Advent is also a time to where we direct our hearts and mind to the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ at the end of time in preparation for Last Day. People in our society often confuse the Advent Season and the Christmas Season which begins on Christmas Eve with evening prayer and extends through the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord which will be celebrated on January 11 th. They really are two separate and distinct seasons with different characteristics. Christmas Season is a time to remember and celebrate the memorial of the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ and the early manifestations of His Incarnation. The word Advent comes from the Latin word advenio which means to come to. The Advent Season begins the s liturgical year and consists of the four Sundays that proceed Christmas. Our liturgical celebrations and prayer focus on the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ at the end of time through the 16 th of December. The tone and character of our celebrations change on the 17 th of December as we re-focus our prayer directly on our preparation to celebrate the Lord s birth on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and throughout the Christmas Season. The Advent wreath is the most common symbol of Advent. Each piece of the Advent wreath symbolizes some part of our preparations of Jesus' birth on Christmas day. The circular shape symbolizes eternal life; the purple advent candles symbolize our waiting or repentance; the pink advent candle symbolizes our joy of Christmas; the light from the lit advent candles symbolize Jesus as The Light of the World. (United States Catholic Conference of Bishops, I would like to encourage everyone in our parish to prayerfully enter into the Season of Advent; to prepare for both the Birth of our Lord Jesus and the Second Coming of our Lord at the end of time. There are many ways we can do this, individually, as a family and as a parish community. There is prayer. There is daily mass as well as Sunday mass. There is the opportunity to read scripture daily. The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops website has the daily mass readings available on the following web page: Reading the scriptures of the day and then meditating on them individually or as a family is a great way to enter into the season. There are countless opportunities to reach out and help the needy in our community. There is the reception of the sacraments particularly the Sacrament of Reconciliation which is offered every Saturday and will also be offered to our community on Monday, December 15 th. I am sure each of you can come up with one more way that we can take the opportunity to spiritually enter into the Season of Advent. I pray that this Advent Season is a season where each of us can take time out from the business of our secular lives and our secular preparations for Christmas to truly take advantage of the Advent Season to prepare ourselves spiritually for both Christmas and the Second Coming of our Lord. Christmas Schedule Christmas Eve - Tuesday, December 24 3:00 PM 5:00 PM 10:30 PM (10:00 PM Christmas Choral Prelude) Christmas Day -Wednesday, December 25 7:30 AM 9:00 AM 10:30 AM The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Wednesday, January 1st 8:30 AM 10:30 AM Sacrament of Reconciliation - Wednesday, December 18 Wednesday, December 18 6:30 PM Please Note: The normal weekend mass & confession schedule applies to all other dates & times not listed above

5 Christmas Mass Schedule Christmas Eve - Tuesday, December 24 3:00 PM 5:00 PM 10:30 PM Christmas Day -Wednesday, December 25 7:30 AM 9:00 AM 10:30 AM The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God Wednesday, January 1st 8:30 AM 10:30 AM Sacrament of Reconciliation Wednesday, December 18 (Individual Confessions with 8-10 Priests Available) FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT The eternal life of heaven is utterly different from our life here and now. Nonetheless, Christ plants in our hearts a great longing for this eternal life with him. Advent is a season for us to grow in our desire for Christ to come and lead us to this eternal life. Wednesday, December 18 6:30 PM Christmas Gift & Bake Sale St. John The Baptist 404 N Hickory St Joliet, IL Dec. 7th, 9-5 and Dec. 8th, 9-3 Gifts and Treats Galore. The gift sale features new items at great prices, stocking stuffers, candles, toys, books etc. etc. Great candies and fresh bakery goods. FREE ADMISSION For more information please call This Fundraiser is sponsored by the Religious Education Program CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE COLLECTION This year there will be a new Organization, Symphony of Joliet, that will be the recipient of the Giving Tree. The second Organization, Daybreak Center, will be zeroing in on children. Symphony : Men & Woman s SOCK GRABBERS. Daybreak : TOYS for girls & boys ages 8-12, Check the Christmas trees in the Narthex. They will have Christmas cards indicating the gift asked for printed on the card. Tape that card to the gift you will present at mass. This year the gifts will be collected only one weekend, Dec. 7 & 8. Each gift will be brought to the altar during the Presentation of Gifts at each mass for Dec. 7 & 8. THANK YOU The Paulites We Have Much to Be Thankful For As We Begin Our Annual Fund This Month As we move from celebrating Thanksgiving into the season of Advent, we reflect on the things we are thankful for, and ponder with grateful hearts the mystery of the Incarnation..Just as Mary was filled with wonder and awe as she questioned, How can this be? we also wonder about the breadth and depth of God s love for us. Mary responded with unwavering faith in God s plan for her by saying yes: Let it be done to me according to His will. Since 1950, our parishioners have responded to the need to educate the next generation in the Faith by generously supporting our school. We are deeply grateful for that support, and ask that you prayerfully consider supporting our Annual Fund on December when you will have the opportunity to make a pledge to that effort. You will hear from our pastor and from lay speakers during the next two weeks as we present the Annual Fund to you.

