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October 12, 2014 St. Ann Parish ESTABLISHED 1913

3010 Ridge Road, Lansing, IL 60438 708-895-6700

Reverend William McFarlane, Pastor www.saintanncatholicparish.com

St. Ann Parish Mission Statement We are called by a loving God

to make St. Ann of Lansing a Catholic community of faith. We are a family of diverse people with various ministries: healing the body and spirit, teaching of God and His love,

united in sacraments and prayer, reaching out to the extended community. With God’s revelation of Himself in Scripture as our guide,

we strive to grow in His Spirit and to fulfill the promise of Christ’s Kingdom.

Finance Committee Richard A. Baltrus Robert Dabrowski, Chairperson Matthew P. Martinez Kathleen J. Schroeder

Masses Monday-Thursday: 7:45 a.m. Friday Communion Service: 7:45 a.m. First Friday Mass: 7:45 a.m. Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Confessions: 3:00 p.m. Saturday

Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday: 8:30-Noon & 1:00-5:00 p.m. Closed every day from Noon to 1:00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday: Closed

Contact Information Parish Office: 708-895-6700 Parish Office Fax: 708-895-6877 School Office: 708-895-1661 Religious Ed. Office: 708-895-5970 St. Vincent DePaul: 708-745-4760 Fr. Bill’s email: frbill@saintanncatholicparish.com Parish email: parishoffice@saintanncatholicparish.com Bulletin email: bullstannch@aol.com School Website: www.saintannschool.com Parish Website: www.saintanncatholicparish.com

Liturgy Committee Barb Antoskiewicz, Religious Education, RCIA/RCIY Debbie Bona, Lectors Brian Kozlowski, Music Ministry & Liturgy Cindy Hope, Altar Servers Kim Jacobson, Art & Environment Don Schiller, Ushers Ed Sochacki, Eucharistic Ministers Gerrie Szewczyk, Sacristans

Pastoral Staff Barb Antoskiewicz, Pastoral Associate/DRE Brian Kozlowski, Director of Music & Liturgy Sandy Farmer, Parish Business Manager Debbie Bona, Ministry Coordinator Jennifer Gray, Development/Bulletin Editor Sue Dawson, Parish Office Secretary Georgette Olson, Religious Education Secretary Pam Lepczynski, Parish Office Receptionist Bonnie Hall, Principal Janice Summerrise, School Administrative Assistant Chris Hutter, School Secretary

Pastoral Council Barb Antoskiewicz Wade Cooper Brian Farlow Jane Farlow Ken Kot Dominic Podsiadlik Erin Meegan Polanski

For Ministry of Care to the homebound or hospitalized, please call the Parish Office.

Bulletin articles are due 10 days in advance of the Sunday you would like them to run. During holidays, deadlines are accelerated. To add items to the calendar or to sched-ule the Narthex or other meeting spaces, forms must be filled out in the Parish Office.

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Monday, October 13 (Columbus Day) 7:45 a.m. Mass † People of the Parish Tuesday, October 14 (St. Callistus) 7:45 a.m. Mass † Walter Szymanski (Cary Novak)

Wednesday, October 15 (St. Teresa of Jesus) 7:45 a.m. Communion Service 9:00 a.m. Mass † People of the Parish Thursday, October 16 (St. Hedwig; St. Margaret Mary Alacoque) 7:45 a.m. Mass † Al Kurry (Dorothy Kurry) Friday, October 17 (St. Ignatius of Antioch) 7:45 a.m. Communion Service † People of the Parish Saturday, October 18 (St. Luke) 4:00 p.m. Mass † Mel Tiltges (June Tiltges) † Louis Gaspari (Katherine Gaspari) Sunday, October 19 (Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time) 8:30 a.m. Mass † Barbara Cummins (George Cummins) † Jeanne M. Macak (Mike Macak) † William M. Macak (Mike Macak) † M/M Michael Macak (Mike Macak) † Bettie Scanlan (Mike Macak) 10:30 a.m. Mass † Alice Kranc (Mason & Kranc Families)

October is the Month of the Rosary During the week,

we will say the Rosary at 7:20 a.m. before morning

Mass. On weekends, we will say the Rosary after the 4:00 p.m.

Saturday Mass and after the 8:30 a.m. Sunday Mass.

