ST PAUL THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SCHOOL 18 Woodlawn Joliet, Illinois 60435 - October 26, 2014
St. Paul the Apostle Parish Office: 815-725-1527 Parish Fax 815-730-9907 School: 815-725-3390 Religious Education 815-725-6927 Youth Ministry: 815-730-8599 RCIA (Roberta Lemke) 815-725-1403 Parish Email: parishsec@stpauljoliet.com Rev. John Klein, Pastor frjohn@stpauljoliet.com x243 Rev. John Belmonte, S.J., Resident x230 Rev. James Lennon, Weekend Celebrant Deacon William Bevan, III Deacon John Freund jfreund@dioceseofjoliet.org Lynne Passarella, Parish Secretary parishsec@stpauljoliet.com x200 Denise Rowan, Business Manager drowan@stpauljoliet.com x203 Corie Alimento, Principal calimento@thestpaulschool.org x401 Sr. Karen Marie Lanigan, O.S.F., D.R.E. srkaren@stpauljoliet.com x301 Jeremy Hylka, Dir. Of Liturgy & Youth Min. jhylka@stpauljoliet.com x320 Raymond Kaufmann, Director of Music raykaufman@aol.com LITURGICAL SCHEDULE week of October 27th Saturday: 4:30 PM Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM Weekday mass: 7:30 AM Monday through Friday except Wednesdays are 8:30 AM when school is in session Holy Days: Varies by Holy Day of Obligation Saturday: SACRAMENT OF PENANCE 8:30-9:30 am or by appointment BAPTISMS Baptisms are scheduled on the Second Sunday of the month at 11:30 AM based on parental requests. Participation in a Parent Preparation Program is mandatory before the baptism of the child. Our preparation Program is held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM. Attendance at Sunday Mass on the day of the Baptism is Mandatory. Please call the Parish office to schedule a baptism. WEDDINGS All weddings are scheduled by the Pastor of the Parish. Office staff cannot schedule a wedding and a wedding is not considered to be officially scheduled until the couple receives written confirmation from the Pastor of the Parish. Couples desiring to be married need to speak directly with the Pastor BEFORE reserving a hall. Only the Bride or Groom may request a date for their wedding. Diocesan policy requires that a 6 month (minimum) preparation process be completed prior to the celebration of all weddings. Weddings are not scheduled on Sundays. ANOINTING OF THE SICK Parishioners who are seriously or critically ill, or have surgery scheduled should receive the Sacrament of Anointing and Healing. Please call the parish office to request this sacrament. Regular visits are also made by our Pastoral Staff and Ministers of Care to bring Holy Communion to hospitalized or homebound parishioners. Anyone desiring such a visit should call the Parish Office. R.C.I.A. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is an ongoing formation process for adults who are interested in becoming a Catholic and adult Catholics who would like to receive the sacraments of Confirmation and/or First Eucharist. Please call the Parish Office for additional information. PARISH REGISTRATION New parishioners are always welcome! You may register in person or by calling the Parish Office. MONDAY Weekday 7:30 AM Helen Vercelli TUESDAY SS. Simon and Jude, Apostles 7:30 AM Leonard Meyer WEDNESDAY Weekday 8:30 AM Agnes & John Furdek THURSDAY Weekday 7:30 AM Hickey & Colonna Families FRIDAY Weekday 7:30 AM Emily Lukowski SATURDAY All Saints Day 4:30 PM Bob & Eva Chignoli SUNDAY All Souls Day 7:30 AM Catherine Ryan Mary Lib Rowan 9:00 AM Kathleen Underhill 10:30 AM The People of St. Paul the Apostle SUNDAY OFFERING THANK YOU! Offering for Sunday, October 12, 2014.. $15,555.00 Collection Amount Budgeted. $16,731.00 Week s Budget (Shortfall)/Overage.. $ (1,176.00) Year to date (Shortfall)/ Overage...$(31,075.00) Our Parish depends on a weekly collection of $16,731.00 to meet our budget. Thank you for your generous support of our parish. Your donations of time, talent, and treasure enables us to provide many ministries and services for the benefit of our parishioners and the local community. God bless you and your family! St. Paul s is now on Facebook and Twitter! LIKE US ON FACEBOOK: w.facebook.com/stpauljoliet FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: stpauljoliet
