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HOLY CROSS CHURCH
MENDOTA, ILLINOIS
Saturday, May 21st
4:00 p.m.
Living & Deceased Members of the Mankowski
Family by Edmund Leahy
7:00 p.m.
Mass in Spanish - +Sabino Mandujano 1 Year
Anniversary of His Death by His Daughter
Sunday, May 22nd
6:30 a.m.
Parishioners
10:30 a.m.
+Deacon Earl F Barr & Deceased Members of Barr
Family by Sharon Barr
12:00 p.m.
Mass in Spanish - Abel & Refugio Diaz by Reyna
Mandujano
Monday, May 23rd
7:00 a.m.
+Cathy Kilmartin by Paul & Rose Faber
8:00 a.m.
+Paul Schmitz by Gene & Mary Ann Brunner
Tuesday, May 24th
7:00 a.m.
+Hilda Walzer by Mr. & Mrs Don Dinges
11:30 a.m.
(Mass at Hospital) - Poor Souls in Purgatory by
Ron & Kay Brunoehler
Wednesday, May 25th
7:00 a.m.
+Mr. & Mrs Harry Schimmer by Mr. & Mrs Jeff
Schimmer
8:00 a.m.
(School Mass) - +Rita Spitz by Family
Thursday, May 26th
7:00 a.m.
+Maryann Klein by Dave Malach
8:00 a.m.
+William Phalen by Paul & Rose Faber
Friday, May 27th
7:00 a.m.
+Danny Arredondo by Grieving Parents
8:00 a.m.
+Oneida Doran by Nancy Doughty & Family
Saturday, May 28th
7:00 a.m.
Adoration with Confessions
8:00 a.m.
+Clarine Dinges Spetzler by Sharon & Mark Halm
4:00 p.m.
+Donna Johnson by Mary Ann Johnson
7:00 p.m.
Mass in Spanish - +Sabino Mandujano 1 Year
Anniversary of His Death by His Daughter
Sunday, May 29th
6:30 a.m.
Special Intentions for Mary Benvenga by Tom &
Mary Heitmann
10:30 a.m.
Parishioners
12:00 p.m.
Mass in Spanish - Felipa Arteaga (Living) by Maria
Arteaga
COMMUNION TO THE SHUT-INS
FRIDAY, MAY 27TH
HOME VISITS
Priest
NURSING HOMES
Dr Vercimak
SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016
Week of May 23rd
7:00 a.m.
M.T.W.T.F.
Volunteers
8:00 a.m.
M.T.F. Volunteers
8:00 a.m.
Mon.-Sat.
Volunteers
Weekend of May 28th & 29th
4:00 p.m.
Parker & Paige Manning - Valerie Leonard
6:30 a.m.
Rita & Norbert Weber
10:30 a.m.
Ty Connelly - Tony Aughenbaugh Bella Hagenbuch
Sat. May 28th
4:00 p.m.
Joe Zolper - Bryan Kaiser - Volunteer
Sun. May 29th
6:30 a.m.
Deacon Vince
10:30 a.m.
Deacon Ray - Brenda Schroeder - Tom Schuhler
Sat. May 28th
4:00 p.m.
Matt Gehm
Sun. May 29th
6:30 a.m.
Gwen Krenz
10:30 a.m.
Kim Schimmer
Sat. May 28th
4:00 p.m.
Sun. May 29th
10:30 a.m.
Deane & Phyllis Vogel
Todd & Stacy O’Sadnick
Sat. May 28th
4:00 p.m.
Leonard Schwemlein - Volunteers
Sun. May 29th
6:30 a.m.
Joe Hochstatter - Volunteers
10:30 a.m.
Alan Stiel - Wayne Whitmore Jr.
PRAYER CHAIN REQUESTS
Please pray for the following:
Please pray for the complete recovery of a 15 month old
baby boy who is having ear surgery.
Diocesan 25th & 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration
If you are celebrating 25 or 50 years of marriage in 2016,
notify the parish office. Each couple will receive a
personal invitation this summer from the Bishop to attend
a Mass on September 25 at 3:30 pm in your honor.
