Rectory: 8148 N Karlov Avenue Skokie, IL 60076 Phone:(847) 673-5090 E-mail: saintlambert@aol.com St. Lambert Parish - Skokie, IL Website: www.StLambert.org Sunday Masses: (5 pm Sat) 8am, 10am, 12pm Weekday Masses: 7:15 am (Mon-Fri) 8am on Saturday Confessions: Saturday at 8:30am

Pastor: Rev. Richard Simon Rev. Know-it-all: reverendknow-it-all.blogspot.com Deacon: Mr. Chick O’Leary Music Director: Mr. Steven Folkers Office Staff: Debbie Morales-Garcia debbie.stlambert@aol.com Mr. George Mohrlein Religious Education : Jonathan Rivera saintlambertsyouthchurch@ gmail.com

To Register as a Parishioner: Call the rectory or email us. Baptisms: Third Sundays of the month at 1:30 pm. Please call the rectory for guidelines and more information Weddings: Arrangements must be made 6 months in advance. Bulletin Guidelines: Submissions should be received 10 days preceding the date of bulletin publication. Send to debbie.stlambert@aol.com.

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READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Cor 11:17-26, 33; Ps 40:7-10, 17; Lk 7:1-10 Tuesday: 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a; Ps 100:1-5; Lk 7:11-17 Wednesday: Nm 21:4b-9; Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-38; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3:13-17 Thursday: 1 Cor 15:1-11; Ps 118:1b-2, 16ab-17, 28; Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 7:36-50 Friday: 1 Cor 15:12-20; Ps 17:1bcd, 6-8b, 15; Lk 8:1-3 Saturday: 1 Cor 15:35-37, 42-49; Ps 56:10c-14; Lk 8:4-15 Sunday: Am 8:4-7; Ps 113:1-2, 4-8; 1 Tm 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13 [10-13]

Schedule of the day

SATURDAY, October 22, 2016

8:00 a.m. Mass (optional)

8:30 a.m. Check-in/Registration

9:00 a.m. Father Richard Simon: Invocation and Introduction

9:15 am Mike Aquilina: The First Pro-Life Movement: A Revolution in Human Dignity

10:30am Jim Papandrea: The Inevitable Counter-Revolution: How and Why the Church Was Persecuted

11:30 am LUNCH

12:45 pm Mike Aquilina: Saving Bodies, Saving Souls: A Revolution in Health Care

2:00 pm Jim Papandrea: The Revolution of Religious Liberty: Myth and Reality

3:00 pm Panel Discussion: Father Richard Simon, Jim Papandrea, Mike Aquilina

5:00 pm Saturday Vigil Mass 30th Sun. Ordinary Time

St. Lambert Parish 7th Annual Patristics Seminar

Mike Aquilina

Dr. Jim Papandrea

Saturday, October 22, 2016 9:00 am to 3:30 pm

$25 cost includes lunch For further information or to register contact:

St. Lambert Parish at 847-673-5090, or Deacon Chick O’Leary at 773-775-6659

St. Lambert 8148 N Karlov, Skokie, IL 60076 847-673-5090

Saturday, September 10

5:00 † Eva Makuch

Sunday, September 11

8:00 People of St. Lambert

10:00 † Ronaloo Malbat

12:00 † Reynaldo Mercado

Monday, September 12

7:15 † Dunstan Fernando

Tuesday, September 13

7:15 † Dscd. Members of Gafin & Russ Fa.

Wednesday, September 14

7:15 † Genvive Hodges

Thursday, September 15

7:15 † Thomas & Mary O’Kane and Billy,

Sharon, Rosalenn, Johnny

Friday, September 16

7:15 † Cristeta R. Vega

Saturday, September 17

8:00 † Dunstan Fernando

5:00 † Robert Nelson

Sunday, September 18

8:00 People of St. Lambert

10:00 Pat & Joe Dunne 40th Wedding

Anniversary

12:00 † Lorraine Milewski

Masses for the Week

Sunday Offertory Collection

August 27/28, 2016 Envelopes: $ 5,232.00 Loose: 2,318.41 Total: $ 7,550.41

For Online Giving: www.givecentral.org

Thank you for your continued support!

