- St Luke Parish

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Simon Peter answered him,
“Master, to whom shall we go?
You have the words of eternal life.”
~John 6:68
A ug ust
23 ,
2015
•
Twenty - First
Sunda y
in
Ord inary
Time
Monday, August 24, 2015
6:30 am
8:00 am
† Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kelty
Special Intention - Fr. Ken Fischer
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
6:30 am
8:00 am
† Jack Regan
† James Schwarzenberger
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
6:30 am
8:00 am
† Mr. and Mrs. John J. Flynn
Special Intention
Thursday, August 27, 2015
6:30 am
8:00 am
The Blessed Sacrament Ministries
† Rosa and Joseph Rinchiuso
Friday, August 28, 2015
6:30 am
8:00 am
† The Clark and Daley Families
† Angela Devereux Ebzery
Readings for the Week of August 23, 2015
Sunday:
Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b/Eph 5:21-32 or
5:2a, 25-32/Jn 6:60-69
Monday:
Rv 21:9b-14/Jn 1:45-51
Tuesday:
1 Thes 2:1-8/Mt 23:23-26
Wednesday: 1 Thes 2:9-13/Mt 23:27-32
Thursday:
1 Thes 3:7-13/Mt 24:42-51
Friday:
1 Thes 4:1-8/Mt 25:1-13
Saturday:
1 Thes 4:9-11/Mk 6:17-29
Next Sunday: Dt 4:1-2, 6-8/Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27/
Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
©Liturgical Publications Inc
Saturday, August 29, 2015
8:00 am
† Nadezda Antoaneta Timotijevic
Saturday, August 29, 2015
5:00 - Mass Intention: † Rosa and Joseph Rinchiuso
Servers
T Cullerton, A Dunaway, M Peterson
Readers Max Brown, Laura Hogan
Euch Min J Bobak, Y Bobak, C Madden, J Megall,
T Ogba, B Peterson, H Peterson
Willard Boyer, Rita Brown, Margaret Creedon,
Bill Darley, Mary Elwood, Fred Heiss,
Stephen Kehoe, Frank Kurr, John Lennon,
Paul S. Novak, Kelly Petersen, Geraldine Redmond,
Fr. Paul Reicher, Patti Sheehan, Austyn Smith,
Tom Trankina, Michael Gerard White, Ann Marie Wojcik
Sunday, August 30, 2015
7:30 - Mass Intention: † Maynard Raymond Bemis
Servers
J Flanagan, S Gorman, O Osga
Readers John Lynch, Terry Roche
Euch Min V Atkins, J Atkins, (1 minister needed)
9:00 - Mass Intention: † The Poor Souls in Purgatory
Servers
D Ruggie, M Brennan, G Ruggie
Readers Barbara Best, Diane Ruggie
Euch Min M Martinez, P Muldoon, T Murray, R Norton,
A Ramirez, C Saunders, S Scelfo
10:30 - Mass Intention: † Bob Atkinson
Servers
C Stumbris, B Stumbris, J Underwood
Readers Julia Mannix, Sheila Price
Euch Min J Kurtenbach, D Kurtenbach, B Miller, M Miller,
D Ross, B Stumbris, (1 minister needed)
12:00 - Mass Intention: The People of St Luke Parish
Servers
D Westerman, MM Ebzery, W O’Brien,
Readers Gene Lawrence, Yates Hafner
Euch Min J Courtney, V Perera, W Piper, D Piper, P Szewc
Cover Art: This 16th century painting of “Christ between Saints
Peter and Andrew” is attributed to Rocco Marconi (c. 1490 1529), an Italian artist of the Renaissance period . The artwork
now resides in the Basilica of Saints John and Paul in Venice.
It is reproduced here courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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WELCOME TO ST. LUKE • River Forest, IL 60305-1835
Adele Lillian Adams
If it does not please you to serve the Lord,
decide today whom you will serve…. As for
me and my household, we will serve the Lord.
~Joshua 24:15
When we commit to serve the Lord, we must be
willing to become a partner in the work of the Lord.
A partner is a person who invests their time, talent,
and treasure. If we say we serve God, we must
actually do something and not merely talk about it!