Monday, October 13 COLUMBUS DAY

Mass NO TRIP/Offices Closed No School or Religious Ed. Classes Venturing Crew SPRED Community

7:45am 7:00pm 7:00pm

Chapel Classrooms Parish Hall

Tuesday, October 14 Mass St. Ann Seniors Cub Scouts Den Meetings Throne of Grace Prayer Group

7:45am 1:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm

Chapel Narthex Classrooms Chapel

Wednesday, October 15 Communion Service School Mass Sewing Club Girl Scouts/Brownies St. Vincent de Paul Meeting Rosary A.A. Meeting

7:45am 9:00am 9:00am 2:30 - 4:15pm 3:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm

Chapel Church Parish Office Parish Hall Parish Office Chapel Parish Hall

Thursday, October 16 Mass Women’s Club Meeting Choir

7:45am 7:00pm 7:00pm

Chapel Narthex Church

Friday, October 17 Communion Service Altar Server Training

7:45am 2:30pm

Chapel Church

Saturday, October 18 MARKET DAY

Market Day Pickup Mass Wreath Order Taking Halloween Pancake Breakfast Tickets

9:30 - 10:15am 4:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm

Parish Hall Church Narthex Narthex

Masses Religious Education Classes Wreath Order Taking Halloween Pancake Breakfast Tickets 1st Reconciliation/1st Communion Parent Meeting

8:30 & 10:30am 8:45 - 10:15am 9:30 & 11:30am 9:30 & 11:30am 11:30am

Church Classrooms Narthex Narthex Church

Sunday, October 19

This Week’s Activities

Wedding Banns III

Megan McGinnis & Timothy Reppa October 18, 2014

Wedding Banns I

Sheri Starks & Steven Caine November 1, 2014

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Miss Me—But Let Me Go

In Loving Memory of Diane M. Mathews Richard Ybarra Karen Shimala

Readings for the Week Monday: Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31 — 5:1; Ps 113:1b-5a, 6-7; Lk 11:29-32 Tuesday: Gal 5:1-6; Ps 119:41, 43-45, 47-48; Lk 11:37-41 Wednesday: Gal 5:18-25; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 11:42-46 Thursday: Eph 1:1-10; Ps 98:1-6; Lk 11:47-54 Friday: Eph 1:11-14; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13; Lk 12:1-7 Saturday: 2 Tm 4:10-17b; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Lk 10:1-9 Sunday: Is 45:1, 4-6; Ps 96:1, 3-5, 7-10; 1 Thes 1:1-5b; Mt 22:15-21

Today’s Readings .First Reading — On this mountain the LORD will make for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines (Isaiah 25:6-10a). Psalm — I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life (Psalm 23). Second Reading — God will supply whatever you need (Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20). Gospel — I have prepared my banquet, and everything is ready. Come to the feast! (Matthew 22:1-14 [1-10]). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Today is Sunday October 12, 2014, the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Responsorial Psalm is, “I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.” (Psalm 23:1-3a,3b-4, 5, 6) The Gospel from St. Matthew is about the wedding feast where “many are invited, but few are chosen.”

VANILLA ICE CREAM

Nearly everyone loves vanilla ice cream. However, vanilla ice cream wouldn't even exist if evolution were true. So let's start out with a little history: Until recent times, Mexico was the only producer of vanilla. In 1520, Hernan Cortes took vanilla back to Europe, and for the next 300 years, the Europeans tried but were unable to produce vanilla.

See, vanilla grows up a tree as a vine. Eventually the vine produces an orchid. In order to make a vanilla bean, the orchid must be pollinated. The problem is it only blooms one morning per year for pollination. If it's not pollinated within 12 hours, it withers. To make things more difficult, a hood-like membrane covers the part of the vanilla orchid which produces pollen. This makes the production of vanilla bean very difficult.

In 1836, Charles Francois Antoine Morren traveled to Mexico to figure out why they couldn't produce vanilla bean in Europe. As Morren studied the problem, he spotted a little bee (the Mexican Melipona Bee) land on the orchid, lift the little hood-like membrane, col-lect pollen and then fly off to the next flower. This bee was pollinating the orchids.

To this day, the Mexican Melipona Bee is the only insect that knows how to pollinate the vanilla orchid. This simple fact puts evolution in an extremely diffi-cult position. Without the bee, we simply would not have vanilla today. The bee and the vanilla vine had to be made at the exact time. This bee is perfectly de-signed to pollinate the vanilla orchid and, thus, pro-duce vanilla.

So much of our world points to the Creator. As silly as it sounds, even vanilla ice cream proclaims the Glo-ry of God. So, the next time you sit down to enjoy a bowl of vanilla ice cream, remember that you are en-joying a tasty treat which is only possible through the power of God!

Each day is truly a miracle. We, with the help of God, can be miracle workers. You can simply do it with a smile, a word of encouragement, a phone call, a visit to someone or even on your Facebook page. Have an awe-some day, and keep a record of all your miracles.

