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MISSION STATEMENT: "To do God's will as a unified, vibrant parish, and to foster an intentional relationship with Jesus through worship, witness, service, discipleship, and community."
ST. CELESTINE CHURCH ST. CYPRIAN CHURCH 3020 North 76th Court 2601 Clinton Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707 River Grove, Illinois 60171 Phone: 708–453–2555 Fax: 708–452–0560 Phone 708–453–4800 Fax: 708–453–6141
MASSES (LIMIT 250) MASSES (LIMIT 70) Saturday 5 PM Saturday 4 PM Sunday 7:30 AM Sunday 9 AM 10:30 AM and live–streamed on Tuesday and Thursday 8 AM Facebook and stguerinparish.org Wednesday and Friday 8 AM ST. CELESTINE SCHOOL Reconciliation Saturdays 4—4:45 PM 3017 North 77th Avenue, Elmwood Park Illinois 60707 stcelestineschool.org 708–453–8234
Please register through the website, stguerinparish.org, for weekend masses. No registration needed for weekday masses or Reconciliation. You must wear a mask, practice social distancing, and follow the direction of the ushers. June 6, 2021 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ stguerinparish.org 2
On weekends, because of the pandemic, all intentions for individual masses are read at all the Masses at both churches. During the week intentions are listed on the days when Mass is offered. ST. MOTHER THEODORE GUERIN PARISH SATURDAY, JUNE 5 FRIDAY, JUNE 11 The Most Sacred Welcome! If you are new to our 4 PM ST. CYPRIAN St. Boniface Heart of Jesus 5 PM ST. CELESTINE and 8 AM ST. CELESTINE churches or just visiting, please SUNDAY, JUNE 6 Corpus Christi +Sabatino and +Concetta introduce yourself. We are happy 7:30 AM ST. CELESTINE DiCianno, Wedding to share in this celebration of the 9 AM ST. CYPRIAN Anniversary Eucharist. If you do not have a 10:30 AM ST. CELESTINE +Nick DiCianni church home, or your church is +Frank Mueller +Zoraida Reillo, Birthday +Mary Mellett not home to you, we are open +Father Leonard Matti SATURDAY, JUNE 12 to anyone looking for a spiritual +Emmanuel SanJose 3 PM ST. CELESTINE home. We invite you to become +Deceased Members of the St. John of Sahagun a part of our parish. You may Pankiewicz Family Nicole Garcia and Diego Muro register during the pandemic by +Mary Petella Wedding In thanksgiving for graces calling 708–453–2555. received through St. Joseph 4 PM ST. CYPRIAN +Judy Yates, 27th Anniversary 5 PM ST. CELESTINE and +Andrew Gutkowski, Anniversary SUNDAY, JUNE 13 Eleventh +Frank and +John Kucera Sunday in Ordinary Time +Attilio Manfredini, Birthday 7:30 AM ST. CELESTINE +Dennis DePillo, Birthday 9 AM ST. CYPRIAN +Frank Pudlo 10:30 AM ST. CELESTINE +Al Jaroch, 1st Anniversary +Keshawn Williams Mary Guidi Kennedy, for good +Jane Dye health +Betty Holland All offices in the parish and in are +Margaret Vena closed until the Archdiocese gives TUESDAY, JUNE 8 St. William of York +Margaret Maggio us permission to reopen. 8 AM ST. CYPRIAN Zygmunt Family People of the Parish +Wayne Coppe +Rita McCormick Phones will be answered from WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 St. Ephrem +Marie Scimeca 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at St. 8 AM ST. CELESTINE +Frank Pudlo Cyprian (708–453–4800) Monday John and Ann Giannini, 65th +Antonio Montanel through Friday and from 8:30 AM Wedding Anniversary +Gertrude Gutkowski to 5 PM Monday through Friday +Frank Soluri, Birthday +Frank Mueller +Robert and +Irene Poreda at St. Celestine (708–453–2555). THURSDAY, JUNE 10 St. Getulius +MaryAnn Pankiewicz 8 AM ST. CYPRIAN +Anthony DeCaro If no one is available to answer +Ada Lopez +Ada Lopez the phone, please leave a Deceased Members of the message and someone will call Makowski Family you back on the next business day. June 6, 2021 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ stguerinparish.org 3 FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK: FATHER PAUL CAO Commencement academic setting may be. move on to the next journey of Last Thursday their life. May God shower them and Friday the Congratulations to the Class of with many blessings and graces! 