The Catholic Community of Divine Infant Jesus Church and Divine Providence Church & School Welcome to
Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Parish
The Catholic Community of Divine Infant Jesus Church and Divine Providence Church and School
PARISH CHURCH LOCATIONS
DIVINE INFANT JESUS DIVINE PROVIDENCE Church: Newcastle & Canterbury Avenues Church: 2600 Mayfair Ave. Rectory Office: 1601 Newcastle Ave. Business Office: 2550 Mayfair Ave. Westchester, IL 60154 Westchester, IL 60154 (708) 865-8071 FAX: (708) 865-8032 (708) 562-3364 FAX: (708) 562-3134 Hours: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM Hours: 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Mass Schedule: Mass Schedule: Wednesday & Friday: 8:00 AM Monday 8:00 AM Sundays: 10:00 AM Anticipated Mass Saturday 4:00PM Holy Days of Obligation: As announced in bulletin. PARISH STAFF Clergy and Consecrated Religious Pastoral Staff Office 708-562-3364
Pastor Reverend Marcin Szczypula Operations Director
Mr. John Maher [email protected] Residents Reverend Gerald Joyce Reverend Thomas Winikates Secretary /Bookkeeper Mrs. Toni Podock [email protected] Deacons Deacon Richard Hudzik Deacon Jim Sponder Secretary/Bulletin Editor Ms. Karen Luciano [email protected]
Liturgy & Adult Faith Formation Marketing/Enrollment Director Deacon Jim Sponder Director Mrs. Linda Hawkins 708-562-3364 - x12 [email protected] [email protected] Music Ministry
Religious Education Administrator Divine Providence 2500 Mayfair Ave. Sr. Christine Nantaba, IHMR School 708- 562-2258 708-865-8086-DI 708-562-2258-DP Principal Mrs. Lynn LeTourneau [email protected] [email protected]
Sacristan Sr. Susan Najjemba, IHMR Secretary Mrs. Chrystal Farmar [email protected]
OUR MISSION and OUR VISION
MISSION STATEMENT - Who We Are The mission of the faith community of Mary, Mother of Divine Grace is to inspire spiritual growth by worshiping, teaching and living by example our love of Jesus, His Church and our neighbors.
VISION STATEMENT - Who We Strive to Be The parish of Mary, Mother of Divine Grace will continually serve all people by being good stewards for future generations. We make Christ known by living and teaching our faith.
For additional information regarding our parish, please see page 11 or visit our website: marymotherofdivinegrace.org Volume 20 TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME October 11, 2020
To the wonderful people of Mary Mother of Divine Grace Parish,
Last Wednesday, I received a call from the Archdiocesan Priest Placement Board, asking me if I would consider being a parish Administrator at St. Thomas the Apostle in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. The Pastor there has some health issues and will be away for an undetermined period of time. I accepted this opportunity as we Archdiocesan priests are asked to be flexible, sometimes more flexible than I ever expected!
I have so enjoyed the parishioners and staff here at Mary, Mother of Divine Grace these past 15 months. I am very grateful for all of your kindness and prayers. Let’s continue to pray for each other as we continue to grow into God’s likeness and share the Good News through our own efforts of evangelization.
Let us be gentle, patient and understanding with each other in this unique time in our world. Never forget the Lord is ever present in our lives.
May the Good Lord continue abundant blessings upon Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Parish!
~Fr. Dan Costello
Thank You Fr. Dan for Your Service to Our Parish May God be with you on your new assignment.
On behalf of the Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Staff, we wish Fr. Dan well on his new assignment and will continue to keep him in our prayers as he continues his ministry. Please keep him in yours.
With the gift of prayer, Fr. Marcin and the Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Staff
Divine Providence Mass Intentions
Monday, 10/12 8:00am For the Parishioners †Carole Mulfinger †Kenneth Ewalt Sr.
