Weekly Calendar of Events. Church of St. Mary Staff. Reverend Michael Nacius, Pastor

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1 Church of St. Mary 175 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, Illinois Phone: churchstmarylf Sunday Masses: 5:00pm (Saturday) 7:30, 9:00, 10:30am; 12 Noon & 6:00pm Weekday Masses: 6:30 and 8:00am Saturday 8:00am Mass only Confession Schedule: Wednesdays 6:00pm Saturdays 8:30am

2 Weekly Calendar of Events Sunday, January 29, Catholic Schools Week Begins 6:30am-12:45pm-Pancake Breakfast-St. Pat s, Lake Forest 9:00am-2:00pm-School of St. Mary Open House- PGC & UGC 9:00am-Children s Liturgy of The Word-MRP 10:15am-Religious Education-PGC 3:00pm-Kairos Leaders Meeing-YM Lounge 7:00pm-COR-YM Lounge 8:15pm-Kairos Meeting-YM Lounge Monday, January 30 Tuesday, January 31 8:45am-Vision 2000-PCLR 4:15pm-Religious Education Grades 2-6-UGC 7:00pm-Handbell Choir-CCR 7:00pm-RCIA-PCLR 7:00pm-Religious Education Grades 6-8-UGC 7:30pm-COR Bible Study-YM Lounge Wednesday, February 1 8:30am-7:30pm-Adoration 9:00am-Immaculate Heart Prayer Group-PCLR 11:00am-Bible Study Leaders Meeting-PCLR 3:45pm-Sol Meeting-YM Lounge 6:00pm-Confession-Church 6:40pm-Rosary for Life-Church 7:00pm-Benediction-Church 7:00pm-Guild Board Meeting-PCCR 7:00pm-SPRED Preparation-PCLR Thursday, February 2 9:00am-Bible Study-PCCR 11:00am-Mass at Westmoreland Nursing Home 6:00-8:00pm-School of St. Mary Open House-PGC 6:00pm-Bible Study Leaders Meeting-PCLR 7:00pm-Bible Study-PCCR 7:30pm-Adult Choir Rehearsal-Church Friday, February 3 Saturday, February 4 8:30am-Confession-Church 8:30am-CRHP-CCR 8:30am-A Place to Stand-PCLR Scout Sunday, February 5 Donuts, coffee & juice will be served after the 7:30, 9:00 & 10:30am Masses in the Upper Grade Center Cafeteria 9:00am-Children s Liturgy of The Word-MRP 9:00am-Scout Sunday Mass 10:00am-Kairos Leader Meeting-YM Lounge 10:15am-Religious Education-PGC 1:00pm-YM Feed My Starving Children-Off Premises Church of St. Mary Staff Reverend Michael Nacius, Pastor mnacius@churchofstmary.org Reverend Brendan Guilfoil Associate Pastor bguilfoil@churchofstmary.org Reverend Michael Grzesik Associate Pastor mgrzesik@churchofstmary.org Jack Herrmann, Deacon herrmann979@aol.com Joseph G. Krakora, Deacon deacjgk@aol.com Bob Thomas, Deacon bthomas@churchofstmary.org Lore Nugent, Pastoral Associate Lnugent@churchofstmary.org Terese Halm, Youth Minister thalm@churchofstmary.org Rebecca Quackenbush Business Manager rquackenbush@churchofstmary.org Rachel Kuhn Director of Development rkuhn@churchofstmary.org John Chapman, Music Director jchapman@churchofstmary.org Jeannie Brunk Director of Religious Education jbrunk@churchofstmary.org Dr. Venette Biancalana Principal, School of St. Mary vbiancalana@schoolofstmary.org In Case of an Emergency needing a priest please call If there is no response, please call

