April 12, 2015 - Saint Andrew Parish

Saint Andrew Parish
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Divine Mercy Sunday
April 12, 2015
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Mass Times
Daily mass in the Chapel (Addison/Hermitage)
Monday - Friday 9:00 am
Saturday 8:00 am
Sunday mass in Church (Addison/Paulina)
Saturday Vigil 4:00pm (Confessions at 3pm)
Sunday 8:00 am, 10:00am, 11:30am & 5:30 pm
Holy Day Masses: 9 am & 7 pm in the Church.
There are no Vigil Masses for Holy Days.
Parish Office:
3546 N. Paulina Street, Chicago, IL 60657
Ph (773) 525-3016 Fax (773) 525-4124
School Office: www.gosaintandrew.com
1710 W. Addison Street, Chicago IL 60613
Ph (773) 248-2500 Fax (773) 248-2709
www.saintandrewchicago.com
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April 12, 2015
Congratulations to our 2015 RCIA Group
who received the Sacraments at the Easter Vigil on April 4th!
Chris Cameron
Cindy Castellanos
Jasmin Castellanos
Joe Gerard
Ally Horner
Kai Lee
Tracy Lira
Claudia Perez
Grace Pramenko
Sam Pramenko
Nativo Rivera
Emily Sangalis
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4/11/2015 to
4/19/2015
Time Mass Intentions
Saturday
Sunday
+Mary Janet Williams and +Patrick & Kay Joyce Acts 4:32-35
Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24
+Jack Stanton
1 Jn 5:1-6
10:00 +Marcella Meyer
Jn 20:29
11:30 +Dave Maher
Jn 20:19-31
5:30 All Deceased of the Parish
Monday
9:00
All Deceased of the Parish
Acts 4:23-31; Ps 2:1-3, 4-7-9; Col 3: Jn 3:1-8
Tuesday
9:00
+Cecelia Vinzons
Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Jn 3:14-15; Jn 3:7-15
+Petra Rop
Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3:16; Jn 3:16-21
Readings
4:00
8:00
Wednesday 9:00
Thursday
9:00
All Deceased of the Parish
Acts 5:27-33; PS 34:2 and 9, 17-20; Jn 20:29; Jn 3:3136
Friday
9:00
All Deceased of the Parish
Jn 3:31-36; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Mt 4:4; Jn 6:1-15
Saturday
8:00
All Deceased of the Parish
Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; Jn 6:16-21
Intentions for next weekend: Saturday, April 18 4pm +Sean Galligan. Sunday, April 19, 2015 8:00 am All
Deceased of the Parish. 10:00 am All Deceased of the Parish. 11:30 am +John Cavanaugh 5:30 pm All
Deceased of the Parish
Please pray for World Peace, Military
Service Members and their families:
~Sacramental Schedules~
Confessions: Saturday 3:00-3:45 pm or by
appointment
Marriage: By appointment with the Pastor,
6 to 9 months in advance
Baptisms: 1st and 3rd Sunday
Call the Office to Schedule.
Baptism Prep Classes: The last Sunday of the
month at 11:00am (in the Chapel)
Families with one child already Baptized do not
need to attend this class. Contact Chris O’Malley
or Joanne Signa at the Parish Office. 773-5253016
Joey Brown
Michael Rosales
Jerome Zwick
Alex Wilscke
Charles Wilson
Jon Miller
Joshua Cordoba
Tim Brown
Tim Chambers
Casey McDonald
Eric Herrera
Louis Martinez
Victor Torres
Michael Haney
E-mail Chris O’Malley at the Parish Office to have the
name of your friend or loved one serving in the military
listed: [email protected].
Parish Prayer Line
If you would like to ask for prayers from the Prayer
Line please e-mail prayerline@saintandrewchicago.
com or call 872-588-1016 (local call) to leave your
intention. To join as a person who prays for the needs
of the Parish call or e-mail as well!
