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PARISH MISSION STATEMENT:

Saint Monica is a welcoming

Catholic faith community.

Proclaiming the power of

the Word of God, we join together

in the celebration of the

Eucharist and all Sacraments.

We aim to follow Jesus Christ:

To Serve as He Served +

To Live as He Lived + To Love as He Loved

St. Monica Parish | 5136 N. Nottingham Ave, Chicago, IL 60656 | 773.763.1661 | stmonicachicago.com

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER SUNDAY — APRIL 26, 2020

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WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE Monday—Friday at 8:30 a.m.

Mon, Tues, Wed & Friday—6:00 p.m.

Thursday—7:00 p.m. in Polish

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Sat 4:00 p.m.—English | 6:00 p.m.—Polish

Sun 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. | Polish at 12:30 p.m.

ROSARY AND DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET Prayed weekdays before the 8:30 a.m. Mass

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. - 6:45 p.m.

TO SERVE AS HE SERVED + TO LIVE AS HE LIVED + TO LOVE AS HE LOVED

SACRAMENTS

Anointing of the Sick

The special grace of this Sacrament offers the Lord’s

healing strength, peace and courage to anyone who is

seriously or chronically ill, hospitalized or about to undergo

surgery. Please contact the Parish Office if you wish to

have someone anointed.

Baptism

The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated twice a month:

the first and third Saturday of the month at 11:00 a.m. (some

exceptions due to Holy Days and liturgical celebrations).

Please call the Parish Office to register for the program

and to set a date for the Baptism.

Marriage

Archdiocese of Chicago guidelines for marriage

preparation ask that a minimum of six months be set aside for

preparation for marriage. No firm date for a wedding will be

set until the conclusion of the couple’s first meeting with

the parish minister. At least one of the engaged persons

(or their parents) must be a registered and active parishioner

of St. Monica. No Sunday weddings are scheduled.

Ministry to the Sick/Homebound

If you or a family member are in a local hospital or are

homebound and would like to have a visit from a priest,

please call the Parish Office to make arrangements.

Ministers of Care are also available to bring Communion to

those who are confined at home and are unable to

attend Mass, either temporarily or on a continual basis.

Please call the Parish Office to schedule a visit.

Reconciliation (Confession)

Monday — Friday before the morning Mass (please ask for

a priest in the sacristy)., Saturday from 3:00 to 3:50 p.m.

Individual confessions available by appointment.

PARISH STAFF

Rev. Greg Lorens , Pastor

[email protected]

Rev. Thomas Campana, Associate Pastor

[email protected] | ext 112

Rev. William Holbrook, Resident Priest

Mr. Ed Podgorski , Deacon

[email protected]

Mr. Patrick Brenner, Deacon

[email protected]

Mr. Kamil Duda, Director of Music, Bulletin Editor, Scheduling


Mr. Patrick Schultz, Operations Director


Mrs. Gwenn Suvada, Business Office Coordinator


Ms. Margarita Enriquez, Coordinator of Religious Education


Mrs. Joanna Szepiotko, Parish Secretary

[email protected] | ext. 110

Parish Fax: (773) 763 - 4917

Mr. Geoff Wilson, Maintenance Supervisor

[email protected]

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday - 9:15am to 7:30pm

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday - 9:15am to 5:15pm

Saturday—Closed

Sunday—Closed

SCHOOL

Mr. Raymond Coleman, School Principal

[email protected]

Mrs. Darlene Connelly, School Secretary


ST. MONICA PARISH Rev. Greg Lorens, Pastor

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OFFICE 5136 N NOTTINGHAM AVE

