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JULY 24, 2011 SharingsSharingsSharings Spiritual Literacy by Rich Heffern, U.S. Catholic Magazine … A number of key words come up consistently in conversations about spirituality… … Some of these are: Attention, Beauty, Being Present, Compassion, Connection, Devotion, Enthusiasm, Faith, Forgiveness, Grace, Imagination, Listening, Joy, Kindness, Love, Meaning, Play, Questing, Reverence, Shadow, Silence, Teachers, Wonder, The Mystery, Yearning, Zeal. … These words signify practices that are recognized by all the world’s religions as being markers of the spiritual life. If you want to know what makes something ‘spiritual,’ look for them”.... ...Spirituality, paradoxically, always bubbles up in the midst of our

failings, as we live out our brokenness, as we fall short of the world’s idealized notions of success... ..Full robust spirituality involves awakening our essential, animated core self, the deepest nucleus of our life…

(Continued from last week…)

S PIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE is an intuition, a wisdom, a kind of savvy, perhaps even a street sense. We hear people say, “I was in the right

place at the right time.” When you delve deeply into those accounts, what is that ’luck’ really about? Are we not really talking of a different order of knowing? Spiritually is our ability to meet someone and know that person will be in our corner as a true friend. It’s an inner listening or good judgment. Spiritually is being wide awake and alert. It is an intuitive intelligence that moves us toward the good we need and value. Spirituality is extraordinarily practical. It adds skill and creative, pragmatic sense to everyday life. A truly spiritual person solves these problems one after another as they come along, without much fuss. We know and recognize spirituality at work in us by its fruits. The first fruit is joy, which is different from happiness. We continually hear that happiness is the chief goal of life. Everyone wants it. And this is usually a conditional and situational happiness. If everything goes well and according to plan, then I will at last feel happy. If all my conditions and expectations are met, then happiness will result. But a spiritually mature person feels unconditional joy that exists at a deep level, no matter what is happening, even if careful plans are thoroughly wrecked. Another sign that spirituality is awake and active is a sense of humor or playfulness. For example, the Zen Buddhist approach to spirituality, where typically is found a great unwillingness to be taken

in by any of the pomp, sentiment and romance of spirituality. There is an effort not to take things too seriously. The masters give students mischievous riddles, sometimes whack them up the side of their heads, or make them clean toilets in order to find enlightenment. It is a refreshing path of apt spirituality direction. These practices kept the student off-balance. When you are off-balance you must rely on that active, intuitive and creative spiritual intelligence to keep you from falling flat on your face.

T homas Merton said that the slave in the spiritual order is the one who surrenders completely to the expectations of others and

has no choices. Bereft of spiritual literacy or intelligence, we become captivated by the norms and empty values of the mass culture. We feel our own lives don’t count, that we don’t mean anything because we are not celebrities or well-compensated. Why make an effort to choose the harder way? Why rise above cynicism and greed? One by one, we surrender our creative options as spirituality alive and awake humans. The spirituality growing person, however, grows richer in options. She knows she has worth as a person even though she never appears in People magazine or on “Entertainment Tonight.” She takes on challenges because she loves God. God Bless You,

From Father Rich Homa

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Sunday Reflections

for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 31, 2011

Once again, God’s word calls us to attend to the condition of our hearts. We are invited to consider what our hearts most desire, and what we are willing to give in exchange for it. The Gospel points to the

treasure God wishes us to have, if we are wise enough “to seek and sell all” to attain it.

IN SEARCH OF A WISE HEART

A TV series featured an English chef going into an elementary school in Huntington, West Vir-ginia, trying to change the children’s eating habits. The resistance the chef first encounters is fierce. The children choose pizza over fresh chicken, throwing the beans and salad into the trash. Even sadder was the resistance of the adults: the women who prepare lunch, the

school principal, and even the food supervisor of the school system. We see Jesus feeding people in many ways throughout the Gospels: by His words and deeds, by His preaching, teaching, and healing. He literally feeds a crowd of over 5000 with five loaves and two fish. This event is a sign of God’s ongoing desire to meet our hungers with generosity and life-giving nourishment. This feeding reveals Jesus as His Father’s Son, the God who calls people to come, eat and drink without paying, without cost. God wants to feed us so we have and share life with others. We can refuse both the food of God’s Word and the food of the Eucha-rist, even when we receive it with out ears and mouths, by not taking it into our lives. The word “heed” comes twice in the first reading: “Heed me and you shall eat well… Come to Me heed-fully, listen, that you may have life.” God cries for us to hear, to listen “that you may have life,” to receive the love of God revealed in Jesus, and let it nourish us into eternal life.

