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EUCHARISTIC ADORATION - Held each Thursday following the 8:00 a.m. Mass un l 6:45p.m. DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET Divine Mercy Chaplet is prayed in English eve-ryday from Monday to Friday following 8:00

a.m. Mass. Please take a short break from your busy life and join the ladies in prayers. On every Saturday right a er 8:00 a.m. Mass prayer to St. Anne is being said. Please stop by the Church and offer to God at least a few moments of your me.

   

     Monday – August 5, 2019 8:00 AM – +Louise Starkman Ann. of her death 12:00 PM (Noon) – + Edmundo Villaluz Sr & Edilbera Villaluz 7:00 PM – Mass in Polish Tuesday – August 6—FEAST OF THE TRANSFUGIRATION OF THE LORD 8:00 AM – Mass in English 12:00 PM (Noon) – +Nina Timones rq. Emma 7:00 PM – Mass in Polish Wednesday- August 7, 2019 8:00 AM – +Tom & Rosalie Anastos 12:00 PM (Noon) – Mass in English 7:00 PM – Mass in Polish Thursday- August 8, 2019 8:00 AM – +Edwardo Timones rq. Emma 12:00 PM (Noon) – +Peter Carave e 7:00 PM – Mass in Polish Friday- August 9 — Memorial of St. Dominic 8:15 AM – Mass in English 12:00 PM (Noon) – +Angelo Carave e rq. Family 7:00 PM – Mass in Polish Saturday- August 10 — Feast of St. Lawrance 7:00 AM – Mass in Polish 8:00AM - +Jerzy Fey Ann. of his death 5:00 PM – Blessings and Thanksgiving for Priest and Sisters Sunday – August 11, 2019 7:00 AM – Mass in Polish 8:30 AM – Blessings for our Volunteers 10:00AM - +Jina Macejak 10:15 AM – o Boże błogosławieństwo oraz opiekę Matki

Najświętszej dla członków Kół Żywego Różańca, ich rodzin oraz ks. kapelana oraz zmarych członków Kół Żywego Różańca z naszej parafii, a szczególnie zmarłych w ostatnim roku: Józefę Curyło i Genowefę Kaczocha i Melanię Nowak

Jarosława Świątek, Janinę Borek 12:30 PM – +Jesus Villaluz & Edwardo Villaluz Jr. 3:00 PM – Za parafian i dobrodziejów naszej parafii 5:00 PM- Blessings and thanksgiving for all we received from

God 7:00PM – Mass in Polish

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Mass Intentions The sanctuary lamps this week are lit for:

Marriage Banns

+Jerzy & Teodozja Fey

Welcome to St. Ferdinand Parish

If you are new to our church or just visi ng, please stop and introduce yourself. We are pleased to have you share in this celebra on of the Eucharist. If you do not have home, or if your church is not home to you, we invite you to become part of ourparish family.

Please call or stop by our parish office to register 773-622-5900. We are glad you are here and hope you will join us.

DEVOTIONS

Please remember to pray for the souls of all our faithful departed, especially:

Adam Wrona

Rest in Peace

Mateusz Kozlowski and Amanda Sek Norbert Najbar and Samantha Liszewska

Albert Iskra and Magdalena Grajdura

Rafal Kuczynski and Jolanta Deryniowska

July 28, 2019

    

LITURGICAL MINISTRIES

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

B. Koziol

Remember in Prayer As members of the parish faith community, it is our responsibility to remember both in concrete and spiritual ways those who cannot celebrate with us each week because they are ill. Those who are sick in turn, remember all of us daily in their prayers and in their sufferings.

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Our Stewardship of Treasure

Geraldine Mack Agnes Coco Isabell Beyer Deadra Kusek Laverne Greco Steve Johns Anna DeBold Mary Hal n Veena Bhat Frances Skrabacz Marion Watermann Joseph Biancalana Sr. Joseph Biancalana Grace Miceli Dolly D’Agos no Julia Szyelik Jim Jezuit George Keehn Donald Trainor Maureen Keith Dolly Aloisio Michael Spano Judy Fahey Lee Ready Jadwiga Glowacz Petronella Latuszek Jack Fahey Jany Aloisio Margery Janz Chris ne Gross Helen Szostak Be y Hotcaveg Mary Lynn Remijan Wiliam Remijan Arle e Prasteher Richard Wojcichowski

