PALM SUNDAY APRIL 17,2011

SAINT ISAAC JOGUES PARISH 8149 Golf Road ~ Niles, IL 60714 847/967-1060 ~ Fax # 847/967-1070

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THE TRUE HUMAN IMAGE: A MIRROR OF CHRIST

As we recall the great events that gave us new life in Christ, you bring the image of your Son to perfection Within us. - Lenten Preface 1 What has been the primary goal of Lent? Essentially, it is "re-formation" - a "recreation" in the image of Christ. Because of sin, the divine beauty within us has been twisted and distorted. Spiritually, we bear the scars of a perverse "plastic surgery" - one that is both demonic and self-inflicted. No human hands can heal or restore our "true image." Only Christ, who is the "True Image." During this Holy Week, we seek Christ's "True Image." In the heritage of the Western and Eastern Churches, we can gain inspiration in our search from two highly revered sources - the "Vernicle" or "Veil of Veronica" and the "Mandylion" or "Holy Towel of Edessa." THE VERNICLE

Most Catholics are familiar with "The Way of the Cross." This popular devotion began in the 15th Century as an expression of Franciscan spirituality. Ever since the time of St. Francis, the Order of Friars has emphasized the humanity of Christ. It is important to underscore that Jesus lived as humans live, suffered as humans suffer, and died as humans die. Meditations on the Passion of Jesus have long included "Veronica wipes the face of Jesus." The compassionate gesture of a holy woman, using her veil to wipe the blood and sweat from the face of Jesus, is rewarded by having the image of the Holy Face imprinted on her veil! The story is not scriptural. It is part of a pious legend. In the development of the legend the woman's name, Seraphia, was all but forgotten. The name, "Veronica," was taken from "vera

icon" or "true image"- a reference to the imprint of the face of Jesus. The "vernicle," or relic of Seraphia's veil, has a history that could lead some to doubt its authenticity. Still, centuries of devotion make even a questionable relic into a very powerful symbol. Although the "vernicle" is enshrined in a chapel in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, it is no longer on public display. Some say that it is faded beyond recognition. Others, who have been approached for scientific analysis, maintain that the veil "is in too precarious a condition to be handled.” Whether "relic" or symbol, the "vernicle" concretely teaches us that instruments of compassion are "sealed" with the "True Image" of Jesus. We are called to be "instruments of compassion." As we strive to reach out to the world with unselfish love, what we are and what we do will become identifiable with Christ Himself.

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THE MANDYLION

One of the most revered icons in the Eastern Orthodox tradition is paradoxically known as "Christ Not Made With Hands." The title is drawn from Mark 14:58. The accusers of Jesus charge that he said: “I will destroy his temple made by human hands and, in three days, will construct another not made by human hands." While the enemies of Jesus misinterpret his words, his promise remains true. The Risen Lord is the "temple not made by human hands." He is, as St. Paul describes him: "the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creatures." (Col. 1:15). The Paschal Mystery opens the way for all to share the

divine nature. "Christ Not Made With Hands" is considered the first icon of Christ. A popular story relates how Jesus Himself sent his image to Prince Abgar of Edessa. Abgar, a leper, had heard reports of the Lord's miraculous cures. Boldly, Abgar sent his court painter and archivist, Hannan, to invite Jesus to Edessa to heal his leprosy. If Jesus could not come, Abgar instructed Hannan to paint his portrait. When Jesus declined Abgar's invitation, Hannan tried to paint Jesus. So blinding was the indescribable glory of the "Holy Face," that Hannan failed. Seeing Hannan's sincere faith, Jesus asked him for water to wash his face. When Jesus dried his face, he gave Hannan the towel. Like the "vernicle," the towel bore the image of the "Holy Face." Hannan returned to Edessa and presented Abgar with the towel (Mandylion). Contrary to his expectation, Abgar was not completely cured by the image. After Pentecost, the apostle, Jude Thaddeus would visit Edessa and finally cure Abgar. The icon of "Christ Not Made With Hands" depicts the compassion of the Lord. Its seemingly impassive expression, penetrating gaze, and sad concern reach into our hearts with comforting assurance. What we see is a visualization of John 3: 17: “God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him." In the "language" of icons, the cruciform halo speaks of Christ's unique glory. The Greek letters "0 - WH" identify Jesus as God; for those letters are an abbreviation of "I AM WHO AM," the name God gives himself when he speaks to Moses from the burning bush. (Exodus 3:14) The letters "IC -XC" stand for "Jesus Christ" and "Christ Savior" in Greek. The Mandylion image challenges us spiritually to be "mirrors" of Christ's glory and "True Images" of God. This week, let us turn toward the Great Mystery of the Passion and Resurrection. As "mirrors," may we be untarnished by sin, unclouded in vision and secure in the light of faith. May we reflect our true, redeemed human nature and even greater glory in Christ! - Fr. Luczak

