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PENTECOST SUNDAY JUNE 12, 2011
From Father Rich Homa
SharingsSharingsSharings “Let those who have eyes to see,
let them see.”
THESE ARE JESUS’ WORDS TO GET PEOPLE TO SEE GOD in all of life
in the way Jesus saw God all around Him. This article from U.S.
Catholic Magazine can help us to see God in all the beauty of
summer. in
For The Beauty of the Earth by Catherine O’Connell-Cahill
O N A SUMMER DAY IN SOUTH HAVEN, MICHIGAN, at the little resort
where my family stays (formerly called a “motel”), guests leave
their rooms and picnic tables to head toward the bluff at certain
times each evening. Along the lakeshore road, cars pull up,
dispensing folks bearing blankets and lawn chairs.
The magnet drawing them hither is free, silent, and unavailable
across the water: a glorious sunset over Lake Michigan. Sometimes
you’ll hear little “oohs” and “ahs” as a particularly beautiful
cloud formation has its way with the sunlight or as the last sliver
of sun finally drops below the horizon.
Two years ago in Estes Park, Colorado, my family rode horses out
of our camp and over the moraine into Rocky Mountain National Park.
For an hour or so, we could indulge the illusion that we might meet
up with Buffalo Bill. As we finally took the trail back over the
moraine, the horses chuffed nervously. There on the forest floor
beside the path, not 10 feet away, rested a stupendous elk, a giant
rack on his head, staring imperiously at horses and riders
alike.
Now that school is nearly out, summer hands us a chance to let
our kids become students of the beauty of nature. One such student,
the Catalonian architect Antonio Gaudi, earned the praise of Pope
Benedict XVI when he dedicated Gaudi’s wondrous Church of the
Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) in Barcelona, still unfinished after
the architect’s death. The pope referred to “the three books which
nourished [Gaudi] as a man, as a believer, and as an architect: the
book of nature, the book of sacred scripture, and the book of the
liturgy.”
“He made stones, trees, and human life part of the church so
that all creation might come together
in praise of God,” said the pope, “but at the same time he
brought the sacred images outside so as to place before people the
mystery of God.” In this way, Gaudi tried to overcome the division
“between the beauty of things and God as beauty.”
I suspect many of our kids are beauty-starved. They spend far
less time outdoors than previous generations. Much of what comes at
them from TV, from the Internet, from their endless video games is
crude, glitzy, lacking in substance. They are hustled as consumers
from toddlerhood on.
Nature offers children a break from this onslaught. It offers us
the experiences of beauty, of wildness, of God’s grandeur. Beauty
is one of our deepest needs, says the pope. “It is the root from
which the branches of our peace and the fruits of our hope come
forth. Beauty also reveals God because, like him, a work of beauty
is pure gratuity; it calls us to freedom and draws us away from
selfishness.”
The poet Mary Oliver, whose poems my daughter has been reading
at bedtime for a couple of years now, ponders how creatures help us
glimpse the Creator. In the prose poem “December,” she encounters a
deer in the woods for an all-too-brief moment before it vanishes:
“In shyness, perhaps. Or simply because we get no more than such
dreamy chances to look upon the real world. The great door opens a
crack, a hint of the truth is given — so bright it is almost a
death, a joy we cant’ bear — and then it is gone.” May God bless
you,
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Sunday Reflections for the Solemnity
of the Most Holy Trinity
June 19, 2011
Meeting people for the first time usually involves offering our
name and what we do. This is what happens on the Feast of the Holy
Trinity. We return to Ordinary Time by listening to three texts
that attempt to
tell us who our Triune God is and what God has done and
continues to do for us.
WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU DO?
Once a young priest was giving a blessing in our seminary chapel
and he left out the ands separating the Father and the Son and the
Holy Spirit. An older priest loudly whispered: “Modalism!” This was
a heresy in the early Church that taught that there was one God but
not three distinct persons, only three modes or ways of
experiencing God. Thus, those ands were important, giving emphasis
to three dis-tinct persons. We believe in one God who is three: the
Father and the Son and the Holy
Spirit. Your head can hurt trying to wrap your mind around this
mystery. These readings don’t try to “figure it out.” They simply
allow God to be introduced. First God gives Moses a name: “Lord.”
God then spells out what that means for Moses and a people
liberated from slavery. God is “merciful and gracious, slow to
anger and rich in kindness and fidelity.” The Gospel of John
reveals Jesus as the beloved Son sent into the world. For “God so
loved the world he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes
in Him might not perish but have eternal life” (3:16). God really
loves creation and all that continues to be created in love.
Finally, Paul’s farewell to the Corinthians refers to the Lord
Jesus who graces, the Father who loves, and the Holy Spirit who
draws everyone into community. In brief, at the heart of God is
found love, grace, mercy, community, kindness, and fidelity. Not a
bad introduction. More ways to know the Trinity will be discovered
as we move through “ordinary” time.
