February 24, 2013 - St. Josaphat Parish
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<strong>February</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>2013</strong><br />
Second Sunday in Lent<br />
While he was praying<br />
his face changed in<br />
appearance and his<br />
clothing became dazzling<br />
white. And behold, two<br />
men were conversing with<br />
him, Moses and Elijah,<br />
who appeared in glory<br />
and spoke of his exodus<br />
that he was going to<br />
accomplish in Jerusalem.<br />
— Luke 9:29-31<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Josaphat</strong> <strong>Parish</strong><br />
A church to come home to since 1883<br />
2311 N. Southport Ave.<br />
Chicago, IL 60614<br />
www.stjosaphatparish.org • phone 773.327.8955 • fax 773.327.2047
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Calendar Notes<br />
Mon. 2/25 7:30 pm - Wedding Music Workshop<br />
Wed. 2/27 7:00 pm - Youth Group<br />
Welcome<br />
We warmly welcome new<br />
parishioners. If you are new to the<br />
neighborhood and have not yet<br />
registered, the easiest way to register<br />
is through our website at www.<br />
stjosaphatparish.org. You may also<br />
fill out the form on this page and<br />
place it in the collection basket. If<br />
you are moving soon, you may also<br />
provide a change of address.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Josaphat</strong> <strong>Parish</strong><br />
7:30 pm - Adult Choir Practice<br />
Thur. 2/28 7:00 pm - School Board Meeting<br />
Sat. 3/2 9:00 am - Communion Retreat<br />
Sun. 3/3 8:00 am - RCIA<br />
8:30 am - Religious Education Classes<br />
<strong>Parish</strong>ioner Registration Form<br />
o New <strong>Parish</strong>ioner o Change of Address o Moving Away<br />
Directory<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> Office and Rectory<br />
2311 N. Southport • Chicago, IL 60614<br />
Phone.................................................773.327.8955<br />
Fax......................................................773.327.2047<br />
E-Mail........................mail@stjosaphatparish.org<br />
Website........................www.stjosaphatparish.org<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> School<br />
2<strong>24</strong>5 N. Southport • Chicago, IL 60614<br />
Phone.................................................773.549.0909<br />
Fax......................................................773.549.3127<br />
E-Mail............................ccannon@stjosaphat.net<br />
Website................................... www.stjosaphat.net<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> <strong>St</strong>aff<br />
Pastor..........................Rev. Richard J. Prendergast<br />
Resident Priest................Rev. Michael A. Gabriel<br />
School Principal.................. Ms. Colleen Cannon<br />
Pastoral Associate /<br />
Dir. Religious Ed...............Ms. Mary Jane Shields<br />
Deacon ..........................................Mr. Dave Keene<br />
Music Director ....................Mr. Joseph Labozetta<br />
Children’s Music Director..........Mr. William Spakowski<br />
Development Coord........Mr. Justin Prevost-Schultz<br />
Business Manager........................... Mrs. Fran Klus<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> Office Manager............... Ms. Maria Tubay<br />
Maintenance.................................. Mr. Willie Shaw<br />
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Address _______________________________________________________<br />
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<strong>Parish</strong> Information<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> Pastoral Council<br />
Chairperson: Cheryl LeeVan<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> School Board<br />
President: Bridget Dougherty-Corum<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> Finance Council<br />
President: Joseph Keller<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> Development Council<br />
Chairperson: Kelly Abeles Dowling<br />
Infant Baptism<br />
Baptisms are celebrated on the 2nd Sunday<br />
of the month at 1:30 pm, the 3rd Saturday<br />
at 11 am and the 4th Sunday at one of the<br />
weekend masses.<br />
Baptismal Preparation Class is the 2nd<br />
Monday of the month at 7:00 pm in the<br />
rectory. Please RSVP to the office.<br />
Marriage<br />
Please contact the rectory at least six<br />
months in advance of your wedding to set a<br />
date. <strong>Parish</strong> Marriage Guidelines available<br />
at: www.stjosaphatparish.org<br />
Sacrament of Reconciliation<br />
Saturday 4:15-4:45 pm or by appointment.<br />
Pastoral Counseling<br />
Services are available from Miriam Wolfe,<br />
M.A., L.P.C. at 773.517.3182, and Theresa<br />
A. Nollette, LSCW, M.Div., 312.540.0320<br />
or e-mail theresa_nollette@sbcglobal.net.<br />
Home/Hospital Visitation &<br />
Communion Calls<br />
If you would like someone to visit, please<br />
contact the parish office.<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> Registration<br />
We welcome new parishioners warmly.<br />
To join, please fill out a registration card<br />
which can be found in the back of church<br />
or at the rectory, or find the form online at<br />
www.stjosaphatparish.org.<br />
Career Transition Center of<br />
Chicago<br />
If you would like more information contact<br />
312.906.9908 or visit their website www.<br />
ctcchicago.org.<br />
Bulletin Deadline<br />
Wednesday, 9:00 am. Address articles to<br />
bulletin@stjosaphatparish.org.<br />
Emergencies<br />
Call anytime (773.327.8955).
