Serving Hyde Park’s Catholic Community since 1869 February 7, 2021 Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time Parish Offices: Hours: Weekdays: 7am-3pm, Mon.-Fri. Located at 55th & Woodlawn 5472 S. Kimbark Avenue Chicago, IL 60615-5297 Phone: (773) 324-2626 Fax: (773) 891-0602 [email protected] Fr. Dan Costello Extension 107 Deacon: Deacon Kurt Davis hey brought to him Parish Office: all who were ill Lisa J. Couch, secretary (773) 324-2626 or possessed Parish Voicemail box, ext. 0 T by demons. Director of Parish Operations Paula Jones, ext. 109 He cured many Music Ministry Matthew Merz Liturgist who were sick... Jennifer Davis ~Mark 1:32, 34 Bulletin Editor Lissa Romell Parish School Erin Monahan, Principal 5467 S. Woodlawn Avenue St. Thomas the Apostle Parish Chicago, Illinois 60615-5299 telephone: (773) 667-1142 Mass Schedule Confession Fax: (773) 891-0602 Sunday Saturdays, 2:30-3:30pm. www.stapostleschool.com 8am & 10am Baptism Monday-Friday Please contact the Parish Office. 8am Marriage Saturday Please make arrangements eight months in advance. 8am & 4pm Membership Holy Days Please register at the Parish Office or online at 8am www.stapostleparish.org under “Contact Us”. Please don’t forget the poor boxes. Come visit us at www.stapostleparish.org Page 2 St. Thomas the Apostle Parish Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time We’re so glad you’re here and invite you to journey If you or a loved one in faith with us. We believe the church is the wish to receive a sacrament of God’s saving presence in the world. telephone visit from a Our goal is to provide a spiritual home where all minister of care—to are welcome, where the healing, reconciling, pray or simply talk— liberating love of God flows through us to all people. please call Lisa at 773- If you have any questions about our parish, 324-2626, & she will please call or email our parish office. arrange for a Minister of Care to call. Today’s Readings Job 7:1-4, 6-7 Psalm 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 Mark 1:29-39 Valerie Denise Holloway, Sharon Dobbs (speedy recovery) We encourage you to prepare yourself for next weekend’s liturgy by reading and praying the scriptures (visit www.usccb.org). Next Sunday’s Readings Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 11 1 Corinthians 10:31—11:1 Mark 1:40-45 Weekday Mass Intentions Weekly morning masses are being live-streamed at 8am, Monday-Saturday, via our Facebook page. Please join us! Please remember those listed below in your prayers this week. MONDAY, February 8 WEDNESDAY, February 10 FRIDAY, February 12 Readings: Gn 1:1-19 Ps 104:1-2a, 5- St. Scholastica Readings: Gn 3:1-8 Ps 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7 6, 10 & 12, 24 & 35c Mk 6:53-56 Readings: Gn 2:4b-9, 15-17 Ps 104:1- Mk 7:31-37 In the beginning,...a mighty wind 2a, 27-28, 29bc-30 Mk 7:14-23 “Ephphatha!” (“Be opened!) Mk 7:34 swept over the waters. Gen 1:1-2 Nothing enters one from outside that Tomasito Villarin Anthony Gomes can defile that person. Mt 7:15 (birthday thanksgiving) John Brinkman Clarence Williamson SATURDAY, February 13 TUESDAY, February 9 THURSDAY, February 11 Readings: Gn 3:9-24 Ps 90:2, 3-4abc, Readings: Gn 1:20—2:4a Ps 8:4-5, 6- Readings: Gn 2:18-25 Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4- 5-6, 12-13 Mk 8:1-10 7, 8-9 Mk 7:1-13 5 Mk 7:24-30 The man gave his wife the name “Eve,” God blessed the seventh day and “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat because she was the mother of all the made it holy. Gn 2:3 the children’s scraps.” Mk 7:28 living. Gn 3:20 Diana White (speedy recovery) Dr. Herman Neal Thanksgiving for prayers answered Carlos Navarro Marian Williamson deceased Please Make Your Gift to the 2021 Annual Catholic Appeal Come, follow me … and bring hope to the World We invite you to spend some time this week reflecting on the Annual Catholic Appeal materials you should have received in your bulletin or in the mail. The Annual Catholic Appeal is much different than a one-time special collection: It is a pledged commitment to make a gift over time. Your pledge can be made payable in installments. Each pledge makes a difference because all parishes participate in the campaign and the gifts of many enable our archdiocese to deliver needed ministries and services to answer the call of Jesus to “Come, follow me … and bring hope to the world.” If you received your pledge form in the mail, please complete it and mail it back. This year, we also encourage our parishioners to make their Annual Catholic Appeal gifts online or via text message: annualcatholicappeal.com or text the word “ACA2021” to 345345. St. Thomas the Apostle Parish Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time Page 3 Thoughts from Fr. Dan Costello Parish