3318 S. Clarence Ave. O Berwyn, IL 60402ffices

Rectory: 708-484-0015 708-484-6982 (fax)

School: 708-749-3666 Parish website: www.stleonard.org

School website: www.stleonardschool.org

Staff Rev. Roger Corrales-Diaz, Pastor

Rev. Alex Ojacor Deacon José and Maria Cisneros

Deacon Peter and Nancy Morrissey

Merced Gonzalez, Parish Custodian Laura McThay, Family Faith Formation

& Youth Ministry Julie O’Reilly Castillo, Mission and Service

& Food Pantry Donna Quevedo, Business Operations

Manager Daisy V. Quevedo, Office Manager

& Bulletin Editor Evening and Weekend Receptionists

Magaly Alvarez & Natalí León

Music Ministry Barb Bossany & Joey Lugay

Javier Martinez

School Veronica Cash, Principal

Lauren DeLonjay, Business Manager Federico Diaz, School Custodian

Maureen Martin, Administrative Assistant

Weekend Masses Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm 1:30 pm en Español

Weekday Masses Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 7:00 am Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 8:00 am

Confessions/Confesiones First Saturday/Primer Sábado 4-4:45 pm

or by appointment / o por cita

St. Leonard Catholic Church

TwentyTwenty--ninth Sunday in Ordinary Timeninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

October 20, 2013October 20, 2013

Sunday, October 20 8:00 am Murry, Smith, Nowacki (Marge Nowacki) Joseph Corrigan (Family) 10:00 am Saenz Brothers & Family (Mother &

Family) Fritz Geyer (Family) 12:00 pm Clara Simko (Jim & Lisa Torson) Jerry & Dorothy Pribal Wedding

Anniversary (Dorothy Pribal) 1:30 pm Maria de los Angeles Serna (Family) Cesario Vazquez (Maria Teresa

Vazquez)

Monday, October 21 7:00 am Robert Russell Anniversary (Carol

Russell) Marie Fidanzo & Concetta (Connie)

Fidanzo (Lloyd Family)

Tuesday, October 22 7:00 am Assunta Michelin Special Intention

Wednesday, October 23 8:00 am Charles Toppel & Family

Thursday, October 24 7:00 am Timothy Domm (Family)

Friday, October 25 8:00 am St. Leonard Parish

Saturday, October 26 8:00 am Ken Doumel (Wife) 5:00 pm Chester Zientek (Family) Donald Holland (Family)

Sunday, October 27 8:00 am St. Leonard Parish 10:00 am Joanne Dupree (Dolores Dupree) 12:00 pm St. Leonard Parish 1:30 pm Parroquia de San Leonardo

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Happenings

Sunday, October 20 • Manna after 8, 10 & 12pm Liturgies (Church) • Fair Trade after Liturgies (Church) • Crop Walk after 12pm Mass

Monday, October 21 • Girl Scouts 6-8pm (Convent) • Cub Scouts 6-9pm (Scout Room) • Capital Stewardship Campaign 7pm (Rectory)

Tuesday, October 22 • Blue Army Rosary 1-2pm (Church) • Girl Scouts 6-8pm (Convent) • Cub Scouts Pack Night 6-10pm (Hall)

Wednesday, October 23 • Girl Scouts 6-8pm (Convent) • Cub Scouts 6-9PM (Scout Room) • Ladies of St. Leonard Meeting 7:30pm (Hall) • Grupo de Oración 7-9pm (Iglesia)

Thursday, October 24 • Girl Scouts 6-8pm (Convent) • Girl Scouts Brownies 6:30-7:30pm (Convent) • Guadalupe Planning Meeting 7pm (Rectory) • Boy Scouts Troop 32 7:30-9pm (Hall) • Unemployment Support Group 7pm (Rectory)

Friday, October 25 • Religious Inservice-No School • Girl Scouts 6-8pm (Convent) • Scripture Study 7-9pm (Rectory)

Saturday, October 26 • Cub Scouts Haunted House 6:30-8:30pm (Hall) • Manna after 5pm Liturgy (Church)

Sunday, October 27 • Manna after 8, 10 & 12pm Liturgies (Church)

for October 12-13

$10,000.00 – budgeted $150,000.00 – YTD budgeted $8,576.37 – collected $148,788.28 – YTD collected $380.00 - coll. online $1,211.72 - YTD deficit $1,043.63— deficit Deficit Collection—$955.16

Financial Stewardship

Bulletin Deadline

All articles due 11 days prior to print date

(print date is the date which appears on the front page of the Sunday bulletin)

Articles may be e-mailed to: stleonardbulletin@comcast.net or faxed to (708) 484-6982

Please submit any flyers of events in a Word format.

