ST. ALOYSIUS CHURCH & ST. MARY’S CHURCH OF PARIS, IL www.stmaryschurchparis.org JUNE 7, 2020 THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

Monday, June 8 Mary Duncan

Tuesday, June 9 James Mattingly

Wednesday, June 10 Sarah & Bob Mattingly

Thursday, June 11 Dow Morris, Jr.

Friday, June 12 Tom Rhodes

Saturday, June 13 Rose & Wilbur Plautz

Sunday, June 14 Rosemary & Ivan Elsberry

Parishioners of St. Aloysius & St. Mary’s

Anne Johnson

Patricia Wilson, Marc Wolf, John

Buchanan, Evelyn Ring, Victor

Wagner, Dylan Wagle, Sheila

Brothers, Chris Sheeran, Jim Dillon,

Christa Swinford, Mark David,

Danielle Fox Lindsey, Christina

McReynolds, Janet Vaught, Kara

Kirby, Verna Lou Perisho, Kenneth

Denson, Deanna Mason, Clayton

Griffin, Kevin Farris, Steve Osborne,

Marge Chapa, Dan Bruner,

Fr. Zimmerman, Lincoln Downing,

Tilton Piper, Sharon Wilken, Francis

Holley

And all relatives & friends who

are ill or experiencing difficulties

in their lives – that they may know

the healing of God.

Our Expectant Mothers:

Kay Boland, Beth (Ring) Hosick,

Hannah (Warren) Abry, Amanda

Tracy, Chelsea Livesay, Lindsey

(Sullivan) Balser

We pray that God will bless and

protect them during this time of

waiting.

Our Military:

Nathan Gatlin, Caleb Machuca,

Simon Holzer, Joe Jenness, Richard

Scott, Justin Vice, Joe Kachmar, Zack

Lueken, Joseph Livesay, Raynell

Kahala

Lord, hold our troops in your

loving hands. Protect them as they

protect us.

For any changes or additions to this

list, Please call 466-3355 or email:

stmaryschurchparis@gmail.com

Dates & Events Monday, June 8 Office Closed/No Mass

Tuesday, June 9 Office Closed/No Mass

Wednesday, June 10 Office Closed/No Mass

Thursday, June 11 Office Closed/No Mass

Friday, June 12 Office Closed/No Mass

Saturday, June 13 4:00 pm-4:30 pm ~ Confessions 5:30 pm Mass ~ St. Mary’s

Sunday, June 14 Corpus Christi 7:00 am ~ Mass - NA 8:30 am ~ Mass - St. Mary’s 11:15 am ~ Mass - St. Mary’s

Last Week’s Collection Thank you for your support!!

ST. MARY’S SUNDAY $6,170.00 FATHER’S DAY $140.00 DEBT $815.00 ACSA $155.00 CATH. COM. CAMPAIGN $70.00 PETER’S PENCE $40.00 RETIRED PRIESTS $450.00 SISTER PARISH $170.00 ST. ALOYSIUS SUNDAY $290.00

Word of Life “The Gospel of Life is at the heart of Jesus’ saving message to the world. Through the Incarnation of Christ,

God reveals to us the dignity of all human life.’”

USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activites, “Pope St. John Paul II’s Challenge to Our Church”

Baby Bottle Blessings

Once again, beginning on Mother’s Day through Father’s Day, our churches will be collecting donations to benefit the Choices Pregnancy & Health Center of Paris. Baby bottles are available in the Gathering Space. Thank you for supporting our local families and honoring the sanctity of life!

Please pray for the sick & recovering...

The new security system

has been installed at St. Mary’s.

Just push the button at either

Gathering Space entrance and

we will see you on a monitor

and let you in.

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9. Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55. 2 Corinthians 13:11-13. John 3:16-18

Come Along with Us. Moses’ prayer on Mount Sinai is also our

prayer: “O Lord, do come along in our company.” It is a prayer

that basks in covenantal fidelity and a desire to see God. We do

see God – in every person within whom the Son Jesus Christ

resides.

How am I filled with grace by Jesus Christ?

How can I love God who loves me first?

What fellowship do I enjoy because of the presence of the Holy Spirit?

Bulletin Deadline

If anyone has information

that they would like

published in the bulletin,

please call the office

(217-466-3355) or send

it by email to:

stmaryschurhparis@gmail.com

by Wed. at 2:00 P.M.

before the following

Sunday publication.

If you brought in statues and pictures of Mother Mary for the month of May please pick them up as soon as

possible. Thank you for helping us create a beautiful display. During the months of June and July we will use

that same area in the Gathering Space to place statues and pictures of Saints. Please bring in statues/

pictures of Saints by June 8th.

ST. ALOYSIUS CHURCH & ST. MARY’S CHURCH OF PARIS, IL www.stmaryschurchparis.org JUNE 7, 2020 THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

Abortion and euthanasia have become preeminent

threats to human dignity because they directly

attack life itself, the most fundamental human good

and the condition for all others. Living the Gospel of

Life: A Challenge to American Catholics (1998), no. 32

Ex 34: 4b-6, 8-9, Cor 13: 11-13, Jn 3:16-18

Dear brothers and sisters,

Often the Trinity becomes an intellectual puzzle that we try to figure out, rather than an invitation to live into the very being of God, the God who is Fullness-of-Being. The God revealed to us in scripture is always reaching out to draw us into relationship-through creating us, redeeming us, and making us holy.