3 FROM THE DESK OF FR. MIKE This Sunday we begin Catholic Schools Week at St. Mary s. Do you consider yourself curious and want to know what happens during Catholic Schools Week in 2017? The National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) promotes National Catholic Schools Week as the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. It starts the last Sunday in January and runs all week, which in 2017 is January 29 - February 4. The theme for the National Catholic Schools Week 2017 is Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service. Schools typically observe the annual celebration week with Masses, open houses and other activities for students, families, parishioners and community members. Through these events, schools focus on the value Catholic education provides to young people and its contributions to our church, our communities and our nation. We will have our school choirs joining us at Mass today. The choir composed of students from the Primary Grade Center, children in Pre-K third grade will be singing at the 10:30 AM Mass. Students from the Upper Grade Center, children in 4 th 8 th grade, will be singing at our 12:00 Noon Mass. Thanks to Mr. Randy Manges and to Ms. Laura Rollick our school music teachers for working with our school students, guiding them and inspiring them to praise God through sung prayer. I am sure those worshipping at Mass at 10:30 AM and 12:00 Noon will be touched by the energy and voices of our school choirs. There are a variety of events taking place throughout the week at our school. You can check the school website for the current list of events taking place this week, Included in today s bulletin is the letter from Cardinal Cupich, read at Masses last week, regarding our involvement in Renew my Church. The parishes of Holy Cross in Deerfield, St. Patrick s in Lake Forest and St. Mary s are considered the local grouping. We will continue to be led by the Holy Spirit, work together as this process unfolds in the months and years ahead. In his letter, Cardinal Cupich states that we will all be asked to sacrifice. Sacrifice for another is easier when done out of love. May we be open to the sacrifices that will be asked and required of us all as we work with the Cardinal and one another to have God Renew our Church. You are invited to be part of the success of the 12 th Annual Ted s Diaper Drive. This diaper drive is in honor of baby Ted who was born still 13 years ago. It has provided well over 50,000 diapers in addition to baby wipes and monetary donations over the past twelve years to families and babies in need. All donations go to the Diaper Depot at Catholic Charities in Waukegan, IL. This drive is dedicated to all those who have lost a child. Donations of diapers and Pull-Ups in larger sizes, baby wipes, new and already opened packages of diapers are welcome. Please put opened packages or loose diapers in a plastic Ziploc bag. You can donate by dropping off items at the following addresses: 280 Hickory Ct., Lake Bluff or 617 E. Prospect Lake, Bluff. You can even order online and have the items delivered to these two addresses. If you want to support this Drive by making a monetary donation, do so directly, payable to Catholic Charities Diaper Depot and mail it to either address. (You will receive a tax donation letter from the Diaper Depot.) If it is easiest for you to bring them to St. Mary s, we will make sure they get delivered. Ted s Diaper Drive continues through February 10 th. Thanks for your kindness and generosity to this cause. God bless you in being instruments of Christ s peace!

4 ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO Office of the Archbishop 835 North Rush Street Chicago, IL archchicago.org Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, As a new year begins, I want to assure you of my prayers for you, your families, and your parish communities. I also want to share some important information about Renew My Church. As you may already know, Renew My Church is an archdiocesan initiative that involves all the people of the archdiocese and their faith communities. The goal of Renew My Church is to make our parishes more vital and more sustainable. We do this not on our own initiative but in response to the call of Christ, which was first heard by those disciples recounted in today s gospel. The call is the same as it was in those early days of the Church: to be His disciples and take responsibility for carrying on His mission in our time. The place to start is by working together to make our parishes vibrant communities that form missionary disciples of Jesus. This will also mean being realistic about our limited human and material resources and evaluating how our present structures may need to be organized differently to keep pace with changing realities. A very important part of the process of Renew My Church is the parish groupings that will work to plan for the future and discern where God is leading us. After receiving consultation and feedback from you, the priests of the diocese, and parish pastoral councils, we are announcing the groupings today. Your parish will be part of a grouping that will enable you to assess, plan, and discern how best to meet the needs of the future in a way that is both reasonable and in conformity with God s will for us. Each grouping will have guidance for its process of reflection and discernment. Everything, however, begins with building relationships across parishes in a given grouping. That means getting to know each other and perhaps sharing some common projects or events, such as retreats, lectures, or community service for those in need. With future guidance and facilitation, this will develop in more specific planning and discernment directions. Today, your pastor will share a list of the parishes in your grouping. Renew My Church will undoubtedly involve leaving behind familiar patterns and demand that we move outside our comfort zones. In a word, it will require sacrifice, but that has always been true for the Church whenever we have taken up new challenges. I am convinced that we are up to the task, and willing to do whatever it takes to build our capacity to pass on our faith to future generations. That is what is at stake in the Renew My Church process. I encourage you to become involved and pray for its success. Sincerely yours in Christ, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich Archbishop of Chicago

