THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD • JANUARY 5, 2020

Fostering Christ’s Love in Our Lives 17951 Dixie Highway • Homewood, IL 60430 www.stjoehomewood.org

PARISH STAFF Rev. Robert J. Kyfes ...... Pastor Rev. Daniel F. Jarosewic……………...Associate Pastor Rev. Richard J. Kozak ...... Pastor Emeritus

George & Nancy Maddock ...... Deacon Ministry

Karen Shifflett…...…..Director of Religious Education John Ligda...... Director of Music Mary Bohlen, R.N...... Health Ministry Eileen Santschi…………………….....Financial Manager Agatha Kienzle ...... Parish Administrative Assistant Kevin Kulchawik ...... Maintenance Engineer WEEKEND LITURGIES Saturday Mass ...... 5:15 PM Sunday Mass ...... 7:30, 8:30, 10:00 & 11:30 AM

WEEKDAY LITURGIES Monday-Friday Communion Service ...... 6:30 AM Monday through Saturday Mass ...... 8:30 AM Saturday Communion Service ...... 6:45 AM

Holy Day Masses Evening Before Holy Day ...... 7:00 PM Holy Day ...... 8:30 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday ...... 4:30-5:00 PM

Adoration & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament First Thursday ...... 9:00 AM-12:00 noon OTHER SACRAMENT S CONTACTS Baptism Rectory…………………..(708) 798-0622; fax: 798-6137 Sundays at 1:00 PM. Arrangements can be made for any Director of Religious Education……..(708) 798-6311 Sunday after attending a Baptismal Preparation Session. Director of Music ………………….……….(708) 798-8412

Marriage Parish E-mail……………...... [email protected] Contact the Rectory at least six months prior to the wedding. Prayer Ministry E-mail…[email protected] Please call the Rectory for available times and dates. REGISTRATION Office Hours Mon., Wed., Fri.……..8:00 am - 4:00 pm New parishioners are invited to register at the rectory as soon Office Hours Tues. & Thurs.………..8:00 am - 7:30 pm as possible. Office Hours Sat.………………………..9:00 am - 1:30 pm Office Hours Sun.……………………..9:00 am - 11:30 am From Our Pastor OUR WEEKLY OFFERING

WINTER ADULT FORMATION/BIBLE STUDY DECEMBER 21 & 22

It’s that time of year for another round of entertaining and infor- Weekend Giving ...... $9,130.43 Electronic Giving…………….1,403.25 mative sessions related to scripture. There will be four sessions for ——————————————————————— this series, three in January and one in February (with my winter Total …...... …………...... $10,533.68 week in Florida interrupting the third and fourth sessions). Budget…...... $11,600.00 The focus will be on the world in which the Church began and Down…...... …$1,066.32 grew—the Eastern Mediterranean in the time of Jesus and St. Paul.

Their values were dramatically different from those of the 21st cen- Envelopes Received: tury—some good, some less good, perhaps. But in order to under- Adults ...... 256 stand the origins of our faith and the writings that chart the begin- Children ...... 12 Sharing ...... 14 nings of the Church, it really helps to appreciate the world in which it all began—especially when we’re dealing with St. Paul. Due to early bulletin deadlines,

These sessions will be an amalgam of several seminars I’ve been the collection from Dec. 28/29 will be published in the Jan. 12 privileged to attend over the past twenty years and I’ve just edition of the bulletin. Thank you started to sort it all out, so the following session descriptions may for your generosity! change a bit or overlap by the time we begin. But here is the tenta- tive outline for this winter’s program, with all sessions on Satur- TO TEACH WHO CHRIST IS days at 1:00p.m. in the Tolton Room (school side doors along the PROGRESS TO DATE driveway): TOTAL PLEDGED……...$1,197,309 January 11 – First Century Mediterranean Culture: How do their PARISH - COLLECTED TO DATE....$504,832 values differ from those of the modern world, especially in the AOC - COLLECTED TO DATE…...... $306,000 U.S.? How do those values shape the gospels and the letters of St. Paul? Total………………………….…..…$810,832

