Sunday, June 4 th ~ 2017 Saint Isaac Jogues Parish ❖ Hinsdale, Illinois ❖ sij.net The Solemnity of Pentecost Today we contemplate and re-live in the liturgy the outpouring of the Holy Spirit sent by the risen Christ upon his Church; an event of grace which filled the Upper Room in Jerusalem and then spread throughout the world. Today, as at Her origins, the Church, in union with the Virgin Mary, cries out: “Veni, Sancte Spiritus! Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love!” Amen. Pope Francis I — Pentecost, 2013
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Sunday, June 4th ~ 2017
Saint Isaac Jogues Parish ❖ Hinsdale, Illinois ❖ sij.net
The Solemnity of Pentecost
Today we contemplate and re-live in the liturgy the outpouring of the Holy Spirit
sent by the risen Christ upon his Church; an event of grace which filled the Upper Room in Jerusalem
and then spread throughout the world.
Today, as at Her origins, the Church, in union with the Virgin Mary, cries out: “Veni, Sancte Spiritus! Come Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love!” Amen.
Pope Francis I — Pentecost, 2013
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Sunday, June 4, 2017–Pentecost Sunday 7:30 AM-Lawrence Henning 9:00 AM-For the Parish Family 10:30 AM-29th Anniversary Ordination Father William De Salvo 12:00 PM-Joe McGinn 6:00 PM-Dolores Batina Monday, June 5, 2017–Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr 7:00 AM-Bernard Lavins 5:550 PM-Roslyn Gulotta Tuesday, June 6, 2017–Weekday; Saint Norbert, Bishop 7:00 AM-Brother Jude Thaddeus Unsering, FSC 5:00 PM-Lucille Yurkanin Wednesday, June 7, 20170–Weekday 7:00 AM-Edward Jordan 5:00 PM-Parish Purgatorial Society Thursday, June 8, 2017–Weekday 7:00 AM-Maryanne & Max Brown-Special Intention 5:00 PM-JoAnn Buggele Friday, June 9, 2017–Weekday; Saint Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church 7:00 AM-Fran Fortier 5:00 PM-Nicholas Hoffman Saturday, June 10, 2017–Weekday 8:00 AM-Anne and Tony Kegaly 4:30 PM-Emmett Malloy, Jr. Sunday, June 11, 2017–The Most Holy Trinity 7:30 AM-Joseph Wardzala 9:00 AM-Maria Arima 10:30 AM-For the Parish Family 12:00 PM-Stephanie Kieefisch 6:00 PM-Patrick Paul
Flame of Faith Saint John Paul II Eucharistic Adoration Chapel Six candles burn perpetually around the Blessed Sacrament in the Saint John Paul II Eucharistic Adoration Chapel. Intentions listed below are remembered for ONE WEEK [Sunday to Sunday]. The burning candles serve as a constant prayer before the Lord, present in the Blessed Sacrament. Envelopes for you to have your intentions remembered and prayed for are available in the lobby of the Adoration Chapel. The candles will burn this week for the following intentions: For good health & healing for sister-in-law & daughter. For those suffering from chronic disease. For the healing of a co-worker. For those who work with the sick. For vocations to the priesthood. For the poor.
