St. Alphonsus Catholic Church 210 E. Logan, Lemont Parish Office Center 630-257-2414 Fax 630-257-2476 Religious Ed. Office 630-257-2371 School Office 630-783-2220 20W145 Davey Road Website: www.st-als.org E-mail: [email protected]Business Hours: Monday through Thursday: 8 am - 4 pm Friday: 8 am - 2 pm Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday: 4:00 pm Vigil Mass Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am and 11:00 am Sunday evening Tri-Parish: 5:00 pm (at Ss. Cyril & Methodius) Weekday Mass Schedule June 1– June 29 Monday – Saturday 7:30 am St. Patrick Church Holy Days to be announced Eucharistic Adoration Tuesdays 8:00 am - 8:00 pm, Chapel Sacramental Life Reconciliation Saturdays 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm or by appointment Baptism Baptisms are usually celebrated the second and third Sundays of every month. No Baptisms during Lent Marriage Prospective bride and groom must be registered parishioners for at least 6 months before a wedding date may be scheduled Sick and Homebound Contact the office, 257-2414, to receive a visit from a Minister of Care ST. ALPHONSUS CATHOLIC COMMUNITY Est. 1867
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Pentecost Sunday 1 June 9, 2019
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church 210 E. Logan, Lemont
Parish Office Center 630-257-2414 Fax 630-257-2476 Religious Ed. Office 630-257-2371 School Office 630-783-2220 20W145 Davey Road Website: www.st-als.org E-mail: [email protected]
Business Hours: Monday through Thursday: 8 am - 4 pm
Friday: 8 am - 2 pm
Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday: 4:00 pm Vigil Mass
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am and 11:00 am Sunday evening Tri-Parish: 5:00 pm
(at Ss. Cyril & Methodius)
Weekday Mass Schedule June 1– June 29
Monday – Saturday 7:30 am St. Patrick Church
Holy Days to be announced
Eucharistic Adoration
Tuesdays 8:00 am - 8:00 pm, Chapel
Sacramental Life Reconciliation
Saturdays 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm or by appointment
Baptism
Baptisms are usually celebrated the second and third Sundays of every month.
No Baptisms during Lent
Marriage Prospective bride and groom must be
registered parishioners for at least 6 months before a wedding date may be scheduled
Sick and Homebound
Contact the office, 257-2414, to receive a visit from a Minister of Care
ST. ALPHONSUS C A T H O L I C
C O M M U N I T Y Est. 1867
Pentecost Sunday 2 June 9, 2019
From Father Brian’s Desk
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church
Parish Registration
Everyone 18 years and older should register for the parish.
To register, please call the Office Center at 257-2414 or
you can register online at www.st-als.org
Parish Staff Pastor
Fr. Brian Ardagh Associate Pastor Fr. Tom Hoffman
Resident Fr. Robert Rohrich Weekend Celebrant
Fr. Lou Zake Diaconal Ministry Deacon Gib Ende
Deacon Bill Lubben Deacon Terry McGuire
Deacon Dan Rittenhouse Director of Religious Education
Kevin Cody Admin. Assistant for Religious Ed.
Lynn Houser School Principal
Robert Priest Pastoral Associate Linda O’Connor
Office Coordinators Barbara Betley
Melanie Terrazas Accountant Carol Levas
Music Director Joseph Martorano
SPRED: Carol Levas
Parish Pastoral Council Members
Mike Bruno Bill Doherty Diane Kaye
Deborah Kornacker Sharon Kostes
Roy Tam Terese Turner
James Zuccarelli
PRMAA Collection for Retired Priests Just a brief reminder – this weekend is our annual Priests’ Retirement and Mutual Aid Association (PRMAA) Collection. This is a very important collection to support the healthcare, wellness and retirement of those priests who have served the Archdiocese of Chicago in so many inspiring ways throughout the years. We have been blessed with many wonderful retired priests who have celebrated the sacraments at our Lemont Catholic churches including: Fr. Richard Shannon, Fr. Ed Upton and Fr. Lou Zake. Please be as generous as your means allow in supporting the PRMAA Collection. Religious Education Summer Intensive Our 4th Annual Religious Education Summer Intensive Program will begin on Monday, June 10th. The R.E. Summer Intensive is a two-week Religious Education program for 3rd – 6th Grade students from June 10th – 21st. Each class is from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and they include the same material that is presented to students throughout our traditional Religious Education year. Our Summer Intensive catechists are all excellent teachers of the faith and they are looking forward to sharing with our students the importance of the Catholic faith in our everyday lives.
