Second Sunday of Easter April 12, 2015 SAINT BERNARDINE PARISH Forest Park, Illinois 104 YEARS The Chimes MISSION STATEMENT To minister to the spiritual needs of its faith community through worship, service and education and to provide outreach, support, and welcome in an affirming environment. All are called to evangelize and be stewards on the journey, to model the life of Jesus while striving to develop a spiritually active and financially stable faith community. Jesus said to his apostles, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven and whose sins you retain are retained.”
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Second Sunday of Easter April 12, 2015
SAINT BERNARDINE PARISH Forest Park, Illinois 104 YEARS
The Chimes
MISSION STATEMENT
To minister to the spiritual needs of its faith community through worship, service and
education and to provide outreach, support, and
welcome in an affirming environment. All are called to evangelize and be stewards on
the journey, to model the life of Jesus while striving to develop
a spiritually active and financially stable faith
community.
Jesus said to his apostles, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
Whose sins you forgive are forgiven and whose sins you
retain are retained.”
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MASS SCHEDULE
SATURDAY: 8:30 AM & 5:00 PM SUNDAY: 8:00 & 10:30 AM WEEKDAY: Monday thru Friday 6:30 AM HOLY DAY: Check Mass Schedule CIVIC HOLIDAY: Check Mass Schedule
Mass for Families 10:30 AM Sunday: PRAY AND PLAY certified childcare provided for 6 mos-4 yrs. Drop off at the school, the Early Child-hood Room 101. No registration or fees. Call Kathy (773) 882-1605 for details.
LITURGY OF THE WORD for children 4-12 yrs, where they are dismissed for child-friendly religious instruction and returned to the pew during mass. When there is a Family Mass, the 1st Sunday of the month, children remain in Church.
HOLY SACRAMENTS
RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM or call the Rectory for an appointment
WEDDINGS: Please call the rectory and make arrangements with a priest at least six months in advance.
BAPTISM: Baptisms are held on the second Sunday of each month during the 10:30 mass. Mandatory meeting for parents and godparents is held the 1st Wednesday in the Convent Dining Room at 7:30 PM. Call 366-0839.
CARE OF THE SICK: Please inform rectory of anyone confined at home or hospitalized.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Classes for public grammar school students: Sundays, 9:00 - 10:15 AM (K thru 8th grade) Tel: (708) 366-3553
Saint Bernardine Church 7246 W. Harrison Street Forest Park, IL 60130
Pastor Rev. George Velloorattil
Pastoral Assistant
Della DeSonia
Parish Secretary Kathy Teska
Director of Religious Education
Ann Stauffer
Director of Music Jurate Lukminas
Parish Council Chairperson
Julie Doloszycki
Finance Council Chairperson Michael O’Brien
Monday Night
4:30 PM Doors Open 7:00 PM Start
ARTICLES FOR THE CHIMES It is recommended that articles are submitted by Thursday, for the following week's sub-mission. In other words, articles should be in at least 10 days before you would like them to appear in the CHIMES.
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My dear parishioners, Hope you had a great and wonderful Easter and the unique ex-perience of the Holy Week liturgy, which for all reasons is spiritually em-powering and elevating. It was so good to see so many people crowding the church at different services. May the Peace and Joy of the Risen Christ be with you for a long time.
