ft Çà UxtàÜ vx ctü á{ Corner of Irving Park Road & Wagner Avenue Schiller Park, Illinois 60176 Rectory: 4157 Atlantic Avenue 847-678-0138 email: stbeatricechurch@outlook.com www.stbeatriceparish.org REV. ROBERT SCHULTZ, Pastor REV. J. JERRY BRESNAHAN, Pastor Emeritus Zerlina Kirchen/REL. ED. 847-671-6429 Richard Gersten, Music Director MASSES Saturday Evening: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 Noon Weekday Mass (Monday thru Thursday): 8:30 AM Communion Service Friday & Saturday: 8:30 AM Holy Day Masses: 8:30 AM, 12:00 Noon and 7:00 PM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confession) Saturday Afternoon: 4:00 4:30 PM BAPTISMS Baptisms are celebrated once a month on Sundays at 1:15pm. Please contact the rectory to schedule a Baptism at 847-678-0138. Parents are required to participate in a baptismal prep. NEW PARISHIONERS Please register at the rectory. MARRIAGES Church arrangements should be made well ahead of reception and hall arrangements by calling in person at the rectory. Couples are expected to meet with one of the priests before the marriage for instruction and preparation at least 6 months before date of marriage. VISITS TO THE SICK Communion visits are made in homes by making arrangements at the rectory. Anyone who is seriously ill or over 65 and ailing is invited to receive the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. When a family member is hospitalized, please notify the rectory so that hospital visits can be made. Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 23, 2018 The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace. James 3:18
PAGE TWO YÜÉÅ à{x ctáàéüëá Wxá~ YÜÉÅ à{x ctáàéüëá Wxá~ It s been a li le while since I updated everyone on how we are progressing in the To Teach Who Christ Is (TTWCI) campaign. So, this week I have included a full-page report in this bulle n on where we are with the campaign. I hope that you take the me to read it. To sum it up, the good news is that, because of those who generously donated to TTWCI, we had enough money to repair and refinish our pews, and we will have enough money to resurface our parking lot and fix the sewers next year. The bad news is that, because it looks like a significant number of donors will not fulfill their pledges (there are two years le in the campaign) or have cancelled their pledges altogether, it is very unlikely that we will have enough money for our third designated project: purchasing and installing a new hea ng and A/C unit in the church. We will see where we are two years from now. Again, please take a moment to read the report in this bulle n. On another note, I would like to thank our St. Beatrice Women s Club for pu ng together our first Pasta Dinner last week. The Women s Club, along with other wonderful parish volunteers, helped to make it a great night. The food was delicious and plen ful, several prizes were raffled off, and no one walked out during my bad jokes! If you missed the dinner, I hope you can join us for our next parish social (hint: our 2 nd Pizzapalooza coming in October!) Also, this Sunday at the 12pm Mass we have our first monthly Religious Ed. Family Mass for this school year. As part of this Mass we will also have our annual Blessing of Catechists, as we ask God to send His Holy Spirit upon our dedicated catechists and aides who share their gi s by teaching the Catholic faith to our young people in grades 1-8. Our 2018-19 Rel. Ed. catechists and aides are: Sandra Cervantes, Fran Cipriano, Charlene Cruz, Agnieszka Czwordon, Nina Figueroa, Maria Kerr, Bernice Kirchen, Rose Kra, Ron Kra, Adam Lecas, Michelle Morgan, Debbie Quinlan, Lisa Slobodzian, Claudia Sosa, Janet Zito, and our Rel. Ed. Coordinator Zerlina Kirchen. Thank you to them! Finally, I had men oned that my parents and I a ended the Golden Jubilee Wedding Mass at Holy Name Cathedral last Sunday for couples in the Archdiocese celebra ng their 50 th anniversary this year. Below is a photo of Cardinal Cupich, my parents and I a er the Mass. It was a wonderful occasion. St. Beatrice, pray for us. May God bless you. Fr. Rob
