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If You Love Me You Will Keep My Commandments. I Shall Ask The 1023 McHenry Avenue Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014 (815) 459-3033 Find us on the Internet @ www.elizabethannseton.org Like us on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/StElizabethAnnSetonCatholicChurch Very Rev. Fr. Brian D.M.J. Grady, TOC, VF~ Pastor Rev. Fr. Colin Easton~ Parochial Vicar Mr. Kenneth Giacone Dr. Richard Marcantonio Saturday: 4:00 pm Sunday: 8:00, 9:30, and 11:15 am Monday thru Saturday: 8:45 AM Tuesday: 6:00- 6:45 PM Saturday: 9:15- 10:00 AM 3:00- 3:45 PM (or by appointment) Monday thru Saturday: 8:15 AM (in the Chapel) Monday thru Saturday: 9:15 AM (in the Chapel) If you love me you will keep my commandments. I shall ask the Father, and he will give you another Paraclete to be with Monday thru Friday: 8:00 AM- 7:00 PM you for ever, the Spirit of truth whom the world can never Saturday: 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM accept since it neither sees nor knows him; but you know Sunday: 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM him, because he is with you, he is in you. I shall not leave you orphans; I shall come to you. (in the church) In a short time the world will no longer see me; but you will Tuesday: 8:00 AM Thursday: 6:45 PM see that I live and you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you. Whoever holds to my commandments and 2nd Weekend of the Month at all Masses keeps them is the one who loves me; and whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I shall love him and reveal 4th Weekend of the Month at all Masses myself to him.' -John 14:15-21 Please drop off any articles to be blessed at the Parish Office on Tuesdays during office hours. Blessed articles will be available for pickup the following Wednesday morning. The 9:30am Sunday Mass and 8:45am Daily Masses at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton are now live-streamed on Facebook. www.facebook.comStElizabethAnnSetonCatholicChurch 9:00AM Knights of Columbus Flower Sale in parking lot 9:30AM Mass (The Living & Deceased Members of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton) Rebroadcasts of the Masses can be found on 11:00AM Drive by Blessing in parking lot YouTube on the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church + Channel. Mass (Fr. Philip Kaim ~ Valerie Mapes)) Mass (+Judy Zelz ~ +Marti Gielow) We need 1,000 subscribers before we Mass (+Ruth Walter ~ David Miller) can livestream directly onto YouTube. If you have not already done so, please SUBSCRIBE to our channel. Ask your family and friends to subscribe as well! 8:45AM Mass (The Holy Souls in Purgatory) iPieta: A Catholic 'Treasure Trove' From the Bible to the Church Fathers, Church documents, Liturgical Calendar, countless AM Mass (Colleen Schneider ~ Danielle Lattanzio) 8:45 prayers, and a ton more. The iPieta app has so many resources you need to pray, learn, and grow in your Faith. This week, the blue Our Lady of 8:45AM Mass (Fr. Brian Grady ~ Carole Arco) Perpetual Help sanctuary candle will burn for the special intentions of Bob & Tricia Shafer [Speedy recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic effects on our parish family and for the safety 8:45AM Mass (+Marti Gielow ~ Scott Girolamo ) for all healthcare workers and first responders.] 8:45AM Mass (+ Edna Disher ~ Megan Voloch) Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 / 1 Pt 3:15-18 / Jn 14:15-21 Acts 16:11-15 / Jn 15:26—16:4a 8:45AM Mass (+Gayle Deverna ~ Lou Abergo) Acts 16:22-34 / Jn 16:5-11 Mass (Anne Schulz ~ Andrew Lydon) Acts 17:15, 22—18:1 / Jn 16:12-15 3:00PM Confessions Acts 18:1-8 / Jn 16:16-20 Acts 18:9-18 / Jn 16:20-23 Acts 18:23-28 / Jn 16:23b-28 Acts 1:1-11 / Eph 1:17-23 / Mt 28:16-20 Please keep the sick, the needs of our parish community, and the Church in your daily prayers. 