18 N Woodlawn Joliet, Il 60435 Parish Office: 815-725-1527 Parish Fax 815-730-9907 School: 815-725-3390 Religious Education 815-725-6927 Youth Ministry: 815-730-8599 Parish Email: [email protected]Rev. John Klein, Pastor, Ext. 243, [email protected]Rev. John Belmonte, S.J., Resident, Ext. 230 Rev. James Lennon, Weekend Celebrant Deacon John Freund, [email protected]Michele Kmety, Parish Secretary, Ext. 200 [email protected]Al Kramerich, Facilities Manager, Ext. 407 [email protected]Corie Alimento, Principal, Ext. 401 [email protected]Kimberly Krumviede, Business Manager, Ext. 203 [email protected]Renee Wissel, Bookkeeper, Ext. 203 [email protected]Jennifer Jones D.R.E., Ext. 301 [email protected]Jeremy Hylka, Youth Minister, Ext. 320 [email protected]Lydia Saldanha Director of Music, Ext. 202 [email protected]MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 4:30 PM Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM Weekday mass: 7:30 AM Monday through Friday except Wednesdays 8:15 AM when school is in session Holy Days: Varies by Holy Day of Obligation The Catechism of the Catholic Church clearly states that “On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass” (#2180) and goes on to state that “Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave [mortal] sin.” (#2181) SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Saturday: 8:30 am or by appointment BAPTISMS Baptisms are scheduled on the Second Sunday of the month at 11:30 AM based on parental requests. Participation in a Parent Preparation Program is mandatory before the baptism of the child. Our preparation Program is held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM. Attendance at Sunday Mass on the day of the Baptism is Mandatory. Please call the Parish office to schedule a baptism. WEDDINGS All weddings are scheduled by the Pastor of the Parish. Office staff cannot schedule a wedding and a wedding is not considered to be officially scheduled until the couple receives written confirmation from the Pastor of the Parish. Couples desiring to be married need to speak directly with the Pastor BEFORE reserving a hall. Only the Bride or Groom may request a date for their wedding. Diocesan policy requires that a 6 month (minimum) preparation process be completed prior to the celebration of all weddings. Weddings are not scheduled on Sundays. ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC PARISH AND CATHOLIC SCHOOL www.stpauljoliet.com R.C.I.A. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is an ongoing formation process for adults who are interested in becoming a Catholic and adult Catholics who would like to receive the sacraments of Confirmation and/or First Eucharist. Please call the Parish Office for additional information. ANOINTING OF THE SICK Parishioners who are seriously or critically ill, or have surgery scheduled should receive the Sacrament of Anointing and Healing. Please call the parish office to request this sacrament. Regular visits are also made by our Pastoral Staff and Ministers of Care to bring Holy Communion to hospitalized or homebound parishioners. Anyone desiring such a visit should call the Parish Office. PARISH REGISTRATION New parishioners are always welcome! You may register in person or by calling the Parish Office. Third Sunday of Lent March 24, 2019 www.facebook.comstpauljoliet stpauljoliet
MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 4:30 PM Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM Weekday mass: 7:30 AM Monday through Fr iday except Wednesdays 8:15 AM when school is in session Holy Days: Varies by Holy Day of Obligation The Catechism of the Catholic Church clearly states that “On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass” (#2180) and goes on to state that “Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave [mortal] sin.” (#2181)
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
Saturday: 8:30 am or by appointment
BAPTISMS Baptisms are scheduled on the Second Sunday of the month at 11:30 AM based on parental requests. Participation in a Parent Preparation Program is mandatory before the baptism of the child. Our preparation Program is held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM. Attendance at Sunday Mass on the day of the Baptism is Mandatory. Please call the Parish office to schedule a baptism.
WEDDINGS
All weddings are scheduled by the Pastor of the Parish. Office staff cannot schedule a wedding and a wedding is not considered to be officially scheduled until the couple receives written confirmation from the Pastor of the Parish. Couples desiring to be married need to speak directly with the Pastor BEFORE reserving a hall. Only the Bride or Groom may request a date for their wedding. Diocesan policy requires that a 6 month (minimum) preparation process be completed prior to the celebration of all weddings. Weddings are not scheduled on Sundays.