Dear Parish Family, Today, we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost ~ the Birthday of the Church and the end of the Easter Season. It was on Pentecost that the Lord’s promised gift of the Holy Spirit was poured forth upon the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was on this day that the Spirit of Knowledge, Understanding, Wisdom, Piety, Fortitude, Counsel, and Fear of the Lord came upon them and filled them with a sense of mission to accomplish all that Christ had commanded them to do in His name. That mission given to the Apostles on Pentecost continues to this day with all of us. There are a variety of ministries and apostolates available at Saint Isaac Jogues Parish. Good Stewardship of the Lord’s blessings involve gifts of our time and talent, along with our treasure. All three are important. All three are necessary. But, more importantly, our involvements in the Church are ways in which we carry out the Lord’s command to “preach the Gospel to all people!” At the same time, our “doing” of the Gospel, helps us to grow in holiness. All of us have been called. All of us have something to give to Jesus, His mission, and His Church! This Sunday, June 4th, I celebrate my 29th anniversary of ordination to the Priesthood of the Lord Jesus Christ. I’m grateful to God for the gift of Faith He has given me, and to my good and providing parents who passed our beautiful Catholic Faith on to me. Most especially, like so many priests celebrating their anniversaries at this time of year, I am aware of the beautiful vocation the Lord has called me to — to be His priest. I entered the seminary in 1977 as a high school freshman, and was ordained a priest June 4, 1988. Forty years have passed discerning and living my vocation. God has been good to me, it’s been a wonderful life in the Church. I’m hoping and praying that many of our young men from Saint Isaac Jogues Parish will answer the Lord’s call and give themselves to the Church as priests. I know God is calling, but they have to answer the call. He doesn’t force such gift of “self,” such a gift of love. Love has to be freely giving. I think Saint John Paul II was correct when he said, there is no shortage of call... God is calling... there is a shortage of willingness and ability to answer the call. I see in so many of our parishioners outstanding qualities which would make them good, wonderful priests — let’s all encourage the young men of our parish to consider the priesthood. Let’s pray that they will answer the Lord’s call. For myself, I’ve been happy as a priest these many years and I couldn’t see myself doing anything else. I thank God for having called me as His own! And, I’m always ready and willing to speak to any young man interested in learning more about our life. We should have so many more vocations from our parish!
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May Andrle
Please pray for our beloved deceased and for their families
Dawn Feusi Mary Geraldine Fahey Anna Mrdak Mary Tadda Marty Stratman Timothy Brown Carl Bay, Jr. Liam Fitzpatrick Gina Consalvo Anderson
Eric Thomas Jennifer Ochino Monica Rincon Dooley Albert Wierzchowiec Rita Beaumont Father Ted Weitzel Patrick Bauer Elizabeth DeBickero
Sunday Offering Weekly Offering for May 28, 2017 ................... $30,504 Weekly Offering same week last year .............. $25,658 Targeted Goal .................................................... $37,000
Thank you for your generosity!
To donate to St. Isaac Jogues Offertory, Mercy, THM, Preserving Our Heritage and Preschool Fund please visit our website www.sijhinsdale.com and click on the E-Giving tab. Please call me at 630-323-1248 with any questions. Thank you for your continued support of St. Isaac Jogues Church and School.
I’m sure, by now, you have heard that in the last week, or so, I had an issue with my health. Actually, I haven’t been feeling well since Christmas, I saw my doctor, he did routine tests, and it was discovered that I had blockage in my arteries. Two stents were put in to help with blood flow to my heart. Thankfully, it was caught early and no damage has been done to the heart. I’m grateful for the skill and care of the doctors and nurses, and for God’s favor to me. I especially want to offer a word of thanks to all of you who have been so kind, concerned, and supportive as I continue to recover. I’m hoping to be back, full-step, this week. I appreciate the prayers, notes, assistance and cards people offered. Thank you for your kindness and support. Please pray for me, for all our priests, and especially for an increase in vocations to the priesthood. Let’s beg the Lord of the Harvest to send workers to His harvest! [Mt. 9:38]. Prayer!... that’s the first and most important thing Jesus tells us to do for vocations. We can all do that. Together, let’s work to encourage and support our young men to consider the priesthood of Jesus... It’s a wonderful life! You and I share in the mission of the Church. Today’s readings remind us that each of us are to use the unique gifts and talents given to us by the Spirit to further the work and mission of the Church. What are you doing for Jesus? What is your life saying for Him? What are you doing to further the mission of HIS Church? Make sure you do something today to celebrate “our” birthday! God’s Blessings! Father De Salvo The Sacrament of Holy Orders
