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CORCORAN’S CORNER The Memorial Day Weekend… This weekend we celebrate Memorial Day, when our Nation remembers all who died in service of our country. We remember the members of the military, government, officials, and police, fire and emergency responders who sacrificed their lives in our service. We will have a special Memorial Day Mass on Monday, May 30, at 9:00 AM in the church, with festive song from the St. Elizabeth Seton Choirs. Blessing of Cars. This Memorial Day Weekend, Saturday, May 28, after the 5:00 PM Mass, and Sunday, May 29, after the 11:30 AM Mass, we will offer a Blessing of Cars, praying for safe travels through the summer. Cars will be asked to be parked in the WEST parking lot after these two Masses, Owners will gather at the west door of the church. A brief prayer of blessing will be offered, and one of our parish deacons, Dennis Cristofaro, will walk among the cars blessing them with holy water. This simple blessing should take about five to ten min-utes. “To Teach Who Christ is Campaign”… We continue to receive pledges to our “To Teach Who Christ Is” Capital Campaign. As of May 23, we have raised $785,000, or nearly 51%, of our parish $1,545,000 total goal. 312 families, or over 14% of our parish families have already made a pledge to the campaign. On the weekends of June 4/5, and June 11/12, we will have our Final Commitment Weekends at all of our parish Masses. Our campaign is heading towards the finish line. Our Eighth Grade Graduates… May and early June is a time for graduations. As a parish we want to celebrate all of our Eighth Grade graduates from the National Blue Ribbon for Academic excellence Cardinal Joseph Bernardin School, and all from our wonderful local public schools. On Sunday, June 12, at the 10:00 AM Mass, we invite our Eighth Grade Parish graduates to a Mass of Thanksgiving to God for this moment of transition in their lives. Party, Party, Party… In the new Archdiocesan “Renew My Church” effort, parishes will be grouped together in clusterings, and encouraged to work together more closely on regional ministry. Thankfully, our local parishes are already a bit ahead of the curve in this area, having sponsored a common regional Catholic School for the past 16 years. [This past year St. Stephen Parish and St Eliza-

beth Seton Parish have worked together in a common Teen Ministry and Young Adult Ministry.] More such efforts will develop in the years ahead. One of the ways that a wider community becomes a reality is not only through shared missions and minis-try, but also through social bonds. On Friday, June 24 from 7:30 to 10:30 PM, St. Julie Parish in Tinley Park is hosting ROOF FEST a four-parish [St. Elizabeth Seton, St. Francis, St. Julie, and St. Stephen parishes] Adult Party. There will be an inexpensive cash bar, food trucks, DJ entertainment offered in a huge tent, etc. This is the first time that the four parishes have spon-sored a common party. We will sell a $5 “admission ticket” which can be redeemed for beer/wine/pop/water etc., and allow us to estimate our expected attendance. We will send a mailing out to all parishioner families to make ROOF FEST reservations. Save The Date!!! It should be a great community night out. Would you like to drive a car like the one Pope Francis is driven around Rome in? … Last summer we engaged in a construction project on the exterior walls and windows of the Cardinal Jo-seph Bernardin School building. The school families contributed $100,000 and St. Elizabeth Seton Parish contributed $60,000, all toward the $375,000 cost of the project. The remaining $215,000 cost was taken as a loan by the four parishes from the Capital Repair Fund. To repay this loan over four years, the four par-ishes will have a summer raffle. This year’s raffle is for a new 2016 Ford Focus. Pope Francis is driven around Rome in a Ford Focus, so we are raffling off what we are fondly calling: “The Pope’s Car!” The car that is being raffled off was recently parked at our church’s east entrance. Raffle tickets are $50 each or three tickets for $100. We have just mailed out order forms to every parish family. When you return your order form, the parish office will fill out your ticket(s), and mail your ticket stub(s) back to you. The winner does not need to be present at the drawing to win. As in any big raffle, the winner is responsible for all taxes, license, fees, and insurance. The raffle for the car will be held at 9:30 PM at St. Julie Billiart Parish in Tinley Park, during ROOF FEST. [You can buy a $5 admission ticket to ROOF FEST at the time you place your raffle ticket order.] Wouldn’t’ it be nice to win a new set of wheels? Parish Council… As the Parish Council ends its term, we have open-ings for two new members. If you would like to con-sider serving the parish in this advisory capacity, please see Fr. Corcoran. The Council meets ten times per year, on the third Thursday of the month, from August through June [not in December] from

