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St. Michael Parish Directory 1633 N. Cleveland Street Chicago, IL 60614 312-642-2498 Pastor Support Staff Rev. Larry Sanders, C.Ss.R. John Steigerwald, ext. 212 [email protected] [email protected] Maria Santana Associate Pastor [email protected] Rev. Ramon Dompke C.Ss.R. Wedding Scheduling In Residence Weddings are scheduled on: Rev. Daniel Andree, C.Ss.R. Fridays: 12:30 PM 3:00 PM Rev. John Fahey-Guerra, C.Ss.R. Saturdays: 12:30 PM, 3:00 PM and 6:30 PM Rev. Robert Fenili, C.Ss.R. Toni Dunning Rev. Jim Keena, C.Ss.R. [email protected] Br. Larry Lujan, C.Ss.R. Rev. Greg May, C.Ss.R. Finance Council Rev. Stephen Rehrauer, C.Ss.R. Council Chair: Open Rev. John Steingraeber, C.Ss.R. Parish Pastoral Council Attached - Not In Residence Council Chair: Annie Pecoraro Rev. Joe Dorcey, C.Ss.R. Rev. John Phelps, C.Ss.R. Human Concerns & Needs Commission Co -Commission Head: Barbara and Lisa Parish Office Hours: Rosskamm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Worship Commission Thursday - 9:00AM - Noon Commission Head: Open Phone number: (312) 642-2498 Baptisms Parish Operations Manager Please visit our website, www.st-mikes.org, to register Patricia Krier, ext. 215 your child for Baptism. For questions, please email [email protected] [email protected]

Office Coordinator & Church Bulletin Confessions Sr. Maryann McKeogh, CSFN, ext. 210 In the Church: [email protected] Tuesday 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Saturday 4:15 - 4:45 PM Director of Liturgy and Music By appointment, please call (312) 642-2498 Daniel Stucker, ext. 213 [email protected] Anointing of the Sick Please call the parish office. Music Minister Steve Carson Information Requests [email protected] Genealogy requests: [email protected] Sacramental certificate requests: Director Religious Education & RCIA [email protected] Kim Rak General Information: [email protected] [email protected] Facebook: St. Michael in Old Town 312-944-0304 ext. 6. Website: www.st-mikes.org Sacristan/Wedding Coordinator Kathryn Trnka [email protected]

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III - July 3, 2021 II - July 9, 2021 I - July 17, 2021 Ms. Darcy Egan Ms. Taylor Dvorak Ms. Colleen Kokaisl & & & Mr. Christopher Lee Mr. T. J. McNulty Mr. Thomas Fryc

II - July 10, 2021 I - July 17, 2021 Ms. Samantha Neff Ms. Michelle Salemi & & Mr. Robert Hayes Mr. Ian Barr

II - July 10, 2021 I - July 17, 2021 Ms. Annamaria Lucia Grinis Ms. Lexie Cegelski & & Mr. John Berenz Mr. Conor Ward

St. Michael’s Parish welcomes our newest Mass Intentions of the Day Baptized Parishioners

Saturday, June 26  Persephone Sage Napoles-Sanchez, daughter of Sergio and 5:00 PM  Alberto J. Uribe Rebecca  Alberto R. Uribe  Ford Tivadar, son of Robert and Jessica  James Raftis

Sunday, June 27 8:00am Daily In-Person Mass Schedule: *9:00 AM  Kamal Kardich Daily Mass is offered at each of our local Renew My Church Mass for the People parishes one morning a week. 11:00 AM  Seamus Fergus Monday - St. Joseph Church Monday, June 28 Tuesday - St. Michael Church in Old Town - Church 8:00 AM Family of Seamus Fergus Wednesday - St. Teresa of Avila Church Thursday - St. Vincent DePaul Church Tuesday, June 29 Friday - St. Josaphat Church 8:00 AM  Margaret Schneider Family of Seamus Fergus

Wednesday, June 30 8:00 AM Foundation Fund Members CONGRATULATIONS

Thursday, July 1 Scott Partin and Noel Bustillos 8:00 AM  Dorothy Lazuka

Friday, July 2 on your First Profession 8:00 AM  Elizabeth Leitig in the Saturday, July 3 9:00 AM  Seamus Fergus Congregation of the 5:00 PM Family of Seamus Fergus Most Holy Redeemer

* Mass will be live-streamed.

