Cardinal Blase Cupich Archbishop of Chicago
Most Reverend Andrew Peter Wypych Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago
Church: 10300 S. Lawler, Oak Lawn, IL 60453
708-422-2400
Parish Website: www.stlinusoaklawn.org
School: 10400 S. Lawler 708-425-1656 www.stlinusschool.org
Office of Religious Education:
10300 S. Lawler 708-636-4373 www.stlinusoaklawn.org/ReligiousEducation
Parish Fax: 708-422-2707
OFFICE HOURS: Monday thru Thursday, 9am—4pm
Friday, 9am—3pm Weekend—CLOSED
PARISH STAFF:
PASTOR: Rev. Mark Walter
ASSOCIATE PASTOR: Rev. Ryan Brady
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL: Margaret Hayes
D.R.E.: Cheryl Antos, D. Min.
PERMANENT DEACON: Robert Cislo
MUSIC DIRECTOR: Peg Mooney
BUSINESS MANAGER: Joseph Dillon
FAMILY MINISTRY: Joan Hickey
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Peggy Masino
YOUTH MINISTER: Teresa LeCompte
MAINTENANCE OFFICE: Bob Powers
EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATIONS: (at Saint Linus) SUNDAY SCHEDULE: Saturday, 4:00 PM and Sunday, 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM
MONDAY-FRIDAY: 6:00 AM Communion Service
MONDAY-FRIDAY: 7:30 AM Mass
HOLY DAYS: See the bulletin for Mass schedule.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confession) Saturday 12:00 to 1:00 PM in Saint Linus Church
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Tuesday from 5-7 PM in Saint Linus Church Friday from 5-7PM at Our Lady of the Ridge Church
MARIAN DEVOTIONS
Will resume at a future date.
BAPTISM
Baptism will be scheduled by appointment only. To make arrangements, please call the rectory.
MARRIAGE
Please contact Fr. Mark or Fr. Ryan to arrange the date and time of your marriage celebration at least four months prior to the date.
SEEKING WISDOM PRAYER GROUP:
Meets every Tuesday morning at 10:00 AM in the Cardiff Center at St. Linus.
AA MEN’S DISCUSSION GROUPS:
Will resume at a future date.
NEW PARISHIONERS:
New parishioners are welcome to register at the rectory as soon as possible.
Our Lady of the Ridge — Saint Linus Parish adheres to the Gospel belief, spoken by Jesus: “Wherever two or three are gathered in my name, I am in the midst of them.”
We experience God’s presence in the Holy Scripture, the Sacraments, our community and our service. Welcome All!!
From Fr. Mark’s Desk:
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
“I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in
the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat
it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread
will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”
The first memory I have of a ending Mass was as St. Kilian on 87
thstreet. My parents were
faithful about the importance of a ending Mass. They both believed in the graces that came
from a ending and from receiving the Eucharist. My First Holy Communion at St. Thomas
More would accentuate that experience for me. I have always believed in the words of Jesus,
‘I am the Bread of Life’. That life is the life of the Church and the life of each of our individual
lives. In the Church, it is the celebra on of the Eucharist, the Mass, that is central to its life.
The Eucharist is what feeds and sustains. The Mass always has Jesus Christ as the center. The
Mass is the place where heaven and earth come together, ‘full of His glory’. The Eucharist is
the primary source of salva on and the forgiveness of sin; “Lamb of God, you take away the
sins of the world, have mercy on us. The Eucharist gives us the spiritual energy ‘to go and
make disciples of all na ons’.
In the Eucharist we find the grace to ‘feed the hungry and give water to the thirsty’. The
Eu-charist is the food of our spiritual life as individuals. ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ is the
prayer in which we admit that we need God to survive. Those who eat this bread will surely
live, those who do not will surely die.
So, some days, when life gets hec c, I remember si ng at St. Kilian, thinking about the
im-portance of that ini al encounter of the Mass, and how crucial it is to me and to us all.
~We have officially begun the union of our parishes from two en
es into one. Some
be-ginning goals are:
-Discussion with people from both parishes on future goals
(I will give an update on this
next week.)
-The combina on of the website and bulle n
(Work is advancing toward this goal)
-And upda ng of the Mass schedule:
Beginning Sunday September 5
that Our Lady of the Ridge
~The Weekend Mass schedule will be: Saturday 5pm, Sunday 9am and 11am.