From the Pastor's Desk<br />
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This weekend, at the Noon mass, the women and men<br />
who are in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults<br />
(RCIA) will be formally “sent” to Holy Name Cathedral<br />
to be received by the bishop into their final period<br />
of preparation. They have been meeting regularly in<br />
preparation for their entrance into the Catholic Church<br />
at the Easter Vigil mass on Holy Saturday. As they enter<br />
into this final period of preparation, please continue to<br />
keep them in your prayers. At one mass each Sunday for<br />
the next 3 weekends, they will be prayed for in a special<br />
way in the “Scrutinies” rite in which they are asked to<br />
turn away from sin and temptation to fully embrace<br />
Christ Jesus.<br />
Bringing new members into the Church was the reason<br />
for the Lenten season. In using this special time of<br />
preparation for those getting ready to come into the<br />
Church, it became clear that all the current members of<br />
Church could also be well-served by renewing their own<br />
commitment to Christ, turning away from sin and being<br />
faithful to the gospel.<br />
Tomorrow evening at 7:30pm in church there is a<br />
Wedding Music Workshop for those planning an<br />
upcoming wedding. Whether you are getting married<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> Mission <strong>St</strong>atement:<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Josaphat</strong> Catholic <strong>Parish</strong>, with faith in a loving<br />
God, joyfully welcomes all who wish to come<br />
together as a community of shared faith in Jesus<br />
Christ, to give glory and praise to God.<br />
We commit to making Christ’s love apparent on<br />
our journey of faith by striving to support, comfort,<br />
forgive, challenge and inspire each other in our<br />
homes, schools, neighborhoods, community and<br />
world.<br />
We are energized through the celebration of the<br />
sacraments and the proclamation of the Gospel.<br />
Through our ongoing formation and education,<br />
outreach to those in need and hospitality to all, we<br />
come to know Christ and make Christ known.<br />
here at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Josaphat</strong>’s, or in<br />
another church, you might<br />
benefit from attending. Many<br />
of the musical selections<br />
couples prefer will be played,<br />
as well as a selection of<br />
vocalists and instrumentalists<br />
to allow you to hear the<br />
variety of music available for<br />
your selection.<br />
Last weekend I was struck<br />
by a number of people who expressed frustration with<br />
themselves that it was so early in the Lenten season and<br />
they had already blown it. So, just a friendly reminder,<br />
Lent isn’t a contest you win or lose. It’s just a time of<br />
year when we get the chance to try to turn ourselves a<br />
little closer to God and enjoy the reconciliation that is<br />
always available to us through God’s love. Although the<br />
season does provide a retreat which moves us through<br />
the stages of forgiveness and reconciliation, it’s not about<br />
a “once-and-for-all-time” event – or we wouldn’t have<br />
it every year! So try to be a little more patient not only<br />
with others, but also with yourself. If you were already<br />
perfect, you’d be God. And what would that leave God<br />
to do?<br />
In last Sunday’s first reading from the Book of<br />
Deuteronomy, we heard a description of what formed<br />
the Chosen People when they were reminded, “My<br />
father was a wandering Aramean.” This sense of<br />
“homelessness” pervades scripture. On a cosmic scale,<br />
it is a reminder that our only lasting home is in heaven.<br />
But there are also practical implications in how we<br />
relate to one another and to all people. Every one of<br />
us got here from somewhere else. All we ever argue<br />
about is who got here before us! As the movement<br />
for a comprehensive Immigration Reform seems to be<br />
progressing, it is important to remember that those who<br />
now seek some redress in our nation are no different than<br />
you and me. They just arrived later! So basic questions<br />
of justice and fairness and equality always are part of this<br />
discussion. These are our brothers and sisters. We need<br />
to treat them as such.<br />
<strong>February</strong> <strong>24</strong>, 2012
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ent <strong>2013</strong>:<br />
Where am on the<br />
Lent<br />
The idea of going on a holy journey,<br />
or pilgrimage, was not only a romantic<br />
notion to our ancestors in faith, it<br />
was seen almost as a necessity in their<br />
spiritual lives. So it is not surprising that<br />
when <strong>St</strong>. Luke wrote his two-volume<br />
work of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts<br />
of the Apostles, he used the journey idea<br />
to explain how God’s Son, Jesus Christ,<br />
came into the world to move all peoples<br />
forward in accepting the love of God and<br />
living God’s will. In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus<br />
travels around the familiar places of the<br />
Israel, finally ending up in Jerusalem, the<br />
faith and political center of life. Then,<br />
in the Acts of the Apostles, His disciples<br />
move out of Jerusalem until settling in<br />
Rome – the capital of the known world.<br />
Each of our lives is, similarly, a journey<br />
in faith – first moving us within, but<br />
always then expanding our vision in love<br />
and forgiveness. Like Jesus, we start out<br />
exploring the local neighborhood that is<br />
so familiar, but we move beyond our own<br />
comfortable familiarity to explore and<br />