Frank De Marco Stefan Wiśniewski John Brown Elaine M. Budzisz Sco Paterson Nick Arnold Barbara McFarlin Larry Wojtan Jack Stansbeary Gloria Tello Aleksandra Donohue Julia Ma ucci Laura Naggo Joel Rivera Eileen Mele Maria Toporek Frances Planthaber Magdalena Gruber Dawn Pasko Nevile Steiser Stanley Podgorny Anna & Timothy McFarlin Mary Kay Masco Teri & Fred Bauer Kathleen Barr Barbara Alderson Veronica Segopva Barbara Alterson Julia Swanson

Steve Esposito Jessica Jurczykowski Violet Del Vechio Magdalena Gruber Paul K. Kaiser

PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE SERVING IN THE MILITARY

SA Andrew Rios

If you have a loved one serving in the military, please contact

the rectory office to give us the name of the soldier, so the

whole parish can pray for your loved one .

Our sincere THANK YOU to all who give their me to keep our church clean and to those who keep our altar linens cleaned and pressed. Thank you for your

faithfulness. We are deeply grateful for your me and talents given to our parish. May God bless you abundantly!

MASS TIME LECTOR

5:00PM J. Lohrmann

8:30 AM

10:00 AM (chapel)

5:00PM

S. Pasko

J. Banez, A. Groeper, M. Barnhart, J. McGinniss, P. Macias

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10th

SUNDAY, AUGUST 11th

T. Czosnyka, R. Pasko

R. Abarro 12:30 PM

J. Portenlanger

D. Lasiewicz, E. DeLeon

C. Trujilo

S. Kass, J. Zarate

We invite anyone able to help with the church cleaning. Please join us weekly on Mondays at 5:00 pm and

Fridays at 10:00 am. Thank you!

Envelopes: $4,919.00 Loose: $2,824.00

TOTAL: $7,743.00

Thank you for sharing your „TREASURE” with St. Ferdinand Parish

BÓG ZAPŁAĆ!

PLEASE REMEMBER ST. FERDINAND PARISH IN YOUR WILL

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How I began to believe that the Eucharist really is Jesus It actually was Bob Dylan who got me started ... When friends told me in college that they believed that the Eucharist at Mass is not bread anymore but really Jesus Christ, truly present, I didn’t understand them. “You mean you believe the bread recalls Christ at his Last Supper, right?” I said. No, they said. They didn’t believe there was any bread there at all, a er the consecra on. There was just Jesus. He only looked like bread. Once I understood what they were saying, I thought they were crazy. In all my years a ending the Catholic church, I had never been taught anything of the kind. So first, they had to convince me the Church actually believes this. Today, the Catechism exists, and it makes this doctrine very clear. But there was no Catechism back then — and so no simple way to find out if you were hearing

real Church doctrine or someone’s peculiar ideas. I think they looked it up in Ludwig O ’s book to prove it to me. Whatever they did, I begrudgingly believed that the “Real Presence” was a real thing. Stuff we Catholics did made more sense a er that — genuflec ng before ge ng into the pew, the priests cleaning the sacred vessels, and the many rules governing who can receive Communion. Once I was convinced that the Real Presence was a real doctrine, however, I s ll thought it was crazy. Why would God want to take on the appearance of bread? Why would he want to be eaten? Bob Dylan helped me understand. A er losing my faith in high school, I only became open to Chris anity again because of Bob Dylan. I had bought all of his albums, and loved them all — even the Chris an ones. In the tle song from his album Saved, Dylan concisely summed up his Protestant beliefs this way: “I was blinded by the devil / Born already ruined / Stone-cold dead / As I stepped out of the womb / By His grace I have been touched / By His word I have been healed / By His hand I’ve been delivered / By His Spirit I’ve been sealed / I’ve been saved / By the blood of the Lamb.” And then he repeated it: “Saved, by the blood of the Lamb.” I bought what he said — to a point. I saw how Dylan could be “born already ruined.” We are all connected by blood to Adam, and so his decision to align himself with sin defined me just as one grandfather’s move from Kansas to Arizona and the other grandfather’s move from El Salvador to Mexico. But how could Jesus’ blood get from Pales ne two millennia ago to save Bob Dylan, or me, today? It does so spiritually, the Protestants believe. But I couldn’t believe in that. God did things in a much more natural way than that in every other instance I knew of. If God wanted the blood of Jesus to reverse what I had inherited from the blood of Adam, I thought, that blood had to actually be in me. And that’s when I got it. “Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life with in you,” Jesus said, “For my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.” He scared people with that kind of talk, reports John— but he meant it. The apostles must have been relieved when they realized the role bread and wine would play in this inges on of blood. St. Paul described it a couple decades a er the Last Supper, in about the year 53. That was it. You were saved by the blood of Jesus directly — not spiritually. Even Bob Dylan seemed to acknowledge it later in his career, when, a er leaving his Chris an sect, he sang, “I never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine.” Scriptures filled out the picture for me. One in par cular. Lots of Scriptures suddenly take on new life, when you see that God is preparing the way for the Eucharist: Melchizedek’s bread and wine, the Manna in the desert, the Passover Lamb and the mul plica on of the loaves. But one made the most sense to me for the first me: The supper at Emmaus. In the story, Jesus meets two of his disciples a er his death. They don’t recognize him un l he breaks bread — then he disappears. That never sounded real to me. Again, I didn’t like spiritualizing Jesus. He did earthy miracles, with water and spit and mud. He didn’t do magician’s tricks like vanishing into thin air. But I was willing to admit he would do something odd like that if he was trying to communicate something earthy. But what was he trying to communicate? The Eucharist makes it clear: I am no longer with you in this form (my body) but in this form (bread). And so, I believed. And s ll do. Tom Hoopes www.aleteia.org

