Thirteenth Sunday June 27, 2021 in Ordinary Time “Talitha koum, I say to you ARISE!” Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish 1775 Grove St. Glenview IL 60025 Parish Office 847-729-1525 olphglenview.org seek, share, rejoice - pastor's letter... Dear Parishioners, “Talitha koum, I say to you arise!” Jesus’ command to the daughter of Jairus who died, inspires us to recall that the Lord is always calling us to new life. The Gospels each week recall the life-giving powers of Our Lord. Again, and again, out of the grip of sin, evil and death, the Lord invites us to begin anew. It happens when we receive the Eucharist, it happens when we go to confession, it happens when we confront our own sinfulness. It was indeed a profound moment when our Lord brought that little girl back to life. This sense of being born anew is very much in the air as we heal and recover from the pandemic. The clarion call in parish life these days is, “Welcome Back!” It uplifts me every weekend as I see more Jerry Boland, Pastor and more people returning to Mass. I feel we are so blessed. We have gradually been expanding our Mass options. We are now at full capacity. Next weekend we will restore the 7:30 am Mass and on July 12 we will restore the 6:30 am Mass. The restoration of the 6:30 am Mass will require some patience. The priests, like you, have not been able take vacations in almost 2 years. We have quite a backlog of funerals and weddings (13 on the board) right now. There may be some days when we will need to celebrate a communion service rather than a Mass because of the number of liturgies that need to take place that day or there are challenges with the number of priests available. We will be restoring Friday Adoration and Benediction on Fridays. Other adjustments will be considered later in the summer. Due to the success of our “tent” masses, we will have a rectory lawn mass on July 4 at 10:00 am. We will continue the Drive-In Masses for the time being. It provides a safe option for those unvaccinated or not comfortable worshipping indoors. Summer is the time we tackle major projects to minimize interfering with parish activity. We are replacing the roofs over the sacristy and old baptistry that were in bad shape. We will be resealing the parking lot. We do a major cleaning of all the floors. The Church carpet will be repaired and cleaned. We have a punch list of masonry repairs, electrical issues and painting projects that will keep Mike Hrvojevic and our maintenance staff quite busy. I am so grateful to Mike and his staff for the extraordinary job they do keeping our campus in great shape. The campus has bever looked better. One of the joys of moving beyond COVID is the prospect of traveling. We have had a great tradition of parish pilgrimages that have taken us all over the world. We had to cancel two of our trips because of the pandemic but I am delighted to announce a new trip! We will be headed to Austria, Croatia, Italy and Oberammergau June 26 - July 6, 2022. From Vienna to Zagreb to Ljubljana to Venice to the Passion Play. It will be a great time. We were supposed to do this trip last year, but it is now rescheduled and there are openings. If you are interested, please call the office and we will send you a brochure. Congratulations to Fr. Larry Basbas who marks his first anniversary as a priest on Tuesday, June 29. What a year to begin priestly ministry. Fr. Larry, you are a “blessing” to us. Basbas means blessing in the Filipino language. Movie night with the teens was great! Thanks to Fr. Patrick, Zoe Sundstrom and our teen leaders. The future looks bright for our outreach to our teens. Thanks to Margaret Waldron and our Religious Education catechists for the heroic efforts to celebrate the sacraments of Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation. Between making up for last year’s canceled celebrations and celebrating this year’s celebrations, we had 33 separate celebrations due to COVID protocols. WOW! What an undertaking to make sure we celebrated, with joy, these milestones in our children’s lives and to keep everyone safe. Thank-you! I was deeply humbled to hear that I am being awarded the 2021 Zanoni Award. I feel honored and grateful. There could not be a parish more supportive of its pastor. I also am honored to join the Hicks awardees, Rob Orr and Jim Geldermann who were heroic in launching our virtual ministry. Also, I am deeply honored to join last year’s recipients, Bill Riordan, the Zanoni awardee and the late Paul D’Amore and Sally Corbett, the Hicks awardees. They could not be honored last year because of the