PAGE THREE Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time In today s Gospel Jesus called the Twelve, and said to them, If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all. Taking a child, he placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it, he said to them, Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the One who sent me. Your gift to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will help hungry children feel the arms of Jesus around them. ST. BEATRICE WOMEN S CLUB Thank you to all who bought tickets to our first Pasta Dinner and Raffle held on Saturday, September 15th at the Schiller Park Community Center on 25th Avenue. The event was well attended and all enjoyed a delicious dinner catered by Cuomo Catering. Several gift baskets were raffled off, and there was also a Split the Pot cash raffle. Thanks to everyone for the generosity in supporting this event. As Father Rob often says, if you start thanking people individually you will always forget someone. Many people were involved in the success of the dinner. Whether you offered a suggestion at meetings, sold tickets, told friends and family about the event, made a donation, or assisted in some way at the dinner, (set-up, serving, bartending or clean-up), we are thankful for all you did. Our next women s club meeting is scheduled for Saturday, October 13th at 10:00am. Enjoy the day, Karen, Sue, MaryEllen and Maryjo Rest in Peace It is a holy and wholesome thought that we pray for the dead, Please remember Angeline LoGalbo in your prayers. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Prv 3:27-34; Ps 15:2-5; Lk 8:16-18 Tuesday: Prv 21:1-6, 10-13; Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44; Lk 8:19-21 Wednesday: Prv 30:5-9; Ps 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163; Lk 9:1-6 Thursday: Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17bc; Lk 9:7-9 Friday: Eccl 3:1-11; Ps 144:1b, 2abc, 3-4; Saturday: Lk 9:18-22 Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a; Ps 138:1-5; Jn 1:47-51 Sunday: Nm 11:25-19; Ps 19:8, 10, 12-14; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION How long have there been parochial schools in the United States? Longer than you may imagine. The Jesuit fathers opened Saint Mary School in Philadelphia in 1782 in the first light of independence. Catholic and Protestant squabbles about the nature of education forced the Fathers to make this risky and innovative venture in the heart of the city. The school was closed by a devastating fire in 1902, but reopened in 1968 as St. Mary Interparochial School, the first example of a shared parochial school. It is also the only Catholic school within the confines of a national park. This is the Mother School of this uniquely American institution. Many parochial schools, especially in national parishes, were established to preserve the culture and language of the old country, and also to protect young people from prejudice. In other countries, Ireland for one, the Church is authorized to run national schools, sometimes under the sponsorship of a parish. In still other places, such as Quebec, publicly-funded separate schools were administered by the Church. Wherever the state funds Catholic schools, normally enrollment is guaranteed to all applicants. The Quebec system was dismantled in 1998 when the state decided to reorganize schools along linguistic lines rather than religious affiliation. Parochial schools require considerable sacrifice, but they endure as a distinctive treasure of the Church in the United States. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.
