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

708-758-5098 708-758-0408 Fax www.sjchurchglenwood.org

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: Rick Michalak 747-3045 Ministry of Care: Bob Leluga 754-1782 Outreach: Jim Adduci 280-5319 Parish Council: 758-5098 Parish Fellowship: Serena Hewitt 895-5123 Prayer Link: Judy Konieczka 758-6276 RCIA 758-5098 Right to Life 758-5098 Server Training: Ralph Sobie 877-7653 Server Schedule-Church Office: 758-5098 St. John’s Women’s Club: Ginny Williamson 466-0873 Ushers: Charles Lazzara 219-515-2530 Young Adult Ministry: Nancy Galbreath 296-8704

St. John Catholic Church

Phone: 708-758-5098 Fax: 708-758-0408

Rev. Jacek Dada - Pastor frjacek.stjohn@gmail.com

Deacon Jim Detloff

Religious Education Music Director Parish Secretary Betsy Díaz-Kudra Maintenance James Lewandowski

Parish Email: sjglenwood301@gmail.com Visit us at: www.sjchurchglenwood.org

Parish Office Hours: M-F 8:30 AM-2:00 PM

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM

Sunday: 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM Holy Days: 8:00 AM and 7:00 PM

Weekday Mass Monday - Saturday

8:00 AM

Adoration of the Holy Eucharist Mondays 3:00—6:00 PM

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Confessions Saturdays 3:30 - 4:30 PM or by appointment

First Friday

Benediction after 8:00 AM Mass

First Saturday Sorrowful Mother Novena after

8:00 AM Mass

Sacrament of Baptism or Marriage Please call the Parish Office to schedule

Sick Calls

Call the Parish Office to arrange for a visit

RCIA For information on becoming a Catholic,

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

Mission Statement of St. John

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.

19th Adoration of the Holy Eucharistic 3:00 PM Fellowship Meeting 6:30 PM 26th Adoration of the Holy Eucharistic 3:00 PM Outreach Meeting 6:00 PM

Confession Times Saturdays 3:30—4:30 PM.

Two priests will be available in the Chapel.

Anointing of the sick not just for those facing imminent death

“Many people think that anointing of the sick is just for peo-ple on their death beds.” That’s what a priest friend said to me just before he gave me the sacrament. I had asked for the sacrament of the anointing of the sick because I was facing the biopsy of a lump that would later turn out to be breast cancer. The priest’s comment started me thinking about the sacra-ment and this common misunderstanding by some Catholics today. “I think the sacrament of anointing of the sick is a gift of God to the church that a lot of people don’t avail themselves of because they don’t understand the fact that it is not just for those who are dying,” Father Ronald Kunkel, assistant profes-sor in the Department of Dogmatic Theology at the Universi-ty of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, said. “When anointing of the sick is limited to that exclusively, that’s unfortunate because that means that people who are appropriate candidates are being deprived of this wonderful source of grace,” Kunkel said. Kunkel focused his graduate studies on the communal nature of the sacrament of the anointing of the sick and has taught a course on it for over 10 years. Some of Kunkel’s most power-ful experiences in his 19 years of priesthood have occurred while administering the sacrament, he said. What most people think of as “last rites” is actually called “viaticum.” It includes the anointing along with prayers to commend the dying person on their journey to the next life and the reception of the Eucharist. During anointing of the sick, a priest prays the rite over the person, and marks the person’s forehead and palms with the sign of the cross using the oil of the sick. The priest can also anoint the part of the body where the illness or malady is. The oil is one of three sacred oils blessed each year by the bishop at the Chrism Mass held during Holy Week. Anointing of the sick has its roots in the early church and in Chapter 6 of Mark’s Gospel and Chapter 5 of the Letter of James, said Todd Williamson, director of the archdiocese’s Office for Divine Worship. “It began early in the church not as last rites but as something that addresses the very human experience,” Williamson said. “Everybody gets sick, everybody suffers from illness or from a physical condition. Historically, the sacrament of anointing was in response to those.” It was also a Christian call to pray for the wider community. “What do we do when a brother or sister is suffering from illness or sickness? We gather. We gather, we pray over them and we anoint them with the oil of gladness,” Williamson said. “That’s what the church’s understanding was.” During the Middle Ages, it became common both theologi-cally and pastorally to anoint people only on their death beds and was often called “extreme unction.” “That shift that really occurred in the eighth century and re-mained with us for over 1,000 years,” Kunkel explained.

