january 24, 2016 third sunday in ordinary...
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January 24, 2016 Third Sunday In Ordinary Time
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SACRED HEART PARISH UPCOMING EVENTS Week of Prayer for
Christian Unity 1/18-25
Annual Catholic
Appeal Announcement Weekend-1/23-24
Busy & Blessed 1/25-
7:00pm SHS-Snowflake Festival
-Gym –1/30-9:30am Nite Lites Broomball
Party-1/30-7:00pm Catholic Schools Week
1/31-2/6 Sacred Heart Open
House-2/2-9:00am 2/4-7:00pm
Hearts Contemplating Christ
Hearts Contemplating Christ
HEART TO HEART pastor to parish
All of the pastors received this letter from the Archbishop in our campaign packet. I would like to share this with you.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
Please pray for our Confirmation Candidates, as they prepare to receive the sacrament on Saturday,
February 27th. Upcoming Dates to Remember Sunday, January 24th First Eucharist Enrollment, 10:30 Mass Monday, January 25th Busy and Blessed: 10 Simple Steps for Parents Seeking Peace 7:00 pm, Parish Center Wednesday, February 10th Ash Wednesday, Lent begins Soup & Bread Supper, after the 4:00 pm Ash Service and before the 6:15 pm Mass in the Parish Center Sunday, February 14th No Classes – Happy Valentine’s Day Wednesday, February 24th Confirmation Evening of Prayer and Practice For those participating in 10:30 am celebration 7-8:30 pm, Church Thursday, February 25th Confirmation Evening of Prayer and Practice For those participating in 1:30 pm celebration 7-8:30 pm, Church Saturday, February 27th Confirmation, 10:30 am and 1:30 pm
SCHOOL NEWS Today at 10:30am the 2nd grade’s Eucharist Enrollment will take place in church. Monday marks Graduation Picture Day for our 8th grade students beginning at 9am. The 8th graders will also have dance class at 3pm in the Parish Center on Monday. Monday evening at 7pm in the Parish Center, Deacon Chuck Thompson will speak to parents “Busy and Blessed: 10 Simple steps for parents seeking peace.” Please come join us. Tuesday and Wednesday January 26th and 27th we will be screening for vision and hearing beginning at 9am. Wednesday, January 27th is “Mom’s Night Out” at 7pm in the Wilmette Wine Cellar. Come have some fun! Saturday, January 30th from 9:30-11:30am come join us in the school gymnasium for the Snowflake Festival! All pre-school through 2nd grade students and their parents are invited to come! Please RSVP to Laura Wettersten at [email protected]. Saturday, January 30th Nite Lites is hosting a Broomball Party at 7:00pm. You do NOT want to miss this party! Watts Ice Rink in Glencoe, from 7:00 – 10:00pm. $60 per couple and food and drinks will be provided. Come to play or just come for the fun! Please RSVP by Wednesday, January 27th to the school office. SACRED HEART SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE for Pre-School through 8th Grade will be on Tuesday, February 2nd, from 9:00 – 11:00am and Thursday, February 4th, from 7 – 8:30pm. Please come for a
Hearts Nurtured by Faith If God can work through me, he can work through anyone
(St. Francis of Assisi)
guided tour and see how we are “Educating Hearts and Minds for a Brighter Future!” CATHOLIC SHOOLS WEEK will begin on Sunday, January 31st and go through Saturday, February 6th. The theme for 2016 is “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service.” This year marks the 42nd annual week devoted to recognizing Catholic Education as a great gift to the church and its families. Look for lots of fun events coming for Catholic Schools Week!
SPARKED HEARTS Youth Ministry Council—Would you like to be a part of an exciting team at Sacred Heart? We are currently looking to form a Youth Ministry Council to explore options for involving the teens of our parish. Specifically the council will include students between 6th and 12th grades and adults. Interested individuals should contact Carol. Teens at Sacred Heart are involved in so many things! Look around and see our teen greeters, ushers, lectors, Eucharistic ministers, musicians, Religious Education Catechists, and landscapers. There are so many ways to share your gifts at Sacred Heart. Let Carol know if you want to help out! JUNIOR HIGH NIGHT is open to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. We meet the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month from 6:30-7:30 in the Teen Room, located in the basement of the Parish Center. (unless otherwise indicated) Jan. 26th– Our next gathering we will have some activities and discussion around life issues, so come, share an opinion, learn something new, and have a good time! Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @SparkedHearts and find us on Facebook! Contact Carol anytime 847-446-0856 x. 132 or [email protected]
ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE Tuesdays and Thursdays during the School Year Tutor Elementary students at St. Columbanus School. Leave SH at 9am, return by 1:30pm. Wednesdays St. Columbanus Food Pantry: Packing of Food at 8am at St. Columbanus Rectory Garage; Distribution of Food at 10am. Thursdays Shadow a Minister of Care at Lake-Cook Nursing Home or Glen Oaks Nursing Home. Contact the Parish Office for more information. Third Sunday of Every Month A Just Harvest Community Kitchen: prepare casserole and/or serve din-ner. Arrive by 4:30pm, and be home before 7:00pm. Contact Patty Sanfil-ippo for more information. [email protected]
Hearts Making a Difference The nation doesn’t simply need what we have. It needs what we are.