Liturgical Ministries for April 11-12, 2015
Lectors
Communion
Altar Servers
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11:30
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March 21-29, 2015 (2 Weeks)
EASTER Envelope, Check, EFT
$20,355.75
Loose
$3,857.02
Total:
$24,212.77
Annual Catholic Appeal Pledges 2014
Pledge envelopes returned Current total pledged
$50,835.00
Total received
$47,987.00
Total balance due
$2,848.00
Sacristan
Greeters
online for your assignments.
Parish Staff:
Pastor: Reverend Sergio Romo
Associate Pastor: Reverend S. Arokiadoss
Deacon: Eric Sorensen
Pastoral Associate: Rachel Espinoza
Ministry Coordinator: Nathaniel Stubblefield
Business Manager: Esperanza Benavides
Events/Drews Dollars: Julie Richards
Secretaries: Christina O’Malley, Joanne Signa
Receptionist: Amanda Dougherty
School Administration:
Principal: Allen Ackermann
Assistant Principal: Sarah Casavechia
Athletic Director: Matthew Pope
Curriculum Coordinators:
Michelle Roberts & Maribeth Lynch
Engineer: Alfred Benkiser
Your weekly contribution to Saint Andrew is vital to keeping our ministries funded and our
Parish in good financial standing. Please consider setting up your gift using our electronic
vendor, GiveCentral.org to ensure that even when you are away the Parish, your financial
support is not. Please contact the Parish Office with any questions.
DIVINE MERCY
Wedding Banns
Daniel Cutell and Nicolette Grzeslo I
Volunteers are still needed
to help with the landscaping
around the Parish
We need at least 5 or 6 more people
If interested, please call the Rectory
773-525-3016
Job Outreach Ministry
facebook.com/SaintAndrewChicago
The Job Outreach Ministry seeks to help
those looking for work or seeking a change
in employment. For assistance please contact
Jennifer Smith at [email protected] to
get help looking for work or to assist others in
ne.00ed.
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April 12, 2015
Birthday Celebrations
Alyssa Loverde
Amanda McCune
Andrew Bryan
Sendre
Anne Luburic
Benjamin Brown
Caitlin Vraney
Caleb Berry
Camille Cedeno
Christopher
Gorzelany
Clark Washuk
Eden Marks
Elizabeth Wade
Erin Snell
Ferdinand Jon
Luciano
Grace Rutherford
Halina Avila
Hubert O’Brien
Jack Dennis
McCarthy
James Finn Hoban
Jeanette McDermit
John Lippert
John Lyons
John Reynolds
Jose Reynoso
Joseph Hurley
Joshua Lines
Julio Ramirez
Kevin Joy
Kevin Stenson
Kristin Baine
Lordes Corpuz
Lorena Reynoso
Mary Ann McCarthy
Mary Watson
Maura Benson
Maura Robbins
Maximillain Oldham
Maxwell Devine
Melissa Richlen
Meredith McDannel
Paul Goodrich
Philip Costello
Ricardo
McCausland
Robert Lewin
Stella Delany
Cashion
Timothy Fitzsimons
Todd Mayer
Will Washuk
William Altman
Zachary Pierucci
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
WOn the Second Sunday of Easter of the Jubilee
Year 2000, at the Mass for the canonization of St.
Faustina Kowalska, Pope John Paul II proclaimed
to the world that “from now on throughout the
Church this Sunday will be called Divine Mercy
Sunday.”
Pope John Paul had actively promoted the
message of St. Faustina. In his 1980 encyclical
on God’s mercy, Rich in Mercy, he developed a
scriptural and doctrinal basis for our faith in the
mercy of God. By linking the revealed truth about
God’s mercy to one of the most solemn Sundays
after Easter itself, he illumined the fact that the
liturgy already proclaimed the divine mercy. The
truth has been embedded for two millennia in the
worship of the Church. Once again we see an
illustration of the ancient saying, “The law of faith is
the law of prayer.”
