SAINT ISAAC JOGUES PARISH 8149 Golf Road, Niles, IL 60714 847.967.1060 Fax: 847.967.1070 Website: http://sij-parish.com parish.com Fifth Sunday of Lent April 6, 2014
Page Two Fifth Sunday of Lent April 6, 2014 one for each household - - and exchange it for an information packet as you leave. Should you not be at St. Isaac Jogues this weekend, packets will be available in the Holy Family Room after Masses on April 12th and 13th. INFORMATION PLEASE! To Teach Who Christ Is One of my favorite programs on the Cooking channel is Throwdown with culinary kingpin Bobby Flay. The whole point is for Master Chef Flay to throw down the gauntlet and compete with another chef considered best at cooking a particular dish. The show begins with a mysterious, masked bicycle messenger giving Bobby an information packet. The packet contains a brief biography of the chef he s going to challenge and the dish Bobby has to surpass. Win or lose, Bobby Flay knows how to use an information packet. The program has a spin-off quality about it... a little like 007 Cooks to Win. In spite of that, it reminds me of how important information packets are. Before Lent, at all Masses, a Lenten preview booklet was distributed. Last Sunday, the Holy Week Schedules were given out in much the same way. And every weekend, the parish bulletin is cheerfully offered to all. What surprises me is the way people refuse a bulletin, booklet, or schedule with a gesture that seems to say I DON T NEED THIS! Another surprise is that when people complain about not knowing about something that was printed in a bulletin, they ll assert: But nobody reads the bulletin! The reason I m writing this column is that I stubbornly hope that some people do read the bulletin and pay attention to important announcements. This Saturday and Sunday (April 5-6) will be the First Information Weekend for the major stewardship campaign, To Teach Who Christ Is. Information packets will be distributed at the three exits of the Church. To facilitate this process. Parishioners will be asked to fill out a coupon before Mass. The coupons will be available in each pew or row of chairs. Please fill out a coupon, The To Teach Who Christ Is Information Packet includes: A letter from your pastor A brochure describing parish needs that encourages everyone s prayerful and financial support An information FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Sheet A worksheet to help each parishioner decide about a potential pledge - - what is comfortable and what is sacrificial as an offering A To Teach Who Christ Is Prayer Card Other prayer resources A sample pledge card The Information Packet will help to clarify the purpose of the To Teach Who Christ Is campaign. Its priority is Catholic Education and Faith Formation. Education and formation depend on people and places - - temporal needs. The Church, school buildings and parking lot have a real spiritual function. When safe and well maintained, they contribute to an environment that supports the mission of a teaching Church. To Teach Who Christ Is is no Throwdown, but it is a challenge and an opportunity for our parish. It is a challenge to your personal faith because it presents parish needs. To consider prayerfully,. What can I do?... How can my talents and resources help to address such needs? These questions will be answered differently depending on circumstances. As the campaign slogan puts it, the appeal is not equal gifts, but equal sacrifices. The opportunity beyond the challenge is to know how important your prayers and sacrifices are to your parish and our Archdiocese. Know that you have a part in a great work. But recognize too that any great work begins with INFORMATION. -Fr. Luczak
Page Three Fifth Sunday of Lent April 6,, 2014 THIS WEEK S LENTEN CALENDAR Sunday Alms recipient is EYEsee and Knights of Columbus. Monday Practice for Palm Sunday Altar Servers, 6 p.m. Tuesday Movie Night showing Part III of Jesus of Nazareth, 7 p.m., Parish Hall (downstairs) Wednesday Bible Study, 9:30 a.m.; SPRED Community Reconciliation Service, 8 p.m. Thursday Soup Supper, 6:30 p.m. followed by presentation by Fr. Richard Conyers, CSC, 7 p.m., HFR; Holy Hour & Benediction, 7 p.m. Friday Divine Mercy Chaplet & Stations of the Cross, 3 & 7 p.m.. Saturday Sacrament of Reconciliation (English & Polish), 11 a.m.; Easter Vigil Practice, 11:30 a.m.; First Communion Retreat, 1-4, HFR. Weekend of Apr. 12 13: Palm/Passion Sunday. Alms recipient is Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl Project to benefit the poor and victims of natural disasters in Kenya, Guatemala, the Philippines, Malawi, Haiti and local hunger and poverty alleviation efforts in the Archdiocese. LENTEN PRAYER FOR THE WEEK Scripture: I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this? (Jn. 