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7-8:30 PM. [To be honest, we do tend to run a bit later than that at times.] The Parish Council has initiated many important ideas from the Parish Transformation Process, it is a place that I can seek advice, and it is a place where good ideas arise. I am very grateful to them for their work. Family Portraits… On February 14, 2017, St. Elizabeth Seton Parish will turn 30 years old! Besides the Thirtieth Anniversary Mass at 11:30 AM, on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, an Anniversary Dinner Dance on Saturday, February 18, 2017, at the Orland Chateau, and other community building celebrations throughout the coming months, it was suggested that we once again publish a commemorative photo book, showcasing our parish families, and our parish life. Our parish has teamed with Lifetouch for this project. The commemorative parish photo books will be free to our parish. Each family who sits for a portrait will receive a free parish commemorative book and a complimentary 8” x 10” portrait, as well. You will have an opportunity to purchase additional portraits at the time of your portrait session. There is no sitting fee, and all sittings will take place in the St. Elizabeth Seton Parish Life Center during the weeks of July 19 through July 30, 2016. Lifetouch’s portrait prices are available in our parish office for those who would like to see them prior to the photography session. This is an opportunity for you and your family to be professionally photographed. It is one of many ways for the parish to commemorate our Thirtieth Anniversary. To book your photography session, you can go on line to www.lifetouch.com and enter our parish name. Or you can call the parish office [708-403-0101] to book a sitting time. The Changing of the Guard… As our parish organizations end their calendar year, they hold elections for incoming officers for 2016-2017. We owe a great deal of thanks to the men and women who take on the responsibility and challenge of providing leadership to our parish organizations. This past year each group offered innovative agendas, and gatherings. They add immensely to the good morale of our parish community. They also offer much needed additional funds for parish projects. On behalf of the parish community I want to thank all our outgoing officers for work well done. I also want to welcome aboard our new men and women providing leadership to our parish groups. Men’s Club 2015-2016 Officers: Mark Lippe, President; Jim Morrey, Vice-President; Steve Juska, Secretary; Tom Wojcik, Treasurer. Men’s Club 2016-2017 Officers: Steve Klean, President; Tim Walsh, Vice-President; Steve Juska, Secretary; Tom Wojcik; Treasurer; and Jerry Thompson, Sergeant at Arms.

Seniors of Seton 2015-2016 Officers: Ceil Matul, President; Mary Kunkel, First Vice President; Anna Talley, Second Vice President; Joy Jordan, Secretary; Douglas Benker, Treasurer. Seniors of Seton 2016-2017 Officers: Douglas Benker, President; Sharon Oskielunas, First Vice-President; Anna Talley, Second Vice President; Joy Jordan, Secretary; Tom Doyle, Treasurer. Women’s Club 2015-2016 Officers: Lynn Miller, President; Marjorie Broderick, Vice President; Marilyn Reipsa, Treasurer; Annette Grogan, Secretary. Women’s Club 2016-2017 Officers: Lynn Miller, President; Cathy Steckhan, Vice President; Mary Vlaming, Second Vice President; Kathy Galvin, Treasurer; Laurie Coe, Secretary; Donna Kujawa, Membership Chairperson. The Knights of Columbus… Last weekend the local Council of the Knights of Columbus celebrated their “Corporate Communion” Sunday. This is an occasion where the Knights and their families attend Sunday Mass as a group and enjoy breakfast afterward. I am very grateful to the Knights for their generous support of children with special needs in our parish Religious Education Program [from the proceeds of their Fall “Tootsie Roll” Drive], their help at the parish picnic, their presence at the parish celebration of Confirmation, and their assistance whenever we have need of selling tickets for events in the church Narthex. They are a great, active, and growing group in our community. Help to “Paint the Fence”… In the books “Tom Sawyer” and “Huck Finn” there is a wonderful scene where they trick others to help them paint a fence. If their friends will give them a quarter, they will allow them to work. The ROOF FEST four-parish party on Friday, June 24, needs about four teens to help set up around 3:00-4:30 PM; and we need about 12 adults, in two six-person teams to assist at the party in two shifts: from 7:00-9:00 PM and from 9:00-11:00 PM. Look for the sign-up sheet on the counter in the Narthex. [You will get free admission to the ROOF FEST, and I will buy you a liquid libation.]

Keep Smiling!

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Sat., May 28 (5pm) Bill Boardman; Ken Janiak Sun., May 29 (7:15am) Mary Pat Gorman; Antonio Espina Jr. (8:30am) John Keating; Charles Lofrano (10am) Ray Greune; Evonne Baldacci (11:30am) Michael Mazur; For All Parishioners Monday, May 30 (9am) Walter Molo; Michael Lepore Tues., May 31 (9am) Thomas Frangella; Therese Marezullo Wed., June 1 (9am) Jennifer Soprych (Living); Josephine Iwan-Sanek Thursday, June 2 (9am) Dominic Russo; Luis Dominguez Friday, June 3 (9am) Katherine Soprych (Living); Jimi Fitzgerald

MASS INTENTIONS

We remember the sick, infirm, and those recommended to our prayers, that they may experience the healing power of Christ: George Leone Sal Gagliardi Casimir Rzegocki Bob LaCosse James Baker Mike Arduino Phillip Talley Angela Cesario Walden Luigi Ignacio Barbara Shmanske You Shui Ying Alfred Alessandri

And for our deceased: Betty J. Howland Gildea (wife of Deacon Frank Gildea) Christianna Cronin Juan Canlas “Heavenly Father, accept the prayers which we offer for them.”

Nicholas W. and Christina A. Boorazanes (Children: April and William Boorazanes) Nick and Lindsay Hernandez (Child: Alyson Hernandez) John and Kathleen Trybula

PLEASE PRAY FOR

WELCOME

Please pray for these couples as they prepare for the Sacrament of Matrimony: Kristen Polewski and Brandon Spoehr; 6-4-16 Mallory Mihalov and Kevin Doyle; 6-18-16 Pooja Ganesh and Michael Weglarz; 6-22-16 Marcia Faustin and Toussaint Mers-Clarke; 6-25-16

WEDDINGS

FOR YOUR INFORMATION The parish offices will be closed on Monday, May 30 for Memorial Day. The staff wishes all a safe holiday.

PRAYERPRAYERPRAYER We pause to call to mind and pray for all those who have died in service to our nation since 1776. We ask God to look with mercy on all the brave and selfless brothers and sisters, who did not shirk from their task but gave themselves completely to the cause of defending and protecting us all. We ask God to grant them eternal rest. Amen.

STEWARDSHIP

COLLECTION FOR 5-22-16: $19,442.24

CHILDREN’S COLLECTION: $11.56

Thank you for your generosity.

WE ARE PARTNERING WITH YOUR PARISH TO CREATE A NEW PARISH DIRECTORY AND VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS!

At Lifetouch, our mission is to bring your families together, reach out to new families, and help you thrive and grow. As your partner, Lifetouch is seeking volunteers to register families for their photo shoot after weekend Masses, and/or volunteers to greet and register families when they arrive on the day of their sitting. Sign up in the Narthex or for dates/times, please call the parish office at 708-403-0101.

PHOTOGRAPHY

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Caring For Our Souls By Rev. Ronald Rolheiser

What does it profit you if you gain the whole world but suffer

the loss of your own soul?

J esus taught that and, I suspect, we generally don’t grasp the full range of it meaning. We tend to

take Jesus’ words to mean this: What good is it if someone gains riches, fame, pleasure, and glory and then dies and goes to hell? What good is earthly glory or pleasure if we miss out on eternal life? Well, Jesus’ teaching does mean that, no question, but there are other lessons in this teaching that have important things to teach us about health and happiness already here in this life. How do we lose our souls? What does it mean “to lose your soul” already in this world? What is a soul and how can it be lost? Since a soul is immaterial and spiritual it cannot be pictured. We have to use abstract terms to try to understand it. Philosophers, going right back to Aristotle, have tended to define the soul as a double principle inside every living being: For them, the soul is both the principle of life and energy inside us as well as the principle of integration. In essence, the soul is two things: It’s the fire inside us giving us life and energy and it’s the glue that holds us together. While that sounds abstract, it’s anything but that because we have first-hand experience of what this means. If you have ever been at the bedside of a dying person, you know exactly when the soul leaves the body. You know the precise moment, not because you see something float away from the body, but rather because one minute you see a person, whatever her struggle and agony, with energy, fire, tension in her body and a minute later that body is completely inert, devoid of all energy and life. Nothing animates it anymore. It becomes a corpse. As well, however aged or diseased that body might be, until the second of death it is still one integrated organism. But at the very second of death that body ceases to be one organism and becomes instead a series of chemicals which now begin to separate and go their own ways. Once the soul is gone, so too are gone all life and integration. The body no longer contains any energy and it’s no longer glued together. And since the soul is a double principle doing two things for us, there are two corresponding ways of

losing our souls. We can have our vitality and energy go dead or we can become unglued and fall apart, petrification or dissipation, in either case we lose our souls. If that is true, then this very much nuances the question of how we should care for our souls. What is healthy food for our souls? For instance, if I am watching television on a given night, what’s good for my soul? A religious channel? A sports channel? A mindless sitcom? The nature channel? Some iconoclastic talk show? What’s healthy for my soul? This is a legitimate question, but

also a trick one. We lose our soul in opposite ways and thus care of the soul is a refined alchemy that has to know when to heat things up and when to cool things down: What’s healthy for my soul on a given night depends a lot upon what I’m struggling with more on that night: Am I losing my soul because I’m losing vitality, energy, hope, and graciousness in my life? Am I growing bitter, rigid, sterile, becoming a person who’s painful to be around? Or, conversely, am I full of life and energy but so full of it that I am falling apart, dissipating, losing my sense of self? Am I petrifying or dissipating? Both are a loss of soul. In the former situation, the soul needs more fire, something to rekindle its energy. In the latter case, the soul already has too much fire; it needs some cooling down and some glue. This tension between the principle of energy and the principle of integration within the human soul is also one of the great archetypal tensions between liberals and conservatives. In terms of an oversimplification, but a useful one, it’s true to say that liberals tend to protect and promote the energy-principle, the fire, while conservatives tend to protect and promote the integration-principle, the glue. Both are right, both are needed, and both need to respect the other’s instinct because the soul is a double principle and both these principles need protection.

A fter we die we can go to heaven or hell. That’s one way of speaking about losing or saving our souls. But Christian theology also teaches that

heaven and hell start already now. Already here in this life, we can weaken or destroy the God-given life inside us by either petrification or dissipation. We can lose our souls by not having enough fire or we can lose them by not having enough glue.

“Five loaves and two fish are all we have,

unless we ourselves go and buy food

for all these people.”

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H e explained that an officer would be at her side and that my presence was already approved to pray with her.

When I arrived at the door of her hospital room, I knocked lightly. I entered and saw the woman in bed near the door. A heavy-set officer sat on the other side of her bed, just a couple of feet away. I bent down at her bedside and she immediately began speaking about her faith. She told me how much she believed in God, and she prayed for her many children and grandchildren. Her eyes sparkled; her skin seemed thin, her arms and hands revealing her many tattoos. She had a profound faith that embraced her experience with cancer. As I bent down and slowly opened the container of oil, my eyes caught the handcuffs dangling from the officer’s belt. The more I tried to focus on the intimacy of the moment and the profound encounter with her ailing body, I could not help but have one eye on the handcuffs that were reminding her of the earthly ties that still bound her. The more I spoke with her and prayed with her, the more I felt that she was one of the most spiritually free people I had met in a long while. This image of the handcuffs and the anointing remains with me. We all seek the freedom of God’s love for us, and yet we are all bound by past decisions and lives that have not turned out as we had planned. I recognize this bedside as the place of God’s mercy. These are the people whom Jesus longs to

hold, to heal, and to forgive. This is the bedside of liberation and love. As my years of experience creep up on me, I surrender to such mercy because I do not have any other answers that will set people free. Through many years of listening to people on the margins of society, I know that I have no power over God’s love when I open the container of sacred oil, or sit in the quiet, sacred room where we offer Confessions. I simply gaze on the fact of the human handcuffs of sin and the divine liberation of love for all people, in all times and seasons. God’s mercy reveals itself from people who are marginalized, broken, lonely, addicted, and in pain. These are the people who will define for us what freedom is and how we are to find the Shepherd who runs after the lost and holds tightly the lives of the sinful.

I believe in the freedom that our ancestors found in faith. This is the freedom that I take from the altar to the bedsides of people who

wait for miraculous healings and for God to unlock the cuffs of their sin and past mistakes. From altar table to bedside is the home of true mercy, the place of freedom for all God’s beloved. Father Ron Raab is a Holy Cross priest and pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This essay first appeared on his blog, Broken But Not Divided, which is worth further exploration.

UNLOCKINGUNLOCKINGUNLOCKING THETHETHE

LORD’SLORD’SLORD’S MYSTERYMYSTERYMYSTERY

By Father Ron Raab, CSC

Last year I was called to the hospital to anoint a woman dying of cancer. The chaplain informed me over the phone while I was still in my office that the patient was also a prisoner...

“Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety or doubt.”

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

"Seeding and Weeding: Gardening at the Woods"

Wednesday, June 1 9:00 am-Noon We need you! Come and join the staff of the retreat in readying the land to welcome and provide beauty for all those who come to the Port for renewal and healing during the summer. We will plant flowers around the perimeter of the building and in a variety of pots. We will purchase flowers, but if you would like to bring some, we would appreciate that as well. It would help if you would bring your own gloves and tools for planting—we will also have some available! Come for an hour or stay for three!

WOMEN’S RETREAT: LIVE FULLY —COLOR YOUR LIFE

June 23: Live Fully in the Circle of Life June 24: Chakras and the Rainbow Bridge

June 25: Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga Dates/Time: Wednesday, June 22, 5:30 pm (Dinner) to Sunday, June 26, Noon (Brunch). Registration 3-5 pm. Opening session Wednesday, 7 pm. Fee: $350 includes retreat, optional Spiritual Direction, meals, and private room. Explore the real interrelation between gardening and spirituality and connect your faith more intimately to what is happening in the unfolding of life and growth in creation. Let one who loves working with soil and plants share her experience and find your own relationship with the earth deepened and made sacred. Facilitator: Rose Madonna Gibbons, OSF. Single-Day Option: $60 Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (June 23, 24, 25) 9:30 am-5 pm includes lunch; group sessions (9:30 am-Noon and 4-5pm) with afternoon free.

Portiuncula Center for Prayer

9263 W. St. Francis Rd., Frankfort. Contact 815-464-3880

or info@portforprayer.org.

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SACRED SPACE REFLECTION Peace and courage are two gifts that Jesus wants us to have. Peace comes from knowing that he will be with us always. Courage comes from knowing

that when we strive to live in the light of the gospel, God's strength will shine out through our weakness."

Good question for us to ask ourselves: "Today, In what area of my life do I need

peace and courage?"

Join us for the next Sacred Space Meeting: Monday, June 6

at 9:30am in the Cornerstone

or Tuesday, June 7

at 7:00pm in the Cornerstone

We do not meet in July.

Questions? Call Sr. Liz Pardo at 708-403-0101.

The Sacred Space Prayer Book offers

in-depth meditations on the scripture of the day and meets

monthly at the parish.

Wednesday, June 8, 7pm Let go for a while the need to reason,

the need to set things right. Let's surrender our feelings and thoughts to God

and quietly remind ourselves "In Everything, We Trust in GOD."

You are invited to join in an hour of quiet time and learn about Centering Prayer. The group meets the second Wednesday of each month in the Cornerstone building located on the corner of 167th St. and 94th Ave. Questions? Please call Marge Quinn at 708-460-5357.

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Kolbe House Jail Ministry Mass Kolbe House, the Jail Ministry for the Archdiocese, invites all to a Bilingual (Spanish/English) Mass on Sunday, June 5, at 3pm, at Assumption Parish, 2434 S. California, Chicago. Invited are those who are personally affected by incarceration, a victim of crime, or anyone who wants to be part of our ministry through prayer. For information, please call Deacon Pablo or Fr. Arturo at Kolbe House at 773-247-0070 or email khpablop@aol.com.

Live the Franciscan Spirit in your Daily Life Does living in the “spirit of St. Francis” intrigue you? Join the many lay men and women who are journeying with the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart (FSSH) and deepening their understanding of and living out the Franciscan spirit in their own home, places of work, local churches and communities. Please contact Paulette Havlin, a parishioner at St. Elizabeth Seton Church and an Associate of the FSSH, at 708- 532-5651 or call the Associate Office of the FSSH at 815-469-4895 X 879. Come share this joyful journey!

Sacred Heart Rummage Sale Sacred Heart Parish, 8245 W. 111th St. (just off Roberts Rd.), Palos Hills, announces a two-day Rummage Sale on Saturday, June 4 from 8am-6pm and on Sunday, June 5, from 8am-4pm. Members of Sacred Heart Parish have do-nated many household items, holiday decorations, books, paintings, small electronics, toys, games, kitchen items, purses, baskets, glassware, and many, many miscellaneous items. Everyone is invited to attend to find many bargains. Refreshments available for purchase.

It takes a lot of GENEROUS people to make a GREAT

Religious Education Program!

Catechists are needed on Mondays for the following

grades and times:

Grade 1—4:30-6:00pm Grade 1—7:00-8:30pm Grade 3—7:00-8:30pm Grade 4—4:30-6:00pm Grade 4—7:00-8:30pm Grade 6—7:00-8:30pm Grade 7—7:00-8:30pm Grade 8—7:00-8:30pm

To volunteer or for information contact Sue Matthews (DRE)

at smatthews@steseton.com or 708-403-0137, x115.

First Catechist Meeting is August 16. Classes begin on September 19.

SUMMER VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

Unfortunately, due to a lack of VIRTUS-trained adult volunteers, St. Elizabeth Seton Religious Education is unable to offer Vacation Bible School this summer. Vacation Bible School will be offered at St. Stephen Deacon and Martyr Parish and they have graciously indicated that any St. Elizabeth Seton Parish family interested in registering may do so based upon availability. Information can be found on their parish website:

www.ststephentinley.com.

If you are interested in volunteering for the St. Elizabeth Seton Vacation Bible School to be held in the summer of 2017, please contact Sue Matthews, Director of Religious Education, at 708-403-0137, x115 or email: smatthews@steseton.com. VIRTUS-training and a criminal background check are required in order to volunteer.

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CALLING ALL RETURNING COLLEGE STUDENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS!

St. Elizabeth Seton Parish now has an active Young Adult FACEBOOK group with other par-ishes and will offer social, spiritual, and service-related events! We invite all those in their 20’s-30’s to join us. Our group consists of young adults from St. Elizabeth Seton and neighbor-ing parishes.

Find us at: Find us at: Find us at: SSYMASSYMASSYMA Young AdultsYoung AdultsYoung Adults Don’t have social media? Please contact Kyle Groves at kgroves@steseton.com or

call 708-403-0101 x104 .

Gaelic Park Irish Festival Chicago Gaelic Park, 6119 W. 147th St., Oak Forest, is sponsoring an indoor/outdoor Irish Festival on Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-May 30. Included in admission price is two indoor and four outdoor covered stages and covered seating areas presenting continuous entertain-ment, unlimited free carnival rides, Irish step dancing com-petition, and Irish import stores. Food and refreshments for purchase. For information call 708-687-9323 or visit www.chicagogaelicparkirishfest.org.

St. Laurence Alumni Golf Outing Friday, May 27 at the Broken Arrow Golf Club, Lockport. $150 per person includes golf, cart, food and refreshments on course, dinner and open bar. Call Ed Kozak ‘79 at 708-458-6900, x244 to make reservation or sponsorships.

Providence Catholic Summer Camps Athletic Camps include: Baseball, Basketball (boys/girls/coed), Bowling (coed), Football, Lacrosse, Soccer (coed), Softball, Tennis (coed), Track and Field (coed), Volleyball (boys/girls), Wrestling. Academic/Activities Camps include: Art, Robotics, Science and Spanish. Call 815-717-3170 (Athletic) or 815-717-3160 (Academic/Activities) or visit www.providencecatholic.org/summercamps.

Mother McAuley HS Summer Camps Offering 12 sport camps in addition to camps in creative writing, art, science, public speaking, technology, guitar, the “Curtain Call Theatre Camp, and the popular miniMAC enrichment camp for girls entering grades 1–8. Register at mothermcauley.org.

Brother Rice High School Summer Camps Brother Rice High School offers summer camps for grade school students. Academic, athletic, and band camps will be offered throughout the summer. Register online at BrotherRice.org/SummerCamps. Contact Laura Sexton at 773-429-4345 or lsexton@brrice.org.

Courage to Quit Program Help yourself or someone you love quit smoking. Palos Hospital free seven-week program designed for adults. Mornings: 9-10am (begin May 31). Evenings: 6-7pm (begin June 1).To register call 708-226-2300.

Wednesday, June 1

MISSION TRIP MEETING 6:00 PM

(Join us in the Branches Youth Room in

the Gymnasium. Enter on Haven Ave.) Monday, June 20

TURKEY RUN STATE PARK June 26-July 2

HARLAN, KY MISSION TRIP Sunday, July 17

SHEPHERD’S TABLE SOUP KITCHEN

Call Kyle Groves at 708-403-0101, x 104,

to sign up to volunteer or for information. Sunday, July 31

YOUTH MEETING (TIME TBD)

In the Cornerstone

SOFTBALL TEAM

Join us! Both Seton and St. Stephen’s Teams have

combined to form one team. If you are on the

team or want to play, please contact Kyle

Groves about your JERSEY INFORMATION

which is needed by Thursday evening. The

summer game schedule will be posted soon!

For information please contact Kyle Groves

by phone or email: Kgroves@steseton.com,

708-403-0101 x 104

Branches Summer Events

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ISLE OF CAPRI AND CELEBRATION BELLE

MOLINE June 22/June 23 Bus leaves at 9:30 AM.

OUR LADY OF SNOWS Belleville, IL

Sept. 13-Sept. 15 $250 PP (Double Occupancy) $330 PP (Single Occupancy)

Includes: Continental Breakfast on Bus;

Water on Bus; Two nights stay at the Hotel on Grounds;

Two Breakfasts; Two Dinners; Tour of Grounds with Stations of the Cross;

Botanical Gardens Tour; Brewery Tour.

Trip questions?

Contact Anna at 708-532-6731.

UPCOMING TRIPS

Seniors of Seton

SAINT OF THE WEEK

SAINT JOAN OF ARC (1412-1431)

BURNED AT THE STAKE AS A HERETIC AFTER A POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED TRIAL, JOAN WAS BEATIFIED IN 1909 AND CANONIZED IN 1920. Born of a fairly well-to-do peasant couple in Domremy-Greux (southeast of Paris), Joan was only 12 when she experienced a vision and heard voices that she later identified as Sts. Michael the Archangel, Catherine of Alexandria, and Margaret of Antioch. During the Hundred Years War, she led French troops against the English and recaptured the cities of Orléans and Troyes. This enabled Charles VII to be crowned as king in 1429. Captured the following year, she was sold to the English and placed on trial for heresy and witch-craft. Professors at the University of Paris supported Bishop Pierre Cauchon of Beauvis, the judge at her trial; Cardinal Henry Beaufort of Winchester, England, participated in the questioning of Joan in prison. In the end, she was condemned for wearing men's clothes. The English resented France's military success–to which Joan contributed. In 1431, she was burned at the stake and her ashes were scattered in the Seine River. A second Church trial 25 years later nullified the earlier verdict, which was reached under political pressure. Remembered by most people for her military exploits, Joan had a great love for the sacraments, which strength-ened her compassion toward the poor. Popular devotion to her increased greatly in 19th-century France and later among French soldiers during World War I. Theologian George Tavard writes that her life "offers a perfect exam-ple of the conjunction of contemplation and action" because her spiritual insight is that there should be a "unity of heaven and earth." Joan of Arc has been the subject of many books, plays, operas, and movies. QUOTE As she was being burned at the stake, Joan called on Jesus.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: JUNE MEETING WILL BE HELD

ON TUESDAY, JUN 21, 2016

Be sure to join us on Tuesday, Jun. 21. Please note that is a different date than on the schedule. So many of our mem-bers are traveling and having fun we had to change the date. We’ll wrap up our year with a compli-mentary light luncheon and the installation of our new officers.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR THE COMING 2016-17 YEAR AS FOLLOWS:

President Doug Benker First Vice President Sharon Oskielunas Second Vice President Anna Talley Secretary Joyce Jordan Treasurer Tom Doyle

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The great miracles and acts of kindness recounted int eh Bible would not have been possible if people like Elijah and Jesus hadn’t been paying attention. Our world needs our compassion, if we pay attention.

NEXT WEEK: PAY ATTENTION!

To have compassion is to feel with another person. Feeling with another involves paying atten-tion. Jesus is moved with pity or compassion for a grieving widow. He raises her son to life, and gives him back to her. Elijah has compassion on his hostess, stretches himself out on her son, and asks God to return his life breath. God answers this prayer and Elijah gives him back to his mother. Attentive to the needs of two widows, Jesus and Elijah are filled with compassion and God returns life to the dead. Paul is dead to the early Church, blinded by his zeal for his ances-tral traditions. Jesus attends to Paul’s needs and gifts, has compassion on him, and turns a per-secutor into a powerful preacher of the gospel. Elijah and Jesus paid attention to people in need. Their attentiveness gave them compassion for those people. Two widows and Paul were willing to give their lives over to God’s touch. Because of that surrender to God through Elijah and Jesus, life was restored to their sons and Paul was given new life. By paying attention to God and to the other, we feel with the other, and God responds to us and through our words and deeds. Let God see your heart as clearly as Jesus could see that of the widow of Nain.

Elijah revives the son of a widow (1 Kings 17:17-24). The widow of Zarephath had already seen the power of God working through Elijah in the fact that her food supply had been miracu-lously multiplied all throughout the famine. Nevertheless, she fiercely challenges the prophet when her son dies with a nerviness and insistence — “chutzpah” in Yiddish. Elijah’s prayer to God is equally filled with

“chutzpah”. He accuses God of “killing” the widow’s son. God listens to the prophet and gives the child the breth of life again. The prophet restores the child to his mother. The woman responds by proclaiming that the prophet is truly a man of God from whose mouth the word of God comes forth (something that could be said of Jesus).

Paul explains God's call to him to preach to the Gentiles (Galatians 1:11-19).

Reflections for

TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY

TIME June 5,

2016

Compassionate God, Thank You for visit-

ing us through proph-ets like Elijah, preach-

ers like Paul, and most of all Your Son,

Jesus Christ. Open our eyes to the needs of all,

that You might con-tinue to give life

through us. Amen.

St. Paul had preached to the Galatians and then moved on. Jewish-Christian missionaries arrived and undercut his authority by telling the Galatians that he was anti-Jewish and not even an apostle. Paul argues that his apostolic authority comes directly from God. He did not depend upon the Twelve in Jerusalem for his call. He was called before his birth. This verse is an illusion to the call of

Jeremiah the prophet, the prophet to the nations. Far from rejecting Jewish ways, Paul was the fulfillment of the promise contained in that title, for he preached the Good News to the nations, the Gentiles. While Paul does not specifically mention his encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus, what he says is consistent with what is said about that call found in the Acts of the Apostles.

SECOND READING

FIRST READING

REFLECTION

GOSPEL Jesus raises from the dead the son of a widow in the city of Nain (Luke 7:11-17). The story of the widow of Nain is ultimately one in which Jesus performs a miracle to show His compassion for someone who is

facing difficulties. This widow had lost her only son. In ancient times, that was a disaster. The only way that she could earn a living was to resort to gleaning, fathering the wheat, grapes and olives that the harvesters had left. This was, at best, a precarious existence. By raising her young son from the dead, Jesus was rescuing her form this fate. Jesus did not resurrect the young man. He reanimated him. Resurrection means rising from the dead with a new and glorious body that would no longer suffer from death. Reanimation means coming back to life, but only for the present. He would die again sometime in the future.

Readings for the Week May 30-June 4: Mon.: 2 Pt 1:2-7; Mk 12:1-2 Tues.: Zep 3:14-18 Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 1:39-56 Wed.: 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12; Mk 12:18-2 Thurs.: 2 Tm 2:8-15; Mk 12:28b-34 Fri.: Ez 34:11-16; Rom 5:5b-11;Lk 15:3-7 Sat: 2 Tm 4:1-8; Lk 2:41-51

CJB Students -- ¡Fantástico! Eight students from our parish school, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin School, received national recognition for excellent performance on the 2016 National Spanish Examinations. “Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious,” said Kevin Cessna-Buscemi, National Director of the Exams, “because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with over 160,000 students participating in 2016.” These CJB students received awards as follows: Carl Widmann (Premio de PlataP, Angeli Gargoles (Premio de Bronce), and Christopher Cokinos, Diya Dileep, Girvinn Fernandez, Johathan Laxamana, Michael Nacik, Alena Pedroza (Mencion Honorifica). Students from CJB are taught by Spanish teacher, Sra. Alvarez, who stated, “I am so proud of all of my students at CJB, and am not surprised by how well these students performed on the National Spanish Examinations. They work hard all year long” The National Spanish Examinations are administered each year in Grades 6 through 12, and are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

The Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass will be held on September 18, 2016, at 2:45 PM, at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 North State St., Chicago. Couples married in 1966 interested in attending this celebration should contact their parish to register. (St. Elizabeth Seton parishioners, please call 708-403-0101.) For further information, please call the Marriage and Family Ministries Office at 312-534-8351 or visit their website:

www.marriageandfamilyministries.org.

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ST. ELIZABETH SETON PRAYER/OUTREACH MINISTRIES

Social Action Ministry How we serve: Shepherd's Table Soup Kitchen in Joliet; Sharing Parish with St. Procopius Church; Pro Life Minis-try includes: COURAGE Program, Mother’s Day Flowers For Life; Life Chain Sunday, Diaper Drive; Respond Now Outreach; SWIFT (South West Interfaith Team); Environ-mental Ministry; Speaker nights.

Seton Rosary Group All are invited to join in praying of the Holy Rosary. We meet each Tuesday and Thursday in the church, by our statue of the Mary, following the 9am Mass.

Chaplet of Divine Mercy The Divine Mercy Chaplet is recited every Wednesday morning in the church, following the 9am Mass.

Prayer Shawl Ministry Shawls in The Prayer Shawl Ministry are prayerfully cre-ated, blessed, then distributed to those who have a need for the spiritual, physical or emotional comfort that the shawls provide. This is a very rewarding ministry which can be accomplished in spare moments at home and/or at the twice-monthly meetings. If interested or to obtain a prayer shawl, call Sharon Leone at 708-226-4836.

Heart Warmers Heart Warmers is an outreach program where Seton vol-unteers deliver homemade meals to people of our parish community when they are experiencing times with medi-cal, health, new baby, recovery, or grief issues. Should your family need assistance, please call Barb Cristofaro at 708-349-7493. If you would like to be added to the list to provide a meal, call Barb Cristofaro at 708-349-7493 or email heartwarmers-ses@att.net.

HOPE Employment Ministry HOPE is open to everyone. All of our services, to both job seekers and employers, are free. We meet the first Tuesday of each month in the Church Hall at 7pm. Our meetings consist of networking, resume review, guest speakers and open forums. Please contact Lee Junkans at ajunkans@aol.com.

Alcoholics Anonymous If you have a problem with alcohol and feel a sincere de-sire to stop drinking, you are welcome to attend a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) in the downstairs St. Elizabeth Seton Church Hall on Thursdays from 7:30-8:45pm. Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other so that they may solve their com-mon problem and help others to recover. The only re-quirement is a sincere desire to stop drinking.

Families Anonymous If your life has gone astray due to living with someone who has a substance abuse problem, attend a Families Anonymous on Mondays from 7-8:30pm at Palos Hosp. 123rd and 80th Ave., Palos Heights (Ambulatory Care Center, Rm. 1). Call 708-429-2507 or 708-269-9853.

ST. ELIZABETH SETON PARISH INFORMATION

Sacrament of Reconciliation is offered on Saturday, between 4:15-4:45pm. Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated twice monthly at 1pm. Reserve your time by calling the Pastoral Center early. We are limited to six children per Sunday. Baptismal Preparation Couples preparing for the birth of their child should contact the Pastoral Center to register for a one night seminar, focusing on a parent’s role in faith development. This session is mandatory prior to the Baptism. Anointing of the Sick is available in the Church every Monday after the 9am Mass. For those who are ill or facing hospitalization, it is appropriate to receive the sacrament once every six months. Call 708-403-0101 for information. Ministry of Care is available to give Communion to the housebound, to visit and pray for hospitalized and/or to arrange for the Anointing of the Sick. Please call the Pastoral Center for assistance. In the Hospital? Because of HIPAA Privacy regu-lations hospitals can no longer contact the parish re-garding your hospitalization. It is the responsibility of you or a family member to notify our parish. We desire to offer whatever spiritual support we can. Please call the Pastoral Center. Sacrament of Marriage Couples planning to marry are asked to make arrangements six months in advance. Wedding Workshops are offered throughout the year. They provide engaged couples with guidelines and suggestions for the celebration of the Sacrament of Marriage. The workshop covers topics ranging from readings and music to flowers and video taping. Adult Choir sings at all 10am Sunday Masses, as well as at a number of special liturgies. Moving? Please call the office at 708-403-0101.

9300 West 167th St., Orland Hills, IL 708-403-0101

www.steseton.com

Friday, July 8

2 PM Shot Gun Start

Broken Arrow Golf Club Lockport

$110 per Golfer

All Are Welcome!

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Pastoral Staff Rev. William T. Corcoran, Ph.D, Pastor Rev. John Zurek, Associate Pastor Rev. William Gubbins, Resident Priest Rev. William T. O’Mara, Pastor Emeritus Margie Guadagno, Pastoral Associate Deacon: Frank (Betty) Gildea Deacon: Dennis (Barb) Cristofaro

Liturgy Staff Claudia Nolan, Director of Liturgy

Music Staff Linda McKeague, Director of Music

Parish Office Staff Donna Stolinski, Business Manager Darlene Raila, Parish Publications Joan Nemec, Morning Receptionist Karen Mirecki, Afternoon Receptionist

Youth/Young Adult Ministry Kyle Groves, Director Bruce Hall, Coordinator

Religious Education Staff Susan Matthews, Director of Religious Education Diana Barracca, Administration Assistant Mary Vlaming, Secretary

Athletics Bob Myjak, Director

Maintenance Staff Raymond Yanowsky, Director of Maintenance Laurie De Mik-Renn, CJB Day Maintenance Supervisor Marie Makuch, Staff Joseph Shake, Staff

REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE Monday-Friday

9:00 am Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday:

7:15, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30am

St. Elizabeth Seton Church 9300 W. 167th Street Orland Hills, IL 60487

Parish Office: 708-403-0101 WEBSITE: WWW.STESETON.COM Religious Education: 708-403-0137

PARISH OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY-FRIDAY: 8:30AM-4:30PM SATURDAY: 1PM-6PM SUNDAY: 8:30AM-1PM

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Catholic School WEBSITE: WWW.CJBSCHOOL.ORG 708-403-6525 Principal, Mary Iannucilli Administrative Assistant, Cindy Labriola Devlin

6/4 & 6/5 5:00PM 7:15AM 8:30AM 10:00AM 11:30AM

GREETERS R. Coe S. Hermann E. Herman S. Klean W. Krol R. Lamparski J. Schuman P. Staszewski

C. Chor G. Lukasiewicz L. McGhee S. McGhee B. Tenuta

K. Fox/ M. Fox D. Gurka M. Gurka P. Gurka M. Gurka J. Klomes J. Klomes L. Klomes M. Klomes A. Lloyd A. McCoy D. Minnick

R. Chehy P. Havlin B. Krueger S. Lorenz N. Lorenz J. Moran D. Weber

I. Cox K. Cox B. Findura M. Gniady K. Ivancich B. Ivancich S. Klean M. McMahon

LECTORS J. Bessette B. DeJonge

D. Houha

B. Hall D. Roti

M. Quinn A. Kowal

G. Rekar M. O’Sullivan

ALTAR SERVERS

A. Gregg H. Gacek C. Bueche

C. Buck C. Buck A. Rihani

S. Cuba O. Durkin M. Nacik

A. D’Andrea A. D’Andrea D. Lingan

M. Perillo L. Reiter L. Krueger

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

M. Gabrione T. Doyle J. Murphy J. Paluch M. Paluch G. Roy A. Sharp T. Hanlon M. Miller J. Connelly B. Cristofaro D. Cristofaro

K. McSwain C. Nolan M. Fundator F. Mankowski T. McMahon K. Nanfeldt L. Skrzypiec D. Skrzypiec

J. Mantyck K. Mantyck R. Hicks G. Leone S. Leone P. Bergamini D. Ceglarski T. Cohoon C. Hayward M. Galka M. Dziallo S. Arcos

E. Federico J. Federico T. Federico B. Hansen L. Gent R. Grill J. Frese K. Frese S. Rosinski D. Benker K. O’Sullivan D. Ulrich R. Ulrich

T. Welser S. Villegas M. Schmidt J. Bilas T. Wolski J. Holmquist K. Hall T. Scorzo S. Ivey D. Sigourney

Attention All Ministers!

Ministers schedules available at: www.steseton.com Then visit: Music and Liturgy