You can still contact Nancy Kaiser for any of your prayer
requests at 815-539-6656.
In addition, sign up for Flocknote to “join our prayer
chain” and receive immediate requests.
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
Our Lady of the Cenacle Chapel
THE SUNDAY COLLECTION
Extended Eucharistic Adoration
Amount
Amount
Amount
Amount
Amount
Under the old covenant there was the showbread, but
it came to an end with the old dispensation to which
it belonged. Under the new covenant there is Bread
from Heaven and the Cup of Salvation. These sanctify
both soul and body, the bread being adapted to the
sanctification of the body, the Word, to the
sanctification of the soul." - from the Jerusalem
Catecheses
of
of
of
of
of
Sunday Collection
School Collection
Food Pantry
Youth Ministry
Ascension
05/15/16
05/15/16
05/15/16
05/15/16
05/15/16
$7,001.18
146.00
50.00
25.00
31.00
Give God what is just, not what is left!
Adorers Needed:
Tuesdays 3-4 a.m.
Chapel Coordinator, Karen Brandner - 1-815-915-6635
2016 Annual Diocesan Appeal
Have you made a pledge for the 2016 Annual Diocesan
Appeal? There is still time. A gift to the ADA, large or
small, can go a long way. Consider a one-time gift or a
monthly pledge for six months. There are envelopes in
the vestibule / pews. Every dollar raised to make our
goal supports important diocesan ministries, and every
dollar raised over our goal will be kept in the parish.
To date, we have received 194 gifts/pledges totaling
$45,305.00 towards our goal of $46,140.00. To those
who have pledged, thank you!
If you have recently lost a loved
one,
the
newly
formed
Bereavement Ministry Team would
love to hear from you & help you
through your grieving process.
Please call the rectory at 815-5386151 to let us know - we want
you to know how much we care.
$$$ DAILY DOLLAR WINNERS $$$
Sat. May 14
0583
50.00
Scout Fitzpatrick
Sun. May 15
2041
50.00
John & Rachel Perkins
Mon. May 16
3992
100.00
Tue. May 17
2008
50.00
Kathy Dungan
Wed. May 18
3168
50.00
John & Bonnie
Pakenham
Thur. May 19
0474
50.00
Al & Sal Bonnell
Fri. May 20
1001
50.00
Fr Joel Phelps
Emma Huffaker
There is still time to buy Daily Dollars!
A chance to win money and help our school!
Jr. High Gathering
At Mr. & Mrs Dan Ángulo’s
1010 Main Street
Tuesday, May 31ST, 7pm - 9pm
At Garage Meeting Spot
All 7th & 8th Grade Youth Invited
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Holy Cross Parish
NEWS OF NOTE
HCS News!
CCD News
Coming up:
Register for next year Now…
 Monday, May 23
We now have registration forms for the 2016-2017 school
School Picnic at Purple Park – students bring their own
year. If you would like to enroll your child in the CCD
lunch
program for religious education, please get a registration
 Tuesday, May 24
form from the church’s vestibule, or from the parish office
11:30 a.m. dismissal (NO 11:30 buses) – Last Day of
and turn it in when completed. Additionally, registration
School
forms have been sent home with those students attending
 Wednesday, May 25
CCD this year. We have a tentative start date of August
6:00 p.m. Graduation Mass for Grade 8 in Holy Cross
24th.
Church
 Wednesday, July 27
3:30 – 6:00 p.m. ~ Registration for 2016-17 School Year
 Tentative First Day of School for 2016-17 (pending
approval from the Catholic Diocese of Peoria;
Wednesday, August 17with an 11:30 a.m. dismissal and NO If you have not made a Cursillo weekend, please consider it.
11:30 buses
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WHAT IS CURSILLO?
School Picnic
Cursillo
in Christianity is primarily a lay movement. It is an
The school picnic will be Monday, may 23rd at Strouss Park (aka instrument of renewal by which Christianity can permeate,
“Purple Park”). All students need to bring their own lunch and live and grow in today’s world. It proposes no new type of
their own drink. Parents are welcome to join us for any part of, or spirituality but a method through which one’s spirituality can
for the whole day. We will walk to the park around 9:30 or 10:00, be strengthened, lived and shared in all areas of one’s
depending on teacher schedules. Equipment and lunches that the environment.
students bring will be put in a vehicle so the kids do not have to
HOW IT HAPPENS
carry it. Students are to wear their school uniform and may wear †
A
Cursillo
weekend begins on Thursday evening and ends on
their spirit wear shirts.