January 18 – Family Life in the World of Jesus & the Early

PLEDGED Church: What can this tell us about the family life of Jesus and St. $1,100,000 Paul’s concern for the development of the early Church? $1,000,000

January 25 – The Impact of First Century Family Life & Culture $900,000 on the Gospels: How did these 1st century values shape Jesus’ min- $800,000 GOAL istry and the composition of the gospels? $700,000 $765,000 February 8 – St. Paul’s Ministry & Letters: How did 1st century $600,000 values shape Paul’s view of women and his concern for the devel- $500,000 opment and growth of the Church? $400,000

If you wish to attend one or more of the sessions—understanding $300,000 that the exact topics might morph a bit along the way—please call $200,000 th the rectory (708-798-0622, ext. 0) by January 9 to register, indicat- $100,000 ing if you wish to either borrow or buy ($10.00) a Revised New American Bible.

Fr. Bob ●●●

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Parish Ministries (Call Rectory for contact information.) Around the Parish ALTAR SERVERS THE RCIA IN WINTER—ALL ARE WELCOME Contact: Fr. Dan Jarosewic

ARTS & ENVIRONMENT Contact: Erin Roeper, Jeannine Ruse Here are the topics for the Rite of Christian Initiation sessions for the next five weeks—Wednesdays, 7:00p.m., in the Burke Center. As BAPTISMAL PREPARATION CLASSES Contact: Paul and Deborah Hart I’ve said before, anyone is welcome to attend one or more sessions

BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY that look interesting or with a topic you’d like to know more about. Contact: Rosemarie Kearney If you want to come, all you need to do is call the rectory by Tues-

BULLETIN/WEBSITE EDITOR day of any week to let us know you’ll be there so that Fr. Dan or I Contact: Agatha Kienzle can have enough handouts available for everyone. CATECHISTS (RELIGIOUS EDUCATION) Contact: Karen Shifflett Right now, we have three candidates for the Easter sacraments: two ELIZABETH MINISTRY to be confirmed, and one to receive all the Sacraments of Initiation Contact: Marge Hayes at the Easter Vigil. We also have two parishioners who are attend- EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF COMMUNION ing regularly, both for updating, and to support those who are there Contact: Deb Framarin, Jack Hayes to complete their initiation. These five participants have made our

GARDENING TEAM sessions so far both lively and enjoyable, and you’re welcome to Contact: Elaine Hoffman join them whenever you like. HEALTH MINISTRY/PARISH NURSING Contact: Mary Bohlen, R.N. January 8: Sacraments of Initiation – Baptism & Confirmation HOSPITALITY Fr. Bob Contact: Mary Ellen Brabec

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Contact: Joe Santschi January 15: Sacraments of Initiation – Eucharist

LECTORS Fr. Dan Contact: Mike Ormsby, Tom Brabec

LITURGY WRITING TEAM January 22: The Church, the Body of Christ – History & Structure Contact: Joyce Janowick, Janet Ormsby Fr. Bob

MINISTERS OF CARE Contact: Jack Hayes January 29: Christian Morality & the Ten Commandments MUSIC MINISTRY Fr. Dan Contact: John Ligda

PADS Contact: Jim Bova February 5: The “Mechanics” of the Mass PIECEMAKER QUILTERS/PRAYER SHAWL Fr. Bob Contact: Marietta Burke

PRAYER MINISTRY We’ll post the remaining sessions for February and March in a few Contact: Julie Orbik weeks, but the entire schedule is always available on the bulletin Respect Life MINISTRY board in the church vestibule. Contact: Teri McGinley

SANCTUARY GUILD Fr. Bob Contact: Magda Hepokoski

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY Contact: Rectory For upcoming parish events, news, articles, USHERS funeral notices and bulletin archives, Contact: Jim Wright please visit our website: YOUTH MINISTRY Contact: Allisa Opyd www.stjoehomewood.org

Parish of Saint Joseph • Homewood, IL 3 THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Around the Parish JANUARY 5, 2020

THE REALITY OF AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY FAMILY CONNECTION

At Christmas we celebrate the great January 21, 2020 at 7pm mystery that God became flesh and dwelt among us. We call this mys-

St. Joseph Church tery the Incarnation (the word 17951 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL means ―to take on flesh‖), and it

