CLERGY (630) 469-7540 Rev. David J. Hankus, D. Min., Ph. D. PASTOR frdavid@stjamesge.org ext. 203

Rev. John Sebahar PASTOR EMERITUS

Deacon Mike Fitzpatrick PERMANENT DEACON deaconmike@stjamesge.org

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MINISTRY CENTER (630) 469-7540 Monday - Wednesday 8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Thursday 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Friday 8:30 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Pat Mooney DIRECTOR OF pat@stjamesge.org MUSIC MINISTRY ext. 207

Gina Wiedman

ext. 208

Rubi Garfias PARISH SECRETARY rubi@stjamesge.org M, T, W, F: ext. 201

Lisa Gilligan COORDINATOR OF lisa@stjamesge.org COMMUNICATIONS, LITURGY & SAFE ENVIRONMENT ext. 205

ST. JAMES SCHOOL (630) 469-8060 www.stjamesge-school.org

Office Hours: M-F: 7:30 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.

Paul Kirk PRINCIPAL pkirk@stjamesge-school.org

RELIGIOUS ED OFFICE (630) 858-5646 reo@stjamesge.org Lisa Weesner COORDINATOR lweesner@stjamesge.org

480 S. PARK BOULEVARD · GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS 60137 | PHONE: 630.469.7540 | FAX: 630.469.7590

OUR PARISH MISSION STATEMENT As members of Christ’s family,

through St. James the Apostle Parish, we:

the Lord by proclaiming His Word and

celebrating His Sacraments,

by learning more about God’s loving plan for us,

to the call of Christ by sharing our talents, gifts and our love,

to the universal community by loving and serving our neighbors.

MODIFIED WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE 07/06

Saturday Vigil | 4:00 P.M. Sunday | 9:00 A.M.

MODIFIED WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE 07/06

Monday - Wednesday Daily Mass | 8:00 A.M.

HOLY DAY MASS SCHEDULE On the Holy Day |VARIES

CHECK SCHEDULE IN BULLETIN FOR TIMES

CONFESSIONS Saturday | 2:30 - 3:15 P.M.

Sunday, December 27, 2020 | The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

The Holy Family

Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family. Much of what we hear about today in the media regarding families seems to involve violence, greed and lack of communication. We often do not hear about the good things that happen in our families. I have come to know many families here at St. James the Apostle Parish over the years and can truly say that many good things are happening in our families. I can tell how much parents love their children and how the children come to respect their parents. Certainly no family has a perfect life. Human nature seems to dictate that there will be conflicts at times, but overall family life is doing well. One thing we must make sure of it that the quality of our family life does not diminish. We must always be on guard to insure that open communication, understanding, forgiveness and above all, love, are a part of everyday family living. Today, we look at the life of Jesus, Mary and Joseph together as a family. We see the virtues that they exhibited and try to make them a part of our own family life. Love, respect and obedience are highlighted in the Gospel regarding the Holy Family. Let us try to make those virtues a reality in our own families not just at this time of the year, but every day of our lives. Father David

Thank You

A sincere “Thank You” goes out to all who helped in any way to make our Christmas celebrations truly prayerful and inspiring. Whether you helped decorate, served at one of the liturgies as greeter, usher, set-up and Eucharistic Minister at our “parking lot Masses,” or supported the parish in some other way, including with your generous financial gifts to the parish, I sincerely thank you.

On behalf of the parish staff, I would like to wish all of you a very blessed and happy new year! May our Lord be with you and bestow upon you all that you need as you serve Him with renewed spirit and love! Father David

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—Join us as we celebrate Mary, Mother of God—

Thursday, December 31st Vigil Mass at 4:00 P.M.

Friday, January 1st

Mass at 9:00 A.M.

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Consecration to the Holy Family at all Masses this Weekend

To celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family this weekend, the Knights of Columbus, Council #9806 of St. James the Apostle Parish will sponsor a special prayer at each of the Masses.

After Communion at each Mass families will be invited to pray the special prayer led by the celebrant. In this prayer, each family of the parish consecrates themselves to the Holy Family and devotes themselves to the ideal model of familial love set by Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Through this consecration, each participant is consciously choosing to be a beacon of God’s love through His Church. We hope you will join us in praying this prayer on the Feast of the Holy Family.

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Parish Prayer List If you would like to add a name to the parish prayer list, please contact Rubi at: rubi@stjamesge.org. Thank you!

Emas Abdelsayed Nicholas Affatato Chuck Ahonen

Dawn Aldaz Olivia Aliga

Joe Allen Antonia Ambubuyog

Mike Asani Jason B.

