www.stguerinparish.org MISSION STATEMENT: "To do God's will as a unified, vibrant parish, and to foster an intentional relationship with Jesus through worship, witness, service, discipleship, and community." , ST. CELESTINE CHURCH ST. CYPRIAN CHURCH 3020 North 76th Court, Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707 2601 Clinton, River Grove, Illinois 60171 Phone: 708–453–2555 Fax: 708–452–0560 Phone 708–453–4800 Fax: 708–453–6141 MASSES (LIMIT 250) Saturday 5 PM MASSES (LIMIT 50) Sunday 7:30 AM Sunday 9 AM 10:30 AM and live–streamed on Tuesday and Thursday 8 AM Facebook and stguerinparish.org Wednesday and Friday 8 AM ST. CELESTINE SCHOOL Reconciliation Saturdays 4—4:45 PM 3017 North 77th Avenue, Elmwood Park Illinois 60707 stcelestineschool.org 708–453–8234 Please register through the website, stguerinparish.org, for weekend masses. No registration needed for weekday masses or Reconciliation. You must wear a mask, practice social distancing, and follow the direction of the ushers. Office Hours: Phones will be answered from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at St. Cyprian Monday through Friday and from 8:30 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday at St. Celestine. If no one is available to answer the phone, please leave a message and someone will call you back on the next business day. April 11, 2021 Second Sunday of Easter www.stguerinparish.org 2 ST. MOTHER THEODORE On weekends, because of the pandemic, all intentions for individual GUERIN PARISH masses are read at all the Masses at both churches. During the week Welcome! If you are new to our intentions are listed on the days when Mass is offered. churches or just visiting, please introduce yourself. We are happy SATURDAY, APRIL 10 THURSDAY, APRIL 15 to share in this celebration of the 5 PM ST. CELESTINE 8 AM ST. CYPRIAN Eucharist. If you do not have a SUNDAY, APRIL 11 +Frank Pudlo, 1st Anniversary 7:30 AM ST. CELESTINE church home, or your church is 9 AM ST. CYPRIAN FRIDAY, APRIL 16 not home to you, we are open 10:30 AM ST. CELESTINE 8 AM ST. CELESTINE to anyone looking for a spiritual 11:30 AM ST. CYPRIAN People of the Parish home. We invite you to become +Helen McCormack a part of our parish. You may +Dorothy Carey, Birthday SATURDAY, APRIL 17 register during the pandemic by +Antonio Palazzo 3 PM ST. CELESTINE calling 708–453–2555. +Pauline Cordell Savio/Sienkiewicz Wedding +John Ciszek, 5th Anniversary +Frank Pudlo 5 PM ST. CELESTINE +Frank and +John Kucera SUNDAY, APRIL 18 +Tina Santangelo, 15th 7:30 AM ST. CELESTINE Anniversary 9 AM ST. CYPRIAN +Kathleen Curran 10:30 AM ST. CELESTINE +Frank Nowinski +Craig Bastek Rosemary Hyland, Birthday +Marie Downy All offices in the parish and in +Jaime Reyes, Jr. +Frank Lucchese the school are closed until the Emily Ruvalcaba +Juan Carlos Lopez, Birthday Archdiocese gives us permission to +Fred and +Ann Berg +Louis and Juliana DaPrato and +Mary Gannon the deceased members of reopen. +Barbara Moran the DaPrato family +Patricia Bolin +Joseph Karlovitz, 17th Phones will be answered from +Karen Euse Anniversary 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at St. +Ray Callahan +Rita Cambell, Anniversary Cyprian (708–453–4800) Monday +Norb Zyk through Friday and from 8:30 AM TUESDAY, APRIL 13 +John P. Pontikis, 33rd to 5 PM Monday through Friday 8 AM ST. CYPRIAN Anniversary at St. Celestine (708–453–2555). +Frances R. Campagna +Frank Pudlo +John Rouzan +Tom McNulty If no one is available to answer +John Sullivan WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 +Fred and +Michael Hanschke the phone, please leave a 8 AM ST. CELESTINE +Angel L. Rivera, Sr., 2nd message and someone will call +Frank Pudlo, 1st Anniversary Anniversary you back on the next business day. Emily Ruvalcaba April 11, 2021 Second Sunday of Easter www.stguerinparish.org 3 FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK: FATHER PAUL CAO Divine Mercy During the pandemic on the first providing information for the This weekend we Friday of each month at 3 PM at St. website, Facebook, Instagram, celebrate the Second Celestine, we have a Holy Hour when and bulletin. Sunday of Easter, we pray the Divine Mercy chaplet. • The generous efforts of the which is Divine Mercy Sunday. parish staff—on a daily basis! Pope Saint John Paul II at the Let us pray to Jesus Our Savior for I apologize if I missed anyone. canonization of St. Faustina on April peace in the world and especially Thank you to all from the bottom 30, 2000 declared: "It is important that the pandemic will be over soon. of my heart and may God reward then that we accept the whole Let us pray that we may trust totally you for all your good work! message that comes to us from in God’s love and mercy for us. the word of God on this Second I also would