expand God’s love that is without bounds.<br />
Lent is a penitential season – a time for<br />
each of us to confront our own sinfulness<br />
so we can move beyond the imprisoning<br />
limits that places on our lives. Love is all<br />
about forgiveness. It is a choice we make<br />
every day.<br />
The 5 Sundays of Lent (not including<br />
Palm Sunday) are a retreat, guiding us<br />
through the process of forgiveness.<br />
Always God invites. It is up to each of us<br />
to accept the invitation, to embrace the<br />
forgiveness, to live more fully the love God<br />
gives – love of self, love of others, love of<br />
God.<br />
l<br />
2 nd Sunday in Lent<br />
journey forgiveness?<br />
Have you seen possibilites?<br />
Have you seen the new life?<br />
Scripture Reflection<br />
It may not be clear to us in modern times but<br />
the first reading today from the Book of Genesis<br />
is all about forgiveness. Today’s first reading<br />
describes the ritual activity surrounding the<br />
covenant between Abram and God. There are<br />
certain rites and ritual activities that surround a<br />
contractual agreement. This is true today, it was<br />
true in antiquity. We often time don’t think of our<br />
behavior as “ritual behavior” except maybe when<br />
we are in church. But if you have ever attended<br />
the “closing” ceremonies which take place when a piece of property is<br />
exchanged in our society you have engaged in a ritual not unlike the<br />
covenant agreement between Abram and God.<br />
A covenant or contractual agreement between two parties was sealed in<br />
a ritual where one or a number of animals were sacrificed. They were<br />
not merely killed, it was required that these animals be cut into two parts<br />
and separated so that the blood of carcass would collect in a small path<br />
between the two halves. The parties to the agreement would then walk<br />
through the blood path. The sense of this was that a curse would fall upon<br />
the party that breaks the agreement – a curse that the guilty party would<br />
meet the same fate as the animal sacrificed in the ritual agreement.<br />
Think about the signing of documents, exchange of checks, notarizations,<br />
and explanations of penalties for breach of contract that took place the<br />
last time you bought or sold a piece of property and you will realize that<br />
not much has changed.<br />
But something peculiar happened during this covenant ceremony<br />
between God and Abram. God sent a deep sleep or trance upon Abram.<br />
He was unable to walk the path of blood. Instead God appeared in two<br />
forms: first as a torch and the other as a smoke pot of fire. These two<br />
images were familiar to the early readers of the Book of Genesis. God<br />
often appeared in some form of smoke or fire.<br />
God, in these two forms, appears to have walked the “path of blood” for<br />
himself and then a second time on behalf of Abram who was deep in a<br />
trance. What does this mean? God appears to be taking the responsibility<br />
of both parties. If one party broke faith or violated the covenant God<br />
would suffer the consequences. God would suffer death. Since God is<br />
always faithful and humans are not the outcome was clear. At some time<br />
God would make the ultimate sacrifice. He would need to die as an act of<br />
forgiveness. In His infinite love and mercy God would pay the ultimate<br />
price of our unfaithfulness. Forgiveness is what God is all about.<br />
— Deacon David Keene<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Josaphat</strong> <strong>Parish</strong> week 2
<strong>St</strong>ations of the Cross<br />
The idea of going on a pilgrimage is very much in tune with our Lenten focus<br />
of the journey of forgiveness. When traveling to the Holy Land for this<br />
sacred journey was not possible for most people, the practice of the <strong>St</strong>ations<br />
of the Cross developed. Built upon the Way of the Cross, following the last<br />
journey of Our Lord, these 14 “<strong>St</strong>ations” provide a means for reflection on<br />
all Jesus has done for me through his Passion and death. You can find one<br />
version, “The Way of the Cross,” beginning on page 213 in the We Celebrate<br />
Worship Resource in the hymnal racks at the doors of church. If this is a new<br />
prayer form for you, you will find the 14 <strong>St</strong>ations depicted in the framed basrelief<br />
artworks around the outer walls of the main body of the church. The<br />
first <strong>St</strong>ation can be found on the south wall in the eastern corner. <strong>St</strong>ation<br />
Two and following then follow after that until, after walking around the<br />
church’s outer aisle, you have reached the fourteenth <strong>St</strong>ation on the north<br />
wall in the eastern corner. As you will see in the booklets, each <strong>St</strong>ation has a<br />
title, a brief description, and a prayer. It is customary to arrive at the <strong>St</strong>ation,<br />
recite its number and name, then pray the invocation, “We adore you, O<br />
Christ, and we praise you,” while standing. Then kneel for the response,<br />
“Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.” Then stand for<br />
the prayer/reflection. Pause after each, then proceed to the next <strong>St</strong>ation.<br />
The involvement of our whole bodies in this prayer engages us in a way far<br />
different that simple reflection.<br />
Lenten Liturgy<br />
As we do each year, the pace of our liturgy is slowed and more deliberate<br />
during Lent, inviting us into a more reflective prayer. After the Entrance<br />
Procession and Opening Hymn, the Presider begins mass in the usual way.<br />
Then, reflecting the penitential nature of Lent, we kneel as a sign of sorrow<br />
