St. Joseph Parish Community 722 High Street Aurora, 60505 630 -844-3780 www.saintjosephaurora.org

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May you always know the peace of Jesus, the light of his love, and the joy of his life within you.

St. Joseph Parish First Communion

May 2 and May 9

9:00AM

Pastor: Father Matthew McMorrow

Aiden Cerda Karisma Lopez Eva Hermosillo Rosa Mascorro Marco Morales Jeffrey Lopez Melina Monjaras Araceli Patino Alyssa Ramirez

May 16, 2021 The Ascension of the Lord

. ST. JOSEPH PARISH AURORA From our Pastor The work on the roof has started… We are so close to our goal. Would you trust an unhealthy doctor? Have you helped Raise the Roof with a donation ? Or a financial advisor who was poor? GOAL $115,000 Maybe they have something to offer, but we Raised this week $ 6.980 like to follow a good example and not just reach our $101,860 someone’s words. We follow example more goal 89% readily that talk. Raised to date $101860

In a similar way, what happens if Jesus didn’t Ascend? It would Balance needed $13,140 be like he was saying “I’ve got this great place to send you, but I’m not going.” “Hold on”, we might say “If it is so great, why don’t you go first?” RAISE THE ROOF For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. So that’s exactly what He did. Goal $115,000 Matthew 6:21

In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place Congratulations for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be. Father Matthew (John 14:2-3). on your Returning to the Father is joyful for Jesus, even while he worries about us. To be in the presence of the Father is what Jesus yearns 16th Anniversary for. And there he fulfills his role as mediator of the New Covenant. of Priesthood I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father. (John 16:28) May 21, 2021

And in the weeks to come, we will celebrate that even though He ascends, He does not abandon us. Ordained a priest by Thomas G. Doran on The Spirit of truth… lives with you and will be in you. I will not May 21, 2005 leave you as orphans; I will come to you. (John 14:17-18) at the Next week we will celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit at Cathedral of St. Peter Pentecost and two weeks later will be the celebration of the Eucharist, Corpus Christi. Rockford, Illinois In Christ’s Peace Thank you for all you do for our parish. May is the Month of Mary Mary, Elizabeth & Friendship May God bless you. The Gospel tells us in the story of the Visit- ation, recorded in Luke Chapter 1, when Mary visits Elizabeth. So what can women learn from this friendship? Lord God, most holy, The Visitation involves a first-trimester We approach you in gratitude for your holy ordained priesthood. mother traveling cross-country to serve a You have called these men to be set apart and to shepherd your friend. Who needs your help this week? people, as you shepherd your entire church. Affirm each other. Elizabeth's first words were ones of encour- We pray for them in their daily work. agement. We may know our friends' flaws, but we don't need to Grant to them an increase in spiritual gifts and grace, fixate on them. Sing out loud. Mary ends their encounter with the so they may be prepared for the tasks at hand. Magnificat, one of the most celebrated song-prayers of Scripture. Celebrate with your friends! Rejoice over each other's blessings. Lead them not into temptation and protect them from the grasp of the evil one. Mary, Mother of God, pray for us! It is through the sacraments they confer that we encounter the divine in a real and profound way. May your church never lose sight of these, Eucharistic Adoration Wednesday, May 19 your special sons, and may we, the body of Christ, in church from 1:00PM-7:00PM never fail to cherish the gift of their lives, which they have freely given to you and your holy church. "Prayer is the best preparation for Holy Communion. We ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son. Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. When we pray we go to meet Christ Who is coming to us. Amen. If our Creator and Savior comes from heaven with such great love, it is only fitting that we should go to meet Him. And this is what we do when we spend some time in prayer." Pope Francis @Pontifex May 11 St. Bernadine Of Siena (1380 to 1444) May 20 Today, too, the Spirit is calling men and Italian Priest and Franciscan Missionary women to set out and encounter all those who are waiting to discover the beauty, goodness, We invite you to stop by and spend some time with God. and truth of the Christian faith.

