Saint Robert BellarmineSaint Robert Bellarmine Parish Mission Statement We are a diverse Catholic community of genera ons, experiencing the living God and reflec ng our faith in ac on with one another.

1st Sunday in Lent February 17, 2013

Mass Intentions MON. February 18, Lenten Weekday 8:30 am Leo Puralewski, Jr., Exequiel, Milagros and Elvir Armena TUES. February 19, Lenten Weekday 8:30 am Finoy Lukose WED. February 20, Lenten Weekday 8:30 am Francis A. Grieashamer, Frank Mashechko THURS. February 21, St. Peter Damian 8:30 am Special Intentions FRI. February 22, The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle 8:30 am Mathilde & Frank Jobst, In Thanksgiving - Nilda Vergara SAT. February 23, St. Polycarp 8:30 am Jose Tabano, Sr. 5:00 pm Lisa Cortese (Birthday), Helen Dobowski, Margaret Lowery, Elizabeth Betty Pirrello SUN. February 24, Second Sunday of Lent 8:00 am Eugene Kozlowski, Lillian Orzechowski, Walter Lisowski 10:00 am People of St. Robert Bellarmine 12:00 pm Joseph J. Koziarz, Joyce Schoenecker

Weekly Collections February 3, 2013 Sunday Offertory $ 9,092 Energy $ 290

Average weekly collection in the month of January (including $2,065 in credit card donations and $405 in electronic checks) equaled $7,935. Thank you for your generosity!

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

In the reading from Deuteronomy Moses speaks to the people, recounting their deliverance from slavery in Egypt. He is speaking at the harvest festival, reminding them that it was God who gave them this land of milk and honey. The people are to offer the first fruits of the soil (the biblical tithe) back to God in grati-tude for the blessings they have received. St. Paul tells the Romans that the Word of God is very near to them, in their mouth and heart. God’s salvation is realized when we truly believe his Word in our hearts

and proclaim it with our lips. Today’s gospel is Luke’s version of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. Jesus spends forty days in the desert in fasting and prayer. When the devil tempts him to turn away from God with earthly rewards, Jesus replies that salvation comes in Covenant relationship with God alone.

Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Romans 10:8-13 Luke 4:1-13

LENTEN TUESDAY EVENING PRAYER SERVICES

Our Tuesday evening Lenten Prayer Services will provide opportunities to quiet our minds and hearts to help us more deeply experience the loving presence of God on our lives. Using scripture, song and moments of quiet meditation to guide our prayer we hope to create an oasis in the midst of our daily routines to bring our minds back to God and to ex-perience the peace that only Christ can give. Each celebration will take place at 7 p.m. All are welcome and encour-aged to attend one or all of these celebrations.

February 19 Spirituality of fasting February 26 Spirituality of Almsgiving March 05 Spirituality of Prayer (with Celebration of Benediction) March 12 Multi-Parish Mission (at St. Bartholomew) March 19 Parish Reconciliation Service

There will not be a service on Tuesday, March 26 (during Holy Week) since we will be preparing for the Triduum/Easter liturgical celebrations. Fr. Neil

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From the Pastor’s Desk Today we celebrate the first Sunday of Lent. As we begin our journey to the Cross and Resurrection, our scriptures remind us to recognize that God is the source of all our blessings. Moses reminds the people that it was God who de-livered them from slavery and gave them a prosperous land for their own. St. Paul tells the Romans that God’s salva-tion is open to anyone willing to believe and trust in the Word of God. Lent calls us back to the Covenant, to put our trust in God and to live out his commandments. In the gospel Jesus refuses Satan’s temptations and rebukes him for his presumption. Jesus tells him that we don’t live on bread alone (the things of this world), we worship and serve God alone (not the powers and values of the world), and that we are not to put God to the test (God does not tempt us; we are not to tempt him either). The gospel story ends with the devil departing from Jesus for a time. Satan returns, of course, at the garden of Gethsemane. The reality is that we will be tempted throughout our lives. Our Lenten ob-servance each year strengthens us to resist these temptations by helping us to focus on God’s goodness, mercy and love.

