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SUNDAY JANUARY 26, 2020 At The CROSSROADS Tuesday, February 11 2 | Just a Thought Dominican University 3 | Awakenings 7 pm 4 | At a Glance 5 | Pancake Breakfast What Truth Sounds Like 6 | North Lawndale Works with Michael Eric Dyson, PhD 8 | Shamrock'n the Block 9 | Prayer of Consent 10 | Volunteers Needed 11 | Encore 12 | Happenings New York Times bestselling author, Michael Eric Dyson, will speak on the | Green Team topic of his recent book, What Truth Sounds Like: RFK, James Baldwin, 13 and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America. Dr. Dyson prophetically addresses the dynamics that inform the narrative of race 14 | OSPNext in our country. 15 | Community Life See page 5 for tickets and more details 16 | Hearts & Prayers Through our At the Crossroads Lecture Series initiative, Old St. Patrick’s is pleased to once more partner with the Siena Center at Dominican 17 | General Information University to host a lecture program that brings people together for dialogue around the most important issues of the day as seen through 18 | Directory the lens of faith.

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just a thought By Fr. Tom Hurley Sunday, January 26

As I’m writing this article on this winter day, I’m looking out past 35 years, thousands of people have both enjoyed the the window and watching the snow fall on Chicago. With Block Party and got behind its success. Had it not been for the exception of early snow on Halloween, I think we’d all the early pioneers and the countless volunteers who kept agree that, so far, we’ve escaped a harsh winter with lots of pushing the World’s Largest Block Party into the successful snow and frigid temps. Let’s hope it stays that way! I don’t event it has been as one of Chicago’s signature summer- want to jinx us now! time festivals, we as a church would never have benefitted from its financial success. We are so proud of the amazing One of the images that is tattooed in my memory from run of the World’s Largest Block Party we have enjoyed for many years ago, especially when it comes to heavy these past 35 years. Without those significant funds, much snowfall, are events like the blizzard of ’79 or more recently of what we do today at Old St. Pat’s would never have been in 2011 and 2015, to recall just a few. Like any big snow, realized. especially in Chicago, digging out can be a real chore. I can recall many times during those big heavy snowfalls and Today, however, Old St. Pat’s is a much different place than living on a typical city street on the southwest side when it was 35 years ago and the city, its demographic landscape, it was “all hands on deck” to help each other on the block and the summer event environment is much different when it came to walkways, driveways, and those most and likewise much more difficult for us to navigate. There coveted parking places in front of our houses. is more competition today than ever before during the summer months in Chicago. We are grateful for where we Likewise, before the invention of front-wheel-drive, I can have been and we are excited as we look to the future and recall countless times as a kid when a neighbor’s car would starting to plan events, experiences, and programs that be stuck in the snow, the rear wheels spinning furiously on reflect where we are going. a patch of ice and “the call to arms” was announced. “Let’s go!” someone would often yell to the rest of the neighbors Because of the many people here at Old St. Pat’s who have on the block, “we have to give Mr. Altman’s car a push!” And committed so many years to the event, I wanted you to be without hesitation, six or seven guys would trudge through the first to know that we will not be hosting the World’s the snow and GET BEHIND the wheel-spinning-car and Largest Block Party this coming year. As we get ready with shared energy, pushing with all force, set it free! With to embark on the 175th anniversary of Old St. Patrick’s traction under his tires, off he went. Church, we feel it’s time for us to start imagining and creating events that will launch us into the next chapter of When I think about Old St. Pat’s and our “success” as a our community life. vibrant church in the 21st century, I recall that winter image of shared energy and giving each other a push. The For starters, I think we have a great opportunity with this reason Old St. Pat’s attracts a community from around the year’s St. Patrick’s Day, 2020. I was humbled when the city, suburbs, and indeed around the nation is because we parade organizers asked me to serve as the Grand Marshal foster a common dream to “GET BEHIND” the mission and of this year’s parade. I see it not as a personal honor for me, give it all we got! but more importantly as a way to celebrate the life of Old St. Pat’s. Besides our participation in this historic city event, Thirty-six years ago, a younger Fr. Jack Wall, my mentor and we would like to host a different kind of Block Party, calling predecessor, came to Old St. Pat’s and brought an energy it “Shamrock’n the Block” which we will host right here and a dream of what this church could be like. Having on Desplaines Street in the shadows of Chicago’s oldest inherited an old, tired, worn down piece of “machinery” church. More details will be forthcoming but PLEASE mark (buildings in disrepair, not a lot of people, and zero March 14th as a day to start something new for our future, resources) Jack and others got together and said let’s GET which is filled with great Hope. Like those ancestors 175 BEHIND this church, dream of a new, exciting mission, and years ago and those who gathered 35 years ago, let’s GET give it a push into the future. And so it happened. BEHIND IT and keep pushing our mission forward, making it strong and alive! With no financial resources to sustain the early mission of Old St. Pat’s, one of the first means of securing some In anticipation of a Happy and Joyful St. Patrick’s Day, funding was to throw the World’s Largest Block Party. If you grew up in Chicago, you were well familiar with a city block party: gather your neighbors, shut down the street, have some music and beer, and the rest is history. For the Father Tom Hurley 2 visit us at oldstpats.org directory

By Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI awakenings Sunday, January 26

