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April 8, 2018 St. Ann Parish ESTABLISHED 1913

3010 Ridge Road, Lansing, IL 60438 708-895-6700

Reverend William McFarlane, Pastor www.saintanncatholicparish.com

Liturgy Committee Barb Antoskiewicz, Religious Education, RCIA/RCIY Debbie Bona, Lectors Brian Kozlowski, Music Ministry & Liturgy Cindy Hope, Altar Servers Kim Jacobson, Art & Environment Don Schiller, Ushers Ed Sochacki, Eucharistic Ministers Gerrie Szewczyk, Sacristans

St. Ann Parish Mission Statement We are called by a loving God

to make St. Ann of Lansing a Catholic community of faith. We are a family of diverse people with various ministries: healing the body and spirit, teaching of God and His love,

united in sacraments and prayer, reaching out to the extended community. With God’s revelation of Himself in Scripture as our guide,

we strive to grow in His Spirit and to fulfill the promise of Christ’s Kingdom.

Masses Monday-Thursday: 7:45 a.m. Friday Communion Service: 7:45 a.m. First Friday Mass: 7:45 a.m. Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Confessions: 3:00 p.m. Saturday

Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday: 8:00-Noon & 1:00-4:00 p.m. Office closes at 3:00 p.m. on Fridays Closed Saturday & Sunday

Contact Information Parish Office: 708-895-6700 Parish Office Fax: 708-895-6877 School Office: 708-895-1661 Religious Ed. Office: 708-895-5970 St. Vincent DePaul: 708-745-4760 Fr. Bill’s email: frbill@saintanncatholicparish.com Parish email: parishoffice@saintanncatholicparish.com Bulletin email: bullstannch@aol.com Prayer Tree: debndnut@aol.com School Website: www.saintannschool.com Parish Website: www.saintanncatholicparish.com

Parish Staff Barb Antoskiewicz, Pastoral Associate/DRE Debbie Bona, Ministry Coordinator Sue Dawson, Parish Office Secretary Sandy Farmer, Parish Bookkeeper Jennifer Gray, Development/Bulletin Editor Chris Hutter, School Secretary Brian Kozlowski, Director of Operations Director of Music & Liturgy Pam Lepczynski, Parish Office Receptionist Kelly Rojas, School Principal Janice Summerrise, School Business Manager

Pastoral Council Barb Antoskiewicz Wade Cooper Brian Farlow Jane Farlow Ken Kot Dominic Podsiadlik Erin Meegan Polanski

For Ministry of Care to the homebound or hospitalized, please call the Parish Office.

Bulletin articles are due 10 days in advance of the Sunday you would like them to run. During holidays, deadlines are accelerated. To add items to the calendar or to sched-ule the Narthex or other meeting spaces, forms must be filled out in the Parish Office.

School Board Dan Podgorski, President Nicole Hillegonds, VP Laurie Glowacki, Secretary Bernard Chukwulebe Robert Dabrowski Fr. William McFarlane Kelly Rojas Ashley Sypole Jesse Terrazas

Finance Council Robert Dabrowski Sandy Farmer Brian Kozlowski Fr. William McFarlane Bonnie Murach Kelly Rojas

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Monday, April 9 SPRING BREAK Mass Religious Education

7:45am 4:00 - 5:30pm

Chapel Classrooms

Tuesday, April 10

Mass School Resumes Cub Scouts Den Meetings Throne of Grace Prayer Group

7:45am 7:00pm 7:00pm

Chapel Classrooms Parish Office

Wednesday, April 11

Communion Service School Mass Little Roughriders Tot Group Sewing Club Rosary A.A. Meeting