Today is Divine Mercy Sunday. The second Sunday of Easter was chosen to celebrate this feast because the gospel of the day speaks of God’s infi-nite mercy imparted through the forgiveness of sins through the instrumentality of the apostles who were given the authority to forgive sins in God’s name. This feast has also the origin when in 1931 Jesus appeared to St. Faustina Kowalska of Poland, a catholic nun, in a vision where she was told that the divine heart of Jesus is the eternal source of mercy. In the vision she saw Jesus clothed in a white garment with his right hand raised in bless-ing. His left hand was touching the area of his heart from where two large rays came forth: one red and the other pale. The two rays denote blood and wa-ter. The pale ray stands for water which makes souls righteous and the red ray stands for blood which is the life of souls. These two rays issued forth from the depths of his tender mercy when his agonized heart was opened by a lance on the cross. She was asked to paint the image with the signature “Jesus, I trust in you.” By means of this image Je-sus promised to grant many graces to souls. This is the historical background of this feast. On April 30, 2000, Holy Father Pope John Paul II declared the Sunday after Easter as the Divine Mercy Sunday to be observed universally. In connection with this feast special masses are celebrated in many churches of Chicago and all over the world, and Divine Mercy Chaplet is prayed at 3 p.m. More literature is available at the back of the church. The Diary of St. Faustina Kow-alska contains her revelations of Jesus as The Di-vine Mercy. May the divine mercy of Jesus be ex-perienced by all who seek it. In the gospel of today we have two resur-rection appearances: one with Thomas and the oth-
er without him. Absent for the first event, Thomas is the central character of the second. Thomas is less of a doubter than the represent-atives of Christians like us, who are called to believe on the testimony of others. The faith required of him is more demanding than that required of those who actu-ally encountered the risen Lord. We may judge him harshly, but Jesus does not. Instead, Jesus invites Thomas to touch him, an invitation not extended earlier to the other disciples. Thomas then declares the risen Lord is God, a profession of faith that out-strips that of others. We can never know whether Thomas did touch Jesus or not, but every second Sunday of Easter we are told this story about Thomas and the risen Lord. It encourages us to fathom the mystery that is our faith, to learn to penetrate it by confess-ing Jesus as Lord and God, then allow this belief to flow out into our daily activities, reaching out to embrace others. Don’t you think when Thomas left the upper room that day he knew that the resurrec-tion was not something to keep to himself ? That his whole being was filled with the warmth and light absorbed from being in the presence of the risen Lord? Is it possible that this can happen to us? So we pray: Father of the only-begotten Son, send your Spirit upon us that we might know more deeply the truth of your Son’s resurrection and al-low it to penetrate our lives. Deepen our faith, hope and love so that the world will know us even now as the children of the resurrection. Amen. ANNOUNCEMENT: The new pastor has been named for St. Bernardine’s. He is Fr. Stanislaw Kuca, currently serving as the associate at St. Eliz-abeth Seton, Orland Hills, IL. He will take charge on July 1, 2015. I wish him well as the new pastor. God bless you all Fr. George Velloorattil
From the Pastor’s Desk
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Weekly Calendar– April 12-19, 2015 Sunday, April 12 Hospitality 7-1 C Youth Group 11:30-12:30 FH CCD 12-6:30 pm CH CCD 5-6 pm Monday, April 13 FH,C,K Bingo Tuesday, April 14 CH Diaconate 6-6:45 pm CH Prayer Group 6:30-8 pm CD ICF 6:30-9:30 pm C Diaconate 7-9 pm RB St. Vincent de Paul 7:30 pm Wednesday, April 15 CD Men’s Bible Study 8:30-11:30 am CD Prayer Shawl 6:30-9 pm CH Adult Choir 7-9 pm Thursday, April 16 RD Finance Council 7-9 pm Women’s Club Dinner & Fashion Show Friday, April 17 Nothing Scheduled Saturday, April 18 CD Diaconate 8:30-11:30 am Sunday, April 19 Nothing Scheduled
All Catholics who worship at our parish or who are a part of our parish services are requested to register. In registering, you are becoming an active member of St. Bernardine Parish. If you have not registered, please complete the following and give the slip to one of the Church Ministers of Hospitality (ushers), priests, or put it in the collection basket and registration forms will be mailed to you. If you would like to phone for these forms, call 708-366-0839.You are not considered registered until the Pastor receives your completed registration form.
How long have you been coming to St. Bernardine Church?______________
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Welcome New Parishioners
All are invited to a Holy Hour of Eucharistic Exposition and
Benediction:
1st Thursday of every month 7 pm in the Chapel
TIME & TALENT Volunteers are needed to answer the door and telephone at the rectory. If you can reliably volunteer one or two days per week (Tuesday, Thursday and Friday coverage is currently need-ed) between 4 and 7 p.m., your contri-bution would be greatly appreciated. This is a perfect opportunity for those in Catholic High Schools who need volunteer hours.
Call the rectory, 366-0839 or see Fr. George.
DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE A “SHARE” BOX IN THE
BACK OF CHURCH? Now that the Transformation meetings have ended, suggestions, thoughts, ide-as, concerns (and even dreams) are wel-comed in a positive way keeping in mind only the good of the parish.
We are all part of our parish, and each one of us plays an important part in St. Bernardine’s success. Our input is so very important!
Can’t get to the “share” box? Feel free to drop your ideas in the collection basket.
