St. Peter’s Church of the Sacred Heart Province

AUGUST 16, 2020

SEE PAGE 6 FOR UPDATED SCHEDULE WEEKEND MASSES Saturday: 12:00 noon Saturday evening: 5:00 p.m. (Sunday obligation satisfied)

Sundays: 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 6:00 p.m.

WEEKDAY MASSES 6:15 a.m., 7:15 a.m., 8:15 a.m., 11:40 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 5:00 p.m.

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CONFESSIONS Weekdays: 7:30 a.m.—6:00 p.m.

Saturdays: 12:00 p.m.—4:30 p.m.

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DEVOTIONS/PRAYER

Mondays & Wednesdays: Evening Prayer after 5:00 p.m. Mass Tuesdays: St. Anthony devotions after every Mass Friday: Marian devotions after 1:15 p.m. Mass Eucharistic Adoration: Monday - Friday 1:45—4:45 p.m.

Benediction: Monday - Friday , 4:45 p.m.

OFFICE HOURS

Weekdays: 9:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.

Saturdays: 12 noon - 6:00 p.m.

CHURCH HOURS

Weekdays: 5:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Saturdays: 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Sundays: 8:30 a.m.- 7:00 p.m.

110 West Madison Street ● Chicago, Illinois 60602-4196 312.372.5111 ● www.stpetersloop.org Welcome to St. Peter’s Church -2- August 16, 2020 Catholic Resourceses FRANCISCAN FRIAR STAFF Please view the following websites for daily Mass, prayers and spiritual support: Friar Confessors & Staff:

www.archchicago.org Fr. Michael Fowler O.F.M., Pastor www.vatican.va Fr. Johnpaul Cafiero O.F.M. www.usccb.org Fr. Kenneth Capalbo O.F.M.

www.catholictv.org Fr. Wenceslaus Church O.F.M. Fr. Derran Combs O.F.M. www.ewtn.com Fr. Mario DiCicco O.F.M. www.relevantradio.com Fr. Tom Ess O.F.M. Br. Leo Geurts O.F.M Fr. Kurt Hartrich O.F.M. ’ Days and Observances Fr. James Hoffman O.F.M. Br. Clarence Klingert O.F.M. Sun., August 16: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Br. Thomas Krull O.F.M. Br. William Lanning O.F.M. Mon., August 17: St. Beatrice of Silva Fr. Ed McKenzie O.F.M. Br. Guillermo Morales O.F.M. Tues., August 18: Ordinary Time Fr. George Musial O.F.M. Fr. Bill Rooney O.F.M. Wed., August 19: Ordinary Time Fr. Carlos Ruiz O.F.M. Fr. Elric Sampson O.F.M. Thurs., August 20: St. Bernard Fr. Ed Shea O.F.M. Fr. Ed Tverdek O.F.M. Fri., August 21: St. Pius X Part-time Friar Staff:

Sat., August 22: Queenship of the Blessed Fr. Arthur Anderson O.F.M. Virgin Mary Fr. Abraham Joseph O.F.M.

In Residence:

Br. Erlison Campos O.F.M. ST. PETER’S STAFF Br. Vagner Ferreira O.F.M. Fr. Robert Hutmacher O.F.M.

Director of Liturgy and Music Fr. Robert Karris O.F.M. Br. Bill Schulte O.F.M. Gregory Ceurvorst 312-853-2412 Br. Marc Sheckells O.F.M. Associate Director of Liturgy and Music Br. Raymond Shuhert O.F.M. Coordinator of Liturgical Ministers Fr. Paul Tuan O.F.M. James Kapellas 312-853-2418

Director of Environment and Sacristan Phil Bujnowski 312-628-1254

Programs Director Fr. Derran Combs O.F.M. 312-372-5111

Communications & Events Director Jo Ann Bednar 312-853-2376

Director of Public Safety WEEKLY COLLECTIONS

Gilbert Mathews 312-853-2334 Many thanks to those of you who have contributed to St. Peter’s collection this past week. Your gifts are Business Manager essential to our ministry, and we are grateful. Br. Clarence Klingert O.F.M. 312-372-5111 Weekly Goal ...... $ 12,000 Young Adult Ministry July 30 to August 5 Total ………………$ 1,379 Fr. Ed Shea O.F.M. 773-892-4134 Difference…………$ -10,621 stpetersloop.org -3- August 16, 2020 THOUGHTS FROM THE PASTOR s we face each day the on- included the text (below) of his speech at Nagasaki and A going danger of the I encourage you to read it and reflect upon it this coronavirus with its restrictive coming week. As people who believe in the sanctity of directives, disruption of our ALL of life and concern for all creation we dare not daily lives and the fear of the forget in the midst of this pandemic that as followers of unknown, I believe it is also Jesus we are called to be, as the Pope mentions in his crucial that we be aware of message living the spirit of the Peace Prayer of St. other dangers that face us each Francis, "Instruments of God's Peace."

day. Whether it is violence in The Message of Pope Francis on our city, concern of keeping our November 24, 2019 at Nagasaki, Japan jobs, increasing tensions in our world or the many Dear Brothers and Sisters, issues that daily face families it is important that we place our trust and faith in the promises of God. Lest we This place makes us deeply give in to despair I encourage us all to pray daily for aware of the pain and God's protection and guidance. Let us remember the horror that we human promise of Jesus to be with us forever. beings are capable of

One on-going threat facing all people of the world is inflicting upon one the danger of nuclear weapons. While we 't often another. The damaged hear of these dangerous weapons these days, the threat, cross and statue of Our especially from some rogue nation or group using these Lady recently discovered in the Cathedral of Nagasaki cataclysmic weapons remains a constant danger to all remind us once more of the unspeakable horror suffered people of the world. I was reminded of this ever- in the flesh by the victims of the bombing and their families. present danger recently.