8th Graders and 2021! May God bless you all! Enjoy your retirement! the Kindergarteners of our parish school graduated. Teachers Retiring I would like Eighth Grade Graduation to recognize three teachers who Mass was held in the church will be retiring at the end of this on Thursday, June 3, and the school year: Mrs. Bernadette Kindergarten graduation Bass, the Gym took place on Friday. teacher, Mrs. Both were joyful Christine Murray, celebrations. the 4th grade teacher, and Mrs. It’s been a difficult year Maureen Detty, the as they went through Assistant Principal the pandemic but they and 8th grade made it. We wish them teacher. Mrs. Bass well as they continue and Mrs. Murray on their journey of Mrs. Detty have worked at St. With Gratitude This learning. I would like to take Celestine School for over 20 years weekend, Fr. Brendan will say this opportunity to gratefully and Mrs. Detty has worked in our goodbye at all the masses. This recognize the hard work school for over 40 is his last weekend with us and of our school principal, years. They are he will be on a retreat before Sheila Klich, and the all parishioners in moving to his new assignment. teachers and staff of our parish. These our parish school for women have Fr. Brendan will be going their tireless efforts to been very faithful to St. Constance/Robert maintain a high level of and dedicated Bellarmine Parish as an academic excellence. themselves to associate pastor. I am grateful They have taken up their teach and serve to Fr. Brendan for his two double workload this our children at St. years of dedicated service to year with the pandemic Celestine School. our parish community. I wish and they have done a Mrs. Murray him well and may the Lord good job. Thank you very They have been bless him and strengthen him much for all your such good models as he moves on to his next sacrifices! of faith to our assignment. Thank you for all children. I am you do! As a faith community, I very grateful for In prayer, invite you to pray with their dedication me in asking God to and service at Fr. Paul bless all the children both the parish and young people of and St. Celestine our parish who are School. Please graduating at this time keep them in your of year, wherever their prayers as they Mrs. Bass June 6, 2021 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ stguerinparish.org 4 SACRIFICE FEAST OF FAITH: CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION
In the thirteenth century, a Belgian nun by the name of Juliana had a vision: she saw the full moon silvery and radiant except for one dark spot. The meaning of the vision was revealed to her: the moon was the Church’s liturgical year, the dark spot a missing feast in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. Today’s feast of Corpus Christi—the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ— grew from Juliana’s vision. Today the Church focuses on blood of the Son of God. Because the Eucharist. Today’s readings of Christ we have a new covenant. On this feast, many parishes remind us how connected to The Gospel from Mark retells the observe the traditional Corpus ancient blood sacrifices we are establishment of that covenant, Christi procession, giving honor when offering our unbloody the familiar story of the Last to the Eucharist by carrying this sacrifice. The reading from Exodus Supper. Juxtaposed with the story greatest treasure out of the safety describes a solemn ritual designed of animal sacrifice as it is here, we of our churches and into our so the Israelites would never are challenged to listen with new streets. At the end of every Mass forget their covenant with God. attention, to remember the great we are not just let out, we are The reading from the Letter to price paid for our salvation. Jesus sent forth, strengthened by the the Hebrews turns us from those gave his body and every drop of Eucharist, to be the Body of Christ ancient animal sacrifices, the his blood for us. in the world. The Corpus Christi first efforts to worship the living procession is the dismissal writ God. Our sacrifice is the body and © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. large!
We take Jesus with us, not only in our hearts, but carried in our midst and exposed in a monstrance. It is a public profession of faith and a blessing of the world. Jesus walks with us on these streets that we walk day after day, among those who Let us offer Christ the know him but yearn to know him great universal sacrifice better, and among those who do of our love. For he not know him. The Eucharist is offered his cross to God a mystery to be believed, to be as sacrifice in order to celebrated—and to be lived. make us all rich . Corinna Laughlin —St. Ephrem © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. June 6, 2021 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ stguerinparish.org 5 FROM FATHER BRENDAN GUILFOIL
Dear Parishioners,
As my time here at St. Mother Theodore Guerin Parish draws to a close, I wanted to take this opportunity to say goodbye and to thank all of you. I have greatly enjoyed my time here in this parish and I have enjoyed working with so many of you. While, because of the pandemic that has been part of much of my time here, I haven’t gotten to work with all of you as much as I hoped, it has been wonderful to see how Jesus Christ is at work in you as individuals and as a parish. There are many wonderful people here and I know that our Lord will continue to be at work with you as he has been.