THE LITTLE WAY unnoticed, will seemingly have no real impact on world history, and won’t bring us any recognition. They’ll remain Most of us have heard of St. Therese of Lisieux, a French hidden and unnoticed; but inside the Body of Christ what’s mystic who died at age 24 in 1897 and who is perhaps the hidden, selfless, unnoticed, self-effacing, and seemingly most popular saint of the last two centuries. She’s famous insignificant and unimportant is the most vital vehicle of for many things, not least for a spirituality she called her all for grace at a deeper level. Just as Jesus did not save us “little way”. What’s her “little way”? through sensational miracles and headline-making deeds but through selfless obedience to his Father and quiet Popular thought has often encrusted both Therese and her martyrdom, our deeds too can remain unknown so that our “little way” within a simple piety which doesn’t do justice deaths and the spirit we leave behind can become our real to the depth of her person or her spirituality. Too often her fruitfulness. “little way” is understood simply to mean that we do little, hidden, humble, acts of charity for others in the name of Finally, her “little way” is predicated on a Particular Jesus, without expecting anything in return. In this popular Motivation. We are invited to act out of our littleness and interpretation we do the laundry, peel potatoes, and smile anonymity and do small acts of love and service to others at unpleasant people to please Jesus. In some ways, of for a particular reason, that is, to, metaphorically, wipe the course, this is true; however her “little way” merits a deeper face of the suffering Christ. How so? understanding. Therese of Lisieux was an extremely blessed and gifted Yes, it does ask us to do humble chores and be nice to each person. Despite a lot of tragedy in her early life, she was (by other in the name of Jesus but there are deeper dimensions her own admission and testimony of others) loved in a way to it. Her “little way” is a path to sanctity based on three that was so pure, so deep, and so wonderfully affectionate things: Littleness, Anonymity, and a Particular Motivation. that it leaves most people in envy. She was also a very attractive child and was bathed in love and security inside Littleness: For Therese “littleness” does not refer first of all to an extended family within which her every smile and tear the littleness of the act that we are doing, like the humble were noticed, honored, (and often photographed). But tasks of doing the laundry, peeling potatoes, or giving a as she grew in maturity it didn’t take her long to notice simple smile to someone who’s unpleasant. It refers to that what was true in her life wasn’t true of most others. our own littleness, to our own radical poverty before God. Their smiles and tears went mostly unnoticed and were Before God, we are little. To accept and act out of that not honored. Her “little way” is therefore predicated on this constitutes humility. We move towards God and others in particular motivation. In her own words: her “little way” when we do small acts of charity for others, not out of our strength and the virtue we feel at that “One Sunday, looking at a picture of Our Lord on the Cross, I moment, but rather out of a poverty, powerlessness, and was struck by the blood flowing from one of his divine hands. emptiness that allows God’s grace to work through us so I felt a pang of great sorrow when thinking this blood was that in doing what we’re doing we’re drawing others to God falling on the ground without anyone’s hastening to gather and not to ourselves. it up. I was resolved to remain in spirit at the foot of the Cross and to receive its dew. … Oh, I don’t want this precious blood As well, our littleness makes us aware that, for the most to be lost. I shall spend my life gathering it up for the good of part, we cannot do the big things that shape world history. souls. … To live from love is to dry Your Face.” But we can change the world more humbly, by sowing a hidden seed, by being a hidden antibiotic of health inside To live her “little way” is to notice and honor the unnoticed the soul of humanity, and by splitting the atom of love tears falling from the suffering faces of others. inside our own selves. And yes, too, the “little way” is about doing little, humble, hidden things. This article was originally published on January 13, 2020 on ronrolheiser.com Anonymity: Therese’s “little way” refers to what’s hidden, to what’s done in secret, so that what the Father sees in secret will be rewarded in secret. And what’s hidden is not our act of charity, but we, ourselves, who are doing the act. In Therese’s “little way” our little acts of charity will go mostly

visit us at oldstpats.org 3 January at a glance EVENT DATE | TIME | LOCATION CONTACT Pancake Breakfast Sunday, Jan. 26 | 9 am - 1 pm | Hughes Hall Courtney Malawy Foundations [email protected] Rosary Prayer Group Monday, Jan. 27 | 6:30 pm | 711 W. Monroe, Room 24 Beth Marek [email protected] Broadway on Adams January 30 - February 1 | 625 W. Adams Mark Scozzafave [email protected] First Friday Club Friday, Feb. 7 | 12 - 1:15 pm | Union League Club [email protected] with Phillip J. Andrew St. Valentine's Day Mass Saturday, Feb. 8 | 6 - 7:30 pm | Old St. Patrick's Church [email protected]

Divorce Recovery Group Monday, Feb. 10 | 6 - 7:30 | 711 W. Monroe St. Sarah Thompson New Session Begins [email protected] At the Crossroads Lecture Tuesday, Feb. 11 | 7 pm | Dominican University Bob Kolatorowicz [email protected] 2019 GIVING STATEMENTS

Thank you for your wonderfully generous giving to Old St. Pat’s in 2019! The development office is mailing giving statements by January 31 to all donors who contributed $250 or more to Old St. Pat’s in 2019, as required by law. You may also access your statement by logging into your myOSP account and following these steps:

click on the involvement tab on the financial tab, click on the three dots in the top right corner select giving statement under “quick date range,” select last year select deductible click run GIVING TO OSP

Sunday Giving comprises 96% of Old St. Pat’s operating budget. Everything we do here – from liturgy and music to educating our youngest members to our Kinship Initiative in North Lawndale to Pastoral Care to our transformative RCIA experience to Encore, Gay+, the Men’s Group, OSP Next, etc. – is made possible by your generous support of Sunday Giving. To make a one time gift or set up a recurring gift, please visit oldstpats.org/giving or scan the QR code below to pay through our secure payment processor on your smartphone. OTHER WAYS TO GIVE:

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Text "Give" to (312) 535-0118 or scan the QR code using your phone camera, then follow the prompts to make a secure gift. Select Old St. Patrick's Careasy.org/ Church as your organization old-st-patricks-church

4 visit us at oldstpats.org FOUNDATIONS PANCAKE BREAKFAST - TODAY!

Come down to the Hall for pancakes and support Foundations 2020 Worktours. Tickets are breakfast pancake available at the door and we also have a raffle with lots of great prizes!

