St. John Catholic Church 301 South Cottage Grove Avenue Glenwood, IL 60425

St. John Catholic Church 301 South Cottage Grove Avenue

Glenwood, IL 60425 Phone: 708-758-5098

Fax: 708-758-0408

Rev. Karol Tybor - Pastor frkaroltybor@gmail.com

Religious Education: Andy Perz Music Director: Andy Perz Parish Secretary: Eileen Rhoda Parish Secretary: Karen Donlon

Parish Email: sjglenwood301@gmail.com Visit us at: www.sjchurchglenwood.org Parish Office Hours: M—F 9:00—2:30

MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 and 10:00 a.m.

Holy Days: 8 am and 7 PM on Holy Day

Weekday Mass: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,

8:00 a.m.

Adoration of the Holy Eucharistic Mondays 3-6

Confessions: Saturdays, 4:30 p.m.; or by appointment.

First Friday: Benediction after 8:00 a.m. Mass.

First Saturday: Sorrowful Mother Novena after 8:00 a.m. Eucharistic Service

Sacrament of Baptism: Please call the Parish Office to schedule

Sacrament of Marriage: Please call Fr. Karol to plan a wedding date.

Sick Calls: Call the Parish Office to arrange for a visit

RCIA: For information on becoming a Catholic,

adult sacramental preparation or Adult Ed, call the parish office.

We, the people of St. John Parish, being brothers and sisters in Christ,

accept as our mission: to know our faith

to live by truth and love to serve the needs of others

to teach by example to strengthen,

inspire and improve the Parish family.

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER MAY 7, 2017

MILITARY—-SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST Chaplain Marcin Bulinski, Matthew Daliege, Jeffrey Frjelich, Mike and Lauren Fruehling, Matthew Golden, Sgt. James Grunhard (Middle East), Jeff Hefner, Colonel Robert Holba, USAF, Corey Longo, Jared Lopez, Jose M. Morfin, Sgt. USMC; Mark Nicola, Tom Raines, Robert Richmond, Steve Schluntz, USMC, Col. Donald Tomich, Lance Corporal George Trikolas, Dan Tucker, Michael Westervelt (Afganistan)

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING :

Fr. Rochford, Jessie & Ray Auron, Rita Burke, Nadine Burnett, George Carollo, Mary

Ann Daliege, Brian Dowling, Jr., Cora Farrenkopf, Linda Foley, Edward Glynn, Elsie Grunhard, Millie Gunther, Cindy Hanus, Mary Jackson, Linda Jones, Mary Kieta, Monica Kummerer, Joe and Mary Lamacki, Delores LeLuga, Marie Lendi, Barbara Lundquist, Dorothy Malkowski, Elaine Marczewski, Lindy and Mary Michelon, Bob Mischke, Annie Nicks, Pete Panozzo, Peter Powers, Donna M. Ross, Amy and Charles Ruiz, Louise Ryan, Ann Sardella, Ray Sebben, Jr., Elaine Silveus, Valeria Tomich, Karen Truesdale, Seana Valentine

PARISH MINISTRIES Annulment Ministry: 758-5098 Arts & Environment: Trudy Miller 758-6123 Baptism Program: Chuck and Kim Arvia 877-8818 Domestic Violence Awareness Karen LeLuga 754-1782 Evangelization: 758-5098 Finance Committee: 758-5098 Knights of Columbus: Joel Krezman (219)308-1019 Ministry of Care: Bob Leluga 754-1782 Parish Council: 758-5098 Parish Fellowship: 758-5098 Prayer Link: Judy Konieczka 758-6276 RCIA: 758-5098 Right to Life 758-5098 Server Training: Ralph Sobie 877-7653 Server Schedule: Eileen Rhoda 758-5098 St. John’s Women’s Club: Anna Davis 757-6727 Stewardship Committee: Judy Konieczka 758-6276 Ushers: Charles Lazzara 219-515-2530 Young Adult Ministry: Ricki Biank 289-6835

Fourth Sunday of Easter May 7, 2017

He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, free from sin,

we might live for righteousness.

— 1 Peter 2:24a

New Members WELCOME! If you have been attending St. John and have been unsure about joining, don’t be. We are a welcom-ing community and would love to have you with us.

To become a member of St. John Parish, fill out the information below and place this in the Offer-tory Collection or mail it to the parish office. You may also call the parish secretary at 758-5098. If you have a new address or new phone number please call the office or make changes on the form below so we can keep our records updated. Name__________________________________________ Address _______________________________________ Phone__________________________________________

WE ARE IN NEED OF LECTORS, SERVERS AND

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Please consider joining any of these

Ministries. We are in need at all 3 Masses but especially at our 5PM Mass. For more

information please call the parish office at 708-758-5098.

