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Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time — October 6, 2019 Week of October 6 — 12, 2019 Come, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the LORD who made WELCOME TO THE INTERFAITH AIRPORT CHAPELS OF CHICAGO! The us. — Psalm 95:6 O’Hare Airport Chapel and Midway Airport Chapel are each a peaceful oasis in a busy venue. A place to bow your head in prayer A LITTLE FAITH while lifting up your heart and spirit! Prayer books and rugs, Today our readings are about faith, frustration, and how much is enough. rosaries, and worship materials are available, as are chaplains for is a complainer having an argument with God. spiritual counsel. You are welcome to attend or Worship Timothy is encouraging a community challenged by cow- services and to come to the chapels (open 24/7) to pray or medi- ardice and the apostles want more faith than they have. tate. May God bless your travels. — Fr. Zaniolo, Administrator Things aren’t happening fast enough for any of them or for us. All of them and we want God to do something sooner Interfaith Calendar & Events rather than later and we want God to give us a reason to ✈World Communion Sunday, Oct. 6: Widely observed around the believe that it will all work out. What does God do? God world by Protestant Christians as an expression of the oneness of the global puts it back on them—and us—telling Habakkuk to de- community of faith. scribe the world he wants; telling the apostles to do more ✈ Respect Life Sunday, Oct. 6: Each October, the in than the expected. Doing more with less is a familiar phrase today and a the United States celebrates Respect Life Month to proclaim the immeas- reminder that a little faith may be enough even for the most difficult times. urable value of every person from conception to natural death. TODAY’S READINGS ✈Dashara or Vijaya Dashami is observed October 8: Hindu celebra- First Reading — The just ones, because of their faith, shall live tion of the triumph of the Divine Mother over evil. It also commemorates (Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4). Psalm — If today you hear his voice, harden not Rama’s victory over the demon Ravana. At this time, Vijaya greetings are your hearts (Psalm 95). Second Reading — Bear hardship with the offered. strength that comes from God (2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14). ✈ Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement—Jewish observance October 8 Gospel — The apostles said to Jesus, “Increase our faith” (Luke 17:5-10). that begins with Kol Nidre, asking forgiveness for unkept promises and READINGS FOR THE WEEK vows. Full day of prayer and atonement with fasting. Monday: Jon 1:1 — 2:2, 11; Jon 2:3-5, 8; Lk 10:25-37 ✈Ayathrem Gahambar, which begins this Saturday, October 12, is a Tuesday: Jon 3:1-10; Ps 130:1b-4ab, 7-8; Lk 10:38-42 Zoroastrian fall festival in honor of the plant and vegetable kingdom. Con- Wednesday: Jon 4:1-11; Ps 86:3-6, 9-10; Lk 11:1-4 cludes October 16. Thursday: Mal 3:13-20b; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 11:5-13 ✈ Source: The 2019 InterFaith Calendar, Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago Friday: Jl 1:13-15; 2:1-2; Ps 9:2-3, 6, 16, 8-9; Lk 11:15-26 Saturday: Jl 4:12-21; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Lk 11:27-28 Sunday: 2 Kgs 5:14-17; Ps 98:1-4; 2 Tm 2:8-13; Lk 17:11-19 ORD CATHOLIC MASS INTENTIONS TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION 10/05/19 4:00 p.m. † Edward Ortoleva req. by Family Sometimes human relationships go awry, but Christ’s choice for us is ir- 6:00 p.m. † Souls in Purgatory req. by Faith revocable. In marriage celebrations, the Church always recalls God’s faith- 10/06/19 6:30 a.m. † Maj. Brent Taylor fulness to help prepare married couples for enduring the inevitable rough 9:00 a.m. ● Intentions of Holy Ghost Parish spots. The Byzantine liturgy does this by adorning the couple with crowns 11:00 a.m. † Bruno Smyczynski req. by Shirley Shudy that remind them of the martyr’s crown. The couple therefore takes on a 1:00 p.m. ● The Tremback Family req. by John Tremback vocation of witnessing to the sacredness of life in all of its suffering and joy, 10/07/19 11:30 a.m. † Adalgisa Zaniolo req. by Aida Zaniolo and of keeping their eyes fixed on the banquet of heaven. In Eastern theol- 10/08/19 11:30 a.m. ●/† Living & Deceased Members of the Chicago Fire Dept.