Serving Him Together, Barb A.

Together Let Us Cause God Joy

The next St. Ann Women’s Club meeting will be held on Thursday, October 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Narthex. Come join us for an evening of fun and games―be sure to bring three quarters to play LRC. Refreshments will be served.

We are planning a trip to White Fence Farm for Thursday, November 6. The price is $60 per person, and includes a chicken lunch followed by a tribute to Elvis, Indiana Blues Brothers, and ‘50s & ‘60s Rock & Roll. Limited spaces are available, and reservations must be in by October 24. The bus will leave St. Ann’s at 10:15 a.m. and return around 4:15 p.m. FMI, call Margaret at 630-570-6331 or Anne at 474-3067.

Women’s Club

Next Sunday, October 19, we will have the Parent Rec-onciliation and 1st Communion meeting, immediately following the 10:30 am. Mass. Come join us for Mass.

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SUNDAY COLLECTION SUNDAY: $8,529.88 TUITION ASSISTANCE: $659.00 ST. ANN 50-50 CLUB: $1,328.00

Thank you for your continued support of our parish.

St. Ann’s 50-50 Club

Our September 28 winning number was 2490. 2490 won $662.50. CONGRATULATIONS!

DON’T MISS OUT ON YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

To be eligible, both your 50-50 ($5.00) and weekly collection envelopes (no limit, but at least $5) with separate payments must be in the parish office by 9:00 a.m. Monday. If you donate by check, you need to write two separate checks.

Look for the winners in each bulletin, on our facebook page, or on the parish website:

www.saintanncatholicparish.com

New Altar Server Training Friday, October 17, 2:30 p.m. in Church PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE!

All boys and girls of the parish in 5th-8th grade who are interested in becoming altar servers, are invited.

Parents are asked to accompany their children for training if possible.

New servers must attend training and shadow three

times in order to be added to the schedule.

RSVP by calling the Parish Office at 708.895.6700.

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Birthday! Anniversary! Grandparents’ Day! Tuesday! Need a quick gift? We’ve got you covered! We now of-fer a selection of “Cash and Carry” gift cards through the Parish Office. You pay face value, and a credit will go back to Parish Maintenance, Tuition Assistance, or the School or Religious Ed. Family of your choice. Payment by check (register in the Parish Office) or cash. The office is open M-F, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., closed for lunch from Noon-1:00 p.m. Sometimes we sell out, so call ahead for availability, 895-6700.

amazon.com AMC Theaters

Applebee’s Bath & Body Works Bed, Bath & Beyond

Beggar’s Pizza Buffalo Wild Wings

Chili’s Chipotle

CVS Dunkin’ Donuts

GFS Gus Bock Hardware

Home Depot iTunes

J. J. Kelley’s

Jewel Kmart Kohl’s Meijer

Menards Mobil/Exxon

Olive Garden/Red Lobster Panera

Speedway Starbuck’s

Stracks/Ultra Foods Subway Target

Walgreen’s Walmart/Sam’s Club

Cookie Dough Bonus Days Are Here! The more cookies purchased, the more we earn.

Delicious, convenient, no scooping required. All selections are pre-portioned for easy baking.

From freezer, to oven, to tummy in no time!

Drop off your order forms in Church by Oct. 12, in School by Oct. 13, or order at marketday.com

by 11:00 p.m. October 15, 2014.

With every purchase of Baby Baked Potatoes, Market Day will make a donation to the National

Breast Cancer Foundation®. “Help for Today . . . Hope for Tomorrow.”®

OUR NEW MARKET DAY PICKUP TIME BEGINS WITH THE OCTOBER 18 SALE: 9:30 - 10:15 a.m.

Market Day Cookie Dough makes a delicious gift! Choose from Chocolate Chunk, Chocolate Mint Chip, Coconut Pecan, Cranberry Orange Oatmeal, Lemon

Cooler, M&M, Oatmeal Raisin, Peanut Butter, S’mores, Snickerdoodle, White Chocolate Macadamia Nut, and

Sugar Free Chocolate Chip. Where’s the milk?

Cookies!

Happy Whatever!Happy Whatever!Happy Whatever!

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October 11-12, 2014 Dear St. Ann Parish Family, Hail Mary . . . I pray for Mary’s inter-cession daily. Our Heavenly Mother watches over us and encourages us to pray. Praying the Rosary guides us, soothes us, and cen-ters us. Let’s continue to pray for peaceful resolutions in our world.

