30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH PEORIA, ILLINOIS

3720 N. Sterling Avenue Peoria, Illinois 61615

PARISH ADMINISTRATION

Fr. John P. Grigus, OFM Conv. Pastor

Fr. Robert Cook, OFM Conv. Parochial Vicar

Fr. Anthony Labedis, OFM Conv. In Residence

Deacon Joseph LaHood Parish Deacon

Connie Tomczyk Parish Secretary

Jackie Glastetter Bookkeeper

Marty Fredericksen Music Minister

John Clark Church Organist

Tom Giunta Mike Simmons Parish Trustees

Janet Rocke Parish Pastoral Council President

Mary Donahue Director of Religious Education

Joel Gray Eucharistic Adoration Coordinator

Gina Betz Elizabeth Ministry

Sue Weideman Mary & Martha Society

Joe Jochman

Men’s Club

Dennis Lippert Mission Committee

Fr. Bob Cook, OFM Conv. Compassion Ministry

Mary Kaufman Prayer Circle (for intentions in prayer)

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

Trina Schmidt Administrator

Maria Rudloff Secretary

Bill Fischer Education Commission President

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We warmly welcome new parishioners & vis i tors! New par ishioners may regis ter by phoning the off ices at 688 -3427, dur ing normal off ice hours (8 :30 AM–3:30 PM) .

Mass Intentions

MONDAY, October 24—Saint Anthony Mary Claret 7:00 AM at the Poor Clares 5:30 PM Christine Potthoff by her Family

TUESDAY, October 25—Weekday 7:00 AM Sharon Robinson by Julie Beckenbaugh 5:30 PM Carl & Catherine Schneider by their Family

WEDNESDAY, October 26—Weekday 7:00 AM Ronald Tauscher by Pat & John Bozsaki 5:30 PM Clarence & Gwen Schwindenhammer by Family

THURSDAY, October 27—Weekday 7:00 AM Helen Stenger by Sr. Jean Francis 5:30 PM Mike Scurry by Joan Kirchgessner

FRIDAY, October 28—SAINTS SIMON AND JUDE 7:00 AM Intentions of Joe & Freddie Waugh by Ed Tallon SATURDAY, October 29—Weekday 8:00 AM Dorothy Moran by Dick & Sue Cain 5:00 PM Ruth LaKemper by her Family

SUNDAY, October 30—31st Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 AM Our Parish Community 9:00 AM Hubert & Catherine Dempsey by J. Salanitro 11:00 AM Harriet Mallow by Dick & Mary Diekemper Confessions are heard on Saturdays from 3:00-4:30pm

Scripture for the Week

24 Mon Rom 8:12-17/Lk 13:10-17 25 Tue Rom 8:18-25/Lk 13:18-21 26 Wed Rom 8:26-30/Lk 13:22-30 27 Thu Rom 8:31b-39/Lk 13:31-35 28 Fri Eph 2:19-22/Lk 6:12-16 29 Sat Rom 11:1-2a, 11-12, 25-29/Lk 14:1, 7-11 30 SUN Mal 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10/1 Thes 2:7b-9, 13/ Mt 23:1-12 WWW.PEORIAHOLYFAMILY.COM Visit us online for the weekly bulletin and current events.

THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OCTOBER 23, 2011

LITURGICAL MINISTERS SCHEDULE For the weekend of October 29-30 Saturday—5:00PM Servers: Katelyn, Noah, & Skyler Bell Greeters: Denise Adams, Mike Simmons Readers: Sr. Roberta Houlihan, Bernie Giacabazi Eucharistic Ministers: Fran & Don Buczynski, Therese Giacabazi, Pat Kawczynski, Kathy Krippel, Tom Mueller, Nickie Roberson Sunday—7:00AM Servers: Annelise & Kate Sanderson Greeters: Ron Emig Readers: Joe Waugh, Chris Everts Eucharistic Ministers: Jeanine Best, Marguerite Everts, John Ham

Sunday—9:00AM Servers: Justin Goldsby, Aaron Forck, Meredith Meschewski Greeters: Matt Jennett, Nancy Wiemers Readers: Mary Ellen Forck, Angela Shirley Eucharistic Ministers: Katie Hagemann, Theresa Jennett, Joan Kirchgessner, Dick & Julie Laidler, Edith Whitfield, Bernie Zerbonia

