Our Lady of the Brook Parish Northbrook, Illinois October 5, 2014 Twenty-Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time Our Lady of the Brook Mission Statement Our Lady of the Brook Parish is called to be a Catholic Community where all are welcome. Believing God to be the center of life, we commit to: Remember the values handed on to us in the Sacred Scriptures and teachings of the Apostles Celebrate Christ s presence among us in Word and Sacrament Act to foster peace, justice and compassion for all.
Our Lady of the Brook Parish Northbrook, Illinois 2 OUR LADY OF THE BROOK PARISH Parish Family Worship Center & Rectory 3700 Dundee Road Northbrook, IL 60062-2200 Website: www.olbparish.org phone: (847) 272-5686 fax: (847) 498-0899 e-mail: rectory@olbparish.org Parish Office Hours: M F 9 am to 4 pm Parish Staff/Rectory (847) 272-5686 Father Robert Heinz, Pastor Father Robert Herne, Pastor Emeritus Father Richard Sztorc, Pastor Emeritus Father Tom Moran, Pastor Emeritus Deacon Peery Duderstadt Deacon Dennis McAllister Teresa DuSell, Director of Music Ministry Eva-Maria Rill, Office Manager Catherine Colleran, Administrative Assistant Amy Principi, Bulletin Editor bulletin@olbparish.org Bookkeeper/Webmaster use email above (Individual e-mail addresses are available on our website: click on contact us for a listing.) Mass Schedule Saturday Anticipated Mass - 5:00 PM Sunday Masses - 10:00 AM Daily Mass - Monday through Friday - 8:30 AM Holy Day Masses - as Announced Baptisms Baptism - 12:00 PM on the second and fourth Sundays of the month. Sacraments of Reconciliation & Anointing The Sacrament of Penance is available on Saturdays at 4:15 PM until all confessions are heard or by appointment. Anointing of the Sick and Communion to the Homebound is available upon request. Weddings Marriage - Arrangements must be made a minimum of 6 months in advance. For all of these sacraments, please call the rectory office. Mass Intentions Saturday, October 4, 2014 5:00 PM Deceased members of the Dougherty & Bubak families Ralph De Jesus request of family Sunday, October 5, 2014 10:00 AM Joseph Shaker request of Breit family Veronica Duderstadt request of family Dorothy Plunkett Hudash request of Peg & Jim Kritek Monday, October 6, 2014 8:30 AM Bruno & Harriett Mazur request of Marcy Zerwic Tuesday, October 7, 2014 8:30 AM Armin Kusswurm request of Mary Kusswurm Austin Moran request of Rev. Tom Moran Wednesday, October 8, 2014 8:30 AM Elena Sanchez request of family Thursday, October 9, 2014 8:30 AM For the health of Nick Principi Friday, October 10, 2014 8:30 AM Communion Service Saturday, October 11, 2014 5:00 PM Julia Majewski request of Paul & Gerri Miller Sunday, October 12, 2014 10:00 AM Halina & Vitold Tomczak request of family Dorothy Plunkett Hudash request of Peg & Jim Kritek Elena Sanchez request of family For Those Who Have Requested Our Prayers Sidney Ament, Shawna Beagle, Coleen Bokor, Jean Borin, Elizabeth Chen, Wilfred Copa, Estelle Douglas, Carol Erickson, Anna Polus Esha, Anita Farenga, Sally Faso, Rev. Erwin Friedl, Anne Richardson Golm, Barbara Gryzmala, Beth Hansen, John Hyun, Brady Irwin, Milton Johnson, Sara Klimaszewski, Fr. Charlie Kouba, Diane Kotula, Todd Moser, Jane Malley, Ray and Rita Niebur, Debbie Olson, Pat Orlando, John Ormond, Carol Parker, Patti Parker, Carolyn Price, Nick Principi, Christine Rakow, Alexandra Salamone, Talie Schnoll, Angelo Suranno, Patricia Tingay, Victor P. Villasin, Elizabeth Wagner, Marion West, Evelyn Whitson, Audrey Zywicki Pray Also For Those Born to Eternal Life
27th Sunday of Ordinary Time October 5, 2014 3 CONCEIVING OF GOD METAPHOR AND REALITY - FR. RON ROLHEISER, OMI Today God is not so much denied as ignored, though there are growing numbers of people who now profess that they no longer believe in God. Those numbers however (to quote Bibby again) aren t nearly as high as is commonly supposed. Atheism is still relatively rare and, as Michael Buckley says, is not a problem, but a situation, an atmosphere, a confused history. Of more concern, are the ways we try to think of God. On the one hand, we see a creeping fundamentalism, where our concepts and language about God are being taken ever more literally. The bible is taken as a history book and the language surrounding God is taken at face value. On the other hand, we see a tendency to take the symbolic character of religious language to its extreme, namely, to a place where it excludes all claims to historicity and ontology (as having any reference to anything that actually exists in the real world). God then becomes just a symbol, a myth, not real in the normal sense. God is ineffable. God cannot be captured in any picture inside the imagination or concept within the mind and all our language about God is, by definition, necessarily metaphor, analogy, and is more inaccurate than accurate. God cannot be thought-of or spoken-about in the way we think about and speak about anything else. We must be wary of taking religious language too literally. When we turn analogy into univocity (metaphor into physics) we set ourselves up for the impossible task of trying to conceptualize the infinite within finite categories. That leads to atheism because when we try to literally picture God and imagine God s existence, the imagination runs dry and we easily conclude that, because God is unthinkable, God doesn t exist. But that isn t a necessary equation, knowing and thinking aren t the same thing. We know infinitely more than we can think. www.olbparish.org Don t forget that our bulletin is available online at our parish website. It s in color, and has all the information you might have missed! Deadline is noon on the Monday before the weekend. We also have a page on Facebook, which posts updates regarding Holiday Events, photos from recent events, and more. Scan the code to the right with a smartphone to go directly to our home page. Domestic Violence Awareness October is Domestic Violence awareness month. We will be hosting an information table in the Social Area each Sunday of the month.
