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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."
ST. CELESTINE CHURCH ST. CYPRIAN CHURCH 3020 North 76th Court 2601 Clinton Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707 River Grove, Illinois 60171 Phone: 708–453–2555 Fax: 708–452–0560 Phone 708–453–4800 Fax: 708–453–6141
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On weekends, because of the pandemic, all intentions for individual masses are read at all the Masses at both churches. During the week intentions are listed on the days when Mass is offered. SATURDAY, JULY 31 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4 St. Ignatius Loyola St. John Vianney 4 PM ST. CYPRIAN 8 AM ST. CELESTINE ST. MOTHER THEODORE 5 PM ST. CELESTINE and +Elizabeth Lowrey, 11th GUERIN PARISH SUNDAY, AUG 1 Anniversary Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Welcome! If you are new to our 7:30 AM ST. CELESTINE THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 churches or just visiting, please 9 AM ST. CYPRIAN 8 AM ST. CYPRIAN introduce yourself. We are happy 10:30 AM ST. CELESTINE Dedication of the Basilica of St. to share in this celebration of the +Mary Gannon Mary Major Eucharist. If you do not have a +Cecilio Bomediano +Keshawn Williams church home, or your church is +Nuris Orteg not home to you, we are open +Michael Majewski FRIDAY, AUGUST 6 to anyone looking for a spiritual The Transfiguration of the Lord; +Rose Marie Dalo home. We invite you to become +John Kaiser Hiroshima Memorial Day a part of our parish. You may +Michael and +Carol Bruno 8 AM ST. CELESTINE +Steve Goworowski, Birthday +Joan Psak register by calling 708–453–2555. +Vincenza and +Salvatrice +Connie DiNicolo–Kosmo, Insolia Birthday +Gertrude Gutkowski 2 PM ST. CELESTINE +Virginia Knack Marischler Sophia Ramos Quinceanera +Sarah Dwyer–Yep, 20th Anniversary SATURDAY, AUGUST 7 Mary Guidi O’Malley, for health St. Sixtus II and Companions; +Frank Pudlo St. Cajetan; First Saturday +Theodore Delatre 4 PM ST. CYPRIAN +Francesco Paonessa, Sr. 5 PM ST. CELESTINE and All offices in the parish are closed +Gloria Princivalli SUNDAY, AUG 8 to visitors. +Joan Corbett Czaja, 10th Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Anniversary 7:30 AM ST. CELESTINE Phones will be answered from Deceased Members of the 9 AM ST. CYPRIAN Corbett, Czaja and 10:30 AM ST. CELESTINE 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at St. Sheahan Families +Clara Paplow Cyprian (708–453–4800) Monday Mary and James Riordan, 40th +James Pappas through Friday and from 8:30 AM Anniversary +Gloria Barton, Birthday to 5 PM Monday through Friday +Trudy Wynd at St. Celestine (708–453–2555). MONDAY, AUGUST 2 +Connie DiNicolo–Kosmo, St. Eusebius of Vercelli; Birthday If no one is available to answer St. Peter Julian Eymard In thanksgiving for graces the phone, please leave a 8 AM ST. CELESTINE received through St.Joseph message and someone will call +Earl Rone +Michael Majewski +Frank Pudlo you back on the next business day. TUESDAY, AUGUST 3 +Ada Lopez 8 AM ST. CYPRIAN +Virginia Knack Marischler +Anne Muellner +Bernard and +Rosaleen Kurtz August 1, 2021 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time stguerinparish.org 3 FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK: FATHER PAUL CAO New Fiscal Year more than a hundred families order to protect yourself and I hope you are each week. Thank you for all others. Many people have been enjoying the you do for St. Mother Theodore telling me that they don’t want summer so far. It is Guerin parish!!! May God reward to go back to lockdown again. It already the beginning you for you good work! has been hard enough especially of August and summer is on our elderly people. Let us passing by very fast. Our last Back to normal We are now pray that the Lord will help us to fiscal year ended June 30 and slowly coming back to normal. end this pandemic soon. we are already one month into I have seen many parishioners the new fiscal year. In a few returning to mass. We still need Welcome back There will be weeks the kids will be back in to be careful and be cautious with a welcome back outdoor Mass school. The pandemic made the new Delta virus that’s hit so and BBQ on Saturday, August 21 last year so difficult with all the many countries hard in Asia such at 5 PM at St. Celestine. Please