Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint Robert Bellarmine Parish Mission Statement We are a diverse Catholic community of genera ons, experiencing the living God and reflec ng our faith in ac on with one another.
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Mass Intentions MON. July 26, Saints Joachim and Anne, Please pray for our Sick Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8:30 am Agnes and George Markensteiner, Hazel Fackler, Frances Clause (anniv.) Margaret Ludden, Patricia Klenck, Gina Brettman, Paul Labant, TUES. July 27, Weekday Olive Greer, Kathy Kenney, Don Yee, WED. July 28, Weekday Liam Herling, Jean Rhodes, Tom Birt, Josefina Hernandez, 8:30 am Leonard Ganshirt, James Crowley, Shirley Hallorin, Charles Scherer, Stephen Cueedon Chris Childers, Patrick W. Kamm, THURS. July 29, St. Martha Kenny Mounts, Kenneth Bransky, Anne Bartelli, Maria Hernandez Johnson, FRI. July 30, St. Peter Chrysologus Christine Matuszek, Cassandra Talso, Michelle Hohmeier Ryan, Enzo Mion, SAT. July 31, St. Ignatius of Loyola Renee Janke, Theresa Crane, Frank Fergus, 5:00 pm Frank Malenczak, Melencio Mendoza, The Sisters of Notre Dame Motherhouse, Maximo Mendoza, Ernesto Mendoza, Craig Grant, Carrie Kuczak Irma Masacote Milagros O. Cave, Rogelio O. Cave
SUN. August 1, Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 10:00 am John Hester, Jr., Sarah A. Birt, and those intentions on the Parish app. Delores Kalina, Daisy Escarayan, Sophie Taraska
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are” said Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, a French lawyer and author in 1825. It’s probably the earliest version of what your mother hopefully told you, “You are what you eat.” What we consume becomes part of who we are. This doesn’t just apply to food. It also applies to our spiritual life. What our souls consume becomes part of who we are. If we consume the hatred of the world, the lust, violence and greed that are part of our media, we will become lus ul, violent and greedy. If we consume good spiritual food, such as virtuous examples, human dignity and prayer, we will be more like the image of God that we are meant to be.
Building Bridges
The word “pon ff” comes from the La n word “pon fex,” which means “bridge builder.” This word has also been used to describe the Pope and the bishops, who were the “bridge builders” between God and humanity. But all of us are called to build bridges in our lives. I was glad to see people who had been parishioners at St. Robert at St. Constance Polonia Club’s picnic. We can all seek small ways, and large ones, to build bridges within our new parish and, most importantly, between the people we meet and our loving God. Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 3 From the Desk of Fr. Brendan
This past Thursday, the Church celebrated the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene. I think she has historically go en something of a raw deal in the life of the Church. Part of it is an undeserved reputa on. In many ages of the church, she was thought to be the same woman that was caught in adultery and was saved by Jesus. There’s no evidence of that, nor that she was a pros tute. Nor, as certain famous, albeit inept, au- thors have claimed did she marry or have some sort of romance with Jesus. There is lot of nonsense about her, and none of it is fla ering.
The other problem, I think, is that in the midst of those weird stories, we forget who Saint Mary Magda- lene truly was. We do know that she was someone from whom Jesus tossed out demons. But we also know that she became a follower of Jesus. We know that she was part of the group that accompanied Jesus and was probably wealthy, as she shared her resources with Jesus and the Apostles. We also know, unlike all of the apostles except for John, she actually stayed near our Lord during his crucifixion rather than running for fear of her own life. But, even more importantly was her role a er Jesus died. She was the first person to see Jesus a er he had risen from the dead. It wasn’t St. Peter, who was the leader of the disciples. It wasn’t Jesus’ mother, who gave birth and raised him. It wasn’t any of the twelve who would bring the Gospel to different lands.
Why was it so unexpected for Mary Magdalene to be the first to witness the resurrec on of Jesus? Well, partly it’s because she doesn’t receive the same a en on that the Apostles get in the Gospels. It’s also because she was a woman. Society in Jesus’ day did not ordinarily consider a woman’s word to be as credible as a man’s. Partly it would have been the fact that she was not a rela ve of Jesus, as his mother was also s ll alive. But the fact is, she is certainly not the first person anyone would have expected to see Jesus risen from the dead.
Perhaps that’s exactly the point. Perhaps Jesus appears first to St. Mary Magdalene to remind us that he speaks to us through unexpected people. God is infinitely greater than you or I. In fact, the great St. Au- gus ne once wrote, “If you think that you understand God, then what you understand is not God.” God is always beyond our power to understand. Thus, he can, and will, surprise us. Perhaps in St. Mary Magda- lene, you and I are called to allow God to speak to us in unexpected ways and through unexpected peo- ple.
That can be something for you and me to bring to prayer this week. I would challenge each of us, myself included, to find God speaking to us in unexpected people. Perhaps we could reflect on the people we have met this past week and ask God how he was speaking through them to us. Perhaps you and I could think about an encounter with someone who is maybe not our favorite person and see how God is using him or her to bring us closer to himself. Let us be a en ve to where the Magdalene is speaking to you and me on our own journey to Christ.