Readings for the Week June 13th-June 18th: Mon.: 2 Cor 6:1-10;
Mt 5:38-42 Tues.: 2 Cor 8:1-9; Mt 5:43-48 Wed.: 2 Cor 9:6-11; Mt
6:1-6, 16-18 Thurs.: 2 Cor 11:1-11; Mt 6:7-15 Fri.: 2 Cor 11:18,
21-30; Mt 6:19-23 Sat.: 2 Cor 12:1-10; Mt 6:24-34
REFLECTION
The Lord, the Lord, a merciful and gracious God (Exodus 34:4b-6,
8-9). FIRST READING
God revealed Himself to Moses on Mount Sinai. God is always
mystery, but in those moments God let Moses know that He is
mer-ciful and gracious. God does not want to be angry with us. He
only seeks our good. Thus, the Commandments that God revealed to
Moses and the people of Israel are to be seen as a great act of
compassion. God so
loved us that He taught us how to live in His ways. If we
observe the Commandments, we will find Life; but if we break the
Command-ments, we will have chosen our own spiritual death. Moses
admitted that the people of Is-rael (and we) are sinners and we
will always be in need of God’s mercy, but God promises to grant
that mercy when we seek it.
The Gospel of John presents the final judg-ment as something
that will occur before the end of time. It already occurs today,
for when we make Jesus take a part of our lives, God will be real
and alive to us. When, however, we reject Jesus, we choose to live
a life with-
out Him. There could be not greater punish-ment than that.
However this is certainly not what God wants. God did not send
Jesus into the world so that we would be condemned. God wants us to
be saved; He even called His Son to the cross out of love for
us.
God sent his Son that the world might be saved through Him (John
3:16-18). GOSPEL
Saint Paul’s two Letters to the Corinthians are the first
Letters written in the New Testa-ment that have clear references to
the Holy Trinity. Remember that these Letters were produced long
before the Gospels were writ-ten. In the last verses of this
reading, we hear
a blessing given in the name of the Lord Je-sus Christ (the word
“Lord” means that Jesus is God and the word “Christ” is the Greek
equivalent of the word “Messiah”), God (the Father), and the Holy
Spirit.
SECOND READING The grace of Jesus Christ and the love of God and
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 13:11-13).
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STEWARDSHIP
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Sat., June 11th (5pm) Kenneth Schomers; Rose Johnson; Scott
Zaur; Loreto De La Fuente; 40th Anniversary of Dave and Linda Weber
Sun., June 12th (7:15am) Jack Dobbins (8:30am) Janice Viasisvich;
Patricia Fitzpatrick (10am) Michael Panko; Mary Flores; Frank
Gasper; Jack O’Connor; Carol Eisenberg; Esther Pickering; Jenney
Tejheda; Stanley and Frances Gill; Arthur Gomulka (11:30am)
Blaschke Family; Carol Carter; Anthony Esposito Mon., June 13th
(9am) Michael Sullivan; Ray and Corinne Gillis Tues., June 14th
(9am) Joan Mancari; Walter Brownley Wed., June 15th (9am) Michael
Betz; Patricia Kinsella Thurs., June 16th (9am) Camille Rosiak;
Agnes Gannon Fri., June 17th (9am) Raymond Binkowski; Dorothy
Stanis; Esther Pickering Sat., June 18th (5pm) Peter Vallort;
Ronald Jordan; Bill Boardman; Camille Rosiak, Yolanda and Otto
Politano; Arnold G. Skibinski Sun., June 19th (7:15am) Mary Lou
Naponiello; Eugene Kurowski; Clarence Horzewski (8:30am) Charles
Kibler; Greg Szyndrowski (10am) Kenn Nemec; John Vitkovic; James
Grant, Sr.; Edward Keane; Helen Kurek; Robert Petrie; Harry Baran;
Leo Dignan, Sr.; James Paul; Willard and Estelle Bush; Ralph
Vennetti (11:30am) Vernette Haines; Ray Gillis; Art Williams; Henry
O’Neill
June 12, 2011
COLLECTION FOR 6-5-11: $25,851.15
KIDS COLLECTION: $74.18
Thank you for your generosity.
We remember the sick, infirm, and those recommended to our
prayers, that they may experience the healing power of Christ:
Alvin Smith Patrick McKernan Lucis Nemanius Carmen Roti Sandra
Touissant-Smith Liam Quirk And for our deceased: Preston Pingel
Catherine Hackett Virginia O’Hara “Heavenly Father, accept the
prayers which we offer for them.”
David and Jennifer Vogt Children: Nicholas, Jordyn, Brandon, and
Stephanie Vogt
Please pray for these couples preparing for the Sacrament of
Matrimony: Jackie LaMonte and Brendan Durkin; 6-18
Congratulations to the following parents on the baptism of their
child on 6-5-11: Olivia Lori, child of Thomas and Lois Batinich
Grace Margaret, child of Adam and Meghan Wolbers Elias Erubiel,
child of Erubiel and Eva Esparza Brianna Stephanie, child of
Timothy and Christine Wyma Addison Marie, child of Adam and Erin
Henrichs Anthony Thomas, child of Dominic and Janet Tommasone
Please visit the St. Elizabeth Seton
Men’s Club Food Tent at the Orland Hills
MUSIC FESTMUSIC FESTMUSIC FEST Saturday, June 25thSaturday, June
25thSaturday, June 25th Sunday, June 26thSunday, June 26thSunday,
June 26th
Please visit thePlease visit thePlease visit the St. Elizabeth
SetonSt. Elizabeth SetonSt. Elizabeth Seton
Men’s Club Food TentMen’s Club Food TentMen’s Club Food Tent at
the Orland Hills at the Orland Hills at the Orland Hills
MUSIC FESTMUSIC FESTMUSIC FEST Saturday, June 25thSaturday, June
25thSaturday, June 25th Sunday, June 26thSunday, June 26thSunday,
June 26th
Hot Dogs $2
Brats/Italian Sausage $3 Corn on the Cob $2
Pop/Water $1
Friday, June 24th 6-8pm: J & T Band (country); WJMK K-Hits
8-11:30pm: 7th Heaven (rock/pop) Saturday, June 25th 1-3:30pm:
Saint Laurence Rock Band 4-6pm: WLUP Van and Loop Girl 4:30-7pm:
The Deal (rock) 8-11:45pm: Echos of Pink Floyd; Laser Light Show
9:30-10pm: Fireworks Sunday, June 26th 1-4pm: Jumpees, face
painting, balloon artist, petting zoo, cold blooded creatures,
magician 3:30-6pm: Libido Funk Circus (pop/fun/dance) 7-9pm:
American English (Beatles Tribute Band)
SVDP Used School School Supplies Drive This Weekend! The St.
