third sunday in advent december 15, 2019 · 2019. 12. 1. · he asks it of mary magdalene in the...

Third Sunday in Advent December 15, 2019

December 15, 2019 Visitation Catholic Church

WELCOME TO VISITATION CATHOLIC CHURCH Love and Service to Others 779 S. York Street ● Elmhurst, IL ● 60126 ● www.visitationparish.org Daily Mass: Monday-Friday, 6:15 AM, 8:15 AM Saturday Reconciliation: 4:00-4:45 PM Regular Saturday Mass Hours: 8:15 AM, 5:00 PM Regular Sunday Mass Hours: 7:00 AM, 8:15 AM, 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 6:00 PM VISITATION PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Visitation Parish, a Roman Catholic Community in the Diocese of Joliet-in-Illinois, seeks to draw all to Jesus Christ, revelation of the Father and font of the Holy Spirit, by celebrating the Sacraments, educating people of all ages in the Truths of the Catholic Faith, and reaching out to those who are physically, emotionally, or spiritually in need.

You Count! Please Join. WHY? WHY? WHY? You ask?

Our old registry is out of date.

Beginning in JANUARY, all envelope and online giving will be recorded in Flocknote. To access your giving records at the end of 2020, you must be registered.

Our parish benefits when our parishioner count is accurate!

SPOUSES, PLEASE REGISTER SEPARATELY!

Are YOU registered in our new system? Is your SPOUSE? Every sheep in our flock matters.

Please sign up and be counted.


VISITATION PASTORAL STAFF ● Rev. Greg Skowron, Pastor, 815-791-6073 [email protected] ● Rev. Shaun Cieslik, Parochial Vicar, 630-834-6700 [email protected] ● Dcn. Anthony Spatafore, Pastoral Associate, 630-834-6700 [email protected] ● Dcn. Jay Janousek, 630-834-2863 ● Dcn. James Eaker, 630-530-7596 ● Dcn. Mike Iozzo [St. Peregrine Ministry], 630-567-4700 [email protected] ● Dcn. Michael O’Ryan [St. Peregrine Ministry], 630-530-2954 [email protected] PARISH FAITH FORMATION/RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ● Matthew Pozen, 630-279-7058, x502 [email protected] YOUTH MINISTRY ● Jake Bartley, Youth Minister, [email protected]

MUSIC ● Barbara Masters, Parish Music Director, 630-834-8190 [email protected] OFFICE STAFF ● Marek Latocha, Business Manager 630-834-6700, x202, [email protected] ● Suzanne Noonan, Secretary, 630-834-6700 ● Teodora Kulikowska, Admin. Asst., 630-834-6700, x206 ● Susan Hemmersmeier, Communications Manager [email protected] VISITATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL Website: www.visitationelmhurst.org Phone: 630-834-4931/Fax: 630-834-4936 ● Carrie Mijal, School Principal, [email protected] ● Katie McVey, School Assistant Principal [email protected]

PARISH AND PASTORAL STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION

PARISH OFFICE HOURS: [MON-THUR] 8:30 AM-4:30 PM [FRI] 8:30 AM-12 Noon ● Phone: 630-834-6700 Fax: 630-834-6711 ● Email: [email protected] ● Parish Website: WWW.VISITATIONPARISH.ORG

Deanery Website: easterndupagedeanery.org

BISHOP OF JOLIET

Most Rev. R. Daniel Conlon, J.C.D.