Administrator Dear Parishioners & Friends place each year on the fourth Sunday in July, close to of St. Thomas the Apostle the feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, the grandparents Parish, of Jesus. How often have we used the expression of someone Recalling the upcoming feast of the Presentation “having the patience of Job.” of Jesus in the Temple – when the elderly Simeon Well, our first reading gives and Anna encountered the child Jesus and us just a glimpse of Job’s real recognized Him as the Messiah – Pope Francis -life troubles, perhaps not so foreign from our own. said, “the Holy Spirit even today stirs up thoughts The Book of Job is probably one of the most unique and words of wisdom in the elderly.” The voice of literary masterpieces ever the elderly “is precious,” written. It is not a he said, “because it transcript of historical sings the praises of God events, but a literary and preserves the roots composition of the of the peoples.” The problem of the suffering elderly, he continued, of the innocent. The Book “remind us that old age of Job does not is a gift and that definitively answer the grandparents are the link problem of the suffering between the different of the innocent, but generation, to pass on to challenges readers to the young the experience come to their own of life.” understanding. In a nutshell, all we know about Job is that he was a wealthy landowner who was stripped of The Holy Father said he instituted the World Day everything without warning and his faith was severely of Grandparents and the Elderly because tested. The whole book is about a two-hour read; “grandparents are often forgotten, and we forget this perhaps a noteworthy goal to accomplish during the wealth of preserving roots and passing on” what the first week of Lent? Job’s troubles, his conversations elderly have received. He emphasized the importance with his friends, the evil one, and then with God end of grandparents and grandchildren getting to know with a message of hope; he becomes humbled by one another, because “as the prophet Joel says, God’s greatness and, in the end, enjoys God’s grandparents seeing their grandchildren dream,” awesome generosity. “The Lord giveth and the Lord while “young people, drawing strength from their taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord!” grandparents, will go forward and prophesy.” God bless our Grandparents and Elderly and we are grateful for their love, guidance, and prayers. A little news from Pope Francis: Following the Angelus on Sunday (January 31), Pope ~Fr. Dan Costello Francis announced the institution of World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will take Page 4 St. Thomas the Apostle Parish Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time Dates to Remember February 12 E-Learning Day for All Students - Teacher In-Service Day February 15 No School—President’s Day February 18 State of the School Meeting at 6:00 pm on Zoom February 19 End of Trimester 2 February 26 Black History Month Dress Down Day ——————–———————— STA’s Website: www.stapostleschool.com Follow STA on Social Media! Facebook: @stapostleschool Instagram: @stthomasapostle Online Reviews We appreciate the encouraging words we have received from our community. Thank you for your support! In an effort to continue Admissions for the 2021-22 School Year showing our STA pride and come together as a community, please consider leaving an online review Admissions for the 2021-22 school year is open! Interested families for STA on one of the available with children in grades Pre-K 3—8th are encouraged to take a virtual outlets. These include: Facebook, Google Reviews, Niche, Great tour of the school with STA’s Admissions Coordinator, Schools and Private School Tareema Jean-Baptiste ([email protected]). Review. Thank you! After your virtual tour, you will complete an online application. Once you receive notice of acceptance, you begin the online registration process. Families who apply and register by April 1, 2021 will receive a discount on the registration and materials fees! Schedule your tour today to learn more! St. Thomas the Apostle Parish Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time Page 5 February is Black History Month Black history is Catholic history In this Feb. 21, 1946, file photo, students at St. Augustine School in Washington, led by the Oblate Sisters of Providence, participate in Negro History Week; the precursor to Black History Month, observed each February. (CNS photo/courtesy Oblate Sisters of Providence) In 1949, famed Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes celebrated Negro History Week (the precursor to Black History Month) with members of the Oblate Sisters of Providence and their students at the all black and Catholic St.