July 5, 2020—Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”
Thanks to the many generous volunteers we are now able to welcome you back for in-person
participation for various Liturgies. Please note that in order to attend any of the services pre-
registration is required. You may do so by going to our website or by calling the parish office at
773-280-7700.
Saturday Vigil Mass 4:30 pm
In-person registration: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0444aba723a4f49-430
Sunday Mass Schedule
10:30 am
In-person registration: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040a4ca8a728a0fe3-10301
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa2qcAfSEa_rDBwLtUGRM6g
12:00 pm (Español)
In-person registration: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040a4ca8a728a0fe3-1200pm
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa2qcAfSEa_rDBwLtUGRM6g
Daily Mass (Monday– Saturday)
9:00 am
In-person registration: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040a4ca8a728a0fe3-900
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa2qcAfSEa_rDBwLtUGRM6g
Reconciliation (Confessions)
Tuesdays 7pm-9pm │ Saturdays 9:30am-11am
In-person registration: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040a4ca8a728a0fe3-reconciliation1
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament/ Private Prayer in the Church
Mondays 9:30am-10:30am │ Thursdays 7pm-8pm
In-person registration: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040a4ca8a728a0fe3-private
PRAY
BAPTISM PREPARATION
We are now offering classes via Zoom every other Wednesday and Saturday either in English or Spanish. Parents and godparents required to attend. Reserva-tions required.
For more information call our parish office or visit: https://www.saintmarys.org/baptism.html
Readings for the Week of July 5
Sunday, July 5 Zec 9:9-10; Ps 145:1-2, 8-11, 13-14; Rom 8:9, 11-13; Mt 11:25-30
Monday, July 6 Hos 2:16, 17b-18, 21-22; Ps 145:2-9; Mt 9:18-26
Tuesday, July 7 Hos 8:4-7, 11-13; Ps 115:3-10; Mt 9:32-38
Wednesday, July 8 Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12; Ps 105:2-7; Mt 10:1-7
Thursday, July 9 Hos 11:1-4, 8e-9; Ps 80:2ac, 3b, 15-16; Mt 10:7-15
Friday, July 10 Hos 14:2-10; Ps 51:3-4, 8-9, 12-14, 17; Mt 10:16-23
Saturday, July 11 Is 6:1-8; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Mt 10:24-33
Next Sunday, July 12 Is 55:10-11; Ps 65:10-14; Rom 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23 [1-9]
The following are prayer requests we have received from the Saint Mary of the Lake community. Please keep them in your prayers.
+Amedeo and +Luigia Fioravanti
+Mary & Kathryn Keil
+Miguel Munoz
+Joan Reese
+Manuel Rosendo
+Thomas Towers Paul Acebuque—Health Reid Grainger—Health Fr. Saul Romero-Sanabria—Birthday
To request a prayer intention please visit https://www.saintmarys.org/candle.html
Prayer Requests for Week of July 5, 2020
It has been one year since Fr. Manny arrived at Saint Mary’s to serve as pastor. As we look towards the future
would you please take five minutes to give us some feedback on Fr. Manny’s first year and what we need to do to
strengthen our community? Please click here:
https://smol.wufoo.com/forms/x1eygy6y0m2i58f/
From Our Parish Resident:
Fr. Anthony Gittins, CSSp
REPRESENTING GOD, JESUS, AND THE SAINTS
“Representation” -- one’s attempt to describe or depict someone or something else – can be more or less
accurate. Every religious system represents God, gods and other beings, visible or invisible, through artefacts that
are not God or the gods themselves, but depictions of them: human creations; approximations.
Jesus was a first century Palestinian Jew, but as Christianity spread, representations of him were re-shaped
by artists or craftsmen. First century Palestine gradually became history, and images of Jesus took on features of
local cultures and historical eras, often losing the look of a Palestinian first century Jew.
God was a different matter: how do we represent a spiritual or non-human being? The bible speaks of
divine attributes, using similes and metaphors. God is represented as father, judge, warrior, king, even mother
And the incarnate “son of man” is not always depicted as a generic Palestinian Jew but a specific person with vari-
ous roles and statuses (shepherd, companion, brother, miracle-worker, teacher etc.), exhibiting a range of human
traits which could be represented (or re-presented) in myriad forms.
As Christianity spread globally, and the world itself became globalized, people became increasingly aware
of the many different representations of religious beings, persons, and themes, influenced by cultural and historical
factors. The eighth century Iconoclastic Controversy was a century-long dispute in the Greek Church and East-
ern Empire, about the veneration of images (icons). Some called them idols; others claimed they impeded the
spread of Christianity among Jews and Muslims. Polarization and persecution followed. In 787 the Council of
Nicaea approved of icons, appropriately venerated; but a second Controversy erupted, and the final tragic out-
come was the breach between the Western and Eastern Church in the Great Western Schism of 1054.
