Remember in your prayers...

Marcelina Sanchez Mikayla Carol Drew Grace Wesinger Barbara McArthur Mary Rincon Joe Bellino Denise Farmer Annette Baber Edgar R. Mendez Pablo Cruz Ricardo Sanchez Allan and Lenore Zegiel Edna Garbacz Jamie Conn Bill Michaelis Zoe Brenner Joel Bennett Fred Marsh Angel Alverado John Bauer Diane Michaelis Arturo Castro Garcia Jerry Fraser Juanita Rodriguez Brandy Bravieri Linda Bonifacio José Ortiz, Jr. Sebastian Ortiz Christopher Bennett Vicenta Rodriguez Ms. C.M. Alfred Brown, Jr. Eric McDonald Charlie Charles Darshini N. Tony N. Octavius N. Blanca Washington Venecia Washington Condre Adams Kevin Washington Gino Jennings Lexie Washington Lawrence Love Billy Mason Derrick Mason Tim Brackmann We pray for:

Peace and justice for ALL in our nation and world

Our front liners—medical personnel, first responders, retail workers, postal workers, truck drivers, farmers, and everyone who keeps us safe

People fighting cancer Victims/refugees of war, terrorism and acts of violence Those serving in the military People who are homeless People struggling with addictions of any kind People who are grieving People who are unemployed and/or underemployed People who are not receiving care for mental illnesses People who live in areas where there are dangerous crime levels and violence Couples struggling in their marriages

Seniors who are ill, lonely and isolated

Caregivers who need rest/care

People who are living with pain, physical and mental Our clergy, religious, seminarians and those contemplating the priest- hood or religious life Victims of sexual and other abuse by clergy and others Youth Ministry Coordinator: Carmen Lopez

[email protected] 815-385-4254 Small Groups Coordinator: Larea Staub

[email protected] 815-385-4273 Receptionists/Administrative Assistants:

Tania Garcia [email protected] 815-385-5673 Ana Aguilar [email protected] 815-385-5673 Maria Andrade [email protected] 815-385-5673 Bookkeeper: Sue Draffkorn

[email protected] 815-388-0162 Building Manager: Joe Filpi

[email protected] 815-385-0921 Bulletin Editor: Anne West

[email protected] 815-388-0152 Liturgy, Media & Technology: Jennifer Marsh

[email protected] 815-388-0163 Media Communications Director: Estuardo Diaz

[email protected] 815-388-0156 Pastoral Care/Funeral Coordinator: Jeanne Fraser

[email protected] 815-388-0164 Noah’s Ark Preschool Director: Kim Niehaus

[email protected] 815-388-0158 Teachers: Shannon Wagner and Audra Peterson Maintenance: Martha Walter and Olivio Muñoz Religious Store Manager: 815-388-0157

Store staff: Gladys Avila and Karon Schiera Pastor: Fr. Paul C. White

[email protected] 815-388-0154 Associate Pastor: Fr. Andrew Hernandez

[email protected] 815-388-0151 Parochial Vicar: Fr. Domingo Jaramillo 815-385-5673 Music/Liturgy Director: Craig Colson

[email protected] 815-388-0159 Family Faith Formation Director: Argelia (Argie) Gaytan

[email protected] 815-388-0155 Family Faith Formation Coordinators:

Debbie Welter [email protected] 815-388-0160 Adriana Tello [email protected] 815-388-0161

THE CHURCH OF HOLY APOSTLES

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FR. ANDREW HERNANDEZ, ASSOCIATE PASTOR CHURCH & PARISH OFFICE:

5211 W. Bull Valley Road McHenry, IL 60050

Telephone 815-385-5673 FAX 815-385-6045 Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.tcoha.org

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God hears our prayers!

Please allow the whole parish to pray for your loved one or intention by adding his/her name to our Prayer List by calling the Parish Office at 815-385-5673 or email [email protected].

To request prayers from our Prayer Line Ministry, call 815 385-4547 (leave a voicemail message) or email your request to [email protected].(Prayer Line requests are NOT published in the bulletin.)