On the Second Sunday of Easter, the responsorial
psalm and Gospel for Cycles A, B and C center on
the theme of mercy. In Psalm 118 we sing three
times, “His mercy endures forever.” The Gospel,
from John 20:19-31, begins with the risen Christ
appearing to the apostles on Easter night. Jesus
calms his disciples by saying and giving them
“Peace.” He shows them the scars of his Passion,
his wounded hands and side. His glorified body
retains the evidence of his saving work through his
suffering, death and resurrection.
He fills them with joy and again says to them—and
produces in them—“Peace.” Then he breathes
on them and explains what the divine breathing
means with the words, “Receive the holy Spirit.
Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and
whose sins you retain are retained.” He gives the
apostles the power of God’s mercy for the sinner,
the gift of forgiving sins from God’s treasury of
mercy. The other texts speak of healing and give
the assurance there is nothing to fear.
From Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday to the
Eighth Day of Easter, the divine love song of
mercy is chanted amid abundant alleluias. For
centuries in liturgy the Church has proclaimed the
mercy of God through the Word of God and the
Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ. The
tables of Word and Sacrament are heaped with the
promises of Divine Mercy and its grand effect in
the lives of millions. The liturgy is the storehouse
of the wisdom of God and a treasure chest for all
the worshipers.
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Easter Encounters for the Whole Parish!
SUNDAY, April 12th @ 11:30am in Church – Teaching Mass
Want to get more out of the Mass? Join us for a teaching Mass to explore the whys, the hows, and the
whats behind the way we worship as Catholics!
SUNDAY, April 26th @ 7:30pm Easter Mission: “Our Call to Holiness” with Bill Wegner
@ St. Benedict Parish (2115 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago IL 60618)
MONDAY, April 27th @ 7:00pm Easter Mission: “The Challenge of Jesus” with Bill Wegner
@ St. Benedict Parish (2115 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago IL 60618)
TUESDAY, April 28th @ 7:00pm Easter Mission: “Our Call to Reconcile” with Bill Wegner
@ St. Benedict Parish (2115 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago IL 60618)
WEDNESDAY, April 29th @ 7:00pm Easter Mission: “Questions of Jesus” with Bill Wegner
@ St. Benedict Parish (2115 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago IL 60618)
WEDNESDAY, May 6th @ 6:30pm “Holy, Holy, Holy!” with Fr. Sergio Romo
Pilgrimage Reflections on the Holy Places, Holy People and Holy Pilgrims in the Holy Land
Hear Fr. Sergio share his experience of leading a pilgrimage to the Holy Land for 43 people, which
included parishioners from St. Andrew. Through photos from the trip and thoughtful and humorous
anecdotes Fr. Sergio will help us understand what the experiences on a pilgrimage half way around the
world have to teach us about life and faith wherever we call home.
SATURDAY, May 9th @2:45pm – Saint Andrew Church Tour
As Catholics, we involve our whole being in our worship- which is why our churches are filled with sacred
art and architecture, and our celebration of the Mass is richly filled with symbols. All are invited to a tour
of our church on Saturday, May 9th at 2:45pm to learn the deeper meaning behind the symbols, art, and
architecture of St. Andrew’s. You just might be surprised by what you discover!
SUNDAY, May 17th Family Mass at 10:00am & “Stump the Priest” Catholic Q & A Session at 11am
Fr. Sergio and his staff are up for a Q & A Challenge! Join us after the 10am Mass on Sunday, May 17th.
All are invited. You bring the questions and Fr. Sergio will bring the answers. Can you Stump the Priest?
Prizes awarded for best questions! All are welcome!
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Parish Transformation at St. Andrew
St. Andrew is embarking on a Parish Transformation Journey - Saint Andrew becoming - and
being - the best that it can be. Moving beyond doing things as we have always done them, and
daring to imagine exciting new possibilities for deepening our sense of mission, our connection
to Christ, and our communion as a community of faith.
The plan will transform St. Andrew through goals and ideas to foster closer relationships with
Christ. Full details of the plan available online:
http://www.saintandrewchicago.com/church/parish-transformation
One of our first initiatives is to create a new welcoming committee. We have many people who
have already expressed interest in this initiative but we need more help!
Volunteers will work to:
1.
Welcome new school and parish families and inviting them to attend events.
