Pentecost Sunday

May 27, 2012

SAINT ISAAC JOGUES PARISH 8149 Golf Road ~ Niles, IL 60714 847/967-1060 ~ Fax # 847/967-1070 Website: http://sij-parish.com

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PENTECOST: “BY ANY OTHER NAME…” “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” -Shakespeare Pentecost is the name of the feast. It is quite liter-ally “the fiftieth day.” In Judaism it refers to the fifti-eth day after Passover. It is also called the “Feast of Weeks” or, in Hebrew, Shavuot. Jewish Pente-cost is a harvest festival (Exodus 23:16) - - the gathering of first fruits. It is also associated with the Covenant on Mt. Sinai. In Christianity, Pentecost is the fiftieth and final day of the Easter Season. It closely parallels the Jew-ish celebration in that Easter is considered the Christian Passover. On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and the Blessed Vir-gin in the form of tongues of fire (Acts 2). Power was given them. Their lives were transformed by the Gifts of the Spirit - - Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety and Fear of the Lord. Pentecost is considered the “Birthday of the Church” and the beginning of the Church’s world-wide Mission. The old English name for Pentecost is Whitsun or the “Sunday in White.” This may seem a misnomer because red is the prescribed color of vestments worn at the Liturgical celebration of the day. But in Festivals, Family and Food, British authors Diana Carey and Judy Lange explain Pentecost’s other name: By tradition the appearance of the white dove at Pentecost lends itself to the theme of “white,” as did the white gowns worn by newly Baptized

coverts. In northern Europe the connotation is also a natural one, with the blooming of white May, Hawthorn and Lilac at this time. Whitsun was kept as a public, extended holiday in England and parts of Europe. Feasting and merry-making characterized Whitsuntide. Bowers were often built in churchyards, where the “Lord and Lady of Whitsun” Ale were ceremoniously en-throned. Whitsunday was the High Feast of King Arthur’s Court. We are told: “all manner of strange adventures came before King Arthur at that feast afore all others.” While “Old England” is fast disappearing, within the memory of many, Whitsun was a Spring bank holi-day - - a traditional time for processions, plays and Morris dances.” Today however, few would take the charming advice of the authors of Festivals, Family and Food seriously: “Have a cake with white icing for tea, perhaps with an icing dove nesting on it . . . Try to wear some-thing white . . . and always have milk and coconut macaroons.” And I wonder how many people have ever seen a Morris Dance, let alone be able to explain it. A Happy Whitsunday, Pentecost or what you will! -Fr. Luczak

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The 2013 Mass Book is now available. Anyone wishing to reserve Masses for loved ones or special intentions may do so.

Please note: we will take only one intention for each liturgy. We suggest a $10.00 stipend for each Mass.

According to the Code of Canon Law 948: Separate Masses must be applied for the intentions of those for whom an individual offering, even if small, has been made and accepted. What is normative in the practice of the Church is that there be separate individual Masses offered for individual intentions.

ALTAR FLOWERS CAN BE A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE Parishioners are invited to decorate the altar with flowers in honor or memory of a loved one. There will be two ar-rangements each week. Your name and intention will be listed in the Bulletin. The cost of a flower arrangement will be $50.00. After Pentecost, Altar Flowers will be available from the weekend of June 3rd through Thanksgiving Day, November 22nd. Dates fill up quickly, so please book well in advance. Please call the Rectory at 847-967-1060 to arrange a date and make your remembrance special!

HUMAN CONCERNS MINISTRY OF CARE The Ministry of Care will meet this Tuesday, May 29, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Following dinner we will have a brief meeting to review next year’s calendar and discuss any issues and then have our discussion of the book Don’t Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart. If you have not yet responded, please call the RE Office first thing Tuesday morning. Thank you! JUNE 3 CHICAGO-WIDE “ECUMENICAL SUNDAY” This is your last chance to sign up for the bus for the June 3rd Prayer for Christian Unity observance at St. Hed-wig’s Church in Chicago! If we do not have enough people for a bus we will contact you to arrange car pools. Everyone is invited and encouraged to experience this special observance with other followers of our Lord Jesus Christ! Please sign up today in the Holy Family Room or contact the Religious Education Office, 847/966-1180, by Tuesday morning. At the Christian Unity observance refreshments and conversation will be from 4-5 p.m. followed by a prayer service, 5-6 p.m. Cardinal George is scheduled to be present.