OUR MISSION STATEMENT: The Church of Holy Apostles

is a compassionate, welcoming and healthy family that strives to love God and serve others with respect and dignity.

Stewardship of Treasure

Weekend of November 8, 2020

Sunday Envelopes (via U.S. Mail) $ 6,600.00 Online Giving $ 9,797.56 Sunday Mass $ 3,682.00 Children’s Gifts $ 0 Total Collection $ 20,079.56 Budgeted Income Year to Date: $ 425,228.93 Actual Income Year-to-Date: $ 388,862.32 Overage/(Shortage) $ (36,366.61)

November 8, 2020 Tithe

Ima Bridge Africa $

1,000.00 Thank you for your generous giving!

Please remember Holy Apostles in your Will.

We Share Our Blessings:

Our Parish Tithe this week will given to Big Brothers Big Sisters of McHenry County.

A MESSAGE FROM OUR PASTOR

Dear Holy Apostles Parish Family:

As I write this more than a week ahead due to publication deadlines, I expect us to be under an At-Home order soon. We are dealing with 10 to 12,000 cases per day in our state; 300 in our county. Our hospitals are full of Covid patients, but gratefully there is treatment and few are on ventilators and much fewer are dying.

We look to Thanksgiving with disappointment that we can-not gather with our extended family in person, so we may value the pies, stuffing, salads, turkey and sweet potatoes that someone else makes. Once we are not able to experi-ence what we take for granted, we become thankful people. This has the potential for being our most thankful Thanksgiv-ing to appreciate all the blessThanksgiv-ings we have and some we can-not enjoy this year.

I am grateful for: my family, the friends who love me, my faith, stuffing, turkey, that the Cubs won in 2016, a good hug, someone who listens, Lazy Boy chair to nap in, TV re-mote control, green beans with French fried onions, my brother, that Fr Ruben is ok, Fr. Andrew, our staff is healthy, Milky Ways, the bike path, sunrises and sunsets, people who love, nurses, teachers, police officers, all frontliners, people in grocery stores, K of C Thanksgiving Meals, Zoom, Face-book livestream, Northern Illinois Foodbank, volunteers who put food in peoples’ cars, volunteers who get the food, Thought of the Day, thousands of people who come to mass on livestream, that we are becoming more of a one between Spanish and English-speaking people, Fr. Jaramillo, people who have fed us since Covid, Aaron, the people who have stepped up to make things work despite Covid, positive think-ers, unconditional love, great music, sobriety, IPad, outside fires, time to walk, time to think and pray, courageous peo-ple, kind peopeo-ple, apple pie, pumpkin pie, whipped cream, sanitizer, good soap, long time friends, young people who are great parents, sense of humor, ice cream, people who teach me technology, kids that smile behind their masks and being more sure than ever that God will give us what we need.

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving! Father Paul

Give online at GiveCentral.org

Mail your check

Registering for Mass

To attend a Mass, you must register as attendance is limited and to allow us to contact trace, if needed. There are three ways to register to attend a public mass:

 G to our website tcoha.org and click on Mass &

Events and then select your desired mass. A confir-mation of your registration will be sent to you.

 Download the Church Center app. Set up a log-in and

then register every member of your family. Then click on Events and select your desired mass. You will receive a confirmation of your registration.

 If you don’t have access to the internet, call the

Parish Office at 815-385-5673.

You are now able to register up to an hour before the mass you want to attend and you are also now able to cancel your registration if for some reason you are unable to attend.

Let Jesus Take Away Your Anxiety

Come pray and visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament at the All Saints Perpetual Adoration Chapel open seven days a week, 5 AM to 10 PM. Make spending time with Jesus and prayer a priority in

your life. Pray, listen, and feel the peace that Jesus gives us so lovingly. Espe-cially now during these uncertain times, we all need a comforting place where we can go to pray for relief

from anxiety. A regular time to visit with Jesus will change your life! Current open hours are:

Sunday: 12 to 1 PM Tuesday: 2 to 3 PM Wednesday: 9 to 10 AM Thursday: 10:00 to 11 AM and 11 AM to 12 PM Friday: 11 AM to 12 PM and 2 to 3 PM Saturday: 12 to 1 PM

Rules for visiting the Chapel:

 Maximum of six people in the chapel  Wearing a mask is required

 Sign in when you enter (for contact tracing)  Clean your chair when you leave  Do not bring in flowers/other items .

