St. Peter Catholic Parish Skokie, Illinois

St. Peter Catholic Parish
Skokie, Illinois
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
January 25, 2015
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THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
JAN. 25, 2015
Rectory / Parish Office
8116 Niles Center Rd.
Skokie, Il. 60077-2520
Phone: (847) 673-1492
Fax: (847) 673-6979
Web: www.stpeter-skokie.org
E-Mail: [email protected]
Parish Office Hours:
Monday – Friday: 10:00 A.M – 6:00 P.M.
SUNDAY MASSES
Saturday: 5:00 P.M.
(CHAPEL)
Sunday: 7:00 and 9:00 A.M.
(CHURCH)
10:30 A.M. and 12 NOON (CHAPEL)
PARISH STAFF
Pastor:
Associate:
Resident:
Rev. Michael A. Wulsch
Rev. Carlos Pereira, SFX
Rev. Paul Adaja
Sunday Assistance:
Rev. Thomas A. Baima
Rev. James N. Grace
Pastoral Associate:
Baptismal Prep:
Sr. Kathy Maloney, OSB
Office #: (847) 679-1202
ext. 307
ext. 309
ext. 312
HOLY DAY MASSES
6:30 A.M., 8:15 A.M.
7:00 P.M. in the evening
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
Saturdays: From 3:30 to 4:00 P.M.
Business Manager
& Parish Calendar
Andrea Steinert
Secretary/Bulletin:
E-mail:
Dianne Wisniewski
ext. 300
[email protected]
Ministry of Care:
Please call the Parish Office.
Music Director:
Jill Goldsmith
ext. 301
ext. 304
SCHOOL:
8140 Niles Center Rd.
Skokie, Il. 60077-2520
Phone: (847) 673-0918
Fax: (847) 673-6469
Web: www.stpeter-skokie.net
E-Mail: [email protected]
Principal:
Secretary:
Ms. Julie Crawford
Mrs. Peggy Lloyd
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM
8140 Niles Center Rd
Skokie, Il. 60077- 2520
Phone: (847) 679-1202
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.stpeter-skokie.org
D.R.E.:
Secretary:
Sr. Kathy Maloney, OSB
Mrs. Elaine Weiss
WEEKDAY MASSES
CHURCH: 6:30 A.M., 8:15 A.M. Monday-Friday,
8:15 A.M. Saturday
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Baptism is celebrated on the 1st Sunday of each month at
1:30 P.M. in Church. Please call Sr. Kathy (847) 679-1202
to make arrangements for a Baptism. Parents are
required to attend a Baptismal preparation session.
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
A couple who wishes to be married in St. Peter Church,
must meet with a parish priest at least 9 months prior to the
wedding date. Please do not make any other arrangements
before meeting with one of the priests. There is a required
sacramental preparation program.
REGISTRATION
New parishioners should register promptly by coming to the
Rectory or by calling the Office ( 847-673-1492).
CHURCH ETIQUETTE
The presiding priest should be the last one
entering the Church/Chapel, and the first one
to be leaving the Church/Chapel.
PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME FOR MASS
If you are arriving late for Mass, please choose an
appropriate time to enter the Church/Chapel, such
as when everyone is standing, but not during the
readings or prayers.
ALL CELL PHONES AND PAGERS
SHOULD BE TURNED OFF.
THANK YOU
JAN. 25, 2015
THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
NEEDED PER SUNDAY
$11,500.00
SUNDAY — January 18, 2015
ENVELOPE
LOOSE
$ 6,853.00
$ 2,169.39
Total
$ 9,022.39
Short :
$ 2,477.61
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY
STEWARDSHIP
GIVING OF TIME, TALENT,
AND TREASURE
IN GRATITUDE FOR ALL OF
GOD’S GIFTS
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Please pray for all the
sick, shut-ins, and the
convalescents of the
parish, our relatives and
friends, and especially:
Francis Cardinal George
Bridget Albert
Patricia Allen
Mary Boateng
Angela Campbell
Luz Castillo
Fernando Framil
Albert Geimer
Rev. James N. Grace
Joe Gross
Rose Hankes
Declan Henry
Dara Javier
Piper Johns
Daniel Kelley
Joan Kelly
Paula Kelly
Emiliana Lee
Danielle Loftus
Kanikai Mary
Jeanette McKinnis
Louie Meno
Heidi Nicolai
Chris Nicolai
Agnes Onate
Irene Rudzinski
Donald Scherer
Irene Stieg
Elizabeth Sypek
Rosita Telosa
Rosalia Weinketz
Sr. Marguerite Yezek, BVM
“Archbishop Cupich Welcome Mass”
OUR MONTHLY FOOD COLLECTION WILL
TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEKEND
January 31st & February 1st
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE
ST. COLUMBANUS FOOD PANTRY
THROUGH YOUR DONATIONS OF
NON-PERISHABLE FOOD
All are invited to pray the
“Rosary for Life”
each Sunday after the
9:00 AM Mass.