(773) 763—1661

SCHOOL 5115 N MONT CLARE AVE

(773) 631—7880

RECTORY 5125 N MONT CLARE AVE

CHICAGO, IL 60656

US Army

Eric Ambriz

James Ambriz

Kurt Beyer

Tom Bobek

Daniel Clark

Michael G. Dobija

Justin Elazegui

Walter Fernandez

Robert Gullett

Andrew Kupinski

Jesus O. Lebron

Conner Mahoney

Jack Maksymec

Erik Malenock

Andrew Perez

Julio Rios

Michael Rivera

Andrew Thomas

Christopher Walsh

Michael Zadlo

US Army Reserve

Jason Adamczyk

Roman Gronke

Keith Maslon

US Coast Guard

Christine Ambriz

US Air Force

Michael Brimie

Zachary Muldoon

Matt Olken

Michael Rice

Anthony Villalpando

Laurel Walsh

Kevin Valdez

Harlee Piszczek

US Marines

Vincent Bertucci

Gage Cygnar

Lukas Czynczyk

Dominic Davila

Caitlen Ferrarell

Benjamin Juhasz

Mathew Lynn

Steven Meyer

Kevin Rasmussen

Christopher Ryan

US Navy

Jeremy Bloom

Justin Chovanec

Daniel Jarosz

Clay Presny

Riley Schoen

Steven Stancy

Richard Whitman

Nick Whitman

PRAY FOR THOSE WHO SERVE

Arnott Family

Mary Allegretti

Herb Bass

Sharon Bass

William Bary

Judy Biala

Dorothy Brennan

Louise Bruno

Jo Buscemi

Mary A. Constantini

Joanna Duda

Eugene Dunaj

Dennis D’Amato

Irena Dudek

Veronica Dorado

Mary Lu Forte

Richard Gonsiorek

Monica Gathman

Roberta Gols

Bogumiła Jedut

Dorothy Madaj

Ruth Miner

Matt O’Callaghan

Cathy O’Hara

Beverly M. Millonzi

Dcn. Ed Podgorski

Augie Sansone

Tim Sheehan

Bernadette Schmidt

Steve Skubski

Denise Slaski

Józefa Sroka

Helen Strzalka

Laura Wysocki

Barry Womack

SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR THOSE IN NEED

MONDAY, April 27, 2020

8:30 A.M.— Robert Reisel

Ted Prugar

6:00 P.M. — Mass

TUESDAY, April 28, 2020

8:30 A.M. — Mass

6:00 P.M. — People of St. Monica Parish

WEDNESDAY, April 29, 2020

8:30 A.M. — Marzena Duda

Dr. Andrzej Gorycki

6:00 P.M. — Mass

THURSDAY, April 30, 2020

8:30 A.M. — Krystyna & Ryszard Terleccy

7:00 P.M. — Mass

FRIDAY, May 1, 2020

8:30 A.M. — Sylvia Boulahanis

6:00 P.M. — Amor Garcia

Elmer Campana

SATURDAY, May 2, 2020

4:00 P.M. — Charles Marotta

Steve Suvada

7:00 P.M. — Mass

SUNDAY, May 3, 2020

7:30 A.M. — Frank & Josephine Kummer

Robert Schmidt

9:00 A.M. — Marge O’Donnell - 10th Death Anniv.

Ruth Panek

Caroline Brandenburg

11:00 A.M. — Diggy Nucum - Birthday Bless

Steven Stelmach

Carolina Haderspeck

12:30 P.M. — Tekla Potaczek

ST. MONICA PARISH | APRIL 26 | 2

MASSES FOR THE WEEK

DAILY MASS IS

LIVESTREAMED ON

PARISH FACEBOOK & WEBSITE!

WEEKDAYS - 6:00 PM

SUNDAY - 12:00 PM

WWW.STMONICACHICAGO.COM

DAILY MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED

IN PRIVATE BY FR. GREG AND FR. TOM

FOR FOLLIWNG INTENTIONS:


Saint Peter speaks to us twice today.

In the first reading, we hear an excerpt from

his sermon on Pentecost; in the second,

part of his first letter. Once a frightened,

uneducated fisherman who often said just

the wrong thing, now Peter is speaking what

he knows to be true. Everything Jesus had

said now makes sense. His death and rising

were all part of God’s plan, and our faith

and hope can be centered on God.

Today’s Gospel tells the story of Jesus’ walk

to Emmaus with two of the disciples.

Frightened, sad, and confused, the two of

them don’t recognize Jesus, who tells them

what we heard Peter say above: All this had

to happen as part of God’s plan.

In the end, these disciples recognize Jesus

as we are to recognize him—in the breaking

of the bread.

Imagine the pope receiving a young woman

still in her twenties who addresses him as

“my sweet Christ on earth,” then orders:

“Get back to Rome where you belong!”

Amazingly, Gregory XI complied! Yet this

was but one astonishing incident in

the extraordinary life of Catherine of Siena,

a truly unique medieval woman. Youngest of

twenty-five children, Catherine refused

marriage and became a Dominican Tertiary at

sixteen, cloistering herself at home in

contemplative prayer, austere penances, and

mystical experiences, culminating in “spiritual

espousal” to Christ. Then, incarnating

the Dominican ideal of “passing on to others

the fruits of contemplation,” Catherine left her

solitude to care for the poor, nurse the sick,

comfort the dying, and bury the dead.

Increasingly renowned for converting souls and

healing bodies, she was sought after to broker

peace during civil wars and Church schisms.

