March 2, 2014 - St. Francis Xavier

SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER PARISH
8th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
March 2, 2014
On Our Journey of Grace:
Together We Can Make a Difference
OUR PARISH MISSION
We, the community of
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Parish,
wholeheartedly live and celebrate
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We commit ourselves
to live in communion
with God, others and all of creation
to create a more just world
through sacraments and worship,
learning and service.
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Monday, March 3 7:45 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Marie Guillen William Cavanaugh Mary McNamara Mary Spain The Robert Tully Family The McManaman Family Tuesday, March 4 7:45 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Susan Shannon Clement Holenwczynski The SFX Sunshine Committee The Benz Family Wednesday, March 5 7:45 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 2:45 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Theresa Blaszczak Michael Hayden Prayer Service with Ashes Prayer Service with Ashes Mass with Ashes Nancy Johnson The Oplawski Family Thursday, March 6 7:45 a.m. 9:00 a.m. John Penicook Special Intention Albert Zasadel The Metzger Family Nancy Filip Friday, March 7 7:45 a.m. 9:00 a.m. John Penicook Bob Vida Louis Mangione Bill & Mary Napleton and Family The Vida Family The Alfonso Mangione Family Saturday, March 8 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 4:15‐4:45 p.m. Herbert & Mary Schrack Sacrament of Reconciliation Sacrament of Reconciliation The Schrack Family Fr. Hoffman Fr. Killeen Saint Katherine Drexel, Virgin Saint Casimir Ash Wednesday Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs Saint John of God, Religious PLEASE PRAY FOR…
Michael Briody Rosemary Caragher Ginger Dalton Jim Deslauriers Blake Donegan Nancy Droste William Elliott Kevin Feldott Mary Ellen Fitzhugh Ellen Frantzen Cardinal Francis George Lilli Gregory Wilson Gregory Genny Hanna Chris Hockstetler Jane Jacobson Bill Jones Mike Kelly Benny Kilman Shirley Kollenberg Mike Konstant Rita McCambridge Greg McElvogue Kitty Medlock Moonyeen Meehan Patrick Morgan Ryker Mullinax Tom Pantoni Deb Rodde Rosemary Sherman Lawrence Skittet Anne Titzer Jean Troy Jeff Whitebread Jack Witowski Collette Zogg Prayers are requested for our relatives and friends who are sick. To add a name to the prayer list, call the rectory at 708‐352‐0168. Names of the sick are listed for two months in the bulletin. If there is a recurrence of illness, names can be listed again. Know that our parish prays daily for the sick and the dying. BORN INTO
ETERNAL LIFE Please remember in your prayers, those who have died, as well as their families: Bernice Gaffney
Mother of Ed, Mary Kay, Sue & Patrick Dave Verndon
Family Member of Fr. Bill Killeen Rowland Jackson
Father of Donna & Rodney Kevin Malone
Father of Nicholas, Kyle & Matthew Lorraine Kowlak
Mother of Paul & Nina PASTOR’S NOTES
Our Youth Minister, Emily Brabham, has been with us since this past summer, in the thick of things like Youth Council, Kairos and After Kairos retreats, the Quest and Confirmation programs, SOUPer Bowl collections (another record!), food drives, a ski trip and planning sessions for the summer. Thanks for joining us, Emily, and for your commitment to our youth program! Kate DeVries has been with us since the beginning of December and I, for one, have given up trying to keep up with her! Gratefully she has agreed to share some reflections on our readings during the Lenten season on Sundays. She is also forming small prayer groups for Lent. If you’d like to be part of one or start your own, give her a call or send an email –[email protected]. Give yourselves a treat this coming Saturday, March 8 and come to hear the Irish music group with our parishioner, Mike Macken, during 5 pm mass on March 8. They shared their gift of Irish music with us last year and are returning to do the same. They are awesome. I hope you have heard about and read about our Capital Campaign events that have been taking place. These gatherings with fellow parishioners attempt to give exciting detail to our campaign and to hear and hopefully answer questions that you bring up. It is also a time to get some feedback from you about the project and beyond. Take a look at the remaining dates for the events and at some new Dates we have added. If none of these work, please let me know‐ we’ll look another date. I believe that the Campaign is an excellent project for us to respond to some of our main needs in the parish and for us to continue to be a Gospel people who reach out and offer strong support to others in need. I really hope that everyone will know what the Campaign is and that everyone will be able to be involved in it by sharing from his or her time and/or talent and/or treasure. As one of you put it, we have been given a great gift by those who have gone before us and we have this opportunity to grow that gift and pass in on to those who will come after us. We Gather In Faith…We Give With Love. Please continue to pray for our RCIA candidates and catechumen as they continue their journey to full membership in our Catholic Church. Remember also our students preparing to receive Reconciliation and First Communion. May they all know more deeply God’s unconditional love and unlimited grace. Here’s part of our church lessons, about Angels, as explained by children: “Everybody’s got it all wrong. Angels don’t wear halos
anymore. I forget why, but scientists are working on it.”