RENEWMYCHURCHUPDATE On Saturday, June 1st, our Renew My Church Team joined Cardinal Cupich at St. Domatilla Church in Hillside for a morning of prayer and conversation. During the conversation section, Cardinal Cupich stated that the Renew My Church program will not be an easy change for many parishes, but the goal is to bring some vitality and hope to the Archdiocese of Chicago. Cardinal Cupich also mentioned that he often takes time to listen to the words of Pope Francis each week. Renew My Church has often referred to Pope Francis’s book, The Joy of the Gospel. In the book, Pope Francis states: “I dream of a ‘missionary option’, that is, a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church’s customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, languages and structures can be suitably channeled for the evangelization of today’s world rather than for her self-preservation.” Those of us who were present at the meeting
were reminded that everything we do as a parish – our liturgies, our ministries, even our social gatherings – should all be to promote the importance of the Christian faith in the world. While I believe that the various programs that St. Alphonsus Church and the other Lemont Catholic parishes do wonderful work encouraging people to be inspiring Disciples, the Archdiocese of Chicago is focusing on a new form of promoting the faith. Let us pray that we will have the courage to accept our call as “missionaries of the faith”.
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Welcome Guests and Visitors. . . We’re so glad that you’re here and invite you to join us in thanksgiving for God’s action in our lives. Our goal is to provide a spiritual home where all are welcome, where the healing, reconciling, liberating love of God flows through us to all people. In this way, we believe that the Church is the sacrament of God’s saving presence in the world.
“Please come to Mass early enough not to disrupt. Leave late enough not to insult (the Mass does not end until the final blessing).
Worship reverently enough not to distract. Dress proudly enough not to offend.”
Father’s Day Shopping Online can Earn Donations for our Parish!
There is a growing trend for large brands and retail stores to donate a portion of every purchase to a charity of your choice. These donations are not added to your purchase price, but are
taken from the retailer’s own bottom line. These donations can now be directed to St. Alphonsus Parish! It’s easy. To make sure a portion of every purchase you make on Amazon goes to our parish, simply use smile.amazon.com instead of www.amazon.com. Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to our parish. Same products, same prices, same service! Once on smile.amazon.com, under “Or pick your own charitable organization”, search for St. Alphonsus Parish. Select the one associated with the Lemont IL location, and START SHOPPING! It’s as simple as that!
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Today we are at the fiftieth day of the Easter celebration: seven weeks of seven days, a week of weeks, now culminating in a festival fiftieth day. While the liturgical color of
the Easter season is gold, on this last day we have red. For the first thousand years of the church, there were no firm rules for using colors. Only wealthy churches could afford a full array of colors, and most places used the best vestments, no matter the color, for the
greatest feasts. The Church spelled out an exact plan for color, including red for Pentecost, only in 1570, but local differences held on until the 1800s.
Color experts tell us that red is a hot color, best used for fast-paced, upbeat, active experiences. It is hard to be neutral before red, as any matador will tell you. It invites
commitment, draws you in. It is a stimulating color, engaging the eye, stirring hunger. It is the most fitting color for this day when we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit into our lives, a dynamic presence overturning neutrality in favor of passion and commitment.
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Bethany Lutheran Church 500 Lemont St. Lemont, IL 60439 Dear St. Alphonsus Parishioners, Thank you for the donation of food to the Open Pantry at Bethany Lutheran Church. Your gifts help us to restock the pantry so that our clients may select the items they need from the shelves. As we are entering the slower time of the year for donations, we are most grateful for your contribution. Your generosity enables our clients to prepare meals for their families. Thank you for remembering the families of the Open Pantry. Bethany Open Pantry Committee
Pentecost Sunday 4 June 9, 2019
Religious Education Update
Kevin Cody, DRE, 630-257-2371, [email protected], www.st-als.org/rel-edu
REGISTRATION FOR 2019-20 Application forms have been distributed to students. Contact the RE Office if you can’t locate your form. New families should contact the RE Office to register. We will be happy to assist you in setting your child on a journey with Christ within a supportive faith community. Visit our website, www.st-als.org, for information on our programs.
