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Season of Lent—Nombu 03/22/2015 Collection for 03/15—$4312.00

Thought of the Day

"Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him.

-St.John of the cross

Holy Week Schedule - 2015

Palm Sunday - March 29, 2015 8:00 am - Holy Qurbana- Malayalam 10:00 am - Palm Sunday Liturgy & Procession

Holy Qurbana (English) – Basement Chapel Holy Qurbana (Malayalam) – Main Church Celebration begins in the Parish Hall

12: 15 pm – Thamukku Nercha 1:15 pm – Retreat, Adoration 4:15 pm – Retreat Ends 5:30 pm – Holy Qurbana

Monday, March 30 & Tuesday, March 31 8:30 am Holy Qurbana 7:00 pm Holy Qurbana-Malayalam and Way of the Cross

Wednesday - April 01, 2015 8:30 am – Holy Qurbana 6:30 pm – Blessing of Chrism, Holy Qurbana, Way of the Cross

Holy Thursday- April 02, 2015 7:00 pm - Solemn Holy Qurbana & Washing of the feet(Only one H. Qurbana, No separate Service in English) 9:00 pm -Eucharistic Procession to Chapel and Adoration till mid night 9:30 pm "-Pesaha Appam Murical" in Parish Hall

Good Friday - April 03, 2015 9:00 am to 4:00 pm - Adoration in the Chapel by various Wards and Organi-zations 5:00 pm - Reflection of the Passion of Christ and Solemn Way of the Cross

Holy Week Schedule - 2015 (Cont..)

6:30 pm - Passion Narration and Veneration of the Cruci-fix - Malayalam 6:30 pm - Passion Narration and Veneration of the Cruci-fix - English in the Basement 8:00 pm - Supper (Light veg food) in the Parish Hall

Holy Saturday - April 04, 2015 9:30 am – Blessing of New Water and Fire, Holy Qur-bana- Malayalam 7:00 pm - Easter Vigil Resurrection services, Holy Qur-bana- Malayalam 7:00 pm - English Liturgy in the Church Basement Easter Sunday - April 05, 2015 10:00 am Holy Qurbana- Malayalam (No other Qurbana on Easter Sunday)

SUNDAY

08:00 AM HOLY MASS - MALAYALAM 09:30 AM HOLY MASS - ENGLISH 11:00 AM HOLY MASS - MALAYALAM 05:30 P M HOLY MASS - MALAYALAM WEEKDAYS & SATURDAY

08:30 AM HOLY MASS - MALAYALAM

FRIDAY 7:00 PM : HOLY MASS

ON FIRST FRIDAYS

7:00 PM : HOLY MASS 8:00 PM : ADORATION and NIGHT VIGIL

CONFESSION MON_SAT : 9 : 30 AM—10 :30 AM FR I DAY : BEFO RE & AFTER 7 :00 PM M ASS

A n n o u n c e m e n t s

Alter Servers and Lectors Palm Sunday March 29, 2015

8:00 am Holy Qurbana- Malayalam Jose Kadavil, Santi Thomas

10:00 am Holy Qurbana and Distribution of Palms

Celebration begins in the Parish Hall Solemn Procession to Church

Cheriachan Kizhakkebhagam (1st Reading) Jose Kadavil (2nd Reading)

John Thayilpeedika, Santi Thomas, Jomi Jacob

10:00 am Holy Qurbana- English in Church Basement Melvin Paul (1st Reading) Joe Parayil (2nd Reading)

George Parayil, Aljo Abraham, Brian Kuncheria, Lestin Kandakudy, Alfred Joseph, Alex Thoppil

Scripture Readings: Genesis 49:8-12, 22-26

Zechariah 9:9-12, Romans 11:13-24 Gospel Mathew 21:1-17

Mass Schedule

Obituary Brigit Konnannikkatt(90), grand mother of Joseph Chamakala passed away in Arakuzha, Kerala on 20th March.

Prayer Meetings — March Ward: St.James (Elmhurst) Host: Celine and Thomas Purathur Addr: 949 Cedar Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126 Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 @ 6:30 PM Phone 1-(630)-832-3920 Please do not plan for prayer meetings on Friday’s during Lent

1. There will be a way of the cross on every Friday along with the 7:00 PM mass. Separate session for adults and kids.

2. Today at 11am Mass we will be celebrating St.Joseph's feast. The main celebrant is Mar.Lawrence Mukkuzhi.

3. Next Sunday(3/29/15) is Palm Sunday. Please bring grated coconut and coarse roasted rice from your home for making 'Thamukku Nercha '

4. Cultural Academy: Youth festival will be on May 9th. No classes for Cultural Academy on next Saturday.March28th.

5. Night vigil: April month night vigil is shifted from April 3rd to April10th(the following week) due to GOOD FRIDAY on April 3rd.

6. Women's Forum : (a) Women's Forum in our parish leading a telephonic ROSARY AND INTERCESSIONAL PRAYER with a spiritual message and final blessings from a Priest on mon-days and Thursdays of every week.To join with this prayer line dial 712-432-1438 and the access code: 422133 (b) Also they are doing a pickle sale today for raising funds.

CCD News

School of Religious Education would like to thank all parents for making the annual 7th and 8th grade retreat at Cabrini Center a great experience for our children. Lenten reflection for CCD students: School of Religious Administration is organizing a day of Lenten Reflection from 9.00 AM to 4.30 PM on Saturday: March 28, 2015 on the sidelines of Parish Lenten Retreat. Pro-grams of the day are organized by Diocese Youth Apostolate, Se-hion Youth Retreat group and the CCD teachers. Please encour-age your child to participate in various activities reflecting the pas-sion of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ward based Jeopardy Competition is on April 19th. Ward offi-cials: Please give the names of the participants (2-4 members) to the CCD office not later than April 12, 2015. The topics for the jeopardy are Proverbs and Book of Daniel

Senior Students’ Graduation: April 26, 2016. Please mark your calendar

Obituary It is with great sorrow that we share with you the news that Lucy Chirayil, wife of Joseph Chirayil, passed away on Friday, March 20, at 4:45 PM at her residence. She was 65 years old. Lucy Chirayil is survived by her husband, Joseph Chirayil and her children, Luka,

Jomon, Joby, Jenu, George and Jaimy (all from our parish). There will be Wake Service on Tuesday, March 24 at St. Thomas Syro Malabar Cathe-dral from 3 P.M to 9 P.M. Funeral mass is scheduled for 10 A.M on Wednesday, March 25 at the Syro Malabar Cathedral.

For more information: Ph : 847 421 2071 (Jomon), 630 290 1524 (Luka)

Please pray for her soul and keep her family and closed ones in your thoughts and prayers..