Olive, age 9
ASH WEDNESDAY REFLECTION
By Liturgy Team #1 Marge Branecki, Jude Dumfeh, Maureen Lang, Lisa Young and Sarah Zavala Probably each one of us desires to be good, to do what is right, to do God’s will. But the bottom line is, we are human beings who don’t always get it right. “Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.” Even with good intentions, it can be easy to fall prey to the temptation of being fixated on outward appearances. We can do all the right things, even save the world, but for the wrong reasons. The pharisees were doing the right things for the wrong reasons, but God loves even the hypocrites for God knows the depths of our intentions and no sin is unforgivable. “Rend your hearts, and not your garments” means that we need to go deep within ourselves to examine our hearts and take an inventory. “Now is a very acceptable time” to acknowledge our offenses, and the God who is “slow to anger, rich in
kindness, and relenting in punishment” will hear us and be gracious and merciful. “A clean heart create for me, O God, and a
steadfast spirit renew within me.” Lent offers us the opportunity to be reconciled to God, to reflect on bettering ourselves, to truly examine our hearts and question why we do what we do. When our sincere desire is to please God, all our actions find their true worth and meaning. Make a date with God each day and spend time in conversation and prayer. Challenge yourself to be more like Jesus; reach out to others as an “ambassador for Christ.” LENT 2014
CATHOLIC LENTEN PRACTICES
FASTING AND ABSTINENCE
All Catholics 14 years of age and older follow the discipline of abstinence from all meat on Ash Wednesday and every Friday of Lent, including Good Friday. All Catholics 18 years of age, but not yet 59 years of age, follow the discipline of fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. We eat only one full meal on a Fast Day and other smaller meals necessary to maintain strength and health. ALMSGIVING
This traditional Lenten practice is associated with Fast and Abstinence. Money saved as a result of eating less or from “giving up” is given as alms to others who are hungry. CRS Rice Bowl or the St. Vincent de Paul Society are suggested charities for Lenten alms. PRAYER
During Lent all are called to renewal of our relationship with God through personal prayer. The community has opportunities for Lenten prayer as well: Stations of the Cross
will be prayed at 8:20 a.m. on Fridays THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
The Lenten Season of Repentance and Renewal is the most appropriate time for Catholics to confess sin and celebrate absolution. Rite of Reconciliation During Mass
Saturday, March 29 Lent Reconciliation at 9:00 a.m. Reconciliation Service
Monday, March 31 Lent Reconciliation at 7:00 p.m. Individual Private Confession
Saturday morning—9:30 a.m. Saturday evening—4:15‐4:45 p.m. Private Prayer in church each day. One of the goals we as a Parish put in our Prophetic Plan is “To provide spiritual growth opportunities for all adult parishioners.” The article written below is by Barbara Boyd, one of the Spiritual Directors of the parish. Spiritual Direction is a wonderful way to nurture spiritual growth. There is a time for everything…under heaven. Eccl. 3:3 Several years ago, I signed up for an At‐Home retreat here in our parish and I met with a spiritual director once a week for the six weeks of Lent. It was a blessing to have a spiritual companion reflect back to me how she saw God present and active in my life. Our primary relationship is meant to be with God. People who choose to meet with a spiritual director do so because they want to pay closer attention to their relationship with God and explore how it affects their other interactions. The desire to know God is foremost in their heart. The ministry of a spiritual director is to listen with the person, to hear how the Spirit of God is speaking. A spiritual director is not a therapist, but instead a fellow traveler along the journey of life. A question asked by a spiritual companion, as some choose to call themselves, might simply be, “Where do you see God in this difficult situation?” Another might be, “Can you think of a scripture you can pray with as you thank God for this present blessing?” Most people meet with a spiritual director once a month, more often if they desire. All spiritual directors have completed a program to learn how to minister in this capacity. Spiritual directors receive a monetary donation agreed upon by both parties.
I have continued meeting with a spiritual director since my Lenten retreat years ago. It is nice to know that she is a person who prays daily, holds what I share in confidence, and seeks the counsel of God in her life just as I do. Might it be time, during this Lent, to bless your life with spiritual direction? Barbara Boyd SFX has spiritual directors available. Contact Kate DeVries at [email protected] or 708‐352‐0168.
ASH WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE
Mass & Distribution of Ashes: 7:45 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Short Prayer Service & Distribution of Ashes: 12:15 p.m. 2:45 p.m. Your Parish Finances
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Sunday Collection, February 23
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Our Journey of Grace
Christmas Collection Year to Date $
Christmas Collection Last Year
$
Christmas Budget
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Join a Small Faith Group
You are cordially invited to join a Small Faith Group this Lent. Groups will meet weekly from March 9–April 12 (for a total of 5 sessions), at various times and places, including after some weekend masses. Conversations will be based upon the reflections presented in the Little Black Book (see below). Stop by the Courtyard Room for a 10 minute information session after any of the Masses on Ash Wednesday or next weekend. As groups form, details will be listed on the website: www.sfx‐lg.org. To register, for further information, or to facilitate a group, contact Kate DeVries at [email protected] or 708‐352‐0168. The Little Black Book
Beginning Ash Wednesday, copies of the Little Black book will be available in church. Based upon the writings of Bishop Ken Untener, it is a daily mediation on the passion narrative of Matthew, taken a few verses at a time, complete with explanations, reflections, and inspirational quotes. It asks for 6 minutes a day in reflection and prayer. Whether you are able to join a Small Faith Group or not, please consider praying through the Little Black Book, and adding thoughts and insights to the Lenten Blog, found at www.sfx‐lg.org. 158,068
161,539
157,600
Total Collection:
Year-to-date
Previous year-to-date
$ 1,145,517
$ 1,184,477
Needed for Budget:
Year-to-date
$ 1,211,226
The shortfall in collections and expenses related to
the harsh winter together with commitments
undertaken in implementing our Prophetic Plan are
combining to create a financial challenge for the
Parish.
