The Catholic Community of Divine Infant Jesus Church and Divine Providence Church & School
Thankful
for what we have, for whom we love, for who we are.
SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE November 22, 2020
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
For additional information regarding our parish, please see page 11 or visit our website: marymotherofdivinegrace.org
Welcome to
Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Parish
The Catholic Community of Divine Infant Jesus Church and Divine Providence Church and School
PARISH CHURCH LOCATIONS DIVINE PROVIDENCE
Church: 2600 Mayfair Ave. Business Office: 2550 Mayfair Ave.
Westchester, IL 60154 (708) 562-3364
Hours: 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Mass Schedule: Monday 8:00 AM
Anticipated Mass Saturday 4:00PM
DIVINE INFANT JESUS Church: Newcastle & Canterbury Avenues Rectory Office: 1601 Newcastle Ave. Westchester, IL 60154 (708) 865-8071 FAX: (708) 865-8032 Hours: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM
Mass Schedule: Wednesday & Friday: 8:00 AM Sundays: 10:00 AM
Holy Days of Obligation: As announced in bulletin.
PARISH STAFF
MISSION STATEMENT - Who We Are The mission of the faith community of Mary, Mother of Divine Grace is to inspire spiritual growth by worshiping, teaching and living by example our love of Jesus, His Church and our neighbors.
VISION STATEMENT - Who We Strive to Be The parish of Mary, Mother of Divine Grace will continually serve all people by being good stewards for future generations. We make Christ known by living and teaching our faith.
OUR MISSION and OUR VISION
Clergy and Consecrated Religious
Pastor Reverend Marcin Szczypula
Administrator Deacon James Sponder
Residents Reverend Gerald Joyce Reverend Thomas Winikates
Deacon Richard Hudzik
Liturgy & Adult Faith Formation Director Deacon James Sponder 708-562-3364 - x12 [email protected] Religious Education Administrator Sr. Christine Nantaba, IHMR 708-865-8086-DI 708-562-2258-DP [email protected]
Sacristan Sr. Susan Najjemba, IHMR
Pastoral Staff Office 708-562-3364
Operations Director Mr. John Maher [email protected]
Secretary /Bookkeeper Mrs. Toni Podock [email protected]
Administrative Assistant Ms. Karen Luciano [email protected]
Marketing/Enrollment Director Mrs. Linda Hawkins [email protected] Music Ministry Divine Providence 2500 Mayfair Ave. School 708- 562-2258
Principal Mrs. Lynn LeTourneau [email protected]
Secretary Mrs. Chrystal Farmar [email protected]
Volume 20 LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE November 22, 2020
Please find the official letter from the Cardinal appointing Deacon Jim Sponder as the Administrator of our parish.
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Divine Providence Mass Intentions
Monday, 11/23 8:00am For the Parishioners
Tuesday, 11/24 8:00am †Jeanie Juvancic
Wed., 11/25 8:00am †Stanley Patula †Adamski Family †James P. Baker
Weekend Masses Sat., 11/28 4:00pm People of the Parish †Robert Poremski †The Edwin Toloczko Family †The Frank Napolitano Family
Sun., 11/29 *All 8:30am Mass Intentions at Divine Providence have been moved to
10:00am at Divine Infant Jesus*
Divine Infant Jesus Mass Intentions
Thurs., 11/26 10:00am †Edward & Michael Hanley †Irene & Jerry Spahn †Helen & George Maczak †Andrea Giannelli †Marie (Late) & Joe McHugh †Dolores & Ben Sniegowski Thank You
Friday, 11/27 8:00am †Joseph Szlagowski
Sat., 11/28 8:00am †Those who died from COVID-19 Weekend Masses Sat., 11/28 *All 5:00pm Mass Intentions at
Divine Infant Jesus have been moved to 4:00pm at Divine Providence*
Sun., 11/29 10:00am †All the Souls in Purgatory †Philip Gonzalez †Freddy Osvaldo Dominguez Acevedo †Paula Saraceno †Leon Zolecki Ronald Nawrocki
Please be assured all Mass Intentions scheduled will be acknowledged during
the week by our priests as they celebrate Mass in private. WEEKLY COLLECTIONS
Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Parish Divine Infant Jesus & Divine Providence
November 15, 2020 $8,573.00
Please consider giving online at:
DI: https://www.givecentral.org/location/220 DP: https://dprov.churchgiving.com
CONFESSIONS
Saturday, November 28th 8:30am - 9:00am Divine Infant Jesus Church
You will be required to sign in upon arriving for confession.