like to thank you for Sunday of Easter, which from now Words of thanks I would like to attending the liturgies or watching on throughout the Church, will thank so many of you who came the livestream during Holy Week be called ‘Divine Mercy Sunday.'" to celebrate Palm Sunday, the Holy and Easter—especially to thank you So we have this celebration as Triduum and Easter Sunday. One for your generous donations and a result of the thing I have realized as a pastor in support to keep our parish running life and holiness this parish is the dedication and smoothly during this difficult time. of St. Maria service of so many people who Faustina Kowalska have worked tirelessly to make Good news The number of (1905—1938). our community of faith strong and Covid–19 cases has declined She is one more vibrant especially during the last a bit and many people have proof of what can few weeks of Lent and Easter. Now, already received the vaccine. The be accomplished I am not sure even where to begin Archdiocese has allowed lectors in only a short thanking the many people who and ushers to take collections time on earth. made the days so very beautifully and hand out bulletins. I have Beginning on and spiritually uplifting. But here seen more people feeling more February 22, is a partial list of the generous comfortable being in church now 1931, Our Lord individuals who worked extremely and that’s great news. We still began appearing to St. Faustina hard so that our celebrations might have to follow all the protocols and revealing to her a wonderful more easily raise our hearts and and procedures to create a safe message of God’s mercy for all minds to God: environment for everyone coming people. This simple, uneducated • Jeanne Schneider and Linda to church. but courageous woman was given Santelli and the sacristans, and a great mission by God, a message all of the volunteers who helped Daily and 4 PM Masses We that our world desperately needs to decorate during the Easter have added two more daily 8 AM to hear. Triduum. Masses—Thursday at St. Cyprian • The many volunteers and ushers and Friday at St. Celestine. We are At one point, Our Lord spoke to Sr. who helped before and after also preparing to bring the 4 PM Faustina and said: “Paint an image masses and services including Mass back to St. Cyprian some time according to the pattern you see, sanitizing and cleaning up. in May. We need more volunteers with the signature: Jesus, I trust • Craig Kamptner, Jeanne to help us reopen that mass. Please in You. I desire that this image be Schneider, the cantors, and all call the Rectory or Pastoral Center venerated, first in your chapel, the musicians. if you would like to help. Please and then throughout the world.” • Ruthanne Swiatkowski and the check our bulletin or website for And again: “I promise that the soul RCIA Team. more updates. that will venerate this image will • The prayerful ministry of Bishop not perish. I promise victory over Jeff Grob, Father Brendan May the Risen Christ always bless its enemies already here on earth, Guilfoil, Father Fil Ngwila, Deacon each of you and your families! especially at the hour of death, I Mike DeLarco, and Deacon Myself will defend it as My own Miguel Negron. In Prayer, glory.” • Hugo Lugo and Kim Hagerty for Fr. Paul April 11, 2021 Second Sunday of Easter www.stguerinparish.org 4 DOUBT THE PSALMS IN THE LITURGY The book of Psalms is a prayer book, hymnal, and anthology of verse all rolled into one. It contains one hundred fifty ancient songs—poem-prayers that express the joys and sorrows of the Hebrew people and their longing for God. The psalms are incredibly varied in tone. Some are solemn anthems of praise that once accompanied processions of great The desire to be able to prove Resurrection. Thomas, evidently, multitudes to the temple; others the existence of a divinity has missed out not only on seeing troubled humanity since human the Risen Christ, but receiving record the lonely cries of a faithful consciousness first became aware the Holy Spirit as well. This is not soul who feels abandoned by God of the divine. To this very day to be taken lightly and, perhaps, . we are fond of saying that any makes Thomas’ disbelief a bit This ancient prayer book of the number of things—from sunsets easier to comprehend. Hebrew people is our principal to hot fudge sundaes—are “proof prayer book as well. The psalms that there is a God.” It also makes his professing that are everywhere in the liturgy—in Jesus is his Lord and God—the the antiphons and acclamations We get so caught up in the story only time the New Testament of the Mass, and most particularly of “doubting Thomas” that we fail explicitly refers to Jesus Christ as in the responsorial psalm that to notice that today’s Gospel gives “God”—more remarkable.