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August 10, 2014 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. James Parish 820 N. Arlington Heights Road Arlington Heights, IL 60004 www.stjamesah.org 224-345-7200 August 10, 2014 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Inside this issue: A Reflection from 2 Fr. Gilbert Sing in the 5 Children’s Choir! Anointing of the 5 Sick to be offered School Supply 9 Collection this weekend Jubilation at 12, James 13 Scripture 18 Reflections Parish and Staff 20 contact numbers Page 2 A Reflection… from Fr. Gilbert Mashurano, Associate Pastor August 10, 2014 er a message to a person. There is a hy- pocrisy which is hidden in the so-called In his letter called “Can You Hear the politeness. This kind of hypocrisy is Call?” Very Reverend Robert Barron, ruling us in our day-to-day life, pushing the Rector/President of Mundelein Semi- us far from the truth. nary/University of Saint Mary of the Lake wrote “This is the roughest period When it comes to the issue of evangeli- Fr. Gilbert in the Catholic Church’s histo- zation or making Christ known to all ry…..many Catholics have wandered people, we are stuck on the same issue: away and the culture has, in some ways finding the polite way to address it. turned aggressive toward us”. Most of us Instead of being aggressive in proclaim- will agree with this statement from Very ing what we believe, sometimes we may Rev. Barron. feel like victims of what we believe. The idea of politeness is taking over. We We Catholics have a universal call; we might think: I cannot make the sign of are all called to be holy like our Father the cross in a restaurant because people Next who is holy, which is our first call. will know I’m Catholic, or I will offend Secondly, we have to invite others into my friend, or my co-worker. Sunday’s this call. That is evangelization. This is a responsibility of all of us who have been If we are excited and we are joyful with Scripture baptized in Christ. our faith, now is the time to respond to God’s call in a radical way. Let us show 118: Is56: 1, 6-7 God is calling his people through people, and tell others about our faith. Let us so if you’re called to be in marriage, share our stories on our faith journey. Ps 67:2-3,5-6,8 your responsibility is to inspire another Rom 11:13-15,29-32 Let’s reject this idea of politeness in person into this call. If you’re called to hypocrisy. There is no separation Mt 15:21-28 be a priest, your responsibility is to between our faith and our day-to-day inspire another person into priesthood. activities. May God give us courage to If you’re called into a religious life as be polite in the truth of proclaiming a nun or brother, your responsibility is Him. to inspire another person to that call. This is not something easy to do; it takes In Christ, courage and grace from God. Our mod- ern culture is telling us: “Who are you to Fr. Gilbert think or predict who I’m going to be?” If you walked up to a young man and asked him to think about joining the priesthood, his first reaction might be: “How would you know if I want to be a priest?” instead of “Thank you, I will consider it and please put me in your prayers.” This modern culture has changed even (A podcast of this week’s reflection is available on our language and relationships. You the St. James website and have to ask permission before you deliv- mobile website.) Our Stewardship Page 3 Solemnity of the Assumption Stewardship August 15, 2014 (A holy day of obligation) August 3, 2014 Mass times: Weekend Masses — Envelopes $29,777.19 6:30am GiveCentral — Online Donations $19,941.50 7:30am August 3rd Total Collection $49,718.69 9:00am 7:30pm All Masses will be in the Church. Summer Mission Appeal Our parish will soon be visited by the Most Reverend Christopher Glancy, C.S.V., Our Mission the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Belize City and Belmopan. He is a member of the Viatorian Community with its U.S. headquarters in Arlington Heights, IL, and Statement is himself from Moline, IL. The St. James Bishop Glancy was Associate Pastor and Pastor for 12 years in Corozal Town, Belize. He was ordained Bishop on May 5, 2012. The Diocese of Belize City and Belmopan family is covers the entire country of Belize. It is located in Central America and borders Mexico, Gua- a welcoming temala, and the Caribbean Sea. There are 13 parishes in Catholic Belize, with 130 Mission churches in the villages. The Catholic Church also manages 114 elementary schools, 11 high schools and 3 junior colleges. community sent forth from our As with most of the schools