Sunday
night.
During the three days the participants listen to
Congratulations!
Congratulations to seminarian, Deacon Michael Pica, who will be the gospel message broken down into fifteen short talks. Each
receiving the Sacrament of Holy Orders. We also congratulate talk is followed by a period of small group discussions. The
Lee Brokaw who will be ordained as a Transitional Deacon for teachings of Christ are presented in an atmosphere of
the Diocese of Peoria. This is the step taken before Lee will be warmth, joy, and fellowship. Music and skits provide
ordained as a priest next year. We continue to pray for all of our entertainment.
seminarians.
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IT’S ECUMENICAL
Free Summer Meals
The local Cursillo, sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Peoria
All children 18 and under – available to all families; free healthy reflects Roman Catholic theology, but is broad based in its
and nutritious summer meals are available for children and teens Christian message. The protestant clergy may be included in
when school is out.
each Cursillo Team which presents the weekend, and lay
Free summer meals are part of the Summer Food Service Program persons of all religious affiliations may participate. There is
sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture and
no pressure on participants to take part in any religious
administered by the Illinois State Board of Education.
service in which they would not feel comfortable. Out of the
To find a Summer Meals site close to you, call 1.800.359.2163, or
blending of personalities, religious denominations and
text FoodIL to 877877, or go to the website:
occupations, a respect for each other’s differences develops,
www.SummerMealsIllinois.org
and an appreciation of the common search for a fully
"For there are three ways of
Christian life follows.
performing an act of mercy:
*-If you think you might enjoy a Cursillo weekend, please
the merciful word, by forgiving
contact Brian Corrigan or Deacon Ray Fischer for more
and by comforting; secondly, if
information, or for an application.
you can offer no word, then
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pray - that too is mercy; and
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thirdly, deeds of mercy."
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HOLY CROSS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
MAY 22, 2016
Today we are celebrating the Solemnity of the Most Holy
Trinity. With the celebration of Pentecost last week, we have
officially closed the Easter season for this liturgical year,
and have entered into Ordinary Time once again. The
Solemnity we celebrate today however is no “ordinary”
feast. We are being called to contemplate the mystery of the
Blessed Trinity.
How can God, as one Supreme Being also be comprised
of three distinct persons?
As you can see from
this diagram, it is indeed
possible. Consider this
loving relationship
between Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit. Each One is
God, and yet each is a
singular and distinct
Being (Person). It could
be said that this is the
original Holy Family.
God is eternal, and
consequently that also means that each of these Persons is
eternal.
God the Father has no beginning and will have no end;
likewise God the Son, and God the
Holy Spirit. As you can see from the diagram the Father
is NOT the Son, the Son is NOT the
Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit is NOT the Father and so on…
and yet each is still God!
If you consider the Omniscience (all knowing),
Omnipresence (present everywhere at the same time), and
Omnipotence (all powerful) of God in all His glory, you can
get an idea of the limitlessness of the nature of God.
An analogy could be a family in that, it is comprised of
multiple persons, i.e., father, mother, child(ren). Though
each person is separate and distinct they are all members of
the one family. Another analogy could be a corporate board
that is also comprised of separate and distinct individuals.
One other analogy for you sports fans could be that of the
team. Each member of the team, whether coach, player,
trainer, etc., is working for the same goal.
In the case of our God, that goal is the goodness and love
and so many other things that we attribute to God. We know
God as all Merciful, all Truth, Creator, Advocate, Guide,
Physician, LORD, Comforter, King of kings, Salt and Light,
and so many other good things, many more than we can list.
The Holy Trinity works with the goal of bringing us, their
creation, into an eternal life relationship with Father, Son
and Holy Spirit in One God.