Vincent DePaul Society is collecting used school supplies in GOOD
CONDITION this weekend. Please deposit your donations in the boxes
by the entrance doors of the church. Your donations will be
distributed to needy children for their Summer School projects.
Thank you for your support!
Kelly Park 16553 Haven
All proceeds will benefit the Branches Youth Group and our 2-1
Mortgage Reduction Appeal
Congratulations to Edward and Dolores Senese who are celebrating
their 56th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday, June 11, 2011.
Congratulations to Dave and Linda Weber who are celebrating their
40th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday, June 11, 2011.
MASS INTENTIONS
WELCOME
PLEASE PRAY FOR
WEDDINGS
BAPTISMS
ANNIVERSARIES
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T WO YEARS AGO, outside of Guatemala City, Lorenzo Rosebaugh, a
Missionary Oblate of
Mary Immaculate, was shot to death as he was driving with a
number of his fellow missionar-ies to a community meeting. The real
motive behind his kill-ing may never be known. On the surface, it
appeared to be noth-ing more than a violent robbery, but given the
circumstances of Lorenzo’s life and his life-long fight for justice
for the poor, everyone, myself no exception, wants to believe that
his being shot was more than a question of being at the wrong place
at the wrong time. Too many things suggest that this was more than
an accident. If nothing else, his death by gunshot is somehow
symbolic: Lorenzo wasn’t meant to die of old age in a comfortable
bed. I first met Lorenzo at our mother-house at Aix-en-Provence in
France 10 years ago. He had just returned from a long missionary
stint in Latin America where, among other things, he had lived on
the streets of Recife with its poor, without roof or fixed address,
for several years. A serious illness drove him back to the USA and
his Oblate community sent him on a sab-batical to France. He
arrived there unable to speak any French whatsoever. Yet, when I
met him there, less than a month after his arrival, he was sitting
on the steps of the church which is attached to our community
residence with a dozen street-people gathered round him. They were
sharing food and ciga-rettes and some kind of conversation. It
looked like a picnic in the park. There is nothing exceptional
about this except that Lorenzo couldn’t speak a word of French and
the people gathered round him couldn’t speak English, Portuguese,
or Spanish (his languages). Yet they clearly seemed to be
communicating with each other, and deeply, in a way that would
trigger envy to an outsider, and Lorenzo was their focal point.
How? How can we speak to each other beyond communicating in the
ordinary languages that we know?
W HEN THE EVANGELIST, LUKE, describes the first Pentecost, he
tells us that, after receiving the Holy Spirit, the first followers
of Jesus came out into public and began speaking and, everyone,
absolutely everyone, no matter their ethnicity or language,
heard the disciples’ words as if they were in their own language.
The old barriers of native language no longer blocked hearing or
understanding. The language given by the spirit transcended
ethnicity and native tongue.
It is too easy for us to simply write this off as a miracle, an
exceptional foundational intervention by God which helped found the
church. That may also be true, but there is another point to this:
Language functions at different levels. At its most obvious level,
language depends upon the spoken word and that word is always in a
particular language, e.g., French, English, Spanish, Chinese. At
this level words have a relative power, but they can also deceive
and lie. Words don’t always accurately mirror the heart. Moreover,
they invariably fail us just when we most need them, especially in
depth situa-
tions where tragedy, death, and betrayal render us mute.
B UT WE HAVE OTHER LANGUAGES: Beyond the spoken word there is
body language. Our bodies speak louder and more honestly than do
our words. Through our bodies, through its gestures and the nuances
of its countenance, we speak more deeply and more truly than we do
with our words. And we have still yet a deeper language: More
deeply than through the body, we speak through the spirit, through
the language of the Holy Spirit, a language that transcends the
spoken word and the language of our bodies. What is the language of
the spirit? The Holy Spirit is not just a person inside the
Trinity, hopelessly abstract and beyond our conception. Scripture
tells us that the Holy Spirit is also very concrete, conceivable,
and tangible inside of charity, joy, peace, patience, goodness,
longsuffering, fidelity, gentleness, and chastity. These speak
through us more loudly and clearly, either in their presence or
their absence, than do all our words and gestures. In the end we
are not fooled by each other. We hear beyond spoken words, bodily
gestures, and beyond what we explicitly intend to say to each
other. The heart reads the heart and the spirit recognizes itself
wherever it sees itself as manifest. Thus many of us talk
passionately about our love for the poor, but the poor do not hear
us, understand us, or gather round us, even when our diction is
perfect in their native tongue. While working in Latin America,
Lorenzo Rosebaugh spoke only broken Spanish and broken Portuguese.
