THE TOWER June 14, 2015 Eleventh Sunday In Ordinary Time SACRED HEART PARISH CELEBRATING THE FEAST OF THE SACRED HEART
Dear Sacred Heart Parishioners, It has been an honor and a privilege to come back home as Principal of SHS. You have enriched my life through your children and the opportunities and challenges they brought. As a community we surrounded these young people to help shape their faith, challenge their thinking and cultivate their curiosity---oh, the wonder of it all. Thank you for your trust and support. I have been truly blessed by Sacred Heart Parish. I WILL, I WILL, I WILL Such a lovely send-off last Sunday! Thank you for the beautiful liturgy, the wonderful music, your kind good wishes, and generous gifts. And thanks too for those who made it over to the reception to enjoy one another's company, the delicious food, and beautiful music. It's been a blessed seven years at Sacred Heart and I am full of gratitude. Now I will, I will, I will, enjoy, enjoy, enjoy my retirement. Sr. Luanne My prayers are with you! Fondly, Sr. Kathleen Donnelly, OP
Hearts Contemplating Christ FEAST OF THE SACRED HEART On Friday, June 12th, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Devotion to the Sacred Heart celebrates Christ s redeeming and merciful love for the human race. This Devotion has a long and extensive history. Between 800 CE and 1,000 CE, Jesus heart was used as a symbol on which to focus one s devotion to his humanity and the wounds he suffered during crucifixion. Outward practices of the devotion were established over the centuries by various historical figures in the Church including St. Bonaventure, St. Gertrude, St. Catherine of Sienna, and St. Francis de Sales. St. John Eudes was responsible for the first liturgical office celebrated in honor of the Sacred Heart whose feast was observed for the first time on October 20th, 1672. The Devotion became even more popular when St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), a Visitation nun, experienced a series of visions of Christ as she prayed before the Blessed Sacrament. During these visions, Christ pointed to His Heart, as the symbol of his love and mercy. Christ promised Margaret Mary that, in response to those who devoted themselves to His Sacred Heart, He would: establish peace in their homes; comfort them in times of trouble; bestow abundant blessings upon them; be an infinite ocean of mercy for sinners; and bless every place in which an image of His Heart was displayed and honored. The devotional practices include: 1) receiving Communion frequently; 2) going to Confession and receiving the Eucharist on the First Friday of the Month; 3) participating in Eucharistic Adoration; and 4) celebrating the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Finally, Pope Pius XII issued an encyclical in 1956 on the Sacred Heart, which can be found on the Vatican website under Pope Pius XII.
HEART TO HEART pastor to parish May the Sacred Heart of Jesus always be a font of grace for all our lives, communally and individually! Solemnity of the Sacred Heart The solemnity of the Sacred Heart is observed in the liturgical calendar on the Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost, which this year places this special feast on June 12. Interestingly, the solemnity of the title of one s own parish church can take precedence over Sundays of Ordinary Time. In other words, since our parish is named after the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we can, with the Archbishop s permission, move the celebration of the Sacred Heart from June 12 to the nearest Ordinary Time Sunday, which would be this weekend, June 13/14. So, instead of celebrating the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, we will replace it with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart. For that reason, the Scripture readings for this weekend are different, as are the prayers for the Mass. We are also observing this solemnity by praying the Litany of the Sacred Heart during the liturgy. I invite you to take the pamphlets that you find in the pews for this litany home with you. Perhaps before or after one of your weekend family meals you can pray this litany in honor of the Sacred Heart. In this way, your household can tie the liturgy celebrated in church with the prayer of your family at home. Additions to Staff Besides our new principal and DRE, which are full-time positions on staff, we are fortunate to be able to welcome to the Sacred Heart pastoral staff two wonderful individuals, Kathy Janega Keenan and Mindi Craddock. Let me explain how this has come about. After almost a year in the parish, I determined that we need a staff person who will coordinate liturgy someone other than clergy. Based on my experience working with her over the past months, especially with regard to Holy Week, Kathy will fill that role perfectly. I also believe that we desperately need someone to coordinate stewardship in the parish (the gospel imperative of stewardship includes development and marketing work). Having worked with Mindi on the School Board this past year, she will fit perfectly with our need for a stewardship coordinator. These newest members of staff will each do their work for a modest stipend. The parish will actually share Mindi s time and stipend with the school because she will also help to market our educational efforts. The Finance Council of the parish was consulted about these new hires. In light of our current financial situation, it seems best to fill these positions with persons who are willing to work for a stipend versus a salary. In the future, if our financial situation improves, so can their remuneration and the hours we require of them.