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Pray For Our Sick
St. Bernardine Organizations Please join one of your organizations:
ALTAR SERVERS: Father George, (708) 366-0839 BAPTISM CLASS: Helen Kreidermacher, (708) 771-3567 BINGO: Deb Michalak, (708) 366-1323 BOOK CLUB: Lin Beribak, (708) 771-3386 BUILDINGS & GROUNDS: Kevin Hibbitts, (708) 488-1075 EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Julie Doloszycki, (708) 366-4382 FIL-AM PARISHIONERS: Leonora Acostafiad, (708) 771-6327 FINANCE COUNCIL: Michael O’Brien, (708) 366-2898 HOSPITALITY: Kathy Capron Jankun, (773) 882-1605 ITALIAN CATHOLIC FEDERATION: Al Cimino, (708) 344-5303 KINGDOM RETREAT: Jim Murray, (708) 366-8427 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Wally Westervelt, (708) 488-9434 LECTORS: Mary Beth Beal, (708) 366-7567 LITURGY COMMITTEE: Fr. George, (708) 366-0839 MUSIC MINISTRY: Jurate Lukminas, (708) 257-0645 PARISH COUNCIL: Julie Doloszycki, (708) 366-4382 PRAY & PLAY: Kathy Capron Jankun, (773) 882-1605 PRAYER GROUP: Betty Huebner PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY: Helen Kreidermacher, (708) 771-3567 R.C.I.A.: Father George, (708) 366-0839 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Ann Stauffer, (708) 447-6894 RESPECT LIFE COMMITTEE: Leslie Huzyk, (708) 366-7441 ST. VINCENT DePAUL: Jim Murray, (708) 366-8427 SPRED: Helen Kreidermacher, (708) 771-3567 USHER: Tom Gill, (708) 848-6454 WOMEN’S CLUB: Patty Mullin, (708) 848-1214 YOUTH GROUP: Kathy Capron Jankun, (773) 882-1605
Anna Moravek, Nick Lococo, Martha Capron, Betty Huebner, Claire Coonen, Melissa Sulday, Rich Murphy, Lois Santarelli, Ann Keller, Helen Hobin, Lorraine Boy, Henrietta Daniello, Dan Martone, Ann Stauffer, Melissa Moskos, Thomas Moskos, Salvador Rubio, Lena Jankun, Gene Fletcher, Mike Cobleigh, Marcia Murphy, Leo Gutierrez, Larry Ivins, Mitzi Ivins, Bobbi Ivins Ri-gali, Mary Perez, Amparo Schroder, Betty Maslauskas, Francis Cardinal George, Pacita Nacpil, Carol Beal, Paul Murphy, Marge Moskos, Karen Carnes, Bob Teska, Rosemarie Beribak, John Spence, Michael Levanduski, Francine Hunt, Grace Belmonte, Jack Bel-monte, Karen Vanalek, Walt Fletcher, Michael Solberg, and Fr. Frank Grady. Please pray for these parishioners, their families and caregivers. Please call the parish secretary to add or delete names on the list. Names will automatically be removed after 3 months unless renewed.
PADS COLLECTION BOX
The PADS collection box is now located at the front of the church next to the St. Vincent de Paul food box. Currently there is an urgent need for chap sticks, individual hand lotions and individual packs of tissues. Thank you.
NEED HELP DEALING WITH OUR STRESSFUL WORLD?
Ms. Margaret Lukomski, an experienced and licensed professional therapist, is available to assist people facing marital and family diffi-culties and other personal issues. Ms. Lu-komski, LCPC is also a certified alcohol and drug counselor. She is at St. Bernardine Church one evening per week; fees for the ser-vices are reasonable. To schedule an appoint-ment please call Catholic Charities Holbrook Counseling Center at (312) 655-7725.
Mid-LIFE SINGLES (mid-30s to 50s):
register today for a life-changing REFLECT weekend retreat at the Cardinal Stritch Retreat House, Mundelein, IL (in the northern suburbs), on May 1-3, 2015. Cost is just $185 for meals and a single room. Take a chance and get involved... you won't regret it! Call (312) 532-8286, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.ReflectRetreat.com for details.
EVERY SUNDAY Every Sunday the St. Vincent de Paul Society col-lects non-perishable foods in church. Help us help others! “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers (and sis-ters), you do unto me.”