uncertainties in our lives, yet as India, Indonesia, Malaysia, bring your family and friends so many of you helped us with Thailand, the Philippines, and to come to mass and enjoy your generous financial support Vietnam. Vietnam was doing hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, of our parish. Thank you for very well last year in terms of drinks, and music with a DJ. your support. preventing Covid–19 until May Please pray for good weather. when the Delta virus really hit As I said in my homily last them very hard. They don’t have Mass on the Grass and BBQ week, God always provides us enough vaccines and the whole will take place on Saturday, with what we need and works country is on lockdown. Many September 18 at St. Cyprian at 4 through us. We just try to do people suffer from Covid–19 and PM. Come celebrate and enjoy our best and God will take care lack of food. I ask you to pray being together after a year and a of the rest and I have seen thhis for the people in Asia, especially half of lockdown. happening in our parish. We those countries affected by cannot function without your Covid–19. The Carnival at St. Cyprian has help and I really appreciate your been postponed and you will be efforts and sacrifices as we go I think vaccines are the solution notified when we know the new back to normal and continue to ending the pandemic. In some date. to make our parish grow to be states with lower percentages of more strong and more vibrant. vaccinated people, the number May God bless you and your of people infected by the virus family and may you have a safe You also contributed to the St. is increasing. I highly encourage summer! Mother Theodore Guerin Food everyone, especially young Pantry and we were able to feed people, to take the vaccines in In prayer, Fr. Paul
OUR LADY OF FATIMA DEVOTION STEWARDSHIP Join us at a devotion to Our Lady of Fatima at St. June Collections Cyprian Church on Tuesday, August 3 after the 8 AM Mass. It lasts about 15 minutes and has prayers for Envelopes $35,633.83 the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima for our needs. E–Giving 5,152.00 A small pamphlet with the prayers will be provided Total: $40,785.83 to be taken home. All are welcome. This devotion continues on the first Tuesday of each month. Thank you for your generosity! AUGUST HOLY HOUR CANCELLED There will be no Holy Hour at St. Celestine in August. Holy Hour will return on Friday, September 3 at 3 PM. August 1, 2021 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time stguerinparish.org 4 THE BREAD OF LIFE FEAST OF FAITH The Preface: Thanksgiving The preface of the Mass has been called “a poem, the cry of joy and recognition, the song of the world discovering its salvation . . . the certitude of faith making hope spring forth” (Philippe Béguerie, quoted in The Mass, Lucien Deiss, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN, 1992, p. 70).
The preface takes up the last words of the dialogue, and expresses briefly and simply why Today’s Gospel has the crowd is the work of God in the believer, we are grateful, why it is right and asking Jesus three questions. John would have us understand. just to give thanks and praise to First, “When did you get here,” to The third question asked by the God. which Jesus responds by rebuking crowd is a request for a “sign” them for their failure to grasp his that would allow them to put On feast days, the preface sings miracle as a “sign,” an occasion faith in Jesus, as the manna in the of the specific mystery or saint to put faith in him. Their second desert allowed the Israelites to we celebrate; in Ordinary Time, question about accomplishing the put faith in the Lord God. Jesus the Sunday and weekday prefaces “works of God” has Jesus respond answers by revealing himself as express our gratitude for God’s that faith is the “work” that God the “bread of life” that “comes gift of the Son, Jesus Christ, in wishes. Many scholars believe down from heaven and gives life whom we have redemption and this is John’s answer to the faith– to the world.” newness of life. works dichotomy emerging in the early Christian community. Faith © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. The prefaces offer a succinct account of what God has done for us in Christ; they express the mystery of faith, always relating it to us, to our lives.
