A WORD FROM OUR PASTOR

When I was a young, bright-eyed, brown-haired seminarist, I did an internship at St. Barnabas Parish at 101st and Longwood in Chicago. At St. Barnabas, we had a 6:30 am Lit-urgy of the Word with Communion Rite, and sometimes I would lead this rite. In the Byzantine Church we call this the Liturgy of the Presanctified. Sometimes people just refer to this as a "communion service." I really dislike that term. "Service" is such a passive word. I take my car in for service. But "liturgy" is active! The word comes from Greek and literally means the work of the people. Anyway, I was doing my work of presiding at this liturgy one morning. At the proper time, I

went to the tabernacle to retrieve one of the ciboria for communion. A ciborium is a vessel, often with a lid, that holds the hosts at Mass. However, at St. Barnabas they were in the habit of not using the lids. As I opened the tabernacle, I was startled to see a big, long, leggy house centipede sitting on the hosts in a cibor-ium. Thank goodness there were two ciboria. I took the centipede-free ciborium out of the tabernacle, finished the liturgy, and later shooed away the bug. The associate pastor performed the necessary rites to purify the hosts from centipede cooties, and then St. Barnabas began using lids on their ciboria! Perhaps last Sunday you noticed some new, shiny things on the altar at communion time. We began using new ciboria. Recently, two very generous benefactors made donations that enabled us to purchase these new ciboria. I am extremely grateful to former parishioner Dolores Dubas and her family for their very nice gift to the parish. I am also extremely grateful to our own Divine Infant Men's Club who also made a very large donation towards the purchase of these vessels. I like these new ciboria for two reasons. First, they are beautiful. They are well-crafted and shine with the radiance of gold. I like them because their beauty says that what we are doing is important and special. They say that what they contain is a treasure. For me, this is a critical principle of the liturgy. I do not think we can or should ever have casual liturgy. We should never treat the Eucharist as anything less than the most impor-tant, formal, joyful, significant meal of our lives. Imagine on your wedding day arriving at your reception hall to find the tables set with paper plates and plastic dinnerware. That just ain't right. Well, the Eucharist is a wed-ding reception too. It is the marriage between heaven and earth, bread and Body, wine and Blood, God and us. I want every celebration of the Eucharist, from the ordinary weekday Masses to the most solemn liturgies of Easter and Christmas, to be the most important, joyful, significant, and beautiful experiences they can be. Obviously, this is my Byzantine side coming out. The Roman liturgy is known for its efficiency and simplic-ity, and I like that about it, but these cannot lapse into casualness or sloppiness. So, I hope you appreciate the beauty of these new gifts to our parish. I hope they enrich your experience of the Eucharist. I hope they make every Mass a beautiful wedding celebration in which you may perceive the tremendous treasure that the Eucharist is for us. And reason number two: they have lids, of course! Sorry, Centipedes, no communion for you!... at least not until you are baptized.

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME September 5, 2010

Fill us at daybreak with your kindness, that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days.

— Psalm 90:14

Divine Infant Class of 2011

Fall Mum Sale

September 18th—September 19th

8 inch Mums $10.00 each / $18.00 for two

variety of colors Plants will be available after all Masses

in the Gloria parking lot Thank you for your support! Any questions, please call

708.865.2570

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 2010!!!

WELCOME BACK STUDENTS, FAMILIES, FACULTY AND STAFF

DIVINE INFANT MEN’S CLUB Save the Date!!

Monday, September 27th Kick-off—Bears vs. Green Bay

Half the ticket price will help fund the gym floor. Watch The Crown for further details.

WOMEN’S GUILD

The Divine Infant Women’s Guild

on the occasion of their first ever BRIDGE & BUNCO

WITH POTLUCK APPETIZERS KICKOFF Request the honor of your presence at this event.

Bring your own games or use the cards and dice

that will be furnished. This event will take place on Thursday, September 9th,

7:00 pm in Langan Hall

Potluck appetizers will be furnished by participants and liquid refreshments will be

furnished by the Guild.

All ladies of the parish are welcome whether alone or with a group. There will be tables and games

available for all.

We will accept memberships at this event.

SCRIPTURE STUDY Divine Infant will begin the Little Rock Scripture Study series with the seven week “Introduction to the Bible.” This is an opportunity to read God’s word, pray, study and engage in a small-group discussion. Each participant will have a handbook and a study guide. These materials will help us in understanding the Bible passages that we read and challenge us to relate the Scriptures to our own life experiences. Cost of the materials is $15.00. Bible passages are reprinted in the handbook, but if you want to order a Bible for your own use, the Bibles are available for an additional $5.00. Please choose the afternoon or evening session. Please pick up your materials from the rectory before the first session. We will be discussing the first two chapters.