We spend the forty days of Lent preparing ourselves to enter into the Paschal Mystery. God invites us to share his di-vine life by our own participation in the death and resurrection of Christ. In baptism we are buried with Christ and rise with him to new life. Lent is a spiritual journey back to the waters of baptism, when we die to sin and turn back to God. Through the three-fold disciplines of prayer, fasting and almsgiving we open our hearts to experience the mer-cy of God, to stand in wonder and awe at his love for us and to be drawn more deeply into this covenant relationship. Prayer is simply spending time with God. Fasting is the practice of avoiding the worldly goods that divert us from relationship with God. Almsgiving, acts of charity, is the practice of sharing God’s blessings with others. Through acts of love and kindness to others we show the face of God’s love to them, so we are able to see the face of God (experience his grace) more clearly ourselves.

We have many opportunities here at St. Robert’s to help us on our Lenten journey together. Our Tuesday evening prayer services (see page two) and Friday celebrations of the Stations of the Cross are traditional devotions that help us focus our time with God. We again have the “Little Black Books” of daily Lenten meditations. These little books fit in your pocket and offer a daily six-minute scriptural reflection on the passion narratives.

Fasting, or self-denial, is something that we each determine for ourselves. The Church has only two “official” fast days, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The ancient practice of the Church was to fast on Tuesdays and Fridays throughout the year, as well as abstaining from all meat and dairy products for the entire forty days of Lent. There are many ways to fast today. We can abstain from food treats such as sweets, soda and alcohol. We can fast from televi-sion, the internet or electronic games. None of these are bad in themselves, but fasting from them can increase our appreciation for them as gifts and also help us see that overdependence on them takes us away from God. Many peo-ple turn to “comfort” foods to avoid dealing with emotional stress. Use of television, electronic games and surfing the internet takes 7.5 hours out of the average day in the life of American children. We can also fast from bad habits, such as habitual tardiness, impatience and criticism. I certainly have my share. The importance of this discipline is not to try to become perfect or “get good enough for God.” Rather, we are called to recognize our dependence on God and seek his help to grow in the image and likeness of Christ.

The practice of almsgiving helps us to remember that God has blessed us. When we see that others have greater needs we should appreciate what we have been given. Gratitude prompts us to share our blessings. The practice of tithing, giving back to God, helps us let go of our reliance on material security and our need to be in control. Scripture tells us that almsgiving covers a multitude of sins. But the main reason for charity is that God commands it. Charity comes from the Latin word for love. Since God is love, when we act in charity we grow in the image of God. Charity is more than just financial. Acts of kindness and giving our time to help others is often the greatest gift we can give, especially to the lonely. Our Lenten Almsgiving project this year will again be the McKenna Technical Institute (training school) for the children of the Maison Fortune Orphanage in Haiti. We hope to have a speaker from the or-phanage with us on the weekend of March 2-3 when we will have a second collection to benefit the children.

Next Sunday our RCIA candidates and catechumens will celebrate the Rite of Sending at the noon mass and then trav-el down to the Cathedral for the Rite of Election as they are formally enrolled to prepare to receive the Easter Sacra-ments. Please keep them all in your prayers.

Have a great week and a blessed Lent. Sincerely, Fr. Neil

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LENTEN SCHEDULELENTEN SCHEDULELENTEN SCHEDULE

Daily Reflections The “Little Black Book” of Lenten Daily Reflections

will be available in church at no charge

Evening Prayer Services Tuesday at 7 p.m.

February 19, 26, and March 5

Reconciliations Saturday 4:00-4:45 p.m.

February 23, March 2, 9, 16, and 23

Parish Reconciliation Service Tuesday, March 19 at 7p.m.

Stations of the Cross Fridays at 2 p.m.

February 22, March 1, 15, and 22 Fridays at 7 p.m.

February 22, March 1, 8, 15, and 22 March 29 at 3 p.m. (Good Friday)

Living Stations led by the Teen Group

Parish Mission Monday-Wednesday March 11-13

7 p.m. Mission (St. Bartholomew)

Novena Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

Holy Week begins on Saturday, March 23

with the 5 p.m. Vigil Mass of Palm (Passion) Sunday

Almsgiving Our parish Lenten Almsgiving project this year will be for the Maison Fortune Orphanage in Haiti. The new Technical Institute will provide job training for the older students is currently under construction. It will cost about $140,000 to get up and running for the fall of 2013. There will be a second collection on March 3.

