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St. John the Apostle Church, Villa Park
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
OUR PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS WHO ARE SICK:
If you would like your name added to or removed from this list for prayers, please call the rectory. Maria Ester Aguilar, Janet Anderson, Ann Bader, Ray Bader, Guadalupe Bautista, Lilia Carbajal, John Castrejon, Tilmon Chelette, Pat Corcoran, Isabel-la Daytesola, Carol DeWitt, Mary Doris, John Draff, Leo Dube, Brock Eckhoff, Emily Emond, Deacon Joe Ferrari, Angelina Flores, Egan Gan. Fran Hale, Stanley Kalinowski, Charlotte Kennon, Joann Klien, David Koenig, John Kraynack, Frances Krueger, John Krzys, Amy Lewicki, Manuel Loeza, Charlene Martin Lupo, Tom McShane, Stella Mindoloska, Judy Moss, Peter Moss, Mark Orlowski, Philip Pasuntino, Joseph Peteck, Jennifer Perez, Matt & Annmarie Potenza, Frank Ragase, Bobby Roeback, G. Rojas, Marge Saalfeld, Mateo Santacruz, Fr. John Sebahar, Luigi Schiassi, Theresa Sekowski, Tom Shook, Tim Smith, Mondavi Sobbi, Benjamin Soriano, Mary Thoris, Florencia Trevino, Mary Vacco, Dale Vercellotti, Kevin Wallace, Casty Buchit Young.
DIRECTORY Bishop
Most Rev. R. Daniel Conlon Pastor-Rev. Mark Rosenbaum
Weekend & Daily Mass– Assistant Weekend Mass Assistant Priests
Fr. Tan Nguyen SVD Fr. Nhan Van Tran SVD
Deacon Ron Madsen (630) 279-7433 Music Ministry—John Toner, Alexia Garcia
Director of Religious Education / Directora de Educacion Religiosa
Dolly Foley (630) 832-7588 R.E. Office Hours/Horario de Oficina: Monday/Lunes 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Saturday/Sabado 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Parish Website: www.stjohnvillapark.org
Deanery: www.easterndupagedeanery.org
Bulletin Editor: [email protected]
RECTORY / PARISH OFFICE 630-279-7404
330 N. Westmore Ave. Villa Park IL 60181 [email protected]
OFFICE HOURS
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM Friday: 6:00 – 8:00 PM, Saturday 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
MASS SCHEDULE / HORARIO DE MISA SANTA
Saturday: 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Sunday: 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:30 PM en Español
Weekdays: 7:45 AM except Thursday at 7:00 PM
Confessions / Confesiones Saturday from 4:00 – 4:45 PM or by appointment.
Baptisms / Bautismos
Pre-Baptism class in English – the 1st Sunday of the month at 12:30 PM. Preparacion pre-bautismal – primer sábado del mes a las 10:30 AM.
Contact the rectory to register. Contacte la rectoría para registrarse.
Weddings / Bodas / Quinceañeras Contact the rectory to schedule. Contacte la rectoría para programar.
MISSION STATEMENT The Catholic Community of St. John the Apostle Parish commits to live out the teachings of Jesus Christ, nourished by the Eucharist, guided by the Holy Spirit and rooted in prayer. Together we continue the mission of Christ through Evangelization, Discipleship and Charity. La misión de la Parroquia San Juan Apóstol La Comunidad Católica de la Parroquia San Juan Apóstol se compromete a vivir las enseñanzas de Jesucristo, alimentada por la Eucaristía, guiados por el Espíritu Santo y con raíces en la oración. Juntos continuamos la misión de Cristo a través de la evangelización, discipulado y Caridad.
MILITARY PRAYER LIST. As a parish family, we at St. John the Apostle pray for all the members of our parish. We especially pray for our parishioners and their relatives who are currently on active duty in the military: • DeWitt • Staff Sgt. Adam Griswold • Pvt. Aren Menor • Pvt. Joseph Aguayo-Ludvik • USMC Joseph Ciesla • Spc. Thomas • AIC Darren Menor • A1C Ryan Pemberton • Sgt. Andrew J. Peterson • Sgt. Donald J. Peterson • A1C Anthony Pieroni—USAF • Pvt. Jeremy Schumacher • Spc. MP Catherin R. Stover/Peterson • Corp. Robert Stover • Pfc. Stephen Winter. ( name and
branch of service so that he or she can be included in a weekly prayer list in our bulletin.)
