Church of the Holy Ghost Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 11, 2018 A Catholic Faith Community 254 N. Wood Dale Road, Wood Dale, Illinois 60191 www.holyghostparish.org Monday through Friday Mass 8:30 a.m. Saturday - 5:00 p.m. Sunday - 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Holy Day 8:30 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. February 11 Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal Commitment Sunday; Faith Formation Sessions February 11 Youth Group Meets- Emmaus Room 7 PM February 13- Outer Strength/Inner Peace E.R. 11AM February 13- CCW Bunco Party Gym 7 PM February 14 Ash Wednesday Masses 8:30 AM & 7 PM; Ashes only 12:15 PM-Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 18 Launch Day for My Parish App!
Welcome to Holy Ghost Parish Holy Ghost Directory Parish Parish Office...630.860.2975 Parish Fax...630.860.9482 Parish website www.holyghostparish.org Parish Office Hours Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm - Closed for lunch 12:30-1:30 pm Rev. John Hornicak, Pastor Dino J. Franch, Deacon Parish Mission Statement frjohn@holyghostparish.org dinoraffy@aol.com Theresa Bero, Business Manager tbero@holyghostparish.org Kelly Scardina, Bulletin Editor Carolyn Niehoff, Music Director hgbulletin@aol.com carolyn@holyghostparish.org Holy Ghost School School Office...630.766.4508 School website www.holyghostschool.org Dr. J. Antonio Jimenez, Ed.D., Principal tjimenez@holyghostschool.org Faith Formation Faith Formation Office...630.766.1045 Kathy Grant, Director of Faith Formation kgrant@holyghostparish.org We, the members of Holy Ghost Parish, are one body of Roman Catholic People with diverse gifts and blessings, who share responsibility for the transformation of ourselves and our world according to the teachings and example of Jesus Christ. Fed by the Holy Spirit, we nurture our faith through private prayer, sacraments and liturgy, through life-long learning and teaching of Gospel values, and through love and support of each other. Empowered by the same Spirit, we live our faith in action through ministries of service, social justice, evangelization and witness, because all people are called to one and the same goal: unity with God, now and forever. Amen. Sacramental Information Baptism Takes place on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. Before scheduling your child s Baptism, you must attend a preparation class. Call the parish office to make arrangements. First Eucharist Celebrated each spring, available to youth who have completed required preparation. First Reconciliation Celebrated each spring, available to youth who have completed required preparation. Confirmation Celebrated each year and available to youth who have completed required preparation. Reconciliation Available Saturdays at 4:00 PM or by appointment. During Advent and Lent Saturday Reconciliation will begin at 3:00 PM. Communal Services are also scheduled during Advent and Lent. Marriage Diocesan policy requires 6 months preparation time. Contact parish office for appointment. RCIA RCIA is a process for fully initiating adults into the Catholic faith. It is for those who have never been baptized, or were baptized and/or raised in another Christian denomination and are now interested in becoming Catholic. This process is also for Baptized Catholics who never completed their initiation through the sacraments of Eucharist and/or Confirmation. If interested, please contact the parish office at 630-860-2975. Eucharist for the Homebound If you or a member of your family cannot attend Mass because of illness or disability, a Minister of Care will bring Communion to you. Call the parish office to make arrangements. www.holyghostparish.org Page 2
Readings and Resources Our Sanctuary Lamp Sunday Reflection GIVE GOD THE GLORY A curious feature of the first half of Mark s Gospel is the pattern of Jesus working a miracle, then telling the recipient of the miracle to keep still about it. Many theories have been offered: Mark is setting the stage for the great secret revealed when Peter will proclaim Jesus the Messiah at Caesarea Philippi; more skeptical commentators offer that Jesus, fully aware of human nature, knew that the way to spread the news was to tell people to keep it secret. The insight into this secret-keeping that serves us well, however, is that Jesus was initiating his public ministry according to the pattern that Paul describes. He was doing it for the glory of God not for his own benefit, but for that of all. Paul would later write in Philippians that Jesus humbled himself to become like us. And we see this humility at work in today s healing of the leper. Jesus is trying to reveal the presence of God s reign among the people, not so that he himself might receive the glory, but so that God would be glorified through him. Imitating this pattern, which Paul encourages the Jewish and Greek Christian factions in Corinth to do, still serves us well today. Our sanctuary lamp is a 7-day candle that is always lit above the tabernacle. If you would like to contribute $20 to the cost of the weekly candle we will print a Thank You in the bulletin. You are also welcome to make the donation in memory of a loved one or loved ones. There are envelopes on the book racks for your donation. Just include a paper that states how you would like your name and/or the names for memorials printed. Names will be printed in the bulletin in the order in which they are received, either in the collection or at the office. Our Sanctuary