Thanks to those who have increased their
contributions to help with the shortfall.
The
contributions of all whether on a weekly, monthly or
periodic basis are both needed and very much
appreciated.
Please contact Jane Bandyk at
[email protected] if you would like information
about making contributions electronically.
Photos Wanted!
We would love to present a “Look at Lent” on the SFX Lenten Blog. We invite you to share a photo that speaks of God’s presence in our midst, with or without a caption. Details are on the Lent page of the parish website: www.sfx
‐lg.org. Have you considered making a donation of appreciated common stock? Gifts of appreciated securities provide an immediate income tax deduction in the amount of the value of the stock and are not subject to capital gains tax. For more details, please call Clara Jurivich at the rectory office 708‐352‐0168. This article is not intended to provide legal or tax advice.
Please consult your professional advisors before taking
action.
27,417
29,380
Collections are running $39,000 behind last year
and almost $66,000 behind budget. We are mindful
that attendance at Mass has been down a bit, likely
due to the harsh weather. Perhaps a few more
parishioners than usual have made the escape to
warmer climates. And, personally, there has been
at least one weekend where I easily convinced
myself that it was just too cold to venture out.
TAX-ADVANTAGED WAY TO
SUPPORT THE PARISH
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ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL 2014
Typically at this time of year we are invited to participate in the Cardinal’s Annual Catholic Appeal, either through a direct mail solicitation or through an invitation from Father John at a Sunday Mass. Please know that St. Francis Xavier is exempt from participating in the Annual Catholic Appeal in 2014 as we are undertaking our own Capital Campaign. You will be hearing a lot more about the Capital Campaign in the weeks to come. In addition to exciting projects and enhancements at our own Parish, this Campaign will include a component of outreach to St. Agatha and Ascension‐St. Susanna, two parishes which are amongst the many that benefit from the Annual Catholic Appeal each year. Of course, if you wish to respond to the direct mail solicitation for the Annual Catholic Appeal, please do so. Please know, however, that locally we will not be asking you to support the Annual Catholic Appeal in 2014. St. Francis Xavier School
2013 National
Blue Ribbon
School of Excellence
School Scoop
Terra Nova Testing for Grades 3‐7 Monday, March 3
Student Council Meeting at 3:15 PM Tuesday, March 4
Chess Club Make up Day Pizza Day Wednesday, March5
Ash Wednesday Girls on the Run from 2:00–3:15 PM in the Gym Thursday, March 6
Newspaper Club, 3:15 to 4:30 PM in Room 324 Auction "Wall of Fame" Photo Op from 3:30–4:30 PM in Joyce Hall Pillars of Faith class from 3:45 to 7:00 PM in the Chapel Friday, March 7
Report Cards go home Girls on the Run from 3:30 – 4:45 PM in the Gym EXCITING SFX NEWS FOR THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR
INTRODUCING A 5 DAY PRESCHOOL 4 PROGRAM & AN AFTER CARE PROGRAM!
We are thrilled to introduce a new Preschool 4 program! Preschool presents the opportunity to promote positive developmental experiences for our youngest learners. Our new program will provide these educational experiences to foster the social, emotional and academic growth of our students. The new program will run Monday through Friday for a three hour session offered in the morning and in the afternoon. Complementing our very successful “Before Care” program, will be a new addition of an “After Care” program. We have contracted with the Park District of LaGrange who will run and operate our Before and After School Recreational Program (BASE). The BASE program, in existence for over 30 years, will run from 6:45 AM until the start of school and the after school program will run from dismissal until 6:00 PM. If you would like more details on these new programs, please call the school at 708‐352‐2175. We are more than happy to answer any questions you may have! SCHOOL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
March 2 March 9 March 16 March 23 SUNDAYS Class Mission Banks Go Home Class Class No Class ****
IMPORTANT DATES
SFX QUEST
MISSION TRIP
Grade 2 Eucharistic Prep Liturgy
Sunday, March 2 at 1:30 p.m. in Church
Eucharistic Liturgy Grade 6
March 2 Noon Mass
Fourth Grade Reconciliation
March 8~1:00 & 3:00 p.m. in Church March 9~1:00 & 3:00 p.m. in Church
Reconciliation Grade 7
February 23 and February 26 during Class time Reconciliation Grade 3
March 9 and March 12 during Class time CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD
The Word of the Lord has a message for children as well as adults. Children’s Liturgy of the Word offers the children an experience to hear the scripture in words that they can understand. Here at St. Francis we are fortunate and proud to have adult volunteers and Presiders of Liturgy who journey with our children so that they can experience the Word of the Lord with a message that is relevant and fitting for them. Our Saturday evening 5:00 p.m. Mass offers the opportunity for children in Grades Kindergarten—Fourth to experience hearing and reflecting on the Word of the Lord in a way that is an empowering experience. Children in these grades are invited to follow their Reflectors of the Word to a prayer space away from the gathered assembly to hear the Scriptures in words they can understand. WEDNESDAYS March 5
Class (Ash Wednesday) Mission Banks Go Home March 12 Class March 19 Class March 26 No Class High school teens (including those that will be entering as Freshmen in the Fall of 2014) are invited to join SFX Quest as we undertake a Mission Trip to Betsy Lane, Kentucky with Catholic Heart Work Camp (CHWC) July 6-12, 2014. Initial registration forms are available in the rectory and online. Forms and a $100 deposit are due by March 16 at the latest. Total cost of the trip will be $500 per person. Limited scholarships are available. If you are interested in financially supporting this service experience for our teens, please consider donating to our Scholarship Fund. We are also seeking chaperones willing to work along side our teens. If you are willing to share your time and talent through this experience, please contact Emily by email at [email protected] or phone 708‐352‐0168 x304. Participants will be serving the elderly and poor in Betsy Lane through various work projects. CHWC organizes a variety of work projects for participants to work on throughout the week. SFX will be joining youth from throughout the country to act as Christ’s hands. Children’s Liturgy of the Word takes place in church
