T oday we celebrate the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Once again, we are given images about feeding and nourish-ment. Elijah has had it. He is praying for death in the desert, and then the Angel of God brings him

water and hearth cakes. He is refreshed by God’s help and continues on for forty more days. In the Gospel Jesus tells the Jews that he is the Living Bread that has come down from the father. There is no need for the angel now, because we have Jesus. They don’t buy it. They know his father and mother. At least they think they do. Paul’s response to the Living Bread is the most important. He tells the followers to be kind, compassionate, and mutually forgiving. In other words, be imitators of God. Just as Jesus was food for us, we are called to be food for others. We are now in the homestretch as we get ready for school and religious education. We are still in need of catechists for the Religious Educa-tion program. Classes are held on Tuesday eve-nings from 6:30 until 8:00 PM. The classes are held at St. Agnes. If you think you can help us with this ministry, please contact Teri Klopp at 754-0713. Also, final reminders that all children who eventually want to receive the sacraments should be regis-tered for either the school or religious education classes. Some news on projects that are being done in the two parishes. I have included it in both parishes, because with Renew My Church it lets everyone know what is going on at each parish. At St. Kieran work is moving along on a baptismal font to match the altar and ambo. The table was given to us and we used it for the tabernacle stand in the gym during the renovation. In a few weeks it will be added to our furnishings in the church. We also will be having some work done on the tile floor at the

back of church. After thirty plus years, the floor has back of church. After thirty plus years, the floor has decided to pop up. It is always something. At St. Agnes we have received conditional approval from the insurance company for plastering and repainting the water damage in the church. The bid for the whole church has come in larger than anticipated so at this time I am postponing the work until after the new year. This will be a big project and I would rather we do it all at the same time. By January we should have the necessary funds for the work. After discussions with the Archdiocese things are subject to change, but right now this is where we stand on the church repairs. Today as I am writing this article we also discovered that one of our classroom ceilings collapsed because of rain. So, another claim went in today and work will begin on Monday. This week the parking lot at St. Agnes was re-striped as well. The striping and the bollards were a gift from the St. Agnes Home and school Associa-tion. Thanks to the Home and School for their work and support for the school and parish. Fr. Tom has begun working with the Women’s Weekend Experience group on the next weekend. Please keep all of those involved in your prayers. The next weekend will take place in the spring and be held at St. Kieran. Thanks Fr. Tom and ladies for all of your help in preparing for it. Finally, please join us as we say good bye to Gene and Mary LaBelle next weekend after the 10:00 AM Mass. Gene and Mary have been a part of the fabric of St. Kieran for most of its existence. They have participated and led many ministries in the parish. They have been a support to me over the time I have been pastor and I know they have shown that same support for all the pastors and priests they have worked with. We will miss them, but they now have a new ministry to tackle. Please join us next Sunday, August 19th to say thank you to Gene and Mary.

St. Kieran Catholic Church

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 12, 2018

I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever.

— John 6:51

Notes from Fr. John

Farewell to Deacon Gene and Mary LaBelle

The St. Kieran Women’s Club and the Knights of Columbus Council 997

invite you to a farewell reception for Gene and Mary

on Sunday, August 19, immediately following the 10:00 a.m. Mass.

We will gather in the school vestibule for food and fellowship

as we thank the LaBelles for their decades of dedication and service

to St. Kieran Parish.

Please make plans to join us.

If you have been attending Mass

here at St. Kieran, but have not registered . .

NOW IS THE TIME! Come and join our parish family.

Fill out this form and give it to an usher or call the rectory at 708-755-0074. We will happily send you a registration form. Name: ________________________________ Address:_______________________________ Phone:________________________________ Email: ________________________________

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The parish council will not be meeting during the months of July and August.

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Parish News & Events

Registration for 2018-2019 Religious Education classes is ongoing. Several classes have already been filled and the remainder of the classes are nearly full. Although the registration deadline is August 31, you should not wait any longer to register your children. Call the Religious Education Office at 708/754-0713 to check availa-bility. We will need some new teachers and adult aides for the upcoming year. If you think this worthwhile ministry might be for you, call Teri Klopp in the Religious Education Office. She will be happy to discuss requirements and expectations with you.

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WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH THE PARISH PICNIC!

We are looking for parishioners to volunteer just an hour of time to help at the St. Kieran Parish Picnic on Sunday, September 16, from 11 AM to 3 PM. Volunteers are needed for food serving, kids games, prize table, train station, and set/clean-up. The following slots are available:

11 AM to 12 PM (Noon) 12 PM to 1 PM 1 PM to 2 PM 2 PM to 3 PM If you can work the final slot and can stay to help clean up, we will greatly appreciate the help. All of the food for the picnic will be prepared by Mr. Bill Barker—volunteers will only serve.

