MARY, MOTHER OF DIVINE GRACE PARISH The Catholic Community of

Divine Infant Jesus Church and Divine Providence Church and School

For additional information regarding our parish, please see page 11 or visit our website: marymotherofdivinegrace.org

Welcome to

Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Parish

The Catholic Community of Divine Infant Jesus Church and Divine Providence Church and School

PARISH CHURCH LOCATIONS DIVINE PROVIDENCE

Church: 2600 Mayfair Ave. Business Office: 2550 Mayfair Ave., Westchester, IL

(708) 562-3364 FAX: (708) 562-3134 Hours: 8:30 AM-4:30 PM

Mass Schedule: Weekdays: Mon. Tues. Wed.: 8:00 AM

Anticipated Mass Saturday: 4:00 PM Sundays: 8:30 AM

DIVINE INFANT JESUS Church: Newcastle & Canterbury Avenues Rectory Office: 1601 Newcastle Ave., Westchester, IL (708) 865-8071 FAX: (708) 865-8032 Hours: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM

Mass Schedule: Weekdays: Thurs., Fri., Sat.: 8:00 AM Anticipated Mass Saturday: 5:00 PM Sundays: 10:00 AM

Holy Days of Obligation: As announced in bulletin.

PARISH STAFF

MISSION STATEMENT - Who We Are The mission of the faith community of Mary, Mother of Divine Grace is to inspire spiritual growth by worshiping, teaching and living by example our love of Jesus, His Church and our neighbors.

VISION STATEMENT - Who We Strive to Be The parish of Mary, Mother of Divine Grace will continually serve all people by being good stewards for future generations. We make Christ known by living and teaching our faith.

OUR MISSION and OUR VISION

Clergy and Consecrated Religious

Pastor Reverend Marcin Szczypula

Associates Reverend Thomas Winikates Reverend Daniel Costello

Resident Reverend Gerald Joyce

Deacons Deacon Richard Hudzik Deacon Jim Sponder Liturgy & Adult Faith Formation Director Deacon Jim Sponder 708-562-3364 - x12 jsponder@archchicago.org Religious Education Administrator Sr. Christine Nantaba, IHMR 708-865-8086-DI 708-562-2258-DP cnantaba@archchicago.org

Sacristan Sr. Susan Najjemba, IHMR

Pastoral Staff Office 708-562-3364

Operations Director Mr. John Maher jmaher@archchicago.org Bookkeeper/Secretary Mrs. Toni Podock tonilpodock@archchicago.org Bookkeeper Mrs. Char Boyd chboyd@archchicago.org

Bulletin Editor/Secretary Ms. Karen Luciano kluciano@archchicago.org

Marketing/Enrollment Director Mrs. Linda Hawkins lhawkins@archchicago.org

Director of Mrs. Janet Reif Music Ministry 708-531-9495

Divine Providence 2500 Mayfair Ave. School 708- 562-2258

Principal Mrs. Lynn LeTourneau lynn.letourneau@archchicago.org

Secretary Mrs. Chrystal Farmar cfarmar@archchicago.org

Volume 20 PENTECOST May 31, 2020

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

On May 3rd the Universal Church observed the annual “World Day of Prayer for Vocations”. The intent of the “World Day of Prayer for Vocations” is to fulfill the Lord's teaching to Pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his harvest" (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2). As a prayer that is continually offered throughout the Church, it affirms the importance of faith and grace in all that concerns vocations.

While appreciating all vocations, the Church concentrates its attention on this day on vocations to the ordained ministries (priesthood and permanent diaconate), to the Religious life in all its forms (male and female, contemplative and apostolic), to societies of apostolic life, to secular institutes in their diversity of services and membership, and to the missionary life, in the particular sense of mission "ad gentes", that is, “to the nations”, to those who did not know Christ—and to proclaim the Gospel. Because the Apostles were faithful and obedient to Christ’s command, His Church has grown and flourished.

On this World Day of Prayer for Vocations, I hope that many of you joined in prayer and asked the Lord to help us discover His plan of love for our lives and to grant us the courage to walk in the path that He has chosen for each of us.

It is not always easy to discern our vocation and to steer our life in the right direction. For this reason, there needs to be a renewed commitment on the part of the whole Church–clergy, religious, pastoral workers, educators, parents, friends and family–to provide young people in particular with opportunities for listening and discernment.