Our Lady of the Brook Parish Northbrook, Illinois 4 Brook Happenings Sunday, October 5, 2014 9:15 AM Adult Scripture Study 9:15 AM Choir Warm-up Monday, October 6, 2014 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Shir Hadash Tuesday, October 7, 2014 12:10 PM Communion Service 7:00 PM Friends of Bill (men) Wednesday, October 8, 2014 11:00 AM Staff Meeting 7:00 PM Fishing for Cash mailing 7:15 PM Choir Rehearsal Thursday, October 9, 2014 12:10 PM Communion Service 9:15 AM Adult Faith Formation Friday, October 10, 2014 Saturday, October 11, 2014 11:30 AM Senior Event/Speaker 4:15 PM Confessions 5:00 PM Mass Sunday, October 12, 2014 9:15 AM Adult Scripture Study 9:15 AM Choir Warm-up DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPEAKER Dr. Susan Weitzman Upscale Abuse-Not to People Like Us Our Lady of the Brook Thursday, October 23, 2014-7 PM Olive Wood Sale Dear Brothers and Sisters, Due to the lack of tourism and the instability of the political situation in the Holy Land, the Christian community is suffering financially. The Christian community needs your help by purchasing their products in order to maintain their presence In the Land of Christ. Please stop by the beautiful olive wood items from the Holy Land on OCTOBER 11& 12 at Our Lady of the Brook. Proceeds go to benefit the Catholic schools and clinics in the Holy Land. Upcoming Dates Mark your Calendars Now! Fr Bob Installation Mass: Oct. 26 at 10:00 am Readings for the Week of Oct. 5 Monday: Gal 1:6-12; Ps 111:1b-2, 7-9, 10c; Lk 10:25-37 Tuesday: Gal 1:13-24; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-15; Lk 10:38-42 Wednesday: Gal 2:1-2, 7-14; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Lk 11:1-4 Thursday: Gal 3:1-5; Lk 1:69-75; Lk 11:5-13 Friday: Gal 3:7-14; Ps 111:1b-6; Lk 11:15-26 Saturday: Gal 3:22-29; Ps 105:2-7; Lk 11:27-28 Sunday: Is 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-6; Phil 4: 12-14, 19-20; Mt 22:1-14 [1-10] Stewardship of Treasure Sep. 28 2014 FYear to Date Collection $ 3038.00 $73,211 Goal/Budget: $6,500.00* $74,833 Excess/(Deficit): $ (3462.00) $ (1622.00) Poor Box $ 6.00 FSF $410.00 *For consistency, we have changed the goal figure from the previous $10,500. $6500 is the amount budgeted each Sunday for the Collection. Sunday giving, together with other sources of income, (Xmas, Easter, Grants, FSF) needs to total over $540,000 per year in order to cover expenses. ($10,500 per week). Financial info will be available Nov. 15/16 in a Report to Parishioners. Have you switched to Electronic Giving yet? Thank you for your continued support. Remember Our Lady of the Brook Parish in your will.