—Bob Smith ogy, people have a liturgical vocation to give God praise, and marriage fits 10/09/19 11:30 a.m. † Herbert Meyer req. by John Jirschele within that plan. It is not so much saying prayers that counts, but becom- 10/10/19 11:30 a.m. ● Carl Coslick req. by Carl Coslick ing prayer. Interestingly, in this liturgy the couple never utters a word 10/11/19 11:30 a.m. † Walter Gratz req. by Jerry Rymut other than joining in the community’s chants; there are no marriage vows ● Denotes Living/Special Intention † Denotes Deceased/Memorial as such. There is therefore not a hint of our Western Christian sense that marriage is a legal contract. Rather, it is all about living out one’s baptismal MDW CATHOLIC MASS INTENTIONS vocation, embracing the cross, pouring oneself out in love, and opening to 10/05/19 4:00 p.m. † Brian J. Allen req. by Katherine L. Allen the grace of the Holy Spirit.—James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. 10/06/19 9:00 a.m. ● Virdell Zimon req. by Maureen Ponce 11:00 a.m. ● Tom Grabinski req. by Anne 10/07/19 11:30 a.m. † Brian J. Allen req. by Katherine L. Allen O’Hare Wings of Vision Banquet Friday, Oct. 25 10/08/19 11:30 a.m. ● Intentions of Holy Ghost Parish THE O’HARE WINGS OF VISION 23RD ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET, a 10/09/19 11:30 a.m. † Brian J. Allen req. by Katherine L. Allen major fundraiser for the Interfaith Airport Chapels of Chicago, will be held 10/10/19 11:30 a.m. ● John & Helen Dominici req. by John Dominici at Café La Cave, 2777 Mannheim Road, Des Plaines, with cocktails and 10/11/19 11:30 a.m. ● Intentions of Holy Ghost Parish ● Denotes Living/Special Intention † Denotes Deceased/Memorial raffle sales at 5:00 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. Jamie L. Rhee, Chicago Department of Aviation Commissioner, will be honored with the 2019 Executive Service Award. The 2019 Superior MDW Airport Chapel ORD Airport Chapel Service Award will be presented at the banquet to an individual nominated Concourse C, Mezzanine Level Terminal 2, Mezzanine Level from the airport community. The O'Hare Wings of Vision Award is (Inside Security Checkpoint) (Outside Security Checkpoint) awarded to a person who has provided a significant contribution to the ROMAN CATHOLIC MASSES ROMAN CATHOLIC MASSES O'Hare Airport community, exemplified in years of sincere dedication and SATURDAY VIGIL: 4:00 p.m. SATURDAY VIGIL: 4:00 & 6:00 p.m. friendly willingness to be of service to all at the airport — an example to all SUNDAY: 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. SUNDAY: 6:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., Monday—Friday: 11:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. who work to make Chicago O'Hare International Airport the finest in the Evening before Holy Day: 4:00 p.m. Monday—Friday: 11:30 a.m. world. For more information, contact Susan Schneider at 773-686-2636. Holy Day: Check Bulletin Announcements Evening before Holy Day: 4:00 p.m. www.airporthapels.org/holydayschedule.html Holy Day: Check Bulletin Announcements Rev. Fr. Michael G. Zaniolo, STL, CAC — Administrator/Catholic Chaplain ~ www.airporthapels.org/holydayschedule.html Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago PROTESTANT WORSHIP ~ Mr. Qazi M. Biabani — Imam Khateeb/Muslim Chaplain Monday - Thursday: 10:00 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. ISLAMIC JUMA’ PRAYER Muslim Community Center of Chicago