REFLECTION

Hasten and eat (Isaiah 55:1-3). FIRST READING

God generously offers to nourish us and satisfy our thirst. There is no price to pay, for He has already paid it on our behalf. God offers us life and in abundance. Why do we seek after things that do not satisfy? We often think that “things” will offer us the joy and

peace that we seek, but these “things” just leave us disillusioned for they cannot answer our deepest need. It is only God who can fill the void in our hearts. The covenant into which God invites us will be an everlasting covenant. It is a promise of love without end.

This is the account of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes. It is an example of a na-ture miracle: one in which Jesus changes the laws of nature. This miracle portrays Jesus as the Good Shepherd (that is why there is grass upon which the crowds could sit, for the good shepherd leads the sheep to verdant pastures). Jesus takes the loaves and fishes and blesses them and multiplies them. Some say this is a social miracle: Jesus had shared

all the food He had, and everyone in the crowd followed His example. But, this expla-nation is not what is written — it tells of a mi-raculous multiplication, giving further proof that Jesus had power over the laws of nature. The blessing of the bread, its being broken, and its fragments being collected are all allu-sions to the Eucharist. Twelve baskets of fragments were left over. That is enough to nourish the 12 tribes of Israel. In the multipli-cation of loaves and fish that fed four thou-sand there were seven baskets of fragments, enough for the whole world.

They all ate and were satisfied (Matthew 14:13-21). GOSPEL

God’s love is more powerful than any other force in the world. Love alone conquers. Once we have experienced that love and al-lowed it to heal the brokenness in our hearts, nothing can rob the peace we will have found. Even when disastrous things happen,

we are able to find serenity. This does not mean that we ignore what is happening or deny the pain. It simply means that we recog-nize that no matter what happens, God still loves us and will never abandon us.

SECOND READING No creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:35, 37-39).

Readings for the Week July 25th-July 30th: Mon.: 2 Cor 4:7-15; Mt 20:20-28 Tues.: Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28; Mt 13:36-43 Wed.: Ex 34:29-35; Mt 13:44-46 Thurs.: Ex 40:16-21, 34-38; Mt 13:47-53 Fri.: Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37; Jn 11:19-27 Sat.: Lv 25:1, 8-17; Mt 14:1-12

STEWARDSHIP

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Sat., July 23rd (5pm) Ramona Kropel; Mary Biegel; Catherine Hackett Sun., July 24th (7:15am) Mary Campbell; Andrwe Golko (8:30am) O’Sullivan and Keating Family; Ronald Sauser; Karl Schnase (10am) Stanley Gill; Bruno Marszalek; Michael O’Connell; Jean Togikawa; Karl Schnase (11:30am) Ernest and Laura Lenke; Kenneth Schomers; Ana Marie Pablo Gutierrez Mon., July 25th (9am) Val Stuchura; Phyllis Andrews Tues., July 26th (9am) Therese Linehan Wed., July 27th (9am) Alva McCoy; Irene F. Botuyan Thurs., July 28th (9am) Sandra Touissant-Smith Fri., July 29th (9am) Scott Zaur Sat., July 30th (5pm) Casimir Madej; Catherine Hackett; Thomas Marinovich Sun., July 31st (7:15am) Mary Eileen McAuliffe (8:30am) Joyce J. Tomaska; Frank Yonker (10am) Therese Linehan; Humphrey Murphy; Fred Grzenia; Denis Brosnan; Ana Pablo-Gutierrez (11:30am) Kathleen Fegan; Jack and Linda Leonard 40th Wedding Anniversary

July 24, 2011

COLLECTION FOR 7-17-11: $31,301.30

KIDS COLLECTION: $49.30

Thank you for your generosity.

We remember the sick, infirm, and those recommended to our prayers, that they may experience the healing power of Christ: Frank Balda Laura McDonnell Cheryle Spicer Florence Botte Eleanore Sierra

And for our deceased: Marion Simnick “Heavenly Father, accept the prayers which we offer for them.”