Lamp this week is lit through the generosity of: Erminia Acevedo In memory of: Tomas Acevedo Rosemary Sida Elena Kramer Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. Treasures From Our Tradition Today s Gospel centers on the plight of a leper and Jesus response of healing. In Hawaii, the bacterium that causes leprosy probably entered from China in the mid-1800s, and the native islanders were susceptible to the dreaded disease. In 1866, the government literally dumped the sufferers on a remote and virtually inaccessible island peninsula with towering cliffs. Thrown off ships into the sea, the sick people were told to swim for the beach and head for caves, and for seven years the only supplies were similarly cast into the sea to drift ashore. It was then, 1873, that a thirty-three-year-old Belgian priest, Damien de Veuster, went voluntarily to Kalaupapa. Before long, he cajoled the government into funding his mission and its hospital, built a village with proper homes and sanitation, and recruited Mother Marianne Cope to bring sisters from Syracuse, New York, to nurse the sick. Damien, who eventually died of leprosy, has been canonized, and Mother Marianne as well. Although leprosy has been curable since the 1940s, today a few patients remain in their lifelong home, now a national historic site. The peninsula is still utterly isolated from the outside world, and the speed limit for the few cars there is 5 mph since there s nowhere to go! The hospital is still wellstaffed and equipped, but access is regulated and visitors must take an official tour, often involving a descent down the cliffs by Molakai mule. There are few places on earth that evoke the healing power of Jesus, or our call to follow the Healer, more than Damien s beloved island mission. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. Daily Scripture READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Jas 1:1-11; Ps 119:67-68, 71-72, 75-76; Mk 8:11-13 Tuesday: Jas 1:12-18; Ps 94:12-15, 18-19; Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6a, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 Friday: Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6a, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 Saturday: Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32 Sunday: Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15 Come Pray the Rosary Weekdays 9:00 a.m. & Thursdays 7:00 p.m. Page 3
Mass Intentions for the Week Please keep the following intentions in your prayers: Saturday, February 10th 5:00 p.m. Scott Davidson Ramiro G. Flores Sunday, February 11th 8:30 a.m. Ron Ostrega 10:30 a.m. For the parishioners of Holy Ghost Parish living and deceased Welcome Center Welcome Center Ministers are able to help you with the following needs: Parish Registration Sick Call Request, and Sacrament Information Pray for Our Military 'Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need, in Jesus' name. Amen.' The Little Ones Jim Burrows, the cartoonist behind The Little Ones, is a Christian artist with a passion for sharing the Good News of the Gospel through art that is joyful. He is a certified catechist at Mission San Luis Obispo, California, and has a master s degree in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University New Orleans. He is a perma- COL Michael D. Daniels-Army LT- Nicholas Lucania-Navy CPO Dale Janetka- USCG LCP Colleen Ritter Marines PVT Ian Schauchuk-Army COL Jeffrey K. Klotz- Army ENS Matthew Starsiak Navy Please note: Weekday intentions may be rescheduled due to changes or cancellations. Monday, February 12th- 8:30 a.m. Edward T. Gisburne LTC Grace Gallagher - Army LTC Robert Bowen-Army SSGT Robert W. Dones Air Force Michael Malek MAJ Mary Dones Air Force 7:00 p.m. Lucas Marszalek Thursday, February 15th-8:30 a.m. Joyce Heit Friday, February 16th-8:30 a.m. Communion Service Intentions Announcement The following changes concerning Mass Intention requests, which are in Compliance with the Decree on Mass Stipends, will begin on January 1, 2016: 2. CWO4 Anderson Mann Army Tuesday, February 13th-8:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 14th-8:30 a.m. Charlotte Lazzara 1. PVT Billy Termine-Marines There will be one intention for a Mass, (not multiple intentions as in the past.) Mass will be offered for all Parishioners in the Parish on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Holy Thursday, Easter Vigil, Easter Sunday, and Holy Days of Obligation. No other intentions will be taken for the Masses on these days. Page 4 CAPT Thomas Zwolfer-Navy PVT Steven Badgley Army A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, If you wish, you can make me clean. Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, I do will it. Be made clean. Mk 1:40-41 Bulletin Deadlines Cadet Joshua Jalowiec Air Force Academy Ryan James Ruizol Navy SSGT Timothy Latvis-Air Force CAPT Edward W. Miller USMC LT COL-Anthony Calabrese-Airforce MAJ Patty Calabrese Airforce PVT Cameron Andresen-USMC Peter Bush USMC IT2 Christopher Wilder Navy 2d LT Joseph Piscopo-Air Force www.holyghostparish.org Please help the bulletin editor meet her deadlines by submitting your bulletin articles at least two weeks before your event. Three weeks is even better. Because of our increased pages, the bulletin is sent to the printer a week and a half before it comes out. Consequently, and with regret, last minute articles cannot be accommodated. Kelly Scardina, Bulletin Editor hgbulletin@aol.com