From the weekend of August 16, 2015
Weekly Giving Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000.00
Actual Weekly Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,268.00
2015-2016 Fiscal Year to Date (From 7-1-15)
Weekly Giving Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $105,000.00
Actual Weekly Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 90,062.00
Goal to Date for Year +/(-) . . . . . . . . . $ (14,938.00)
We are always very grateful for the sacrifices you
make to support the mission, goals, and ministry of
St. Luke Church. Thank you for your generosity!
This is the last weekend for St. Luke’s collection of
school supplies at all Masses for Catholic Charities’
West Suburban Services Health Fair.
The August 29th Health Fair
provides medical exams and
school supplies for families in
need. Requested items include
new backpacks, pens, pencils,
notebooks, glue, scissors,
paper, rulers, folders, crayons,
and markers. Please deposit
your donations in the bins in the back of church.
Volunteers are also needed to help with the set-up
and operations at the event. To learn more about the
Health Fair or to volunteer, contact Esmeralda at
708-329-4022. Thank you for your generosity!
All are invited to a special Mass at 2:15 pm today
(Sunday) celebrated by Archbishop Blase Cupich at
Holy Name Cathedral.
At this Mass, the Apostolic
Nuncio to the United States,
Archbishop Carlo Maria
Viganò, will invest Archbishop
Cupich with the pallium that
Pope Francis blessed at the
Vatican on June 29.
The pallium is an important
symbol of the office as the Archbishop of Chicago.
Archbishop Cupich will greet the faithful after the Mass
until 4:30 p.m. This event is open to the public and no
tickets are needed.
All Religious Education families are invited to Book
Pick-Up Sunday on August 30. Please join us in
Waldron Hall after the 9:00 am Mass. Enjoy some
refreshments, pick up your children’s books, pay
tuition, and meet the catechists from 10:00 am to
noon. We all look forward to a wonderful year!
Classes begin on Wednesday, September 9.
~Sister Colleen Nolan, OP,
Director of Religious Education
Fr. George Kintiba, SVD, of the Divine Word
Missionaries will be at all of our Masses next
weekend, August 29-30, as part of the Archdiocese’s
Mission Co-op Program. He will be describing some
of the work of the Divine Word Missionaries, which is
an international community of
priests and brothers with more
than 6,000 members in 70
countries, including some right
here at the Chicago Province
House in Techny, Illinois.
Divine Word Missionaries
travel to the far corners of
the world where they build
hospitals to care for the sick, educate the poor, teach
the hungry to farm, and celebrate the sacraments.
They work to help the neglected and forgotten build
a better future while growing vibrant Catholic
communities of service and faith around the world.
This visit is part of the Mission Co-op Program of
our Archdiocese. Please be generous in the second
collection to help support missionaries like these
and others around the world.
The 2016 Mass Intention Book
will open tomorrow (Monday). To
schedule Masses, please complete a
Mass Intention Request Form (located in the racks
near all the church doors) and submit it with payment
by mail, in the collection basket, or through the mail
slot in the front door of the rectory.
Please list the dates and Mass times you are
requesting, the name(s) of the person(s) for whom the
Mass is requested, and whether they are living or
deceased. Be sure to list your name, address, and
phone number in case we have a question.
All requests will be taken in the order received.
Requests will not be taken by phone.
Five Masses per person will be scheduled initially.
Remaining requests will be scheduled on a rotating
basis to allow everyone an opportunity to get the
dates of their choice.
Please Note: Mass Intentions for weekday Masses
through the end of 2015 are also still being accepted
at the rectory or by calling 708-771-8250.
AUGUST 23, 2015 • Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Love Is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive
Since its inception by St. John Paul II in 1994, the
World Meeting of Families has strengthened the
sacred bonds of families across the globe. Sponsored
by the Pontifical Council for the Family every three
years, it is the world’s largest Catholic gathering of
families. Each gathering has a theme that energizes
and enlivens the event while adding great depth of
meaning to our understanding of families. This year’s
theme is “Love Is Our Mission: The
Family Fully Alive,” emphasizing the
impact of the love and life of families
on our society. This meeting will
happen over the course of three days
– September 22-25 – in Philadelphia
and will be followed by the visit of
Pope Francis to the U.S. on September 26-27.
