www.ourladyofpompeii.org 1224 W. Lexington Street * Chicago, Illinois 60607-4111 * 312.421.3757

Week of 28 May 2017 Seventh Sunday of Easter

Consecrated to Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary, The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii is a place to pray for peace that embraces all people of faith. A center of hospitality and spiritual growth, the Shrine’s ministry is one of spiritual assistance and service where all might experience inspira-tional moments of prayer, comfort and contemplation. Located on Chicago’s Near West Side, the Shrine is a gift of the Italian-American community to the Archdiocese of Chicago. Our mission is to dedicate our resources to healing, prayer and pilgrimage.

INSIDE THIS

ISSUE:

This Memorial Day

Weekend…

MEMORIAL DAY They fell, but o’er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.

— Francis Marion Crawford

Thank you for your service at home & overseas. May God forever bless you and your families, and keep you safe in the palm of His hand.

T he term shrine signifies a church or other sacred place to which the faithful make

pilgrimages for a particular pious reason with the approval of the local ordinary. At shrines, more abundant means of salvation are to be provided for the faithful; the Word of God is to be carefully proclaimed; liturgical life is to be appropriately fostered especially through the celebration of the Eucharist and penance; and approved forms of popular piety are to be cultivated.

Code of Canon Law, 1230 and 1234

Le Decine del Rosario is the Italian phrase for decades of the rosary, representing the twenty decades of the rosary, for which our weekly bulletin is named.

LE DECINE DEL ROSARIO THE SHRINE OF

OUR LADY OF POMPEII

The Oldest Continuing Italian-American Catholic Church in the City of Chicago , located in the heart of historic “Little Italy.”

A Gift of Italian-American Hospitality, Embracing All People of Faith Founded in 1911 Established as a Shrine in 1994

La Festa della Repubblica

Italiana!

11 a.m. Mass

Chicago's Only

Traditional Procession

through the Streets

of Little Italy

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

A P l a c e t o P r a y f o r P e a c e… where your heart always has a home!

First Reading - The Eleven and the women devoted themselves to prayer (Acts 1:12-14).

Psalm - I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living (Psalm 27).

Second Reading - Glorify God if you suffer for the name of Christian (1 Peter 4:13-16).

Gospel - The Son will give eternal life to all those who are given to him by the Father (John 17:1-11a).

Monday: Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab; Jn 16:29-33

Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68:10-11, 20-21; Jn 17:1-11a

Wednesday: Zep 3:14-18a Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 1:39-56

Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Jn 17:20-26

Friday: Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab; Jn 21:15-19

Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11:4, 5, 7; Jn 21:20-25

Today’s Readings:

Readings for the Week:

Alicia Altares Gilda Bartuch Peachie Basile

Eleanore Camardo Capuano Family Samatha Cellini

Elizabeth Chirumbolo Patrick Considine Estrina Covello

Barry Dalesandro Georgianna De Mory Annamarie Di Buono

James Di Fiore

Marisela Escalante Anthony & Lucy Fiore Josephine & Mike Fiore

John Flores Colleen Grant

Donna Hoffman Rosemary P. Johansson

Amanda Kriess Brenda Krummick

Cathy La Rocco Misty Lichter

Pauleen Lucenti Andrew Lyke

Grace Macaluso Angela Melchiorre

Lois Melchiorre Andy Montano Roberto Morelli Alda Morrone Patti Nakai Mimi Novy

Nancy Panico Phyllis Reda

Dorcas Roman Robert Romozzi

Judy Sacco

Barbara Schifler Gigi Spata

Jeannine Valentino Nicholas James Vayda

Elizabeth Wagner Rosalie La Rosa Wolf

William Yacilla

If we have accidentally omitted or misspelled any names,

we apologize and ask you to contact the Shrine office.

Tommy Bartuch Sue Belmonte Diana Bifero

Francesca Perillo Camelo Romana Caputo

Phyllis Marnell Coleman Robert J. Colosimo

Judith Ann, Giancarlo & Carmella Consalvo Suzanne Dalesandro Oscar O. D'Angelo

Giachino & Giovanna D'Arrigo

Marie Davino Theresa Davis Carmie (Shoes) De Laurentis

Joseph & Theresa Di Buono

Salvatore & Marie Di Buono

Toni Di Fiore Nello, Marilyn & Salvatore

Ferrara Donald F. Flynn

Mary V. Fragomeni

Genevieve A. Fruin Vincent Gemino Angela Grespan

Sam, Rose & Clara Guardino

Arcangelo Iusco Clara Laino

Anthony Lamonia Midge & Patsy Mancini

Cynthia Marano Vinzenso & Maria Morici

Alfredo & Benito Morrone Jeanine Navigato

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Panico Ernesto Ponticiello Provenzano Family

Bernard Roman Mark Sawyer

Rudolph “Rudy” Tarantino Donald, Frances & Michael

Jesse Van Camp Paula Vaniglia

William & Grace Vespa

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* * * PLEASE NOTE: Names submitted for PRAYERFUL INTENTIONS will remain listed for 4 weeks. Please contact the office to submit your request.