Sunday Giving Weekly Goal.. $14,000 For Sunday, January 21, 2018 Stewardship Envelopes issued 1213 Adult Envelopes used.. 272 Children Envelopes used 54 $ 9,954.50 Children s Donations $97.83 C.O.R.E. $ 1,433.00 Total Revenue collected (includes loose change) Thank you for your kindness and generosity of your stewardship offerings. Sharing of time, talent, and treasure provides the means for the many ministries offered to our parishioners. Stewardship Corner Food for the Banquet $50 is needed each weekend for hosts and wine. If you would like to help cover the costs, drop your donation with your choice of date into the collection basket. Mark it Food for the Banquet. Thank you to this week s Food for the Banquet Contributors From: Richard & Myrtle Ciesla In Memory of: Elder, Ciesla, and Koda Families The following dates are open for donations. February 17 &1 8 February 24 & 25 March 17 & 18 March 31 & April 1 (Easter) Most of April and May, and All of June Thank you for your generosity. Hand-Carved Olive Wood Gifts from the Holy Land 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 and try to purchase an item or two. Proceeds go to benefit the Catholic schools and clinics in the Holy Land. Star of Bethlehem has been approved by many bishops, and diocese of Jerusalem. Please take a look at these beautiful artifacts on February 17 th & 18 th. Holy Ghost Parish Holy Ghost will gladly accept your used Palms to be burned for use on Ash Wednesday. Containers can be found at both entrances of the Church and will be received until Sunday, February 11th. Please empty your bag of palms into the container and take your bag with you. Servers for February 17th and 18th Saturday, 5:00 pm Sunday, 8:30 am Sunday, 10:30 am Adults servers monitor their own schedule. Abby Niehoff Katie Niehoff Marissa Swierkosz Michelle Swierkosz www.holyghostparish.org Page 5
Holy Ghost School Tickets will be sold after weekend Masses. Page 6
Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal Final Report 2017 Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal Pledge Report The 2017 Ministries Appeal has concluded. This is the final report. Thank you to all who have paid their pledge. Our parish has reached its goal, even though there is a remaining balance. The parish has receive received 3,988.34 as its rebate from the diocese. Thank you for your generosity. Here are the results as of January 14, 2018 PARISH GOAL: $51,533 AMOUNT PLEDGED: $61,982 AMOUNT PAID: $57,231 REMAINING BALANCE: $4,751 DONOR COUNT: 330 2016 Final Results PARISH GOAL: $51,952 AMOUNT PLEDGED: $66,921 AMOUNT PAID: $63,451 REMAINING BALANCE: $3,470 DONOR COUNT: 367 Please Participate! Your Gift Makes a Difference! This weekend at each Mass you will be asked to participate in our diocesan-wide Commitment/In- Pew Weekend for the 2018 Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal (CMAA). The CMMA is much different than a one-time special collection. It is a pledge campaign where you can make a one-time gift or pledge your gift over ten months to support the good works of the Diocese. A gift to the CMAA will touch the lives of many in our Diocese in a positive way. Each gift makes a difference! Together, the gifts of many enable our Diocese to deliver needed education, ministry and services to those who need it most. We are all Partners in Caring and He has given you all that you have. We can give thanks to Him for our blessings through a gift to the CMAA. For those of you who were unable to make a decision about your commitment this weekend, please prayerfully consider doing so online at jolietdioceseappeal.org or by returning a Commitment/In- Pew Weekend envelope to our parish next week. If you received a pledge form in the mail, you may return it via mail or drop it off at Holy Ghost. We will pay the postage for you. After our parish exceeds it CMAA goal of $ 53,300 for 2018 in paid pledges, 70% of any additional funds are returned for use in our parish. Thank you for your prayerful consideration and generous response. Page 7
Council of Catholic Women Holy Ghost Council of Catholic Women Invites You to Bunco Game Night Tuesday, February 13, 2018 7:00 P.M. Bring an unwrapped White Elephant Gift to be used as a prize. Bunco is a dice game, easy to learn and loads of fun. Come alone or bring a friend. Refreshments will be served. Thank You Thank you to all the parishioners for your generous donation of over 80 gently used coats during the Youth Group coat drive! We filled the coat rack at PADS with warm coats for men and women. We provided some coats to a 2nd hand boutique that gives clothing to women from the shelter who need to be fitted for interviews and jobs. We also provided coats to the women and children at the Women's Shelter. Thank you again!! Page 8