Yet the poor there heard him and perfectly understood what he was
saying. He spoke no French at all and still he was able to sit on
the steps of a church in France and gather round him the
street-people there who spoke only French—and they understood him
clearly, as in their mother-tongue. Such is the language of
Pentecost.
In Exile by Rev. Ronald Rolheiser
Come, Holy Spirit! Come Father and Mother of the poor! Come, our
sweet refreshment, our solace in the midst of woe, our light in
darkness. Healer of our wounds, dew upon our dryness, warmth for
our cold hearts.
Bring the orphans home that all our gifts of life form one
family within your Church. Amen.
PENTECOST SUNDAY Make Christ Present in the World Today
Deeper Language “And they were filled with the Holy Spirit and
began to speak in
different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.”
—ACTS 2:4
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Journey with the Lord and let your heart hear God’s Words….
By Margie Guadagno St. Elizabeth Seton Pastoral Associate
When the disciples
met Jesus
on the road,
they were
disappointed
and sad.
He walked with them
and listened to
their story.
Then, by opening up
the Scriptures
He gave them hope!
He helped them see
that they were
not abandoned
or left orphaned,
that God
was with them
and would
always be part
of their journey.
The Road To EmmausThe Road To EmmausThe Road To Emmaus The Road
To Emmaus The Road To EmmausThe Road To EmmausThe Road To
Emmaus
And All Were Filled With the Holy Spirit...
“When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one
place together.”
W HEN I HEAR THESE LINES each year, I do so from the perspective
of my Christian upbringing and Catholic education. After the
passion, death and Resurrection of Jesus, a time was appointed by
God to send the ‘advocate’ that Jesus promised. That is our
celebration of Pentecost, the Birth of the Church. But this year,
something drew me to research this feast day from the perspective
of Jesus’ followers who experienced it through their Jewish
upbringing and education. What I found is very interesting.
Pentecost, which means ‘fifty days,’ was the Feast of Shavuot. It
was the celebration of the giving of the Torah to Moses at Mt.
Sinai. The Torah is the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The date of
Shavuot is determined by counting off fifty days from the Jewish
Passover. This fifty day period is called the Counting of Omer and
is a time of intense spiritual preparation and anticipation leading
up to Shavuot for Jewish people. In fact, an important spiritual
aspect of the Jewish faith is the belief that God freed the Jewish
people from servitude to the Pharaoh in Egypt so that they could
receive the Torah at Mt. Sinai and begin to serve God. So, just as
they celebrated Passover believing God was freeing them as much as
he freed their ancestors, they approached the time of the Counting
of Omer believing
each person was responsible to prepare to accept the Torah into
their own lives. So much so that on the eve of the Feast of
Shavuot, Jewish families would gather together and stay up all
night reading the Torah in preparation for the feast day.
Understanding this makes it clearer for me why the followers of
Jesus were gathered together and what was meant by ‘the time for
Pentecost being fulfilled.’ The 50 days had been counted, they had
gathered together to read and study the Torah and were now ready to
celebrate the Feast Day. Suddenly, a noise filled the entire house
and each person present was filled with the Holy Spirit who enabled
them to proclaim the mighty acts of God. Can you imagine what that
must have been like? To have spent the night reading the Torah to
recommit yourself to God’s Word, and then to have that Word opened
up in ways you could never have understood on your own? To see that
the freedom granted by God to the Hebrews is now granted to
everyone through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus? To be
filled with the courage to go out and share that understanding with
others? No wonder the people who heard them were astounded and
amazed! They were truly people on fire.
P erhaps we can approach Pentecost in the same state of mind as
the first disciples did—believing that what God did for them
through the Spirit is being done today for us: right here and right
now.
Happy Pentecost!
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As we look back on almost 25 years as a parish
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1) After much coaxing during previous Seton anniversary dinner
dances, when did Father O’Mara promise to dance the “Chicken Dance”
with parishioners? 2) What parade did the St. Elizabeth Seton
parishioners march in? 3) Who led the St. Elizabeth Seton
parishioners in the parade? 4) Fr. Ron Hicks was an associate here
at St. Elizabeth Seton from 1996-1999. Where was his assignment
after leaving Seton? 5) Who wrote movie reviews in the
bulletin?
Remember When articles submitted by Sharon Daley. Seton Trivia
Answers can be found on page 13.
Jonathan Biallas Emily Bilecki Scott Cuba Tara Esboldt Colleen
Innis James Jaeger Benjamin Justice Max Kircher Elizabeth
Kochniarczyk Olivia Kozel Erik Krause
Taylor Krueger Rachel Latus William Leeson Ryan Loizzo Brian
McMahon Peyton O’Neill Henry Pawelczyk Joshua Szymanek Brady Walter
Stephen Westman Matthew Zdun
Seton Eighth Grader Altar Servers! Thank you for your years of
faithful service!
Dear Altar Servers,
Maybe you never thought about what it means to be an altar
server, but here is something to think about…
You have served Christ at the altar, and have a connection with
altar servers around the world — all attending to the mystery of
the altar. Something drew you to be an altar server. Maybe it was
the white robes, maybe it was a way to stay more focused at Mass.
