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The Flag in Our Sanctuary.... As a way of honoring and remembering our nation in prayer from Flag Day, June 14, through the 4th of July, we have placed the United States Flag in our church sanctuary. It is important that we remember the values of equality, freedom, and justice that our nation was founded upon, and pray that the wisdom of these values may guide our land. Independence Day Mass.... This Wednesday, July 4, we will have a special Independence Day Mass at 9:00 AM, honoring our nation and featuring our Adult and Teen Choirs, who will sing a variety of patriotic songs, including a tribute to the Armed Forces, which will acknowledge all military members past and present attending the Mass. It is a great kick-off to our celebrating them and our country on that day. Priest Convocation… Due to bulletin deadlines, I could not give a recap of the Priest Convocation held from June 18 through June 21, but now I can. This year’s Convocation was in my opinion, the best one we ever had. Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego, gave a very fine keynote address and follow-up talk on the first night of the convocation and the following morning. The Tuesday afternoon panel of priests were inspiring in their presentations. On Wednesday, the morning and afternoon sessions were superb and focused on generational differences within the presbyterate of Pre-Vatican II [e.g. Fr. Gubbins], Vatican II, Post-Vatican II [Fr. Corcoran] and Millennial [Fr. Zurek]. The sessions also allowed these varied generations to talk with each other about perceived differences, and how we can better communicate and relate to one another. Thursday allowed the Cardinal to hold a question-and-answer session. It was a good moment for us to gather as a presbyterate and connect. A “Busman’s Holiday”... I will be arriving in Ireland on July 4, for 11 days, during which I will be celebrating the July 6th wedding of my first cousin, John Joe Corcoran, and his wife Margaret’s daughter, Johanna, in the town of Trim, County Meath. I had the honor of marrying John Joe and his wife over 31 years ago. So I am now marrying off the next generation. I have about 17 first cousins and their families within a 20 minute drive of Trim, so it will be a great family gathering. Then on Sunday, July 8, I leave Trim for Dingle, County Kerry, for my niece Caitlin O’Connor’s marriage to Patrick Shaughnessy on July 10. Both are from Chicagoland, but have chosen to marry in Ireland. As a result many American and English cousins, on both my mom and dad’s sides of the

family are traveling to Dingle for the wedding. For them, it would be like us being invited to a wedding in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin—not too distant of a trip. That wedding will be even a bigger gathering of the cousins. This type of celebratory reunion happened before when my first cousin Joe McNally married in Ireland in 1981. At that time my immediate family, and most of the cousins from Ireland and England attended that wedding. Then in 2006 for my 25th anniversary of Priesthood, I had 30 cousins from Ireland and England join us for the celebration here. It is amazing how times change. My dad’s youngest brother never met his oldest sister, as she had immigrated to the United States prior to his birth. By the time in the 1980’s that he was able to come for a vacation to the United States she had passed away long since in the mid-1960’s at the age of 55! It is a different era now. Through Skype, e-mail, and travel, etc., the world is a lot more connected. Between the two travel days, the two rehearsal days, and the two wedding days, six of my eleven days away are “work related”—hence the busman’s holiday. But Fr. Zurek is not to worry, I am counting them all as vacation days. Wisdom and Wine… Be sure to mark your calendars for this year’s “Wisdom and Wine” gathering at 7:00 PM, on Friday, July 13, in the McBrady Center. This evening provides an opportunity for adults to come together in a relaxed atmosphere for social time and spiritual development and discuss a Catholic topic. The guest speaker for this year’s event is our second pastor of St. Elizabeth Seton, Fr. Larry Mc Brady, who will speak about how “Jesus is the Justice of God,” and use stories from his own life experience as an inner-city priest and former chaplain at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center as well as Cook County Jail. The doors open at 7:00 PM with a seated Fair Trade wine discussion with samplings, appetizers and desserts served. Fr. McBrady’s talk will begin at 8:00 PM. Our past annual gatherings have been a great success, and we look forward to having Fr. McBrady back with us. Sent Forth On A Mission… This weekend, we send forth 24 teens and adults from St. Elizabeth Seton Church and St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr Church on a week long Mission Trip to Harlan, Kentucky. We wish them well and safe travels as they assist others who are in need, and witness to the gospel. We look forward to hearing about their journey later this summer.

Keep Smiling,

CORCORAN’S CORNER

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Noah BerchmanNoah BerchmanNoah Berchman Jessica CarrollJessica CarrollJessica Carroll Daniel ChmuraDaniel ChmuraDaniel Chmura John DurkinJohn DurkinJohn Durkin Oliver DurkinOliver DurkinOliver Durkin Catie GallagherCatie GallagherCatie Gallagher Julie JohnsonJulie JohnsonJulie Johnson Amy KowalAmy KowalAmy Kowal Colleen LynchColleen LynchColleen Lynch Adam MannionAdam MannionAdam Mannion Michael MannionMichael MannionMichael Mannion Brendan McguireBrendan McguireBrendan Mcguire Ian McguireIan McguireIan Mcguire John PanelliJohn PanelliJohn Panelli TJ QuinlanTJ QuinlanTJ Quinlan Luke ReiterLuke ReiterLuke Reiter Mike ReiterMike ReiterMike Reiter Sophia SeneseSophia SeneseSophia Senese Guy SpallaGuy SpallaGuy Spalla Kyle GrovesKyle GrovesKyle Groves Mike DurkinMike DurkinMike Durkin Dcn. Bob ConlinDcn. Bob ConlinDcn. Bob Conlin Andy PanelliAndy PanelliAndy Panelli Dan RobisonDan RobisonDan Robison