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Tolton Pilgrimage: From Birth to Burial Friday, September 13 – Sunday, September 15, Quincy, IL – Brush Creek, MO Bishop Perry will be the primary spiritual director of our pilgrimage. Es mated cost of pilgrimage and registra on is available through tolton.archchicago.org/events.

Tolton Gala Saturday, October 5, 2019, 3 p.m. St. Igna us Prep, Tully Hall 1076 West Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL 60608 Dona on of $100 per person includes free parking,dinner, entertainment, and silent auc on. Registra on details available through tolton.archchicago.org/events. PARISH CALENDAR MEETING

Tuesday, August 20, 2019 All Heads of parish groups and organizations are invited to Parish Cal-endar Meeting on August 20, 2019 at 7:30PM in the School Cafeteria. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend.

SEEKING PAST CHOIR MEMBERS! September 1, 2019 We are looking for all past members of the St. Ferdinand Folk Choir, Contemporary Choir, and Chapel Choir, which was the group that began in 1969 and evolved through several name changes until October of 2019. We will be celebrating (nearly) 50 years of music ministry on September 1, 2019 with a celebration at the 10am chapel mass, a reception afterward, and a 2:00pm concert in the chapel of our most beloved music. We are especially

interested in connecting with former singers, musicians, and directors who would like to sing for mass and/or perform in the concert. You may find us through the Facebook event page by searching for "St. Ferdinand Chapel

Choir 50th Anniversary" or by emailing Cathy (Paul) McManamon at ferdsGS@comcast.net.

We also appreciate your help in forwarding this information to anyone you know from the choir who may not see this bulletin announcement.

Summer @ the Seminary Young Adult Gathering Young adults and young families are invited to the campus of Mundelein Seminary for an a ernoon of summer fun on Saturday, August 10. The free event includes campus tours, Mass with Father John Kartje and a cookout dinner. Reserve

ckets here: www.usml.edu/summer MASS INTENTIONS

f you would like to have a Mass said for some-one, please contact the Parish Office 773-622-

5900 ex. 225. We will help you with the dates and times which are available. The stipend or offering given, signifies the sacrificial nature of giving of something of yourself to associate more intimately with Christ who offers himself in the Eucharist.

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Join us on Monday, August 19th for our Back to School Ice Cream Social / Meet the Teacher Night! 6:00pm - 7:30pm, in the courtyard by the main entrance (inside Ac vity Center if rain). This is a great opportunity to meet your teachers, fellow stu-dents, drop off your school supplies, and enjoy a cool ice cream treat! All families a ending can enter to win a $25 gi cer fi-cate to Dennis Uniform. See you there!

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THIS WEEK AT ST. FERDINAND

PARISH

BULLETIN ARTICLES DEADLINE — The deadline for bulle n ar cles is 3:00 p.m. on the previous Friday preceding the Sunday of publica on. All ar cles can be can emailed to: bulle n@sain erdinand.org or drop it off at the

CHICAGO CATHOLIC — Newspaper of the Archdiocese of

Chicago. Subscribe online or by email :

circula on@chicagocatholic.com .