Please consider committing to being an adorer by call-ing or textcall-ing Sharon Arnold at 847-254-3529 or Medalit O’Hagan at 815-690-7378.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2020 7:00 AM Rosary

7:30 AM Mass in Church: †Marie Alvarez and †Bonifacio Morales 4:00 PM Reconciliation in Room of Remembrance until 4:45 PM 5:00 PM Mass: †Glenn Huska, †Linda & George Proesel and

†Marianne Babinsky SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2020 FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 8:00 AM Mass:

The People of Holy Apostles 10:00 AM Taped Mass:

† Ryan DeLorenzo and †Thomas Bellino 12:00 PM Confirmation classes in various rooms 11:30 AM Misa en Español

†Eliodoro Bañuelos,†Donato Aceveda y †Maria Tabullo 1:00 PM Misa en Español

†Alfonso Romo Sanchez y †Francisco Mora Pulido

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To attend a weekend Mass you must register, (see Page 3 for how to register) wear a mask, use hand sanitizer, and be seated by a First Impressions volunteer to maintain safe distancing. ALL MASSES WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIVE-STREAMED ON FACEBOOK OR YOUTUBE.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2020

OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE 8:00 AM Mass:

†Ray Stevens and †Clements Lubinski (birthday) 10:00 AM Taped Mass:

†Bonifacio Morales and †Mike Blumm 12:00 PM Confirmation classes in various rooms 11:30 AM Misa en Español

†Eliodoro Bañuelos y †Donato Aceveda y Maria Tabullo 1:00 PM Misa en Español

†Humberto Zermeño, †Efren Zermeño y †Gildardo Zermeño

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2020

ST. CLEMENT I, ST. COLUMBAN & BL. MIGUEL AGUSTIN

7:00 AM Rosary

7:30 AM Mass in Church: †Deborah Wagner and †Casey Van Der-Bosch

9:00 AM Adult Faith Formation in Green 5 12:10 PM Mass: †Tom Douglas

7:00 PM Youth Ministry Meeting in Yellow 1 7:00 PM Adult Faith Formation in Red 15 and 17 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2020

ST. ANDREW DUNG-LAC AND COMPANIONS

7:00 AM Rosary

7:30 AM Mass in Church: Blessings on Kathy & Chris Dixon 11:00 AM TCOHA Lunch Break live on Facebook

5:30 PM Confesión (Confessions in Spanish) until 6:15 PM 6:00 PM Alpha Training in Yellow 1

6:30 PM Misa en Español in Church:

†Alfonso Romo Sanchez y †Eron y Luisa Bañuelos 7:30 PM Fr. Jaramillo—Emmaus live on Facebook and in Church WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2020

ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA—PARISH OFFICE CLOSED

7:00 AM Rosary

7:30 AM Mass in Church: †Dr. Gerard Dominique and †Casey Van Der Bosch

11:00 AM TCOHA Lunch Break live on Facebook

12:10 PM Mass in Chapel: Barbara Fedoran (90th birthday) 5:30 PM Musicians/Choir Practice in Church

6:30 PM Symbolon Class in Green 8, 9, 10, 11 7:00 PM RCIA Class in Yellow 1, 2, 7 and via Zoom

7:00 PM Out of the Box with Fr. Paul in Gold 6 and live on Facebook THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2020

THANKSGIVING DAY—PARISH OFFICE CLOSED

9:00 AM Thanksgiving Mass in Church: †John & Helen Biesiadecki and †Fred Dinkelman

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2020

PARISH OFFICE CLOSED

7:00 AM Rosary

7:30 AM Mass in Church: †Casey Van Der Bosch and Cassie Victor (birthday)

12:10 PM No Mass

7:00 PM Coffee with Deacon Daniel (in Spanish) live on Facebook

Advertiser of the Week

We wish to thank the business people who use our bulletin for

advertising their products and services. Our advertisers make it possible for Holy Apostles to provide our weekly bulletin to you AT NO COST TO THE PARISH. Please patronize our adver-tisers. This week we especially thank:

Buss Ford

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815-385-2000 bussford.com

Please advertise your business/organization in our bulletin!

