May 29, 2016 Bulletin - St. John of the Cross Parish, Western Springs
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May 29, 2016 Bulletin - St. John of the Cross Parish, Western Springs
St. John of the Cross Parish 5005 South Wolf Road ~ Western Springs 60558~ 708-246-4404 ~ www.stjohnofthecross.org I am the living bread that came down from heaven, says the Lord; whoever eats this bread will live forever. The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ May 29, 2016 A Note from Fr. David Year of Mercy Dear Parishioners, Just a quick note to thank you for all your personal and spiritual support. I (silently) concelebrated the four First Communions that Fr. Bill did such a spectacular job with. I’m planning on being at graduation and the end of the school year festivities, again silently. It’s not that I can’t talk. It’s that I can’t be heard. I could not be held more lovingly in prayer than I already am by so many of you. Unfortunately this will continue for a while yet. Radiation will continue pretty much through June. I have no way of knowing how my voice will come out once the healing from the radiation is finished. We’ll cross that bridge when we get there. There is plenty to deal with in the meantime. Know I miss you and miss being at the altar with you very much. Gratefully, Fr. David P.S. Fr. Joe continues to rely on your prayerful support as well. You know he loves you very much. One Word at a Time provides a key Word related to the Year of Mercy, along with reflections on how to put that Word into practice in our everyday lives. The Words can serve as the spark for a discussion of faith at home or as a personal reflection. Stop in our church narthex to read all the Words we have reflected on so far. Jesus of Nazareth is the “face” of the Father’s mercy—he reveals the mercy of God by his words, actions, and person. We follow Jesus’ example when we open ourselves to the Father’s mercy by looking “sincerely” into the eyes of our brothers and sisters, including those “who are denied their dignity.” How have you experienced the Father’s mercy in your own life? How might Jesus be calling you to look “sincerely” into the eyes of those who are denied their dignity? It is absolutely essential for the Church and for the credibility of her message that she herself live and testify to mercy. Mercy is the beating heart of the Gospel. To live mercy, we must rediscover both the spiritual works of mercy (counsel the doubtful, instruct the ignorant, admonish sinners, comfort the afflicted, forgive offences, bear patiently those who do us ill, and pray for the living and the dead), and the corporal works of mercy (feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger, heal the sick, visit the imprisoned, and bury the dead). Which spiritual works of mercy might Christ be calling you to practice? Which corporal works of mercy? True mercy, the mercy God gives to us and teaches us, demands justice, it demands that the poor find the way to be poor no longer. It asks us, the Church, us, the City of Rome, it asks the institutions — to ensure that no one ever again stand in need of a soup kitchen, of makeshift-lodgings, of a service of legal assistance in order to have his legitimate right recognized to live and to work, to be fully a person. In your own life, and in your faith community, how do you work for justice? Do you seek to address the root causes of problems that affect those who are vulnerable? Pope Francis St. John of the Cross Parish Feast of the Body & Blood May 29, 2016 Page 2 Parish News Spring, 2016 Dear Parishioners, Our Parish Advisory Council (PAC) which meets three times per year, gathered for its Spring Meeting a few weeks ago. Pre-read communication from each consultative body and ministry advisory group as well as meeting minutes can be found on our parish website. This letter will provide you with the major takeaway from our meeting. The purpose of our Parish Advisory Council is first and foremost to be an advisory group to our pastor; we are a group that represents diverse cross-sections of the parish who are able to collaborate to provide sound feedback and recommendations whenever needed. Additionally, the Council strives to build community by helping the parish to live out its core values and mission and by communicating and collaborating across each consultative body, ministry advisory group and the pastoral staff to achieve common goals. Because the PAC as it is currently structured has only been in existence for 6 years, members spent time evaluating the Council’s stated purpose, effectiveness and short-term goals. A key and common thread that emerged throughout our discussion focused on improving communication among Council members as well as to the parish, working to increase both awareness and understanding of the role of the PAC and the specific roles and unique responsibilities of At-Large Representatives, Apostles and parish Deanery Reps who serve on our PAC. Also as Archbishop Cupich’s strategic plan “Renew My Church” unfolds, communicating resulting