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Fostering Christ's Love in Our Lives SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER• MAY 17, 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. Please call the Rectory for available times and dates. Prayer Ministry E-mail…[email protected] 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 QUE SERA, SERA MAY 9TH – 10TH Weekend Giving ............... $8,369.64 For some reason that song popped into my head last night (May 9th). (mailed and dropped off donations) It was one of my favorites when I was a kid back in the 1950’s—don’t Electronic Giving…………….1,735.77 ask me why. Perhaps it was the exotic foreign language coupled with ——————————————————————— Total ….............…........$10,105.41 the melody, but possibly because it was also one of the regular songs featured on My Hit Parade which my family watched faithfully every Budget…....$11,600.00 week. I’m sure you know how it goes: Que sera, sera, whatever will be Down……...... $1,494.59 will be, the future’s not ours to see, que sera, sera, what will be will be. It seems to me that, these days, that would be an important attitude Thank you for your generosity! to adopt in relation to the state of the world in which we find our- selves. We have evolved into a society that seems to expect that every problem should have a solution, and an immediate one at that. Too You can donate to many people seem to feel that life should never involve any risk, and St. Joseph Church online at: if a risk should present itself, we should either hide from it or be www.givecentral.org saved from it by someone else, usually the government. And too many people seem to have the hubris to think that the future is com- pletely under our control and that if it isn’t, then something is terribly wrong. In so many ways, we seem to have lost our sense of the bal- ance between risk and reasonable caution that’s needed as long as we TO TEACH WHO CHRIST IS make our halting way in this world. (On that point, you should read PROGRESS TO DATE John Kass’s wonderful column in the May 10th Chicago Tribune.) TOTAL PLEDGED……...$1,197,409 Now I’m in no way suggesting that we simply surrender ourselves to PARISH - COLLECTED TO DATE....$555,742 the proliferation of disease, to the possible dangers of global warm- AOC - COLLECTED TO DATE….......$306,000 ing, to endless wars, poverty or human misery. Scientists, churches, Total………………………….…..…$861,742 governments, non-profits, individuals should always do all they can to address those problems or to minimize the risks humanity faces because of them. (In our little corner of the world, watch for news of PLEDGED a food drive we’ll be conducting soon in the parking lot.) But in the $1,100,000 $1,000,000 end, there’s always going to be only so much we can do—this side of heaven—to eliminate all the risks and dangers life might bring. $900,000 As long as we live in this world there will be risks that no mask or $800,000 GOAL social distancing can prevent. That’s life! The sooner humankind $765,000 $700,000 comes to terms with that reality, the sooner we can begin to live life again with trust and hope. And for we who believe, St. Peter pro- $600,000 vides an added incentive in the second reading for this Sixth Sunday $500,000 of Easter: “Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who $400,000 asks you for a reason for your hope…” Jesus is that reason; his Father $300,000 is the one who is in charge of our lives and our world. Que sera, sera, whatever will be will be, the future’s not ours to see, que sera, sera, what $200,000 will be will be. Or as the great English mystic Julian of Norwich wrote $100,000 so many centuries ago: in the end, “all will be well, all will be well, all manner of thing will be well.” Fr. Bob ●●● 2 May 17, 2020 SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Parish Ministries Around the Parish (Call Rectory for contact information.) ALTAR SERVERS THE SOUTH REGIONAL OFFICE OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES Contact: Fr. Dan Jarosewic ARTS & ENVIRONMENT Contact: Erin Roeper, Jeannine Ruse Have you ever wondered about those who worry about their next meal? BAPTISMAL PREPARATION CLASSES So do we. Contact: Paul and Deborah Hart Please help us help those whose food anxiety is real. BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY Contact: Rosemarie Kearney BULLETIN/WEBSITE EDITOR COVID-19 Contact: Agatha Kienzle CATECHISTS (RELIGIOUS EDUCATION) Contact: Karen Shifflett REGIONAL FOOD DRIVE ELIZABETH MINISTRY Contact: Marge Hayes PLEASE HELP WITH YOUR GENEROSITY EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF COMMUNION Contact: Deb Framarin, Jack Hayes GARDENING TEAM Saturday, May 30 Contact: Elaine Hoffman 9:00am – 11:00am HEALTH MINISTRY/PARISH NURSING Contact: Mary Bohlen, R.N. HOSPITALITY St. Joseph Catholic Church Contact: Mary Ellen Brabec KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 17951 Dixie Highway, Homewood, IL Contact: Joe Santschi LECTORS North Parking Lot -- Enter North Driveway Contact: Mike Ormsby, Tom Brabec Non-Contact Drop-off LITURGY WRITING TEAM Contact: Joyce Janowick, Janet Ormsby Place donations in bags or boxes in your trunk, drive in, pop trunk… MINISTERS OF CARE we’ll do the rest. Contact: Jack Hayes MUSIC MINISTRY Catholic Charities is asking for food donations to help our Neighbors in Need during Contact: John Ligda the COVID-19 pandemic. The following items are those most needed. PADS Canned vegetables Peanut butter Rice Contact: Jim Bova Canned soup Jelly Macaroni and cheese PIECEMAKER QUILTERS/PRAYER SHAWL Dry cereal Pasta Tuna Contact: Marietta Burke Oatmeal Pasta sauce Canned fruit and fruit juice PRAYER MINISTRY Contact: Julie Orbik Respect Life MINISTRY For further information, please contact: Contact: Teri McGinley SANCTUARY GUILD Mary Ellen Brabec at [email protected] Contact: Magda Hepokoski Christopher Torres at [email protected] ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY Carol Petersen at [email protected] Contact: Rectory Michael Cap at [email protected] USHERS Contact: Jim Wright YOUTH MINISTRY Contact: Allisa Opyd Parish of Saint Joseph • Homewood, IL 3 Gospel Meditation NIVERSAL FFERTORY U O PROGRAM Support your parish at this criti- cal time. The COVID-19 pan- demic has posed many chal- lenges to the Archdiocese of Chi- cago and our parishes, including offertory funds lost due to the suspension of public liturgies. Parishes rely on the generosity of their members to cover ex- penses related to ministry, main- MAY 17, 2020 tenance, staffing, community SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER outreach programs and other pressing needs. We hope for many things: passing an exam, finding our true love, se- curing sustainable work, or surviving an illness. We often seek to have Please consider using online to God be a part of what we hope for and desire, almost trying to convince make a one-time or recurring gift Him that our agenda is what is ultimately important. While our particu- to your parish and support the lar hopes may appear to be what needs to be achieved in order for us vital ministries and services it to be happy, they really are not. Our lesser, more personal hopes can provides. Please select your par- distract us from true hope. ish name from the drop-down menu on the form. Please go to When God became a human being, a powerful message was sent: all Archdiocese of Chicago at that is authentically human is found in the divine. As the human Jesus lived and died in order to show us that he truly is the universal Christ, www.archchicago.org we have to keep our sight focused on our eternal truth and destiny and If you have any questions regarding who we truly are. We have to be careful when we allow our earthly con- this form, please contact the Office cerns to distract us. True hope is found when we place our trust in of Stewardship and Development at Christ’s promises and don’t rely on our own strength. True hope fo- 312-534-7959 or send an email to cuses on striving toward the fulfillment of God’s promises and not sim- [email protected].
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