PENTECOST SUNDAY• MAY 31, 2020

Fostering Christ’s Love in Our Lives

P A R I S H S T A F F Rev. Robert J. Kyfes ......................................... Pastor

Rev. Daniel F. Jarosewic……………...Associate Pastor

Rev. Richard J. Kozak ...................... Pastor Emeritus George & Nancy Maddock .............. Deacon Ministry Karen Shifflett…...…..Director of Religious Education

John Ligda....................................... Director of Music

Mary Bohlen, R.N. ............................. Health Ministry

Eileen Santschi…………………….....Financial Manager

Agatha Kienzle ....... Parish Administrative Assistant

Kevin Kulchawik .................... Maintenance Engineer W E E K E N D L I T U R G I E S Saturday Mass ............................................. 5:15 PM

Sunday Mass .......... 7:30, 8:30, 10:00 & 11:30 AM

W E E K D A Y L I T U R G I E S Monday-Friday Communion Service ........... 6:30 AM

Monday through Saturday Mass ................ 8:30 AM

Saturday Communion Service .................... 6:45 AM

Holy Day Masses

Evening Before Holy Day ............................. 7:00 PM

Holy Day ....................................................... 8:30 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday .............................................. 4:30-5:00 PM

Adoration & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

First Thursday ......................... 9:00 AM-12:00 noon O T H E R S A C R A M E N T S

Baptism

Sundays at 1:00 PM. Arrangements can be made for any

Sunday after attending a Baptismal Preparation Session.

Marriage

Contact the Rectory at least six months prior to the wedding.

Please call the Rectory for available times and dates. R E G I S T R A T I O N New parishioners are invited to register at the rectory as soon

as possible.

C O N T A C T S Rectory…………………..(708) 798-0622; fax: 798-6137

Director of Religious Education……..(708) 798-6311

Director of Music ………………….……….(708) 798-8412

Parish E-mail……………...........info@posjhomewood.org

Prayer Ministry E-mail…..prayers@posjhomewood.org

Office Hours Mon., Wed., Fri.……..8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Office Hours Tues. & Thurs.………..8:00 am - 7:30 pm

Office Hours Sat.………………………..9:00 am - 1:30 pm

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AOC - COLLECTED TO DATE….......$306,000

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Electronic Giving…………….1,735.77

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Budget…....$11,600.00

CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $457.00

ASCENSION: $447.00

Thank you for your generosity!

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COME HOLY SPIRIT—WE KNOW YOU’RE OUT THERE!

This is the weekend of Pentecost, when the beautiful red fabric would be hanging in the sanctuary, the doves would be circling above the altar, and we would hear the lovely Pentecost se-quence and the gospel story of the disciples, locked away in fear, receiving the Holy Spirit for the first time. Some of that can be seen and heard on TV or on other screens, but the rest will have to be found in our memories for God only knows how long.

As usual, I’m writing this about six days before you read it; but given the way things move these days, I doubt that much will have changed since May 24th. Last week, some folks saw a glim-mer of hope in President Trump’s call for churches to be re-opened in a more timely fashion; I wish he actually had the power to make that happen—in a safe and reasonable way, of course—as is happening just across the border from us in Indi-ana. But it’s not going to happen here in our politically & mor-ally corrupt state of Illinois. The Catholic Province of Illinois, which includes all the dioceses in the state along with the Arch-diocese of Chicago, will follow the guidelines I wrote about last week, and those will continue to be dependent on what the gov-ernor declares.

The 27 pages of protocols, rules and permissions forms we’ve been given will, as I pointed out last week, only allow for the church to be open for funerals, weddings, confessions, baptisms or adoration, all with a limit of 10 participants. The Archdiocese did finally clarify that the number 10 does not include the priest, leader of song, funeral director, doorkeeper or musician . Whoopee! And the requirements for the sanitizing of all surfaces with a bleach solution after any service make the likelihood of most of those things happening in the near future fairly remote. The only possible “reopening” might be for private prayer, but even that has severe limits. The times for the church to be open must be limited; a doorkeeper must be present to keep the doors open, to ensure that people wear masks and use hand sanitizer and then keep track of the time because each person can remain in the church for no more than 20 minutes; then the spot where that person sat or knelt must be sanitized before another person can be admitted. And the windows must be left open so that the air circulates, but we’re discouraged from using air condition-ing! On a 90 degree day with 90% humidity, that means that people will be safe from the virus but possibly pass out from heat stroke.