changes and implications will become important. Future work of the PAC will include communicating and building relationships with the staffs and Parish Councils serving our neighboring parishes, St. Francis Xavier and St. Cletus, in an effort to potentially share resources and collaborate on specific ministries. As the PAC breaks for the summer months, we recognized and thanked the following members who completed their terms: Tony Liotta, Connie Madden, Mike Scudder, and Kerry Ward. Serving as chair for the past two years, I will also be turning over my chairperson baton to Brian King who served as Vice-Chair. Council members affirmed Lisa Geneser as the new Vice-Chair, Ed Giles and Pat Surdyk as Apostles, and welcomed the following parishioners who will serve on the Council for two year terms: Randy Ferrari and Beth White as newly elected At-Large Reps, and new Apostles, Ann Gornik, Kathie McReynolds and Bill Mear. Have a great summer. Look for more from our Parish Advisory Council this fall. Ann Marie Calistro Chairperson Summer Mass Schedule From Memorial Day to Labor Day (inclusive) there will not be a 12:15pm Mass. Please mark your calendar. Memorial Day There will be a special Mass tomorrow, Memorial Day, at 9am. The Parish Center office will be closed and there will be no Adoration. Parish Center Summer Hours Summer office hours are 9am—8pm Mondays—Thursdays, 9am—6pm Fridays and Saturdays, and 8am—1pm on Sundays. (We will post special Fest and holiday hours as needed.) As always, after hours you can reach a priest in an emergency by calling the Parish Center at 708246-4404 and following the voice prompts. St. John of the Cross Parish Feast of the Body & Blood May 29, 2016 Page 3 Lifelong Learning Background on the Gospel Today, the second Sunday after Pentecost, we celebrate a second solemnity, which marks our return to Ordinary Time. Today is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. At one time, this day was called Corpus Christi, Latin for “the Body of Christ.” In the most recent revision of the liturgy, the name for this day is expanded to be a more complete reflection of our Eucharistic theology. The feeding of the 5,000 is the only one of Jesus' miracles to appear in all four Gospels. Luke places it between Herod's question, “Who is this about whom I hear such things?” and Peter's response to Jesus' question about who he thought Jesus was: “You are the Messiah of God.” In Luke the feeding is not the result of Jesus' compassion for the crowd but is instigated by the disciples. They wanted Jesus to send the crowd away to town. Instead Jesus tells the disciples to give them some food on their own. The passage is meant to remind us of two feedings in the Old Testament: the feeding of the Israelites in the desert and Elisha's feeding of 100 people with 20 loaves in 2 Kings 4:4244. It is also connected to the institution of the Eucharist. As in the Last Supper accounts in Matthew, Mark, and Luke and in Paul's account in 1 Corinthians 11:23-24, Jesus takes bread, looks up to heaven, blesses the bread, breaks it, and then gives it to the disciples. In using this exact language, Luke is reminding his readers that in this miracle Jesus is doing more than feeding hungry people as God did for the Israelites and the prophet Elisha did as well. The bread he gives is his body, which he will continue to give as often as the community breaks bread in remembrance of him in the Eucharist. Loyola Press Monday 2 Pet 1:2-7 Ps 91:1-2, 14-15b, 15c-16 Mark 12:1-12 Tuesday Visitation Zeph 3:14-18a Isa 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 Luke 1:39-56 Wednesday 2 Tim 1:1-3, 6-12 Ps 123:1b-2ab, 2cdef Mark 12:18-27 May we be satisfied and transformed by the gift of Jesus’ Body and Blood in the Eucharist. May we generously give ourselves to others as Jesus gives himself to us. Living the Gospel What do we usually do with leftovers? They become tomorrow’s lunch or next week’s garbage. Sometimes leftovers are even better the second time around—the flavors have had more time to blend together for an even more pleasing eating experience. In this gospel story about multiplication of loaves and fish to feed the hungry crowd— about food and leftovers—Jesus does far more than satisfy physical hunger and provide tomorrow’s lunch for the disciples. He foreshadows the gift of his very self as the Bread of Life. Jesus taught the crowds and “healed those who needed to be cured.” Our need for Jesus and what he gives us, however, goes beyond teaching and healing. Even more, we need the food Jesus gives in unfathomable abundance. This food sublimely satisfies us. Yet even more: it transforms us into being the “leftover fragments”—the Body of Christ—continuing Jesus’ ministry of giving self over for others. The Twelve are taught by Jesus’ word-deed that they themselves are to be the “leftover fragments” that nourish others. Jesus makes clear God’s intention for us: “Give them some food yourselves.” He is really saying, “Give them the good that is yourselves.” Perhaps the amazement of this gospel and