Saint Albert the Great Parish

Saint Albert the Great
8000 south Linder avenue
BURBANK
Parish
ILLINOIS 60459
Twenty- first Sunday in ordinary time - AUGUST 23, 2015
Welcome
All are
REV. MICHAEL L. ZOUFAL, PASTOR
REV. ANTHONY BROOKS, SCh. ASSOCIATE PASTOR
REV. MARCIN SZCZYPULA, ASSOCIATE PASTOR
IRVIN A. BRYCE, JR., PERMANENT DEACON
RAYMUNDO DIAZ DE LEON, PERMANENT DEACON
MISSIONARY SISTERS OF CHRIST THE KING:
SR. WERONIKA ILNICKA, SR. MARIA NIWA
SR. AGNIESZKA KORTIAK
MASSES
SATURDAY
5:00 PM Sunday Obligation (English)
SUNDAY
7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 12:00 PM (English)
10:30 AM (English-Polish)
6:15 AM, 1:30 PM and 5:00 PM (Polish)
6:30 PM (Spanish)
WEEKDAY MASSES (Monday-Friday)
6:30 AM, 8:30 AM (English)
7:30 AM (Polish)
SATURDAY MASS 7:30 AM ( Polish) 8:30 AM (English)
SACRED HEART ADORATION CHAPEL
Open 7 day a week from 8:30AM to 8:30 PM
FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION 5:00-7:00PM
Bilingual Confessions 5:00-6:00PM, 6:00 PM Mass (Polish)
HOLY DAYS
Please refer to schedules printed
in the bulletin prior to the Holiday.
Vigil Mass - 7:00 PM (evening before Holy Day)
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Saturday 4:00-4:45 PM
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
1st, 2nd and 3rd Sundays at 3:15 PM
Baptismal Preparation Class
Last Monday of month at 7:00 PM Parish registration
and attendance at the Baptismal Preparation Class
are required prior to Baptism.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
All wedding arrangements must be made with
a parish priest at least 6 months prior to scheduled date.
All couples are required to participate in
a marriage preparation program. Parish registration is
a requirement. Times of marriages are as follows:
Saturday 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM, Sunday - no weddings
In this House of God
RECTORY …………………………..…(708)423-0321
PLEBANIA (po polsku)……………..(708)423-0321
For Sacraments of Baptism, Marriage, parish registration,
convert instruction, prolonged illness at home.
PARISH WEBSITE
www.stalbertgreat.com
E-MAIL [email protected]
PARISH BOUNDARIES
North-75th St. East-Cicero, West-Narragansett
South-87th St. (Cicero to Austin)
83rd St. (Austin to Narragansett)
MINISTRY OF CARE……………….…(708)423-0321
Deacon Irvin A. Bryce Jr.
PRAYER NETWORK………………....(708)966-4068
Mrs. Marlene Rybicki
ST. ALBERT THE GREAT SCHOOL.(708)424-7757
5535 West State Road
Mr. Terrence K. O’Rourke, Principal
www.stalbertthegreatschool.com
POLISH CATHOLIC SCHOOL
KS. IGNACEGO POSADZEGO…….(708) 423-5715
5555 West State Road
www.szkolaksignacego.com
E-MAIL [email protected]
CCD OFFICE…………………………...(708)636-0406
5535 West State Road
Deacon Pete Manning, Coordinator
MASS INTENTIONS
Monday, August 24, 2015
St. Bartholomew
6:30 am + Charles Aument, +Victoria Jablecki
7:30 am + Jozef Gromski
8:30 am Tuesday, August 25, 2015
St. Louis, St. Joseph Calasanz, Priest
6:30 am 7:30 am + Jan Gromski, +Ludwik Zurowski
8:30 am Wednesday, August 26, 2015
6:30 am + Stephen Durrant, +Donald Kupiec
7:30 am 8:30 am - Juana & Jesus Martinez
39th Wedding Anniversary
- Kieran Sheehy - Special Intention
7:00 pm - Zuzia - of Our Lady of Czestochowa
Birthday Blessing
Thursday, August 27, 2015 St. Monica
6:30 am 7:30 am + Andrzej Gromski
8:30 am - Souls in the Purgatory
7:00 pm - PARISH HOLY HOUR
Friday, August 28, 2015
St. Augustine, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
6:30 am + Stella Aument
7:30 am - Parish Purgatorial Society
+ Andrzej & Jan Gromski
8:30 am + Victor Witkowski -Anniv. Of Death
Saturday, August 29, 2015
The Passion of St. John the Baptist
7:30 am 8:30 am 10:30 am - God’s Blessing for the Students of
Ignacy Posadzy Polish School
12:00 pm - Wedding:
Andrew Rowland & Elisabeth Wilinski
2:00 pm - Wedding:
Rogelio Gomez Saucedo & Julia Ortiz Moreno
5:00 pm + James Sallee, + Donald Brynda
6:30 pm - Filipino Mass
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
6:15 am 7:30 am + Souls in the Purgatory
9:00 am + Ronald Mroz Sr. 1st Anniv. of Death
10:30 am + Stanislaw Kij
12:00 pm + Sr. Patricia Labuda
1:30 pm + Maria i Jan Ludwik
5:00 pm - For the Parishioners, +Edward Berdowski
6:30 pm
KEEPING OUR COMMITMENTS
In the musical Fiddler on the Roof, the husband,
Tevye, whose marriage was arranged years and years
before, wants to know if his wife really loves him. Was
their marriage just an arrangement, a deal? Did his wife,
after all these years, ever love him? Does she still?