Beginning Sunday September 12
that St. Linus
~The Sunday Noon Mass will return. The Weekend Mass schedule will be: Saturday 4pm,
Sun-day 8am, 10am, and Noon
We remember the sick in our Parish:
Pablo Bernhart, Edward Biedron, Dan Bird, Mary Blazek, Kelly Bojan, Elizabeth Bombal, Marge Bostrom, Elaine Braasch, Barbara Bracken, Andre Breathett, Providence Brencic, Joan Brennan, Walter Bruen, Frank Bubeck, Cathy Burns, Jenny Cascone, Maria Cardosi, Pat Carey, Jim Carollo, Dominick Carone, Hank Castillo, Dora Chap-arro, Doug & Phyllis Combs, Rebecca Combs, Teresa Con-way, Valerie Copper, Dawn Creed, Trevor Daley, Dianne Danaher, Amanda Davis, Christina Delia, William De Riet-er, Ernie Di Julio, Peggy Doyle, Brian Duffin, Evan Dug-gins, Allison Fila, Kathy Burns Flipp, Dolores Ford, Erin Fox, Nancy Gannon, Jennifer Garcia, Joseph Geraghty, Charles Geraci, Grace Gonsch, Doone Grady, Gerald Granato, Phyllis Gruchot, Patty Gulick, William Harte, Sherry Hayes, Nathan Herber, Linda Hillsman, Christine Hodgman, Florence Hodgson, Donna Hubbard, Alma Izaguirre, Haley Jablonski, Denise Jandura, Rick Jandura, Ann Janowski, Tyler Jurgovan, Lena Kalinowska, Rory Kenny, Robert Kinsella, Mary Kmak, Pat Kuczwara, Val-entine Kulczak, Ann Kulig, Lynette Land, Brooklyn Lan-ning, Maureen Lawton, Annie Liston, Joan Loftus, Virginia Lyle, Con Lynch, Joseph Mariani, Marilyn Marquardt, Donn Marshall, Patty Grieger Martin, Robert H. McCann, Sr., Nancy McCormick, Jim McGuffage, Claire McVeigh, Maureen McVey, Nancy Medler, Raymond Menard, Mar-lene Merlini, Ronald Merlini, Jim Metke, Anne Mikal, Ber-nadette Hainsworth Miller, Mark Miller, James Mitchell, Raymond Montez, Erin Carr Mott, Denise Mullins, Ramiro Munoz, Catherine Murphy, Mary Lou Murphy, Thomas Murphy, Ken Neth, Carol Neuman, Ruth Nichols, Jo Noak, Mike Nolan, Jean Nowobielski, Marge Nykaza, Martin O’Boyle, Mary O’Boyle, Joyce O’Connor, Mike O’Connor, Jeffery O’Donnell, Dan O’Gorman, Jason Osterloh, Patri-cia Oziem, Laima Panek, Dorothy Pavc, Caitlyn Paw-lowski, Kenny PawPaw-lowski, Kathleen Perkovich, Michael Pfeffer, Jason Phillips, Lorraine Pontarelli, Greg Price, John Pritchett, Rose Proffitt, Meg Radcliff, Alice Radisewicz, Owen Rafferty, Richard Ralston, Virginia Ranney, Marieta Rebodos, Brendan Reidy, Susan Reilly, Lavonne Reiss, Mark F. Rendak, Francisco Reyes, Priscilla Rian, Allan Rice, Tammy Rice, Theresa Rodriguez, Tom Sauch, Joe Schifferdecker, Mary Lou Schoettler, Leo Seorshad, Joan Shepherd, Mary Anne Smidt, Danielle Smith, Dorothy Smith, Pat Sorensen, John Spirakes, Maria Stamis, Ron Strama, Bob & Susan Sutter, Tyler Svare, Don Swatosh, Vanessa Swatosh, Marion Tadda, Belin Trevino, Olivia Ann Ustupski, Therese Veldman, Donna Verda, Pat Wallace, Jim Walsh, Bernard Ward, Melanie Williams, Jessie Winkler, Carol Wojociechowski, Kimberly Vilimas, John Zawaski, Christie Zdzinski, Barb and Dolores Zych
Mass Schedule for August 7—15, 2021
Saturday, August 7, 2021 St. Cajetan, Priest; BVM 4:00PM Karen Potulny, Eleanor Cunningham, Purgatorial Society
Sunday, August 8, 2021 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00AM Betty Veague, John Grantz, Fr. Joe Cook 10:00AM Edward J. Hopkins, John Lurquin, George Lehman
Monday, August 9, 2021 St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr
7:30AM Int. of Sue O’Connor
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
7:30AM Marcie Brown
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Weekday
