stguerinparish.org MISSION STATEMENT: "To do God's will as a unified, vibrant parish, and to foster an intentional relationship with Jesus through worship, witness, service, discipleship, and community."

TEMPORARY SCHEDULE DURING COVID CRISIS You must register through the website for weekend masses. No registration needed for Reconciliation. At weekday masses we will take your contact information at the door. You must wear a mask and practice social distancing.

ST. CELESTINE CHURCH ST. CHURCH 3020 North 76th Court, Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707 2601 Clinton, River Grove, Illinois 60171 Phone: 708–453–2555 Fax: 708–452–0560 Phone 708–453–4800 Fax: 708–453–6141 MASSES Saturday 5 PM Limit 125 MASSES Sunday 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Limit 125 Sunday 9 AM Limit 50 10:30 live–streamed on Facebook Weekday Tuesday at 8 AM Limit 50 and website Weekday Wednesday at 8 AM Limit 125 Reconciliation Saturday 4—4:45 PM ST. CELESTINE SCHOOL 3017 North 77th Avenue, Elmwood Park Illinois 60707 stcelestineschool.org 708–453–8234 October 18, 2020 Twenty–Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time www.stguerinparish.org 2

ST. MOTHER THEODORE On weekends, because of the pandemic, all intentions for individual GUERIN PARISH masses are read at all the Masses at both churches. During the week the Welcome! If you are new to our intentions for the days Mass is not offered in public are combined into churches or just visiting, please the days when Mass is offered. introduce yourself. We are happy SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 to share in this celebration of the 5 PM ST. CELESTINE 8 AM ST. CELESTINE Eucharist. If you do not have a SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 +Victoria Tovar, Birthday church home, or your church is 7:30 AM ST. CELESTINE +Father Bernard White not home to you, we are open 9 AM ST. CYPRIAN to anyone looking for a spiritual 10:30 AM ST. CELESTINE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 home. We invite you to become +Patrick H. Hagerty, 4th 5 PM ST. CELESTINE a part of our parish. You may Anniversary SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 register during the pandemic by +Dolores Lightfoot 7:30 AM ST. CELESTINE calling 708–453–2555. +Angela Castronovo, 8th 9 AM ST. CYPRIAN Anniversary 10:30 AM ST. CELESTINE +Muskie +Alex and +Marion Ruffolo +Victoria and +Ray Tovar +Harry Olsen, Birthday +Pamily Zafiratos Turzitti Family +Frank Pudlo +Dennis O’Shea, 25th +Luca Beroingerio Anniversary +Thomas, +Bill, +Dolores and +Frank Pudlo +Kathy Milligan Nutley Family +Peter and +Charlotte Birk +Elenore Kolodzinski, All offices in the parish and +Diasdado M. Zita Anniversary in the school are closed +Victoria Tovar Dillion Dolecki until the Archdiocese gives +Lisa Kolgan +Father McDonnell us permission to reopen. +Fred Hilgart Phones will be answered +Rosalyn Mittel TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at +Antonio Canonaco, In Loving 8 AM ST. CYPRIAN St. Cyprian (708–453–4800) Memory +Fred Hilgart +Elvira Canonaco, In Loving during the week and from Gerry Marzullo Memory 8:30 AM to 5 PM daily at St. +Jeff Weiner, Sr. Celestine (708–453–2555). If no one is available to answer the phone, please leave a message and someone will call you back on the next business day. October 18, 2020 Twenty–Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time www.stguerinparish.org 3 FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK: FATHER PAUL CAO Religious Education social distancing, and extensive Sunday when last year’s This Saturday Religious sanitizing. I appreciate the work Religious Education students Education began for our of Ruthanne Swiatkowski and her were confirmed at St. Celestine. students. All the students will team of catechists who have been Others were confirmed over be meeting at St. Celestine in a working hard to ensure that our the past few weeks at St. hybrid format: in person on one students will still be able to learn Celestine and St. Cyprian. Below Saturday a month, with online about our faith even during the is my view from the altar as we learning another Saturday pandemic. prepared for Confirmation. Have a month. We are being very a good week! careful to keep the children Confirmation Our third In prayer, as safe as we can with masks, Confirmation took place last Fr. Paul