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SPIRITUAL LIFE PRACTICES *Good Friday (both 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. services) – TODAY, Sunday, 2:00 p.m. *Holy Thursday – Monday, 8:00 p.m. HOLY THURSDAY ADORATION Parish ministry and organization chairpersons are encouraged to sign their group up for an hour of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament on Holy Thursday. Adoration will be from 9 p.m. to Midnight in the Holy Family Room. Please sign up in the sacristy. HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE, Apr. 17-24

Palm/Passion Sunday – Alms recipient: Haiti Ministry Fund; Goof Friday Practice (both services), 2 p.m. Monday -- Mass, 8 a.m.; RE Stations of the Cross, 7:15 p.m.; Holy Thursday Practice, 8 p.m. Tuesday – Mass, 8 a.m.; Chrism Mass at Holy Name Cathedral, 2:30 p.m. Wednesday – Mass, 8 a.m.

Holy Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – Rosary 8:30 a.m. – Morning Prayer 7:30 p.m. – Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper followed by Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament until Midnight (Holy Family Room) 9:00 p.m. – Pilgrimage to nearby parishes Good Friday 8:00 a.m. – Rosary 8:30 a.m. – Morning Prayer 3:00 p.m. – Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion & Death 7:30 p.m. – Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion & Death Holy Saturday 8:00 a.m. – Rosary 8:30 a.m. – Morning Prayer 1:00 p.m. – Blessing of Easter Foods 8:00 p.m. – Easter Vigil followed by Agape Easter Sunday Masses -- 7 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. (Church) 10:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. (Holy Family Room) HOLY THURSDAY ADORATION Parish Ministry and Organization Chairpersons are invited to sign their group up for an hour of prayer on Holy Thursday from 9 p.m. to Midnight on the sheet in the Sacristy. Please remind your group that the outside door closest to the Holy Family Room will be the only entrance. The Blessed Sacrament will be in a tabernacle in the Holy Family Room. A brief Night Prayer will conclude the adoration at Midnight. Thank you!

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ALMSGIVING

The collection taken up during Mass on Holy Thursday will be given to our Sharing Parish, Maternity BVM, for their fund which is used to help the poor and others in need. Your generosity will benefit many! --Your support of the annual Good Friday Collection for the Holy Land will help support the struggling Christian community and to protect Christianity’s holiest places. Please be generous. Your Holy Land envelopes are to be placed in the alms boxes at the doors of the church. No collection will be taken up during the Good Friday services. Thank you! --Toiletries, clothing and a check for $470 was brought to Journeys from PADS to HOPE last week. They were very grateful and said they could really use the help right now. Thank you for blessing others with your sacrifices and concern.

DIVINE MERCY NOVENA

On February 22, 1931, Our Lord Jesus Christ appeared to Sr. Faustina (Helena Kowalska), a Sister of Our Lady of Mercy, in Cracow, Poland. In her diary for that date this simply and humble nun wrote: “In the evening, when I was in my cell, I became aware of the Lord Jesus clothed in a white garment. One hand was raised in blessing, the other was touching the garment at the breast. From the opening in the garment at the breast there came forth two large rays, one red, and the other pale. In silence I gaze intently at the Lord; my soul was overwhelmed with fear, but also with great joy. After a while Jesus said to me: ‘Paint an image according to the pattern you see, with the inscription: Jesus, I trust in You!’” Some time later He spoke to her again, “The pale ray stands for the water which makes souls righteous; the red ray stands for the blood which is the life of souls. These two rays issued forth from the depths of My most tender Mercy at that time when My agonizing Heart was opened by a lance on the Cross.”