Divine Infant Jesus & Divine Providence Tuesday, 10/13 8:00am †Phyllis Lake
Pat Ambrosia Ignatius Lagen Wed., 10/14 8:00am †Peg & Bob Grimes Vincent Antonio Art Malina †George & Carolyn Zanoni Ina Bax Thomas Martirano †Rick Yurkovich Tony Belmonte Sam Martyn Midge Berg Steve Mazzarella Weekend Masses Laura Biagini Gabriel Meier Sat., 10/17 4:00pm People of the Parish Rose Campobasso Peggy Melville †Catherine, Robert Gilda Cappetta Richard Mraz and James Creighton Michelle Carnagio Stefan Mraz †Rita Zdun Michael Carr Jim Muha †Josephine Mikos Cindy Cerveny Mulfinger Family †John Joyce & Cybulski Families Jacqueline & Leonard Mark Nelson †The Edwin Toloczko Family Christopher Christine Neuzil †The Frank Napolitano Family Joseph E. Cistaro Bernice Niemiec Kathy Colella Patricia Olson Sun., 10/11 *All 8:30am Mass Intentions at Barbara Coloia Frank Pedota, Sr. Divine Providence have been moved to Mary Jo Conway Mark Puc 10:00am at Divine Infant Jesus* Margaret Cullen Ralph Romano Will Engwall Anna Mae Rooney Divine Infant Jesus Mass Intentions
Bob Gibson Diana Roselli Thurs., 10/15 8:00am †Walter & Mary Wanick Nick Goedert Evelyn Sadecki †Fr. David Cortesi Marcy Goetz Gina Santucci Eileen Gorski Mary Scalera Friday, 10/16 8:00am †Marie McHugh Nathaniel Gutierrez Michael Scherer Joe McHugh Adeline Hartman Geraldine Schneider Sat., 10/17 8:00am People of the Parish Christopher Heitz Don Sloan Betty Hornbogen Paul Sodayko Weekend Masses Betty Hyland Grayson Stanley Anthony Jandacek Sarah Stanley Sat., 10/17 *All 5:00pm Mass Intentions at Carme Jandacek Grace Thomas Divine Infant Jesus have been moved to Lorraine Jaworek Vito Valerio 4:00pm at Divine Providence* Janet Joy Parker Van Gelder Sun., 10/18 10:00am †All the Souls in Purgatory Joe Kasey Bob Van Lanen Lois Kedzior Florence Voves †Bernice & Stanley Bobak Mary Ann Kelly Mary Walsh †Ann & George Cesak Mary Kmet Edward & Alice Wasilewski †Hugh Caulfield Barbara Kolar Steven Wiersema †Henry Zahumensky Jason Kuntz †Bernard Sniegowski
Please be assured all Mass Intentions scheduled will be acknowledged during WEEKLY COLLECTIONS the week by our priests as they Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Parish celebrate Mass in private. Divine Infant Jesus & Divine Providence CONFESSIONS October 4, 2020 $12,117.00 Saturday, October 17 8:30am - 9:00am Please consider giving online at: Divine Infant Jesus Church DI: https://www.givecentral.org/location/220 You will be required to sign in upon arriving DP: https://dprov.churchgiving.com for confession.
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Parish Calendar of Events DP = DIVINE PROVIDENCE / DI = DIVINE INFANT JESUS
Monday, October 12 8:00a Communion Service- Divine Providence Church Please remember to pray for all those who have Limit 50 people gone home to heaven and their families including: NO SCHOOL - Columbus Day
Giovanni Mazzei Tuesday, October 13 Husband of Pietra School Late Start - 9:00am
Patricia Keating Wednesday, October 14 Wife of William V. (Late) 8:00a Mass - Divine Infant Jesus Church William (Bill) Juvancic Sr. Limit 50 people Father of Bill Juvancic (late Jeanie) Thursday, October 15 Karen Pedersen Daughter of Jim & Rosemarie Mikrut Friday, October 16 8:00a Mass - Divine Infant Jesus Church Limit 50 people
Saturday, October 17 Confessions 8:30a-9:00a - Divine Infant Jesus Church
4:00p Anticipated Mass - Divine Providence Church Limit 50 people
Sunday, October 18 10:00a Mass - Divine Infant Jesus Church Limit 100 people
HOLY BAPTISM Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Parish Welcomes...