WWW.DIOCESEOFJOLIET.ORG

CHRISTMAS VIGIL MASSES, DECEMBER 24

3:00 pm Family Mass in Church

Children’s Choir, Bagpipes, Festival Orchestra

4:00 pm Family Mass in Valentino Center

Jim Brown, Pianist; Jack and Krystyna Miuccio and Susan

Salgado, Cantors; Harp and Festival Brass

5:00 pm Mass in Church

Elaine Latz and Family with Youth Cantors

CHRISTMAS MASS AT MIDNIGHT

Carols begin at 11:30 pm

Adult Choir with Festival Orchestra

CHRISTMAS DAY MASSES, DEC. 25

8:15 am Mass in Church

Barbara Masters, Organ with Megan Drahos, Cantor


Adult Choir with Festival Orchestra


Jack and Krystyna Miuccio with Youth Cantors, Festival

Orchestra

***NO 6:00 pm Mass

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEUDLE


Saturday 5:00 p.m. Mass $ 5,389.00

Sunday 7:00 am Mass $ 2,205.77

Sunday 8:15 a.m. Mass $ 4,407.02

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Mass $ 4,954.66

Sunday 11:3a p.m. Mass $ 4,651.31

Sunday 6:00 p.m. Mass $ 3,117.50

Total Collection $ 24,725.26

Previous Week E-give $ 6,807.00

WEEKLY TOTAL $ 31,532.26

Sunday weekly budget $ 28,846.00

Sunday YTD budget $ 634,612.00

SUNDAY TOTAL YTD $ 636,286.51

December 9, 2019 CMAA Report

2019 Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal through

12/8/2019 Saturday 5:00 p.m. Mass $ 4,350.00

Sunday 7:00 am Mass $ 9,398.50

Sunday 8:15 a.m. Mass $ 5,316.00

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Mass $ 5,284.00

Sunday 11:3a p.m. Mass $ 4,381.00

Sunday 6:00 p.m. Mass $ 2,311.00

Total Collection $ 31,040.50

Previous Week E-give $ 5,370.34

WEEKLY TOTAL $ 36,410.84

Retirement Fund for Religious $ 8340.51

Sunday weekly budget $ 28,846.00

Sunday YTD budget $ 663,458.00

SUNDAY TOTAL YTD $ 672,207.35

Visitation Manger Only a few pieces of our new

manger set are still available

for purchase! If you’d like to

purchase a piece in honor of a

loved one or in your family’s

name, please call the rectory

at 630-834-6700. Small

plaques will be attached to

the piece acknowledging your gift. Remaining pieces in-

clude:

Casper: $750

Melchion: $500

Donkey: $500

Photos of the set can be seen at visitationparish.org/manger.

We have EARLY BULLETIN DEADLINES

due to LPI Holiday Plant Closures

Please send articles to [email protected]

For Sunday, Dec 22

Send by Thursday, Dec 12

For Sunday, Dec. 29

Send by Wednesday, Dec 18

Thank you for your cooperation.


Candles will burn perpetually this week before the

Blessed Sacrament in the Adoration Chapel of Our

Lady, Mother of the Eucharist, for the following

intentions:

• For the intentions of Isabel Rodriguez

• For the spiritual and temporal needs as

requested by Mimie Jara

• For the return and conversion of those loved by

Mary Quintero

• In memory of Anne Marie Quinn’s Birthday

• For the intentions of Marv Garcia

Before the statues of Our Lady and St. Joseph in the

church, vigil candles burn for requested intentions. If

you would like to have a candle lit, please call the

parish office at 630-834-6700. This week candles

will burn for the following intentions:

For the protection of the men and women of our armed

forces, especially those serving in the Middle East

PRAYERS FOR OUR FAMILY

For the Sick Please pray for all the sick and their families:

James Mirabile Tina Fosnacht

Dcn. Jay Janousek Anthony Bisceglie

Beth Huttner Rebecca Petrecca

For the Deceased Please pray for all the deceased and their families:

Edward Konkolewski

Ray Sofia

Barbara Cywinski

If you or a member of your family is ill or hospitalized and

would like to be placed on our Prayer List, please call the

Rectory office and let us know.

Due to privacy issues we will only honor requests made by

you or a family member. Your name will remain on the list

for two weeks. Please call the office to add a name or to

have the name continued for two weeks.

CHURCH VIGIL CANDLE INTENTIONS

FLAME OF FAITH INTENTIONS

To Put It Simply

WE NEED YOUR HELP! Definition of “Perpetual Adoration:” a chapel with

Jesus exposed in the Eucharist that is open 24 hours a

day, 7 days a week and one or more individuals are

present with Him at all times. You can’t have

Perpetual Adoration unless all the hours are filled and

at the present time here at Vis there are

3 EMPTY hours, Sunday 1-2 AM, Sunday 4-5 PM

and Wednesday 3-4 PM.

Our registered adorers, who are committed to being

with Jesus for one hour a week, are worth their

weight in gold. Though we have a small list of

adorers who will gladly sub for us when needed, the

problem of empty hours can only be alleviated by

having new people step up and register for an hour.

Schedules change, people move, hours need to be

filled and new registered adorers are always needed

and welcomed. When two or more adorers share the

same hour, the responsibility for making sure that

Jesus is never left alone is lessened because they can

“cover” for each other and work out a schedule

together.

There are 3 EMPTY hours: Sunday 1-2 AM, Sunday

4-5 PM and Wednesday 2-3 PM. The following

hours are in need of a prayer partner: Sunday 4pm,

Tuesday 7am, Friday 1am, Friday 4pm, Friday 6pm,

Saturday 4am, Saturday 9am. Contact Mary Lewis at 630 941 9173 or Joan Taylor at 630 530 8963 to

register.

To Put It Simply:

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Call today to keep the our chapel OPEN

and PERPETUAL!

WEDDING BANNS

I - Callie Rogus and Nathaniel Greenberg

RYAN JOHN

Son of Ryan and Evelyn (Cruz) Magee

ARIANA ROSE

Daughter of Marco and Alexa (Favia) Piemonte

OUR NEWLY BAPTIZED

Please pray with us on Monday evenings at 7:00 pm

and on Thursdays after 8:15 am mass as we pray for

our ordained. Bring your rosary. If you need a rosary,

I will provide one.

