ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH August 9, 2020 † 19Th Sunday in Ordinary
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August 9, 2020 † 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time WEEKEND MASSES Mass Sign-Up available at stjohnsjohnsburg.org Saturday: 4:00 pm Sunday: 7:00 am, 9:00 am, 11:00am WEEKDAY MASSES Monday: 8:00 am Tuesday: 8:00 am Wednesday: 8:00 am Thursday: 8:00 am Friday: 8:00 am HOLY DAY OBLIGATION Eve of Holy Day: 7:00 pm Holy Day Masses: 9:00 am and 7:00pm SACRAMENT OF RECONCILATION Saturdays: 3:00—3:45 pm and by appointment Communal Penance celebrated during Advent and Lent ROSARY Weekdays before Mass ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH A diocesan parish served by the Congregation of the Resurrection 2302 W. CHURCH ST. | JOHNSBURG, IL 60051 | (815) 385 -1477 Fax (815) 363 -3333 | www.stjohnsjohnsburg.org | find us on myparish app 2 Welcome to St. John the Baptist, Johnsburg, IL BUSINESS HOURS Gospel meditation Monday & Wednesday: 8:30 am – 2:30 pm 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday & Thursday: 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm Friday: 8:30am– Noon Be still and know that I am God. Silence is sacred. Silence speaks the language of the soul and is the CLERGY foundation of all life and eternity itself. Silence takes Pastor: Rev. Jacek Junak, CR, EXT. 202 us beyond the limits of our minds and allows us to Deacon: Mr. Jerry Giessinger seek and to love the essence of all love, perfect love, Deacon: Mr. Dave Gillespie and being. In silence, we can be non-verbally present ER OFFICE to things and to God in ways that words cannot T PARISH STAFF accomplish. We can discover, encounter, and be pre- Secretary: Annie Muich sent to truths that our minds struggle to conceive and EXT. 203 [email protected] then set aside the boxes we put around things when Business Manager: Kasia Placek comprehending them is challenging. We can know the EXT. 204 [email protected] unknowable and touch eternity when we encounter Religious Ed. Director: Stephanie Eldridge the core silence in our souls. EXT. 201 [email protected] Bulletin Editor: Anna Rose Zakrzewski We can do this even on a noisy street and in the midst EXT. 223 [email protected] of the greatest distraction. Once we have made Music Ministry: Mary Jo Schwontkowski friends with silence, the rambling noise of the world EXT. 1 [email protected] no longer seems to matter, and we can carry a deep forgiving peace within us, even when physical silence ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST SCHOOL cannot be found. We know that we are loved, cared for, sustained, nourished, embraced, and carried. Principal: Mrs. Brenda Baldassano PARISH PASTORAL CEN There is nothing to fear in silence, and I can be pre- 2304 W. Church Street sent to myself in the same way that God is present to Johnsburg, IL 60051 me. I can see myself as God sees me. All of my faults, weaknesses, imperfections, failings, and sinfulness (815) 385-3959 www.stjohnschool.com melt away in the abundance of God’s mercy. All of the worldly things we see as being important no longer PARISH INFORMATION are. BAPTISMS: Parents must be registered parishioners. Parishioners call Fr. Jacek Junak, CR at (815) 385-1477, It is in silence that all of the barriers that divide us dis- EXT. 202 for information, requirements, and scheduling for appear. There is no more “yours” and “mine” but only baptism preparation classes. the oneness of “ours.” There is no longer a need to RCIA: Adults seeking baptism and/or entry into the “figure things out,” and we tap into our desire to Catholic Church are invited to participate in the RCIA (Rite simply let things be. Silence is creative and powerful of Christian Initiation of Adults) Program. Please call Fr. and gives us hope. Silence is God’s greatest blessing. Jacek Junak, CR for more information. God became one with humanity in silence. It allows us CEMETERY: Please call Annie in the parish office at to be one with all of creation, with the moon and the (815) 385-1477, EXT. 203 to purchase cemetery plots and stars and all of the creatures God has made. The small- niches in columbarium. est particle of creation radiates with beauty. Silence allows us to soar beyond ourselves and connect in MARRIAGES: Please call Fr. Jacek Junak, CR at ways that the mind can only imagine. When all is (815) 385-1477, EXT. 202 for appointment, requirements, quiet, we begin to see that it is only our fear that and a desired wedding date of at least 6 months in advance. keeps us from the Lord. It is our fear that causes us to PRAYER LIST: Please call Anna Rose in the parish office at sink and to fail. We