Contact LPI Publications at 800-950-9952 to place an ad.

Pray after Communion when watching a livestream Mass.

Spiritual Communion Prayer

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things and I desire to receive you in my soul. Since I cannot at this mo-ment receive you sacramo-mentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen.

Offer Prayers through Mass Intentions

Pray for the soul of a deceased loved one, for the healing of one who is ill or other need by making them the intention of one of our Masses each week by calling the Parish Office at 815-385-5673. The customary donation is $10 per Mass intention.

Please Pick Up Photos

If you brought in a photo of a deceased loved one to be displayed at our All Souls Day Mass, please come pick up your photo in the parish office at your earliest convenience. Thank you!

Holy Apostles’ annual Giving Tree returns...with a

convenient new way to give! We invite you to

take a tag from the Giving Tree and purchase the

requested gift for a needy person in our community

and return the wrapped gift with the tag by

December 13th. OR if you are not attending

in-person Mass or if it’s simply easier, you can now

make a money donation on tcoha.org/give. Click

on Pay Online and look for the Giving Tree icon.

Simple as that! Your generous giving benefits

clients of PADS, Home of the Sparrow, St. Vincent

de Paul, Senior Services, Pioneer Center and Kids

in Need.

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Food Distribution for Those in Need

Boxes of food are distributed every Wednesday from 5 to 6 PM at Holy Apostles outside Sherry Center, on a first-come, first-served basis until all the food is distributed. It is a drive-up event to offer safe dis-tancing and is pre-packed in boxes and placed in cars. Anyone who is struggling to keep food on the table is welcome to come and receive food.

Your Gift Will Help the Needy

As the pandemic continues, many families are experiencing food shortages

as they squeeze their budg-ets to pay for housing and utilities. Regular food truck deliveries are helping many, but some of those in need don't have transportation to

pick-up sites. The St. Vincent de Paul Society delivers bags of food and Aldi’s gift certificates to our neigh-bors in need. Your donations to SVdPS through Give-Central and the parish Poor Box help SVdPS meet the food needs of our community. This month, dona-tions of body wash are also appreciated.

“Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he

shares his bread with the poor.” Proverbs 22:9

Holy Apostles Cemetery Fall Clean-up

Please remove ALL items from graves during our on-going fall cemetery clean-up.

Please do not place any Christmas decorations on a grave, mausoleum or columbarium until AFTER the clean-up is completed or December 1, 2020.

 ITEMS THAT ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE

CEMETERY: Glass of any kind;’ clay flower pots; solar lights; metal of any kind; concrete statues; border edging of any kind; candles of any type; grave blankets or coverings; dogs; and smoking.

 ITEMS THAT ARE PERMITTED: Plastic or wood

flowers pots; toys in baby section only; flags and flowers in authorized bases only (not in ground); natural flowers may be planted 12” in front of the grave only (none on sides and back; artificial flowers in small bunches and birthday balloons. These restrictions are necessary for the safety of all visitors and the cemetery staff. Items that are not permitted will be removed and disposed of.

All headstones must be approved by the cemetery manager BEFORE they are placed.

Cemetery visiting hours are 7 AM until sunset. Let’s keep our cemetery looking neat and respect the final resting places of our loved ones. If you have any questions, please contact Joe Filpi at

[email protected].

Please Donate to KoC Holiday Meals

Knights of Columbus Council 1288 will again be raising funds to provide a holiday meal to those in need in our community. This will be the 13th

year the Knights will undertake this rewarding and much appreciated pro-ject. Their mission is simple: raise funds to purchase food and, through a partnership with Meijer Stores, they are able to stretch those funds raised a long way. The food is packed so that

each family receives everything they need to prepare a holiday meal. 100% of the funds raised is used to pur-chase food that benefits needy families in our own McHenry area. Any amount you can give, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated. Please make your donations through GiveCentral (there’s a link on our website tcoha.org/give/) or mail to Knights of Columbus Council 1288, P. O. Box 148, McHenry IL 60051.