Hearts Alive in Worship My only desire is to unite myself to God (St. Paul of the Cross) SCRIPTURE REFLECTION GROUP MONDAYS 9AM Join Judy Pyke on Monday mornings at 9am (after the 8:30am Mass) in the Parish Office Fireplace Room to read and delve into the Scriptures for the coming Sunday. The reflection group will meet for 1 hour to break open the Word, so that participants can ponder the readings for the coming week. Breaking open the Word parallels the Breaking of the Bread for just as we are nourished by the Bread of Life, so too are we nourished by the Word of God. We break bread, eat, digest and become bread for others. We also break open the Word, digest it, and become the living Word for others. This practice of breaking open the Word helps us experience the deep conversion that comes only from an encounter with the living Word of God, and enables us to connect faith and life. Join us! All are welcome. Sessions will continue through the summer unless otherwise noted. FIRST COMMUNION CONGRATULATIONS Sacred Heart offers its congratulations and blessings upon 5 children that received their First Communion last Sunday. We welcome to the Table of the Lord (from left to right): Owen and Grace Walker, and Cecilia, Isabella and Sofia Troglia. May the Sacred Heart of Jesus strengthen your faith and increase your love as you continue to receive our Lord Jesus Christ. April New Parishioners Richard & Denise Wahlund April Baptisms Campbell Preston Horstmann Spencer Flood Hyatt Coady Graziano Klein Ryan Isabella Klein Grayson Eliah Malats Gerrit Austin McComas Tallulah Preston McComas Eliza Katherine Muhlenkamp Bailey Christine Stiller Baptism By Appointment We celebrate Baptisms on Sundays following the 10:30 Mass. Our Baptism Guidelines and Baptism Information Forms are available on our website www.sacredheartwinnetka.com. For further information, please contact Trish O Toole in our Parish Office at 847-446-0856. Baptism Preparation 4th Sunday of the month 9:15-10:15 am in the Parish Office Conference Room. Sacrament of Matrimony Contact a priest or deacon 6 months prior to the anticipated date of marriage. Sacrament of Anointing Please call one of the priests at 847-446-0856. Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 9:00-9:30 am http://www.careerresourcecenter.org April Deaths Kathleen Vagra Jane Muller May Baptisms Sienna Leigh Franjoine Vivienne Faye Hernandez May Deaths Joan Kenny
Hearts Nurtured by Faith If God can work through me, he can work through anyone (St. Francis of Asssi) SCHOOL NEWS We are officially on Summer Vacation! The school office, will however, be open abbreviated hours. During the month of June, please give us a call. We will be here from 9 12:00pm. During the month of July, the office is closed, but please email Annie, she ll be checking if you have any questions at adanstrom@shwschool.org. The office will reopen in August. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS June 15, is the deadline for receiving the lower rate when you register for religious education. After June 15 the price increases $50 per child. This year it is more important than ever to get registrations in soon. The R.E. Office is moving over to the Parish Office building and the new DRE is coming on board July 1. There is a lot of transition and having early info would be very helpful. Registration is online via the parish website. Thank you. Please consider being a catechist. Call the R.E. Office 847-446-6535 to volunteer. If you like children and get along well with them and want to share you faith with them, this ministry might be for you. Classes are Sunday mornings 9:00-10:15. Room parents are needed for each class. Please volunteer on your registration form or call if you've already registered. Our religious education program uses committees comprised of room parents for various activities. For example, the reception after the Christmas pageant, reception after Confirmation, reconciliation reception, etc. Two room parents are needed for each room. SPARKED HEART KAIROS applications are out! North Side Kairos is July 17-20 at Bellarmine Retreat Center. Applications can be found on the website and are due June 29. SUMMER SERVICE TRIP will be to McAllen, TX July 26 Aug. 1, where we will work with Habitat for Humanity and Sacred Heart Humanitarian Respite Center. See the website for more information. Please contact Carol if you are interested in going on the trip, and adults I need you, too! NCYC-Interested in attending the National Catholic Youth Conference this November? This is an incredible opportunity to learn, pray, celebrate, and have fun with 23,000 Catholic teens from around the country. Contact Carol if you are interested! JUNIOR HIGH NIGHT is on hiatus for the summer, but be on the lookout for great opportunities coming your way! Check out the website to vote for our when to have our end-of-year party! Don t forget to follow us on Twitter @SparkedHearts and find us on Facebook! Contact Carol anytime 847-446-0856 x. 132 or cnowatzke@shparish.com