Sweet! Student Council is Having a Bake Sale Our Student Council is hosting a bake sale in their Student Council Headquarters, Room 200, on Wednesday and Thursday. For this particular bake sale, students in grades Pre-K, 1, 3, 5, and 7 will bring in baked goodies to be sold. All raised funds will benefit Student Council’s fundraising efforts and projects.

Yee Hah! Pre-School Roughriders Giddy Up! Our lit-tlest SAS Roughriders in Mrs. Sandrick’s class, dressed in their cowboy/cowgirl hats and scarves, galloped down the pre-school hallway last week after they learned about cowboys/cowgirls. Each student rode his/her “horse” right past my principal’s office! There were plenty of squeals of delight and smiles during this round up from both the students and me!

Bicycle Safety Assembly On October 3, our 6th/7th/8th Graders attended an assembly focused on traffic and bi-cycle safety and sponsored by the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office.

Science Fair Judges Needed If you can offer a few hours on a Saturday in the name of science, please assist us with judging a few of our students’ projects for the St. Ann School Science Fair on Dec. 6 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Please phone our office at 708-895-1661 if you are able to help. Breakfast is on us.

No Classes on Monday, October 13 In observance of the Columbus Day Holiday, there will be no classes on Mon-day.

Keep in Touch . . . Please “like” us on Facebook at St. Ann Catholic School, Lansing. We’re hoping to reach 300 “likes” by Christmas. We love hearing from every-one and sharing our pictures and accomplishments with the world. We also love hearing from our Alumni, who can check in with us on our school’s website at www.saintannschool.com.

God bless our Parish! Serving the Lord with Gladness, Mrs. Bonnie Hall, Principal

Saturday October 25

7-11:00 a.m.

TF South

Tickets: $5 (Kids under 5 - $3)

Bake Sale Raffle Prizes

5th Annual Halloween Pancake Breakfast

Come In Costume!

Look for Tickets in the Narthex After Masses October 11-12 & 18-19.

Christmas Wreath Orders

Hard to believe, but Christmas is right around the corner! We will be taking orders for live wreaths, swags, centerpieces, garlands and mini trees in the Narthex after Masses October 11-12 & October 18-19. Color photos & live samples will be on display.

Orders will arrive for pickup after Masses November 29 & 30. Thank you!

Buy your Pancake Breakfast Tickets in advance, and you’ll be entered for a chance to have breakfast with

Fr. Bill! After you purchase your ticket, fill in your name and phone number on the back of a chance, and we’ll

draw a winner on Friday, October 24. Fr. Bill will join you at 9:00 a.m. Saturday for breakfast!

Can’t make it that day? Please consider making a donation, or purchase a ticket anyway, and pass it on

to a friend. Our goal is to raise $2,000― that’s a LOT of pancakes!

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Lansing Autumn Fest: October 10-12

Halloween Pancake Breakfast: October 25

Youth Group Can Collection: November 2

Tree Lighting: December 6

Christmas Bingo: December 13

Scrap & Stitch: January 9-11, 2015

Upcoming Events

MOTHER’S DAY ULTIMATE PAYDAY!

OUR NEXT EARLY BIRD DRAWING IS NOV. 23!

HAVE YOU TURNED IN YOUR TICKETS YET? We’re asking all parishioners to try to purchase or sell

at least two tickets. If you haven’t received your tickets in the mail, or would like to request more to sell/buy, please call the Parish Office at 895-6700. Payments and filled-in stubs can be sealed in an envelope and dropped in the collection basket at weekly Masses, or mailed or dropped off to the Parish Office, 3010 Ridge Road, Lansing, IL 60438. Don’t forget to fill out both sides of the stubs, as there will also be a prize for the seller of the Grand Prize winning ticket! Thank you to everyone who is working on selling their tickets and to those who have turned in their stubs!

GRAND PRIZE $25,000 2ND PRIZE $5,000 3RD PRIZE $2,500 4TH PRIZE $1,000 5TH PRIZE $500 Seller of the Grand Prize Ticket will receive $500

TWO EARLY BIRD DRAWINGS LEFT: • Thanksgiving Bonanza $1,000

• Super Bowl Bonus $500

TICKET TIP #4: If you’re wanting to sell one of your tickets, don’t be shy about ASKING someone to buy one. You might be surprised at how willing your friends are to sup-port a cause they know you hold dear.

Free up some closet space and earn a little cash for St. Ann’s in the process! Our ShoeBox Recycling fundraiser will pay us 50 cents per pound of shoes. Look for the recycling

boxes in the Narthex and School and Parish Offices.