The distribution of the Christmas Holiday Meal will be on Saturday, December 19. Due to COVID restrictions, no walk-up volunteers will be allowed. The number of volunteers will be very limited with priority given to the Knights and their families. Thank you so much for your generosity...your donations let many needy families be able to enjoy a holiday dinner!

We Welcome the Newly Baptized

Brooks Frederick Almquist, child of Craig Almquist and Lindsey Inabnet Almquist

Blakely Samuel Casper, child of Trey Casper and Brittany Zieman Charlotte Kay Conti, child of Trevor Conti and Lindsay Rieben Conti Callie Anne Kramer, child of Bradley Kramer and Stephanie Lex Kramer

Merrick Joseph Kunstman, child of Kevin Kunstman and Madison Cacioppo Kunstman

Ella Kennedy Reibel, child of Jason Reibel and Elizabeth Gust Reibel

Scheduling Your Child’s Baptism

Congratulations on the birth of your child! Baptisms are now being scheduled for Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons. Parish members may arrange for their child’s baptism by calling Debbie Welter at 0160 (English) or Adriana Tello at 815-388-0161 (Spanish). Families must be registered in the parish before receiving any sacrament.

Local Mission Day

Holy Apostles Youth Ministry assisted neighbors in need of help with tasks around their homes last Saturday. Thanks for sharing your time and energy!

Thanksgiving Prayer

This Thanksgiving, let us remember all the good things, and people, who have come into our lives. We focus on thanking each one who has helped us, and ultimately thank God for the good gifts of this world.

Let us pray... God our Father,

Graciously accept from your humble people a thankful heart and spirit.

Everything we have and are able to share with others ultimately comes from your love of your creations. Often we think that everything we have is our own creation; we ask you this day to create in us a spirit of gratitude,that we may always know that all good gifts come from you.

We ask this through Christ our brother, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Servicios en Español

Rev. Fr. Domingo Jaramillo MISAS: Domingo a las 11:30 AM y 1 PM Martes a las 6:30 PM

CONFESIONES: Martes 5:30 PM

REZO DEL ROSARIO: Lunes a viernes a las 5:30 PM Transmisión en vivo por Facebook/tcoha.org

CITAS CON EL PADRE: Todos los martes de 2:30 a 5:15 PM HORARIO DE OFICINA: Lunes a Jueves de 9 AM—5 PM

Viernes: de 9 AM a 3 PM

Teléfono: 815-385-5673

Capilla De Adoración

La Capilla de Adoración Todos los Santos está abierta a partir de las 5 AM hasta las 10 PM. Por reglamentos de seguridad le pedimos que lea los

avisos que se encuentran en la capilla. Tratamos de mantener 2 adoradores por hora. Sólo se permiten 6 personas dentro del recinto. Si usted es un visitante, necesitamos tener su nombre, número de teléfono y correo

electrónico. Si a usted le gustaría cubrir una de las horas disponibles, comuníquese con la Sra. Sharon Arnold al 847-254 3529 o con la Sra. Medalit O’Hagan al 815-690-7378.

Las horas disponibles que necesitan ser cubiertas son: Domingo: 12:00 PM—1:00 PM Martes: 2:00 PM—3:00 PM Miécoles: 9:00 AM—10:00 AM Jueves: 10:00 —11:00 AM y 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Viernes: 11:00 AM—12:00 PM y 2:00 PM—3:00 PM Sábado: 12:00 PM—1:00 PM.

¿Desea Solicitar una Misa?

Pase a la oficina o llámenos con anticipación para que podamos agendar su misa en la fecha deseada. Con-tamos con la bendición de tener tres misas en español: domingo 11:30 AM, 1 PM y martes 6:30 PM en

cualquiera de estas misas podemos anotar sus inten-ciones sólo venga con tiempo anticipado a la fecha que desea mandar decir su misa.