“By his birth we are reborn,” we hear in Preface IV for Sundays in Ordinary Time. “By his suffering we are freed from sin. By his rising from the dead we rise to everlasting life.” Yes, we have cause to give God thanks and The secret of happiness is to count praise. Corinna Laughlin your blessings while others are © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. adding up their troubles. —Anonymous August 1, 2021 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time stguerinparish.org 5 ON HUNGER, AND BEING HANGRY My grandson is going on three same premise. One has Betty when Moses parted the Red Sea! months, and I have fun watching White playing football. She goes But now? Yeah. Now they’re just him when my daughter Sarah out for a pass and a guy on the not themselves. needs me. Jack and I get along. other team knocks her down. We stare at each other. We She joins the huddle where And when the crowd follows babble. We tour the house. I’m a teammate calls her “Mike” Jesus today after he feeds the five good at diapers, so I tend to worry and disses her game. Another thousand, he tells them, “…you about only one thing: feeding teammate says she’s playing like are looking for me not because time. Even though Sarah is nursing Betty White. Tempers flare, but you saw signs but because you and leaves me with a bottle of a woman in the bleachers brings ate the loaves and were filled.” milk if she plans to be gone for out a Snickers bar, and with one Yeah. They’re just not themselves, a while, Jack can go very quickly bite, Betty turns into the young either. Because remember, we from being content to being man Mike. Enter the tagline: are not citizens of earth with a hangry (I looked it up; it’s really a “You’re not you when you’re spiritual bent; we are citizens of word). hungry.” heaven with an earthly bent. As such, we’re just not ourselves When I arrived at Sarah’s for Hmmmm... Per today’s first when we crave the sustenance JackTime recently, she told me reading from Exodus: “The whole that only Jesus can give. But no she’d just fed him, and then Israelite community grumbled worries. “Do not work for food she showed me the bottle of against Moses and Aaron. The that perishes,” he says, “but for milk she’d prepared for his next Israelites said to them, ‘Would the food that endures for eternal feeding, which she guessed that we had died at the LORD’s life, which the Son of Man will would be in an hour or so. She hand in the land of Egypt, as we give you.” Don’t you see? At least said she’d likely be back before sat by our fleshpots and ate our metaphorically, we need never be he was hungry again (beyond the fill of bread! But you had to lead hangry again. prepared bottle), but if not, she us into this desert to make the © 2021 by John B. Reynolds told me to make two ounces of whole community die of famine!’” ([email protected]) formula. I should have prepared Complain, complain, complain. it right then and there, but most Gee! And they were all so grateful of me was thinking she’d be back before I needed it.
I was wrong. Jack started fussing after the bottle, but given the timing, I still expected Sarah’s imminent return. The print on a can of formula is really small, btw, and Jack shifted from fussy to hangry as I tried to decipher the directions. I’m familiar with ST. CELESTINE SCHOOL NEWS his cry for a bottle. On this day, though, it seemed to go up an octave, becoming less of a cry Organization Day is quickly approaching and more of a plaintive plea, an Tuesday, August 3, 2021 from 3 P.M.—7 P.M. “Oooh, please help me” wail I’d not heard before. Sarah got home Mark your Calendars! just in time to hear this plaintive If you have not registered and are interested in St. Celestine School, please wail. She said she’d never heard it call the school office at 708–453–8234. before either. School begins on August 19, 2021! Jack just wasn’t himself that day, which reminds me now of the Snickers ads that work on the August 1, 2021 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time stguerinparish.org 6
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ENTERTAINMENT: ENTERTAINMENTDJ AND HUGO "ELVIS AND" COL INRAFFLE August 1, 2021 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time stguerinparish.org 7 RELIGIOUS ED CATECHISTS NEEDED! STUDENTS WELCOME! The St. Mother Guerin Religious Education Program helps our students build their connections to God through prayer, incorporate God into their everyday lives, and recognize opportunities to enhance their relationship with God. We welcome children to learn about Jesus, the Catholic faith and prepare for the Please keep those serving in the military in your prayers. Sacraments of Baptism, Reconciliation, Communion Thank you for your service to our country. and Confirmation. Col. Stephen Acosta Marines Staff Sgt. Lawrence G. Campbell Air Force We offer Religious Education to students in Grades Senior Airman Cory McCambridge