Spiritual Cards in memory of loved ones both living & deceased, are available on the tables

at the back of church and are due Monday, June 12 to appear in the June 19 bulletin. Freewill offerings gratefully accepted.

Thank you!!

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Next Saturday, June 3 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

8:30 a.m. Check-In, Coffee

After the unthinkable has happened, how do you go on? Finding peace and healing after the death of a spouse can seem impossible. Yet, facing fear, anxiety and overwhelming sadness can lead to embracing a new life. It is possible to once again know happiness and live with a full heart.

SPEAKER: AMY FLORIAN

Amy Florian is a nationally recognized speaker, teacher, and retreat director who uses her personal experience of loss along with the best of current research for her engaging and dynamic

presentations. A liturgy and bereavement consultant who holds a Master’s Degree in Pastoral Studies and a Fellow in Thanatology (the highest level of certifica-tion in the field of death and grief studies), Amy worked in parish ministry for over 2 decades. She teaches professionals how to better serve people in times of transition and loss, and taught in the graduate ministry department of Loyola University in Chicago for almost 10 years. Amy has published over 100 articles, 4 books and has a passion for helping people heal and live fully.

A morning of spiritual comfort, engaging community

and hope through prayer, presentation

& discussion.

Program:

Liturgy of Lamentation Presentation and Discussion with

Amy Florian Quiet Time Reflection

Liturgy of Hope

$25 Paid Registration is due by Wednesday, May 31.

(Lunch included)

3 Ways to Register:

ONLINE: ourladyofpompeii.org

CALL: 312.421.3757 (V/MC)

MAIL CHECK to: The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii

Attn: MOWG 1224 W. Lexington Street

Chicago, IL 60607

MOVING ON WITH GRACE A Spiritual Journey for Men and Women Grieving the Death of a Spouse

Please Visit our new & improved website: ourladyofpompeii.org!

To ALL our

Graduates, well done!

Please join us for these Feast Day Masses: Wednesday, May 31: The Visitation (6 p.m.)

Sunday, June 18: Body and Blood of Christ (8:30 & 11 a.m.)

Friday, June 23: Sacred Heart of Jesus (12 Noon)

Saturday, June 24: St. John the Baptist (7:30 a.m.)

Sunday, July 16: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (8:30 & 11 a.m.)

Saturday, August 5: Dedication of St. Mary Major (7:30 a.m.)

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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

In honor of the courageous and brave men and women who have given their lives… and for those in the armed forces who continue to protect our freedoms - Thank You for keeping us free, that we may practice our inalienable rights of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

Wishing you a blessed weekend filled with peace, hope and faith.

Happy Memorial Day.

This seventh Sunday of Easter is somewhat like the prover-bial “calm before the storm.” The Lord Jesus has ascended into heaven and Pentecost has not yet occurred. Rather than immediately taking up Jesus’ command to go out to all the nations, the disciples gather in the upper room “with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his broth-ers” (Acts 1:14). There they all devote themselves to prayer.

The Gospel recounts the great prayer for the disciples that Jesus offered to his Father in heaven. If the words of Jesus while he was on earth finally began to sink in for the disci-ples, then gathering to pray was certainly the right choice, for the second reading lets us all know that to follow Christ means to have a share in his sufferings.

Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

If you could somehow transport a third-century Chris-tian into your twenty-first-century Sunday Mass, once the initial shock wore off he or she would be more or less at home with the structure of the first part of the liturgy, the Word. The second part might be more difficult to compre-hend. The stumbling block would be the book. We have a book, a missal that is set down on the altar with a very pre-cisely prescribed set of words for the priest to say and the people to sing at the Eucharistic Prayer. In the early days of the church, there were no set “formulas” for this prayer. The ancients would have raised eyebrows at our “bookishness” since they preferred to let the prayers roll

forth from a gifted leader of prayer. There was a basic shape to the prayer of thanksgiving, and almost general agreement that the words of Christ at the Last Supper ought to be included. By the second century, Justin Martyr wrote that the presider “gives thanks at some length . . . and when he has finished the prayers and the thanksgiving, all the people present give their assent by saying ‘Amen.’ ” In the world before books, people could memorize long passages of prose and poetry, and so it is easy to see how particular phrases or expressions passed from church to church.

—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU to our Shrine Auxiliary

for managing the hot dog and raffle ticket sales at the Community Garage Sale

on Sunday, May 21.

You are all a blessing!

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Shrine Logistics: DAILY MASS is held around the corner at Notre Dame de Chicago in the Harrison Street Chapel, 1335 W. Harrison St., 312.243.7400, Mon -Fri: 6:30 a.m.

WASHROOMS next door, downstairs in Shrine Hall.

Please remember The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii in your will. Contact Mary Beth Howard 312.421.3757, ext. 319 or mbhoward@ourladyofpompeii.org. Thank you!

Has your Contact Information (Address, Email, Phone) Changed?

Please let us know! 312.421.3757 or mps@ourladyofpompeii.org.