(St. Teresia Benedicta , Edith Stein)
A big thanks goes out to the Carr, For-
man, Hagist, LeVeille, Cathy Seaman and
Susan Pigott and their families for cook-
ing for the Just Harvest soup kitchen this
past Sunday. Anissa Forman and son,
Matthew, and Erin Hines and son, Ted-
dy, and his friend Declan Graver, thank
you for serving dinner on Sunday night
for 100 guests. Thanks to all for making
it a success!
Thanks to Maria Anderson for picking up
much appreciated food from Sunset for
us.
RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY OUR WEEKLY PRAYER FOR LIFE For all homeless parents: that God will teach us how to love and support them; We pray to the Lord!
SPOTLIGHT ON THE JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY
The Spiritual Works of Mercy have long been a part of the Christian tradition, appearing in the works of theologians and spiritual writers throughout histo-ry. Just as Jesus attended to the spiritu-al well-being of those he ministered to, these Spiritual Works of Mercy guide us to "help our neighbor in their spiritual needs" The seven Spiritual Works of Mercy are listed below. For each of the next seven weeks, we’ll highlight one work of mercy, along with sugges-tions and words of advice for living them out in our daily lives.
1) Counsel the doubtful 2) Instruct the ignorant 3) Admonish the sinner 4) Comfort the sorrowful & afflict-
ed 5) Forgive offenses willingly 6) Pray for the living and the dead 7) Bear wrongs patiently
Do not be bitter about wrongs done against you. Place your hope in God so that you can endure the troubles of this world and face them with a com-passionate spirit. Frustrated with someone? Step away from the situation, take a few deep breaths, pray the Our Father, asking God for patience.
Baptism By Appointment We celebrate Baptisms on Sundays following the 10:30 Mass. Our Baptism Guidelines and Baptism Information Forms are available on our website www.sacredheartwinnetka.com. For further information, please contact Trish O’Toole in our Parish Office at 847-446-0856.
Baptism Preparation 4th Sunday of the month 9:15 - 10:15 am in the Parish Office Conference Room.
Sacrament of Matrimony Contact a priest or deacon 6 months prior to the anticipated date of marriage.
Sacrament of Anointing Please call one of the priests at 847-446-0856.
Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 9:00-9:30 am http://www.careerresourcecenter.org
Hearts Alive in Worship My only desire is to unite myself to God
(St. Paul of the Cross)
SCRIPTURE REFLECTION GROUP Please join us for our weekly Bi-ble study on Monday mornings after the 8:30am Mass in the Par-ish Office Fireplace Room. All are welcome! No experience in scrip-ture is necessary. We simply read
and reflect on the coming Sun-day scriptures. Join Us!
ADULT FAITH FORMATION/ SCRIPTURE STUDY: A LOOK AT THE GOSPEL OF LUKE As we delve into our new liturgi-cal cycle (Cycle C) which began in Advent, Fr. Steve will offer an overview of the Gospel of Luke on Saturday morning, January 30th at 9am in the Parish Center. The Gospel of Luke is the Gospel which will be read at Mass during the coming year. The session will last approximately two and a half hours, including the presentation, group sharing and discussion. Refreshments will be served. Please join us and bring a friend!
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Uni-ty ends tomorrow. Sponsored by the World Council of Churches and the Catholic Church's Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity has been observed since 1908, beginning on the Feast of St. Peter (January 18th) and ends on the Feast of St. Paul (January 25th). The theme for the 2016 observance, “Called to Proclaim the Mighty Acts of the Lord” (cf. 1 Peter 2:9-10), was inspired by two verses from the First Letter of St. Peter. The theme reflects the calling shared by all the baptized to proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity gives Christians an annual opportunity to continue their quest for the unity they already share in Christ. During this coming week, we are called to join millions of Christians world-wide in prayer for the visible unity of Christ’s church. For more information and links to prayer and worship resources, you can go to the Archdiocese of Chicago’s web site at www.archchicago.org/departments/ecumenical/WeekOfPrayer2016.html.