May 24th—The Ascension of the Lord
Collections
Sunday—$5,835.00 On Line Giving—$465.00
Easter—$130.00 Home Mission -$10.00 Good Friday—$5.00
TOTAL: $6,445.00
Your generosity and discipleship are greatly appreciated! Thank you for supporting the good work of St. John Parish!
2020 Catholic Ministries Annual Thank you to those who have already respond-ed with a gift or pledge to the 2019 Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal. If you have not yet made a gift or pledge, there is still plenty of time to respond. Gift envelopes are available in the back of church and may be placed in the week-end collection basket. Gifts can also be made by credit card through the Diocesan website at www.jolietdioceseappeal.org or use the link at the bottom of the homepage of our website. Our Parish Goal: $22,500 Amount Pledged: $21,943 Amount Paid: $16,344 Balance Due: $5,999 Donor Count: 125
2020 Rebate: $0
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ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE PARISH HALL KITCHEN -- READY FOR REFURBISHING! Dear Parishioners of St. John the Apostle, The time has come for our 50+ year old parish hall kitchen to get a badly needed facelift! Father Rosenbaum and the Finance Council have approved and will fund the majority of the cost of this project. The project timeline is 6 weeks beginning in June, 2020. We’re looking forward to repairing and updating this space for all of our members to use and enjoy, and we would appreciate your support for this project benefitting our church community. The Kitchen Project committee is asking for your donations to cover the cost of the new appliances. Donations in any amount are welcome. Just place your donation in an envelope marked Kitchen Project and drop it in the collection basket at Mass or send it to the parish office. Please consider donating to this parish project and thanks again for your support of St. John the Apostle and our parish community. Sincerely, Kitchen Project Committee
Stewardship Prayer
Lord God, You alone are the source of every good gift, of the vast array of our universe, and the mystery of each human life. We praise you and thank you for your great power and your tender, faithful love. Everything we are and everything we have is your gift, and after having created us you have given us into the keeping of Your Son, Jesus Christ.
This Weeks Readings
Monday: Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab; Jn 16:29-33 Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68:10-11, 20-21; Jn 17:1-11a Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68:29-30, 33-36ab; Jn 17:11b-19 Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Jn 17:20-26 Friday: Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab; Jn 21:15-19 Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11:4, 5, 7; Jn 21:20-25 Sunday: Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5; Ps 104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-28, 29-30; Rom 8:22-27; Jn 7:37-39 Day: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 20:19-23
Voca ons are born in prayer and from prayer; and only through prayer can they persevere and bear fruit. Pope Francis
Fundamental Right and Elections As the election draws near, we are hearing more and more about health care, education, the war on terrorism, and other important topics. All of these are, to be sure, very important. However, the most important topic is the one that few people (particularly politicians) want to talk about: abortion. One might ask, "But how is abortion more important than quality education?" Easy. A child cannot receive a quality education once he/she is aborted. It is certainly a noble goal to ensure that every child receives a qual-ity education, but when one-third of children die before they reach kindergarten, we have failed in providing them with a quality education. The same is true for other issues. Certainly children should have access to proper health care, but why is health care important? Health care is important because we value human life and seek to protect it from harm. Abortion, conversely, says that the purpose of health care is to destroy life, not to nurture it. In short, every humanitarian goal (and there are many of them) rests on the premise of the value and protection of human life. Derecho Fundamental y las Elecciones Al acercarse las elecciones, escuchamos más y más sobre el cuidado de la salud, educación, la guerra contra el terrorismo y otros temas importantes. Todos estos son, sin duda, muy interesantes. Sin embargo, el tema más importante es aquel del que muy pocas personas (especialmente los políticos) quieren hablar: El aborto. Uno podría preguntarse, "Cómo es que el Aborto es más importante que la calidad educativa ?" Fácil. Un niño no puede recibir una buena educación cuando éste ha sido abortado. Es ciertamente un objetivo noble el asegurar que cada niño reciba una educación de buena calidad, pero cuando un tercio de los niños muere antes de que lleguen a jardín de la infancia, hemos fallado en proporcionársela. Lo mismo es cierto para otras cuestiones. Ciertamente, los niños deben tener acceso a una atención médica adecuada, pero ¿por qué es importante el cuidado de la salud? Es importante porque nosotros valoramos la vida humana y tratamos de protegerla de cualquier daño. El Aborto, por el contrario, dice que el propósito del cuidado de la salud es destruir la vida, no cultivarla. Para resumir, cada objetivo humanitario (y hay muchos de ellos) se basa en la premisa del valor y la protección de la vida humana.
