Dear Parishioners,

Yes, it’s still your pastor writing, but I wrote this, as

you might guess, before I took off for sunny Florida. I

arrived in Fort Myers about 5:30 PM Friday, and as you’re reading

this, depending on day and time, I’m either on the beach, enjoying

dinner or celebrating Mass. I’ll be celebrating Mass at St. Agnes

Catholic Church. The pastor there is Father Jonathan Romanoski. He

is assisted by Father Joshua Passo.

Father Romanoski was a few years behind me in seminary and

Father Passo, even further behind. I’m very much looking forward to

celebrating Masses there and getting to know some of the people.

That’s always one of the fascinating and enjoyable things about

visiting our various FSSP apostolates.

I’m in Florida with my brother in law and we’re spending our two

weeks in Sanibel Island. This is my brother in law’s first summer

without his wife – my sister, so it will be a bit difficult for both of us.

Still, my brother in law is a rather upbeat guy. He likes to enjoy

himself and knows wine very well. That’s just one of the things I

love about him.

I visited Sanibel many years ago. I remember that it was in 1988, on

the 10th anniversary of a company I had just started to work for. The

owner/boss, a mere six months my senior, insisted on taking the

entire company on a weekend excursion to Sanibel. I was kind of

honored to go, considering I’d only worked there a few weeks.

For the past 14 years, I had vacationed on Anna Maria Island, close

to Sarasota and Bradenton. With no sense of irony, but rather by

being honored by Divine Providence, I had celebrated Mass during

those years at the FSSP apostolate in Sarasota, Christ the King, the

parish from which our new assistant has come to us. Before Christ

the King came to be, the TLM was celebrated at St. Martha’s Church

in Sarasota. Yes, I celebrated Mass there too, during the FSSP’s

infancy in Florida. We are blessed to have Father Bartholomew as

our assistant. He and I get along famously and I see a bright future

for him here as well as for the rest of us, my children and my friends.

Father Magiera

Saint Joseph Catholic Church

August 3/4, 2019

A Parish Apostolate of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter

Fr. Michael W. Magiera, FSSP, KHS, ChLJ, Pastor

Fr. Gregory Bartholomew, FSSP, ChD, Assistant Pastor

1329 Belleview Avenue Rockdale, IL 60436-2577

Phone: (815) 725-4469 Rectory/Emergencies: (815) 725-1051

Father Magiera’s Email: frmagiera@rcdoj.org Father Bartholomew’s Email: fatherb@fastmail.net

Website: www.fsspjoliet.wordpress.com Facebook: St. Joseph Catholic Church – Rockdale, Illinois

Elizabeth Kelch, Co-DRE Denise Lonigro, Co-DRE Phone: (815) 729-9149 Phone: (708) 646-3834 Email: stjosephrep@hotmail.com Email: deniselonigro@gmail.com

Office/Rectory Hours: Monday through Friday

11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

2019 Liturgical Calendar and Mass Intentions

Sat., August 3rd Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (OF)

4:15 pm + Don Gould by Jan Gould and Family

Sun., August 4th 8th Sunday after Pentecost (2nd cl.)

8:00 am Mari – Carmen by The Amiraults

10:00 am Pro Populo

Mon., August 5th Dedication of the Basilica

of St. Mary Major (3rd cl.)

7:30am In Honor of the BVM by Karen Hoeller

Tues., August 6th Transfiguration of Our Lord (2nd cl.)

7:30 am In repentance and reparation for the sins and

offenses within our Church

Wed., August 7th St. Cajetan, Confessor (3rd cl.)

7:30 am + George McCague by John & Barb McCague

Thur., August 8th St. John Vianney, Confessor (3rd cl.)

7:30 am + Luis Reyes by the Turk Family

5:30 pm Jason Kirstein by Pat Wagner

Fri., August 9th Vigil of St. Lawrence (3rd cl.)

7:30 am Maria Fairman by Bartuce Family

Sat., August 10th St. Lawrence Deacon & Martyr (2nd cl.)

8:00 am + Luis Reyes by Nancy Taylor

Sat., August 10th Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (OF)

4:15 p.m. Deceased members of the N. J. Peters Family

by Family

Sun., August 11th 9th Sunday after Pentecost (2nd cl.)

8:00 am Confraternity Mass of the FSSP

10:00 am Pro Populo

+ means deceased

Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for Us. Please join us on Tuesday, August 13th at 6:00 P.M. as

we pray the Holy Rosary in reparation for the sins

committed within Christ’s Church.