Monday, August 5, 2019

10:00AM — Friendship Club (Convent)

6:00PM — Troop #51 (JTC)

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

NO EVENTS

Wednesday — August 7, 2019

5:00PM — OL of Perpetual Help Novena (Church)

7:30pm— Baptism Prep Classes in English (Church)

Thursday — August 8, 2019

2:30PM — Jr. Legion of Mary Adoration (Church)

6:00PM — Cub Scouts (JTC)

Friday — August 9, 2019

NO EVENTS

Saturday — August 10, 2019

6:00PM — AA Meeting (Convent)

Sunday— August 11, 2019

8:00AM — Rosary Group Meeting (JTC)

12:30PM — Baptism in English (Church)

THE SCHOOL OFFICE is open during the

summer. Office Hours are Monday—Thursday,

9:00AM—1:00PM. Please note that the office will

not be open of Friday

Candlelight Rosary : Aug. 14; 7:30 p.m., St. Paul of the Cross Church, 320 S. Washington St., Park Ridge; for informa on, visit spc-church.org. St. Peregrine Healing Mass : second Saturday of the month in Spanish, third Saturday of the month in English, 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica, 3121 W. Jackson Blvd.; call 773-638-5800 ext. 19 or email tarnie a@yahoo.com. Scholarship available : The Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women offers a $1,000 per year scholarship renewable for four years to a young Catholic woman, currently a high school senior; rules/criteria and applica on are available for download at www.accwchicago.org/scholarship; call the ACCW office at 312-534-8330 with ques ons. St. Vincent de Paul/Resurrec on Church : needs men’s clothing, jeans, hiking boots, belts, sleeping bags, jackets, hand tools, 3043 N. Francisco Ave., call Mrs. Moore for pick-up, at 773-478-9705.

Women’s Center : Main office at 5116 N. Cicero Avenue, is looking for volunteers to answer phones and other tasks, call Terry Jones at 773-794-4771 or email tjones@gotwc.org.

Chicago Shares : Chicago-based non-profit provides food and personal items to the city's homeless and needy through a unique voucher program; seeking volunteers to help with publicity, especially social media; for informa on visit chicagoshares.org. St. Zachary Augus est : Aug. 8-11; St. Zachary Parish, 567 W. Algonquin Road, Des Plaines; free entertainment and parking; free weekend admission from 1-3 p.m.; a er 3 p.m. is $3 per person, children under 12 free; carnival rides, children's entertainment, games, Bingo, Aug. 8, 6-9 p.m.; Aug. 9, 6-10:30 p.m.; Aug. 10, 3-10:30 p.m.; Aug. 11, 3-8 p.m.; food and drink; for informa on, call 847-956-7020 or visit saintzachary.org. Sisters of the Living Word Founder’s Day and Summerfest : Aug. 11, 1-4 p.m., Living Word Center, 800 N. Fernandez Ave., Arlington Heights; free hot dogs, chips and ice cream; entertainment by Banjo Buddies; RSVP by Aug. 4. For informa on, visit slw.org or call 847-577-5972. Divorce support group : most Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., hosted by the St.Giles Separated and Divorce Ministry; in the Dore Parish Center Living Room; for informa on or to RSVP, contact Chris Malagoli at 708-912-4378 or cvmalagoli@yahoo.com or Olivia Molloy at 708-996-2482 or Livvymolloy51@gmail.com.

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August 4, 2019 • Luke 12:13-21  

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XXXII PIESZA POLONIJNA PIELGRZYMKA MARYJNA CHICAGO—MERRILLVILLE 10-11 SIERPNIA 2019 Piesza Pielgrzymka jest wydarzeniem religijnym podejmowanym z pobudek religijnych. Należy ją przeżywać w duchu modlitwy, wzajemnego szacunku, życzliwości, braterskiej pomocy i dyscypliny. Wzajemne odnoszenie się pielgrzymów do siebie powinn być oparte na chrześcijańskim przykazaniu miłości Boga i bliźniego. Pielgrzymka ma również charakter pokutny. W takim duchu pielgrzymi znoszą trudy pieszego pielgrzymowania oraz wszelkie pojawiające się niedogodności Pielgrzym powinien brać czynny udział w programie pielgrzymki (Msza Św., modlitwy. słuchanie konferencji, itp.)