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ON THE ROAD AGAIN! 2018 MISSION TRIP Please pray for our teens and chaperones who are traveling down to Harlan, KY! We set out today until July 7, for our 2018 Mission Trip! Thank you for your prayers and support to get us there and back. This week we will be working on two house projects up in the mountains. In addition, we will take the opportunity to see the beautiful area on several hikes. Kyle Groves Parish Youth Minister

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7:00 PM — FAIR TRADE WINE and DISCUSSION

8:00 PM — FR. LARRY MCBRADY — SOCIAL JUSTICE TALK

TICKET DONATION: $10.

LIMITED SEATING. 21-OVER EVENT. Tickets available for purchase in the Parish Office.

No tickets will be sold at-the-door. For information call 708-403-0101, x107.

Wisdom and Wine is an adult faith formation event that allows adults to come together in a relaxed atmosphere for social time and spiritual development. Attendees are invited to participate in engaging discussion following the presentation on a current Catholic topic. We begin the evening with a Fair Trade Wine Discussion and wine pours, appetizers, desserts, fair trade dips, and coffee.

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Discussion Topic:

JESUS IS THE JUSTICE OF GOD

The St. Elizabeth Social Action Ministry invites you a very

special Summer event...

Friday, July 13 7:00 pm McBrady Center

Wine growers in developing countries can now rely on stable incomes to provide for their families, pay workers fairly, and provide working environments that are safe and free from child labor, forced overtime and harassment. We will begin the night discussing this topic and sharing four different Fair Trade certified and sustainable wines from South Africa.

Jesus Is The Justice Of God The story of Adam and Eve is not a fable intended for young children in the early days of their religious education. Rather, it's the lead-in to the ongoing story of humankind's failure to access the wisdom of God. The Original Sin is our inability to better recognize the unity and the oneness to which we are all called by the Love of God made manifest in the life of Jesus. Fr. Larry McBrady will offer a reflection on the 25th Chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel where Jesus calls us, invites us, and challenges us to recognize that Jesus is the embodiment of God's justice. How can we, as the friends of God, commit ourselves to the pursuit of justice in the course of our daily lives? Fr. McBrady will use stories from his own life experience as an inner-city priest and former chaplain at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center as well as Cook County Jail.

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Sat., June 30 (5pm) Michael Kocher; Denis O’Malley

Sun., July 1 (7:15am) Aurora M. Gagni; Gerry Jocson (8:30am) Jack Yanahan; David Kokotan (10am) Willard and Estelle Bush; For All Parishioners (11:30am) Edward and Virginia Yorke; Dick Sarlo and Lena DiSalle Mon., July 2 (9am) Joseph Louis Fuentes; Michael D. Federico Tues., July 3 (9am) Terry Kenney; Rebecca Ella Smith Wednesday, July 4 (9am) Mary Kokotan; Aurora Gagni Thurs., July 5 (9am) Lyia Irwin; Jennifer Soprych (Living) Fri., July 6 (9am) Mary Kokotan; Selma Picko Sat., July 7 (5pm) Fr. George Pathyrl; Edward Kozel, Sr.

Sun., July 8 (7:15am) Aurora M. Gagni; The Miserendino Family (8:30am) Felix Tomasiewicz; Maxine Tomasiewicz (10am) Deceased Members of the Salas Family; Dorothy Nelson (11:30am) Alfred Tinsley, Sr.; For All Parishioners

We remember the sick, infirm, and those recommended to our prayers, that they may experience the healing power of Christ: Liz Wisnasky Tori Quinlan Mary Clayton Lucy McGrath David Chiappetti, Jr. Virginia Hayes Kevin Fonte Ceil Giblin And for our deceased: James Paul Matykiewicz “Heavenly Father, accept the prayers which we offer for them.”

PLEASE PRAY FOR

MASS INTENTIONS

Please pray for the following couple(s) who are preparing for the Sacrament of Matrimony: Jennifer Izzo and Eric Kowalczyk; 7-14-18 Maribel Gortez and Omar Garcia; 8-3-18

WEDDINGS

Boguslaw and Katarzyna Jagodka (Children: Caroline and Monica Jagodka) Thomas and Jamie McGrath (Children: Christian and Ian McGrath)

WELCOME

SOCIAL ACTION MINISTRY RESPOND NOW FOOD DRIVE

Bags distributed after Masses: June 30/July 1 Bags returned before Masses: July 7/8

MEN’S CLUB GOLF OUTING Friday, July 6, Broken Arrow Golf Club, Lemont

WISDOM AND WINE EVENT with Fr. Larry McBrady

Topic: Jesus is the Justice of God Friday, July 13, 7-9:30 pm, McBrady Center

$10 ticket required—on sale now!