Steven Chiarito (Children: Steven and Christina) Margaret Hamzik Russell and Tina Hamzik Harry and Jackie Sinnott (Children: Christopher, Rebecca and Skyler) Michael and Katie Flynn (Children: Jackson, Isabella and Sophia)

MASS INTENTIONS

WELCOME

PLEASE PRAY FOR

Please pray for these couples preparing for the Sacrament of Matrimony: Melissa Brown and Dan Callaghan; 7-29 Elise Stuedemann and Kevin Kirk; 7-30 Leah Kurek and Phil Herman; 7-30 Ashley Wydra and Andy York; 8-13 Carly Peterson and Francis Raymond Paragas; 8-20

WEDDINGS Our History of Hospitality

OVER THE 25 YEARS AS A PARISH, we have experienced Hospitality in many ways. When the church first began and Masses were held at “Andrew High School”, hospitality was offered after the 11am Mass on one Sunday every month. Families would gather and meet each other right there in Andrew High School Commons area, and some of us learned we were neighbors and didn’t even know it. When we were finally in the church building and we had the wonderful “Church Hall” space — once again hospitality was offered. As the parish grew and clubs were formed, Hospitality was offered on special occasions and special liturgies: Women’s Club sponsors a Parish Anniversary Hospitality in February; Men’s Club sponsors “Donuts with Santa” in December; January Hospitality is offered after morning Mass on the Feast Day of St. Elizabeth Seton; after the Infant Loss Mass in October, for those who had a experienced a loss of a child or an infant; after the November All Souls Day Liturgy; and after the Thanksgiving Day Mass. In our 20th Anniversary Year, parish clubs, groups, and organizations provided hospitality once a month after the weekend Masses. Sharing Your Gift of Hospitality through this Special Ministry Would you be interested in organizing or volunteering for a monthly hospitality after Masses? If this ministry sounds interesting to you please sign up in the church narthex and we will call you to schedule a meeting. Thank you for your support of St. Elizabeth Seton Church.

Join our new

ministry!

THE MISSIONARIES OF THE POOR (M.O.P.) is an international monastic order of Brothers dedicated to "Joyful Service with Christ on the Cross" to serve the poorest of the poor. The Missionaries do similar works to that of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The order was started in 1981 by Father Richard Ho Lung and has now grown to over 550 brothers around the world who live and work in vulnerable and volatile situations and give their lives freely for the betterment of the homeless, sick, disable and destitute children and adults. The Missionaries now take care of over 30,000 people worldwide, offering: permanent shelter for the homeless, food-line and clothes-line, soup-kitchen, medical missions and clinical services, prison ministries, evangelization, instruction in the Catholic teaching and free education to poor children. They have missions in Jamaica (main home), Haiti, India, Philippines, Uganda, Kenya, Indonesia and North Carolina in the USA. One of the most striking characteristics of the life and works of the Missionaries of the Poor is evangelization through the music which brings a great joy to the poor and

gathers people of all nations, cultures and colors together as one family of God! This year “Father Ho Lung and Friends” of the Missionaries of the Poor invite all to a wonderful opportunity to help the poorest of the poor when they bring “Praise Him” concert to Chicago (see flyer on page five). In dazzling Caribbean rhythm and spirit, 10 powerful Jamaican performers pour out song, dance, drumming and drama in love and praise of the Lord! For more information visit www.missionariesofthepoor.org or speak with Fr. Brian Kerr, MOP, after any Mass this weekend. May God bless you abundantly always!

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This weekend we welcome a guest missionary, Fr. Brian Kerr, who will speak on behalf of the Missionaries of the Poor, who will speak at all the Masses...

John Paul II and Fr. HoLung, MOP

Fr. Brian Kerr in Kenya

Welcome Fr. Brian Kerr... Fr. Brian Kerr (photo above), is a priest from the Missionaries of the Poor, and will share his and his Brothers’ experiences working amongst the poorest of the poor. We sincerely invite you to celebrate this beautiful Eucharist with us. In addition, Fr. Ho Lung and Friends, will enhance the liturgy with their own unique musical talents.

ABOUT THE MISSIONARIES OF THE POOR

Journey with the Lord and let your heart hear God’s Words….

By Margie Guadagno St. Elizabeth Seton Pastoral Associate

When the disciples

met Jesus

on the road,

they were

disappointed

and sad.

He walked with them

and listened to

their story.

Then, by opening up

the Scriptures

He gave them hope!

He helped them see

that they were

not abandoned

or left orphaned,

that God

was with them

and would

always be part

of their journey.