11:25-26) Reflection: Do I believe this? How does my life the choices I make, my relationships, etc., reflect my answer. How does my parish community shape my belief in Jesus Christ? What are the crosses I am carrying in my life? Have I asked Jesus to help me lift my heavy burdens this Lent? (Our Sunday Visitor, c2013) Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, you have power over life and death. You know what is uncertain and obscure, and our thoughts and feelings are no secret from you. Cleanse me from my hidden faults, for I have done evil and you have seen it. Day by day my life draws nearer to its end. You know how frail I am, in soul and in body. Give me strength, Lord, in my weakness and uphold me in my sufferings. Amen. (St. Ephrem the Syrian) Action: Pray the Stations of the Cross. Be a friend to a friend or a stranger and let them experience that God is near to them in their fear, suffering or difficulty. Plan how you will observe Holy Week. LENT SOUP SUPPERS AND PRESENTATIONS Our three week Soup Supper and Christ and the Arts series concludes this Thursday, April 10 th, with soup at 6:30 p.m. in the Holy Family Room and the presentation, The Image of Christ in the Arts by Fr. Richard Conyers, CSC, at 7 p.m. For the past 16 years Fr. Conyers has been teaching at Notre Dame College Prep where he is the chair of the Fine Arts Department and a member of the Religious Studies Department. Prior to that he was a member of the faculty at Notre Dame University, Holy Cross College and St. Mary s College and served as curator of the Snite Museum at Notre Dame. Father Rich was ordained for the Congregation of the Holy Cross in 1969 and often assists here at the parish with Sunday Mass and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Come for both soup and presentation or one or the other! Free will donations appreciated! For meal planning, please sign up in the HFR after Mass today or contact the RE Office, 847/966-1180. PALM/PASSION SUNDAY Please note that the Mass schedule for next weekend (Palm/Passion Sunday) is: 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and 7:00, 9:00, 10:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. As there are three options for the beginning of Mass that weekend, we will have the Procession at the 5 p.m., which includes the blessing of palms, the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus entry into Jerusalem and a procession throughout the church. At the 7, 9 and 10:45 a.m. Masses we will have the simple entrance which is as usual but blessed palms will be distributed. At the 12:30 p.m. Mass we will have the Solemn Entrance which includes the blessing of palms, the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus entry into Jerusalem and a simple procession. At all the Masses we will hear the proclamation of the Passion and Death of Jesus according to the Gospel of Matthew.
Page Four Fifth Sunday of Lent April 6, 2014 St. Isaac Jogues Men s Club The next SIJ Men s Club meeting will be on Wednesday, April 9th at 6:30 p.m. in the Church Hall (please note the change due to Holy Week). Officers will be voted on and nominations will be accepted for Man of The Year. John DeGrazie will be the host for Italian Feast. Please bring your check for $40.00 plus for the Installation Dinner on Thursday, May 15th at Giuseppes LaCantina Banquet Hall in Des Plaines (the plus on the check is for a few extra dollars needed to meet additional Men s Club expenses and these extra dollars will be appreciated). All men of the parish are invited to both meetings. Mark the date and come for an enjoyable time. FOOD DONATION BIN HOLY FAMILY ROOM Donations needed-you may donate canned food and other non-perishable food items for the needy by placing them in the St. Vincent de Paul Ministry Food Donation Bin located in the Holy Family Room. We appreciate all items, but we are always in need of fruit, cereal and hot chocolate. Donations can be made all year long. Thank you for your generosity, Your St. Vincent de Paul Ministry PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY Loving God, hold all who serve and protect our country in your hands. Bless them and their loved ones. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. Amen. United States Air Force United States Army United States Marines United States Navy Illinois National Guard Iowa National Guard Mason Janzen, Breanna Dexter Gale Renner Aisha Fernando, Lance Renner, Gian Patrick Reyes William B. Dexter, Timothy Kelly Nathaniel Janzen Christopher Dexter If you have a loved one or friend whom you would like our parish community to pray for as they serve our country, please contact the RE Office, 847/966-1180 or sijre2004@yahoo.com with their name and branch of military service to the RE Office. Thank you!