“It was not until the Second Vatican Council that there was a return to the more ancient understanding and the more ancient practice. Vatican II said extreme unction is more properly called anointing of the sick and it pointed out that although it is certainly appropriate for those who are dying, people shouldn’t wait until that point to receive the sacrament.” The rite for anointing of the sick says those who can be anointed include any member of the faithful whose health is seriously impaired by sickness or physical condition, some-one preparing for surgery, and the elderly, Williamson ex-plained. “The rite doesn’t identify what the word ‘seriously’ means and I’ve been at Masses where the anointing of the sick is included. The presider has said, ‘Well, we’re all suffering from something so everyone come up.’ That’s not what the church envisions, I don’t think,” he said. “If we take that ap-proach, I think we risk watering down the sacrament.” While the church has guidelines on who the sacrament is ap-propriate for, parishes can go a long way to helping people understand the sacrament by celebrating it more as part of a community. Kunkel suggested parishes hold anointing services after Mass where those who seek anointing can sign up ahead of time and have reserved spaces in church for themselves and their caregivers. In the weeks before the service, the parish could publish information in the bulletin about the sacrament and who should receive it. “At a parish Sunday celebration we are going to acknowledge and recognize and embrace both literally and figuratively peo-ple who are elderly, people who are ill, people who are suffer-ing from a serious chronic medical condition and we are go-ing to pray together and we’re going to celebrate the sacra-ment in the midst of the community as opposed to kind of in a more private setting,” he explained. It is easy to view sacraments such as anointing and reconcili-ation as private experiences but they are much more than that. “It’s important for people to be aware that this is a prayer of the church and even if it’s just you in a room or you in your bed and priest coming to visit you, you both are connected in that moment with the entire church,” Kunkel said. The church sees anointing of the sick as one of the very im-portant components of caring for those who are ill. Caring for the sick is a corporal work of mercy and is part of the funda-mental mission of the church, he said. “When you have people who are undergoing acute suffering because of either illness or disability, instead of looking the other direction, we as Catholic Christians are called to con-front that and embrace them and to love them all the more in that situation of difficulty.” Often sickness makes somebody feel alienated from their family and friends, from the church, and even from God, he said. “It can be a very difficult and painful moment when people feel alone, even if they’re blessed to have a good support sys-tem,” Kunkel said. “Anointing is one of the means by which we try to help people be aware that the Lord and the entire church are with them, in and through this experience, this encounter with the cross.” By Michelle Martin

MEDITACIÓN EVANGÉLICO - ALENTAR ENTENDIMIENTO MÁS PROFUNDO DE LA ESCRITURA 18 de agosto de 2019 20º Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario "He venido a traer fuego a la tierra y ¡Cuánto desearía que ya estuviera ardiendo!" (Lucas 12:49). En este domingo el Evangelio nos lleva al grano, sin rodeos. Jesús habla de las divisiones y dificultades que existen en la vida del ser humano. Las divisiones siempre causan ansiedad, depresión y falta de ganas de hacer el trabajo con alegría. Sin embargo, estos momentos de tensión entre la familia, comunidad y sociedad, son oportunidades para aumentar la es-peranza y la paz en el corazón. El seguir a Jesús, no quiere decir que todo sale bien. En ocasiones parece que todo lo que gira alrededor es negatividad. Pareciera que la dirección que se toma es en medio del caos. Pero, permítame decirle que en ese caos se busca a Dios. Un camino para encontrarlo es el tomar como habito el discernimiento. Aprender a discernir es un paso seguro para tomar decisiones buenas y mejorar las relaciones de uno para con el otro. El papa Francis-co, nos ayuda con la siguiente reflexión: "El tiempo en el que vivimos nos exige desarrollar una profunda capacidad para discernir... Necesitamos 'leer desde dentro' lo que el Señor nos pide, para vivir en el amor y ser continuadores de esta su misión de amor?El discernimiento espiritual es la brújula que nos permite reconocer la acción del Espíritu Santo en nuestra vida, en nuestras comunidades y en el mun-do." ¿Entonces? ¿Cristo vino a traernos la paz o la guerra? Pidamos, en la Eucaristía, que Dios nos de la fuerza que necesitamos para buscar siempre la paz en nuestras relaciones; a pesar de no estar de acuer-do en todos los puntos de la relación. ©LPi

GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE August 18, 2019 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Prince of Peace wants to set the world on fire? This Sunday's Gospel can sound more intense than what we may be accustomed to. It's a passage of con-tradictions. Jesus so clearly prays for unity, yet here he speaks of division. Why would our God who comes as an offering of love speak so frankly about causing relationships to be torn apart? The sobering truth is that Jesus is divisive. We see this throughout the Gospels, as the Pharisees critique him, the Romans condemn him, and not everyone in the crowd is enthusiastic about his words. Jesus has not come for the purpose of dividing, but what he does is so radical that it upends the status quo. And it doesn't end with his preaching and miracles! "There is a baptism with which I must be baptized." Jesus isn't talking about his baptism at the Jordan River, which has already occurred, but the passing through the waters of death on the Cross and rising again to new life in the resurrection. This is divisive stuff! Christ's spiritual fire turned the "fathers" - the Jewish people and Pharisees - against the "sons" - the com-mon people. Not everyone wants the Gospel Jesus is preaching. Not everyone wants to be set on fire with the desire to love others. Some prefer to put on a warm sweater and curl up in front of the TV. In living and loving as Jesus did, we, too, might ruf-fle some feathers. In disciplining our teenage child for sneaking out, we may cause some division (temporarily, we hope!). In standing up to gossip and the spread of cruel rumors in our workplace, we might cause division. In emphasizing the dignity of both the desperate mother and the unborn child, we might cause division. Not everyone wants the Gospel Jesus is preaching. Not everyone wants the Gospel we are invited to live. But that's no excuse not to live it. ©LPi

A New Year of Fun

ST. JOHN’S FELLOWSHIP PRESENT

LATE NITE CATECHISM

NUNS 4 FUN HOLIDAY COMEDY TREAT

A NEW HOLIDAY COMEDY INVOLVING A PARISH IN NEED OF A CHRISTMAS PAGEANT AND THE BINGO GAME THEY

CREATE TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY

ST. JOHN CHURCH 301 SO. COTTAGE GROVE AVE. GLENWOOD, IL 60425

FRIDAY DECEMBER 6, 2019

DOORS OPEN AT 6:00PM SHOW STARTS AT 7:30 PM COST $35.00 PER PERSON

CASH BAR $$$

No bingo cards needed come see Christmas bingo the Play By Vicki Quade

For tickets call 708-296-8704 from 8:00am to 8:00pm you may leave a message

It’s not too early to begin thinking about CCD (Religious Education Classes!

OPEN TO STUDENTS

IN GRADES 1 THOUROUGH 8

CLASSES BEGIN ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH AT 9:00 A.M.

TUITION: $150.00

50% DISCOUNT ($75.00) IF

REGISTERED AND PAID IN FULL BY SEPTEMBER 1st!

ALL NEW STUDENTS MUST BRING A COPY

OF THEIR BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE WHEN REGISTERING

ALL STUDENTS MUST BE ENROLLED IN CLASSES AT LEAST TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS BEFORE

RECEIVING THE SACRRAMENTS OF FIRST HOLY COMMUNION OR CONFIRMATION.

The Knightly News!

Mary Queen of Knights

Golf Outing!!!

Sunday, September 8th, 12:00pm

Lincoln Oaks Country Club, Crete, IL Greens fee, cart, and dinner $80 - Dinner only (6:00pm) - $15 Proceeds will go to New Star Services and Lansing LARC Contact Dave Galbreath at 708-296-8703 for more information or to sign up Here's What Else We Have Coming Up… • Thursday, September 5th, 7:30pm – Monthly Council meeting in the Social Hall • Sunday, September 8th, the Knights will be hosting Hospitality Sunday after both masses in the Social Hall • September 20th through September 22nd – Annual Tootsie Roll ID Drive – Gabe’s in Glenwood and the