Deacon Jim Sponder

Please join me in praying for all those who serve in our Parish - Mary, Mother of Divine Grace:

CELEBRATING ANNIVERSARIES THIS YEAR

Ordained Fr. Marcin, Pastor May 17, 2008 Fr. Joyce, Resident May 1, 1961 Fr. Tom, Associate Pastor May 13, 1970 Fr. Dan, Associate Pastor May 23, 1998 Deacon Richard Hudzik April 18, 1998 Deacon Jim Sponder May 13, 2013 Final Vows Sr. Christine Nantaba January 4, 1998 Sr. Rose Nakibuuka January 4, 1994 Sr. Josephine Nassuuna January 4, 1992 Sr. Susan Najjemba January 4, 2012 Sr. Maria Prossy Nakuya January 4, 2013 Sr. Anne Christine Kizza January 4, 1992

“A vocation flows from the heart of God and blossoms in the good soil of faithful people.”

Pope Francis

WE NEED YOU TO HELP US RE-OPEN OUR CHURCHES!

We need volunteers to assist with various aspects of our parish reopening plan. Importantly, the Archdiocese requires that all volunteers be 65 or younger and free of any medical condition that would place you at greater risk to contracting the Covid-19 virus.

I ask all of you who meet the above criteria to assist Mary, Mother of Divine Grace in our effort to reopen and celebrate some of the important Sacraments that define our faith. Your help is not only critical to the success of our reopening, but essential to this Parish’s mission. Together we will succeed.

Please consider volunteering with one of three reopening teams:

Set-up Team: Sample duties include ensuring that all supplies needed for each sacramental celebration/gathering are ready for use, entrances and exits are marked and

propped physically open prior to attendees’ arrival/departure, windows are opened, etc.

Greeting Team: Sample duties include assisting in managing the flow of congregants as they enter the church, making sure attendees use hand sanitizer upon entering,

are wearing a mask, and are reminded not to enter if ill; directing people to appropriate seating/waiting areas, etc.

Cleaning Team: Sample duties include maintaining and cleaning essential and trafficked areas

of the church before and after the church has been used. Masks and gloves will be provided, if you do not have your own, in addition to approved cleaning/

disinfecting supplies.

Please send us a message at kluciano@archchicago.org to indicate your willingness and ability to volunteer. In the email please include your phone number and availability (either weekdays, weekends or both).

Timing for Our Reopening

In order for us to reopen, we must establish and train the above teams. We hope to have that accomplished as soon as possible, again, the need for your assistance cannot be overstated. We will only open once the Reopening Leadership Team and I feel confident that we have the right volunteers in place and trained. Your safety is primary concern.

The reopening tasks and measures required to reopen are designed to protect our wellbeing and that of our broader community. A certification of readiness to reopen will be required by the Archdiocese of each parish at each reopening phase. Each parish is to complete an implementation template confirming completion of all action steps and demonstrating that there are a sufficient number of trained volunteers to execute the reopening plan prior to reopening.

As Cardinal Cupich has noted, from the first pages of Scripture we learn that we indeed are “our brother’s keeper.” Our Lord Jesus Christ prayed, “that they all may be one” (Jn 17:21) and commanded us “love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another” (Jn 13:34). Our collective patience, willingness to help and the care we take to reopen is a demonstration of our unity and love for one another.

May God grant you His peace during this difficult time and may He manifest His love and presence to you in abundant ways.

If you have any questions or would like to volunteer, please contact Karen Luciano at 708-562-3364 or by email at kluciano@archchicago.org.

Thank you and God Bless you, Fr. Marcin

WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE. WE NEED YOUR HELP.

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Pat Ambrosia Vincent Antonio