Please wear a face mask.
Pat Ambrosia Vincent Antonio
Ina Bax Tony Belmonte
Midge Berg Laura Biagini
Rose Campobasso Gilda Cappetta
Michelle Carnagio Michael Carr
Cindy Cerveny Jacqueline & Leonard
Christopher Joseph E. Cistaro
Kathy Colella Barbara Coloia
Mary Jo Conway Margaret Cullen
Will Engwall Bob Gibson
Nick Goedert Marcy Goetz Eileen Gorski
Nathaniel Gutierrez Adeline Hartman Christopher Heitz Betty Hornbogen
Betty Hyland Anthony Jandacek
Carme Jandacek Lorraine Jaworek
Janet Joy Danute Juras
Joe Kasey Lois Kedzior
Mary Ann Kelly Mary Kmet
Barbara Kolar Rosemarie Kosik Sr. Rita Kristoff
Jason Kuntz Ignatius Lagen
Art Malina Thomas Martirano
Sam Martyn Steve Mazzarella Noreen McKenna
Gabriel Meier Peggy Melville Richard Mraz Stefan Mraz
Jim Muha Mulfinger Family
Mark Nelson Christine Neuzil Bernice Niemiec Lorraine Nottke Patricia Olson
Frank Pedota, Sr. Mark Puc
Ralph Romano Diana Roselli
Evelyn Sadecki Gina Santucci Mary Scalera
Michael Scherer Geraldine Schneider
Don Sloan Paul Sodayko
Grayson Stanley Sarah Stanley Grace Thomas
Vito Valerio Parker Van Gelder
Bob Van Lanen Florence Voves
Mary Walsh Edward & Alice Wasilewski
Steven Wiersema
Divine Infant Jesus & Divine Providence
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Parish Calendar of Events DP = DIVINE PROVIDENCE / DI = DIVINE INFANT JESUS
Monday, November 23 8:00a Mass - Divine Providence Church (Limit 50 people) NO RE Classes - Parent/Teacher Conferences Thanksgiving Break-DP School 11/23-11/27
Tuesday, November 24
Wednesday, November 25 8:00a Mass - Divine Infant Jesus Church (Limit 50 people)
Thursday, November 26 - THANKSGIVING DAY 10:00a Mass - Divine Providence Church (Limit 65 people)
Friday, November 27 8:00a Mass - Divine Infant Jesus Church (Limit 50 people) Saturday, November 28 Confessions 8:30a-9:00a - Divine Infant Jesus Church
4:00p Anticipated Mass - Divine Providence Church (Limit 65 people)
Sunday, November 29 10:00a Mass - Divine Infant Jesus Church (Limit 100 people)
Please remember to pray for all those who have gone home to heaven and their families including:
Carmella Russo Wife of Vito (Late)
Mother of Carl “Sonny” (Janet) & Louis (Gail)
Janice M. Hinsdale Wife of Benny (Late)
Mother of Sr. Mary Ann Hinsdale, James (Elizabeth), William (Nora), Timothy, Joan, Therese (Lee) Block,
Michael (Moira), Matthew (Nancy), John (Margaret) and the late Thomas & Margaret
Margaret Godziela
CONGRATULATIONS Mr. & Mrs. Andrew & Margaret (Xenakis) Russo
November 14, 2020 Divine Infant Jesus Church
Please be generous in this week’s special collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. To learn more about the Catholic Campaign for Human Development please visit:
www.usccb.org/cchd/collection
Baskets are in the Narthex for your donations. THANK YOU.
RONALD NAWROCKI
THE SHEPHERD KING
The job of shepherd and the job of king couldn’t be more different from each other. Shepherds are on the lowest rung of society, kings are at the top. But God says, through the prophet Ezekiel, that the Messiah will lead in a way very different from earthly authorities who lord it over their people and cause harm with their poor leadership. Our King takes on the job himself. Christ, like a shepherd, will give rest, seek out the lost, bring back the strayed and scattered ones. He will heal the wounded and bind up the injured. He does not delegate, but will “shepherd them rightly.” We have a king who cares for us and who is not afraid to “judge between one sheep and another” (Ezekiel 34:17). Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
WEDDING BANNS
II David Eveslage & Lauren Spiner
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Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Women’s Guild Annual Giving Tree Our annual Giving Tree this year will be a little different due to COVID-19. Gifts and/or Gift Cards are needed for our sister parish, St. Martin de Porres. Trees will be outside of both Divine Infant Jesus and Divine Providence churches. Gift tags will be available outside of both churches after Mass, printed in the bulletin and emailed to the school families.