Mass Schedule

Ordinary Form

Saturday 4:15pm

Extraordinary Form

Sunday 8:00 am; 10:00 am; 5:30 pm (Naperville) Monday through Friday 7:30 am

Thursday 5:30 pm, followed by Holy Hour and Benediction

Saturday 8:00 am

Holy Days of Obligation

Ordinary Form: 5:15 p.m. anticipated Mass, if a priest is available Extraordinary Form: 7:00 am & 7:00 pm

Confessions

30 minutes before Mass

Baptisms

Any weekday is possible, but Saturdays are preferred. To schedule your family’s Baptism, please call the rectory. Thank you very much!

Weddings

For parishioners with faithful parish membership for at least one year. Please inquire at least 6 months prior to intended date.

WELCOME VISITORS! Worship Aides for both forms of the Mass are in the pew racks. We

welcome new parishioners. Census forms are in the back of the

church, either in racks or on the tables. Turn in your form to Fr.

Magiera or place your form in the collection basket. No need to

respond ‘Amen’ at Latin Mass Holy Communion.

Prayer Intentions for the living and deceased:

Christy Becker, Richard Blaskie, Jim Dernulc, Mark Evans, Cris

Galounis, Michael Kelly, Mary Lund, Kathleen Mary McNair, Ray

Tomanio, Merlin Melnarik, Fr. Vytas Memenas, Kaira Paramo,

Russler Family, Angie Schuman, Judy Splayt, Fr. Chris Steinle,

OSA, Jim Wright, Ken Zabel, Adele Stukas, Aldona Peciura, Nancy

Tomanio, Zita Stukas, Hellmann/Roman/Kasperek, Robert

Fearncombe, Jr., Isabella Goodrich, Bonnie Reichstadt, Ellen

McCague, Mary Mitchell, George Magee, Fr. Christopher Manuele,

Susanna Wheeler and James Wheeler, Ricardo Martinez.

RIP: Ben Bazik, Glen Dykhuizen, Tahara Dykhuizen, Barbara

Schoenberger, Fran Nelli, Dale Bixenmann, Arthur Birsa, Mary Rose

Bucciarelli, Diane Wolfe, Bonnie Nagra, Corinne Bowers,

Dr.Stephanie Pavnica, George McCague.

Join Catholic Charities for a Golf Outing at Cantigny! Catholic Charities is hosting A Swing and a Prayer golf outing on

August 15, 2019 with a shotgun start at 1:00 PM at Cantigny Golf in

Wheaton.

Standard foursome of golf is $1,000 ($1,040 after 7/15) and cost for

a single player is $250 ($260 after 7/15). All player fees include 18

holes of golf with cart, box lunch, drinks on the course, cocktail

hour, dinner, and on-course contests.

Tickets are available by calling 815-724-1140 or online at catholic-

charitiesjoliet.org. Proceeds from A Swing and a Prayer benefit the

programs and services provided by Catholic Charities, Diocese of

Joliet.

Sponsorship opportunities are still available! Contact Pete Kinsella

at 630-519-6531 or pkinsella@cc-doj.org. To learn more about the

programs and services provided by Catholic Charities, Diocese of

Joliet, visit catholiccharitiesjoliet.org.

By the Numbers for July 27th & 28th, 2019

Regular Collection Saturday 4:15 PM

Sunday 8:00 AM

Sunday 10:00 AM

Naperville 5:30 PM

$528.00

$730.00

$940.00

$1,963,00

Special Needs (Building) Saturday 4:15 PM

Sunday 8:00 AM

Sunday 10:00 AM

Naperville 5:30 PM

$0

$50.00

$71.00

$45.00

Air Conditioner

Herald News

Mass Intentions

Votive Candles

Saturday 4:15 PM

Sunday 8:00 AM

Sunday 10:00 AM

$100.00

$600.00

$362.00

$50.00

$705.00

$61.00

TOTAL $6,205.00

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

Wedding Anniversary Mass The 41st Annual Diocesan Wedding

Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Sunday,

August 18 at 2 pm at the Cathedral of St.

Raymond in Joliet. Couples celebrating

anniversaries of 25 years, 50 years, and more

than 50 years, are welcome to attend. Bishop Conlon will celebrate

the Mass and will lead all couples in a special renewal of wedding

promises. Those who bring a camera can also have a special picture

taken with the bishop on the occasion of their anniversary. Please

register as soon as possible by calling the Office of Family Ministry

at 815-838-5334 or register online at https://conta.cc/2Jed044 by

August 2, 2019.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Website:

Join Flocknote our parish communication tool:

Text StJoes to 84576 or

sign up online with flocknote.com/StJoesRockdale

Facebook: St. Joseph Catholic Church – Rockdale, Illinois

Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal Monthly pledge payments for CMAA pledges

should be made in the next few days. It is very

important that these pledges be paid so that our

parish will reach our goal. Once we have

reached our goal in paid pledges, 70% of the

additional funds received will be returned to the parish for our use.