Thursday, August 6, was the 75th anniversary of the One of the deepest longings of the human heart is for first city to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, Hiroshima, security, peace and stability. The possession of nuclear Japan. In the summer of 1945 after years of fierce and other weapons of mass destruction is not the battles in World War II the decision was made to use answer to this desire; indeed they seem always to thwart the new atomic bomb in an effort to speed up the end of it. Our world is marked by a perverse dichotomy that the war. A few days later a second atomic bomb was tries to defend and ensure stability and peace through a dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945. false sense of security sustained by a mentality of fear Nagasaki was the center of the Catholic community of and mistrust, one that ends up poisoning relationships between peoples and obstructing any form of dialogue. Japan. It is estimated over 9500 Catholics immediately died and thousands of others were injured or suffered Peace and international stability are incompatible with lasting effects in the blast of the bomb. On August 15, attempts to build upon the fear of mutual destruction or 1945, the Emperor of Japan announced the end of the the threat of total annihilation. They can be achieved war and surrender to the Allies. only on the basis of a global ethic of solidarity and

Since the end of World War II, the world has lived cooperation in the service of a future shaped by with the threat of nuclear destruction as weapons have interdependence and shared responsibility in the whole human family of today and tomorrow. grown more sophisticated and more nations and groups have tried to develop nuclear weapons. Today we are Here in this city which witnessed the catastrophic very aware of North Korea and Iran's push to be nuclear humanitarian and environmental consequences of a nations and the threat that may pose for the world. The nuclear attack, our attempts to speak out against the Church through Papal statements, Conferences of arms race will never be enough. The arms race wastes Bishops and many activists have spoken out for an end precious resources that could be better used to benefit to the threat of nuclear weapons and an end to the threat the integral development of peoples and to protect the of terrorism. Last November 2019, Pope Francis visited natural environment. In a world where millions of Thailand and Japan. In Japan the Holy Father visited the children and families live in inhumane conditions, the two cities that have experienced first-hand the money that is squandered and the fortunes made destruction and on-going dangers of atomic bombs. through the manufacture, upgrading, maintenance and

Today I read again the speech that Pope Francis gave sale of ever more destructive weapons, are an affront at Nagasaki. I believe his words offer hope but also crying out to heaven. challenge for all of us who live here on Earth. I have Continued on page 4 Welcome to St. Peter’s Church -4- August 16, 2020 A world of peace, free from nuclear weapons, is the climate of fear, mistrust and hostility fomented by aspiration of millions of men and women everywhere. nuclear doctrines. The current state of our planet To make this ideal a reality calls for involvement on the requires a serious reflection on how its resources can part of all: individuals, religious communities and civil be employed in light of the complex and difficult society, countries that possess nuclear weapons and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable those that do not, the military and private sectors, and Development, in order to achieve the goal of an international organizations. Our response to the threat integrated human development. Paul VII of nuclear weapons must be joint and concerted, suggested as much in 1964, when he proposed the inspired by the arduous yet constant effort to build establishment of a Global Fund to assist those most mutual trust and thus surmount the current climate of impoverished peoples, drawn partially from military distrust. In 1963, Saint John XXIII, writing in his expenditures (cf. Declaration to Journalists, 4 Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris, in addition to urging December 1964; Populorum Progressio, 51). the prohibition of atomic weapons (cf. No. 112), stated All of this necessarily that authentic and lasting international peace cannot calls for the creation of rest on a balance of military power, but only upon tools for ensuring trust mutual trust (cf. No. 113). and reciprocal There is a need to break down the climate of distrust development, and counts that risks leading to a dismantling of the international on leaders capable of arms control framework. We are witnessing an erosion rising to these occasions. of multilateralism which is all the more serious in light It is a task that concerns of the growth of new forms of military technology. Such and challenges every one of us. No one can be an approach seems highly incongruous in today’s indifferent to the pain of millions of men and women context of interconnectedness; it represents a situation whose sufferings trouble our consciences today. No one that urgently calls for the attention and commitment of can turn a deaf ear to the plea of our brothers and all leaders. sisters in need. No one can turn a blind eye to the ruin caused by a culture incapable of dialogue. For her part, the is I ask you to join in praying each day for the conversion irrevocably committed of hearts and for the triumph of a culture of life, to promoting peace reconciliation and fraternity. A fraternity that can between peoples and recognize and respect diversity in the quest for a nations. This is a duty common destiny.

