St. Thomas the Apostle Parish Chicago, Illinois 60615-5299 Telephone: (773) 667-1142 Mass Schedule Confession Fax: (773) 891-0602 Sunday Saturdays, 2:30-3:30Pm
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Serving Hyde Park’s Catholic Community since 1869 May 30, 2021 Holy Trinity Sunday Parish Offices: Hours: Weekdays: 7am-3pm, Mon.-Fri. Located at 55th & Woodlawn 5472 S. Kimbark Avenue Chicago, IL 60615-5297 Phone: (773) 324-2626 Fax: (773) 891-0602 [email protected] Fr. Dan Costello Extension 107 Deacon: Deacon Kurt Davis Parish Office: Lisa J. Couch, secretary (773) 324-2626 Parish Voicemail box, ext. 0 Director of Parish Operations Paula Jones, ext. 109 Music Ministry Matthew Merz Liturgist Jennifer Davis Bulletin Editor Lissa Romell Parish School Erin Monahan, Principal 5467 S. Woodlawn Avenue St. Thomas the Apostle Parish Chicago, Illinois 60615-5299 telephone: (773) 667-1142 Mass Schedule Confession Fax: (773) 891-0602 Sunday Saturdays, 2:30-3:30pm. www.stapostleschool.com 8am & 10am Baptism Monday-Friday Please contact the Parish Office. 8am Marriage Saturday Please make arrangements eight months in advance. 4pm Membership Holy Days Please register at the Parish Office or online at 8am www.stapostleparish.org under “Contact Us”. Please don’t forget the poor boxes. Come visit us at www.stapostleparish.org Page 2 St. Thomas the Apostle Parish Holy Trinity Sunday Welcome! We’re so glad you’re here and invite you to journey in faith with us. We believe the church is the sacrament of God’s saving presence in the world. Our goal is to provide a spiritual home where all are welcome, where the healing, recon- ciling, liberating love of God flows through us to all people. If you have any questions about our parish, please call or email our parish office. Today’s Readings: Most Holy Trinity Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40 Psalm 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22 Romans 8:14-17 Matthew 28:16-20 Ángel Damián Dousa, Brian Allen We encourage you to prepare yourself for next weekend’s liturgy by reading and praying the scriptures (visit www.usccb.org). Next Sunday’s Readings: Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Exodus 24:3-8 Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18 Hebrews 9:11-15 Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 Weekday Mass Intentions Weekly morning masses are being live-streamed at 8am, Monday-Friday, via our Facebook page. Please join us! Please remember those listed below in your prayers this week. MONDAY, May 31 TUESDAY, June 1 Tb 6:10-11; 7:1bcde, 9-17; 8:4-9a Visitation of the Bl. Virgin Mary St. Justin, Martyr Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 Mk 12:28-34 Readings: Tb 2:9-14 Ps 112:1-2, 7-8, 9 And ‘to love God with all your heart, with Mk 12:13-17 all your understanding, with all your Where are your virtuous acts? See! strength, and to love your neighbor as Your true character is finally showing yourself’ is worth more than all burnt itself!” Tb 2:14 offerings and sacrifices.. Mk 12:33 Angela Gugliotta Gwennie Lewis WEDNESDAY, June 2 FRIDAY, June 4 Readings: Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a Ps 25:2- Readings: Tb 11:5-17 Ps 146:1b-2, 6c 3, 4-5ab, 6 & 7bc, 8-9 Mk 12:18-27 -7, 8-9a, 9bc-10 Mk 12:35-37 In you I trust; let me not be put to The LORD keeps faith forever, se- Readings: Zep 3:14-18a Isaiah 12:2- shame. Ps 25:2 cures justice for the oppressed, gives 3, 4bcd, 5-6 Lk 1:39-56 Deacon Kurt Davis (Birthday blessings!) food to the hungry. Ps 146:6-7 Be glad and exult with all your heart! Sr. Marguerite Zralek Zep 3:14 THURSDAY, June 3 Brian Allen, Robert Delaney Scott Family St. Charles Lwanga and Companions Coming June 12-13: St. Vincent de Paul Bundle Weekend The Society of Saint Vincent DePaul is happy to announce that we will be having our annual Bundle Weekend in the St. Thomas parking lot on Saturday, June 12th from 9:00 am til 4:00 pm and Sunday, June 13th from 9:00 am til 2:00 pm. Please dig into your closet for any useable items that would help or benefit the needy. We appreciate any donations to make this weekend a success as we move forward to help those in need. God’s Blessings. St. Thomas the Apostle Parish Holy Trinity Sunday Page 3 Thoughts from Fr. Dan Costello Parish Administrator Love isn’t words, it’s actions; and love isn’t feelings, it’s a decision... Dear parishioners and friends of Noteworthy News: St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, As part of the transition here and my absence for most of the month of June, we are going to have to Today the Church gives us this discontinue with Saturday morning Masses effective Solemnity of the Most Holy Trin- immediately. Until now, we have been blessed to ity. We celebrate