2.
Organize greeters for Mass.
3.
Volunteer at a welcome table at the back of the church at Mass.
4.
Pair new church and school families with established families.
To learn more or sign up please complete an interest form found online at:
http://www.saintandrewchicago.com/church/parish-transformation. Be sure to indicate your
interest in the welcome committee. You may also express interest by calling the Rectory at
(773) 525-3016.
Check the bulletin for weekly updates on our progress.
What is Parish Transformation?
Parish Transformation was created by the Chicago Archdiocese for all parishes to complete.
Father Romo volunteered St. Andrew to participate sooner rather than later because he was so
excited about it!
Last summer parishioners were asked to volunteer for a 12 week Parish Transformation process
and 25 people raised their hands.
By December a plan was created to transform St. Andrew following 4 building blocks:
Communio, Prayer & Worship, Catechesis and Missionary Spirit.
Objectives, Goals and Ideas were formed around each one of these building blocks.
You can read the full plan on our website at:
http://www.saintandrewchicago.com/church/parish-transformation
If you have questions you can email: [email protected] or call
the Rectory at (773) 525-3016.
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SAINT ANDREW & SAINT BENEDICT PARISHES PRESENT:
“Dare To Be Holy” - Easter Mission - April 26th through
April 29th at Saint Benedict Parish (2215 W. Irving Park Rd, Chicago IL 60618)
Save the date. Bill Wegner from Good News International, a Catholic lay
ministry organization, will be joining us at St. Ben’s to conduct our Easter
Mission this year. Bill has traveled all over the world offering engaging and
inspirational missions. Called to ministry after running several successful
businesses, Bill comes from a unique perspective and truly understands
the struggles of attempting to live a Christian life in a secular world. You
will not be disappointed in his real life stories, wonderful sense of humor
and compelling message. Secure the dates and make a point to join us at
St. Ben’s for our Easter Mission April 26th through April 29th in the Church.
More details will be forth coming.
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BELLARMINE
J E S U I T R E T R E AT H O U S E
God Bless the [Space] Between Us
A Retreat for Married Couples
April 24-26, 2015
Your relationship is a mystery to be received as a blessing,
rather than a problem to be solved.
Presented by: Fr. Paul Macke, SJ
& Neil and Kathy Heskin
420 W County Line Rd • Barrington, IL 60010 • 847-381-1261
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DREW’S DOLLARS
Fundraising while you shop!
Thank you for your participation in the Drew’s Dollars
gift card program! Orders are once again due on Monday
mornings. You can drop them off at the RECTORY or
SCHOOL offices. You can pick up your orders on Thursday
mornings at the RECTORY or SCHOOL office. We
will continue to have the usual Jewel, Target, Starbucks,
Walgreens, CVS, Dunkin Donuts and iTunes on hand at
the rectory for purchase. Please email Julie Richards at
[email protected] if you have any
questions. Thanks for making this program so successful!
April 12, 2015
Please support our generous Sponsors
SAINT ANDREW PARISH
DATE: Saturday, April 18, 2015
TIME: 8am to noon
BARGAIN BLOWOUT: 11:30 to noon (50% Off & Clothing $1/bag)
LOCATION: Saint Andrew Gym - Corner of Addison & Paulina
ADMISSION: $1 Donation
!
- CASH ONLY -
- CASH ONLY -
Donation Collection Dates/Times:
Drop off at the Saint Andrew Gym
!Sunday, March 29 9:30am
- 12:00pm
Tuesday, April 14 2:00pm
- 6:00pm
Wed., April 15 7:30am - 9:30am
Friday, April 17 8:00am - 10:00am
- CASH ONLY -
Children’s Items:
Infant to Pre-Teen: Clothes, Shoes,
Coats, Toys, Puzzles, Games and Books
Baby Gear (except car seats)
Nursery & Children’s Furniture (except
drop-side cribs)
Maternity Clothing
To volunteer or for more information contact:
[email protected]
! items will be donated to charity.
All proceeds benefit Saint Andrew. Unsold