A Ministry of the Conventual Franciscan Friars, St. Bonaventure Province

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M I S S I O N

S T A T E M E N T

To serve the Gospel and the Church by forming Eucharistic disciples in prayer,

evangelization, works of mercy, and Marian consecration in the spirit of St. Maximilian Kolbe.

“Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury.”

– Mark 12:43

NOVEMBER 7, 2021 | 32ND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

Clergy & Religious

Rector & GuardianFr. Benedict La Volpe, OFM, CONV.

Sacristan Br. Augustine Kelly, OFM, CONV.

Assistant Sacristan Br. Tarcisius Bucca, OFM, CONV.

Permanent DeaconDcn. Tom Gaida

Gift Shop Assistant Manager Br. Don Thielsen, OFM CONV.

Franciscan Friars Fr. Bernard Geiger, OFM CONV

Fr. Arturo Felix, OFM CONV

Br. Ayub Mwenda, OFM CONV.Br. Charles Madden, OFM CONV.Br. David Wagner, OFM CONV.Fr. Emilian Catalin, OFM CONV.Fr. Kris Smigielski, OFM CONV.Br. Tom Hercegovics, OFM CONV.

Vocation Director St. Bonaventure Province Fr. Hans Flondor, OFM CONV.

Ministries

Spanish Ministry Fr. Marcelino Peña Tadeo, OFM CONV.

Polish Ministry Fr. Kris Smigielski, OFM CONV.

Marytown Prison Ministry Spiritual AssistantFr. Emilian Catalin, OFM CONV.

Secular Franciscan Order Spiritual DirectorBr. Don Thielsen, OFM CONV.

Sacred Music DirectorJacob Heidel

Marytown Staff

Retreat & Conference Center ManagerChris Gremore

Gift Shop AdministratorStephanie Santa

Director of Development Meg Bonham

Business Manager Dave Sullivan

Facilities Manager Jim Butts

Information Technology & Media Services ManagerPeter Ptak

Communications & Graphic DesignBulletin Editor Dcn. Tom Gaida

Data Services & Volunteer CoordinatorCatalina Welsch

Bookkeeper Lorrie Zurek

Shrine InformationEUCHARISTIC ADORATIONJoin in adoration of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament and become a committed adorer. Spend one hour each week in the presence of our Lord. Sign up cards and specifi c hours in need of Adorers are in the back of the Chapel.

PRIVATE PRAYER The Shrine Chapel is open 24 hours a day for private prayer and devotions.

NEW COVENANT ROSARYTemporarily suspended during pandemicThe New Covenant Rosary is prayed each Thursday after the Noon Mass in the Sorrowful Mother Chapel

ROSA MYSTICA PRAYER GROUPThe Rosa Mystica Prayer Group meets each Thursday at 10:15 AM–NOON

MI VILLAGE PRAYER GROUPMeets in the St. Bonaventure Room on the third Sunday of each month from 5:15-6:30PM

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIESVisit our website at KolbeShrine.org and click on Resources > Get Involved > Volunteer or call Catalina at 847-367-7800, ext. 260

GIFT SHOP HOURS9:00 AM–5:00 PM Monday–Friday9:00 AM–4:00 PM SaturdayCLOSED Sunday24/7 Online MarytownGiftShop.com

MONDAY–FRIDAY7:30 AM Offi ce of Readings and Morning Prayer 10:00–11:00 AM Confessions (English)11:45 AM Midday PrayerNoon Holy Mass3:00 PM Divine Mercy Chaplet5:00 PM Evening Prayer6:00–7:00 PM Confessions (English & Spanish)7:00 PM Evening Devotions* Monday, Tuesday (St. Anthony), Thursday and Friday; Wednesday & First Friday (Holy Mass)

SATURDAY8:00 AM Morning Prayer11:45 AM Midday PrayerNoon Holy Mass

SUNDAY8:30 AM Solemn Lauds Morning Prayer9:00 AM Holy Mass11:00 AM Holy Mass1:00 PM Holy Mass Spanish*

(First Sunday of the month)1:00 PM Holy Mass Polish*

(Last Sunday of the month)7:00 PM Solemn Vespers and Benediction

*Schedule varies on Holy Days and Holidays.

REGULAR CHAPEL SCHEDULE*

Feasts &

Memorials

FOR THE WEEK OFNOV 7, 2021

Sun, Nov 7 32nd Sunday of Ordinary TimeMon, Nov 8 Saint John Duns ScotusTue, Nov 9 Dedication of the Lateran BasilicaWed, Nov 10 Saint Leo the GreatThur, Nov 11 Saint Martin of ToursFri, Nov 12 Saint JosaphatSat, Nov 13 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini

Onward! Christian Soldiers!