Office of the Archbishop 835 North Rush Street Chicago, IL 60 611-2030 312.534.8230 archchicago.org

September 2016 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Last year, in speaking to a conference in Rome, Pope Francis reminded the participants that “the vocation to the priesthood is a gift that God gives to some for the good of all.” This weekend as we celebrate and pray for our own seminarians in the Archdiocese of Chicago, I ask you once again for your financial support of them. We currently have sixty-seven seminarians preparing for a life of service as your future pastors. Their motivation and enthusiasm for serving in the Church through a life-long commitment is inspiring to us all, promoting us to offer in return our prayers, fraternal encouragement and financial support. Many of you have personally told me how much you enjoy meeting our seminarians whenever they visit parishes and I know you come away from those experiences with a renewed sense of hope for the future. We in turn as a community need to stand with them during their years of preparation and for this reason I invite you to join with me in making this year’s seminarian collection a great success. Contributions made to this collection alleviate monthly expenses such as tuition and fees ($1,850), room and board ($950), formation programs ($250), and health insurance ($190) for each seminarian and will be used solely for the formation of new priests for the Archdiocese of Chicago. You may make a one-time donation no less than your weekly contribution to your parish, or establish a monthly contribution to the collection. Your gift, whatever the amount, will have a great impact on our seminarians, as they see first-hand your willingness to stand in solidarity with them. During the Renew My Church consultation, one of the top priorities identified was the need to promote vocations to the priesthood. We are doing everything possible in this regard, but I do need your support through prayer and donations to the seminarian collection. Thank you for your commitment to our seminarians. You can rely on me joining you in prayer for them as well as my remembrance of your needs as I thank God for your many gifts. Sincerely yours in Christ,

Most Reverend Blase J. Cupich Archbishop of Chicago

A Second Collection for the Seminaries will be taken in September on the

week end of the 24th & 25th.

The Coffee Hour will be hosted next week by our Senior Activity Club and the contact is Marilyn

Sala. She can be reached at 847-675-5103.

Your baked goods and participation are welcome!

The2017MassBookisopenforIntentions. You may request up to 7 intentions which is 5 week day masses with 2 weekend. (Saturday Vigil Mass and/or Sunday)

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Next Saturday!

Saint Lambert Parish 65th Anniversary

Saturday, September 17, 2016 Mass at 4:00 PM

5:00 pm ~ Cocktails (in Trainor Hall—Cash Bar)

6:00 PM ~ Dinner

Saint Lambert Church 847.673.5090

Apr - Aug 16 Apr - Aug 15 $ Change

Income 3460.1 · Raffle Tickets 23,410.00 21,890.55 1,519.45

3460.3 · Food & Beverage 9,754.10 11,481.00 (1,726.90)

3460.4 · Miscellaneous Income 357.53 7,289.00 (6,931.47)

3460.5 · Adjust to Net Fundraising 0.00 0.00 0.00

Total Income 33,521.63 40,660.55 (7,138.92)

Expense 4561.1 · Raffle Tickets 9,015.85 9,006.85 9.00

4561.3 · Food & Beverage 5,026.64 4,899.55 127.09

4561.4 · Equipment 5,961.42 5,780.55 180.87

4561.5 · Miscellaneous 500.00 730.00 (230.00)

4561.6 · Tax & License Fees 125.00 165.00 (40.00)

4561.7 · Music 950.00 850.00 100.00

4561.8 · Security 0.00 360.00 (360.00)

4561.9 · Adjust to Net Fundraising 0.00 0.00 0.00

Total Expense 21,578.91 21,791.95 (213.04)

Net Income 11,942.72 18,868.60 (6,925.88)

Brat fest 2016 Report

A great many thanks to all the volunteers and parishioners for your tireless service and dedication in making the St. Lambert Brat Fest a success!