7:45am 9:00am 9:00am 9:00am 7:00pm 8:00pm

Chapel Church Ext. Day (C3) Parish Office Chapel Parish Hall

Thursday, April 12

Mass Choir Alive in Our Hearts Scripture Study

7:45am 7:00pm 7:00pm

Chapel Church Parish Office

Friday, April 13

Communion Service No School - Staff Development Mother/Son Bowling

7:45am 5:30 - 8:00pm

Chapel Lan Oak Lanes

Saturday, April 14

First Reconciliation Mass Women’s Club Luncheon Tix Sales

10:00am 4:00pm 5:00pm

Church Church Narthex

Masses Religious Education Women’s Club Luncheon Tix Sales

8:30 & 10:30am 8:45 - 10:15am 9:30 & 11:30am

Church Classrooms Narthex

Sunday, April 15

This Week’s Activities

Monday, April 9 (The Annunciation of the Lord) 7:45 a.m. Mass † People of the Parish Tuesday, April 10 7:45 a.m. Mass † People of the Parish Wednesday, April 11 (St. Stanislaus) 7:45 a.m. Communion Service 9:00 a.m. School Mass † People of the Parish Thursday, April 12 7:45 a.m. Mass † Michael Tapia (Morning Mass Friends) Friday, April 13 (St. Martin I) 7:45 a.m. Communion Service Saturday, April 14 4:00 p.m. Mass † Cooper Gendek (Family) Sunday, April 15 (Third Sunday of Easter) 8:30 a.m. Mass † Jeanne Macak (Michael Macak) † William M. Macak (Michael Macak) † Michael & Mary Macak, Sr. (Michael Macak) † Bettie Scanlan (Michael Macak) 10:30 a.m. Mass † People of the Parish

You Are Invited

Alive in Our HeartsAlive in Our Hearts

Seek insights from the Sunday Scriptures every Thursday from 7:00 to 8:00pm

in the St. Ann Parish Office. FMI, call 708-895-6700

Facilitated by: Margie Guadagno, Paul Schultz, & Georgene Walters

For calendar updates, please visit www.saintanncatholicparish.com and click on the Calendar tab.

New Members Welcome!

We would love to have you join us! Please fill out the information below, and

place in the Offertory Collection or send to the Parish Office. You may also request a

registration form at 708-895-6700.

Name

Address Street Town/Zip

Phone

email

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER April 8, 2018

Who indeed is the victor over the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

— 1 John 5:5

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Readings for the Week Monday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Jn 3:7b-15 Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3:16-21 Thursday: Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34:2, 9, 17-20; Jn 3:31-36 Friday: Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Jn 6:1-15 Saturday: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; Jn 6:16-21 Sunday: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Ps 4:2, 4, 7-9; 1 Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24:35-48

Today’s Readings First Reading — The community of believers was of one heart and mind (Acts 4:32-35). Psalm — Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting (Psalm 118). Second Reading — Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God (1 John 5:1-6). Gospel — The risen Christ comes to his disciples with peace and the Spirit. (John 20:19-31). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Up next for April Supper Club, more like Dessert Club: Gayety’s! Come in any time all day, 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., turn in the Supper Club voucher in an upcoming bulletin, and our friends at Gayety’s will donate back 20% of all St. Ann supporters’ purchases! Invite your friends for a sweet spring treat!

Wednesday, april 25

Gayety’s 3306 Ridge Road, Lansing

800-491-0755 St. A

nn Supper Club

Many Blessings . . .

"Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Fa-ther who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16 I recently read the following quote on, of all places, a tea bag: “Live light, travel light, spread the light, and be the light.” Then that next Sunday, the readings and homily were about “seeking the light in the Lord.” I believe God reaches out to us in different ways, but His message is always about being good Christians. God finds a way to light our path along our spiritual journey, and if we acknowledge the light and follow it, we can help spread all that is good and righteous and truthful. Travelling and living light means we live simply, using God’s word to guide us. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105. It is through His word we learn how to live like disciples of Jesus. Also, I don’t believe we can spread the light without being the light. If we can’t be good role models, how are other people supposed to respect what we are say-ing? Leading by example is living in the light. I re-cently saw a comedian doing a physically funny stunt, trying to outrun the spotlight on stage but couldn’t quite escape it. It reminds me that sometimes darkness comes, but God is right there following us, saying I am right here by your side and you are not going to shake Me. His love for us is forgiving and never-ending. So let’s all embrace the light within and let it shine out-ward so we can live, learn, and lead together as God’s disciples. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill can-not be hidden. Matthew 5:14

Many Blessings, Debbie Bona, Ministry Coordinator

Miss Me—But Let Me Go

In Loving Memory of

William Hendricks

Sharon Berry

So That You May Believe It is not often that the author of one of the books of the Bible comes right out and tells us directly why he is writing what he is writing. In this Sunday’s Gospel read-ing, taken from the conclusion of John’s Gospel, the au-thor tells us that he has chosen to record these events so “that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name” (20:31). The letter of John echoes this idea by saying that “[e]veryone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God” (5:1)—what we might refer to as being “born again.” Our reading from the Acts of the Apostles for this Second Sunday of Easter shows us exactly what it looks like when believers are born again through faith.