BISHOP–ELECT leave a card for him, we will have JEFFREY GROB baskets in the back of the church. Bishop–elect Jeffrey Grob is planning on having a Mass of Father Jeff will be ordained a Thanksgiving at the 10:30 AM bishop on Friday, Nov. 13 at 2 Mass on Sunday, November 15, PM at Holy Name Cathedral. The 2020 at St. Celestine. That Mass Mass will be live–streamed and will be open to parishioners, and everyone is invited to watch it. We everyone attending must sign up will link to it on the website. ahead of time, wear a mask, and practice social distancing. We will He and his mom, Bonnie, will still not be able to have a reception reside here until the spring or after for him because of the summer of 2021, when they will pandemic. If you would like to move to Vicariate 1. October 11, 2020 Twenty–Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time www.stguerinparish.org 4

SAINTS JOGUES (1560—1646) AND JOHN DE BRÉBEUF (1593—1649) AND THEIR COMPANIONS October 19

Their mission was to , but these up in turmoil beyond their control: a smallpox missionaries found in present–day State epidemic, battles between French and English trading and the province of Ontario a world wildly different interests—the traders united only by their willingness from the homes they left behind. Six Jesuit priests, to exploit the Native Americans—and conflict among Fathers , John de Brébeuf, Anthony the tribes themselves, Huron, Mohawk, . , Lalemant, Charles Garnier, and Noël The missionaries’ perseverance despite exhausting Chabanel—and Jesuit lay volunteers René Goupil and hardships, their steadfast courage in facing John LaLande—shared the gospel with the Native unspeakable tortures, and undaunted love even for Americans they met, in languages they painstakingly those who martyred them, bore fruit, immediately learned, and through images they creatively adapted in Kateri Tekakwitha’s sanctity, eventually in the to the indigenous cultures (for example, John de Catholicism that still flourishes in the United States Brébeuf’s “ ’Twas in the Moon of Wintertime: the and . Huron Carol”). But their evangelization was caught Peter Scagnell © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

IN GOD ALONE speaks to us today of Cyrus, Paul opens his letter with King of Persia, anointed by the essentially the same notion—that Lord. God calls Cyrus by name in God alone we find our grace and leads him in service to the and peace. Paul also gives thanks AND SPECIAL Israelites. In this passage we hear to God on our behalf, calling to OBSERVANCES that it is the Lord who gives Cyrus mind our work of faith, hope, and Sunday: World Mission Sunday his title, who arms him against his love. Monday: Ss. John de Brébeuf, enemies, and who opens doors Isaac Jogues, and and unbars gates before him. And in the familiar Gospel Companions reading, Jesus tells the Pharisees Tuesday: St. Paul of the Cross And God does all of this so that to give to Caesar what is Caesar’s Thursday: St. John Paul II the people will know that “I am and to God what is God’s. Friday: St. John of Capistrano the LORD,” and that “there is none Saturday: St. Anthony Mary besides me” (Isaiah 45:6). © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. Claret; Blessed Mary; United Nations Day October 18, 2020 Twenty–Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time www.stguerinparish.org 5 ON FOOLING ME ONCE (OR PAINTING MYSELF INTO A CORNER) “Fool me once, shame on you. who said yes, but didn’t. Jesus Last week, the Gospel text began Fool me twice, shame on me.” then asks which of the two did with Jesus addressing the same I don’t know who said it first, his father's will. "The first," is all chief priests and elders, but he but Stephen they can say, and Jesus tells them now likens the Kingdom to a king King said it that tax collectors and prostitutes who gave a wedding feast for referencing are entering the kingdom of God his son. When the king sends his his lanced before they are. So not really servants to gather the invited eardrum when “Fool me once,” but you certainly guests to the feast, the invitees he was a boy paint–myself–into–a–corner once. are too busy to attend, and some in On Writing even abuse the servants. In the – A Memoir Two weeks ago, the Gospel end, the king tells his servants of the Craft, text began with Jesus telling to invite everyone they can find, the best book the chief priests and the elders since the invited guests proved about writing about a landowner who planted themselves unworthy. Jesus then that I’ve ever come upon. But I a vineyard, then leased it to concludes his parable with the digress. “Fool me once, shame tenants. You know how it goes. words, “Many are invited, but on you. Fool me twice, shame The tenants refuse to give up few are chosen." Paint–myself– on me…” has nothing to do with the grapes, even killing the into–a–corner thrice (virtually). Jesus’s direction to the Pharisees’ landowner’s own son. Jesus minions and Herodians in today’s asks the religious brass what The religious elite know that Jesus Gospel, but it comes to mind the landowner will do to the is talking about them, which is today anyway, given the last three tenants. When they answer, "He why today’s Gospel begins with Sunday Gospel readings… will put those wretched men to them plotting how they might trap a wretched death and lease his Jesus in his own words, as they Three weeks ago, Jesus asked vineyard to other tenants,” Jesus themselves had been trapped the chief priests and elders, tells them that the kingdom of over and over. They decide to "What is your opinion?” before God will be taken from them and send their underlings and some telling them the story of two given to others who will produce Herodians to Jesus to question sons, the first who said no to his its fruit. Paint–myself–into–a– him about the lawfulness of father’s request to go work in the corner twice… paying the census tax to Caesar. vineyard, but did, and the second What a crew! The Herodians are Caesar’s henchmen and in favor of the tax. The Pharisee wannabes oppose it. Jesus can’t win. Until he does, with “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” And per the last verse in the chapter (which is not included in the reading): “When they heard this they were amazed, and leaving him they went away.” Or, Paint myself into a corner every time, who’s fooling who?