Page Five Fifth Sunday of Lent April 6, 2014 Pepper and Egg Sandwiches Come each Friday during Lent to pick up Pepper and Egg Sandwiches that you have ordered. They will be ready after 4:00PM. We will be in the Holy Family Room until 6:00PM. Cost same as last year at $3.50 per sandwich Please try to order in advance by calling John at 847-966-9679 Walk ins also welcome. +Permission slips for the First Communion Retreat on April 12 th are to be returned to the RE Office or Mrs. Winans by Monday night. +Confirmation Year II Candidates are reminded they have a test Monday night and that all Sponsor Testimonies, papers, service hours, journals, service summaries, etc. are to be in that night as well. +Permission slips for the Confirmation Year II Retreat on April 26th are to be handed in to the catechists or the RE Office by Monday, April 14 th. Adults interested in being baptized, received into the Catholic Church or completing their Catholic Sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation are invited to call Dee Stanton, 847/966-1180 for more info. Adoration Of Jesus In The Most Blessed Sacrament A Holy Hour will be offered each Thursday evening during Lent in Church before the Blessed Sacrament from 7:00-8:00 p.m. April 10th Adoration is a time for praising, adoring, blessing, giving ourselves to God and thanking Him for all that He is for us and for all we are to become through Him. It is truly prayer of the heart. The prayer is three-fold: a chant; a prayerful meditation which will be offered by Deacon Rod: SILENCE - a short meditative time for each of us to adore Christ, speak our own words to Him or simply listen. Give a special gift to Jesus this Lent. Offer Him an hour of Your time these Thursdays during Lent. ALL ARE WELCOME! HOLY WEEK PRACTICES +For Palm/Passion Sunday Altar Servers: Monday, April 7, 6 p.m. +For Easter Vigil (Ems need not attend): Saturday, April 12, 11:30 a.m. +For both Good Friday Services: Sunday, April 13, 2:00 p.m. +For Holy Thursday (including those having their feet washed): Monday, April 14, 8 p.m. SAVE THE DATE Sixth Annual Buddy Gries Memorial Concert Sunday, July 13 th, 3:00 p.m., Holy Family Room To benefit St. Isaac Jogues Parish
Page Six Fifth Sunday of Lent April 6, 2014 Welcome New Parishioners! Romeo & Leonida Sarmiento CONFESSIONS Confessions will be heard in English and Polish next Saturday, April 12 from 11 a.m. to Noon in the church. Please note there are no confessions scheduled for Holy Saturday, April 19 th. EASTER VIGIL AGAPE Immediately following the Easter Vigil Mass there will be a reception downstairs in the Parish Hall (stairs or elevator) to which all are invited as we continue to celebrate our community s joy in the Risen Christ. If you would like to bring little sandwiches or sweets and/or help serve and clean up, please call the RE Office, 847/966-1180, this week. We will appreciate your food donations and gift of time! TTWCI CAMPAIGN INFORMATION PACKETS If you know parishioners who were not able to pick up their To Teach Who Christ Is Stewardship Campaign Information Packet today, please let them know they can pick it up in the Holy Family Room next weekend, April 12-13. We are trying to save postage, so it will help us to give out as many of the packets as possible. Thank you!