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WEEKLY BUDGET: $12,000.00 SUNDAY COLLECTION: 9,267.30

$ -2,732.70

ST. ANN 50-50 CLUB: $ 1,311.00 SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $ 513.58

Thank you for your continued support of our parish.

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St. Ann’s 50-50 Club

Our March 25 winning number was 1771. 1771 WON $655.50. CONGRATULATIONS!

DON’T MISS OUT ON YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

To be eligible, both your 50-50 ($5.00) and weekly collection envelopes (no limit, but at least $5) with separate payments must be in the parish office by 9:00 a.m. Monday.

If you donate by check, you need to write two separate checks.

amazon.com AMC Theaters

Applebee’s Bath & Body Works Bed, Bath & Beyond

Beggar’s Pizza Chili’s

Chipotle Dairy Queen

Dunkin’ Donuts Gus Bock Hardware

Home Depot iTunes

J. J. Kelley’s Jewel Kohl’s

Menards Mobil/Exxon

Olive Garden Panera

Red Lobster Speedway

Starbuck’s Stephano’s

Strack’s Subway Target

Walgreen’s Walmart/

Sam’s Club Whole Foods

We have Gus Bock, Home Depot, Menard’s, Walmart, Target, so many places you can shop for your spring needs while helping with projects around St. Ann’s or assisting a family with school or R.E. tuition! We offer a selection of cash and carry gift cards at the Parish Office, or you can place a weekly order from a larger selection. You pay face value and a credit will go to Parish Maintenance, Tuition Assistance, or the School or Re-ligious Ed. Family of your choice. Payment by check (register in the Parish Office) or cash. Forms are in the Office or in the Ministry 411 Center in the Narthex. The office is open M-Th 8:00-4:00, closed for lunch from Noon-1:00 p.m. and for the day at 3:00 p.m. on Fridays. Call ahead for availability: 895-6700.

Basket Raffles 50/50s Five Games of Bingo (Cash Bar is Available)

Sunday, April 22, Noon - 3:30 p.m. American Legion Post 330

950 Legion Drive, Calumet City

Tickets are $20, available after Masses April 7-8 & April 14-15.

FMI, call the office at 895-6700.

You Are Cordially Invited to the

St. Ann Women’s Club’s Annual Spring Luncheon

Spring has Spring has Spring has sprung . . . sprung . . . sprung . . .

It’s time to It’s time to It’s time to wake up the wake up the wake up the

garden!garden!garden!

Are you interested in joining our SPRED Ministry but are unsure what they do? You are invited to

observe a session at the Archdiocesan SPRED Center in Chicago, Monday, April 30, from 7:00-9:30 p.m. St. Ann is planning a carpool to this observation.

Please call the Parish Office at 895-6700 if interested.

Parishioners with intellectual and developmental disa-bilities and learning problems from the age of six to well into their 80s are served through various Archdio-cese SPRED programs which help participants become more aware of the presence of God in their lives. At St. Ann, we serve adult residents from LARC ages 22 and older. We are in need of adult men and women who want to grow in their faith and be a friend to one person from LARC within a small faith group of eight volun-teers and six friends who learn from each other, and experience joy, laughter, prayer and hope and fellow-ship. As per the current leader, Annette Leber, our SPRED volunteers are retiring and need others to take their places in continuing this faith community. No prior experience is needed to become a volunteer and training is provided. The group meets September to June.

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St. Ann Preschool It’s time to start thinking about Preschool for your

3, 4 or 5-year-old child! Give us a call to set up a visit: 708.895.1661. Here’s what we offer:

• A comprehensive curriculum introducing early math, reading & science concepts, and including religion, art, music, & P.E.

• A faith-based environment emphasizing traditional Catholic values

• A loving, nurturing, accessible staff • A bright, stimulating, spacious classroom that en-

courages free play & creative expression, while aid-ing in cognitive, fine & gross motor skills develop-ment

• New friendships & social experiences that reinforce sharing and getting along with others

• Mornings or full days • Hot lunch program & before & after school care • After-school enrichment programs

ALUMINUM CAN COLLECTION DATE

GraFFiti Youth Group members will collect aluminum cans in the church parking lot up near the school building after Sunday Mass-es on April 22.