The World Meeting of Families Adult and Youth
Congress (September 22-25) offers families access to
the riches of Jesus’ teachings on marriage and family
life. We start with the fact that God made each of us
for a reason. The God we meet in Jesus Christ loves us
and calls us to love as he does. Marriage is the
sacrament that brings human fertility into this mission of
love. If we understand that love is our mission in our
marriages, families, and parishes, then we have
learned a basic truth that will shape many other areas
of life. For example, if fidelity to the covenant requires
restraint and perseverance, if our bodies and the
material world can be vessels of divine grace, then
Please remember in your prayers
these couples who are preparing to
receive the Sacrament of Marriage:
Arthur Lawrence and Barbara Bosco
Dominik Meyer and Emily Luchini
Efren Gutierrez and Jessica Huerta
Daniel Kaminski and Emily Mannix-Slobig
Nicholas Burjek and Katharine Burns
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WELCOME TO ST. LUKE • River Forest, IL 60305-1835
we can approach questions of sexuality, ecology,
technology, and medicine with renewed commitment
and insight.
We now realize why a catechesis on the family has
actually been a catechesis for all of life. If we have
learned to think of our families as domestic churches, if
we have learned why moral individualism is not the
right context for receiving Catholic teaching, then we
have adopted a view that will reorient
our whole identity. This mission is not
reserved for the few or for the
extraordinary. Nor does it mean that
families somehow have to stop being
themselves or seek after some impossible
perfection in order to witness to the
Gospel. It may mean that we are sometimes minorities
in a secular culture that sees life differently. But the
Church has wide experience of many different cultural
contexts, offering wisdom and advice about spiritual
practices to sustain us.
Love is our origin and destiny, which is why only the
way of love can truly satisfy, and that is why Love is
Our Mission. The World Meeting of Families will offer
a wide variety of talks full of beautiful and enlivening
truths and practical ways to live them so that our
families can flourish and experience more joy.
~ from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office
for the New Evangelization
The Archdiocese of Chicago’s Marriage and Family
Ministries is planning a pilgrimage to Philadelphia
for the 2015 World Meeting of Families. For more
information on the trip, contact Amanda Thompson at
[email protected] or 312-534-8391.
Visit www.worldmeeting2015.org to see the whole
schedule of events.
There will also be a local celebration on Saturday,
September 5, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at Our
Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Des Plaines. The day
will include speakers, activities for children, a concert
for teens, and Mass with Bishop John Manz. The cost
is $25 for the whole family, including lunch. For more
details or to register, visit www.familyministries.org.
Both the Bridge Group and the Amen Stitching
Group will be meeting this week. The Bridge players
will meet tomorrow (Monday) at noon and the Amen
Stitchers will meet on Wednesday at 9:00 am. Both
groups welcome new members.
The St. Luke Athletic Committee congratulates the
following winners of the 500 Club drawing:
John E. Dillon Jr. and Rachel H. Dillon
Thank you to all who have purchased memberships in
the Club, the proceeds of which go directly to fund
the school’s athletic programs.
Remember the 68 immigrant detainees held at the
McHenry County Jail and Kenosha Detention Center
this month who have asked for our prayers. They are
from Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana,
Great Britain, Honduras, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria,
Panama, and Russia.
Pray that the outcomes will be positive for all of
the detainees and their families.
In the city of Chicago, the following people were killed
between August 7-13:
Michael Walton, age, 31 Demetrius Wooten, age 18
Torri Williams, age 17 Marquis Mitchell, age 32
Marlin Dixon III, age 20 Unknown man in his 20s
Ricardo C. Mendez-Bucio, age 18
May we keep their families and others touched by
violence in our prayers. May we also pray for the
perpetrators and the impact the violence will have
on their lives as well.