whenever the children’s choirs lead us in song/prayer. The Scriptures we hear will then be taken from the Children’s Lectionary and the homily will be given in a way that children are able to relate to a little more readily. The children in Grades K‐4 will go to their prayer space on the Saturdays that the choirs are not singing. Here is the tentative schedule: March 15–SF Choristers and March 22–Cherub Choir April 12–SF Choristers (Palm Sunday Weekend – regular readings) April 26–SF Choristers Children in Grades K‐4 will be invited to join their Reflectors in a prayer space away from the adults and to hear The Word of The Lord in words they can better understand on the following Saturdays (subject to change): March 8 and April 5 You can call 708‐352‐0168 and direct your questions to: Terri Simeoni, RE Coordinator or Allen Sterwalt, Director of Music HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
CHURCH LEAGUE
Registration for High School Girls Church League is now OPEN! Forms are available in the rectory and on the parish website. The registration fee is $75. Join us for a fun season! LETTER OF POPE FRANCIS
TO FAMILIES
Dear families,
With this letter, I wish, as it were, to come into your homes to speak about an event which will take place at the Vatican this coming October. It is the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which is being convened to discuss the theme of “pastoral challenges to the family in the context of evangelization”. Indeed, in our day the Church is called to proclaim the Gospel by confronting the new and urgent pastoral needs facing the family. This important meeting will involve all the People of God—bishops, priests, consecrated men and women, and lay faithful of the particular Churches of the entire world—all of whom are actively participating in preparations for the meeting through practical suggestions and the crucial support of prayer. Such support on your part, dear families, is especially significant and more necessary than ever. This Synodal Assembly is dedicated in a special way to you, to your vocation and mission in the Church and in society; to the challenges of marriage, of family life, of the education of children; and the role of the family in the life of the Church. I ask you, therefore, to pray intensely to the Holy Spirit, so that the Spirit may illumine the Synodal Fathers and guide them in their important task. As you know, this Extraordinary Synodal Assembly will be followed a year later by the Ordinary Assembly, which will also have the family as its theme. In that context, there will also be the World Meeting of Families due to take place in Philadelphia in September 2015. May we all, then, pray together so that through these events the Church will undertake a true journey of discernment and adopt the necessary pastoral means to help families face their present challenges with the light and strength that comes from the Gospel. I am writing this letter to you on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple. The evangelist Luke tells us that the Blessed Mother and Saint Joseph, in keeping with the Law of Moses, took the Baby Jesus to the temple to offer him to the Lord, and that an elderly man and woman, Simeon and Anna, moved by the Holy Spirit, went to meet them and acknowledged Jesus as the Messiah (cf. Lk 2:22‐38). Simeon took him in his arms and thanked God that he had finally “seen” salvation. Anna, despite her advanced age, found new vigour and began to speak to everyone about the Baby. It is a beautiful image: two young parents and two elderly people, brought together by Jesus. He is the one who brings together and unites generations! He is the inexhaustible font of that love which overcomes every occasion of self‐absorption, solitude, and sadness. In your journey as a family, you share so many beautiful moments: meals, rest, housework, leisure, prayer, trips and pilgrimages, and times of mutual support...Nevertheless, if there is no love then there is no joy, and authentic love comes to us from Jesus. He offers us his word, which illuminates our path; he gives us the Bread of Life which sustains us on our journey. Dear families, your prayer for the Synod of Bishops will be a precious treasure which enriches the Church. I thank you, and I ask you to pray also for me, so that I may serve the People of God in truth and in love. May the protection of the Blessed Mother and Saint Joseph always accompany all of you and help you to walk united in love and in caring for one another. I willingly invoke on every family the blessing of the Lord. From the Vatican, 2 February 2014
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
FRANCIS
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CAPITAL CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP
Last weekend at all Masses, Father John formally launched our 125th Anniversary Capital Campaign, “We Gather in Faith…
We Give with Love.” The following individuals have graciously agreed to be a part of the Campaign Leadership Committee. They will be represented at the various informational events listed on the opposite page. Of course, you will also run into them at Sunday Mass and around the Parish. Please feel free to ask them any questions you might have about the projects and the Capital Campaign. We hope you will catch their enthusiasm! HONORARY CHAIRS
Mollie and John Carroll Carol and Dave Grimes Mary Ellen Penicook STEERING COMMITTE
Father John Hoffman Clara Jurivich Mike Bruni ‐ Co‐Chair Kathi Mungo ‐ Co‐Chair Kate and Mark Boyle Jamie and Tom Cushing Caroline and Mark Dillon Anne and Rob Metzger Chris and Mike Morkin Jacquelyn and Tom Morsch Pat and Bob Roach CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Kim and Don Abbs Diane and Bill Asleson Jacqui Buckler Renee and Jason Carver Elizabeth and Chris Cooley Pam and Bill Devitt Maureen and Dan Donahue Cathy and Jeff Grimes Barb Kalnes Maryanne Kelly Megan and Tom Kostal Betsy and Bill McManaman Mark Rotert Ann and Paul Saladino Amy and Jim Schaeffer Ann and Tom Serafin Meg and Tim Shanley We Gather in Faith...We Give With Love
We Gather in Faith...We Give with Love
Capital Campaign The We Gather in Faith...We Give with Love Capital Campaign has a foundation in our Parish Prophetic Plan. We are moving forward in the next phase of fulfilling that plan with the motivation of our 125th Anniversary that we will celebrate in October 2015. In order to share information and materials with everyone, a series of campaign informational meetings have been scheduled. The meetings include a 20‐minute presentation by Fr. John Hoffman and the opportunity to pick up campaign materials. With time for questions to be answered, each meeting is scheduled to last one‐hour or less. Here are the remaining meeting dates and times, with the addition of meetings 8A, 8B and 9A:
Campaign #8
Sunday, March 2~9:10-10:10 AM
(Joyce Hall)
Campaign Event #8A
Tuesday, March 4~7:00-8:00 PM
(Rectory)
Campaign Event #8B
Thursday, March 13~7:30-8:30 PM
(Rectory)
Campaign #9
Saturday, March 15~11:00AM-12:00 PM
(Joyce Hall)
Take a look
at our
revised
dates!