Lenten Scripture Study We will be having a small group scripture study, re-flecting on the Sunday mass readings on Thursday

mornings at 9:15 a.m. February 21, 28, March 7, 14, 21, and 28.

WANT TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS FOR YOUR LENTEN JOURNEY?

Consider joining the SRB Scripture Study. Thursday Mornings 9:15 – 10:15.

Ongoing through March 28th. We will explore the scriptures for each Sunday.

LENTEN REGULATIONS FOR FASTING AND ABSTINENCE

Abstinence from meats is to be observed by all Catholics 14 years old and older on Ash Wednesday and on all the Fridays of Lent.

Fasting is to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all Catholics who are be-tween 18 years and 59 1/2 years of age.

Those who are bound by this may take only one full meal. Two smaller meals are permit-ted if necessary to maintain strength according to one’s needs, but eating solid foods between meals is not permitted. The special paschal fast and abstinence are prescribed for Good Friday and encouraged for Holy Saturday. By the threefold discipline of fasting, almsgiving and prayer, the church keeps Lent from Ash Wednesday until the evening of Holy Thurs-day. All of the faithful and the catechumens should undertake serious practice of these three traditions. Failure to observe penitential days totally or a substantial number of such days must be considered serious.

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Office of the Archbishop

Post Office Box 1979 Phone: (312) 534-8230 Chicago, Illinois 60690-1979 Fax: (312) 534-6379

As you know, Lent begins this year on February 13, Ash Wednesday. In 2013, we keep Lent

in the context of the Universal Church’s Year of Faith and also of our archdiocesan Year of Sunday Mass. All of these observances come together in the traditional Lenten practices of fasting, almsgiving and prayer.

To fast is to go without, to empty ourselves, in order that the Father might fill us with what

we need, so that our lives might be renewed.

To give alms is to extend ourselves, indeed to go beyond ourselves, so that the Holy Spirit might endow us with the caritas that is aimed at bringing about the Kingdom of God.

To pray is to continually seek, day after day, a fuller relationship with Christ, who is the way,

the truth, and the life. This desire is most manifest, and most directly satisfied, when we gather for Sunday Mass. Being filled with what we most deeply need, being endowed with Christian love (caritas), and growing in a closer, more intimate relationship with Christ is what the Church, the Body of Christ, celebrates every Sunday around the altar of the Lord.

By the threefold discipline of fasting, prayer and almsgiving, the Church keeps Lent from

Ash Wednesday until the evening of Holy Thursday, when the Paschal Triduum begins. All of the faithful and the catechumens preparing for baptism at the Easter Vigil should incorporate these disciplines into their lives. Failure to observe penitential days totally or ignoring a substantial number of such days is seriously sinful.

Throughout Lent, in charity, let us keep one another and the needs of the world in prayer.

Fraternally yours in Christ,

Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. Archbishop of Chicago

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Dear Brothers,

I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canoniza ons, but also to communicate to you a deci-sion of great importance for the life of the Church. A er having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essen al spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by ques ons of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of Saint Pe-ter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry en-trusted to me. For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I re-nounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pon ff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.

Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in elec ng a new Supreme Pon ff. With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.

From the Va can, 10 February 2013 BENEDICTUS PP XVI [00244-02.01] [Original text: La n]

If you want a chance to ask

some questions and talk

with others about how they

live their faith, then these

Conversations are for you.

Do the 10 Commandments and the Beatitudes

Still Have Meaning?

When you were younger did you have to memorize the 10 Com-mandments? Do you remember reciting the Beatitudes? These are lists that were great to remember, but did we really delve into what they mean for us today? They are important aspects of our faith that we need to revisit again and again. Fr. Neil will guide us in this Conversation.

Living a Life of Prayer February 27, 2013

at 7 pm in the Church

Each evening is being hosted jointly by St. Robert Bellarmine, Our Lady of Victory and St. Pas-cal parishes. Presenters will in-clude local pastors, deacons and parishioners.

Conversations On Faith What does it mean to be Catholic today?

How do we live our faith?

STATEMENT OF POPE BENEDICT XVI ANNOUNCING HIS RETIREMENT

AS BISHOP OF ROME, SUCCESSOR TO SAINT PETER.