Fr. Brendan
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In Sympathy God’s Share All of us are recipients of many blessings from God. In return, He expects that we praise Him for His goodness Please pray for the repose of the soul of and thank Him for His generous gi s. Thanksgiving, however is not done in word only, but in deed also.
Anthony Pirrello Total Parish Offering for July 18, 2021. Budgeted and for his family and friends. Sunday Offertory $ 4, 346. $ 8,500. E-Giving (Give Central) $ 2,332. Total Offering $ 6,678.
Thank you to those who are able to con nue to support us through E-Giving or mailing in your contribu on.
A familiar face will be back soon.
Some people have commented that they haven’t see Fr. Sco lately. Rest assured, he will be back soon.
As with anything new, busy schedules and mee ngs have to be coordinated. When all the details have been worked out, Fr. Sco will once again be in the regular presider schedule.
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ON PREVIOUS COLUMNS, AND WHAT ABOUT THE FISH? © 2021 by John B. Reynolds ([email protected]) In the past three months, two separate acquaintances have asked me if I’m s ll wri ng “…that thing for the Church.” Yes. But years back, a friend asked me a different kind of column ques on. Knowing that I’d been wri ng it weekly for a long me, he asked if I’d ever repeated a column. As in, had I ever taken an old column and passed it off as a new one. No. I’ve never even used an old column with the disclaimer that it was previously published. I figure that if I can’t come up with something new each week, what kind of writer am I? At the same me, I’m sure I’ve repeated some stories. Humor me here, but if you’ve been reading me all along, perhaps we’re now like an old married couple, and when you read something in this space that sounds familiar, you smile and say to yourself, “There he goes again.” It’s not that I purposely repeat my stories, but if they fit, they fit, and in truth, I seldom can recall if I’ve told it once or mul ple mes before. All of which is not to say that I don’t look back at some of my previous offerings to see what I had to say on any given Sunday. In fact, I just looked at my 2015 and 2018 columns for this 17th Sunday in OT, since they used the same readings. I wrote in both that today’s Gospel--the feeding of the 5,000--is the only miracle covered by each of the evangelists. I wrote in both about the five loaves and two fish, along with other similari es and differences among the four Gospel-writers. But the Scriptures are like poetry in that o en when we read a given chapter and verse for the second, the third, or even the fi i- eth me, we see something new. And here’s the new thing I see today that I know I’ve never wri en specifically of before: the fish. In John’s account today, Jesus takes the loaves, gives thanks, and gives them to the crowd, “and also as much of the fish as they wanted.” The fish seem merely an a erthought. And when Jesus tells his disciples to reap the le overs, they fill “twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves.” No le over fish? In Ma hew, Jesus spe- cifically breaks the loaves and gives them to his friends to distribute. Where’s the fish? In Mark, Jesus breaks the loaves and gives them to his disciples to disperse and he also divides the fish among them, but per the last verse, “Those who ate [of the loaves] were five thousand men.” Real men don’t eat fish? Only in Luke do the fish and the loaves seem to stay connected, with both being blessed/broken/distributed and le overs gathered. I’d expect as much from the guy who gives us shining details of the Na vity, the Good Samaritan, and the Lost Son. But in Ma hew, Mark, and John’s defense, maybe today’s first reading drives their bread-focus. Here, a er all, Elisha feeds a hundred with twenty barley loaves. Or maybe for these Gospel-writers, it’s all about the bread because of the accounts of the Last Supper. Many of us cradle Catholics hold that the Eucharis c Meal is the Consecra on meal. True enough. But perhaps we can expand on that. While the risen Christ is certainly our sus-
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Daily Scripture Readings
Monday Ex 32: 15-24, 30-34 / Mt 13: 31-35 It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. Tuesday Ex 33: 7-11; 34: 5b-9, 17 / Mt 13: 36-43
It is the soldier, not the poet, Wednesday Ex 34: 29-35 / Mt 13: 44-46 who has given us freedom of speech. Thursday Ex 40: 16-21, 34-38 / Jn 11: 19-27
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, Friday who has given us freedom to demonstrate. Lv 23: 1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34c-37 / Mt 13: 54-58
Saturday Fr. Denis O’Brien, United States Marine Corps Lv 25: 1 8-17 / Mt 4: 1-12
Sunday Ex 16: 2-4, 12-15 / Eph 4: 17, 20-24 / Jn 6: 24-35
July 31 / August 1, 2021 Mass Presider Servers Lectors Auxiliary Ministers Fr. Robert JP Syslo, A. Syslo, 5:00 PM P. Zyburt Erin Bas an, Charles Bell, Carl Rau Lojek E. Syslo Fr. Brendan N. Levin, D. Levin, 10:00 AM D. Gandor Donna Czech, Deacon Bill Frere, Pastora Gandor Guilfoil J. Levin
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Mass Schedule Weekdays - Monday Mass and ScheduleWednesday 8:30 a.m. WeekendsWeekdays - Saturday - Monday Evening - Friday at 5:00 at p.m.,8:30 a.m. Weekends Sundays - Saturday at 10:00 Morning a.m. at 8:30 a.m.