Pope Francis I The three Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and the Eucharist constitute together the mystery of “Christian initiation,” a unique great event of grace that regenerates us in Christ. This is the fundamental vocation that unites all in the Church as disciples of the Lord Jesus. Then there are two Sacraments which correspond to two specific vocations: Holy Orders and Matrimony. They constitute two great ways through which a Christian can make of his life a gift of love, on the example and in the name of Christ, and thus cooperate in the building of the Church. Holy Orders, articulated in the three ranks of episcopate [bishop], presbyterate [priest] and diaconate [deacon], is the Sacrament which enables the exercise of the ministry, entrusted by the Lord Jesus to the Apostles, to feed his flock, in the power of his Spirit and according to his heart. To feed Jesus’ flock not with the power of human strength or with one’s own strength, but with that of the Spirit and according to his heart, that heart of Jesus which is a heart of love. The priest, the Bishop, the deacon must feed the Lord’s flock with obedience, fidelity and love. And in this sense, the ministers that are
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chosen and consecrated for this service prolong Jesus’ presence in time. A first aspect. Those who are ordained are placed at the head of the community. They are “at the head” yes, but for Jesus it means to put one’s authority at the service of, as He himself showed and taught the disciples with these words: “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave; even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:25-28; Mark 10:42-45). Another characteristic that always derives from this sacramental union with Christ is “passionate love for the Church. We think of that passage in the Letter to the Ephesians in which Saint Paul says that Christ “loved the Church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the Church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing” (5:25-27). In virtue of Holy Orders the minister dedicates his whole self to his community and loves it with all his heart: it is his family, he is the father. The Bishop and the priest love the Church in their community, they love her intensely. How? As Christ loves the Church. Saint Paul says the same about matrimony: the husband loves his wife as Christ loves the Church. It is a great mystery of love: this priestly ministry and that of matrimony, two Sacraments that are the way by which persons usually go to the Lord. A last aspect. The Apostle Paul recommends to his disciple Timothy not to neglect, but rather to revive always the gift that is in him. The gift that was given to him through the imposition of hands (cf. 1 Timothy 4:14; 2 Timothy 1:6). When the ministry is not nourished [the ministry of the Bishop, the ministry of the priest or deacon] with prayer, with listening to the Word of God, and with the daily celebration of the Eucharist and also with the frequent reception of the Sacrament of Penance, one ends inevitably by losing sight of the authentic meaning of one’s service and the joy that stems from profound communion with Jesus. I would like to end with something that comes to mind: but what must one do to become a priest? Where is access to the priesthood sold? No. It is not sold. This is an initiative that the Lord takes. The Lord calls. He calls each one that He wishes to become a priest. Perhaps there are some young men in this parish who have felt this call in their heart, the wish to become a priest, the wish to serve others in the things that come from God, the wish to spend their whole life in service to catechize, baptize, forgive, celebrate the Eucharist, take care of the sick … and spend their whole life in this way. If one of you has felt this thing in his heart it is Jesus who has put it there. Take care of this invitation and pray that it will grow and bear fruit in the whole Church.
Mass is different today... Why? The Solemnity of Pentecost In most families, birthdays are special occasions. Whatever the family customs may be, usually the day is marked with special celebrations, somehow marking the day’s “festive nature.” The same is true in our family, the Catholic Church. Pentecost is the “birthday” of the Church. It comes fifty days after Easter and closes the Easter Season and our celebration of the Lord’s Resurrection. And so, it is only natural that the liturgy we celebrate today would be marked with special features to let us know that something is different, this is a great day of celebration. The music reflects our joy at the coming of the Holy Spirit. The ancient hymn, from the 6th century, Veni Creator Spiritus is heard. Come, Creator Spirit fills our prayers and singing today. Since Pentecost celebrates the Church’s beginning, at most Masses celebrated today we are sprinkled with Holy Water as a reminder of our own Baptism, our own “beginning” of faith. Pentecost celebrates the beginning of the Church’s Mission... the Water Rite we observe today celebrates and reminds us of our own mission to make Christ known; a mission begun in the Waters of Baptism. Following the second reading, before the Alleluia to greet the Gospel is sung, the Church gives us a special hymn of praise in honor of today’s Feast. The Sequence of Pentecost dates back centuries. At one time there was quite a few more “sequences” to be sung for various feasts. Since the reform of the Liturgy by the Second Vatican Council