. SUNDAY May 16, 2021

The St Joseph Knights and the Respect Life Committee We welcome into our Month of May Baby Shower Catholic community… We are collecting new blankets, clothing, baby food, formula,

diapers, wipes, and any other baby items. Ezra Leon del Toro Donations may be placed in the baby crib in the narthex of church. son of Isaac Leon and Jessica del Toro Donations of gift cards are also appreciated FILL and may be purchased and donated through the Santiago Carter Delgado the MANNA program. son of Santiago and Ilyssa Delgado CRIB Place cards into the collection basket at Mass or drop off at the parish office. Thalia Refugio Aguilar All donations will be given to area daughter of Lizet Aguilar crisis pregnancy centers; Waterleaf in Aurora “Hence Baptism is a bath of water in which the "imperishable and Corbella Clinic in South Elgin. seed" of the Word of God produces its life-giving effect.” CCC 1228 The Mysteries of the Rosary-Have you ever wanted to explore the life of Jesus and Mary in a deeper way? Baptisms are generally scheduled for the first Sunday of the Each decade highlights a sacred episode: month. Please call the parish office to make arrangements Joyful Mysteries: Through the Annunciation (1) and Visitation (2), we get a glimpse at Mary’s joyful yes to God. She gives birth Bear Much Fruit 2021 Diocesan Appeal to Jesus in the Nativity (3). Mary and Joseph present their son at the temple (4) and bring him there again when he is a teenager (5). It is through your generous gift to the appeal that we may continue to bring the love of Jesus to those in Luminous Mysteries: Jesus is baptized in the Jordan River (1) need and teach the faith to young and old alike. before Mary gives him a nudge to his first miracle at Cana (2).

HOW DO I DONATE? Jesus proclaims the Gospel (3), is transfigured on Mount Tabor (4), and institutes the Eucharist (5). The light is shining! Diocesan Appeal Envelope •One time payment using cash or check Sorrowful Mysteries: Jesus prays in agony in Gethsemane (1), •Monthly or Quarterly payments (Reminders may be requested) knowing his hour of suffering has come. After his betrayal and Online at rockforddiocese.org/donate arrest, Jesus is scourged (2) and crowned with thorns (3). He car- •Credit card or automatic withdrawl from your bank account ries his cross (4), and Mary stands at the foot of the cross as he is for one time, monthly of quarterly payments crucified (5). Thank you for your generosity Glorious Mysteries: Christ is risen in glory (1)! After appearing May 8 and 9 to those he loves, he ascends into heaven (2). Jesus’ followers receive the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (3). Mary, unaffected by Sunday Envelopes….…...121 original sin, is assumed body and soul into heaven (4), where she Contributions……..$6,378.00 is crowned queen, humble mother of Christ the King (5) Raise the Roof………...$6,980.00 The Guadalupana Association presents- THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY BBQ RIBS FUNDRAISER featuring La Victoria Roy’s Ribs May 23, 9:00AM-3:00PM Pray the Rosary at the St. Joseph Parish Center “Teach us Half a slab of wood BBQ ribs, to give • Please pray the Rosary baked potato, coleslaw and bread-only$10.00 with us in church during Tickets are available Sunday, May 16 before and after all Masses and our Prayer Service on Pre-order-forms available in the narthex of church or Tuesdays at Noon walk up orders taken at the event. not count • Our intention Prepay with order or pay when picking up. the cost.” this week is that we Forms may be dropped off at the parish office from 8AM-4PM hear the Holy Spirit Enjoy a delicious meal for a great cause calling us to be examples Ignatius of Loyola of our faith. 2021 PLANT THE SEED CALENDAR WINNERS

Sunday ($100) May 9...... #1829...... Luxies Club When Jesus was physically with his disciples, he guarded and Monday ($50) May 10...... #740……………………Nick Bauler protected them. One of his greatest desires was that they share his Tuesday ($50) May 11...... #71...... Nilo Ayala joy completely. God’s love is the source of all things and their Wednesday ($50) May 12…#678…………...... Hugo Saltijeral sustenance. As we conduct the normal routines of our lives it is Thursday ($50) May 13...... #243……...... Jay Hofner easy to get caught up in the immediacies of this world and lose Friday, ($50) May 14……...#1852...... Carmela Martinez focus. We become very self and worldly dependent, forgetting Saturday, ($100) May.15.....#155...... Val Bohr that God wishes to guard and protect us. The joy the resurrected Christ can offer cannot be found in this world. It takes a bit of MANNA NOTES-MANNA gift cards may be donated to the K of C faith to realize that God’s will is a constant in our lives and that Baby Shower during May. Let us know in your email order that you have God desires only the sustenance and goodness of both our bodies an item for the Baby Shower and we can forward it to the Knights for you. and our souls. We need to trust in God’s constant and rejuvenat- -Orders due by 9:00AM Wednesdays via email. ing love. This radical resurrection trust allows us to experience -Indicate where you will pick up. Check only-no cash the joy of God’s presence in all of the good and the bad, positive -Pick up is Thursday evenings from 6:00PM-6:30 PM and negative, life building and life destructive events that we --Questions? Contact Judy Fullmer 630-542-4645 or email her at encounter. God remains where love remains. [email protected] . PARISH INFORMATION “Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, St. Joseph so that they may be one just as we are one.” (Jn 17:11b)