We need to know if our loving commitments stick.
We need to be reminded and reaffirmed. In the first
reading, Joshua, Moses’ successor, needed to know if
the people would remain faithful to their covenant with
the Lord. Joshua was going to lead them to a new life—a
settled life. Would they be faithful?
Jesus, who identified himself as the very life of his
disciples’ life, needed to know: Will you also go away or
will you stay? We do not often see Jesus this vulnerable.
Peter and the apostles chose to stay. What will we do?
Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
Please consider the possibility of being a lector
here at St. Albert the Great. No special expertise is
required. All you need is faith and a belief that you
can. God does not ask for our ability or our inability,
but our availability. Please, call the parish office and
leave your name and the best way for us to contact
you. We look forward to hearing from you.
Bartel Amato, Jerry Connell, Joe Sipiora, Kulwant Salaja, Matt
Kopp, Merino
Kinzie Families, Bagasan
Ledesma Camins Families, Cristobal Sayson
Families, Grace Sevilla, Tom Grogan, Smykowski
& Flanagan Families, Chris Sy, Sally Busee, Daniel
Gabala, Bernadine Hainswoth - Miller, Peggy
Gentile, Sarah Busse, Denise and Rich Jandura,
Frank Lacovetti, Barry Walter, Joseph Shnader,
Debby Chalus, Sally Busse, Joel Rivera, Robert
Rodriguez, Dorothy Rapacz, Ronald Carvelli Michele Mchalek,
Peg Coleman, Mary Navarro, Maria Ganibaldi, Eckhaus & Leano
Family, Tom Majewski, Sandie Powers, Emma Swerdlof, Mike
Mazur, Mike Coleman, Bernadine Miller, Barbara Simich,
Michael Mazurek, Trine Pineda, Debbie Ohara, Diana Barahona,
Robert Skrobutt, Flora Mortell, Renee Rubio, Rev. Thomas Mescall, Nancy & Wayne Kinzie, Marie King Doyle, Johanna Pusateri,
Marlene Johanes, Mary Sochacz, Marilyn Buchalski, Carmella
Mazurek, Bernice Ciszek, Bill & Ruth Eichnamm, Diane and Robert
Juris, Reid, Salvatore Bottari, Theresa Lonski, Alex Silverman,
Janelle Demski, Bussie & Hedderman Families, Shirley McVane,
Cheryl Korosa, Mary Ann Riccio .
LET US PRAY For the deceased: Saul Rodriguez, Edison Ochoa.
Big Mud Puddles and Sunny Yellow Dandelions
When I look at a patch of
dandelions, I see a bunch of
weeds that are going to take
over my yard.
My kids see flowers for Mom
and blowing white fluff you can
wish on.
When I look at an old drunk
and he smiles at me, I see a
smelly, dirty person who
probably wants money and I
look away.
My kids see someone smiling
at them and they smile back.
When I hear music I love, I
know I can't carry a tune and
don't have much rhythm so I sit
self-consciously and listen.
My kids feel the beat and
move to it. They sing out the
words. If they don't know them,
they make up their own.
When I feel wind on my face,
I brace myself against it. I feel it
messing up my hair and pulling
me back when I walk.
My kids close their eyes,
spread their arms and fly with
it, until they fall to the ground
laughing.
When I pray, I say thee and
thou and grant me this, give me
that.
My kids say, "Hi God! Thanks
for my toys and my friends.
Please keep the bad dreams
away tonight. Sorry, I don't
want to go to Heaven yet. I
would miss my Mommy and
Daddy."