5 Readings for Ordinary Time Mon., Jan. 30: Heb 11:32-40; Mk 5:1-20 Then they began to beg [Jesus] to leave their district. After Jesus spent the night calming the storm and his disciples he finally comes ashore and encounters a possessed man who is an object of both pity and terror to the surrounding commu-nity. Jesus delivers this unfortunate from his many demons, demolishing a herd of swine in the process, and the villagers, upon hearing of this miracle, beg Jesus to leave. Why? Maybe they can t afford to lose more sheep? Whatever the reason, the only one apparently converted by the action of Jesus is the demoniac himself. Why are we so slow to accept the good news and so quick to embrace the bad? What the Letter to the Hebrews says about the faithful good ones seems to be true today: The world is not worthy of them. Dear God, may I em-brace the good and calmly, fearlessly reject what is not of you. Tues., Jan. 31: Heb 12:1-4; Mk 5:21-43 John Bosco, priest Daughter, your faith has saved you. Today s Gospel is rich in de-tail. It is the story of two daughters. There is a twelve-year-old child at the point of death, the daughter of Jairus, the synagogue official, whose love for her is so great that he humbles himself to come to Jesus. And the woman who has suffered from an issuance of blood for twelve years, a state that renders her unclean. We don t know for sure, but it could be that one of the duties of Jairus was to prevent this woman from enter-ing the synagogue; this woman whom Jesus calls, daugh-ter. (It s the only place in Scripture where Jesus addresses a woman as such.) I like to imagine that Jairus, so moved by the healing of both daughters, would relax his standards just a bit. But who knows? Would I? Lord Jesus, give me the grace to greet all whom I encounter as worthy brothers and sisters. Wed., Feb. 1: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Mk 6:1-6 He was not able to perform any mighty deed there... We limit Jesus by our willingness to buy into what he can do. If we doubt his power or motive, we create our own stumbling block. Our resistance is not unlike that which Jesus encountered returning home. Accepting Jesus as someone other than Mary s son would force his old neighbors out of their familiar roles. Acknowledging Jesus potential to truly shake things up would necessitate accepting that they must expand their thinking. If we validate that Jesus is not just a carpenter, then we must also take another look at others we ve conveniently labeled. This necessitates being more understanding and welcoming. Until we move out of our comfort zone, we ll always restrict who Jesus is and what he can do. Help me to know you, Lord. Thurs., Feb. 2: Mal 3:1-4; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22-32 Presentation of the Lord... a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your people Israel... Commonly called Candlemas, today s feast celebrates Christ, the Light of the World, entering the Temple of Jerusalem. Simeon and Anna, two devout and elderly believers, wait in patient expectation. Their tireless practice of prayer and fasting gives light to recognition. Time spent in contemplation affords them the ability to see the Messiah in these humble circumstances. Simeon s words shed light both on the child s importance and on the sacrifice to come. This proclamation illuminates our ability to see the Lord in unexpected and paradoxical ways. May we meet the Christ Child in the poor, lowly and small. Fri., Feb. 3: Heb 13:1-8; Mk 6:14-29 Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels. One of the simplest and most effective forms of evangelization is kindness. When we are pleasant, generous and attentive, we share the love of God in our lives and extend it to others. Christian hospitality recognizes the value of everyone we encounter as a precious child of God. Being too busy to greet others or inquire about their wellbeing devalues them and us. Haste makes us self-absorbed. We may be the only one to pause and validate that person s existence and dignity. Such moments make it hard to determine who the angel is. Both parties truly benefit from the grace of such encounters. Lord, help me to greet others with your love and hospitality. Sat., Feb. 4: Heb 13:15-17; Mk 6: and they had no opportunity even to eat. We re constantly bombarded with needs some extremely urgent but neglecting ourselves benefits no one. Jesus and the apostles make time to get away for some quiet time, even though their respite is brief. If we go nonstop without renewing, reflecting and praying about how and why we serve, our actions become robotic and empty. We may still reach out in duty, but we risk becoming gruff or resentful. That attitude serves no one. Our unmet basic needs distract us from fully engaging in genuine acts of love and compassion. There will always be those who seek our aid; we should be moved to respond like Jesus, but we must also show some care and respect for ourselves. Only then can our hearts guide our actions. Thank you, Lord, for times of refreshment and relaxation. CelebrationPublications.org Church of St. Mary Podcast Center Click on the multimedia tab of our website, then click on Podcasts to listen to Sunday homilies. Church of St. Mary Facebook churchstmarylf Like our page for timely updates and reflections.