Come and join us in celebrating the Feast Day of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila

& San Pedro Calungsod on September 24th at the 5:00 pm Mass.

In preparation for the feast day, a daily novena will be

held from Sept. 15th to Sept. 23rd at 6:45 pm.

(Sept 21 novena after the Mother of Perpetual Help novena)

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Meet Me in the Kitchen – September 22

The 2nd Annual Meet Me in the Kitchen will take place on Thursday, September 22 at 6 p.m., at The Maple Tree Inn, 13301 Olde Western Avenue in Blue Island. Chef Charlie Orr will prepare the best Cajun and Creole cuisine in the Chicago area at this culinary event. Registration is $25 per person. The event benefits Catholic Charities Emergency Services in the South Region. For more information, contact Chris Torres at (708) 333-9239 or visit www.catholiccharities.net/events

Catholic Charities Maternity/Adoption Mass September 25

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago Maternity/Adoption Department is hosting a Mass and reception on Sunday, September 25 for adopted persons who were placed from St. Vincent’s Orphanage in Chicago. For more information, please contact Lisa Francis at (312) 655-7093 or lholmes@catholiccharities.net

Harvest of Hope Dinner- September 30

The 3rd Annual Harvest of Hope Dinner is coming up on Friday, September 30 at The Michigan Shores Club, 911 Michigan Avenue in Wilmette at 6:30 p.m. Rev. Patrick MvGrath, S.J. on behalf of Loyola Academy, will receive the Heart of Charity Award. Reservations are $150 per person and sponsorships are available. The event benefits Catholic Charities Programs in the North Region. For more information, contact Karen Daniels at (847) 376-2121 or visit www.catholiccharities.net/harvest

9/11 REMEMBERED Fi een years ago, the con nuing TV coverage of the imploding twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York was unbearable for me, as

were accounts of the crashes and destruc on in Washington and the hills of Pennsylvania. The immense devasta on of human life was incomprehensible. Visi ng the site in New York some five years later reopened searing wounds, and overwhelmed me with immense sadness. An incursion on our soil, carefully planned and executed by foreign elements, had sha ered my cherished sense of security, and provoked a frightening sense of God’s absence. How could my Catholic faith tradi on enable me to endure this tragedy? I knew that neither vengeance nor sweeping animosity was an op on for me. You have le us crushed . . . covered us with darkness. We are bowed down to the ground (Psalm 44:20, 26). O L of hosts, restore us; Let your face shine upon us (Psalm 80:4)

The Psalmist cries a lament, expressing the mourning of the Israelite people, the chosen of God, who had regarded themselves as untouchable and above reproach, now hurled into misery. The lament expresses a na on’s agony, dares to complain against their divine protector, may even own some complicity in the misery, and finally pleads with God for deliverance. In the midst of lamen ng, the faith of Israel endured, as must ours. We are as vulnerable as they were to the violence and hatred that seem to encircle us. Our demand for a divine explana on goes unheeded. Yet we have learned of the self-sacrificing heroism of many, witnessing to the finest character of our na on and of our Chris an heritage. Dying for one’s friends is a sacred theme in our story, epitomized in Jesus, our Savior, and extended through centuries in the grandest and noblest acts of men and women in all circumstances. In 2001 we came together as one na on under God, sharing the grief, the disillusionment, and the promise to rebuild. As today we lament our honored dead and wounded, shall we translate such agonizing emo on into a persistent pursuit of worldwide reconcilia on and peace? —Rev. Andrew Nelson, © J. S. Paluch Co.

St. Paul reminds us that Christ will strengthen us and that there is abundant grace, faith and love available to us through Christ Jesus. All of this is available to us in our everyday lives and in our marriages. Sign up today to attend one of the upcoming Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends on Oct. 7-9, 2016 or Dec. 9-11, 2016, both at Elk Grove Village, IL. Early registration is highly recommended. For reservations/information, call Jim & Kris at 630-577-0778 or contact us through http://wwme-chicagoland.org .

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Parable of the lost coin Luke 15:8-10 (NIV) Suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully un l she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

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