OUTDOOR MASS AND PARISH PICNIC Sunday, August 5, 3:00 pm

SAVE THE DATE SAVE THE DATE SAVE THE DATE for these UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS

at St. Elizabeth Seton!

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HEAVENLY FATHER, Let me take this holiday celebration

to thank you and resolve to always do my part to keep my country strong

and overcome its weaknesses. Teach me to meditate on the teachings of Your Son who brought us a message of peace and freedom and instructed us

to live as brothers and sisters. His message took form in the vision

of our founders as they fashioned a nation where people might live as one.

May this message live on in our midst as a task for people today

and a promise for tomorrow. We pray especially for all those who have

served to protect our peace and freedoms and For those currently serving in our military today.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The parish offices will be closed on Wednesday, July 4. The parish staff

wishes all a safe and blessed holiday.

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Shame and the Lord By Rev. Ronald Rolheiser

S everal years ago in Germany, while giving the sacrament of confirmation, a bishop was questioning the children

who were about to be confirmed: “Who can administer the sacrament of Confirmation?” he asked. A young girl answered: “Any bishop, once he's attained the age of reason!” Our old catechisms used to tell us that we reach the age of reason at roughly, age seven. At one level, that's true, we can be responsible for ourselves then in a way we couldn't when we were toddlers. But it takes a lot longer than age seven, a lifetime really, to be in full owner-ship of ourselves. And so, at another level, we might better peg the age of reason sometime after age 30, when we have a more responsible sense of who we are, what our lives mean, and what decisions to make in order to bring life to ourselves and theirs. It takes a long time before we can be really responsible. But there's a further problem, by the time we reach maturity, we have also lost some vital, life-giving parts of ourselves. By the time we get to possess ourselves, all of us have been wounded, shamed in our enthusiasm, and parts of our bodies and our souls have died and turned cold — we are no longer whole. And this bitterly limits how well we can love and especially how fully we can give life. Let me illustrate this:

I n the gospels we are told, within a single story, how Jesus cured two women who, on the surface, seem to have very little in common. The story runs this way: Jesus is approached by a

man named Jairus, who asks him to come and cure his daughter who is thirteen years old. As Jesus is making his way to Jairus' house, hemmed in by a curious crowd, a woman who, we are told, had been suffering from internal hemorrhaging for 12 years and had spent all her money on doctors without getting any bet-ter, approaches him surreptitiously, saying to herself: “If I but touch the hem of his garment, I will be healed!” She does just that and, the gospels tell us, instantly the flow of blood stopped. Touching Jesus did for her what doctors couldn't do, it stopped her internal hemorrhaging. Then, as Jesus approaches the house, he hears that the man's daughter is dead, but enters the house anyway, going to her bed, taking her by the hand, and bringing her back to life. What these two women have in common is this: For different reasons, both are unable to get pregnant and give life; the young girl, because she dies at puberty, just as she has the radical pos-sibility of getting pregnant, and the other woman, because the forces inside her that are meant to give life are damaged and hemorrhaging, making it impossible for her to hold a pregnancy. Jesus gives back both women the possibility of giving life, in one case by stopping the flow of blood and in the other by starting it. We all need a similar miracle: By the time we're finally ready to give life some deep parts of us have already died and are too cold and lifeless to ever become pregnant. As well, like the woman whose internal bleeding makes it impossible for her to get preg-nant, we too are wounded in ways that have us forever hemor-rhaging out the life forces we need in order to give life. Parts of us have died and parts of us have been wounded and we are forever hemorrhaging in body, heart, and soul. It's hard for us to give life.

How do we, like the woman, touch the hem of the garment so as to be healed? How do we, like Jairus' daughter,

let Jesus take us by the hand and restore to us our fertility?

I remember a comment made to me by a young man who had been struggling for a long time to break an addictive habit in his

life. He said: “It took me a long time, and count-less failures, to realize that you can't change your life simply by willpower. You can only change it by grace and community.” Alcoholics Anonymous has always known this.

Willpower, while important, is not enough. Only by touching some higher power—

and this is most easily done inside a community—can we actually

change our lives. Therapy too is helpful to a point, but only to a point.