only a few remain. Sequences, or songs of praise in honor of a particular feast are sung on Easter, Pentecost, Corpus Christi, and the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows [September 15th]. The sequence is meant to add a note of festivity to the Mass, and draw our attention to what we are celebrating. The Sequence for Pentecost, Veni Sanctae Spiritus... Come, Holy Spirit, beautifully showcases today’s feast. A third element in today’s celebration is the presence of the Paschal Candle, the Easter Candle ~ a symbol of the Risen Christ. The Great Candle was blessed at the celebration of Easter, the Easter Vigil, on Holy Saturday night. The Paschal Candle has remained in our sanctuary throughout the fifty-days of the Easter Season. It is lit during the liturgies celebrated during the season of the Lord’s Resurrection. With Pentecost, the Easter Candle is removed, and placed by the Baptismal Font. It will be lit throughout the year whenever moments of birth [Baptism] and “Re-birth” [funerals] are celebrated. The Candle is used and serves as a reminder, throughout the year, of the abiding presence of the Risen Christ, who dispels the darkness of sin and death. Finally, our liturgy ends with the solemn dismissal... Go in peace. Alleluia! This festive greeting, with the triple alleluias at the end is used on days of great celebration and solemnity in the Church. The greeting is meant to send us forth with great joy, to celebrate and make known the presence of Jesus Christ, living among us, leading us home to Heaven. Enjoy the beauty and ancient solemnity of this wonderful feast!
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Why encourage your son to be a priest?... [taken from: Why Should I encourage my Son to Be a Priest? Father Andrew Carl Wisdom, OP — Ligouri Publications]
We need physicians of the body for the well-being of our physical lives on earth. But, we also need physicians of the soul for the well-being of our souls destined for eternal life in Heaven with the Lord. As priest and author Stephen Rossetti said: The priest labors in the field of ultimate concern. Therein lies the inherent nobility of the priest: providing a critical service to others who would otherwise spiritually suffer and perish.
All of this is fine, you may say, but why my son? Sometimes such thought betray deeper fears: Being cut off from your son, never having grandchildren, concern for his happiness, lack of social status for priests in today’s world, and more. I’m losing my son: Parents of priests the world over will tell you — you don’t lose a family member when your son joins the priesthood; you gain many more. This expanded family includes your son’s fellow seminarians, who naturally welcome one another’s parents. It also includes your home-parish community — where your son’s vocation germinated — and the new parish or religious community where your son will be assigned. This community will embrace you along with your son, knowing his faith originated with you. Blessings abound when your son is a priest. A special bond exists between you that doesn’t exist with your other children. The others are involved with their spouses and their own children, but you are always the special person in your son’s life because you are his “earthly partners” on his priestly journey. My son won’t have children, and I want grandchildren: There are different ways to experience paternity and a lack of a biological connection does not impede a paternal one. There is such a reality as “spiritual fatherhood.” In this realm, everyone becomes his children... the priest becomes Father to all. Someday it will be their spiritual father who they will turn to, when they can’t turn to their own parents for guidance and support. What about financial security? The sacrifices of a son who decides to become a priest touch his parents and often call for some sacrifice on their part. This could be letting go of professional aspirations for your son, hopes for grandchildren, and perhaps a financial safety net from the son who has given up all for God and the Church. That’s why gifts to the priest, from appreciative members of the faithful, are so helpful and appreciated by priests. In a real way, they acknowledge and affirm the sacrifice the priest has made. But, as Saint Paul says... If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s [Romans 14:8]. And so, yes, parents of a priest [and all of the faithful] are asked to share in a priest’s sacrifice and be challenged to rise to an occasion of trusting faith. Encouraging your son to think prudently about his choice is one thing, but to resist it because it is not your will could reflect selfishness. This attitude goes against the trusting faith in God’s will we espouse. What if my son in unhappy and lonely? Marriage is no guarantee for happiness, nor is it a cure for loneliness. Some
