Santa Lucia - Santa Maria Incoronata Catholic Parish

3022 S. Wells St. • Chicago, IL 60616

Parish Administrator Fr. Stipe Renić, OFM

Mass schedule Saturday (Sunday Vigil) 4 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. Weekdays (Tuesday & Friday) 8:15 a.m.

Sick calls — at any time

Baptisms — by appointment

Confessions — before Masses

Weddings — arrange 6 months in

advance Parish Office hours 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Monday - Friday) Evenings - by appointment only Parish Secretary Nancy Grabowski ........ 312-842-6115 Fax ............................... 312-842-0908 Website .............. santaluciachicago.org Email ....... bersantalucia@hotmail.com Facebook ... SantaLuciaCatholicChurch Santa Lucia School 3017 S. Wells St., Chicago, IL 60616

Principal Eileen Sheedy ............... 312-326-1839 Fax ................................. 312-326-1945 Pre-School .................... 312-326-7509 Website ................santaluciaschool.net Email ....... office@santaluciaschool.net Facebook ................. SantaLuciaSchool

January 14, 2018 SUNDAY MESSENGER

Saturday, January 13 4 p.m. + Nancy Calace …................................…. Juanita Natkowski + Edward Mallo …..........................…. Carm & Josie Bertucci + Camille Kristich ......................... ONIAC Woman’s Alliance + Ann Kavalauskas ..................................... Theresa Canino + Anna Marie Arcieri ......................................... Cathy Amato + baby Bruno (birthday remembrance) ............ mom & dad + Carol Ordzowialy ..................... Nancy Grabowski & family + John Senerchia Sr. ................. Nancy Grabowski & family + Roseanna Umbriaco Nelson ....................... Scalise family For residents of Bridgeport Senior Suites . Joanne Demma

Sunday, January 14 2ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

10 a.m. + Nancy Calace ….........................................…. Ropke family + Joanne Pokrywczynski …..........................…. Cathe Scalise + Anthony Parilli …….................….. Carmen & Josie Bertucci + Frank Bruno ……...................................................….. family + Josephine Vitale ……............................................….. family + Anna Marie Arcieri ................... Bob & Marianela Bertucci + Patrick Knapp ............................ Arnie & Darlene Ramirez ++ Leonard & Alice Dorchek ....................................... family ++ of Volpentesta family ............................................. family

Tuesday, January 16 8:15 a.m. + Betty Mannella ……........................................... sister Mary + Gene Tenuta (birthday remembrance) ..….. sister Connie ++ Michael & Techla Coccia ....................................... family

Friday, January 19 8:15 a.m. + Sonny Damico (birthday remembrance) ....... wife Connie ++ Julie, Bernard & Michael Waters .......................... family

Saturday, January 20 4 p.m. + Camille Kristich .................... Pat Burrows & Jerry Pirofalo + Anna Marie Arcieri ................................ Joe & Debbie Tito + Carol Ordzowialy ..................................... Joanne Moravec + Richie Delly (2nd anniversary remembrance) ............................................................................ Tre & family + Josephine Vitale (1 year anniversary remembrance) ……...........................................................….. daughter Karen

Sunday, January 21

3RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 10 a.m. + Nancy Calace ….........................................…. Ropke family + Edward Mallo ......................................... Nancy Grabowski + Josephine Vitale ……............................................….. family + Anna Marie Arcieri ............................................ Senior Set + Mary DiVittorio (birthday remembrance) …..................................................…. Marie Panozzo & family ++ Leonard & Alice Dorchek ....................................... family ++ of Volpentesta family ............................................. family ALTAR SERVERS 4 p.m. – Mikel Garza, Mario Gonzalez, Sebastian Ayala 10 a.m. – Nicholas Barragan, Andrea Gallegos, David Gallegos, Danielle Miller, Ogbonna Ugwu-Uche

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION 4 p.m. – Mary Fran Traficanto 10 a.m. – Terry Moy