Sunday—11:00AM Servers: Shaelie Vogel, Ella Dotson, Christina DeYoung Greeters: Jerry & Lisa Sanderson Readers: Ruth Roeder, Burne Hill Eucharistic Ministers: Vic Burnett, Carla Cramer, Mary Donahue, Lisa Forsman, Linda Gavin, Mark Hill, Sally Wagner PRAY FOR FRANCISCAN VOCATIONS

Joann Murphy will have the Franciscan vocation picture and say the prayers for an increase of vocations to the priesthood and religious life, especially to the Conventual Franciscans of Saint Bonaventure Province. Please sign up for this important ministry opportunity in the vestibule. If you have any questions, call Joann Murphy: 688-7250.

SOCIAL JUSTICE CORNER “Moved by the example of St. Francis and St. Clare, two true disciples of Christ, and convinced of the value of today’s experience…we commit ourselves to re-examine our consciences, listen to their voices more faithfully, and purify ourselves of prejudice, hatred, hostility, jealousy, and envy. We will serve to be workers of peace in thought and deed, with our minds and hearts turned toward the unity of the human family.” —Pope John Paul II, at the Tomb of St. Francis in Assisi, October 27, 1986

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION CHAPEL "When she [Mother Frances Cabrini] went to the chapel … her whole attitude … re-vealed that she was completely immersed in the Divine Presence. (She had) a se-raphic expression, the eyes openly fixed upon the Sacred Heart; but Mother was not able to see nor hear anything that was go-ing on around her." --Mother Saverio De Maria, Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini

You can be transfixed by the love of our Savior too at our Perpetual Adoration Chapel. Stop by anytime or to volun-teer for a regular hour, contact: Barb Koepple 688-1844, Jeanine Best 682-1207, Joan Kirchgessner 682-2720, or Lisa & Jerry Sanderson 282-0840. Every afternoon at 3PM we recite the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Please join us. STUDY OF THE CATECHSIM Using the study materials developed on an EWTN series, we meet on Wednesday evenings in the Francis Room from 7-8:30PM. We welcome all individuals. No home-work, no tests, come when you can. Please join us. October 26: Virtue & Reality of Sin MEN’S CLUB NEWS Monthly Meeting: Please join us on Wednesday, Novem-ber 2 at 6PM in the cafeteria. The steaks go on the grill; then we’ll eat; then conduct our regular meeting. FIRST FRIDAY FISH FRY: Our next fish fry is Friday, No-vember 4 from 4-7PM in the school cafeteria. Our regular menu, with kid alternatives, will be available. Carry-outs can be called in as early as 3:30PM: 688-3427 x213.

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES: are being held on Friday, October 28 and Monday, October 31. Friday is a half-day of school with a noon dismissal. If you want your children to be in aftercare, they must bring a cold lunch. Aftercare will dismiss at 5:30PM. Conferences will be held in the afternoon and early evening. There will be No School Monday, October 31, Conferences will be held that day.

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HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH PEORIA, ILLINOIS

FINANCE CORNER OCTOBER 23, 2011

Sunday Offerings October Year-to-Date

First Sunday $ 16,016.90

Second Sunday $ 11,125.10

Third Sunday

Fourth Sunday

Fifth Sunday

Total $ 27,142.00 $498,652.20

Target $ 60,000.00 $600,000.00

Surplus/(Shortfall) ($32,858.00) ($ 101,347.80)

Loan #1 Status Balance $367,333.00

Interest only payments; therefore balance remains steady.

Loan #2 Debt Reduction Offerings*

Sept Oct.

Beginning Balance $317,401.84 $311,660.59

First Sunday $460.00 $382.00

Second Sunday $3,283.25 $2,865.12

Third Sunday $1,338.00

Fourth Sunday $660.00

(Interest only payment) Total applied to principal $ 5,741.25

Fifth Sunday

All donations made via ‘pink envelopes’ and the special collection on the second Sunday is applied directly to reducing the debt principal. But, to preserve cash, the Finance Commission (in cooperation with the Diocesan Finance office and with Fr. John’s approval) is tempo-rarily making interest-only payments on our loans.

As you make out your will, please consider a gift to Holy Family. After you provide for your heirs, just designate a

percentage to go to Holy Family Parish. Keep our faith alive.