FROM FATHER JOHN: "I am often asked, especially by young people, why I became a priest. Maybe some of you would like to ask the same question. Let me try briefly to reply. I must begin by saying that it is impossible to explain entirely. For it remains a mystery, even to myself. How does one explain the ways of God? Yet, I know that, at a certain point in my life, I became convinced that Christ was saying to me what he had said to thousands before me: 'Come, follow me!' There was a clear sense that what I heard in my heart was no human voice, nor was it just an idea of my own. Christ was calling me to serve him as a priest. And you can probably tell that I am deeply grateful to God for my vocation to the priesthood. Nothing means more to me or gives me greater joy that to celebrate Mass each day and to serve God's people in the. That has been true ever since the day of my ordination as a priest. Nothing has ever changed this, not even becoming Pope." (St. Pope John Paul II, Los Angeles, September 14, 1987) An article by Fr. Burke Masters was printed in the last two issues of our Sunday bulletin. Fr. Burke is the Vocation Director for the Diocese of Joliet. His article was about a new vocations program that our diocese is starting called Who will fill my shoes. The Catholic in the United States is facing a shortage of priests while other parts of the world have an abundance of men entering the seminary to study for the priesthood. You have probably heard about the shortage of priests in our country over the past few years but I wanted to give you some information about the situation in our own diocese that you may not be aware of. The Diocese of Joliet has approximately one hundred and twenty parishes and approximately one hundred and twenty active diocesan priests. Some priests are pastors of two or three or even four smaller parishes in order for the diocese to be able to assign a pastor or an associate pastor to a larger parish that may have a school. The optional retirement age for a priest is seventy years old. The mandatory retirement age for a priest is seventy-five years old. Over the course of the next ten years, fifty to sixty of the active priests in our diocese will reach the age of seventy and will be able to retire. We are expecting six priests to retire this year. According to the Official Catholic Directory, the parishes in the cities of Joliet, Crest Hill and Rockdale had 16 diocesan priests assigned to them in 2005. Today, there are 11 diocesan priests assigned to the parishes in these cities. We expect that there will only be 10 diocesan priests assigned here beginning in June of 2015. We are fortunate that the Carmelites staff St. Joseph s and Mt. Carmel in Joliet, that the Franciscans staff St. John the Baptist and that the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter staff St. Joseph s in Rockdale. But, things do not need to remain the same; vocations can increase in our diocese. That is why we pray for an increase of vocations to the priesthood and religious life at mass each and every Sunday during the Prayers of the Faithful. The following is an article that Fr. Burke wrote discussing one of the obstacles that the faces in fostering vocations to the priesthood. Why do some studies today show that parents are the top obstacle to religious vocations today? First of all, families are smaller. Parents want to have grandchildren and they want the family name to continue. And if they only have a few children they are less likely to encourage their children to consider a celibate vocation. It used to be when families were much larger, parents would encourage vocations to the priesthood and religious life more readily because they had other children that would provide grandchildren. I have had parents tell me that they do not want their children to be a priest, brother or sister. I always respond to by saying, What do you want for your children? They inevitably tell me, I want my kids to be happy. My next question is, How do your children find happiness by doing your will or the will of God? If God is calling your child to be a priest, sister or brother, God will give them the grace to live this life and to find great joy in it. My father asked me before entering the seminary, Son, are you sure you can be happy as a priest? I asked my Dad, How did you know Mom was the right one for you? He said, as most married people say, I don t know, but when I met your Mother I knew she was the one. I said, Dad, I feel the same way. I don t know why God is calling me and I don t know where He is leading me, but I feel this is what I was created to do. My Dad understood and has supported me ever since. Parents, please encourage your children to follow the will of God in their lives. Just as you encourage them to be teachers, doctors, etc., give them the option of following Jesus in a religious vocation. If they determine that God is calling them to be a priest, sister or brother, they are going to find true peace and joy in that vocation. Fr. Burke was not