The Baptism of the Lord · 2021. 1. 9. · The Baptism of the Lord Sunday, January 10, 2021 4220 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60613 | (773) 280-7700 | Celebrating 120 Years of Faith

The Baptism of the Lord

Sunday, January 10, 2021

4220 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60613 | (773) 280-7700 | www.saintmarys.org

Celebrating 120 Years of Faith and Community

PASTORAL STAFF

PASTOR Fr. Manuel Dorantes [email protected] WEEKEND ASSOCIATES Fr. James T. Baraniak, O. Praem. Fr. David Mastrangelo, S.J. Fr. Jim Prehn, S.J. RESIDENT PRIEST Fr. Tony Gittins, CSSp DEACON William Pyrek ASSISTANT TO THE PASTOR Marc Vega [email protected] OUTREACH & JUSTICE MINISTRY Claire DesHotels [email protected] MUSIC MINISTRY Connor Ford [email protected]

PARISH STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS Mary Carravallah [email protected]

Mayra Garcia [email protected]

INTERIM BUSINESS MANAGER Jim Masini ST. MARY OF THE LAKE SCHOOL

PRINCIPAL Christine Boyd 1026 W Buena Ave., Chicago, IL 60613

[email protected] | (773) 281-0018

Worship with Us!

Weekend Masses Saturday Vigil

4:30pm (English)

Sunday

7:30am (English) 10:30am (English) 12:00pm (Spanish)

Weekday Mass Monday—Saturday

9:00am (English)

Adoration & Private Prayer Temporarily Suspended

Reconciliation

Saturday, January 23rd—9:30-11:30am

Wednesday, January 27th—6:00-8:00pm

Call our Parish Office to register.

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WELCOME TO SAINT MARY OF THE LAKE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Office Hours Monday thru Friday

9:00am—7:00pm OUR OFFICE IS CLOSED FOR IN-PERSON BUSINESS

We can assist you via Phone and Email

Saint Mary of the Lake Catholic Church 4220 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60613

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Join us for Mass via Livestream!

SUNDAY GOSPEL REFLECTION

As I began to reflect on the past year and the challenges we have faced in our return to in-person mass participa-

tion, I couldn’t help but recall my childhood routines of attending mass at my Catholic grade school. These include belting out my favorite hymns – my favorite being Children of God in One Family, squeezing my friend’s hands extra tight during the Lord’s prayer, and the best part of the routine – dousing my right hand in holy water upon entering the church.

Whether you have been attending mass in person or via livestream, chances are you have not gotten to bless

yourself with holy water. Why did we use to do this anyway? It is a reminder of our Baptism – our identity. When we bless ourselves with holy water, we can think of the “holy trinity” to understand the purpose behind this practice and tradition within the church.

We are children of God. We have been redeemed by the cross. We have been washed clean of sin and purified by the Blood of the Lamb. I learned about this the hard way in second grade when my fellow classmates and I

decided it would be funny to use watercolor paints to baptize each other as the art teacher, Sister Paula, left the classroom. When she returned, our frog painting activity quickly pivoted into a Theology lesson.

This Theology lesson came back to me, a whole 15 years later, as I read this Sun-

day’s readings. The readings for the Baptism of the Lord remind us of two very im-portant life messages: our identity and our mission – both of which were at the heart of the theology skewed art lesson mentioned above. The concept of identity was outlined above. While identity is important, Sister Paula was sure to highlight our mission- the mission we are all responsible for carrying. This includes experiencing the presence of God within us and living as the children of God.

I can still remember Sister Paula’s words, “You kids would want the Heavenly Fa-

ther to say what he said to Jesus: ‘You are My beloved son/daughter with whom I am well pleased.’” She was quick to reiterate her main point once again in saying, “The Heavenly Father would still call you his beloved son/daughter, but he is not well pleased with your behavior today”.

As a Church we share the same mission and primary connection with Christ – we

are all brothers and sisters of Christ! As we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, may we remember the true

meaning of Baptism, commemorate the missed occurrences of blessing ourselves with Holy Water within this past year, and renew our Baptismal promises.

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Connor Ford Director of Music Ministry

RENEW MY CHURCH Wrigley Field Grouping

Announcement

SAVE THE DATE! We are pleased that Bishop Bartosic, our re-gional bishop and Cardinal Cupich’s repre-sentative to our region of the archdiocese, will be with us on Friday, January 22, at 7:00pm,

to join us in prayer and share an important up-date on the future of our parishes. Due to Covid restrictions, this will be done online. Please go to www.renewmychurch.org/announcements for details about how to access the meeting from your computer or smartphone.

PARISH NEWS & EVENTS

PARISH MINISTRY Events

FAITH FORMATION

Religious Education—Classes will resume on Sunday, January 10, 2021 from 9:00-10:15am on Zoom. For questions or concerns please contact Marc Vega at [email protected] or 773-280-7700 x402

OUTREACH & JUSTICE MINISTRY

This Sunday, January 10, 2021, Saint Mary’s at Lake-view Pantry continues its distribution of food from 1-3pm. To sign up to volunteer to help us on Sundays please visit www.saintmarys.org/popuppantry

REOPENING VOLUNTEERS

Volunteers are needed on our Reopening Committee! These are the greeters, ushers and cleaners who help each week with our various liturgies. Your help is needed to keep Saint Mary’s doors open, especially during the pandemic! For more information or to sign-up please visit www.saintmarys.org/reopenvolunteer

NAVIGATING DIVORCE MINISTRY

The Navigating Divorce Ministry meets regularly on Sunday mornings from 8:45-9:45am on Zoom. For more information and the link to join please contact Dr. Milt Kobus at [email protected].