festival is that God so willingly chooses us humans to make known divine superabundance and blessing. This solemnity celebrates God’s graciousness to us—a gift of superabundance. We are invited to participate in God’s graciousness by our passing on this abundance. Our lives, then, must witness to the intersection of need and generosity. Our lives must witness to the intersection of Jesus’ Life and our lives, given for others in a superabundance that just keeps getting better. ©Living Liturgy Thursday 2 Tim 2:8-15 Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14 Mark 12:28-34 Friday Sacred Heart Ezek 34:11-16 Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Rom 5:5b-11 Luke 15:3-7 Saturday 2 Tim 4:1-8 Ps 71:8-9, 1415ab, 16-17, 22 Luke 2:41-51 10th Sunday in OT 1 Kgs 17:17-24 Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13 Gal 1:11-19 Luke 7:11-17 Heavenly Father, lift the hearts of those for whom this day is not just diversion but a painful memory. We remember with compassion and heartfelt thanks all those who have died serving their country. In your infinite wisdom guide the leaders of our country in all their decisions. Protect and guide those who are currently serving our country. Strengthen them in their trials; give them courage and bless them with your abiding presence. Amen. pray ~ thank ~ remember ~ Memorial Day St. John of the Cross Parish Feast of the Body & Blood May 29, 2016 Page 4 Liturgy Bread, Cup, Body, Blood Bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ during the Eucharistic Prayer at Mass. The Holy Spirit works this miracle in the presence of the faithful who join the priest’s prayer in silence and song. Belief in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is central to Catholic faith. In the past some have doubted this belief, but the Church has always responded with unwavering conviction, founded on the Bible. “This is my body.” … “This is my blood” (Matthew 26: 26, 28). “The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world” (John 6:51). “My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink” (John 6:55). “The one who eats this bread will live forever” (John 6:58). “As often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes” (1 Cor 11:26). The word “bread” in these scriptures does not diminish our faith that the bread is the body of Christ. The liturgy also uses “bread and cup” to refer to the Body and Blood of Christ. The third memorial acclamation has us sing, “When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup.” Eucharistic Prayer IV prays for “all who partake of this one Bread and one Chalice.” The first Eucharistic Prayer for Masses with children offers “the bread that give us life, and the cup that saves us.” The Lamb of God accompanies a ritual the sacramentary calls “the breaking of the bread.” Some of our hymns also refer to bread and wine, but in the context of Mass the meaning remains true to Catholic teaching. What we eat and drink is the Body and Blood of Christ. ©Paul Turner Communion Cups Silver chalices gold-plated chalices ceramic chalices waiting in rows to receive their precious contents: each different in brilliance in shape in color yet each receives in full measure the blood beyond all price the refreshing drink of salvation. Each Christian waiting with others to receive the precious gift: each different in brilliance in shape in color receives in full measure the blood beyond all price the refreshing drink of salvation: Christ’s blood, given for all. Michael Kwatera, OSB Liturgical Gestures, Words Objects Cup & Plate Chalice cup and paten fashioned from earth’s core fire-tried molded shaped for sacrament. Earth’s creatures reaching out to hold divinity. Human vessels with broken bread; wine spilled out Christ among his people. Estelle Martin, RSM Liturgical Gestures, Words Objects Loving Father, the gift of The Eucharist blesses us with the Presence for which every human heart longs. Through the grace of the Eucharist, let us become more perfectly the Body of Christ. Amen. In the Sacrament of the Eucharist we find God who gives himself. Pope Francis @Pontifex 9 Jun 2015 St. John of the Cross Parish Feast of the Body & Blood May 29, 2016 Page 5 Prayer Richard Rohr Meditation Gracious Father, Giver and Nurturer of all life, hear our prayers. May the bread and wine of the Eucharist make us bread for one another and for all that we might become ministers of your life and love in our world. Amen. Love in Action The way to arrive and remain within “the force field of the Holy Spirit,” which is one way of describing consciousness—is both very simple and very hard: you’ve got to remain in love, with a foundational yes to every moment. You can’t risk walking around with a negative, resentful, gossipy, critical mind, because then you won’t be in the force field. You will not be a usable instrument. That’s why Jesus commanded us to love. It’s that urgent. It’s that crucial. That love, as contemplatives learn, can begin in the mind or can be inhibited by the mind. You may have heard this quote— sometimes attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt: Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. Contemplation nips negativity, hatred, and violence in the bud. It begins by retraining your initial thoughts, because if you let the mind operate in a paranoid, angry, and resentful way, you aren’t going to get very far. You’re not going to see clearly. God of infinite love, you shower me with limitless gifts in my life. In my every thought and action today guide me to the bright and loving light of your kingdom. Help me to be aware of the many ways you allow me to share in your life so intimately. Thank you for the gifts you have placed in my life. Let me be grateful every moment of this day. Amen. Creighton U Isn’t it instructive that the spiritual formation of the original disciples happens with Jesus on the road? In effect, the disciples learn by doing. They grow into an understanding of this God of love, this God of compassion, this God who loves justice, this God who makes all things new, by participating as active observers and agents of compassion, justice, and newness. And, yes, necessarily, they pause with Jesus to reflect, ask questions (sometimes stupid questions), and pray. But the spiritual adventure described in the four Gospels does not happen in the sanctuary; it happens on the road, in the company of beggars, prostitutes, and lepers. Gateway to Silence: Yes Loving and forgiving are tangible and visible signs that faith has transformed our hearts. Pope Francis @Pontifex May 19 St. John of the Cross Parish Feast of the Body & Blood May 29, 2016 Page 6 Prayer Where do you pray? In Loyola Press’s recently issued children’s book, Dear Pope Francis, a child asks the Pope where he likes to pray. His answer is that there are a few places he prays regularly (at his desk, or in the church before the Blessed Sacrament), but that he has learned that he can pray anywhere, even when he’s at the dentist’s office. He makes it clear that prayer is a moveable activity, that God is always listening, no matter where we are. I don’t doubt God’s ability and willingness to listen to prayer wherever and whenever. The big question for me is: Where am I most likely to settle Turning down and pray with any workable level of attention? Is it good enough to catch a few moments of prayer wherever and whenever? In my experience, that’s not enough. It’s too easy to skimp on prayer when I’m catching bits of time here and there. It’s better to have a set time and place. These, too, can be moveable. I used to try to pray in the morning before I walked the dog, but the dog made it clear that once I was up, he was awake and so was his bladder. Then it’s difficult to concentrate on anything until the cats have food in their dishes—otherwise they are communicating ever so clearly that, even as I pray to God, I am starving God’s creatures. So now I pray right before I leave for work, when the creatures have been tended. The danger of this is that if I’m running late, prayer time can be cut short. The place changes with the seasons. When weather is mild, I am more likely to pray in the backyard; prayer and morning seem to go together so well, and bird song is a great accompaniment. Because I usually chant a psalm during my morning prayer, I choose a place where I’m not likely to be heard. This means that I pray in a room separate from our bedroom, because my retired husband is still asleep when I’m off to work. There was a time when my best prayer was in the car on my morning commute. I could pray out loud; however, I could not use a prayer book, which is my preference now. I commute by public transportation now, and at times I pray with a book silently on the train if my schedule is off and I’m missing my morning prayer too often. And there are times when my best prayer is on the train but not with any book. I simply regard my fellow travelers and include them in my prayer. For instance, I focus on a different passenger with each line of the Our Father. This brings my private prayer outward, which is good to do sometimes. Prayer is like any other valuable daily activity. You have to be willing to work with it, experiment, even play with time and place and mode and material. The point is to try. Usually it helps to have a set time and place, because humans do well with established habits. But some of us get bored easily, or our creativity kicks in and wants something different. God is all for creativity. Mostly, though, God wants our hearts to turn Godward, ever and often. Vinita Hampton Wright. St. John of the Cross Parish Feast of the Body & Blood May 29, 2016 our hearts Godward in prayer Page 7 Parish News Worldwide Marriage Encounter Let Jesus feed your marriage by attending an upcoming Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend on June 10-12, 2016 or August 12-14, 2016 or October 7-9, 2016, all 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://wwme-chicagoland.org Food Pantry Collection Each month our parish donates nonperishable food to an area food pantry. During the month of