Saint Edna Catholic Community . desires to live as a reflection of who Christ calls us to be by welcoming all in Charity, Justice, and Hope. This is our mission. St. Edna Information Register to attend Masses and Prayer Time Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday evening: 5:00pm Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30am (No 5:30pm Mass until further notice) Weekday Masses Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:00am Communion Service Monday - Friday: 6:45am Morning Prayer and Communion Service Thursday: 8:00am Reconciliation/Confession By appointment only: Mornings (except Thursday and Sunday) from 7:00am to 7:30am. Evenings (except Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday) from 6:00pm to 6:30pm. Call Fr. Darrio for an appointment: (847) 398.3362 x337 Office Hours Monday-Friday; 9am-1pm, for essential business. Phones are answered 9am-1pm. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Worship—5 Parish Life—6 Take Five for Faith—8 Administration—9 Human Concerns—10 In the Community—12 Kids Page—13 St. Edna ~ Parish SAINT EDNA PARISH OFFICE Position Available St. Edna is currently seeking a part-time Secretary: a professional individual with strong people skills, good phone etiquette, eye for detail, MS Office experience, organizational skills, able to work independently, confidentiality a must. Variable hours; which may include days, evenings and weekend shifts, must be available by 3:00pm some weekdays. If you are interested in this position, please email your resume to Laura Kniskern at [email protected]. COMMUNION UNDER THE CANOPY We are now offering Holy Communion under the canopy at the main entrance to the Church on each Saturday. Parishioners can drive up under the canopy, stay in your car, be sure your facemask is on, sanitize your hands with your own sanitizer, roll down the window(s), and we will bring the Eucharist to you. Once you have received, you are welcome to park in the lot to say a prayer. We will be there each Saturday, from 1:00 PM until 1:30 PM. PARISH OFFICE HOURS LUTHERAN HOME PRESENTATION: Our Parish Office is open with limited hours. Guilt Busters Monday-Friday: from 9:00am until 1:00pm for essential business. Face coverings are required to enter the office lobby. If you need assistance with making a reservation for Mass, please call 847-398-3362. You also may make a Mass reservation via the Do you struggle with placing a loved one in a senior St. Edna Website, www.stedna.org. living community? This presentation will help you deal We can also take requests for Mass Intentions and with guilt and the family pressures associated with making Prayer Requests over the phone. a move. Join us in our St. Edna Parish Center, Tuesday, May 25th, at 8:30 a.m. when this topic will be presented to us by Staff from Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights. 2 May 16, 2021 St. Edna ~ Parish Give to be the Face of Hope Mother’s Day Collection Thank you for supporting Catholic Charities in last week’s second collection. Thanks to you vulnerable mothers and children across Chicagoland will find an open door and a listening ear ready to guide them at this unprecedented time. Donations can still be made online at: www.catholiccharities.net or text HOPE to 878787 or mailed to: 721 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, IL 60654 St. Edna Telephone Ministry We are now in our second week of St. Edna volunteers making phone calls to ALL our registered parishioners (3000 families). Last week, over 300 calls were made by our team of fifteen people. Maybe this will be the week that YOU are called. If you have caller I.D. you will see “St. Edna Catholic Church”. That’s us calling—to check on your well-being during this pandemic and to see if there is anything we can do to help you. Change in Contact Information Cell phone numbers and e-mail addresses change on a regular basis. If some of your information changed recently, please let us know so that we can update our parish records. You may do this in a number of ways: 1. Call the parish office at 847-398-3362 and tell them the information you want to update. 2. To update your information electronically, please send the information requested below to [email protected]. 