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From Our Pastor Parish Ministries (Call Rectory for contact information.)

ALTAR SERVERS

Contact: Fr. Dan Jarosewic

ARTS & ENVIRONMENT

Contact: Erin Roeper, Jeannine Ruse

BAPTISMAL PREPARATION CLASSES

Contact: Paul and Deborah Hart

BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY

Contact: Rosemarie Kearney

BULLETIN/WEBSITE EDITOR

Contact: Agatha Kienzle

CATECHISTS (RELIGIOUS EDUCATION)

Contact: Karen Shifflett

ELIZABETH MINISTRY

Contact: Marge Hayes

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF

COMMUNION

Contact: Deb Framarin, Jack Hayes

GARDENING TEAM

Contact: Elaine Hoffman

HEALTH MINISTRY/PARISH NURSING

Contact: Mary Bohlen, R.N.

HOSPITALITY

Contact: Mary Ellen Brabec

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Contact: Joe Santschi

LECTORS

Contact: Mike Ormsby, Tom Brabec

LITURGY WRITING TEAM

Contact: Joyce Janowick, Janet Ormsby

MINISTERS OF CARE

Contact: Jack Hayes

MUSIC MINISTRY

Contact: John Ligda

PADS

Contact: Jim Bova

PIECEMAKER QUILTERS/PRAYER SHAWL

Contact: Marietta Burke

PRAYER MINISTRY

Contact: Julie Orbik

Respect Life MINISTRY

Contact: Teri McGinley

SANCTUARY GUILD

Contact: Magda Hepokoski

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

Contact: Rectory

USHERS

Contact: Jim Wright

YOUTH MINISTRY

Contact: Allisa Opyd

PRAYER DURING A HEALTH CRISIS

Compassionate and Loving Father, In the face of confusion and concern

impart to us the calm of your presence.

In You allow us to find hope and healing. Be with those who serve the sick and give them

Your caring hands.

Be with those who lead and give them Your Spirit of wisdom.

Be with those who have fallen ill and give them Your comforting heart.

Wrap your arms around our world and hold us in your love.

Allow us at this time of trial to then serve as instruments of that love to all we meet.

We ask this in Your Name. Amen.

©LPi

I could go on and on, but I won’t. As I’ve said before, I under-stand the need to be respectful of others and reasonably cautious, but I see little reason in much of this. Still, we will follow all these protocols as best we can and do what we can to make some of this possible as soon as possible. In the meantime: please be pa-tient, pray whenever and however you can, and do whatever you can to continue with your financial support by either mailing in dropping off your offerings in the rectory mailbox as many do each week or each month—because the mail still works quite well both for your offerings and for the bills that don’t stop coming.

But back to Pentecost….Both the first reading today from the Acts of the Apostles and the Gospel have the disciples locked away in an upper room. In Acts, they’re locked up in anticipation of the Spirit’s arrival; in the Gospel, they’re locked away for “fear of the Jews.” Being locked away out of fear is not a good way to live; it’s not where we belong as disciples of Jesus. And we don’t have to wait for the Spirit to come because the Spirit has already been sent by Jesus; the Spirit resides now in our hearts and hov-ers over all creation. It’s not that the Spirit isn’t speaking or offer-ing inspiration; it’s just that not everyone seems to be listening!

Fr. Bob

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Gospel Meditation

UNIVERSAL OFFERTORY

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cal time. The COVID-19 pan-

demic has posed many chal-

lenges to the Archdiocese of Chi-

cago and our parishes, including

offertory funds lost due to the

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MAY 24, 2020

PENTECOST SUNDAY

You can feel so small standing by the seashore. The vastness of all that is

before you expands much farther than your eye can see. What is happen-

ing on the other side? As tides continue to ebb and flow, what occurs as

they come and go remains largely a mystery and the effects of their pres-

ence unknown in your sight. Yet, things are moving and changing as you

gaze upon the water, as the thumbprint of their presence is left behind.