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Reflection School News

Reflecting on God’s Word

My house shares a back yard with four college students. Ryan is one of them. Every morning the first thing Ryan does is go out the back door with a bagful of nuts and feed the squirrels. They

hang out in our apple tree the way teenagers hang out around malls. One of the squirrels has become particularly bold and now waits expectantly for Ryan right at the back door. Lately the squirrel won’t go away, no matter the time of day, no matter who’s in the back yard. The squirrel just won’t leave, nuts or no nuts, people or no people. Because it’s become pesky, I now ignore the squirrel most of the time. Though Ryan doesn’t, I do. Nevertheless, the squirrel is slowly getting my attention. Over the course of my lifetime, God is getting my attention, too.

People tend to hear this week’s Gospel parable about the widow who keeps knocking on the judge’s door as a story about God who eventually gives in to the widow. I think it’s more a story about me eventually giving in to God. I hope God’s not offended by being compared to a squirrel, but God is much more like the squirrel (or the widow) than like the judge. God’s the one who does the pleading, it seems to me. While the parable seems to say, “Don’t lose heart; God will eventually hear and answer,” perhaps it’s really saying, “Don’t lose heart; God will not give up knocking on your door.”

—Rev. Joseph J. Juknialis

5th Grade Sacramental Prayer:

We are tiny, but mighty We disagree, but we forgive each other eventually

We believe in God and we look to him That is why we are His class! St. Leonard 5th grade class

The fifth grade class has started the school year off with a bang! We got right to work with our academics, faith studies, and character building!

In Religion we are practicing our prayers and even made our own Sacramental prayer that represents our class. We are working on consciously

following the Beatitudes and being St. Leonard Peacemakers.

In Science class we are working on our test-taking skills and learning a lot about nature! We also enjoy reading our Scholastic magazines about current events in Science. We are becoming better readers and writers everyday!

In Grammar class we are writing five paragraph essays and reviewing nouns. In Reading class we are reading the novel “Rules” by Cynthia Lord. This book has given us great opportunities to reflect on what it means to be different.

In History class we are working on our Geography skills and in Math we are working on estimating whole numbers and decimals.

St. Leonard 5th grade class

Reflexionemos sobre la Palabra de Dios

Yo comparto el traspatio de mi casa con cuatro estudiantes universitarios. Rafael es uno de ellos. Lo primero que hace Rafael en la mañana es salir por la puerta trasera con una bolsa llena de

nueces para las ardillas. Ellas pasan el tiempo en nuestro manzano igual que los adolescentes lo pasan en los centros comerciales. Una de las ardillas se ha vuelto particularmente atrevida y ahora espera a Rafael justo en la puerta trasera. Últimamente la ardilla no se va, no importa el momento del día ni quién esté en el traspatio. Hayan nueces o no, personas o no, la ardilla no se va. Como se ha puesto latosa yo la ignoro la mayoría de las veces. Rafael no, pero yo sí. No obstante, la ardilla poco a poco va llamando mi atención. En el transcurso de mi vida Dios también me está llamando la atención.

Al escuchar la parábola del Evangelio de esta semana acerca de la viuda que no se cansaba de suplicarle al juez la gente tiende a pensar que la historia se refiere a Dios, que con el tiempo se rinde ante la viuda. Yo creo que es más bien una historia acerca de mí, rindiéndome ante Dios. Espero que Dios no se ofenda por compararlo con una ardilla, pero Dios se parece mucho más a la ardilla (o a la viuda) que al juez. A mi parecer, Dios es quien suplica. Aunque la parábola parece decir: “No te descorazones, con el tiempo Dios escucha y responde”, tal vez lo que diga es: “No te descorazones, Dios no se cansará de suplicarte”.

—Padre Joseph J. Juknialis

Benefit Night

White Fence Farm 3704 Harlem (&Ogden) Riverside, IL

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

4pm-8pm

**PLEASE BRING FLYER TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR OUR SCHOOL**

20% of all purchases to SLPA and benefits St. Leonard School

Amount of purchase $____________________

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Cub Scout Pack 32 PresentsCub Scout Pack 32 Presents

Halloween Haunted House

Come for the Fun and Help Stock Our Food Pantry Saturday, October 26th

6:30 PM to 8:30 PM St. Leonard Parish Hall

Donations of Non-perishable Food for the St. Leonard Food Pantry

are the entrance fee to the Halloween Haunted Fun House.

Food Items In Most Need: Cereal, Peanut Butter, Spaghetti Sauce, Jelly, Spaghetti

Boy Scout Troop 32 is Celebrating Its

75th Anniversary

Troop 32 is one of the oldest continuous-running Boy Scout troops in the area. The organization is committed to teaching our young men the virtues of community service and self-improvement. St. Leonard School students and alumni constitute the majority of the troop and many of our fellow parishioners are volunteer leaders. The troop is sponsored by the St. Leonard Holy Name Society. In honor of its 75th anniversary, the troop is holding a celebratory dinner on Saturday, November 2nd, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. in the School Hall. Those wishing to attend should contact the troop at troop32berwyn@gmail.com for further details.