Our Mother of Perpetual Help - June 27 Since 1866 the have spread devotion to the Blessed Mary under the icon and title of Our Mother of Perpetual Help (also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Help). According to tradition, the ancient Byzantine icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help was stolen from a church in Crete, where many miracles had occurred. The image remained in the private possession of a Roman merchant and his family until 1499, when it was publicly displayed in the Church of St. Matthew in Rome between the Basilicas of St. Mary Major and St. John Lateran. When St. Matthew’s was destroyed in 1789, the icon was rescued and hung in an obscure monastery chapel until the Redemptorists learned that the site of their new headquarters in Rome had once been the site of St. Matthew’s, the one-time home of a miraculous icon of Our Lady. A Redemptorist who as a young man had frequented the monastery chapel that displayed the icon informed his brothers where to find the image. The Redemptorists asked Pope Pius IX for permission to move the icon to their new church, San Alfonso, which was built on the location of the icon’s earlier home. The pope granted his permission and told Redemptorist Martyrs of Ukraine - June 28 Bishop Nicholas Charnetsky (1884-1959) - From 1945-56, he was imprisoned in about 30 Soviet labor camps and prisons. Bishop Vasyl Velychkovsky (1903-73) - It is believed that his death was caused by a slow-acting poison administered prior to his release from prison. Father Zenon Kovalyk (1903-41) - When the Soviet prisons were opened on the arrival of the invading German army, Father Zenon’s body was found crucified to a wall of the prison of Zamartynivska in 1941. Father Ivan Ziatyk (1899-1952) - He was arrested in 1950 and condemned to 10 years imprisonment, but died of a savage beating in 1952. June 28 is the feast day of the Redemptorist martyrs of Ukraine, modern-day men who gave their lives for the faith. These men were among the 25 Ukrainian martyrs beatified during Pope St. John Paul II’s visit to Lviv in 2001. Blessed Gennaro Maria Sarnelli - June 30 Gennaro Sarnelli was born in , Italy, on September 12, 1702. Son of the Baron of Ciorani, he had a solid cultural and spiritual formation. Dedicating himself to the study of , he gained a doctorate in civil and canon law at age 20. Caring for the sick in the Hospital for the Incurables, he felt the call to the priesthood. During this time he also came to know Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, who was his first biographer. Ordained a priest in 1732, he dedicated himself especially to the catechesis of young boys and to the rehabilitation of girls at risk of becoming prostitutes. In June of the following year, he entered the Redemptorists. He dedicated himself to the preaching of the Word of God to those who were most destitute of spiritual help. For reasons of health, in 1736, he returned to Naples, where, while continuing the missionary activity of the Redemptorists Congregation, he resumed his previous pastoral and charitable activities, especially among the sick, the old, those in prison and the young boys forced to work as dock-laborers. He also initiated a fervent movement against the spread of . A prodigious writer, he published more than 30 books on a wide range of subjects, including socio- juridical studies, moral issues, mysticism, pedagogy, pastoral practice, Mariology, and ascetical theology. In 1741, he organized and took part in the great mission among the spiritually abandoned areas in the outskirts of Naples. Spent by his burning zeal, he died in Naples June 30, 1744, at the age of 42. John Paul II beatified him on May 12, 1996.

BACK TO NORMAL FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES! The Human Concerns & Needs Committee will again be collecting school supplies to be distributed to the Manierre School, an inner-city school just south of North Avenue, and to Casa Romero, an after-school program in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. We are in touch with both to determine their greatest needs. Last year you responded amazingly to the need to give about 450 children the tools to learn remotely. This year, we will be back to the normal classroom learning, hopefully without interruption. The list below includes the items most in demand, and we have created an easy Wishlist if you like to shop on Amazon. The best prices we have found are often in-store at Staples, Office Depot, Target and Walgreens. We are happy to do the shopping and schlepping, using sales, coupons, gift cards purchased through St. Michael’s and Office Depot’s cash back to school program. Back-to- School sales have already started at Staples and Office Depot.

