St. Mary Parish Dekalb, Illinois June 30, 2019
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Important Reminders!! ST. MARY PARISH Independence Day THURSDAY, JULY 4 DEKALB, ILLINOIS No 7:00 AM Mass - Mass will be at 8:00 AM. The Parish Office will be JUNE 30, 2019 closed. ST. MARY PARISH • DEKALB, IL • WWW.STMARYDEKALB.ORG PAGE 2 Office From the desk of 302 Fisk Avenue · DeKalb, IL 60115 Father Russell Phone: 815.758.5432 Fax: 815.758.2487 / Website: stmarydekalb.org “Brothers and sisters: May I nev- er boast except in the cross of our Lord Office Hours Jesus Christ, through which the world has Monday thru Thursday: 9:00 AM - Noon & 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM been crucified to me, and I to the world” (Galatians 6:14). Friday: Closed St. Paul reminds us that our vision Liturgies goes beyond this world. He leaves behind the guilt of the past, hav- Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:30 PM in English ing been reconciled with our Lord, and he presses on toward the goal of life with Christ Jesus. The freedom that St. Paul experiences, he Sunday Masses: 8:30 AM & 10:30 AM in English wishes to share in Christ; and he knows that gifts come to us through Spanish Mass: Sunday 4:00 PM the cross. As faithful citizens we celebrate the freedoms worked and Vietnamese Mass: 2nd Sunday 1:30 PM fought for and we continue to work for authentic life, freedom, and prosperity. Weekday Masses: Mon.-Fri. 7 AM and Sat. 8 AM in English Vigil/Holy Day Masses: See page 5 We know from history that tyranny results when we aban- don the source of our freedom. In the last couple weeks we have Area Care Facilities: See page 5 for dates & Mass times celebrated the 40 English Martyrs; including St. Thomas Garnet Reconciliation: (1574-1680), who followed the example of such English heroes as St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More in refusing to cooperate in this English: Tue, Thu, Fri. 7:35-8:00 AM error. Ordained a priest and sent with Blessed Mark Barkworth in & Sat.8:35-9:15 AM & 3:30-4:15 PM August of 1599 to the English Mission, he was introduced to the Spanish: Tue. 6:00-8:30 PM Jesuits by his famous uncle, Fr. Henry Garnet. He was arrested dur- ing the sweeps following the “Gunpowder Plot” in 1605 and arrested Pastoral Staff near Warwick. Because of his connection with his uncle he was Pastor: Rev. Dean Russell, 815.758.5432 severely interrogated and threatened to no avail. After about 9 months in a damp cell he was deported with about 46 other priests. [email protected] Principal: Ashley Davis, 815.756.7905 He completed his Jesuit Novitiate and returned to the Eng- lish Mission. Arrested 6 weeks later, he was finally charged with Cemetery: 815.758-5432 treason because he was made a priest by authority derived from Director of Music: Joe Harmon, ext. 106 Rome and he had returned to the country in defiance of the law. He Choir Director: Caleb Gray made no answer to the priest charge and refused to take the “Oath of Director of Religious Education: Annalisa McMaster, ext. 110 Supremacy” that nullified the authority of the Pope granted by Christ Himself from his own mouth while he walked the earth. The Earl of Support Staff Essex and other influential people tried to persuade him to sign the Business Manager: Jim Glemkowski, ext. 102 oath and spare his life and opportunities for escape were presented. To the first he replied, “My lord, if the case be so doubtful and dis- Financial Assistant: Susan Klefstad, ext. 105 putable, how can I in conscience swear to what is doubtful as if it Parish Secretary: Linda Jackiw, ext.103 were certain? No, I will not take the oath, though I might live a Ministry Secretary: Mona O'Bryan, ext. 107 thousand lives.” To the latter he said that a voice within him had said: “Noli fugere – Don’t run away.” He was hanged at age 34. Receptionist: Carrie Anderson, ext. 100 He was beautified in 1929, one year before the Church of Contact Information England met in Lambeth (where St. John Fisher was summoned for Parish Office: 302 Fisk Avenue - 815.758.5432 his beheading) to condone what no Christian body had previously Faith Formation / Rel. Ed. / Youth Ministry: 815.758.5432 condoned, the separation of life from the marital act of love through artificial means. St. Thomas Garnet was canonized as one of the 40 School: 210 Gurler Road - 815.756.7905 martyrs of England and Wales by Pope St. Paul VI (author of E-mail: [email protected] “Humanae Vitae” and prophet concerning the