Sr. Faustina also was to ask for the Sunday after Easter to be acknowledged by the Church as the Feast of Mercy. In 1993 Pope John Paul II responded to this request by designating the Sunday after Easter as Mercy Sunday. In anticipation of the Feast our Lord specifically asked that nine days of special prayers to the Divine Mercy begin on Good Friday along with the recitation of the Chaplet of Divine mercy.

Devotional pamphlets are available at the doors of the church today. The Feast of Mercy Mass will be celebrated on May 1st at Noon. This will also be the day Pope Benedict XVI beatifies Pope John Paul II. The Mass will be followed with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until 3 p.m. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available from 2-3 p.m. with confessions being heard in both English and Polish. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be prayed at 3 p.m. followed by Benediction. All are encouraged to participate as able. READINGS FOR DAILY MASS THIS WEEK Apr. 18: Isaiah 42:1-7 and John 12:1-11 Apr. 19: Isaiah 49:1-6 and John 13:21-33, 36-38 Apr. 20: Isaiah 50:4-9a and Matthew 26:14-25 Holy Thursday: Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14; Psalm 116, 12-18; I Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-15 Good Friday: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25; Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42 Easter Vigil: Five from the Old Testament; Romans 6:3-11; Matthew 28:1-10 READINGS FOR EASTER SUNDAY (white) – Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Colossians 3:1-4 and John 20:1-9

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

+Rice Bowls with Lenten donations are to be brought to class by all the students on Monday night. +Confirmation Year I Candidates are to turn in their autobiographies in class on Monday. Please see your booklet for details. +Family members and interested parishioners are welcome to join the RE students, catechists and assistants in praying the Stations of the Cross Monday at 7:15 p.m. in Church. Our 4th Grade classes will help lead our prayer.

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prayer. +The Kindergarten RE class will not meet on Easter Sunday. There is a session on May 1st.

THE ROMAN MISSAL We conclude this series of articles from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (2010) which were offered to assist our reflection on the Eucharist. “The Reception of Holy Communion at Mass” “The Church understands the Communion Procession, in fact every procession in liturgy, as a sign of the pilgrim Church, the body of those who believe in Christ, on their way to the Heavenly Jerusalem. All our lives we who believe in Christ are moving in time toward that moment when we will be taken by death from this world and enter into the joy of the Lord in the eternal Kingdom he has prepared for us. “The liturgical assembly of the baptized that comes together for the celebration of the Eucharist is a witness to, a manifestation of, the pilgrim Church. When we move in procession, particularly the procession to receive the body and blood of Christ in Communion, we are a sign, a symbol of that pilgrim Church ‘on the way.’ For some, however, the experience of the Communion Procession is far more prosaic, analogous perhaps to standing in line in the supermarket or at the motor vehicle bureau. A perception such as this is a dreadfully inaccurate and impoverished understanding of what is a significant religious action. “The Communion Procession is an action of the Body of Christ. At Christ’s invitation, extended by the priest acting in Christ’s person: Happy are they who are called to his supper, the members of the community move forward to share in the sacred meal, to receive the body and blood of Christ which is the sign and the source of their unity. In fact, each time we move forward together to receive the body and blood of the Lord, we join the countless ranks of all the baptized who have gone before us, our loved ones, the canonized and uncanonized saints down through the ages, who at their time in history formed a part of this mighty stream of believers. “This action by Christ’s body, the Church assembled for the Eucharist, is manifested and supported by the Communion Hymn, a hymn in praise of Christ sung by the united voices of those who believe in him and share his life. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal takes this hymn very seriously, mandating that it should begin at the Communion of the priest and extend until the last person has received Communion. “For some, however, the singing of this hymn is perceived as an intrusion on their own prayer, their private thanksgiving after Communion. In fact, however, this hymn is prayer, the corporate thanksgiving prayer of the members of Christ’s Body, united with one another. Over and over again the prayers of the liturgy and the norms of the General Instruction emphasize this fundamental concept of the unity of the baptized, stressing that when we come together to participate in the Eucharistic celebration we come, not as individuals, but as united members of Christ’s body. In each of the Eucharistic Prayers, though the petition is worded in slightly different ways, God is asked to send his Holy Spirit to make us one body, one spirit in Christ: the General Instruction admonishes the faithful that they should become one body, whether by hearing the word of God, or joining in prayers and singing…(GIRM, #96) it describes one of the purposes of the opening song of the Mass as to…intensify the unity of those who have been gathered and says of the Communion Chant that its function is to express outwardly the communicants’ union in spirit by means of the unity of their voices…and to highlight the communitarian nature of the procession to receive Communion. “It is difficult for some of us to embrace this emphasis on Mass as the action of a community rather than an individual act of my own faith and piety, but it is important that we make every effort to do so. Christ himself at the Last Supper pleaded with his Father: Holy Father, keep those you have given me true to your name, so that they may be one like us…Father may they be one in us, as you are in me and I am in you … Jn. 17:11, 21. Baptism has joined us to Christ and to one another as the vine and its branches. The life of Christ, the Holy Spirit, animates each of us individually, and all of us corporately and guides us together in our efforts to become one in Christ. “Finally, the fact that the Communion Procession is a profoundly religious action tells us something about the way in which we should participate in this procession. We are the Body of Christ, moving forward to receive the Christ who