Whatever it was still resides in you even as you end your official
service as an altar server. The mystery which drew you remains
forever in you, whether you can articulate it or not, because it is
the mystery of God that really compelled you. Oh, certainly you
were encouraged by a parent, but we know that God does his work
through many instruments — parents being a way that God speaks to
you.
You placed the bread on the altar, you held the water and the
wine at Mass. Water, wine and bread; the same elements that Jesus
used at the Last Supper. You held the book with all the prayers
that we use at Mass. You have carried the candles, which are always
a symbol of hope, that Christ is our light. Some have carried the
cross, and we know that we have a heavy cross at Seton.
Interesting, that it is a heavy cross. But Jesus surely didn’t want
to carry His cross right away. Although, He eventually embraced it,
and you have done the same symbolically by carrying the cross.
Thank you for your service to Christ and to our parish!
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Get your raffle ticket
today! Early Bird drawing next
weekend!
“Thanks for Giving” RAFFLE GRAND PRIZE $25,000! Early Bird
Drawing….. $2,000 (June 19, 2011 after the 11:30am Mass)
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ONLY $50 PER TICKET JUST 2,000 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD!
Proceeds will support our 2-for-1 debt reduction.
Drawing on Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 5pm in the church
parking lot at the SetonFest Church Picnic.
All ticket holders welcome. Winner need not be present. GRAND
PRIZE drawn first. In the event all tickets are not sold, all prize
monies will be awarded on a pro-rated basis.
Raffle Tickets available in the Parish Office.
For more details or information regarding $100 medallions,
please call Donna Stolinski, St. Elizabeth Seton Business Manager,
at 708-403-0101 or Joe Tucker at 708-873-0065.
$46,000 IN TOTAL PRIZE WINNINGS
Available TODAY!
St. Elizabeth Seton 25th Anniversary
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLIONS
Cost: $100
Price includes one free $50 raffle ticket to the $25,000
raffle drawing at the Jubilee Seton Picnic on
August 27, 2011.
Must purchase medallion before August 27th to receive raffle
ticket.
Monies raised go the church debt reduction and to Jubilee
events.
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(For a party of 6 or more, please call ahead with a reservation
!) We invite you and your family to {dine in or out}
at Gatto’s Restaurant in Tinley Park Monday through
Thursday.
June 27th through June 30th. St. Elizabeth Seton Parish will
receive 15% of each sale
when you present this flyer at lunch and/or dinner at Gatto’s.
Monies received from Gatto’s will be added to our fund to reduce
our debt.
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2011 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL
Your “donation” becomes a “TWO-FOR-ONE” and is really a
“THREE-FOR-ONE”!
Help reduce our mortgage as all monies donated are matched by
the Archdiocese! There has never been a better time to make a
gift!
AMOUNT PLEDGED-TO-DATE: $100,673.00 AMOUNT PAID-TO-DATE: $
77,866.00 The theme of the 2011 Annual Catholic Appeal is “seek
first the kingdom of God…” (Matthew 6:33). However, the Annual
Catholic Appeal is different for St. Elizabeth Seton. The
Archdiocese is aware of the very large mortgage and interest
payment that St. Elizabeth Seton makes each year. As part of their
Mission and ministry, they want to assist us. As a result, all the
monies that you pledge will be applied not only to Archdiocesan
needs, but to our mortgage to the Archdiocese. And, as a special
incentive, they will match all funds pledged and received.
“Two-for-One” is actually “Three-for-One”. This truly is a great
gift. It is important to understand how vital a single pledge is.
Each family’s pledge does make a difference. The participation of
many parishioners in this campaign will, I hope, enable our parish
to have a significant reduction in our mortgage and interest
payments. The combined gifts of so many people will not only
signify gratitude to God, they will glorify Him by improving the
ministry of our parish.
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Place your order for a St. Elizabeth Seton 25th Anniversary
Jubilee Polo or T-Shirt today and help support our Branches
Mission Trip!
Shirts are available in two styles -Polo and T-Shirt-and two
colors-maroon w/white lettering or white w/maroon lettering. They
can be ordered in small through 2XL sizes.
The t-shirts have a large version of the Jubilee logo on the
back and "25th Jubilee - St. Elizabeth Seton Church" with a drawing
of the processional cross on the front breast area. The polos just
have a smaller version of the Jubilee logo on the front breast
area. Cost: t-shirts are $12 each and polos are $15 each, with all
proceeds going to the Branches
Mission Trip. We are taking orders until July 3, with shirts
delivered in time for our Jubilee picnic.
Please submit all order forms with a check for the proper amount
(made out to St. Elizabeth Seton Church) to the Parish Office by
July 3.
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Be Still… A Call To Centering PrayerBe Still… A Call To
Centering PrayerBe Still… A Call To Centering Prayer Wednesday,
June 8th at 7pmWednesday, June 8th at 7pmWednesday, June 8th at
7pm
You are invited to join in an hour of quiet timeYou are invited
to join in an hour of quiet timeYou are invited to join in an hour
of quiet time and learn about Centering Prayer. The groupand learn
about Centering Prayer. The groupand learn about Centering Prayer.
The group meets the second Wednesday of each monthmeets the second
Wednesday of each monthmeets the second Wednesday of each month in
the Cornerstone building located on the in the Cornerstone building
located on the in the Cornerstone building located on the corner of
167th St. and 94th Ave. corner of 167th St. and 94th Ave. corner of
167th St. and 94th Ave. Questions?Questions?Questions? Please call
Marge at 708Please call Marge at 708Please call Marge at
708---460460460---5357.5357.5357.