AT THE CROSSROADS LECTURE Tuesday, February 11 | 7:00 pm | Admission: $10 Lund Auditorium, Dominican University 7900 W. Division St. River Forest, IL Purchase your tickets online by visiting bit.ly/atc-michaelericdyson When registering online, please click on the "How did you hear about the show?" question and select Old St. Pat's. Through our At the Crossroads Lecture Series initiative, Old St. Patrick’s is pleased to once more partner with the Siena Center at Dominican University to host a lecture program that brings people together for dialogue around the most important issues of the day as seen through the lens of faith. What Truth Sounds Like with Michael Eric Dyson, PhD

New York Times bestselling author, Michael Eric Dyson, will speak on the topic of his recent book, What Truth Sounds Like: RFK, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America. Dr. Dyson prophetically addresses the dynamics that inform the narrative of race in our country. The book explores an important meeting and conversation about race between Robert F. Kennedy and James Baldwin in 1963 that continues to impact us all today. Dr. Dyson argues that we have “the power to fix what ails us,” and that we must seize this challenge and reminds us that we are in “dire need of more talk, more insight, more wisdom, and yes, more productive conflict, if we are to learn from our past in order to move forward into the present.” Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is a Georgetown University sociology professor, a New York Times contributing opinion writer, and a contributing editor of The New Republic, and of ESPN's The Undefeated website.

visit us at oldstpats.org 5 north lawndale works Removing barriers to employment for North Lawndale's job seeking adults.

• DONATE - Funds to help with daily expenses • NETWORK - Jobs for those with criminal records • ENGAGE - Advocacy for just laws and practices

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This is Part 4 of a 10 part series of stories examining the complex socio-economic issue of poverty and unemployment in Chicago’s North Lawndale community. The aim of the series is to foster prayerful contemplation about this critical social justice issue and then rally the Old St. Patrick’s community to help eliminate barriers to employment for North Lawndale neighbors

PART FOUR: EMPLOYMENT BARRIERS FOR REENTERING CITIZENS By Martana Wilkins

I am a 30-year old African American ex-offender who has had a clean record for the last 8 years. I do not smoke, drink or do drugs. After my release from prison, I obtained my high school diploma in an accredited adult education program and am now taking online college classes. I have been struggling to find decent employment since I was released from prison. Let me tell you about one of my frequent experiences.

Last October 2019, I had a day I will never forget. It was my second interview with a janitorial service in Bensenville, Illinois. I did everything I could to prepare myself for this Martana Wilkins meeting because my wife and I were falling behind with our bills. We could not pay the rent, we were low on food, there were few options for transportation and to put it in a nutshell, we were broke. I worked on preparing myself for the interview and I did my research learning about the company because I was ready to work and provide for my family.

At that time, I was living on the west side of Chicago, so I estimated the commute to be at least an hour to travel to the 10:00 a.m. interview. A good friend of mine sent me money by Western Union so I could cover my transportation expenses. I got to the interview at 9:46 a.m. I asked God to please let this be my big break because I had previously been turned down for job after job after job. I looked at my phone and noticed I had a text from my wife expressing how she believed in her heart that I would get the job. Seeing how this was my second interview, I wanted to believe that this would be true. I adjusted my clothing and proudly walked through the door. Flashing a smile, I introduced myself to Mr. Jones.

The interview with Mr. Jones felt like it was going great. He gave me a quick tour of the company.

6 visit us at oldstpats.org Mr. Jones introduced me to another employee saying I would be working closely with him on my assignments. We really connected as he spoke about the day to day responsibilities of the job. north lawndale works After we returned to his office, he looked at me and said, "I want to offer you this position if you will accept." Mr. Jones said, “I feel you are the guy for this job because you have charisma, skills, availability, and dedication to work for this company.” I began shaking his hand and thanked him over and over again. I filled out and signed the paperwork. Mr. Jones said he would email me a start date. I was so excited.

After I got outside, I could not help but text my wife telling her I got the position. She was so happy and proud of me. In the days that followed I checked my emails regularly. Having no news, I emailed Mr. Jones asking him when would be a good time to discuss a start date. My wife had started to get concerned. A week later I received an email from Mr. Jones telling me, “Unfortunately we cannot bring you onboard due to a recent background check, but we will keep your resume on file.” I felt let down because I had qualified for the job but got rejected for making a bad choice way back when I was 19 years old. The background check blocked my chance for a job I really wanted and needed.

Since that interview, my constant rejections and the subsequent financial strain caused a separation between my wife and me. Legal barriers that limit employment opportunities for people with criminal records continue to prevent individuals like me from entering the labor force and they deprive us of chances to become tax-paying citizens with the ability to care for ourselves and our families.

Dishwashing jobs that I could work did not pay enough for me to support my wife and son. These types of jobs that pay very low wages, provide few benefits and are physically draining offer few chances for dignity or upward mobility. They often turn ex-offenders like me back to bad choices or completely giving up. Even though we’ve already paid our debt to society, our punishment does not end when we're released from prison. If only people would allow us to get past mistakes we made long ago and experience full redemption. We, like everyone else, want to experience the dignity of decent jobs that pay livable wages with benefits.

NORTH LAWNDALE WORKS is a campaign rallying the people of Old St. Patrick's to help remove barriers to employment for North Lawndale residents who, like Martana, face constant rejection from employers because of their records. Here’s how you can help:

(a.) DONATE toward the daily expenses of job seekers like Martana Wilkins while they look for work and adjust to new jobs in the early weeks of employment.

(b.) NETWORK with background-friendly employers that will open up entry-level jobs for people with criminal backgrounds.

(c.) ENGAGE with social justice initiatives at Old St. Patrick’s that advocate to remove barriers to employment.

