ST. BRIDE ROMAN WWW.ST-BRIDE.ORG 7811 SOUTH COLES AVENUE – CHICAGO, IL 60649

Parish Office: 773-731-8822 Our Parish Staff Church Hall: 773-734-9125 Reverend Robert J. Roll, Pastor Fax: 773-721-0673 Mrs. Carole Palmore, Program Director Email: [email protected] Mr. Terry Rose, Youth Minister Mr. Tommy Slay, Facilities Manager Ms. Lafredta Lusk, Parish Secretary

Liturgy Schedule Sunday at 10 AM Monday thru Friday 8 AM in the House Chapel The Sacrament of Reconciliation Before Mass and anytime by appointment! The Sacrament of the Sick Please make arrangements with the Parish House to have the Sacraments brought to the sick and homebound. The Anointing of the Sick should take place early in any illness and as often as necessary. Please note: Hospitals are not allowed, by law, to contact the parish. Please have someone contact the Parish House for a hospital visit. New Parishioners Please consider registering after Mass at the Activity Table in the Church or call the Parish House at your convenience! Welcome Visitors to St. Bride We are honored to have you with us! Please be sure to sign our guest book.

The Thirty-third Sunday of the Church Year – November 15, 2009

Masses this Week WWW.ST-BRIDE.ORG Mass is celebrated Monday thru Friday For parish and Church news, information, At 8 AM in the Parish House Chapel schedules, Catholic Links to the web And parish photos! The Thirty-third Sunday of the Church Year: For the Intention of Pauline Ciolek For the Good Health of Madelyn Townsley Upcoming Dates and Events For the Intention of Timothy Bartkiewicz Every Wednesday: Exercise Sessions in the On the First Anniversary of His Death Church Hall – 8:30 AM Every Thursday: Thursday Morning Connections Monday: St. Margaret of Scotland - Our outreach program providing job St. Gertrude resources, clothing and food to the For the Intention of Brian Litterio neighborhood - 10 AM until Noon Tuesday: St. Elizabeth of Hungary November 20th – Youth Group Meets at 5 PM Wednesday: Dedication of the Basilicas of November 21st – Thanksgiving Outreach Dinner St. Peter and St. Paul in Rome to the South Shore Community St. Rose Philippine Duchesne November 22nd – Feast of Christ the King For the Intention of Marian Mulchrone Lynch November 26th – Thanksgiving Thursday: Weekday Mass at 9 AM in the Church th For a Special Intention (TG) November 29 – The First Sunday of Advent th Friday: Weekday December 6 – Breakfast with Santa and Raffle December 13th - Footprints of God Saturday: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Film and discussion for all ages after Mass. The Solemnity of Jesus Christ the King: Refreshments served! For Good Health of December 24th – Christmas Eve Reverend Martin R. Borowczyk Family Mass at 4 PM For the Intention of December 25th – Christmas Morning Margaret and Matthew Davutovic Mass at 10 AM For the Intention of Ardthye Williams January 10th - Footprints of God For Don and Marianne Petritis in Film and discussion for all ages after Mass. Honor of their 50th Wedding Anniversary Refreshments served! February 7th - Footprints of God Film and discussion for all ages after Mass. Mass Intentions Available for 2010 Refreshments served! Almost all remaining Sunday and Weekday February 14th – Mardi Gras Party Mass Intentions are available for all of 2010. If February 16th – Revival Night you have a special anniversary or celebration that Dinner and Mass you want to remember at Mass, now is the time February 17th – Ash Wednesday to arrange to reserve that date. Masses at 8 AM and 12 Noon Please be sure to include your intention as March 14th – St. Patrick / St. Joseph Day Dinner well as your phone number when submitting the March 28th – Palm Sunday request. The traditional stipend per Mass is ten Holy Week Begins dollars.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63; St. Bride Food Pantry Lk 18:35-43 We need your help! Tuesday: 2 Mc 6:18-31; Lk 19:1-10 Please donate food and clothing now! Wednesday: 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31; Lk 19:11-28 Thursday: 1 Mc 2:15-29; Lk 19:41-44 Friday: 1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59; Lk 19:45-48 HOPE Saturday: 1 Mc 6:1-13; Lk 20:27-40 If you do not hope, you will not Sunday: Dn 7:13-14; Ps 93; Rv 1:5-8; Jn 18:33 find what is beyond your hopes. —St. Clement PRAY FOR PEACE TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION November is a month of remembrance for the dead, and cemeteries have long been a focus for prayer. Our tradition holds great respect for bodily remains, since the body was created and redeemed by God, was once the “dwelling place of the Holy Spirit,” and has a destiny of life with God in glory. The funeral practices of the early church contrasted greatly with those of the pagans, who had a great dread of the dead body. The ancient Christian funeral liturgy ended with the relatives and friends giving a final kiss to the body. It expressed affection and showed their faith that the grave would not be the last word. This kiss horrified pagans, who thought that any contact with the dead was degrading. Every year on their loved one’s “birthday to life,” the Christians would return to the place of their burial to mark their profound communion with those whose lives were hidden in Christ. Typically, they buried the dead with their faces turned toward the east, symbolizing the rising of the Sun of Justice, Christ, at the end of days. They were attracted to the catacombs or burial grounds just as we are today. They would often celebrate the Eucharist at the tomb. Before long, as soon as Christians were allowed to build places for worship, they relocated cemeteries from beyond the city walls to surround the church. This was not so much because the church made the ground holy, but because the bodies of the saints hallowed the ground on which the church was built, a subtle but beautiful difference.

PLAN NOW FOR OUR UPCOMING EVENTS: 9 November 21st – Thanksgiving Outreach Dinner to the South Shore Community • We need your donations of Turkey Breasts (Cooked), Side dishes, Desserts, Coffee, Paper goods, etc. 9 November 22nd – Feast of Christ the King – Mass and Benediction 9 November 26th – Thanksgiving Morning Mass at 9 AM 9 November 29th – The First Sunday of Advent 2009 9 December 6th – Breakfast with Santa and Winter Raffle after Mass 9 December 8th – Feast of the Immaculate Conception – Mass at 8 AM in the Church 9 December 13th - Footprints of God – Video and discussion after Mass

ENCOURAGEMENT This Sunday’s Gospel is our final selection from Mark for this liturgical year. It is taken from the end of Jesus’ teaching in Jerusalem immediately preceding the account of his arrest and passion. In it Jesus gives his disciples hope to sustain them through his passion and death and any persecution or suffering that they would encounter after his resurrection. The words from the book of Daniel also provided hope and encouragement to the people of Daniel’s time. The encouragement in these scriptures is meant for us as well, for none of us will escape tribulation in our lives. Followers of Jesus will be able to endure suffering with joyful hope, knowing that Christ’s love will lead us along the way of discipleship and give us eternal life with God.

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne - Feastday: November 18 St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, Virgin (Feast day - November 18) Born in , France, in 1769, Rose joined the Society of the Sacred Heart. In 1818, when she was forty-nine years old, Rose was sent to the United States. She founded a boarding school for daughters of pioneers near St. Louis and opened the first free school west of the Missouri. At the age of seventy-one, she began a school for Indians, who soon came to call her "the woman who is always praying". Her biographers have also stressed her courage in frontier conditions, her single-mindedness in pursuing her dream of serving Native Americans, and her self- acceptance. This holy servant of God was beatified by Pope Pius XII in 1940 and canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1988.