In the end, the power to give life can only be restored to us through grace and community, through letting a power beyond give us something that we cannot give to our-selves. Then, and only then, will those parts of us that are dead or diseased begin again to give life. In the Gospel Reading, Jairus wades fearlessly into the crowd around Jesus and interrupts what Jesus is doing. Jairus is an im-portant person, an official of the synagogue; and his 12-year old daughter is dangerously sick. He believes that Jesus could heal his daughter, but only if he comes right away. And so he urges Jesus to drop everything else and come now. And Jesus does turn immediately to go with Jairus. But then Jairus’s interruption of Jesus is itself interrupted. Jesus stops dead and demands to know who touched him. Who touched you, his disciples say in disbelief! Everybody touched you! You are in the middle of a big crowd pressing all around you. But, as we know, there was someone who touched Jesus in a special way. She was a woman who had had an issue of blood for twelve years, just as many years as Jairus had a daughter. Under Mosaic law, that woman was unclean all those years. And anyone who touched her became unclean too. In fact, any-one who even touched anything she sat on or slept on became unclean. The woman had spent all her money on doctors to try to stop the issue of blood, but the doctors had only made her worse. So she was poor, outcast, and scared of being noticed. Unlike Jairus, she didn’t dare interrupt Jesus to press her own concerns on him. And now she had added this dreadful thing to all the other bad things about her: she had touched the Lord himself—and so, she must have thought, she had made even Jesus unclean. No wonder she was trembling when Jesus called her out, and she had to face him. Shame such as hers makes a person desperate to be invisible. Unlike Jairus, in her great need, she had not been willing to put herself forward. But she was so desperate to be healed that she was willing to be shamed, no-account, and invisible. She accepted being unnoticed as unimportant as long as she could be healed. But Jesus was not willing to tolerate her own estimation of herself. He made the official of the synagogue wait for her. “Daughter,” Jesus says to her, “your faith has saved you.”

I n that one word, ‘daughter,’ Jesus healed her shame as well as her blood-flow. He showed her and all the crowd around her that she was to him what Jairus’ daughter was to Jairus.

And so Jairus was not the only one who cared for his daughter on that day.

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She said, “If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured.” Immediately her

flow of blood dried up.

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S T . E L I Z A B E T H S E T O N C H I L D R E N ’ S R E L I G I O U S E D U C A T I O N

REMINDER: Religious Education sessions begin Monday, Sept. 17.

2018-2019 REGISTRATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED Please stop in the Religious Education Office Monday-Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

FAITH SESSIONS WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, SEPT. 17!

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS AS OUR PROGRAM IS GROWING!

Please give serious consideration to volunteer your time to fill one of the positions listed below:

CATECHISTS (training and lesson plans are provided). Grade 3 (1) Monday afternoon 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Grade 5 (1) Monday afternoon 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Grade 8 (1) Monday evening 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. HALL MONITORS (Hall Monitors assist the Staff Supervisors during sessions by monitoring hallways and assisting Catechists and students). (2) Monday evening 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. (2) Monday afternoon 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD SUPERVISORS (Children’s Liturgy of the Word Supervisors assist the Catechist with monitoring children on Sunday during the 10:00 a.m. Mass.) (3) Sunday mornings 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Your help is greatly needed! For more information please stop by the St. Elizabeth Seton

Religious Education Office or phone us at 708-403-0137. If you need to leave a message please do so on ext. 117.

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Helpful Outreach for People seeking Employment (HOPE) Employment Ministry

PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE FOR MEETING! NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY, JULY 10, 7PM (Meeting date was moved from Tuesday, July 3 to Tuesday, July 10, to avoid conflict with the July 4th Holiday) St. Elizabeth Seton (O’Mara) Church Hall (lower level of church) TOPIC: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF NETWORKING SPEAKER: TIMOTHY SCOTT

Timothy Scott is a Chief Financial Officer with expertise in Finance and IT. He will share his personal experiences in networking and his presentation is entitled “The Fundamentals of Networking”.

The HOPE Employment Support Ministry is open to everyone. All of our services, to both job seekers and employers, are free of charge. Our monthly meetings address resume review, interview skills, networking, guest speakers and open forums.

Employers and HOPE Alumni: We ask that you please share job openings with us. Send your staffing needs to Fred Zeilner at fredzeilner16@gmail.com, and they will be distributed to those who attend our monthly meetings.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: If you have expertise in the areas of HR/Recruitment, Staffing, Resumes, LinkedIn or as a hiring manager, please consider joining our team as a volunteer. Enjoy the satisfaction of providing your expertise in order to prepare job seekers for success. Contact Arnie Skibinski at skibins@comcast.net.

B E C A U S E E V E R Y O N E C A N U S E A L I T T L E H O P E !

Care for Our Common Home: Inter-faith Clean-Up in Oak Forest Preserve

Sunday, July 8, 2-4pm, Yankee Woods The SouthWest InterFaith Team (SWIFT) is hosting a litter cleanup project at the Yankee Woods Forest Pre-serve in Oak Forest (north of Central Ave. and 167th St.) on Sunday, July 8. The clean-up will be from 2-4pm, with ice cream afterwards. Gloves, sticks, bags, and water will be provided. This is a great opportunity if you need community service hours for school as well as a great opportunity to work and talk with people of different faiths. For information/to register contact Bryan Burke, bryanburke93@gmail.com, or Carol Davis, SWIFT representative for St. Elizabeth Seton Church, at cad8689@hotmail.com, by Wednesday, July 4.