Unción de los Enfermos

Si ha sido hospitalizado o conoce a alguien que lo esté, déjenos saber para que el padre Paul White o el padre Andrew Hernandez puedan ir a darle el Sacramento de la Unción de los Enfermos. Debido a la pandemia, los reglamentos en los hospitals han cambiado. Los sacer-dotes no pueden ir a visitarle a menos que la familia lo solicite. Solo necesitan saber en cuál hospital se encuentran y el numero de cuarto.

¡Demos Gracias!

El Día de Acción de Gracias se aproxima y queremos invitar a la comunidad para que mande un video de 15 segundos de duración diciendo por qué está agrade-cido, o puede contarnos la manera en que usted cele-bra en familia este día de dar gracias. Le invitamos pa-ra que se registre a la misa bilingüe el jueves 26 de noviembre a las 9 AM, ahí se mostrarán los videos que ustedes nos manden.

Proyecto para el Tiempo de

Adviento

El próximo domingo damos inicio al Tiempo de Adviento. Le invitamos a que participe en este proyecto, gravando un video abriendo su

calendario de oraciones de adviento, o cuando ustedes enciendan las velas de la corona.

El video debe ser de 15 segundos de duración y lo de-be mandar a Jennifer Marash a: [email protected]. Debe mandar su video en esta semana.

Celebraciones Decembrinas

Los tiempos de pandemia han sido muy difíciles para todos, más sin embargo, necesitamos mantenernos positivos y en oración para que esto pase pronto si es la voluntad de Dios. Nuestras fiestas decembrinas se aproximan y queremos mantener vivo el espíritu en estos tiempos difíciles. Gracias a Dios contamos con los recursos de las redes sociales por las cuales ustedes se pueden conectar y así llevar a cabo nues-tras tradiciones de diciembre. Daremos inicio con la novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe el jueves 3 de diciem-bre hasta el día 11 con el rezo del rosario a las 6 PM. El día 12 las tradicionales mañanitas a las 5 AM segui-do de la misa a las 6 AM. Tosegui-do esto será transmitisegui-do por nuestra página de Facebook. Posteriormente tendremos la celebración de las tradicionales posadas de igual manera serán transmitidas virtualmente. Para más detalles pueden comunicarse con Ariana Tello o los diáconos Daniel Torres o Victor Solís.

Un Cafecito con el Diácono Daniel

Sintonícenos cada viernes a las 7 PM por Facebook en la página de la parroquia. El diacono Daniel Torres presenta temas de mucha importancia que nos ayudan a crecer más en nuestra fe y conocer más sobre nues-tra Iglesia Católica. Únase en la nues-transmisión en vivo y si tiene preguntas o comentarios, el diacono con mucho gusto le contesta.

Oficina Cerrada

Debido a los dias festivos de “Thanksgiving’ la oficina parroquial estará cerrada, miércoles, jueves y viernes. ¡Feliz y seguro dia de Acción de Gracias!

Jesucristo Pastor que busca a sus Ovejas.

El profeta Ezequiel nos ofrece uno de los textos más bellos del Antiguo Testamento. En él se repite hasta tres veces que el “Señor mismo” es quien se preocupa de sus ovejas; las bus-ca si se han perdido, las cura si están heridas, les ofrece pastos abundantes si padecen hambre.