We can accept all gently worn, paired men’s, women’s and children’s shoes that are still reusable and re-wearable (no

holes, tears, or mildew). Eligible shoes include athletic (gym shoes/cleats), dress, and casual shoes, work boots, san-dals, heels & flats. We cannot accept ski boots, winter boots, skates, roller blades, flip flops, Crocs, bedroom

slippers or single shoes.

If you’d like to track where in the world your shoes go, visit the website at www.shoeboxrecycling.com/solemate to print

a SoleMate Note and include it with your shoes.

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St. Ann Boys’ Basketball

Registration

Monday, October 20, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Extended Day Room

(Chicago Avenue Door C-3)

All St. Ann School and Religious Ed. boys in 4th through 8th grades are invited to play!

Volunteer coaches are also needed.

FMI, please call Mike Kienzle at 708-889-0823

Be a Part of the Roughrider Tradition!

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Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014 4:00 p.m. Mass

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014 8:30 a.m. Mass

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014 10:30 a.m. Mass

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

USHERS SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

LECTORS Mike Kabala - L1 Fran Miller - L2 Susan Pajak - Com

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Mary Jachim Paulette Lofrano Gail Lee Mary Schurke Debbie Wright Marianne Wysocki

LEADER

Annette Leber

ALTAR SERVERS Sebastian Manrique Kayla Schassburger Sean Schuljak

CANTOR Clarita Morris

LECTORS Enid Wells - L1 Charles Bentley - L2 Gerrie Szewczyk - Com

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Rich Baltrus Phyllis Duffield Linda Fogarty Pat Kranc Kathy Sandrick Judy Wohadlo

LEADER

Joann Baltrus

ALTAR SERVERS Emily Farlow Claire Farlow Aidan McSwiggan

CANTOR John Sandrick

LECTORS Nicole Szewczyk- L1 Maria Arteaga - L2 Joy Broadwell - Com

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Tammy Ahern Martes Benne Jeanie Hernandez Cynthia Hope Pam Mizwicki Ann Mossak-Johnson Bonnie Hall Laura Pich Lena Martinez Helen Torres

LEADER Matthew Martinez

ALTAR SERVERS Ian Ahern Mariah Castillo Ryan Jamka

CANTOR Mary DiGrispino

4:00 p.m. Mass Archange Cadichon Bob Cole (Leader) Tom McDermott Frank Novak Frank Pollachek (Leader) Phill Stewart Carol Ann Surufka Wally Szulczewski

8:30 a.m. Mass Norm Abbott Joe Cardenas Anthony Cusimano Tony DeLaurentis (Leader) Tony Kaim Mary Louise MacKenzie Art Sobczak (Leader) Gene Stein Al Torres

10:30 a.m. Mass Bernard Chukwulebe Ron Fisher (Leader) Ana Johnson Larry Mueller Eamon Polanski (Leader) Dom Ramirez Don Schiller Matthew Shapiro Wally Shatkowski (Leader)

Thanks to everyone who attended the 2014 Ministry Fair―WWJD EXPO―to find out what our St. Ann community is doing to follow in Jesus’ footsteps and to sign up for a ministry or two! We

gave out booklets listing all our ministries, which are still available at the Parish Office, or you can pick one up from the brochure rack in the Nar-thex. You can also still sign up for any of the ministries by calling the Parish Office at 895-6700.

Our great Ministry Fair would not have been possible without the dedi-cation of all the leaders and members who support us throughout the year and who greeted our parishioners at 42 different ministry tables. Kudos to the HSA and Children’s Liturgy of the Word leaders who helped fami-lies “fish” for names of our Communicants and Confirmandi, for whom they will pray as they make their special sacraments this school year.

Thanks also to my husband, Stan, who helped create the WWJD EXPO mobile in the Narthex and who set up the Fair along with my sister, Sue Collins! I am also very appreciative of Mike Kienzle and other school volunteers who set up the tables. I am grateful to the Confirmandi and the many helpful parishioners who pitched in to clean up after the Fair. Additional thanks go to Gerry Szewczyk who always makes sure we have great coffee, and to Maria and Juan Diaz and their volunteers, who were in charge of the refreshments . A special thanks to our Pastor Fr. Bill and School Principal Bonnie Hall, who make St. Ann’s a warm and welcoming community, and to our Parish and School Staff for all their support. We are united in our love of God and our love of our wonderful St. Ann Parish Community. We are indeed all instrumental in helping pave the way for Our Future Full of Hope.

Debbie Bona, Ministry Coordinator

St. Ann Catholic Church Bulletin #038050 Bulletin Editor Jennifer Gray 708-895-9972 Sunday, October 12, 2014 Microsoft Office Publisher 2010

St. Ann Parish 3010 Ridge Road Lansing, IL 60438