Campaign Event #9A
Tuesday, March 18~7:00-8:00 PM
(Rectory)
Campaign #10
Tuesday, April 29~8:30-9:30 AM
(Joyce Hall)
Please RSVP to the parish office for the date and time that you would like to attend so that your campaign materials will be ready and waiting for you when you attend the event. You may RSVP by email to Missy Westerhoff at [email protected] or call 708‐352‐0168. Walk-ins also welcome!
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S
CLUB NEWS All women of the parish are members of the Catholic Women’s Club. If you would like to get involved or if you would like to receive monthly newsletters about our upcoming events via email, please contact Jana Fix at [email protected]. WHY BUY
FAIR TRADE COFFEE??
The coffee sold at St. Francis Xavier is purchased from Equal Exchange Fairly Traded. There is alot behind this coffee. “We work closely with our farmer partners, year after year, to better understand each other’s needs. The result is a trusting relationship‐and delicious coffee.” Beth Ann Caspersen, Quality Control Manager Fair Trade builds right relationships between buyers and sellers that are rooted in the principles of human dignity and solidarity. Fair Trade:  Respects human dignity  Promotes the common good  Advances economic justice  Empowers disadvantaged people  Connects us with the people who create the things we buy  Cultivates global solidarity The Catholic Relief Services Fair Trade Program creates opportunities for us to bring these core values of our faith to bear on the choices we make as consumers—choices that have the power to lift our brothers and sisters out of poverty. Effort is made to see that these coffee farmers are given a fair wage!!! ST. VINCENT
DE PAUL SOCIETY The St. Vincent de Paul Society’s meeting take place on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the Rectory Courtyard Room. “In a time of deceit telling the truth
is a revolutionary act.”
George Orwell In a recent issue of the New York Review of Books (July
11, 2013), Steve Coll, staff writer for The New Yorker,
author, and Dean of the Columbia University Graduate
School of Journalism, reviewed, The Dispensable Nation:
American Foreign Policy in Retreat, by Vali Nasr, who
was in the State Department as senior advisor to Ambassador William Holbrooke. In the article and the book it is
pointed out “how our foreign policy has been militarized”
and “how diplomacy has too often been assigned a subordinate role as the civilian arm of expeditionary armies.”
Far too many U.S. Ambassadors have been assigned to
“negotiate rights of way and logistics lines for the Pentagon during the past decade and not enough time to human
rights, voter enfranchisement, disease eradication and
economic growth in the Middle East and elsewhere.”
An example of this is General David Petraeus who was
overall commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and
Central Asia, field commander in Afghanistan, and finally was director of the Central Intelligence Agency
when he resigned in disgrace after the discovery of an
affair with a journalist. “In Nasr’s experience, Petraeus
regarded diplomacy merely ‘as a useful tool for getting
governments around the world to contribute soldiers and
money to the Afghan war. It is not a solution to the war,
but its facilitator.’”
Such ideas are within the theories of Carl von Clausewitz,
the German soldier and military theorist, whose book, On
War, which was written after his experiences fighting
Napoleon in the early nineteenth century, is studied at
West Point. Clausewitz states, “War is the continuation
of politics (or policy) by other means.”
Unfortunately, it appears that this may be the view of our
government when it comes to diplomacy and what we
like to call our efforts to make peace. Or, in the words of
George Orwell and the “double speak” of the novel,
1984, “War is Peace”.