Call 708-532-2626 for information

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St. Elizabeth Seton Annual Golf Outing—2018 Sponsored by the Men’s Club

Includes Golf, Cart, Lunch, Dinner, Prizes, Raffles, Golf Contests Hole in One on Selected Par 3 Wins a Car (Sponsor: Manteno Ford)

Golfers—60 Slots Available Hole Sponsorships available—$75 New Sponsor/$50 Returning Sponsor

For more information contact:

Patrick Zarnowski (708) 837-8175 Email: rmzar@att.net

(Call me or send email to reserve your tee time)

Name: ______________________________________ Phone: _____________________ Please include these players in my group: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

(You can sign up as an individual or team, Ladies are encouraged to play)

All Are Welcome!

Friday, July 6 2PM Shot Gun Start

Broken Arrow Golf Club Lockport

$110 per Golfer

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SAINT OF THE WEEK

SAINT THOMAS, THE APOSTLE (First Century-December 21, 72)

We don’t know a lot about Saint Thomas the Apostle, but tradition has it that he traveled to and preached the gospel in India, where he was eventually martyred. His name means “twin,” and due to his skepticism, he is also known as “Doubting Thomas.”

Poor Thomas! He made one remark and has been branded as “Doubting Thomas” ever since. But if he doubted, he also believed. He made what is certainly the most explicit statement of faith in the New Testament: “My Lord and My God!” and, in so expressing his faith, gave Christians a prayer that will be said till the end of time. He also occasioned a compliment from Jesus to all later Christians: “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed” (John 20:29). Thomas should be equally well-known for his cour-age. Perhaps what he said was impetuous—since he ran, like the rest, at the showdown—but he can scarcely have been insincere when he expressed his willingness to die with Jesus. The occasion was when Jesus pro-posed to go to Bethany after Lazarus had died. Since Bethany was near Jerusalem, this meant walking into the very midst of his enemies and to almost certain death. Realizing this, Thomas said to the other apostles, “Let us also go to die with him” (John 11:16b).

COMMENT Thomas shares the lot of Peter the impetuous, James and John, the “sons of thunder,” Philip and his foolish request to see the Father—indeed all the apostles in their weakness and lack of understanding. We must not exaggerate these facts, however, for Christ did not pick worthless men. But their human weakness again points up the fact that holiness is a gift of God, not a human creation; it is given to ordinary men and women with weaknesses; it is God who gradually transforms the weaknesses into the image of Christ, the courageous, trusting, and loving one.

UPCOMING EVENTS NOAH’S ARK/CREATION MUSEUM

SEPTEMBER 11-14, 2018 $600-double occupancy. $737-single occupancy

Bus Tour package includes: Accommodations-Hyatt Place Hotel in Florence, KY; 3 breakfasts; 3 lunches; 3 dinners; boat cruise; Creation Museum tour; Noah’s Ark admission.

$100 deposit due at time of reservation. Final payment due on or before Aug. 5, 2018.

Payment may be made in the parish office or at the August 5 Parish Picnic.

*Flyer available in the parish office. For reservations/ questions, please call Anna Talley at 708-532-6731.

SAVE THE DATE PARISH PICNIC—AUGUST 5, 2018

The Seniors of Seton will be serving at the dessert tables. All parishioners are encouraged to donate baked goods for the picnic. More info in future bulletins.

SENIORS OF SETON

The Seniors of Seton wish all a happy

Fourth of July holiday!

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Saturdays at 8:00 AM St. Elizabeth Seton Church

9300 W. 167th St., Orland Hills Please meet in the parking lot of St. Elizabeth Seton Church

and we will drive as a group to the following service projects.

Theology on Tap is for people in their 20’s and 30’s

single or married!

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St. Elizabeth Seton Church Orland Hills, IL

TICKETS TO BE SOLD AT THE PARISH SOON...

AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW

Do You Have Time After Mass? Neat Repeats Resale Shops are looking for volunteers to assist customers on Sundays at their Orland or Worth lo-cations from 11am-4pm. Proceeds from sales at Neat Re-peats benefit the Crisis Center for South Suburbia. Call 708-364-7605 or 708-361-6860 for more information.

Orland Park Soccer Club Seeks Players The Orland Park Soccer Club High School Girls Recrea-tional League is looking for players for the 2018 Season (season runs from mid-August through October). There is one practice each week and games are held on late after-noon/early evening on Sundays. Girls of all experience and skill levels, who will be High School Freshman through Seniors in this Fall are welcome. For more information or to register, please contact Tom Granato at 312-259-8222 or visit their website: www.orlandparksc.org.

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LIVING the

WORD

LIVING the

WORD

NEXT WEEK’S FOCUS: HOMETOWN BOY To reverse a popular TV show theme song, sometimes you want to go where nobody knows your name. Dismissiveness can often accompany familiarity with those we think we know. FIRST READING They shall know that a prophet has been among them (Ezekiel 2:2-5). God sent his Word to Israel (in the Old Testament through the prophets and in the New Testament through the person of Jesus), but his own people did not want to listen. They were obstinate, and they preferred to live in their ignorance. This was certainly not innocent ignorance. They were not ignorant because they did not know any better, but because they had chosen to ignore what they should have seen and understood. They had received a prophet, but they had decided to dismiss him and his message as irrelevant.