For more information about the priesthood please visit
www.ChicagoPriest.com. To explore vocation opportunities, please
contact Fr. Brian Welter at [email protected], call
312-534-8298 or . To learn about religious life contact Sr. Elyse
Ramirez, OP at 312-534-5240 or via email at
[email protected].
VOCATION CROSS PARTICIPANTS:
Wednesday, June 15th Pamela Zufan
Wednesday, June 22nd Leeson Family
Wednesday, June 29th Maryann Mirecki Please call the parish
office at 708-403-0101 to sign up to be a Vocation Cross
Participant. Please join them in prayer... PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, graciously hear our prayers. Give us
generous hearts to respond to Your call in our lives. Lift up
courageous men and women willing to follow after Your Heart as
priests, sisters and brothers. Help parents and teachers to share
the faith and to encourage young people to explore religious
vocations. Guide all people, Lord, in Your ways of compassion,
truth and peace, that we may find happiness in fulfilling our
vocations. Amen.
Parish Vocation News
PENTECOST SUNDAY Page Eleven June 12, 2011
Newborns in Need The Seton Sowers Chapter of New-borns in Need
will be meeting at 9:30am on Monday, June 20th in the downstairs
meeting room. The group welcomes anyone who would like to help
knit, crochet and sew baby items
for the University of Illinois, St. James and Provena/St. Joseph
Hospitals which specialize in the care of premature and ill babies
who need to spend time in the hospital after birth. They will
accept Any baby items you make, as well as donations of
yarn/fabric. Materials/patterns can be pro-vided. For information,
call Carol Dimer at 708-479-6994. Alcoholics Anonymous If you have
a problem with alcohol and feel a sincere de-sire to stop drinking,
you are welcome to attend a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.)
in the downstairs St. Eliza-beth Seton Church Hall on Thursdays
from 7:30-8:45pm. Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and
women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each
other so that they may solve their common problem and help others
to recover. The only requirement is a sincere desire to stop
drinking. Families Anonymous If your life has gone astray due to
living with someone who has a substance abuse problem, consider
attending Fami-lies Anonymous on Mondays from 7-8:30pm at Palos
Hos-pital, 123rd and 80th Ave., Palos Heights (LL Rm. F). Call
708-429-5704.
Seton Summer Market Days are BACK! June 16th, July 20th, August
17th
PICKUP THIS WEEK! Pickup for the Seton Summer Market Day is
scheduled for Wednesday, June 15th from 5:00-6:00pm. Questions?
Call Kathy Hall at 708-349-1879. And remember! You can order
Everything from main entrees to snacks for your quick, delicious
meals online for any of the remaining Market Day events at
www.marketday.com. (Acct. #2887).
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PENTECOST SUNDAY June 12, 2011 Page Twelve
Friends of the Orphans Send thanks
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June 12, 2011 PENTECOST SUNDAY Page Thirteen
SAINT OF THE WEEK
St. Anthony of Padua 1195-1231
THE GOSPEL CALL TO LEAVE everything and follow Christ was the
rule of Anthony’s life. Over and over again God called him
to something new in his plan. Every time Anthony responded with
renewed zeal and self-sacrificing to serve his Lord Jesus more
completely. His journey as the servant of God began as a very young
man when he decided to join the Augustinians in Lisbon, giving up a
future of wealth and power to be a servant of God. Later, when the
bodies of the first Franciscan martyrs went through the Portuguese
city where he was stationed, he was again filled with an intense
longing to be one of those closest to Jesus himself: those who die
for the Good News. So Anthony entered the Franciscan Order and set
out to preach to the Moors. But an illness prevented him from
achieving that goal. He went to Italy and was stationed in a small
hermitage where he spent most of his time praying, reading the
Scriptures and doing menial tasks. The call of God came again at an
ordination where no one was prepared to speak. The humble and
obedient Anthony hesitantly accepted the task. The years of
searching for Jesus in prayer, of reading sacred Scripture and of
serving him in poverty, chastity and obedience had prepared Anthony
to allow the Spirit to use his talents. Anthony’s sermon was
astounding to those who expected an unprepared speech and knew not
the Spirit’s power to give people words. Recognized as a great man
of prayer and a great Scripture and theology scholar, Anthony
became the first friar to teach theology to the other friars. Soon
he was called from that post to preach to the Albigensian in
France, using his profound knowledge of Scripture and theology to
convert and reassure those who had been misled. After he led the
friars in northern Italy for three years, he made his headquarters
in the city of Padua. He resumed his preaching and began writing
sermon notes to help other preachers.
COMMENT Anthony should be the patron of those who find their
lives completely uprooted and set in a new and unexpected
direction. Like all saints, he is a perfect example of turning
one's life completely over to Christ. God did with Anthony as God
pleased—and what God pleased was a life of spiritual power and
brilliance that still attracts admiration today. He whom popular
devotion has nominated as finder of lost objects found himself by
losing himself totally to the providence of God.
Save-the-Date Saturday, August 27th
to “Make the Scene” at our
“Setonville” Parish Picnic !
Dig the hot rods, dig the food,
dig the plans we made for you! Family Fun all day!
Be cool! Help Volunteer!
Sign up in the Narthex!