7:30AM People of Our Lady of the Ridge—St. Linus Thursday, August 12, 2021 St. Jane Frances de Chantel, Religious
7:30AM Fr. Joseph Cook, Don Banik
Friday, August 13, 2021 Ss. Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs
7:30AM Lee Elder
Saturday, August 14, 2021 St. Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr
4:00PM Rev. Joseph T. Cook, Robert Cook, Patrick McShane, Denise Mallon Sunday, August 15, 2021 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8:00AM Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Bozinovich, Leonard Goslawski, Jacqueline Faragoi 10:00AM Kathryn McGettrick, Michael Kelly, Juan & Melania Ilarde
Eternal Rest Grant To Them, O Lord
Eleanor J. Pekelnicky
Joe Chrusciel
Beginning Sunday, September 12th at St. Linus,
the Sunday Noon Mass will return. The Weekend Mass schedule will be: Saturday
4pm; Sunday 8am, 10am, and Noon.
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — After resting and taking
nourish-ment twice, Elijah is strengthened to walk to the mountain of God, Horeb (1 Kings 19:4-8).
Psalm — Taste and see the goodness of the Lord
(Psalm 34).
Second Reading — Be sealed by the Holy Spirit of
God so as to be imitators of God and live in love (Ephesians 4:30 — 5:2).
Gospel — Jesus professes that he is the living bread
and whoever eats this bread will live forever (John 6:41-51).
The St. Vincent de Paul Society
LOVE IN OUR WORK
In this Gospel, the love that Jesus reveals through the symbol of bread is: self-giving, sacrificial, heal-ing, forgivheal-ing, in solidarity with the weak, confident in the power of God.
During the hot summer months many of the el-derly, especially those who are sick, are not able to find relief from the heat. Please help the Socie-ty of St. Vincent de Paul to bring respite and hope to them. ©svdpusa.org
PLEASE NOTE:
We are always looking for new members or volunteers. Leave your name and number
at the rectory.
Bundle Weekend is Back!
October 23rd & 24th St. Linus Parking Lotduring Masses MORNING OFFERING
O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of
this day for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for the intentions of all my relatives and friends, and in
particular for the intentions of Pope Francis:
AUGUST
The Church: Let us pr ay for the Church, that She
may receive from the Holy Spirit the grace and strength to reform herself in the light of the Gospel.
Pope Francis’ 2021 Monthly Prayer Intentions
We welcome to our Faith Community those recently bap zed:
Everly Jaselle Galeana Noah David Drozd
Eucharistic Adoration
Most of us find it a challenge to find a place for quiet time in our home to pray. St. Therese of Avila, in her writ-ings, admonishes us to get to prayer at whatever the cost may be because that in itself receives the Lord’s graces. Tuesday 5-7PM in St. Linus Chur ch Friday 5-7PM in Our Lady of the Ridge Chur ch
COLLECTION FOR: Sunday, July 25, 2021 Collection: $10,222.00 E-Giving: $ 914.00 Total: $11,136.00 COLLECTION FOR: Sunday, August 1, 2021 Collection: $14,367.00 E-Giving: $ 674.00 Total: $15,041.00
Thank you for your continued financial support
Banns of Marriage
Religious Education/Faith Formation for level grades 1st through 8th will begin in Sep-tember.
Registration is necessary to be included in the pro-gram.
Religious Education/Faith Formation for both Satur-day and Family Sessions will be held at Our Lady of the Ridge.
Please welcome Ms. Barbara Zickterman to our staff!