May our donations will be given to Mary Queen of Heaven Food Pantry in Cicero. Bring a can or two of soup, tuna or vegetables or a box of macaroni and cheese to the church narthex when you come to Mass. Step Up Your Job Search Thursday, June 2 from 7-9 pm at St. Cletus School. Speaker Greg Harnyak, author of Step Up Your Job Search, will address facing emotional fatigue during a job search and other psychological effects of a job search. Greg will also provide guidelines on answering and asking questions during the interview process. Men’s Club Annual Golf Outing Friday June 3rd at Flagg Creek Golf Course Cost: $27 includes golf, cart, 2 beverage tickets and entry into contests. Contests: Low team score, long drive, closest to the pin. Tee Times: 1:00 to 2:17 PM Sign-up: Forms can be found on the Parish Men’s Club Web Site. Please drop off the form or a note with your name and/or name of the foursome, contact information, and a check(s) made payable to the SJC Men’s Club. Scramble format. Each player hits a tee shot on each hole, then everyone plays from the spot of the chosen best tee shot. Continue selecting the best shot until one player hits the ball in the hole. The team score is total of those best shots. Questions: Contact Dan Montgomery ([email protected]/312.952.1435) or John Cisek (312-327-1295). Sign Up Today!! Tee Times Are Filling Up Fast St. John of the Cross Parish Flourish Field Trip to Holy Name Cathedral On May 5 members of Flourish, our Women's Faith Sharing Group, took a field trip to Holy Name Cathedral and posed in front of the Holy Doors, which symbolically opened this Year of Mercy on December 8. This year the group has focused on completing Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy in conjunction with their book studies. Flourish will resume again in September and meets every other Thursday morning, from 911am in the Parish Center. Parish Sponsored Program at The Well in LaGrange Next Saturday “New Perspectives on Coping Spiritually with Illness and Life’s Challenges” on Saturday, June 4 from 9am-4pm. Facilitator, Michael Morwood, is well known for his seminars, retreats and books on “the New Universe Story” in which he explores new insights into our understanding of God, revelation, Jesus, and prayer. Now a cancer patient, he shares – and opens for discussion – how these insights may help people cope spiritually with their experience of illness and how to handle life’s challenges. See Michael’s June 16, 2015 article in the National Catholic Reporter: “What I learned at 3am in a hospital bed after surgery.” Cost: The $75 fee which includes lunch is waived for SJC parishioners. The Well is located at 1515 Ogden Avenue in LaGrange. To register to attend, please call Theresa at the Parish Center office. Feast of the Body & Blood May 29, 2016 Page 8 Announcing Entertainment Lineup for SJC Fest 2016! THURSDAY, JUNE 23rd Headliners: CHICAGO TRIBUTE ANTHOLOGY (CTA) Time Performing: 7:30pm - 10:00pm A driving rhythm section, powerful horns and authentic vocals combine to recreate the sound of one of the most popular and enduring bands of all time and this year's Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame Inductee: Chicago! Other Thursday Night Performers: The Messengers, Time: 5:00pm FRIDAY, JUNE 24th Headliners: MAGGIE SPEAKS Time Performing: 8:00pm - 11:00pm Perennial crowd pleasers at SJC Fest, Maggie Speaks performs over five decades of music you’re your timeless favorites. If there's an emerging trend in music, they have it covered and mastered. Other Friday Night Performers: Bear & Jake, Time: 5:00pm SATURDAY, JUNE 25th Headliners: Tributosaurus Becomes R.E.M. Time Performing: 8:30pm - 11:00pm St. John of the Cross welcomes Tributosaurus to SJC Fest 2016! Referred to as the Jurassic beast of multiple musical faces, the beast morphs into a different rock group every month. On Saturday night at SJC Fest, Tributosaurus Becomes R.E.M.!! Other Saturday Performers: Dirty & The Dishes School of Rock 3AM Band Time: 2:00pm Time: 3:00pm Time: 5:00pm SUNDAY, JUNE 26th Sunday Evening's Headliner: TONY OCEAN Time Performing: 5:30pm - 7:30pm Tony Ocean's upbeat style embodies a time from the past that will be popular as long as we still enjoy the music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett, Tom Jones and other crooners of the past. Please make plans to see the performer critics call the "ultimate crowd pleaser" on Sunday night! Other Sunday Performers: Double Identity Suburban Jazz Ensemble Time: 2:00pm Time: 3:00pm St. John of the Cross Parish Feast of the Body & Blood May 29, 2016 Page 9 Family News We Are Looking for Volunteers! St. John of the Cross Parish is seeking a parttime Coordinator of Religious Education to be responsible for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade as well as Sacramental Prep for 1st Reconciliation and 1st Eucharist. Please see a complete description on the parish website or contact [email protected] today! We are looking for Catechists or Classroom Aids to teach YC students in the fall or to help