St. Julie Church will host
Theology On Tap Sundays evenings
July 10th-31st Theology On Tap is of-fered for all young adults,
single or married, between the ages of 20-39. The sessions will be
held during the four-weeks of July
starting on July 10th. St. Julie Billiart, 7399 W. 159th Pl.,
Tinley Park, is one of the 40 sites throughout the Chicagoland area
hosting Theology on Tap. All partici-pants are welcome to attend
the St. Julie Billiart 6pm Sunday Mass. Refreshments will be served
followed by their speaker at 7:15pm. Please visit the Young Adult
Ministry website, yamchicago.org for details. Also, you will find
Theology-On-Tap on Facebook and Twitter.
Remember When Trivia Answers: 1. Over the years prior, Fr.
O’Mara promised he would dance to the Chicken Dance at our 10th
Anniversary Dinner Dance. 2. The Southside St. Patrick’s Day
Parade. 3. Fr. Brian Ardagh led our parishioners in the parade. 4.
Fr. Hicks left for a teaching position at St. Joseph Seminary. 5.
Fr. O’Mara would share his O’ratings movie reviews in his his
O’rations bulletin articles.
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Sixth Grade Families RELEASED ON MARCH 9, 2011, the New American
Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE) is the culmination of nearly 20
years of work by a group of nearly 100 scholars and theologians,
including bishops, revisers and editors. The NABRE includes a newly
revised translation of the entire Old Testament (including the Book
of Psalms) along with the 1986 edition of the New Testament. All
incoming sixth grade students and Catechists will be issued the
newly revised edition.
MONDAY NIGHT MEDLEY CATEGORY:
LITURGY, PRAYER, SACRAMENTS LOCATION:
ST. JULIE BILLIART PARISH 7399 W. 159TH ST., TINLEY PARK
TIME: 7:00-8:45PM
DATE SPEAKER TITLE June 13 Rev. Steve Lanza Revision of the
Roman Missal June 20 Todd Williamson Liturgy of the Word June 27
Dr. Mary Amore Liturgy of the Eucharist July 11 Rev. Ed McLaughlin
Prayer July 18 Kathy Drennan Sacraments July 25 Dr. Joe Paprocki
Catechetical Dimension: Incorporating Liturgy, Prayer, and
Sacraments into the Classroom
There is no charge for these sessions if you are attending for
your own personal faith formation. If you wish to receive credit
for this course towards certification as a Catechist you must
register to attend all six sessions, pay the $15 material fee.
Checks should be made payable to: Southwest Suburban Cluster
Association
Mail registrations to: Trish Nickleski, 608 Sobieski St.,
Lemont, IL 60439
If you are a Catholic School teacher please contact Esther Hicks
office to see if this will count towards your certification.
PENTECOST SUNDAY June 12, 2011 Page Fourteen
S T . E L I Z A B E T H S E T O N C H I L D R E N ’ S R E L I G
I O U S E D U C A T I O N
REMINDER: RE-REGISTERING FAMILIES —
Early bird (discounted tuition fees) end on June 17th. Rates
increase by $50.00 as of June 18th.
Highlighting Our Ministry/Recruitment Weekend ON THE WEEKEND OF
MAY 28TH AND MAY 29TH, the Religious Education Program joined with
the Cardinal Bernardin School and the Athletics Program celebrating
our ministries by carrying in our 25th Anniversary commemorative
candle during the Entrance Procession at each of the Masses. At the
7:15am Mass (pictured above) our program was represented by Mrs.
Mary Kaye Green (Third Grade Leader Catechist) and her daughter
Mary Kate. We would like to thank the people who stopped by our
table in the Narthex to inquire about Catechist, Faith Companion
and Support Staff positions for the upcoming 2011-2012 year. We
especially wish to thank the individuals who filled the Catechist
positions for 1st, 3rd, and 8th Grade, and Hall Monitor position.
We are still in need of Catechists and Faith Companions! Please
stop by or phone the R.E. Office at 708-403-0137 if you are
interested in information on how to join our team. We are looking
forward to meeting you.
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ST. ELIZABETH SETON PARISH INFORMATION
Sacrament of Reconciliation is offered on Saturday, between
4:15-4:45pm.
Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated twice monthly at 1pm. Reserve
your time by calling the Pastoral Center early. We are limited to
six children per Sunday.
Baptismal Couples preparing for the birth of their child should
contact the Pastoral Center to register for a one night seminar,
focusing on a parent’s role in his/her child’s faith development.
This session is mandatory prior to the Baptism.
Anointing of the Sick is available in the Church every Monday
after the 9am Mass. For those who are ill or facing
hospitalization, it is appropriate to receive the sacrament once
every six months. Please call the Pastoral Center for more
information.
Ministry of Care is available to give Communion to the
housebound, to visit and pray for hospitalized and/or to arrange
for the Anointing of the Sick. Please call the Pastoral Center for
assistance.
In the Hospital? Because of HIPAA Privacy regulations hospitals
can no longer contact the parish regarding your hospitalization. It
is the responsibility of you or a family member to notify our
parish. We desire to offer whatever spiritual support we can.
Please call the Pastoral Center.
Sacrament of Marriage Couples planning to marry are encouraged
to make arrangements at least six months in advance.
Wedding Workshops are offered throughout the year. They provide
engaged couples with guidelines and suggestions for the celebration
of the Sacrament of Marriage. The workshop covers topics ranging
from readings and music to flowers and video taping.