Zachary Leszek
Son of Bryant Taylor & Aneta Porada Baptized at Divine Providence Church October 4, 2020
“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.”
PLEASE NOTE:
Beginning Monday, October 12, 2020, the 8:00am Mass at Divine Providence has been changed to a Communion Service until further notice.
Please continue to register by using Sign Up Genius or by calling the Divine Providence Rectory, 708-562-3364 on Mondays between 10:00am-3:00pm.
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Christopher Columbus was born on October 31, 1451, in Genoa, Italy, and began sailing when he was just a POLAR EXPRESS teenager. His real name in Italian was CLOTHING DRIVE Cristoforo Colombo. His name in Spanish was Cristóbal Colón. Columbus was married OCTOBER 24/25 to Felipa Moniz Perestrelo, in 1477 who later died while given birth in 1485. Later in life, he had another
son with Beatriz Enríquez de Trasierra. In his early life, Columbus studied cartography, mathematics, astronomy, and navigation. These lessons were valuable for his future voyages. He had ideas to sail The Annual Polar Express Clothing Drive across the Atlantic Ocean to reach China and East sponsored by the Divine Providence Asia and spent years trying to find funds. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain decided St. Vincent de Paul Society is scheduled to help fund and pay for the trip. He left Spain on for the weekend of October 24 and 25. August 3, 1492, with three ships called the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. On October 12, 1492, he discovered the small island in the Bahamas that he Items needed for both men and later named San Salvador. He is best known for discovering America. Christopher Columbus died women are: on May 20, 1506.
• gently used coats • jackets
• sweaters • blankets • sweatshirts
• new gloves • caps/hats
• scarves The Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Divine Infant Jesus • anything to help keep someone Knights of Columbus Council will be participating in the Nationwide Rosary Coast to Coast on October 11th. warm this winter PLEASE JOIN US ~ ALL ARE WELCOME
We will gather at the Blessed Mother statue at There will be a “drive-up” drop-off this Divine Infant at 1:00. We will walk to Divine Providence year due to COVID-19. Please bring your while Praying the Rosary. We will walk on Canterbury to Balmoral, South on Balmoral to Mannheim. We will donations on Oct. 24 and 25 (not before) then walk West on Dorchester to Mayfair, then South on Mayfair to Divine Providence. to the trailer in the church parking lot You are also welcome to walk part of the way or meet us at Divine Providence next to the school. along the route. I apologize for not making arrangements St. Vincent de Paul members will assist for those who can’t walk that distance. Due to shortness of time, we were unable to address that subject. with unloading your vehicle. Our Council feels that during these troubling times, Praying the Rosary is the perfect way to ask our THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Blessed Mother to be with us.
PLEASE JOIN US on OCTOBER 11. Daniel Kaiser, Grand Knight
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WHO IS SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI? Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Saint Francis of Assisi is one of the most venerated religious Where there is injury, pardon. figures in Roman Catholic history. He was known in his Where there is doubt, faith. ministry as Francesco, an Italian Catholic friar, deacon, Where there is despair, hope. philosopher, mystic, and preacher. He is the Patron Saint of Where there is darkness, light. Animals and the Environment, of Archaeologists, Merchants, Where there is sadness, joy. Messengers and Metal Workers. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; Francis was the son of a wealthy merchant born in the year to be understood, as to understand; 1118 who abandoned a life of luxury for a life devoted to to be loved, as to love; poverty and Christianity after reporting hearing the voice of for it is in giving that we receive, God, who commanded him to rebuild the church. So Frances it is in pardoning that we are pardoned. began to rebuild the San Damiano Church in Assisi, which was It is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.” badly in need of repair. In time he realized that God meant him to rebuild The Catholic Church, which is what he then set out to do. Francis lived a life of poverty. He formed The Franciscan Order in the early 13th Century, and its members strive to cultivate the ideals of poverty and charity, he went on to establish The Poor Clares and The Lay Third Order, together October 4, 2020 he and St. Catherine of Siena are the Patron Saints of Italy.
Concern for the poor is a central theme in the life of St. Francis of Assisi. He is a saint for our time, because he stands as a model of peace in a relationship between him and our Lord, who is the source of all peace and love. As he took that love which was given to him and shared and preached that with all whom he came into contact with.