©2020 By John B. Reynolds ([email protected]) October 18, 2020 Twenty–Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time www.stguerinparish.org 6 CAN YOU VOLUNTEER? We need volunteers to assist at St. Celestine. All volunteers must understand with various aspects of our that even with precautions, we parish reopening plan. If you There is an 8 AM Tuesday Mass at cannot guarantee that you will are high school age or older and St. Cyprian and 8 AM Wednesday not be exposed to Covid–19. All are healthy with no underlying Mass at St. Celestine. volunteers must attend a training. health conditions, please consider assisting with funerals, , We are limited to 125 people at Please submit the website Online weddings, reconciliation, and daily St. Celestine and 50 at St. Cyprian Form to indicate your willingness or Sunday Masses. to allow for social distancing. and ability to volunteer, and the days of the week and times of the Funerals are held Monday through Volunteers are needed to greet, day that are best for you. This is Saturday at both churches, usually check off attendees, sanitize a massive undertaking and many at 10 AM and 11:30 AM. hands, manage the flow of hands make light work. Find the congregants, direct people to sign up on the website. Weddings are held on Saturday seating, usher, clean, and sanitize afternoons in both churches. the worship space. You must wear THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP! a mask at all times and practice Baptisms are held on Saturdays social distancing. and Sundays at both churches, usually in the early afternoon.

Reconciliation takes place on Saturdays from 4 to 4:45 PM

ONLINE GIVING

Our parish is using Give Central as a contribution tool to help parishioners contribute online to our Sunday Offertory and special collections. This tool will allow you the option of donating through your checking, savings, or credit card account and the funds will be directly transferred to the parish each month or as you specify.

If you are already giving online you will see that the gifts go to St. Mother Theodore Guerin parish. You can sign up for online giving Continuing our series on backyard and indoor shrines; Suzanne McNally shares by going to our website, stguerin. a picture of the to which can be found on the org, and clicking on the Give east side in the garden by St. Cyprian school. She says that this public shrine Central icon on the right on the serves as a symbol of Catholic identity to all those who enjoy the tranquil home page. garden. Gerry Marzullo donated the statues after a trip to Lourdes. Do you have a shrine indoors or outdoors? Send a picture and a short explanation Thank you for supporting the to [email protected] and you can be featured in the bulletin, the parish. website, and on Facebook. Let's show our Catholic identity! October 18, 2020 Twenty–Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time www.stguerinparish.org 7 CONFIRMATION VIRTUAL BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS

Congratulations to the school students and Religious While we were not able to gather and have the Ed students who made their Confirmations the last animals blessed in person, many of our parishioners two weekends at St. Celestine. posted pictures of their pets on the Facebook page and said a prayer for their animals.This was in celebration of the Feast of St. . October 18, 2020 Twenty–Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time www.stguerinparish.org 8 RESPECT LIFE VIRTUAL BABY BOTTLE PROJECT

During Respect Life month in October, our parish Please keep those serving in the military in your will be participating in The Virtual Baby Bottle prayers. Thank you for your service to our country. Project benefiting The Women’s Centers of Greater Chicagoland. Since we are not handing out baby Col. Stephen Acosta Marines bottles due to coronavirus concerns, if you would like Staff Sgt. Lawrence G. Campbell Air Force Senior Airman Cory McCambridge Air Force to participate, please write a check to The Women’s Chief Erin McGuire Navy Center. Drop it in the collection basket in the back Lt. Col. Peter Anderson Army Sgt. Kenneth G. DiCristifano Army of the churches and we will send them to this Spec Migliorisi Army wonderful organization, which assists mothers and Maj. Deborah J. Crowley, M.D. Army Pvt. John Cerrone Marines families experiencing crisis pregnancies. Maj. Nevers Marines PFC Paul J. Lagoda Marines Donations can be made on their website: GOTWC.org PFC Sophia M. Garcia Marines Lt. Robert Reynolds Army or call 773–794–1313 and make a donation. By God’s PFC Richard A. Paduch Army grace, The Women’s Centers have saved over 40,000 Staff Sgt. Alberto Boy Marines Sgt. Rodolfo DeLao Army babies—and their mothers—from abortion since Staff Sgt. Natalie Borrini Air Force opening in 1984. Cpl. Brian Macaluso Marines Lnc. Cpl. Meghan Jennings Marines Lnc. Cpl. Michael Casanave Marines Pvt. Nicolas Casanave Marines MARRIED 50 YEARS IN 2020? ABEAN Melanie Hodges Navy PFC Vincent Negron Marines Pvt. Matthew Meyer Army Please call the Pastoral Center or the Rectory if you Master Sgt. Scott A. Cross Air Force were married in 1970 and are celebrating your 50th Private Niko Rodriguez Army Dario Rodriguez Air Force wedding anniversary this year. Even though we CH 1LT Jacque Beltran Navy cannot gather together to celebrate, the Archdiocese A1C Brian Moran Air Force would like to send you a certificate in recognition of A1C Elyssa Moran Air Force this event and the 2020 and 2021 Jubilarians will be Ensign Devon Zych Coast Guard FN Matilda Davis Coast Guard invited to celebrate together in 2021. Lnc. Cpl. Andrew D. Nordlie Marines Ensign FaithAnne Bieschke Navy Luis N. Burciaga Army PFC Rudy De La O Marines

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    Names are kept on the list for four weeks. If you wish to  add or remove a name, please call the parish office.  Thank you!  Paciano Acosta Tom Mayer  Marie and Steve Auerbach Tom McGuire  Michael Balaja Ron McGuire  Grace Baldessara Mary Mellett    Mary Bartell Sharon Meyer    Karen Biagini Dan Murphy    Joyce Brosseit Tom Murphy    Victor Cabello Carolyn Nanni    Caitlyn Domenic Nanni    Dorothy Carey Barbara Narducci       Deacon Dennis Colgan Fr. Larry Nemer  Frances Copps Larry Nestor Debra DeKelver Barbara Nevers  Jackie DeLarco Reginald Nevers  Michael DeLuca Bernice Nesbitt             Danny DiMaso Sr. Noel             Elene Dimperio Bill Noesen Dillon Dolecki Manny Perez             Patricia Dwyer Adrienne Pudlo             Eleanor Kirk Pusenilli Heidy Egan Jim Raemisch             Brittany Foley Michael Riesterer             Francine Darlene Rinker Christopher Freel Caroline Russo             Patsy Galecki Betty Salemi             Kathy Gallery Amy Schreiner Tammy Garcia Joseph Serwa             Phyllis Gossy Mickey Smith             Patricia Guarino Mary Sochnuk Brian Herbert Ed Socki             David Holder Darryl Taggert             George Horvath Shirley Teofilo  Laurel Horvath Andrew Valko  Robert Jaster Lillian Wardzala Bob Jurasz Patricia Weiss Kathy Dorothy Witek Margaret Karls Don Wojcik Donna Kiska Catherine Zmich Ken Kiska Gerry Zych Joy Ann Klewer and for all our sick Michael Kunz and homebound All weekly events are canceled.