The greater the wind and wave, the greater the effect. But even a gentle

breeze leaves its humble mark upon the seashore on which you stand. The

smallest pebble still makes a ripple in the great blue expanse of ocean wa-

ters. It doesn’t need to be big.

You never know the full impact of your smallest gesture or simplest of

words. A yes or no, agree or disagree, here or there, this or that can influ-

ence time and history in ways you may never know. The Holy Spirit is like

that: fierce and torrential, and then almost still and silent, creating and rec-

reating nonetheless. Coming as a gentle breeze or a gusty wind, God’s Holy

Spirit continues to move over, around, and into the waters of our lives. The

Spirit brings fruit and unknown possibilities to what we humbly bring with

us and that same Spirit eventually brings all to fulfillment in Christ.

The first disciples didn’t have much. They possessed simple faith and a

willingness to go into unchartered territory with a love of their friend-God,

humble offerings, and a knowledge that they were not alone. This allowed

them to do amazing things with very little. Do you believe that you are be-

ing led and that you have a purposeful life? We often do not realize our

value because we do not think that the little we have is good enough. How

wrong we are! A little flour mixed with water and embraced by a prayer of

blessing transforms simple offerings into the magnificent Eucharistic pres-

ence of God. If the Holy Spirit can do such amazing things with these hum-

ble gifts of the earth, even more can happen with you. Don’t underestimate

the value of the smile you gave a stranger, the door held open for an eld-

erly widow, the listening ear offered to one who was lonely, the tolerance

given to the wounded soul who is angry, and the loving shoulder you of-

fered as a cradle under the head of someone in pain. Modest gifts offered

with love can be transformed by the Spirit into wondrous blessings you may

never know. It’s Pentecost. Trust. You are not alone. ©LPi

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Mass intentions for cancelled masses

during these days of suspended

gatherings will be rescheduled at a later

date. Whenever masses resume, just call

the rectory for a new date. For this

purpose only, we will waive the canonical

limit of two intentions per mass.

Around the Parish

READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 31

Sunday: Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16

-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5/ Ps

104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-28, 29, 30

[cf.30]/Rom 8:22-27/Jn7:37-39.

Extended Vigil: Gn 11:1-9/Ps

33:10-11, 12-13, 14-15/Ex 19:3-

8a, 16-20b/Dn 3:52, 53, 55, 56

[52b] or Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11/Ez

37:1-14/Ps 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9

[1]/Jl 3:1-5/Ps 104:1-2, 24, 35,

27-28, 29, 30 [cf. 30]/Rom 8:22-

27/Jn 7:37-39. Day: Acts 2:1-11/

Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 [cf.

30]/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13/Jn

20:19-23

Monday: Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14/

Ps 87:1-2, 3 and 5, 6-7/Jn 19:25-

34

Tuesday: 2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18/Ps 90:2,

3-4, 10, 14 and 16 [1]/Mk 12:13-

17

Wednesday: 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12/Ps 123:1b-

2ab, 2cdef [1b]/Mk 12:18-27

Thursday: 2 Tm 2:8-15/Ps 4-5ab, 8-9, 10

and 14 [4]/Mk 12:28-34

Friday: 2 Tm 3:10-17/Ps 119:157, 160,

161, 165, 166, 168 [165a]/Mk

12:35-37

Saturday: 2 Tm 4:1-8/Ps 71:8-9, 14-

15ab, 16-17, 22 [cf. 15ab]/Mk

12:38-44

Next Sunday: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9/Dn 3:52,

53, 54, 55, 56 [52b]/2 Cor 13:11

-13/Jn 3:16-18 ©LPi

ST. IRENAEUS FOOD PANTRY NEEDS VOLUNTEERS !

St. Irenaeus Food Pantry, 78 Cherry St, Park Forest, IL

Monday’s from 8:15am to 12:15pm

Taking boxes of food to cars

Wear masks and gloves

Contact Ginny Donahue 708 - 228 - 6709

https://stirenaeuschurch.com/foodpantry

TENDING TO THE GARDEN

Our beautiful landscaping gets a helping hand from volunteers

Elaine Hoffman, left, and Kathy Pagel and other members of the

parish Gardening Committee. Their efforts started around Easter

and will continue throughout the summer months.