Parish Rectory & Office Holy Days - 8:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Saturday Evening at 5:00 p.m., 4646 North Aus n Avenue Sundays at 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., Chicago, Illinois 60630 Rectory Office Hours 12:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday - 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tel. 773.777.2666Parish Office & Rectory Holy Days - 8:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Fax 773.777.27704646 North Austin Avenue (Closed from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. for lunch) Chicago, Illinois 60630 Saturday– 9Rectory a.m. to 2 Officep.m. Hours Website: www.srb-chicago.org Tel. 773.777.2666 Monday - Friday - 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Weddings SRB Mobile App:Fax 773.777.2770 h p:// (Closed from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. for lunch) www.parishsolu onsco.com/bellarmineil.htmlWebsite: www.srb-chicago.org ArrangementsSaturday - 8:30to be a.m. made to with2:30 a p.m. priest
Contact Deacon Bill Frere atSunday least six - months8:30 a.m. in advance.to 1:30 p.m. Rev. Neil E. Fackler, Pastor Rev. RobertRev. Lojek, Scott Pastor Donahue, Resident Please contact the rectory for date and me Weddings Tony Delgado, Deacon availability before making other arrangements. Rev. Brendan Guilfoil, Associate Pastor Arrangements to be made with a priest Kathy Goetz, Business Manager Rev. Sco Donahue, Resident Baptisms at least six months in advance. [email protected] Bill Frere, Deacon Celebrated the second and fourth Barbara Donnelly, Adm. Assist/Office Mgr Please contact the rectory for date and time bfrere@[email protected] Sundayavailability at 1:15 before p.m. making other arrangements. JamesDr. Ouper, Christina Business Zaker, Opera ons Adult Education Manager Parents need to register at the rectory office. Baptisms [email protected]@Yahoo.com Bap smal prepara on class for first me Barbara Donnelly,Beth Farias, Parish Youth Secretary Minister Celebrated the second and fourth Sunday Parents and Godparentsat 1:15 is offeredp.m. on the last [email protected]@gmail.com Monday Parents of needthe month to register at 7:00 at p.m. the rectoryin the rectory. office. Faith Forma onReligious Office Education Office Baptismal preparation class for first time Parents 6036 West6036 Eastwood West Eastwood Avenue Avenue Pleaseand Godparents note: there areis offered no bap sms on the scheduled last Monday during the season of Lent. Tel. 773.286.0956 Tel. 773.286.0956 of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the rectory. Mary Ellen DebiCasselman, DeMario, Director Director Confessions/Reconciliations Please note: there are no baptisms scheduled [email protected] during the season of Lent. [email protected] Saturdays 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. or by appointment.
St. RobertSt. Bellarmine Robert BellarmineSchool School 6036 West Eastwood Avenue AnointingConfessions/Reconciliations of the Sick 6036 West Eastwood Avenue Tel. 773.725.5133 1st SaturdaySaturdays of the month4:00 p.m. a er - 4:45the 8:30 p.m. a.m. mass. Tel. 773.725.5133 Carrie Mijal, Principal Eucharistic Adorationor by appointment. & Benediction Catherine Tenzillo, Principal [email protected] Third Wednesday of every month. [email protected] Wilson, Secretary Anointing of the Sick Adora on begins a er 8:30 a.m. mass. SRB [email protected] Office 1st Saturday of the month after the 8:30 a.m. mass. Benedic on at 1 p.m. Schooloffi[email protected] Office of Music Director PleaseEucharistic sign up at theAdoration rectory office. & Benediction Office of Music6036 Director West Eastwood Avenue Third Wednesday of every month. 6036 West EastwoodTel. 773.286.0956 Avenue Novena Adoration begins after 8:30 a.m. mass. Tel. 773.286.0956Dennis Costanzo, Music Director Mother of PerpetualBenediction Help Novena at 5 p.m. is offered on the [email protected] First Tuesday of the month at 6:30p.m. in the church, Dennis Costanzo, Music Director Please sign up at the rectory office. [email protected] Bulletin Deadline: followed by Benedic on. Novena Bulle nThursday Deadline: 12 Noon 10 days in advance Submit articles via email: RecitationMother ofof Perpetualthe Rosary Help Novena is offered on [email protected] 12 Noon 10 days in advance MondayTuesday and evenings Wednesday at 6:30 at 8:00 p.m. a.m. in the church. Submit ar cles via email: in person at the rectory or fax 773.777.2770 Pulpit Announcement Deadline bulle [email protected] Recitation of the Rosary Pulpit Announcement Deadline Friday Monday by 12 Noonthrough in the Saturday rectory. at 8:00 a.m. in person Friday at the by re 7:30ctory p.m. or fax in the773.777.2770 rectory.