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ANOINTING OF THE SICK Parishioners who are seriously or critically ill, or have surgery scheduled should receive the Sacrament of Anointing and Healing. Please call the parish office to request this sacrament. Regular visits are also made by our Pastoral Staff and Ministers of Care to bring Holy Communion to hospitalized or homebound parishioners. Anyone desiring such a visit should call the Parish Office.
PARISH REGISTRATION New parishioners are always welcome! You may register in person or by calling the Parish Office.
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FROM FATHER JOHN: “Pope Francis has made it clear that the Church is living at a critical moment. It will not do, he insists, to rely on our accustomed ways. The world has changed too much. We need to wake up, may-be even be shaken awake.” (Most Reverend R. Daniel Conlon, Bishop of Joliet, Pastoral Letter, Go, He said) Announcement - Concerning Mass Times – Unfortunately, my bulletin article from last week concerning mass times was cut off by the publisher. The following is the complete announcement and article. The Parish Pastoral Council, the Liturgy Commission and I have been discussing our weekend mass schedule for the last eight months. We have conducted a survey of our parishioners and have shared the results with you in the bulletin in mid-January. At the heart of this discussion has been the mission that our Lord Jesus has given each of us as his disciples both as individuals and as members of this parish and the Catholic Church. It’s a simple, straight forward mission but a mission that is fraught with difficulties in our culture and society. The mission is simply this: “Then Jesus approached and said to them, ‘All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20) This is our mission as Catholics, as disciples, as members of St. Paul the Apostle Parish – to bring people to Our Lord and God, to be his instrument in the making of new disciples and in the strengthening of one another in faith. We have seen a significant decline in Mass attendance at the weekend Masses at our parish. You can see evidence of this in the empty pews each Sunday. Seventy-eight percent (78%) of our parishioners who responded to the question in our survey regarding whether adding an evening mass would help our mass attendance responded positively. Eight percent (8%) responded negatively while the other fourteen percent (14%) were unsure. Our Parish Pastoral Council, with the concurrence of our Liturgy Commission, has recommended to me that we add a 6:00 pm Sunday evening mass (without music) and leave the Sunday morning schedule as is on a three to six month trial basis. They have also recommended that we count mass attendance at every mass and then after the trial period make a final decision on what our Sunday schedule should be going forward based on actual mass at-tendance. They have recommended that, at the end of the trial period, we eliminate the evening mass if it is poorly attended and/or consolidate the morning masses if one or more of them are poorly attended. I have accepted their recommendation and we will be adding a Sunday evening 6:00 pm mass (without music) on May 5th. Please keep in mind, that at the end of the trial period, a final decision on our Sunday Mass schedule will be made based on actual mass attendance. If you like your mass time, invite your friends and family to come to church with you because mass attendance is going to drive the final decision. The following will be our Sunday Mass schedule during the trial period beginning on May 5th: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am and 6:00 pm.
We need to continue to pray for those who are in need. It was discussed at the most recent Liturgy meeting and it was decided
that our prayer list that is posted each week with the names of the individuals needing prayers is quite outdated. We would like to begin start from scratch. Due to the HIPA laws we no longer receive phone
calls from the hospitals or nursing homes letting us know that we have a parishioner that has been admitted so we are looking to all of you for your help to rebuild a current list so that nobody gets missed. Please
contact the Parish office if there is someone that you would like to have placed on the prayer list or if you know of someone who was on the current list that still needs our
prayers. The only way this can be done is with your help. You can also email me if that is easier Thank you for your help with this it is greatly appreciated, we all know that