for our sins. After a time of silent reflection, we chant the ancient Greek<br />
version of the Lord, Have Mercy, "Kyrie Eleison...Christe Eleison...Kyrie<br />
Eleison."<br />
After the First Reading, we will be singing a common psalm during Lent,<br />
“The Lord is kind and merciful.”<br />
The gospel acclamation is sung without an Alleluia, reminding us of the<br />
penitential nature of this season.<br />
The homily each week will focus on one reflection question about the<br />
journey of forgiveness, as it is revealed in the scripture readings for that day.<br />
The Lamb of God will be sung in Latin: “Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata<br />
mundi, miserere nobis. Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.<br />
Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.”<br />
Throughout the Lenten season we will also make greater use of the<br />
Eucharistic Prayers for Reconciliation, focusing our attention on our<br />
personal reconciliation, and the reconciliation of society, or communal<br />
reconciliation.<br />
Please make a special effort to attend Mass all the Sundays of Lent.<br />
Lent<br />
5<br />
A Lenten Attitude<br />
Lent can become an onerous season<br />
if we are not careful. If we approach<br />
the practices of prayer, fasting and<br />
almsgiving as another task, we’ll<br />
end up hating the season and the<br />
practices. Instead, remember, Lent<br />
means spring. And the thing we<br />
do in springtime is to clean up the<br />
inside of the house! Same with Lent!<br />
Time to clean up and out the stuff<br />
we’ve accumulated and don’t need.<br />
Lent is not about making life more<br />
complicated, but simpler. Which<br />
almost certainly means we need to do<br />
less – not more! If I’m trying to spend<br />
a few quiet minutes in prayer AND<br />
watch television at the same time, it’s<br />
just not going to work. As we begin<br />
this season, let’s try to ask, “What<br />
LESS can I do for these 40 days?”<br />
Lenten Regulations<br />
Abstinence from meats is to be<br />
observed by all Catholics 14 years<br />
old and older on Ash Wednesday<br />
and on all Fridays of Lent.<br />
Fasting is to be observed on Ash<br />
Wednesday & Good Friday by<br />
all Catholics who are 18 years of<br />
age but not yet 59. Those who are<br />
bound by this may take only one<br />
full meal. Two smaller meals are<br />
permitted if necessary to maintain<br />
strength according to one’s needs,<br />
but eating solid foods between meals<br />
is not permitted. We encourage<br />
every parishioner to fast as well<br />
from sarcasm, criticism, negativity,<br />
judgementalism, resignation, selfrighteousness,<br />
cynicism, know-it-allness,<br />
self-centeredness, provincialism,<br />
self-absorption, divisiveness,<br />
intolerance, violence in thought, word<br />
or deed, excess pride, blindness to our<br />
own involvement in sin.<br />
<strong>February</strong> <strong>24</strong>, 2012
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School News<br />
As a school, we are following the parish's theme of "Where Am I<br />
on the Journey of Forgiveness?" During Lent, the teachers will be<br />
exploring this question with the children as well as teaching about<br />
prayer, almsgiving and fasting. The students drew their hands and<br />
wrote on the hand what they promise to do during Lent, whether<br />
that be giving up something or doing something positive. All of<br />
the hands, together with the children’s hands from the religious<br />
education program, will form a cross that will be displayed at church.<br />
Thank you to Ms. Shields for organizing this project and to the<br />
teachers for implementing it.<br />
School-wide, students are recognizing when<br />
they forgive someone, and hanging a purple<br />
footprint in the hallways when they do forgive<br />
someone. We are going to add "street signs" that<br />
give suggestions for ways to show forgiveness and<br />
advice for when it is hard to forgive someone.<br />
In considering almsgiving, classes are collecting<br />
donations for NPH in the first half of Lent and for<br />
Christopher House for the second half of Lent.<br />
We will focus on prayer in age appropriate<br />
formats, from a jellybean prayer in early<br />
childhood to a <strong>St</strong>ations of the Cross app in junior<br />
high. Each grade will participate in some form of<br />
Reconciliation prayer service, as well.<br />
We are discussing fasting with the students, and<br />
teachers were again given resources, including a<br />
calendar for recording each day's commitment<br />
and suggestions for fasting. The junior high is<br />
also planning to fast from talking during passing<br />
periods on Fridays. They are calling it "Hush<br />
Friday."<br />
PK4 has been busy in their “Caring and Sharing”<br />
unit. The photos show some of their activities.<br />
The "Middle of the Circle Game" is where oneby-one<br />
the children choose what they would<br />
like to do in the middle of the circle (i.e. hop,<br />
skip, jump, twirl, etc.). The rest of the class claps<br />
along to a little song while the one in the middle<br />
performs.<br />
A class favorite is the "Beanie Bag Dance" where<br />
beanbags are distributed to each child and there<br />
is a song that has children balancing beanbags on<br />
their head, shoulder, elbow, back, foot, and it ends<br />
with a beanbag toss!<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Josaphat</strong> <strong>Parish</strong><br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Josaphat</strong> School<br />
2<strong>24</strong>5 N. Southport Ave.,<br />
Chicago, IL 60614<br />
phone: 773.549.0909<br />
fax: 773.549.3127<br />
www.stjosaphat.net<br />
The PK 4 class plays "Middle of the Circle Game" and "Beanie<br />
Bag Dance."
