Twelfth Sunday June 20, 2021 in Ordinary Time by Michelangelo, 1506 The Holy Family , or The Doni Tondo Happy Father's Day 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, “He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, Quiet! Be still!” One of the more familiar biblical scenes is the one captured in this weekend’s gospel. Jesus appears to be sound a sleep while the boat he and the apostles are in is being assaulted by a violent storm. Jesus brings calm to the turbulent waters. Most of us have some part of our lives that is besieged to a degree by troubled waters. Our health, financial worries, or a family member struggling. It does not take much for our sense of calm to be upended. Since the announcement that our state was entering Phase 5, I have felt a calming of the troubled waters that were a result of the pandemic. While we are not over it, with the passing of each day, an emergence of confidence that Covid is behind us is reassuring. Jerry Boland, Pastor For me, my faith was a source to great strength navigating all that transpired since the pandemic began. Whether it is a pandemic or a personal struggle, our faith can calm the troubled waters like nothing else. I am convinced we will emerge as a stronger parish because of the challenges we had to face. We have begun the daunting task of reopening. There are all sorts of unintended consequences as we return but we are moving forward. I had the wonderful opportunity to preside at Mass this week at Chestnut Square. We have several parishioners who live there, and it was such a blessing to see folks I have not seen in a year and a half. This weekend the 9:30 Playdium Mass returns to McDonnell Hall. The 7:30 am Sunday morning Mass returns on July 4. The 6:30 am daily Mass returns on Monday, July 12. There are some adaptions we need to make out of an abundance of caution. We will be unable to have communion in the cup, hearing confessions in the confessionals and the communion service pre-ceding the 6:30 Mass. I also want to encourage all of us to be aware that people are at different levels of comfort with the reopening process. There are those who are concerned we are moving to fast and others that we are moving to slow. I am committed to being as sensitive to everyone as we re- engage parish life. We had our first meeting of the Renew My Church grouping at St. Norbert. We were introduced to the vision of this strategic plan and the need for every parish to reflect on its blessings and the challenges that must be faced as we build a new reality of a vibrant, life giving Church. One the key challenges of the Glenbrook Grouping (OLPH, St. Catherine and the Catholic Community of Northbrook) is the task of evangelization. All parishes have experienced significant declines in mass attendance, pre-COVID. The challenge of the post-COVID Church is to reach out to many who have drifted away after months of restrictions on public worship. This weekend we observe Father’s Day. Fathers matter. We celebrate the men in our life that provide, encourage and witness their faith. Happy Father’s Day! May your week be blessed! Fr. Jerry Boland 2 June 20, 2021 • olphglenview.org seek, share, rejoice - news & events Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help - June 27 To give thanks to our patroness for her protection during this The Meaning of the Icon challenging year, our priests will recognize the feast of Our Mother of Icons are meant to help us connect directly with God. Each element Perpetual Help at all Masses on Sunday, June 27. This feast day is for has a specific meaning. As you contemplate the icon, its beauty and the miraculous Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. meaning will slowly unfold before you. The tapestry that hangs over our Tabernacle in the Lady Chapel is an • The Greek letters: inspired reproduction made of metallic fabrics, detailed embroidery - ΜΡ θΥ = Mother of God and precious gemstones. - O AP M = the Archangel Michael; to Mary’s right - O AP I O = the Archangel Gabriel; to Mary’s left Brief History - IC XC = Jesus Christ; below Archangel Gabriel The image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help was venerated centuries ago • Mary’s eyes, filled with compassion and love, are directed toward in Crete and from there sailed to Rome. Who created it or when, we us. Our Lady’s gaze is fixed on us, her children on earth. She is our don’t know. A private family held the image until the Blessed Mother source of constant comfort and hope. appeared to the little girl of the household and told her she wished • Our Lady is clothed in the colors of virgins (red) and of mothers her picture to be placed in a church, “between my beloved Church of (blue). St. Mary Major and that of my beloved son, St. John [Lateran].” • Jesus, depicted as a young boy, wears the colors of a king. • The star on Mary’s veil reminds us that she is the dawn announcing In 1499, the picture was exposed for veneration in St. Matthew the coming of Christ. Church, midway between Sts. Mary Major and John Lateran, where • Our Lady’s hands hold her Son securely, and her right hand directs it remained for three centuries. In 1798, war destroyed the church, our gaze to Him. but the icon was preserved by Augustinian monks, who took it with • The Christ Child grasps His mother’s hand as though He is them to their new monastery in another part of the city. frightened by what He sees. • In His hurry to reach His mother, Jesus has almost lost one of His The Redemptorists came to Rome in 1855 and built the Church of sandals. He became human, like us, in all things but sin. St. Alphonsus Liguori on the site where St. Matthew Church had • On Our Lady’s left and right we see the reasons for Jesus’ fear. On the been. On April 26, 1866, the miraculous icon was carried in solemn right, Gabriel is holding a cross and four nails. On the left, Michael procession to the Church of St. Alphonsus, where it has remained is holding a lance, a pole with a sponge, and a vessel of vinegar. This ever since. Over the centuries, countless healings and special graces vision of the instruments of the crucifixion has driven the Child to have been attributed to it. His mother’s protective embrace. A Prayer to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Most holy Virgin Immaculate, our perpetual help, our Mother Mary: You are the mother of Our Lord; the queen of the universe; the advocate, the hope, and the refuge of sinners. We, who are in great need of your Son’s grace, have recourse this day to you. Our parish is most grateful for the many graces you have bestowed upon us in the past. We place in you our prayers for our eternal salvation. Accept us as your children and shelter us under your mantle, you who are the mother of mercy. From you we ask for a true love of your Son, Jesus Christ. Through you, we hope to die a holy death. My dear Mother, by the love you bear to Almighty God, we pray that you assist us always, but most of all at the last moment of our lives. Mary, conceived without sin, continue to be our Mother of Perpetual Help. Amen. June 20, 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. Attn: Fitz Craan (This facility services the community of St. Sabina’s) Watch the Bulletin for further details. St Phlip Neri (Newly named, St. Joseph of Bakhita) 2132 E. 72nd St. Chicago, IL 60649 Attn: Meisha Robinson Current Need for Gift Cards Sharing Room Remains on Shutdown Our Lady of Tepeyac (OLT) recently merged with two Please do not leave donations of food, clothing or other neighboring parishes and the items outside the Sharing Room door. We are on total new parish, which occupies shutdown and there are no volunteers to work through these OLT grounds, has been named donations.