Dear St. John Parishioners, Last weekend two of our second graders, Skarlit Evans-McSpadden and Madison Herrick received their First Holy Communion. Also this past Thursday two of our eighth graders, Michael Herrick and Emma Reardon received the Sacrament of Confirmation. Let’s con-tinue to keep them and their families in our prayers. This week we welcome Betsy Diaz-Kudra as our new parish secretary in addition to Karen and Eileen. Betsy will be able to fill in as needed, and she comes to us from St. Paul Parish in Chicago Heights. Betsy is the wife of Deacon Joseph and she works as a secretary at St

Paul as well. Please make sure you introduce yourself to her and welcome her to our community. I would like to thank you for your generous support of our parish for reaching our goal towards The Annual Catholic Appeal. I also commend you on your support of To Teach Who Christ is Campaign. $112,771.00 has been collected as of April 30th . If you are new to our parish and would like to contribute to this campaign please see the finance column in the bulletin for details. On May 15, all of our outside fixtures will be changed to energy efficient LED lights. We have received a grant of $8,605.00 from Northern Illinois Lit Signage Program to cover the cost of the fixtures. I am grateful to our parishioners Dave Reardon and Dave Galbreath for donating their time to install these fixtures. As you may know our sewers are in much need of repair. We were hoping to fix them after Easter but due to the weather conditions we were unable to have it done that week. The work will be done in June when Brook-wood School children are on summer vacation. As part of this work six sewers will be repaired as well as our retention pond. The total cost is $14,700.00. I am grateful to Fr. Ron who will say Masses in my absence. This Sunday I am leaving for Poland to be with my family and celebrate my father’s 80th Birthday on May 14th! I am scheduled to return May 19th. Unfortu-nately I will not be here for Mother’s Day weekend but I asked Fr. Ron to give all the mothers of our parish a hug and kiss for me! Fr. Karol

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We welcome this weekend the representatives from our Chicago based Catholic Extension. We’ve been blessed to have an opportunity during last season of Lent to participate in the Cuban Project and to help with rebuilding the churches in Cuba through our monetary do-nations. We would like to thank all of you for your generous donations towards this initia-tive. We would also like to thank our Fellowship Committee for their help with the Cinco de Mayo celebration of which the proceeds will benefit the Cuban Project as well.

Cuba Initiative Committee

UPCOMING EVENTS IN MAY 7 Hospitality Sunday 8 Women’s Club Pot Luck Dinner 6PM 14 Happy Mother’s Day 11 Picnic Meeting 7PM 21 Young Adult Mass 5PM followed by a cook out 25 Picnic Meeting 7PM 27 Blood Drive 8AM to 4PM 29 Memorial Day Parish Office Closed ——————————————————

WOMEN’S CLUB The Women’s Club Mother/Daughter Pot Luck Dinner will be on Monday, May 8th at 6PM. Please bring a dish to share. All women of the parish are welcome to attend.

ST RITA OF CASCIA SHRINE CHAPEL

10th Annual Solemn Novena to St. Rita of Cascia The St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, 7740 S. Western Ave. - Chicago, IL 60620, will be holding its 110th Annual Solemn Novena to St. Rita starting on Saturday, May 13th leading up to her Feast Day on Monday, May 22nd. Mass and Novena Prayers will be held each evening at 7:00p.m. For more information please call (773) 925-6600 or visit www.stritahs.com. Solemn Novena to St. Rita of Cascia Saturday, May 13, 2017 through Sunday, May 21, 2017 6:00 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:00 p.m. Mass and Novena Prayers St. Rita of Cascia Feast Day Masses Monday, May 22, 2017 9:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 10:00 a.m. Mass and Novena Prayers 6:00 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:00 p.m. Mass and Novena Prayers Blessed Roses will be distributed at the Feast Day Masses

CONGRATULATIONS ON ORDINATION ANNIVERSARIES TO:

Fr. Karol Tybor May 23 8 yrs Fr. Jack Sullivan May 11 40 yrs Fr. Ron Kondziolka May 12 41 yrs Fr. Bill Stenzel May 14 42 yrs Fr. John Rochford May 3 70 yrs

May the grace and peace of our Lord be

with each of them. ———————————————————-

ILLINOIS KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS GROUP NITE

MAY 31, 2017 - WHITE SOX GAME The Knights of Columbus will have a bus leaving

from church to go to this game. This is a fundraiser for the Special Olympics of Illinois. Cost is $45.

This includes the bus ticket for the game in great seats and hot dog,

chips and soda. Tickets will be

sold after all the Masses.

YAM - Join us for mass and cookout

As our young adults wrap up their school year, we'll cele-brate with a mass followed by a cookout with Fr. Karol in the rectory. All young adults of the

parish, in high school or age 14-20, are welcome to join us on Sunday, May 21st at 5pm. Please call the Parish office to RSVP.

ANOTHER GREAT YEAR

April 30th was the end of another CCD year. We are extremely grateful to all of the CCD teach-ers and volunteers who have

given so much of themselves to the students this year. Thank you to the parents for their dedication to the children and the program. Thank you also to Mr. Andy Perz for all of his hard work making sure that the program ran smoothly and that the teachers had every-thing they needed to do their job. Lastly, thank you to all our wonderful students who made this a great year. Have a safe and happy summer.