6 Dear Fr. Nacius, Thank you for partaking and performing such a beautiful baptism for our daughter Mary. Welcoming her into the Church has marked the beginning of her faith, which we are looking forward to watching grow. We feel blessed to have such a caring and warm pastor for our family at the Church of St. Mary. With love, Rose, John, Katherine, & Mary Hancir Welcome Mary Elizabeth Hancir! Scout Sunday, 2017 Please join us as we celebrate Scout Sunday on February 5, 2017 at the 9:00am Mass. All Brownies, Girls Scouts, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venture Scouts are encouraged to attend. Please wear your scout uniform as you will be recognized for your participation in these service-oriented programs. There will be a reception in the cafeteria following Mass. See you there! St. Mary Young Adults The Imperfect Art of Dating, Thursday, February 9: 7:00-9:00pm Multipurpose Room; RSVP by Tuesday, February 7 Join us to watch and discuss an entertaining and practical video on this lost art by Boston College s Professor Kerry Cronin. RSVP to Maggie at maggieslingerland1@gmail.com. All young adults (18-39) are invited. Hope to see you there! Adult Confirmation Classes for Men & Women 19 Years and Older Did you miss Confirmation? This is your opportunity to be confirmed with other adults. Sometimes due to life s circumstances we miss important sacraments. If you are a baptized Catholic, 19 or older and out of High School, who has received First Communion but was unable to prepare for the sacrament of Confirmation, this is your chance to participate in catechetical sessions. At the completion of these sessions there will be an adult Confirmation celebration at St. Francis De Sales Parish in Lake Zurich on May 16, 2017 at 7:00pm. Preparation Sessions are offered at the following sites: St. Mary of Vernon, Tuesdays: March 7, 14, 21, 28; April 4, 18, 25, May 2; 7:00-9:00pm Contact: Maureen Evers at mevers@maryofvernon.org or St. Francis De Sales, Sundays: January 15, 29, February 12, 26, March 12; April 9, 23, 30; 7:00-8:30pm Contact: Kathy or kbradymurfin@ymail.com Santa Maria Del Popolo (Classes in Spanish) Wednesdays: February 8, 15, 22, March 8, 15, 22, 29; April 5, 12, 19, 26; May 3, retreat, May 6; 7-9:00pm Contact: Stefanie Diaz or Phanie.d.16@gmail.com In order to be confirmed you will need to do the following: 1) Contact your parish representative (Pastor, RCIA Coordinator, Deacon) 2) Obtain a recent copy (within 6 months) of your Baptismal certificate from the parish in which you were baptized 3) Participate in the preparation classes which consist of prayer, input, discussion and information on the Catholic faith. A participation fee will be charged to cover the cost of materials. Contact the person at the site you wish to attend classes for the cost.