PARISH LIFE BUDDY CONCERT IV Join us for a great afternoon of song, music, laughter, and memories as friends of Buddy Charles Gries give another benefit concert for the parish in tribute to the late, great, legendary piano man. This year’s special event will be on Sunday, July 15th and will feature songs from musical theater The ticket price remains the same -- $20 per person. Tickets will be on sale in early July. Invite your family members and friends – You won’t want to miss it!

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SPIRITUAL LIFE MEMORIAL DAY MASS The Memorial Day Mass will be Monday at 9:00 a.m. Please note that this will be the only Mass of the day. BLESSING OF GRADUATES Next weekend near the end of each Mass we will acknowledge all Graduates with a blessing. So when Father asks the Graduates to please stand or come forward, we hope you will do so. Whether it is graduation from preschool, kindergar-ten, junior high, high school, language and culture school, college, or further, our faith community wants to congratulate you and pray for God’s blessing upon you. We look forward to being with you! CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION The Corpus Christi Procession will begin at the end of the Noon Mass on Sunday, June 10th. Scripture readings, hymns, and prayers will be offered in Polish, Italian, Spanish and Tagalog. Our Sharing Parish, Maternity BVM, will again join us for this special event. All are welcome so please invite your family, friends, and neighbors! Weather permitting we will process from the church to the field over by the rectory where the four altars will be set up. If the weather is good, but the ground is wet from previous days’ rain, the altars will be set up around the property. Parts of the parking lot may be blocked of that day for set up and for the safety of all during the procession. The back road gate will be closed at 12:15 p.m. Parking will be available at Colonial Funeral Home. If you do not plan on staying for the procession, you may want to park over there. Once the procession begins, you will not be able to move your car from our parking lot until the proces-sion has safely moved to the field or the first altar if we are going around the property. Ushers will be in the parking lot to facilitate movement. Please follow their direction. Please pray that the weather cooperates, but if it should not, we will have the procession inside with the altars set u in the Holy Family Room and the school. Hospitality will follow the event. If you would like to bring food to share, please drop it off in the Holy Family Room before the Noon Mass (but no earlier than 11:30 a.m.) We would also appreciate help with serving the food and with clean up outside and in the Holy Family Room. Any children of the parish who received their First Communion this year and encouraged to wear their First Communion clothes and help throw flower petals in front of the Blessed Sacrament during the procession. To offer your help, please call the Religious Education Office this week: 847/966-1180. To groups responsible for the altars: Please call the RE Office by this Friday to give us the title and words of the hymn you will be singing, if it is different from last year. We would also like the names of the two people who will be helping with the canopy during the procession and of the person or persons who will be helping with set up that Sunday morning. Thank you.

Elizabeth Fraser

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OUR LADY OF SCHOENSTATT:

A Covenant of Love In the 1980’s I was intro-duced to the Schoenstatt Movement. Friends from St. Paul of the Cross sug-gested that we visit a Schoenstatt Chapel on the way to Milwaukee. It was a beautiful May after-noon and I found the chapel, in its rural setting, charming. Along with a brochure and a prayer card, I put other Schoenstatt information into my resource file and forgot about it! Not long ago, I was watching EWTN Live. Fr. Mitch Pacwa’s guest was a Priest-director of the Schoenstatt Movement. I remembered my brief experience almost thirty years ago and listened to the discussion with renewed interest. I learned that Schoenstatt began in Germany. Fr. Joseph Kentenich, its founder, gathered members of a Marian Sodality together on October 18, 1914. In the small chapel where they met, the sodality members made a Covenant of Love with the Blessed Virgin to their chapel to “work miracles of grace in men’s hearts and thus renew the world.” “Schoenstatt” means “beautiful place” in German. The group Fr. Kentenich and his handful of soda-lists formed has grown into an International Apos-tolic Movement. Since World War II ended, its mis-sion, its outreach, has been world-wide. The movement has, among its six secular institutes, fifteen federations and leagues, about 200,000 members. Their commitment to asceticism, com-munity life, Marian devotion, and the apostolate varies only in degree, but not in essential philoso-phy. The Schoenstatt “philosophy” and its “mission” en-gage people from all “walks of life.” Schoenstatt involves people of all ages and cultures in renewal through spiritual striving. A central focus, in mis-sionary work, charity, education and all that mem-bers do, is the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is hon-ored as queen. On the 18th of each month, mem-bers of Schoenstatt and “pilgrims” celebrate

Prayer

Mother Thrice Admirable, Queen and Victress of Schoenstatt, help me to live each day with a practical faith in Divine Providence. Let me be calm and really listen to what God asks of me each day. Accept my heart as a gift for your divine Son, and help me to keep my baptismal covenant with the Triune God.