2-WEEK SUMMER INTENSIVE PROGRAM Please keep our young people in your prayers over the next couple of weeks as they seek to grow in their faith.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT BEING A CATECHIST? …and making a difference in the life of a child? Whether you are young, or young-at-heart! Now is your best chance to get the grade and track that best suits you. Come join us! Contact Kevin at the RE Office to discuss the possibilities.
FAMILY REFLECTIONS As our Summer Intensive RE Program begins this week, we would like to share with you some of the reflections that families related to their service projects and spiritual events they experienced over the past year. • After participating in a drive for shoes and bicycles, we became more aware of how many people are in need of basic things that we take for granted. • It was joyful to hear the choir’s Lenten Vespers Service. The songs were reflective and uplifting. They reminded us how lucky we are to be Catholic, and to be loved so much by God.
• We found out how easy it was to make a difference in the lives of children who are hungry and ill when we participated as a family in Feed My Starving Children project. We enjoyed working together as a family and as a community. • We like to go to the Living Stations of the Cross every year to better understand the suffering that Jesus endured for us, and to feel his presence through the prayers and music. • We learned how important it is to care for others, and to show how much we appreciate what first responders do for us when we made cards & cookies with the Hope & Friendship Foundation who gave them to the elderly, the homebound, and to Lemont police officers & firefighters.
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more about our school?
3 & 4-year-old
PreK through 8th grade
Two Kindergarten classrooms
Top test scores in the area
Small class sizes Affordable
Registration for the 2019-2020
school year is now open
Tours available 630-783-2220
Check out our website and our Facebook page
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Learners Today, Leaders Tomor-
They’ve
“Stepped Up” to
the next grade for
next year!
Kindergarten “Stepped Up” to First Grade: Adelynn Cochran, Lucca Cuttitta, Gracey Earnest, Logan Hennebry, Jayne Jacobson, Luke Laning, Emilia (Millie) Lazaro, Michael Markun, Nicholas Michaels, Beckham Nelson, Weston Nelson, Hazel Repta, Bruno Risatti, Dominic Tristano PreK 4 “Stepped Up” to Kindergarten: Jackson Andrus, Salvatore Anzalone, Jack Batchelor, Blake Betley, Santino Cuttitta, Austin Davis, Skyleigh Driscoll, Michael Galloway, Mila Ghaowi, Benjamin Gould, Alexandra Hernandez, Penelope Hernan-dez, Mallory Laga, Zachary Laga, Madden McDonnell, Anna Phillips, Sydney Wojciechowski, Michael Walker Zielke PreK3 “Stepped Up” to PreK4: Charlotte (Chloe) Araullo, Francesca Barbaro, Mairead Baxter, Benjamin Cochran, Egan Earnest, Ryan Edwards, Liam Frederick, Ava Ramos, Elisha Ramos
Mrs. Bruno, Mrs. Salomone, and Mrs. Yakes were honored at our Closing School Year Mass as they will be moving on to their next adventures and will not be with us full-time next year. They will be seen throughout the
year , however, doing special projects around school as additional resources for us. We thank them for all they have done for St. Al/St. Pat’s School and look for-ward to seeing them in the future.
"Once a Celtic always a Celtic."
Pentecost Sunday 6 June 9, 2019
Let’s Fill the Shelves… Food Pantry Update We greatly appreciate your continued support of our local food pantries. As the summer months approach, donations to the food pantries decline. Unfortunately, their need does not. With this in mind, we will break from featuring a “product of the month”. We ask that you continue to donate any items that you can. The products and monetary donations are so important. In August, we will return to our featured item request. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. You truly “Love thy neighbor!”
Weekly Offering
June 1 & June 2 Week’s Need $ 12,869.00 Sunday Collection $ 8,914.50 EFT $ Surplus (Deficit) $ (3,954.50) Fiscal Year to Date Surplus (Deficit) $ (3,880.66) Last Year’s Weekly Collection $ 9,146.00
Thank you for your support of our parish
Counseling By Fr. Rohrich
Counseling services are available with Fr. Bob Rohrich
at the DePaul Center, 212 Custer St., Lemont. Appointment times on weekdays are:
10 and 11am and 5, 7, 8 and 9pm. Father Bob counsels the engaged and married, as
well as individuals for depression, anxiety, grieving,
separation, divorce and other personal problems. The cost is a $10 donation for each session.