The Respect Life Ministry is thrilled to be changes everything. Today's Gospel reminds us that we can also look hosting an evening with Belinda Guyton, the upon the Nativity from God's per- Director of Southside Pregnancy Center. spective to better appreciate the significance of the Incarnation. The Belinda will be speaking on ―The Reality of mystery we proclaim at Christmas is

an Unplanned Pregnancy.‖ Look for More that God, the very God who created information in the near future. all things from nothing and who is light itself, took on our humanity in order to transform us. Through his CELEBRATE LITTLE CHRISTMAS WITH ST. JOSEPH PARISH AT OUR birth among us, we have seen the WEEKEND MASSES JANUARY 4—5 face of God and have become noth- ing less than God's own children. At St. Joseph Parish and the Respect Life Ministry will this awesome mystery, we adore. be taking up a Second Collection for Little Christmas this Epiphany weekend, Saturday, January 4 and Sun- Gather as a family around your Na- day, January 5, 2020. Your special offering will be tivity set. Keep this image before you and talk about how familiar we given to Aid for Women and Southside Pregnancy are with this scene. Invite members Center to support their pro-life work and their hope- of the family to recall the details of filled ministries. For women facing an unexpected pregnancy, Aid for Jesus' birth that we hear in the Gos- Women and Southside Pregnancy Center offer hope and practical sup- pels of Matthew and Luke. Observe port. For women and men who have experienced an abortion and are that the Gospel of John invites us to now struggling with their decision, Aid for Women and Southside Preg- consider Jesus' birth from a different nancy Center are there to listen and to help. For parents entering a perspective. Read together today's new chapter of life Aid for Women and Southside Pregnancy Center Gospel, John 1:1-14. offer resources and training. For those at risk of unhealthy behaviors John's Gospel reminds us that the Aid for Women and Southside Pregnancy Center offer early interven- image we see in our Nativity set is a tion programs. All donations are 100% tax deductible as allowable by most remarkable sight: God made law. Aid for Women and Southside Pregnancy Center are 501(c)3 or- himself at home with us by taking on ganizations and accept no federal funding. Aid for Women and South- flesh and becoming a human per- side Pregnancy Center rely on the generous support of individuals, son. We call this mystery the Incar- churches and businesses. Thank you for all you do for life. nation. What are some of the things that John's Gospel says happened for us because Jesus came to dwell among us? (Light overcame dark- The Eternal Word Television Network ness; we see God's glory in Jesus; (EWTN), is an American basic cable we became children of God.) To- television network which presents gether thank God for this mystery of Catholic-themed programming. the Incarnation and the salvation that we received because Jesus was Channel Finder for Homewood Area: born among us. Sing together a AT&T U-verse TV-Channel 562 C-Band–Satellite -Channel G1-11 Christmas hymn, such as ―O Come, All Ye Faithful‖ or ―Silent Night.‖ Comcast–Digital-Channel 119 DIRECTV–Satellite -Channel 370 Comcast–HD-Channel 1668 DISH –Satellite -Channel 261 © 2020 Loyola Press. All Rights Reserved. WOW – Digital-Channel 378 Used With Permission. www.LoyolaPress.com

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Around the Parish MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2020

8:30am People of St. Joseph TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2020 8:30am Devin Timmons Martha Gadrim WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 8:30am People of St. Joseph THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020 8:30am People of St. Joseph

FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2020 8:30am People of St. Joseph SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2020 8:30am People of St. Joseph

5:15pm People of St. Joseph SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2020 7:30am People of St. Joseph 8:30am People of St. Joseph 10:00am Helen Cyborski James Corbett

11:30am People of St. Joseph

EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

If you currently live in a house or apartment, and are seeking emergency assistance to preserve your current home, please call the THANK YOU! Homeless Prevention Hotline 877- 426-6515. Thank you to the many parishioners who have participated in the special collection for Christmas flowers. Here are the names of those If you are currently homeless and loved ones especially remembered during the Christmas season: seeking emergency shelter or assis- tance to obtain a home, please visit Inez & Robert Ehlert South Suburban PADS Chicago Heights office to complete the housing Sister Nancy Fischer intake process. Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Roberts South Suburban PADS Patti Schmidke Chicago Heights Housing and Shelter Support Office Helen & Sidney Sublette 414 W Lincoln Hwy, Chicago Hts, IL Tracy Western 708-332-7700

Parish of Saint Joseph • Homewood, IL 5 THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Around the Parish We may walk many roads when we search for God, and He leads us all the while. The men we honor today were not Jews. The Messiah wasn’t coming for them, not in

the minds of Jesus’ contemporaries.

