Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time | October 11, 2020
Holy Trinity Catholic Parish 25 EAST RICHMOND STREET, WESTMONT, IL 60559 | 630-968-1366 | WWW.HOLYTRINITYWESTMONT.ORG Under the Administration of the Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ Prayer List Please remember in your prayers... Christopher Hane Guy Hane Mass Intentions Carol Gergits Selene Bautista Masses are offered for the individuals listed below. Bodine Family David Bugajski +Denotes in Memory of Thelma Baluga Martin Curing IV O’Neal Caliendo Luisa Knight Saturday, October 10 | Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Annette Edler Mitch Eleanorg 8:00am Veronica Plys Gil Pasquini Mike Schmitt 4:00pm +Bernice Scurto Michelle Dorothy Knight Fr. Drawravoo Sunday, October 11 | Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time To request to be added or removed from this list, please contact the 7:00am +Robert Jurasek Parish office. Names will be removed automatically after four weeks. 9:00am +Barbara Pommier +Eleanor Lencioni 11:00am For the People of Holy Trinity Weddings Monday, October 12 | Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time 8:00am +George Kolodziejski Congratulations to our newly +Dorothy Marrs married couple...
Tuesday, October 13 | Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Nicole Richard & Nathan Martel On Saturday, October 10, 2020 8:00am Tom & Sandy Noonan
Wednesday, October 14 | Memorial of St. Callistus Marriage Banns 8:00am +Jerry Sylvester Second Call: Jill Dobosenski & Andrew Vath +Aggie Kubik Last Call: Akita San Andres and Guillermo Villegas
Thursday, October 15 | Memorial of St. Teresa of Jesus If anyone knows of an existing impediment which would prevent this 8:00am +Deacon Bill Casey marriage, please let Father Rafal know as soon as possible.
Friday, October 16 | Memorials of St. Hedwig and St. Margaret Mary Alacoque 8:00am Vincent Mathew Flames of Faith
Saturday, October 17 | Memorial of St, Ignatius of Antioch In the Sacred Heart Chapel of Eucharistic 8:00am Will Bickelmann Adoration, six candles burn on the altar. Currently, the candles are lit by the 4:00pm For the people of Holy Trinity temporary Adoration Chapel available from Sunday, October 18 | Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time outside the main church entrance.
7:00am +Joan Keough 9:00am +William J. Nannini This week’s intentions are for: 11:00am +Juan J. Togado In loving memory of +Mary Donato +Mary Blaskovich Silvia Stoll Meghan Cahill Chesnut Stephen Cahill Pray the Robert E. Cahill
To request an intention for one of these candles, see the form Rosary on the parish website and return to Parish Office with your donation ($10.) You may also request a Flame of Faith candle every day online through the parish online giving portal. (Be sure to list you intention in the comment field.) **Please note Flame of Faith candles are lit for one week in the order they are received. A list of weekly intentions will be posted on the window by the temporary Adoration Chapel.
2 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 11, 2020 Questions? Contact the Parish Office or Mr. Paul Birutis at: [email protected]
October 11, 2020 Holy Trinity Catholic Parish 3 Religious Education Adoration Chapel Written by: Tia Kendall, Holy Trinity Parishioner Family Centered Faith Formation Religious Education: It’s not too late to register your family for Religious Education. At the end of the September sessions, families are continuing the Holy Rosary September learning at home, and our October in-person instruction is scheduled to begin October 19. Why do Catholics say the Rosary? Saint Padre Pio said it is the weapon for our time. Another priest, in trying to point out the Please be sure to contact the RE office ASAP to register. power of the rosary, said it was the AK47 of the spiritual world. Registration forms for the 2020-2021 Family Centered Faith One of the messages our Blessed Mother gave us at Fatima was Formation program can be found on the parish website under that wars could be averted through prayerful recitation of the the Religious Education tab. There is limited availability for in- rosary. Pope St. John Paul II said the messages of Fatima are person sessions; the option for home study is available more relevant today than they were in 1917.