Gifts and/or Gift Cards are appreciated for babies, toddlers, children, teenagers and senior citizens. Please indicated on your wrapped gift the age and gender.
(Example: GIRL 3-4 yrs.)
Drive by drop off: Saturday, December 5th at Divine Providence from 2-4p Sunday, December 6th at Divine Infant Jesus from 8-10a
If you have any questions, please contact either rectory. Thank You!
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Divine Providence St. Vincent de Paul Society
Annual
FOOD DRIVE for St. Eulalia Parish
Sat. Nov. 21 @ Divine Providence Sun. Nov. 22@ Divine Infant Jesus
Please bring your food donations for the St. Eulalia Thanksgiving Food Drive
this weekend
Members of the St, Vincent de Paul Society will accept your donations in the church parking lot before the 4:00p Mass at Divine Providence and before the 10:00a Mass at Divine Infant Jesus.
With your support, we are able to provide a
Happy Thanksgiving to those in need.
It is good to give thanks to the Lord.
May you and your family be graced with abundant blessings!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Parish Staff
A look at the calendar tells us the year is winding down. Clearly, this is so for the Church’s year. The weekend of November 21/22 is the end of the liturgical cycle as we celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus, King of the Universe. Along the way to the First Sunday of Advent, Americans also mark Thanksgiving Day, a day that, in another era, seemed to be the kick-off for the secular commencement of the Christmas season.
In any event, thinking about the end of things sharpens the attention. We are moved to assess, to reflect, to judge. We look not only to the past, but also to the here and now and see how the present is a trajectory to the future. The Scripture readings for Christ the King Sunday help in this, as do the Thanksgiving Day readings for Mass in the United States.
In the familiar Matthew 25 passage for Christ the King, we hear that famous refrain, “Lord, when did we see you troubled...hurting…thirsting…?” The measure of our success as a Christian is then defined by what we did for the least among us—whether or not we understood we were reaching out to Christ, the one who is revealed as king. He is again recognized as the center of all that is. Again, in our spirit of new year’s reflection, we ask ourselves whether we met Christ along the way over the past year, whether we are looking for him now, whether the trajectory of our lives is likely to encounter him—encounter him not only in the reality of the Eucharist but in the reality of those who walk the world’s stage and journey with us.
In a claim bordering on the fantastic, we come to know that my salvation is bound up in helping you and, for you —your path inevitably intersects mine.
Let us be like the tenth leper in the Thanksgiving Day Gospel—the healing of the ten lepers—and come back to Jesus in gratitude that he is the source of our healing, that he is the one around whom creation arises and revolves, and the one who gives us to each other.
-Deacon Richard Hudzik
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday: Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Monday: Thirty-fourth or Last Week in Ordinary Time; St. Clement I; St. Columban; Bl. Miguel Agustín Pro Tuesday: St. Andrew Dũng-Lạc and Companions Wednesday: St. Catherine of Alexandria Thursday: Thanksgiving Day Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5; Ps 24:1bc-4ab, 5-6; Lk 21:1-4 Tuesday: Rv 14:14-19; Ps 96:10-13; Lk 21:5-11 Wednesday: Rv 15:1-4; Ps 98:1-3ab, 7-9; Lk 21:12-19 Thursday: Rv 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 21:20-28 Thanksgiving Day (suggested): Sir 50:22-24; Ps 145:2-11; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Lk 17:11-19 Friday: Rv 20:1-4, 11 — 21:2; Ps 84:3-6a, 8a; Lk 21:29-33 Saturday: Rv 22:1-7; Ps 95:1-7ab; Lk 21:34-36 Sunday: Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7; Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37
FEAST OF
ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA
NOVEMBER 25
Patron Saint of unmarried women, students, philosophers, potters,
lace makers, and milliners. Converted to Christianity in her
teens after seeing a vision of Mary. St. Catherine was martyred
at the age of 18.