Tuesday, 7:00 to 8:00 pm September 14th to October 26th

Meet in the Pine Room

Wednesday, 1:00 to 2:30 pm September 15th to October 27th Meet in the Choir Area of Church

Please call the rectory to register.

WELCOME! WELCOME TO THE RCIA

(Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) That is right—we are waiting to wel-come anyone interested in joining or with questions about the Catholic Faith. Our formal program will begin in Sep-tember, but you are invited to reflect, pray and discern NOW if you are being called to join the church. If you think your heart is

leading you to membership in the church and your mind is encouraging you to inquire THEN call the rectory at 865-8071.

WOMEN’S GUILD ANNUAL BAKE SALE

BAKERS come on down and make this the best bake sale in town! We need cookies, brownies, cakes and more for the annual bake sale on Sep-tember 25th. Contact Ann with any

questions at 708-865-2570.

HAND-CHIME ENSEMBLE If you are in the 5th to 8th grades and would like to play the hand-chimes, come to our practices on Tuesdays from 2:45 to 3:30 pm in church. No musical background is re-quired—only your enthusiasm. We play once a month at weekend Masses. We also play at Christmas and Easter. Our first practice will be on Tuesday, September 7th, from 2:45 to 3:30 pm in church. If you are interested, but you have a scheduling or transportation conflict, or just questions, please call Lisa Barry at 450-0466.

DIVINE INFANT PARISH First Outdoor Flea Market

sponsored by the Women’s Guild

September 25th 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Food—Crafts—Vendors

This year in lieu of our annual Aisle of Gifts we are holding our first outdoor flea market. This event will take place on Saturday,

September 25th, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, rain or shine.

We would like for you to be a vendor!

The price per 8 ft. space is $25.00, $10.00 for an additional space. We ask that each vendor supply their own tables, tents,

etc... This charge is considered a donation and will be nonrefundable.

Set-up will be from 7 to 9 am on Saturday, September 25th. Help will be available to unload and reload your vehicles at no charge.

We are also looking for volunteers to help with advertising,

set-up, kitchen help and clean-up.

If you are interested, or have any questions, please contact Genny Panek

@708.865.9977 or email gdpanek@comcast.net.

NEXT WEEKEND’S MINISTERS CELEBRANT EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS LECTORS SERVERS SAT. 5:00 Fr. Joyce J. Bylinski Teens J. Lopez B. Chiostri M. Lopez T. Shuflit SUN. 7:30 Fr. Joyce M. Vent A. DiFiore M. Scheuing M. Yurkovich L. McCarthy J. Panek M. Grimes SUN. 9:30 Fr. Michael M. Bancroft L. D’Andria S. Lorenzen W. Beuck D. Kozerski A. Walton K. Bermudez SUN. 11:30 Fr. Winikates L. Kebby D. Edmonds M. Mitrius S. Kebby B. Edmonds J. Mitrius D. Covelli

WEEKDAY SERVERS MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY 8:00—F. Boyle, L. Notier THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY 8:00—M. Lyons, S. Shuflit

LITURGY FOR THE WEEK SATURDAY, September 4 5:00 pm Walter Trojak; Helen Zigmont; Bob Herres; Emily Lorenz SUNDAY, September 5 7:30 Frances Crivellone; Maris Luisa Suarez (living) 9:30 William Fahey; All the Faithful Departed 11:30 People of the Parish; Ann Ditore; Charles

Konezney MONDAY, September 6 8:00 Louis C. Bauman TUESDAY, September 7 8:00 Walter Piotrowicz WEDNESDAY, September 8 8:00 Helen Bukovski (living); Louis Senese; Marion

Devereux; Audrey Schroeder; All the Faithful Departed

THURSDAY, September 9 8:00 Susan Skuse FRIDAY, September 10 8:00 Ray Bronski SATURDAY, September 11 8:00 Russ & Mary Charney; Hank & Jean Lenart;

Selma Sodeika 5:00 pm People of the Parish; Enrico Caruso; Dino

Brunettin SUNDAY, September 12 7:30 Ronald Barry; Georgiana Salud Potsic 9:30 Mary Majcen; Shirley Nokes; All the Faithful

Departed 11:30 Dec. Mem. of Beckler & Podock Fams.