3. or you may fill out the form below and return it to the Parish Office. Change in Contact Information Name (First & Last): _____________________________________________ Phone Street Address:__________________________________________________ Home: ______________________ City, State, Zip:_________________________________________________ Work: ______________________ E-Mail Address:_________________________________________________ Cell: _______________________ www.stedna.org 3 St. Edna ~ Parish St. Edna Campus Upgrades New Ministry Opportunities! (Graphic conception of mounted video screen) New presentation and communication tools give rise to new opportunities to be involved in the St. Edna community. We are adding two video monitors in church (as pictured), and three cameras with necessary equipment to allow St. Edna to livestream Mass. Adding these upgrades is intended to help our parishioners and online visitors to have a better experience of the Mass, and other events at St. Edna. We are extremely excited to announce the formation of ministries around these upgrades. Two new Media Technology Ministries are being formed. One ministry will be related to creating and managing screen content during Mass and other events, and the other ministry is to manage the livestream of Mass and other events. Are you technically inclined? Are you comfortable with PowerPoint or similar software (for video screen)? These ministries are open to all parishioners from high school to retirement. All areas of expertise are welcome. There will be training sessions conducted, for both ministries. For further information and to get involved, please contact: Nancy Wolowicz: [email protected] or Gary Daigle: [email protected] or call 847-398-3362. Please join us as we move forward with this exciting project and technology. We hope to be completely up and running by the end of July, 2021. Thank you for your interest in these Ministries. 4 May 16, 2021 Worship Commission www.stedna.org/worship Mass Intentions for the With Sympathy Week of May 15 & 16, 2021 Anthony Sulla, husband of JoAnn Weekend of May 15 & 16 Geraldine Karwoski, mother of Shirley Boustead 5:00pm—Anna Terrazzino, Jack Myszka, Grover Smith (A), Vicky Giusti (A) 7:30am—George Tokarczyk, Thomas Koral, Bernice Janczak (A) Alice Camia, 9:30am—Geraldine Karowski, Susanne Flowers, Marie Joseph Danese, mother of Annaliza Sherry Leo Mills, David Andrews (good health) Rose Rago, 11:30am—Anthony Zervos, Rose Morrow Brady, Erminia & Gabriele Ruffolo aunt of Mary DiCarlo Monday, May 17 Clarence Bergstrom 8:00am—William H. Fulstick, Sr. (A), The Parishioners of St. Edna Patrick Nelson Tuesday, May 18 Helen Marie Lesmiak, 8:00am—Margaret Pfeiffer, Jackie Kelly (A) sister of Tom Wuich Altar bread and wine Wednesday, May 19 will be offered for Eternal rest grant unto them 8:00am— O Lord, and let perpetual light Thomas Koral shine upon them. Thursday, May 20 donated by May the souls of all the 8:00am—Morning Prayer & Communion Service His Brothers & Sisters faithful departed, through the mercy of God, Friday, May 21 during the week of May 16, 2021 rest in peace. 8:00am—Sylvia Ruffino, Joseph J. Matusiewicz, The Souls of the Faithful Departed Pray for Our Sick Weekend of May 22 & 23 as of May 11, 2021 5:00pm—Mr. & Mrs. Allahrakha Khokhar, Roy Matusiewicz, Henry & Lynn Rogge (60th wedding anniversary) Kathy Biaggio 7:30am—George Tokarczyk, Dan Matusiewicz, Sr., Dan Matusiewicz, Jr., Thomas Koral, Luigi Puglisi, Helen A. Novak (A) Alyce Martinez 9:30am—William & Mary Coyne, Phillip Coyne, Albert Edward Kozak, baby Isaac Blomeke Susan Bapilio, Mary Lydon, Kieran & Sarah Ridge, Joseph Khoury, Mona Tannous (A) Ryan Kelsey 11:30am—Anthony Zervos and all who are afflicted with the corona virus Mass Celebrants May 22 & 23 5:00pm—Rev. Darrio Boscutti Wedding Banns 7:30am—Rev. Darrio Boscutti Magdalena Rzepecka & Casey McLynden 9:30am—Rev. Robert Heidenreich 11:30am—Rev. Darrio Boscutti www.stedna.org 5 Worship Commission www.stedna.org/worship ROSARY GROUP Anniversaries! Deacon Joseph Yannotta celebrates his 10th The Rosary Group prays year anniversary of his ordination this year. the Rosary every weeknight, beginning at 6:45 pm. Deacon Jim Pauwels celebrates his 17th year ordination anniversary. We will be “On-Line Only” until further notice. Joe was ordained on May 15, 2011. Jim was ordained on May 16, 2004. All are invited to join us to pray the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy and the Holy Rosary. Thank You, Come join us in the praying of the Rosary for the end Deacon Joe and Deacon Jim, of COVID virus! for all that you do. Contact Tomi for more information: [email protected] 847-398-7299 Parish Life Commission www.stedna.org/parishlife Stewardship Bulletin Reflection May 16, 2021 — Seventh Sunday of Easter ACTS 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26; PS 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20; 1 JN 4:11-16; JN 17:11b-19 Our readings today remind us that we are called to be set apart as disciples of Christ. In our Gospel, Jesus makes it clear that as Christian disciples, we do not belong to the world. We must stop and ask ourselves, "Who do we belong to?" We belong to our Loving and Gracious God. How we spend our time, what we do with our talents and how we spend our treasures are a good reflection of who or what we belong to. Being a disciple of Christ will not always be easy. As our early disciples experienced, “I gave them your word, and the world hated them.” But it is because we were not made for the world.