If you can help, please call the Rectory Office at (708)755-0074, send an email to Sheila Porrata at stk-bulletineditor@comcast.net , or drop a note in the collection basket letting us know that you can help. Don’t forget to include what time slot you would prefer and a contact number. A confirmation of your volunteer time will be sent to you. Thanks for helping with this annual family event!!!

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Parish News & Events

Our St. Kieran 10:00 am Mass Choir is a great group of singers! We are always looking for new members. You don’t have to know how to read music, just love to sing!

Practices are every Thursday evening from 7:00 – 8:30 pm.

Our first practice is Thursday, August 30.

Our first Mass of the year is Sunday, Sept. 9.

See Joanne Rossbach if you are interested in joining.

Join the choir!

“And He will raise you up on eagle’s wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun, and hold you in the palm of His hand.” (from On Eagle’s Wings, Joncas)

RESURRECTION CHOIR The St. Kieran Resurrection Choir is a special group of volunteer singers that offers comfort and support at funerals. If you would like to join this wonderful ministry, please see Joanne Rossbach or call the Rectory. There are no practices and no requirements for attendance. Members are called several days before a funeral and come to sing when they are available.

“For bells are the voice of the church; they have tones that touch and search the hearts of young and old.” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Chime Choir All are welcome to join our Chime Choir (ages junior-high and older). The chimers play about once a month at a weekend Mass and for special occasions. No musical background at all is needed. Prac-tices are every other Monday evening from 7:00 – 8:00 pm, beginning August 27. If you are interested, please talk to Joanne Rossbach or call the Rectory. A special thank you to the Knights of Columbus (Chicago Heights Chapter, Council 997) who continue to support our music ministry!

SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE AUGUST 11/12, 2018

A new academic year will soon begin for our grade school children in the greater community of Chicago Heights. Families who struggle with meeting the daily needs of their children are even further stressed when school begins and supplies, clothes, and equipment are needed. In an effort to help our families with the extra costs of supplying their children with what they need to begin the school year, we are asking our parishioners to help out by purcha-sing needed supplies for both our children AND their teachers. Needed supplies are listed below and can be brought to St. Kieran Church the weekend of August 11/12 where they will be distributed within the following week to our local community schools in District 170 and to the students at St. Agnes Catholic School, our sister parish. Your help is greatly appreciated! May God bless you for what you can do for our children! ITEMS NEEDED BY STUDENTS

Binders; 3-ring, 1 or 2 inch Notebooks; Spiral Bound and Composition Book Bags (no wheels) Paints, Water Colors Crayons Paper; Loose-leaf, Wide & College Ruled Ear Buds Pencil Case, Zippered Erasers, Pencil Top & Hand Held Pencils, Number 2 Folders; 2-pocket, any color Pencils, Colored Glue, Sticks & Bottle (Elmer’s) Pens; Blue, Black and Red Highlighters Post-It Notes, 3” x 3” Index Cards Protractors Markers; Dry Erase & Washable Rulers, with inches and centimeters Scissors ITEMS NEEDED BY TEACHERS

Hand Sanitizer, Bottled Paper Towels Kleenex (Boxes) Wipes; Baby, Hand, and Clorox Napkins (Paper) Ziploc Bags, quart or gallon size

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Other News & Events

Father Edmund Aristil, pastor of St. Emeric in Country Club Hills, is reaching out to our communi-ties to help St. Cecile, a parish in Haiti where his cousin Fr. Etienne is pastor. Fr. Etienne has been requested by his bishop to erect, furnish, and equip the new parish school from scratch. Parishioners from our neighboring parish of St. John in Glenwood will travel to Haiti in September to assist them and bring supplies.

They are requesting the following items: • Lightweight collapsible backpacks (no wheels) • #2 pencils • Small pencil sharpeners • Small erasers • Pocket folders

Haiti was devastated by an earthquake in 2010, and was still not rebuilt when it was struck by Hurricane Matthew in 2016, which destroyed most of southern Haiti. The people of Haiti continue to need assis-tance of all types. If you can donate to help the school being built, please bring your donations to the church and I will get them to St. John Parish. For more information please contact Barbara Dutko at 708-957-3742. Thank you for your support!