SECOND READING I am content with weaknesses and hardships for the sake of Christ (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). St. Paul was tormented by a “thorn in the flesh.” It is not clear whether this was a physical or a spiritual difficulty. Whichever, it was not taken away even though Paul requested this of God. Paul would have to rely upon God’s strength and not his own efforts. There are times that the Lord allow us to remain in our weakness to remind us that we must always rely upon him. This is troubling, for we would all like to be as perfect as possible. Yet, God sometimes leads us to a greater holiness by teaching us to surrender to God’s will (and therefore our constant need of God’s strength.

GOSPEL The people said: “Where did this man get all this? Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary?” (Mark 6:1-6). Mark establishes a pattern that Jesus could perform any type of miracle. Jesus could “do it all.” But in Chapter 6, Jesus enters his hometown. One would have expected the townspeople to be filled with joy and pride. Instead, they are unwilling to accept him. They knew him too well and refused to believe that he could be more than what they expected him to be. They were guilty of choosing to be obtuse and lacking in faith. The phrase “brothers and sisters of Jesus” probably refers to his cousins. There is another theory, though, that Joseph had been married and widowed before he was betrothed to Mary (and thus the brothers and sisters might be half-brothers and sisters).

REFLECTION Jesus’ warning that “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house,” shows keen insight into our human tendency to resist listening to our learning from people we think we know well. The townsfolk thought they knew Jesus because they knew his family. They judge by appearance and do not look deeper to discover who Jesus really is. Their resistance reveals a lack of faith both in Jesus and in themselves. If we look at our life with fresh eyes, that resistance is the result of our unwillingness to change our way of being because we have grown comfortable, we might now believe that we can make a change, nor that we might believe we are worth it. That narrow vision keeps us from seeing ourselves in the eyes of the One who looks into the heart and sees a child of God, worthy of so much more, made worthy by Jesus becoming one with us to help us become one with God. If we shift our vision and fix our eyes on the Lord, we can see our weaknesses as gifts because they remind us to turn to God for wisdom, help, and guidance. They become a source of gentle strength. Then we can say with St. Paul, “When I am weak, then I am strong.” True strength comes from finding the power of Christ’s mercy and love deep within us. God sees our hearts, loves us as we are, and invites us to become more. In our native heart place we can find honor, hope, and healing. In our heart space God helps us to accept where we cannot change, gives us courage to change what we can, and wisdom to know the difference. When have you resisted someone else because you thought you knew them?

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Scripture Reflections for

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Monday, July 2 Am 2:6-10, 13-16

Mt 8:18-22

Tuesday, July 3 Eph 2:19-22 Jn 20:24-29

Wednesday, July 4 Am 5:14-15, 21-24

Mt 8:28-34

Thursday, July 5 Am 7:10-17

Mt 9:1-8

Friday, July 6 Am 8:4-6, 9-12

Mt 9:9-13

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

ST. ELIZABETH SETON PARISH INFORMATION

New Parishioners We welcome new members. All are invited to participate in the life and mission of the parish. A complete listing of parish services and organizations is available in the parish office and on our parish website. Please visit the parish office to register or obtain the registration form on the parish website. Sacrament of Reconciliation is offered on Saturday, between 4:15-4:45pm. Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated twice monthly at 1pm. Reserve your time by calling the parish office early. Limit of six children per Sunday. Baptismal Preparation Couples preparing for the birth of their child should contact the Pastoral Center to register for a one night seminar, focusing on a parent’s role in faith development. This session is mandatory prior to the Baptism. Anointing of the Sick is available in the Church every Monday after the 9am Mass. For those who are ill or facing hospitalization, it is appropriate to receive the sacrament once every six months. Call 708-403-0101 for information. Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Adults, 18 and older, who wish to become Catholic are enrolled in a formation process (RCIA) that includes prayer, dialogue, instruction, and introduction to the Church’s life and values, rituals and traditions. For in-formation call the parish office 708-403-0101. Ministry of Care is available to give Communion to the housebound, to visit and pray for hospitalized and/or to arrange for the Anointing of the Sick. Please call the Pastoral Center for assistance. In the Hospital? Because of HIPAA Privacy regu-lations hospitals can no longer contact the parish re-garding your hospitalization. It is the responsibility of you or a family member to notify our parish. We desire to offer whatever spiritual support we can. Please call the Pastoral Center. Sacrament of Marriage Couples planning to marry are asked to make arrangements six months in advance. Wedding Workshops are offered throughout the year. They provide engaged couples with guidelines and suggestions for the celebration of the Sacrament of Marriage. The workshop covers topics ranging from readings and music to flowers and video taping. Adult Choir sings at all 10am Sunday Masses, as well as at a number of special liturgies. Teen Choir sings at the 11:30am Sunday Masses.

Moving? Please call the office at 708-403-0101.

