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Park Ridge Painting Clement J Mary, Seat of Wisdom Special Collection This Weekend Peter’s Pence Gifts may be deposited in the church donation boxes or returned to the rectory. 920 Granville Avenue Park Ridge, IL 60068 847-825-3153 Parish Office Parish Office Hours 920 W. Granville Ave. Sunday 9:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m. Park Ridge, IL 60068 Monday—Friday 8:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m. 847-825-3153 Fax: 847-825-3484 Saturday 9:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m. [email protected] Faith Formation Office School 920 W. Granville Ave. 1352 S. Cumberland Ave. Park Ridge, IL 60068 Park Ridge, IL 60068 847-825-8763 Fax: 847-825-3484 847-825-2500 Fax: 847-825-1943 www.mswschool.org Clark Ministry Center 1335 S. Clifton Ave. Extended Day Program Park Ridge, IL 60068 1335 S. Clifton Ave. Mary, Seat of Wisdom Park Ridge, IL 60068 www.mswparish.org 847-692-2826 Schedule of Masses Pastoral Staff Saturday 5:00 p.m. Vigil Rev. Derek Ho, Pastor Director of Parish Operations [email protected] Brenda Hickey 847-825-3153 Sunday 8:00 a.m. [email protected] Rev. Gerald Gunderson, Pastor Emeritus 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Director of Liturgy Rev. Ronald Kalas, Pastor Emeritus 7:00 p.m. Carol Knoerzer 847-825-3153 [email protected] Rev. Tim Anastos, Associate Pastor Monday—Wednesday [email protected] 7:00 a.m. Director of Development 8:40 a.m. Rev. Mr. Kevin Blindauer, Deacon Jamie A. Chabura 847-825-3153 Thursday, Friday [email protected] [email protected] 8:40 a.m. Mary, Seat of Wisdom School Principal Saturday 9:00 a.m. Julie Due Parish Pastoral Council [email protected] Rev. Derek Ho, Pastor Director of Faith Formation & Evangelization Rev. Tim Anastos, Associate Pastor Dolly Pointner Deacon Kevin Blindauer Holy Day Masses [email protected] Time will be announced prior to Holy Day Council Chair: Joe Raphael Director of Youth Ministry Council Secretary: Katie Lisowski Helen Megally [email protected] Cohort Chairs Call to Holiness: Geri Balazs, Joe Cavanaugh, Kyra Director of Music Ministries Cavanaugh, Erin Doubleday Lindsey Adams Lifelong Faith Formation: Kathleen Jacobs, Leo [email protected] Plaza, Judy Bacon Young Adult Faith Formation Building Community Cohort: Angela McCormick, Peg Barry Carol Krak-Ventrella [email protected] Deanery Council Delegates Brian Clark, Maureen Lynch Baptisms Reconciliation Weddings Second and Fourth Sundays of the month Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with Adoration Please call the parish office nine months at 12:30 p.m. Contact the Rectory to schedule. Saturdays 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. in advance. or upon request. “Welcoming Your Child” Prayers Parent and Expectant Parent To request that a name be added to our Pray for the Preparation Sessions for Baptism Sick list, please contact the rectory office. Contact the Rectory to register. The Archdiocese of Chicago is committed to protecting children, healing victims, and accountability: heal.archchicago.org Reflections from Father Derek Catholic Evangelization The research organization Barna Group (which focuses on the intersection of faith and culture) interviewed Christians about sharing their faith. A 2013 survey found that among all Christian faith traditions, the group which had the lowest number of people who actively shared their faith was… Catholics. They found that only 1 of 3 Catholics agreed with the statement, I, personally, have a responsibility to tell other people about my religious beliefs. For this reason, there is so much emphasis on evangelization in the Catholic Church nowadays. Why don’t Catholics feel comfortable sharing their faith (Why don’t we evangelize)? • Many Catholics have never been evangelized. Most who identify as "Catholic" in the U.S. have never really said "yes" to an encounter with Jesus. Even though they may have received Baptism and Confirmation, even though they have received the Eucharist and attended Mass (even for many years), their hearts have remained unchanged. Pope Paul VI says: The person who has been evangelized goes on to evangelize others. (Evangelii Nuntiandi, #24). How can we expect the un-evangelized to evangelize? We can't. • Many Catholics are too scared to leave their comfort zone. They’ll make excuses as others did throughout history. Even Moses was scared to respond to God’s call to challenge Pharaoh and free the Israelites. In Exodus 3-4, we see his excuses: Excuse #1 – I am not worthy - “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?” (Ex 3:11). But God answers, "I will be with you" (3:12). Why worry? God is on your side! Excuse #2 – I don’t know