Ed Backer Ina Bax

Anna Bell Bean Tony Belmonte

Midge Berg Bill Beuck

Laura Biagini Rose Campobasso

Gilda Cappetta Michelle Carnagio

Michael Carr Cindy Cerveny

Jacqueline & Leonard Christopher

Joseph E. Cistaro Kathy Colella

Mary Jo Conway Margaret Cullen Donald Doucet Will Engwall

Tom Fahey June Franson

Bob Gibson Nick Goedert Marcy Goetz Eileen Gorski

Nathaniel Gutierrez Adeline Hartman

Amy Heinz Christopher Heitz Betty Hornbogen

Betty Hyland Anthony Jandacek

Carme Jandacek Lorraine Jaworek

Janet Joy Carole Jurevich

Joe Kasey Lois Kedzior

Mary Ann Kelly Mary Kmet

Barbara Kolar

Jason Kuntz Ignatius Lagen

Gordon Macpherson Art Malina

Brother Alfred Marshall Thomas Martirano

Sam Martyn Steve Mazzarella

Gabriel Meier Peggy Melville Ida Moravecek Richard Mraz Stefan Mraz

Jim Muha Mulfinger Family

Mark Nelson Christine Neuzil Bernice Niemiec Patricia Olson

Frank Pedota, Sr. Mark Puc

Anna Ricobene, NP Ralph Romano

Anna Mae Rooney Diana Roselli

Evelyn Sadecki Gina Santucci

Anthony Saviano Mary Scalera

Michael Scherer Geraldine Schneider

Don Sloan Paul Sodayko

Grayson Stanley Sarah Stanley Grace Thomas

Vito Valerio Parker Van Gelder

Bob Van Lanen Florence Voves

Mary Walsh Dan Weber

Steven Wiersema

Divine Infant Jesus & Divine Providence

Divine Providence Mass Intentions

Monday, 06/01 8:00am For the Parishioners †Harry & Mary Devereux

Tuesday, 06/02 8:00am †Rudolph, Beatrice and Deborah Sandoval

Wed., 06/03 8:00am For all those who have recovered from the virus

Weekend Masses Sat., 06/06 4:00pm †Tony Guzzo & Locascio Families †Rita Zdun †Edwin Toloczko Family †Frank Napolitano Family

Sun., 06/07 8:30am †For All the Souls in Purgatory †Thomas F. Miller †Devereux Family †Bilenko Family †William DiGangi Family †Tony & Grace La Manna †Richard Kroll Sr.

Divine Infant Jesus Mass Intentions

Thurs., 06/04 8:00am †Walter & Mary Wanick †Thomas Kovarik

Friday, 06/05 8:00am People of the Parish

Sat., 06/06 8:00am †Rich Mahoney

Weekend Masses Sat., 06/06 5:00pm †Jack Galella †Frank Charles Ignatius †Holy Souls in Purgatory People of the Parish

Sun., 06/07 10:00am †James & Marilyn Ellis †The deceased members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society

Please be assured all Mass Intentions scheduled will be

acknowledged during the week by our priests as they

celebrate Mass in private.

Please remember to pray for all the souls that have gone home to heaven including:

Carm Cammarata

Marianne Daly

WEEKLY COLLECTIONS

Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Parish Divine Infant Jesus & Divine Providence

May 24, 2020 $10,073.00

Please consider giving online at:

DI: https://www.givecentral.org/location/220 DP: https://dprov.churchgiving.com

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WAY TO GO!

May God guide you in all you do!

Mary, Mother of Divine Grace

Parish

Divine Providence Catholic School

WE ARE PROUD OF

YOU!

Look for more of our DP School Graduates in next

weeks bulletin!

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14; Ps 87:1-3, 5-7; Jn 19:25-34 Tuesday: 2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18; Ps 90:2-4, 10, 14, 16; Mk 12:13-17 Wednesday: 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12; Ps 123:1b-2; Mk 12:18-27 Thursday: 2 Tm 2:8-15; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Mk 12:28-34 Friday: 2 Tm 3:10-17; Ps 119:157, 160, 161, 165, 166, 168; 1-6; Mk 12:35-37 Saturday: 2 Tm 4:1-8; Ps 71:8-9, 14-15ab, 16-17, 22; Mk 12:38-44 Sunday: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; Dn 3:52-55; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18

Unless the eye catch fire, God will not be seen. Unless the ear catch fire, God will not be heard. Unless the tongue catch fire, God will not be named. Unless the heart catch fire, God will not be loved. Unless the mind catch fire, God will not be known. —William Blake

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Pentecost Sunday Monday: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church; Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Tuesday: Ss. Marcellinus and Peter Wednesday: St. Charles Lwanga and Companions Friday: St. Boniface; First Friday Saturday: St. Norbert; First Saturday

THE RICHNESS OF THE SPIRIT

Students, and most adults recalling their school days, are familiar with the phrase “compare and contrast” that shows up from time to time on tests. Today we hear two different accounts of the giving of the Holy Spirit to the church. Let’s contrast, then compare. Luke’s account from Acts is filled with arresting details: the mighty wind from heaven, the tongues of flame, the miracle of differ-ent languages. John’s account seems timid: fearful disciples, the wounded Christ, the expelling of breath from his risen body, not from the sky. Our literal, modern minds wonder which way it happened; our noisy culture probably makes us prefer the former. But if we compare the two, we find that the dazzling richness of the Spirit fills both accounts, for it is the very breath of the risen Christ, ascended to the sky in Luke, that appears to his disciples in John and sends his followers forth to carry on his mission of forgiving sin and proclaiming the mighty acts of God. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Because we can’t go to Mass…