PAGE FOUR `tááxá YÉÜ g{x jxx~ Sunday September 23rd 8:00 Lena Gennetti, req. Family Franklin Losacco, req. Family 10:00 Sharon Berger, req. Cousineau Family Charles Bedrosian, req. Douglas & Barbara Matsunaga Paul Pignatelli, req. Family 12:00 Parishioners 1:15 Baptism Monday September 24th 8:30--Poor Souls in Purgatory, req. Heidorn Fam. Tuesday September 25th 8:30 Raymond Phipps, req. Jim & Rose Ridgeway Sharon Berger, req. Family Wednesday September 26th 8:30 Dana Surtz Nesbitt, req. Ministry of Consolation Thursday September 27th 8:30 Charles Bedrosian, req. Braner USA Inc. Chester & Angeline Chrabaszcz, req. Children & Grandchildren Friday September 28th 8:30 Purgatorial Society 8:30 Angeline LoGalbo, req. Ministry of Consolation 5:00 Kathy DeLeo, req. Pat & Tim Sullivan Ray Thomas, req. Pat Sullivan Fred & Gladys Mattick, req. Marilynne Mattick Florence Kollack Kolaczkowski, req. Family 8:00 Lena Gennetti, req. Family Franklin Losacco, req. Family Donald Naedelen, req. Gerald Naedelen 10:00 Parishioners Charles Bedrosian, req. Braner USA Inc 12:00 Michael L. DiGiovanni, req. Valerie Pano Robert Rasmussen, req. Elizabeth Webb TÄàtÜ fxüäxüá 5:00 M. Widuch, J. Widuch 8:00 M. Stendebach 10:00 V. DelPilar, R. DelPilar, R. DelPilar 12:00 G. Berger _xvàéüá 5:00 E. Melnitzke 8:00 D. Brown 10:00 R. Lima 12:00 Z. KIrchen ` Ç áàxüá Éy VÉÅÅâÇ ÉÇ 5:00 E. Melnitzke, T. Sullivan, C. Widuch 8:00 F. Losacco, L. Quinn, E. Sztuk 10:00 R. Klug, R. Kraft, K. Lima 12:00 M. Bors, H. Szymanska, A. Campbell `táá cüxá wxü 5:00 Fr. Rob 8:00 Fr. Rob 10:00 Fr. Rob 12:00 Fr. Rob NEW PARISHIONERS We would like to welcome into our family at St. Beatrice the following: Ms. Janina Kopec AUTUMN DAYS Autumn days come swift like the running of a hound upon the moor. Seumas MacManus
cäxtáx cütç YÉÜ PAGE FIVE Lucy Ramirez Adriana Morello Bill Cyplick J. Ernst Gloria Sullivan Paul Medo Tony Iannacco Veronica Arenst Ella Wood Veronica Desilva Jerry Hoss Linda Rawski Patrick Sullivan Steven Priedel Denise Stoll Tom Aquino Phil Cosgrove Kendal Sheldon Joann Milligan Joe Gard Anthony Lombardi Week of September 15th & 16th, 2018 Weekly $3,587.23 Maintenance...$1,086.25 Budget $4,903.85 Actual.$3,587.23 Short..($1,316.23) MANY THANKS WEEK #2 $25.00 WINNER Fran Losacco Tkt#2341 HYPOD WEEK OF September 16th 2018 $100 Frank Banyai Tkt#2154 Seller Pat Sullivan Tickets are still available from the Rectory during the week. SEPTEMBER/OCTIOBER 2018 CALENDAR September 23rd September 24th September 25th September 26th September 27th October 1st October 2nd October 3rd October 4th October 6th October 8th October 11th October 13th October 14th October 15th Family Mass 12:00pm Baptism 1:15pm A.A. Meeting 7:00pm Parish Council 7:00pm K.C. Meeting 7:30pm Alanon Meeting 7:30pm A.A. Meeting 7:00pm Renew My Church Meeting Renew My Church Meeting Liturgy Meeting 7:00pm K.C. Meeting 7:30pm Baptismal Prep. Meeting 7:30pm Alanon Meeting 7:30pm CCD 9-11:30am A.A. Meeting 7:00pm Rectory Closed Columbus Day Alanon Meeting 7:30pm Special Sacrament Class 9-11:00am Women s Club Meeting 10:00am (In the Rectory) Baptism 1:15pm A.A, Meeting 7:00pm
PAGE SIX Religious Education News Coordinator of Religious Education: Ms. Zerlina Kirchen Phone: 847-671-6429 Email: religiousedcoordinator@outlook.com Upcoming Events Saturday, October 6, 2018 Religious Education Class 9:00-11:30am Saturday, October 13, 2018 1 st Special Sacraments Class 9:00 11:00am Saturday, October 20, 2018 Religious Education Class 9:00 11:30am Registration Update Registration is still open, you DO NOT need to be a member of the parish to register your child in the Religious Education Program. If you still need to register your child you can do so by contacting the Religious Education office or by arriving early before our next class, October 6 th. Thank You! This Sunday, September 23 rd, we will celebrate our First Family Mass. At this Mass we will commission our catechists and aides, I would like to thank them for generously sharing their time, talent, and treasure with our students and program! Rose Kraft 1 st Grade Catechist Nina Figueroa 1 st Grade Aide Fran Cipriano 2 nd Grade Catechist Lisa Slobodzian 2 nd Grade Aide Charlene Cruz 3 rd Grade Catechist Claudia Sosa 3 rd Grade Aide Maria Kerr 4 th Grade Catechist Debbie Quinlan 4 th Grade Aide Ron Kraft 5 th Grade Catechist Adam Lecas 5 th Grade Aide Michelle Morgan 6 th Grade Catechist Sandra Cervantes 6 th Grade Aide Bernice Kirchen 7 th Grade and Special Sacraments Catechist Janet Zito 8 th Grade Catechist Agnieszka Czwordon 8 th Grade Aide