Parish Goal: $18,800

Amount Pledged: $19,157

Amount Paid: $15,473

Remaining Balance to meet Goal: $3,327

Remaining Balance to meet Pledged Amount: $3,684

Rebate Amount: None yet.

We’ve done so heroically well in the last two years and I’m

confident we will “deliver the goods again.” Let everyone see that

St. Joseph Church is a force to be dealt with!

Father Magiera and St. Joseph Church bid a fond farewell to organist

and choir leader Judge Richard Siegel. Judge Siegel has served St.

Joseph for several years and we are all enormously grateful to him

for his service.

In addition to his musical contributions, Judge Siegel has been a

steadfast promoter of the Traditional Latin Mass, and was instrumen-

tal in assisting the Joliet Latin Mass Community find a permanent

home here at St Joseph Church.

He and his choir very often occupied the choir loft here, offering li-

turgical music in a variety of styles, periods and centuries. His choir

performed Mass settings, sang Masses in Gregorian Chant and a va-

riety of motets. Members of his choir also sang with the choir of Jo-

liet’s St. Raymond Nonnatus Cathedral. There’s not enough room

here to cite all of his musical accomplishments as a composer, ar-

ranger, ensemble founder, performer and conductor, which spans an

incredible five decades of blessed and inspired work.

We thank Judge Siegel profoundly for his faithful and devoted ser-

vice, and ask God’s blessing on him, his wife and family.

Holy Day of Obligation The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Ordinary Form 5:15 p.m.

Extraordinary Form 7:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Please Note: We will not have a 7:30 a.m. Mass or Holy Hour on

August 15th.

Do you have concerns about falling? Many older adults experience concerns about falling and restrict

their activities. A MATTER OF BALANCE is an award-winning

program facilitated by Catholic Charities and designed to manage

falls and increase activity levels.

This program emphasizes practical strategies to manage falls.

YOU WILL LEARN TO:

view falls as controllable

set goals for increasing activity

make changes to reduce fall risks at home

exercise to increase strength and balance

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

anyone concerned about falls

anyone interested in improving balance, flexibility and

strength

anyone who has fallen in the past

anyone who has restricted activities because of falling con-

cerns

Classes are held on Wednesday mornings from 10:00am – 12:00pm

on July 10 through August 28, 2019 at Wilmington Island Park Dis-

trict (315 N Water St in Wilmington).

Program is FREE and available to individuals age 60 or older. For

more information and to register, please call Amanda at 815-523-

9918. To learn more about the programs and services provided by

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet, please visit catholicchari-

tiesjoliet.org.

Notre Dame Priory Retreats My name is Br Bede Mary Cannavo and I am writing from Notre

Dame Priory, a recently founded Benedictine community of tradi-

tional observance in Tasmania, Australia. In the interests of keeping

this note short, I will include a link to our 'About Us' page on our

website [https://www.notredamemonastery.org/about]. We were

founded on 22 Feb 2017 by a monk of St Joseph's Abbey, Flavigny,

France. We are directly under the auspices of the Archbishop of Ho-

bart and not a foundation of the previously mentioned monastery.

We will soon be travelling to the USA to conduct retreats based on

the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius, along with a taste of our mo-

nastic life, at Maria Stein retreat centre in Ohio. We were wondering

if you would be willing to advertise these retreats any of your apos-

tolates (particularly those in the region). I have included a little in-

formation about the retreats below. We have run retreats for quite a

number of years in New South Wales (near Sydney) with the assis-

tance of your confrères in the FSSP as confessors, such as Fr Duncan

Wong FSSP, Fr Damon Sypher FSSP and Fr Paul Leung FSSP.

Each day involves Holy Mass in the usus antiquior, a series of con-

ferences to prepare retreatants for the meditations proposed in the

Spiritual Exercises, devotions and certain hours of the monastic Di-

vine Office. There will be plenty of opportunities to see a priest for

spiritual direction and the Sacrament of Penance. The retreats are

silent. The dates are as follows:

Men’s 5 day retreat – Sunday 29 September – Friday 4 October 2019

Women’s 5 day retreat – Sunday 6 – Friday 11 October 2019

Venue: Maria Stein Spiritual Center 2365 St. Johns Road, Maria

Stein, Ohio 45860

The cost is USD$450 and bookings can be made

athttps://www.notredamemonastery.org/retreats

Religious Education Registration Our Religious Education Registration

will take place on Saturday, August 17th

from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and Sunday, August

18th from 9:00-10:00 a.m. in the school

office. Classes will begin on Sunday,

September 8th at 8:30 a.m.

Religious Education School Cleaning Volunteers are needed to help us clean the school in preparation for

our Religious Education School Year on the following dates:

Saturday, August 10th 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Saturday, September 7th 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Please meet Mrs. Kelch in the school. Thank you very much for

your assistance!