The Road To EmmausThe Road To EmmausThe Road To Emmaus The Road To Emmaus The Road To EmmausThe Road To EmmausThe Road To Emmaus

Finding The Real Treasure

W HEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL, I remember finding a dollar laying right there on

the playground! You would have thought I found the key to Fort Knox. Suddenly, I was surrounded by all my friends. “Lucky Duck!” “Wow!” “What are you going to buy?” “I wish I found it!” Everyone just beamed at me….as if I had done something special and was now being rewarded. My mother, however, took a different view than my cohorts. She marched me straight into the office and instructed me to turn it over to the school secretary. She took down my name and assured me that if no one claimed it in a week, it was mine. That was the longest week of my life! These days, you still hear stories of people finding money, sometimes quite large amounts. And those that do the finding must have had a mother just like mine because they studiously turn it in to the prevailing authorities. For them, the treasure is not the dollars but the wisdom they possess to understand that what they found did not belong to them.

T HE GOSPEL STORY OF TODAY does-n’t seem to approach the finding of a treasure in quite the same way as

my mother, either. It appears to reward the one who hides his discovery of the treasure and then surreptitiously buys the field where it is buried. However, that is not how the hearers of Jesus’ parable would have understood it. In fact, they would have been very confused. The people of first century Judaism lived in a world where everyone believed that resources were finite. There was only

so much food, so much water, so much money to go around. And all those things were already apportioned out to those whom God intended to have them. So why would Jesus compare finding heaven—which everyone wanted to do—to finding a treasure that obviously did not belong to you? I imagine there were many who just gave up trying to figure it out and walked away. It’s a disturbing dilemma. If you leave the treasure, then no one benefits. If you do like the finder in the story, you are stealing something that belongs to someone else. What to do, what to do! Here’s where the wisdom of Solomon comes in handy: to be able to judge right from wrong and do what is best for everyone.

T HERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR US to view this parable today. One could be through the lens of ecology and

how we use the precious resources of our planet. We, too, understand that they are not unlimited. Where we differ with the crowd listening to Jesus is that God does not intend them to be used only by certain people, he intends them to be shared for the benefit of all people. How we can man-age to do that, will certainly take the wis-dom of Solomon. In the meantime, in our own little corner of the world, we should do what we can: recycle, be ‘green,’ con-serve energy, donate to our local pantry or charity, volunteer our services. That way we all share in the treasures of the King-dom of God. Oh, and my dollar? The real owner came forward to claim it, but I got a quarter for my honesty….everybody won!

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It’s Not About Me by Max Lucado What would change if we finally found our place— and lived in it? For our entire lives we’ve been urged to look out for number one. But what happens when life proves to be sour? When our expensive toys break and our work is no longer needed and our bodies grow soft? Best-selling author Max Lucado turns the greatest lie we’ve believed on its head—“It’s all about me”—and sets our sights on a different goal. What would happen if we all took our place and played our parts? If we started living like “Son” reflectors rather than individual stars and suns? We’d see our families differently, view our jobs different- ly, treat our bodies differently, and respond to our problems differently. We’d find our place in the universe, finally. And we would be changed. Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo When little Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival — but it was the story that emerged after that was extra- ordinary — his experience detailing his trip to heaven and back. With disarming innocence and the plainspoken boldness of a child, Colton tells of meeting long- departed family members. He describes Jesus, the angels, how “really, really” big God is and how much God is, and how much God loves us. Retold by his father, but using Colton’s uniquely simple word, Heaven is for Real offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where as Colton says, “Nobody is old and nobody wears glasses.” Heaven is for Real will change the way you think of eternity, offering the chance to see, and believe, like a child.

      Once again the Seton Summer Readers are asking about a book we may all enjoy during the coming months and then in September gather together to reflect on it.

Selection One: Selection One: Selection One: IIITTT’’’SSS NOT NOT NOT AAABOUTBOUTBOUT ME ME ME by by by Author Max LucadoAuthor Max LucadoAuthor Max Lucado

Selection Two: Selection Two: Selection Two: HEAVEN HEAVEN HEAVEN ISISIS FORFORFOR REAL REAL REAL by by by Author Todd BurpoAuthor Todd BurpoAuthor Todd Burpo Order one book or both books. Sign up sheets are in the Narthex until Sunday, July 24, 2011. Participants will be called when books arrive. Payment is due at time of delivery in the parish office.

SETON Summer Readers!