Rev. Matthew J. McMorrow, S.T.L., Pastor Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Willhite, In Residence MASS INTENTIONS

Deacon Bruce Watermann, S.F.A. MONDAY, May 17 Sandy Bohr, Business Manager 7:00AM Live stream-Jack Johnson by Joann Daleiden Parish Office 630-844-3780 Fax 630-844-1338 TUESDAY, May 18, St. John I, Pope and Martyr Monday through Friday-8:00AM to 4:00PM 7:00AM Live stream-People of St. Joseph Parish 7:00PM Live stream-Laurie Feltes by Family and Friends Religious Education Office 630-844-3780 x243 WEDNESDAY, May 19 Pam Moore, Coordinator of Religious Education 7:00AM Live stream-Christopher Renteria by the Family

MASSES-See right column of this page THURSDAY, May 20, St. Bernardine of Siena, Priest 7:00AM Live stream-Michelle Miklosik by the Bohr Family SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION English & Spanish 8:15AM School Mass Wednesday 7:30AM to 8:00AM FRIDAY, May 21, St. Christopher Magallanes, Priest Saturday 4:00PM-4:50PM and Companions, Martyrs Sunday 8:00AM-8:50AM 7:00AM-Live stream-Fr Matthew McMorrow

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS: 16th Ordination Anniversary SATURDAY, May 22. St. Rita of Cascia, Religious Please contact the parish office for information 5:00PM Live stream-Dolores Lenard by Andrea Karl Website: www.saintjosephaurora.org SUNDAY, May 23, Pentecost Sunday Email: [email protected] 9:00AM Live stream-Lorenzo Renteria by The Family Facebook:@stjosephaurora SANCTUARY CANDLE MEMORIAL

Pope St John Paul II Catholic Academy The week of May 16 the sanctuary candle is burning Sr. Ann Brummel, OP, Head of School [email protected] for a special intention requested by Bill and Marge Berger Heather Baer, Asst Principal North: [email protected] Phone 630-844-3781 Fax 630-844-3656 Website: jp2aurora.org Facebook: @PSJPIIAuroraIL Readings for the week of May 16, 2021 Sunday: Ascension: Acts 1:1-11/Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 [6]/Eph 1:17-23 Monday: Acts 19:1-8/Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab [33a]/Jn 16:29-33 Pope St. John Paul II Catholic Academy Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27/Ps 68:10-11, 20-21 [33a]/Jn 17:1-11a is now accepting registration for the upcoming 2021-22 school year. Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38/Ps 68: 29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab [33a]/Jn 17:11b-19 Visit our website, jp2aurora.org, Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11 [1]/Jn 17:20-26 or call our North Campus, at 630-844-3781 Friday: Acts 25:13b-21/Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab [19a]/ to begin the application process. Jn 21:15-19 For all the latest information: Check out our Facebook page: Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/Ps 11:4, 5, 7 [7b]/Jn 21:20-25 @PSJPIIAuroraIL Next Sunday: Acts 2:1-11/Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 [cf. 30]/ Gal 5:16-25/Jn 20:19-23 Act of Spiritual Communion is a beautiful and praiseworthy tradition to recite an BINGO at the Phoenix Club act of spiritual communion when one is unable, for whatever reason, to receive Holy Communion. Sunday, May16 and Sunday, May 23 at 1:00PM My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Pizza and appetizers available Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC-ALL ARE WELCOME Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. Aurora Central Catholic Alumni Association I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself Charger Golf Outing. June 5.Bliss Creek Golf Course, wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen. 1:00PM Shotgun Start. $95 per Golfer (dinner included) Saint Alphonsus Ligouri $35 Dinner Only. Prizes, raffles and a delicious steak dinner. Proceeds used by the Alumni Association to provide St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery scholarships to ACC students. Visit auroracentral.com to register. The cemetery is a holy place, we should preserve it in good condition and free from unsightly objects. Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend offers married cou- ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS IN THE GROUND ARE ples an opportunity to learn a technique of loving communication PROHIBITED DURING THE GROWING SEASON that they can use for the rest of their lives. Sign up today to attend a WHEN NATURAL FLOWERS ARE AVAILABLE. WWME Weekend on June 25-27 in Geneva, August 20-22 in Madi- •Artificial flowers are allowed in approved permanent vases at son, WI or September 17-19 in Geneva. Virtual experience: May 6- any time during the year. June 4 and Sept.13-Oct. 4. For more info visit: alifetimeoflove.org •Flowers on top of a monument/marker are not permitted. •All artificial wreaths, flowers, evergreen blankets, etc., will be or call (888) 574-5653. Para un fin de semana en español por removed sometime after March 1, depending on the weather. favor llamen a Candelario y Emilia al 815-375-4250 •The cemetery reserves the right to remove any unsightly decorations violating these regulations. from the “St. Joseph Cemetery Regulations” Have you done something nice for someone today?