Hearts Making a Difference The nation doesn t simply need what we have. It needs what we are. (St. Teresia Benedicta, Edith Stein) ST. COLUMBANUS: HUNGER WALK NEXT SATURDAY JUNE 20th at SOLDIER FIELD We are looking for walkers! Have you ever wanted to help out at St. Columbanus, but never made it down there? Were you one of the families that volunteered at St. Columbanus for Thanksgiving last year? Simply want to help the many people that the Food Pantry serves? Come walk with us! The 5K (3.1 mile) walk takes place along the lakefront, starting at Soldier Field. We ll meet near the starting gate at 8am and step off at 8:30am just south of Soldier field, head south to 31st street circling McCormick Place and back to Soldier Field. It s a lovely and easy walk. Unable to walk that day? You can still make a Donation! Visit the Chicago Food Depository website: http:// www.chicagosfoodbank.org/site/ TR? team_id=12014&pg=team&fr_id=15 90&et=z7wGgGsLxl7ZTmZd9fe2Jw&s _tafid=8902 If you write a check, note St. Columbanus #A01033 in the memo line. If you can walk, contact Judy Pyke at the parish office or at jpyke@shparish.com so she knows to look for you that morning. THANKS! ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE Tuesdays and Thursdays during the School Year Tutor Elementary students at St. Columbanus School. Leave SH at 9am, return by 1:30pm. Wednesdays St. Columbanus Food Pantry: Packing of Food at 7am at St. Columbanus Rectory Garage; Distribution of Food at 10am. Thursdays Shadow a Minister of Care at Lake- Cook Nursing Home or Glen Oaks Nursing Home. Contact the Parish Office for more information. Third Sunday of Every Month A Just Harvest Community Kitchen: prepare casserole and/or serve dinner. Arrive by 4:30pm, and be home before 7:00pm. Contact Patty Sanfilippo for more information. patricia.sanfilippo@us.nestle.com RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY Join our Respect Life Ministry in our weekly prayer for life: That all Catholics who proclaim the Gospel may never hesitate to speak up for the victims of abortion, infanticide and euthanasia. We pray to the Lord!
Hearts Connected for Community Love is the beauty of the Soul (St. Augustine) BULLETIN DEADLINE Please submit your bulletin articles by Tuesday 9:00AM. Any articles received after the deadline will be placed in next week s bulletin. Thank You. THIS WEEK AT SACRED HEART Monday, June 15 Scripture Reflection Group 9:00AM/POFR Parish Council/Finance Council BBQ 6:00PM/ Religious Ed Board Meeting 7:00PM/School Library Tuesday, June 16 Finance Council Meeting 7:00AM/POCR Sacred Heart Playgroup 8:20AM/PCR Prayer Group 9:00AM/POFR Wednesday, June 17 Meet and Greet with New Principal Kristen Fink 6:30PM/ (Roddy Home)
Hearts Connected for Community Love is the beauty of the Soul (St. Augustine) STEWARDSHIP GIVING YTD Actual Sunday and Christmas Collection: $1,018,715 YTD Budgeted Sunday and Christmas Collection: $1,096,717 Shortfall: ($ 78,002) Actual Easter Collection $ 62,084 Budgeted Easter Collection $ 62,000 Actual in Excess of Budget $ 84 CAREER RESOURCES Of the many resources available for persons seeking employment, here are just a few that we thought might be of interest: Thank you to the 236 Families who have so generously contributed to our appeal. If you have not already done so, please consider making a donation today to help us achieve our goal of eliminating a projected year-end deficit of $200,000. KINDERGARTNERS FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS Miss Stock's kindergarten class raised $3,830 for the Wounded Warrior Project! This was accomplished through donations, the bake sales and the sale of note cards; in addition to the sale of their mosaic of the American Flag. Thank you to everyone who supported this great cause! A special thanks is extended to: Patrick O'Neil and O'Neil's Restaurant, Little Ricky's Bar & Grill, Trifecta, Londo Mondo, BlowOuts Blow Dry Bar, Phil Hoza - Bratschi Plumbing, Caffe Buon Giorgno, Anne Hughes and Zia Gallery Holy Cross in Deerfield and St Gregory Episcopal have a joint ministry called Career Renewal, which meets at Holy Cross every other month. Its website is: http:// www.careerrenewal.org/home.html Career Transitions Center, of which Old St Pat's is one of about 20 interdenominational sponsors, is a full time career counseling/skills assessment, etc. operations. Some of its services are free, but some require payment. Holy Name, Old St Pat's, OLPH, St Josaphat, Loyola U, DePaul U, and Kenilworth Union Church are among the sponsors. The center s website is: http:// www.ctcchicago.org/index.asp We feature private coaching by industry professionals and a wide variety of education and training programs. Our services are individualized, results-focused, and affordable. Visit www.careerresourcecenter.org or call 847-295- 5626 and ask us about coming in for a tour. Great Job!