Today, the challenge of representation is still with us. The movement defending Black Lives or the
LGBTQI movement defend their adherents’ right to speak for themselves and not be represented by other people
or media. Likewise, when in 2019, effigies used during the Synod on the Amazon were thrown into the Tiber
(and later retrieved), some people were scandalized by these “idols,” and others by the “vandalism.” But Pachama-
ma, Earth Mother of Andean people, is widely assimilated into Christian devotion and iconography across South
America, as Mary, mother of all people. Some represent Pachamama as an idol, while others see that as almost sac-
rilegious disrespect for indigenous religion. Pope Francis apologized to the Amazonian people, but Cardinal
Mueller railed against “pagan idols” and a breach of the First Commandment.
Think of indigenous carvings of Jesus; a black African-American, Asian, or Native American Jesus; Gua-
dalupe (la Morenita, the brown lady); the Infant of Prague; or the Baby Jesus. Icons or idols? Worshiped or ven-
erated? It depends how they are represented, and by whom. We have different tastes and traditions but should
respect differences, cultural, ethnic or religious; God made difference, and therefore it is good.
Anthony Gittins, CSSp. [email protected]
Serve
Pop Up Pantry Statistics
16,581 individuals in our City have been served
over the last seven weeks through the generosity of people in our community.
THANK YOU! Week 1 – April 19: 3,420 people served
from 85 different zip codes
by 70 community volunteers
Week 2 – April 26: 3,022 people served
from 88 different zip codes
by 80 community volunteers
Week 3 – May 3: 3,013 people served
from 97 different zip codes
by 86 community volunteers
Week 4 – May 10: 1,427 people served
from 60 different zip codes
by 80 community volunteers
Week 5 – May 17: 1,388 people served
from 52 different zip codes
by 69 community volunteers
Week 6 – May 24: 956 people served
from 52 different zip codes
by 65 community volunteers
Week 7 – May 31: 879 people served
from 52 different zip codes
by 65 community volunteers
Week 8 – June 7: 698 people served
from 31 different zip codes
by 33 community volunteers
Week 9 – June 14: 706 people served
from 28 different zip codes
by 29 community volunteers
Week 10 – June 21: 577 people served
from 31 different zip codes
by 16 community volunteers
Week 10 – June 28: 495 people served
from 31 different zip codes
by 18 community volunteers
To support our work visit:
www.saintmarys.org/give.html
PRAY
Join us for our Live-stream masses and reflections:
https://www.facebook.com/ SaintMaryOfTheLake/
https://bit.ly/349Knww
Weekday Mass
Mondays through Saturdays
Live-stream at 9am CST
Sunday Mass
Live-stream at 10:30am CST in English
Live-stream at 12pm CST in Spanish
LENT ALMSGIVING
Before Covid-19 hit, Saint Mary of the Lake had selected the
Kolbe House, the Prison Ministry of the Archdiocese of Chica-
go, for our communal Almsgiving during Lent 2020. We dis-
tributed cans for your collection. You can now return those cans
with your donation during Mass or they can be dropped off at
the office Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturdays
and Sundays from 9am to 2pm.
Thank you!
VIRTUAL ROSARY Monday—Friday 5:00 pm
Pray the rosary via Zoom:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2639113019
Mailed $ 1,360
E-giving $ 2,385
TOTAL: $ 3,745
June 6-7, 2020
10:30am Mass $ 2,580
E-giving $ 2,475
TOTAL: $ 5,055
June 20-21, 2020
10:30am Mass $ 2,538
12pm Spanish Mass $ 178
E-giving $ 2,543
TOTAL: $ 5,259
June 27-28, 2020
10:30am Mass $ 1,580
12pm Spanish Mass $ 540
E-giving $ 2,110
TOTAL: $ 4,230
WEEKLY NEED: $ 10,561.00
June 13-14, 2020
WEEKLY OFFERINGS
Since COVID19 an average of 68 Parish Families
Contribute towards the Mission of Saint Mary’s on a weekly basis.
With the cancellation of all in-person liturgical celebra-tions, we continue to receive donations via regular mail or online. Before the stay-at-home mandate, we almost reached 70% of our weekly need. Currently, our weekly need is not being met—but our bills remain. Please consider joining these 68 generous parish families in supporting our Mission.
TO DONATE ONLINE
To donate directly from your bank account at no cost to you and no cost to our parish please use Zelle Quick Pay.
Send your donation to [email protected]
To donate using a Credit Card please visit our website or sign
up at https://abundant.co/stmaryofthelake/give
Weekend Associates
Fr. James T. Baraniak, O. Praem. Fr. Jim Prehn, S.J.
Fr. Michael Knotek
Resident: Fr. Tony Gittins, CSSp
Deacons
Ubaldo & Socorro Muñoz William Pyrek
Outreach & Justice Ministry Claire DesHotels
Music Ministry Connor Ford
Administrative Assistants
Mary Carravallah [email protected]
Lucy Sanchez [email protected]
Diego Garcia [email protected]
Darlene Kelly [email protected]
Bookkeeper
Marie Palczewski
Fr. Manuel Dorantes, Pastor [email protected]
4220 North Sheridan Road Chicago, IL 60613
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9am—5pm
773-280-7700 │ www.saintmarys.org
Summer Pastoral Assistants: Hunter D’Armond, S.J. │ Justin Kelly, S.J.
Danilo Mendoza Rugama, S.J. │Marco Machado, S.J.