Come and encounter Jesus in Religious Education! For more information, please call Dr. Antos at the
RE/FF office 708.636.4373. Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass
September 19, 2021
The Golden Wedding Anni-versary Mass is scheduled to be held on Sunday, Septem-ber 19th at 2:30 p.m. Couples celebra ng their 50th wed-ding anniversary this year are invited to par cipate. Please note, this Mass is planned as a live event with par cipants a ending on-site. With the uncertainty of how the COVID-19 virus will be this Fall, this Mass may need to be moved to an online liturgy due to ongoing mi ga on efforts associated with the pan-demic. More details on the Mass, including loca on and relevant COVID-19 precau ons, will be available in early summer 2021. Couples interested in par cipa ng can register at:
familyministries@archchicago.org. FEAST OF FAITH
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus: Song of Heaven
The words of the Sanctus are rooted in the scrip-tures. They recall the song of the seraphim in the prophet Isaiah’s vision of God in majesty: “Seraphim were sta oned above; each of them had six wings: with two they veiled their faces, with two they veiled their feet, and with two they hovered alo . ‘Holy, holy, holy is the L of hosts!’ they cried one to the other. ‘All the earth is filled with his glory!’ ” (Isaiah 6:2-3). They recall the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem: “Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest” (Ma hew 21:9). Yet the liturgy adds something new to these ancient texts. The seraphim sang, “the earth is filled with his glory.” But the liturgy proclaims, “heaven and earth are full of your glory.” In the Eucharist, earth and heaven meet. For a moment in me, we join in the song that the angels sing for all me. The Sanctus raises us to heaven, but does not remove us from the earth. It is the song of the King who took on our human flesh so that we might share in his divine life. —Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
CIVIL DISCOURSE
“Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God.” These words bring us up short! What could we be doing to grieve the Holy Spirit? Alas, the same things that the Ephesians were doing in the time of Paul, that is, fighting, shouting, reviling each other with fury, an-ger, and malice. Just tune in to talk radio some day or observe some “road rage” on the expressway. If we who are partakers of the Body of Christ can treat one another this way, what does that mean about our be-lief in Christ’s message of peace and reconciliation? The Eucharist is the sacrament of unity. It is com-munion with God and with each other. A good first step would be to speak civilly to each other, even in disagreement! Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Dt 10:12-22; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20;
Mt 17:22-27
Tuesday: 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-9; Jn 12:24-26 Wednesday: Dt 34:1-2; Ps 66:1-3a, 5, 8, 16-17;
Mt 18:15-20
Thursday: Jos 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17; Ps 114:1-6; Mt 18:21 — 19:1
Friday: Jos 24:1-13; Ps 136:1-3, 16-18, 21-22, 24;
Mt 19:3-12
Saturday: Jos 24:14-29; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-8, 11;
Mt 19:13-15
Sunday: Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2; Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14; 1 Cor 15:54b-57; Lk 11:27-28 Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab;
Ps 45:10-12, 16; 1 Cor 15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56 A CLEAR CONSCIENCE
There’s no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
ATTN: St. Laurence HS Class of 1970 Alums
Join us for festivities and celebration at the St. Lau-rence Class of 1970 “50 plus 1” reunion weekend
September 10-12, 2021. Spouses and guests ar e
welcome. Activities include a banquet and entertain-ment at the Riviera Country Club in Orland Park on Saturday evening, September 11th. For more infor-mation, please call Tom Lipinski at 708-573-4923.
The Knights of Columbus
3rd Annual Car Show
Saturday, August 28, 2021
**Rain Date Sunday, August 29th**147th & Karlov, Midlothian
St. Christopher Parking Lot
8:00 AM—3:00 PM
Registration 8:00AM-12:00PM
ONLY $15.00
Contact Mary Pat or John Marquette 708-597-1115
Benefits the St. Christopher Food Pantry Please bring a canned good
for our food pantry.
Stewardship…
Have you ever taken a moment to figure out how much time, on the average, you spend a week volun-teering in your church or in your community?
“Do not neglect good deeds and generosity. God is pleased by sacrifices of that kind.” (Hebrews 3:16) Have you ever taken some time to figure out what percentage of your income goes to the church and other charitable causes?
Stewardship is planned giving and does not leave giving to chance. It challenges us to plan. It asks us to appraise—deliberately—what we are doing with out time, our talent and our treasure.
Advocate Christ Medical Center Blood Drive
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 10am—3pm
For appointment call 1-800-RED CROSS
1-800-733-2767 or
Visit redcrossblood.org and use sponsor code: ChristMedical
Eat a healthy meal and drink an extra 16oz. of fluid before the donation.
Bring:
Photo ID or