in the country, these are Catholic/state schools, with the govern- celebration of the ment paying teachers’ salaries and the families and churches raising funds to support other educational needs. There are presently 32 priests serving in the Eucharist to walk in diocese, so many villages have Mass once a month and communion services led faith, live in hope, by lay ministers on the other Sundays. We are blessed with six congregations of women reli- and act in love. gious and five congregations of religious men serving in the diocese. Diocesan Commissions encourage the growth of ministry in the following areas: As disciples of Liturgy, Youth Ministry, Family Ministry, Adult Faith Formation, Lay Ministry, Social Concerns, Jesus Christ, and Education. Challenges that we see in the nation of Belize include: gang violence, unem- ployment and under-employment, access to education we are committed beyond elementary school, many single-parent homes, children living with their grandparents, to justice and elderly who are abandoned, human trafficking for prostitution. peace through Bishop Glancy will be with us to share a bit about the Roman Catholic Church in Prayer, Belize, and ask for our support. Education, Evangelization, Our Charity and Our Charity this month is the annual Summer Mission Appeal. Stewardship. We thank you in advance for your generous response to Bishop Glancy’s appeal to assist with the work of our missionaries in the Dioceses of Belize City and Belmopan. We Remember, We Celebrate, Thank You! We Believe St. James Parish would like to send a BIG thank you to two little girls who had a lemonade stand a few weeks ago and gave their profits to St. James PADS. Thank you, Bridget and Kate, for your hard work and your generosity! You are AWESOME!! ☺ Page 4 STEWARDSHIP and SPIRITUAL LIFE Rosary Group Pray the Rosary both before and St. James Stewardship in Action! after daily Mass: Monday: Human Life The St. James Tuesday: Military Young Adult Wednesday: Marriage Ministry Thursday: Priests and Religious went to assist Friday: Sick Feed My Starving Saturday: Souls of the Faithful Children in departed Schaumburg last week. They packaged 101 boxes which will Eucharistic Adoration be sent to Haiti and Adoration takes place from 8am will feed 59 kids for to 4pm every Thursday in the a whole year! Church. Contact: Jo Jozwiak at 847-259-2433. Fr. Matt’s Monday Family Ministry of Praise Prayer and Adoration The Ministry of Praise is a spiritual ministry in which members offer their prayers to God to help others in need. This ministry was developed especially for All are welcome! the sick and homebound so that they can experience a closer relationship with 2nd Monday of each month, at the parish. 4:00pm in the Church. If you or a loved one is interested in participating in this ministry, please Next date: August 11, 2014 contact parishioner Marilyn Neuman at 224-345-7200 or [email protected] SPIRITUAL LIFE Page 5 Elementary and Middle School Students – Parish Choir Come join our parish Children’s Choir! Second through seventh graders are invited to sing as a choir twice a month at the Saturday 5:00pm mass, at the “Angels and Shepherds” Christmas Mass on Christmas Eve, and at a Spring concert in April. The children’s choir rehearses on Tuesday afternoons from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Laramie Room (Church Basement) during the school year. Children have a lot of fun singing and playing musical games at rehearsals. Their first rehearsal will be held on Tuesday, Septem- ber 2nd at 4pm in the Laramie Room. For registration and further information, please contact their choir director, Anita Haapapuro. You can send her an email at haapy- [email protected] or call the parish office 224-345-7200, and leave a CHILDREN’S CHOIR message at extension 8502. The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick will be offered at two weekend Masses this month. Anointing will take place AFTER both of the following Masses on the weekend of August 23rd and 24th: Saturday, 5:00pm (Aug. 23) Sunday, 11:45am (Aug. 24) Both of these Masses are in the Parish Center. Those who wish to receive the Sacrament are invited to attend either of these Masses on this weekend. After Mass, those who are to be anointed will remain in the Parish Center. You will be invited to come forward to receive anointing. The Anointing of the Sick is the Church’s ordinary rite for the strengthening of those whose health is weak- ened by illness or age. Who might be anointed? The sacrament is for anyone with serious illness.
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