Know that I will continue to keep all of you in prayer as I begin the next chapter of my priestly life. I will be the associate pastor at a parish that will, at least temporarily, be called Saints Robert Bellarmine and Constance when they are merged on July 1. Please keep the people of St. Robert Bellarmine and St. Constance in prayer as they prepare for this merger. We know what the challenges are as well as the possible FATHER’S DAY NOVENA benefits that come from these circumstances. Please pray for me as well. Enroll a special Dad, Grandpa, or It has been wonderful to work with you all. May God bless you and keep Father–figure, living or deceased, you all the days of your life. in the St. Mother Guerin Father’s Day Novena. From June 22 In Christ, through June 29 prayers for the intentions of all enrolled will Fr. Brendan be offered at Masses. All the names will be displayed at both St. Celestine and St. Cyprian churches.
Novena cards and envelopes with instructions are available at the entrance of the churches and in the bins outside of the rectory and pastoral center. Return the card in the envelope in the collection basket or the mail box of the rectory or pastoral center by Thursday, June 17. The suggested offering is $10.
The names of those being honored will be displayed listed in both churches, and they will all be lifted up in prayer during the novena. June 6, 2021 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ stguerinparish.org 6 WEDDING BANNS
June 12 Nicole Garcia and Diego Muro June 19 Elena Voiculescu and Jacob DeRousse June 26 Nicole Kulach and Patrick O’Brien
RCIA REFLECTION The Easter Vigil Experience was the greatest experience both Emotional, Religious and Beautiful. It reminded me of a talk I had with Fr. Paul where I stated that I wanted to be a Catholic because I was so moved by the Christmas Mass that I knew that I wanted to be a Catholic. The Easter Vigil confirmed my faith with the Baptism, Confirmation and First Communion and now I am part of the Catholic Family. Ester Lingo
MARRIED 50 YEARS IN 2021?
Please call the Pastoral Center or the Rectory if you were married in 1971 and are celebrating your 50th wedding anniversary this year. The Archdiocese would like to send you a certificate in recognition of this event and the 2020 and 2021 Jubilarians are invited to celebrate together on Sunday, September 19 at 2:30 PM.
Need help? Food, shelter, housing, employment, job training, counseling, addictions, utilities, physical or mental health services, legal and financial, immigration, naturalization and refugee and senior services are provided by Catholic Charities. Call 312–655–7700 or go to catholiccharities.net. MASS Alcohol and Drug Abuse 1–800–821–4357 INTENTIONS Child Abuse 1–800–252–2873 During the Prayer of the Faithful at Mass, we hear National Domestic Violence 1–800–799–SAFE that this Mass is being offered for the repose of National Sexual Assault 1–800–656–4673 the soul of someone who has died, or for someone requesting prayers for a particular intention. If you Compulsive Gambling Hotline 1–410–332–0402 would like a Mass offered, please call either office to Poison Control 1–800–222–1222 schedule a Mass for your particular intention. The Suicide Prevention 1–800–273–8255 usual donation is $10. New Mass cards are available Elder Abuse 1–800–252–8966 as well. St. Celestine School Believe, Achieve, Succeed! 84 Years of Excellence in Catholic Education Pre-School - 8th Grade www.stcelestineschool.org 3017 N. 77th Ave., Elmwood Park • 708-453-8234 Conveniently located one block South of Belmont Ave. between Harlem and Cumberland. Personal tours available upon request! Make your tour appointment today. Email Mrs. Sheila Klich, Principal at [email protected]
From the very youngest grades, students are creating and constructing knowledge with technology tools to foster skills in communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical and computational thinking.
