April 18, 2021

Third Sunday of Easter

CHURCH AND SCHOOL

WELCOME! no matter what your present status in the catholic church, no matter what your current family or marital situation, no matter what your past or present religious affiliation,

no matter what your personal history, age, background, race or color, no matter what your own self-image or esteem,

You are INVITED, WELCOMED, ACCEPTED, LOVED and RESPECTED at SAINT ZACHARY PARISH!

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Rev. Piotr Rapcia, Pastor

Rev. Lawrence F. Springer, Retired Resident Deacons, John J. Smith, Roland Merced, & Robert Cyran

SUNDAY MASSES 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM (Sign language interpreter for

the hearing impaired), 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM (Polish)

WEEKDAY MASSES 9:00 AM Monday—Saturday

SATURDAY MASSES Mass of Anticipation

5:00 PM (English) 7:00 PM (Polish)

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:30 ~ 10:30 AM

Wednesdays 6:00 PM ~ 7:00 PM

MARRIAGES Please call the Parish Office to make an

appointment at least four months in advance.

BAPTISMS Please call the Parish Office

for a date & time

BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS Due Friday, by noon, TWO WEEKS prior to publication

PARISH OFFICE BUSINESS HOURS Monday thru Friday 9:00 AM ~ 4:00 PM

PARISH OFFICE IS CLOSED

ON THE WEEKENDS Please sign up for All Masses and Confessions,

everyone must be registered to enter the Church. Register at: saintzachary.org or call

the Parish Office

St. Zachary is using an online tool that allows you to register a space for you and those in your household for Daily & Weekend Mass, and also Confession. St. Zachary website: saintzachary.org and scroll down to sign up. You may also call the parish office to reserve your place if you do not have email. (Office is closed over the weekend) So, if you would like to be registered for a Weekend Mass you must call the Office before 4pm on Friday. Everyone that comes to Mass or Confession must be registered! If you are coming for Confession you will need to arrive at 9:30am for Tues & Thurs and 6:00 pm for Wed no matter what time you registered for. Have a seat and Fr. will see you after he is finished with prior confession. Thank You.

Office Contacts Parish Office ………..parishoffice@saintzachary.org Phone……………………………………...…847-956-7020 Fax………………………………………….… 847-981-1448 Hours ………………Mon. thru Fri. 9:00 AM-4:00 PM School Principal ……………………….Darlene Potenza Email…………..………...dpotenza@saintzachary.org School Office……...schooloffice@saintzachary.org Phone……………………………………...…847-437-4022 Director Religious Education ……...Dcn Jack Smith Email……………………………...rep@saintzachary.org Phone …………………………………..……847-956-1175

Parish Staff

Pastor ……………………………...………Rev. Piotr Rapcia Email…………………..…………piotrapcia@gmail.com Phone ……………………………………..…847-532-1136 Deacons: Jack Smith…………………....…rep@saintzachary.org Roland Merced..………..merced@saintzachary.org Robert Cyran……………...rcyran@saintzachary.org Maintenance……..…John Ampulski & Robert Cyran Email……………….maintenance@saintzachary.org Director of Parish Life…………..Dolores Mielzynski Email………………...dmielzynski@saintzachary.org Business Manager…………………………..Geoff Pautsch Email…………………….....busmgr@saintzachary.org Mktg./Enrollment & Dev. Dir.…...Patrick Zawieja Email……………………..pzawieja@saintzachary.org Music Director……………………...Lukasz Swiatowiec Email…………………lswiatowiec@saintzachary.org Parish Secretary…………………………..Melissa Keefe

Email…………….mkeefe@saintzachary.org (M-Th)

Parish Receptionist………….Sandra Jerger (M & F) Email…………………parishoffice@saintzachary.org Bulletin Editor…………..Jeneen Fitzgerald (T & W) Email…………safeenvironment@saintzachary.org

St. Michael the Archangel,

defend us in battle, be our protection against

the wickedness and snares of the devil.