An Easter Gift Proposal Holy Ghost has ordered the new Easter Candle for this coming Easter Season in Spring of 2018. If you would like to help defray the cost to the parish for this most important liturgical symbol, please pick up an envelope marked Easter Candle at the Welcome Center. 2 0 1 8 Eileen M. Gulley The names of the donors will appear in the bulletin, so if you would like to make your donation in memory of a loved one or some personal intention, please include that in your envelope. Be sure you print your name clearly and list your church envelope number, so that we can give you credit for your donation in our records. Thank you for your generosity. February 23, 1942-January 18, 2018 Eileen Gulley, who touched countless lives of the people of Holy Ghost, has passed away. Eileen joined the staff at Holy Ghost in 1974 as a teacher. She became principal of the school in 1976 and retired in September of 1999 due to illness. Eileen was a warm, caring teacher and administrator creating a close knit family here at Holy Ghost School. Her dedication to her students and their families resonated throughout the building as she always had their best interest in mind. Anyone fortunate enough to work with Eileen admired her ability to inspire you and create a team spirit. Her spirit and influence still fills the school. We will miss Eileen and her dedication to Holy Ghost School. Eileen M. Gulley Beloved daughter of the late James and Mari (nee Haungs) Gulley. Loving sister of Ginger Goomis and the late Nancy (the late J. David) Smith. Dear aunt of Moira (Michael) Arzich, Michael Smith, Patricia (Tim) Taylor, Catherine (Henry) Kamerling and Sara (Cedric) Brown. Also survived by great nieces, great nephews, many friends and special friend Zoe. Memorial Visitation was held Tuesday, January 23, 2018 from 6-8 PM. at Geils Funeral Home 260 W. Irving Park Road Wood Dale, IL. Family and friends met at Holy Ghost Church, 254 N. Wood Dale Road, Wood Dale IL on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 for a Memorial Mass at 10:30 AM. Interment Private. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Holy Ghost School or World Wildlife Fund would be appreciated. Page 9
FROM THE CHANCELLOR LENTEN REGULATIONS 1. Everyone 14 years of age or over is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent. 2. Everyone 18 years of age and under 59 years of age is bound to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. 3. On these two days of fast and abstinence, only one full meatless meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted on these two days, but liquids, including milk and fruit juices are allowed. When health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law does not oblige. 4. To disregard completely the law of fast and abstinence is seriously sinful. 5. Lent is the principal season of penance in the Christian year. All of the faithful are strongly urged to develop and follow a program of voluntary self-denial (in addition to following the Lenten regulations), serious prayer, and a performance of works of charity and mercy. myparish App is Coming Soon Next weekend, bring your silenced smartphone to H.G. After Mass we will help you download the App. Make sure you know your Apple or Android password. Holy Ghost is excited to announce the anticipated release of our own parish app. Expected to be ready for the first Sunday of Lent, February 18th, this new app will be available for parishioners to download on both Apple iphones and Android phones. We expect the features and capabilities of our new app to foster a stronger sense of community and faith in the daily lives of all parishioners. Holy Ghost will be able to communicate quickly and easily with all parishioners who download the app via messages and notifications to keep you in the loop with what is going on in our church. You will then be able to quickly reply to messages or RSVP for upcoming events. Other features will include: - the daily readings read at Mass, - the latest Catholic news from around the world, - an easy-to-reference list of Catholic prayers with prayer requests, - a helpful examination of conscience and next confession reminder, a reminder feature called Mass Mode, for Mass and confession. This includes phone silencing notification to help encourage us all to be more present while at Holy Ghost. and much more. As you can see, this app offers a lot of capabilities for improving parish communication and serving as a faith building resource. It is well thought out and should become a real asset to complement our daily faith lives. Page 10
Please Join Us for the Holy Ghost Parish Mission February 26-28 (Monday through Wednesday) 7:00-8:30 PM Living as Missionary Disciples Featuring the Renowned Speaker John Donahue Grossman By virtue of our baptism, all the members of the People of God have become missionary disciples. John will invite and inspire us through story and meaningful prayer experiences to become actively engaged in the living and sharing of our faith. All of us who have experienced the love and grace of Christ are called to share it with the world. God calls us to more than showing up for mass on the weekend. The call to discipleship is a call to action. John provides real-life ways to live our faith with our families, those we work with, and in the communities in which we live. Parish Mission Childcare for ages 4-7 will be available. Please fill out the slip below and drop in collection basket. Name of Child (ren) Age( s) Name of Parent Cell Phone Dates Needed. Please check all that apply. February 26 February 27 February 28 Page 11
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Seniors Invited to Defer Property Taxes Qualified senior citizens, aged 65 years and older are invited to apply for the Senior Citizen Real Estate Tax Deferral Program. The program allows participants to defer up to $5,000 of their current property tax payment until the property is sold. The deferral is treated as a loan and accrues 6 % simple interest until paid. To qualify, the applicant s household income cannot exceed $50,000. Additionally, the property must be used exclusively for residential purposes. The application period closes March 1, 2018. For more information, contact the DuPage County Treasurer's Office at 630-407-5900 or www.dupageco.org/treasurer Gwen Henry, Treasurer Page 13