06-28-2009 - St. James at Sag Bridge

Historic
St. James at Sag Bridge Church
Founded 1833
A Parish of the Catholic
Archdiocese of Chicago
10600 South Archer Avenue,
Lemont, IL 60439-9344
Phone (630) 257-7000
FAX (630) 257-7912
Website: historicstjames.org
E-Mail: [email protected]
Founded in 1833, St. James at Sag Bridge is
the sole country parish of the Archdiocese
of Chicago serving a growing community of
Catholics who come together to worship
God through the celebration of the Eucharist and traditional devotional activities
within truly unique and beautiful surroundings. Our faith filled community strives to
bear witness to Jesus Christ by loving and
serving one another to bring about the
Kingdom of God.
June 28, 2009 — THIRTEENTH ORDINARY SUNDAY
Rev. Edward D. Gleeson, Pastor
Mr. John M. Wilkinson, Permanent Deacon
Parish Boundaries
The Village of Willow Springs
Unincorporated Lemont Township Along Archer Avenue
and Bell Road, Village of Burr Ridge (Cook County)
Mass Schedule
Weekends: Saturdays, 5:30 PM. Sundays, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 AM
Holy Days: 8:15 AM and 7:00 PM
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays: 8:15 AM
Wednesdays: 7:00 PM
Confession Schedule
Saturdays: 4:30 to 5:15 PM
By appointment.
Baptisms
First Sundays of every month by appointment.
Parents must be registered parishioners.
Weddings
Minimum eight months in advance.
At least one partner must be a registered parishioner.
Religious Education Classes
1st through 8th Grade
Tuesday evenings, September through May
Parents must be registered parishioners.
Registration In Rectory
Office Hours
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Thursdays: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon.
Parish Ministerial Staff
Father Edward Gleeson, Pastor
Deacon John Wilkinson, Minister of Care
Brian Tishuk, RE Director
Pamela Stafford, Music Coordinator
Pamela Mikrut, Organist
JoAnn Starha, Altar and Rosary President
Rodney Poynter, Holy Name President
Barbara Tishuk, Our Lady of the Forest President
Rectory Support Staff
Donna Slosowski, Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeper
Bernice Raj, Housekeeper/Cook
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June 28, 2009
FROM THE DESK OF THE PASTOR
PIPE DOWN YOU LOUD MOUTHS! THIS CHILD IS NOT DEAD BUT ASLEEP
St. Mark weaves a story about the humanity
and compassion of Jesus. “One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward. Seeing Him he
fell at His feet and pleaded earnestly with Him, saying: My daughter is at the point of death. Please,
come lay Your hands on her so that she might get
well and live.” Off went Jesus with Jairus. Unfortunately for the mission a considerable distraction ensued. A crowd was gathering. A woman who had
been afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years
came up behind Jesus thinking to herself: “if I but
touch His clothes I shall be
cured.” So the woman hung
on to the Lord’s cloak. Unable too see her at first, Jesus
finally saw the lady with all
the sores and had pity on her.
“Daughter, your faith has
saved you. Go in peace and
be cured of your affliction.”
Needless to say she was
cured.
The journey to the
house of Jairus continued.
The onlookers had become
loud and raucous, kind of
like at a Blackhawks game.
Even though His pace was slowed to a crawl, the
Christ continued His weary way only to be told that
the child was already dead! Undaunted He fought a
path through the mob and entered the room where the
girl was lying, accompanied by the apostles, Peter,
James and John who by then were serving as His
bodyguards so that He wouldn’t get trampled. Because of all of the weeping, wailing, and shouting
Jesus had to raise His voice to be heard. He said
something like: “Pipe down you loud mouths!” And
then: “Why this commotion and weeping? The child
is not dead but asleep.” This shocking announcement
was greeted by hysterical outrage and disbelief, kind
of like at a Cubs game. What Jesus said and did next
shut them all up to the point of silence. “Little girl, I
say to you, arise! The girl, a child of twelve, arose
immediately and walked around. At that they were
utterly astounded.” A joyous din followed, kind of
like at a Sox game.
St. Mark tells us that the Son of God had time
for people, big shots like Jairus and poor folks like
the afflicted woman who touched Him. He felt the
anguish of the helpless father. But He also recognized
that the woman certainly had her own share of misery. The evangelist shows us that the Christ loved
with a human heart. This emphasis on the humanity
of the Lord is designed to help us realize another important truth, that as the Son acted through His humanity during His public ministry, so He acts now
through the ministry of the Church,
and in particular by means of the sacraments. The Father’s way had been
to take the human way. The human
way for us now is through the seven
sacraments of the Catholic Church,
especially through Baptism and
Eucharist. In Baptism the Son took us
by the hand, called us by name, and
raised us from the death of sin and
restored us to the Father as His children. Then the Son told His Church
to give us something to eat. That
something is the saving sacrament of
His own Body and Blood.