$15

$10

St. Elizabeth Seton Music Department to host Special 9-11 Concert

HOPE AND REMEMBRANCE Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of 9-11

Special Armed Forces Tribute To Include Your Loved One

The St. Elizabeth Seton Music Department is presenting a special concert, “Hope and Remembrance”, on September 11, 2011 at 3pm, commemorating the 10th Anniversary of “9-11”. Included in the concert will be a special tribute to our Armed Forces — past and present. If you plan on attending this concert and would like a loved ones photo included in a special military tribute during the concert—please leave your photo in a self-addressed stamped envelope with your name, phone number and your military members name and title by Monday, August 1st. They will be scanned and returned promptly. If you will be attending the concert and would like their name only to be included, please drop off that request by August 1st as well. Mark your calen-dars and remember to invite your family and friends to share in this special tribute on September 11, 2011 at 3pm. If you have any questions, please contact Linda McKeague, Director of Music at 708-403-0101, ext. 112.

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“Thanks for Giving” RAFFLE

GRAND PRIZE

$25,000!

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St. Elizabeth Seton Church

2nd Prize….$1,000 3rd Prize…..$1,000 4th Prize…..$1,000 5th Prize…..$1,000 6th Prize…..$1,000 7th Prize…..$1,000 8th Prize…..$1,000 9th Prize…..$1,000 10th Prize…..$1,000 11th Prize…..$1,000

12th Prize…..$1,000 13th Prize…..$1,000 14th Prize.….$1,000 15th Prize…..$1,000 16th Prize…..$1,000 17th Prize…..$1,000 18th Prize…..$1,000 19th Prize…..$1,000 20th Prize…..$1,000

ONLY $50 PER TICKET JUST 2,000 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD!

Proceeds will support our 2-for-1 debt reduction.

Drawing on Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 5pm in the church parking lot at the SetonFest Church Picnic.

All ticket holders welcome. Winner need not be present. GRAND PRIZE drawn first. In the event all tickets are not sold, all prize monies will be awarded on a pro-rated basis.

Raffle Tickets available in the Parish Office.

For more details or information regarding $100 medallions, please call Donna Stolinski, St. Elizabeth Seton Business Manager, at 708-403-0101 or Joe Tucker at 708-873-0065.

$46,000 IN TOTAL PRIZE WINNINGS

Available TODAY!

St. Elizabeth Seton 25th Anniversary

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLIONS

Cost: $100

Price includes one free $50 raffle ticket to the $25,000

raffle drawing at the Jubilee Seton Picnic on

August 27, 2011.

Must purchase medallion before August 27th to receive raffle ticket.

Monies raised go the church debt reduction and to Jubilee events.

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Do It “Fore” The Girls! Queen of Peace High School 19th Annual Golf Classic will be held on Friday, Aug. 5th at Stony Creek Golf Course, Oak Lawn. The cost is $85 and includes a con-tinental breakfast, lunch, nine holes with cart. Luncheon only option available for $35. Proceeds benefit the scholarship fund. Registration begins at 9am; Shotgun start at 10am. For information or to register, please visit www.queenofpeacehs.org or call 708-496-4750. Drive “Fore” the Homeless South Suburban PADS 13th Annual Golf Outing will take place on August 15th at Glenwoodie Golf Course, Glenwood. This is a major fundraiser to help the organi-zation provide emergency overnight shelter, meals and supportive services to individuals that are homeless in the Southland. Registration and continental breakfast at 9:30am; Putting Contest at 10am; Shotgun start at 11am. Awards Buffet Banquet at 4:30pm. Fee is $110 by August 1st; $25 for Buffet Banquet only. Register at www.sspads.org or contact Liz Moore at 708-754-4357.

Franciscan Village Gazebo Concert The Franciscan Village, 1270 Village Dr., Lemont, in-vites all to a free concert from 1:30-3pm on Sunday, July 31st. Sing and Swing to the 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s Music selections. Light refreshments served. Limited chairs available. Senior housing tours may be arranged in advance by calling 630-243-3558 or 630-243-3449.

ST. ELIZABETH SETON SOCIAL ACTION MINISTRY Serves Monthly at the Daybreak Shelter Soup Kitchen

Secret Gift of Love EVERY THIRD SUNDAY WE JOURNEY TO JOLIET TO COOK and serve the homeless at the Catholic Charities Day-break Shelter. This month we received a generous dona-tion of 200 lbs. of meat, thanks to a parishioner who is a Quantum Foods employee. Texas Roadhouse donated homemade rolls and chocolate icing. Our Social Action members baked 200 cupcakes and the children at the shelter helped our student volunteers ice them. Four watermelons were donated by a parishioner and de-voured by our guests as appetizers. The generous gifts of baseball hats that were donated by our parishioners were sorely needed and distributed