enough - “What shall I say to them?” (3:13). But God answers, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I am has sent me to you’” (3:14). Excuse #3 – They won’t listen to me - “They will not believe me or listen to my voice” (4:1). But God answers by promising to provide miraculous acts to convince any doubters (4:8-9). Excuse #4 – I am not talented nor gifted enough - “I am not eloquent… I am slow of speech and of tongue” (4:10). But God answers, “Who gives one speech? Who makes another mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go, I will assist you in speaking and teach you what you are to say.” (4:11-12). Excuse #5 – I don’t want to do it - “Oh, my Lord, send, I pray, some other person” (4:13). But God answers (in anger), “You shall speak to him [Aaron] and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.” (4:15). Do you personally have a responsibility to tell other people about your religious beliefs? If so, we need your help for this to be true for the rest of our parish! Sincerely yours in Christ, Father Derek Fourth & Final in a series What Can Our Faith Community Do to Support Those with Mental Health Challenges and Their Families? People with mental illness and their families may feel isolated from their faith community and thus isolated from God. If someone feels rejected by church, they feel rejected by God. Isolation is often caused by the stigma associated with having a mental illness. The fear of being judged as inadequate or weak willed, or the misperception that God is punishing them because they did something wrong, or the community’s misperception of what mental illness is and how it affects the individual and their families are powerful contributors to the isolation and loneliness that people feel. As a healing community we can support people with mental illness and their families with unconditional non- judgmental love in the following ways: increase our awareness of mental illness and where to get help; offer prayers and support for individuals and families who are affected by mental illness; serve on parish committees for outreach to individuals and families, get involved in peer to peer ministry; and work on the justice issues affecting Please join us Monday evening to learn more! mental health care. BABY BOTTLE PROJECT Pick Up This Weekend ~ Return October 17-18 Our parish is again asking parishioners to participate in the special spare change fund-raiser to help women in crisis pregnancy situations by supporting the pro-life work of “Aid For Women.” This organization respectfully and kindly helps women make difficult decisions about determining what they should do in deciding to choose life and caring for a child or adoption possibilities. Aid For Women’s services are free, including pregnancy tests, ultra sounds, counseling and much more. Thank You for participating in this worthy cause. One bottle per family, please. Rite of If you would like to learn more Christian about the one who created you, Initiation for loves you, and wants to live with you for eternity, to learn more Adults about how He came to establish the Today is the Peter’s Pence Collection, a worldwide Church and her sacraments so that collection that supports the activities of the Holy you might encounter him and See through which Pope Francis governs the become his disciple, please speak Church and exercises his charitable works. When with one of our priests or call Dolly used for charitable outreach, funds from this Pointner, Director of Faith collection help those most in need. Take this Formation & Evangelization at opportunity to join with Pope Francis and be a sign 847-825-8763. of mercy. Please be generous today. For more information, visit http://www.peterspence.va/ en.html. Shared here is a letter co-written by Cardinal Cupich and Bishop Horace E. Smith, M.D., senior pastor of Apostolic Faith Church. Published by the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune, this commentary is for all within our community to reflect and pray upon. Systemic racism is real, and all Americans play a role in addressing it It has been a summer of anguish for Black Americans. Six months after Breonna Taylor was shot to death by Louisville police officers in a botched drug raid, the nation is once again seized by grief, anger and despair over the spectacle of another young Black person killed by police — and no one has been indicted for her killing. After three days of deliberation, a Kentucky grand jury has charged one now-former police officer with recklessly endangering Taylor’s neighbors, even though she was the one who ended up dead. We write on behalf of a group of pastors that also includes the Rev.
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