May God rebuke him we

humbly pray; and do thou,

O Prince of the Heavenly host,

by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and

all the evil spirits who prowl about the world

seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen

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Milan Sadowski son of

Adrian & Adrianna (Siedlecka) Sadowski

Remember In Your Prayers… All our deceased family members, friends

and members of St. Zachary Parish

Marcyjanna Rapcia

All parishioners, relatives and

friends who are sick:

Jack Karczewski

Dave Mueller

Mass Intentions Monday, • April 19 Service only Tuesday, • April 20 9:00 AM † Felisa & Hilario Lomeli; Macario Magsanoc; Rolando Ferrer; Jorge Ventayen; Teresita Cardeno Wednesday, • April 21 9:00 AM Special Intention: Johanna Rose Ignatius Special Intention: Teresa Konopka Thursday, • April 22 9:00 AM † Irene A. Witek; Marcyjanna Rapcia Friday, • April 23 9:00 AM † Harold Bock; Marcyjanna Rapcia Saturday, • April 24 Service Only 5:00 PM † Audrey Kryger; Timothy Gabel *7:00 PM † Za s p.: Katarzyna i Jan Kiedziuch, Wojciech Taraszka, Jerzy Pikulski, oraz o Boz e błogosławien stwo dla Ewy i rodziny. Sunday, • April 25 7:00 AM † Helen Moy; Special Intention: Janina Papis 9:00 AM † Camille Melone 11:00 AM † Parishioners of St. Zachary Parish *1:00 PM † Za s p. zmarłych: Maria Rutkowska, Genowefa Wołek, Danuta i zmarli z rodziny Szajnowski, Maria i Jan Błęka, Marianna i Władysław Rutkowski, Waldemar Sajkowski i Jan Kraszewski, - oraz o potrzebne Boz e łaski i dary Ducha S w. dla Jennifer z okazji urodzin, a takz e o wyjs cie z nałogu syna Roberta

* Mass In Polish

March 28, 2021 Weekly Collection…………………………….$ 8,628 Online Giving ……………………………………$ 1,864 Budgeted.………………………………………….$ 12,060 Difference…………………………………………$ (1,568)

April 4, 2021 Easter Collection…………………………….$ 61,740

April 11, 2021 Weekly Collection…………………………….$ 7,674 Online Giving ……………………………………$ 3,309 Budgeted.………………………………………….$ 12,060 Difference…………………………………………$ (1,077) Year-To-Date Y-T-D Sunday……………………………………$ 441,305 Budgeted Y-T-D………………………….…….$ 481,600 Difference…………………………………..…….$ (40,295)

This includes all electronic contributions. We thank you for your continued generosity! For on-line giving information, please visit:

www.saintzachary.org

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Easter 2021

Thank you to the Arts and Environment Committee and all the wonderful people of St. Zachary Parish who played a role in making our Church so beautiful for

Easter Sunday.

Your time and talent is greatly appreciated!

(More pictures to follow in next week’s bulletin)

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Please join us for our new Spring

parish-wide event,

“St. Zachary Virtual Gala”!

This event will be held on Saturday, April 24, 2021 and will support our necessary church and school ministries. As part of the event, our parish will conduct a raffle, similar to Augustfest, to help sustain our parish budget. Tickets are $10 each, 3 for $25, or 7 for $50. The raffle drawing will take place at the online event on Sat., April 24th. The Grand Prize is $5,000! There are 8 other chances you can win: $2,000, $1,000, $500 (2), $250 (4). If less than 2,000 tickets are sold, the parish reserves the right to reduce prizes proportionately. Ticket stubs and payment can be returned in the regular Sunday collection or by bringing in your stubs in an envelope to the Ministry Center. Extra tickets may be obtained either in the church vestibule or at the Ministry Center.

Thank you for your support and hard work to help make this parish raffle a

huge success!

Jesus explains the meaning of the scriptures. Like the disciples, when we offer and receive forgiveness, our hearts burn because we encounter the risen Christ within us.