7 Guild of St. Mary Accepting new members in The Guild of St. Mary! The Guild is an organization of dedicated women serving the needs of the Church of St. Mary and its wider community for the past 80 years. With fifteen Circles and over 500 members, the Guild offers a rich and unique environment for women of different ages and experiences to meet new people, foster friendships, serve others and grow in faith. Please contact Beth Parsons at parsonsem@yahoo.com or at You can also visit our website at or find us on Catholic Women s Club Valentine Luncheon The February Catholic Women s Club Valentine Luncheon will take place on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at St. Dismas Church in Waukegan. Rosary at 11:00 followed by Social and Luncheon with Cash Raffle. Luncheon Tickets are $20.00 per person. Please RSVP by February 2, 2017 All Catholic women of Lake County are warmly invited and encouraged to attend. The friendly atmosphere of good food and fellowship always provides an enjoyable afternoon. For more information please call Mary Alice Morrissey Celebrate the Good Samaritans! Please Save the Date: February 25, 2017 from 6:00pm-10:00pm for a Fundraising Event at Milan Banquet Hall in Waukegan. Many parishioners have been serving those in need at the Waukegan soup kitchen 30+ years, at the food pantry 20+ years, Graf Center 10 years and House of Peace 5 years. Your parish has helped make this possible. Thank You! Now Most Blessed Trinity Parish invites you, our partners, to help us raise funds to continue this important outreach to those in need. Mark your calendar! Ministry of Care Training For New Ministers of Care Presenters: Sr. Jane Schlosser, RSM, Greta Rusk and Carol Holden, D.Min. St. Francis De Sales Parish, 135 S. Bueshing Rd., Lake Zurich, Il Sessions will take place in the Ministry Center located south of the church. Handicapped accessible. Parking behind the church is available. Sign-in: 8:30 a.m. Sessions: 9:00am 3:00pm Full participation in both training sessions will fulfill Archdiocesan requirements for mandation; Consecutive Saturdays, March 11 & March 18, 2017 Saturday, March 11: 9:00-11:00 Pastoral Communication Skills Carol Holden 11:15-12:30 Prayer in Care Ministry Greta Rusk 12:30-1:00 Lunch 1:00-3:00 Ministerial Procedures Greta Rusk Saturday, March 18: 9:00-11:00 Spirituality in the Ministry Sr. Jane Schlosser 11:15-12:30 Theology of Eucharist Sr. Jane Schlosser 12:30-1:00 Lunch 1:00-3:00 The Experience of Suffering Sr. Jane Schlosser Food: St. Francis de Sales Parish has graciously offered to provide morning hospitality as well as lunch. Reservations: Please register with Sue Matousek at or smatous@stmota.org For more information or with questions, please contact Lore Nugent at or Lnugent@churchofstmary.org

8 A Roman Catholic School since YEARS OF LEARNING, SERVING AND LEADING Primary Grade Center: Preschool-3rd Grade Upper Grade Center: 4th-8th Grade Please Join Us For Our Open Houses Sunday, January 29, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 PGC & UGC Thursday, February 2, 6:00-8:00 PGC Wednesday, February 15, 9:30-11:00 PGC PGC: 900 W. Everett, Lake Forest UGC: 185 E. Illinois Rd, Lake Forest Please contact Kathleen Trkla in Admissions for more information or to schedule a private tour ALL are invited to the "Crusader Comedy Club" on Saturday, February 25, held at the Lake Forest Club, 554 Westmoreland Road. Doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 7:45pm. Sliders and fries will be served and a cash bar is open until 11:30pm. The show will feature well-known comedians Jim Flannigan and Pat McGann. Tickets are $50 in advance and $60 at the door. We hope to see you there! Register on-line at For more information, contact Party Chairs Kathy Burden, kburden2@comcast.net or Chrissy Davis, mcdavis310@sbcglobal.net.

9 Church of St. Mary Religious Education Program Throughout the month of January, as our second grade Religious Education students continue their preparation for First Eucharist, Father Michael Nacius, Father Brendan Guilfoil and Father Michael Grzesik have visited the classes to help the children understand more about this special sacrament. The priests are instructing the children how the cross is a reminder that Jesus died for us and that He gave His life as a sacrifice for all people. The second graders are also learning about the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist through the story of the Last Supper and rituals of the Mass. Through these lessons, the children will come to understand that the Eucharist unites us more intimately with God and with one another. Upcoming Events: Sunday, January 29 Classes: 10:15 11:45am Kdg. through 5 th grade in the Primary Grade Center Tuesday, January 31 Classes: 4:15 5:30pm Grades 2-6 at the Upper Grade Center Classes: 7:00-8:15pm Grades 6-8 at the Upper Grade Center Sunday, February 5 Classes: 10:15 11:45am Kdg. through 5 th grade in the Primary Grade Center Monday, February 6 2nd Grade Group A Families - Candle Service in church at 7:00pm Tuesday, February 7 Classes: 4:15 5:30pm Grades 2-6 at the Upper Grade Center Classes: 7:00-8:15pm Grades 6-8 at the Upper Grade Center 2 nd Grade Group B Families - Candle Service in church at 7:00pm