Uczestników Pielgrzymki obowiązuje właściwy ubiór – skromny, stosowny do religijnego charakteru pielgrzymki. Wszelkie transparenty, stroje i symbole muszą być zaakceptowane przez organizatorów – nie wolno używać Pielgrzymki do

propagowania jakichkolwiek idei niezgodnych z nauką Kościoła

OPŁATY: $ 45 – całość pielgrzymki; $ 30 (jeden dzień –-> tylko na niedzielę), $25 – dziecko do lat 10

PLAN: Sobota, 10 Sierpnia 5.30 am – Zbiórka 6.00 am – Wyjazd autobusów z kościołów (kościół św. Alberta- Burbank, kościół św. Ferdynanda, Bazylika św. Jacka w Chicago, św. John Brebeuf w Niles) 7.30 am – Msza św w Kościele św. Michała (8235 S South Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60617) przewodniczy ks. Prałat Zbigniew Kras – Kapelan Prezydenta RP Pielgrzymka wyrusza po Mszy Świętej — Pierwszy dzień pielgrzymki kończymy w Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Ludźmierskiej w Muster (Carmelite Fathers)1628 Ridge Road Munster, IN 46321

Niedziela, 11 Sierpnia 7:00 am – wyruszamy z Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Ludźmierskiej 2:00 pm – Uroczysta Msza św. Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Częstochowskiej – przewodniczy ks. Prałat Zbigniew Kras – Kapelan Prezydenta RP Po Mszy św., będzie można nabyć posiłki (na koszt własny) w miejscach do tego przeznaczonych 6:00 pm (około) – Wyjazd autobusów do Chicago 7.30 pm (około) – Planowany przyjazd do Chicago (pod kościoły: św. Alberta, św. Ferdynanda, św. Jacka, św. John Brebeuf)

Szczegółowe informacje dostępne są na stronie www.polonijnapielgrzymka.com

Zapisy na pielgrzymkę odbywają się do 8 sierpnia w następujących miejscach:

W DNI POWSZEDNIE: Księgarnia “Źródło” - 5517 W. Belmont Ave. Chicago, IL – (773) 282-4278 (9.30am – 7pm) Polamer: 4747 N Harlem Ave, Harwood Heights, IL W NIEDZIELE (4 sierpnia): CHICAGO – Kościoły: Kościół św. Ferdynanda – 5900 W. Barry St. Chicago, IL (773) 622-5900 (również w tygodniu do 8 sierpnia) Kościół św. Franciszka Borgii – 8033 W. Addison St., Chicago, IL 60634 – (773) 625-1118 (również w tygodniu do 8 sierpnia) Bazylika św Jacka – 3636 W. Wolfram St. Chicago, IL – (773) 342-3636 Kościół św Konstancji – 5843 W. Strong St. Chicago, IL – (773) 545-8581 wew. 0 (również w tygodniu do 8 sierpnia) Kościół św. Trójcy – 1118 N. Noble St.Chicago, IL – (773) 489-4140 Jezuicki Ośrodek Milenijny – 5835 W. Irving Park Rd. Chicago, IL – (773) 777-7000 (również w tygodniu do 8 sierpnia)

MSZA ŚW. ZA OJCZYZNĘ — SOBOTA 10 SIERPNIA Serdecznie zapraszamy na Mszę św. za Ojczyznę, w sobote, 10 sierpnia o godz 7:00 wieczorem, podczas której modlimy się za naszą Ojczyznę Polskę. SPOTKANIE KALENDARZOWE 20 sierpnia Wszystkich przewodniczących grup oraz organizacji działających przy naszej parafii zapraszamy na spotkanie kalndarzowe 20 sierpnia na godz. 7.30 wieczorem do szkolnej kafeterii. Podczas spotkania zostanie ustalony kalendarz na rok 2020.