Jennifer Baker Colleen Bell John Benton

Enzo Bernabei Bob Bernicky Karen Bjanki Lydia Boyer

Glenys Brown Ken Bucheit

Fiore Carrino Michael Chachula

Rose Chachula Natalie Chavez

Adam Chrzastek Anthony V. Coco

Agapita Collo Joel L. Collo

Maxine Coman Myrna Comstock

Mary Ann Contafio Annette Cooke Donna Cooke Nora L. Cote Frank Cruz

Virginia czuchra Chris Danly

Sue Davis Charlie DeMory

Georgianna DeMory Tony DeMory

Faith DiMarco Nick DiFruscolo

EMMETT DOHERTY Deb Drager

Melinda Dragicevich Phoebe Fajardo

Mary Lou Fehlen Bernie Finnegan Sarah Fitzgerald

John Flanyck Gerald Fleischfressser

Alex Fosco Larry Foster James Frasier

Vanessa Frazier Darlene Galgan Edward Galvin Donna Giuseffi

Don Michael Grabiec

John Graff Robert Gunter

Susan Hagensee Sharon Harbert Dawn Harden Brian Hasler Josh Hobson

Jay John Jackson

Laura Jardine Gail Johnsen

Ellen Johnston Josefina Kellogg Patricia Klein Mary Kohout Peter Lajoice

Greg Leakakos Joan Leakakos

Han B. Lee Robert Lenger

Felomina Lezada Woody Lindauer

Divina Lim Pureza Lim Zosimo Lim

Tony Lindauer Ellen Lloyd

Todd Lohenry Obien Lyle

Mae Jeannine Mack Fr. Art Maher

Sania Mangoba Marian McCarthy

Louise McIntyre Louis Montana Sr.

Leticia Moreno Mary Motto Art Moxley Geri Moxley

JIM MULCARE Joseph Mulcare

Jean Murphy Fr. Jim Murphy

John Murray Nada Nadar Nik Nguyen

Edwin Obien Karl Obien

Peggy O’Reilly Fr. John Ouper

Carolyn Patterson Charmaine Patterson Patricia Patterson

James Pelletiere Samantha Pelletiere

Toni Pereira Debbie Phillips

Ernesto Pojas Milagros Pojas Thomas Radic

Roberta Rainville Cora Reda

Gabrielle Reese Peter Regula

Jordan Richards Angela Rinaldi

Roseanne John Rossi

Rose Rudnick Colleen Sabel

Christiana Salameh Steven Salata

Carol Sandowski Joe Sansone

Natalie Jane Santos Sharon Sassone Bobbie Saverino Ginny Saverino

Russ Schauer Fr. John Sebahar MIKE SERRA

Mary Sherwood Judy Silberhorn

Dale & Gale Simek Wanda Slupik

Cindy Smetana Margo Smetana Marie Sobecki

Dexter Sondrik Grace Stasi Bill Tansley

Maria Tomczak Bruce Tompkinson

Patricia Tompkinson Ronald Townsel Frank Trankina

Fred Tsai Nora Tsai Joan Turos

Joseph Turos Gabriella Urban Andrew Ursitti

The Ursitti Family Zoraida Vazquez

Florencio Vergeldedios Socorro Vergeldedios Alexander Joseph Yee

Rosita Yee Chok Yu

Donna Wagner Carol Williams

Ann Wilson Mary Winter

Paulette Wolski

We Offer Our Prayers “Whoever believes in me, even if they die, will live.”

Betty Moran, mother of Michael Moran

Epiphany Home Blessing Card with Chalk Now Available at the Ministry Center

On Sunday, January 3rd we celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord. Praying an Epiphany Home Blessing and marking the lintel with chalk over the main entrance of the home is an ancient tradition that not only places God at the entrance of your home, it places your entire family under his protection.

Packets containing the prayer of blessing, along with a piece of chalk are now available for pickup at the Ministry Center during office hours. You are invited to take the Prayer of Blessing and the chalk to use it while invoking God’s blessing upon your home.

Take the blessed chalk and first write the initials of the three Wise Men, connected with Crosses, over the inside of your front door (on the lintel, if possible). Then write the year, breaking up the numbers and the year so that they fall on both sides of the initials. It should look like this, for example 20 C+M+B 2 1 with the “21” being the millennium and century, the “C” standing for the first Wise Man, Caspar, the “M” standing for Melchior, the “B” standing for Balthasar, and the “21” standing for the decade and year. It is also popularly believed that the Kings’ initials stand for “Christus mansionem benedicat” (“Christ bless this house”).