Through the ministry of His
Church Jesus has time to spare for all of us, whether
we happen to have some important position in our
society, as Jarius did in the synagogue, or whether
hardly anyone knows our name, as was the case with
the woman with the hemorrhages. All of us are important to the Lord. All of our needs are of His concern. We have a Savior who calls time out to help us.
Cars That Are Older Than I Am!
Welcome back, you Model-A Ford owners to
our annual show. The antique cars, vintage 1929, ’30,
and ’31, will be lined up in front of church this morning. They sure don’t make them like that anymore.
Thank the Lord! Hopefully the pastor’s trophy can be
presented to a car that hasn’t received it before. Enjoy
the cookout. And remember this: this parish is 100
years older than those cars!
God Bless Our Parish,
FATHER ED GLEESON, PASTOR
Thirteenth Ordinary Sunday
FLOWERS
The two large flower bouquets adorning
the main altar were donated by DAMEN O’SHEA
in honor of his Grandmother’s birthday and by
CLAUDETTE ZARZYCKI in memory of Richard
C. Zarzycki.
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Cast the Light of Christ
Upon the World
The collection for St. James on the weekend of
June 21, 2009 was $3,558.00
Priest Retirement was $1,351.00
Zacchaeus House Sharing was $963.10
The number of June 21st Offertory Envelopes handed in the weekend of June 21st and 22nd
was 153. The amount of money coming out of those
envelopes was $3.149.00 which averages out to
$20.58 per envelope. Our many thanks to the 153
contributing families.
BLESS YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED AND
VALUED SUPPORT.
ALTAR & ROSARY CORNER
Thank you for your participation in the raffle
to benefit the Poor Clare Monastery. Through your
generosity, we were able to present $1,581.00 to the
Poor Clare Nuns. The winners were: Afghan—
JoAnn DiNello; Figurine—Julianne Kalata; and
Placque—Jan Mayer.
I would like to thank the ladies who helped
sell the tickets as well. Joyce Arnold volunteered last
September to be our treasurer and what a wonderful
job she did on keeping records, printing raffle tickets, being there all three weeks and getting in contact
with the Poor Clare Monastery. And thank you to
Clare Warner for your years of service as treasurer.
God bless you all and may God be with you!
JoAnn Starha, President
Altar & Rosary Sodality
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION
The deadline to register students for our
2009-2010 Tuesday evening Religious Education
classes is Monday, August 17. New families must
register at the rectory for the parish before registering for RE.
PETER’S PENCE COLLECTION
THIS WEEKEND
Today we recall the apostolic journey of Pope
Benedict XVI to the United States and his call to us to
CAST THE LIGHT OF CHRIST upon the world. We can
show our solidarity with the Holy Father and our suffering brothers and sisters abroad through our support
of this week’s Collection. These funds allow him to
provide emergency assistance to victims of war, disaster, oppression and disease. Please be generous in today’s Peter’s Pence Collection.
MASS SCHEDULE FOR JULY 3RD
This year because the 4th of July falls on a
Saturday, the normal 10:00am Mass will be held the
day before July 3rd at 10:00 instead of the usual
8:15am Mass. On the 4th of July Mass will be at the
usual Saturday time of 5:30pm.
BELL RESTORATION DONATIONS
The bell restoration project is now under way.
For those of you who are generous and can afford it,
$500 or more donations are now being accepted.
Make all checks payable to St. James Church. Put
your check in any envelope and write the word bell on
the envelope. To-date we have received $13,292.00
in donations. Thank You
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June 28, 2009
I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America, and to the republic, for which it
stands, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
Please support all of the troops defending our country, and all of our other military personnel,
wherever they may be. Thanks to them and to the sacrifices that they make, we can celebrate the
4th of July.
ENJOY YOUR FREEDOM
AND GOD BLESS
OUR TROOPS
Please stop for a
moment and say a prayer
for our servicemen!
Thirteenth Ordinary Sunday
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We must never forget who gets the credit
for the freedom we have, of which we
should be eternally grateful.
I watched the flat
Pass by one day,
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine
Saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at
Him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square
And eyes alert
He’d stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men
Like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil.
How many mothers’ tears?
How many pilots’ planes
Shot down?
How many died at sea.
How many foxholes were soldiers’ graves?
No, freedom isn’t free.
I heard the sound of Taps one night,
When everything was still,
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That Taps had meant “Amen,”
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
Thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea.
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn’t free.