All people of Vicariate II are invited to
welcome Archbishop Blase Cupich as the new
shepherd for the Archdiocese of Chicago.
A special Mass will be held on:
Thursday, February 12 at 7:00 PM
St. John Brebeuf Church
8307 N. Harlem Ave
Niles, IL
A reception and opportunity to have your
picture taken with the Archbishop
will follow Mass.
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THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
JAN. 25, 2015
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.”
MARK 1:17
Jesus’ call to “Follow me” is a call to all Christians!
Jesus asks us to help Him build his church on earth by
generously sharing all our gifts of prayer, talent and
treasure. Remember, Jesus calls us to generously
develop and share all our gifts, not just the ones we
pick and choose.
JAN. 25, 2015
THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
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BE PART OF THE 2015 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL
“Entrusted with Responsibility”
“Pope Francis reminds us that we who are the Church, the Body of Christ,
are entrusted with responsibility and must never forget the poor among us.
May our support of the Annual Catholic Appeal provide us with
a way to share the good news of Jesus Christ.
God provides each of us with many gifts. We each have a responsibility to recognize God’s gifts to us
and to nurture them.
As we contemplate His gifts to us, we should also reflect on our gratitude for these gifts. Your financial
support for the work of our parish, of our Archdiocese and of the Church throughout the world is, in fact,
one way to express this gratitude.
When St. Peter Parish reaches its goal of $38,312.00 in paid pledges, 100% of the additional funds
received will be returned to us for use in our parish.
Your contributions are deeply appreciated, very much needed, and make a real difference in the lives of
many. Thank you.
Sacrament of Confirmation for Adults
If you are an adult who has celebrated the sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist but have not as yet been Confirmed,
you are invited to prepare for this sacrament. Confirmation will be celebrated on June 3, 2015. Preparation sessions
will be held at the sites listed below:
PREPARATION SESSIONS (choose one site)
Tuesdays: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Mondays: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Our Lady of the Brook
3700 Dundee Road.
Northbrook IL 60062
Holy Name Cathedral
735 N. State St
Chicago, IL 60611
April 7, 21, 28
May 5, 12, 19
April 27, May 4, 11, 18
Contact: Deacon Peery Duderstadt
(847) 272-5686 x.17 or
[email protected]
Contact: Thomas Aspell
312-573-4478 or
[email protected]
If you are interested in participating in preparation sessions please register at one of the sites; you will also
need a copy of your baptismal certificate. Please call Sr. Kathy (847-679-1202) for more information.
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THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
JAN. 25, 2015
Ordinary Time?
by Rev. Larry Rice, CSP
One of the characteristics of Catholicism—indeed, of any liturgically oriented Church—is that the
pattern of our worship follows a cycle of feasts and seasons. And so too, to some extent, does the secular
world. Of course, those seasons don’t always align. When the rest of the world is in Christmas, we’re still in
Advent. When we’re in the Christmas season, the rest of the world has packed away the Christmas
decorations and is off to the January white sales.
Our seasons run like this: Advent, which starts right after Thanksgiving; Christmas, which begins on
Christmas Eve; a brief period of Ordinary Time, followed by Lent, Triduum, the Easter Season; and then a
long stretch of Ordinary Time.
What precisely is Ordinary Time? We usually define it by what it’s not. It’s the season when there’s
no other season going on. If seasons were flavors, Ordinary Time would be vanilla. Of course, as any good
cook will tell you, vanilla has its own often underrated flavor with its own nuances and characteristics.
To my way of thinking, Ordinary Time is the most challenging season. During Advent, there’s a lot
to do to prepare for Christmas. During Christmas, it’s simply expected that people will be full of good cheer,
promoting charity and peace on earth. Lent has its own set of internal to-do’s: the prayer, fasting, almsgiving,
and repentance that prepare us for the celebration of Easter. And, of course, the Triduum and Easter are the
high-points of the entire year with lots of preparation and celebration. In all these seasons, parishes have
programs, prayers, and activities to guide us through them.
Ordinary Time, generally speaking, leaves us to our own routines, and our own discipline. It’s the
time when we have to work to integrate our spirituality with the everyday: work, school, vacation, the ebb
and flow of our lives. Fortunately, we have help and assistance with that task of integration. We have
something that provides the support and spiritual nourishment we need to get through the everyday routine of
life. That support is called Sunday.