RE Parents of children preparing for First Reconciliation/ The rosary attacks the sources of sin; the world, the flesh, and Communion: The schedule in the blue Activity Handbook will the devil, head on. I’ve been told by non-Catholic friends that help keep you on track as you prepare your child to receive the the rosary is the vain repetition condemned by our Lord. I take sacraments next spring. This week, please work on Chapters 7 that kind of comment as a challenge and went searching. Christ and 8 in the Jesus Our Life book and in the activity handbook. engaged in repetitious prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, Matt 26:39,42,44. In Rev 4:8 we see the angels in an unending Holy Trinity School and Religious Education candidates for chant: “Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty, who was, who is and Confirmation 2021: If you have not yet returned your who is to come. Again, in Luke 18:39-43 we see the blind beggar repeatedly asking Christ to heal his blindness. Confirmation Information Sheet, please do so as soon as possible! All Confirmation candidates should have received their Jesus loved His mother and gave her to us for our own mother as Student/Sponsor Sharing packets. Be sure to contact your He died on the cross. Mary was sinless and full of grace and sponsor and make arrangements to meet in-person, if possible, desires all of us to join her with her Son in Heaven. Through the or virtually to begin your conversations provided in the Student/ rosary we are praying to Jesus through our mother Mary. Each Sponsor Sharing Activity booklets as you journey towards the Hail Mary is like a rose we present. We have to learn to be like Sacrament of Confirmation in spring, 2021. children, dependent on God for all our needs. That’s why we pray the rosary. th Holy Trinity School and Religious Education 7 Graders and Parents: If you missed the zoom meeting this past Monday For questions or to become a registered adorer, contact Chari or evening, all seventh-graders have received their You-Cat (Youth Greg Huber at 630-639-7513 or [email protected]. Catechism) and Doctrine Handbook and are ready to begin the th first year of Confirmation preparation this month. In October, 7 Adoration is currently available at all times from the grade students should be completing the first part of the outer vestibule of the church in the courtyard (except handbook, pages 4-13. when church is open for Masses or Sacraments.) Young Adult Ministry
Our Missionary Discipleship discussion sessions will continue at 7:30pm in Holy Family Hall What’s Happening? again next Tuesday 10/20. We are meeting in- person as well as live streaming from our Holy Amazon Smile on Prime Day
Trinity Young Adult Facebook page. You can make a difference while you shop Amazon Youth Ministry Prime Day deals on October Join us this Sunday for Movie Night in Holy 13 & 14. Simply shop at Family Hall starting at 4pm! smile.amazon.com/ch/36- 2191247 or with Leaf Raking Service Project AmazonSmile ON in the Amazon Shopping app and Youth Ministry will hold our annual leaf raking service project AmazonSmile donates to the first Saturday in November. If you would like to inquire about receiving help, please contact Jenn Bartley at Holy Trinity Parish. [email protected] or (630) 968-1366, ext. 107.
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Holy Trinity Catholic School School Scoop Teaching With Love, Learning With Spirit.
School Snapshots This Week’s School Events
The fifth grade class at Holy Trinity learned last week to raise and care for the NO SCHOOL—Columbus Day American flag outside the main school entrance. The fifth graders will be - Monday, October 12 responsible for raising the flag every school day. Mr. Arenz led the lesson on how to fold, hold, carry and hoist the flag. PSO Committee Meeting - Tuesday, October 13
- 6:30pm - Zoom
PSO FUNdraiser—Skuddlebutts - Wednesday, October 14 - All Day - Make dinner a selfless act by joining us
for a fundraiser to support Holy Trinity Catholic School. Come in to Skuddlebutt’s (440 Ogden Ave in __ __ Downers Grove) all day on 10/14 and a Holy Trinity Catholic percentage of every order will come back School continues to find to the school. Be sure to fill out the form creative ways to teach all below or use code “FUNDRASIER” when subjects during the ordering online to be counted. current school year. First graders were able to sing and dance safely in music class, even with some restrictions. We are proud Rosary Walk of our teachers for their - Holy Trinity School will be holding the continued ingenuity! annual Rosary Walk on Friday, October 16 during this month of the rosary.
Skuddlebutt’s Fundraiser Form—Wednesday October 14
October 11, 2020 Holy Trinity Catholic Parish 5 Parish Staff To contact, call the Parish Office then dial Ext... Business Corner Fr. Rafal Wasilewski, C.R. Pastor ...... Ext. 127 By Jeff Molenda, Holy Trinity Business Manager Deacon Patrick Blaney ...... 630-290-5328 Deacon Anthony Lenard ...... 630-960-3627 Dr. Pamela Simon School Principal ...... Ext. 103 Jeffrey Molenda Business Manager ...... Ext. 128 Sarah Connery Accounting/Virtus Administrator ...... Ext. 119 Ed Arenz Facility Manager ...... Ext. 106 Joanne Gregoire Director of Religious Education ...... Ext. 111 Kim LiCavoli RE Administrative Assistant ...... Ext. 112 Jen Bartley Director of Youth Ministry ...... Ext. 107 Evelyn Serritella Adult Faith Formation Coordinator ..... Ext. 113 Chris Simon Director of Communications/Development ...... Ext. 120 Young Adult Ministry Coordinator ...... Ext. 126
Sunday Giving Don’t forget to say Period Amount Type Totals 3:00 o’clock prayer July $66,845.00 Weekly Budget $12,000.00 August $77,218.00 to the Divine Mercy 6-Sep $14,246.00 every day 13-Sep $12,199.10 Weekly Average $15,551.43 20-Sep $16,109.05 27-Sep $19,635.00
YTD Surplus $23,252.15
Last Weekend's Parish Center Giving Check & Cash E-Giving Total 27-Sep-20 $750.00 $435.00 $1,185.00
In Loving Remembrance Those who have died, in the hope of Resurrection: +Gloria Crain
This week’s altar flowers intentions are: - Offered for the Intentions of Sharon Kman
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