Please call 630-257-9235
Mass requests are still available for 2019. A Mass is a wonderful way to remember someone who has passed away, to receive healing prayers for someone who may be sick or in need of help, or to celebrate special dates like birthdays or anniversaries. The donation for a Mass intention is $10.00. In addition to the Sunday morning Masses, requests can also be made for the 5:00 pm Sunday evening Tri–Parish Mass or the 7:30 am morning daily Masses. For more information, call the Parish Office at 630-257-2414
Save the date! Music On The Lawn- Sunday, July 14th at 6:30pm
St. Alphonsus Music Ministry and some special guests will present
Swinging with the Saints! Featuring music from the 50’s and 60’s!
Get your dancing shoes ready! Bring your blankets or your lawn chairs. If you want, pack a picnic basket with goodies. Gather at 5:00pm on the church lawn. In the event of inclement weather, we can picnic downstairs in the church hall.
Due to implemented government regulations in all hospitals, parishes will NOT be informed of any parishioner’s hospitalization nor will that information be available to any visiting clergy and/or parish visitor. A hospital may notify us only if you specifically request this at the time of admission. Please let us know. We certainly want to continue praying for and supporting those who are ill. You are important to us.
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If you are expecting a baby, family and friends have showered you with gifts and you have, no doubt, furnished and decorated a nursery. In the same way your Catholic community, through the sacrament of Baptism, welcomes and offers spiritual strength and encouragement as your child begins a life-long journey of faith. Our Baptismal Preparation program, Journey of Faith: Birth, Baptism, Belonging, is a seminar that will help you better understand the sacrament of Baptism. The seminar can be taken while awaiting the birth of your child or shortly after the baby is born. The seminar will meet on a Saturday of alternate months from 9:00 am to Noon in the Religious Education Building. The Seminar dates for 2019 are: July 13th, September 14th, and November 9th. If you have not attended a baptismal preparation class at St. Alphonsus in the last three years, you must participate in a Baptism seminar. Baptisms are held the second and third Sundays of the month following the 11:00am Mass. Call the Parish Office at 630-257-2414 to schedule the baptism seminar along with your baptismal date.
Journey of Faith: Birth, Baptism, Belonging
Pentecost Sunday 8 June 9, 2019
GREEN THUMBS NEEDED FOR PARISH GARDEN We are hoping to get started with our garden now that the weather is turning more spring-like. We will need volunteer gardeners. If you can help with planting, weeding, or watering, please call Linda in the Parish Office or see her before or after Mass. The vegetables raised in the garden are donated to the Lemont Food Pantry. Thanks so much!
Eucharistic Adoration Is… ...a privileged time for growing in Christ. ...a source of healing, wholeness and fulfillment. ...a way to deepen our living of the Eucharistic celebration in all its fullness. St. Alphonsus offers Eucharistic Adoration
for all parishioners and non-parishioners every Tuesday from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm in the Chapel of Mercy, located in the Parish Center.
Come for an hour, half-hour or even just a quick visit.
Our Lord welcomes everyone!
FATHERS DAY Sunday, June 16th is Father’s Day. Spiritual bouquet cards are a special way to remember your father or someone special who may have touched your life. The cards are available in the back of the church. All fathers, living and deceased, will be remembered during the masses on Father’s Day weekend. Please fill out the envelope, place your contribution inside and return the envelope in the collection basket or drop it off at the Parish Office.
150th Anniversary Liturgy and Picnic School Sisters of St. Francis of Christ the King (Mount Assisi Academy Sisters- 13860 Main St. Lemont) Saturday, August 3rd 11:00 Liturgy in the Gym 12:00-3:00 Outdoor Picnic Please bring folding chairs or blankets for the picnic. Lunch will be available for purchase. Limited space available for the Liturgy. Please RSVP for the Liturgy and/or Picnic. RSVP DEADLINE JULY 8th.
“TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON AND A TIME FOR EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN.”