LECTORS 4 p.m. – Darlene Ramirez 10 a.m.– Cindy Jagminas

LET US PRAY FOR OUR PARISHIONERS WHO ARE ILL

AS WELL AS FOR THEIR CARETAKERS

Kati Kaup, Tony Giglio, Mary Mannella, Annie Maggio, Jeanine Briatta, Nicholas Tobar, Dolores Levielle,

Gail Wodarski, Jerry Pizzotti, Ida Ruffolo, Maria Senerchia, Irene Burich, Kate Drost, Gianina Alberto, Paride Infelise,

Barb Stack, Katie Santello, Pat Hoffman, Lizzy Kaup, Breck Neiswender, Jose Lara, Ofelia Lara, Fr. Nick Marro,

Carmen Llamas, Mary Balestri, Shane O’Connell, Juanita Perez, Marie Floros, Carmen Pinto,

Kevin Bingham, Margaret Gavin, Richard Valentine

2ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

THE LAMB OF GOD Behold the Lamb of God! We hear this phrase every Sunday at Mass, but there's a good chance that many Roman Catholics do not know who in the Bible originally spoke it. The phrase ap-pears only in the Gospel of John, on the lips of John the Baptist, who utters it twice. In today's Gospel reading, John proclaims Jesus as the Lamb of God, and two of John's own disciples then follow Christ. A little bit later Andrew, who heard John and then fol-lowed Jesus, brings his brother Simon to be re-named Cephas, or Peter. A careful look at these Bi-ble verses shows us the mission of everyone bap-tized into the Body of Christ: we must always pro-claim our faith in Christ, so that others will follow him. We may not know how the will of God might work through those we bring to Christ; that is not the point. The point is that our ongoing mission as a church is to bring others to Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

LET US PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED Patricia Petrizzo (nee Jennings), 80. Wife of +Dominic M.; mother of Susan (Carl) Salvato, Dina (Tom) Crivellone, and Donald (Diane) Hall; grand-mother of David, Dani, Darcey, Salvatore, Carla, Dominic, and Anthony; sister of Wayne Snider, and +Gloria Ann Mills, and +Sonny Marcus; Sister in law of +Madeline (+Michael) Cappetto, and +Marion (Michael "Pike") Alebich; aunt of many nieces and nephews. She was buried on Friday, January 12, at St. Mary Cemetery, Evergreen Park, IL. May she rest in peace.

This Sunday, our second collection is for the Church in Latin America. For many living in Latin America and the Caribbean, rural terrain and lack of ministers make it difficult to practice the faith. Your donations and renewed support will fund catechesis, marriage and family life programs, and seminarian formation so people can grow closer to Christ. Please, prayerfully consider supporting this collec-tion as a way to share your faith with our brothers and sisters in Latin America and the Caribbean. To learn more, visit www.usccb.org/latin-america.

MARCH FOR LIFE CHICAGO 2018 Join thousands on Sunday, January 14, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Federal Plaza (50 W. Adams St.) as we come together from across Chicago, the Midwest and the U.S. to defend, protect and celebrate life. Speakers are: Ramona Trevino – Former Planned Parenthood Director, Author of “Redeemed by Grace”; Cardinal Blase J. Cupich – Archbishop of Chi-cago; Bishop Donald J. Hying – Bishop of Gary, IN; Bishop Paul – Orthodox Church of Chicago & the Midwest; Pat McCaskey – Co-owner of the Chicago Bears; Pastor Ed Stetzer – Moody Church in Chicago; Sarah Storto – Vice President of Loyola Students for Life & Students for Life of Illinois Intern.

PARISH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY Please note that our Parish Office will be closed on Monday, January 15, because of the Mar-tin Luther King Jr. Day.

YOUNG ADULTS MINI RETREAT AT ST. JEROME Once a month St. Jerome Young Adults get together to pray, sing, and discuss different topics. They extend an invitation to young adults at Santa Lucia to join them on Sunday, January 28, at 12:15 p.m. in the St. Jerome Upper Small Hall. Gathering will be in the form of a mini retreat: food, music, prayer and a guest speaker.