parents worry their son will end up living with unhappy, burned-out priests. They believe the nature of the priesthood is to be on the receiving end of daily bad news. But a priest’s motivation for his ministry is knowing he can be there for people and make a difference at he most difficult, distressing moments. He is also privileged to experience many often-underestimated, joyful moments. For the priest, being alone doesn’t have to be lonely if you love what you do and remember for whose glory you do it. Heaven is our ultimate goal. Anyone who truly dedicates himself to God’s work will be rewarded with eternal happiness. So if your son shows signs that he might want to follow this path, let your encouragement be a hundredfold. Who would want to be a pries in today’s culture? Saint Paul tells us we are called to take on the mind and heart of Christ. Many young people looking at vocation today have taken him at his word. They hear Saint Paul’s challenge to focus not on the things below, but on the things above. Disillusioned with the empty promises of a consumer culture, they opt to go deeper, to think higher, to reach further. They don’t simply want something more — they want to be something more. Having a son who wants to be a priest may be uncomfortable because his journey suggest ideals different from societal norms. His values and vision of a meaningful life may conflict with his parents’ notions of success. But, our standard of success should be what Jesus taught and lived: What does GOD want of me? The most important thing in life is the salvation of our souls. Nothing should keep us from reaching that goal! What about celibacy? In a culture of radical individualism that promotes what I want, when I want it, the vocation of celibate priesthood is easily misunderstood. Celibacy is a way of loving compelled by the desire to imitate Christ. We are conditioned to grow-up and have a family. When a son doesn’t follow that path, his parents wonder if he can be happy living an unmarried and celibate life. But, we have to remember: marriage and natural sexual expression for procreation and marital unity is only a medium for spiritual communion with God. Intimacy with Him is the goal of any vowed religious commitment. Reactions to celibacy are often rooted in misunderstanding and a different set of contemporary values, which are often at odds with the mind of Christ and His Church. And so, why should YOU encourage your sons to become priests?.... Success is ultimately following your heart and being happy with your life. For us as Catholic Christians, that means putting on the heart and mind of Christ, and being faithful to Him. Encouraging someone means inspiring a person with hope, courage, or confidence; building them up and giving support. This is at the heart of what parents do best. It is the duty of parents who recognize and perhaps have known the anguished spiritual cry for “a doctor in the house” to see that the house of God has physicians of the soul. How many parents, after watching their son celebrate the sacred Mass, receiving Communion from his hands and a blessing from his lips, could walk out of the church and say they wish he had chosen another profession? Could you? If you have never broached the topic of considering the priesthood with your son, ask yourself, “Why not?”... and then, encourage your son, grandson, cousin, nephew or friend to consider the possibility!
Pray for Vocations to the Priesthood!
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Pentecost: The Coming of the Holy Spirit The Solemnity of Pentecost celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apostles. At His Ascension, celebrated 40 days after Easter, the Lord promised that He would send the Spirit [the Paraclete] to His Apostles to fill them with His life, His Spirit, so that they will be able to courageously and faithfully proclaim His Gospel and give witness to Him. On Pentecost, 50 days after Easter, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit with His seven-fold gifts. The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, knowledge, holy fear of the Lord, counsel, piety, and fortitude. These same gifts, given to Mary and the Apostles at Pentecost, were given to each of us at Baptism and sealed, or poured forth in abundance upon us at Confirmation. By nature, the gifts are supernatural “habits” because they dispose us to do something easily. They incline us to steadily and constantly follow the inspirations of the Holy Spirit. The gift of wisdom enables us to judge rightly the things of God; this gift gives us a kind of divine “taste” for the Lord and His will. The gift of understanding empowers us to better understand and enter into divinely revealed truths and the connections between them in the Catholic faith. The gift of knowledge enables us to see and judge rightly about created things, and to use these as stepping stones to glory while we see God in all things. The gift of counsel gives us the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to judge rightly about particular events, what is to be done or avoided on the road to heaven. The gift of piety enables us to form a childlike affection for God as our Father; it also supports our universal love for others. It enables us to grow in holiness, devotion, and in our love for God. The gift of fortitude moves us under the power of the Holy Spirit to heroic practice of virtue and to overcoming all dangers on the path to heaven. Finally, the gift of a holy fear of the Lord empowers us to be teachable and submissive to God’s will out of respect and reverence for the divine majesty of the infinite God. This gift teaches us to love God, to remember death and judgement. This gift teaches us, and enables us to grow in humility, the foundation of all virtues and holiness... knowing our place, who we are and who we are not before God and others. Let our prayer this Pentecost day, be in our hearts always... Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and enkindle in us the fire of your love.