l Online Registration and Online School Supply Purchase
l Online Parent and Student Portal, I-Ready learning charts your childrens progress
l Rigorous on campus and remote instruction
l Safe IPad or Chromebook use for each student Pre K - 8th Grade
l State-of-the-Art Technology Lab, STEAM School, Digital Citizenship, Coding & 3D Design, G Suite for Education, Robotics
l Full Day and Morning options for Preschool
l Full Day Kindergarten
l Before and After School Care
l Quality education based in Christian values
l Spanish, Art, Music, Technology, Physical Education classes K-8
l Variety of Athletics, Clubs and Activities for all ages
l Test scores above the national average at every grade level
Call 708-453-8234 for information and request a tour. Visit the website & tour our school online at www.stcelestineschool.org. See the wonderful educational and technological opportunities we have for your children as well as sports, clubs and after school activities. June 6, 2021 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ stguerinparish.org 8
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SCRIPTURE SEARCH®
Gospel for April 4, 2021 Names are kept on the list for four weeks. If you wish to Mark 16:1-7 add or remove a name, please call the parish office. Thank you! Following is a word search based on the Gospel reading for the Easter Vigil Mass about the women Paciano Acosta Tom Mayer coming to the tomb of Jesus. The words can be Marie and Steve Auerbach Sharon Meyer found in all directions in the puzzle. Michael Balaja George Moretti Grace Baldessara Mary Morvay SABBATH MAGDELENE MARY Gerri Bohm Dan Murphy SALOME SPICES ANOINT HIM Tracy Braesch Tom Murphy EARLY SAYING ROLL Victor Cabello Carolyn Nanni STONE ENTRANCE BACK Caitlyn Domenic Nanni YOUNG MAN ROBE JESUS Ginny Ciszek Barbara Narducci NAZARETH NOT HERE DISCIPLES PETER GALILEE TOLD YOU Deacon Dennis Colgan Bernice Nesbitt Frances Copps Sr. Noel Debra DeKelver Bill Noesen Jackie DeLarco Sr. Louise Noesen SABBATH DAWN
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ST. CELESTINE CHURCH 3020 North 76th Court, Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707 708–453–2555
ST. CYPRIAN CHURCH 2601 Clinton, River Grove, Illinois 60171 708–453–4800
Mass Schedules: See cover. Registration required.
Office Hours: Temporarily closed.
Communion Service: Temporarily canceled.
Holy Hour: First Friday of each month at 3 PM in St. Celestine church, in person and live–streamed on Facebook and website. Please check our website, No registration needed. www.stguerinparish.org, for the most Fatima Devotion: First Tuesday of the month after the 8 AM Mass at St. Cyprian. accurate information on the schedule for sacraments during the pandemic. Adoration: Temporarily combined into First Friday Holy Hour.
Baptisms: Contact Ruthanne Swiatkowski to schedule; [email protected] or call 708–453–2555 x 17.
Reconciliation: Saturdays 4—4:45 PM at St. Celestine. No registration needed.
Weddings: Engaged couples are encouraged to call a year in advance of a preferred date. The couple must talk to Deacon Mike DeLarco before a wedding date can be reserved. Participation in marriage preparation is essential.
PRIESTS Rev. Paul Cao, Pastor [email protected] Mary Murphy, Coordinator of Religious Education for 708–453–2555 x29 Special Needs for children and adults Rev. Brendan Guilfoil, Associate Pastor [email protected] 708–453–2555 [email protected] 708–453–2555 x30 Rev. Eugene Gratkowski, Pastor Emeritus of St. Cyprian Lois DeFelice, Ministry of Care 708–453–2555 Bishop Jeffrey Grob, Rev. Fil Ngwila, Rev. Stan Ilo, [email protected] Rev. Kenneth Ekekwe, Resident Priests Rev. Ron Navoy, Weekend Associate at St. Cyprian Greg Fidanzia, Guerin William Youth Group [email protected] 708–453–2555 x13 DEACONS Michael DeLarco 708–453–2555 x31 Kim Hagerty, Bulletin Editor 708–453–2555 x12 Call Deacon Mike to schedule a wedding. [email protected] Miguel Negron [email protected] Deadline is 9 AM on the Thursday 10 days before the Ronald Pilarski [email protected] date you would like the information to appear. Dennis Colgan, retired PARISH SUPPORT STAFF Sheila Klich, Principal 708–453–8234 x23 Mary Krewer, Administrative Assistant [email protected] [email protected] 708–453–4800 Marge Dellinger, Receptionist 708–453–4800 Laurie DePillo, Business Manager 708–453–2555 x15 [email protected] [email protected] Lynn Schmidt, Receptionist 708–453–2555 x10 [email protected] Kim Hagerty, Director of Evangelization 708–453–2555 x12 [email protected] Ray Brownlee, Maintenance 708–453–4800 Eric Mueller and Craig Kamptner, Director of Music Ministry Bob Vessini, Maintenance 708–453–2555 x25 [email protected] 708–453–2555 x16 Call Craig with questions about music for the parish ST. CELESTINE SCHOOL Norma Pulido, Secretary 708–453–8234 x11 Ruthanne Swiatkowski, Director of Lifelong Faith Formation Donna DelMedico, Finance Secretary 708–453–8234 x24 [email protected] 708–453–2555 x17