27th Sunday of Ordinary Time October 5, 2014 5 Bulletin Building Blocks - 27th Sunday or Ordinary Time TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The sacrament of penance has a long and difficult history. The Church sometimes struggles with how best to be faithful to the image of an all-forgiving God. Once a very public rite with publicly visible participation on the part of the penitent, it became in time a very private matter. By the fourteenth century, when a prayer of absolution and a laying on of hands was still required in sacramental confession, theologians were saying that even that was too much liturgy. All that was required was confession itself, and the sacramental words Ego te absolvo, or I absolve you. In 1614 the Council of Florence tried to flesh out this bare skeleton, requiring that if possible the priest should wear a stole, that the confession should be in church, and that there be questions about the person s state in life, occupation, and last confession. This is the first time the Church recommended that the penitent and priest be separated by a grill, thereby eliminating the ritual laying on of hands once so central to the sacrament, substituting the priest s raised right hand in blessing. This is the rite that remained in force until the sacrament became the subject of very stormy debates at the Second Vatican Council, leading to a major reform in 1974 that is still only partially received. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. SAT. 5 pm Sun. 10:00 am Presider Fr Tony Ong Fr TonyOng Lector Sal Manso John Marmet Ministers of Communion Mary Beth Manso Walter Kurczewski Elaine Kurczewski Bob Alt Bruno Cortis Mary Vollkommer Kathy O Regan Barbara Wilneff Medy Newman Joanie Sosinski Dcn McAllister Peg Kritek Renee Mayer Ginny Hartzer Altar Servers Open Leo Mayer Virgilio Magsino Kevin Byrne Greeters Ushers Sacristan Linen Sacristan Ministry Schedule: Oct. 11 & 12, 2014 Bob Alt Mary Fran Bubak Marian Reid Open Wayne Bubak Wayne Liebman Colleen Liebman Chuck Sansone Patti Whalen Dolores Favorite Wilmer Lasquite Open Open Meghan Rosenfeld Dennis Morrissey Joe Vitu Roland Catenacci Carla Milazzo ASK FOR HELP Ask Our Lady to help you. Ask her to entreat her Son to let you know what you should do. Bl. Marie Rose Durocher ACCW ANNUAL FALL BREAKFAST With Francis Cardinal George, OMI Honoring 2014 ACCW College Recipient Parish Presidents 2014 Vicariate Women of the Year And Women of Distinction Saturday, October 25, 2014 Crystal Sky Banquets 7941 West 47th Street McCook, IL 60525 Plated Breakfast Coffee Service $30 per person $300 per table Program begins at 9:15 am For more information, call GeorginaWinters Peg Kritek 847-498-0558 847-205-9205
Our Lady of the Brook Parish Northbrook, Illinois 6 Adult Faith Formation Be proud of your Catholic faith. Find ways to learn and grow in understanding of our history and the teachings of the Church. Participate in adult formation in your parish and share all that you learn with others (Catholics Come Home Chicago) In their pastoral letter Our Hearts were Burning Within Us: A Pastoral Plan for Adult Faith Formation in the United States, the Bishops identified six dimensions for adult faith formation content: [1] knowledge of the faith, [2] liturgical life, [3] moral formation, [4] prayer, [5] communal life, and [6] missionary spirit. Adult faith formation is as diverse as retreats, days of reflection, sacramental preparation (baptism, confirmation, and marriage), ministerial formation, our parish mission, and our speaker series, as well as on-going scripture and catechetical study. This year Fall Ordinary Time In the Fall we are continuing our three year cycle of reflections on the Sunday gospels. We will be starting the Gospel of Mark in Advent this year. Sessions are on Thursdays, at 9:15AM in the MCR, and end before Thanksgiving. Registration forms are on the wall racks and on our website. Our Sunday Scripture reflection Who Do You Say that I Am? led by Dcn Dennis McAllister continues on the first and second Sundays of each month in the rectory conference room at 9:15AM followed by the 10:00AM Mass. Our Greatest Gifts Speakers Series continues to evolve so that as speakers are lined up, we will announce their dates and topics: On October 25, from 9:00 to Noon we will be hosting a Morning of Reflection for Ministers of Care with Fr. Mike Sparough as our speaker. On November 15, from 9:00 to Noon Nancy Hoel will return for our Women s Morning of Reflection to kick-off the Advent Season. Dcn Peery Worship Space Flowers October 4 & 5 The altar flowers this weekend are donated by the Kelly Family We are offering you the opportunity of donating weekend flowers for the altar. Many churches encourage parishioners to donate flowers in memory of a loved one or for a special occasion like an anniversary or birthday or for the honor and glory of God. If this is something you would be interested in, please call the rectory office at (847) 272-5686 and we will arrange to order flowers from a local florist. The donation is $75. We will publish in the bulletin the names of the donors and the occasion for which they are donated. Holly Fair at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Oct. 23 & 24, 2014 Holiday shopping event by the Women s Club at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Glenview. Held on Thursday and Friday, October 23 & 24, the Holly Fair will host over 50 vendors with unique and specialty gift items. Also featured are the Cookie Walk, Raffle and new Premium Raffle. Of course you ll want to stop by the Candy Cane Café where you can grab a bite to eat while you shop. Mark your calendar for the Holly Fair, a Glenview tradition. The event is held at the OLPH Playdium Gym located at 1776 Glenview Road in Glenview, Illinois.
