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ST. ALOYSIUS CHURCH & ST. MARY’S CHURCH OF PARIS, IL www.stmaryschurchparis.org MAY 31, 2020 PENTECOST SUNDAY
Monday, June 1 June Ann Curtis
Tuesday, June 2 Jimmy & Pati Davis
Wednesday, June 3 Nana Mattingly & Pearman Family
Thursday, June 4 Living & Deceased Altar Society Members
Friday, June 5 John Sullivan
Saturday, June 6 Roger & Mary Frances Fruin
Sunday, June 7 Max Lee Lenderman
Oland & Ann Hanner Parishioners of St. Aloysius & St. Mary’s
Marc Wolf, John Buchanan, Evelyn Ring, Victor Wagner, Dylan Wagle, Sheila Brothers, Chris Sheeran, Jim Dillon, Christa Swinford, Mark David, Danielle Fox Lindsey, Christina McReynolds, Janet Vaught, Kara Kirby, Verna Lou Perisho, Kenneth Denson, Deanna Mason, Clayton Griffin, Kevin Farris, Steve Osborne, Marge Chapa, Dan Bruner, Fr. Zimmerman, Lincoln Downing, Tilton Piper, Sharon Wilken, Francis Holley And all relatives & friends who are ill or experiencing difficulties in their lives – that they may know the healing of God.
Our Expectant Mothers: Kay Boland, Beth (Ring) Hosick, Hannah (Warren) Abry, Amanda Tracy, Chelsea Livesay, Beth Keys, Lindsey (Sullivan) Balser We pray that God will bless and protect them during this time of waiting.
Our Military: Nathan Gatlin, Caleb Machuca, Simon Holzer, Joe Jenness, Richard Scott, Justin Vice, Joe Kachmar, Zack Lueken, Joseph Livesay, Raynell Kahala Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. For any changes or additions to this list, Please call 466-3355 or email: [email protected]
The parish office is closed, if
you have any questions call
us. Father: 217-251-2339,
Juliana: 217-251-8028,
Vanessa: 812-229-3751.
The Church is open for private
prayer Monday—Friday when
parish staff are in the office.
Confessions are by appt. with
Fr. Valery. Adoration is
suspended until further notice.
Parish Support: Please remember
that your parish depends on
your generosity and support.
With the cancellation of
masses, our parishes have lost
offertory collections that are
essential to pay staff and bills
for the maintenance of our
churches. Please mail your
contribution to the parish
office if able. Or, you may give
online by visiting:
https://parishgiving.dio.org/
stmaryparis
Last Week’s Collection Thank you for your support!!
ST. MARY’S SUNDAY $3,670.00 ASCENSION $70.00 DEBT $870.00 ACSA $132.00 CATH. COM. CAMPAIGN $50.00 RETIRED PRIESTS $50.00 SISTER PARISH $45.00 ST. ALOYSIUS SUNDAY $0.00
Please pray for the sick & recovering...
Prayer For The Current Virus Situation
Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, Queen of the Angels and Mother of the Americas
We fly to you today as your beloved children. We ask you to intercede for us with your Son, as you did at the
wedding in Cana. Pray for us, loving Mother, and gain for our nation and world, and for all our families and
loved ones, the protection of your holy angels, that we may be spared the worst of this illness.
For those already afflicted, we ask you to obtain the grace of healing and deliverance. Hear the cries of those
who are vulnerable and fearful, wipe away their tears and help them to trust. In this time of trial and testing,
teach all of us in the Church to love one another and to be patient and kind.
Help us to bring the peace of Jesus to our land and to our hearts. We come to you with confidence, knowing
that you truly are our compassionate mother, health of the sick and cause of our joy. Shelter us under the
mantle of your protection, keep us in the embrace of your arms, help us always to know the love of your Son,
Jesus. Amen.
The new security system
has been installed at St. Mary’s.
Just push the button at either
Gathering Space entrance and
we will see you on a monitor
and let you in.
Bulletin Deadline: If anyone has information that they would like published in the bulletin, please call the office (217-466-3355) or send it by email to: [email protected] by Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. before the following Sunday publication.
If you brought in statues and pictures of Mother Mary for the month of
May please pick them up as soon as possible. Thank you for helping us
create a beautiful display. During the months of June and July we will
use that same area in the Gathering Space to place statues and pictures
of Saints. Please bring in statues/pictures of Saints by June 8th.
ST. ALOYSIUS CHURCH & ST. MARY’S CHURCH OF PARIS, IL www.stmaryschurchparis.org MAY 31, 2020 PENTECOST SUNDAY
To register for this webinar just visit the Diocese of Springfield Illinois website dio.org
and click on the picture shown above.
Acts 2: 1-11, 1Cor 12:3b-7, Jn 20:19-23 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
The feast of Pentecost concludes the Easter season, the fifty days that, from Jesus’ resurrection to Pentecost, are marked in a particular way by the presence of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is in fact the Easter Gift par excellence. He is the Creator Spirit, who constantly brings about new things.
In 2020 as we celebrate the great feast of Pentecost, I am convinced that the Spirit is already actively at work preparing us for a new springtime of growth and abundance in faith in our Church. But I ponder on the question: How can we encourage ourselves to be more alert and open to the Holy Spirit, who is calling us and “gifting” us for the service of the Gospel?