2 May we introduce our “ Josh Moore! Dear Parishioners, God’s grace and peace to you all! I am writing to you all because I would like to formally introduce myself to this parish family of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Those of you who have been tuning in to our livestream Masses may recognize me as the guy that lectors and serves. Up until recently, I have been living in residence here at the parish while I finished up the academic year via online classes, but now I am happy to say that I will be staying for the summer! I am certainly looking forward to the opportunities and experiences that the Lord has prepared for me while I am here, especially during these tumultuous times we live in. I know Fr. Grady is going to put me to work, and I am thankful that I am under his and Fr. Easton’s wings. Each have been given great gifts by the Holy Spirit, which I personally have witnessed in our conversations we have already had with each other. Please do pray for me that I may be docile to the Holy Spirit’s work in me during my time here. So now I wish to share with you all a little bit about myself. I am originally from Geneva, IL and have lived there for most of my life. I went through Geneva public schools and graduated in 2014. From there, I moved on to Waubonsee Community College until I entered into college seminary the year after. I attended St. Gregory the Great Seminary in Nebraska where I received four years of formation and philosophical studies. From there, I received Candidacy from the bishop last summer and just recently completed my first year of theology studies and formation at Mundelein seminary, which brings me to where I am now. I have only three more years to go until, by God’s gracious will, I am ordained a priest forever. It is crazy to think how fast five years has come and gone, but I would not have traded my years of seminary formation for anything. I came to my decision to enter into seminary formation during my Christmas break while I was at Waubonsee. I was at a discernment event in St. Charles, and near the end of that evening, I received a signal grace where I knew in the moment that I was supposed to tell my vocation director at the time that I wanted to enter seminary. All my doubt, fear, and reservation that I had about making the decision went away at that moment, and I simply knew what I had to do. Prior to that choice, I underwent a re-conversion back to the faith, which, in my mind, inaugurated my interior growth that led to my decision to discern the priestly vocation. A fun thing to know about me is that one of my favorite hobbies is drawing (when I have the time for it). I have been drawing since I was a kid, and I am currently working on a piece which will hopefully be finished before our Lord’s second coming. I like to play any sport that involves me holding some sort of racquet (ping- pong, badminton, tennis etc.) I consider myself a Chicago sports fan, so I love all of my Chicago teams (yes, BOTH the Cubs and the Sox). I also enjoy reading, which is a good habit that five years of seminary helped me develop over time. I know this introduction was a brief one, but it is certainly my hope that I may get to meet all of you in person when we get to a place when public Masses can be celebrated once again. Continue to stay strong, brothers and sisters, and remain in the grace God grants you at every spiritual communion! The day will come when we will worship the Blessed Trinity together as Christ’s mystical body again in the church, and it will be a glorious and joyful day when we hear the Gloria chanted, the Creed proclaimed, and the Holy Eucharist adored and reverently received. May God bless you all during these times, and I look forward to meeting the parish family! 3 IN THE PARISH PARKING LOT Proceeds benefit 1023 MCHENRY AVENUE local charities SATURDAY, MAY 16TH 9 AM - 5 PM SUNDAY, MAY 17TH 8 AM - 1 PM SALE HOSTED BY THE ST. ELIZABETH ANN HANGING BASKETS SETON Plants by Luurtsema KNIGHTS OF 10” $20.00 EACH OR 2 FOR $35 COLUMBUS COUNCIL 10678 14” $25.00 Last month our staff and a few Respect Life devoted parishioners made “check-in” phone calls to every Spiritual registered parishioner at St. EAS. Adoption We had the chance to chat with many of you, and for those who did not answer, we left a message. 7th Month There were some phone numbers that were no longer in service. If By now, our babies weigh about 3- 3/4 pounds (about the size you did NOT receive a call from someone at the parish last of a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long. She is month, we may not have updated contact information for you. gaining about a 1/2 pound per week. 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