10 Youth Ministry UPCOMING EVENTS This Sunday, January 29 th COR Mee ng! *Kairos 31 Apps Out Monday, January 30 th 3:45-4:45pm Prayer Blanket Project Tuesday, January 31 st 7:30-8:45pm COR Bible Study $200 Deposit for NPH Mission Trip Due Wednesday, February 1 st 3:45-5:00pm Sol Middle School Mee ng Sunday, February 5 th *No COR Mee ng! SAVE THE DATES March 9 th -12 th Kairos 31 Retreat June 4 th -10 th Tennessee Work Trip! June 15 th -22 nd Nicaragua Mission Trip with NPH! July 21 st -23 rd Wisconsin Steubenville on the Lake 2017! Today s Gospel is about the Bea tudes, Jesus 8 steps to happiness! My favorite one has always been, blessed are the pure of heart for they shall see God. Do you want to see God?! I do and I pray that the Lord would purify my heart so that I can see Him, in the Eucharist, in the beauty around me and through everyone I come across! Challenge: What needs to be purified from your heart so you can see God more clearly in your life?! Kairos XXXI Applica ons This Sunday, January 29 th! It is already me for Kairos applica ons for our spring Kairos retreat. Kairos is a four-day retreat, where juniors and seniors have the opportunity to reflect on who they are, who God is, how He works in their life and what their response will be to His call. Applica ons for our spring Kairos retreat will be available this Sunday, January 29th a er our COR mee ng. They will be made available online later in the evening on the YM Webpage. If you have ques ons or would like more informa on, please contact Terese Halm. Wisconsin Conference: Steubenville on the Lake Steubenville on the Lake is at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin July rd 2017! Fr. Grzesik and I Hope You Can Come With Us! This is an amazing opportunity for all incoming freshman to graduated seniors! There is a lot of informa on, an applica on and two promo onal videos on our website under the Steubenville Conference 2017 tab. If you have any ques ons or are interested please let me know! NPH Nicaragua Mission Trip COR will be going to NPH June 15 th -June 22nd 2017! This will be the 3 rd me that COR has gone down with NPH (Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos!) to Nicaragua. Although, I have led a mission trip to Nicaragua this will be my first me with NPH and COR, I am so very excited! This service trip is open to high school students (incoming freshman to gradua ng senior), college students and adult parishioners/parents. You can find more informa on on our COR website under the service tab, select mission trips. A $200 deposit is due January 31 st! Don t miss out, if you have any ques ons please contact me, Terese Halm!