raised as a Catholic. He joined the Catholic when he was baptized and confirmed as a Catholic during high school. I think it was probably much harder for Fr. Burke s dad, a non-catholic, to accept Fr. Burke s decision to become a priest than it was for my parents, who are Catholic, to accept my decision. But, he accepted it because he realized that his son could only find true joy in the priesthood. It is incumbent upon each of us, priests, religious and laity alike, to foster vocations whenever and wherever we can. We need to encourage young men and older men to seriously discern the call to priesthood if they have any inclination that God may be calling them to the priesthood. The one thing I can assure you of is that I have found happiness, joy, peace and fulfillment in the priesthood. Fr. Burke has found happiness in the priesthood; Fr. Lennon has certainly found happiness in the priesthood as has Fr. Belmonte. Being a priest is a wonderful life that brings great joy to all those men who are called to a priestly life of service to God and His Holy People. If someone you know is truly being called to the priesthood, I urge you to support and encourage him in his vocation for the simple reason that priesthood is the only life that will give him true happiness, joy, peace and fulfillment. It is the only life that will give him what you really wish him to have so please support him in his vocation in order to help him find the joy that God intends him to have.
Parish News St. Paul s FOLLOW Youth Ministry Members always welcome. You must be confirmed and/or in high school! Contact Youth Minister Jeremy Hylka at 815-730-8599 or jhylka@stpauljoliet.com Website: www.stpaulyouth.com Facebook: St. Paul s Youth Ministry Joliet Twitter: stpaulsfollow Instagram: stpauljolietyouth Text Message News Reminders: text @drstp to 815-207-8341 FOLLOW Night Tues., Oct. 28 doors open at 5:30pm; meeting from 6:30-9pm; Hospitality Night and Guest Speaker Mike Cemeno. MTS (Meet the Saints) Tues., Oct. 29 from 5:00-6:15pm. Youth Mass and Movie Night Sat., Nov. 1 from 3:00-8:00pm. All Lectors, Extraordinary Ministers of Communion, Ushers and Greeters are invited to our Fall Liturgical Minister Gathering R.E.P. NEWS In need of information about Our Religious Education Program? Please call the REP office at 815-725-6927 On Wednesday, November 12, the Confirmation Class of 2015 will take part in a mandatory retreat to be held from 4:30 until 8 pm in the Activity Center. Jeremy Hylka will be the moderator of the retreat. For more information call the Religious Education Office at 815-725-6927. SCHOOL NOTES Halloween Reminders- With ghost and goblin season upon us, I wanted to remind you of what is in place for our kiddos at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School on Halloween. Students in PS-1 st grade can wear their costumes to school. Students grades 2-8 will change into their costumes at school. Costumes cannot include weapons, masks, or blood. Temporary hair color, glitter, face make-up, and nail polish are acceptable (the nail polish can be put on at home; the other items should be applied here at school for grades 2-8). Appropriate coverage and modesty is expected. Parents will not be allowed to come to school to dress their child, so it is important that your child's costume is something that your child can put on by himself/herself with limited help from the teachers and room parents. Please note that all parents are invited to watch the Halloween parade outside beginning at 1:30pm; however only room parents will be allowed into the building/classrooms. In the event of rain, the Halloween parade will be in the gym. RICA- Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is the Process a person goes through to become a member of the Catholic. We will begin meeting with anyone who is interested in becoming a member of the Catholic during the month of October. Classes will begin November 2nd. Wednesday, October 29 from 6:30-8:00pm in the We will discuss new procedures as well as the importance of our roles in the. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND you attend. Please contact Jeremy Hylka for more info at jhylka@stpauljoliet.com or 815-730-8599 All those seeking Baptism, those baptized Catholics seeking Holy Communion and Confirmation & those baptized in another Christian faith seeking membership in the Catholic are all eligible to join RCIA and enter into conversion. Classes will take place at 10:30 AM each Sunday. Please call Roberta Lemke at 815-725-1403 for more information or to sign-up for this program!