Wedding<br />
Music Workshop<br />
Monday, <strong>February</strong> 25<br />
7:30 pm in the Church<br />
All wedding couples are invited to the<br />
Wedding Music Workshop, hosted<br />
by <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Josaphat</strong>'s music department.<br />
Please direct any questions to joe@<br />
stjosaphatparish.org.<br />
<strong>St</strong>ewardship<br />
Offering Update<br />
Sunday Giving for <strong>February</strong> 17<br />
In-pew collection:................ $4,548 .00<br />
Electronic giving:................. $5,503 .00<br />
Subtotal:................................. $10,051 .00<br />
Weekly Budget...................... $9,314 .00<br />
Difference:....................... ....$737 .00<br />
Homeless Outreach<br />
In the month of January, we served<br />
818 sandwiches, soups, snacks,<br />
and hats, gloves, and scarves to<br />
the needy who came to our door.<br />
If you would like to help feed the<br />
needy who come to our rectory<br />
door Monday- Friday, please<br />
contact: Wendy Koller McGill at<br />
wkollermcgill@sbcglobal.net<br />
Weekly Mass<br />
Schedule<br />
Weekend<br />
Saturday 5:00 pm<br />
Sunday 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm<br />
Weekday<br />
Monday, Tuesday, Friday 8:15 am<br />
in the Church<br />
Wednesday, Thursday 6:30 pm<br />
in the Lady Chapel<br />
Confession<br />
Saturday 4:15 - 4:45 pm<br />
Holy Days of Obligation<br />
Anticipated Mass: 6:30 pm,<br />
8:15 am, 12:00 pm, 6:30 pm<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> News<br />
Lincoln Park Community Shelter was the recipeint of the <strong>2013</strong> Unity Award<br />
presented at the Sweet Home Chicago Event.<br />
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Lincoln Park Community Shelter<br />
Dear Fr. Prendergast,<br />
"I like the programs (at LPCS). I like that the staff and volunteers actually care. I<br />
have bed, a safe base of operation, and a temporary family that looks out for one<br />
another. One of the best decisions I made in my life was to come here!"- LPCS Guest<br />
Thank you so much for your recent donation of $10,000. Your gift is<br />
appreciated and will directly help guests of the Lincoln Park Community<br />
Shelter achieve their goals to become self-sufficient once again. Whether<br />
it is through bus passes to get to a job interview, access to a caring and<br />
competent case manager, providing food and shelter during a time of crisis,<br />
or helping to pay a security deposit on someone's new apartment, the LPCS<br />
uses every donation received to directly improve the lives of men and women<br />
experiencing homelessness.<br />
During the time that a guest calls LPCS "home," we work to provide these<br />
vital services while also fostering the intangible - yet equally important -<br />
benefits that a true community can provide. Moral and emotional support,<br />
social support, reciprocity and a sense of accountability to the group is part of<br />
what makes the LPCS experience - for guests, volunteers, staff, and donors so<br />
unique. Thank you for being a part of this community.<br />
On behalf of the 35 guests who call the Lincoln Park Community Shelter<br />
home, please accept my heartfelt gratitude.<br />
With gratitutde,<br />
Erin Ryan,<br />
Executive Director<br />
Please Pray for Our Sick <strong>Parish</strong>ioners & Friends<br />
Daniel Allen, Susan Baker, Barbara Blake, Kurt Braun, Melissa Delia, Mary<br />
Lou DiNovo, Barb Duffy, Christopher Farrell, Terry Frye, Joanne Gross,<br />
Glen Guinsatao, Patrick Hanrahan, Eddie Hussey, Mike Jeuk, Emily Johans,<br />
William Johnson, Matthew Jones, Jr., Isabelle Kause, Gloria Kennedy,<br />
Dennis Laspesa, Brian Lapinski, Jack Lauth, Vernon LeSage, Tanner<br />
Martini, Albert Mittler, Jr., Michael Morse, Jane Minifie, Ann Minifie,<br />
Ronald Peterman, Loretta Porebski, Florence Rios, Shirley Schrage, Chester<br />
Smietana, Neil Vander Horn, Bertin Villagomez.<br />
Get Well Soon!<br />
We keep names on our sick list for three weeks. To place or keep a name on our<br />
sick list, please call the rectory every three weeks to let us know that you, a loved<br />
one or friend are still in need of prayers. Please call the rectory to request a visit<br />
from one of our Ministers of Care.<br />
<strong>February</strong> <strong>24</strong>, 2012
8<br />
Sweet Home Chicago<br />
Sweet Home Chicago was the product of over 125 motivated,<br />
smart, creative people working together to create an event to<br />
celebrate our community while raising funds to support it. I<br />
would like to extend my personal thanks to all of the volunteers<br />
below who helped make this happen; it is amazing to me what<br />
we accomplished!<br />
I would like to thank our Committee Chairs, because without<br />
their drive and talent, we would have not been able to pull off this<br />
complex event in our own space.<br />
Thanks to Jessica Janicki for securing our food & beverage<br />
donations and making sure we had an interesting menu for all to<br />
enjoy, Mary Hermanek for the food serving logistics planning for<br />
450 people, Mia Koch & Lisa <strong>St</strong>eele for designing and executing<br />
a fantastic decorating scheme that is "repeatable," Kristin Domzal<br />
for coordinating our entertainment, and Katie Kozlowski, our<br />