5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

Emil Vasek Dave Dutko Gene Labelle

Dona Amadio Jean Lendi

Raymond Brower Debbie Linde Sue Habegger Brenda Wesley

Connie Bultema Barbara Fonfara

Natalee Cuti Loretta Gurgone Kevin Deenihan

Judi Patzelt

Susan Alessandrini Giacomo Mancini

Keith Betton Briana Narcissi

Teri Klopp Rick Schulp

Kamsi Emechebe Cheta Emechebe

** Served by adult parishioners

Harrison Ogunbote Handerson Ogunbote

Barbara Dutko Ida Green

Judith Flanigan Karlene Henshaw

Louis Alessandrini Elizabeth Eagan

Charlene Brower Mary Clairmont Mary Schmal

Holy Family Shrine

This week, the flowers decorating The Holy Family Shrine

in the back of church were donated in memory of . . .

Olga Vasek and Rev. Conrad Motola OFM,

from Emil & Sandy Vasek

Michelle Acadia Kim Alexander

Jenna Bova Cory Blair

Anthony H. Bruno Noreen Bussey Philip Cameli

Victoria Cavallaro Janel Compton

JoAnne Corrigan Richard Czarnecki Christine Dymek

Jim Dymek Gary Eichberger

Ava Emroll Laurie Emroll Teresa Eppel Tom Fleisher

Marlene Gaughan Tom Haggerty

Dominick Hamilton Florence Hand Heather Henry

William Hand, Sr. Larry Janaszak Rose Klauck

Dennis Kurowsk Amanda LaBelle

Joyce Lentzi Marge Knapp

Our Troops

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Air Force

E-3 Conor Fitzgerald

Army

PFC Roman Ambriz E5 Patrick Atwater

Sgt. Brenden Flanagan Sgt. James R. Hibbs

PFC Lee James Roché CWO Thomas J. Seehausen

Coast Guard

Luke Stocker

Marine Corps

SSgt. John Henry LCpl. Joseph Johnson

Sgt. Patrick Russell SSgt. Nathan Taylor

National Guard

Captain Paul LaBelle

Navy

Troy DaVault Raymond J. Martinez

Joseph Swanson

Frank J. Longo Pat Longo

Terri Masiur Kathleen Masterson

Tom Maxwell Erin McCann

Marilyn Monteleone Rosemarie Pagliero Bernice Pappalardo

Virginio Popolla Elena Presutti

Catherine Pryszez Katie Quinn Radomski

Bill Rinaldi Jr. Tom Roberts

Selene Robinson Rosa Maria Santos Ramón L. Santiago

Audrey Strasser Fran Somer

Carolyn Stadt Pat Sullivan Gayle Tama

Lonnie Varallo Sr. Joy Weideman

Linda Wickizek Dana Wittman

Marjorie Woltman Kevin Yant

All First Responders

Ministry Schedule for August 18 & 19, 2018

Monday, August 13 8:00 a.m. Communion Service (C) 5:00 p.m. St. Agnes Athletics (FF) to 9 PM

Tuesday, August 14 8:00 a.m. Daily Mass (C) 5:00 p.m. St. Agnes Athletics (FF) to 9 PM 6:30 p.m. Knights of Columbus Meeting (KOCR)

Wednesday, August 15 8:00 a.m. Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (C) 5:00 p.m. St. Agnes Athletics (FF) to 9 PM 7:00 p.m. Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (C)

Thursday, August 16 8:00 a.m. Daily Mass (C) 12:30 p.m. Bible Study (L) 7:30 p.m. Glenwood Adults Men’s BB League (H) to 9:30 PM

Friday, August 17 8:00 a.m. Daily Mass (C) 5:00 p.m. St. Agnes Athletics (FF) to 9 PM

Saturday, August 18 9:00 a.m. Communion Service (C) 9:00 a.m. St. Agnes Athletics (FF/Hall) to 1 PM 2:00 p.m. Glenwood Adults Men’s BB League (H) to 4:30 PM 4:00 p.m. Confessions (C) to 4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Anticipated Mass (C)

Sunday, August 19 8:00 a.m. Sunday Mass (C) 10:00 a.m. Sunday Mass (C) 11:00 a.m. Reception for Deacon Eugene & Mrs. Mary Labelle (S) 11:30 a.m. Baptisms (C)

Monday, August 13 – Ss. Pontian and Hippolytus 8:00 a.m. • Communion Service

Tuesday, August 14 – St. Maximilian Kolbe 8:00 a.m. • Angela, Teresa & Nancy Popolla and Pasquale Iacovacci req. by the Virginio Popolla Family

