St. Mary s Church. 303 W. St. Mary s St., Minooka, Il AUGUST 23, 2020

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303 W. St. Mary’s St., Minooka, Il 60447

St. Mary’s Church

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Administration- John Jun drjohnedd@aol.com

Eucharistic Ministers- Fr. Tuan stmarysminooka@sbcglobal.net

Prayer Tree- Peg Francisco stmarysminooka@sbcglobal.net

Adult Choir- Kaleigh Jerkatis Kaleigh.stmarysmusic@gmail.com

Finance Committee- Dan Friant daf1852@gmail.com

Protecting God’s Children- Fred Ban fbanstmarydre@gmail.com

Bible Study- Cathy Fouts cathyfouts@comcast.net

Fishers of Men-Keven Pullara kevinapullara@gmail.com

Quilters- Carol Fremarek cfremarek@sbcglobal.net

Building and Grounds, Dave Clark chiefengin@sbcglobal.net

Funeral Luncheon- Anne Schrishuhn ponzovista@gmail.com

RCIA-Fred Ban/Rick Erwin fbanstmarydre@gmail.com

Bulletin- Mary Blatti

Stmarysminooka@sbcglobal.net

Greeters- Fr. Tuan

stmarysminooka@sbcglobal.net

Religious Education- Fred Ban fbanstmarydre@gmail.com

Children’s Liturgy- Karen Resar karenresar@yahoo.com

Knights of Columbus- Jeff Wunderlich jeffsreloans@gmail.com

Children’s Choir- Kaleigh Jerkatis Kaleigh.stmarysmusic@gmail.com

Children’s Mass Coordinator- Melinda DiLorenzo

dilofam5@gmail.com

Lectors- Kathy O’Hagan stmary3@sbcglobal.net

Welcoming Committee- Doris Boehm wdboehm@att.net

Christmas Giving Tree- Kathy Williamson

(815) 941-4419

Mom’s of St. Mary’s

Worship Commission- Chris Gregory cslkgreg@msm.com

Council of Catholic Women-

Jeanne Rapp

Jeanchuck73@gmail.com

Online Giving- Mary Mogensen stmarysbusiness@gmail.com

Parish Council- Anne Schrishuhn ponzovista@gmail.com

Education- Mary Kimble mtk2553@aol.com

Prayer Square Group- Peg Francisco stmarysminooka@sbcglobal.net

Youth Ministry- Joann Ban joban4smym@yahoo.com

ProLife- Kathy Glover (815) 467-2233

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y’s Commissions

Fr. Tuan Van Nguyen-Pastor 815-467-2233 ext 106 Kathy O’Hagan, Pastoral Associate -815-467-4228 stmary3@sbcglobal.net

Mary Blatti, Office Manager- 815-467-2233 ext.100

Fred Ban, Director of RE- 815-467-2769

fbanstmarydre@gmail.com

Mary Mogensen, Bookkeeper and Foundation for Faith 815-467-2233 ext 101,

stmarysbusiness@gmail.com

Kaleigh Jerkatis, Director of Music, Website and Social Media Coordinator -815-467-2233 ext. 109 Kaleigh.stmarysmusic@gmail.com

Weekend Masses: Saturday: 4:00pm in Church Sunday: 8:00am in Church 10:00am. In the Parish Center

Weekday Mass Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri - 8:30am

Wed-8:30am-Com. Service

Confession - Saturday 3:00pm 3:30pm in the Parish Center

Parish Rectory office Monday - Thursday 8am-4pm Friday- 8:00am- 12:00pm

Rectory Phone - 815-467-2233 Fax Number -815-467-1760 Website: stmarysminooka.com Facebook: St. Mary’s Minooka

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Fr. Tuan 1 2 . 3. 3 4 Dear Parishioners,

We would like to congratulate Deacon Fred Ban. We want to thank God for calling Fred to serve as a permanent Deacon and we are so grateful that Fred said yes to his calling. We would like to thank his wife, Joanne, and his two sons for supporting him. I am grateful to have Deacon Fred to help out at our parish. He will be assisting me at Masses, performing bap-tisms, weddings. and preaching, in addition to all of this, he will be helping with different ministries in our parish along with being our DRE.

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I would like to share with you what we do every week to prepare the Church and Parish Center before you come to Mass. We want to put your safety first.

Every Friday, Mr. Gretz from Custom Cleaning disinfects the entire Church and Parish Center. This includes everything, the pews, cushions, chairs, kneelers, doors, handles, altar etc. etc.

This is what we do when you arrive for Mass:

1. First, we check your name against the reservations. We retain this list for two weeks .

2. Next, we take your temperature with a no-contact thermometer before you enter the Church or Parish Center.

3.We sanitize your hands. Then we lead you to your pew. We do the same in the Parish Center.

4. After you leave we disinfect the Church and Parish Center. We do this after each Mass.

Our goal is to send you back home as safe and healthy as you arrived.

I want to thank all of our volunteers. They have been working very hard to keep you safe. We also are in need of more volunteers to help clean and sanitize our Church. If you are able to lend a hand, please call the Parish Office at 815-467-2233.