Sundays, especially during this vanilla season, should be part of the rhythm of life that keeps our
spirituality rooted in real life. If your life feels a little out of synch, driven by external events rather than by
your own priorities, maybe you should reexamine how you’re keeping the Sabbath—something to think
about before next Advent.
Father Rice is Vocations Director for the Paulist Fathers
Names of Military Members are as follows:
Master Sgt. John Giese (Air Nat’l Guard) Major Patrick Scanlan (Army)
Ch. War. Officer Bret Buivis (Air Force) Sgt. Albert Geimer, Jr. (Army)
Pvt. 1st Class Nicholas Mericle (Army)
Ens. Matthew Deppen (Navy)
Sgt. Arlen Rosenaw (Army) Robert Valverda (Air Force)
Lt. Matthew T. Dammrich (Marines) Stefanie Pizzolato (Navy)
Angela Hart (Army Reserve) LCpl. T. King, II (Marines) CW3 Michael Maides (Army)
Pxil DeGuzman (Navy Reserve) Roman P. QueyQuep (Air Force Airman)
Sgt. Eric E. Stillman (Marines) Lt. Col. Timothy Zajac (Army) Sgt. Michael Nagel (Army)
Chief Petty Officer Joseph Manning (Navy) Sgt. John J. Kiolbasa, Jr. (Marines)
Sgt. Michael Habel (Army) Ismael Ramos—Aircraft Armament
Commander Gregory R. Bart (Navy) LCpl. Lois Angelo Villaseran (Marines)
Captain Kyle Lesmes (Green Beret—Army) LCpl. Edward McDonough (Marines)
Lt. Nicholas Tawil (Navy) Captain Brian Blake (Army) E2 Cedrick Calalay (Navy)
Lt. Commander Liezl Santos Payawal (Navy)
Cheri Sonderman (Navy)
JAN. 25, 2015
THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
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LENTEN EVENINGS
Join us for our Lenten series:
PRIEST, PROPHET, KING
a DVD-based study program.
Wednesdays during Lent
February 25
March 4
March 11
March 18
March 25
7:00 PM - Rathskellar
Cost: $10.00 for the study guide
Please register for this series by
contacting Sr. Kathy
at 847-679-1202 or
[email protected]
or complete the registration form.
Please register by February
1st to allow for the shipping
of the study guides .
Priest, Prophet, King Study Program Registration
To register for the upcoming Priest, Prophet, King program, please complete this form and return it to Sr. Kathy or to
the Parish Office by February 1, 2015.
Name _____________________________________________________________________________
Address____________________________________________________________________________
City ______________________ Preferred phone number: ___________________________
Email address: ______________________________________________________________________
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THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
JAN. 25, 2015
LITURGICAL MINISTRY SCHEDULE
DATE
TIME
Jan. 31
5:00 PM
Feb. 1
7:00 AM
LECTOR
Troy d’Souza
Richard Shea
Dorothy Hagen
9:00 AM
Mariano Castillo
10:30 AM
Sheri Wills
12:00 PM
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
Jim Altenbach
Lela Brangan
Rene Celindro
Domingo Guieb
Peter Weinketz
Liela King
Saly Sebastian
Roberta Rysztogi
Choir: Renee Rysztogi
Carmelita Guieb
Ewell Adap
Cesar Borja
Bob O’Brill
Patrick McLaughlin
Savy Sebastian
SERVERS
Jericho Ilagan
Isabella Roque
Chris Khasho
Connor Hall
Meagan Mercado
Mikaela Mercado
Xander Guerrero
Cuyler Lantry
Mass Intentions
for the Week
MON.—Jan. 26—Sts. Timothy & Titus, Bishops
6:30 am Elizabeth Hannigan
8:15 am Hedelisa De Guzman
TUES.—Jan. 27—St. Angela Merici, Virgin
6:30 am Mary York
8:15 am Edward J. Wisniewski, Sr.
& Frances A. Pidone
WED.—Jan. 28—St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest,
Doctor of the Church
6:30 am Patricia Zalewski
8:15 am Raymond W. Rysztogi
THUR.— Jan. 29—WEEKDAY
6:30 am Joseph Shemroske
8:15 am Vincent Gallagher
FRI.—Jan. 30—WEEKDAY
6:30 am Sr. Mary Alice Setnicar. OSB
8:15 am Lillian Carter
SAT.—Jan. 31—St. John Bosco, Priest
8:15 am Deacon Jim Wills
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
5:00 PM (Chapel)
Angela Byczek
SUN.—Feb. 1
7:00 am (Church)
9:00 am (Church)
10:30 am (Chapel)
12 Noon (Chapel)
People of St. Peter Parish
Rosario & Emilia Ursetta
Kok Soon Lee
All Souls in Purgatory