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, Lilia Carbajal, John Castrejon, Tilmon Chelette, Isabella Daytesola, , Mary Doris, John Draff, 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, Charlene Martin Lupo, Stella Mindoloska, Judy Moss, Peter Moss, Mark Orlowski, Philip Pasuntino, 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, Trevino, Mary Vacco, Dale Vercellotti, Kevin Wallace, Casty Buchit Young.

DIRECTORY Bishop

Most Rev. Richard E. Pates 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: bulletin@stjohnvillapark.org

RECTORY / PARISH OFFICE 630-279-7404

330 N. Westmore Ave. Villa Park IL 60181 sttacc@comcast.net

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, 1:00 PM en Español Weekdays: 7:45 AM except Thursday at 7:00 PM

Confessions / Confesiones

Mondays 5-6:00 PM—Fridays 7:30-8:30 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.)

August 16th —Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Collections

Sunday August 2nd—$3,814.00

By Mail $1,160.00 Donation—$135.00

Total: $5,109.00

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 weekend 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: $23,533 Amount Paid: $20,765 Balance Due: $2,768 Donor Count: 138

2020 Rebate: $0

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This Weeks Readings

Monday: Ez 24:15-24; Dt 32:18-21; Mt 19:16-22 Tuesday: Ez 28:1-10; Dt 32:26-28, 30, 35cd-36ab;Mt 19:23-30 Wednesday: Ez 34:1-11; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 20:1-16 Thursday: Ez 36:23-28; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Mt 22:1-14 Friday: Ez 37:1-14; Ps 107:2-9; Mt 22:34-40 Saturday: Ez 43:1-7ab; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Mt 23:1-12 Sunday: Is 22:19-23; Ps 138:1-3, 6, 8; Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20

REST IN PEACE

Please remember in your prayers Bob Rudny and Michael

Skowron MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.

Wedding AnniversAry MAss LIVE– STREAMED Cathedral of St. Raymond

August 23, 2020 2:00 PM The 42nd Annual Diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Sunday, August 23 at 2PM at the Cathedral of St. Raymond in Joliet. Couples celebrating anniversaries of 25 years, 50 years or more than 50 years, are welcome to attend and will receive an anniversary certificate mailed after the Mass. Bishop Richard E. Pates will celebrate the Mass. Please register by August 14 by calling the Office of Family Ministry at 815-838-5334 or on line https://bit.ly/3fBY3VN

PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS

God our Father, You made each of us to use our gifts in the Body of Christ. We ask that You inspire young people whom You call to the priesthood and consecrated life to courageously follow Your will. Send workers into Your great harvest so that the Gospel is preached, the poor are served with love, the suffering are comforted, and Your people are strengthened by sacraments. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen

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 is currently waiting on permits. 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

WHY PRAY? The “foreigners” as Isaiah calls them, the “Gentiles” as Paul calls them, or the “Canaanites” as Matthew calls them are called to worship the one true God in prayer. As we listen to today’s readings, perhaps we are tempted to ask: Why pray? The question is rhetorical; it is tantamount to asking why should friends talk to one another or people in love kiss one another. Prayer is a way of relating to God, a way of talking to God. The apostles had the opportunity to talk to Jesus in the flesh. We have the opportunity to talk to Jesus Christ in prayer. Our relationship with him must be enthusiastic; it cannot be faint-hearted. John Donne, a fifteenth-century poet, knew what the qualities of good prayer were. Donne asks God to treat him differently from most Christians. The poet does not want God to merely “knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend,” but also to “break, blow, burn, and make me new” (Holy Sonnets, XIV). It takes a dynamic faith on our part to come to God in prayer. As Jesus once said, “Knock and the door will be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7). It may take pounding the door down, but if we are as persistent as the woman in today’s Gospel, the results will follow.

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Of August 15th—August 23rd

Date Intention RequestedbySaturday, 15th 8:00 AM 5:00 PM 1. Fr. Romon Sida 2. Noreo Psuja (+) 1 Gonzalez-Gallegos Family The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Judy Paris Ann & Family The Family Sunday 16th 9:00 AM 1. The Parishioners of St. Johns 11:00 AM 1. The Parishioners of St. Johns 1:00 PM 1. Spanish Legion of Mary—4th Anniversary Lily Tung Monday, 17th 7:45 AM 1. Sophie Wozny (+) Dorothy Konopacz Tuesday, 18th 7:45 AM 1. Shari & Rick Grif iths (+) Jeannie Young Wednesday, 19th 7:45 AM 1. Thomas V McShane (+) Ray & Pat Mitchell Thursday, 20th 7:00 PM 1. Thomas V McShane (+) John & Mary Kay Sullivan LaBonia Friday, 21st 7:45 AM 1. Robert Ciesla (+) The Ciesla Family Saturday, 22nd 8:00 AM 5:00 PM 1. Luciana Bodero—Baby Blessings 1. The Parishioners of St. Johns Claudia Gruett Sunday, 23rd 9:00 AM 1. The Parishioners of St. Johns 11:00 AM 1. Ronald Madsen Sr. (+) 2. Maria Luisa Hernandez (+) Marian & Emelia Lis Maria Magana 1:00 PM 1. Lucio Reano Salazar (+) Lily Tung

DID Y0U KNOW

Queen of Heaven, a Marian title pertaining to the belief that, after her Assumption, Mary was crowned Queen of Heaven. The feast of Mary the Queen, celebrated on May 31, was instituted by Pius XII in 1954. The queenship of Mary is now observed as a memorial in the liturgical calendar on August 22, the octave of the Solemnity of the Assumption (August 15). SAINT PIUS X (1835-1914) Presidential vetoes we understand. But imagine vetoing a papal election! Yet in the conclave of 1903, the Archbishop of Cracow (ironically, a predecessor in that office of Karol Wojtyla, the future John Paul II) vetoed the leading candidate on the order of the Austro-Hungarian emperor. Instead, the cardinals elected Giuseppe Sarto of Venice as Pius X, the first pope, after a succession of nobles and diplomats, to hail from humble origins. Nor did the papacy alter his endearing simplicity. Tailors eventually made his cassock cuffs detachable because he absentmindedly wiped his fountain pen on them, forgetting that his old black cassock had been replaced by papal white! Taking as his motto “To restore all things in Christ” (Ephesians 1:10), Pius condemned the theological innovations called “modernism,” yet dramatically altered the then-common practice whereby people rarely received Communion for fear of unworthiness, mandating early First Communion and urging everyone to frequent reception. Refusing to bless troops assembled in Saint Peter’s Square—“I bless peace, not war!”—he died brokenhearted as World War I engulfed Christian Europe despite his peacemaking efforts. Feast Day: August 21st

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