to the clients. We organized a Bingo game and used rosary beads, socks, and personal care items as prizes. Many new homeless joined us for dinner this month, as the Joliet Daybreak Shelter is also a “cooling center” for all those in need of relief from the recent sweltering heat. If we have enough volunteers each month, our Seton group serves the meal in a “sit down” style, instead of the clients having to form a cafeteria line. Each guest receives a loving smile and warm welcome and they are served their meal. Some ate four platefuls as it is the only meal they will have for the day. One Seton dad came with his wife and two children to help. While visiting in the dining area with the guests, he observed that one gentleman’s shoes were falling apart and inquired, “What size shoe do you wear?” “10½,” he re-plied. Armed with this information, the dad returned to the kitchen, bent over, untied and removed his own size 10½ shoes and asked that they be given discreetly to the man. The shoes were placed in a bag and given to the man when he was leaving. Tears filled his eyes as he opened the bag and saw it contained the perfect size shoes, saying, “Now I can walk without pain.” No one noticed our volunteer dad who walked out in his stocking feet, but was now wearing the greatest smile on his face because he knew he had given his shoes to Jesus Christ.”

Our next Soup Kitchen is Saturday, July 30th. Please call Liz Wisnasky at 708-614-6475 to volunteer.

“Give to a stranger and that stranger becomes Jesus Christ.”

— MOTHER THERESA

Sacred Space Book Group

meets Monday, August 1st

at 9:30am in the Cornerstone

and on Tuesday, August 2nd

at 7pm in the Conference Room

(located in the parish office)

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRIESTHOOD please visit www.ChicagoPriest.com. To explore vocation opportunities, please contact Fr. Brian Welter at bwelter@archchicago.org, call 312-534-8298 or . To learn about religious life contact Sr. Elyse Ramirez, OP at 312-534-5240 or via email at eramirez@archchicago.org.

VOCATION CROSS PARTICIPANTS:

Wednesday, July 27th Carolyn Farhat

Wednesday, August 3rd Kathy and Jerry O’Sullivan Please call the parish office at 708-403-0101 to sign up to be a Vocation Cross Participant. Please join them in prayer… PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, graciously hear our prayers. Give us generous hearts to respond to Your call in our lives. Lift up courageous men and women willing to follow after Your Heart as priests, sisters and brothers. Help parents and teachers to share the faith and to encourage young people to explore religious vocations. Guide all people, Lord, in Your ways of compassion, truth and peace, that we may find happiness in fulfilling our vocations. Amen.

Parish Vocation News

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The Tinley Park Boy Scouts are collecting BACK PACKS for Children in Need

TINLEY PARK BOY SCOUT TROOP 380 is collecting new or gently used backpacks until July 30th for Respond Now, a 501c(03) non profit agency in Chicago Heights, that serves residents in need in the south suburbs. Back Pack Drop Off Sites:

Cabinet Wholesale Supply 17532 Duvan Drive, Tinley Park Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm Saturday, 8am-1pm

Durbin Home (anytime) 18235 Clear Creek Crossing, Orland Park

Your help is greatly appreciated! Please call 708-478-0883.

Haiti Burial Cloth Workshop Burial Cloth Workshops for the deceased of Haiti are Wednesday, July 27th from 6:30-9pm in the St. Elizabeth Seton Parish Life Center (enter through CJB school doors) and on Monday, Aug. 1st at St. Julie Church, Tinley Park (hall behind church). Students can earn three hours of service. Call Liz at 708-614-6475. Pro-Life Prayer For Our Nation The Bremen-Orland Families for Life Annual Prayer for Our Nation will be on Friday, July 29th (rain date August 5th) from 4-7pm (Rosary from 6-7pm) at Our Lady of Sor-rows Convent Outdoor Grotto, 5900 W. 147th St., Oak Forest. Talks from different faith and pro-life leaders from 4-6pm. Please bring a lawn chair. Anna Rose Bowl Benefit The Anna Rose Bowl Benefit will take place on Aug. 7th from 6-9pm at Laraway Lanes in New Lenox to help with mounting financial burdens for nine yr. old Anna Rose Ba-kotic who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leuke-mia on March 29th. Please consider attending and/or do-nating through sponsorship, merchandise, services to auc-tion or raffle at the benefit. Make checks payable to: Harris Bank Anna Bakotic Benefit Fund; donate online through PayPal or credit card. Anna and her family appreciate your support. For information please call Joyce Bakotic at 708-712-1146 or at annarosebakoticbenefit@yahoo.com.