SCHEDULE Mass Intentions LITURGICAL MINISTERS June 20-21 Monday, June 15 7:00am Communion Service 8:30am Thomas E. Leuver II Tuesday, June 16 7:00am Communion Service 8:30am Monica Yolles Wednesday, June 17 7:00am Communion Service 8:30am Tom Quirk Thursday, June 18 7:00am Communion Service 8:30am Intentions of Michael A. McNulty & Intentions of Marilee & Richard Wehman Friday, June 19 7:00am Communion Service 8:30am Parishioners of St. Columbanus Saturday, June 20 8:30am Frances Mary Demma Winkler 5:00pm Intentions of Frank Walsh Sunday, June 21 7:30am Parishioners of Sacred Heart 9:00am Rowland & Rosemary Hoffman 10:30am Bruno Mantoan & Earl Bushell 4:30pm John Edward Luelling MINISTERS OF CARE June 18 Lake Cook/Christine Kengott Glen Oaks /Sally Hoban, June Hocter 5:00pm Saturday June 20 Presider Fr. Lanza/Deacon Keenan (PR) Greeter(s) Virginia Laura Servers Sarah Cullinane Lector(s) Peter Koch Eucharistic Ministers Peter Koch, Catherine Lehman, Robert Maganuco, Ludy Mariano, Lamarr Tyler Cantor Carla LaMarr LeMee 7:30am Sunday June 21 Presider Fr. Lanza/Deacon Keenan (PR) Greeter(s) Sally Hoban Servers Michael Essig Lector(s) Chris Lane Eucharistic Ministers Bernadette Broccolo, Sally Hoban, Nancy Kehoe Cantor Dan MacDonald 9:00am Presider Fr. Chun/Deacon Keenan Greeter(s) Gerry Bellanca, Mickey Casner Servers Rory McGuire, Izzie Schario Lector(s) Jim Harrington Eucharistic Ministers Mickey Casner, Arlen Craddock, Tom Forte, John Madden, Roseanne Madden Cantor Shannon Barker Keys 10:30am Presider Fr. Chun Greeter(s) Frieda Baker, Kay Madden Servers Apolline MacNab, Cole Riedinger Lector(s) Bill Hague Eucharistic Ministers Frieda Baker, Carleasia Kengott, Christine Kengott, Mark Kengott, Kristin Lolli Cantor Shannon Barker Keys 4:30pm Presider Fr. Lanza/Deacon McNulty (PR) Greeter(s) Dan Hagedorn Servers Kelly Hagedorn, Sabrina Hagedorn Lector(s) John McGarry Eucharistic Ministers James Collins, Don Devlin, Sheila Devlin Cantor Dan MacDonald Altar Servers Daily Mass 8:30am June 22 Mary Bridget Jones June 23 Mary Bridget Jones June 24 Mary Bridget Jones June 25 Mary Bridget Jones June 26 Mary Bridget Jones June 27 Mary Bridget Jones
SACRED HEART PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION Pastoral Staff Rev. Steven M. Lanza, Pastor slanza@shparish.com Pastor Emeritus Rev. Robert E. Ferrigan 847-647-6557, Rev. Robert J. Heidenreich Pastoral Associate Judy Pyke jpyke@shparish.com Permanent Deacons Michael J. McNulty mmcnulty@shparish.com Gerry Keenan gkeenan@shparish.com 773-251-6626 Director of Music Todd Gresick tgresick@shparish.com Liturgy Coordinator/Children s Choir Kathy Janega Keenan kjanega@shparish.com Business Manager/Administrative Assistant to the Pastor Michelle Wasielewski mwasielewski@shparish.com Sacristan Coordinator June Hocter jkhocter@comcast.net Youth Minister Carol Nowatzke cnowatzke@shparish.com Principal Sr. Kathleen Donnelly, O.P. 1095 Gage Street 847-446-0005 kdonnelly@shwschool.org Religious Education Director Sr. Luanne Wilhelm, SLW 1095 Gage Street 847-446-6535 lwilhelm@shparish.com Support Staff Administrative Assistant & Bulletin Editor Trish O Toole totoole@shparish.com Accounting/Census/Contributions/Tuition Cindy Atsaves catsaves@shparish.com Bookkeeping Suzie Danstrom sdanstrom@shparish.com Parish Office 847-446-0856/Fax 847-501-5311/www.sacredheartwinnetka.com Hours: Monday & Tuesday 8:30am 8:00pm, Wednesday Friday 8:30am-4:30pm School Office : 847-446-0005 Religious Education Office: 847-446-6535 Visit our website www.sacredheartwinnetka.com. Find us on Facebook & Follow us on Twitter: @SHWinnetka
CHURCH NAME AND NUMBER Sacred Heart Church #862 ADDRESS 1077 Tower Road Winnetka, Illinois 60093 PHONE 847-446-0856 CONTACT PERSON Trish O Toole x 101 SOFTWARE Microsoft Publisher 2007 Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Windows XP Professional PRINTER HP Laserjet 1022 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT = 12 SUNDAY DATE OF BULLETIN June 14, 2015 THANK YOU!