We commemorate Veterans Day each year on November 11; a day set aside to publicly acknowledge the men and women of the United

States Armed Forces and their family members. Additionally on this Veterans Day, we observe the 103rd anniversary of the Armistice of 1918, which marked the offi cial end of the First World War. As Americans, we are obliged to pray as “one Nation under God” for our service men and women and call to mind the sacrifi ces they render, so that the peoples of the globe, you, and I may know life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Let us not fall short in our duty to pray for our Veterans, both living and deceased, and beg Our Blessed Lord, the Prince of Peace, to bestow His peace on their souls, in our homes, on America and her allies, and on the world.

VeteransDAY

“The Third Person of the Holy Trinity. ... He it is who transforms men’s souls into temples, souls won by the

redemption of Christ, adopted children of God; He makes

us heirs of the heavenly Kingdom, as St. Paul says:

“You are washed and justified in the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ and in the Spirit of our God.” It pertains to the Holy Spirit until the end of the world to form the new

members of the Mystical Body of Christ’s predestined.”

of St. MaximilianExcerpts from Will to Love:

Refl ections for Daily Living by St. Maximilian Kolbe,

"Prophet of the Civilization of Love"

N O V E M B E R V O C A T I O N

P R A Y E RLet us pray that we constantly keep our eyes fi xed on heaven, our ultimate calling, so that all we say and do may be for the

glory of God.

Fr. Benedict M. La Volpe, OFM CONV.Guardian & Rector of Marytown

from the pen of

Dear Pilgrims to the National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe at Marytown,

In today’s Gospel from St. Mark, Our Loving Savior Jesus points out the charity of the widow, and it almost sounds like a parable. In his 2018 Angelus address for this Sunday’s Gospel, Pope Francis teaches us:

The scribe represents important, wealthy, infl uential people; the other person—the widow—represents the least, the poor, the weak…

[Jesus] denounces the oppression of the weak carried out misleadingly on the basis of religious motivations, declaring clearly that God is on the side of the least. And to really impress this lesson on the minds of the disciples he offers them a living example: a poor widow, whose social position was irrelevant because she had no husband who could defend her rights, and therefore she became easy prey to unscrupulous creditors, because these creditors hounded the weak so they would pay them. This woman, who goes to the temple treasury to put in just two coins—all that she had left—and makes her offering by seeking to pass by unobserved, almost as if ashamed. But, in this very humility, she performs an act laden with great religious and spiritual signifi cance. That gesture full of sacrifi ce does not escape the gaze of Jesus, who instead sees shining in it the total self-giving to which he wishes to educate his disciples. [11Nov 2018]

What is our true understanding of sacrifi ce? Do we look at the examples in our own lives of sacrifi ce, for example our parents and grandparents? Or do we relish in our comfort at the cost of their sacrifi ce as the Scribes did in the time of Our Lord Jesus?

Yours in the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary!

Fr. Benedict M. La Volpe, OFM CONV.Rector & Guardian of Marytown

Readings for Sunday, November 7, 2021

1 Kgs 17:10-16Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10

Heb 9:24-28Mk 12:38-44 or 12:41-44

Sundays Weeklytransfer and enthronement

3:00PM

Pilgrim Virgin MinistryWould you like Our Lady of Fatima to visit your home? The Marytown Pilgrim Virgin Ministry involves the transfer and enthronement of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima to a different family’s home, each visitation lasting one week (Sunday to Sunday). Arrival and enthronement is at 3:00PM on Sundays.

For those who would like to schedule to have Our Lady of Fatima in their homes, please call 224-818-6232 for details.

Militia of the Immaculata (MI) 2021 Consecration Preparation Classes Have you ever considered consecrating yourself to Mary? Consecrate yourselves to Our Lady through the worldwide Militia of the Immaculata (MI) movement, founded by Saint Maximilian Kolbe.

The spirit of the movement is the spirit of continual conversion. When lived in the spirit of willingness and humility, the Immaculata will elevate our natural gifts and inspire us to holiness and fruitful service within the Church.

Join us for a preparation class as we discuss, why we consecrate ourselves to Mary, the role of Mary in the Church, the spirituality of St. Maximilian Kolbe behind the founding of the Militia of the Immaculata (MI), and how to prepare for Marian Consecration.Please note that this is a class to inform and help assist those who are discerning consecration to Our Lady. The actual consecration ceremony for those who choose to follow through, will take place on a selected Marian feast day.