can hear the gentle whisper that (815) 385-1477, EXT. 223 to be placed on the bulletin tells us to reach for God’s hand. We discover that we prayer list. yearn for the salvation and wholeness that only God REGISTRATION: Please call Annie in the parish office can give to us. Be still my soul and be at peace. (815) 385-1477, EXT. 203 to register as a parishioner. August 9, 2020 † Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 3 Prayer Requests Mass Intentions Jakey Baldassano Don & Barb Klapperich “One thing only I ask you, that you remember me at the altar of the Lord.” - St. Monica Ted Bierchen Dean & Sandra Lenard Jim Blaney Robert Madsen Saturday, August 8, St. Dominic 4:00 PM † Harold Hunt, Birthday Valerie Brunkhorst Sr. Carol Mecko (Hunt Family) Kyle Buscemi Aaliyah Gilbert-Meyer Noelle Hoeh-Butski Jeanne Monaco Sunday, August 9, 19th Sunday in Ord. Time Carmelita Caifano Dan Oleksa 7:00 AM † Jack Mulholland, Anniversary (Lawrence & Valerie Brixy) Jeannie Caifano Charlotte Paoletti 9:00 AM Parishioners, Friends, & Serenity Carf Kathy Posey Benefactors of St. John the Sabrina Cavanaugh Nancy Roberts Baptist (Fr. Jacek, CR) Mary Chambers Roz Ruiz 11:00 AM † Marcin Placek, Birthday Mike & Sharon Coyle Jerry Schillaci (Placek Family) John Ferraro Mira Williams Monday, August 10, St. Lawrence Tina Fosnacht John Wolf 8:00 AM † Dr. John Brunkhorst Glenda Fussell Alice Zabawski (Marlene Goetschel) Debbie Glen Diane Zyskowski Patti Hoeh Tuesday, August 11, St. Clare 8:00 AM † John Hiller Michael Jonas Our Beloved (Fr. Jacek & Parish Staff) Jerome Kehl Deceased: Sr. Rosemary Kelley Georgianne Chromczak Wednesday, August 12, St. Jane Frances de Chantal Judy King Robbin Pierce 8:00 AM † Deceased of Holmes & Marulewski Families (Chris Marulewski) We will keep names on the list for eight weeks, and then remove. Thursday, August 13, Sts. Pontian & Hippolytus If you would like the name of your loved one to be on the list for longer than eight weeks, please call the Parish Office to renew. 8:00 AM † Joseph John Elsey Thank you for your understanding. (Elsey Family) Friday, August 14, St. Maximillian Kolbe Weekly Readings - Year A 8:00 AM † Tom Majercik Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a/Ps 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14 (Chuck & Nancy Majercik) [8]/Rom 9:1-5/Mt 14:22-33 Monday: 2 Cor 9:6-10/Ps 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9 [5]/Jn Saturday, August 15, Assumption of the 12:24-26 Blessed Virgin Mary Tuesday: Ez 2:8—3:4/Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131 4:00 PM † Leonard Nusser, Anniversary [103a]/Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 (Nusser Family) Wednesday: Ez 9:1-7; 10:18-22/Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [4b]/Mt 18:15-20 Sunday, August 16, 20th Sunday in Ord. Time Thursday: Ez 12:1-12/Ps 78:56-57, 58-59, 61-62 [cf. 7b]/ 7:00 AM † Arnie Diedrich, Anniversary Mt 18:21—19:1 Friday: Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63/Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, (Christine Marulewski) 5-6 [1c]/Mt 19:3-12 9:00 AM Parishioners, Friends, & Saturday: Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2/Ps 132:6-7, 9- Benefactors of St. John the 10, 13-14 [8]1 Cor 15:54b-57/Lk 11:27-28. Baptist (Fr. Jacek, CR) Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Ps 45:10, 11, 12, 16 11:00 AM † Joseph & Catherine Kalavas [10bc]/1 Cor 15:20-27/Lk 1:39-56 Anniversary Next Sunday: Is 56:1, 6-7/Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 [4]/Rom 11:13- (Family) 15, 29-32/Mt 15:21-28 4 St. John the Baptist, Johnsburg, IL St. John the Baptist Religious Education August 9, 2020 † Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5 9 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE by Ellyn von huben “Greater love than this no man hath, that vere in purity, and the red that I should 6. You can acquire relics of St. Maximili- a man lay down his life for his friends.” – become a martyr. I said that I would ac- an. John 15:13 cept them both.” So, yes, St. Maximillian Though St. Maximilian’s body was inciner- That verse certainly comes to mind when- had a normal childhood, but with one tre- ated at Auschwitz, there are first class rel- ever I think of St. Maximilian Kolbe, whose mendous difference that was to define the ics available for veneration. Years before feast we celebrate (August 14). So it’s not course of his life. the saint’s death, a somewhat prescient surprising to read that these were the 2. He always wanted to be a soldier. barber in his community started saving opening words of the papal decree intro- As a student, the young Raymond excelled clippings of Fr.