covenant day by renewing their commitment to serv-ing God through Mary’s example and inspiration and help. A picture of the Madonna and Child from an original painting by a 19th Century Italian artist named Luigi Crosio has become the holy icon of the Movement. Once known as the “Refuge of Sinners,” the depic-tion of Our Lady is now called “Mother, Thrice Admi-rable, Queen and Victress of Schoenstatt,” Mary is honored as: 1. Mother of God 2. Mother of Redeemer, and 3. Our Mother Fr. Kentenich once wrote:

“Keep your place in the heart of Our Lady. You belong there whatever happens. There you will find peace, security and confidence in the victory in every circumstance and every instance. Do good where the opportunity arises, and see a kind father-hand in every-thing. He guides your destiny according to His wise plan or love.”

Schoenstatt spirituality is intensely relational and warmly “domestic” -- home centered. A Schoenstatt chapel seems to recall the emotion of “homecoming,” security and peace. And it is all be-cause of the loving Motherhood of Mary.

-- Fr. Luczak

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WOMAN’S CLUB - WOMAN OF THE YEAR!

The Woman’s Club nominee for 2012 Woman of the Year joined our parish 46 years ago and the Women’s Club the very next day. She and her husband raised four children who all attended St. Isaac Jogues school, and she has been blessed with 10 grandchildren. She was active with all of their school activities and fund raisers during her children’s time at St. Isaac’s and still found time to be a girl scout leader. She worked with our special needs children for over 25 years and for the past 5 years has been active with our parish SPRED ministry. She goes to Mass daily, serving whenever needed. She has been a liturgical minister for 34 years. For the past 5 years she has been a money counter for the parish. She has been a volunteer on the parish raffle committee. For the past 3 years, she has volunteered with Catholic Charities in Des Plaines, lending assistance to their food pantry or wherever needed. She has been a guild leader at least ten times, she lost count! She has served as a Commission Head for Church Communities, Family Concerns and Community Concerns not once but multiple times. She has chaired the Nominating Committee on multiple occasions, organized our days of recollection and arranged entertainment for our quarterly programs. She has served on special committees for the Liv-ing Rosary, receptions for the clergy, special events, farewell receptions, special liturgies, Christmas bazaars, fashion shows, bake sales, wine tastings, casino nights, coat drives and fund raisers of all kind. She is always there when a volunteer is needed for guild, women’s club or parish activities and functions. Our nominee is a woman of all seasons who always volunteers with a smile on her face and an out-stretched helping hand. It is with pride that we nominate Mary Burke as our “Woman of the Year.”

ST. ISAAC JOGUES MEN’S CLUB St. Isaac Jogues Men’s Club held their annual installation dinner May 17th at the Des Plaines Elks.

President John Preston

Vice President Don Petersen

Secretary Paul Wydra

Treasurer Vic Skuran

Membership Chairman Dean Johansen

Activities Chairmen Ed Lisowski & James Capek

Publicity Co-Chairmen Bob Klein & Jim Hilliard

Director at Large Ed Mikeska

Chaplain Fr. Andrew Luczak

Moderator Deacon Paul Stanton

John Preston accepted the office of president. The “Man of the Year “ award

was then given to two candidates JIM HILLIARD AND WALTER POLINSKI

A check for $1000 was presented to Fr. Luczak for the church and the evening ended with all present having a great time! Note:

There are still a few Cubs vs Houston Astros tickets available for $51 for Tuesday, 8/14 at 7PM. The ticket price includes bus transportation, food

and beverages. Please call George Flentge at 847/970-9976 or

Ed Mikeska at 847/729-9561 for tickets.

Fr. Andrew Luczak introduced and installed the following officers:

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION RE NEWS *Families who have a tuition balance or sacrament fee remaining for this current year are asked to send their pay-ment in by the end of this month. If you have a financial concern, please call Dolores Stanton, 847/966-1180, to discuss some options. No one is denied religious education due to finances. *Registration for the 2012-2013 RE Program has begun! Returning families are to return the registration form that was mailed a couple weeks ago to the Religious Education Office by June 15 in order to avoid a late fee. Families who are new to the program should contact the RE Office, 847/966-1180, to set up a time to pick up or fill out paperwork. A copy of each child’s baptismal certificate will be needed (if the child was not baptized here at St. Isaac Jogues Parish). Tuition for 2012-2013 for parishioners (those registered in the parish and who use their envelopes and/or give time to the parish through a ministry) is: $160 – one child; $270 – two children; $330 – three or more children. Tuition for non-parishioners (those not registered in the parish, or who are registered but do not use their envelopes or give time) is: $240 – one child; $350 – two children; $410 – three or more children. Sacrament fees are: First Reconciliation/First Communion -- $50; Confirmation Year I -- $10; Confirmation Year II -- $30. Please note that no one is denied reli-gious education because of a difficulty with finances. RE Classes for Kindergarten are on Sunday mornings, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Grades 1-Confirmation Year II meet on Monday evenings, 6:45-8:00 p.m. Families are strongly encouraged to have their children attend each year as no one year fully covers and forms a child’s faith development. Please note that a child must participate in religious educa-tion classes, either through an RE Program or a Catholic School, the two years prior to receiving a sacrament. Families with older children who have not yet received religious education or sacraments or who have children with special needs are encouraged to call us to discuss options available. For more information on registration please call the RE Office, 847/966-1180. CATHOLICISM SERIES The final episode of Fr. Bob Barron’s CATHOLICISM series, World Without End: The Last Things, will be shown this Friday, June 1, at 7:00 p.m. in the Holy Family Room. Please call the RE Office, 847/966-1180, if you plan to attend.

Join us as we WELCOME our newest rectory staff member, Ruth Wasiukiewicz! Ruth comes to us with a wealth of experience with multiple computer programs we use on a daily basis and a strong background in customer ser-vice, accounting, and administration. Ruth is assuming responsibilities as Bulletin Editor and Accounts Payable processor and will be available to assist anyone when needed. She’ll work Wednesday through Friday, compli-menting Janet Piovosi and Marlene Garber who will continue to work on Monday and Tuesday. I want to express a sincere THANK YOU to Janet & Marlene for all of their support making sure all the work got done during our transition and our search for the right candidate.

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TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Filled with the Holy Spirit, the apostles begin to speak in tongues (Acts 2:1-11). Psalm — Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth (Psalm 104). Second Reading — There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13) or Galatians 5:16-25. Gospel — As the Father has sent me, so I send you. Re-ceive the Holy Spirit (John 20:19-23) or John 15:26-27; 16:12-15. The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

GUIDE US TODAY Holy Spirit, you who pointed out the way for your disciples to announce the Gospel, we pray to you: As in the time of the apostles, guide today’s messengers of the Good News. —From Come, Lord Jesus by Lucien Deiss, CSSp, copyright © 1976, 1981, Lucien Deiss. Published by World Library Publications. p. 183

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Pt 1:3-9; Mk 10:17-27 Tuesday: 1 Pt 1:10-16; Mk 10:28-31 Wednesday: 1 Pt 1:18-25; Mk 10:32-45 Thursday: Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16; Lk 1:39-56 Friday: 1 Pt 4:7-13; Mk 11:11-26 Saturday: Jude 17, 20b-25; Mk 11:27-33 Sunday: Dt 4:32-34, 39-40; Ps 33; Rom 8:14-

17; Mt 28:16-20

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Pentecost Sunday Monday: Eighth Week in Ordinary Time; Memorial Day Thursday: The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Friday: St. Justin; First Friday Saturday: Ss. Marcellinus and Peter; Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday

Financial Update

The good news is we’re still ahead of last year! The challenge is the collections through the first three weeks of May lag behind our

budget target by $2,245 which has increased our fiscal year shortfall to $14,108. Anything you can do to help us catch up before the end of June will be greatly appreciated.

A sincere thanks to all parishioners

who continue to give of their time, talent and treasure in support of the Parish.

Actual Budget Difference Actual Last Yr. Difference Sunday Collection $8,255 $10,500 ($2,245) $8,255 $9,097 ($842)

Month to Date $32,746 $37,100 ($4,354) $32,746 $34,487 ($1,741)

Year to Date $512,842 $526,950 ($14,108) $512,842 $506,538 $6,304

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Sunday, May 27 - Pentecost 7:30 am Waclaw Bloniarz 9:00 am For the Living & Deceased Members of St. Isaac Jogues and their Families; Mary Klopack 10:30 am Fr. Thomas Moore Zacharia, CMI 12:00 pm Deceased members of the Guinto Family Monday, May 28 8:00 am Purgatorial Society Tamara Ann Propst Tuesday, May 29 8:00 am Orma Coutre Wednesday, May 30 8:00 am Hal Yamanaka Thursday, May 31 8:00 am Megan Upshaw Friday, June 1 8:00 am Mary Jane Polinski Saturday, June 2 8:00 am Communion Service—No Intentions 5:00 pm Helen Polinski Sunday, June 3 7:30 am Guy Zimmer 9:00 am Jacek Sliwinski 10:30 am For the Living & Deceased Members of St. Isaac Jogues and their Families; Megan Zimniewicz Upshaw 12:00 pm Ceil Sipiora