Visit www.oldstpats.org/nlw today to learn what you can do.

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THE BLOCK

Saturday, March 14 | 12 pm - 6 pm | Old St. Pat's Campus

Come honor the 2020 St. Patrick's Day Grand Marshal... our very own Fr. Tom Hurley!

Old St. Pat’s is celebrating the Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade in style by hosting 'Shamrock'n The Block' at Tommy O'Hurley's Pop-Up Pub on Saturday, March 14.

​The "Pub" will be located in the heart of the city in a heated tent on Desplaines Avenue between Adams and Monroe (in front of Old St. Patrick's Church). Hundreds of friendly people will enjoy a beer and a brogue and toast to the Irish (remember everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day!). This family friendly event will include beverages, tasty pub fare, live entertainment, wee one's zone and more! All ages welcome! Paid parking lots are available at Monroe & Desplaines.

With questions contact Honor Lorenzini at [email protected] or 312-798-2348.

St. Valentine's Day Mass Saturday, February 8 | 6 - 7:30 pm Old St. Patrick’s Church

"We believe that where married people are living together in love, God is present, and good things happen, and lives are full." ~ Jack Shea

Please join us for this annual tradition at Old St. Pat's! The St. Valentine's Day Mass is a chance to carve out time to celebrate liturgy, community, and the mysterious and treacherous love called for and lived out in marriage.

All are welcome to celebrate with us, and all married couples are welcome to renew their vows during the liturgy.

Join us for a light reception afterward in Hughes Hall.

8 visit us at oldstpats.org THE PRAYER OF CONSENT: 40 DAYS OF MEDITATION PRACTICE prayer of consent In our prayer, we hope to experience God... an encounter with a Presence that is both greater than ourselves and at the same time, intimate and one with us. Christians throughout the world are encountering this Presence through the practice of Centering Prayer: The Prayer of Consent. This Lenten contemplative journey may be for you if you:

• Feel called to deeper experiences of silence • Long to free yourself from the tyranny of your habitual thinking • Already have a meditation practice you desire to deepen or if you wish to begin a practice • Wish to be part of a community of like-minded practitioners

The cornerstone of our 40-day journey together will be a daily period of Centering Prayer and spiritual reading. A sustained contemplative practice frees us from simple reaction as we become more present and open to God, others and the world. The fruit of this practice is living a more grounded and loving life.

Whether you have been meditating for years or looking to start, you will be supported in your prayer practice with a half day retreat and four evenings for learning and sharing, a daily guide for your prayer and the opportunity to connect with others on the journey through video conferencing in an online meditation chapel.

Dates: Sunday, March 1 from 12:30 pm - 5 pm & Sundays: March 8, 15, 22, 29 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Location: 711 W. Monroe, Room 25A Facilitator: Al Gustafson | Cost: $50 | Register: bit.ly/prayerofconsent OSP ONLINE MEDITATION CHAPEL The chapel experience is one hour long and takes place in two parts. You are welcome to stay for part or Have you ever wanted to participate in a small faith all of the experience. The first half of our time is spent community, but schedule and fighting traffic kept together in silent prayer/meditation. To see, hear and you from doing so? Have you found it difficult to stay join with others throughout our community can be faithful to a meditation practice or regular prayer? If so, a profoundly connecting, expansive and intimate you might find OSP’s new online meditation chapel a experience. The second half of the chapel time is helpful resource. You can learn all about it at www. reserved for reflecting on scripture and simple faith contemplativecommunity.org. sharing.

Chapels are hosted by trained leaders Mondays – For many of us, this time in community binds us Thursdays and Saturdays each week. You can participate together in love. In order to foster a respectful and when you are able. We connect together in our online supportive community, we need to be especially chapel through the video conferencing platform, Zoom. sensitive to each other. We observe these guidelines for In order to participate in any of the online chapels, you effective sharing. Know you are always welcome and will need to register. Once you have registered, an email can come and go as you are able. will be sent to you with the URL and all the info you will need for participating in any of the chapels throughout the week. GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY AND OUTREACH Help Stamp Out Hunger in Chicago Upcoming Outreach Dates: We have been partnering with the Greater Chicago Food Depository Saturday, February 8 Tuesday, February 11 here at OSP for over 25 years. By volunteering at GCFD, our Outreach 8:30 am - 11:15 am 9 am - 12 pm Partners (Su Casa, The Boulevard, and (Every second Saturday) (Every Second Tuesday) House of Mary and Joseph Shelter) Contact: Contact: receive food credits for their programs. Mary Beth Riley Jim Holbrook [email protected] or These food credits help feed the jamesjholbrookjr@yahoo. residents while providing nutritional 630-655-9447 com or 773-237-2625 food items too. visit us at oldstpats.org 9 VOLUNTEERS TUTORS NEEDED FOR ADULT LEARNERS volunteers needed A Little TLC Goes a Long Way on the road of Kinship.

Do you have the gift of giving and the love of working with others? If so, The Learning Center, located in North Lawndale, needs you to be a tutor!

Volunteer tutors have been the caring, dedicated hearts of The Learning Center since 1983. Whether volunteering once a week or once a month, tutors work with adult from the North Lawndale and Little Village communities one-on-one and in small groups, Monday through Thursday from 9 AM to 1 PM, under the direction of Malcolm X College instructors. Your help is needed to improve reading, writing, math, and English language skills. No prior tutoring experience is necessary.