The St. Francis Xavier Peace and Justice Committee will meet on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the rectory. For more information, please contact Maureen Lang at 708‐784‐3090. INTERFAITH CAREER NETWORK
FIRST COMMUNION
CHILDREN’S CHOIR
Career Transition Workshop – Last Week
Interfaith Career Network invites you to join us on Tuesday, March 4 from 7:00‐9:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church of LaGrange, 150 South Ashland Avenue. For our final workshop session a panel of HR professionals will coach you on the “art of interviewing”. They will answer your questions about successful phone and in‐person interview strategies and techniques as well as provide tips on how to recover from interviewing blunders. Please note that this workshop is designed for the employed and under employed, as well as the unemployed. Join us and gain new skills that will help you land that new position. Everyone is welcome and there is no cost to attend. Please enter church on Catherine Avenue. For further information, contact Susan Sedler at [email protected]. MOTHER’S DAY FOR
A special invitation goes out to all children in Grades 1–8, who are not currently singing in a SFX Parish Children’s Choir, to join for the up‐coming First Communion Masses, which will be held on Saturday, May 3rd at 9:00 a.m.,
12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Children are not required to sing at all three Masses. Please pick up a registration packet from one of the tables located at each of the exits as you leave church today or pick one up at the front desk of the Rectory office. Registration information will also be posted on our website at www.sfx-lg.org. IF YOUR CHILDREN ARE CURRENTLY SINGING IN ONE OF THE PARISH CHILDREN’S CHOIRS, THERE IS NO NEED TO RE‐REGISTER. Rehearsals will begin the week of March
3rd. Please see the registration packet for all of the details. You can contact Allen Sterwalt, our Director of Music with any questions at [email protected]. WOMEN PRISONERS
Companions Journeying Together provides packets of pretty writing materials to imprisoned women and juveniles so they have something nice to send their mothers or children on Mother’s Day. TAIZÉ PRAYER
St. Francis Xavier and Grace Lutheran We need: Stationery, Mother’s Day, Thinking of You, and blank note cards Postage stamps Pens (no click pens or pens with metal) Gallon ziplock bags Paper lunch bags All are invited to our
Taizé Evening Prayer
Friday, March 14
7:30 p.m.
at
St. Francis Xavier Please bring your donation to the back of church by March 16 so we can get them to the women by mid‐April. ST. PATRICK’S DAY DINNER
On Sunday, March 16 we will have a St. Patrick’s Day Dinner at the Robert E. Coulter, Jr., Post 1941, at 900 South LaGrange Road in LaGrange. Refreshments will be served at 5:00 p.m. and dinner will start at 6:00 p.m. The cost is $15.00 per person. There will be corn beef and cabbage, potatoes, salad, soda bread, coffee, tea and dessert. Please send a check with your name, number of guests and total amount to: Gigi Callaway, P.O. Box 525, LaGrange, IL 60525. Reservations and payment must be received before March 12. Taizé Prayer is contemplative and most importantly communal, combining simple repetitive melodies that are sung by all, prayerful silence, scripture reading and intercessory prayer. This prayer can promote a kind to inner unity of person, allowing the spirit to be more open and attentive to what is essential. It is our hope that you will join us, especially at this time when our world is much in need of prayer. A note from the Spirito! Singers Spirito! Singers Bravura ensemble is honored to be participating in your 9:00 a.m. service on March 9! Thank you so much for welcoming us into your church home. Spirito! Singers is an exceptional choral organization based in the Western Suburbs with rehearsals held in both LaGrange and Elm‐
hurst. Three ensembles include: Bravura, young women 9th ‐12th, Ragazze girls, 5th – 8th grade, grade of Elmhurst and of LaGrange, and the Men of Spirito!, men 18 years old and up. Auditions for our
2014-2015 season will be held from April 15 through June
15. Auditions will be held in LaGrange and Elmhurst. Please call
630-581-5440 to schedule an audition or for more information. Please mark your calendar for the Spirito! spring concerts, Lean on
Me, at 7:30 pm on Friday, May 16 and on Saturday, May 17 at the Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church in Elmhurst. For more information about our concerts, audition information and to listen to the inspirational music of Spirito! visit our website at www.spiritosingers.org or call 630‐581‐5440. BAPTISMS
WELCOME
We celebrate and welcome the newest members of our faith family, who were baptized: We welcome the following parishioners who have recently registered during the month of February: James Robert Connolly
Son of Robert & Jillian (Blanford) Connolly Parker Lou Flynn
Daughter of Brian & Jessica (Adkins) Flynn Lillian Margaret Hoekstra
Daughter of Thomas & Jennie (Flynn) Hoekstra Sienna Marie Casamassimo
Daughter of Rocco & Kathryn (Sartore) Casamassimo Bruno William Hensel
Son of Keith & Alicia (Harris) Hensel Benjamin Anthony Kramer
Son of Matthew & Kristin (Mikicich) Kramer Juliana Elizabeth Lee
Daughter of James & Colleen (King) Lee Isabella Rose Las
Daughter of Rafal & Angela (Stejskal) Los Niccolai Eliasz Los
Son of Rafal & Angela (Stejskal) Los Quinn Kathleen Parker
Daughter of Mark & Anne (Mammoser) Parker James Joseph Rooney III
Son of James & Maureen (McManaman) Rooney II James Ryan Smrt
Son of Zachary & Carrie (Ninness) Smrt Elsa Faith Trotter
Daughter of Ron & Michelle (Jurgovan) Trotter Melissa Sanson Thomas & Sarah Arra Wade & Vanessa Robertson Ron & Michelle Trottier Marvin & Agnes Phillips Alfredo & Angelo Palafox Christopher & Kristen Keenan Nicholas Jacobucci & Jennifer Bereckis John & Zoe Grad IMPLEMENTING OUR PARISH
PROPHETIC PLAN
THE RITE OF CHRISITAN
INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA)
Today at the noon Liturgy, the Catechumens and Candidates will sign their names into the Book of the Enrollment of the Elect. By signing this Book, the Catechumens and Candidates will publicly express their desire to receive the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil. By witnessing this Rite of Election, our Parish community acknowledges their desire to make a faith commitment to Jesus in the Catholic Church. After the Liturgy, the Catechumens and Candidates will proceed to Holy Name Cathedral for the official enrollment of their names into the Book of the Elect for the Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Please keep our Catechumens and Candidates in your prayers as they continue to prepare for receiving the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil.