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SAVE THE DATESAVE THE DATE

Lenten Multi Parish Mission March 11 - 13

7 pm - 8:30 pm St. Bartholomew Church

4949 W. Patterson Ave

This year’s theme: The Wedding feast of the Lamb

The Mission will be presented by Fr. Thomas Loya. He is a frequent guest host on Relevant Radio as well as Winds of Change radio. He is founder of the “TaborLife” organization. He is a Byzantine Catholic priest. He will being the beautiful teachings of Pope John Paul II’s theol-ogy of the body to life.

STATEMENT BY FRANCIS CARDINAL GEORGE, OMI ON THE ANNOUNCED RESIGNATION OF HIS HOLINESS, POPE BENEDICT XVI

Pope Benedict XVI has, in all circumstances, placed the will of God for the good of the Church before every other consideration. That same resoluteness of purpose speaks in his statement announcing his resignation from the Chair of Peter.

He has taught with clarity and charity what God has revealed to the world in Christ; he has handed on the apostolic faith; he has loved all of God’s people with all his heart. He has now shown great courage in deciding, after pray-er and soul-searching, to resign his office at the end of this month.

With the gratitude of sons and daughters in our hearts, we ask the Lord to bless him and give him strength, as we begin to pray now for the one who will succeed him as Bishop of Rome, Successor of Peter and Vicar of Christ.

Francis Cardinal George, OMI Archbishop of Chicago February 11, 2013 Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

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MONDAY, 2/18 IS PRESIDENT’S DAY...THE RECTORY & SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED.

NEW MASS AT 5:30 PM STARTING THIS SUNDAY!

If you are looking for a liturgy that speaks to your everyday experiences, filled with vibrant music, and young people in leadership roles, then this is for you! Come check it out and join in the celebrations. All Parishion-ers are welcome! This has been planned as a joint effort with St. Robert Bellarmine, St. Pascal and Our Lady of Victory.

V.I.P. TICKETS ON SALE THIS WEEKEND!V.I.P. TICKETS ON SALE THIS WEEKEND!V.I.P. TICKETS ON SALE THIS WEEKEND!

A V.I.P. ticket gives you 252 opportunities to be awarded a cash prize in the year ahead. The cost of the tickets is $25.00 each, and each month 21 winners will be drawn. Cash prizes range from $30 to $500. Tickets will be sold this weekend after all masses through February 24. Tickets can also be pur-chased at the rectory office. Tickets are limited for this popular raffle, so get yours today!

PLAY BALL!!

Registration for St. Robert Bellarmine boys' baseball and girls' softball is open through Feb. 18. Varsity teams will be made up of seventh and eighth graders, while fifth and sixth graders compete on the junior varsity. Practice for both sports can begin as early as March 25. If this is your child's first sport of the school year, a participation form must be submitted in order to reg-ister. Participation forms and registration information can be found at srb-chicago.org or by calling the school at (773) 725-5133.

TEEN GROUP SUNDAY NITEEN GROUP SUNDAY NITEEN GROUP SUNDAY NIGHTGHTGHT

Sunday February 24th 6:30 pm - 8 pm Because of the tremendous response from last year, Fr. Neil has asked that the Teens’ Presentation of the “Living Stations of the Cross” take place on Good Friday at 3pm. If you would like to take part in it this year, come to the first practice on Sunday, February 24th right after the 5:30 Sunday Night Con-temporary Mass. Not sure what a “Living Stations” is… come and find out! 8th Graders are welcome too! Hope to see you there!

HELPING OUT

Please join Saint Robert Bellarmine School and Girl Scout Troops with collecting Girl Scout cook-ies to send to our veterans at Hines Hospital. As your Girl Scout cookies are delivered or when you pur-chase them at area booth sales, please consider donating a box to our deserving vets! Please send to school office, we will be accepting cookies until Monday, March 25th. Thank you for your continued generosity to our vets!

NEW MINISTRY - Hmmm . . “I'd like to do something more here at St. Robert’s but my schedule is soooo full!"

Have you had the same thought? Here's an idea for you to consider that will take only 15 minutes. WHAT: Be a welcoming presence at one or two Sunday Masses a month WHEN: 15 minutes before the Liturgy WHERE: At a Church entrance TOOLS: A friendly smile and a greeting Become a part of our brand-new Welcoming Ministry! Families can do this together too! Call Mary at (773) 286-2853 and tell us which weekend Mass time you prefer.