church vestibule after all masses • Council Business Meeting, Thursday, September 19th, at 7:30pm in the Social Hall • Sunday, September 29th after both masses - 5th Sunday Rosary Here's What We Have Accomplished Recently… • In May, the Knights hosted the Cardinal Stritch Assembly’s (4th Degree) monthly meeting • The Knights contributed $300 toward the purchase of tables and chairs for the Social Hall • The Knights contributed $250 toward Fr Karol’s 10th Anniversary of Ordination party • Our 2nd Annual Car show was held on Saturday, June 15th, and even though Mother Nature did not cooper-

ate, we still managed to collect $320 in donations for the Catholic Extension’s Hospital Chaplains Fund • The Knights cooked hot dogs and sloppy Joes for Fr Karol’s final mass on June 30th • The following officers were sworn in at the July Council Meeting: Grand Knight – Rick Michalak; Deputy

Grand Knight – Terry Campbell; Chancellor – Marty Liszewski; Recorder – Henry Trujillo; Treasurer – Kevin Renkowiecki; Advocate – Jim Adduci; Warden - Jerry Bartkiewicz; Inside Guard – Ralph Longo; Outside Guard – Joe Wenckus; 1-Year Trustee – Rich Kalemba; 2-Year Trustee – Joel Krezman; 3-Year Trustee – Vince DeLaurentis

OUTREACH MINISTRY SCHOOL SUPPLIES DRIVE

We have an opportunity to collect

school supplies again this year for students in need both in Haiti and locally. Following are the items we will be collecting: Backpacks (lightweight and collapsible), #2 pen-cils, small pencil sharpeners, 24 pk. crayons, pen-cil erasers, pocket folders, spiral notebooks, pens (blue, black and/or red), rulers, colored pencils, colored markers, white lined notebook paper, Post-it Notes, index cards, glue sticks, small scis-sors, Dry Erase Markers, small white boards, geo-metric instruments and small calculators. Your donations may be placed in the box labeled “SCHOOL SUPPLIES” located in the vestibule. Items our parish generously donates will be collected from mid-July through the end of August. Thank you for your continued generosity as we help those in need.

WHY DO WE DO THAT? - CATHOLIC LIFE

EXPLAINED

WHY DO WE DO THAT? - CATHOLIC LIFE EXPLAINED

Q: If we are all meant to be united in Christ, why is there so much division in the Church? A: Each Sunday, we profess that we believe in "one, holy, cath-olic, and apostolic Church." The Church is indeed one because her source is the Trinity, and she is founded by Christ. The Church also exists in the fallen world and is made up of fallen people. Sometimes, there are tensions over what we believe as Catholics. Who is Jesus really? Are we affected by original sin? How do our traditional sexual ethics play out amidst medical and technological developments? Doctrinal disagreements are rarely just about ideas... they occur within a context. Tensions are influenced by various social and political factors of the time period. For example, Martin Luther's attempts at reform gained followers, in part, as a reaction against poor mor-al practices within the Catholic Church. When the schism be-tween the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church occurred in 1028, tensions between the two culturally different regions had been brewing for centuries. Division still occurs within the bounds of the Church today. Oftentimes, this is about pastoral or practical matters. These questions can vary. Should we incorporate Latin back into the liturgy? What is the best way to reach the youth in our parish? These may not be articles of faith, but people have strong opin-ions about what ought to be done. We can remember the prayer of Christ - "that all might be one" - and do what we can to grow in understanding and respectful dialogue. ©LPi

Women’s Club—New Member Registration

The St. John Women’s Club membership renewal letters were mailed out to existing members recently. We are still looking for ladies of the parish (18 years and older) to join our ministry. Members of the Women’s Club will be available after each of the Masses hospitality weekend, August 31/September 1

to provide you information about the Women’s Club, the activities and charity work we’re involved in and register you as a new member. Our first meeting of the new year will be Monday, September 9th at 7:00 PM. Please consider joining — we look forward to involving you in the fun, spirituality and community bonding that we all share in. Contact Nancy Warino at (708) 754-0797 for more information about becoming a new member.

There are weekday Mass intentions

still available for 2019. Please call or stop by the parish

office to request Mass intentions for your loved one.