Los malos pastores, los hombres, han faltado a su deber, han dejado que se pierdan las ovejas, se han aprovechado de ellas; por eso, el profeta anuncia que será Dios mismo quien cuidará del rebaño. Se subraya, sin duda, el cuidado y el interés de Dios por sus ovejas, pero al mismo tiempo se afirma que Él va a juzgar entre oveja y oveja. Dios es justo y ejerce esta justicia con amor. El salmo 22 toma nuevamente la imagen del pastor para aplicarla al Señor. ¡Cuánta confianza da al hom-bre saber que “Dios mismo” es su pastor, que “Dios mismo” lo conduce, repara sus fuerzas, lo guía por un camino recto! Este buen pastor será, al final de la vida, quien juzgará nuestras vidas. Es verdad, Cristo Nuestro Señor, que se encarnó y vino a la tierra como el buen pastor en busca de sus ovejas, desea que todas ellas estén en el redil, desea que todas ellas formen parte de su rebaño. No permite que le sea arrebatada ningu-na. El pastor, al final del texto de Ezequiel, separa ove-ja de oveove-ja. Se trata pues de una llamada urgente para decidirse a favor o en contra de Jesús. No hay lugar para términos medios. Quien no está con Jesús estará contra él. Muchos, lamentablemente, se hacen sordos ante los requerimientos del amor divino; muchos no desean participar de la “copa de la salvación”, ni for-mar parte del rebaño de Cristo. Nos corresponde, co-mo embajadores del único Pastor, anunciar sin can-sancio el amor de Dios. Nos corresponde mostrar a los hombres la belleza y la profundidad del amor de Dios para llamarlos a todos a este rebaño y ayudarles a en-contrar la felicidad eterna.

Todos los enemigos deben quedar bajo del estrado de sus pies, porque al final de los tiempos se debe realizar toda justicia. Al final, el mal será definitivamen-te derrotado por el bien y por el amor; pero recordemos que el triunfo del Reino de Cristo no tendrá lugar sin un último asalto de las fuerzas del mal. El enemigo de Dios, el diablo, sufrirá la última derrota de frente a Cristo resucitado, Señor de vivos y de muertos. ¡Cómo deberían incidir en nuestras vidas verdades tan funda-mentales y decisivas! Cristo tiene que reinar. Cristo reinará y vencerá el último enemigo, la muerte. ¡Viva Cristo Rey!

Limpieza del Cementerio en Otoño

La limpieza de otoño en el cementerio de los Santos Apóstoles se llevará a cabo del 1ro.-15 de noviembre. Por favor, remueva cualquier decoración que tenga en las tumbas: Artículos que no son permitidos: floreros de vidrio, imágenes, veladoras, artículos de metal y estatuas. Tampoco se permite poner decoraciones de navidad hasta que se haya terminado la limpieza o hasta después del 1ro. De diciembre. Las visitas al cementerio son de 7 AM hasta oscurecer. Si tiene alguna pregunta puede contactar a Joe Filpi a:

[email protected].

Clases de inglés y Ciudadanía

Si le gustaría aprender inglés o estudiar el examen para la ciudadanía, el colegio MCC de Mchenry ofrece clases gratuitas por la mañana y por la tarde. Llame para registrarse al 815-455-8752, o visite:

www.mchenry.edu/esl.

Estamos Empleando

A medida que True Value Manufacturing continúa creciendo, continuamos buscando candidatos califica-dos. Actualmente estamos contratando en ambos turnos, primero y segundo. Ofrecemos un gran paquete de beneficios junto con un excelente ambi-ente de trabajo. Si está interesado en algunas de las siguientes posiciones:

Mechanics - 1st and 2nd shifts Gen. Packaging – 1st and 2nd shifts Gen. Manufacturing – 1st and 2nd shifts Assemblers – 2nd shift

Merchandise Handler – 1st shift

Team Lead – 1st shift. Puede aplicar en: https://truevalue.jobs.net/en-US/.

Limpieza de la Iglesia

Necesitamos de su apoyo para la limpieza de la Igle-sia. La Iglesia se limpia el cuarto viernes de cada mes a las 6 PM. Si usted puede ayudar comuníquese con la Sra. Raquel Condado al 815-793-3632 su apoyo es muy valioso para nosotros, entre más personas nos ayuden más rápido se limpiará el templo. Próxima fecha viernes 27 de noviembre.

Noviembre Mes dedicado a las Almas del

Purgatorio

La Iglesia invita a todos los cristianos católicos a orar por nuestros seres queridos que han partido a la casa del Padre. Acompáñenos a ofrecer el rezo del santo rosario, lunes a viernes a las

Montini, our Parish School

Shown above, Montini School second graders were taking advantage of the beautiful weather by having religion class outside.