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25, 2019

Strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. Make straight paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be disjointed but healed. — Hebrews 12:12‑13

HOLY NAME NEWS Our next Holy Name meeting will be on Friday, September 6th at 7:00 pm.

CAR SHOW NEWS Thank you to everyone who came to the Car Show despite the rain. We received rave reviews on the music provided by The Young Guns. Many thanks go out to our sponsors and all our volunteers. Special thanks to the Whitehouse, Skokal and Frankowski families. Let’s hope we have no rain next year.

Classic Car Show Winners Stock

1st Place: S9 - Mike Ponschke 1967 Chevelle 2nd Place: S10 - Pete Ferraro 1947 Buick 3rd Place: S2 - Mary Camacho 1965 Mustang

Modified 1st Place: M9 - Ken Bilski 1967 Coronet 2nd Place: M8 - Jerry Frankowski 1966 Cutlass 3rd Place: M4 - Wally Staszko 1966 Nova Kid’s Choice: James Mulhearn 2015 Mustang Split-the-Pot Winner: Sheila Wiseman - $810 Pull Tab Winner: No. 700 won $250.00 More information on the results will be forthcoming in next week’s bulletin. We will be holding a Car Show on Saturday, August 31st, to benefit the veterans. This car show will be held at the Bridgeport VFW Post, 3200 S. May Street. Car registration for this event will take place beginning at 1:00 pm on the day of the event. The event is open to the public from 2:00 - 6:00 pm.

Activities This Week

Tues., Aug. 27 - St. Barbara/St. Therese Staff Mtg.; 10:30 am - 12:00 p.m. - First Day of School!

Pat Coverall - $500

Thursday Night Bingo is always looking for volun-teers. If you would like to help us, we have openings for sellers and kitchen help. Please give Jim Bertuc-ci a call (312) 835-5411. This is a great way to help support our combined parish.

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Please pray for the repose of the soul of:

CECILE (CIS) KROK

Sister of Eugenia (Jane) Krzyzanski

Cis was a long-time parishioner of St. Barbara, an usher at the 6:00 am Mass

a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and a nurse in the community

for over 50 years.

Please keep the Krok and Krzyzanski families in your prayers

ST. THERESE MASS CHANGE The Indonesian Mass, formerly held at St. Therese Chinese Catholic Church, will be held at the Divine Word Mission Center at Techny until January.

ST. TERESA OF CALCUTTA Sr. Justus, the Superior of the Mis-sionaries of Charity in Chicago, has offered St. Barbara and St. Therese Church the opportunity to view 17 panels depicting the life story of Mother Teresa.

The panels will be on display at St. Therese Church the weekends of August 17-18 and 24-25. They will then be transferred to St. Barbara Church, to be dis-played the weekends of August 31-September 1 and September 7-8. The panels will be shipped out of state following their display at St. Barbara.

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK Congratulations and Thanks

Congratulations to Dominic Feng and Olivia Pon, recipients of this year’s St. Therese College Scholarship Award. Dominic and Olivia have served our community so well as altar servers, cantors, and event volunteers. We are proud of them and wish them continued success in their respective colleges. Thanks to our Young Adults for a wonderful camping event. It was a beautiful day to connect with each other, to relax, and to celebrate the Eucharist together. Thanks to the Holy Name Society for another successful Car Show. Many of you worked so hard to make it possible. Special thanks to all sponsors, donors and volunteers. Thanks to the St. Rocco Society for an amazing celebration of the Feast of St. Rocco. St. Therese Church was beautifully decorated and packed for Mass. The procession on the streets in our neighborhood offered people a wonderful opportunity to pray and to interact with each other, even with strangers.

IT’S TIME FOR SCHOOL! It’s hard to believe, but school begins on Tuesday, August 27! Sorry, kids, vaca-tion is over. The first Family Mass at the St. Barbara Campus will take place at 9:30 am on Sunday, September 8th, followed by a Back to School Bash!

Peace Circle A Peace Circle is a way of bringing healing and creating deeper relationships for small groups. It is used in different institutions, including Churches. In the last few weeks, our new parish has looked into the possibility of having a Peace Circle for our parishioners. Thanks to Kim Casey who volunteered to lead the group and to all who signed up so far. We still have a few spot to be filled if you are interested to join. This past Tuesday, our staff had an experience of a Peace Circle. For many of us, it was the first time we par-ticipated in a Peace Circle. Thanks to Cathy Waltz and Fernando Reyes for leading us. It was a wonderful gift for us to be part of it. Two questions we shared are: who is one of the persons in your life who helped you to know God better? And how would you share your faith with others as missionary disciples? Many of them mentioned a family member or a priest or a religious Sister. Some of the values and qualities offered help us to be missionary disciples: listening, caring, empathizing, being merciful, persistence, presence, and kindness. These are good questions for us all to reflect and to pray about as we continue the Renew My Church journey. Being missionary disciples is our call from Jesus. Our new parish patron St. Mother Teresa is a powerful ex-ample. I would like to conclude by sharing the following wisdom from St. Mother Teresa:

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway. If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway. What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today will often be forgotten. Do good anyway. Give the best you have and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway. In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

Peace, Fr. Francis

Relevant Radio: On Thursday, August 29th, Fr Li will speak on Relevant Radio (AM 950) from 8:30 - 9:00 am. St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Feast Day: Thurs-day, September 5th is the Feast day of St. Teresa of Calcutta, the patron of our new parish. To celebrate her feast day, two important events will take place. There will be a novena to Mother Teresa beginning on August 27th. The novena will take place follow-ing the Communion. There will also be a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Barbara Church on St. Mother Teresa’s feast day, Thursday Sept. 5th at 10:00 am celebrated by Bishop John Manz. The Mass will be attended by the entire student body and by the Sisters of Charity, the order of nuns founded by Mother Teresa. Everyone is welcome to attend. Due to the feast day, the 8:00 am Mass will be cancelled. First Friday Holy Hour: The Fir st Fr iday devo-tion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus will be on Friday, September 6th at 7 pm at St. Therese Church. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be prayed and Bene-diction will take place. All are welcome. First Saturday Healing Mass will be held at 8 am on Saturday, Sept. 7th, in the St. Barbara Chapel. Family Mass for St. Barbara Campus students will take place the second Sunday of the month be-ginning in September (Sept. 8th). Following the Mass a Back-to-School Bash will be held in the gakk, Family Mass for students at the St. Therese Campus will take place on the third Sunday of the month beginning in September (Sept. 15). During that Mass, the blessing of all Teachers and Catechists will take place. Santa Maria Incoronata Feast: The feast day for Santa Maria Incoronata Mass is celebrated on Sep-tember 8th at 11;00 am. For that Sunday, the St. Therese 8:00 am and 10:30 am Masses will be com-bined to a 9:00 am Mass. Youth Night: Beginning in September there will be a youth night once a month after the 5:00 pm Sat-urday evening Mass. The first youth night on Satur-day, September 14th. Vicariate III Vitality Day: On Wednesday, Sep-tember 18th, Vicariate III will hold a Vitality Day at St. Mary of the Angels from 5:30 to 9:00 pm. This will be a workshop designed for all parish leaders who want to be part of the renewal efforts in our community.

Young Adult Ministry (YAM): There will be a YAM Mass at 1:00 pm on Saturday, September 21st, in St. Therese Catholic Church. This YAM Mass will be geared to all young adults in the Bridgeport/Chinatown area. Leadership Retreat Day: On Saturday, October 26th, from 9:30 - 3:30, there will be a Leadership Retreat Day at the Cenacle Retreat and Conference Center, 513 West Fullerton Parkway. Please think about joining us for this retreat. Religious Education: If you have a child who is interested in receiving religious education classes (PREP), please fill out a form located on the table in back of church. Forms can be placed in the collec-tion basket, returned to the rectory, or emailed to ChrisDelfin@gmail.com RCIA: We are offer ing RCIA classes in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. If you know someone who would like to learn more about the Catholic faith, please fill out a form in back of church and ut it in the collection basket, return it to the rectory or email Tom Howard at thoward@sttheresechicago.org

“SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD” By Sister Caritas

Many times when I am teaching children, there is an ef-fort among the children to be first in line. Sometimes in the effort to be first, other children are almost knocked over. I had a system for getting in line so no one got hurt. Sometimes I would appoint a line leader for the week. Then there was no problem, as through the year everyone got a chance to be first. In the beliefs of the Jewish community, the Jews were the “chosen people”. This relates to Abraham and his de-scendants. WE know Jesus came to save all people. Je-sus is asked, “Are there many who are saved?” Jesus then reminds us that it is not an absolute sure thing that we are saved. We know personal choice, our beliefs, and how we live our life also come into our reaching the king-dom of heaven. Sometimes we are very concerned about being the most important, the most powerful in our work position. Sometimes in families one child will say, “Mother always loved you best.” This can exist even as adults. The real concern of Jesus about being first is whose life, whose heart is the most completely centered on God, completely turned toward God and His will. Will you make as much effort to be pleasing in the eyes of God as you do to please others or gain position in your job? Those who are so sure they are pleasing to God and will be in the king-dom of God may be mistaken. “The first may be last and the last first.”