Air Force Chief Erin McGuire Navy 1—8 who during the week attend a public or Lt. Col. Peter Anderson Army home school setting. With your family experience, Sgt. Kenneth G. DiCristifano Army Spec Michael Migliorisi Army classroom work, and participation in our parish Pvt. John Cerrone Marines community, your child’s faith will develop and grow. PFC Paul J. Lagoda Marines PFC Sophia M. Garcia Marines Lt. Robert Reynolds Army Registration for the 2021—2022 school year is Staff Sgt. Alberto Boy Marines Staff Sgt. Natalie Borrini Air Force available online now. Students will meet at St. Cpl. Brian Macaluso Marines Celestine School every other Saturday from 9:30 to Lnc. Cpl. Meghan Jennings Marines 11:30 AM. The Archdiocese is still finalizing plans for Lnc. Cpl. Michael Casanave Marines having Religious Ed in person again, so we will be Pvt. Nicolas Casanave Marines ABEAN Melanie Hodges Navy sure all protocols to keep your child safe and healthy PFC Vincent Negron Marines will be in place. Classes start September 18. Pvt. Matthew Meyer Army Master Sgt. Scott A. Cross Air Force Private Niko Rodriguez Army If you would like to help as a catechist, please Dario Rodriguez Air Force A1C Brian Moran Air Force contact our Director of Lifelong Faith Formation, A1C Elyssa Moran Air Force Ruthanne Swiatkowski at 708–453–2555 x 17 or Ensign Devon Zych Coast Guard Lnc. Cpl. Andrew D. Nordlie Marines [email protected]. LTJG FaithAnne Bieschke Navy Luis N. Burciaga Army PFC Rudy De La O Marines Jose Flores, Jr. Air Force Carmelo Flores Air Force AB Ethen N. Ortiz Air Force Need help? Food, shelter, housing, employment, job SAVE THE DATES training, counseling, addictions, utilities, physical or mental health services, legal and financial, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 at 5 PM Outdoor Mass immigration, naturalization and refugee and senior and Barbecue at St. Celestine services are provided by Catholic Charities. Call SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 AT 4 PM Mass on the 312–655–7700 or go to catholiccharities.net. Grass and Barbecue at St. Cyprian SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 Blessing of the Pets at both Alcohol and Drug Abuse 1–800–821–4357 churches Child Abuse 1–800–252–2873 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 AT 10:30 AM Celebration of National Domestic Violence 1–800–799–SAFE the Feast Day of St. Mother Guerin and 3 National Sexual Assault 1–800–656–4673 ompulsive Gambling Hotline 1–410–332–0402 years as a parish C Poison Control 1–800–222–1222 Suicide Prevention 1–800–273–8255 Details to follow; please watch the bulletin and Elder Abuse 1–800–252–8966 website. August 1, 2021 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time stguerinparish.org 8
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 Mary Morvay Marie and Steve Auerbach Dan Murphy Michael Balaja Tom Murphy Grace Baldessara Barbara Narducci Gerri Bohm Bernice Nesbitt Ann Bosco Sr. Noel Tracy Braesch Bill Noesen Victor Cabello Sr. Louise Noesen Caitlyn Mary Guidi O’Malley Ginny Ciszek Adrienne Ozlowski Frances Copps Phylllis Pappas Debra DeKelver Manny Perez Jackie DeLarco Sam Perri Danny DiMaso Scott Pharis Elene Dimperio Janine Piechowski Dillon Dolecki Adrienne Pudlo Jack Donnelly Kirk Pusenilli Eleanor Sr. Rita Mae Rabitoy Heidy Egan Jim Raemisch Patsy Galecki Darlene Rinker Tammy Garcia Marylyn Robertson Helen Garza Barbara Rodgers Francis Gervais Caroline Russo Patrick Giannini, Sr. Betty Salemi Phyllis Gossy Rock Sarbacker Nina Grigolo Warren Sarbacker Cathy Grob Kathy Sassolino Maria and Manuel Haro Amy Schreiner Judy Iovinelli Paul Schubitz Robert Jaster Joseph Serwa Sonja Keane Bonnie Jean Shea Ken Kiska Erica and Baby Girl Snyder Dan Kocal Mike Statz Bobbie Kocal Heidi Stringham Karen Lins Andrew Valko Loraine Leone Lillian Wardzala Tom Mayer Dorothy Witek William Mellicant and for all our sick Information for the bulletin is due at 9 AM on Sharon Meyer and homebound the Thursday the week before the bulletin comes Joseph Morgan, Sr. parishioners out except for special holiday deadlines. Please George Moretti send in Word or as an editable PDF to khagerty@ stguerinparish.org. Will use as space allows. Bulletin Deadline August 15 August 5 at 9 AM Deacon Dennis Colgan August 22 August 10 at 9 AM August 29 August 19 at 9 AM St. Celestine School Believe, Achieve, Succeed! 84 Years of Excellence in Catholic Education Pre-School - 8th Grade www.stcelestineschool.org 3017 N. 77th Ave., Elmwood Park • 708-453-8234 Conveniently located one block South of Belmont Ave. between Harlem and Cumberland. Personal tours available upon request! Make your tour appointment today. Email Mrs. Sheila Klich, Principal at [email protected]
From the very youngest grades, students are creating and constructing knowledge with technology tools to foster skills in communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical and computational thinking.