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makes us one with himself and with one another. Our procession should move with dignity; our bearing should be that of those who know they have been redeemed by Christ and are coming to receive their God! “The new edition of the General Instruction asks the Conference of Bishops in each country to determine the posture to be used for the reception of Communion and the act of reverence to be made by each person as he or she receives Communion. The Conference of Bishops of the United States has determined that in this country Communion will be received standing and that a bow will be the act of reverence made by those receiving. These norms may require some adjustment on the part of those who have been used to other practices, however the significance of unity in posture and gesture as a symbol of our unity as members of the one body of Christ should be the governing factor in our own actions. “Those who receive Communion may receive either in the hand or on the tongue, and the decision should be that of the individual receiving, not of the person distributing Communion. If Communion is received in the hand, the hands should first of all be clean. If one is right-handed, the left hand should rest upon the right. The host will then be laid in the palm of the left hand and then taken by the right hand to the mouth. If one is left-handed, this reversed. It is not appropriate to reach out with the fingers and take the host from the person distributing. “The person distributing Communion says audibly to each person approaching, ‘The Body of Christ’. This formula should not be altered, as it is a proclamation which calls for a response of faith on the part of the one who receives. The communicant should audibly respond, ‘Amen,’ indicating by that response his or her belief that this small wafer of bread and the wine in this chalice are in reality the body and blood of Christ the Lord. “When one receives from the chalice, the proclamation, ‘The Blood of Christ,’ is made by the person distributing Communion and the communicant again responds ‘Amen.’ It should be noted that it is never permissible for a person to dip the host he or she has received into the chalice. If, for some reason, the communicant is not able or willing to drink from the cup then that person should receive only under the form of bread. “It seems appropriate to conclude this reflection on the Communion Procession and the reception of Communion with a quotation from the Catechism of the Catholic Church: In Baptism we have been called to form but one body. The Eucharist fulfills this call: ‘The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread (I Corinthians 10:16, 17): “If you are the body and members of Christ, then it is your sacrament that is placed on the table of the Lord; it is your sacrament that you receive. To that which you are you respond ‘Amen’ (‘yes, it is true!’) and by responding to it you assent to it. For you hear the words, ‘the Body of Christ and respond is ‘Amen.’ Be then a member of the Body of Christ that your Amen may be true. (St. Augustine) CCC #1396)

PARISH LIFE

LECTIO DIVINA Lectio Divina, ancient practice of pray-ing the Scriptures since the 6th century, will be held on Sunday, May 1, 2011 from 5:00-7:00 in the Holy Family Room. All are welcome. For more information, c o n t a c t D e a c o n R o d a t rranola@archicago.org or 312-607-9999.