with our summer 4 morning Vacation Bible School at the end of June. Please pray about sharing your time, talents, & faith with our parish children. Read what fellow parishioners have shared about their experiences in YC. Constant feelings of joy! Lives touched beyond measure! The longer I teach, the more I learn. Share love!! -Lisa Every year my faith grows. That is the selfish reason to become a catechist. Even when there are years when I’m The Lord God touched not sure I want to return ...there are Become a Catechist because my heart through others always one or two kids that come in the you will surely encounter Him who evangelized me, now door not wanting to be there and walk through your students. Jesus its my turn to spread that out loving God. God’s amazing grace desires more from you on love and mercy through makes every minute of prep time and your journey, and He desires teaching. -Chris class time worth it. When you see a more FOR you! child in high school serving as a -Mary hospitality minister or Eucharistic minister that you taught, there is So awesome and holy a task, and so dependent on the nothing that beats that! Thank you God Holy Spirit to work and transform lives. -Peter for allowing me to be a catechist! -Jeanette Vacation Bible School for All Parish Children in Grades K-5th in the fall Sign up today for VBS and join the Dive Team at Deep Sea Discovery! June 27, 28, 29 & 30 9am-Noon Call 708-246-6760 or email [email protected] to register. St. John of the Cross Parish Feast of the Body & Blood May 29, 2016 Page 10 Family News: Parish School ~ Crossroads ~ YC Parish School Happenings Last week we celebrated the accomplishments of our students during our annual Awards Ceremony. Many students were recognized for outstanding achievements in academics, athletics, and service. Each year the school yearbook staff recognizes people who have made a great impact on our school. This year Mrs. Ann Maney received special recognition for sharing her musical talents with us for many years, accompanying our choirs at Mass and working with the school play. The yearbook staff also recognized our school technology team whose expertise is integral to staff and ensures that students utilize the most current technology. Students in 8th & 1st grades are paired up as “Buddies” in the fall. Through the school year they become special friends working together on various projects. As a year-end celebration held last week, the 1st graders provided a special picnic Buddy Lunch for their 8th grade Buddies. It is a special moment for each child, and one that they all remember. Spiritual Gifts Workshop Take inventory of your spiritual gifts and learn how you can use them in our ministry. This workshop is designed for teens, but adult leaders are welcome to join us! Tuesday, June 7 from 10am-4pm at St. Cletus. The Week Ahead: May 30 No School May 31 Closing School Mass 9:15am June 2 Celebrate SJC Day June 3 11am Dismissal for Summer Crossroads Calendar of Events June 2 - 6pm Work Tour Meeting June 3 - 9am Day of Service Make God and His Word a Part of Your Summer! High school and college students often have summers packed with summer school, jobs, internships, family and friends, barbeques and pools, working out…sometimes Jesus and our faith gets pushed aside. We are juggling so many activities – how can we stay connected to God amidst all things competing for our attention? It can be easy to forget what is the most important – building a relationship with the Lord, the one who made us, loves us, and gives our life meaning. Ignite is a student-led small group discussion that meets one hour each week over the summer. Groups of college or high school students reflect on a Scripture passage and how it is relevant to things we face every day. Anyone and everyone is welcome – you have to start somewhere, so whether this is your first Bible study or you’ve been around the block, Ignite is for you! Ignite will start Tuesday, June 7 from 7:30830pm in the Parish Center. We will continue to meet every Tuesday throughout the summer, so stop by any time you are available! New members always welcome! Please contact Ashley Klesken at 708-2991737 or at [email protected] with questions. Parish Babysitting during Sunday Mass: Children ages 1 through 5 are welcome to visit our parish babysitting service during the 9am and 10:45am Mass while you attend Mass. This is free for all parish families. There is no sitting on holiday weekends or during the Fest. Beginning Sunday, June 5 the sitting service will be held in the Parish Center in meeting rooms 1 & 2. Just ring the front bell of the Parish Center. Our front doors face the parking lot. St. John of the Cross Parish Feast of the Body & Blood May 29, 2016 Page 11 May 29, 2016 Page 12 Faith and Fear A common soldier dies without fear, yet Jesus died afraid. Iris Murdoch wrote this and that truth can be somewhat disconcerting. Why? If someone dies with deep faith, shouldn’t he or she die within a certain calm and trust drawn from that faith? Wouldn’t the opposite seem more