PRIVATE RECONCILIATION

The Sacrament of Reconciliation is scheduled this month on the following days. Please call the parish of-fice to reserve your time for confession on either of these dates. Saturday, January 23rd — 9:30-11:30 am

following the Daily Mass Wednesday, January 27th — 6:00-8:00 pm

2020 TAX DONATION LETTERS

Please be aware that we are working on sending out Tax Donation Letters for the year 2020. Please look out in the mail for this information. If you have any questions or concerns please contact us at [email protected] or 773-280-7700.

SAINT MARY’S BOOK CLUB The book club will meet Thursday, January 14th at 7pm. For the next several weeks the group will discuss the recent Encyclical Letter on Fraternity and Social Friendship from Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti.

The first two chapters (paragraphs 1-55) will be cov-ered on January 14th. The Encyclical is available to be downloaded or read from the Vatican website at: http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html

ALL ARE WELCOME!

To join the discussion on January 14th, use this

link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86871856083?

pwd=MFR3cUUzbnhNNEtTN1NobDF6Mm02Zz09

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JOIN SAINT MARY’S IN PRAYER

REGISTERING FOR MASS

To attend Mass in person, we ask that you pre-register

online or call the parish office. Registration is only available

for two weeks into the future. If you find you are unable to

attend a Mass as it nears the date, please cancel the reserva-

tion so others are able to attend.

To register online, follow these steps:

1.Visit https://www.saintmarys.org/reopensacraments.html

2.Select “Sign up here” for your mass or service date

and time

3.Check the box “Sign Up” for this selection

4.Click on “Submit and Sign Up”.

5. “Quantity” select one (1) pew for up to six (6)

people who can sit together.

6.Enter your first and last name, email and phone

number for contact tracing and registration re-

minder.

7.Click on “Sign Up Now”. A confirmation email will

be sent.

By pre-registering you help us maintain our current socially

distancing capacity and help us care for the health of our

community by providing us with contact tracing infor-

mation should a COVID-19 positive case arise at the mass

or service you attend.

Pre-register online: https://www.saintmarys.org/reopensacraments.html

Pre-register by phone: 773-280-7700

Prayer Requests FOR THE WEEK OF January 10, 2021

The following are prayer requests we have received from the Saint Mary of the Lake community.

Please keep them in your prayers.

Deceased +Gustavo Botero

+Mary Foss +Dolores Marie Winslow

Health/Other

Marcy Brosten Mary Mikel Julio Ortiz

Abel & Marian Robles

To request a prayer intention please visit https://www.saintmarys.org/candle.html

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Readings for the Week of January 10, 2021

Sunday, January 10

Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 55:1-11; Ps 29:1-4, 3, 9-10 or Is 12:2-3,

4bcd-6; Acts 10:34-38 or 1 Jn 5:1-9; Mk 1:7-11

Monday, January 11 Heb 1:1-6; Ps 97:1, 2b, 6, 7c, 9; Mk 1:14-20

Tuesday, January 12 Heb 2:5-12; Ps 8:2ab, 5, 6-9; Mk 1:21-28

Wednesday, January 13

Heb 2:14-18; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Mk 1:29-39

Thursday, January 14

Heb 3:7-14; Ps 95:6-11; Mk 1:40-45

Friday, January 15

Heb 4:1-5, 11; Ps 78:3, 4bc, 6c-8; Mk 2:1-12

Saturday, January 16

Heb 4:12-16; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mk 2:13-17

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PARISH STEWARDSHIP

Support the Mission

Thank you for making a difference! Your continued generosity and support of Saint Mary of the Lake

parish community is greatly appreciated!

Sunday Collections

December 12-13, 2020

December 19-20, 2020

December 26-27, 2020

LAST WEEK January 2-3, 2021

4:30pm Mass $ 300 $ 843 $ 625 $ 846

7:30am Mass $ 209 $ 253 $ 1,002 $ 273

10:30am Mass $ 2,790 $ 902 $ 553 $ 857

12pm Spanish Mass $ 370 $ 539 $ 372 $ 443

Online Giving $ 2,912 $ 2,205 $ 2,630 $ 3.190

TOTAL $ 6,581 $ 4,742 $ 5,182 $ 5,609

Weekly Need: $ 10,561

Shortfall: ($ 4,952)

DONATE ONLINE

To donate directly from your bank account at

no cost to you and no cost to our parish please use

Zelle Quick Pay.

Send your donation to

[email protected]

To donate using a Credit Card please visit our

website or sign up at https://abundant.co/stmaryofthelake/give

CHRISTMAS 2020 COLLECTION UPDATE

We have received more donations for the Christmas 2020 collection. Below is our

current total. Thank you for your generosity!

$27,455.30