For more information or to join other Old St. Pat's tutors at The Learning Center, please contact Angelica Saucedo, Executive Director, at asaucedo@ tlcchicago.org or Marybeth Coleman, board member/tutor/Old St. Pat's member, at [email protected] DIVORCE RECOVERY GROUP Next Session Starts Monday, February 10 | 6 - 7:30 pm | 711 W. Monroe St. What: The divorce process often brings about unexpected and unimaginable heartache, questions, and challenges. Divorce Recovery was created to bring hope and healing to those who have experienced the pain and loneliness of a broken marriage. Structured sessions, led by a professional, licensed therapist, include education, discussion, and prayer. Each meeting focuses on a different aspect of the divorce healing process such as grief, stress, anger, blame, guilt, loneliness, family issues, forgiveness, and happiness.

Why: Our mission is to help get you started and keep you going on the path to rebuilding and renewal by providing information, resources, and encouragement while weaving together the strength that comes from our Catholic faith. It will help answer questions, restore hope, and begin authentic healing. More importantly, process groups offer a safe place where people can come together for mutual support and to learn their feelings are normal and they’re not alone.

Who: Divorced men and women, Catholic or non-Catholic, are welcome to attend. It is for those recently divorced, as well as those divorced who are still struggling with issues many years later. You do not need to be a member of OSP to attend. The support group is facilitated by Sarah Thompson, a licensed professional therapist and our parish counselor.

When: Our 7-session program meets on consecutive Monday nights at 711 W. Monroe, Room 25 beginning Monday, February 10, 2020. ​ Register: There is a suggested donation of $70, which includes 7 sessions and a workbook. Scholarships are available for those in need. Group is limited to 15 participants and fills quickly so register early. For more information please contact Old St. Pat’s Parish Counselor, Sarah Thompson at [email protected] or call 708-508-2705. To register, visit bit.ly/DRG-2020 OSP BOOK CLUB Sunday, February 9 | 9:30 - 11 am | 711 W. Monroe, 3rd Floor

Join the OSP Book Club for our February meeting. We are reading The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton. All are welcome! Just read the book and gather with us on the 9th.

Questions? Contact Eileen Sutter at [email protected] 10 visit us at oldstpats.org ENCORE: FOR THOSE 50 AND BETTER encore Inspiring Mind & Spirit Through Learning, Service & Fun THE ENCORE CAFE Sunday, February 23

More an experience than a place, the Encore Café seeks to bring together good people for a great meal, stimulating conversation, and the best fellowship! Your morning at the Encore Café begins with a catered breakfast buffet followed by a thought provoking presentation by inspiring guest speakers. And there’s always time for great conversation at tables!

We are thrilled to host television and classical crossover stars, Alfreda Burke and Rodrick Dixon. The couple and their remarkable gift of song have been a part of the Old St. Patrick’s Church family, featured in ‘Siamsa na nGael’ and ‘Deck the Hall’, for over 20 years. They’re celebrating 15 years of ‘Too Hot to Handel’ at the Auditorium Theatre and are currently livestreaming to prisons and correctional facilities including Louisiana Penitentiary at Angola. Their Prague PBS Special is ‘Hallelujah, Broadway!’ and they’ve sung in major venues throughout Chicago and internationally. Please join us for what is sure to be an unforgettable morning. All are welcome!

Schedule: 10:40 am Breakfast Buffet | 11:15 am Presentation | 12:15 pm Program Ends

Location: 625 W. Adams Street.

The program fee is $15 per person and includes the breakfast buffet.

Reservations are required and can be made online at: bit.ly/Encorecafefeb23

Thank you to all who came out to the Encore Ideas Fest last weekend. We had a wonderful turnout and a great time was had by all!

Lots of Laughing Yoga Mary Kay Slowikowsi holding the with Sherry and Frank book, "Resiliance." Avila!

visit us at oldstpats.org 11 WEDDING MUSIC FAIR happenings Monday, February 10 | 7 pm | Old St. Patrick's Church We offer Wedding Music Fairs THREE times a year on the first Monday of February, June, and October from 7- 8:45 pm in the church. Arrive by 6:45 pm for prelude music! (This February there was a one-time date change to the second Monday.) Brides, grooms, wedding party members, and extended family members are all encouraged to attend. Attendees will hear a wide selection of music in a broad range of styles. All selections are appropriate for a wedding celebration and will be performed by a number of different instrumentalists and singers. The program features strings, piano, trumpet, oboe, traditional Irish instrumentalists, and six to eight singers. Instrumentalists such as bagpipers and flutists also perform on occasion. Brides and grooms planning a wedding at Old St. Patrick´s (or elsewhere); mothers and fathers planning their child’s wedding; and happy couples planning an anniversary celebration will all benefit by attending a Wedding Music Fair. By the same token, these beautiful events have become so popular that folks who enjoy an evening of great music have been known to join in the festivities! So come to what some refer to as: “The cheapest and best concert on a Monday night in downtown Chicago.” There is a $5 donation per person at the door. For more information on planning music for your Old St Patrick’s wedding, please visit our “Wedding Music at OSP” site, weddingmusic.oldstpats.org, for full information on our wedding guidelines, music choices, and planning process. THE NEXT CHAPTER

Our Sunday, February 9 "Gung Hey Fat Choy" dim sum excursion will be held at Tang's Garden, 1826 S. Canal St. from 11:15 am until we are full! Please rsvp with Judy at [email protected]

Let us know if you have any questions by contacting Linda Eng at [email protected] We hope to see you there!