Adult Choir sings at all 10am Sunday Masses, as well as at a
number of special liturgies.
Moving? Please call the office at 708-403-0101.
June 15, 2011 PENTECOST SUNDAY Page Fifteen
SETON YOUTH PROGRAMSETON YOUTH PROGRAMSETON YOUTH PROGRAM Seton
Saints Summer Softball
We play 16" softball against other parish teams, with weekly
games starting in June and ending the first
weekend in August. We practice Wednesdays from 6:15-7:30pm
starting April 27 on the grass field by the
Cornerstone. The team is open to current eighth graders through
high school seniors, who are Seton parishioners, CJB students, and
their friends. Cost is $30, and covers
the league fee, uniform shirts, and some equipment. Mission Trip
Meetings
All those participating in the 2011 Mission Trip must attend
Wednesday evening planning meetings from 7:30-8:30pm in the Parish
Hall (below the church). The meetings will be June 1 and June 8.
The meeting will follow softball practice
for those of you playing on the team.
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Pastoral Staff Rev. Richard Homa, Pastor Rev. Stanislaw Kuca,
Associate Pastor Margie Guadagno, Pastoral Associate Donna
Stolinski, Business Manager Claudia Nolan, Director of Liturgy
Linda McKeague, Director of Music Elaine Pawlak, Religious
Education Coordinator Mary Iannucilli, Principal, CJB School Sr.
Dorothy Glaister, OP, CJB School RE Coordinator
Pastor Emeritus: Rev. William T. O’Mara
Resident Priest: Rev. William Gubbins
Deacon: Frank (Betty) Gildea Deacon: Joseph (Nancy) Bishop
Liturgy and Music Staff Claudia Nolan, Director of Liturgy Linda
McKeague, Director of Music
Parish Office Staff Donna Stolinski, Business Manager Darlene
Raila, Parish Publications Joan Nemec, Morning Receptionist Sharon
Daley, Afternoon Receptionist
Religious Education Staff Elaine Pawlak, Catechetics Diana
Barracca, Administration Karen Mirecki, Administration
Branches Youth Program Bruce Hall, Coordinator Rick Vlaming,
Coordinator Rick Wojcik, Coordinator
Athletics Bob Myjak, Director
Maintenance Staff Raymond Yanowsky, Director of Maintenance
Carlos Juarez, CJB Maintenance Coordinator Michael Makuch, Staff
Joseph Shake, Staff
REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE
Monday-Friday 9am Saturday 5pm
Sunday 7:15, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30am
St. Elizabeth Seton Church 9300 W. 167th Street Orland Hills, IL
60487
Parish Office: 708-403-0101 WEBSITE: WWW.STESETON.COM Religious
Education: 708-403-0137
PARISH SUMMER OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY-FRIDAY: 8:30AM--4:30PM
SATURDAY-SUNDAY: 8AM-1PM
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Catholic School 708-403-6525
Principal, Mary Iannucilli Vice Principal, Bonita Brown
Administrative Assistant, Cindy Labriola Devlin
6/18 & 6/19 5:00PM 7:15AM 8:30AM 10:00AM 11:30AM GREETERS R.
Coe
S. Klean A. Miller D. Roczniak B. Rose P. Rose M. Rose J. Rose
R. Sharp J. Sikora M. Taska R. Vlaming M. Vlaming
A. Dovgin L. McGhee S. McGhee D. Skrzypiec B. Tenuta A.
Shemanske B. Shemanske G. Staszewski P. Staszewski A.
Wrzesinski
K. Fox M. Fox D. Gurka M. Gurka P. Gurka M. Gurka J. Klomes J.
Klomes L. Klomes M. Klomes A. McCoy
A. Gent M. Havlin J. Havlin P. Havlin B. Krueger S. Lorenz N.
Lorenz J. Moran D. Weber
R. Andrews M. Broderick M. Fitzgerald M. Gniady K. Ivancich B.
Ivancich M. McMahon B. Wojewnik
LECTORS J. Tunelius R. Coe
D. Houha
K. Dziallo B. Hall
M. Eisenberg R. Hicks
C. Steckhan G. Rekar
ALTAR SERVERS
S. Nemec E. Krause H. Pawelczyk
C. Murphy R. Senick S. Westman
N. Thompson B. Ryan J. Dennis
F. Velcich J. Jalowiec M. Bialka
M. Yara D. Bergins J. Ucha
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
M. Jeswein R. Piorkowski S. Abbatemarco M. Abbatemarco A. Sharp
J. Harris J. Connelly D. McBride B. DeJonge T. Hanlon S. Grill M.
Miller
D. Nykiel M. Guadagno C. Nolan M. Fundator B .Gildea J. Janiak
A. Weishaar
M. Dziallo S. Hall V. Patrizi V. Patrizi T. Cohoon J. Juds P.
Skowronek J. Kelly K. Kelly N. Krieher S. Weishaar B. Knight
J. Eisenberg R. Hicks M. Fehrenbacher S. Rosinski M. Gabrione L.
Gent R. Laud B. Hansen S. Michalek J. Kokotan-Krauss J. Federico T.
Federico
M. Merino M. Morajda B. McMahon K. Hall T. Wolski S. Villegas T.
Scorzo L. Koning J. Mitchel M. O’Connor J. Frese K. Frese
Attention All Ministers!
New ministers schedules are now available on our website at:
www.steseton.com Then visit: Music and Liturgy
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