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Hope and Remembrance “9-11” 10th Anniversary

Tribute Concert September 11, 2011 at 3pm

Christmas Concert Christmas Gala Fundraiser

December 11, 2011 at 3pm

Lenten Cantata Palm Sunday April 1, 2012

at 3pm

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Seton Music Program Sponsorship Yes, I would like to support the 2011-2012 Seton Music Program by becoming a Seton Music Sponsor.

You are hereby authorized to publish an ad spot for the Concert Series ad book. Name_____________________________________________________ Phone_____________________ Address______________________________________________________________________________ Authorized by/Contact_____________________________________________________ _____ I am enclosing camera-ready artwork for an ad spot. _____ Please use my business card as ad copy. _____ Please use exact wording below for my ad: _____ I will not be placing an ad at this time, however I would like to make a donation to support the Music Program Concert Series. Please accept my donation of $___________. Your ad placement will be featured in an ad book for the following music concert performances: Music Sponsor Opportunities:

Whole Note Sponsor (full page [7.5” x 4.5”]): $300 Half Note Sponsor (half page [3.75” x 4.5”]): $200 Quarter Note Sponsor (quarter page [1.875” x 4.5”]): $100

Please make checks payable: St. Elizabeth Seton Music

DEADLINE DATE: August 21, 2011

PLEASE CONTACT:

Name_____________________________________________________ Phone__________________________

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CHICAGO CHURCH TOUR

October 13, 2011

Seniors of Seton

PLEASE NOTE – if you are holding a reservation, payment MUST be made by the SEPTEMBER 6TH MEETING without ex-ception. Only one bus is being taken and there is a wait list.

Cost of $55 includes tour of Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica; Old St. Patrick, Holy Family and Nativity of our Lord churches. Lunch will be at the Greek Islands Restaurant.

Contact Anna at 708-532-6733.

Alcoholics Anonymous If you have a problem with alcohol and feel a sincere de-sire to stop drinking, you are welcome to attend a meet-ing 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, consider attending Families Anonymous on Mondays from 7-8:30pm at Pa-los Hospital, 123rd and 80th Ave., Palos Heights (LL Rm. F). Call 708-429-5704.

St. Julie Church to host Theology On Tap through July 31st

Theology On Tap is offered for all young adults, single or mar-ried, between the ages of 20-39. The sessions will be held during the four-weeks of July. St. Julie Billiart, 7399 W. 159th Pl., Tinley Park, is one of the 40

sites throughout the Chicago area hosting Theology on Tap. All participants are welcome to attend the St. Julie Billiart 6pm Sunday Mass. Refreshments will be served followed by their speaker at 7:15pm. Please visit the Young Adult Ministry website, yamchicago.org for details. Also, find Theology-On-Tap on Facebook and Twitter.

SAINT OF THE WEEK

ST. MARTHA MARTHA, MARY AND THEIR BROTHER LAZARUS were evidently close friends of Jesus. He came to their home simply as a welcomed guest. The sisters feel free to call on Jesus to their brother’s side, even though His returning to Judea at that time seems almost certain death. No doubt Martha was an active sort of person. On one occasion (Luke 10:38-42) she prepares the meal for Jesus and possibly His guests and forthrightly states the obvious: All hands should pitch in to help with the dinner. Yet, as biblical scholar Fr. John McKenzie points out, she need not be rated as an “unrecollected activist.” The evangelist is emphasizing what our Lord said on several occasions about the primacy of the spiri-tual: “… [D]o not worry about your life, what you will eat [or drink], or about your body, what you will wear…. But seek first the kingdom [of God] and his righteousness” (Matthew 6:25b, 33a); “One does not live by bread alone” (Luke 4:4b); “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness…” (Matthew 5:6a). Martha’s great glory is her simple and strong statement of faith in Jesus after her brother’s death. “Jesus told her, ‘I am the Resurrection and the Life; whoever be-lieves in Me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?’ She said to Him, ‘Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the One who is coming into the world’” (John 11:25-27).

COMMENT St. John intends that we should see Martha’s words to Mary before the resurrection of Lazarus as a summons that every Christian must obey. In her saying, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you,” Jesus is calling every one of us to resurrection—now in baptismal faith, forever in sharing His victory over death. And all of us are uniquely called to special friendship with Him.

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 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 his/her child’s 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. Please call the Pastoral Center for more 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 regulations hospitals can no longer contact the parish regarding 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 encouraged to make arrangements at least 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.

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Come Ring Our Bells!