Friday & Holidays: 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Friday: 1:15 p.m. Rev. Dr. Hutz H. Hertzberg - Protestant Chaplain Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 a.m., 12:00, and ~ The Moody Church of Chicago PROTESTANT WORSHIP Mrs. Susan E. Schneider, CAP — Office/Business Manager/Fund Raiser 1:30 p.m. See Website for Schedule Mr. Michael Brennan — Bulletin Editor This Week in the Life of the Church - Feast Days and Notable Events in Church History Respect Life, World Communion Sunday, October 6, 2019 poem Lead Kindly Light - and to begin rethinking his position on the ✙ We Remember: ST. BRUNO (1035-1101), founder of the Carthu- Catholic Church. Passionist Fr. Dominic Barberi received Newman into the sians. Born into nobility at Cologne, Germany, Bruno Hartenfaust studied Catholic Church along with a group of his followers. Two years after his con- there and at the cathedral school at Rheims, where he became the school's version, he was ordained a Catholic and went on to world fame as a director. Described as "an eloquent man, expert in all the arts, and a doctor Catholic apologist, theologian, and cardinal. Blessed Cardinal John Henry of doctors," Bruno was ordained a priest and became chancellor of the arch- Newman will be canonized next Sunday, October 13, 2019, in . Dur- diocese. A strong supporter of Gregory VII in his battle against sim- ing a consistory of cardinals July 1, Pope Francis decreed that Newman and ony and the low morals of the clergy, Bruno retired to a founded four other blesseds will be canonized together in St. Peter’s Square. by Robert of Molesmes, reformer of the Cistercian Order, in 1082. He Thursday, October 10, 2019 constructed a hermitage in Langres, France, but eventually went to Grenoble, ✙ We Remember: ST. FRANCIS BORGIA (1510-1572), one of the where the bishop gave him a solitary place called Grand Chartreuse - the greatest of the Catholic Counter-Reformation, was born to the noble cradle of the Carthusian Order, whose members live as hermits in a commu- family of de Borja in the kingdom of Aragon (modern Spain). Reared at the nity setting. Bruno was called to Rome to serve his former pupil, Pope Ur- Court of Charles V, he married very young; when his wife died, he distributed ban II, as a counsellor. When an anti-pope was elected in 1092 he went to his vast estates and titles among his children and joined the Society of Je- Calabria in southern , where he founded a charterhouse of Carthusians. sus, eventually becoming its General. Under him, the Jesuits spread Before his death there, on this date in 1101, he made a profession of faith in throughout Europe and the foreign missions. The austere Francis was cour- the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, against the heresy of Beren- teous, refined, kind, humble and generous, yet most determined and enter- garius. The Carthusian Order is the only one in the history of the Church that prising. He died while traveling on a mission for his great friend, Pope Pius has never had a reform, because it never needed one. (S) V, who died the same year. (B,D) ● Today in 1710, the birth of ALBAN BUT- ✙ BL. MARIE ROSE DUROCHER, (1811-1849). Assisted by the Oblates of LER, priest and hagiographer (1710-1773), who did more than any modern Mary Immaculate, she founded the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and writer to stimulate devotion to the saints. (AS) Mary; the purpose of this institute is to provide religious education to the Friday, October 11 , 2019 poorest and most abandoned of children. (S) ✙ We Remember: ST. JOHN XXIII (1881-1963): From the moment Monday, October 7, 2019 Pope Francis said, "We declare and define Blesseds John XXIII and John ✙ We Remember: OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY: This feast derives from Paul II be saints" and "they are to be venerated as such by the whole the feast of St. Mary of Victory, instituted by the