logical, that is, if someone dies without faith shouldn’t he or she die with more fear? And perhaps the most confusing of all: Why did Jesus, the paragon of faith, die afraid, crying out in a pain that can seem like a loss of faith? The problem lies in our understanding. Sometimes we can be very naïve about faith and its dynamics, thinking that faith in God is a ticket to earthly peace and joy. But faith isn’t a path to easy calm, nor does it assure us that we will exit this life in calm, and that can be pretty unsettling and perplexing at times. Here’s an example: The renowned spiritual writer, Henri Nouwen, in a book entitled, In Memoriam, shares this story around his mother’s death: Nouwen, a native of the Netherlands, was teaching in the USA when he received a call that his mother was dying back home in the Netherlands. On his flight home, from New York to Amsterdam, he reflected on his mother’s faith and virtue and concluded that she was the most Christian woman he had ever known. With that as a wonderfully consoling thought, he fantasied about how she would die, how her last hours would be filled with faith and calm, and how that faith and calm would be her final, faith-filled witness to her family. But that’s not the way it played out. Far from being calm and unafraid, his mother, in the final hours leading up to her death, was seemingly in the grip of some inexplicable darkness, of some deep inner disquiet, and of something that looked like the antithesis of faith. For Nouwen this was very disconcerting. Why? Why would his mother be undergoing this disquiet when for all her life she had been a woman of such strong faith? Initially this unsettled him deeply, until a deeper understanding of faith broke through: His mother had been a woman who every day of her adult life had prayed to Jesus, asking him to empower her to live as he lived and to die as he died. Well, seemingly, her prayer was heard. She did die like Jesus who, though having a rock-solid faith, sweated blood while contemplating his own death and then cried out on the cross, anguished with the feeling that God had forsaken him. In brief, her prayer had been answered. She had asked Jesus to let her die as he did and, given her openness to St. John of the Cross Parish it, her prayer was granted, to the confusion of her family and friends who had expected a very different scene. That is also true for the manner of Jesus’ death and the reaction of his family and disciples. This isn’t the way anyone naturally fantasizes the death of a faith-filled person. But a deeper understanding of faith reverses that logic: Looking at the death of Henri Nouwen’s mother, the question is not, how could this happen to her? The question is rather: Why wouldn’t this happen to her? It’s what she asked for and, being a spiritual athlete who asked God to send her the ultimate test, why wouldn’t God oblige? There’s a certain parallel to this in the seeming doubts suffered by Mother Teresa. When her diaries were published and revealed her dark night of the soul, many people were shocked and asked: How could this happen to her? A deeper understanding of faith would, I believe, ask instead: Why wouldn’t this happen to her, given her faith and her openness to enter into Jesus’ full experience? But, this has still a further complication: Sometimes for person of deep faith it doesn’t happen this way and instead he or she dies calm and unafraid, buoyed up by faith like a safe ship on stormy waters. Why does this happen to some and not to others? We have no answer. Faith doesn’t put us all one the same conveyor-belt where one dynamic fits all. Sometimes people with deep faith die, as Jesus did, in darkness and fear; and sometimes people with deep faith they die in calm and peace. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross submits that each of us goes through five clear stages in dying, namely, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Kathleen Dowling Singh suggests that what Kubler-Ross defines as acceptance needs some further nuance. According to Singh, the toughest part of that acceptance is full surrender and, prior to that surrender, some people, though not everyone, will undergo a deep interior darkness that, on the surface, can look like despair. Only after that, do they experience joy and ecstasy. All of us need to learn the lesson that Nouwen learned at his mother’s deathbed: Faith, like love, admits of various modalities and may not be judged simplistically from the outside. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, teacher, and awardwinning author, is President of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX. He can be contacted through his website www.ronrolheiser.com. Feast of the Body & Blood May 29, 2016 Page 13 The SJC Women's Club is getting ready for our 43rd Annual Garage Sale! Saturday, June 18th 9am to 2pm th Monday, June 20 9am to 1pm Half Price/Bag Sale Donate Items Check your closets, toy boxes, cupboards, basement and garage for items to donate. Please separate and label your bags by contents. Furniture will be accepted this year, but there will be no pick up due to space limitations. See our website for items Not Accepted. Donations may be brought to the school between Saturday, June 11 and Friday, June 17. Saturday, June 11: 9am – 2pm Mon - Thurs, June 13 –16: 10am – 8pm Friday, June 17: 10am-12pm Volunteer Your Time Mark the garage sale on your calendar and plan to volunteer. Volunteers are welcome anytime between June 11 and June 20. Come when you can…give an hour or two or more…on any or all days. Specific volunteer hours are: Friday, June 10 (Rm Chairs Only) 10am to 1pm Saturday, June 11 9am to 3pm Mon.–Thurs., June 13–16 9:30am to 8:30pm Friday, June 17 10am to 3pm Sale Day** June 18 8:30am to 2pm Half-Price/Bag Sale Day**June 20 8:30 to 1pm Clean-Up Day** June 20 12 pm to DONE **Please let a Garage Sale Room Chair know which hours you can work these days. Pre-Sale Shopping Special for our Volunteers: Friday, June 17 from 3 to 5:30 pm Work 6 or more hours to qualify! Student Volunteers: Students needing service hours are required to sign-up. 7th graders or older who would like to volunteer or baby-sit, contact Denise Schullo c.312/415-6456. Free babysitting for children of Garage Sale Volunteers: Call Rita Forster at 708-246-4519. General Sale / Volunteer Questions: Please call Mary Beth White (708) 246-6339 St. John of the Cross Parish Feast of the Body & Blood May 29, 2016 Page 14 The Week Ahead Monday, May 30 Memorial Day Tuesday, May 31 7:30pm Christian Meditation Wednesday, June 1 8:00am School Arch Aspire Meeting 2:30pm Christian Meditation Thursday, June 2 Celebrate SJC Day 6:00pm Crossroads Work Tour Meeting 7:00pm Divorce and Beyond Friday, June 3 9:00am Crossroads Day of Service Saturday, June 4 7:00am Christian Meditation 6:00pm Music Ministry BBQ Sunday, June 5 12:00pm Baptisms Rev. David P. Dowdle, Pastor [email protected] Rev. Joseph F. McDonnell, Pastor Emeritus Rev. William J. Vollmer, Assoc. Pastor [email protected] Deacon John Schopp, Deacon [email protected] Bill Bright, Director of Outreach [email protected] Janet Caschetta, Director of YC [email protected] Kathleen Gorman, Principal [email protected] Katie Hayes, Dir of Crossroads [email protected] Jessica Koch, Director of Music [email protected] MJ Martin, Director of Operations [email protected] Steven Weigand, Pastoral Associate [email protected] Lord hold those serving our country in the military in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen. St. John of the Cross Parish Mass Intentions Italics: Living Intention Monday, May 30 Weekday Memorial Day 9:00am Bob Rooney; Jerome Donohue Tuesday, May 31Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 7:45am Margaret Powers; Our Beloved Dead Wednesday, June 1 St. Justin 7:45am Louis Stork; James Powers Thursday, June 2 Sts. Marcellinus & Peter 7:45am Doris & DeWitt Yeast; Thomas & Marguerite McGuire Friday, June 3 Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 7:45am Helen Bukovsky; Meg Scanlon Saturday, June 4 Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin 8:00am Wilfred Beauchamp; Deceased members of the Gora & Maier families 5:00pm Rosalia & Michel Krupski & Family; Mike Marshall Sunday, June 5 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30am Fred Nicholson; Tim Dan 9:00am Greg Perona; Leonard Tyrrell 10:45am Dr. Thomas Driscoll; Lorie Kley (No 12:15pm Mass for the summer months) 5:00pm Walter Cebula; Captain Ace Evans Pray for Our Sick Jeanne Allen Rita Barnes Anna Marie Berland Robert Bright Judy Burke Bradley John Burton III Crystal Deters Mildred Fitzgerald Lynn Freking Christopher Gallagher Kathleen Gros Robert Hartnett Randall Hemauer Alfred Hesse Karen Hult John Impens Ann Kalaska Curtis Kerzich George Kojima Pat Kot Athie Lanahan Cathy Laskey Nancy Lohr Bobbie Misiora Ann McGuire John Morris Frank Mraz Steve Pechous Frank & Marge Pipal Anthony Placek, Jr. David Sarros Kelly Seebruch Deloris Simonek Shirley Smith Monica Westell Pray for Our Beloved Dead Juan Carlos Mendez, husband of Simona, father of Maya and Aiden John Martin, son of Carol Pray for Our Loved Ones Serving Our Country Sgt. Steven Foody, son of Tom & Sandra Foody Specialist Sebastian Grabacki, son of David & Jan Grabacki Sr A Joshua Tischler USAF Pararescue, grandson of Betty & Frank Madler & Mary Tischler A Navy Seal, a relative of our parishioner PFC Daniel Pett, nephew of Kathryn Stimetz Capt. James Maicke, grandson of Phil & Mike Maicke Sgt. Robert Marburger, son of David and Kathleen Marburger Sgt. Larry Waszak, grandson of Bruno and Barbara Gacek Feast of the Body & Blood May 29, 2016 Page 15 Summer Reading The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery Dr. David G Benner Group Discussion Dates: Tuesdays, beginning June 14-July 19 2:00-3:00pm in the Parish Center Books will be available in the Parish Center after June 1 for $10 for self study or group discussion Call Steve Weigand in the Parish Center with questions. Much is said in Christian circles about knowing God. 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