For upcoming parish events, news,

articles, funeral notices and bulletin

archives, please visit our website:

www.stjoehomewood.org

If you would like to receive emails with

parish announcements, please email

office@posjhomewood.org

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Around the Parish

ATTEND ONLINE MASSES

If you would like to attend

online daily Mass at St. James

Chapel or Sunday Mass at Holy

Name Cathedral, please visit:

https://radiotv.archchicago.org/

television/broadcast-masses.

Links to these Masses are also

posted on our parish website at

www.stjoehomewood.org.

ONLINE GIVING TO ST. JOSEPH PARISH

If you would like to consider signing up for electronic giving

to Saint Joseph Parish, online donations can be made using

credit or debit card through GiveCentral.

In order to sign up for Give Central, go

to www.givecentral.org and click on

“Start Giving” button → type our zip

code 60430 or St Joseph Homewood → click on St. Joseph

(Make sure it is St Joseph in Homewood) → click on

―Sunday Collections‖ → make a Contribution → add to the

basket → go to “checkout.― You can make one–time dona-

tions or sign up for weekly or monthly automatic donations.

You can return to GiveCentral at any time to make changes

to your donations. Thank you for your continued support!

You can also sign up for the ACH Debit Program. Your dona-

tions would be automatically withdrawn from either saving

or checking account by your bank and transferred to the

parish. Please contact the parish rectory office at 708-798-

0622 or office@posjhomewood.org.

A CALL TO PRAYER

Providing a Light in the Darkness

Prayer can help to strengthen our bonds

with one another and with God, regardless

of our faith identities. By turning to prayer,

we call forth a light in the darkness.

Who we are: Volunteers from across the

Archdiocese of Chicago who feel called to

accompany anyone feeling the need to

pray during this time of uncertainty and

isolation.

What we offer: A phone line staffed from 9

a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, as well as 24-hour

voicemail and e-mail connections. Our

prayer partners are here to pray with you

— opening our hearts to God, asking for

his blessings and peace.

We are available at 312-741-3388

by email: praywithme@calledtoprayer.org

For more information visit Archdiocese

of Chicago website at:

www.archchicago.org/calltoprayer

To advertise in St. Joseph’s bulle-

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For Your Information

RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS

WE ARE NEVER ALONE

My children want my help some-

times, and other times, not so

much. I remember being a teen-

ager and young adult myself. At

times, I thought I knew every-

thing. I didn’t need help be-

cause I was just so darn smart.

Truth is, I needed to find my own

way. I needed to stretch my

wings and prove to myself and

my family I could fly. I assume

that is what is happening with

my own children as well. It just

seems so different now that I’m

the parent.

Human beings need help. We

need community, and we need

to rely on one another. At Pente-

cost, we reflect on Jesus send-

ing to the Church a helper, the

Holy Spirit. God interacting with

us in this manner means we are

never truly alone. We focus most

of the time on the Spirit of God

as the assistance we need, and

we do need Him for sure. How-

ever, since it is that very same

Spirit that turned us into

―Church‖ from a band of people

looking to carry on after Jesus’

ascension, at Pentecost we

gained more than divine help:

we gained each other.

Today, the Church needs help in

a profound way. We need to

lean on the Holy Spirit to blow

through the Church with a pro-

found renewal. But we cannot

forget that we have been given

each other to lean on as well.

We are a gift to each other, and

together with the Spirit’s help,

we are the Body of Christ here

on earth. We must be strong

and stand for one another. If we

do that, this Pentecost will bear

fruit that will be with us for many

Pentecosts to come.

—Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS ©LPi

PENTECOST

Why do we celebrate Pentecost

when we do?

The book of Acts unpacks the events

immediately following Jesus’ ascen-

sion into heaven. The Apostles and

other disciples were told to pray in

Jerusalem and await another out-

pouring of the Holy Spirit. As the

weeks ticked on, the Jewish Festival

of Weeks approached. This festival took place 50 days after Passover and

celebrated the giving of the law on Mount Sinai. The Festival of Weeks (or

―Pentecost‖ in Greek) was a great pilgrimage feast, with Jews from all over

the ancient world convening on Jerusalem for the celebration.