“A Time to be Born through Baptism” — Stanisalv Darzinskis, son of Jennifer (Foote) and Kaz Darzinskis “A Time to Love in Holy Matrimony” — “A Time to Heal” — Names will remain on the prayer list for two months. Please contact the office if you need to change, add, or extend a prayer request.
“A Time of War” —
“A Time to Die” —
The military and innocent civilians who have died in the war.
Please keep all these listed, and their families, in your prayers.
Jordan Skrobot Gerry Malak Fran Urban Brayden Edward Dennis Cerniuk
Jim McElligott Dan Nimtz Jerry Noga Edward Schafer Peggy Kelly
Michelle F James Connellan Donald Rittenhouse Jennifer Gozder- Grimm
Carol Cacciato Frank Roy Cody Bengtson Mark Gowgiel Pat Perkey
Norman Kwak Greg Hoger Joseph Keslin
Scott Bosco, USA, Kuwait Christopher Durkovic, USA, Korea Jake Hoffman, USA, Afghanistan Joshua Plucinski, US Air Force, Germany Jacob Christine, US Navy Andrew J. Bosko, Jr., USN, Various countries in South America And all who serve our country
Tri-Parish Daily Mass
Monday - Saturday at 7:30am
June 1 – June 29
St. Patrick Church
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Pentecost Sunday 11 June 9, 2019
Date Time Lector Ministers Servers Music
June 15 4:00 pm A. Lichtenwalter B. Lubben R. Haubner K. Vavra C. Levas
Hamilton Family
Parish Choir
June 16
7:30 am B. Betley D. Rittenhouse G. Rittenhouse D. Betley
F. Kula A. Lilja
9:00 am B. Waligorski A. Padalik T. McGuire E. Bruno M. Bruno
Calhoun Family
Cantor Ensemble & Keyboard
11:00 am L. Jankowski B. Israel P. Loisi K. Gory D. Kornacker
Macari Family Parish Choir
5:00 pm Lemont Tri-Parish Mass at Ss. Cyril
MASS OF
JOY AND PEACE
Gather Hymnal
Gloria #207 Gospel Accl. #208 Holy, Holy #211 Memorial Acclamation #C214 Great Amen #215 Lamb of God #216
Liturgical Ministers Schedule
St. Alphonsus Bulletin is a weekly publication of St. Alphonsus Catholic Community of Lemont, Illinois. All rights reserved. Printing by J. S. Paluch Co., Inc., Schiller Park, Illinois.
Saturday, June 8 4:00 pm Bernard Kucharski - Wife Father Tom Enright - Mary Kucharski David Nenn - Family Pedro Escobedo - Family Sunday, June 9 7:30 am Audrey Keenan - Family Eugene Quinn - Pat & Jim Browne Martin R. Berent - Donna & Jim Berent Char Counter - Paul & Bev Malak 9:00 am Edward Uram - Mom & Dad Dolores Karpiak - Terry Sniegowski 11:00 am Barbara O’Brien– Bob Litoborski Josephine Freehauf Evans - Bonnie & Ralph Shroyer Bruno P. Bury - Susan Michael Parishioners of St. Alphonsus Monday, June 10 7:30 am Tony Goode - Karen & Mike Flavin Tuesday, June 11 7:30 am Tony Goode - Bev & Paul Malak Wednesday, June 12 7:30 am Mary Rita Dooley Siefert - St. Alphonsus Parish Thursday, June 13 7:30 am John E. Ruppert - Kellie & Garry Henry Eugene Kuzma - Gisela & Dan Rittenhouse Friday, June 14 7:30 am Elizabeth Hartig - Bev & Paul Malak Nick Iuliano - Family Saturday, June 15 7:30 am Parishioners of St. Alphonsus
Saturday, June 15 4:00 pm All Living & Deceased Fathers Sunday, June 16 7:30 am All Living & Deceased Fathers 9:00 am All Living & Deceased Fathers 11:00 am All Living & Deceased Fathers
Mass Intentions
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CHURCH NAME & NUMBER — Saint Alphonsus #512066 ADDRESS — 210 East Logan Lemont, IL 60439 PHONE — 630-257-2414 CONTACT PERSON — Barb Betley SOFTWARE — Publisher 2010 Adobe Acrobat X Windows 10 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 12 INCLUDING THIS SHEET
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