Catholics are encouraged to make a “spiritual communion”. St. John Paul II writes that “it is good to cultivate in our hearts a constant desire for the sacrament of the Eucharist. This was the origin of practice of “spiritual communion” which has happily been established in the Church for centuries and recommended by saints who were masters of the spiritual life. Saint Teresa of Jesus wrote: “When you do not receive communion and you do not attend Mass, you can make a spiritual communion, which is a most beneficial practice; by the love God will be greatly impressed on you”” (Ecclesia Eucharistia, no.34).

Catholics are also encouraged to watch local TV for Sunday Mass. Mercy Home celebrates Mass every Sunday at 9:30am on WGN, Chicago.

Our parish website; www.marymotherofdivinegrace.org has a link to Masses recorded at Divine Infant Jesus Church and Divine Providence Church. There are also links to the Cardinal’s Masses.

This week Fr. Joyce will be celebrating Pentecost on May 31, 2020.

If you can’t go to church, BE the Church.

“The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses.

Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course.”

-St. Boniface

May 31 PENTECOST

Comprehension of speech is pretty much dependent on two people: the speaker and the listener. Even if the two speak a common language, the listener may have difficulty understanding if the speaker has a heavy accent. This dynamic comes into play in Luke’s account of the Pentecost. Filled with the Holy Spirit, the disciples were able to speak in different tongues. This attracted people from over a dozen regions, each one able to hear them “speaking in their (own) tongues of the mighty acts of God” (Acts 2:11). In order to comprehend what they were hearing, they must have overcome the difficulty of understanding someone speaking their own language with a foreign accent. After all, even with the disciples inside a house the crowd recognized their voices as Galilean, which we know was a distinctive accent because it had given Peter away when he denied knowing Jesus. Yet they were still able to comprehend the meaning of their words. Saint Paul’s letter to the Corinthians lists some examples of the different gifts of the Holy Spirit brings, including both “varieties and tongues” and “interpretation of tongues” (1 Corinthians 12:10). Speaker and listener are each blessed by the Spirit. May the Holy Spirit bring us insight and comprehension as we listen to the word of God.

How does the Holy Spirit help you to hear, understand, and express God’s word?

FIRST READING A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles Acts 2:1-11

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 (R/.cf.30)

R/. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.

Bless the Lord, O my soul! / O Lord, my God, you are great indeed! How manifold are your works, O Lord! / the earth is full of your creatures. R/. May the glory of the Lord endure forever; / may the Lord be glad in his works! Pleasing to him be my theme; / I will be glad in the Lord. R/.

If you take away their breath, they perish / and return to their dust. When you send forth your spirit, they are created, / and you renew the face of the earth. R/. SECOND READING

A Reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: R/. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful / and kindle in them the fire of your love. R/. GOSPEL The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John John 20:19-23 Glory to you, O Lord.

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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PARISH and SCHOOL INFORMATION

Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Parish Website: marymotherofdivinegrace.org

New to our community? Need to update your information? Registration forms are available on our parish website or call the Business Office at 708-562-3364.

PARISH REGISTRATION

Divine Providence Church Tuesdays after 8:00 AM Mass

Divine Infant Jesus: Saturdays after 8:00 AM Mass Or call the rectory to set up an appointment

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Baptismal Preparation is required for the first child. Registration is necessary to schedule the baptism.

Divine Infant Jesus Church: 708-865-8071

Divine Providence Church: 708-562-3364

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Please call the Parish Office at the time of your engagement to schedule your wedding. Pre-Cana is required.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

If you would like a priest, deacon or Minister of Care to visit or if you wish to receive the Sacrament of the Sick, please contact either location.

SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING/Minister of Care

First Friday of the month 9:00 AM-4:00 PM in the Divine Providence Ministry Center Chapel after 8:00am Mass at Divine Infant Jesus.

ADORATION

Second Monday of the month after 8:00am Mass at Divine Providence.

ST. PEREGRINE DEVOTION

Divine Providence School is a Christ-Centered community fostering the gospel message through education and service. Together with parents, we guide our students toward a life of Christian leadership. Providing a challenging curriculum, we prepare our students to contribute positively to an ever-changing global society. To schedule a tour of the school contact Linda Hawkins at 708-562-3364.

DIVINE PROVIDENCE SCHOOL