Masses / Misas

Saturday

4:30 pm (English) 6:30 pm (Spanish)

Sunday

7:30 am (English) 9:00 am (English) 10:30 am (English) 12 Noon (Spanish)

Weekdays 8:00 am Monday through

Saturday

Confessions

Friday: 8:30am to 9am Bilingual

Friday: 6:30pm to 7:30pm Spanish Saturday: 4pm English and by appointment

Saint Cecilia Parish 700 S. Meier Road Mount Prospect, IL 60056

Parish Office Hours

Monday-Thursday

8:30 AM -- 4:30 PM

Friday

8:30 AM--12:30 PM

Saturday and Sunday

Closed

www.stceciliamtprospect.com

secretary@stceciliamtprospect.org

Phone

847-437-6208

FAX 847-437-2520 December 30, 2018

Saint Cecilia

Holy Family

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MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday December 29, 2018 8:00 am † Purgatorial Society † Leona A. Styrcula 4:30 pm † Frank Pusateri † Eleanor Golden 6:30 pm Spanish Mass Sunday December 30, 2018 7:30 am † Dec. Mem. of St. Cecilia Womens Club † John Murphy † Mark Lakomski † Lilian Ceril 9:00 am † Bill Loebbaka † James Janak † Celso Medina 10:30 am † Eleanor Leonard † Dmitriy Yalovetskiy † Gail Lofgren † Caroline Mahoney 12:00 pm Spanish Mass

Monday December 31, 2018 8:00 am † Fr. Michael Olivero † Anthony Longo † Thomas Lee

Tuesday January 1, 2019 9:00 am People of St. Cecilia † Florence Brady † Ginger Storniolo 12:00 pm HM Mass

Wednesday January 2, 2019 8:00 am † Fr. James Prendergast † Mark Lakomski † Ulrich Marks † William Chudziak

Thursday January 3, 2019 8:00 am † Lawrence Quadros † Fredrick Kochan † Dolores Champagne

Friday January 4, 2019 8:00 am † Fr. Raymond Pavis

† Leona A. Styrcula

† Dec. Mem. of Pusateri & Lansing Family

Saturday January 5, 2019 8:00 am † Purgatorial Society † Margret Laughland † Alicia Barcenas 4:30 pm † Donna Maggard † Sal DeLuca † Paul Bauer † Mieczyslawa & Kazimierz Mazur Family 6:30 pm Spanish Mass Sunday January 6, 2019 7:30 am † Dec. Mem. of St. Cecilia Womens Club † Edward Kazmierski † Ziggy & Anna Bartman (Special Intention) † William & Margaret Chudziak † Henry K. Mrugala Family 9:00 am † Florence Sokalski † Gil Meschler † Margaret Salen † George Bowen 10:30 am † John DiMartino Sr. † John DiMartino Jr. † Sam & Clara Lazzara † Dec. Mem of Sarti & Adi Fam. 12:00 pm Spanish Mass

If you would like to have a Mass offered for an intention, please call or stop in the parish

office. The suggested Mass offering is $10.

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Liturgical Ministry Schedule for January 5 and 6

Sat. 4:30 Sun. 7:30 Sun. 9:00 Sun. 10:30

Ministers M. Welch C. Strobel K. Schmidt* S. Wilken*

C. DeLuca J. Szafraniec* S. Loebbaka J. Grosklaus

D. Sarti P. France N. Reichel P. Lossau

A. McGarrity S. France R. Smeds J. Coleman

M.A. McGarrity J. Genovese N. Planica S. Coleman

B. LaVant M. Welch E. Iaccino

L. Both

Lectors M. LaVant C. Styrcula B. Starr L. Quadros

B. Reynolds F. Gaziano C. Stroh D. Martino

Altar Servers J. Mendoza+ M. Potoniec+ E. Owsiany G. Kopec

S. Roman V. Potoniec A. Schmidt+ L. Quadros+

V. Mendoza A. Schmidt L. Quadros

BR Bernardin Room CH Church MH Mtg House PC Parish Center R Rectory TR Teen Room GS Gathering Space CR Choir Room HM Spanish Ministry

THIS WEEK AT THE PARISH

Monday, December 31, 2018

7:00 pm Rosary CH

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

9:00 am Mary Mother of God Mass CH

12:00 pm HM New Years Day Mass CH

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

NO PARISH ACTIVITIES

Thursday, 3, 2019

1:00 pm EM Training for Teens CH

7:00 pm Choir Practice CH

Friday, January 4, 2019

5:30 pm HM Confessions CH

6:00 pm HM Adoration CH

December 16, 2018 -- $ 7,851

Thank you for your support and for sharing your

treasure with our parish.