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Page Eight Fifth Sunday of Lent April 6, 2014 HOLY THURSDAY PILGRIMAGE Why, on this night, do we travel from church to church to adore the Lord? It was at the Last Supper Jesus gave us the Eucharist, His eternal presence in our lives. He gave us the Eucharist to remind us that He is always with us to help strengthen us as we go about living our lives as his disciples. The Eucharist also points to Christ s command that we all be on in love for Him and for each other. So, on this night we travel about to share our celebration of the Holy Eucharist with one another. Our tradition of making a pilgrimage to other churches on Holy Thursday will take place again this year. The Mass of the Lord s Supper is at 7:30 p.m. We leave promptly at 9 p.m. (or a little earlier) and will return to St. Isaac s this year early enough to spend some time in adoration here at our own parish. Our plan is to visit St. Joseph the Worker, Our Lady of the Brook, St. Norbert, St. Philip the Apostle, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. John Brebeuf and then back here. TO TEACH WHO CHRIST IS TEAM MEETING Team Leaders for the To Teach Who Christ Is Campaign will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 26 this Thursday, April 10 th. This is our last gathering so please have all your questions ready for discussion! If you wish to join us, it is necessary to reserve a seat on the bus. It is important to make a reservation early as we will have just one bus. Please call the Rectory at 847/967-1060 to reserve your place. A donation of $5 per person is requested to offset the cost of the bus. It will be collected that evening. Please remember we get on and off the bus several times and some of the churches have stairs or are a bit of a walk from the parking lot to the building. Not all churches remain open until midnight (some only until 10 or 11) so we will do our best, with everyone s cooperation, to get to all the churches named! TTWCI CAMPAIGN INFORMATION WEEKEND This weekend, April 5-6, will be the First Information Weekend for the To Teach Who Christ Is Stewardship Campaign. Packets of information will be distributed at each of the three doors as you leave Mass. In order for us to know who receives the packets you will be asked to fill out a coupon before Mass begins. The coupons will be in a cup in each pew and row of chairs. Please fill out a coupon (one per household) and then give the coupon to a member of the Information Committee when you receive your packet. If you will not be here the weekend of April 5-6, please come to the Holy Family Room the weekend of April 12-13 to pick up your packet. We think you will find these materials helpful in understanding how important your participation is to this campaign and to our parish!
Page Nine Fifth Sunday of Lent April 6, 2014 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fifth Sunday of Lent Monday: St. John Baptist de la Salle Friday: St. Stanislaus; Abstinence St. John Baptist de la Salle TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION There is a geography to the liturgy of baptism that distills the journey of faith. Each part of the liturgy is assigned to a distinct part of the church building. Baptism, whether of infants carried to church by their parents or of adults following the paschal candle into a darkened church at Easter, starts at the door. First, a threshold must be crossed and a new community of meaning and memory encountered for the first time. Then, the celebration moves to the place for God s Word. Next, as the litany of the saints is sung, there is a procession to the font. Finally, the movement is to the table, the altar of the Eucharist. There, newly baptized adults are brought to the sacred meal, or the parents of infants are blessed and reminded that their child will one day share fully in the table s banquet. Many Catholic churches honor this geography by placing the font near the door, or at least small vessels with water. The doorway of our church is a place of memory, and a passageway to a new way of living. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. TODAY S READINGS First Reading Thus says the Lord GOD: I will open your graves, have you rise from them, and settle you on your land. Then you shall know I am the LORD, O my people! (Ezekiel 37:12-14). Psalm With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption (Psalm 130). Second Reading If Christ is in you, the spirit is alive even if the body is dead because of sin (Romans 8:8-11). Gospel Lazarus, dead for four days, came out of his tomb when Jesus called his name (John 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Sacristans Frances Martel Theresa Noble