During the last years of his relatively short life (he died at 44), Francis was half blind and seriously ill. Two years before his death he received the stigmata, the real and painful wounds of Christ in his hands, feet and side. On his deathbed in the year 1226, Francis said over and over again the last addition to his Canticle of the Sun, “Be praised, O Lord, for our Sister Death.” He said Psalm 141, and at the end asked his superior’s permission to have his clothes removed when the last hour came in order that he could expire lying naked on the earth, in imitation of his Lord.
St. Francis was now at peace - I think that being at peace is what embodied the life of St. Francis, for he was at peace when he was doing the work of the Lord.
A favorite book I often re-read was written by the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin titled, The Gift of Peace. At the conclusion of the book the Cardinal writes: “As I have said so often, if we seek communion with the Lord, we must pray”. One of my favorite prayers is attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi. Let us live life mirroring that prayer!
-Deacon Jim SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: Columbus Day; Canadian Thanksgiving Day Wednesday: St. Callistus I Thursday: St. Teresa of Jesus Friday: St. Hedwig; St. Margaret Mary Alacoque; National Boss’s Day Saturday: St. Ignatius of Antioch
St. Teresa of Jesus Let nothing disturb you; let nothing frighten you. Gifted with a passionate spirit, young Teresa dreamed of converting Muslims and becoming a martyr. All things are passing; God never changes. But her mother’s death when Teresa was fourteen inspired lifelong devotion to Our Lady, and Teresa entered the Carmelites, Mary’s order, despite her father’s objections and her own fragile health. Patience gains everything. Initially, she enjoyed her lax convent’s sociability and “busyness,” but mystical prayer and John of the Cross’s collaboration inspired her to reform the Carmelites. Whoever has God, lacks nothing. When her ideals encountered resistance and brought suffering, she maintained her peace— and humor. Discovered devouring leftovers, she told her mildly scandalized nuns, “When I fast, I fast! When I eat, I eat!” To nuns demanding less work and more prayer in the convent schedule, she retorted: “What we really need around here are fewer starry eyes and more strong arms!” God alone is enough! The italicized sentences here are her “Breviary Bookmark,” the simple, profound prayer of Teresa, the first woman Doctor of the Church. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1; Ps 113:1b-5a, 6-7; Lk 11:29-32 Tuesday: Gal 5:1-6; Ps 119:41, 43-45, 47-48; Lk 11:37-41 Wednesday: Gal 5:18-25; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 11:42-46 Thursday: Eph 1:1-10; Ps 98:1-6; Lk 11:47-54 Friday: Eph 1:11-14; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13; Lk 12:1-7 Saturday: Eph 1:15-23; Ps 8:2-3ab, 4-7; Lk 12:8-12 Sunday: Is 45:1, 4-6; Ps 96:1, 3-5, 7-10; 1 Thes 1:1-5b; Mt 22:15-21
MONDAY MEDITATION: LUKE 11:29-32 This generaƟon is an evil generaƟon; it seeks a sign. (Luke 11:29)
What did Jesus mean here? Surely it’s okay to seek a sign some mes, right? A er all, Gideon asked God for a sign— twice! (Judges 6:36-40). God himself offered the shepherds a sign to prove that the Messiah had been born (Luke 2:12). So what was Jesus’ problem? The difference in this case was the a tude with which the requests were coming. Jesus’ detractors were almost taun ng him, making demands that they were sure he couldn’t fulfill (Luke 11:15-16). What’s more, they were asking a er Jesus had already produced countless signs of healing and deliverance for them to inves gate. Jesus saw their suspicion and stubbornness, and so he essen ally said, “Enough of this. There will be only one more sign for those who refuse to believe: the ‘sign of Jonah’—my resurrec on from the dead.” Let’s be clear. It’s okay to ask God to give you a sign that will help you discern your path or confirm a decision you’ve already made. Just be careful that you’re asking from a posi on of trust and faith. Give God the freedom to grant you the sign you’re looking for or to stay quiet and let you exercise your faith a li le bit more. Let’s say, for instance, that you are on your way to a job interview. Take a moment to thank God for his steadfast love for you. Thank him for his mercy and for all the mes he has worked in your life up to this point. Profess your trust in his ability to provide for you and your family. Then, ask him to help you see your way more clearly. Tell him that you want to do his will, no ma er what that may be, and that you will follow him, sign or no sign. Always remember that God loves you and hears your every prayer. He knows your needs, your ques ons, your hopes, and your fears. He would never withhold a sign from you out of spite or to punish you. So if you have asked but he hasn’t answered yet, trust him and wait pa ently for his answer. Father, I turn every uncertainty in my life over to you.