PRAY FOR THE SICK OF THE PARISH

WEDDINGS Paul Paljetak & Katie Hayes

Mary Baloun Muriel Becassio Mary Belluzzi Irene Bendinelli Michelle Budrick Marie Camerota Kay Carlson Jean Cibulka Florence Cizek Troy Conrad Marianne Crosson Jessica Davy Robbie Dee Bill Dilla Joseph Downey Diane Fadish Elaine Fergle Jerry Fitzpatrick Charlie Flory Harold Frederick Brian Fuller Dolores Fuller Jeanine Geringer Annie (Bidinger) Golden Paul Grahn Florian Grusz Francine Gust Greg Hanley

Sigmund Hill Jenny Hlavac Jim Hruby John Jacobs Joan Janda Rich Jurevich Annamae Karmeres Pat Kirk Elizabeth Klincewicz Susan Koehl Patsy Koehl Adolph Kubon, Jr. John Lany Margaret Limoncello Nick Lococo Dorothy Lovelock Art Luigio Rose Meyer Nancy Michalek Ben Mollandin Noah Morales Suzanne Moreau John Morrissy Freida Morrone Judy Mortimer Kathleen Mulacek Daniel Noftz Ellen Noftz

Norma Parenti Helen Pawlak Michael Perduto Helen Pezzette Ken Philip Donna Polak Penny Prokop Beth Rybarski Edward Rybicki Fran Saviano Nicole Durczak Sheputis Pat Sherman Dolores Sniegowski Ron Speechley Anthony Mark Stompanato Adrian Stompanato Matthew Walendzewicz Ray Waver JoMae White Jean Wise Augie Zimmerman ————————— Milan Michalek Richard McKenna

NEW PARISHIONERS Bill & Cindy Hesslau and William

Sabby Kent, Shinowa and Ezekiel David & Heidi Enriquez and Joshua

MONDAY, September 6 LABOR DAY TUESDAY, September 7 CH—2:45 pm Hand Chimes Ensemble LH—7 pm Parent Meeting GYM—7:15 pm Yoga WEDNESDAY, September 8 CH—4 pm Music Dept. LH—7 pm DISPA CH—7 pm Diaconate Formation THURSDAY, September 9 LH—7 pm Guild Mtg. CR—7 pm St. Vincent de Paul Mtg. MONDAY, September 13 CH—7 pm Rel. Ed. Welcome Back Mass CR—7 pm Liturgy Mtg. LH—7 pm Scout Recruiting TUESDAY, September 14 CH—2:45 pm Hand Chimes Ensemble LH—7 pm 2nd gr. Sacrament Orientation PR—7 pm Little Rock Scripture Mtg. GYM—7:15 pm Yoga WEDNESDAY, September 15 CH—1 pm Little Rock Scripture Mtg. CH—4 pm Music Dept. LH—5:30 pm Market Day Pick-up PR—7 pm Baptismal Preparation Mtg. LH—7 pm Parent Mtg. THURSDAY, September 16 LH—7 pm Parent Mtg.

PROTECTING CHILDREN At Divine Infant Jesus Parish and School, the protection of our children is of utmost importance, and we comply fully with the policies of the Archdio-cese of Chicago and the USCCB Char-ter for the Protection of Children and Young People. To learn more, go to our

website dnn.archchicago.org/divine infant and click on the tab “Protecting Children at D.I.” or visit arch-chicago.org and click on the button “Protecting Chil-dren.” If you do not have internet access and would like to learn more, please contact the rectory or call the Office for Protection of Children and Youth at 312 534-5254.

WELCOME... ...to Divine Infant Jesus Church. If you are new to our church or just visiting, please stop and introduce yourself. We are pleased to have you share in this celebration of the Eucharist. If you do not have a church home, or your church is not a home to you, we invite you to become part of our parish family. Our church is open to anyone looking for a spiritual home. To register, please call the rec-tory at 865-8071. We are so glad you are here and hope you will come back again for Mass or to be-come a parishioner.

EMBRACING YOUR CROSS We often speak of the “crosses” we must carry in life. These can range from loss of a job to a serious or terminal illness to unhealthy relationships, and so on. The cross has become the wide-ranging meta-phor for the trials, ills, and discomforts that are part and parcel of every human life. While we all under-stand this use of the word “cross,” it does a disser-vice to what the Jesus of the Gospels means by it. For him, a “cross” is not something that fate, bad luck, or unfortunate circumstances foists upon one. It is, instead, something one chooses, something one embraces. For Jesus, carrying the cross in discipleship was the rejection of earthly possessions or status, it was the sundering of bonds of kinship or friendship. It was, above all, the necessary kind of self-sacrificing, self-surrendering choice one had to make in order to be a true disciple. When life hands us a “cross,” we pray to the Lord to give us strength to bear it. If we are to be true disciples, we must also pray for the strength to reach out and willingly accept a cross as well. To bear up, with God’s grace, under the bur-dens that are not of our own choosing does take a strong faith. But to walk willingly under the weight of the cost of discipleship shows an even stronger de-sire to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Cor 5:1-8; Lk 6:6-11 Tuesday: 1 Cor 6:1-11; Lk 6:12-19 Wednesday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 [18-23] Thursday: 1 Cor 8:1b-7, 11-13; Lk 6:27-38 Friday: 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22b-27; Lk 6:39-42 Saturday: 1 Cor 10:14-22; Lk 6:43-49 Sunday: Ex 32:7-11, 13-14; Ps 51; 1 Tm 1:12-17; Lk 15:1-32 [1-10]

LABOR DAY

Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September (September 6 in 2010).