MONDAY 3/25 Lenten Weekday 7:30 AM Pauline & Norman Long TUESDAY 3/26 Lenten Weekday 7:30 AM Luke Sullivan WEDNESDAY 3/27 Lenten Weekday 7:30 AM Intention of the Celebrant THURSDAY 3/28 Lenten Weekday 7:30 AM Stephen Pavnica FRIDAY 3/29 Lenten Weekday 7:30 AM Special Intention Susanna Costa SATURDAY 3/30 Vigil of 4th Sunday of Lent 4:30 PM Arthur Anzalone & Lois Anzalone SUNDAY 3/31 4th Sunday of Lent 7:30 AM The People of St. Paul the Apostle 9:00 AM Robert Kapella 10:30 AM Barney & Mary Bottino
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Sunday, March 24th 7:30 am Mass Church 9:00 am Mass Church 10:30 am Mass Church Monday, March 25th 7:30 am Mass Church 8:00 am Eucharist Adoration Church 7:00 pm AA Meeting A2 Tuesday, March 26th 7:30 am Mass Church 8:00 am Eucharistic Adoration Church 5:00 pm FOLLOW Youth Ministry Church Wednesday, March 27th 7:30 am Mass Church 6:00 pm Knights of Columbus A4 Thursday, March 28th 7:30 am Mass Church 8:00 am Eucharistic Adoration Church Friday, March 29th 7:30 am Mass Church 8:00 am Eucharistic Adoration Church 7:00 pm Stations of the Cross Church Saturday, March 30th 8:30 am Confessions Church 4:30 pm Vigil Mass Church Sunday, March 31st 7:30 am Mass Church 9:00 am Mass Church 10:30 am Mass Church
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We invite you to help us bring colorful and fragrant beauty to our Easter worship through donations for Easter Flowers. There is a special envelope in your mailed packet or Online Giving. You may choose to honor or remember a loved one(s) by writing a name(s) on the Easter Flowers’ envelope. Names received by April 7th will be honored in the Easter bulletin. Donations received that exceed the needed Easter Flower purchases will be used throughout the year to beautify the church to the greater glory of our Lord year round!
Third Sunday of Lent, Cycle C Sunday, March 24, 2019
Gospel Reading Luke 13:1-9 Jesus preaches a lesson on repentance Family Connection
We may be unfamiliar with fig trees, but we might know about the growth of spring flowers. Perhaps we have looked at a dry, brown flower bulb and wondered how this produces the colorful tulip or daffodil blossom that we expect to bloom in the spring. Perhaps we've even thought about the patience and hope that are required to plant flower bulbs in October. We don't have to be gardeners, however, to know about patience and hopefulness. As parents, we practice these virtues each day with our children. We may become frustrated and even angered by their willfulness and lack of cooperation. Yet we continue to offer our attention and guidance in hope that one day our efforts will bear fruit. Today's parable suggests that God is like that with us, working with us in patience and in hope that one day we will show evidence that such work is not in vain. As parents, we know God's kindness when we find evidence for our hope for our children. Does God find such glimmers of hope as he works with us? Gather your family and show a spring flower in bloom. Recall that in the fall this flower was a dry bulb (if a flower bulb is available, show this as well). Talk about the hopefulness and patience shown by those who plant flower bulbs in the fall in the hope that they will bloom in the spring. Read aloud today's Gospel, Luke 13:1-9. Compare the parable of the barren fig tree to your discussion about spring flowers. Consider the pa-tience and hopefulness that God has with us as he works with us, calling us to return to him when we sin. Of-fer prayers of thanks and praise to God for his patience and hopefulness towards us. Conclude by praying to-gether today's Psalm, Psalm 103
ONE IN FAITH ONE IN SERVICE ONE IN CHRIST MARCH CALENDAR 3/25-3/31 No School – Spring Break On Friday, March 8, several of our 7th and 8th grade students represented St. Paul’s at the Regional Science Fair. Congratulations to Brandon Kowall for winning a bronze medal, and Sean McGrath and Jacob Majewski for taking home silver medals! Gold medals were awarded to Jessica Horn, Anna Marie Godina, Graham Roesel, Tristan Paul, Sarah Williams, Paige Shepherd, Lydia Pultorak, Molly Jay, Braelyn Klancher, Marissa Majewski, and Isabella Roechner! We are thrilled to announce that we have nine students continuing to the State competition at Southern Illinois University on May 4th. Congrats to Graham Roesel, Tristan Paul, Sarah Williams, Paige Shepherd, Lydia Pultorak, Molly Jay, Braelyn Klancher, Marissa Majewski, and Isabella Roechner. A special shout out goes to Tristan Paul who won the Best in Category Award at the regional science fair. His produce power project was the best project out of all projects in the category for electronics! Way to go, Tristan!
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