We are a group of Widows and Widowers creating new friendships to live, laugh and experience life through social interaction with friends from OSP living in and around the city and suburbs. OLD ST. PATRICK’S ADOPTION CELEBRATION MASS February 16, 2020 | 5 pm | Old St. Patrick's Church The Adoption Creed Not flesh of my flesh nor bone of my bone, but still miraculously my own. Never forget for a single minute, you didn’t grow under my heart, but in it. ~ Author unknown A celebration of life and love for adoptive families, adoptees, birthparents, friends, and all whose lives have been impacted by the miracle of adoption. Casual dinner reception follows the mass in the church hall. Please RSVP: bit.ly/adoptionmass2020

OSP Adoption Group Cynthia and Ed St. Peter, Co-chairs Please contact us with any questions/comments or to be placed into our Adoption Group database for future communication and activities. We’re looking forward to meeting you all!!! [email protected] [email protected]

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Written by Durstyne Farnan, OP green team Resolutions to Action - Volume 28, Number 4 | Fall 2019

The Intersection of Migration and Climate Crisis originally appeared in the Fall 2019 publication of Resolutions to Action. Resolutions to Action (RTA) is a quarterly two-page resource on a current justice issue, distributed electronically by LCWR-- the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. Published by the LCWR Global Concerns Committee, this resource provides theological reflection, social analysis and suggested actions. For the last three years I’ve been ministering with 148 countries and territories in 2018. The IOM reported that approximately the School Sisters of St. Francis in Milwaukee, 760,000 people in Somalia, Afghanistan, and several other countries were Wisconsin. When I began the sisters were just displaced by drought. For many there is no returning home. completing their negotiations with Lutheran Social Services to house refugees. Three years later the sisters have had four families Alaskans are also victims of the climate crisis. There the thawing of the living in the duplex known as the “Refugee Home.” permafrost is causing buckled roads and damaged buildings and homes. The melting ice makes it harder to reach marine mammals that hunters rely on In June we invited two of the families to the motherhouse to greet them after and imperils travel along roadways that were once frozen. Global warming their initial few months of adaptation. Both families are from Myanmar. Due to touches everything from morning until night says Vivian Karthuis, president religious and ethnic persecution they became refugees. The younger family, a of the Association Village Council for 56 tribes, “Quinhagak is the tip of the family sought refuge in Thailand for seven years. The other family came from a iceberg.” refugee camp in Bangladesh with three children ages seven to sixteen. Finally, on August 26, 2019 the world learned about the catastrophic burning Since they have arrived the children have enrolled in school, the moms are of the Amazon. The phrase “our house is burning” was repeated over and over taking English as a Second Language (ESL) classes and the dads are fully again by French President Emmanuel Macron who reminded us all that the employed. These refugees are a testimony that migrants can make it here and Amazon is a critical global resource whose forests are the source of 20% of the they can make a difference as they become more fully integrated into society. planet’s oxygen. Although, these fires may not be a directly linked to climate change, they will certainly affect the climate and health of other regions. While these families fled persecution, others are on the move because of Like the rising sea level, melting ice cap, and devastating droughts, the climate change. Amazonian fires contribute to the loss of habitats, the extinction of animals, the devastation of vegetation and forced migration. Eleanor Ainge Roy wrote a moving story in the May 16, 2019 issue of the Guardian about the people on one of the nine archipelagos islands known Pope Francis understands that “everything is as Tuvalu. She interviewed Leitu Frank 32, who said she felt like she couldn’t closely related” and that “today’s problems call breathe anymore because the rising sea threatens to strangle her family. for a vision that takes into account every aspect of the global crisis.” The key concept Pope Francis talks about in chapter four Leitu, said, “The sea is eating all the sand. Before, the sand used to stretch out of Laudato Si is integral ecology. far, and when we swam, we could see the sea floor, and the coral. Now, it is cloudy all the time, and the coral is dead. Tuvalu is sinking.” Tuvalu is sinking Pope Francis refers to climate change as climate crisis. We need to make the due to the effects of climate change on this tiny island on the frontline of connection as to how the climate crisis is affecting global migration in all its global warming. aspects. Severe climate conditions are forcing the thousands of farmers in the poorest agricultural areas in Sub Saharan Africa and Central America to risk Roy interviewed Frank’s aunt, Nausaleta Setani. Setani says, “I have been everything in the hope of finding sanctuary in Europe or the United States. learning the things that are happening are the result of man (sic), especially [from] other countries. It makes me sad. But I understand other countries do The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations what is best for their people. I am from a small country. All I want is for the body for assessing the science related to climate change, warns that the bigger countries to respect us and think of our lives.” effects on climate will be catastrophic if the threshold of 1.5º C outlined in the Paris Agreement goal is crossed. Perhaps if we cannot totally mitigate the Their island nation is the fourth smallest in the world. Only 11,000 people live impacts of climate change, we can at least find ways to slow it down. here. Tuvalu’s total land area is less than 26 sq. kilometers. Most of the islands sit barely three meters above sea level. Two of Tuvalu’s nine islands are on the • Become familiar with these two youth verge of being swallowed by the sea. movements: “Laudato Si Generation” or “FridaysForFuture.” Central America’s dry corridor presents another example of climate- • Do you see the connection between people on the move and climate caused forced migration. Guatemala, El change? Do you feel the connection? Knowing we are all part of one another, Salvador, and Honduras are experiencing how will you respond differently to this climate crisis? What one concrete step environmental stress that is forcing rural can you take to reduce its impact on migrating peoples? to urban migration. An April 2019 report • Where do you see the intersection of migration and climate, migration and from the Center for Climate and Security, racism, poverty, food insecurity and violence where you live? What Central America: Climate, Drought Migration actions can you join in your own home area? and the Border noted the decline in small- • Pay attention to where your heart breaks regarding people on the move. scale farming. “The peasants are leaving Take one simple step to make a difference. the countryside for capital cities.” There • Join the Citizens Climate Lobby to advocate for our common home or some many find only limited opportunity and other climate group in your area. are forced by poverty and violence to • Read Laudato Si and commentaries such as Ten Green Commandments of migrate once again often joining one of the Laudato Si. caravans headed north. OSP GREEN TEAM WELCOMES YOU! The phenomenon of climate migrants is not new, but it has been missing from Are you inspired by the message of Laudato Si? Want to be much of the migration and climate a faithful steward of our common home? OSP Green Team debate. 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BOARD GAME NIGHT - TODAY! JOIN OUR THURSDAY NIGHT FAITH Sunday, January 26 | 6 pm - 9 pm SHARING GROUP FOR YOUNG ADULTS! Ministry Center (Rectory) Dining Room Whether you have been part of a faith sharing/small group before or not, this group would welcome you to join them and Join OSP Next young adults After the 5 p.m. check out what faith-sharing communities are all about. This Mass for food and board games. Bring your Thursday group meets from 7-8:30 pm each Thursday night Yahtzee, Connect 4, or Pictionary skills - or on the third floor of the Fr. Jack Wall Mission Center, 711 W. even just your love for a lighthearted and fun Monroe. For more information, contact [email protected]. evening - and we will bring the food, drinks and some of the games. Of course, if you have your own favorite game ... please feel free to Free parking for this faith sharing group can be found in the bring it along! garage at 625 W Adams (entrance on DesPlaines street, press button on Old St. Pat's machine at the top of the ramp after 6 We will meet by the Mary statue after Mass in the front of church, p.m. for pre-paid ticket). or you can simply come to the door of the Ministry Center at 718 W Adams. FEBRUARY BOOK CLUB Monday, February 24 | 7 - 8:30 pm | The Book Cellar