YOUR GENEROSITY IS GREATLY APPRECIATED

Tuesday Night Rosary 7:00 PM Church

Please remember to wear your mask. Any

questions, please call Jo Tozzi

847-824-4014.

Please join us every Thursday evening at 7:00pm. You will need the ID & Password to join. The ZOOM Meeting ID is: 536 202 4201 and the Passcode is: 052602. If you have any questions please contact Dcn Roland at: rolandomerced847@gmail.com. Come and join us for a great evening of Scripture Reflection!

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Council 3627

St. Zachary Parish

Contact: GK Jerry Manning 847-714-2719 or

www.kofc.org/joinus

Readings for the week of April 18, 2021

Sunday: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19/Ps 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9 7a]/1 Jn 2:1-5a/Lk 24:35-48 Monday: Acts 6:8-15/Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30 [1ab]/Jn 6:22-29 Tuesday: Acts 7:51—8:1a/Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 7b and 8a, 17 and 21ab [6a]/Jn 6:30-35 Wednesday:Acts 8:1b-8/Ps 66:1-3a, 4-5, 6-7a [1]/ Jn 6:35-40 Thursday:Acts 8:26-40/Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20 [1]/ Jn 6:44-51 Friday: Acts 9:1-20/Ps 117:1bc, 2 [Mk 16:15]/ Jn 6:52-59 Saturday: Acts 9:31-42/Ps 116:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 [12]/Jn 6:60-69 Next Sunday: Acts 4:8-12/Ps 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29 [22]/1 Jn 3:1-2/Jn 10:11-18

Marcyjanna Rapcia

Grandmother of Fr. Piotr Rapcia

The Lord Has Risen—Our world is turned upside down because of the pandemic. Community is lost and communion with others has been degraded or none at all. But so had the world of the Apostles and followers of Jesus been turned upside down on Good

Friday. All bewildered, feeling abandoned and disoriented, and fearful the Romans and their religious abettors would take their lives as they’d taken their Lord’s. Each looking for a path forward was a way to fill the void. It was like that also for the Israelites during the Exile. Still, in all these confusions, we won’t lose our sight, as we are reminded of the fact that the Lord has risen from the dead to be always with us. Joy Made Possible - In a letter Peter, first Vicar of the Risen Lord, praises the Father for his great mercy in giving us a cause of joy in the Son’s resurrection. With hauntingly prescient words, he assures joy is possible even in the midst of being plagued by trials (7 Peter 7:9-6). He is echoing his Master’s words. Death no longer reigns. We have been reconciled to the Father. The divine image which enlivens and defines us endures. This is indeed a great mercy. So let joy be with us despite the coronavirus. Jesus has bestowed interior peace on the Apostles as they were about to be scattered, “each man to his home” (John 16:32-33). Though he acknowledged: “In the world you will have tribulation”, yet he promised: “Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (Id). In this overcome world, shelter-in-place is such a scattering. Why should we have cheer? Why believe these words? Thomas balked and likely asked himself the same thing when his brother Apostles recounted that Jesus had just appeared to them. Only when Jesus returned eight days later

to the same room to let him touch His wounds, did Thomas, with profound humility, believe and take heart. Speaking to those like us who would come after, Jesus declared in that moment: “Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe” (John 20:29). Peter, resolved by this experience, thus knew love and belief were possible even in the face of isolation and suffering. And he wrote in his letter: “You did not see him, yet you love him; and still without seeing him, you are already filled with a joy so glorious that it cannot be described.” Pray, brothers and sisters, for faith in the words of our Risen Lord and his first Vicar, and the uplifting joy that is a first fruit of this faith. Quote - “Even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God’s creation, made in his own image, destined to live forever, and deserving of the utmost reverence and respect.” - USCCB, Respect Life flyer quoting Pope Francis’ “Day for Life Greeting”, 2013 Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Our Prayer—For persons with disabilities: May their lives always be recognized as worth protecting and fighting for, especially during times of widespread illness; We pray to the Lord:

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