THIS WEEK AT SACRED HEART
Monday, January 25 Scripture Reflection Group 9:00AM/POFR 8th Grade Dance Class 3:00PM/PCR Parent Enrichment Night 7:00PM/PCR Tuesday, January 26 Prayer Group 9:00AM/POFR JTP Play Practice 3:00PM/PCR Wednesday, January 27 Catholic Charities Meeting 6:00PM/POCR Thursday, January 28 JTP Play Practice 3:00PM/PCR Saturday, January 30 Annual Catholic Appeal Commitment Weekend Fr. Steve: An overview of the Gospel of Luke 9:00AM/PCR Snowflake Festival 9:30AM/Gym Nite Lites Broomball Party 7:00PM Sunday, January 31 Annual Catholic Appeal Commitment Weekend Catholic Schools Week Religious Ed 9:00AM/PCR
Hearts Connected for Community Love is the beauty of the Soul
(St. Augustine)
I often tell people that perhaps my favorite author on
stewardship is usually not thought of as a stewardship
writer at all: Catherine Doherty. She was like a Russian-
Canadian Dorothy Day, starting the Madonna House
Apostolate of lay men and women and clergy who work
with and live with the poor. Doherty wrote about a spiritual
life where God permeates our everyday lives. Of course,
this resonates with me and my writing about everyday
stewardship spirituality.
She wrote, "Yes, stewardship pertains to everything, and I
am responsible for my part of that everything." This sense
of responsibility for our own little slice of God's universe
is so very important in an imperfect reality of human life.
The consequence of not taking care of our little "part of
that everything" is that those who could have heard or
witnessed the good news of Jesus Christ might not get that
chance. We are created so uniquely, it is folly to always
assume that someone else can take care of things if we
EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP
choose to bow out. We sometimes even fall into a trap where we
say, "It is God who touches people's hearts, not me," because it
may very well be that God's plan was to touch them through
YOU.
There are many implications of Paul's use of body imagery in his
First Letter to the Corinthians. Yes, the body of Christ has many
parts and they are all unique. All of us baptized into his body
have been called to be an active part in that body. But if we
choose to neglect our role or we don't feel responsible to be the
best member of that body we can be, the body cannot function as
it needs to. Good stewardship spirituality sees all the gifts in that
body as precious. For our important role, we are called to grow
and cultivate our part of that body.
Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS
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Hearts Connected for Community Love is the beauty of the Soul
(St. Augustine)
Actual YTD Sunday and Christmas Collection: $714,722 Actual Budgeted Sunday and Christmas Collection: $744,360 Shortfall: ($ 29,638)
STEWARDSHIP GIVING
Please Make Your Gift to the 2016 Annual Catholic Appeal
“The Hands of God’s Mercy”
Many of you have responded to the Annual Catholic Appeal mailing from Archbishop Cupich. On behalf of those served by the minis-tries and services funded by the ACA, we thank you for your gifts. If you received the mailing and have not responded, please do so as soon as possible. In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis asks us to understand God’s mercy in our own lives and then to be the hand of mercy for others. The ACA offers a wonderful opportunity to ex-tend God’s mercy to many others. In addition to providing for ministries and ser-vices throughout the Archdiocese, the Appeal also funds services that are of great help to min-istries here in our parish. For example, Appeal funds supports our school, religious education, ministerial formation and initiatives for life, peace and justice.
As we contemplate God’s many gifts to us, we should also reflect on our gratitude for these gifts. Your financial support for the work of our parish, our Archdiocese and the Church throughout the world is, in fact, one way to ex-press this gratitude. Please give generously to the 2016 Annual Catholic Appeal. When our parish reaches its goal of $67,710 in paid pledges, 100% of the additional funds re-ceived will be returned to us for use in our parish.