Our February book is Miracle Creek by Angie Kim. Miracle Creek is a courtroom drama that studies the sacrifices parents are prepared to make for their children. This book describes the events surrounding a fateful explosion and fire at a hyperbaric oxygenation chamber intended to treat people with medical issues.

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In May 1988, Phil Andrew, then a 20 year old college student, was shot in the chest in the aftermath of Welcomes the Hubbard Woods elementary school shooting in Winnetka…a tragic event which would become Philip J. Andrew one of the nation’s first modern mass school shootings. Director of Violence Prevention, Archdiocese of Chicago & Former Special Agent, Andrew survived his injuries, but the experience would ultimately Federal Bureau of Investigation shape his priorities and career. In the 31 years since the shooting, he has dedicated his life to fighting violence, serving as the executive From Victim to Fighting Violence director of the Illinois Council A Catholic Community Response Against Handgun Violence and as an FBI agent and crisis to Violence & Conflict negotiator. Since 2018, he has served as the first Director of Violence Prevention for the Friday, February 7, 2020 Archdiocese of Chicago. Please join us as Phil Andrew Noon - 1:15pm shares his perspective on the social factors driving Chicago violence The Union League Club of Chicago* and reflects on the Archdiocese’s critically important mission to 65 West Jackson Blvd reduce gun violence and promote a culture of peace in Chicago. Join Us For More Speakers at the Reserve Your Seat Today Podium… Register & Pay by Credit Card at www.firstfridayclubchicago.org/events March 6, 2020 Lori Lightfoot, Mayor of Reservations Close Chicago Monday, February 3 @ 5pm

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hearts & prayers Sunday, January 26, 2020 Friday, January 31, 2020 Women and Men of Faith Readings: Is 8:23—9:3/Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 [1a]/1 Readings: 2 Sm 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17/Ps 51:3-4, Cor 1:10-13, 17/Mt 4:12-23 or 4:12-17 5-6a, 6bcd-7, 10-11 [cf. 3a]/Mk 4:26-34