primary source of event advice!<br />
Maggie Snyder and Debbie Dennis managed our 125 volunteers<br />
and 30 others from Kendall College and DePaul. It was a<br />
monumental task that took on a life of its own, and they were able<br />
to meet and manage everyone's needs.<br />
I appreciate Liz Opie, Theresa Eiden and the efficient 8th Grade<br />
for managing our coatroom and Val McKinney for her organized<br />
setup and cleanup.<br />
On the fundraising side, Donna Sims was tireless in managing the<br />
Silent and Online auctions and over 250 donated items. Mary<br />
Gallo and Anina McCarron spearheaded the Live Auction, while<br />
Mary & Mike Donovan and Gina Hortatsos entertained the<br />
crowd and raised over $16,000 in the Live Auction and almost<br />
$20,000 in the Fund-a-Cause. Helaine Renz managed the Wine<br />
Cellar effectively, even standing outside in during the coldest<br />
week of this winter! Carrie LaHood & Kavita Patel organized<br />
the Kids and Adult Sign Up parties, making some calculated<br />
adjustments to maximize attendance.<br />
Maura Feind and Erin Gerothanas took on Games and Raffles<br />
this year, and did a lot of research to ensure our guests had fun<br />
while they were donating to the cause.<br />
Tina Smat and her marvelous attention to detail spearheaded<br />
the kids' Photo Project, coordinating almost 500 quotes and<br />
pictures taken by the talented Ewa Kowalow and Deb Fairfield.<br />
In addition to making several trips to school and religious ed to<br />
complete the photography work, Ewa and Deb created these 500<br />
composites BY THEMSELVES.<br />
Georgia Burke took on the class projects (and had them<br />
finished before Christmas!) even though she had her 4th baby<br />
in September. Beth LeFauve gave superb artistic direction to<br />
the projects, which I have to admit, all looked like they could be<br />
hanging from a gallery wall.<br />
Kelly Smith was responsible for Sponsorships, doubling the<br />
number that we were hoping to achieve.<br />
Jen Adams and Melanie Sheedy were very efficient in organizing<br />
our Post-Auction Pickup, and even worked through some<br />
software and credit card processing issues.<br />
Vera Wiltrout and Ryan Sheedy have our systems humming, and<br />
thankfully Tracy Lux came out of retirement to bail us out on<br />
web-design. Kristie French, who has a mind like a steel trap, is<br />
the guardian of our finances.<br />
Crucial to this year's event was Marketing, headed by Heather<br />
Dunkel. She created and executed a marketing plan that would<br />
be the envy of any event. Thanks also goes to our own supertalented<br />
Maria Tubay, who created all of our graphic art.<br />
We could not have had this event without the support of Fr. Rich<br />
and of Ms. Cannon who were very flexible with our ideas and<br />
how to use the space. Thanks also to the faculty and staff of <strong>St</strong>.<br />
<strong>Josaphat</strong> School (especially Ms. Best and First Floor Teachers!).<br />
Willie, Angelo and Marcos even came in on the event weekend<br />
and took a huge load off the volunteers.<br />
A special thank you goes to Julie O'Brien and Kristan Vaughan.<br />
Their help with event logistics and systems was immeasurable.<br />
You've heard "it takes a village?" Well for us, "it takes a parish!"<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Josaphat</strong> <strong>Parish</strong>
Spiritual Life<br />
9<br />
RCIA Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults<br />
Catechumens for Full Initiation into the Catholic Faith and Candidates for Reception into Full Catholic<br />
Communion will attend the Easter Vigil at Holy Name Cathedral on March 30, <strong>2013</strong>.<br />
Courtney Leitz, Catechumen<br />
Begin with a little bit about yourself:<br />
I work for a company called<br />
WyzAnt Tutoring. We’re a webbased<br />
company (headquartered in<br />
Bucktown) that matches tutors and<br />
students in all 50 states. I love the<br />
people I work with and it feels great<br />
to be part of a growing company that<br />
does positive things.<br />
My family is all over the country! My father lives in Cleveland,<br />
Ohio (where I was born and raised); my brother lives in New<br />
York City; and my mother, 2 sisters, and nieces and nephews<br />
live in Phoenix, Arizona. Needless to say, I travel a lot!<br />
When it’s nice outside, I enjoy taking walks with my<br />
Rhodesian Ridgeback, Penny. We love to take her to street<br />
festivals and to the Montrose dog beach, too. When it’s not<br />
so nice out, I love to read a good novel or watch scary movies<br />
with my fiancé, Joe.<br />
Why did you decide to join the RCIA group?<br />
Joe was raised in the Catholic Church. When we decided to<br />
get married, I knew that I wanted to take the necessary steps to<br />
receive God’s blessing and be married in a beautiful church.<br />
Joe and I planned to visit about 10 churches in the area. The<br />
first one we came to visit was Saint <strong>Josaphat</strong>, and we knew<br />
right away that this was our parish. We felt so welcome from<br />
the very beginning. We’re so happy we came here first!<br />
What do you hope to gain from this experience?<br />
I hope to make new friends and to become involved in my new<br />
parish community. I hope to start fresh when I am baptized,<br />