If you’d rather make a cash contribution, drop off a For online shopping and direct shipping, here’s a check at the Parish Office or follow this Give Cen- link to Amazon: https://amzn.to/2ZnsiHR tral link:

https://www.givecentral.org/location/1259 To help you shop, both groups have given us lists of the items most needed by students:

 backpacks  pencils  earbuds  dry-erase markers (chisel and fine)  divider sets for 3-ring binders  rulers  composition books (both college and wide  glue sticks and bottles of glue -- MANY ruled)  pointed scissors  colored pencils (12 in a box)  erasers  spiral notebooks (both college and wide ruled)  two-pocket folders (paper or plastic)  plastic sheet protectors for 3-ring binders  loose leaf paper (college and wide ruled)  erasable and permanent pens  boxes of 24 crayons

No need to explain this classroom need this year:  facial tissue  large bottles of hand sanitizer  sanitizing wipes  paper towels For the teachers who often must purchase their own supplies:

 copy paper  dry erase markers  easel pads

If you prefer to shop or order online, it can be sent or dropped off directly to the parish office at: St. Michael in Old Town Attn: Human Concerns 1633 N. Cleveland Avenue Chicago, IL 60614. Thank you beforehand for your generosity and support. www.st-mikes.org 5

SAVE THE DATE

Reopening Picnic Sunday, July 4, 2021 after the 11:00 AM Mass

Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Chips and Water will be provided by the Parish.

The Knights of Columbus will be the grill masters for the afternoon.

Come join us in thanksgiving for the reopening of St. Michael Church after a year of virtual celebrations.

WELCOME BACK!

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Finance 101 You may have noticed an envelope in your old batch of envelopes or in the back of church that says Restrictive Maintenance. You may also notice it in the list of funds in GiveCentral. Wondering what these funds are used for? As we prepare a budget each year, it is very hard to anticipate what will break or need repair in maintaining a historical church like St. Michael. So, the solution was to come up with a restricted fund that we can pay for unexpected problems that develop from time to time. You have been generous over the years, and we have been able to repair or replace things that we would not have had the money to do it with our operational funds. Over the last couple of years, we have had to replace a 1950’s electrical panel, a broken sewer pipe, a broken water pipe, restored and repaired all the statues in our Nativity and numerous other projects. Since we have been closed, knock wood, not many things have broken. But now we are discovering issues. The list of things that we will be doing include:  Fixing the crack in the baptismal font and creating a liner for the font so that we do not keep getting cracks. We discovered that the marble used in the baptismal font and our holy water fonts are not good to have standing water in. Cost of repair: $3,290.  Repair of the holy water fonts (3) and fabricate new liners for the four fonts. Cost of repair: $4,290.  Restore and repair the Risen Christ statue that is in the back of church during . The cost of this repair: $3,793. A few parishioners have approached Father Sanders about a few of other items in need of some tender, love and care. 1. Kneelers: under Father Santa, kneelers were installed in the first third of the pews when the church was being refurbished. The cost of finishing the center aisle (36 kneelers) would be $23,340. 2. Another parishioner asked about painting the pillars in the back of church. These columns are peeling and not the most welcoming sight for a new parishioner. We do hope to be able to repaint the entire church in a couple of years. However, if we do these two columns first, it would give us a glimpse of what the church would look like when it is entirely repainted. The proposal is to clean the 2 center columns, remove the layers of paint to uncover the original paint scheme, remove and repair all the damage plaster. Then, prime and paint the columns to include all capitals, moldings, and trim. Regilding would be completed as required and a protective coating would then be applied. The cost to restore these TWO columns is $14,520. There has been some interest from a few parishioners who have generously offered to contribute to these two projects. There may be a few more interested in any of the projects mentioned here. For more information, please contact Father Sanders. The parishioners at St. Michael’s are the most generous, especially as it relates to restoring and repairing the church. We thank you for your past generosity, and most importantly for your future generosity! GiveCentral & Sunday Offertory Update We want to update our parishioners how the conversion to GiveCentral has proceeded. We sincerely appreciate all of you who switched from OSV to GiveCentral! Thank you! For those of you who have not converted, we miss you! Some parishioners were waiting to confirm that our OSV contract terminated. All links with OSV have been deactivated. Please sign up at GiveCentral. It makes your donations so easy and effortless, particularly when you might be away for the summer. Here’s St. Michael’s link: https:// www.givecentral.org/location/1259 or you can simply text-to-give. Text REPAIRS to 13123139692 to contribute to the Restrictive Fund or SUNDAY to donate to the Sunday collection. For our loyal envelope donors, you might have noticed that St. Michael has also stopped sending out envelopes through OSV. This saves us nearly $4,000 a year in printing and mailing costs. There are envelopes at the back of church that you can use, or feel free to use a plain envelope. However, if you really miss your Sunday envelopes with your name and address on them, we can provide them to you. Please contact the parish office and we would be happy to mail them out to you.