God bless you, Deacon Jim Eaker

630-530-7596 • Please leave a message

PRAYERS FOR ORDAINED


MASS INTENTIONS GOSPEL REFLECTION

December 15, 2019

Third Sunday of Advent

Who did you come to see? A version of this question is

posed by Jesus many times in the Gospels. He asks it of

Andrew and John when they begin to follow him. He asks

it of Mary Magdalene in the garden of the resurrection. He

asks it in today’s Gospel. “What did you go out to the

desert to see?” There is something innately human about

“seeing.” Animals have eyes — some with much more

powerful vision than our own — but that’s not the kind of

seeing Jesus is talking about. We could phrase the question

several other ways. “What are you looking for?” “What are

you longing for?” “Whom do you seek?”

It is in seeing for ourselves that our suspicions or

hypotheses are confirmed, that our desires discover their

fulfillment, and that we can rest for a moment in certainty.

John the Baptist sought certainty of Jesus’ identity. “Are

you the one who is to come, or should we look for

another?” Jesus sends word to him based on the testimony

of sight, observations of the mighty deeds Jesus has begun

to work. “Go and tell John what you hear and see.”

God recognizes our desire to see. In the Incarnation, the

Word is made flesh. The invisible is made visible. The

supernatural is made manifest in an infant who can do little

more than the most natural of movements as he feeds,

cries, sleeps. We don’t need to wait for Christmas to see

God. The work of God is all around us. Those blinded by

sin “regain their sight.” People overcome backgrounds of

poverty and violence to make world-changing

contributions. Addicts grow and heal. Truth is spoken, and

people listen. Let’s pray for the grace to see God’s

movement in our lives this week. How have you seen the

work of God?

Readings for the week of December 15, 2019

■ Monday, December 16 6:15 AM Intentions of Teresa Mironicki 8:15 AM Intentions of Fr. Greg Skowron Peter Mazeka

■ Tuesday, December 17 6:15 AM Helena Jordaan 8:15 AM Arlene Ahlarim Intentions of Matt & Colleen Johnson

■ Wednesday, December 18 6:15 AM Robert Murphy 8:15 AM Ron McCann Richard Menard

■ Thursday, December 19 6:15 AM Intentions of Fr. Shaun Cieslik 8:15 AM Dariusz Kulikowski Thomas Sorce

■ Friday, December 20 6:15 AM Intentions of Fr. Benjamin Chinnapan 8:15 AM Sam & Molly Guistolise Deceased members of the Padalik & Salerno families

■ Saturday, December 21 8:15 AM John Cooper Intentions of Scott & Anne Davis 5:00 PM Mike Kasper Marcia Olson

■ Sunday, December 22 FORTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT

7:00 AM Intentions of Tom Gory 8:15 AM Mary Farrel Kyle Blood 10:00 AM Deceased members of Boris & McGoorty families People of the Parish 11:30 AM Fr. William Kirk Rachel & Charles Worth 6:00 PM Jim & Frances O’Connor

Sunday: Is 35:1-6a, 10/Jas 5:7-10/Mt 11:2-11

Monday: Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a/Mt 21:23-27

Tuesday: Gn 49:2, 8-10/Mt 1:1-17

Wednesday: Jer 23:5-8/Mt 1:18-25

Thursday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Lk 1:5-25

Friday: Is 7:10-14/ Lk 1:26-38

Saturday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a/Lk 1:39-45

Next Sunday:

Is 7:10-14/Rom 1:1-7/Mt 1:18-24

COME EARLY TO MASS TO PRAY

YOUR ROSARY!

Join us 30 minutes before the start of all

weekend masses to pray the rosary.


COME ALL YE FAITHFUL TO WELCOME

THE BIRTH OF JESUS!

SIMBANG GABI ADVENT MASS

December 18 at 7:00 pm The Visitation Filipino Simbang Gabi Committee invites you to attend our Advent Mass. We are

supporting the Bread of Life in Quezon City, Philippines. It is a church school where a lot of

students come from homeless families that are in need of help. After mass please join us for our

friendship get together to sample our Filipino food and desserts.

Thank you for your support.

ARMED FORCES PRAYER LIST We remember in prayer our military as they serve in our Armed Forces and pray for God’s protection.