Re-initiating A Handbell Choir Ministry

St. Elizabeth Seton has four octaves of bells waiting to be rung. We need a “Volunteer Director” and “Volunteer participants.” Maybe you participated many years ago in our original handbell choir and would love to participate again?

Have you participated in a handbell choir?

Are you 13 years of age or older? Have you ever “directed” a handbell choir? Please fill out the following information and drop it in the collection basket at a weekend Mass or drop this form in the Pastoral Office.

St. Elizabeth Seton Handbell Choir

Name ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Address ______________________________________ ________________________________________ Phone ______________________________________ Best time to practice _________________

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Pastoral Staff Rev. Richard Homa, Pastor Rev. Stanislaw Kuca, Associate Pastor Margie Guadagno, Pastoral Associate Donna Stolinski, Business Manager Claudia Nolan, Director of Liturgy Linda McKeague, Director of Music Elaine Pawlak, Religious Education Coordinator

Pastor Emeritus: Rev. William T. O’Mara

Resident Priest: Rev. William Gubbins

Deacon: Frank (Betty) Gildea Deacon: Joseph (Nancy) Bishop

Liturgy and Music Staff Claudia Nolan, Director of Liturgy Linda McKeague, Director of Music

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

Religious Education Staff Elaine Pawlak, Catechetics Diana Barracca, Administration Karen Mirecki, Administration

Branches Youth Program Bruce Hall, Coordinator Rick Vlaming, Coordinator Rick Wojcik, Coordinator

Athletics Bob Myjak, Director

Maintenance Staff Raymond Yanowsky, Director of Maintenance Carlos Juarez, CJB Maintenance Coordinator Michael Makuch, Staff

REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE

Monday-Friday 9am Saturday 5pm

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

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Catholic School 708-403-6525 Principal, Mary Iannucilli Administrative Assistant, Cindy Labriola Devlin

7/30 & 7/31 5:00PM 7:15AM 8:30AM 10:00AM 11:30AM GREETERS R. Gaskey

J. Gaskey C. Labus S. Labus M. Pahl K. Pahl G. Roy C. Roy G. Roy K. Roy M. Roy K. Sullivan M. Vojcak

E. Briette R. Dickover J. Esposito C. Esposito M. Foley B. Hill J. Janiak B. Majer D. Meyers J. Niemiec

L. Allen D. Biallas J. Biallas J. Biallas S. Biallas M. Crance R. Cubalchini M. Cubalchini S. Giovanazzi C. Bannon

D. Ahern W. Bric/K. Bric J. Driscoll M. Eisenberg J. Grant P. Hartz J. Keller/D. Keller B. Keller M. Pfeiffer/L. Pfeiffer R. Warja S. Warja J. Warja N. Warja

M. Hattar S. Ivey R. Ivey R. Mitchel B. Mitchel S. Potts

LECTORS M. Taska M. Hamilton

D. Houha K. Dziallo B. Hall

P. DeWilkins B. Hurley

C. Steckhan M. O’Sullivan

ALTAR SERVERS

K. Oslszowka O. Kozel M. Pedzimaz

T. Shattuck M. Zdun

P. Maiolo A. Durbin E. Juds

E. Bilecki M. Yara M. Kircher

H. Pawelczyk M. Bialka R. Senick

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

R. Vlaming R. Piorkowski S. Abbatmarco M. Abbatemarco A. Sharp J. Harris B. DeJonge D. McBride J. Connelly M. Jeswein M. Miller M. Gabrione

D. Nykiel M. Guadagno C. Nolan M. Fundator B .Gildea S. Grill J. Janiak

M. Dziallo S. Hall C. Durbin V. Patrizi V. Patrizi E. Kramer T. Leeson J. Juds P. Skowronek T. Cohoon K. Kelly J. Kelly

K. O’Sullivan F. Scellato M. Fehrenbacher J. Federico T. Federico G. Chehy B. Hansen S. Michalek J. Kokotan-Krauss N. Krieher S. Weishaar S. Rosinski

M. Merino J. Holmquist B. McMahon K. Hall J. Frese K. Frese L. Koning M. Morajda T. Scorzo J. Mitchel K. James T. Wolski

Attention All Ministers!

New ministers schedules are now available on our website at: www.steseton.com Then visit: Music and Liturgy

HELP IS A PHONE CALL AWAY: DOMESTIC ABUSE 24-HOUR HOTLINE: 708-429-SAFE

CRISIS PREGNANCY HOTLINE: 888-4-HOPE-4-1 HURTING FROM AN ABORTION?: 888-456-HOPE