So, please stay safe, and most of all stay healthy. We will all get through this….together.

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Sat Aug 22 4:00pm Ron Foster Pat & Tom McHugh Mom & Dad Staskiewicz The Family Josephine Morello Walsh Family Sun Aug 23 8:00am Anne Kenney John Kenney

10:00am Josephine Ukockis St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus Mon. Aug 24 8:30am Parishioners

Tues. Aug 25 8:30am Hozian Family Emma Hozian Wed Aug 26 8:30am Communion Service

Thurs. Aug 27 8:30am Audrey Tierney The Family Fri. Aug 28 8:30am Pat & Mickey McDonald

John Brown The Family

Sat. Aug 29 4:00pm Leonard Haggerty The French Family Sun. Aug 30 8:00am Fr. Peter Jarosz St. Mary’s Staff

10:00am Marianne Keehl St. Mary's CCW

Mass Int

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This week candles

were lit for:

Pat & Mickey McDonald

John Brown

Police

Firefighters

An end to the Corona Virus

Please pray for

Denise Tonarelli Kimberly Gaydula Jillian Munsell Dylan Pickett Sandra Severson Paul Thien phu Kevin McEvilly Jim Cox Nichole Reisberg Sarah Landers Pam Baumgarter Mark Evans Taryn Schrader Madeline Jandjeska

Jerry & Lorraine Davidson Dominic Boblak Geri Dillion Robyn Bumgarner Barb Tweet Perez Family Brody Roberts Don Ruettiger Deidra Hogan Cathy Hesselgesser Al Soley Bill Stafford Judy Stafford Special Intention Fr. Jim Lennon Peter Lehner

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St Bartholomew

This weeks Saint is St Bartholomew, Apostle: was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. He has also been identified

as Nathanael or Nathaniel,[1]_{who appears in the}_{Gospel of John}_{when introduced to}

Jesus by Philip (who also became an apostle), (John 1:43–51) although many modern commentators reject the identification of Nathanael with Bartholomew.

Of the many miracles claimed to have been performed by Bartholomew before and af-ter his death, two very popular ones are known by the townsfolk of the small Italian is-land of Lipari.

The people of Lipari celebrated his feast day annually. The tradition of the people was to take the solid silver and gold statue from inside the Cathedral of St Bartholomew and carry it through the town. On one occasion, when taking the statue down the hill towards the town, it suddenly became very heavy and had to be set down. When the men carrying the statue regained their strength, they lifted it a second time. After an-other few seconds, it got even heavier. They set it down and attempted once more to pick it up. They managed to lift it but had to put it down one last time. Within seconds, walls further downhill collapsed. If the statue had been able to be lifted, all the towns-people would have been killed.

During World War II, the fascist regime looked for ways to finance their activities. The order was given to take the silver statue of Saint Bartholomew and melt it down. The statue was weighed, and it was found to be only a few grams. It was returned to its place in the Cathedral of Lipari. In reality, the statue is made from many kilograms of silver and it is considered a miracle that it was not melted down.

Saint Bartholomew is credited with many other miracles having to do with the weight of objects.

According to the Synaxarium of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Bartholo-mew's martyrdom is commemorated on the first day of the Coptic calendar (i.e., the first day of the month of Thout), which currently falls on September 11 (corresponding to August 29 in the Julian calendar). Eastern Christianity honours him on June 11 and the Catholic Church honours him on August 24. The Church of England and other An-glican churches also honour him on August 24.

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Q. What would be a reason for me to get into purgatory?

A. Let’s start with the painful truth. The only way to enter into the full

glory and splendor of the Beatific Vision, thus seeing God face to face and

being in perfect communion with Him, is to be forgiven of every sin AND

to be purified of every attachment to sin. This is a glorious invitation and

a demanding endeavor!

Purgation of all sin and all attachment to sin is not an option. Only when

we are perfect in every way will we be ready to enter into what saints have

called “Divine Union” or “Mystical Marriage.” Think of it this way: If you

are attached to sin in your life, even the smallest imperfection, that

attachment cannot enter into the presence of God. God is all holy and

pure love. God wants you to be in union with Him, but He will not accept

your sinful attachments.

The first step is forgiveness. But that’s the easy part. God, in His mercy,

will forgive us of our sins if we are sorry and ask for forgiveness. But the

second step is to then become completely detached from all remnants of

sin. For example, if you have a habit of being critical of others in your

speech and you confess this, then you can be assured you are forgiven of

all past sins of being critical. But forgiveness does not mean you have

been purified of the “attachment” you have to that sin. In this case, an

attachment to the sin if being critical is the disordered tendency to be

critical. An attachment is different from a temptation. An attachment is

more of a habit you voluntarily formed.

Purgation is the process of breaking every sinful habit you have and

detaching from all habitual sins and even imperfections so that you can

be attached to God and His holy will alone. But how on Earth do you do

this? In the end, you don’t do it by yourself. Instead, you allow God to

come into your soul and purify it of all sinful habits and attachments.

And that will hurt! But it will be a purifying hurt and will be freeing.