These men were astrologers. They were adept at reading portents in the sky, a practice condemned in the Mosaic cove- nant. Still, to the best of their knowledge and awareness, they were seeking the truth. This truth led them to journey from their own homeland to honor a king they’d

never met, one they couldn’t be sure truly To thrive in life, you need three bones. existed. ―We saw his star at its rising and A wishbone. A backbone. And a funny bone. have come to do him homage.‖ Who do you know seeks God so tenaciously? ~Reba McEntire ―Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,‖ Wishing you joy and good health, the Gospel tells us. Who are the seekers Mary Bohlen RN in your own life? Maybe it’s your cau- [email protected] tiously curious co-worker, the neighbor who unexpectedly found peace on a yoga retreat, or your desperately angry child who has chosen, for now, to go their own way. Perhaps they’re not overtly headed for Jesus now, not yet. But they may well be seekers of truth in ways we didn’t ex- pect. Our invitation is to listen, inquire, and give directions when appropriate. PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING AN ONGOING GIFT TO OUR PARISH The magi and modern-day seekers can If you would like to consider signing up for electronic giving to St. inspire us as well. When is the last time Joseph, online donations can be made using credit or debit card you sought God’s truth so tenaciously? As through GiveCentral. You can also sign up for ACH Debit Pro- believers, it can perhaps be easy to be- gram, where your pledged contribution is automatically withdrawn come desensitized to the Christmas sea- from your savings or checking account. son and to the miraculous reality we re- cently celebrated. Mass may have been GIVECENTRAL lovely, but so was the succulent roast In order to sign up for Give Central, go to www.givecentral.org and beef, the crisp smell of evergreen, and the click on “Start Giving” button → type our zip code 60430 or St Jo- warm glow of family. Consider asking your- seph Homewood → click on St. Joseph (Make sure it is St Joseph in self, ―God, do I know you as well as I Homewood) → click on “Sunday Collections‖→ make a Contribution should? Would I journey as far as the → add to the basket → go to “checkout.― You can make one–time magi to meet You, if I could? Do I journey donations or sign up for weekly or monthly automatic donations. to meet You daily in prayer? What do You can return to GiveCentral at any time to make changes to your those answer say about me, and about our relationship?‖ Perhaps we, like the magi, can once again be ―overjoyed‖ at ACH DEBIT PROGRAM seeing the Light of the World. ©LPi ACH Debit Program is an easy and convenient way to make contribu- tions to the parish. Your pledged contribution is automatically with- drawn from either savings or checking account by your bank and transferred to the parish. If you are interested in using automatic banking withdrawals for your parish contributions, please contact the rectory office 708-798-0622 for more information. All informa- tion is secure. Thank you for your generosity.

6 January5, 2020 THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Around the Parish THANK YOU TO OUR ARTS AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY FOR DECORATING ST. JOSEPH CHURCH FOR CHRISTMAS!

Parish of Saint Joseph • Homewood, IL 7 Calendar of Events For Your Information Monday, January 6, 2020 ALTAR SERVERS’ SCHEDULE 4:00-9:00 PM Athletic Association SH Saturday, January 18 Saturday, January 11 Tuesday, January 7, 2020 5:15 pm Joseph Cole 4:00-9:00 PM Athletic Association SH 5:15 pm Berlinda Nwachukwu Maddy Sampson 7:00 PM Liturgy Committee Meeting BC-N Brian Nwachukwu Sunday, January 19 Wednesday, January 8, 2020 Sunday, January 12 7:30 am Andrew Gaughan 4:00-9:00 PM Athletic Association SH 7:30 am Joseph Cole Michael Gaughan 7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal C Tacy Graham 7:00 PM RCIA-Sacraments of Initiation—