Mass Remembrances: Book of Patrick: Christopher Carroll, Ida Graney, Edward J.McCarthy, Mary & Tom Owens, Jack L. 8:00 am Eugene E. Ryan, Sr. (†) Parrino, Sr., Mrs. Frances Price, Antonia Stavros 9:30 am Joseph Oulvey (†) James Nolan (†) Saturday, February 1, 2020 Readings: 2 Sm 12:1-7a, 10-17/Ps 51:12-13, 14- 11:15 am Sally Eders (†) 15, 16-17 [12a]/Mk 4:35-41 Willian Brooks Keenan Jr. (†) Saint Thomas Aquinas Book of Patrick: Bill & Mary Aronin , Emmett 5:00 pm Roger and Linda, Pfab Joseph Burke, Krystal Amanda Bursey, Dorothy Jordan (†) Saint of the Day for January 28 Christopher S. Fay, Michael J. Gallaghan Sr., Book of Patrick: James Bollin, Kathleen Colleen Conway Grace, Patricia Grapenthin, (d. March 7, 1274) Buck, Winifred Connor, Alice Joelen Covalt, Nancy O'Malley Hage, Theresa V. Lombardo, James LeClaire Dominik, Cecelia M. Guider, Riley P. Mygatt, Frances Marie Price, Rosie Casey, By universal consent, Thomas Aquinas is Richard Harris, Francis J. Wall, Joanne and Jim Norine Quinn Chip the preeminent spokesman of the Catholic McGovern, Lucille "Harv" Marie Armstead tradition of reason and of divine revelation. He Sunday, February 2, 2020 is one of the great teachers of the medieval Monday, January 27, 2020 Readings: Mal 3:1-4/Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10 [10b]/Heb Catholic Church, honored with the titles Doctor of the Church and Angelic Doctor. Readings: 2 Sm 5:1-7, 10/Ps 89:20, 21-22, 25-26 2:14-18/Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22-32 [25a]/Mk 3:22-30 Prayer Requests At five he was given to the Benedictine Book of Patrick: Angeline Pizzato, Mary T. monastery at Monte Cassino in his parents’ hopes that he would choose that way of life Fallon, Judith Flynn Haggerty, John & Liz For Those Who Are Sick and eventually became abbot. In 1239, he was Keyser, Sharon R. Lewis Virginia Shaver, Mary Kelling, Daniel Casaliana, Chris Fleming Malawy sent to Naples to complete his studies. It was Tuesday, January 28, 2020 here that he was first attracted to Aristotle’s For Those Who Have Recently Died philosophy. Readings: 2 Sm 6:12b-15, 17-19/Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10 Helen Douaire Igoe, Medarda “Medge” [8]/Mk 3:31-35 Skowron, Lilly Love Ortez, Suzy Plaskey, By 1243, Thomas abandoned his family’s plans for him and joined the Dominicans, much to Book of Patrick: Reesa Amft, Louis A. William Coyle, Frank Arostegui his mother’s dismay. On her order, Thomas was Bacigalupo, John Cook, Charles W. Danis, Sr., captured by his brother and kept at home for Robert N. Dillon, Margarita Gonzalez, John & Please contact Bernadette Moore Gibson at over a year. 312-798-2389 for Pastoral Care Services. Lenore Madden, Hazel Madden, John McGing, Anne Schauz, Dave & Deborah Smith, Dorothy Once free, he went to Paris and then to C. Weinheimer, Rory Marshall Cronin, Julie Cologne, where he finished his studies with Reyes Taubman Albert the Great. He held two professorships at Paris, lived at the court of Pope Urban IV, Wednesday, January 29, 2020 directed the Dominican schools at Rome and Viterbo, combated adversaries of Readings: 2 Sm 7:4-17/Ps 89: 4-5, 27-28, 29-30 the mendicants, as well as the Averroists, [29a]/Mk 4:1-20 and argued with some Franciscans about Aristotelianism. Mass Remembrances: Joan M. Gray (†), Frank P. Stanish (†) His greatest contribution to the Catholic Church is his writings. The unity, harmony, Book of Patrick: Brian Francis Crowe, Henry and continuity of faith and reason, of revealed P. Crowe, Mary Lou Fink , Walter A. Hess, Jane and natural human knowledge, pervades Kulpa, Mark Robert Mallon, Michael J. Martin, his writings. One might expect Thomas, as a Philomena O’Shea, Karen Tackbary, Thomas J. man of the gospel, to be an ardent defender Waldron, Philip J. Rock, Noreen Casey, John D. of revealed truth. But he was broad enough, Carney deep enough, to see the whole natural order as coming from God the Creator, and to see Thursday, January 30, 2020 reason as a divine gift to be highly cherished. Readings: 2 Sm 7:18-19, 24-29/Ps 132:1-2, 3-5, The Summa Theologiae, his last and, 11, 12, 13-14 [Lk 1:32b]/Mk 4:21-25 Parish Counselor: If you or someone you unfortunately, uncompleted work, deals with Book of Patrick: Virgil C. Craig, Charles Vincent know is in need of counseling services, the whole of Catholic theology. He stopped Cooney, Katherine Grace Cunningham, Thomas please contact Old St. Patrick’s Parish work on it after celebrating Mass on December 6, 1273. When asked why he stopped writing, J. Fallon, Richard J. Gilbertson, Thomas E. Lane, Counselor, Sarah Thompson at saraht@ he replied, “I cannot go on…. All that I have Jane Magee, Margaret Murphy, Mary L. Ryan, oldstpats.org or 773-234-9630. written seems to me like so much straw Edward L. Simanek compared to what I have seen and what has (†) = Deceased been revealed to me.” He died March 7, 1274.

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Wedding Schedule general information Sunday 7 am, 8 am, 9:30 am, 11:15 am, 5 pm, and 8 pm If you are engaged and would like to inquire about a possible wedding date Monday – Friday (Daily Mass) 7 am and 12:10 pm at Old St. Patrick's, please complete Church is open for Personal Prayer: the wedding inquiry form and send to Monday – Friday: 7 am – 1 pm [email protected]

Reconciliation Fridays at 11:45 am, or upon request. For general wedding information, please Liturgical Ministry refer to Sacraments/Marriage at If you feel called to serve as a Hospitality Minister, www.oldstpats.org. Eucharistic Minister or Lector for one of our Sunday liturgies, please contact Tom Micinski at tmicinski@ oldstpats.org. Wedding Banns The Baptismal Program & Schedule To schedule a baptism, please contact baptisms@ oldstpats.org. Nursery Service Nursery service is available during the 9:30 am and 11:15 am Masses in the Frances Xavier Warde School building. Enter the school on Des Plaines Street. Low-gluten Host Old St. Pat’s has low-gluten hosts available for those Photo Credit: Andre LaCour members who, for health reasons, could not receive May the winds of heaven dance between you. regular Communion hosts. If you would like to receive a low-gluten host, please contact Tom Micinski at I. JANUARY 25, 2020 [email protected]. NO WEDDINGS Sign-Language Interpreter Upon request, a sign language interpreter can be II. FEBRUARY 1, 2020 available at the 11:15 am or 5 pm Mass on Sundays, NO WEDDINGS as well as for holidays and holy days of obligation. It would be most appreciative if you would give us 5 days III. FEBRUARY 8, 2020 of advance notice. To request access to a sign language Helena Birdsell & Robert Orzechowski interpreter at Mass, please contact [email protected]. Old St. Patrick’s Website Be sure to visit our website, www.oldstpats.org, for the most up-to-date information. Livestream Services Our 5 pm Mass is available LIVE online every Sunday. To join us, visit livestream.com/oldstpats. Questions? Book of Patrick & Mass Intentions Contact Leanne Kelly at [email protected]. For Book of Patrick or Mass Intentions requests, please visit Go to bit.ly/worshipaid to follow along with a worhip aid www.oldstpats.org/book-of-patrick or www.oldstpats.org/mass- PDF. intentions Feedback You can also contact contact Deniese Montgomery at A new opportunity for feedback is now online so you can [email protected] or 312-648-1021 quickly share thoughts about your experience of liturgy here at Old St. Pat’s. Go to oldstpats.org/feedback to contribute! visit us at oldstpats.org 17 directory

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