June 6, 2021 Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ Depaul University Sunday Night Mass
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June 6, 2021 Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ The Connection The MEET THE CCM TEAM STAFF MEMBERS Amanda Thompson Azucena De La Torre Director Ministry Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] Matt Merkt Fr. Dan Borlik, CM Chaplain for Liturgy Priest Chaplain [email protected] [email protected] GRADUATING STUDENT LEADERS! Congratulations Seniors! Nelson Mendoza McLean Casey Hernandez Search Retreat Soup Kitchen Assistant Coordinator Jillian Nalezny Megan Evans Content Creation Social Media Assistant and Graphic Design Assistant Erin Duffy Eliora Rios Communal Prayer Small Groups Assistant Assistant Wyatt Hettel Justin Matuszewski Small Groups Assistant Liturgy Coordinator Jessica Camacho Rivera Latinx Outreach Coordinator T O N I G H T ’ S P R E S I D E R AND HOMILIST Bishop Francis Kane, D.D. Most Reverend Francis Kane is an Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago. He was ordained as a priest in 1969 and ordained as a bishop at Holy Name Cathedral in 2003. Bishop Kane has worked at many parishes throughout his career, and has served as the director of both the Offce for the Ministry of Peace and Justice and the Department of Evangelization and Christian Life. He retired in September of 2018. Fr. Memo Campuzano, C.M. Fr. Guillermo (Memo) Campuzano, C.M., became the vice president for DePaul’s Mission and Ministry division in March 2020. A DePaul alumnus, Fr. Memo returns to his alma mater from an assignment at the United Nations, where he served as a representative for the Congregation of the Mission. He previously held multiple positions at DePaul, including director of the Of ce of Religious Diversity, university chaplain in Catholic Campus Ministry, as well as an adjunct professor in the departments of Religious Studies, Catholic Studies, Modern Languages, and the School for Public Service. Fr. Memo has a vast experience with the Vincentian Family advocating for and developing systemic change programs for people left behind in our society. At the United Nations, Fr. Memo directed global advocacy on behalf of the Vincentian mission. He was the creator and coordinator for the Vincentian International Network for Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation. He also served as chair of the United Nations’ Working Group to End Homelessness since 2017. Born and raised in Colombia, Fr. Memo was ordained as a Catholic Vincentian priest in 1993. Luke 23:35-43 GOSPEL REFLECTION MARK 14:12-16, 22-26 Mark 14: 12-16 shares the story of the Last Supper. Mark is giving us an inside to the preparations to eat the Passover. The disciples were curious to know where they should go to get everything ready. Jesus then told them to go into the city and follow a man carrying a jar of water, who will go into a house, in which they will start the preparations at the guest room. The disciples left, and once they were in the city they found everything just like Jesus told them. This passage shows us the complete trust that the disciples have in Jesus, as he didn’t give the disciples a lot of details in the directions, the communication was somehow clear but still quite diffcult to accomplish what Jesus told them, especially when it comes to identifying who they should follow without communicating with said person, but somehow they knew who he was and they were able to recognize who Jesus was talking about. Here, we can notice how the disciples were ready for the plan Jesus had for them and they never questioned it. Instead, they went ahead and accomplished it without a doubt. Therefore, we also should be open and ready for any call we might receive from Him. We’ve been in the pandemic for over a year, and there might have been days where you felt left behind, forgotten, or even abandoned by God; and some other days where you could truly Jessica Camacho feel His presence when you needed the most. This year was full of Senior challenges and changes, you might have had big plans expected to be accomplished within that year, but those plans might have changed, your routine changed, and even your perspective of the world changed as you adjusted to the new normal, and that is okay. We’ve been through a process of unlearning, learning, and educating ourselves in various topics to reach the community God wants us to have. God knows everything before it even happens. He has a plan for each of us. This passage is calling us to trust God, trust His divine powers, and His divine foreknowledge without questioning it. It’s calling us to be prepared with open hearts and open minds. Just like the disciples trusted Jesus, everything worked out, and everything will work out for you to accomplish what he has planned for you MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHTLuke 23:35-43 What's your hometown? Villa Park IL What's your major (if you're a student) or what degree(s) do you have? B.M. Music Education DePaul School of Music 2011 Do you sing? Play any instruments? I sing well, but I play Bassoon better. For my degree I had to learn how to play almost all the instruments, but only to a basic level and I wouldn’t play in public. What led you to join the Liturgical Choir/Orchestra? As a frst-year at DePaul, being incessantly asked by my friend Suzanne (Gillen) Hannau to play at Sunday Night Mass. I had been going to Mass, but not joined the Liturgical Orchestra yet. Eric Damitz Did your musical journey start at DePaul or somewhere else? He/Him I started music by joining the school band in 4th grade, but I had always been a musical kid who likes to sing. Why did you choose to share your musical gifts at Mass? At frst it was fun to play music with friends, but soon realized how my music added to the Mass by helping others have a deeper and more emotional experience with God. So now I play to help connect others and spread God’s love through the power of music. What is your favorite song to sing/play at Mass? have a few favorites, but God of Second Chances holds a special place in my heart. What led you to join the Liturgical Choir/ Orchestra? I was pretty involved with Catholic Campus Ministry as a freshman, but I was still working as a cantor at my church back home, so I didn’t actually join Liturgical Choir/Orchestra regularly until late in my freshman year. Matt was very persistent. What kept me coming back was the opportunity to use my gifts to help enhance the liturgy, and a wonderful community of friends with whom I could do just that! I still keep in touch with my friends from Lit Choir. I’m now the choir director for the St. Vincent Ensemble, which sings at the 5:00pm Masses at St. Vincent’s, and I use a lot of what I learned from working with Matt with them. Now I play and sing every so often because it’s fun – Matt and Heidi (the Sunday Night Mass accompanist) are my dear friends, and Jon (who plays piano when Heidi isn’t around) and I are married, and it’s always great to make music with people you love. Suzanne Hannau Did your musical journey start at DePaul or somewhere else? She/Her My mom was a choir director at our church growing up, so I would say my musical journey started essentially at birth. I sang my frst wedding gig at What's your hometown? 15 and worked as a cantor at a church down the street. Fun fact: my frst boss as a liturgical musician I was born and raised in the far west suburbs now works at the National Shrine of the Immaculate (Elburn – as far as the Metra Union Pacifc Conception and wrote the entrance piece for when West line goes), but I’ve been living in Pope Francis visited a few years ago! Looking at my Chicago for the last 14 years, so it defnitely life, I realize that I’m so lucky to have been regularly feels like home now. surrounded by extremely hard working, talented musicians who have a true love for God and respect What's your major (if you're a student) for the liturgy. or what degree(s) do you have? Why did you choose to share your musical I earned both my BM and MM in fute gifts at Mass? performance from DePaul’s School of Music! I won’t tell you what years, but fun fact: I was It’s funny, but I don’t think I chose this, but it’s a frst-year during Matt Merkt’s frst year at chosen me. I went to school to be an orchestral DePaul. futist and have had a decent career as a pit musician and actor here in Chicago, but working Do you sing? Play any instruments? as a choir director and singing and playing fute at Mass has always been there in my life, and it brings I should hope so, since I make my money as me a lot of joy. As I mentioned, my mom was a choir a professional musician! While my degrees director, so I’m not surprised I ended up where I am. are in fute and I do a lot of teaching fute and performing as a futist, I do quite a bit What is your favorite song to sing/play at of singing at St.