27th Sunday of Ordinary Time October 5, 2014 7 Religious Education & Youth Ministry Children s Liturgy of the Word Children s Liturgy of the Word is offered at the 10:00 AM Mass through June. This program is for children age 3 through grade 5. Liturgy of the Word for Children is an opportunity for families to attend Mass together, with children dismissed during the Liturgy of the Word to experience and learn about the readings with a community of other young people. There is Jr. High Intensive Class this evening, October 5th Recently we emailed, to all our families, a copy of our Religious Education Handbook. The handbook contains important information such as class dates, sacramental dates, meetings and celebrations as well as dates for Grade Level Masses, Liturgy of the Word for Children and Teen Masses. Also, the frop off and car pool procedure is reviewed and general information covering info from dress codes and discipline to the focus of each grade level curriculum is stated. Please take time, if you have not done so already, to review this information. Hard copies of the handbook will be available on the St. Norbert website under Religious Education. New this year, we are sending the students home with their textbooks. There ar Family Pages in the textbooks we would like our families to read together. They are an excellent resource to parents for sharing their faith with the family and we also think it is helpful to parents to see what their child has been studying in RE class. Please take time each week to review the textbook and any projects or paper work your child may have brought home. We provided red tote bags for students in grades K-5 to carry their books and folders. Please make sure they have it when they come for class each week. Big Band Memories Senior Event Saturday, October 11 12:15 PM Doors Open 1:00 PM Program begins Register by October 7 Sponsored by OLB Women s Club Local Bandleader Steve Cooper will present a program of rare films and videos of the greatest Big Bands and Singers of all time. You ll hear greats such as: Glen Miller, Harry James, Vaughn Monroe, Tommy Dorsey, Bob Crosby, Eddie Howard, Lawrence Welk, Spike Jones, Guy Lombardo and more! Steve will also play the trumpet and even takes requests. If you stump him, you get a free CD! Steve Cooper Pre-register by Oct. 7 by calling the OLB Parish Office at (847) 272-5686. Refreshments will be served. This event is free to all Senior parishioners.
Our Lady of the Brook Parish Northbrook, Illinois 8 Where is the Catholic Church on Domestic Violence? Charles W. Dahm, O.P., Director of Domestic Violence Outreach for the Archdiocese of Chicago Most people have seen and been shocked by the video of NFL star player, Ray Rice, punching and dragging his fiancé out of an elevator. Others have remarked that they are not surprised; this is what domestic violence looks like. What did you expect? Although we can find a report in the news every week about domestic violence, it remains a rather unseen and underestimated crime. It happens behind closed doors and in secret and victims are extremely reticent to come forward. But the facts belie this blindness. The FBI estimates that every 10 to 15 seconds a woman is battered or sexually assaulted in the U.S. The Center for Disease Control reports that one out of every four women is either hit or sexually assaulted by her partner during her life time. That s incredible: one out of four. We might think that domestic violence happens elsewhere but not in our community. But all studies document that the incidence of domestic violence is practically the same in all communities; it makes no difference if you are Black or Hispanic, Caucasian or Asian, rich or poor. Domestic violence exists at the practically the same rate in every community. But how do we Catholics respond to this heinous crime and grave sin? Our bishops, through the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, have written a beautiful pastoral letter entitled, When I Call for Help.{Nov. 12, 2002}. Sadly, it is a well-kept secret. In the first paragraph they write: We must state as strongly and clearly as we can that violence against women, inside or outside the home, is never justified. And then in the final paragraph they state: We must emphasize that no one is expected to stay in an abusive marriage. Unfortunately, most priests have not been prepared to deal with domestic violence. They see it as too controversial or difficult to preach about. They may even think it is rare because victims have not approached them. Some even tell victims they must return to their abusers and accept their cross. Furthermore, few dioceses have any services for victims of domestic violence. For information about what the Archdiocese of Chicago and its parishes are doing go to www.archchicago.org and click on Domestic Violence Committee. Domestic violence has risen to a new level of awareness and outrage, thanks to extensive media coverage of abuse by some NFL players. May our Catholic Church authorities also recognize their failure to adequately respond to victims and perpetrators and begin to provide the necessary services to demonstrate the compassion of Jesus to those who suffer so terribly in their own homes. September, 2014
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