St. Theresa Parish 455 North Benton St. ● Palatine, IL 60067 847-358-7760 ● www.sttheresachurch.org In This Issue... Parish Mission ................................................................... 2 Sacraments ........................................................................ 2 Welcome ............................................................................ 2 Clothing Collection ............................................................. 2 Wedding Anniversary ......................................................... 2 Message from Fr. Tim Fairman ......................................... 3 March for Life ..................................................................... 4 Fall 2019 Faith Formation Series ....................................... 5 Prayer Lists ........................................................................ 6 Baptisms ............................................................................ 6 Prayer Challenge ............................................................... 6 Life in the Spirit Seminar .................................................... 7 Mass Intentions .................................................................. 7 Readings for the Week ...................................................... 7 Respect Life Month ............................................................ 8 St. Theresa School ............................................................ 9 Children’s Christmas Pageant Coordinator Needed .......... 9 Give Central Online Giving ................................................ 10 Our Stewardship ............................................................... 10 KOC / REACH Halloween Candy Sale .............................. 10 All Souls Day Remembrance ............................................. 11 PADS ................................................................................. 11 Ministries ............................................................................ 11 Marian Rosary Devotion—October 2019 Schedule ........... 12 Women’s Club Flower Show .............................................. 13 EM / Lector Training .......................................................... 14 Of Interest to Teens ........................................................... 15 KOC Christmas Wreath Sale ............................................. 16 KOC Pancake Breakfast .................................................... 17 Holy Yoga .......................................................................... 18 Liturgical Schedule for Upcoming Weekend ...................... 19 Parish & School Staff Contact Info ..................... Back Cover Week At A Glance .............................................. Back Cover MASS SCHEDULE Sundays: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00 and 11:30 a.m. Go and tell John what you hear and see: Weekdays: 6:30 and 8:00 a.m. the blind regain their sight, Saturday: 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Vigil) the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, PARISH OFFICE HOURS the deaf hear, the dead are raised, Monday-Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. — Matthew 11:4-5 Sunday: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Third Sunday of Advent ● December 15, 2019 ST. THERESA PARISH MISSION The mission of St. Theresa Parish is to share Christ with others through the sacraments, education, prayer and service. NEW PARISHIONERS AND VISITORS Welcome to St. Theresa! We invite you to contact the receptionist at the Pauline Center and/or speak with a Greeter before Mass for information on registration. Also, please visit our parish website at www.sttheresachurch.org for helpful information, and click on the Welcome link in the About Us menu. OUR ANNUAL Are you interested in joining the Catholic Church? CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE Contact Deacon Larry Schumacher at 847-358-7760 ext. 363 regarding the Rite of Christian Initiation of During Advent we have the opportunity to realize the Adults (RCIA) sacrament for adults. Are you a baptized, deeper purpose of gift-giving through the custom of having adult Catholic who has not received the Sacraments of a Giving Tree in our church. Eucharist or Confirmation and wish to? Please call! The Ministry of Care, the Knights of Columbus, St. Vincent DePaul, St. Theresa Women’s Club, and the children from St. Theresa VISITATION OF THE SICK School and Religious Education arrange to have certificates for food, If you or a family member are in a local hospital and clothing or toys placed in the Christmas baskets which will be would like a visit from a priest, please call the Parish Office. Those who are homebound can also make distributed on December 21st this year. The Giving Tree can help to arrangements to receive communion on a regular basis link Christmas gift-giving to the Christian love that marks all those by calling the Ministry of Care, 847-358-7760. who follow the One born at Bethlehem. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP! Saturdays at 12:30-1:30 p.m. or by appointment. 1. Take an envelope from the Giving Tree in our Gathering Area. Put SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM your gift in the envelope. The gift can be cash, a gift certificate or Baptism is celebrated at 1:00 p.m. on the first and third a check made out to: St. Theresa Ministry of Care. Sundays of the month. Parents must take part in 2. Return your envelope in the regular collection basket or drop it off preparation classes before the Baptism takes place, and at the Pauline Center. are required to attend the classes before the baby is 3. We will buy a gift certificate from Eurofresh, Target, Jewel, or born. Please call the Parish Office to make Payless Shoes. arrangements. 4. The gift certificate will be placed in the Assist-A-Family Christmas SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY baskets for the needy in our parish and the surrounding Arrangements must be made at least six months in community to be distributed on December 21st in the church advance. Please call the Parish Office to make an Gathering Area. appointment with a priest. No other plans should be OR... finalized until then. YOU CAN HELP A LOCAL FAMILY THROUGH OUR CHRISTMAS SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK ASSIST-A-FAMILY BY GIVING THE GIFT OF FOOD! This sacrament offers the Lord's healing strength and We have a list of families in need whose Christmas celebration could be peace to anyone who is seriously or chronically ill, enhanced by either the gift of food or the gift of “all the fixins” for a holiday hospitalized or about to have surgery. Please call the dinner. Local grocery gift certificates are also very welcome. Parish Office if you wish to have someone receive this We invite you to call: Donna Russ at 847-359-4064 sacrament. or Fr. Tom at 847-358-7760 for more information. Do you have information you wish to share? Our holiday baskets will be distributed on Saturday, For Bulletin: [email protected] December 21st in the church Gathering Area. For Scheduling: [email protected] For Website: [email protected] Page 2 A Message from Our Pastor, Fr. Tim Fairman Dear Friends, A little over a year ago, Bishop Alberto Rojas was named our new Vicar-Bishop in Vicariate I, succeeding our retired Vicar, Bishop George Rassas. Bishop Rojas had previously been Vicar of Vicariate III since his ordination as bishop in 2011. He is 54 years of age. Bishop Rojas was born in Mexico, studied at Mundelein Seminary and was ordained for the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1997. He taught at the seminary for eight years and was a pastor for one year before Cardinal George ordained him an Auxiliary Bishop on August 10, 2011. On December 2, we received word that Pope Francis had named Bishop Rojas to be coadjutor Bishop with Bishop Gerald Barnes in the Diocese of San Bernardino, California. A coadjutor bishop works with the current bishop and eventually succeeds the current bishop when he retires or steps down from his post. While we don’t know for sure yet exactly when Bishop Rojas will begin his new assignment, it appears that he will be leaving our Vicariate at the beginning of February. There is no word yet on who will succeed Bishop Rojas here in Vicariate I. The Diocese of San Bernardino, California was created in 1978 and is already the sixth largest diocese in the U.S., with over 1.8 million Catholics, 75% of whom are Hispanic. Bishop Rojas will be the diocese’s third bishop in its 41 year history. Despite its size, there are no auxiliary bishops to serve with Bishop Rojas when he begins his ministry there. While I am very happy for Bishop Rojas, it will be sad to see him leave our vicariate. Bishop Rojas is a man of deep faith who exudes kindness and humility in everything he does. I was looking forward to him leading us for many years to come, but his loss is San Bernardino’s gain. He will make an excellent bishop of that diocese. We have been very fortunate in this vicariate to have so many good vicar bishops to guide us: Bishops Vlazny, Goedert, Kicanas, Listecki, Rassas and now Rojas have been excellent leaders who are a credit to the episcopacy. Let’s offer our prayers to Bishop Rojas as he prepares to lead the Diocese of San Bernardino, and all of our bishops. We all know how difficult it is to be a bishop in this day and age. Let’s also pray that the Holy Spirit will provide us with a new vicar who will follow in the footsteps of the men before him and be a great leader for Vicariate I. In other news, I have been asked by Bishop Rojas to be one of his six deans in Vicariate I. The role of the