The mystery of the Trinity not only tells us something important about God; it tells us something very important about ourselves. Trinity is an important and powerful image. Our God is a God of relationship – of community. God does not exist in isolation or solitude. God exists as a loving dynamic relationship – Father, Son, and Spirit. God is full and total communion. God is not a solitary ruler or a lone ranger; and we are made in the image and likeness of God. We are made to live our life in relationship. When our life is off balance, when we feel disjointed, isolated, not fully alive, that something is missing; when we find ourselves angry or in conflict, it almost always has something to do with our relationships.

We are called by our very nature, like the nature of God, to be in a loving, sustaining relationship with our spouse, children, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, co-workers, friends, neighbors, community, ultimately with all whom we share this earth with. Now, I don’t want to imply for one moment that this is an easy task – it is not. Some days it’s more challenging than others, and some people make it much more challenging than others. Building and sustaining good relationships is very hard work that is imminently worthwhile. It is the work that our lives and our society are built on.

Each time we bless ourselves, - In the name of the Father…we are not only publicly professing our belief in the Trinity, we should also be reminding ourselves to check our relationship – our vertical relationship with God –Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – and our horizontal relationships with one another, with all of creation, because it is by living in loving relationship that we are most like our God, and that is when we are most at ease, most at peace, most fully ourselves, most fully alive.

We are Trinitarian people. Former President George W. Bush wrote that, “ we are anguished by the death of George Floyd, and that it is time for the American to examine our tragic failures, that it remains a shocking failure that many Africans, especially young African men, are harassed and threatened in their own country. How to end systematic racism in our society? The only way to see ourselves is to listen to the voices of so many who are hurting and grieving. Those who set out to silence those voices do not understand the meaning of America.”– I absolutely agree with him because right relationship among all peoples, that we affirm our belief in the mystery of the Trinity and recall that each one of us is challenged to develop and sustain a web of loving relationships that are reflective of the relationship that is our God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - in whose image and likeness we were made. Amen

Peace and all good! Fr. Valery Burusu

Parochial Administrator

A Note From Your Pastor

Worldwide Marriage Encounter

Great Marriages Don’t Just Happen,

Couples Make Them!

And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.’” Let the Holy Spirit infuse your marriage with increased trust and intimacy by participating in a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next weekends are Aug. 7-9 and Sept. 25-27 at the Courtyard Marriot in St. Peters, MO. https://stl-wwme.org/schedule.php or call or text 314.649.7317.

Quarantine, Quarrels & Quality Time 3 Night Family Mission - Family Life Just Got Real! Join us along with Dr. Ray Guarendi a psychologist and father of 10 for an Online, 3 Night, Family Mission. The event is FREE but register at dio.org. Building your family up in the midst of change and challenge!

ST. ALOYSIUS CHURCH & ST. MARY’S CHURCH OF PARIS, IL www.stmaryschurchparis.org JUNE 7, 2020 THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

June 11

Jim Koutsoumpas

Colby Phipps

June 12

Chase Martin

June 14

Sara Phipps

June 12 Matt & Christi McClain

June 14 Creighton & Lucy Tarr

June 16 Scott & Amy Hogan

Dolan & Mary Sue Whitaker June 17

Bart & Sandy Sherer

June 15

Priscilla Hutton

June 16

Tom Morrisey

Our Dearly Departed

Rosemary Black Rosemary was the organist at St. Mary’s for 50 years.

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Parish Update: Bishop Paprocki has announced that public Masses will resume in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois

beginning June 6-7, 2020, and parishes must follow specific guidelines. Therefore, St. Mary’s and St. Aloysius are plan-

ning to offer Mass beginning June 6-7. We will be practicing social distancing and sanitary safety measures. Bishop

Paprocki’s letter has been e-mailed to parishioners and mailed to those receiving bulletins at home. The full details of

the diocesan standards for safe public liturgies is posted on the Parish Reopening Plan website

(https://www.dio.org/parishreopeningplan).

Seek God’s will in all you do and He will guide your path.

Happy 8th Grade Graduation! Ethan Curl

Cate Kirby

Samantha McClain

Luke Sullivan

Congratulations to Beth & Chip Keys on the birth of their daughter! Annie Andrea Ruth Keys was 8 pounds & 21.5 inches. She was welcomed to their family on May 14, 2020.

“Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord. The fruit of the womb is a reward.” Psalm

A Note From Your Pastor

Dear Parishioners,

We are glad that the church is getting ready to reopen its doors. We are thankful that Bishop Paprocki delegated Rev. Valery Burusu to administer the Sacrament of Holy communion and Confirmation to our PSR students. We are planning to start on the weekend of June 13th with the health precautions, following the CDC guidelines. We appreciated very much Ryan Williams who served as our CRE, 2019-20. We also thank our teachers, and parents who shared their time and talents to teach our children.

Rev. Valery Burusu

The parish office is closed, if you have any questions call us.

Father: 217-251-2339, Juliana: 217-251-8028, Vanessa: 812-229-3751.

The Church is open for private prayer Monday—Friday when parish staff is in the office. Confessions are on Saturday

from 4:00pm–4:30pm or by appointment with Fr. Valery. Adoration will begin soon… more information to come.

Our schedule for Masses is the same as it was before this pandemic: Saturdays at 5:30 pm, Sundays at 7:00 am (NA)

8:30 am and at 11:15 am. Father will continue his live stream Masses at 4:30 pm on Saturday for those dear

parishioners who feel uncomfortable to come back to church yet. There will not be Missals in the Churches.

Parishioners are encouraged to bring their “the Word Among Us” or use your phone to download an App. You can get

the App free (Catholic Daily Readings) or pay $5 dollars for a highly recommended one (iMissal). Another way to

have a missal to read along during Mass is to take a copy of the Missal home and sign your name in the Gathering

Space this weekend and keep it until future notice.