Purgatory refers to the purification process of all attachments we still

have when we die. Ideally, we would go through the process of

purification here on Earth, before death, so as to enjoy Divine Union here

and now and not only in Heaven. But when we do not complete the

process here on Earth, Purgatory will complete this process after death.

If that sounds gloomy, it’s not. It’s beautiful when

understood and embraced.

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R

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ligious Education

Dear RE Families,

Thank you to everyone who prayed for me this past week as I was

ordained into the Order of the Diaconate. It was a wonderful mass, I hope

some of you were able to watch it. As I expressed last week, I truly am

excited and blessed to be your deacon and look forward to serving the

community of St. Mary’s!

If you haven’t registered your children for RE yet, please do so soon.

Spots are still available. Classes will begin Wed. Sept 16

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forms and schedules are available to be picked up on the Rectory Porch

or you can download and print them from our website

www.stmarysminooka.com. Please fill them out and return them to me at

the Rectory or the Parish Center.

God Bless,

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Help Wanted

The Diocese of Joliet is seeking to hire a Network Admin/IT Coordinator that supports the

Director of Information Technology with system analysis, supporting, maintaining, and upgrading of the Diocese of Joliet technology systems.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES • Maintain’ s file servers, Hyper-V, firewalls, switches, network infrastructure (LAN, WAN), WIFI, desktops, laptop, and printers. • Updates operat-ing system(s) on all servers, WIFI, LAN, WAN on ongooperat-ing basis. • Helps Identifies system needs, technical solutions and process improvement • Provides network data backups and

restores and help desk support • Maintains or creates documentation • Supports the telephone and voicemail system (adds, moves, changes) • Receives, prioritize, and respond to incoming work orders • Develops, implements and maintain documentation, policies and procedures • Support and maintains IT systems including Group Policy, WSUS, backup and Anti-Virus services • Supports the mission, philosophy, objectives and policies of the Catholic Church and the Diocese of Joliet

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES •

Assists and provides support to the other technology staff as requested • Handles other du-ties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor's degree in computer science or related areas and previous

work experience. Must support the Mission and values of the Diocese of Joliet and the Roman Catholic Church. Proven experience and success supporting computer systems,

LAN and WAN environments, network security principles and best practices, proven analytical and problem-solving abilities, experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. Must have strong customer service orientation, strong oral and written communication skills along with good Interpersonal skills.

Qualified candidates please email cover letter, resume and salary requirements to

humanresources@dioceseofjoliet.org.

To view a full job description visit: http://www.dioceseofjoliet.org/hr/jobdetail.php?id=593

Parish Mission Statement

St. Mary Catholic Parish is a Christ- centered

family which welcomes all members to continue

their spiritual growth and religious education and

to use their individual talents to assume shared

responsibility for service and fellowship to our

community.

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Would you like to become a

Registered Parishioner?

Welcome to St.

Mary’s Church!

We are so blessed to have you with us today

and every day! Our liturgies are made better

by your presence and participation. We

hope that you find the experience here at

St. Mary’s to be a warm and inspiring

experience of the Eucharist and the faith

that we profess. If you are not registered

and would like to be, please fill out the form

below and mail it to the Parish office at P.O.

Box 456 Minooka, Il 60447.

Name____________________________

Address__________________________

City______________________________

State____________________________

Phone___________________________

Email____________________________

If your currently are registered but you have

moved, changed you phone number,

changed your email address or if you have

had any other changes, please let us know.

Thank you!

PLEASE CALL US

Please call the rectory at

815-467-2233 if you are in

the hospital, we no longer

are notified by the

hospital. Thank you.

Also, please call the

rectory if you know of

anyone who would like a

communion visit.

Light a candle

If you would like to

have a candle lit in the

candle area near the

Virgin Mary Statue

outside, for a

special intention, please

call the rectory at

815-467-2233.

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We are grateful for the generous support that you give to St. Mary’s parish through your weekly contributions. Have you considered providing for the continuation of that support by including the parish in your Will? Bequests given to the parish through Wills are for the sole use of St. Mary’s Parish . To include the parish in your Will the correct language is” I give (a percentage or amount) to St. Mary’s Parish, Minooka, lL”. Thank you for giv-ing consideration to leavgiv-ing a legacy!

Please remember St. Mary’s Church in your will

or trust.

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Collec on Totals for the Weekend of: August 8/9, 2020

Collected Online Total

Weekly Oﬀering $9,890.00 $2,192.25 $12,082.25

Founda on for Faith $177.65 $70.00 $247.65

Major Maintenance $499.00 $25.00 $524.00

Needy in Community $320.00 $50.00 $370.00

Assump on of Mary $80.00 $0.00 $0.00

YTD Weekly Oﬀering Collected $55,501.05

YTD Weekly Oﬀering Needed $50,588.22

June 30, 2020 Loan Balance

$86,637.59

Thank

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Please continue to make your 2020 pledge payments. Once we have reached our goal in paid pledges, 70% of the additional funds received will be returned to the parish for our use.

Be Kind and Merciful” Thank you for your financial support to

the good works of our Diocese.

2020

CATHOLIC MINISTRIES ANNU-AL APPEANNU-AL

PLEDGE REPORT 08/16/2020

Parish Goal: $40,200.00

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