Page 8 Teach me how to live in faith and confidence in you.” October 11 TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The first lesson we can glean from today’s readings is cause for celebration: everyone is invited to God’s feast. Isaiah writes that the LORD “will provide for all peoples,” from all nations, a feast that celebrates an end to sorrow, an end to death (Isaiah 25:6). In the psalm we swing that we all shall live in the Lord’s house all the days of our lives. In the Gospel, the “bad and good alike” are all invited to the wedding banquet (Matthew 22:10). What glorious news! We get to go even if we’ve sinned. But the second lesson today is sobering. Not everyone is allowed to stay. The king in Jesus’ parable casts out one guest who was not dressed appropriately. Really? Recall a different parable in which a rich man dressed in the finest garments who is suffering in a place of torment sees the beggar Lazarus, dressed in rags, resting in the bosom of Abraham. Now there’s a dress code? Perhaps it helps to realize that when we were baptized, we were told that we pot on Christ, that we clothes ourselves in Christ. Therefore, whether we wear gowns or rags, let us first put on that unstained garment of our baptism, symbolizing the new life to which we are called. After all, Saint Paul was in prison when we wrote to the Philippians. But even in prison clothes he radiated the “glorious riches” of Christ (4:19).
How do you go about “putting on Christ,” so that you can give witness to God’s grace in your life?
FIRST READING A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah Isaiah 25:6-10a
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4,5,6
R/. I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. / In verdant pastures he gives me repose; beside restful waters he leads me; / he refreshes my soul. R/.
He guides me in right paths / for his name’s sake Even though I walk in the dark valley / I fear no evil; for you are at my side with your rod and your staff / that give me courage. R/.
You spread the table before me / in the sight of my foes; you anoint my head with oil; / my cup overflows. R/.
Only goodness and kindness follow me / all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD / for years to come. R/.
SECOND READING
A Reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20 The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: R/. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! cf. Ephesians 1:17-18 May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ / enlighten the eyes of our hearts, /
so that we may know what is the hope / that belongs to our call. R/.
GOSPEL The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew Matthew 22:1-14 or 22:1-10
Glory to you, O Lord. The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 9 Page 10 PARISH and SCHOOL INFORMATION Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Parish Website: marymotherofdivinegrace.org
PARISH REGISTRATION SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
New to our community? Divine Infant Jesus Church: Need to update your information? Saturdays 8:30AM—9:00AM Registration forms are available on our parish Or call the rectory to set up an appointment website or call the Business Office at 708-562-3364.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Baptismal Preparation is required for the first child. Please call the Parish Office at the time of your Registration is necessary to schedule the baptism. engagement to schedule your wedding.
Divine Infant Jesus Church: 708-865-8071 Pre-Cana is required.
Divine Providence Church: 708-562-3364 DIVINE PROVIDENCE SCHOOL Divine Providence School is a Christ-Centered community fostering the gospel message through SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING/Minister of Care education and service. Together with parents, If you would like a priest, deacon or Minister of Care we guide our students toward a life of Christian to visit or if you wish to receive the Sacrament of leadership. Providing a challenging curriculum, we the Sick, please contact either location. prepare our students to contribute positively to an ever-changing global society. To schedule a tour of the school contact Linda Hawkins at 708-562-3364.
ADORATION ST. PEREGRINE DEVOTION Please see the bulletin and eblasts for updates on Temporarily cancelled due to COVID-19. dates of Adoration.