What is a Catechist? A Catechist is a person of faith who is called to pass on the teachings and traditions of the church. If you are a dynamic person and would like to help your community to grow in our faith, we are recruiting catechist for the new catechetical year. (2013-2014) For more information please call Laura McThay @ 708-484-0015

TO TEACH WHO CHRIST IS

CAMPAIGN

There will be an Advance Commitment gathering in the School Hall on Friday

evening, November 8th, from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. to start this campaign.

If you would like to attend, please call the Parish Office by Monday, October 28th at 708-484-0015.

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The Ladies of Leonard’s, a woman’s networking connection

Invites you to our Monthly Meeting

Wednesday, October 23rd at 7:30PM in the St. Leonard School Hall

Please come join us for an informational meeting on “Financial Wellness” presented by Diane

Whiston of World Financial Group (WFG) and Victoria Mitchell of The Heartland Institute of

Financial Education All sessions are taught by Certified Financial Educators

It will be a fun night out and feel free to bring along a friend!!

For those of you who have yet to join us, this is a great time to come out and meet other women/moms in our community and have some much

deserved time away.

Beverages, Appetizers and Desserts are always welcome!

This is mommy’s day to come out and play. . . no children please!

CROP Hunger Walk

Today! - after the 12 noon mass Ilsa Dolores Gomez spent 5 days last year at a Catholic Relief Services workshop in the Dominican Republic learning the ins and outs of leading a community savings group.

She discovered how to use a lock box, how to fill out a deposit registry and why savings groups need five officers to run smoothly. By the end of the week, the 40-year-old mother

of five knew more than she ever thought possible about savings groups, a simple approach to microfinance that CRS uses around the world.

For women like Ilsa, it's the strength that comes from playing a leading role in their families and in their communities that often has a lasting effect.

A nine-word note sent Ilsa down a path of self-discovery that culminated in her going back to school. Slipped to her by the CRS program manager who led the workshop, it read, "You are a strong woman. You can do it." Now, having purchased a blow dryer and brushes, Ilsa has turned her front patio into a beauty salon. Neighbors stop by and pay to have their hair done.

The extra money helps pay the household bills, but it's much more than that. "I’m depending on myself," says Ilsa. "And never really thought I could do what I am doing. And little by little, I'm actually doing it." Compassionate people like you make our work possible. CRS empowers women by helping them help themselves and allowing each to realize her full potential in keeping with a saying by Pope John Paul II: "The future starts today, not tomorrow."

The CROP Walk supports the work of Church World Service (CWS), and if chosen as a recipient of your donation, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) throughout the developing world.

By sponsoring a walker, you can help alleviate hunger abroad and in our local community. Together, we can make a difference! For more information call Julie in the parish office, 708-484-0015.

Christian Women’s Book Club The next meeting of the Christian Women's Book Club will be on Wednesday, Oct 23, at 7:00pm at Nancy Morrissey's home. We will be reading Catholicism, A Journey into the Heart of Faith, by Father Robert Barron. This is the companion book to the wonderful 10 part video series, some of which were screened at St. Leonard's. The book not only explores what is good and true about our Catholic faith, but also what is beautiful. The book is available at any bookseller, online or through your local library's MLS

system. All are welcome to attend. For further information, call 708-749-1765.

St. Odilo School is seeking anyone who wishes to sell small garage sale type items, gently used clothing, handmade crafts, bakery etc.

Sat. Nov 2. Table Rental 25.00-You keep your profit.

Contact Christina Lee for more info via email lee@saintodilo.org

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Port Ministries Summer Mission –

2013 Reporting Back – 6th in a Series

At the end of July 2013 you sent me out on a mission to Port Ministries in the Back of the Yards neighborhood in Chicago. As a member of the St. Leonard’s Garden Club my mission was going to be easy – gardening – or so I thought.

On the first day, during morning-prayer, I listened, not so much to the prayer service, but to the sounds of the neighborhood. A rooster crowed not too far away, neighbors walking, talking, sweeping, and watering their gardens. The sounds I heard were no different than the sounds I remember hearing in my old neighborhood of South Lawndale (Little Village).

I surveyed the gardens and became overwhelmed by what I saw. I would not be gardening on my first day. I would be weeding. Two gardens neglected – weeds, shrubs, and hostas so overgrown that the flowers below them were stunted because the warmth of the sun and the sprinkles of rain could not reach them. There was a vegetable garden and, fortunately, this was the only garden the staff members had time to maintain.