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OFIARA MSZY ŚWIĘTYCH Eucharys a jest „źródłem i zarazem szczytem całego życia chrześcijańskiego”. To z niej płyną niezliczone łaski. Zgodnie ze starą tradycją Kościoła, owoce Mszy Świętej możemy aplikować w jakiejkolwiek godziwej intencji. Można je więc ofiarowywać w intencjach żywych i zmarłych; w potrzebach własnych, Kościoła czy świata itp. Jedyny warunek jest ten, aby intencja była godziwa. Nie można bowiem ofiarowywać owoców Mszy Świętej w intencjach z natury swej złych, np. życząc komuś czegoś złego. W praktyce duszpasterskiej naszych parafii najczęstszym zwyczajem jest aplikowanie Mszy Świętych za zmarłych. W ostatnich jednak czasach, widać coraz mniejsze „zainteresowanie” wiernych tą formą modlitwy wstawienniczej za zmarłych. W jaki bowiem sposób mogą ci, którzy odeszli już z tego świata, wypraszać miłosierdzia Bożego. Składajmy jałmużnę za zmarłych, zamawiając intencję Mszy św. Odświeżmy w swojej pamięci zapomnianą tradycję zamawiania mszy sw. za zmarłych. Zmarli nas bardzo potrzebują, a my potrzebujemy ich nieustannego wstawiennictwa. Każda modlitwa jest kluczem do Bożych łask, zarówno dla dusz czyśćcowych, jak i dla nas, przez ich orędownictwo u Boga. INTENCJE MSZY ŚW. W NASZEJ PARAFII MOŻNA ZAMAWIAC W ZAKRYSTII LUB W BIURZE PARAFIALNYM.

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W dniach 28 i 29 sierpnia dodatkowe zapisy na rok szkolny 2019/2020. Rejestracji można dokonać w biurze szkoły

od godziny 4:30pm 8:00pm. W tych dniach odbędzie się sprzedaż podręczników.

podstawowy program nauczania języka polskiego, historii i geografii program religijny wliczony w opłatę szkoły, a w nim przygotowanie do

sakramentów świętych zajęcia plastyczne w zróżnicowanych grupach zajęcia muzyczne kółko teatralne dla młodszych i starszych uczniów klub miłośników LEGO zajęcia wyrównawcze i pomoc w odrabianiu pracy domowej przygotowujemy młodzież do zdawania Egzaminów Certyfikatowych i Seal of

Biliteracy. Szczegółowe informacje na stronie szkoły www.polskaszkolaswferdynada.org

Zapraszamy!

Drodzy Rodzice! Nasza Polska Katolicka Szkoła im. św. Ferdynanda w Chicago

jest szkołą z tradycjami i dbamy o wszechstronny rozwój dziecka.

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Support Staff Mrs. Zofia Mazurek, Administra ve Assistant— ext. 225 Mrs. Ewelina Sokolowski, Opera ons Director Mrs. Sophie Kass, Volunteer Office Support—ex. 222 Ms. Elizabeth Ceisel-Mikowska, Bulle n Editor Mr. Paul Kolodziej, Website Editor

Liturgical Bro. Dr. James Drangsholt, Director of Music/Liturgy, Lector & EM Coordinator — ext. 247 Dcn. Irv Hotcaveg, Deacon Emeritus Ms. Jane Lohrmann, Homebound Ministers of Care Scheduler Parish Council Mrs. Sophie Kass—President, Anthony Mangiaracina, Peter Holod, MaryAnn Barnhart, Joyce McGiniss, Elizabeth Kata, Br. James Drangsholt, Tony Powers, Carmelo Trujillo, Mark Duce, John Caltagirone, Jane Lohrmann, Denis Kasprzyk, Beata Bosak, Sr. Zofia Turczyn

Parish Finance Commi ee Mr. Tom Bucaro-Chairperson, Edith Anaya, Mrs. MaryAnn Barnhart, Mr. Gene Szaban, Greg Ramel, ExOfficio Members: Mrs. Ewelina Wiszowaty, Br. James Drangsholt Parish Organiza ons and Prayer Groups Boy Scout: Mr. Vince Clemente, Coordinator Girl Scout: Mrs. Joyce McGinniss, Coordinator Fish Fry: Ms. Urszula Szaban, Coordinator (773) 901-8767