The Solemnity of Christ the King
On the last Sunday of each liturgical year, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Christ the King. Pope Pius XI instituted this feast in 1925 with his encyclical Quas Primas ("In the first"). . . to respond to growing nationalism and secularism. He recognized that these related societal ills would breed increasing hostility against the Church. His encyclical reminds the faithful that while governments and philosophies come and go, Christ reigns as king forever.
The kingdom, already present and growing in our midst, engages us at every level of our being and reminds us of the principle of discernment which Pope Paul VI applied to true development: it must be directed to 'all men and the whole man'.
– Pope Francis, Evangelii gaudium, 181
The Kingdom is Holistic Secularism divides our public selves from our private selves. When governments limit the rights of religious ministries, secularists claim that religious freedom is not harmed because we still have freedom of worship, we are free in private but not in public. But the kingdom of God calls us to a whole life of worship and service in the public square. We cannot worship on Sunday and then deny Christ's teaching in the way we run our ministries throughout the week. Nationalism, on the other hand, divides our loyalties. It is good to love one's country, but ultimate loyalty is due only to Christ and his kingdom. Ideologies that ask us to put our nation above Christ and his Church are incompatible with service to the kingdom.
The Kingdom Demands Discipleship We must work every day, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to draw closer to Jesus. In our own increasingly "post-Christian" society, we cannot be complacent in our spiritual lives. To acknowledge the kingship of Christ means that we should dedicate ourselves to prayer, to building up our families and our parish communities, and to bringing healing to a broken world.
The Kingdom is Humble Jesus inaugurates a kingdom that grows through humble acts of service. Even as her freedom to carry out her ministries is threatened, the Church must patiently continue to serve the poor, educate the young, welcome the migrant, visit the prisoner, heal the sick, bury the dead, and love others.
©2019 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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November 22 SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE
Ezekiel introduces the metaphor of a shepherd tending a flock of sheep to describe God’s care for us. At the end God judges between sheep and goats, just as in the Gospel the Son of Man separates the sheep from the goats. However, another parallel in the two readings is marked by a crucial difference. In Ezekiel, the Lord GOD personally looks after and cares for the sheep. But in the Gospel, we sheep are called to care for those in need. In one sense, this adds a layer to the metaphor. But in another sense, the action is flipped. Instead of God caring for us, we are told that when we tend to others, we are actually caring for the Lord. “I was hungry and you have me food, I was thirsty and you have me drink…” (Matthew 25:35). May we follow the model of the righteous so that even the least among us may be cared for, so that we may spend eternal life with him who is King of the Universe, and “so that God may be all in all” (1 Corinthians 15:28).
How can you make the effort to see the Lord in the faces of all those in need?
FIRST READING A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalm 23:1-2, 2-3, 5-6
R/. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. / In verdant pastures he give me repose. R/.
Beside restful waters he leads me; / he refreshes my soul. He guides me in right paths / for his name’s sake. R/.
You spread the table before me / in the sight of my foes; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. R/.
Only goodness and kindness follow me / all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD / for years to come. R/. SECOND READING
A Reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28 Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: R/. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Mark 11:9,10 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! / Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come! R/. GOSPEL The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew Matthew 25:31-46
Glory to you, O Lord.
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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PARISH and SCHOOL INFORMATION
Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Parish Website: marymotherofdivinegrace.org
New to our community? Need to update your information? Registration forms are available on our parish website or call the Business Office at 708-562-3364.
PARISH REGISTRATION
Divine Infant Jesus Church: Saturdays 8:30AM—9:00AM Or call the rectory to set up an appointment
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Baptismal Preparation is required for the first child. Registration is necessary to schedule the baptism.
Divine Infant Jesus Church: 708-865-8071
Divine Providence Church: 708-562-3364
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Please call the Parish Office at the time of your engagement to schedule your wedding. Pre-Cana is required.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
If you would like a priest, deacon or Minister of Care to visit or if you wish to receive the Sacrament of the Sick, please contact either location.
SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING/Minister of Care
Please see the bulletin and eblasts for updates on dates of Adoration.
ADORATION
Temporarily cancelled due to COVID-19.
ST. PEREGRINE DEVOTION
Divine Providence School is a Christ-Centered community fostering the gospel message through education and service. Together with parents, we guide our students toward a life of Christian leadership. Providing a challenging curriculum, we prepare our students to contribute positively to an ever-changing global society. To schedule a tour of the school contact Linda Hawkins at 708-562-3364.
DIVINE PROVIDENCE SCHOOL