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
We have many requests come to St. Francis for assistance. Below are some organizations that are in need as you consider making charitable donations, or consider volunteering your time: LOST AND FOUND
The Lost and Found cabinet located outside the church restroom is emptied each month. Please check it if you think that you have left something in church. In the upcoming week, items in lost and found will be brought to the Community Nurses’ Resale Shop. Misericordia Candy Days will take place Friday and Saturday, April 25‐26. Many volunteers are needed in the Greater LaGrange area to collect and raise awareness for this wonderful organization. This is a great service opportunity! Please consider donating your time. Contact Amelia Stowe by phone 708‐387‐0925 or email [email protected]. Please Pray For...all those serving in the military including:
 David Tapia, U.S. Army—husband of Marie Tapia
 Major Ryan Boyle—brother of Mark Boyle  Sgt. David Phillips—brother of Rebecca Casiple
 U.S. Army Captain Eric L. Tharp—husband of Elizabeth Tharp  Lance Cpl. Matthew Yonkman—son of Brian & Cindy Yonkman, friend of the Tvrdik family  Commander Robert O’Donnell—son of Robert & Agnes O’Donnell  Staff Sgt. Bryan Pickens, U.S. Army Airborne Ranger 1-75th Ranger Battalion RGR REGT—
son of Rob & Bernadette Pickens, brother of Robert & Gabriel
 Sgt. Connor Murray, USAF—friend of the Lawless and McCormick families
 Lt. Christopher Ocasio, U.S. Army—friend of the Berger Family  U.S. Navy David Michael DiSanto—grandnephew of Sr. Mary Ricardo DiSanto, CSJ
 Staff Sgt. Rhonda Russell, USAF—
daughter of Deidre & John Russell and granddaughter of Mary F. Russell
 Sgt. Steven Sanders, USMC—grandnephew of Marie & Genevieve Franciscus  U.S. Navy James Lynch & Christopher Cugier, Air Force—cousin and nephew of Sr. Helen Sullivan  Ensign Jonathan Devitt Brown—nephew to the Devitt Family  LCPL Gregory Allen, USMC—nephew of Barbara Triggs & Anthony Anscombe
 Petty Officer 3rd Class ISP, Alex Anderson, U.S. Navy—niece of Dan & Erin Cooke  Kevin Peterson, U.S. Army Infantry, Major Marcos Melendez, USMC and Major Michelle Melendez, USMC—
son, nephew and niece of Jon Peterson
 Cpl. Nolan Kemna, USMC—nephew of John & Linda Hill  Capt. Maura Hoffman & Capt. Christopher Hoffman— niece and nephew of Margie & Steve Hull and cousins of Kate, Janie & Caroline Hull  Sgt. Keith Brogdon—dear friend of Mary Ellen Fitzhugh  Phil Lukanich, U.S. Navy—husband of Joanna, son of Mark & Martie Lukanich  PFC Phillip G. Carr—friend of Laurel & Ken Karlo  1st Lt. Greg Pavich, USMC—cousin of Jessica Miller
 Master Sgt. Andrew Lang—son of Marge & Ray Lang
 Col. Joe Barker, U.S. Army—husband of Rita and Father of Brian, Maureen, Martha & Keara
 Airman Ryan A. Ehlers, USAF, Okinawa, Japan—Nephew of Dawn Zimmermann
 Scott Conway, U.S. Navy—nephew of Robert Dunne & Mark Conway
Please inform us of others serving in the military...and let us know when
friends and loved ones return from deployment overseas.
Email the [email protected].