All this, and like Jesus, whom she called “my

Divine Spouse,” she died at thirty-three! Four

hundred letters and her spiritual classic The

Dialogue inspired Paul VI to name her, together

with Teresa of Ávila, the first women Doctors of

the Church.

ST. CATHERINE OF SIENNA APRIL 29

GOD’S PLAN

Emmaus might as well be Brigadoon.

We hear of it in this one story—and it’s only

in Luke—and then it disappears. The journey

to Emmaus is one of the most beloved

stories about Jesus, and yet the town is

probably “mythical” in the truest sense.

Like so much of life, this story is about

the journey, not the destination. Running

away from Jerusalem and their fears,

probably going home in disillusionment,

two of Jesus’ disciples encounter a stranger

on the road who, like a rabbi, is able to help

them understand their experiences using his

deep knowledge of scripture. Later,

sharing a meal with him, they recognized

the stranger as Jesus, and they return to

Jerusalem to tell the others. How like our

Mass—we hear the scriptures and an

explanation of them, we share a meal,

and then we go out to tell the good news.

THE STRANGER

Imagine meeting a stranger, a fellow

traveler, who butts into the conversation

you’re having with your friend. The two

disciples in today’s Gospel are heading to

Emmaus, seven miles away from Jerusalem,

heartbroken and disillusioned. It’s the day of

Jesus’ resurrection, but no one knew

it when these two set out on their journey,

maybe going home to resume their

pre-Jesus lives because it seemed as if

everything was over.

In the middle of trying to make sense

of the tragedy, some eavesdropping guy

asks them about their troubles. After telling

their story, the disciples are amazed to find

this stranger able to piece together

the fragments of the broken image of their

master using scripture as the glue. Then it

happens—at dinner they recognize Jesus in

the breaking of bread, just before he

vanishes. With their hearts burning with love

and inspiration, they run back to

Jerusalem—at night—to tell the others their

new story.

THE STRANGER/

SHEPHERD

The stranger in

this story who

turns out to

be Jesus is

reminiscent of

the Gospel images of Jesus as the Good

Shepherd. He seeks out his “lost sheep” who

have strayed from the faith community,

and the experience of the risen Lord

transforms them into perhaps the very first

evangelists, sharing their Good News with

their friends back in Jerusalem.

Are we transformed by the time we

leave Mass? We should be! Our hearts

should be burning within us from our

experience of Jesus in word and

sacrament. Yet how often life breaks our

heart and clouds our mind! We stumble

toward our own Emmaus, unaware that

Jesus is with us. We are privileged to

experience Jesus in every Eucharist through

the breaking open of scripture and by the

breaking of the bread. Like the disciples of

the story, that transforming experience can

compel us to go forth and tell everyone

the Good News.

ST. MONICA PARISH | APRIL 26 | 4

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

HE SEEKS OUT HIS LOST

SHEEP

REGISTER TODAY FOR THE UPCOMING

2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR

MONTHLY COLLECTIONS SCHEDULE

APR

IL

April, 5 Regular Sunday

Collection

Faciility

Maintenance

April, 9 HOLY THURSDAY

April, 10 GOOD FRIDAY


Collection School Support


Collection ——————-


Collection ——————-

DONATIONS ONLINE MADE EASY Registered or unregistered, please visit:

www.parish.stmonicachicago.com

& click „Donations”- It’s quick, safe and easy!

If you are registered parishioner, your donations

are added to your account.

IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES,

PLEASE REMEMBER ABOUT YOUR PARISH!

YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. GOD BLESS YOU!

SUNDAY COLLECTION


APRIL 5TH SUNDAY MASSES

ENVELOPES (Registered Parishioners) $ N/A

LOOSE (Visiting/ Unregistered Parishioners) $ 20.10

SUNDAY MASSES TOTAL $ 20.10

Electronic Giving (online) $ 2,610.00

Mailed Envelopes $ 4,169.00

Children's Envelopes $ N/A

Grand Total This Week $ 6,799.10

St. Monica Academy $ 153.00

Facility Maintenance Fund $ 372.00

Easter Flowers $ 185.00

Easter 2020 $ 6,881.00

Holy Thursday $ 175.00

Good Friday $ 210.00

Christmas 2019 $ 210.00

Weekly Difference ($ 9,200.00 Budgeted) $ - 2,400.90

Year-to-Date Difference $ - 29,266.26

Actual Weekly Collection-to-Date $ 338,733.74

Year-to-Date Goal $ 368,000.00

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