Calendar News Sunday, Oct 26 9:00am Mass 9:00am FLAG 10:00am RCIA 10:30am Mass Monday, Oct 27 5:45pm FLAG ALL AC Convent ALL AC Thursday, Oct 30 3:00pm Children s Choir 3:00pm Arts/Envr. 3:45am Interviews W/ Diana A 2 4:00pm Siegel/Rock Wedding Rehrs. 5:00pm Volleyball Games 6:00pm Cotrell/Malachinski Wed. Rehrs 6:30pm Adult Choir Friday, Oct 31 Tuesday, Oct 28 1:30pm Liturgy Team 5:00pm Volleyball Practice 5:00pm Youth Ministry Convent 6:30pm Boy Scouts # 15 School Hall Wednesday, Oct 29 8:30am Mass 3:45pm Volleyball Practice 4:00pm Youth Ministry Walking Rosary Courtyard 6:00pm Rainbows 1st flr School & S.H. 6:30pm Liturgy Ministers Meeting 10:00am Memorial Mass J. Comerford 4:00pm Cotrell/Malachinski Wedding 5:00pm Volleyball Practice Saturday, Nov. 1 ALL SAINTS DAY 8:30am Confessions 2:30pm Siegel/Rock Wedding 4:30pm Sunday Vigil Mass 5:30pm Music Ensemble 5:30pm Youth Ministry Movie Night Convent Sunday, Nov. 2 ALL SOULS DAY 9:00am Mass 10:00am RCIA Convent 10:30am Mass Erin Bartel Gerri Bertino Mason Briese Laura Criel Jean Fabich Judith Gahala Harn Family Susan Gentile Matt Gross For the most current calendar information please go to www.stpauljoliet.com Pray for the Sick Please remember the following people in your prayers who are seriously ill or who are suffering from long-term illnesses: James Hatfield Sami Henderson James Hickey, Jr. Ann Juhlmann Ann Kane Mary Kaplan Terri King Helen Locher Mary Maloney John Matejcak Shirley Max Terry Meyer John Mowbray Jeanie Nunuue Kurt Palmer Kay Prock Amy Remallard Lisa Savero Richard Schreiner Don Senffner Tony Simone Paityn Sims Jennifer Stephen Louis Toka Salvatore Ventura
NEXT WEEKEND S LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS TIME READERS EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 4:30 PM Youth Ministry Youth Ministry Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014 7:30 AM L Diess/ C Burla A Prock/ K & L Briick J Peceniak/ S Hostert 9:00 AM D Skorupa/ K DeNardo M Kucek/ Jacque Klika/ John Klika E Cora/ L Laux/ J Simpson/ Kaitlyn Sawyer 10:30 AM N Louck/ C Nowak T Bailey/ P Bodach/ S Graham M L Crossen/ T Jordan/ B Bayci/ J Hatfield Next Weekend s Servers: Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 4:30 PM V DeFillippo/L Gregurich/ S Horn THE PAULITES Date: Wed. Nov 5, 2014 Time 5:30 PM Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014 7:30 AM M Blenck/ Garrett Sigler/ J Underhill 9:00 AM K McGinnis/ J McGinnis/ M Trizna Place St Paul the Apostle Parish Center 130 Woodlawn Ave Joliet, IL 60435 10:30AM J Scherf/ A Serrato/ S Serrato Cost $ 8.00 Member Thanksgiving is a time for sharing. Share some of your bounty with others in our parish who have a greater need. There will be a food collection the weekends of Nov. 8 and Nov 15 th. We are requesting nonperishable food items to complete a holiday meal. Monetary donations and grocery gift cards would be greatly appreciated. Canned fruit Canned soup Stuffing Kids cereal Jello Flour Cranberry sauce Canned yams Canned Vegetables Gravy Boxed potatoes Coffee Pudding Sugar Canned pumpkin Dessert mixes $ 9.00 Non-Member - (Guest) Menu: Ham, Baked Beans, Sweet Potatoes by K of C Lillian s famous dessert Hot and cold drinks Entertainment: Bill Kirk, Magician Payment must be made by: Wed. Oct 29 th, 2014 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Reservation Form for Nov. 5, 2014 Name PD Name PD Baskets will be available at all church entrances for your convenience. Thank you for helping to feed the hungry. PRAY FOR THOSE WHO PROTECT OUR SHORES