It was on Pentecost that God chose to send the Holy Spirit. Here, the new

law of love was etched into the hearts of the disciples. As he burst out

onto the balcony above the multinational crowd, Peter proclaimed the

message of the resurrection, and the Holy Spirit enabled every listener to

hear in their native language. 3,000 people were baptized that day! The

disciples — and every baptized person — receives the gifts and zeal neces-

sary to bring a new message of salvation to the people of God.

©LPi

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Today’s Readings PENTECOST SUNDAY Sunday, May 31, 2020

First Reading

Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11

The Holy Spirit descends upon the apostles gathered in

Jerusalem.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 104:1,24,29-31,34

God’s Spirit renews the earth.

Second Reading

1 Corinthians 12:3b-7,12-13

We are all one in Christ Jesus.

Gospel Reading

John 20:19-23

Jesus appears to his disciples and gives them the gift of

the Holy Spirit.

BACKGROUND ON THE GOSPEL READING

The Season of Easter concludes with today’s celebration, the Feast of Pentecost. On Pentecost we celebrate

the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles gathered in the upper room in Jerusalem; this event marks

the beginning of the Church. The story of Pentecost is found in the Acts of the Apostles, today’s first reading.

The account in today’s Gospel, John 20:19-23, also recounts how Jesus gave the gift of the Holy Spirit to his

disciples. Yet the event in John’s Gospel takes place on Easter Sunday. There is no need to try to reconcile

these two accounts. It is enough that we know that after his death, Jesus fulfilled his promise to send to his

disciples a helper, an advocate, who would enable them to be his witnesses throughout the world.

We already heard today’s Gospel proclaimed on the Second Sunday of Easter this year (Lectionary Cycle A).

That Gospel passage, however, also included the description of Jesus’ appearance to Thomas. In that con-

text, we were led reflect on belief and unbelief.

In the context of the Feast of Pentecost, John 20:19-23 reminds us about the integral connection between

the gifts of peace and forgiveness and the action of the Holy Spirit. Jesus greets his disciples with the gift of

peace. Jesus then commissions his disciples to continue the work that he has begun, ―As the Father has sent

me, so I send you.‖ He breathes the Holy Spirit upon the disciples and sends them to continue his work of

reconciliation through the forgiveness of sins. Jesus’ act of breathing the Holy Spirit mirrors God’s act of

breathing life into Adam at the time of Creation. In fact, both the Greek and Hebrew words for ―spirit‖ can

also be translated as ―breath.‖

This Gospel reminds us that the Church is called to be a reconciling presence in the world. The reconciling

presence of Christ is celebrated in the Church’s sacramental life. In the Sacrament of Baptism, we are

cleansed of sin and become a new creation in Christ. In the Sacrament of Penance, the Church celebrates

the mercy of God through the forgiving of sins. This reconciling presence is also to be a way of life for Chris-

tians. In situations of conflict, we are to be agents of peace and harmony among people.

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Growing with the Gospel

Gospel Reading : John 20:19-23

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were

locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and

stood in their midst and said to them, ―Peace be with you.‖ When he

had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples

rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, ―Peace be

with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.‖ And when he had

said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ―Receive the Holy

Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you

retain are retained.‖

10 M a y 3 1 , 2 0 2 0 PENTECOST SUNDAY

Body & Soul

Communion to the Sick The Priests, Deacons & Ministers of

Care will bring Communion to the sick

& the homebound either at the

hospital or in the home upon request.

Please call the Rectory Office to make

arrangements.