Seventh Sunday of Easter May 28, 2017

“They have kept your word.” — John 17:6b

The Shrine * LITURGICAL MINISTRY VOLUNTEER * Forms are Located in your PEW or on TABLES at the BACK.

Did you take photos recently at the Shrine?

Our terrific Garage Sale!? Mother’s Day? May Crowning? Piazza Pompei?

Perhaps a Wedding, Baptism?

Share your Color photos with us!

The size limit for images and documents is 5.0 MB. Please be sure to reduce your file sizes.

They might appear in the bulletin, newsletter or our new and improved website!

Email them to: mps@ourladyofpompeii.org. Thank you!

SHARE YOUR

PHOTO MEMORIES!

Interested in becoming an integral part of the Shrine?

Come join the Shrine Auxiliary! E-mail us at shrineauxiliary@gmail.com for information!

Will close for June and July

& return Sundays:

August 13, September 10 & October 1

CALLING Young Adults!

Married and Single, 20 - 35!

Say Hello! pompeiiyoungadults@gmail.com

Schedule of Presiders for the coming week 5/28

6:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 31: Rev. John Bovin 7:30 a.m. Saturday, June 3: Rev. Michael Gabriel 8:30 & 11 a.m. Sunday, June 4: Rev. John Belmonte, SJ

SPONSOR NEEDED: for Featured Item, Contact

Mary Beth 312.421.3757

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Shrine Directory

Schedule of Services, Programs and Groups

Weekday Masses 6:00 p.m. Every Wednesday 7:30 a.m. Every Saturday

Rosary Devotion 8:00 a.m. Every Sunday

Sunday Eucharistic Liturgies 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

Padre Pio Prayer Cenacle 6 p.m. 1st & 3rd Wed. of month

Anointing of the Sick * Sept. 24, 11 a.m. Mass

Shrine Auxiliary: 10:00 a.m. 1st Sunday of the month shrineauxiliary@gmail.com

Volunteers Needed! at the Shrine, call 312.421.3757. Join us!!

OLP Alumni & Friends: gracedv@aol.com

Pompeii Young Adult Society pompeiiyoungadults@gmail.com

Bulletin Submission Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Monday for current week’s bulletin. For consideration, please mail

articles or photos to Shrine office or email to mps@ourladyofpompeii.org Thank you!

Staff: Rev. Richard N. Fragomeni, Ph.D. Rector ext. 317

Mary Beth Howard Business Manager mbhoward@ourladyofpompeii.org ext. 319

Marcia Piemonte Director of Development/Special Events mlp@ourladyofpompeii.org ext. 310

Susan M. Pudelek, M.Div. Director of Pilgrimage Ministry spudelek@ourladyofpompeii.org ext. 312

Mary Shimandle Communications Coordinator mps@ourladyofpompeii.org ext. 323

J. Carl Wachsmann, M.A. Pastoral Associate carl@ourladyofpompeii.org ext. 315

Archives/Sacramental Records records@ourladyofpompeii.org ext. 303

Our Lady of Pompeii Shrine

Executive Council:

Velda Davino Tracey Di Buono Patricia Perillo Tomasina Perry

Brian Roman Regina Scannicchio Dave Van Camp

Stewardship Report May 21, 2017 Weekly Offertory Budgeted $ 3,100 Weekly Offertory Collected $ 3,338* Weekly Difference $ 238

YTD Operating Collection Budgeted $139,500 Operating Collection Received $142,275 YTD Difference $ 2,775

* Source of Support 8:30 a.m. $ 1,336 11:00 a.m. $ 1,752 Mail $ 100 Give Central $ 150

In Attendance for May 21, 2017 8:30 a.m. service 86 11:00 a.m. service 144

To donate your Sunday offering Online, go to www.GiveCentral.org,

Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii

Thank you for your thoughtful generosity & ALL you do to keep us going!

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The Shrine is not subsidized by the Archdiocese of Chicago and relies solely on your continued generosity. We know that you cannot always worship with us. Your Sunday Giving underwrites every annual operating expense and we appreciate your kindness in this regard.

Happy Feast Day! SAINTS & SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Tuesday, May 30: Shavuot (“Weeks”), the Jewish festival

of the giving of the Law, begins at sunset

Wednesday, May 31: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Thursday, June 1: St. Justin

Friday, June 2: Ss. Marcellinus and Peter;

First Friday

Saturday, June 3: St. Charles Lwanga and Companions;

First Saturday

Commissions: Operations: Emily Culella Ron Estrada Mary Beth Howard Mario Leggero Dan Overstreet Brian Roman Mark Tortoriello

Engagement: Lissa Druss Christman Velda Davino Tracey Di Buono Tomasina Perry Marcia Piemonte Jim Puccini Joyce Puccini Mary Shimandle Dave Van Camp Renée Van Camp

Liturgical: Jan Lisowski Ron Lisowski Dan Overstreet Josephine Rizzo Carl Wachsmann

Programs: Magdalena Garcia Brian Lepacek Pat Mehler Susan Pudelek