PAGE SEVEN Update on To Teach Who Christ Is Campaign To Teach Who Christ Is (TTWCI) is a five-year capital campaign that every parish in the Archdiocese is undertaking. We began the campaign in 2015, so we are three years into it at this point. In this campaign, 40% of the funds collected go to the Archdiocese for school and catechesis purposes, and 60% of the funds stay with the parishes, although the parish funds can only be used for specific projects that each parish designated beforehand. We have already completed one of our three designated projects: the repairing and refinishing of our pews. Our second project is to resurface the parking lot and repair the sewers. We were hoping to tackle this project this fall, but unfortunately it looks like we will have to put it on hold un l next spring. We were wai ng un l we had enough money in our TTWCI account for the project (we currently have around $90,000, which is more than the project es mate). At that point we submi ed the paperwork to the Archdiocese to receive our funds. However, we discovered that the diocese needs to assign us a project manager for this job (because of its scope), and they did not have anyone available for several weeks. And the contractors for the parking lot work could not wait too long to schedule our job because their schedules fill up with other projects before winter arrives. So, we will apply for the money again next year and hopefully begin the parking lot project in the spring or summer of 2019. Our third project was to install a new hea ng and air condi oning roo op unit for the church. However, this is the most expensive item (much more expensive than the parking lot). And because it does not look hopeful that we will raise enough funds for this third project, we wanted to make sure to at least complete the other two projects (the pews and the parking lot). Here is where we currently stand with our TTWCI campaign: Pledge goal: $405,000.00 Amount pledged: $468,056.00 Pledges paid: $260,006.10 Pledges owed: $178,529.90 Pledges cancelled: $29,520.00 Number of pledges: 168 Pledges fulfilled: 50 Pledges being paid: 43 Pledges past due: 43 Pledges suspended: 20 Pledges cancelled: 12 To clarify a few points: Past Due refers to pledges that have not been fulfilled in the me that the donor specified (because some people elected to pay off their pledges in less than 5 years); Suspended refers to pledges that a donor started paying on, and then stopped altogether, with no further communica on; Cancelled refers to pledges that people cancelled a er making them, without paying anything. So you can see that, out of the 168 pledges, 93 of those are either fulfilled or are on track to be fulfilled. The remaining 75 pledges are past due or have stopped altogether and this is why I say that it is not hopeful that we will raise enough money for the hea ng and A/C unit for the church. Once we have completed the parking lot project next year, we will re-assess the status of our campaign to determine what kind of maintenance work might s ll be able to be done.
CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. Beatrice Church #512014 4157 Atlantic Avenue Schiller Park, IL 60176 TELEPHONE 847 678-0138 CONTACT PERSON Pat Sullivan SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2010 Adobe XI Windows 7 TRANSMISSION TIME Tuesday 3:00 SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION September 23rd, 2018 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 8 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS