Not by bread alone does one live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord — Deuteronomy 8:3b

Not by bread alone does one live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord — Deuteronomy 8:3b

The Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

November 19, 2017

Celebrating over a Century of Faith and Education

St. Barbara Parish is a Roman Catholic community celebrating a century of faith in the Bridgeport area. Our faith community welcomes all people, helping them grow spiritually through liturgy, prayer, and education, and socially through activities for all ages. Our school takes great pride in fostering these values in our children. We give witness to our faith by sharing with each other our God-given gifts and talents. We nourish and sustain our faith as a family by celebrating the sacraments and the presence of the risen Lord among us in the Eucharist.

DESIGNER PURSE NIGHT BINGO

THIS SATURDAY

Our annual Designer Purse Bingo takes place in the lower hall of the school this Saturday, November 25th. Games begin at 6:30 pm and

doors open at 4:00 pm. Bingo winners receive their choice of designer purses on display. Purses are original designer purses purchased from Carson’s. (They are not knock-offs.) Advance admittance price is $25; tickets purchased at the door are $30.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE

We at the St. Vincent de Paul Society can-not perform miracles, but we can help out those less fortunate.

How? With your help, by donating to our food pantry. Here’s a short list of some suggestions: - Canned goods, soups, fruits, vegetables, fish, meats, etc. - Dry products: crackers, pastas, rice, beans, potatoes, etc. These are just a few of the more popular items. Please use your judgment, but nothing that is perishable. This campaign will continue until Sunday, November 26, 2017. Bins are available in the rear of the church for your convenience. Out of ideas? A monetary gift is always appreciated. Envelopes are located on the table in back of church. A special collection will be taken up on Thanksgiving Day to help fund our food pantry. We thank you in advance for your anticipated coopera-tion. God bless you and your family.

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving!

“Blessed are you who fear the Lord.” — Psalm 128:1a

Fr. Artur, Fr. Andrzej and the staff of St. Barbara Parish wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving. It’s a day for celebrating with family and a day for relaxing. Don’t eat too much turkey and pumpkin pie, and don’t watch too much football However, DO begin your day by thanking God for all your blessings by attending Mass in Church at 9:00 a.m.

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK:

Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)

Collec on This Weekend “Learn to do good; seek jus ce, rescue the op-pressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.” —Isaiah 1:17

CCHD empowers the poor by funding organiza ons that: � Equip residents to address violence in their neighborhoods � Secure protec ons for vulnerable workers � Defend the rights of seniors, immigrants, and those with Disabili es

ALL SOULS’ INTENTIONS

Please place All Souls’ Intention enve-lopes either in this Sunday’s collection or return to the rectory by Tuesday, No-vember 21st. We would like to include the list in next week’s bulletin.

My Brothers and Sisters, On this week before Thanksgiving Day, we gather together as a parish and as a nation to thank God for all of the good He has done for us. Most readings from the Gospel speak of gratitude to God. But, in order to be grateful to God, we must first have faith. God calls us to a life of faith and gratitude. St. Therese of Lisieux commented once in a letter to her sister Celine: “What most draws down graces from our dear Lord is gratitude, for if we thank Him for a gift, He is touched and hurries to give us ten more. And if we thank Him again with the same sincerity, what an incalculable multiplication of graces!” On this Thanksgiving Day, I would like to invite you, my dear friends, to ask Jesus for the gift of faith and gratitude, so that your lives may be filled with God’s grace, peace, joy, and love. My brothers and sisters, I would like to take this op-portunity to wish all of you and your families a Hap-py Thanksgiving. Both Fr. Andrzej and I reassure you of our prayers. We ask God to bless you and keep you and your families. Have a wonderful and Blessed Thanksgiving! Fr. Arthur

Wish List: As Thanksgiving is upon us, most of us take the time to give our homes a major cleaning and decorating for the upcoming Christmas season. So, too, it is with the Church. The church carpet des-perately needed to be cleaned, as did the parish of-fice carpeting and the rug in the Parish Center lead-ing to the chapel. This past week, the above men-tioned carpeting was cleaned. The total cost for this cleaning was $985. Also, many of you have noticed that the church was colder than normal the past couple of weeks. After several days of work by our boiler company, it was determined that the flame eye controls needed to be repaired. Because our boilers are no longer new, un-fortunately the problems that occur are sometimes cost-prohibitive. However, in order to keep the church and school warm, repairs needed to be done. Cost of repairing this equipment was approximately $5,500. If anyone is interested in donating toward these two projects, please see Fr. Arthur or Fr. Andrzej. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Thursday,

November 9, 2017

Peggy

$500 Coverall

CHOIR NEWS SING! SING! SING!

ST. BARBARA CHOIR

STARTED ITS NEW SEASON REHEARSALS!!!!!!

WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW

MEMBERS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO OBSERVE A

REHEARSAL FIRST, JUST STOP BY BETWEEN 7 P.M. AND 8:30 P.M. ON

WEDNESDAY.

ENTER THROUGH THE SIDE DOOR BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND

RECTORY

THE CHOIR SINGS AT THE 11:30 A.M. SUNDAY MASSES AND ON ALL HOLY DAYS. HOLY NAME SOCIETY NEWS

The Holy Name Society held their monthly meeting on Friday, November 10th. The “100 Club” Winners were as follows: 1st prize: Ed Glabicki; 2nd prize: Jen Angieks; 3rd prize: A to Z; 4th prize: Cis Krok; 5th prize: Tony S. Our next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, December 1st, at 7:00 pm. Election of officers will take place at this meeting.

Purse Bingo Is Coming!!! This Saturday, November 25th

Advance Tickets: $25.00 Tickets at the Door: $30.00

LADIES’ GUILD MEETING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH

The Ladies’ Guild will meet on

Monday, November 27th, at 7:00 pm. The main top-ic of discussion will be the St. Barbara Teacher Ap-preciation Dinner, which will be held on Friday, De-cember 15th following the Annual Christmas Con-cert.

Kate - $804 Hot Ball and Emerald Club

ANNUAL TOY DRIVE Our annual toy drive will take place from Sunday, December 3rd through Sunday, December 10th. Catholic Charities needs help in collecting toys for-some needy boys and girls who might not get a pre-sent for Christmas. Some ideas: puzzles, books, dolls, trucks and games. Unwrapped toys can be placed in the bins in the rear of the church. Thank you for helping a child have a Merry Christ-mas!

Activities This Week Sun., Nov. 19 - Arch. Quigley KC’s Corporate Communion Mass; 9:30 am - Men’s Choir Sings at Mass; 9:30 am Tues., Nov. 21 - St. Barbara Seniors Mtg.; 11:30 am - Arch. Quigley KC’s Quad Mtg.: 7:00 pm; Memorial Service: 7:30 pm Thurs., Nov. 23 - Thanksgiving Mass; 9:00 am Sat., Nov. 25 - Designer Purse Night Bingo in the Lower Hall; 6:30 pm

School Happenings (School Website: www.stbarbaraschool.org)

Veterans’ Day Assembly

On 11/8/17, the school held a Veterans’ Day Assembly to honor all veterans of the armed forces. Keynote speakers included Mr. James Balcer (Marines), Mr. David Czarnecki (Navy), Mr. Luis Jimenez (Marines) and Mr. Robert Harrison (Army). The school was also honored to have the Air Force Academy HS Color Guard and members of the Illinois Patriot Guard in attendance. Thank you to all veterans for your service to our country!

Shadow Days at McAuley! 7th & 8th graders, don't forget to register to shad-ow at Mother McAuley! The last day to shadow for the fall semester is December 1! Grammar School Basketball Night Thursday, November 30, 2017 6:00 p.m. Mother McAuley Athletic Center All grammar school girls are invited to watch as the Mighty Macs take on Lincoln-Way Central! Enjoy free admission to the games & join us for pizza with the team after!

"One Last Look" Open House Thursday, November 30, 2017 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Presentation at 6:15 p.m. Join us for "one last look” at Mother McAuley before the Entrance Exam taking place on December 2, 2017.

Parents in need of service hours: Volunteer kitchen and floor help for Thursday night Bingo is needed. If interested, please contact Jim Bertucci after Sunday 6:00 a.m. Mass, at Bingo on Thursday evenings, or call (312) 835-5411.

Saturday, November 18 - Vigil of the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 p.m. + Dave & Geri Kaput (Holy Name Society) + Dolores Pazdro (Virginia Pienta) + Birthday Rem.: Eugene Gembara (Family) Health Blessings: Casimira Nowak (Adrian and Karen Goetz & Family) Divine Mercy for All (C. Kisielente Family) Sunday, November 19 - Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 6:00 a.m. + Jozef & Marija Dyjak (Therese Ryndak) + Don “Speedy” Rolek (Renee Zerda) + Rita Suriano (Terri Rolek) + 100th Birthday Rem.: Joanne Glaser (Bertucci Family) + 100th Birthday Rem.: Anna Kardos (Bertucci Family) Health Blessings: Koen Guest (Guest Family) 9:30 a.m. Mary Diaz DeLeon (Family) + Nick Paolino (Mary Paolino) 11:30 a.m. All Parishioners, Living & Deceased + Joe Kostecka (M. Korso)

+ Ed Helma (Ed & B. Glabicki) + Joseph Piorecki (Ted Piorecki) + Maria Ciepiela (Maria Sraga, Daughter) Health Blessings: John Lyons (Ed & B. Glabicki) Monday, November 20 - Weekday 8:30 p.m. + Anne Parulski (Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Nawracaj) Tuesday, November 21 - Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 6:00 p.m. + Birthday Rem.: Rose Mary Lodding (Family) Wednesday, November 22 - St. Cecilia 8:30 a.m. + Florence Domagala (Brother, Michael) Thursday, November 23 - Thanksgiving Day 9:00 a.m. + Albina Adomaitis (John & Susan Adomaitis) Friday, November 24 - St. Andrew Dung-Lac 8:30 a.m. + Stanley Slotarski (Family) Saturday, November 25 – St.Catherine of Alexandria 8:30 a.m. Fathers’ Day Remembrance Saturday, November 25 - Vigil of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 5:00 p.m. All Parishioners, Living & Deceased + Dave & Geri Kaput (Family) + Ann.: Aniceta Kangleon Galdo (M. Saludo) Divine Mercy for All (C. Kisielente Family) Sunday, November 26 - Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 6:00 a.m. Health Blessings: Michael Gasior (M. Gasior) Health Blessings: Koen Guest (Guest Family)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD 9:00 A.M. Lector: B. Pienta SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH 5:00 p.m. Altar Servers: G. Godinez, I. Echevarria, A. Torres, A. Gorz Eucharistic Ministers: A. Skokal, B. Carden Lectors: L. Saletta, G. Dumelle SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH 6:00 a.m. Altar Server: G. Vanderford Eucharistic Ministers: S. Guest, J. Balasa Lector: J. Bertucci 9:30 a.m. Altar Servers: D. Prieto, V. Mack, N. Perez, M. Arteaga Eucharistic Ministers: F. Cabrera, J. Lukwinski Lectors: 11:30 a.m. Altar Servers: L. Calderon, A. Calderon, A. Alonzo, G. Parcon Eucharistic Ministers: H. Alonzo, A. Alonzo Lectors: B. Pienta, L. Szczepanski

LITURGICAL MINISTERS

Weekly Collection - Nov. 11th - 12th

Sunday, November 26 - Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 9:30 a.m. + Rose Furmanek (Patti and Phil Grzenia) Health Blessings: Ed Glos (Allen Novak) 11:30 a.m. + Tom Potthoff (Ed & B. Glabicki)

+ 30th Ann.: Martin Becatti (Daughter) + Stanley Piorecki (Ted Piorecki) Health Blessings: Maryeve Lerner (V. Pienta)

September Give Central: 1st $1,679.00 2nd $ 350.00

Sunday Envelopes (124) $ 2,203.50 Sunday Loose $ 604.86 Children's Envelopes (16) $ 62.00 Utility Bill (65) $ 754.51 Total Collection $ 3,624.87 YTD Weekly Actual $ 62,313.59 $ 3,624.87 Goal $128,000.00 $ 6,400.00 % of Goal 48% 57% Votives & Vigil Lights: $229.50

Baptisms: Parents must be registered practicing parishioners and attend a baptismal preparation session before a baptism will be scheduled. Call the rectory office for further information. Communion Calls: Please contact the Rectory when someone who is homebound or in the hospital wishes a visit to receive Holy Communion or the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. The Anointing of the Sick is for anyone seriously sick and not only for those near death. Ministry of Care: Eucharistic Ministers are available to visit, pray with, and bring Holy Communion to those who are sick and unable to attend Mass. Notify the Parish Office when this service is needed. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is a program for anyone inquiring and seeking information about entering the Catholic faith. Weddings: Weddings need to be scheduled at least six months in advance. Couples are reminded to secure the Church date before the reception hall. Moving/New Cell #: Please contact the rectory with address change or telephone change.