When I see a mud puddle I
step around it. I see muddy
shoes and dirty carpets.
My kids sit in it. They see
ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL PLEDGE REPORT
“Entrusted with Responsibility”
The monthly pledge billings for the Archdiocesan Annual Catholic Appeal pledges have been mailed. It is very important that
these pledges be paid so that our parish will reach and, hopefully,
exceed our goal.
Once the pledge payments have exceeded our goal, all of the additional funds are returned to our parish for use in our ministries.
PARISH GOAL:
$53,349.84
AMOUNT PLEDGED:
$64,838.00
AMOUNT PAID:
$47,174.14
REMAINING BALANCE: $17,663.86
The Baptismal Preparation Class for September Baptisms will be held on Monday, August 31, 2015 at
7:00 PM in the Church. This class is a requirement for
parents who have made arrangements to have their
child baptized. Pre-registration is required.
dams to build, rivers to cross,
and worms to play with.
I wonder if we are given kids
to teach or to learn from? No
wonder God loves the little
children!
Enjoy the little things in life,
for one day you may look back
and realize they were the big
things.
I wish you Big Mud Puddles and
Sunny Yellow Dandelions!!!
"Life is not measured by the
number of breaths we take but
by the moments that take our
breath away."
Author Unknown
The St. Albert the Great Catholic School Theme for 2015-2016 is
“Ensuring A Faith Filled Future.”
The Archbishop of Chicago recently addressed the Archdiocese of Chicago school
leaders and stated: “You don’t drop your child off at religious education, go shopping, run
errands, come back in an hour and pick up a Catholic”.
St. Albert the Great is still accepting applications for admission. Contact the school
office at 708-424-7757 for registration information as well as financial aid and scholarship
opportunities. Terrence K. O'Rourke, Principal St. Albert the Great "A Tradition of Academic
Excellence" stalbertthegreatschool.com
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
The ministry of permanent deacons has become an essential part of our parish life today, yet for
centuries until 1967, this deeply traditional ministry had virtually disappeared. Every priest had first to be
ordained a deacon, but the notion that one could actually embrace a permanent vocation to the
diaconate was lost.
The primary ministry of the deacon is to the welfare of the community, especially its poor, and his
role in sacraments and preaching flows from that. His principal role is to animate and promote the
ministry of all the faithful. Ninety percent of permanent deacons are married, although the discipline of
celibacy for clerics means that if a deacon is widowed, normally he cannot remarry, nor can an
unmarried deacon marry once ordained. The deacon does not preside at Mass nor may he absolve sins.
Nor, since anointing of the sick is linked theologically to penance, may he anoint.
Sometimes we are slow to engage with a tradition: Trent approved permanent deacons in the 1560s,
but nothing was done until the 1960s. The vitality of the long‑delayed restoration has greatly enriched
the Church, particularly in the United States, where the majority of the deacons in the world serve.
—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
PARISHIONERS ARE NEEDED TO
DEVOTE AT LEAST ONE HOUR PER
WEEK IN ADORATION OF JESUS
CHRIST PRESENT IN THE BLESSED
SACRAMENT.
8:30 a.m —8:30 p.m.
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — Joshua challenges the Israelites to serve either the Lord or other gods. They choose the
Lord (Joshua 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b).
Psalm — Taste and see the goodness of the Lord
(Psalm 34).
Second Reading — Paul reflects on how husbands and wives should reverence and love each other
(Ephesians 5:21-32 [2a, 25-32]).
Gospel — Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life (John 6:60-69).
OUR WEEKLY OFFERING
August 16, 2015
Missionary Co-Op
$13,424.50
$6,027.00
AUGUST 30TH SECOND COLLECTION
will be for the St. Albert the Grreat Roof Fund
Thank You VERY MUCH for your support.
Parish Office Hours
Monday — Friday 8:30 am – 8:30 pm
Saturday 9:00 am — 5:00 pm, Sunday – Closed
BLESSED If you have sight, you are blessed. If
you have insight, you are a thousand times
blesse
.....................Anonymous
THE WAY It’s hard to train a child in a way the
parents don’t go themselves. —Anonymous
Trwają zapisy do szkoły Św. Alberta Wielkiego na rok 2015/2016.
Aby obejżeć szkołę i uzyskać informacji o pomocy finansowej
można dzwonić po polsku na nr. 708-424-7757
Książka na intencje mszalne na rok 2016 jest otwarta.
Intencje prosze zamawiać w biurze parafialnym
od poniedziałku do piątku od godz. 8:30 am – 8:30 pm
oraz w soboty od 9:00 am – 5:00 pm