Saturday, August 24 - Vigil of the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 p.m. + Ronald Weindofer (Rosemary) + Jimmy Annoreno (Family) Divine Mercy for All (C. Kisielente & Family) Sunday, August 25 - The Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time 6:00 a.m. + Cecile (Cis) Krok (Krzyzanski Sisters) + Cecile (Cis) Krok (Henry Diaz DeLeon) + Antoinette Zych (Nicholas Zych) Health Blessings: Virginia Zawacki (Krzyzanski Sisters) 9:30 a.m. + Amasako (Amy) Dihiansan (Emmanuel, Jeremy and Angelica King) + Frank & Josephine Stachnik & Daughter Elaine (Geri Urbanczyk) + Maria Cepiela & John Razny (Sraga Family) + Ed Barton (Ed & B. Glabicki) + Florence Brown (Ed & B. Glabicki) + Steve Korski (Ed & B. Glabicki) 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Therese Church Monday, August 26 - Weekday 8:00 a.m. Mass at St. Therese Church Tuesday, August 27 - St. Bernard 8:00 a.m. + 7th Ann.: Lenore Malone (Family) Wednesday, August 28 - St. Augustine 8:00 a.m. Mass at St. Therese Church Thursday, August 29 - The Passion of St. John the Baptist 8:00 a.m. Friday, August 30 - Weekday 8:00 a.m. Mass at St. Therese Church Saturday, August 31 - Weekday 8:00 a.m. Mother’s Day Remembrance + Ann.: Maryanne Riccelli (Dee Dee) Saturday, August 31 - Vigil of the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 p.m. + Jimmy Annoreno (Family) 15th Birthday Blessing: Marcela Velaquez (Leticia Vazquez) Divine Mercy for All (C. Kisielente Family) Sunday, September 1 - The Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 6:00 a.m. + Cecile Krok (Krzyzanski Sisters) Health Blessings: Virginia Zawacki (Krzyzanski Sisters) 9:30 a.m. + Amasako (Amy) Dihiansan (Emmanuel, Jeremy and Angelica King) + Deceased Members of Joseph & Anastasia Zielinski Family (Geri Urbanczyk) + Estelle Barton (Ed & B. Glabicki) + Russell Lech (Ed & B. Glabicki) Health Blessings: Edward Sraga (Family) Blessings: Lerner & Pienta Families (Virginia Pienta)

Weekly Collection - August 17th - 18th

Sunday Envelopes (50) $ 841.00 Sunday Loose $ 544.00 Children's Envelopes (1) $ 5.00 Elementary School (22) $ 318.00 Total Collection $ 1,708.00 YTD Weekly Actual $ 18,315.62 $ 1,708.00 Goal $ 44,800.00 $ 6,400.00 % of Goal 34% 27% Votives & Vigil Lights: $ 169.74 July Give Central: 1st $ 1,254.00 2nd $ 230.00

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31ST 5:00 p.m. Altar Servers: TBD Eucharistic Ministers: TBD Lectors: G. Dumelle SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST 6:00 a.m. Altar Server: G. Vanderford Eucharistic Ministers: S. Guest, J. Balasa Lector: J. Bertucci 9:30 a.m. Altar Servers: TBD Eucharistic Ministers: TBD Lectors: B. Curry, B Hudren

LITURGICAL MINISTERS

Attention: For those who make your offer ing in the form of a check, please continue to make checks payable to your respective Worship Site Churches until it is announced otherwise.

Electronic giving through GiveCentral.org is the safe and secure way to make your weekly donations to St. Barba-ra. Donate via credit card or electronic check (ACH). Sign up by visiting St. Barbara’s home WEB page and follow the prompts.

Baptisms: Parents must be registered practicing parishioners and attend a baptismal preparation session before a baptism will be scheduled. Call the rectory office for further information. Communion Calls: Please contact the Rectory when someone who is homebound or in the hospital wishes a visit to receive Holy Communion or the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. The Anointing of the Sick is for anyone seriously sick and not only for those near death. Ministry of Care: Eucharistic Ministers are available to visit, pray with, and bring Holy Communion to those who are sick and unable to attend Mass. Notify the Parish Office when this service is needed. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is a program for anyone inquiring and seeking information about entering the Catholic faith. Weddings: Weddings need to be scheduled at least six months in advance. Couples are reminded to secure the Church date before the reception hall.