Confessions Fr. McGlynn

Relatives & Friends

Please remember the sick and hospitalized

Leona Schmidt

Katherine Williams Tina Wissing

Barbara Watson

Liturgy next weekend June 2-3 Celebrant 5:00 pm Fr. Janas 7:30 am Fr. Luczak/Deacon Paul 9:00 am Fr. Kennedy 10:30 am Fr. McGlynn 12:00 pm Fr. Kalas Altar Servers 5:00 pm Marco Lambo, Jonathan Magboo, Jr. Joanne Areno 7:30 am Kathy Janik, Alexis Janik, Anna Koziol 9:00 am Jacob Austria, Anya Piska, Jonathan Piska 10:30 am Althea Yap, Mark Mangurali, Jeffery Kurian 12:00 pm Alfonso Hanson, Yuriy Martyniuk, Samuel Ratner

Sacristy Committee Frances Martel

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Pentecost Challenge

Worldly cares and desires crucified We speak boldly with our tongues tied

To the wind that refreshes the soul And the wings of our divine call

We swim against the popular culture That claims religion has no future

Faith is all made up, they proudly say Please only yourself you may

Till at deathbed crawls the meaning That makes life worth keeping

-Deacon Rod

PASTOR: Rev. Andrew Luczak PASTORAL STAFF: Lori Herbert, Business Manager Dolores Stanton, Director of Religious Education Lisa Hall, Music Director DEACON COMMUNITY: Deacon & Mrs. Robert C. O’Keefe Deacon Rod Ranola Deacon & Mrs. Paul M. Stanton WEEKEND LITURGY PRESIDERS: Rev. Ron Kalas Rev. Bernard Kennedy, O.F.M. Rev. Philip McGlynn, O.S.M. Rev. David Stagaman, S.J. Rev. Camillus Janas, O.F.M. Eucharistic Celebrations: Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, & 12:00 Noon Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM Saturday: 8:00 AM & 5:00 PM Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday, 11:00 - 12:00 Noon or anytime by request.

Sacrament of Matrimony: Must be registered for six months prior to setting the wedding date with an addi-tional six months for necessary preparation. Note: The following wedding times can be scheduled: Friday at 5:00 p.m.; Saturday at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.; Sunday at 3:00 p.m. (Ceremony only) Sacrament of Baptism: Second and fourth Sunday of each month at 1:30 PM. Baptism Preparation Session must be completed before Baptism. Contact the Parish Office as soon as possible for details. Parish Office Website: http://sij-parish.com E-mail: office@sij-parish.com 8149 Golf Road, Niles, IL. 60714. . . . . . . 967-1060 Janet Piovosi (Parish Secretary) Marlene Garber (Data Processor) Ruth Wasiukiewicz (Data Processor & Bulletin Editor) Religious Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966-1180 Renata Jaroslawski (Staff Secretary) Music Ministry. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 967-1060 Parish Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965-1091 Ministry Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965-6911 Parish School: St. John Brebeuf School. . . . . . . . . 966-3266

BULLETIN SICK LIST The sick and hospitalized are to be held in thought and prayer. For their family, friends, and faith community it is often times the best, and sometimes even only, way we can help and support them. Yet we must remember that by law we cannot publicly let our parish community know the health status of any of our members without their permission. What that means is that we cannot put peo-ple’s names in the bulletin sick list for prayer without permission. As a reminder our policy is as follows: Names for the sick list in the bulletin have to be called in by the person who is ill or by a member of their family. At the time they call in the name they will be asked whether they are the sick person him/herself, or a member of their family and if they give per-mission for the name to be placed on the list. They will be asked for the correct spelling of the sick person’s name. If a family member, they will be required to give their name for our records. The name will be in the bulletin for one month. Then the person’s name will be inscribed in the Book of Community Prayer. All people and prayer requests are remembered during the petitions at all the weekend Masses. Their names will also be given to our Ministers of Praise to pray for them daily.

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CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS ST. ISAAC JOGUES #512032 8149 Golf Road Niles, IL 60714 TELEPHONE 847 967-1060 CONTACT PERSON Janet/Lori SOFTWARE MS Publisher 2003 Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Windows XP Professional PRINTER Canon IR 3035 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 12 SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION May 27, 2012 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS THANK YOU!