pandemic. May your week be blessed! Fr. Jerry Boland 2 June 27, 2021 • olphglenview.org seek, share, rejoice - news & events Youth Ministry Upcoming Special Outdoor Masses Post Movie Nite Gratitude On the Rectory Lawn in Summer On the evening of Thursday June 17th our OLPH Youth Here is the upcoming schedule for Masses on the lawn: Ministry program hosted a viewing of and reflection on the Independence Day - Sun., July 4, 10:00 am movie Overcomer. Several teens gathered in McDonnell Labor Day Weekend - Sun., September 5, 10:00 am Hall to enjoy a movie, snacks and camaraderie. The outdoor Masses are beautiful celebrations. If you have Reflection following the movie allowed the teens to feel not yet attended one, try to do so before the end of summer. gratitude for the people in their lives who challenge them, to explore their own brokenness and how difficult experiences help them to grow, and to learn more about forgiveness, how OLPH Men's Club it feels to forgive and to be forgiven. 2021 Kick Off Party, 6:15pm Tues., July 27 Valley Lo Club Zanoni and Hicks Award Ceremonies The OLPH Men’s Club joyously invites you to join us at Valley Lo Club on July 27 at 6:15 PM for our first post pandemic celebration! In recognition of his steadfast, faithful leadership of Our Lady of Perpetual Help through this challenging year, the 2021 Zanoni award will be awarded to Father Jerry Boland. The 2021 Hicks award will be awarded to Rob Orr and Jim Gelderman. It is with tremendous gratitude that we recognize Rob and Jim’s tireless efforts to livestream mass every day for the past year. Their epic efforts kept us spiritually and physically fit and safe from virus. We will also celebrate our 2020 award winners; The 2020 Zanoni award winner Bill Riordan and 2020 Hicks award winners Paul D’Amore and Sally Corbett. We are looking forward to seeing everyone IN PERSON on July 27, at Valley Lo! To sponsor this event and support the many ministries that the Men’s Club helps fund please click the link below; https://franoutreach.formstack.com/forms/olphkickoffparty For more details contact Fred Donnelly at 847-226-4045 Youth Ministry Leaders Fr. Patrick Kizza and Zoe Sundstrom receiving a generous donation check from Greg Bedell of the Knights of Columbus. Save The Dates - Two Big Fall Events! Representing the Knights of Columbus, Greg Bedell The Annual Block Party is back! presented our OLPH Youth Ministry program with a Our Block party will be held Saturday, September 11. Please generous, generous donation. Thank you to Greg, and to all plan on bringing the whole family! the Knights of Columbus, for supporting our teens. We will make you proud. Fr. Jeremiah Boland's 40th Anniversary of Ordination Much gratitude to John Nicolau for his technical support Celebration in making sure the movie played for us, to Deacon May 13, 2021 was 's 40th Christopher and OLPH Coach Terry Ryan who watched Father Jeremiah Boland Anniversary of Ordination. with us and guided our reflection groups, and to Terry Luc for his patience and time in communicating our message Because of restrictions due to the COVID pandemic the and his loving support of the OLPH Youth Ministry Program. celebration of this wonderful event is being postponed to To learn more about Youth Ministry, email us at: October 2, 2021. [email protected] More details on both events to come soon! June 27, 2021 • olphglenview.org 3 seek, share, rejoice - sharing ministry The Sharing Ministry Food Donations Save the Date Should you want to donate non-perishable food, please St. Sabina’s Elementary School Scholarship Benefit – donate directly to the Northfield Township Food Pantry, 2550 October 9. Raffle tickets are already available. Waukegan Road (rear of building) while the Sharing Room Contact Betty Collins, [email protected] remains closed due to COVID. You can also make a monetary donation directly to our Sharing Resource Center Reopening sharing parishes so that they can purchase what is most Discussions are taking place as to when and how we will be needed in their pantries. Mail your donations to: reopening our Sharing Resource Center (formerly called the St. James Social Care Sharing Room). We are busy investigating the needs of the 2907 S. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60616 organizations we serve and assessing our own volunteer Attn: Cathy Moore capacity in considering changes we might be making. At this point, we anticipate opening in the fall for food only, with Catholic Charities Social Services Center clothing and housewares being selectively accepted some 1120 W. 79th St., Chicago, IL 60620 months after.