11 Please remember in your prayers those who are sick, especially: Alexis Anderson Baby Bower Triplets: Rose Marie Adelaide Marie Josephine Marie Baby Mercer Carmela Bergen Wally Bergen Rosemary Brennan Jack Brown Joan Brown Mason Jeffrey Browner Baby Virginia Bunimovich Dan Burke Paul Burt Francesco Camoletto Sember Carlson Virginia Carson Bruce Cerling Rose Collins Virginia Cordoba Grace D Amico Greg DeBoer Louis Degaetano Mimi Degaetano Lewis Dilts Joan Dolan Patricia Flynn Abby Furco Jenny Green Fr. John Grigus Elizabeth Hand Bill Hartman Joe Hirtzel Rafael Ibarra Cecilia Jara Susan Jaksa Christian Jenko Jack Klinge Genevieve Kluza Robert R. LeClercq, Jr. Patsy Leonard Florence Liphardt Fely Macalalad Janet MacNaughton Carolina Malagon Manuel Angela Martinez Michael Marren Ralph Mastro Derrick Mathews Donna Mathews Mary Anne Minich Dolores Morrison Joaquin Padilla James Dean Penar Lisa Pommer Carol Pozdel John Priola Susan Schey Stacey Scott Bill Shafer Tai (Paschal) Shin Maureen Skinner Elzbieta Szymanska Leonard Teifeld John Templeman Linda Trueblood- Lambert Joseph Urso Amanda Van Vleet Brittany Van Vleet Mary Beth Wallace Barbara Wilson Donald Wilson Mass Intentions Monday, January 30 6:30-Paul Binder; William Treacy 8:00-Antonio Chedid; Bill & Barbara McNabola Tuesday, January 31 6:30-Thomas Calistro; Katherine Anne Rafferty 8:00-Special Intention for Carol Herrmann; David Evans Wednesday, February 1 6:30-Maria Thoi Tran & Peter Vuong Le Special Intention for Kim Huguenard 8:00-William Luke Leonard; William Demaree Thursday, February 2 6:30-Joan O Meara Marcus; Isabella Guttosh 8:00-Gwen Wheelock Labus; Special Intention for John Mastro Friday, February 3 6:30-Franco Catanese; Gary Harrison 8:00-Richard Hodgdon; Gary Harrison Saturday, February 4 8:00-William J. McNeil; Ron Wiegand 5:00-Toni & Joseph Muzzarelli; Special Intention for Dennis & Shirley Coppi Sunday, February 5 7:30-People of St. Mary 9:00-William S. Davis; Claudio Garavaglia 10:30-DeeDee MacNaughton; Nancy Cocuzza Noon-Carmela Arenas; Karena Fay Higgins 6:00-Rudy & Joan Iberle; Sis Walsh In Memory Please remember in your prayers those who have died, especially: Father Mark Link MaryEllen McCormack (wife of Ray McCormack, mother of Helen [Gregory] Jenko, Kitty [Remo] Picchietti and grandmother of Emily, Jack, Thomas, Kelly, Katie, Christian) Kathleen Sutherland (mother of Kathleen Cassidy)

12 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Times Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. MATTHEW 5:3 This one confuses people. Replace the word humble for poor and it makes more sense. People that are humble recognize their dependence on God and trust that He will provide all that they need. Unfortunately, for many of us, pride and ego enters our lives and we think we can live without God. Remember God first in all circumstances. Mass Times Sunday and Special Collections Sunday Collection Actual Budgeted Surplus/(Shortfall) 22 January 2017 $27,740 $28,000 ($260) Total Sunday Collections Fiscal 2017 Year-to-Date $824,280 $812,000 $12,280 Ministers Schedule-February 4-5, 2017 Priest Lectors Ministers of Eucharist Ushers 5:00 Fr. Guilfoil E. Bartusiak E.Rahn, A.Rahn, D.Tomek, C.Klock, G.Sheahen, H.KimLe, D.Ryske, D.Gabrielsen, M.Carlson 7:30 Fr. Guilfoil C. Conley F.Rogalski, J.Rogalski, D.Craigmile, M.J.Kelley, M.J.Ori, A.Yoo 9:00 Fr. Grzesik D. Hughes L.Lambert, D.Cimarrusti, B.Walsh, M.Cimarrusti, M.Sommers, B.Grum, S.Hempstead 10:30 Fr. Nacius S. Bail C.Williams, T.Darraugh, A.Moschner, M.A.Moschner, P.Pandaleon, B.Kashul, J.Hlavacek, A.Bartusiak, P.Bartusiak Noon Fr. Grzesik C. DeYoung M.Hogan, C.Bogen,J.White, R.Fiocchi, M.Phillips, L.Hayes, P.Mangiardi, A.Guevara 6:00 Fr. Nacius M. Gasey M.Setteducate, J.Carr, W.Berens, M.Kelly, R.Williams, C.Yehle S.Isola, W.Jenner, S.King, W.Kroll, G.Mosciano, M.O Connell, C.Pommer, B.Templeman, J.Templeman, W.Walsh W.Bergen, G.Phillips, J.Muto, E.Muto, G.Newton, T.Ori, B.Turner, R.Kunda, J.Farrell, T.Oddo D.Cimarrusti, A.Romeiser, C.DeDolph, R.Sevcik, T.Wallace, J.Whittington A.Boese, J.Cosgrove, J.Pezza, G.Riseborough, C.MacNaughton, J.Callahan, B.Cleveland J.Gannon, C.McCormick, R.Peters, S.Potsic, J.Rand, T.Sullivan, B.Webber F.Avellone, P.Blahunka, R.Dumelle, J.Jastrzembski, B.Mikrut, B.Peters, C.Yehle

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