LITURGICAL MINISTERS’ SCHEDULE—MARCH 8-9, 2014
Mass Time
Presider
Lectors/
Commentators
Ministers of
Communion
Altar
Servers
Cantors
Greeters
5:00 PM Fr. Hoffman G. Gies M. Roache K. Murphy K. Armstrong M. Becker C. Cooke K. Corrigan S. Devitt M. Driscoll O. Filbin A. Fix L. DiGianfilippo M. Becker 7:30 AM Fr. Hoffman G. Rutkowski S. Kent P. McKenna L. Allabastro S. Augustyn M.A. Blyth B. Metzger M. Gannon M. Kelly J. Palmer J. Anderson 9:00 AM Fr. Bacchi C. Madell T. Gannon M. Washburn R. Barker M.A. Barry M. Branecki D. Carlson J. Cogelja C. Froemel E. Froemel N. Kalkowski L. Krepps J. McLaughlin C. Zadeik F. Lorenzini M. Cramsie D. Titzer S. VanOrdstrand J. Burson Gallery Choir 10:30 AM Fr. Killeen C. Dillon K. Justak T. Hill B. Boyd A. Clark J. Clark N. Cummings M. P. Flaherty M. Ganzel J. Garreau M. Joscelyn A. Krol O. Lastres S. Martin J. Doherty G. Cuba C. Gatsos C. Aronson M. Joscelyn 12:00 PM Fr. Hoffman T. Bezouska C. Anderson M.G. Chizewski L. Donegan B. Edelmann K. Johnson N. Kampe M. O’Malley B. Egan C. Hull C. McNicholas S. Herndon D. Foss 6:00 PM Fr. Killeen Quest Teen Quest Teens Spirit Choir READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 2, 2014 Sunday: Is 49:14‐15/1 Cor 4:1‐5/Mt 6:24‐34 Monday: 1 Pt 1:3‐9/Mk 10:17‐27 Tuesday: 1 Pt 1:10‐16/Mk 10:28‐31 Wednesday: Jl 2:12‐18/2 Cor 5:20—6:2/Mt 6:1‐6, 16‐18 Thursday: Dt 30:15‐20/Lk 9:22‐25 Friday: Is 58:1‐9a/Mt 9:14‐15 Saturday: Is 58:9b‐14/Lk 5:27‐32 Next Sunday: Gn 2:7‐9; 3:1‐7/Rom 5:12‐19 or 5:12, 17‐19/Mt 4:1‐11 Pastoral Ministry
Pastor
Rev. John R. Hoffman
Associate Pastors
Rev. Robert Bacchi
Rev. William Killeen
Deacon
Mr. Andrew Allison
Director of Pastoral Ministries
Dr. Kate DeVries
Weekend Sacramental Ministers
Rev. James O’Connor
Rev. Keith Muccino, S.J.
Lay Ministers
Mrs. Margaret Branecki
Mr. Robert O’Malley
Education Ministry
Day School Principal
Ms. Debra Rodde
Assistant Principal
Mrs. Donielle Jarzen
Day School Secretaries
Mrs. Peggy Evans (Main Campus)
Mrs. Mary Hoffman (Main Campus)
Mrs. Kathie Kinahan (East Campus)
Tuition Accounts
Mrs. Clara Jurivich
Rel Ed Coordinator/Sacramental Prep
Ms. Terri Simeoni
Religious Education Office Staff
Mrs. Cindy Johnson
Mrs. Lucile Nichol
Youth Ministry
Director
Ms. Emily Brabham
Music Ministry
Directors
Mr. Allen Sterwalt
Mr. Jeremy Michor (Spirit Choir)
Mrs. Micki Doherty (Spirit Choir)
Associate Musicians
Mrs. Ann Maney
Mr. Bob Voves
Parish Office Staff
Business Manager
Mrs. Clara Jurivich
Parish Accountant
Mrs. Jane Bandyk
Pastor’s Secretary
Mrs. Maureen Pipal
Parish Secretary
Mrs. Melissa Westerhoff
Staff Secretary
Ms. Debra Soulje
Food Pantry Coordinator
Mrs. Mary Freeman
CONTACT INFORMATION Parish Office 124 N. Spring ...........................................................................708‐352‐0168 St. Francis Xavier Day School ..........................................................................708‐352‐2175 School of Religious Education ........................................................................708‐352‐4555 S.P.R.E.D. (Special Religious Education) ....................................................708‐352‐0168 Fax Number ............................................................................................................708‐352‐4904 e‐Mail ...................................................................................................................sfxinlg@sfxlg.org Parish Web Site ...................................................................................................www.sfx‐lg.org LITURGY SCHEDULE Monday through Friday ............................................................................7:45 and 9:00 a.m. Saturday...............................................................................................................................9:00 a.m. Sabbath Liturgy Saturday 5:00 p.m. Sunday 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 a.m.,12:00 Noon and 6:00 p.m. Holy Days of Obligation as scheduled in bulletin. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday morning……………….……………………………….…….…….After 9:00 a.m. Mass Saturday afternoon…………………………………..……………………....………4:15‐4:45 p.m. The Reconciliation room is located off the walkway behind the tabernacle prayer area. INFANT BAPTISMS Please call the Parish Office for scheduled 1:30 p.m. Sunday Baptismal dates. Baptism Preparation Classes: 4th Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. We encourage participation in this program before the baby’s birth or adoption. MARRIAGE
Please call the rectory office at the time of your engagement to schedule your wedding. We ask that you are a registered parishioner for 6 months before requesting your wedding date. Saturday wedding times are 1:00, 3:00 and 6:30 p.m. Rehearsals are usually scheduled on Friday evening. Some Fridays and Sundays are also available, but these days and times are limited. We do not schedule weddings during Lent. We are glad to review possible dates with the bride or groom. Please schedule the church before you sign a contract with a banquet facility. FOOD PANTRY
The St. Francis Food Pantry is open every Tuesday from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. The pantry serves clients who live in the 60525 and 60526 zip codes. Contact Mary Freeman at 708‐352‐0168 or [email protected] if you would like more information. HOME OR HOSPITAL VISITATION & COMMUNION CALLS If you would like a priest or Minister of Care to visit, please contact the Parish Office directly. In the case of hospitalization, specifically request that the hospital contact the parish. Hospitals do not routinely inform churches of admissions due to Privacy Laws. PARISH COUNSELOR All counseling services are confidential, respectful, understanding, and take place in a safe environment. Counseling and psychotherapy services are available for individuals, couples, and families experiencing difficulty with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship conflicts, work stress or job loss problems, or feelings of being overwhelmed. For further information or to make an appointment, call our parish counselor, Karen Held, 773‐643‐6259, ext. 31 at the Claret Center. BULLETIN DEADLINE
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