Owen Petrzelka We are not using Liturgical Ministers at this time.

ST. CELESTINE CHURCH 3020 North 76th Court, Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707 708–453–2555

ST. CYPRIAN CHURCH 2601 Clinton, River Grove, Illinois 60171 708–453–4800

Mass Schedules: See cover. Registration required.

Office Hours: Temporarily closed.

Communion Service: Temporarily canceled.

Holy Hour: First Friday of each month at 3 PM in St. Ce- lestine church, in person and live–streamed on Facebook and website. Please check our website, No registration needed. www.stguerinparish.org, for the most Fatima Devotion: Temporarily canceled. accurate information on the schedule for sacraments during the pandemic. Adoration: Temporarily combined into First Friday Holy Hour.

Baptisms: Contact Ruthanne Swiatkowski to schedule; [email protected] or call 708–453–2555 x 17.

Reconciliation: Saturdays 4—4:45 PM at St. Celestine. No registration needed.

Weddings: Engaged couples are encouraged to call a year in advance of a preferred date. The couple must talk to Deacon Mike DeLarco before a wedding date can be reserved. Participation in marriage preparation is essential.

PRIESTS Ray Brownlee, Maintenance 708–453–4800 Rev. Paul Cao, Pastor [email protected] [email protected] 708–453–2555 x29 Eric Mueller and Rev. Brendan Guilfoil, Associate Pastor Bob Vessini, Maintenance 708–453–2555 x25 [email protected] 708–453–2555 x30 Rev. Eugene Gratkowski, Pastor Emeritus of St. Cyprian MUSIC MINISTRY Rev. Jeffrey Grob, Rev. Fil Ngwila, Rev. Stan Ilo, Craig Kamptner, Director of Music Ministry Rev. Kenneth Ekeweke, Resident Priests [email protected] 708–453–2555 x16 Rev. Ron Navoy, Weekend Associate at St. Cyprian Call Craig with questions about music for the parish.

DEACONS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Michael DeLarco 708–453–2555 x31 Ruthanne Swiatkowski, Director of Lifelong Faith Call Deacon Mike to schedule a wedding. Formation Miguel Negron [email protected] [email protected] 708–453–2555 x17 Ronald Pilarski [email protected] Mary Morvay, Coordinator of Children’s Faith Formation Dennis Colgan, retired [email protected] 708–453–5719 Mary Murphy, Coordinator of Religious Education for ST. CELESTINE SCHOOL Special Needs for children and adults Sheila Klich, Principal 708–453–8234 x23 [email protected] 708–453–2555 [email protected] Norma Pulido, Secretary 708–453–8234 x11 MINISTRIES Donna DelMedico, Finance Secretary 708–453–8234 x24 Lois DeFelice, Ministry of Care 708–453–2555 [email protected] PARISH SUPPORT STAFF Laurie DePillo, Business Manager 708–453–2555 x15 Greg Fidanzia, Guerin William Youth Group [email protected] [email protected] 708–453–2555 x13 Mary Krewer, Administrative Assistant [email protected] 708–453–4800 Kim Hagerty, Director of Evangelization 708–453–2555x12 Marge Dellinger, Receptionist 708–453–4800 [email protected] [email protected] Bulletin Editor Deadline is 9 AM on the Friday 9 days Irma Rivera, Receptionist 708–453–2555 x10 before the date you would like the information to Lynn Schmidt, Receptionist 708–453–2555 x10 appear. [email protected]