8:30 am Diego Alvarado 8:30 am Manuel Harris Baptism & Confirmation –Fr. Bob BC-SR Nicolas Alvarado Thursday, January 9, 2020 10:00 am Fuhrmann Family 10:00 am Peter Beele 1:00 PM Piecemakers TR 11:30 am Anna Gsell Kevin Berner 4:00-9:00 PM Athletic Association SH Cathy Lopez 6:00 PM Knights of Columbus TR 11:30 am Diangel Obodoakor

Sunshine Obodoakor Friday, January 10, 2020 9:00 AM Sanctuary Guild C 4:00-9:00 PM Athletic Association SH FOR FULL MASS SERVER SCHEDULE, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT Saturday, January 11, 2020 WWW.STJOEHOMEWOOD.ORG/PARISH-MINISTRIES 9:00 AM-9:00 PM Athletic Association SH Sunday, January 12, 2020 20 hours in Feb. 2020 NONVIOLENCEWORKS 8:30 AM—9:45 AM Religious Ed S Saturdays: 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th 1:00—9:00 PM Athletic Association SH COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING 10:00am – 3:00pm IN RADICAL NONVIOLENCE Community Organizer and Violence Prevention Specialist, Phillip Bradley, will prepare you to become a nonviolent person and give you the tools to teach.  Eight Stages of Violence  Eight Steps to Nonviolence  Six Principles of Nonviolence  The Heart Lesson  Victim/Villain Syndrome  Civil Rights Movement Successes

For more information call 312-513-7876 Partially supported by a Rice Bowl Grant from the Archdiocese of Chicago

Mass Celebrants Saturday, January 11, 2020

5:15 PM Fr. Kyfes Sunday, January 12, 2020 7:30 AM Fr. Jarosewic 8:30 AM Fr. Kyfes 10:00 AM Fr. Jarosewic 11:30 AM Fr. Kyfes

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Growing with the Gospel

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER WITH ST. JOSEPH PARISH, PLEASE CONTACT THE RECTORY OFFICE AT 708-798-0622.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MARIAN COUNCIL 3761 www.kofcmarian3761.org or you can email Joseph Santschi [email protected]

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BULLETIN & ANNOUNCEMENT SUBMISSIONS

Articles and Mass announcements are due by 10 AM on Fridays (eight GOSPEL MT 2:1-12 8 days prior to publication date). When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, be- Please email electronic hold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, ―Where is the newborn submissions to: king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him hom- [email protected] age.‖ When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem Questions regarding the parish with him. Assembling all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, He in- bulletin/website: quired of them where the Christ was to be born. They said to him, ―In Bethle- [email protected] hem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet: And you, Beth- lehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; since or (708) 798-0622. from you shall come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people Israel.‖ Then Herod

Please patronize the businesses and called the magi secretly and ascertained from them the time of the star’s ap- services who advertise in our bulletin. pearance. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, ―Go and search diligently for Without their help we would not have the child. When you have found him, bring me word, that I too may go and do such a communications tool as this! him homage.‖ After their audience with the king they set out. And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was. They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and CHANGE OF ADDRESS on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated It would be greatly appreciated if you themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered would contact the rectory concerning him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream changes of your address / phone. not to return to Herod, they departed for their country by another way.