Why we call Priests... “Father” At first glance, it may seem confusing. In Matthew 23:9 Jesus say: “Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven.” And yet all Christians call their dad "father." Christians are not alone in the use of this title, and yet, this does not normally present a problem. We have to be careful not to fall into the error of “fundamentalist gridlock” and taking the scriptural verse out of context. You need to read the entire Bible and pay attention to all of the verses and relate them to each other. Our Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us to “honor your father and your mother” (Mt 9:19) and also reminded the Jews, "Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died" (Jn 6:48). So, if Jesus taught us to "call no one on earth your father," why does He quote the Fourth Commandment and refer to the Jewish ancestors as fathers? Being God, He cannot contradict himself, so there must be a deeper meaning to the notion “call no man father but our Father in heaven.” The origin of calling priests "father" probably goes all the way back to apostolic times when St. Paul wrote: “Even if you should have countless guides to Christ, yet you do not have many fathers, for I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel" (1 Cor 4:15). When Jesus said, "call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven," He taught us that all fatherhood and all authority comes from God the Father in Heaven, source of all life and truth. For that reason we should revere, respect and obey legitimate authority, as we recognize that fatherhood is a great gift to the human race. Now more than ever we need to promote and recover a high regard for fatherhood. Children who grow up fatherless are at much higher risk for bad behavior. We call priests "Father" because they participate in the spiritual “father-hood” of God as His ordained (chosen) ministers. For that reason, we respect priests because of their office of service, chosen and ordained by God Himself.
Adult Formation Calendar
Women’s Prayer Group June 5, 7:30 pm, Rectory Room 201 Bible Study June 7, 7:30 pm, Sacred Heart Room
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The Beautiful Hands of a Priest
We need them in life’s’s early morning, We need them again at its close;
We feel their warm clasp of true friendship, We seek them when tasting life’s woes.
When we come to this world we are sinful,
The greatest as well as the least; And the hand that makes us pure as angels
is the beautiful hand of a priest.
At the altar each day we behold them; And the hands of a king on his throne
Are not equal to them in their greatness! Their dignity stands all alone.
For there in the stillness of morning
‘Ere the sun has emerged from the east, There God rests between the pure fingers
Of the beautiful hands of a priest.
And when we are tempted to wander To paths of shame and of sin,
‘Tis the hand of a priest will absolve us, Not once, but again and again!
And when we are taking life’s partner, Other hands may prepare us a feast;
But the hand that will bless and unite us Is the beautiful hand of a priest.
God bless them and keep them all holy For the host which their fingers caress;
What can a poor sinner do better Than to ask Him Who chose thee to bless?
When death on our eyelids is falling; May our courage and strength be increased
By seeing raised o’er us in blessing The beautiful hands of a priest.
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Pray daily for vocations to the priesthood
and religious life; and pray for those who have already given their lives
in service to Christ and to His Church!
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
For those interested in information about joining the Catholic Church, and for Catholics who want to know more about their religion…. Call Deacon Bill Dunn, 630-655-6668, deaconbill @sijhinsdale.com, for more information.
Bible Study in June
This June we will offer four different evening studies from Dr. Brant Pitre, Catholic Productions: June 7 - What Must I Do To Be Saved? The New Per-spective on Paul and the Catholic Doctrine of Justifi-cation - vs - 500 years of Martin Luther June 14 - The Fourth Cup and The New Passover June 21 - Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Purgatory June 28 - A Biblical Tour of Heaven There is no charge for this bible study--attend one, two, three or all of them. Please register for each one so that we have enough of the study materials available.