9300 West 167th St., Orland Hills, IL 708-403-0101

www.steseton.com

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ST. ELIZABETH SETON PRAYER/OUTREACH MINISTRIES

Social Action Ministry How we serve: Soup Kitchen in Joliet; Sharing Parish with St. Procopius Church; Pro Life Ministry: COURAGE Program, Mother’s Day Flowers For Life, Life Chain Sunday, Diaper Drive; Respond Now Outreach; SWIFT (South West Interfaith Team); Environmental Ministry; Speaker nights.

Seton Rosary Group All are invited to pray the Rosary each Tuesday/Thursday in the church, by our statue of the Mary, after 9am Mass.

Chaplet of Divine Mercy Divine Mercy Chaplet each Wednesday following the 9am Mass.

Creation Care Team Ministry A cross-parish Renew My Church initiative taking action to pro-mote positive environmental change through education, individ-ual action and community outreach in the spirit of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si. Second Monday each month, Gubbins Center, 7pm. Call Andy Panelli, 708-301-8038.

Heart Warmers Meal Ministry Heart Warmers is an outreach program where Seton volunteers deliver homemade meals to people of our parish community when they are experiencing times with medical, health, new baby, recovery, or grief issues. To schedule receiving a meal or to become a meal provider contact Barb Cristofaro at 708-349-7493 or heartwarmers-ses@att.net.

Prayer Shawl Ministry Shawls are prayerfully created, blessed, and distributed to those who have a need for the spiritual, physical or emotional comfort. Knit or crochet in your home and/or at the twice-monthly meet-ings. To become a knitter or to obtain a shawl, call Sharon Leone at 708-226-4836.

Seton Sowers-Newborns in Need If you knit/crochet/sew, your skills to make clothing/blankets for premature newborn babies at the University of Illinois Hospital. We meet monthly in the O’Mara Hall. Donations of yarn/fabric/baby toiletries/supplies accepted. For information/meeting dates, contact Carol Dimer at 708-479-6994.

HOPE Employment Ministry (July 3, 2018 meeting moved to July 10, 2018 due to 4th of July holiday) HOPE is open to everyone. All of our services, to both job seek-ers and employers, are free. We meet the first Tuesday of each month in O’Mara Hall at 7pm. Our meetings consist of network-ing, resume review, guest speakers and open forums. Contact Arnie Skibinski at skibins@comcast.net.

Alcoholics Anonymous If you have a problem with alcohol and feel a sincere desire to stop drinking, you are welcome to attend a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in the O’Mara Hall, Thursdays, 7:30-8:45pm. AA is a fellowship of men and women sharing their experience, strength, and hope so that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover. The only require-ment is a sincere desire to stop drinking.

Families Anonymous If your life has gone astray due to living with someone who has a substance abuse problem, attend a Families Anonymous on Mondays from 7-8:30pm at Palos Hospital, 123rd and 80th Ave., Palos Heights (Ambulatory Care Center, Rm. 1). Call 708-429-2507 or 708-269-9853.

St. Vincent de Paul Society Anyone within parish boundaries in need of assistance from SVDP, may call the parish office at 708-403-0101.

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

A FINAL THOUGHT FOR YOUR WEEK

“I FORGIVE YOU” By Ted Wolgamot

N adine Collier spoke these words some three years ago as

tears ran down her face. She was speaking to the person accused of killing her mother, Ethel Lance, who had been studying the Bible in Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Nadine went on: “You took something very precious away from me. I will never get to talk to her again. I will never be able to hold her again. But I forgive you, and may God have mercy on your soul.” After much sobbing, she managed to continue: “You hurt me. You hurt a lot of people. But God forgives you and I forgive you.” What’s even more amazing is that Nadine was not alone. One by one, the members of the families whose loved ones were murdered at this church rose to do the same: Forgive! The message was repeated again and again: Forgive! The power of their faith still resonates across America and beyond. It was a day when grace — amazing grace — won out over hate. One commentator said: “Even atheists had to see divinity in these families built by love.”

Where did the miraculous power come from that enabled these heart-stricken people

to reach out to a mass murderer with such mercy?

P erhaps today’s Gospel gives us a clue. This Gospel passage sends an enormously important message to each of us: Trust in the grace and

power of God. To illustrate this message, Mark tells the story of a woman and a young girl. The woman had been hemorrhaging nonstop perhaps for as long as the girl had been alive. The woman and the child’s father and mother hoped beyond hope that there was someone who could hear a desperate cry and answer it or feel an anguished touch and respond to it. What they both discovered was that there was someone. His name was Jesus.

God, in Jesus, hears the cry of pain and is touched by

human anguish.

All those in today’s Gospel story discovered that the God we believe in through Jesus is a God who can be experienced in real life — right now. Consider a few examples: In that church in Charleston, South Carolina; in the everyday wonders of parenting; in the healing that happens in medical centers, or in the birthing of children, or in the celebrations of life-long marriages; in the recovery of addicts, or in the raising to new life of people imprisoned, or in the imparting of forgiveness to people who have harmed us.

What Mark is trying to help us see is that

grace is everywhere. God truly is Emmanuel … with us, for us, among us,

between us.