Parish of Saint Joseph • Homewood, IL 9 GAIL PURCELL Body & Soul TONI PUSATERI MIKE RACHOWICZ ADELINE ENGDAHL CAROLYN KRIVANEC MARY KATHERINE ROHAN Pray for the Sick IRENE FRAMARIN DENNIS KUROWSKI BERNICE RUBARTH MARIAN ADDUCCI RACHEL FRAMARIN REBECCA LINDSEY TONY SANTONE EILEEN ALSEN JUDY FREMOUW LINDA LINK JILL SAUERBIER SAM AMUNDSEN ALBERT FOUTS TARA LINZY JOHN SCHMIDT NOREEN BAKER JOAN FURLONG LORETTA LIPINSKI JAY SCOTT LORA BARNAS TOM GALLAGHER IRMA LOPEZ RANDOLPH SCOTT PATRICIA BECERRA LOIS GEORGE LYNN MARYNOWSKI CONNIE SIMMS KARRIE BIEKER JOHN GNEZDA TORI MASZAK DAVE SINWELSKI JOANNE BONER AURORA GRAHAM CAROL MCCLEMENTS MARY CATHERINE SMITH BOB BROWN MARY GRAY MEAGAN MCHUGH JAMES J. STEWART CHUCK BULF MARY JOAN G’SELL-SMITH CHRIS MCNELLIS DARYL SULLIVAN JOAN BULF ANDREW GUTTER JOHN MCCLOSKEY PAT TAYLOR STEVE BURKE BOB HADERLEIN THERESA NELSON MILSAP EMMY TIORAN LOU BUTTICE DAN HASKE AZAREA MOORE GORDON TOMLINSON MYRA CALZAVARA BARBARA HECHT JOE MORAN RON TORII LARRY CAMPBELL JACK HENNEBERRY EILEEN MORRISEY ANTHONY VAN JOSEPH CHLOPECKI MARION HENNEBERRY TOM MOSKWA MARIA WALDSCHMIDT MELISSA CHLOPECKI JANET HERNANDEZ AMY MURPHY ANNIE WARDS MARY CLARKE JOYCE HIGHSMITH CHARLES NELSON BENJAMIN WICKS ROBERT CLARKE DOLORES JANOWIAK RICK NYE PAT WILLIAMS TINA COLE (CHRISTINE) JOYCE JANOWICK TIM NYE AMY WINDJU VIRGINIA COLLINS JOHNNY JOHNS CAITLIN O’SHEA TOM WOLKEN JOYCE CONLEY STANLEY JOHNS GERLENE OLIVER JIM WRIGHT ROBIN COYNE MARY ROSE KELLER MIKE ORMSBY MICHAEL WRIGHT JAMES CURLEY SUE KELLY SUSAN ORMSBY ISABEL YOUNG JIM DAVIS JERRY KILLIAN SALLY PETERS JANET ZAIO

ROSEMARY DIMAYO TEDDY AND BILL KING VERNA POWELL FRANK DIVILA COLOR DENOTES RECENTLY ADDED DON KIRKPATRICK CHARLOTTE POWELL Attention Family Members CHAR DROZDOWSKI ANNE MAHER KOCH WENDY POWER After 4 weeks, please notify the VALERIE EASTER MARY KOCH CORINNE POWLEY Rectory if your loved one still ROBIN B. EGGERT LAURA KRAUSE EDMUND PROBY needs our prayers. SCPO Peter Donaldson SGT Daniel Schmitt Prayers for Our Troops Airman Alex Fuentes PFC Anthony Termini Please pray for the men and women in SF Ranger Christopher John Jones LncCpl Dillon Thompson our Armed Forces. May God protect Private Arthur Krueger Airman Gavin Tienstra them and return them safely to their Seaman Thomas Krueger Maj. Jonathan Troutman families: Pvt. Nathan A. Mach MGYSGT Joseph Unwood

LncCpl Connor John Anderson Specialist Joshua S. Mitchell PFC Alexander D. Urban Pfc Paul Bisceglia, US Army Pfc Jarod Mizgalski, USMC Cpl. Ethan Wald Lt. Rebecca Conti-Vock Capt. Sam Modica Lt. Col. Kevin J. Walker Captain Noel Conrad Lt. Danielle Peterson 1st Lt. Daniel J. Webb Lt. Aaron Deal A1C. Jessica Polacek Capt. Jennifer Worman Lt. Thomas Devane GYSGT Louis Rodriguez Communion to the Sick Prayer Ministry

The Priests, Deacons & Ministers of Prayer requests* can be submitted : From Death to Eternal Life. Please Pray for Care will bring Communion to the sick  On the Parish website & the homebound either at the  By calling the Rectory and dial 77 the Dearly Departed hospital or in the home upon request.  Email: [email protected] Please call the Rectory Office to make May the choirs of angels lead them into arrangements. *Also, to Add / Remove from the bulletin sick list. Paradise

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