Evening Bible Study Wednesdays, June 7 through June 28
7:30 pm, Sacred Heart Room
To register or for more information, contact the Evangelization Office,
SAINT PEREGRINE Patron Saint of all those who suffer from Cancer or any incurable Disease or Condition This Tuesday is the First Tuesday of the Month. We will hold the usual devotions in honor of Saint Peregrine at 7:00 p.m. The blessing of the sick with the relic of Saint Peregrine will be given, and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will also be a part of the evening service. If you, or someone you know, suffers from cancer or is struggling with an in-curable disease or condition, join us the First Tuesday of each month for prayer and ask for healing, an increase in faith, ac-ceptance of God’s will, and strength to bear whatever God asks of you.
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ST. ISAAC JOGUES SCHOOL Weekly News
Student Leaders Participate in Devotional Program
St. Isaac’s eighth graders Katie Malchow, Conor Richards, Kate Turner, and Griffin Vrdolyak participated in the Diocesan Devotional Project "Retreat With Pope Francis" as student leaders for the 2016/2017 school year. These students taught younger children about different forms of
prayer and the importance of prayer in their lives. Recently, 8th grade leaders from schools all over the diocese met for a Mass with Bishop
Siegel and Father Belmonte SJ, Superintendent of Schools at the Cathedral of St. Raymond.
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2017-2018 Registration for Religious Education is now OPEN!!
Go to website (www.sij.net) Select Religious Education
Click 2017-2018 Family Registration Form Complete online form — Click Submit when complete
Kindly register before June 15, 2107 so we can contract with the teachers! Questions: please contact RE office 630-323-0265 or [email protected]
Summer Cornerstone Events
Sunday, June 25 Cornerstone Night 6:45 – 8:00pm Friday, June 30 Adoration & Ice Cream Social 8:00 – 9:30pm Friday, July 14 Adoration & Pizza & Fire Pit 8:00 – 9:30pm Sunday, July 16 Cornerstone Night 6:45 – 8:00pm
For more information contact Mike Kuhn at 630-655-5232 or [email protected]
Saint Monica Parent Support Group
Concerned your child is abusing drugs or alcohol? YOU ARE NOT ALONE
We will meet every first and third Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm in Room 201 of the Parish Office,
Religious Education Volunteers Needed!!! Volunteer catechists will be needed to work with the teachers in the Religious Education program
for the 2017-2018 school year!! Please consider serving St. Isaac Jogues Parish
by volunteering to catechize the children in grades 1-8 on Wednesdays from 4:15pm-5:45pm from October-March.
Volunteers can serve in the classrooms working along side teachers as instructional aides!!! Please complete the Volunteer Form on the Parish Website (www.sij.net)
Do you play Bridge?
SIJ will sponsor Afternoon and Evening Bridge. Register alone, with a bridge partner, or as a substitute player—deadline is August 1. Afternoon play is on the 2nd Tuesday of each month September to May at 1:00 PM in the Fireplace Room. Please contact Jean, 630-887-1575, to sign up.
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Become a Phone Counselor and Comfort Others
If you want to extend the love and mercy of Christ to troubled people, become a phone counselor for The Upper Room Crisis Hotline. We are a Catholic service that provides counseling and referral assistance to anyone struggling to find his or her way back to God. Becoming a counselor requires you to complete an eight-week training program where you learn communication skills, relationship issues, suicide prevention and much more. We hold classes at the University of St. Francis from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Classes begin in June.
If this work touches your heart, please call Sr. Mary Frances Seeley at 815-341-9124, or email [email protected]. You can check us out at catholichotline.org. Thank you and God bless.
Our Lady's Rosary Makers at SIJ
All are welcome to our monthly meeting of Our Lady’s Rosary Makers at SIJ, which next gathers Friday, June 9 2017 at 9:30 am in the Sacred Heart Room in the Church. We gather to make beautiful all-twine and plastic beaded rosaries, which we distribute to the poorest of the poor all over the world, to all in need, as well as to our military overseas. For more information about this ministry, please contact Mary Alice Fitzpatrick at 630-325-6184.
BLOOD DRIVE St. Isaac Jogues next Blood Drive
is Sunday, June 25, 2017 in the Parish Center.
Please plan to donate and help save lives!
Call 847-803-7943 to schedule a specific time to donate. Donations will be taken between 7:45 AM and 1:45 PM.