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Mass Inten ons April 12-19, 2015
Sunday, April 12 8:00 am † Leslie Kratz † Brone & Felix Mataitis 10:30 am † Robert Meyer † Helen Pretz Monday, April 13 6:30 am † Natividad Millar Tuesday, April 14 6:30 am Julio Guerra (in thanksgiving) Wednesday, April 15 6:30 am Donald Nash, M.D. Thursday, April 16 6:30 am † Fr. Jacob George Friday, April 17 6:30 am † Thomas Chummar Saturday, April 18 8:30 am † Holy Souls in Purgatory 5:00 pm † Segundo Nacar † Joan Isdale Sunday, April 19 8:00 am † James Simon 10:30 am † Marion McNamara † Vytautas Mataitis
Liturgical Roles April 18-19, 2015
Celebrants 5:00 pm Fr. George Velloorattil 8:00 am Fr. George Velloorattil 10:30 am Fr. George Velloorattil Readers and Lectors 5:00 pm Caitlin McNulty 8:00 am Editha Cramer 10:30 am Jerry Schuch Eucharistic Ministers 5:00 pm Elizabeth Carpenter, George Isdale, Nancy Keller 8:00 am Geri Leninger, Kristin Robins, Valerie Smith 10:30 am Mary Beth Beal, Mary Hibbitts, Tina Rhoten Servers 5:00 pm K. Liesse, G. O’Connor 8:00 am K. Raza, D. Burns 10:30 am P. Strauss, K. Scollard, J. Pantaleon Cantors 5:00 pm TBA 8:00 am TBA 10:30 am TBA
Wedding Banns II Anish Karimkuttyil and Anupama Ahuja II Gregory Ruskowsky & Sheila Juanico
TAX STATEMENT Parishioners who wish to receive a statement of financial contributions to St. Bernardine for tax
purposes are asked to call the rectory office (Monday-Friday 8:30-4).
3/29/15 COLLECTION Envelopes (126)……………………………….. $3,125.90 Loose Checks & Cash………………………… … $842.15 SUNDAY COLLECTION TOTAL ………….… $3,968.05 BUDGET COLLECTION……………………… $5,919.00 DEFICIT…………………………………………. $1,950.95 BUDGET TO DATE ………………………… $230,841.00 MARCH ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS…. $1,900.00 SUNDAY INCOME TO DATE …..………… $179,788.65 (INCLUDING ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS) SUNDAY COLLECTION DEFICIT TO DATE..$51,052.35
PLEASE REMEMBER ST. BERNARDINE IN YOUR WILL.
ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS Electronic contribution is an automatic
transfer program which allows you to make contributions without writing checks. If you
have any questions you can call Kathy at 366-0839.
EASTER COLLECTION: $13,354.14
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The Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass will be held on Sunday, August 30, 2015, at 2:45 PM, at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 North State Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Couples married in 1965 interested in attending this celebration should contact their parish to register.
For further information, call the Marriage and Family Ministries Office at 312.534.8351 or visit the website: www.marriageandfamilyministries.org.
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
When we imagine the disciples cowering behind locked doors on the first Easter, it is a matter of the greatest urgency that the doors get opened. They are not locked in as if in prison; rather, they have chosen to marinate in fear. Both the lock and the key stand on their side of the door, in their control. Christ breaks through this significant bar-rier with a message of “Peace.” The risen Lord’s word propels them through the door and along the path leading to the consoling image of the community living in harmony in the first reading today. What do we pray for in our tradition? More than anything else, we pray for peace. Every Mass is an earnest prayer for peace with God, with self, with neighbor, and for peace in the world. Yet, curiously, the peace Christ offers is deeper than the mere absence of conflict. Our tradition treas-ures the memories of saints who were remarkably open to Christ’s gift of peace even in the mael-stroms of history. St. Edith Stein and St. Maximil-lian Kolbe, martyrs of the Holocaust, are but two examples. At the eye of a fearful storm, they stand as witnesses to the power of Christ’s rising in our lives.
OF ONE HEART AND MIND Reading about the faith of the early Christian believers can be a real inspiration to those of us who have been Christians for a long time, as well as for those who are newly baptized. Can you imagine people of this world being “of one heart and mind” as was the first com-munity of believers? Today’s First Letter of John seems to hold the key to how this can be accomplished. Keeping God’s command-ments and loving all of God’s children seems to be the start of being “of one heart and mind.” We live in a world that stresses differ-ences—differences among religions, among races, between genders, and among economic classes. Today we are summoned to focus on what we all share in common on this fragile planet of ours.