Pray for the Sick LIZ ADDUCCI

MARIAN ADDUCCI

EILEEN ALSEN

SAM AMUNDSEN

BABY EMMA AZOGAN

NOREEN BAKER

LORA BARNAS

PATRICIA BECERRA

KARRIE BIEKER

JOANNE BONER

BOB BROWN

CHUCK BULF

JOAN BULF

STEVE BURKE

LOU BUTTICE

MYRA CALZAVARA

LARRY CAMPBELL

JOSEPH CHLOPECKI

MELISSA CHLOPECKI

MARY CLARKE

ROBERT CLARKE

VIRGINIA COLLINS

JOYCE CONLEY

ROBIN COYNE

JAMES CURLEY

JIM DAVIS

ROSEMARY DIMAYO

FRANK DIVILA

CHAR DROZDOWSKI

VALERIE EASTER

ROBIN B. EGGERT

ADELINE ENGDAHL

IRENE FRAMARIN

RACHEL FRAMARIN

ALBERT FOUTS

JOAN FURLONG

LOIS GEORGE

TERI GIBLIN

JOHN GNEZDA

AURORA GRAHAM

MARY GRAY

MARY JOAN G’SELL-SMITH

ANDREW GUTTER

BOB HADERLEIN

DAN HASKE

BARBARA HECHT

JACK HENNEBERRY

MARION HENNEBERRY

JANET HERNANDEZ

JOYCE HIGHSMITH

DOLORES JANOWIAK

JOYCE JANOWICK

JOHNNY JOHNS

STANLEY JOHNS

MARY ROSE KELLER

SUE KELLY

JERRY KILLIAN

TEDDY AND BILL KING

DON KIRKPATRICK

ANNE MAHER KOCH

MARY KOCH

LAURA KRAUSE

CAROLYN KRIVANEC

DENNIS KUROWSKI

REBECCA LINDSEY

LINDA LINK

TARA LINZY

LORETTA LIPINSKI

IRMA LOPEZ

LYNN MARYNOWSKI

TORI MASZAK

CAROL MCCLEMENTS

MEAGAN MCHUGH

CHRIS MCNELLIS

JOHN MCCLOSKEY

THERESA NELSON MILSAP

MADISON MINNICH

AZAREA MOORE

JOE MORAN

EILEEN MORRISEY

TOM MOSKWA

AMY MURPHY

CHARLES NELSON

RICK NYE

TIM NYE

CAITLIN O’SHEA

GERLENE OLIVER

MIKE ORMSBY

SUSAN ORMSBY

SALLY PETERS

VERNA POWELL

CHARLOTTE POWELL

GAIL PURCELL

TONI PUSATERI

Prayer Ministry Prayer requests* can be submitted :

On the Parish website

By calling the Rectory and dial 77

Email: prayers@posjhomewood.org

*Also, to Add / Remove from the bulletin sick list.

MIKE RACHOWICZ

MARY REID

MARY KATHERINE ROHAN

BERNICE RUBARTH

TONY SANTONE

JOHN SCHMIDT

MATTHEW SCHURY

JAY SCOTT

RANDOLPH SCOTT

CONNIE SIMMS

DAVE SINWELSKI

MARY CATHERINE SMITH

PAT TAYLOR

EMMY TIORAN

GORDON TOMLINSON

ANTHONY VAN

ANNIE WARDS

SILAS WHEELER

BENJAMIN WICKS

PAT WILLIAMS

AMY WINDJU

TOM WOLKEN

JIM WRIGHT

MICHAEL WRIGHT

ISABEL YOUNG

JANET ZAIO

COLOR DENOTES RECENTLY ADDED

Attention Family Members

After 4 weeks, please notify the

Rectory if your loved one still

needs our pray

ers.

Joseph Robert Thielen

Prayers for Our Troops Please pray for the men and women in

our Armed Forces. May God protect

them and return them safely to their

families:

LncCpl Connor John Anderson

Pfc Paul Bisceglia, US Army

Lt. Rebecca Conti-Vock

Captain Noel Conrad

Lt. Aaron Deal

Lt. Thomas Devane

SCPO Peter Donaldson

Airman Alex Fuentes

SF Ranger Christopher John Jones

Private Arthur Krueger

Seaman Thomas Krueger

Pvt. Nathan A. Mach

Specialist Joshua S. Mitchell

LCpl Jarod Mizgalski, USMC

Maj. Samuel Modica, USMC

Lt. Danielle Peterson A1C. Jessica Polacek

GYSGT Louis Rodriguez

PFC Anthony Termini

LncCpl Dillon Thompson Airman Gavin Tienstra

Maj. Jonathan Troutman

MGYSGT Joseph Unwood

PFC Alexander D. Urban

Lt. Col. Kevin J. Walker

1st Lt. Daniel J. Webb

Capt. Jennifer Worman

From Death to Eternal Life. Please Pray for

May the choirs of angels lead them into Paradise

PAUL JOSEPH MCKEE

JOSEPH ROBERT THIELEN

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ANTIQUES & CONSIGNMENT

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