Dear Friends,

Outside, the flowers are beginning to bloom, the birds are singing, and the hearts of our children are full of happi-ness. It’s all put there to remind us of God’s great love. Spring makes everything new. It is a time of hope and joy. May each of you be blessed beyond measure this wonderful Easter Season!

The BUZZZZZ on the Spelling Bee On Wednesday, March 28, several SAS students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades com-peted along with students from Oak Glen, Coolidge, Reavis, and Nathan Hale in the Lansing Community Spelling Bee held at Oak Glen Elementary School. Con-gratulations to Gianna Hillegonds, who finished 2nd among the 5th graders, and Skye Simmons, who came in 3rd among the 3rd graders. I am so proud of all of the boys and girls who made it to the competition! Your con-fidence and stage presence was just amazing and you should all be very proud of yourselves!

Student Council Supports St. Ann School Mission A recur-ring theme has been circulating around SAS this year: ”College and Career Ready!” and “Your Path to College Starts Here!” The 8th grade Student Council exec. board members have been working with me on ways to pro-mote positive leadership within our school and make us an institution focused on creating students that are both college bound and heaven bound. They collaborated on writing a letter that was then sent to over 40 colleges and universities requesting pennants from each so that we may surround ourselves with higher education inspira-tion from PreK all the way to 8th grade. The path to col-lege starts RIGHT HERE at St. Ann School! So far, we have received a dozen pennants. Would you be willing to help us by sending in a pennant from the school you at-tended or dreamed of at-tending? Thank you for your ongoing support of our leaders of tomorrow!

Have a lovely week,

Kelly Rojas, SAS Principal

GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY PARADE, MAY 5 Celebrating Lansing’s 125th Anniversary:

From 1893 to 2018 and Everything In Between!

After many years of creativity and countless hours of skilled devo-tion to building our St. Ann floats for the Good Neighbor Day Pa-rade, Mr. Scheppe has retired. We are so grateful for all of his help and dedication!

A small group has formed to take over the coordination of our parade entry for this year. We have already registered as a dec-orated vehicle (not a float) with accompanying walkers and will learn our position soon. We need more people to help determine our theme, decorate, and organize the walkers--we will continue to recruit participants through school and church. This is a per-fect opportunity for a social or service group, or even a family to work on a fun project that will benefit the entire parish! Please join us at the meeting on Tuesday, April 10, or call the Parish Office at 708.895.6700 FMI or to volunteer. Thank you!

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Upcoming Events

Spring Break: April 2 - 9

Li’l Roughriders Playgroup: April 11, 18 & 25

Mother/Son Bowling: April 13

First Reconciliation: April 14

School Board Meeting: April 18

Girl Scouts Bake Sale: April 21-22

Women’s Club Spring Luncheon: April 22

Youth Group Can Collection: April 22

Gayety’s Supper Club: April 25

Confirmation: May 3

Good Neighbor Day Parade : May 5

First Holy Communion: May 12

Mother/Son Fun

Bowling night FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 5:30 FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 5:30 FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 5:30 --- 8:00 P.M.8:00 P.M.8:00 P.M.

LAN OAK LANESLAN OAK LANESLAN OAK LANES Tickets: $30 per couple

$10 for each additional son

Mother/son combos of all ages are invited!

THERE IS ONLY SPACE FOR 96 BOWLERS, AND LAST YEAR WE SOLD OUT EARLY. TICKETS

WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE THAT NIGHT! Purchase tickets at the Parish Office.

FMI, Call Nicole at 708.220.7340

This special evening is open to all boys and men of the parish―parishioners, alumni, day school, and Religious Ed. Students―and their escorts (moms, grandmothers, aunts, older sisters, etc.).

Ticket price includes bowling, shoe rental, pizza, pop, and a photo keepsake (additional photo packages may be ordered from the Foto Shop).

Please make checks payable to St. Ann, and pick up tickets at the School or Parish Offices.

Tickets will NOT be available at the door. There is only room for 96 bowlers, so purchase early before we sell out!

The Junior Girl Scouts of Troop 60035 are currently working on their Bronze Award, the highest honor a Junior can achieve, and their opportunity to create a service project and positively impact the lives of others. The girls have cho-sen to run a supply drive to benefit Ronald McDonald House. Please look for the decorated collection box in the Narthex from April 7-8 to April 21-22.