CALENDARS Santa Lucia wall calendars for 2018 are available in the entrance area of the church thanks to Michael Coletta Sons Funeral Home.

LEAD WITH YOUR HEART FUNDRAISER Mark your calendar for Saturday, February 10, when Santa Lucia School will be holding its An-nual Lead with Your Heart Fundraiser. Cocktails will begin at 6 p.m. with dinner being served at 7 p.m. The 2018 Honoree is going to be: Margaret Piegari - longtime Santa Lucia School faculty mem-ber. The Members of the Adriatic Club - which sup-ports the school each year by hosting a summer ga-la - will be honored during the summer festival to ensure that all of their members are present to ac-cept the award. The festivities will be held at the Old Neigh-borhood Italian American Club (3031 S. Shields Ave.). Cost of the event is $75 a ticket. For more in-fo, please, call Santa Lucia School office at 312-326-1839.

January 14, 2018 SUNDAY MESSENGER

SANTA LUCIA PARISH

WINDOWS CAMPAIGN AT SANTA LUCIA SCHOOL Windows Campaign is in progress. We are still looking for do-nations to cover the cost of the win-dows for the Santa Lucia School building — $8,000 is still needed. If you have not yet seen the windows, please, check out the north-side of the school building. The windows look beautiful! The school is already saving money on the energy bills! The new windows offer better insulation for our chil-dren, keeping them warm during these cold months.

Eileen Sheedy, Principal

ST. JOSEPH’S TABLE We will celebrate St. Jo-seph’s Table on Sunday, March 18. Holy Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. followed by blessing of St. Joseph's table and altar in the school hall. Pasta dinner will be served from 11 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Free will donations are appreciated.

ARE YOU A REGISTERED PARISHIONER? If you attend Mass here regularly, we encour-age you to register as a member of Santa Lucia. Reg-istering in the parish makes the process much easier when it is time for infant baptism, religious education registration, weddings and when asked to be a spon-sor for baptism or confirmation. Registering is easy. Visit or call the Parish Office (312-842-6115).

PRESENTATION OF THE GIFTS TO THE ALTAR If you would like to present the gifts to the altar at any Mass, please, see one of our ushers be-fore the Mass. It would be beautiful if we would have different families at each Mass, or to have you if a Mass is being celebrated for your intention.

RCIA - ADULT PREPARATION FOR SACRAMENTS Are you curious about the Catholic Church? Have you been baptized but never formed in the Catholic faith? Have you never been baptized? If you can answer “yes” to one of these questions, RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) may be what you are looking for. It is a program for adults who did-n’t receive all of the sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist), and now would like to explore the possibility of fully entering the Catholic Church.

R E N E W M Y C H U R C H

SAVE THE DATE ● Monday, January 15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Parish office is closed ● Sunday, January 28 Young Adults mini-retreat with Fr. Ed (at St. Jerome Upper Small Hall) ● Saturday, February 10 Lead with your Heart for Santa Lucia School ● Tuesday, February 13 Eucharistic Adoration Day

FRANCISCAN SPIRITUALITY SERIES (4/6) The forth session of the Franciscan Spirituali-ty Series titled St. Francis with the lowly and powerful will be on Wednesday, February 21, at 7 p.m. in the St. Jerome Small Hall. The presenter will be Fr. Law-rence Frankovich, OFM PhD - West Allis, WI.

ONLINE GIVING AVAILABLE We have a flexible and secure system that allows you to support Santa Lucia online. You can give a single donation or as frequently as you like. For more info visit: santaluciachicago.org/giving.

WEEKLY FINANCIAL REPORT

January 7

Envelopes (63) $1,780.50 Online giving (2) $55.00 Loose Donations $85.00

TOTAL $1,920.50

(average gift $28.23)

SUNDAY MESSENGER