disastrous consequenc- Website: stmarydekalb.org es of abandoning God’s laws and the natural law in marriage) on October 25, 1970 – about 3 years after the encyclical “Humane Hispanic Ministry Vitae” and about 3 years before the disastrous fruit of its rejection, court ordered acceptance of abortion (overriding state legislatures). Rev. Darwin Flores, 815.758.1377 Hispanic Secretary: Susana Garcia, ext. 113 “Jesus said, ‘I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky. Behold, I have given you the power to tread upon Vietnamese Ministry serpents and scorpions and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the Rev. Anthony Vu Khac Long, 815.312.9661 spirits are subject to you, but rejoice because your names are Bulletin Deadline written in heaven.” Monday - 8:00 AM (FOR CONSIDERATION) In Christ, son of Mary, Send requests to: [email protected] Fr. Russell 13th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME P A G E 3 Readings for the Week of June 30, 2019 Vocation Corner: Fr. Manny Gomez Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21/Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 Assistant Vocations Director [cf. 5a]/Gal 5:1, 13-18/Lk 9:51-62 Monday: Gn 18:16-33/Ps 103:1b-2, 3-4, 8-9, 10-11 [8a]/ Greek mythology teaches us a great lesson about sin Mt 8:18-22 and love. After Apollo had defeated Python, a mon- Tuesday: Gn 19:15-29/Ps 26:2-3, 9-10, 11-12 [3a]/ ster that browbeat the people, he became very arro- gant. He enjoyed showing off his bow and arrow Mt 8:23-27 ability, and was vain about his recent triumph. Wednesday: Eph 2:19-22/Ps 117:1bc, 2 [Mk 16:15]/Jn 20:24-29 Thursday: Gn 22:1b-19/Ps 115:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 [9]/Mt 9:1-8 One day he made fun of Eros, the god of love who had the figure of a Friday: Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67/Ps 106:1b-2, 3-4a, winged child carrying a small bow and arrow. Apollo said to him to leave the bow and arrows to true warriors like him, and go home to play 4b-5 [1b]/Mt 9:9-13 children's games. Eros wasn't happy with such treatment, but didn't an- Saturday: Gn 27:1-5, 15-29/Ps 135:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6 [3a]/ swer him immediately. He waited for the right moment to strike Apollo's Mt 9:14-17 heart. Eros pierced Apollo's heart with both a golden and a lead arrow. Next Sunday: Is 66:10-14c/Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 [1]/ The golden arrow made him fall in love with a beautiful nymph named Gal 6:14-18/Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 or 10:1-9 Daphne, and the lead arrow caused her to reject him. ©Liturgical Publications, Inc. From that moment on Apollo wanted to conquer Daphne's heart, while Daphne kept rejecting him. Soon Apollo's desire became an obsession. 2019 Lancer Raffle Ticket Winners He started harassing her. One day he was about to take advantage of her by force, but she cried out for help to her father, the river god Peneus. 06/24 - Chad Stewart - $20.00 'Father take away from me this beauty that causes Apollo's obsession', she asked him. Peneus heard her voice and transformed her into a laurel 06/25 - Charlie Brown - $20.00 tree. When Apollo saw the transformation, he was able to contemplate 06/26 - Linda Hulne - $20.00 Daphne's beauty from a perspective he never thought of previously. As a sign of admiration and love, he decreed that all the victorious men, from 06/27 - Lorenzo Hernandez - $20.00 that moment on, shall be crowned with a laurel crown. 06/28 - Greg Thompson - $20.00 Donated Back!! From this story we can learn two things. First, a grave sin always begins 06/29 - Louis Plica - $20.00 with a smaller sin. Apollo passes from being arrogant, showing off his 06/30 - Anselmo Soto - $30.00 Donated Back!! abilities, to making fun of others, and then desiring and obsessing to the point of almost abusing Daphne. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ST MARY SCHOOL Second, we can always purify our desires and our intentions, but for that we need to ask help from our Father. Daphne asked that her beauty may be taken away, but her father instead transformed it in a way that it may Stewardship be respected. In today’s second reading, St. Paul provides a wonderful In our vocational journey we should be aware of both things: the tempta- one-sentence summary of Christian stewardship: Out of tions that sometimes make us go astray, and the purification of our de- love, place yourselves at one another’s service.