Wednesday, August 15 – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8:00 a.m. • Deceased Members of Le Rose Family • Omar Garcia, req. by the Zinker Family 7:00 p.m. • For the United States of America

Thursday, August 16– St. Stephen of Hungary 8:00 a.m. • Robert Falcioni, req. by the Linde Family • Angela, Teresa & Nancy Popolla and Pasquale Iacovacci req. by the Virginio Popolla Family

Friday, August 17 – Weekday 8:00 a.m. • Sr. Mary Jane Hopkins OSF, req. by St. Kieran Church

Saturday, August 18 – Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00 a.m. • Communion Service 5:00 p.m. • Julie Amadio, req. by her children & grandchildren • Vincenzo, Pasqualina, Gary, Delores, Hugo and Mary Louise Caffarini, req. by Dave & Barb Dutko

Sunday, August 19 – Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 a.m. • Rev. Joseph McCarthy, req. by St. Kieran Church 10:00 a.m. • Domenico & Gina Maciariello, req. by Fred Maciariello • Lilla Baratta, req. by the Bova Family • Deceased members of the Russo Family, req. by the Porrino Family

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TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — Elijah looked and there at his head was a hearth cake and a jug of water (1 Kings 19:4-8).

Psalm — Taste and see the goodness of the Lord

(Psalm 34).

Second Reading — Be imitators of God, as beloved chil-dren, and live in love (Ephesians 4:30 — 5:2).

Gospel — Jesus said, “I am the living bread; whoever eats this bread will live forever” (John 6:41-51).

The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Ez 1:2-5, 24-28c; Ps 148:1-2, 11-14; Mt 17:22-27 Tuesday: Ez 2:8 — 3:4; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 Wednesday: Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2; Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14; 1 Cor 15:54b-57; Lk 11:27-28 Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Ps 45:10-12, 16; 1 Cor 15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56 Thursday: Ez 12:1-12; Ps 78:56-59, 61-62: Mt 18:21 — 19:1 Friday: Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Mt 19:3-12 Saturday: Ez 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Mt 19:13-15 Sunday: Prv 9:1-6; Ps 34:2-7; Eph 5:15-20; Jn 6:51-58

St. Kieran Catholic Church 724 West 195 Street, Chicago Heights IL 60411

Visit our Website at www.stkieranchurch.org

Parish Mission Statement:

St. Kieran Parish is a Catholic community within the Archdiocese of Chicago. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, nourished by Scripture and Sacrament, we are called by Christ to become disciples and stewards. Through worship, fellowship, catechesis, and service to all God’s children, we embrace our Lord’s challenge to live as family and be his witnesses, beginning here in Chicago Heights.

Parish Staff: Rev. John Siemianowski, Pastor Deacon Eugene Labelle, Senior Deacon Rev. Thomas Kasputis, Associate Pastor Deacon David Dutko Rev. William O’Mara, Resident Associate Deacon Emil Vasek

Weekend Masses are celebrated Saturdays at 5 PM; Sundays at 8 AM and 10 AM Weekday Masses are celebrated Tuesday through Friday at 8:00 a.m.

Communion Services are celebrated on Mondays at 8:00 a.m. and on Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated on Saturdays at 4:00 p.m.

Rectory Office, 708/755-0074: Hours of Operation: 9 AM to 3 PM (Monday—Thursday)

Sandy Vasek, Office Manager, stk-business@comcast.net Sheila Porrata, Bulletin Editor, stk-bulletineditor@comcast.net

Emily Hernandez, Parish Secretary, stk-parishsecretary@comcast.net

Religious Education Office, located at St. Agnes, 708/754-0713 Teri Klopp, Coordinator, stk-reoffice@comcast.net

Director of Music: Mrs. Joanne Rossbach, 708/755-0074

Parish Ministries: Knights of Columbus: David Nozar, 708/267-8253. Visit our website: www.knights997.org

Parish Council: Keith Betton, Kevin Dennihan, Sue Habegger, Dave Nozar, Terry Shelley, and Joe Sopron. Contact us at stk-ppc@outlook.com

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SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Contact the Rectory Office to make arrangements. Regular Baptismal Sundays are the first and third Sundays of the month at 11:30 a.m.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Contact the Rectory Office at least six month prior to date of marriage.

SACRAMENT OF EUCHARIST TO THE HOMEBOUND: Please contact the Rectory Office to set-up visits.

ORDER OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION: For adults who wish to know more about the Roman Catholic faith, please contact the Rectory Office and the Director of Religious Education will contact you.

NEW PARISHIONERS: To become a member, please contact the Rectory Office for a registration form.

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