Ronald McDonald House provides a home away from home for families of pediatric patients receiving treat-ment at Advocate Children’s Hospital. By donating new and unused items from their Wish List, you help defray the cost of supplies used every day in the House. Needed items include: Clorox wipes, unscented and dye free liq-uid laundry detergent, fabric softener sheets, paper tow-els, gallon-sized zip lock bags, Lysol spray, gloves for cooking and cleaning, 13-gallon kitchen garbage bags, and gift cards for Home Depot and Target (for purchas-ing items as they run low). Also appreciated are tooth-brushes and travel-sized toothpaste and deodorants, gas cards, and gift cards to local restaurants and coffee shops.

The Girl Scouts of Troop 60035 and the families of Ronald McDonald House thank you for your generosity!

APRIL 21-22 To cover some of the expenses of their Bronze Award projects, the

Girl Scouts will hold a Bake Sale in the Narthex after all Masses.

Saturday, April 14, 2018

8:00 - 11:00 a.m. at T.F. South

$5.00 per person, all you can eat! With the Copper Muggers

Lansing Girls’ Softball

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Saturday, April 14, 2018 4:00 p.m. Mass

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Sunday, April 15, 2018 8:30 a.m. Mass

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:30 a.m. Mass

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

USHERS SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

LECTORS Ted Cap - L1 Georgina Tyderek - L2 Mike Kabala - Com

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Cynthia Hope Emily Hollifield Anna Jaworowski Jean Klacik Sebastian Manrique Alisha Morrison Mary Schurke Marianne Wysocki

LEADER

Karen Erickson

ALTAR SERVERS Angel Manrique Jonathan Hausier Gianna Hillegonds

CANTOR Julianne Zurzolo

LECTORS Charles Bentley - L1 Jacob Hope - L2 Bonnie Murach - Com

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Linda Fogarty Joan Kaim Joann Baltrus Rich Baltrus Kathy Sandrick Vera Seymour Gabriel Terrazas Anna Wegrzyn

LEADER

Jack Roe

ALTAR SERVERS Bianca Loera Lucas Seymour Patrick Wegrzyn

CANTOR Jennifer Gray

LECTORS Deborah Bona - L1 Sharon Starks-Wells - L2 Maria Arteaga - Com

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Cruz Arteaga Cameron Balog Martes Benne Melina Duda Abbey Gorny Carmen Padilla Seamus Polanski Judy Rogala Sam Scheppe Ian Ahern

LEADER

Helen Torres

ALTAR SERVERS Noah Murphy Zachary Murphy Chibuikem Ifejiasi

CANTOR Clarita Morris

4:00 p.m. Mass Bob Cole (Leader) Steve Hausier Mike Kabala Tom McDermott Phill Stewart Carol Ann Surufka Wally Szulczewski John Truby (Leader)

8:30 a.m. Mass Anthony Cusimano Tony DeLaurentis (Leader) Tony Kaim Howard Morrison Carl Nejman Art Sobczak (Leader) Al Torres Stan Wohadlo

10:30 a.m. Mass Bernard Chukwulebe (Leader) Nina Rose Duda Ron Fisher (Leader) Andrew Johnson Greg Morris Larry Mueller Dom Ramirez Eugene Sanchez Michael Sanchez Sam Scheppe Don Schiller

We are now on Twitter, too! Follow us @saintannlansing.

Lansing’s 9th Annual Community

Clean-Up Day Saturday, April 28, 10:00 a.m. - Noon

The Village invites all local clubs, associations, business-es and concerned citizens to take part in helping keep Lansing clean! Form a group with family, friends, and neighbors, or participate individually. You can choose a clean-up location or have one assigned to you; garbage bags and a limited supply of gloves will be provided (please bring gloves if you have them). A BBQ lunch will be provided at First Church (across Ridge Road from Village Hall) for all volunteers after the work is done. You must register for this event either online at www.villageoflansing.org or by calling Vivian at 708-895-7207. It’s important to register so the Village knows where to pick up the litter your group collects and so we have a head count for lunch. Community Clean-Up Day will take place rain or shine, so dress for the weather of the day.

St. Ann Catholic Church Bulletin #038050 Bulletin Editor Jennifer Gray 708-895-9972 Sunday, April 8, 2018 Microsoft Office Publisher 2010

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St. Ann Parish 3010 Ridge Road Lansing, IL 60438