SPRING PLANT SALE

Time to start thinking green – Spring – planting flowers! And to help you out a Spring Plant Sale is currently taking place! Use the order form found in last

week’s bulletin or stop in the Holy Family Room today and choose from a variety of flowers and vegetables. Paid orders must be turned in by Easter Sunday, April 24th (either in the collection basket, at the Rectory or in the Holy Family Room -- today only). Pick up will be in the parking lot over by the Rectory on Saturday, May 14th, Noon – 3 p.m. A delivery option is available for you for an additional charge. Guild One of the Women’s Club thanks you for your support and wishes you “happy planting”!

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Holy Thursday Pilgrimage

For many years the community of St. Isaac Jogues has made a pilgrimage to other churches. The Lit-urgy of the Lord's Last Supper is at 7:30 p.m. We leave promptly at 9:00 p.m. and return to St. Isaac's by midnight. Why on this night do we travel from church to church to praise the Lord? It was at the Last Supper Jesus gave us the everlasting symbol of His eternal presence in our lives. He gave us the miracle of the Holy Eucharist to remind us always that He is with us to help and strengthen us as we go about living lour lives. As the community of Christian believers grew, it soon came to encompass the whole world. Over the years, the Eucharist became a symbol not only of Christ's presence among us, but also of Christ's command that we all be one in love for Him and for each other. So, on this night we travel about to share ours and each other's celebration for the Holy Eucharist with one another. If you wish to join us, it is necessary to reserve a seat on the bus. It is important to make a reservation early as we will have just one bus. Please call the rectory at 847.967.1060. A donation of $5.00 per person is requested to offset the cost of the bus.

EASTER VIGIL AGAPE

We will break the Paschal Fast at the Easter Vigil (Saturday, April 23) first by receiving the Body and Blood of Christ and then by sharing refreshments and friendship at the Agape which will be held downstairs in the Parish Hall following the Mass. If you would like to bring little sandwiches or desserts (finger foods), it would be appreciated!

St Joseph Cafasso: "Jesus is in the Blessed Sacrament to cure me. I am ill with the fever of sin ....my Physician Is here.I"

Thursday Evening Holy Hour

7:00 - 8:00 P.M. March 2011

3rd, 10th, 24th, 31st April 2011

7th,14th May 2011

12th,19th,26th June 2011

2nd, 9th,16th 23rd,30th

Please note the Lenten Special, Pepper and Egg Sandwiches

are no longer available.

Restring hope. It's what matters most. Help to Bear the Cross

Margaret, 85, is confined to a wheelchair and cannot care for herself. Her husband, Norris, provides loving care but is also elderly. The couple lives on a very modest income and struggles to meet expenses. They need help with personal care and housekeeping to stay safely in their home. A Catholic Charities homemaker provides reliable and compassionate help to the couple. "I thank God for our homemaker because she is careful and considerate," Margaret says.” “I couldn't pay anyone to help us," adds Norris. Without Catholic Charities, this couple would likely have to leave their home. Your gift to the Catholic Charities Collection on Mother's Day helps us ease the burden of poverty off the backs of thousands of seniors.

Help A Reader Blossom!

Many adult members of our community need help improving basic reading, writing or speaking skills. Help a reader blossom! The VITA Program of Oakton Community College in Skokie needs tutors. A three-part training will be held on May 31, June 2 and June 30.

For more information, call 847-635-1426.