A nd today’s Gospel takes it a step further: God is

present especially to those most afflicted. And, because of that, God creates new miracles every day: miracles of conversion and repentance and new beginnings. Miracles of hope. Miracles of courage. Miracles of faith. Jesus has the same message for each of us who has proclaimed our hopes dead, for those who have given up on the possibility of a new beginning. It is the same message he gave to those people who were mourning a death in today’s Gospel: “The child is not dead, but asleep.” And then it happened: “Little girl, I say to you, arise!”

He says the same to us to this day: Arise from your hatred.

Arise from your blindness. Arise from your smallness. Arise from your prejudices.

Arise from your fears. Grace can win out over hate.

The people of that church in Charleston, South Carolina, made that abundantly clear.

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Lord, you change my mourning into dancing. If I am weeping at nightfall,

with the dawn you will bring rejoicing. Enable me to continue in faith through the night,

knowing that the gifts of eternal life and complete health are awaiting me.

Prepare me for this eternal home by a generous spirit in my earthly home.

Amen.

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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Pastoral Staff Rev. William T. Corcoran, Ph.D, Pastor Rev. John Zurek, Associate Pastor Rev. William Gubbins, Resident Priest Rev. William T. O’Mara, Pastor Emeritus Deacon: Frank Gildea Deacon: Dennis (Barb) Cristofaro

Claudia Nolan, Director of Liturgy

Linda McKeague, Director of Music

Parish Office Staff Donna Stolinski, Business Manager Darlene Raila, Communications Director Joan Nemec, Morning Receptionist Karen Mirecki, Afternoon Receptionist

Religious Education Staff Susan Matthews, Director of Religious Education Diana Barracca, Administration Assistant Mary Vlaming, Secretary

Youth/Young Adult Ministry Kyle Groves, Director Bruce Hall, Coordinator Athletics Bob Myjak, Director Maintenance Staff Raymond Yanowsky, Director of Maintenance Laurie De Mik-Renn, CJB Day Maintenance Supervisor Marie Makuch, Staff Joseph Shake, Staff Dan Kosty, Staff

REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE Monday-Friday: 9:00 am

Saturday: 5:00 pm Sunday:

7:15, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30am

St. Elizabeth Seton Church 9300 W. 167th Street Orland Hills, IL 60487

Parish Office: 708-403-0101 Religious Education: 708-403-0137

PARISH OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY-FRIDAY: 8:30AM-4:30PM

SATURDAY: 1PM-6PM SUNDAY: 8:30AM-1PM

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Catholic School WEBSITE: WWW.CJBSCHOOL.ORG 708-403-6525 Principal, Mary Iannucilli Administrative Assistant, Cindy Labriola Devlin

7/7 & 7/8 5:00PM 7:15AM 8:30AM 10:00AM 11:30AM

GREETERS J. Gaskey T. Grebenor C. Labus J. Lennon S. Lennon C. Lennon D. Mires M. Pahl/K. Pahl G. Roy/G. Roy K. Roy/M. Roy

E. Briette J. Esposito C. Esposito M. Foley D. Krieger B. Majer W. McGlashan A. McGlashan J. Niemiec

L. Allen C. Bannon F. Caputo M. Crance R. Cubalchini M. Cubalchini S. Giovanazzi O. Lopez, Jr.

D. Ahern W. Bric J. Grant D. Kujawa M. Moore M. Moore

A. Durkin E. Esparza E. Esparza M. Hattar J. Islas/L. Islas S. Klean F. McCarthy S. Potts T. Waters/A. Waters J. Waters

LECTORS M. Ward B. DeJonge

D. Houha G. Shafer T. Shafer

M. Quinn R. Velcich

A. Lietz P. Hambrick

ALTAR SERVERS

M. Gregg C. Walker A. Durkin

P. Lynch M. Lingan D. Lingan

J. Laxamana J. Laxamana D. Pawlak

S. Ryan C. Buck C. Soltys

R. Talusan R. Talusan N. Kaslewicz

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

J. Connelly F. Ward J. Para-Martin K. Gagliardi J. Murphy T. Hanlon D. Pott AJ Kunde L. Jeffrey G. Roy C. Lundgren T. Lundgren

A. Bramasco J. Janiak K. Kelly J. Kelly J. Federico T. Federico M. O’Connor D. Nykiel

S. Arcos J. Scellato F. Scellato S. Leone G. Leone D. Gurka J. Juds T. Cohoon M. Galka T. Leeson C. Hayward W. Dendler

J. Mysker L. Gent J. Nemec E. Barin J. Kocher K. Kocher B. Hansen S. Rosinski M. Broderick D. Benker K. O’Sullivan C. Davis

K. James K. Buchanan S. Villegas M. Schmidt J. Bilas T. Wolski K. Hall M. O’Connor T. Scorzo M. Miller

SACRISTANS T. Hanlon L. Jeffrey

J. Federico T. Federico

T. Cohoon D. Cohoon

H. Davis C. Davis

M. O’Connor