At the final Mass of the World Meeting of Families 2018, Pope Francis remarked that it is “the Spirit of God, who constantly breathes new life into our world, into our hearts, into our families, into our homes and parishes.” He said that “each new day in the life of our families, and each new generation, brings the promise of a new Pentecost, a domestic Pentecost, a fresh outpouring of the Spirit, the Paraclete, whom Jesus sends as our Advocate, our Consoler and indeed our Encourager.”
The promise of the Holy Spirit remains with us today. Having just celebrated the feasts of the Ascension and now Pentecost, we can pray earnestly and with all our hearts: “Come Holy Spirit”! Many may remember the beautiful prayer to the Holy Spirit which is perfect for these days: “Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth”.
Friends, reflect with me on the sheer joy and confidence of that prayer! We call on the Holy Spirit because we believe the Spirit can change us and change the world. The Spirit can renew the face of the earth. The Spirit can bring us new life; The Spirit can “rejuvenate” us!
Pentecost continues to speak to those who believe in Jesus. It urges us to live the unity we profess; to serve one another with an unselfish generosity; to let our world see the horror of its slavery to self-interest. The Church began at Pentecost because the Apostles found the courage to unlock the doors of their fear and guilt and let their new life in Jesus be seen – a life that championed unity, harmony, reconciliation. They stepped over the boundaries of the comfortable and the known and dared to share the change in their lives. They were to discover that the world was looking for this kind of life. God’s Spirit had long been at work and all it needed was the human spark to start the fire.
The great day of Pentecost is not simply one day in the life of the Church — one solemnity among many. The life of the Church begins with Pentecost, with the coming of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost is the birthday of the Church.
What is needed for us all here and now, is for us to re-focus our own spirits and awareness to the Spirit of God. Then we will enjoy the peace, joy and harmony that God gives. And like the Apostles on Pentecost, we will be transformed into courageous and zealous messengers of the truths of our Christian faith.
Come Holy Spirit; Veni Sancte Spiritus. Come into the Church in us in new and deeper ways, so that just as Christ rose from the dead, just as the Church was born in the beginning by the power of the Spirit, so too there will be for the Church in this country and at this time, a new birth, a new Pentecost. Amen!
Peace and all good! Fr. Valery Burusu
Parochial Administrator
A Note From Your Pastor
Great Marriages Don’t Just Happen,
Couples Make Them!
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.’” Let the Holy Spirit infuse your marriage with increased trust and intimacy by participating in a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next weekends are Aug. 7-9 and Sept. 25-27 at the Courtyard Marriot in St. Peters, MO. https://stl-wwme.org/schedule.php or call or text 314.649.7317.
Warning: Some parishioners have received a text message from 1-727-491-7643. Do not reply to this text message. Block and report it as Spam.
The message greets you by name and then says: I need a favor from you text me back as soon as possible. Rev. Valery Burusu
Then a second message says: Thanks for your response, hope you are good? I need to get iTunes gift cards for some patients battling cancer in the hospital but I currently can’t do that, can you please get that for me from any store around you now? I will reimburse you. Please message me back to know if you can help me with that. May the peace of the LORD continue to be with you Rev. Valery Burusu
ST. ALOYSIUS CHURCH & ST. MARY’S CHURCH OF PARIS, IL www.stmaryschurchparis.org MAY 31, 2020 PENTECOST SUNDAY
Word of Life “God creates us in his image and likeness, which means we are made to be in loving relationship with him.
The essence of our identity and worth, the source of our dignity, is that we are loved by God.”
USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, “How to Build a Culture of Life
June 5
James Dunn
Rita Hutchings
June 6
Sharon Bailey
Judy Carroll
Claire Kirby
June 7
Clint Foster
Andrew Kirby
June 4
Dave & Debra Kirsch
June 8
Lisa Ellis
June 9
Dave Speicher
Robert Stolz
June 10
Bob Bailey
John Williams
Our Dearly Departed
Mary Jo Fiser
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon
her. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God,
rest in peace. Amen.
Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-11. Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34. 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13. Sequence – Veni, Sancte Spiritus / Come, Holy Spirit, come! John 20:19-23
Many and One. There are many spiritual gifts and many forms of service. True. But there is one Spirit, one Lord, one God making it all possible. And one Church – many people made one because of Baptism into Christ. He is the Risen One, standing in our midst, saying: “Peace be with you.”
Because of Baptism, what gifts do I have?
How will these gifts spill over into service, into mercy works?
How can I share the peace of Christ with one or two others this week?
Parish Update: Bishop Paprocki has announced that public Masses will resume in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois beginning June 6-7, 2020, and parishes must follow specific guidelines. Therefore, St. Mary’s and St. Aloysius are planning to offer Mass beginning June 6-7. We will be practicing social distancing and sanitary safety measures. Bishop Paprocki’s letter has been e-mailed to parishioners and mailed to those receiving bulletins at home. The full details of the diocesan standards for safe public liturgies is posted on the Parish Reopening Plan website (https://www.dio.org/parishreopeningplan).
Happy 8th Grade Graduation!
Ethan Curl
Cate Kirby
Samantha McClain
Seek God’s will in all you do and He will guide your path. Proverbs 3:6