Ladies of St. Anne: Mrs. Violet DelVecchio, President Youth Group: Fr. Pawel Zazuniak, Beata Bosak (773) 758-2123 Knights of Columbus Mater Chris Council: Mr. Felipe Ovalle , Grand Knight Legion of Mary: Miss Aurora Almeida — President Legion of Mary, Juniors: Mrs. Emma Camara, President Irving Park Catholic Woman’s Club: Mrs. Dolores Schoewe Polish Altar Servers: Fr. Pawel Zazuniak English Altar Servers: Fr. Lukasz Pyka Children Ministry/Ziarno: Sr. Agnieszka Michna Polish Club of the Good Shepherd: Mr. Andrzej Parada, President Polish Rosary Group: Mrs. Helena Lesak, President Polish School Parents Assn.: Mrs. Marta Robak, President Radość: Ms. Marzena Kulesza, Music Teacher Kropeczki: Sr. Agnieszka Michna Lednica Group: Ms. Jola Wasko Polonia Ensemble: Ms. Anna Krysinski 847-529-2555 MOP: Mrs.Marta Robak 847-312-6144 St. Ferdinand Athle c: Ms. Linda Ward St. Ferdinand Polish Highlanders Club: Mr. Tadeusz Kulasik, President St. Ferdinand School Board: Mrs. MaryAnn Barnhart, Chairperson St. Vincent DePaul Society: Mr. Michael McGinniss, President The Associa on of Apostles of the Divine Mercy: Fr. Lukasz Pyka, Moderator Ushers Club: Mr. Peter Holod, President Pro-Life Coordinators: Tony Mangiaracina, Helena Lesak Word of Life — Dito Camara 773-344-8514 Holy Spirit Missionary Associa on: Sr. Elwira Dziuk

ON SENDING THE RIGHT GUY, INSPIRED SCRIPTURE, AND GREG Copyright 2019 by John B. Reynolds (john@jrwrites.com)

I was up earlier than usual three Mondays back and was heading out the door for work shortly a er 5:00 AM when my cell phone sounded. I thought of the last line of a poem I wrote maybe forty years ago now: “Nothing good befalls early morning calls.” It was Maria asking if my wife Gail and I could get over to her Aunt Manira’s house right away, and telling us that she’d be there soon. Seems Manira had found her husband Greg--Gail’s brother--nonresponsive that morning. She immediately called Maria and 911. Maria immediately called 911, too, then me. When Gail and I arrived ten minutes later, the paramedics were s ll at work, but they couldn’t bring Greg back. He was 69. Manira was inconsolable in that dawn madness. A Park Ridge police officer whose name escapes me was the first responder, arriving right a er the first 911 call. He went through his revival techniques before the paramedics showed up moments later. The officer told me that they in turn went through their resuscita on protocol mul ple

mes, but to no posi ve end (the paramedics later told us this directly). Finally, the officer told me that Manira--who I came to learn tried to resuscitate Greg herself before help arrived--had done everything she could, and everything right. It may take years for her to fully understand and appreciate this. Some mes, I guess, we just don’t wake up. The officer told me that his team works with religious affilia ons offering chaplain services at mes such as these. Knowing that Greg and Manira some mes joined us for Midnight Mass, I asked for a priest. His name escapes me, too, but soon a Polish priest from St. Paul of the Cross showed up. He pulled back the sheet covering Greg’s

body, anointed his forehead with oil, and asked God to guide him home. Powerful. Then, just before leaving, he no ced a small Venezuelan flag on the front room mirror. He asked Manira if she was from there. When she said yes, he launched into prayers in Spanish, and Manira responded in turn. When God sends a priest, God sends a priest. And when God inspires Scripture, God inspires Scripture. From

Ecclesiastes, “Here is one who has labored with wisdom and

knowledge and skill, and yet to another who has not labored over it,

he must leave property.” How topical: Greg was a den st--an excellent

one--for decades. Next, Jesus tells of the man with a plen ful harvest

who tears down his barns to build larger ones to be er store his grain

so he could then eat, drink and be merry for years and years to come.

When God demands his life that very night, Jesus says “Thus will it be

for all who store up treasure for themselves but are not rich in what

ma ers to God.” I came to learn about a week before Greg’s death

that he did not embrace the faith as I thought he did. OK. But if anyone

in his or her life me was rich in the things that ma er to God--love,

compassion, friendship, family--Gregory Weathers, DDS was. Yes,

some mes we just don’t wake up. I believe with all my heart, though,

that when we fall asleep rich in the things that ma er to God, God

knows, and God does precisely as the Spanish-speaking Polish priest

from St. Paul of the Cross implored on Greg’s behalf on that sad, sad

Monday morning. I believe that God does indeed guide us home.

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MASS TIMES ENGLISH POLISH

Weekdays W ciągu tygodnia 8:00 AM & 12:00 Noon 7:00 PM

Saturdays Sobota 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM (Vigil) 7:00 AM

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