To learn more about this ancient tradition, visit https://onepeterfive.com/the-chalking-of-the-doors-an-epiphany-tradition-explained/

Worship Ministries

A Reflection on the Feast of the Holy Family

Holy persons, holy family. It is, perhaps, easy to see the holiness in the Holy Family and not in our own. But holy we are, too. We are holy because of God’s loving-kindness and God living among us. Pope Francis says this clearly in Gaudete et Exsultate on the call to holiness in today’s world. Let us look to the saint next door. Let us also be the saint next door. God, in creation, makes us holy. We are called to remain in holiness. Though we need help from God and from others, it is possible for each one of us. • Who can I name as a saint next door? • What do they do and say, not do and say, to

make this so? • What one holy and mercy work will I do in this

Christmas season? • What will I do and say to bring holiness to this

sometimes-messy world?

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Readings for the Week Monday: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7b-8: Mt:13-18 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35 Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:36-40 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18 Friday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12

Saints and Special Observances Sunday: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Monday: The Holy Innocents Tuesday: Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord; St. Thomas Becket Wednesday: Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord Thursday: Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord; St. Sylvester I; New Year’s Eve Friday: The Octave of the Nativity of the Lord; Mary, the Holy Mother of God; World Day of Prayer for Peace; New Year’s Day; First Friday Saturday: Ss. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen; First Saturday

We Invite You to Participate in Weekend Masses Online at St. James the Apostle

Thank you to all those parishioners who continue to participate in our online Sunday Masses. We are committed to continue filming and making available weekend Masses. Stay tuned to your regular Flocknotes from the parish for the weekly link or just check our website stjamesge.org on Saturdays for the link to the latest Mass which will be found in the headers. You may also subscribe to our YouTube Channel, St. James the Apostle Glen Ellyn.

A big thank you to parishioner Phil Mueller of Mueller Production Services, whose generous donation of many hours of time and talent have made it possible for us to continue this ministry. (www.muellerproductionservices.com)

Thank You to Our Reopening Volunteers!

As we wrap up 2020, we want to acknowledge the fact that since our reopening, none of our Masses, Confessions, Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals, First Communions, First Reconciliations or any other sacramental event could have happened without the assistance of our St. James Parishioners who have stepped forward to serve as members of our St. James Reopening Team. It takes a village to open the doors of a church for worship and sacrament safely in the middle of a global pandemic and these wonderful men and woman keep coming, day after day, week after week to make it happen! So if you see one of them when you come to church, please be sure to thank them for their sacrifice and love for their fellow parishioners.

And if you want to become a member of this AMAZING team, we would love to have you! Email Reopen@stjamesge.org if you want to get involved.

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End of the Year Giving

Please note that all 2020 Weekly, Christmas and Blue Envelope offerings received in the Ministry Center after December 31st, will be credited to your 2021 parish contribution account. Contribution letters will be sent out mid-January to any parishioner who donated to the parish in 2020.

Christian Service Ministries Administration Ministries [ STEWARDSHIP NOTE FOR TODAY ]

“Whatever you do,” says St. Paul to the Colossians, “do it in the name of the Lord Jesus. Give thanks to God the Father through Him.” So it is that we offer our gifts in the Eucharist “Through Him, with Him and in Him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit.”

The Collection amount for the weekend of December 5/6 is $11,521.00

Thank you! Your generosity is greatly appreciated & needed!

2021 Parish Calendars Now Available for Pickup

As we look forward to the new year ahead and the promise for better days, we want to thank Leonard Memorial Home for their generosity in supplying our 2021 parish calendars. We have one for each parish household. Copies are available for pickup at the Ministry Center during office hours.

Ministry Center Holiday Hours

Please note that on Thursday, December 31st the Ministry Center will close early at 12 noon and will be closed on New Year’s Day. We will resume normal office hours on Monday, January 4th at 8:30 A.M. If you have an emergency while we are closed, please call 630.469.7540, ext. 22 and leave a message on the emergency line. Your call will be returned as soon as possible.

St. James Youth Ministry

Glen Ellyn Food Pantry Most Needed Items

Boxed Instant Potatoes, Jars of Pasta Sauce, Dried Black Beans, Boxed Granola Bars, Toothbrushes, Body Wash, Deodorant, Liquid Hand Soap, Paper Towels. The Glen Ellyn Food Pantry gladly accepts food donations at 493 Forest Avenue, Glen Ellyn.—Check our website for holiday hours. https://www.glenellynfoodpantry.org/ If you need other accommodations please call. Thank you! Be a part of Pantry history by purchasing a brick through our Capital Campaign which is transforming our new home! Bricks purchased and customized by donors will greet thousands of our neighbors who visit us for assistance. 4"x8" or 8"x8" options are available and they would make a memorable gift this holiday season. Visit https://www.thatsmybrick.com/gefp for more information.