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THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
And get this, God is not a god among gods, He is THE God
over and above any lesser god. Who, or more appropriately,
what is another god? In America it’s very easy for us to
worship our possessions - to the point that we care more
for them than we do for our own relationship with Him who
created us in the first place. There is the god of self - have
you ever heard the phrase “lookin’ out for number 1”?
There is the god of entertainment; this god would keep us
from fulfilling our duties and obligations set before us by
the One True God. This list could go on, but I think you have
the idea…
†  †  †
I like to include this meditation with the understanding of
the Trinity simply because my understanding of the Trinity
led me into this meditation, as I gazed at the “All Seeing Eye”
whenever I would pray the Our Father or the Glory Be.
This meditation is simple, but if you consider the
triangular symbolism used for understanding the Trinity,
combined with the All Seeing Eye, you can see how I was led
into this line of thinking as I meditated while praying to the
Trinity.
Meditation on the “Glory Be”
Glory be to the Father
And to the Son
And to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning
Is now
And ever shall be,
world without end
Amen
God is from the Beginning, but we know that He sent His
Son. And from the Father and the Son proceeds the Holy
Spirit, that is, the wind, or breath of their Love. So as God IS
from the Beginning, so is the Father from the Beginning (top
of the triangle).
As previously mentioned, we know that God the Father sent
His Son (lower right corner of the triangle). And from the
Father and the Son proceeds the Holy Spirit (lower left
corner of the triangle).
So as I was saying this prayer, my eye began to follow
around the triangle in a clockwise manner beginning at the
top. The when I got to the second half of the prayer, my eye
began to travel counter-clockwise; As it was (with God) in
the Beginning, Is now (because Christ had sent the Holy
Spirit to guide us until He—Christ—comes again), and will
be forever (because Christ the King reigns for eternity)
world without end (as we look toward the Hope of the
promise of the new heavenly city-the new Jerusalem). Amen!
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HOLY CROSS CHURCH
MENDOTA, ILLINOIS
Mercy’s Gaze:
Quotes from the Dairy of St. Faustina
The Powers of Darkness Flee
When I entered the chapel for a moment, the Lord said
to me, My daughter, help Me to save a
certain dying sinner. Say the chaplet that I have
taught you for him. When I began to say the chaplet,
I saw the man dying in the midst of terrible torment and
struggle. His Guardian Angel was defending him, but he
was, as it were, powerless against the enormity of the
soul’s misery. A multitude of devils was waiting for the
soul. But while I was saying the chaplet, I saw Jesus just
as He is depicted in the image. The rays which issued
from Jesus’ Heart enveloped the sick man, and the
powers of darkness fled in panic.
The sick man
peacefully breathed his last. When I came to myself, I
understood how very important the chaplet was for the
dying. It appeases the anger of God (Diary, 1565).
Mendota Area Christian Food Pantry
Volunteers Needed
Thursdays:
9-11AM
Duties:
Stocking Shelves, Organizing and
Preparing for Distribution
Contact:
Amanda or Angie at 815-538-2211 or
stop by the Food Pantry from 9AM-12PM
Address:
918 Main St., Mendota, IL 61342
SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016
St. Mary's Altar Society
We closed our year with a delicious dinner and brief
meeting on May 12th. Our thanks go to Doug Barr,
"chief cook and bottle washer", at the Elks Lodge and the
society's committee for their successful efforts. An
added bonus was that we were able to share the evening
with Fr. Bo on his birthday. We wish to thank him also
for his strong support of St. Mary's Altar Society during
his time here at Holy Cross Church.
Our next meeting will be Sept. 8th with renewal of
membership dues ($10.00) and installation of officers for
2016-2017. Future bulletins will keep you posted. All
women of the parish are invited to join us in our mission:
serving all the related needs of the altar.
FYI: Due to food allergies, in the future, we have been
asked to omit ALL forms of NUTS in salads and desserts
furnished for funeral dinners. Thank you.
Officers: Kay
Brunoehler, Betty Meznarich, Jean Simkins
Attention Choir Members
Tuesday, June 7th at 5:00pm
It’s the Annual Choir Picnic
at Lake Mendota.
Meat & Drinks
will be supplied.
Please bring a dish to pass.