Please pray for those homebound, hospitalized and in need of con nued prayers… Rev. Anthony Adducci, Mary Aguirre, Walter Annerino, Kimberly Babe, Tony Baressi, Judith Beaudry, Christine Bertucci, Joseph ‘Joey’ Bertucci, Lonnie & Theresa Bertucci-Falls, Jennifer Bond, Fr. Michael Bowler, Jeff Bowman, Mary Camarda, Anthony Capone Sr., Adele Castro, Laverne Connolly, Tim Consola, Joe Cruz, Patti Cuchetto, Victoria David, Paul DeGrazia, Baby Derek, Henry Diaz DeLeon, Jacqueline Dybas, Kathy Egle, Jerry Felske, Natalia Francone, Bill Frank, Sr. Mary Therese Freymann, Darlene Frost, Harold Frost, Paul Gadomski, Ray Gadomski, Lily Ann Galloway, John Gasca, Cheryl Lynn Gilhooly, Bernadette & Ed Glabicki, Ed Glos, Rita Grassano, Koen Guest, Jose P. Gutierrez, Jasmine Hansen, Eugene Harms, Kellar Harris, Lynette Heidemann, Marlene Hillock, Gwen Holub, Morris Humphrey, Baby Nyla Hunt, Michaeline Hunter, Ted Hunter, Suzanne Ivester, Jennifer Janson, Chester Jendryczka, Dr. Joe, John Kaput, Dorothy Kawalerski, Rose Kisielowski, Stanley Kiwala, Anna Kolendo, Janice Kutansky, Craig Labudda, Ken Labudda, Sunny Labudda, Kathy LaSorella, Kiera Litwin, Lenny Loretto, Richard Lyznicki, Ronald M., Nancy Mallory, John Mangan, Kayle Marth, Paul Martinez, Bill Marczuk, Zena Masi, Maria Mawgwi, Lil’ Joe Michalak, Cindy Moore, Dr. Mike, Frank Muszynski, Cydney Muti, Stephanie Nicks, Casimira (Carrie) Nowak, Deacon Jack O’Leary, Theresa Oleszkiewicz, Allison Pakula, Virginia Pakula, Eva Castillion Parcon, Josie Petkus, Michael Petruck, Dolores Pienta, Mitchell Pienta, Virginia Pienta, Ted Piorecki, Ray Polakowski, Robert Potter, Theresa Powers, Josephine Richardson, Jose Rodriguez, Jose C. Rodriguez, Sandra Rios, Dolly Roti, Ellen Ryan, Therese Ryndak, Dorothy Rzasa, Dave S., Diane S., Father Ron S., Tony S., Maria Saludo, Baby Scarlet, Laverne Scianna, Kennedy Shepski, Adeline Skokal, Heidi Skokal, Raymond Smolinski, Gary Solverson, Sharon Solverson, Jeff Spaargaren, Jr., Rosalie Spalla, Diane Spata, Madeline Stachnik, Baby Stefanski, Lauren Stronczek, Rose Stronczek, Robert Synal, Baby Zachary Synal, Emily Rose Thomas, Baby Matthew Topa, Norbert Trojanowski, Bill Ufferman, Dolores Ufferman, George Vanderford Sr., George Vanderford Jr., Juan Vargas, Ava Walczak, Barbara Webb, Bill Webb, Sylvia Wiertel, Madison Young, Eugene & John Zabek, John Ziemba, Irene Zima

MASS SCHEDULE SUNDAY LITURGIES Saturday………………………………….. 5:00 p.m. Sunday……..6:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.

WEEKDAY LITURGIES 8:30 a.m.: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 6:00 p.m.: Tuesday

HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION 6:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted

CONFESSION Saturday 3:45-4:30 p.m.

FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTIONS Mass at 8:30 a.m., followed by a short period of Adora-tion of the Blessed Sacrament. Evening Mass at 6:00 p.m., followed by Exposition and Adoration, concluding with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 7:30 p.m.

THE ROSARY Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. before the 6:00 p.m. Mass, and on Sunday at 5:30 a.m. before the 6:00 a.m. Sunday Mass.

OFFICE HOURS Monday-Wednesday, Friday: 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.; 1:30-4:00 p.m. The office is closed on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

Pastor: Fr . Wojciech Ar tur Marat amarat@archchicago.org Associate Pastor: Fr . Andrzej Beltowski abeltowski@StBarbaraChicago.org School Principal: Mrs. Nicole Nolazco nnolazco@StBarbaraChicago.org Business Manager: Mrs. Carol Spalla cspalla@StBarbaraChicago.org Director of Music: Ms. Eva Mrgan emrgan@StBarbaraChicago.org Tuition Admin.: Ms. Dolores Becatti dbecatti@StBarbaraChicago.org Parish Secretaries: Ms. Dolores Becatti Ms. Judy Lukwinski jlukwinski@StBarbaraChicago.org Mrs. Carol Spalla Religious Education: Mrs. Rober ta Carden

St. Barbara Catholic Church 2859 South Throop Street

Chicago, Illinois 60608 www.StBarbaraChicago.org

Rectory Phone: (312) 842-7979 Rectory Fax: (312) 842-7978 School Phone: (312) 326-6243 School Fax: (312) 842-7960 Sr. Citizens Center: (312) 225-2108