. St. Joseph Parish Father Joseph J. HISTORY Second Pastor of Weitekamp St. Joseph Catholic Church IN MEMORIAM FATHER JOSEPH WEITEKAMP BORN APRIL 27, 1890 IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK DIED MAY 19, 1963 IN AURORA, ILLINOIS

Father Joseph Weitekamp began his formal education in high school at Fordham Preparatory Seminary. He then c 1917 attended Fordham University and Saint Andrew on the Hudson in Poughkeepsie, New York and Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York. In 1917 he entered Our Lady of the Angels Seminary in Niagara Falls, New York. He was ordained a priest in Fordham, New York by Bishop John Collins and incardinated into the Rockford Diocese on June 1, 1919. He was first assigned in the Diocese of Rockford as assis- tant at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish in Aurora. He was later transferred to Saint Joseph in Freeport, Illinois where he served for the next five years. In 1926 he was made pastor at c 1957 Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Sublette, Illinois. Father Joseph Weitekamp was appointed the second pastor of Saint Joseph Parish, Aurora, on the Feast of Corpus Christi, May 22, 1940. During Father Weitekamp’s pastorate the entire parish plant was renovated and redecorated. In 1941 a Crucifixion Grouping was erected in Saint Joseph Cemetery. An additional 4.5 acres for the cemetery was purchased in 1947. The parish debt and Marmion assessment were liquidated between 1940 and 1947. In 1941 a building fund was started with and eye towards building a new church. On Sunday, November 6, 1949, having grown to more than 500 families, Saint Joseph Parish celebrated its first 50 years. Bishop John J Boylan (3rd Bishop of Rockford) presided at the Holy Mass, which was celebrated by Father Weitekamp. Father Joseph In 1954 plans for a new contemporary style church were Weitekamp was one drawn up and plans for a fundraising drive were put into of three brothers who entered the operation. On the feast of the Assumption in 1954, ground sacred priesthood. was broken. Bishop Raymond P. Hillinger (4th bishop of His two priest Rockford) preached on the occasion and turned the first brothers were shovel of earth. Father Weitekamp laid the cornerstone of the Father Ambrose new church on October 21, 1955. The first Mass in the new Weitekamp and Father Joseph Weitekamp Father Godfrey died on May 19, 1963. Saint Joseph Church was celebrated by the pastor, with his Weitekamp, He had served our parish two brothers as deacon and sub-deacon on the feast of O.F.M. Saint Joseph in 1956. Also, one of his for 23 years. On May 1, 1957 the new Saint Joseph Church was dedicat- sisters was called to ed by Bishop Loras Thomas Lane (6th bishop of Rockford) the consecrated life, May his soul and all the souls Sister Grace on the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker. Agatha, S.S.J. of the faithful departed rest in peace. (Sisters of Pax et Bonum, Deacon Bruce Watermann Saint Joseph)

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