6 Sunday, December 1 9:00am Mass 10:00am RCIA 10:30am Mass 12:00pm Basketball Practice Monday, December 2 3:45pm Basketball Practice 5:45pm REP Class School 7:00pm A A Meeting A 1 Tuesday, December 3 3:45pm Basketball Practice 5:00pm Youth Ministry 6:30pm Boy Scouts #15 School Hall 6:30pm Baptismal Prep A 1 Wednesday, December 4 8:30am Mass 3:45pm Basketball Games Thursday, December 5 3:00pm Children s Choir 3:45pm Basketball Practice 3:45pm Interviews w/ Diana A 2 6:30pm Adult Choir 7:00pm Spirit and Truth Friday, December 6 4:30pm Basketball Games 6:15pm Girl Scouts / Wendel A 2 8:00am St. Nicholas Event A 4 9:00am Basketball Practice 3:00pm Confessions 4:30pm Mass 5:30pm Music Ensemble Sunday, December 8 9:00am Mass 10:00am RCIA 10:30am Mass 11:30pm Baptisms 12:00pm Basketball Practice For the most current calendar information please go to Patricia Balla Erin Bartel Gerri Bertino Mason Briese Patricia Burda Noemi Canales Laura Criel Sally Drauden Jean Fabich Judith Gahala Harn Family 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 Helen Locher Carol Malnar Shirley Max Helen Meyer Terry Meyer Betty Modlin John Mowbray Jeanie Nunuue Kurt Palmer Kay Prock Walter Ratkovich Amy Remallard Lisa Savero Barbara Schreiner Richard Schreiner Tony Simone Louis Toka Sal Ventura

7 First Saturday Devotions Join Us as We Recite the Holy Rosary in Honor of Our Lady of Fatima When:, 2013, at 9:00 A.M. Where: of St. Jude, 2212 McDonough St, Joliet Upcoming Programs at Portiuncula Retreat Center 9263 W. St. Francis Road, Frankfort, Illinois To register: Please call or "The Legacy of Women in Jesus' Family Tree" Date:Sat, Dec. 7, from 9:30-2:30 Fee: $35 Take time out with women who are wanting to journey toward Christmas a bit differently! In this retreat experience, you will hear first person accounts from those women in the Bible you probably know little about (Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bethsheba) but whose stories are included in those leading up to the birth of Jesus. As you listen to their family connections to Jesus, we think you will recognize the powerful models they can also be for women of the 21st century. Facilitator: Mary Ellen O'Dea is a Sinsinawa Dominican Sister and a life-long student of the scriptures. She is Founder of both the Feminist Biblical Interpretation Scriptural Studies for Women and The Magdala Project. "A Celebration of the Winter Solstice" Date:Mon. Dec. 16, from 7-9 p.m. Fee: $20 In anticipation of December 21---the shortest day of the year---we will gather together with song and ritual, fire and faith---and a Spirit we can count on to light the way as we welcome the return of the sun and pray for the courage to live life well for ourselves, our planet, and those who will come after us! Facilitators: Mary Ruth Broz, RSM, Julie Haverty, a licensed clinical professional counselor and musician, and Father Terry Johnson, pastor of St. Irenaeus Parish in Park Forest. VOCATIONS DAY OF RECOLLECTION WITH NASHVILLE DOMINICANS The Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, or the Nashville Dominicans, invite any young woman ages for a Day of Recollection with Fr. John Belmonte, SJ and the Sisters for a day of prayer, reflection and discernment. The day will include spiritual conferences, adoration, rosary, vespers, dinner and conversation with the Sisters. There is a $10 donation requested. This will take place at the Lake Shore Campus, Ignatius House, 6314 N. Kenmore Ave., Chicago, IL For more information or to RSVP, please contact Sr. Cecilia Joseph by December 1 at or scjdulik@op-tn.org., 2013, 2:00pm 7:30pm OPERATION ANDREW DINNERS - These dinners with Bishop Conlon are open to all men who are high school age or older. The evening begins at 6pm and ends by 8pm. Participants will have the chance to have dinner with Bishop Conlon and Fr. Burke, hear a vocation story, ask questions and meet other young men interested in knowing more about the priesthood. Please contact your pastor or RSVP to Fr. Burke at vocations@dioceseofjoliet.org or (( ) if you are interested in coming to the next Andrew Dinner: December 10, 2013 Sts. Peter & Paul, Naperville April 30, 2014 St. Jude, Joliet SUNDAY OFFERING THANK YOU! Offering for Sunday, Nov $ Collection Amount Budgeted...$16, Week s Budget Shortfall ($2,202.00) Year to Date Shortfall..($26,722.00) 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!