U.S. Air Force MSGT Kevin James (Langley AFB, VA) AMN Natalee Arbino (Wright Paterson, OH) AMN E2 Jacob Neimanas (Travis AFB, CA) A1C Eric E. James (Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX) U.S. Army MAJ Patrick Leen (Quatar) 1 LT Timothy Drahokoupil (Ft. Campbell, KY) 1 LT Joseph D. Frost (Ft. Knox) CPT Nicholas Keller (Ft. Knox, KY) 1 LT Thomas J. Diwisch (Fort Bragg, NC) PFC Stephen J. Taylor (Lielvārde AFB, Latvia) 2 LT Frances Cervone (Fairbanks, AK) 1 LT Nathaniel E. Greenberg (Fort Hood, TX) U.S. Army National Guard PVT Christopher J Slowinski (Ft. Leonard Wood, MO) CPT Joseph Doyle (ID) CPL James Kotowski (Afghanistan) Thomas Treslo (Afghanistan) U.S. Coast Guard CPO Patrick Kirby (TX) U.S. Marine Corps PVT Nicholas Acevedo (CA) 1 LT Kurt P. James (Camp Pendleton, CA) SGT David Byrne (Japan) CPL Conor Croci (MCAS Miramar, CA) LCPL Eric E. Gibas (Camp Pendleton, CA) PVT Dominik Tosto (San Diego, CA) United States Navy LCDR Robert Aranha (United States)

“I will give you a new heart,

a new spirit within you.”

Last year, I attended my first CRHP Retreat. I was

truly humbled and moved by the many shared stories

of God’s faithfulness and tender mercies that were

shared with us. That frigid January weekend, the

curtain opened and warm heavenly light and grace

streamed down on all the souls gathered in the

Church basement.

“Where two or more are gathered in my

name…” Jesus promises that He will

be there. And boy was He! This event is

so much more than a mere girls night

out type weekend. The pampering that

takes place here is to your heart and spirit. Your Vis

sisters will serve you delicious meals. You won’t have

to lift a finger. This will help you in turn to lift your

hearts. Take time for yourself this January. Be

renewed from Heaven above and follow Jesus deep

within.

Save the date for the next women’s Christ Renews

His Parish retreat January 25 and 26, 2020. Watch

the bulletin for more information or contact Mary

McCann at 630-605-8817.

The VIS seniors would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and

Happy New Year!

Sacrament of Penance

Friday, December 20, 7 pm

Let us prepare our hearts and “straighten the crooked

paths that we have taken in our lives” by attending the

Communal Penance Service. Through this sacrament

of confession we will make ready the way of the

Lord.

St. Peregrine December 19 • 7 pm

Come to Visitation Church to pray for healing for all of those afflicted by cancer or serious illness, be it

physical, mental emotional or spir-itual.


VISITATION PARISH LITURGICAL MINISTRY SCHEDULE

12-21/12-22 5:00 PM 7:00 AM 8:15 AM 10:00 AM 11:30 AM 6:00 PM

LECTORS Romona Osgood Gerry Weaver Andy Packhem Dorothy

McCabe

Laura Kern Kathy Garlow

EUCHARISTIC

MINISTERS Dianne C Carter

Frances Panico

MaryAnn

Santucci

Cathy Sholtis

Bob

Kaminiski

Paul Morris

NOT FILLED

NOT FILLED

Michael

Deardurff

Mary McCann

Laura Smith

NOT FILLED

Jessica Felice

Rufo

Lacsamana

Patti Riggs

Rosalie Ward

Pam Hauser

James L Hauser

Susan Maloney

Kelley Mical

Jane Klenck

Al Potaczek

Colleen Rauen

NOT FILLED

ALTAR

SERVERS Conal Doyle

Gianna Hill

Clara Lawrence

NOT FILLED

NOT FILLED

NOT FILLED

Colin

Harrington

Finn Harrington

Liam Moran

Clare Lopatka

Gavin Schaer

Warren Schaer

Luke Dolsen

Patrick Gilboy

Nick Zaragoza

Luke Beckman

Will Bryk

Molly McGreal

MUSIC Jim Brown Barb Masters Jim Brown &

Suzy Salgado

Adult Choir Jim Brown, Jack

& Krystyna

Miuccio

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Alysa Lawton

Natalie Lawton

Jenny Fromelt

Peter Frost Jacob Wede

Benjamin Wede

Emily Carling

Gianna Hill Joel Koehn

Max Koehn

Brendan Bassing

Cecilia Passarelli

DAILY 8:15 AM MASS ALTAR SERVER ASSIGNMENT (DECEMBER 15-21)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 16 Prayer for Priests 7:00pm C

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17

Adult Choir & Instruments 8:00pm C

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18

Prayer Quilt Ministry 1:00pm PC

Children’s Choir 3:00pm C

Barb Masters 3:30pm PC

Simbang Gabi 7:00pm C/PH

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19 Prayer for Priests 8:45am C

Rosary Makers 11am PC

“Vis” Seniors 1:00pm PC

School Board Meeting 7:00pm PC

St. Peregrine 7:00pm C

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20

Advent Confessions 7:00pm C

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21

Biblical Institute 9:00am PC

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22 RCIA 9:30am PC Children’s Liturgy of the Word 10:00am PC

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

PH: Podesta Hall • C: Church

PC: Parish Center

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