SCHEDULE
Monday, January 25 7:00am Parishioners of St. Columbanus 8:30am Phillip Prange Tuesday, January 26 7:00am The Intentions of the Prayer Group 8:30am Anne Crook Wednesday, January 27 7:00am Intentions of Nancy Alm 8:30am Intentions of Gerry Sunko Thursday, January 28 8:30am Anthony O’Connor Friday, January 29 8:30am Mary Catherine Hayes Saturday, January 30 8:30am Anthony O’Connor 5:00pm Special Intention Sunday, January 31 7:30am Kathleen Mulcahy 9:00am Nancy Crawford 10:30am Rita Madden 4:30pm Parishioners of Sacred Heart
January 28 Lake Cook/Cathy Lehman Glen Oaks/Mary Newton, Cathy Nowacki
5:00pm Saturday January 30 Presider Fr. Lanza Greeter(s) Sally Hoban, Claudia Mann Servers Andrew Burden, Johnny Joyce Lector(s) Julie Hartvigsen Eucharistic Ministers Julie Hartvigsen, Sally Hoban, Claudia Mann, Ludy Mariano, Lamarr Tyler Cantor Saturday Choir 7:30am Sunday January 31 Presider Fr. Lanza/Deacon Keenan Greeter(s) Rae Fritz Servers Michael Essig Lector(s) Pete Wais Eucharistic Ministers Bernadette Broccolo, Pete Wais, Nancy Wais Cantor Dan MacDonald 9:00am Presider Fr. Lanza/Deacon McNulty Greeter(s) David James, Mary Newton Servers Owen Gardner, Ryan Kelly, Maeve Murdock Lector(s) Deb Kubasiak Eucharistic Ministers Ryan Gardner, Deb Kubasiak, Dan Kubasiak, Mary Newton, Josephine Olson Cantor Shannon Barker Keys 10:30am Presider Fr. Semmer/Deacon Keenan Greeter(s) Jim Harrington, Christine Kengott Servers Jack Fahy, John Hession, Rory Hession Lector(s) Matthias Zajdela Eucharistic Ministers Julie Conte, Robert Conte, Christine Kengott, Mark Kengott, Steve Knaus Cantor Sacred Heart Choir 4:30pm Presider Fr. Semmer Greeter(s) Marion Powers Servers Sarah Cullinane, Maureen Hines, Caroline Southwell Lector(s) Brian Norton Eucharistic Ministers James Collins, Lynn Finneke, Marion Powers Cantor Children’s Choir Altar Servers Daily Mass 8:30am February 1 Nick Bowman February 2 Jack Craddock, Ryan Craddock February 3 Donnacha McGuire, Cara Murdock February 4 Izzie Schario February 5 Andrew Burden February 6 Sarah Cullinane, Michael Essig
LITURGICAL MINISTERS—January 30-31 Mass Intentions
MINISTERS OF CARE
SACRED HEART PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION
Pastoral Staff Rev. Steven M. Lanza, Pastor—[email protected] Associate Pastor-Rev. Dean [email protected] Pastor Emeritus—Rev. Robert J. Heidenreich—[email protected] Pastoral Associate—Judy Pyke—[email protected] Permanent Deacons—Michael J. McNulty—[email protected]—Gerry Keenan—[email protected] 773-251-6626 Director of Music—Todd Gresick—[email protected] Liturgy Coordinator/Children’s Choir—Kathy Janega Keenan—[email protected] 847-736-3198 Business Manager/Assistant to the Pastor—Michelle Wasielewski—[email protected] Sacristan Coordinator—June Hocter—[email protected] Youth/ Religious Education Minister—Carol Nowatzke—[email protected] Director of Stewardship, Marketing & Development-Mindi [email protected] Principal—Kristen Fink — 1095 Gage Street—847-446-0005—[email protected] Director of Religious Education—Sue Lehocky—1077 Tower Road —847-446-6535—[email protected] Support Staff Administrative Assistant & Bulletin Editor—Trish O’Toole—[email protected] Accounting/Census/Contributions/Tuition—Cindy Atsaves—[email protected] Bookkeeping—Suzie Danstrom—[email protected] Parish Office 847-446-0856/Fax 847-501-5311/www.sacredheartwinnetka.com Monday—Friday 8:30am—4:30pm School Office : 847-446-0005 Religious Education Office: 847-446-6535 Visit our website www.sacredheartwinnetka.com.
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CHURCH NAME AND NUMBER —
Sacred Heart Church #862
ADDRESS —
1077 Tower Road
Winnetka, Illinois 60093
PHONE —
847-446-0856
CONTACT PERSON —
Trish O’Toole x 101
SOFTWARE —
Microsoft Publisher 2007
Adobe Acrobat 8.0
Windows XP Professional
PRINTER —
HP Laserjet 1022
NUMBER OF PAGES SENT = 12
SUNDAY DATE OF BULLETIN
January 24, 2016
THANK YOU!