and I hope to receive a constant companion - a true guide -<br />
when I am confirmed in the church.<br />
What do you most look forward to when you become a part of<br />
the Catholic Faith?<br />
I look forward to raising a family with faith and a strong love<br />
for God. There is a special, indescribable feeling you can only<br />
sense on Sunday mornings when everyone runs around to get<br />
ready for church and then finally sits down together to sing<br />
hymns and listen to a special message from God. (And who<br />
doesn’t love Sunday supper?!)<br />
Know the Mass,<br />
One Word at a Time: Link<br />
When we arrive at church on Sunday morning, we are<br />
in a particular spot at a specific time. We are mistaken,<br />
however, to think that we are just here and right now.<br />
When we walk into church and celebrate Mass together,<br />
we are linking ourselves across time and space with<br />
countless people and a long history.<br />
Photo © John Zich “Remember, Lord, your Church spread throughout the<br />
world, and bring her to the fullness of charity together<br />
with our Pope. . . .” Throughout the world, believers are hearing the same Word<br />
and sharing in the same Bread of Life. We link ourselves with believers across the<br />
entire world. “Remember also, Lord, your servants who have gone before us with<br />
the sing of faith. . . .” We link ourselves with those who have died and with all the<br />
faithful saints who proved their love.<br />
Not just here and not just now but across a universe of faith and a history of loving<br />
fidelity we link ourselves with others at Sunday Mass.<br />
Year of<br />
Sunday Mass<br />
July 2012 - June <strong>2013</strong><br />
Question of the week for <strong>February</strong> <strong>24</strong>:<br />
Luke 9:28b-36<br />
If the Eucharist is the “source and<br />
summit of Christian life”, what<br />
“mountaintop” experiences have<br />
Sunday Mass given me? How have<br />
I heard the voice of God more<br />
clearly through the Eucharist?<br />
Archdiocese of Chicago +<br />
<strong>St</strong>rategic Pastoral Plan :<br />
YEAR OF SUNDAY MASS /<br />
YEAR OF FAITH<br />
Louis J. Cameli ©2012 Archdiocese of<br />
Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications.<br />
Visit our website at www.LTP.org<br />
<strong>February</strong> <strong>24</strong>, 2012
10<br />
Spiritual Life<br />
2nd Sunday<br />
in Lent<br />
In today’s second<br />
reading Paul<br />
is asking the<br />
Philippians to<br />
model themselves after those who<br />
place their faith in Jesus. Have you<br />
ever thought about placing your faith<br />
in the Lord through the priesthood<br />
or religious life? For information<br />
about the diocesan priesthood in<br />
the Archdiocese of Chicago, contact<br />
Fr. Brian Welter at 312-534-8298<br />
or bwelter@archchicago.org or go<br />
to www.ChicagoPriest.com. For<br />
information about religious life<br />
contact Sr. Elyse Ramirez, OP at<br />
eramirez@archchicago.org, or 312-<br />
534-5<strong>24</strong>0 and for the Permanent<br />
Diaconate program contact Deacon<br />
Bob Puhala at bpuhala@usml.edu or<br />
847-837-4562.<br />
Rest in Peace<br />
Please pray for the<br />
repose of the soul of<br />
Jodie Evans,<br />
aunt of Julie Hamman<br />
Eternal rest grant to her O Lord.<br />
Men’s Spirituality<br />
meets next on<br />
Saturday, March 9<br />
from 6:30 am – 8:00 am<br />
in the Rectory Meeting Room.<br />
All men of the parish are welcome!<br />
Baptismal<br />
Preparation Class<br />
which is normally held on the second<br />
Monday of the month,<br />
is rescheduled for March on<br />
Tuesday, March 12<br />
from 7 pm to 8 pm in the Church.<br />
Please call the rectory office<br />
(773.327.8955) to RSVP.<br />
Community News<br />
Career Transition<br />
Center of Chicago's<br />
4th Annual<br />
Passport to Taste<br />
Thursday, May 9, <strong>2013</strong>,<br />
from 6 to 9pm at The Newberry<br />
Library, 60 W. Walton <strong>St</strong>.<br />
Embark on an evening's exploration of the foods and wines of Italy. Tickets are<br />
$100 each & must be purchased in advance at www.ctcchicago.org/Passport1.<br />
asp or via check sent to CTC.<br />
Sponsorships are available at the $1,200 and $600 levels.<br />
For information contact ajenke@ctcchicago.org<br />
Donations accepted at www.ctcchicago.org/Funds/donor.htm<br />
All proceeds benefit the CTC.<br />
CTC's mission is to provide professional, emotional and spiritual support to<br />
those seeking a job, looking for meaningful work, or otherwise undergoing a<br />
career transition. CTC is a volunteer-driven, non-profit organization providing<br />
professional assistance to individuals in employment transition.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Josaphat</strong> <strong>Parish</strong><br />
Vacation Bible<br />
School<br />
Planning Meeting<br />
Wednesday, March 6 10 am<br />
at the Rectory<br />
Vacation Bible School will happen at<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Josaphat</strong> from Monday, June <strong>24</strong><br />
through Friday, June 28, 9am -11am.<br />
Please come to our first planning<br />
meeting and offer to help.<br />
If you would like to help but can't<br />
make the meeting please email me<br />
or call me. We need a lot of help to<br />