God the Father, have a quasi-member of our rectory staff present and who created us. God the Son, this individual will not be able to be present on Satur- who redeemed us and day mornings going for- gives himself to us in the ward. With rectory staff Eucharist. And God the present on the campus Holy Spirit who abides Mondays through Fridays with us, uplifts us, in- and not on Saturday morn- spires us, consoles us. ings, for safety and secu- The God who is, who rity concerns, I feel it re- was, and who is to come. sponsible to limit Saturday Three Persons, one God. Mass to the 4:00pm Vigil Way beyond my compre- Mass when a member of hension, but I believe it, our staff is consistently nonetheless, as true. present as on Sunday Living as we do in a mornings as well. I fully time when we humans realize the 20+ folks who have figured out quite a regularly attend on Satur- few things in God’s good day mornings will be dis- creation, we celebrate this appointed. However, I mystery of the Trinity as not a complicated theologi- hope all will understand, in this day and age, a parish cal idea, but rather as something really quite simple: employee must always be present when the church is Love. God’s love for the world…the whole uni- open and we simply do not have that resource avail- verse…and that includes us. Little ol’ me and little ol’ able on Saturday mornings, at least for the time be- you! Created carefully and deliberately in God’s ing. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility. grand plan. May we continue to seek out God’s will The rest of our daily and weekend Mass schedule re- mains unchanged. and respond as the Lord showed us how: with love. ~ Fr. Dan Page 4 Holy Trinity Sunday Congratulations, STA Class of 2021 Please join us in congratulating the STA Class of 2021! They have worked hard during their time at St. Thomas and we are very proud of their accomplishments. We wish them all the best at their future high schools over the next 4 years! STA's Graduation takes place on Friday, June 4th and will take place in-person for the graduates and limited guests. The ceremony will be livestreamed on the school’s Face- book page so that those who are not able to attend can enjoy the celebrations at home. Dates to Remember STA's Class of 2021 Mya Banks - Cherry Creek High School, Denver, CO May 31 Mariama Barry - St. Ignatius College Prep NO SCHOOL—Memorial Day McKinley Boatright - King College Prep Morgan Boston - Kenwood Academy High School June 1-June 7 Joseph Brentuo - St. Ignatius College Prep Spirit Week Martzeeyah Brown - De La Salle Institute June 1 Nia Brown - Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep Academy A GRAND Day at STA (virtual) Hayley Carey - Morgan Park Academy Elaine Chatman-Borowiec - Beacon Academy June 2 Kynnade Clay - Christ the King Jesuit College Prep “Wacky Wednesday” Marie Genevieve DePrisco - Augustine Christian Academy, Tulsa, OK Students wear wacky hats and Zoe Escho - Kenwood Academy High School socks to school. Stoney Eubanks - Kenwood Academy High School June 3 Flannery Golden - St. Ignatius College Prep Last Day of School for 8th Grade Dana Hanley - De La Salle Institute - Tayla Hardin - Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School 8th Grade Luncheon and Whole Delanie Hines - Chicago Academy for the Arts School Graduation Parade Sherell Hinton - Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Jason Johnson - TBD June 4 Jada Jones - Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School Last Day of School for Pre-K & K Tommie Jordan - De La Salle Institute Students Arasia King - Intrinsic Schools - Downtown Campus - Darius Mason - De La Salle Institute Step Up Day Serenity McCraney - Art In Motion High School - Scott Millsaps Jr. - Leo Catholic High School Kindergarten Celebration Milan Morales - Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School - Saniya Peavy - Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School 8th Grade Graduation & Awards Jeremiah Peterson - Montini Catholic High School Ceremony—6:30 pm Autumn Price - Marian Catholic High School Cheyenne Roe - Kenwood Academy High School June 7 Eric Taylor - De La Salle Institute Last Day of School for 1st-7th Ryan Thompson - King College Prep Grade Students—2:30 pm Avery Trice - De La Salle Institute Dismissal & No After Care Jamar Watts - De La Salle Institute ——————–———————— Kaylee Williams - De La Salle Institute STA’s Website: Nyla Wilson - King College Prep www.stapostleschool.com Follow STA on Social Media! Facebook: @stapostleschool Instagram: @stthomasapostle St. Thomas the Apostle Parish Holy Trinity Sunday Page 5 A Letter from Our New Pastor Dear Parishioners and Friends of tending a charter school in Detroit, I moved to Chi- St.