Job Available Devout and Dynamic Catholic Elementary School Teachers Needed.

Several teaching and instructional support positions are available for

the coming school year in Catholic elementary schools located in

Will, DuPage, and Kankakee Counties. Applicants must be

practicing Catholics who hold appropriate state licensure. Please

view specific job postings and apply for desired positions as soon as

possible online at: https://www.applitrack.com/dioceseofjoliet/onlineapp/

St. Joseph’s Lending Library We have a lending library of spiritual books on shelves

in the northwest corner of the basement. Many

beautiful books waiting to be read.

JOYFUL AGAIN! A Widowed Ministry JOYFUL AGAIN! is a two-day program for

widows and widowers who want to resolve the grief they feel inside

and begin to live again after the death of their spouse. The weekend

employs a series of video presentations, followed by facilitated small

group discussion and private reflection time. Through this process,

individuals gain new insights and receive encouragement and sup-

port. Trained facilitators, who have been widowed themselves, help

with the weekend and the discussions.

Summer 2019 weekends will be on September 7 & 8 at Mary Queen

of Heaven Parish in Elmhurst. Upcoming on September 21, the Joy-

ful Again! Volunteer Enrichment Day will take place at Mary Queen

of Heaven Parish in Elmhurst.

Fall 2019 weekends will be on October 12 & 13 at St. Hubert’s in

Hoffman Estates; November 2 & 3 at Nazareth Retreat House in Ba-

tavia; and November 16 &17 at Our Lady of the Angels, House of

Prayer in Lemont.

For more information, to register, or for other dates and locations,

please contact Charlotte Hrubes at 708-354-7211 or check the web at

www.joyfulagain.org

Bulletin Articles If you have an article that you would like to be included in our

bulletin, please type and email your announcement to

stjosephrep@hotmail.com at least 10 days in advance. Father

Magiera must approve all articles. Thank you very much!

Bereavement & Divorce Support Groups Peer-led support groups for people experiencing loss are based on

confidentially, trust, and safety. Individuals need not be alone during

burdensome and lonely times. Seeking support during times of need

is a sign, not of weakness, but of strength.

To obtain a copy of the diocesan-wide bereavement or divorce

support groups brochure, please contact the Office of Family )

Ministry at (815) 838-5334.

Retrouvaille is a program designed to help couples with serious

issues who may even be contemplating divorce. This weekend

program helps couples to put the pieces back together and rebuild

loving relationships. Husbands and wives re-establish

communication and gain new insights into themselves as individuals

and as a couple.

Remaining 2019 Dates: September 13th-15th

For information, reservations or other dates and locations, call 708-

802-1830 or go to www.HelpOurMarriage.com

Catholic Engaged Encounter Catholic Engaged Encounter is designed to help

couples prepare for marriage. It is an intensive

weekend of work during which each couple is offered

the time and opportunity to question, examine, and

deepen their relationship in a much deeper, more

honest way then they have been before. The

remaining 2019 schedule is as follows:

November 9-10th

Couples who book ahead should have no issues with registration.

However, since the weekends do fill up, interested couples should

register as soon as possible. For reservations, go to www.jolietee.org

or for questions, call 815-727-1112 or send an email to: ceejoliet @gmail.com.

Job Available The Diocese of Joliet together with Immaculate Conception Catholic

Church in Elmhurst, is seeking to fill a combined College Campus

and Parish Youth Ministry position that provides ministry to students

at Elmhurst College and to youth at Immaculate Conception parish.

This collaborative position requires a passion for ministry, a

commitment to sharing the Gospel message with young people, a

heart for evangelization, service and missionary activities and a spirit

of enthusiasm, energy and joy. The successful candidate must be

committed to develop and coordinate dynamic and age appropriate

programming that is in alignment with current professional standards

in ministry as well as parish goals, vision of the pastor/parish

community and diocesan policies. A Bachelor’s Degree in Theology

or related field is preferred, with at least two years of campus or

parish ministry experience. Candidate must be able to collaborate

well with staff and exhibit strong communication skills. Must be a

practicing Catholic in good standing and have a thorough knowledge

of and belief in Catholic teachings. Flexibility to work some

evenings and week-ends (including Sunday evening liturgy) is

required. This is a part time (29 hours), non-benefited, exempt

position. To view a full job description, visit:

http://www.dioceseofjoliet.org/hr/listjobs.php

Interested candidates meeting the necessary qualifications please

submit a cover letter, resume and salary requirements to

humanresources@dioceseofjoliet.org.

Donuts Are Back! Please join us for donuts following our 10:00 AM

Mass every Sunday beginning on September 1st,

2019. Everyone is invited!