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EASTER BASKETS: PROCLAIMING OUR PASSOVER

In many parishes throughout America, there is a special blessing of Easter food called Hallowfare. It usually takes place on Holy Saturday morning. A time honored custom Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians, the Hallowfare can also be a lesson in Christian symbolism. Each year, Polish, Ukranain, Lithuanian, and other Eastern European parishioners bring their Easter Baskets to Church. What each basket contains varies, but all are richly and carefully laden with food. Food conforming to custom-richly sweet yeast cakes and bread, butter lambs, garlic sausage, smoked ham, brightly colored eggs, horseradish, salt, and wine—-is brought in baskets covered with embroidered cloths and sprigs of spring rye. Less traditional baskets are piled high with chocolate bunnies, marshmallows chicks and cream filled candy eggs. Such "glorious indulgence" recalls former times when Lent required heroic sacrifice and im-posed fast which excluded meat, eggs, and dairy products. The contents of "Easter Baskets" still proclaim: "Let the feast begin!” But traditional baskets proclaim a good deal more. They are our Christian counterpart of the Jewish Seder plate of symbolic foods. The parallel —-real "food for thought." JEWISH SEDER EASTER BASKET Shank Bone of the Lamb (Passover Lamb) Ham on the Bone or Sausage (pork recalls the freedom form Kosher laws.) Roasted Egg (new life) Colored Eggs (glorified life) Horseradish Root/bitter Herbs Ground Horseradish (bitterness of the (bitterness of slavery) Lord’s Passion—sorrow for sins Salt Water (tears of bondage) Salt (wisdom /tears of the Virgin Mary) Matzah (unleaven bread of haste.) Yeast Bread or Cake (the transforming power of the Resurrection) Charoset (chopped fruit seen as mortar for the Lamb Cake or Butter (Jesus understood as Pharoah’s monuments) the Paschal Lamb of the New Covent)

Wine (Joy/happiness blood of the lamb) Wine (Blood of the Lamb of God”) The correspondence between the Jewish and Christian ritual food is not coincidental. Both reflect an interpretation of a faith experience through a meal that celebrates freedom. The Christian use of symbolic food seems strongest in areas where Jews lived in great numbers—Poland, Russia, Lithuania, and the Ukraine. From this fact, it would not be wrong to infer that traditional Easter Baskets were adapted directly from Jewish customs.

Sunday, April 17—Palm Sunday 7:00 am For the Living & Deceased Members of St. Isaac Jogues & their Families Richard Arendt 9:00 am Hal Yamanaka 10:45 am Kenney M. Reziere 12:30 pm Joanne Bezdon-Moy

Monday, April 18 8:00 am Purgatorial Society; Dorothy Henek Tuesday, April 19 8:00 am Dan Kosich Wednesday, April 20 8:00 am Slobodan Paraskijevic Thursday, April 21 — Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper 7:30 pm Smith & Toohey Families Friday, April 22 — Good Friday No Masses Saturday, April 23 — Easter Vigil 8:00 pm Brady & Stanton Families Sunday, April 24 — Easter Church 7:00 am Ed Brezinski 9:00 am For the Living & Deceased Members of St. Isaac Jogues & their Families Dr. Gary Melnick 10:45 am Giovanni Lazzara 12:30 pm Robert Cecil Holy Family Room 10:45 am Fr. Roman Zbieranski 12:30 pm Rosa DiFranco

No Reconciliation Saturday, April 23rd

Relatives & Friends

Please remember the sick and hospitalized: Pat Terzakis, Laura Maya, Linda Bennett

Justina Kadzielawska Tammy Propst, Kelly Kosa,

Sacristy Committee

Marguerite Smoczynski

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Liturgies next weekend Easter Vigil & Easter Sunday

April 23—24 Presider

Church 8:00 pm Fr. Luczak/Deacon Paul 7:00 am Fr. Kennedy/Deacon Bob 9:00 am Fr. Kennedy/Deacon Bob 10:45 am Fr Stagaman/Deacon Paul 12:30 pm Fr. Janas/Deacon Rod Holy Family Room 10:45 am Fr. McGlynn/Deacon Rod 12:30 pm Fr. Stagaman/Deacon Paul