l Online Registration and Online School Supply Purchase
l Online Parent and Student Portal, I-Ready learning charts your childrens progress
l Rigorous on campus and remote instruction
l Safe IPad or Chromebook use for each student Pre K - 8th Grade
l State-of-the-Art Technology Lab, STEAM School, Digital Citizenship, Coding & 3D Design, G Suite for Education, Robotics
l Full Day and Morning options for Preschool
l Full Day Kindergarten
l Before and After School Care
l Quality education based in Christian values
l Spanish, Art, Music, Technology, Physical Education classes K-8
l Variety of Athletics, Clubs and Activities for all ages
l Test scores above the national average at every grade level
Call 708-453-8234 for information and request a tour. Visit the website & tour our school online at www.stcelestineschool.org. See the wonderful educational and technological opportunities we have for your children as well as sports, clubs and after school activities.
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.
Office Hours: Phones are answered between 8:30 AM to 5 PM at St. Celestine and 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at St. Cyprian. The offices are closed to visitors.
Holy Hour: First Friday of each month at 3 PM in St. Celestine church, in person and live–streamed on Facebook and website.
Fatima Devotion: First Tuesday of the month after the 8 AM Mass at St. Cyprian.
Baptisms: Contact Ruthanne Swiatkowski to schedule; [email protected] or call 708–453–2555 x 17. Baptisms are scheduled for 12:30 PM on the second and fourth Sundays of each month at St. Celestine and the third Sunday of the month at St. Cyprian.
Reconciliation: Saturdays 4—4:45 PM at St. Celestine.
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 Ruthanne Swiatkowski, Director of Lifelong Faith Formation Rev. Paul Cao, Pastor [email protected] 708–453–2555 x17 [email protected] 708–453–2555 x29 Rev. Moises Navarro, Associate Pastor Mary Murphy, Coordinator of Religious Education for [email protected] 708–453–2555 x30 Children and Adults with Special Needs Rev. Eugene Gratkowski, Pastor Emeritus of St. Cyprian [email protected] Bishop Jeffrey Grob, Rev. Fil Ngwila, Rev. Stan Ilo, Rev. Kenneth Ekekwe, Resident Priests Lois DeFelice, Ministry of Care 708–453–2555 Rev. Ron Navoy, Weekend Associate at St. Cyprian [email protected]
DEACONS Kim Hagerty, Bulletin Editor 708–453–2555 x12 [email protected] Michael DeLarco 708–453–2555 x31 Deadline is 9 AM on the Thursday 10 days before the Call Deacon Mike to schedule a wedding. date you would like the information to appear. Miguel Negron [email protected] Ronald Pilarski [email protected] ST. CELESTINE SCHOOL Norma Pulido, Secretary 708–453–8234 x11 Sheila Klich, Principal 708–453–8234 x23 Donna DelMedico, Finance Secretary 708–453–8234 x24 [email protected] PARISH SUPPORT STAFF Laurie DePillo, Business Manager 708–453–2555 x15 Mary Krewer, Administrative Assistant [email protected] [email protected] 708–453–4800 Marge Dellinger, Receptionist 708–453–4800 Craig Kamptner, Director of Music Ministry [email protected] [email protected] 708–453–2555 x16 Lynn Schmidt, Receptionist 708–453–2555 x10 Call Craig with questions about music for the parish. [email protected] Ray Brownlee, Maintenance 708–453–4800 Kim Hagerty, Director of Evangelization 708–453–2555 x12 [email protected] [email protected] Eric Mueller and Bob Vessini, Maintenance 708–453–2555 x25