Behind the scenes work by many families purchasing and prepping yard after yard of beautiful fleece....two Sunday afternoons of oodles of teens making oodles of knots in that fleece....one youth minister's car filled to the brim with blankets.....equals many happy residents of Maple Glen Home in Glen Ellyn! Thank you everyone for making this super service so easy to get done! May your 2021 offer many opportunities for your family to be able to give back to others!! Happy New Year!

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28/MONDAY Daily Mass 8 A.M. | CHURCH Doors will be unlocked 20 minutes before all Masses. Doors are locked when bells are finished ringing. Enter Door 12 only. Pre-Registration is required. Church and Narthex Closed for Sanitizing 12-2:30 P.M. | CH/CN A.A. Meeting 8 P.M. | SJH2/3

29/TUESDAY Daily Mass 8 A.M. | CHURCH Doors will be unlocked 20 minutes before all Masses. Enter Door 12 only. Pre-Registration is required. A & E Water Plants 8:30 A.M. | CH Film Mass: 01/01 11 A.M. | CH/ALL Film Mass: 01/03 12 P.M. | CH/ALL Hospitality 1 P.M. | SJH2/3 Film Mass: 01/10 1:30 P.M. | CH/ALL Church & Narthex Closed for Sanitizing 2:30-5 P.M. | CH/CN

30/WEDNESDAY Daily Mass 8 A.M. | CHURCH Doors will be unlocked 20 minutes before all Masses. Enter Door 12 . Pre-Registration required. Church and Narthex Closed for Sanitizing 12-2:30P.M. | CH/CN

31/THURSDAY Vigil Mass for Mary, Mother of God 4 P.M. | CH/ALL Doors will be unlocked 20 minutes before all Masses. Doors are locked when bells are finished ringing. Enter Door 12 only. Pre-Registration is required. Church and Narthex Closed for Sanitizing 5:30 P.M.– 8 P.M. | CH/CN

01/MARY, MOTHER OF GOD

Parking Lot Mass Daily Mass 8 A.M. | CHURCH Doors will be unlocked 20 minutes before all Masses. Enter Door 12 . Pre-Registration required. Church & Narthex Closed for Sanitizing 9:30-12 P.M. | CH/CN Pre-Registration Release of Masses 1 P.M. | ONLINE

02/SATURDAY Cursillo Meeting 7:30 A.M. | SJH2/3 Reconciliations 2:30 P.M. | CHURCH Doors will be unlocked 15 minutes before Reconciliation-Enter Door 12 only. Pre-Registration Req. Mass 4 P.M. | CHURCH Doors will be unlocked 20 minutes before all Masses. Doors are locked when bells are finished ringing. Enter Door 12 only. Pre-Registration is required. Church and Narthex Closed for Sanitizing 5:15-8 P.M. | CH/CN

03/SUNDAY Mass 9 A.M. | CHURCH Doors will be unlocked 30 minutes before all Masses. Doors are locked when bells are finished ringing. Enter Door 12 only. Pre-Registration is required. Manually Sanitize Church Before Baptisms 10:30 A.M.|CH/CN Baptism 12:30 P.M. | CH/CN Church and Narthex Closed for Sanitizing 1:30-4 P.M. | CH/CN

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Mass Intentions & This Week @ St. James >December 28-January 3, 2020 DECEMBER 28/MONDAY

8:00 A.M. Cathy Gawron REQ. BY GAWRON FAMILY

DECEMBER 29/TUESDAY 8:00 A.M. Leonard Robinson REQ. BY MIKE & MARY ELLEN FINNANE Gilbert Menchaca REQ. BY JANICE MENCHACA Marion Liesz REQ. BY SUSAN PADILLA

DECEMBER 30/WEDNESDAY 8:00 A.M. Jane Fruehe REQ. BY MIKE & MARY ELLEN FINNANE

Edward Jaskowiak REQ. BY THE FAMILY Maria De Jesus Garfias REQ. BY RUBI GARFIAS

DECEMBER 31/THURSDAY 8:00 A.M. (PRIVATE) Arnie Pyle REQ. BY PYLE FAMILY 4:00 P.M. VIGIL MASS Intentions of the Reopening Volunteers

JANUARY 1/MARY, MOTHER OF GOD 9:00 A.M. The Parishioners

JANUARY 2/SATURDAY 4:00 P.M. The Parishioners

JANUARY 3/SUNDAY 9:00 A.M. Mary Nell REQ. BY THE MATUSIAK FAMILY 11:00 A.M. (PRIVATE) James Kerns REQ. BY JOHN JACKSON & FAMILY

PLEASE NOTE: The 8 and 11 A.M. Masses labeled “Private” are celebrated by Fr. Sebahar in the chapel at his residence.

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