Registration is required. To register, please contact Deacon Tom Gaida at tom@KolbeShrine.org or 847-367-7800 ext. 246.

Sat, Nov 13, 2021 Founders Hall 9:00AM–10:30AM

Registration requiredThis is not a series of classes. We offer the same class four times during each calendar year and they are FREE of charge.

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MI Members are invited to join us on the 3rd Sunday of each month at Marytown for our MI Village(Prayer Meeting). We gather at 5:15 PM to pray the Rosary and refl ect on the writings of St. Maximilian Kolbe. Please contact Doug Eschbach for details at mi.village.marytown@gmail.com

S H R I N E E V E N T S

One Body

Believers who respond to God's word and become members of Christ's Body, become intimately united with him: “In that body the life of Christ is communicated to those who

believe, and who, through the sacraments, are united in a hidden and real way to Christ in his Passion and glorification” This is especially true of Baptism, which unites us to Christ’s death and Resurrection, and the Eucharist, by which “really sharing in the body of the Lord, . . . we are taken up into communion with him and with one another.”

The body’s unity does not do away with the diversity of its members: “In the building up of Christ’s Body there is engaged a diversity of members and functions. There is only one

Spirit who, according to his own richness and the needs of the ministries, gives his different gifts for the welfare of the Church.” The unity of the Mystical Body produces and stimulates charity among the

faithful: “From this it follows that if one member suffers anything, all the members suffer with him, and if one member is honored, all the members together rejoice.” Finally, the unity of the Mystical Body triumphs over all human divisions: “For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” (CCC 790-791)

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The Book of the Names of the DeadFollowing the ancient tradition within the Church of offering prayers for the faithful departed, all are invited to enter the names of their deceased loved ones who died this past year into The Book of the Names of the Dead, to be prayed for throughout the month of November.

Let the Church Pray for Your Loved Ones!

AdorationM A RY TOW N

A P O S T O L A T EDeceased Adorers & Family Members of Adorers

November 1, 2020 – October 31, 2021During November we especially remember the following in our prayers and petitions:

Come and spend one hour every week with Jesus, adoring Him and resting in His presence in the Blessed Sacrament. Our chapel is open for adoration twenty-four

hours a day, seven days a week for people to come in and pray. Help us maintain this vital ministry and sign up to spend one hour every week in adoration.

To become a committed adorer...

VISIT KolbeShrine.org/Eucharistic-Adoration or

CALL the Eucharistic Adoration offi ce at 847-367-7800 x398 or

SCAN the QR code at right.

The following days/hours are those we are currently in most need of fi lling:

Mon 11:00 AM | Tue 3:00 AM | Wed 1:00 AM | Thur 5:00 PM | Fri 4:00 PM | Sat 4:00 PM

You’re Invited to Adore the

Eucharistic Lord!

Humberto CordovaDied April 2020

David MaddenDied May 2020

Marion MaddenDied August 1, 2020

Maria KieciaDied November 3, 2020

Charles J. MarchettiDied November 28, 2020

Antonio NadaliDied January 2021

Rafael MatosDied April 29, 2021

Veronica ZielkeDied June 26, 2021

Bro. Stanley Zabkiewicz, OFM Conv.Died July 28, 2021

Bro. Paschal Metzger, OFM Conv.Died August 6, 2021

Bernard O’ConnorDied October 1, 2021

Jose TellezDied October 1, 2021

C O M M U N I T Y E V E N T S

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Let the Friars pray for your deceased loved ones during the Holy Souls RemembranceYour deceased loved ones will be remembered throughout the month of November:• During the Feast of All Souls Day Masses

• During Masses throughout the month

• During Evening Devotions and personal holy hours before the Blessed Sacrament

• During Communal Daily Prayers: A special remembrance during the Liturgy of the Hours prayers; morning and evening

TO ENROLLHoly Souls Novena envelopes are located throughout the Shrine for enrollment. They may be deposited in the donation box at the back of the chapel or in the mass collection baskets. For easy online enrollment, visit our GIVING page at KolbeShrine.org

Holy Souls RemembranceNovember 2-30

Come & SeeWeekendsIs God calling you to the Franciscan Life?Christmas with FrancisDec 27, 2021–Jan 1, 2022WinterFeb 18–22, 2022

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You must be a practicing Catholic. You must be a male between the ages of 18-40. You need to be baptized, have received First Communion and have been Confi rmed. You must not be dating at this time, but seriously discerning the Brotherhood or Priesthood of a Religious Order.

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