24-Hour Crisis Line: 708-386-4225
www.sarahsinn.org
Rev. John Szmyd, Pastor
jszmyd@ stlukeparish.org
Rev. Steven Bauer, Associate Pastor
sbauer@ stlukeparish.org
Rev. Leroy Wickowski, (Retired)
lwickowski@ stlukeparish.org
Rev. Kenneth Fischer, Pastor Emeritus
Jim Doyle
deacondoyle@ gmail.com
Paul Faherty
pfaherty00@ aol.com
Terry Norton
reneeterrynorton@ gmail.com
Bob Slobig
bobslobig@ comcast.net
435-8925
435-8919
435-8917
262-501-1042
771-5986
771-6635
771-6430
528 Lathrop Avenue, River Forest 60305-1835
stlukeparish@ stlukeparish.org
771-8250
Sue Gamache, Office Manager
sgamache@ stlukeparish.org
435-8912
519 Ashland Avenue, River Forest 60305-1824
jschwarzbeck@ stlukeparish.org
366-8587
Maryanne Polega, Interim Principal
mpolega@ stlukeparish.org
366-8587
519 Ashland Avenue, River Forest 60305-1824
religiouseducation@ stlukeparish.org
771-5959
Sr. Colleen Nolan, O.P., Director
cnolan@ stlukeparish.org
771-5959
Music Director - Arlene Michna
amichna@ stlukeparish.org
435-8926
Parish Business Manager - Glenn Wagner
gwagner@ stlukeparish.org
435-8921
Director of Stewardship & Development - Sheila Price
sprice@ stlukeparish.org
435-8927
Communications Coordinator - Bradley Collins
bcollins@ stlukeparish.org
435-8910
Hospitality House (former Convent)
533 Ashland Avenue, River Forest
Sr. Mary Ann Mueninghoff, OP
771-5280
Weekend
Saturday: 5:00 pm
Sunday:
7:30, 9:00, 10:30 am and 12:00 noon
Weekdays
Monday- Friday: 6:30 and 8:00 am
Saturday:
8:00 am
Monday- Friday: After 6:30 & 8:00 am Masses
Saturday: After 8:00 am Mass, and by appointment
AUGUST 23, 2015 • Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Maple Meadows Golf Club
272 Addison Road
Wood Dale, Illinois
1:00 pm Shotgun Start
Come join your fellow parishioners
for a fun, casual day at Maple
Meadows Golf Course, which is
just a short drive from St. Luke’s.
The outing is open to anyone who
wishes to attend, and parishioners are encouraged
to invite neighbors and friends. Appropriate-age
children are also welcome!
The fee for the event is $160 per person, which
covers lunch and a welcoming gift, green fees, cart,
games, unlimited beverages for the entire day and
evening, raffle tickets, and dinner. Discounted tickets
are also available for the reception/dinner only.
Feel free to create your own foursome, or we can
match you up with a compatible group.
You can register online at http://bit.ly/1Hrrssx.
Or direct your questions to Charlie Smith at
[email protected] or 708-267-4855.
Mark your calendars now for the 5:00 Mass on
Saturday, September 26. Bishop John R. Manz,
episcopal vicar for our area, will celebrate this Mass
and formally install Fr. John Szmyd as St. Luke’s
10th pastor. A reception will follow.
All parish families are invited to come meet the
bishop and congratulate Fr. John on this festive and
important occasion in the life of St. Luke Parish.
All parishioners are invited to join the St. Luke Parish
School community for a special opening school Mass
at 9:15 am this Thursday, August 27.
SOW
We gather together to welcome our
LOVE
new and returning families for the
start of another school year. Fr. John
will offer a special blessing
welcoming all of our school families
and helping us commit to living out
our school-wide theme following and exemplifying
the Way of Pope Francis and St. Francis of Assisi:
Sow Love.
Married in 1965?
If so, there is still time to register for the
Archdiocese of Chicago’s Golden Wedding
Anniversary Mass. Archbishop Blase Cupich
will celebrate this special Mass at 2:45 pm
next Sunday, August 30, at Holy Name Cathedral,
735 N. State Street in Chicago, to honor couples
who have reached their 50th anniversary.
There is only enough space for the jubilarian
couples in church, but family members can watch via
closed circuit TV in the school auditorium next door.
To register, please call the Archdiocese Marriage
and Family Ministries Office at 312-534-8351 or
register online at http://bit.ly/1Tt0ho3.
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WELCOME TO ST. LUKE • River Forest, IL 60305-1835
If you or someone you know is feeling called to join
the Catholic Church, to receive the Sacraments of
Baptism, Eucharist and/or Confirmation, or simply
to grow in your understanding of the Catholic faith,
St. Luke Parish invites you to participate in the
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).
This process involves regular meetings over the next
eight months, culminating at the Easter Vigil next April.
Through this process, the Church welcomes converts
into our community, and provides baptized Catholics
an opportunity to return to more active participation in
the Church or to learn more about the Catholic faith.
For information about this process, please contact
Deacon Bob Slobig at 708-771-6430 or by email
at [email protected].