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REFLECT Catholic Mid-Life Singles Retreat Mid-life Singles (mid-30s to 50s): register today for a life-changing weekend retreat at the Cardinal Stritch Retreat House, Mundelein, on Feb 22-24, 2013. Cost is just $175 for meals and a single room. Take a chance and get involved... you won't regret it! Call 312-532-8286, e-mail: reflect.illinois@gmail.com, or visit www.ReflectRetreat.com for details.

Protect your health by finding out your risk of having a stroke by participat-

ing in the Life Line Screening that will be at St. Robert’s in Kernaghan Hall

on Thurs. March 7, 2013. Through ultrasound, the carotid arteries can be

evaluated for the buildup of fatty plaque, which is the leading cause of stroke.

Register today for the Stroke, Vascular & Heart Rhythm package by calling the special Helping Hands registration

number below. By signing up for this health event, not only will you be able to receive $10 off any package of

$139 or more, but St. Robert Bellarmine Parish will also receive a $10 donation for every member who signs up

and attends this Life Line Screening event. The Stroke, Vascular & Heart Rhythm Package includes four screen-

ings: carotid artery, abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral arterial disease and atrial fibrillation. To schedule your

appointment and to receive this special offer, please call Helping Hands number at: 1-800-324-9458. You may also

sign up online by visiting www.helpinghandsforhealth.com. Join in the fight against vascular disease!

SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH ST. PATRICK’S DAY DINNER & PARTY

The St. Robert Bellarmine Parents' Association will hold a

St. Patrick's Day Dinner and Party on Saturday, March 9, 6 p.m. at Kernaghan Hall. The evening will feature performances by The Foy School of Irish Dancing and traditional Irish folk singer Joe McShane. Cost is $25 and a cash bar is available. Tickets can be pur-chased after all masses on the weekends of Feb. 23-24 and March 2-3 or through the school until March 6. This event is for adults only.

For more information contact srbparentsassociation@gmail.com or call the school at (773) 725-5133.

SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH

COMEDY NIGHT

The St. Robert Bellarmine Sports Association will hold the 4TH ANNUAL COMEDY NIGHT on Saturday, April 20th honoring the Jensen family! Comedians by the ever popular Mikey “O” Comedy Show.

For details contact George Bedon 773 841-8142 or at srbsportsassoc@yahoo.com

Daily Scripture Readings

Monday

Lv 19:1-2, 11-18 / Mt 25:31-46

Tuesday

Is 55:10-11 / Mt 6:7-15

Wednesday

Jon 3:1-10 / Lk 11:29-32

Thursday

Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25 / Mt 7:7-12

Friday

1 Pt 5:1-4 / Mt 16:13-19

Saturday

Dt 26:16-19 / Mt 5:43-48

Sunday

Gn 15:5-12, 17-18 / Phil 3:17—4:1 / Lk 9:28b-36

Weekly Schedule Monday, February 18 Rectory & School Closed Tuesday, February 19

6:30 pm Novena (C) 7 pm Lenten Prayer Service (C) Wednesday, February 20

5 pm Benediction (C) 7 pm - 10 pm SPRED Prep (KH)

Thursday, February 21 9:15 am - 10:15 am Scripture Study (SMR)

7 pm Choir (MR) 7 pm PPC Meeting (R) Friday, February 22

2 pm Station of the Cross (C) 7 pm Stations of the Cross (C)

Saturday, February 23 9:30 am - 12 pm Religious Education (S)

10 am - 12 pm Confirmation Interviews (KH) St. Pat’s Ticket Sales after 5 pm Mass (V)

Sunday, February 24 Coffee and…after all Masses

St. Pat’s Ticket Sales after all Masses (V) 12 pm Mass Rite of Sending

4 pm - 5:30 pm Teen & Young Adult Liturgy Practice (C) 5:30 pm *NEW* Contemporary Mass

6:30 pm - 8 pm Teen Group (KH)