If you have any questions. please feel free to call the Parish

Office: 847-437-6208

Sunday, January 6, 2019

8:00 am Respect Life Ad GS

9:00 am HM Catechism Classes MH

9:00 am HM Parents Seminar PC

12:00 pm HM Children’s Liturgy BR

1:30 pm HM Live Stations Rehearsal PC

Saturday, January 5, 2019

11:00 am Baptisms CH

4:00 pm HM Parents Seminar PC

4:00 pm HM Catechism Classes MH

4:00 pm Respect Life Ad GS

6:30 pm HM Children’s Liturgy of the Word BR

January 1st 9:00 AM

Sacristan: P. St. Leger

Lector: M. Alfus

L. Both

EM's P. St. Leger*

F. Ficker

P. Meschler

C. Hong

M. Welch

Altar Servers: J. Guarino

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Office Number:

847-437-6208

Extension 120

2019 RE Calendar

January 2, NO CLASSES: WINTER BREAK

January 9, 16, 23, 30 Regular Classes

Regular classes are on Wednesday from 4:30 - 5:45 pm in the Meeting House.

Virginia Perozzi David J. Anzaldua

Jerome Helwig Alma Alverez

Georgina Melendez Joan Gabel

New Year’s Schedule – 2018

Feast of the Holy Family:

Sunday December 30th

Masses: 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am (English)

12N (Spanish) Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God:

Monday December 31st, (No Vigil Mass)

Tuesday January 1st Masses: 9:00am

(English) and 12N (Spanish)

Mary A. Ellerman

Ruth Menick Collins

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HUMAN CONCERNS COMMISSION

Dear Lord,

Hold our troops in your loving

hands. Protect them as they

protect us. Bless them and their

families for the selfless acts they

perform for us in our time of need.

Remember Those

Far From Home

LCpl. Elijah Burgins

Po3. John Castro

Pvt. Peter Eck

Cpl. Zachary Flick

Lt. Eric Infante

Sgt. Scott Majewski

Kevin Moon Mullins

Afc. Jeremy McNeel

Pfc. Joseph Pusateri

Theodore Soupart Let us remember and pray for

those who are always in our hearts.

If you have loved ones who are

currently serving in the Armed

Forces, please call the rectory at

847-437-6208 and we will add

their names to our bulletin list.

When your loved one has

returned home, please let us

know so we can remove their

name from the list. Thank you.

St.Vincent de Paul is an emergency source for food and short-term financial

help for parishioners and those living within the parish boundaries. Please

call 847-437-6208. Requests will be handled with care and confidentiality.

At Christmas this year, through your gifts, the Society of St.Vincent de

Paul was able to bring the joy and hope to our “brothers and sisters”

who are poor by assisting families, providing in food, in gifts, and for

utility and rent bills. Thank you!

Today is the feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, and so we can

celebrate that we all belong to the holy family of God which makes us brothers End Domestic Violence NOW!

Domestic Violence Hotline

1-800-799-SAFE

Domestic Violence incidents rise during

difficult financial times. If you see a

family in trouble, please call the hotline.

The Catholic Parishes in Vicariate I, Chicago Archdiocese and

the Joliet Diocese, are sponsoring a pro-life ad in the Daily Her-

ald to mourn the 46th anniversary of the Roe Wade Supreme

Court decision legalizing abortion through all nine months of

pregnancy.

Since the Roe v Wade decision in 1973, the lives of 60 mil-

lion innocent babies have been lost. Please consider contributing

$5.00 (minimum) toward the cost of the ad. Sponsors have the

option of listing their names in the ad or remaining anonymous.

The ad will run on Sunday, January 13 and Sunday, January 20,

2019, full color, in the first section of the newspaper. The Daily

Herald distribution area includes: Cook, DuPage, Kane and Lake

Counties.

A member of the Respect Life Committee will be at all the

Masses on January 5 & 6, 2019 to accept your donations. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

Adult RCIA THINKING OF BECOMING CATHOLIC?

Wanting to know more about what we believe?

St. Cecilia offers a year round process for the Rite of Christian

Initiation of Adults (commonly known as RCIA). This process is

designed for those who have never been baptized, for those bap-

tized in another Christian faith, or for those Catholics who were

baptized but never had any formal teaching or training in their

Catholic Faith. Please call Lisa at our Parish Office: 847-437-6208 x120

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WE REMEMBER ...those of our parish family