Page Ten Fifth Sunday of Lent April 6, 2014 Sunday, April 6 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Monday, April 7 Eduardo Rodriguez/Ireneto Giron, Sr. Augusto Ramirez Joseph Sclafani Robert Biebrach Ron Bezdon Francisco Arciniegas For the Living & Deceased Members of SIJ Dolores Coronel 8:00 a.m. Purgatorial Society Thomas Affatati Tuesday, April 8 8:00 a.m. Steven Zourkas Wednesday, April 9 8:00 a.m. Janet Grant Frank Korachevich Dolores Coronel Thursday, April 10 8:00 a.m. Anne Zimmer Friday, April 11 8:00 a.m. Tom Zimniewicz Saturday, April 12 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Sunday, April 13 7:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Communion Service - No intentions Anne Zimmer & Guy Zimmer Lisowski Family Dreyfuss Family Thomas Affatati Eleanor Lutz, Doreen Dwyer, Hermelia Cobarde, Myrna Racela Liturgy Next Weekend April 12-13 5:00 p.m. Fr. Luczak/Deacon Rod 7:00 a.m. Fr. Kennedy/Deacon Paul 9:00 a.m. Fr. Kennedy/Deacon Paul 10:45 a.m. Fr. Kalas/Deacon Rod 12:30 p.m. Fr. Janas/Deacon Rod Altar Servers April 12-13 5:00 p.m. Samuel Ratner Jane Escarez Lawrence Escarez 7:30 a.m. Sabin Thomas Kevin Thomas Alexis Janik 9:00 a.m. Nicole Wegrzyn Alena Jospeh Anna Koziol 10:30 a.m. Khayla Santiago Carlo Lasco Athena Lasco 12:00 p.m. Matthew Ledsma Christina Jimmychan Jude Jimmychan Reconciliation 11:00 a.m.- Frs. Luczak & Janas
Page Eleven Fifth Sunday of Lent April 6, 2014 PASTOR: Rev. Andrew Luczak PASTORAL STAFF: Lori Herbert, Business Manager Dolores Stanton, Director of Religious Education Lisa Hall, Music Director Sacrament of Matrimony: Must be registered for six months prior to setting the wedding date with an additional six months for necessary preparation. Note: The following wedding times can be scheduled: Friday at 5:00 p.m.; Saturday at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.; Sunday at 3:00 p.m. (Ceremony only) DEACON COMMUNITY: Deacon & Mrs. Robert C. O Keefe Deacon Rod Ranola Deacon & Mrs. Paul M. Stanton Sacrament of Baptism: Second and fourth Sunday of each month at 1:30 PM. Baptism Preparation Session must be completed before Baptism. Contact the Parish Office as soon as possible for details. WEEKEND LITURGY PRESIDERS: Rev. Ron Kalas Rev. Bernard Kennedy, O.F.M. Rev. Philip McGlynn, O.S.M. Rev. Camillus Janas, O.F.M. Eucharistic Celebrations: Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, & 12:00 Noon Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM Saturday: 8:00 AM & 5:00 PM Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday, 11:00-12:00 Noon or anytime by request. TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES On Tuesday night the final part of the motion picture, Jesus of Nazareth, will be shown downstairs in the Parish Hall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the film starts at 7 p.m. There s no charge for the movie. The popcorn and beverages are complimentary as well. If you like, free will offerings will be accepted. All are welcome! For more information call Dan Sobieski at 847/965-8072. Parish Office Website: http://sij-parish.com E-mail: office@sij-parish.com 8149 Golf Road, Niles, IL. 60714....... 967-1060 Janet Piovosi (Parish Secretary) Marlene Garber (A/R, Calendar Coordinator) Jennifer Lande (A/P, Bulletin Editor) Religious Education............... 966-1180 Renata Jaroslawski (Staff Secretary) Ministry Center................... 965-6911 Parish School: St. John Brebeuf School......... 966-3266 Pray for In Memoriam ROBERTA GESICKI IRENE JANCZAK ROSA CARVAJAL JIMMY RANCICH PARKER AHNE MARY ANN CASTAGNA
CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS ST. ISAAC JOGUES #512032 8149 Golf Road Niles, IL 60714 TELEPHONE 847 967-1060 CONTACT PERSON Jennifer/Janet SOFTWARE MS Publisher 2003 Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Windows XP Professional PRINTER Canon IR 3035 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 12 SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION April 6, 2014 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS THANK YOU!