LITURGICAL MINISTERS May 13/14, 2017

5:00 PM Tim Settle, Kitty Crescent, Cathie Branch, Kim Dirck

8:00 AM Janice Wenckus (Sacristan)

Joe Wenckus, Jim Selsor, Andrea Anderson, Judy Konieczka

10:00 AM Bertha Malone, Joe Mokry, Tim Reed, Val Tomich, Need a volunteer

Lectors

5:00 PM Kim Dirck 8:00 AM Charlotte Trznadel 10:00 AM Sandy Kalemba Altar Servers

5:00 PM Terri Glaum Ron Glaum

8:00 AM Nancy Galbreath Dave Galbreath

10:00 AM Michelle Reardon Michael Herrick

Sunday, May 7, 2017 to

Sunday, May 14, 2017 Fourth Sunday of Easter

8:00-Lena Rotoloni by David and Arlene Hudson 10:00-Deceased Members of the K of C Monday-Easter Weekday 8:00– Special Intention by Eileen Rhoda Tuesday-Easter Weekday 8:00– Bonita Ostarello by Phyllis Drewno and Family Wednesday-Easter Weekday; St. Damien de Veuster, Priest 8:00-Tom Baldwin by Family Thursday-Easter Weekday 8:00–Margaret Partyka by Timothy Partyka Friday-Easter Weekday; Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs; St. Pancras, Martyr 8:00-Eucharistic Service Saturday-Easter Weekday; Our Lady of Fatima 8:00-Eucharistic Service Vigil of Fifth Sunday of Easter 5:00-Mother’s Day Novena Fifth Sunday of Easter 8:00-Mother’s Day Novena 10:00-Mother’s Day Novena

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The fact that many monastic churches do not have a prominent tabernacle shapes the patterns of liturgical prayer. Monastic communities often protect the ancient value of “receiving from the same sacrifice,” meaning that the communicants are assured that what they eat and drink in the Holy Mysteries actually comes from the same celebration. It surprises many to learn that the Church does not foresee, nor does it provide for, Com-munion of the faithful from the reserved Sacrament. Liturgical laws have long defended your right to receive from the same sacrifice, the same Mass, that you attend. At one time, of course, the bread for the Eucharist was the ordinary bread of the day, except unleavened, probably prepared at home. It was broken and distributed to the faithful. Early on the loaf itself was referred to as the hostia in Latin, meaning the “sacrifice,” the same word for the sacrificial animal in Jewish worship, and for Jesus as the Lamb of God. By giving his life on the cross, Jesus became the hostia for us. To this day in the Greek Church, one of the tasks of the priest’s wife is to bake the bread for the Divine Liturgy, sometimes in a bakery oven dedicated to that purpose and called a “Bethlehem.” Today’s familiar individual hosts first appeared in the eleventh century at about the time when tabernacles were coming into use. The turn away from “bready” bread allowed the hosts to be reserved since they did not spoil like regular bread, and made the annual “Easter duty” counts easier. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4; Jn 10:11-18 Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26; Ps 87:1b-7; Jn 10:22-30 Wednesday: Acts 12:24 — 13:5a; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Jn 12:44-50 Thursday: Acts 13:13-25; Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27; Jn 13:16-20 Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-11ab; Jn 14:1-6 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 14:7- 14 Sunday: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; 1 Pt 2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12

PARISH COUNCIL COMMITTEE Lori Lucente-Chairperson

Karen Leluga-Secretary Ora Adams Ricki Biank Ron Carine David Galbreath John Kennerk Judy Konieczka Roslon Seals Maira Zambrano

PARISH FINANCE COMMITTEE Jim Adduci -co chair Susan Gates Dan Genisio-co chair Phyllis Giroux Bill Miller-Secretary Lynn Unyi Janice Wenckus Joe Dillon/ Bookkeeper

HOT LINES—WHEN YOU NEED HELP NOW!

COURAGE Treatment Center Grief Support Crisis Center So. Sub Council For single mothers 219-230-3622 Center for New for South on Alcoholism And unplanned Celebrate Rec. Beginnings Suburbia and Substance Pregnancies 219-864-0300 708-985-3010 708-429-7255 Abuse 708-636-8001 708-647-3333 FAITH CHURCH SUPPORT GROUP 219-864-0302 CELEBRATERECOVERY@FAITHCHURCHONLINE.ORG

SUNDAY COLLECTION Weekly Goal: $4,100.00

April 29/30 Sunday Collection $3,460.00*

Envelopes Received 122* E-Giving $360.00* Transactions 12*

Total Sunday Giving $ 3,820.00** Easter to date: $14,555.88

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*Includes Memorials **Includes E-Giving ———————————————————-

LOST—BLACK ROSARY A parishioner lost a black rosary with a tag on it that says ITALY. It was in a black case with a zipper. If found, please call Kathy at

708-474-1742

TO TEACH WHO CHRIST IS

Total Pledges/Donations:$427,574 Parish Share: $321,574

# of Pledges/Donations: 125 Actual Collections through April 2017:

$112,771

Did not have a chance to donate? Questions? Call the Parish Office or the

Campaign Office at 312-534-8500! —————————————————————

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