to which the Church I know that some here are not Catholics, but I am feels bound before certain that we can all make our own the prayer for God and every man peace attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi: Lord, make and woman in our world. We must never grow weary of me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, working to support the principal international legal let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where instruments of nuclear disarmament and non- there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; proliferation, including the Treaty on the prohibition of where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, nuclear weapons. Last July, the bishops of Japan joy. launched an appeal for the abolition of nuclear arms, and each August the Church in Japan holds a ten-day In this striking place of remembrance that stirs us from prayer meeting for peace. May prayer, tireless work in our indifference, it is all the more meaningful that we support of agreements and insistence on dialogue be the turn to God with trust, asking him to teach us to be most powerful “weapons” in which we put our trust and effective instruments of peace and to make every effort not to repeat the mistakes of the past. the inspiration of our efforts to build a world of justice and solidarity that can offer an authentic assurance of As we remember our brothers and sisters in the faith peace. who were killed in Nagasaki in 1945 may the Pope's

Convinced as I am that a world without nuclear word encourage us to work for peace in the world, our weapons is possible and necessary, I ask political country and right here on our city streets. May each of leaders not to forget that these weapons cannot protect us pledge to do our part to pray for peace in our world. us from current threats to national and international Let us in union with Mary, the Queen of Peace, do our security. We need to ponder the catastrophic impact of part to make the world a place of peace where justice is available to all. their deployment, especially from a humanitarian and environmental standpoint, and reject heightening a Fr. Michael stpetersloop.org -5- August 16, 2020 THIS WEEK’S SCRIPTURE STUDY

Mt. 15:21-28

Are there people we would rather not have anything to do with?

There was a time when this question might have been answered by HEALTH DIRECTIVES referring to someone’s

As we all know the religion or the color of their skin. Today we have coronavirus continues laws against this kind of prejudice. Yet here we have to attack people Jesus refusing to speak to a woman based solely on throughout the world. her religion and country of origin. Unfortunately, over the past few weeks we here Surely Matthew didn’t include this story in his in the USA have Gospel in order to give us some kind of excuse to received the dubious exclude others. Could it be that he was really distinction of having the encouraging the “others” among us to refuse to be highest number of excluded? True, it only took a few minutes for Jesus confirmed COVID-19 to recognize the great faith of the woman and change cases in the world at 5 his mind about healing her daughter. But what might million. As of August 9, He have done if she had accepted ‘no’ for an answer? the confirmed death toll in the USA stands at 162,455 Would He have listened to his disciples’ advice and people with new infections running at about 54,000 a sent her away? (Remember, these were probably the day. (Statistics from John Hopkins University). We same disciples who had advised him to send the here in Illinois have also seen our rates of infection crowds away to buy food for themselves when it rising. appeared that they had only five loaves and two fish to feed the multitude. Jesus didn’t listen to them then, The most important thing each of us can do to help either.) prevent the spread of this disease is to wear a mask, wash our hands frequently and avoid close contact There was a time in our country when white doctors with large crowds. We here at St. Peter's (following refused to treat nonwhite patients and people of color Archdiocese and local health department guidelines) were excluded from sitting in the front of the bus or at are doing all we can to make sure it is as safe as the counter in their local diner. It wasn’t until the possible for anyone who wishes to come to Mass or people had had enough and, like the Canaanite woman go to confession. in the story, refused to be excluded and decided that I remind you that it is now mandatory to wear a mask they would no longer take ‘no’ for an answer that in stores and even on the city streets. I don't like to laws changed and the sickness of prejudice began to have to wear a mask on my daily walk around the be healed. What makes our story unlike today’s Loop but I know when I wear my mask, I am not only Gospel, however, is that while Jesus was a Jew and protecting myself but also you and anyone I walk by the Canaanite woman a gentile most of the people in or see in any store. As Catholics we profess a our story claimed to be Christians… profound belief in the sanctity of ALL life, of ALL God's creation. May each one of us take responsibility “O woman, how great is your faith!” Are there in our part of the world to protect life and help people we would rather not have anything to do with? prevent the spread of this coronavirus..... Let us all do How do we respond to the Canaanite women in our our part and Wear a mask. Wash our hands. And take world? How do we respond when they refuse to take care of our health. ‘no’ for an answer?

Fr. Michael By Vinal Van Benthem ofs Welcome to St. Peter’s Church -6- August 16, 2020 St. Peter’s Church Mass Schedule

Mondays through Fridays Mass Times: 11:40 am & 1:15 pm Church Open for Mass 11:15 am until 2:15 pm

Sundays Mass Times: 9 am and 11 am Church Open for Mass 8:30 am until 12:30 pm

A reservation is required to attend Mass. Please call the Church Office at 312-372-5111 Monday-Friday between 9:00 am and 6:00 pm Zoom Mass Schedulele or on Saturday between 10:30 am and 4:30 pm. St. Peter's Fr. Ed Shea, O.F.M.

Confession celebrates Mass via Zoom twice on Sundays from the Second Floor Mondays through Saturdays Chapel at St. Peter’s Church. 10:30 am until 3 pm 4 pm Sundays (English) Room B in the Lower Level Auditorium 5:30 pm Sundays (Spanish)

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