make this a success. Last year we<br />
had a lot of volunteers and VBS was<br />
a great success. If you are not able<br />
to be at VBS that week we still need<br />
plenty of help behind the scenes to<br />
prepare for the days. Much of it can<br />
be done at home.<br />
Remember....It Takes a Village!!!<br />
Regina Dominican High School is<br />
offering shadow days for seventh grade<br />
students and possible transfer students<br />
during the spring. Available dates<br />
include March 26th and April 16th.<br />
<strong>St</strong>udents are partnered with a Regina<br />
Dominican Ambassador based<br />
on academic and extra-curricular<br />
interests. A shadow day begins at 8<br />
a.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m. Lunch is<br />
provided. We request no blue jeans.<br />
Space is limited for Seventh Grade<br />
Shadow Days and fills quickly. Please<br />
make a reservation with Pattie Fuentes,<br />
Director of Admissions, at least one<br />
week in advance at 847-256-7660 ext.<br />
223.<br />
Regina Dominican is located at 701<br />
Locust Road in Wilmette. For more<br />
information visit rdhs.org.
Mass<br />
Intentions<br />
Monday.......................<strong>February</strong> 25<br />
8:15 pm † Don McKenzie<br />
Tuesday...................... <strong>February</strong> 26<br />
8:15 am † <strong>St</strong>even Bialobock<br />
Wednesday..................<strong>February</strong> 27<br />
6:30 pm Living & Deceased<br />
Mothers and Fathers<br />
Thursday................... <strong>February</strong> 28<br />
6:30 pm † Purgatorial Society<br />
Friday................................ March 1<br />
8:15 am <strong>Parish</strong>ioners of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Josaphat</strong><br />
Saturday...........................March 2<br />
5:00 pm † The Janik Family<br />
Sunday..............................March 3<br />
Third Sunday of Lent<br />
8:00 am † Emily Gonsalves<br />
10:00 am For the health of<br />
Charles Eklund<br />
12:00 pm Living & Deceased<br />
Mothers & Fathers<br />
Week in Worship<br />
11<br />
Liturgical Ministers for March 2 & 3<br />
3rd Sunday of Lent<br />
Saturday, March 2, 5 pm<br />
Presider...................................................................................Rev. Richard J. Prendergast<br />
Deacon...............................................................................................................Dave Keene<br />
Ministers of the Word...................................................................................Joe Scheidler<br />
Ushers................................................................................................................Hector Loya<br />
Ministers of the Eucharist...................................................................... Theresa Montano<br />
Cantor..............................................................................................................Joe Labozetta<br />
Altar Servers................................................................................ Gigi Bodie, Mack Bodie<br />
Sunday, March 3, 8 am<br />
Presider....................................................................................................Rev. Dan Andree<br />
Ministers of the Word.............................................. Sheila Harding, Vineeta Swaroop<br />
Ushers...........................................................................................Ira Bey, Brian Oleszczuk<br />
Ministers of the Eucharist........................Joanne Gross, Doug Koch, Nancy Velarde<br />
Cantor................................................................................................................. Aaron Seret<br />
Altar Servers..................................................................Cathleen Cusick, Joseph Cusick<br />
Sunday, March 3, 10 am<br />
Presider...................................................................................Rev. Richard J. Prendergast<br />
Ministers of the Word...........................Adam Skibley, Lindsay, Skibley Dan Andree<br />
Ushers...................................................................................... Scott Dowling, Jeff Lovero<br />
Ministers of the Eucharist.................................................Judy Lovero, Deanna Monroe,<br />
Don Tenbrunsel, Kate York<br />
Cantor............................................................................................................ Jared Esguerra<br />
Altar Servers.......................................................... Dominick Cielak, Victoria Schaddel<br />
Sunday, March 3, 12 pm<br />
Presider..................................................................................Rev. Richard J. Prendergast<br />
Deacon...............................................................................................................Dave Keene<br />
Ministers of the Word........................................................ Mike Carin, Robin Toomey<br />
Ushers..................................................................................................................... Al Mittler<br />
Ministers of the Eucharist.................................Meg Carin, Sergio Flores, Mary Flores<br />
Altar Servers....................................................................Katie Ausman, Frank Graziano<br />
<strong>February</strong> <strong>24</strong>, 2012