Please pray for those homebound, hospitalized and in need of continued prayers: Amalia Agins, Austin Agins, Bernadette Agins, Joyce Agins, Stephen Agins, Mary Aguirre, Walter Annerino, Amy Averet, Kimberly Babe, Geraldine Baldwin, Tony Baressi, Judith Beaudry, Joan Beczek, Christine Bertucci, Joseph ‘Joey’ Bertucci, Lonnie & Theresa Bertucci-Falls, Jennifer Bond, Fr. Michael Bowler, Jeff Bowman, Andrea Brongiel, David Brost, Mary Camarda, Anthony Capone Sr., Adele Castro, Laverne Connolly, Tim Consola, Joe Cruz, Patti Cuchetto, Paul DeGrazia, Jacqueline Dybas, Kathy Egle, Jerry Felske, Minnie Ford, Natalia Francone, Bill Frank, Darlene Frost, Harold Frost, Paul Gadomski, Ray Gadomski, Lily Ann Galloway, John Gasca, Cheryl Lynn Gilhooly, Bernadette & Ed Glabicki, Ed Glos, Pat Grieco, Koen Guest, Jose P. Gutierrez, Kellar Harris, Lynette Heidemann, Jasmine Henson, Denise Holland, Gwen Holub, Morris Humphrey, Michaeline Hunter, Ted Hunter, Suzanne Ivester, Jennifer Janson, Chester Jendryczka, Dr. Joe, John Kaput, Dorothy Kawalerski, Rose Kisielowski, Stanley Kiwala, Anna Kolendo, Janice Kutansky, Craig Labudda, Ken Labudda, Sunny Labudda, Baby Kinsley Paige Leschinsky, Kiera Litwin, Lenny Loretto, Richard Lyznicki, Nancy Mallory, John Mangan, Kayle Marth, Paul Martinez, Bill Marczuk, Zena Masi, Maria Mawgwi, Lil’ Joe Michalak, Cindy Moore, Dr. Mike, Cydney Muti, Stephanie Nicks, Deacon Jack O’Leary, Theresa Oleszkiewicz, Allison Pakula, Virginia Pakula, Eva Castillion Parcon, Josie Petkus, Michael Petruck, Dolores Pienta, Mitchell Pienta, Virginia Pienta, Beverly Pirelli, Ray Polakowski, Robert Potter, Josephine Richardson, Sandra Rios, Joel Rivera, Jose Rodriguez, Jose C. Rodriguez, Mila Rolon, Dolly Roti, Ellen Ryan, Therese Ryndak, Dorothy Rzasa, Maria Saludo, Laverne Scianna, Kennedy Shepski, Adeline Skokal, Raymond Smolinski, Gary Solverson, Sharon Solverson, Jeff Spaargaren, Jr., Rosalie Spalla, Diane Spata, Joanne Stewart, Lauren Stronczek, Rose Stronczek, Robert Synal, Baby Zachary Synal, Emily Rose Thomas, Norbert Trojanowski, Bill Ufferman, Dolores Ufferman, Dave Ulczycki, George Vanderford Sr., George Vanderford Jr., Juan Vargas, Ava Walczak, Sadie Walker, Barbara Webb, Bill Webb, Sylvia Wiertel, Madison Young, Eugene & John Zabek, Virginia Zawacki, Irene Zima

MASS SCHEDULE WEEKEND LITURGIES St. Barbara: Saturday: 5:00 pm; Sunday: 6:00am, 9:30 am St. Therese: Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:30 am; and Mandarin Mass on the 4th Sunday of each month at 12:00 p.m.

WEEKDAY LITURGIES St. Barbara: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday: 8:00 am St. Therese: Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 8:00 am Holy Days of Obliga on St. Barbara: Vigil Mass: 7:00 pm; Holy Day Masses: 6:00 am, 8:00 am St. Therese: 8:00 am, 7:00 pm FIRST FRIDAY HOLY HOUR: St. Therese - 7:00 pm FIRST SATURDAY HEALING MASS: St. Barbara Chapel - 8:00 am CONFESSION St. Barbara: Saturday 4:15—4:45 pm or by appointment St. Therese: By appointment THE ROSARY St. Barbara: Sunday at 5:30 a.m. before 6:00 am Mass

Pastor: Fr . Francis Li FLi@StThereseChinatown.org Associate Pastor: Fr . Lucas Oduor Ouda louda@archchicago.org In Residence: Fr. Andrzej Beltowski abeltowski@StBarbaraChicago.org School Principal: Ms. Lisa Deborah Oi DOi@StThereseChicago.org Business Manager: Mrs. Carol Spalla cspalla@StBarbaraChicago.org Director of Music: Ms. Eva Mrgan emrgan@StBarbaraChicago.org Parish Secretaries: Ms. Dolores Becatti dbecatti@StBarbaraChicago.org Ms. Judy Lukwinski jlukwinski@StBarbaraChicago.org Mrs. Carol Spalla Religious Ed.: Mrs. Rober ta Carden The current staff at St. Therese Church is not listed here.

St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish St. Barbara Church

2859 South Throop Street Chicago, Illinois 60608

www.StBarbaraChicago.org Rectory Phone: (312) 842-7979 Rectory Fax: (312) 842-7978 School Phone: (312) 326-6243 School Fax: (312) 842-7960

St. Therese Church 218 West Alexander Street

Chicago, Illinois 60616 www.sttheresechinatown.org

Rectory Phone: (312) 842-6777

OFFICE HOURS: Monday, Tuesday, Wedneday and Fr iday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm. The office is closed on Thurs. Sat. and Sun.