The first Labor Day in the United States was celebrated on September 5, 1882 in New York City. In the aftermath of the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. Military and U.S. Marshals during the 1894 Pullman Strike, President Grover Cleveland put reconciliation with Labor as a top political priority. Fearing further conflict, legislation making Labor Day a national holiday was rushed through Congress unanimously and signed into law a mere six days after the end of the strike. Cleveland was also concerned that aligning an American labor holiday with existing International May Day celebrations would stir up negative emotions linked to the Haymarket Affair. By the 20th century, all 50 U.S. states had made Labor Day a state holiday

The form for the celebration of Labor Day was outlined in the first proposal of the holiday: A street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations," followed by a festival for the workers and their families. This became the pattern for Labor Day cele-brations. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civil significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the Ameri-can Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.

Traditionally, Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the symbolic end of the summer. The holiday is often regarded as a day of rest and parades. Speeches or political demonstrations are more low-key then May 1 Labor Day celebrations in most countries, although events held by labor organiza-tions often feature political themes and appearances by candidates for office, especially in election years. Forms of celebration include picnics, barbecues, fireworks displays, water sports, and public art events. Families with school-age children take it as the last chance to travel before the end of summer recess. Similarly, some teenagers and young adults view it as the last weekend for parties before re-turning to school. However, start dates for schools vary widely, beginning as early as July 24 in urban districts such as Atlanta, Miami, and Los Angeles.

In U.S. sports, Labor Day marks the beginning of the NFL and college football seasons. NCAA teams usually play their first games the week before Labor Day, with the NFL traditionally playing their first game the Thursday following Labor Day. The Southern 500 NASCAR auto race was held that day from 1950 to 2004.

REV. MICHAEL WANDA, Pastor (ext. 203) REV. GERALD JOYCE, Pastor Emeritus (ext. 206) REV. THOMAS WINIKATES, Associate (ext. 204) MRS. RITA RAYSA, M.A.P.S., Pastoral Associate (ext. 208) MR. LEONARD GRAMAROSSA, School Principal SR. SUSAN MAJCEN, O.P., Director of Religious Education MR. JAMES SINACORE, Deacon Website: dnn.archchicago.org/divineinfant Rectory: 1601 Newcastle Avenue, 865-8071 Fax number: 708-865-8032 E-mail: d.infant@comcast.net School: 1640 Newcastle Avenue, 865-0122 & 865-0233 E-mail: divineinfant@comcast.net Office of Religious Education: 865-8086 Minister of Care: 865-8071 Youth Minister: Mrs. Rosemary Calcagno, 344-1578 Choir Director: Mrs. Janet Reif, 531-9495 Organist: Mrs. Judy Schindler, 383-4288 Business Manager: Mr. Leonard Weigel, 865-8071 (ext. 209) Rectory Secretary: Mrs. Toni Podock, 865-8071 (ext. 201)

SUNDAY MASSES: 7:30, 9:30 & 11.30 SATURDAY EVENING: 5:00 pm WEEKDAY MASSES: 8:00 am SATURDAY MORNING: 8:00 am HOLY DAY MASSES: 6:30, 8:00, 10:00 am and 7:00 pm SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: (Confession) Saturday: In the Reconciliation Room 4:00 to 4:45 pm BAPTISMS: Baptisms are celebrated on the 2nd & 3rd Sundays of the

month at 12:45 pm. By Archdiocesan regulation and parish policy, parents are required to attend a Baptismal Preparation session before the Baptism of their child. These sessions will usually be held on the third Wednesday evening of the month. Call the secretary at the rectory (865-8071) to register for the session and schedule the Baptism.

D.I.V.M. SERVICES: Communion to the sick, food shopping, necessary transportation, emergency meals, transportation to Mass. Resource information also available. If you need help from any of these services, please let us know as much in advance as possible so the chairpersons can make arrangements and the volunteers arrange their schedules. If you are able to volunteer to help provide these services to our parishioners, we can always use more help. Mrs. Rita Raysa, 865-8071.

WEDDINGS: Couples should contact the rectory and speak to a priest shortly after the engagement, but no less than four months before the desired wedding day.

No date should be set (especially in reserving a hall) for your wedding until you have spoken to a priest. In this way, you will not be disappointed if the church has been previously reserved for another ceremony.

Please keep in mind the times that are available for weddings at Divine Infant:

SATURDAYS—1:00 pm and 3:00 pm WEEKDAYS—–Any reasonable hour

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