Dominican after church," their October feast days automatically could be celebrated at Masses the defeat of the Turkish fleet at Lepanto on Oct. 7, 1571. In 1716, Pope around the world. St. John's feast day is Oct. 11, the anniversary of the day Clement XI inscribed the feast in the Roman Calendar. Counting one's in 1962 that he opened the . St. John Paul's feast day prayers on beads is a very ancient form of praying, used by Muslims and the is Oct. 22, the anniversary of the inauguration of his pontificate in 1978. After people of India. Repetition of the Hail Mary on the beads of the rosary goes the two were beatified — Pope John in 2000 and Pope John Paul in 2011 — back to the 12th century; around the year 1328, a treatise names Rosa- special Vatican permission was required to publicly celebrate their feast days rius referred to ST. DOMINIC as the promulgator of the rosary. This feast's outside the Diocese of Rome, where they served as bishop and pope, and title was changed from Holy Rosary to Our Lady of the Rosary in 1960. (S) their home dioceses. Vatican permission also was required to name parishes ✙In 1772, the death of JOHN WOOLMAN (1720-1772), American Quaker after them, but with their , that is no longer necessary. (Catholic preacher and campaigner against slavery. From 1743 he made long, arduous News Service) St. John XXIII, original name Angelo Giuseppe Ron- preaching journeys on foot, and in great simplicity, rallying Quaker commu- calli (born November 25, 1881, Sotto il Monte, Italy—died June 3, 1963, nities against slavery. His Journal (1744) is recognized as a spiritual classic.(F) Rome; beatified September 3, 2000; canonized April 27, 2014; feast day Tuesday, October 8, 2019 October 11) one of the most popular of all time (reigned 1958–63), who ✙ We Remember: ST. (1ST C.) He was the aged man men- inaugurated a new era in the history of the Roman Catholic Church by his tioned in St. Luke's Gospel who took Jesus into his arms and prophesied openness to change (aggiornamento), shown especially in his convoking of about Him when He was presented at the Temple. He uttered a beautiful the Second Vatican Council. He wrote several socially important encyclicals, canticle about Our Lord and told Our Lady that a sword would pierce her most notably Pacem in Terris. (www.britannica.com/biography/Saint- soul. (V) ■ In 1986, the Vatican took part in the Christian-Marxist World John-XXIII)✙ ST. KENNETH (c. 525 - c. 599). Founder of two monas- Conference on Ethics, which opened this day in Budapest, . (W) teries, St. Kenneth was trained to the monastic life under St. Finian of ■ In 1989, the death of journalist PENNY LERNOUX (1940-1989) just one Clonard and St. Cadoc of Wales. He has always been very popular in month after being diagnosed with cancer. She helped tell the story of the Ireland, where the city of Kilkenny is named for him. O'Hare Chapel's gra- Church in Latin America. Two weeks before her death she wrote, "I feel like cious next door neighbor, Margaret (nee Brady) Gorny, secretary for I'm walking down a new path. It's not a physical fear or fear of death, because USAirways, is a Kilkenny native. ✙ ST. MARY DESOLATA TORRES the courageous poor in Latin America have taught me a theology of life that, ACOSTA (1826-1887) was a truly great woman born in the poor quarter of through solidarity and our common struggle, transcends death. Rather, it is a Madrid. She tried unsuccessfully to become a Dominican ; in 1848 she sense of helplessness - that I who always wanted to be the champion of the responded to the call of a priest to found an institute for the care of the sick poor am just as helpless - that I, too, must hold out my begging bowl; that I in their own homes. A subsequent priest-director of the young institute must learn - am learning - the ultimate powerlessness of Christ. It is a clean- (Handmaids of Mary) removed her and appointed another superior in her sing experience. So