Altar Servers Holy Thursday, April 21

(Practice — Monday, April 18th, 8:00 pm) 7:30 pm Anna Koziol, Anya Piska, Colin Austria, Jacob Austria Good Friday, April 22 (Practice — Sunday, April 17th, 2:00 pm) 3:00 pm Bryan Roque, Marvin Roque (Practice — Sunday, April 17th, 2:00 pm) 7:30 pm Jeffery Kurian, Nelson Perumpel Easter Vigil, April 23rd, 8:00 pm (Practice — Saturday, April 16, 1:30 pm) 8:00 pm Elizabeth Stanton, Geleen Reyes, Kathy Janik, Alexis Janik Easter Sunday (No practices) Church 7:00 am Ian DeLeon, Rene Dumayas, Jeremiah Aujero, Alisa Biju 9:00 am Athena Lasco, Carlo Lasco, Christina Jimmychan, Jude Jimmychan, 10:45 am Pamela Lerias, Matthew Kniazuk, Adam Ratner, Sam Ratner 12:30 pm Justin Thomas, Aisha Fernando, Marco Lambo, Mark Malitz Holy Family Room 10:45 am Edrienne Yap, Joanne Areno, Paul Jaroslawski 12:30 pm Sabin Thomas, Kevin Thomas, T. J. Striblen

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PASTOR: Rev. Andrew Luczak ASSOCIATE PASTOR: Rev. Camillus Janas, O.F.M PASTORAL STAFF: Deacon Bob Kerls, Parish Business Administrator Mrs. Dolores Stanton, Director of Religious Education Ms. Lisa Hall, Music Director DEACON COMMUNITY: Deacon & Mrs. Robert C. O’Keefe Deacon Rod Ranola Deacon & Mrs. Paul M. Stanton WEEKEND LITURGY PRESIDERS: Rev. Ron Kalas Rev. Bernard Kennedy, O.F.M. Rev. Philip McGlynn, O.S.M. Rev. David Stagaman, S.J. Eucharistic Celebrations: Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, & 12:00 Noon Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM Saturday: 8:00 AM & 5:00 PM Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday, 11:00 - 12:00 Noon or anytime by request.

Sacrament of Matrimony: Must be registered for six months prior to setting the wedding date with an addi-tional six months for necessary preparation. Note: The following wedding times can be scheduled: Friday at 5:00 p.m.; Saturday at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.; Sunday at 3:00 p.m. (Ceremony only) Sacrament of Baptism: Second and fourth Sunday of each month at 1:30 PM. Baptism Preparation Session must be completed before Baptism. Contact the Parish Office as soon as possible for details. Parish Office Website: http://sij-parish.com E-mail: office@sij-parish.com 8149 Golf Road, Niles, IL. 60714. . . . . . . 967-1060 Mrs. Janet Piovosi (Parish Secretary) Mrs. Emilie Casacchia (Data Processor) Mrs. Marlene Garber (Data Processor) Mrs. Jane Piper (Bulletin Editor) Religious Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966-1180 Staff Secretary Parish Nurse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 967-1094 Music Ministry. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 967-1091 Parish Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965-1091 Ministry Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965-6911 Parish School: St. John Brebeuf School. . . . . . . . . 966-3266 Principal: Mrs. Margaret Whitman

BULLETIN SICK LIST While we know that the sick and hospitalized are always to be held in our thoughts and prayers, the parish sick list in the bulletin has gotten quite long as the one month listing policy got a bit away from us. The current list will be taken out after this weekend. Please remember that all names are then in-scribed in the Book of Community Prayer and that we pray for the intentions of the community (including those in the Book of Community Prayer) each weekend during the Masses. Please remember that we cannot (by law) publicly let our parish community know the health status of any of our members without their permission. The process for calling in names for the bulletin list is as follows: Names for the sick list in the bulletin have to be called in by the person who is ill, or by a member of their family. At the time they call in the name they will be asked whether they are the sick person him/herself, or a member of their family, and if they give permission for the name to be placed on the list. They will be asked for the correct spelling of the sick person’s name. If a family member, they will be required to give their name for our records. The name will be in the bulletin for one month.

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