Holy Family Parish School Veteran’s Day Breakfast

Thursday, November 10, 2011 7–8:30AM in the school gym

All veterans and their immediate families are invited to join us on Thursday, November 10 for a wonderful breakfast. Breakfast and entertainment will be provided. To make a reservation, please respond by October 28 by calling Holy Family Parish School at 688-2931, and return the information requested below.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cut on dotted line - - - - - - - - - - - - - - What we would like to know:

Name of veteran and phone number? Number of people attending? What branch of the military did you serve in? How long did you serve? Where did you serve? Did you receive any awards for your service? What’s your favorite memory of your service?

______ Please include a picture of yourself, in uniform if possible.

THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OCTOBER 23, 2011

ST. MONICA HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS Get started on your holiday shopping! Really, it’s fun and delicious at this annual event. Come to the church on Satur-day, October 29 from 9AM-2PM. Coffee and doughnuts available in the morning; lunch served in the afternoon. Choose from many area crafters; shop the bake sale; buy a raffle ticket. Call Marilyn: 699-8283 for more information.

CATHOLIC SINGLE ADULTS CLUB We are always looking to meet new people. Attending any of our events does not obligate you to join the club, but they are a great way to ‘check us out’. Please call Peggy for more in-formation or to join: 676-4335. Our next event will be First Friday Mass at Holy Family, November 4 at 5:30PM We’ll choose a place to dine after Mass.

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK—ON STEWARDSHIP

My Dear Parishioners, This will be a different letter than I am normally used to writ-ing–a sharing of my own recent faith-discovery or experience rather than a mere communication of information. Let me explain. In a past bulletin article we wrote to you of a Dioce-san project, called, “Growing in Faith Together”, that every parish is undertaking. I am working with a core team of four parishioners who will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of our parish and discuss those with other parish’s core-team members in our area to pull together and strengthen our over-all ministry to all parishes. Next weekend, October 29-30, you will be asked to fill out a questionnaire at Mass to as-sist us with this information gathering, so please be pre-pared to give us your input! (This is the information part.) What is personal to me, which is one of the reflection points each parish will have to measure, is one of the goals stated for this project: to make Stewardship a Way of Life throughout the Diocese. To be honest with you, even as Pastor, I had very little knowledge of what stewardship was all about, and so felt that I needed to read up a bit on it. I begin by reading the 1992 Pastoral Letter on Stewardship issued by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops called, Stewardship: A Disciple’s Re-sponse. The letter changed my entire outlook about what it means for us to be disciples of Jesus in a more contemporary context. This is what I am so excited about sharing with you! We might, for example, ask ourselves the question, “Why is it that we come to Mass?” There might be several valid answers, but the predominant reason for coming to Mass, which the bishops’ letter seems to imply, ought to be because we have heard the same call which Jesus gave to Peter and the other disciples: “Come, follow me!” And the response of the disci-ples in receiving that call was to give the totality of them-selves back to Jesus. In the context of stewardship, that total-ity of response is reflected in the gift of our time, talent, and treasure. These three aspects really reflect all that we are, and own, and then choose to make as our response to Jesus to be His disciples. This is really seeing discipleship in the context of stewardship.

As disciple-stewards we realize that all that we are and possess is ultimately a gift given to us by God. We graciously receive that gift, but are then also motivated by a desire to give a good portion of that gift back to God. The gift of time and/or talent can involve a multiplicity of services: from doing some cleanup or electrical work for the parish to serving at one of our minis-tries at Mass, being involved in a parish organization, et cetera. Each of us needs to recognize what our talent or call is and how much time we have at our disposal and how best God wants us to use these for Him The possibilities are endless. The gift of treasure includes, of course, our monetary gifts. Without these the Church could not perform its ministries. From this perspec-tive, each of us needs to ask ourselves the question: “Am I giv-ing back to God enough of what He has given to me?” Some of us may not be able to give a sizable gift during our lifetimes; but we could, at the end of our lives, leave a bequest to the Church, a portion of our will, our insurance policies, or the home we own. All of these are valid ways in which we can re-spond to the call of Christ to be His disciples. In saying all this, I run the risk of sounding as if I was asking something specific from you but that is not my intention. I sim-ply want to help all of us better understand what it means for us to be disciples of Jesus in a very concrete and self-giving way. By such means we are really given an opportunity to grow in deeper holiness, which is the true goal of our lives. I was so moved by the insights I gained from the Bishops’ Letter that I decided to save up and use my meager allowance (as Francis-cans our entire paycheck does not come to us individually but goes to the support of our local and Provincial community) to purchase a copy of the Bishop’s Letter for each member of our Pastoral, Finance, and hopefully, future Stewardship Councils. This I decided would be the gift of treasure I would share with my Lord. Since I cannot do this for each of you, you can download a copy of the Pastoral Letter—once again called Stewardship: A Disciples’ Response— for free at: http://nccbuscc.org/stewardshipdisciplesresponse.pdf. I deeply urge all of you to get a copy and reflect upon it with an open heart. Use it as your spiritual reading. I promise that it will change your heart as it certainly has changed mine; and the Lord cannot do otherwise but bless you for it. Your Servant in Our Lord, Fr. John P. Grigus, OFM Conv. Pastor

HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH PEORIA, ILLINOIS

THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OCTOBER 23, 2011

Homily, Creed and Intentions Serve As a Bridge

The “Second Half” of the Liturgy of the Word consists of the Homily, the Profession of Faith and the Prayers of the Faithful. These three “moments” in the liturgy act as a bridge between the Liturgies of the Word and the Eucha-rist. The homily is to break open the Scriptures and lead us in a deeper understanding of the mysteries we cele-brate. In the Profession of Faith, we publicly acknowledge the foundational truths of our faith. The Prayers of the Faithful gather our intentions and place them at the altar.

Homilies are to be given on Sundays and holy days and may be delivered at daily Mass as well. The homily is re-served to deacons, priests and bishops as it is an exercise of the prophetic and sanctifying duty of the Church. Sandwiched in the middle, the homily serves as an integral link between the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Before the apostles recognized Jesus in the “breaking of the bread”, he explained the Scriptures to them, “filling their hearts with a burning desire”. The homily strives to kindle a fire of love for God and His Church. As a “bridge” it draws us deeper into the mysteries we celebrate – most especially the mystery of the most Holy Eucharist.

The Creed, or Profession of Faith, stems from the ancient Church. This statement of belief was not originally writ-ten to be recited at Mass; it was rather intended as a prerequisite “contract” for adult baptism. One would profess these essential truths of the faith before being admitted into the Church through baptism. Eventually, the Creed would be inserted into the Mass as it is today. The Nicene Creed is both a prayer and a statement of belief. When we pray the Creed, we echo what Catholics have prayed and believed through the centuries. The Creed presents a catechetical review of the central doctrine of Our Lord.

Through the Creed, we as a community of believers stand and profess, in precise terms, the foundations of our faith. We stand for the Creed because of its importance in our Church and in our lives. Of important note is an-other gesture the Church asks of us as we profess the Creed. As we say “by the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary and became man,” we are to bow in adoration of the Incarnation and birth of our Lord. Interestingly, on those respective solemnities (Annunciation and Christmas) we are to retain the ancient custom of genuflecting during those lines. The practice of bowing during these lines is not commonly done in many churches. Along with the other changes taking place, we now have a wonderful opportunity to make this rubric real and once again participate in this gesture of reverence.

The Liturgy of the Word is complete with the Prayers of the Faithful. As a general rule, the Church offers a se-quence of intentions: for the Church, for the public, authorities, for the oppressed and for the local community. Most often, the last prayer is offered for the deceased. The Prayers of the Faithful are introduced by the priest and typically read by a deacon or reader at the ambo, and are concluded by a prayer by the priest at his chair. Even though we may not be the priest celebrating the Mass, this does not take away from our right and duty to offer with the priest our prayers and offerings. The prayers of the Faithful are a wonderful opportunity to affirm our own intentions as we prepare for the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

These prayers are to be general; they are not designed to be too specific. For example, instead of praying for Mary Smith who is ill, the Prayers of the Faithful are more general: “We pray for all who are sick”. Even though these are more general, we can, in a private and prayerful way, offer our specific intentions to our Lord. This is a won-derful practice of our full, conscious, active participation. This is likewise an example that participation in the Mass does not necessarily mean performing any outward action – there are times when full participation is interior.

(Based on A Study of the Mass by Fr. Chris Layden.)

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