After the weeding was done, the gardening experts for the day, Ms. Joan, 12 year old William Sander, and myself, decided on what was needed. We needed plants and flowers. Not just any plants and flowers. Like the Back of the Yards neighborhood, the gardens at Port Ministries needed plants that could withstand neglect if necessary due to shortage of staff members and priorities in their community mission. (Feeding the hungry and reducing at-risk factors in community children are at the top of the list.) We needed plants with resiliency; plants that could take care of themselves.

With donations from gardeners at St. Leonard Parish, we planted lilies, sedum, black-eyed Susan, purple cone flowers, and much more. We transplanted hostas, mums, tulip bulbs, and a rose bush around the bare statue of Mary. We mulched to slow down the growth of

weeds and to retain any rain/watering the gardens would receive. We moved a bird bath and a bench near the statue of Mary. Like St. Leonard’s Meditation Garden – Port Ministries needed a simple place where you can take a break in your day and listen to God, for he could be heard in the rooster’s crow, the neighbor’s foreign

voice, children’s laughter, and in the sound of the much needed rain on our last day. All the time – God is Good!

Maria Sander

Reporting Back from Brazil

(2nd in a series) Maryknoll Mission Community of Brazil Mission Statement,

"We are a Catholic mission community made up of members of the Maryknoll family committed to living out our Gospel call to mission service with the Brazilian people as Lay Missioners,

Sisters, Fathers and Brothers." In 1975, Maryknoll Brothers came to Rio de Janeiro and expanded their ministries to Sao Paulo in 1976. Their goal was to study the bible and make changes through the eyes of the poor. Today the Maryknoll Mission Community of Brazil consists of 2 Maryknoll Priests, 3 Maryknoll Sisters and 10 Maryknoll Lay Missioners. They cover mission work in currently two Brazilian cities, Sao Paulo and Joao Pessoa. Once a month they get together to pray and collaborate. Maryknoll Lay Missioners are currently working in the following areas: Justice and Peace: Prison ministry with the National and Archdiocesan Prison Pastoral; Human Rights and Popular Education Center working in the areas of violence prevention, conflict mediation and restorative justice Pastoral Care and Education: Pastoral care of those in prison and in parishes; work with children and adolescents; Al-Anon; theatre of the oppressed. Health: Women's health issues, gender & sexuality, citizenship & human rights, and communication to groups including women, community health agents and domestic violence victims. For more information please check them out at: http://www.maryknollsociety.org/ http://www.maryknollsisters.org/ http://www.MaryknollLayMissioners.org http://www.MaryknollAffiliates.org

https://www.facebook.com/MaryknollBrazilMissionCommunity#!/MaryknollBrazilMissionCommunity/info

- Gail Sulla

Parish Mission Statement We, God’s People, St. Leonard Parish Are Called By The Father, and Empowered By The Holy Spirit, To Love And Serve Others As Jesus Did. Through Baptism We Begin An Individual And Communal Journey, Whose Ultimate End And Destiny Is God. While On The Journey, We Are Challenged To Become Whole Persons, Who Are Nourished By The Word Of God And The Bread Of Life. Our Mission, Then, Is To Celebrate Christ’s Presence Among Us, To Proclaim His Good News, And To Grow As His Disciples, While Working For A World Of Peace And Justice, Where All God’s People Can Be Treated As Equals.

Mass Time Priest/Deacon

Lector Communion Ministers

Altar Servers

Saturday October 26

5 PM

Fr. Roger Corrales Steven Farrell Mary O’Halloran

Charlie Poindexter Maureen Poindexter Sharon Davis Ron Davis Mary O'Halloran Mark Collins Tim Moudry Teresa Figueroa LaVerne Smith

Katrina Wiseman Matthew Orozco

Sunday October 27

8:00 AM

Fr. Alex Ojacor M. Graham-McHugh Greg Porod

Marvin Gorss Dorothy Gorss Tina Trcka Kathi Burns Mary Adduci Virg Cagandahan Tarco Cagandahan Frances Zawila Ben Regan

William Sander Matthew Adami

10:00 AM Fr. Alex Ojacor Carol Forsythe Roy Forsythe

Eileen Hudik Darlene Soto Rose Wilcox Fred Wilcox Barb Ebersold Marie Moudry Cathy Wrobel Deb Unzueta Nancy Allen

Brianna King Tyler Pondel

12:00 PM Fr. Roger Corrales Rosemarie Lugay Ron Benes

Frank Mastny R J Alejandro Beth Kleisner Mike Kampe Angel Lugay Rosemarie Lugay Tom Meza Andy Skoglund Susan Thompson

William Rotsaert Gabriel Castillo

1:30 PM Fr. Roger Corrales Diácono José Cisneros

Felipe Cisneros Blanca Cisneros

Maria Sanchez Cecilia Grimaldo Isabel de la Vega Carmen Soto Socorro Cisneros Ruben Ornelas Esperanza Ornelas Pasqual Gonzalez

Isabela Jaimes Marco Jaimes

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Liturgical Roles October 26– 27