If you look closely at the picture above,
you will note that all the Marines pictured are
bowing their heads. That's because they're
praying. This incident took place at a recent
ceremony honoring the birthday of the corps,
and it has the ACLU up in arms. "These are federal employees," says Lucius Traveler, a
spokesman for the ACLU, "on federal property
and on federal time. For them to pray is clearly
an establishment of religion, and we must nip
this in the bud immediately."
When asked about the ACLU's charges,
Colonel Jack Fessender, speaking for the Commandant of the Corps said (cleaned up a bit),
"Screw the ACLU." GOD Bless Our Warriors.
Send the ACLU to France!
Please send this to people you know so
everyone will know how the ACLU is trying to
remove GOD from everything and every place
in America. May God Bless America, One Nation Under GOD!
What's wrong with the picture? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING—Marines get to pray when
and where ever they choose. Just ask them.
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June 28, 2009
EASTER COLLECTION REPORT
Whoops! I forgot. The Easter collection
report is overdue. The total collection was
$14,496. Of that amount $14,095 came out of 205
special Easter envelopes. This averages out to
$68.76 per envelope, while $401 came in loose
from the approximately 500 other people in
church that day. The $14,496 is $1,996 more than
the budgeted amount of $12,500. My many
thanks. The following is the sum that came out of
each envelope and the number of families giving
that sum.
$2 = 1
$5 = 8
$10 = 19
$15 = 4
$20 = 19
$21 = 1
$25 = 35
$30 = 6
$35 = 1
$40 = 9
$50 = 40
$52 = 1
$55 = 1
$70 = 1
$75= 7
$100 = 40
$125 = 2
$200 = 2
$250 = 1
$300 = 2
$500 = 3
$750 = 1
$1,500 = 1
QUENCEARA MASS
CELEBRATION
(Sweet 15)
Melissa Nava of our parish
celebrated her Sweet 15
Mass on Saturday, May 16,
2009.
Congratulations Melissa!
Thirteenth Ordinary Sunday
VOTIVE CANDLES
Votive offering for the
week of June 28th:
St. James Altar & Rosary
Sodality
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In memory of William Blinstrub
Special intention for Greg
Drozd
Special intention of the Brady
Family
WORD OF LIFE:
At 9 weeks after conception unborn children begin thumb-sucking. Between 12 and 16 weeks they often touch
their mouths, up to 50 times an hour.
Teeth start to grow by 13 weeks. Beginning at 14 weeks development differences
between boys and girls begin to appear.
—The Endowment for Human Development, www.ehd.org
Monday
June 29 Sts. Peter & Paul
8:15AM
=William Blinstrub
Tuesday
June 30 Weekday
8:15AM
Living & Deceased
Parishioners
Wednesday
7:00PM
TIME TO ORDER. . .
Thursday
8:15AM
PERSONALIZED
GROTTO STONES
Memorial Pathway
The Our Lady of the Forest Memorial Pathway leading through the grotto commemorates the
intensions of many parishioners, families and friends
of St. James parish. Space is still available. Orders
for personalized grotto stones must be submitted
by July 13th in order to have them done and installed sometime in September.
Two sizes of blocks can be purchased. The
8” square blocks are available for $250.00 each, and
the 12” square blocks are available for $500.00 each.
Contact the rectory for order forms and to make payment.
Friday
10:00AM
July 1 Bl. Junipero Serra
Victims of Abortion
July 2 Weekday
int. of Eileen & Mike Hally
July 3 St. Thomas
=Marie C. Murphy
Saturday
July 4
VIVIL: F OURTEENTH ORDINARY SUNDAY
5:30PM
=Irene Slosowski
Sunday
July 5
FOURTEENTH ORDINARY SUNDAY
8:30AM
10:00AM
11:30AM
=Art & Ruth Dean
=Robert Biolchin &
=Sandra Castronovo
=Jerry Mogy
July 4 & 5
Celebrant
Altar
Servers
5:30PM
Father Gleeson
F. Zabilka
J. Zabilka
M. Ginger
8:30AM
Father Rehrauer
J. H. Dillenburg
A. Dillenburg
J. Beecher
10:00 AM
Father Gleeson
D. LaSota
T. Wall
E. Witter
11:30 AM
Father Gleeson
A. Gorniak
K. Smuda
M. May
Lector
LEM
Ushers
L. Pieprzyca
Deacon John
F. Zabilka
C. Hughes
E. Liczwek
C. Stach-Pearman
Father Gleeson
T. Lang
F. Pearman
M. Hally
H. Grutza
M/S Witter
Deacon John
M. Wall
D. Butalla
J. Wall
J. Pajkos
R. Augustyn
Deacon John
B. Czaja
J. Neadly
R. Poynter
M. Fleckenstein