Providence Catholic High School Theatre Club to present The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (New Lenox) Providence Catholic High School Theatre Club will perform The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on Thursday, October 30, Saturday, November 1 and Sunday, November 2 at Billie Limacher Bicentennial Theatre in Joliet. Performances times are Thursday (7 pm); Saturday (2 pm and 7 pm) and Sunday (3 pm). This award-winning musical comedy is about six awkward spelling champions and has charmed audiences across the country. Tickets for all performances are $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for students, children and senior citizens. For ticket information please call (815) 485-2136 ext. 33 Do you stop to think, how can I be of help to others? Do you think you have no way of helping others? Do you think you would like to help others but just don t know how to go about it? Well we can help you to help others. Here at St. Paul the Apostle we have a wonderful Foundation called Tuition Angels and this Foundation has helped many families who send their children to our wonderful school. You can help many children to benefit from a Catholic Education just by contributing to this Foundation, in any amount you choose and as often as you choose. We hope this will be the answer to your question and your desire to do Christ s work of helping others. We thank you for your consideration and your contributions. Thank you for your generous response to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith on World Mission Sunday. Our parish raised $1,638.00 of generous help that will reach the in Mongolia and local churches throughout the Missions, where the poor receive practical help and the experience of God s love and mercy, His hope and peace. For more information, please visit www.iamamissionary.org Do you have any old paperbacks you would like out of your house? The Center for Correctional Concern is looking for additional books for the inmates at Will County Jail. All materials must be paperbacked and have no staples. They love to get fiction, spiritual works and prayer books. They have plenty romance novels. Bring your items directly to their location at 95 S. Chicago Street at the jail or drop items in narthex under the table in the back up through November 16 th and we will get them over to the jail for you. The parish will not be accepting any items after this time until after the holiday season. Thank you for sharing with those in need. TREE OF LIGHT INFANT MEMORIAL MASS Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. All families and individuals are welcome to attend this Mass at the Blanchette Catholic Center in Crest Hill. This beautiful liturgy, celebrated by Father Jim Lennon, will remember babies who have been lost through miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, other pregnancy losses or early childhood death. At 2:00 p.m., a special tree blessing ceremony for family members to commemorate these babies will precede the mass. Family members may wish to arrive at 1:30 pm to sign in and to gather in the chapel. A reception with light refreshments will be served immediately following. Please go to http:// conta.cc/1nnx5bt or call 815-838- 5334 to register. If you are not able to attend but would like your baby remembered, please call us. REPORTING SEXUAL ABUSE: Anyone who has reasonable cause to suspect the sexual abuse of a minor by a member of the clergy or other personnel is urged to report the matter immediately. To inform the Diocese of Joliet, call Mrs. Judith Speckman (Victim assistance Coordinator) at 815-263-6467 or write the Diocese of Joliet, 16555 Weber Rd., Crest Hill, Il 60403, or contact DCFS or your local County States Attorney. In today s gospel we are given the two great commandments. Jesus challenges us to love completely and unconditionally. Start now by loving your spouse as Christ calls us to. Restore, renew and rekindle your marriage at an upcoming Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend on December 5-7, 2014 at Elk Grove Village, IL. Early registration is highly recommended. For reservations/information, call Jim & Kris at 630-577-0778 or contact us through http://www.wwmejoliet.org.