“The greatest destroyer of peace in the world today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing.” Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“La fuerza más destructive de la paz del mundo de hoy es el aborto, porque es una Guerra directa, un asesinato directo.”
“PUSHED” OUT ON MISSION There is a delightful character in the original Dr. Dolittle Tales called the “Pushmi-Pullyu.” It is a beast with two identical halves, with a head at each end. No matter which direction the beast walks, one end is the “push me” and the other is the “pull you.” Today’s feast is a bit like that in the life of the church. In the book of the Acts of the Apostles, it is the ascension of Christ that calls for the Holy Spirit, which consequently sends or “pushes” the church out on its mission. This is the message that we hear from the angels today as they tell the friends of Jesus not to look up into the clouds, but to get busy. It is the message of Jesus himself in
Matthew’s Gospel, as he sends them out to baptize. He also tells them, “I am with you always, until the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). And it is this message, confident in faith that Jesus has ascended to shouts of joy, that “pulls” us along to our final destiny. The life of the faithful disciple, sent into the world on mission, will one day know the same risen, ascended glory.
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Of May 23rd –May 31st
Date Intention RequestedbySaturday, 23rd 8:00 AM 5:00 PM 1. The Parishioners of St. Johns 1. The Parishioners of St. Johns
Sunday 24th 9:00 AM 1. Edward & Emily Slowik (+) The Family 11:00 AM 1. Kathleen Brophy (+) 2. Richard Armstrong Tom Brophy Dorothy Wojnarowski 12:30 PM 1. The Parishioners of St. Johns Monday, 25th 7:45 AM 1. The Parishioners of St. Johns Tuesday, 26th 7:45 AM 1. Alice Perry Dorothy Wojnarowski Wednesday, 27th 7:45 AM 1. The Parishioners of St. Johns Thursday, 28th 7:00 PM 1. The Parishioners of St. Johns Friday, 29th 7:45 AM 1. The Parishioners of St. Johns Saturday, 30th 8:00 AM 5:00 PM 1. The Parishioners of St. Johns 1. Jacqueline Janata (+) Tom & Pat Janata Sunday, 31st 9:00 AM 1. Ronald Madsen Sr. (+) The Knights of Columbus 11:00 AM 1. The Parishioners of St. Johns 12:30 PM 1. The Parishioners of St. Johns
DID Y0U KNOW
Feast of the Ascension, the day commemorating Christ’s return to heaven forty days after his Resurrection. It is observed on the Thursday before the Seventh Sunday of Easter, and is a holy day of obligation in the universal Church. The Ascension is the final event of Jesus’ visible earthly ministry. The Feast of the Ascension may be regarded as the day on which Jesus, in his glorified body, took his seat at the right hand of God. This feast may also be interpreted metaphorically as an expression of the enduring relationship between the transcendent Jesus and the community he left behind. It was through the Ascension that Jesus’ supremacy over creation was revealed; it was the Ascension, too, which made possible the sending of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. Just as the Resurrection expressed the reality of Jesus’ triumph over death, revealing Jesus as the Risen Christ, so the Ascension assures believers that Jesus is eternally present with God. After the Ascension, Jesus was no longer present among his followers in a physical sense; paradoxically, the ascended Jesus is forever present in the world.
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