who were called home January thru December 2018

May the Joy of Eternal Rest be theirs

Rose Marie Rasul Jan 10 Maria Citrano June 16

Edmund Jendro Jan 1 John Katzenmayer July 11

Marie Collins Jan 16 Joan Downey July 15

An Duy Nguyen Feb 2 Margaret Bruckert July 17

Carolyn Jamieson Feb 24 Richard Orlowski July 23

Wayne Cordes Mar 7 Patricia Langos July 25

Salvina Pardo Mar 10 Margaret Ellsworth July 28

Jackie Nemirow Mar 23 Phil Hoenig July 31

George Volkl Mar 23 Jason M. Saccone Aug 4

Caryl Morgan Mar 26 Fr. Michael Olivero Aug 4

Donald Colburn Mar 27 Bill Loebbaka Aug 6

Nora Buzzelli Mar 31 Alice Kilian Aug 9

Michael Siek Apr 15 Charles Zdany Aug 13

Marianna Charun Apr 23 Anthony Carona Aug 15

Thaddeus Kuziatek Apr 24 Sean Smythe Aug 22

Wanda Maurer Apr 26 Carmen Braun Sept 1

Jane Lessner Apr 28 Andrew Rabiej Oct 4

Salvatore Buzzelli Apr 28 Jean Black Oct 14

Louise Gulliford May 2 Martha Wyatt Oct 20

Geraldine Paoli May 9 Helen Wonak Oct 3

Eugenia Keys May 22 Eleanor Leonard Dec 6

Peter Kocal June 11

May the Joy of Eternal Rest be theirs.

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TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — Hannah conceived, and at the end of

her term bore a son whom she called Samuel (1 Samu-

el 1:20-22, 24-28) or Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14.

Psalm — Blessed are they who dwell in your house,

O Lord (Psalm 84) or Psalm 128.

Second Reading — See what love the Father has be-

stowed on us that we may be called the children of

God (1 John 3:1-2, 21-24) or Colossians 3:12-21 [12-17].

Gospel — The boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusa-

lem, but his parents did not know it. They found him in

the temple, in the midst of the teachers (Luke 2:41-52).

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18

Tuesday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7;

Lk 2:16-21

Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28

Thursday: 1 Jn 2:29 — 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34

Friday: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42

Saturday: 1 Jn 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-5; Jn 1:43-51

Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13;

Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, graciously hear our prayers.

Give us generous hearts to respond to your call in our lives. Lift up courageous men and

women willing to follow after your hearts as priests, sisters, and brothers. Help parents and

teachers to share the faith and to encourage young people to explore religious vocations.

Guide all people, Lord, in your ways of compassion, truth and peace, that we may find

happiness in fulfilling our vocations. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Source: Archdiocese of Chicago Vocation Office

www.ChicagoPriest.com

http://www.ChicagoPriest.com

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Parish Personnel

Rev. Oswaldo Guillen, Pastor

Rev. Jack Hurley 847-253-8600

Coordinator of Hispanic Ministry

Rev. Damasus Okoro, Resident

Lisa Mersereau,

Pastoral Associate/DRE

Frances Ficker,

Ministry of Care Coordinator

Kathy McGourty, Youth Minister

Ted Kawa, Business Manager

Pat Sordyl, Parish Secretary

Dina Sarti, Parish Office Staff

and Bulletin Editor

Religious Education Office Phone 847-437-6208; Lisa Mersereau at

extension 120

Youth Ministry Kathy McGourty, Director of Youth Min-

istry; 847-437-6208, ext. 123 or youth-

ministry@stceciliamtprospect.org

Ministry of Care Office Phone 847-437-6208, ext. 122

Communion for the Homebound Ministers of Care are available to bring Commun-

ion to the homebound. Please call the Parish Office

to arrange.

New Parishioners Welcome to our Parish! Catholics who wish to be-

come members of St. Cecilia are asked to introduce

themselves and register at the Parish Office during

regular office hours, or ask an usher for a registra-

tion form.. If you will be moving, please let us

know if we should change your address or remove

you from our list of registered parishioners. This

will help us cut down on postage costs.

R.C.I.A.

(Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) Instruction and formation for anyone wishing to in-

quire into the Catholic Faith can be made by calling

or visiting the Parish Office.

Sacrament of Baptism Infant Baptism (0-6 years) is a special time in a

family’s life. The Church invites parents and god-

parents to prepare for this Sacrament with an Infant

Baptism Class. These sessions are held in the

weeks before the Sacrament takes place. Baptisms

are celebrated twice a month on Saturdays at 11am

(except during Lent). English and Spanish both at

11am. For more information or to reserve your

place for a Baptism date and preparation class,

please call the Parish Office.

Sacrament of Marriage The Pastoral Guidelines for Marriage Preparation

are that a minimum of 8 months be set aside for

personal preparation for marriage. Couples should

refrain from setting a firm date until after they have

met with the Pastoral Associate to discuss marriage

plans. Weddings are celebrated Fridays at 3pm and

Saturdays at 2pm.

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CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS:

St. Cecilia Parish #811

700 S. Meier Road

Mt. Prospect, Illinois 60056

PHONE:

847-437-6208

CONTACT PERSON:

Dina Sarti

dina@stceciliamtprospect.org

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