many things seem less important, or not at all, especially place, with the result that the institute nearly perished. But after an exami- my ambitions." Through her writings, especially her landmark history of the nation by the bishop, she was reappointed and lived to found 46 houses. suffering church of Latin America, Cry of the People, she became a critical She was canonized in 1970. (B) ● IN 1962, VATICAN II WAS CONVENED, link between the churches of the Americas. (AS) the 21st General Council in Church history. Called by Pope John XXIII, Wednesday, October 9, 2019 more than 2,860 bishops took part. The Council has had a major effect on all ✙ We Remember: ST. DENIS, the first bishop of , who was be- aspects of the Catholic Church. (W) ● In 1976, the death of JOAO BOSCO headed about the year 250 (with companions RUSTICUS and BOURNIER, Jesuit Martyr of Brazil (1917-1976). ELEUTHERIUS), during the persecution of Decius. Above his tomb on the Saturday, October 12, 2019 outskirts of Paris rose the great Benedictine Abbey of St. Denis, later the ✙ We Remember: STS. FELIX & were two African bishops, place of burial for the kings of France. Born in Italy and sent to evangelize leaders of a great multitude of Catholics - the number 4,966 is usually given Gaul (modern France), Denis is the highly venerated patron of Paris. (S,B,G) by historians - who were driven out to starvation and death in the Sahara ✙ ST. JOHN LEONARDI (1541-1609), one of the founders of an insti- desert by the Arian Vandal king, Hunneric, about the year 484. We have the tute for educating and aiding foreign missioners, the College for the Propa- account of their sufferings from Victor of Utica, a contemporary writer. gation of the Faith (Collegium Urbanum de Propaganda Fide) in Rome. (B) ● In 1954, the death of Frances Caryll Houselander in London, Born in Lucca, Italy, and educated as a pharmacist, he left that profession at . Author of many spiritual works and books for children, she also did age 25 to study for the priesthood. He worked with great zeal in prisons and counseling for people referred to her by . ✤ ✤ ✤ hospitals. (S,B) ■ In 1845, the conversion of JOHN HENRY CARDINAL Sources include: (AS) All Saints, Robert Ellsberg, Crossroad, 1997. (B) Book of Saints, Benedictine Monks, More- house, 1993. (CB) Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia, 1999. (C) Catholic Book of Days, John Deedy, Thomas NEWMAN to the Roman Catholic Church, the culmination of almost 30 years More, 1989. (BB) Big Book of Women Saints, Sarah Gallick, HarperSanFrancisco, 2007; (D) Day by Day with the of searching for the truth, much of it under a firm conviction that the Catho- Saints, Patrick Moran, OSV, 1985. (ES) Encyclopedia of Saints, C. Jöckle, Alpine, 1995. (F) Famous Christians, Tony Castle, Servant, 1988. (G) Guide to the Saints, Kristin E. White, Ivy Books, 1991. (H) Heavenly Friends, Rosalie lic Church was a great evil and something to be avoided with dread. He was Marie Levy, DSP, 1984. (L) Butler's Lives of the Saints I-IV, Christian Classics, 1995. (L2) Lives of the Saints, O. ordained an Anglican priest in 1825; about 1832 he accompanied a sick Englebert, Barnes & Noble,1994. (M) The Middle Ages, Concise Encyclopedia, H. Loyn, 1989. (OCY) Oxford Companion to the Year, Blackburn, 1999. (ODP) Oxford Dictionary of Popes, J.D. Kelly, Oxford, 1987. (P) friend on a health tour of the Mediterranean area and became seriously ill Pocket Dictionary of Saints, John Delaney, Image, 1983. (S) Saints of the Roman Calendar, Enzo Lodi, Alba, 1992. himself. Convalescing in Sicily, he made trips to many Catholic shrines and (P) The Popes, Eric John, Roman Catholic Books, 1994. (V) Vatican II Weekday Missal, Daughters of St. Paul, 1975. (W) We Celebrate, We Commemorate, Patrick Walsh. This Week in the Life of the Church is compiled by churches in southern Europe, leading Fr. Newman to write his renowned Mike Brennan. E-mail: [email protected].