February 23 / 24 , 2013 Mass Pres ider Servers Lectors Auxi l iary Ministers

5:00 PM Fr. Scott Donahue

L. Kalayil, S. Simmons, Z. Pecoraro

G. Ignarski N. Connelly, D. Czech, M. Lindahl, D. Ahearn,

J. Bauman, K. Bauman, K. Caminiti

8:00 AM Msgr. Charles

Lang L. Meyering, A. Gibula,

A. Jablonski B. Meyering P. Fergus, K. Fergus, B. Frere

10:00 AM Fr. Neil Fackler

D. Loch, D. Loch, C. Keane

M. Loudon L. Loudon, A. Smolen, P. Zyburt

12:00 PM Fr. Neil Fackler

M. Camacho, L. Camacho, M. Benavides

T. Kerin M. Delgado, J. Ryan, S. Spooner, J. Hearrin,

P. McGrath, M. McGrath, P. Mullane

5:30 PM TBD J. Zaker, J. Zaker,

M. Gallardo M. Zaker E. Zaker, J. Carlson, E. Radcliffe

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY Edwards Bell (Army) GySgt Timothy R. Hogan (Marines) CPT Patrick J. Collins (Army) Raymond Weernink (Navy) BG Tau’aika ‘Uta’atu (TDS) Sgt Scott Pekar (Marines) CPT Dan Allen (Army) LCpl Kurt Williams (Marines) SGT Joseph Konieczny (Army) Mike Janson (Navy) 1LT Brian G. Lutz (Army) SPC Sean Cheker (Army) Bernard Brennan (Marines) PV2 Michael Rosenthal (Army) Cpl Joseph VonMoser (Marines) Martin Durcan (Navy) PVT Colleen McDonald (Army) Cpl Armando Bolivar (Marines) Ewa Dabrowski (Navy) Capt Kevin P. O’Grady (Air Force) Capt Albert Eiffes (Air Force) Capt Daniel C. Ouper (Air Force) Amn Daniel Roger Cimon (Air Force) SPC Samuel Stanciel (Army)

EM3 Abraham Ubi (Navy) PVT Michael Barry (Army) SPC David A. Torres (Army)

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Saint Robert Bellarmine Church

Mass Schedule Weekdays - Monday - Friday at 8:30 a.m. Weekends - Saturday Morning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday Evening at 5:00 p.m., Sundays at 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Holy Days - 8:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Rectory Office Hours Monday - Friday - 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Closed from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. for lunch) Saturday - 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday - 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Weddings

Arrangements to be made with a priest at least six months in advance.

Please contact the rectory for date and time availability before making other arrangements.

Baptisms

Celebrated the second and fourth Sunday at 1:15 p.m.

Parents need to register at the rectory office. Baptismal preparation class for first time Parents

and Godparents is offered on the last Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the rectory.

Please note: there are no baptisms scheduled during the season of Lent.

Confessions/Reconciliations

Saturdays 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. or by appointment.

Anointing of the Sick

1st Saturday of the month after the 8:30 a.m. mass.

Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction Third Wednesday of every month.

Adoration begins after 8:30 a.m. mass. Benediction at 5 p.m.

Please sign up at the rectory office.

Novena Mother of Perpetual Help Novena is offered on

Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. in the church.

Recitation of the Rosary Monday through Saturday at 8:00 a.m.

Parish Office & Rectory 4646 North Austin Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60630 Tel. 773.777.2666 Fax 773.777.2770

Rev. Neil E. Fackler, Pastor Rev. Scott Donahue, Resident

Rev. Michael A. Goergen, Pastor Emeritus Tony Delgado, Deacon James Schiltz, Deacon

Virginia Underwood, Adm. Assist/Office Mgr SRBrectory@gmail.com

Dr. Christina Zaker, Adult Education SRBvolunteers@Yahoo.com

Kathy Goetz, Business Manager MGoetz@ArchChicago.org

Website: www.srb-chicago.org

Religious Education Office 6036 West Eastwood Avenue

Tel. 773.286.0956 Debi DeMario, Director SRBRE1@Yahoo.com

St. Robert Bellarmine School 6036 West Eastwood Avenue

Tel. 773.725.5133 Carrie Mijal, Principal

Carrie.Mijal@ArchChicago.org Chris Wilson, Secretary

STRBellarmine@Yahoo.com

Office of Music Director 6036 West Eastwood Avenue

Tel. 773.286.0956 Jean Tuohy, Music Director

JTuohy@ArchChicago.org

Bulletin Deadline: Thursday 12 Noon 10 days in advance

Submit articles via email: SRBBulletinEditor@gmail.com

in person at the rectory or fax 773.777.2770

Pulpit Announcement Deadline Friday by 7:30 p.m. in the rectory.