Jessie Auron, Patricia Albrecht, Rita Burke, Rocco & Margo Consorti, Carlos Cruz, Mary Ann Daliege, Brian Dowling Jr, Charlotte Drozdowski, Linda Foley, Edward Glynn, Geraldine Griffin, Elsie Grunhard, Millie Gunther, Cindy Hanus, Ruben Herrera, Patricia Krezman, Monica Kummerer, Jim Lendi, Kathy Liszewski, Barbara Lundquist, Dorothy Malkowski, Elaine Marczewski, Mary Michelon, Alex Mischke, Bob Mischke, Debbie Nasakaitis, Thomas Nowak, Lorraine Pawlowski, Donna M. Ross, Caroline Roycroft, Josephine Rozek, Amy Ruiz, Louise Ryan, Rosemary Sanders, Ann Sardella, Joanne Sebben, Amy Smith, Karen Truesdale, Seana Valentine, Irene Wegner.

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 18, 2019

[Jesus] endured the cross, despising its shame, and has taken his seat at the right of the throne of God.

— Hebrews 12:2

Vigésimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 18 de agosto de 2019

[Jesús] aceptó la cruz, sin temer su ignominia, y por eso está sentado a la derecha del trono de Dios.

— Hebreos 12:2

Trevor Blaszczyk, Chaplain Marcin Bulinski, Matthew Daliege, Jeffrey Froehlich, Mike and Lau-ren Fueling, Matthew Golden, Sgt. James Grunhard, Jordan Hansberger, Joshua Hasberger, Jeff Hefner, Lt. Alex Holba, Lt. Andrew Holba, Lt. Nicholas Holba, USAF, Giana Koce, Corey Longo, Jared Lopez, Jose Martinez, Jose M. Morfin, Sgt. USMC; Mark Nicola, Tom Raines, Robert Richmond, Steve Schluntz, USMC, John Smalley, Col. Donald Tomich, Lance Corporal George Trikolas, Michael Westervelt (Afganistan)

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

In recent weeks, we have reviewed how the Churches of East and West have enriched one another, and this past Thursday’s solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was born in the Eastern Church. It is a gift from the ancient Church of Jerusalem, a commemoration of the death of Mary, and a feast charged with a deep sense of the Resur-rection. Mary, the first disciple, is the first to share fully in Christ’s victory over death. In the tradition of the East, Au-gust 15 is the “Dormition of the Theotokos,” or the “Falling Asleep of the God‑bearer.” There is no shadow of death or gloom in the theology, since this is seen as a transformation of Mary’s life into a heavenly and immortal existence. There is a sense in the tradition that she who made earth heavenly and exalted the human race by her faithfulness is glorified today. A persistent legend among Orthodox Christians tells how all the disciples, except Thomas, who was preaching in India, were present at Mary’s death and burial, and sat by the tomb for three days. On the third day, Thomas saw Mary’s body rising to heaven. She greeted him as “my friend,” and he was escorted by angels to proclaim her assumption to the others, who then realized her tomb was empty. Thus Thomas, the one who expressed doubt at the resurrection of Christ, received a gift from Mary: the chance to proclaim resurrection faith to the disciples. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Monday: Jgs 2:11-19; Ps 106:34-37, 39-40, 43ab, 44; Mt 19:16-22 Tuesday: Jgs 6:11-24a; Ps 85:9, 11-14; Mt 19:23-30 Wednesday: Jgs 9:6-15; Ps 21:2-7; Mt 20:1-16 Thursday: Jgs 11:29-39a; Ps 40:5, 7-10; Mt 22:1-14 Friday: Ru 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22; Ps 146:5-10; Mt 22:34-40 Saturday: Rv 21:9b-14; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Jn 1:45-51 Sunday: Is 66:18-21; Ps 117:1-2; Heb 12:5-7, 11-13; Lk 13:22-30

OCCUPANCY The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon how we occupy that place. —St. Thérèse of Lisieux

August 18, 2019 Twentieth Sunday In Ordinary Time

To

August 25, 2019

Twenty-First Sunday In Ordinary Time

Sunday-Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 Robert Lewis, Sr. by Bonnie Lewis 10:00 Linda Jarosky by Kalemba Family Monday–St. John Eudes, Priest 8:00 For The People of El Paso, Tx & Dayton, Oh Tuesday-St. Bernard, Abbott & Doctor of the Church 8:00 For Our First Responders Wednesday–St. Pius X, Pope 8:00 Thursday–The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8:00 Friday-Weekday 8:00 Loretta Malone by Nancy Benson Saturday-St. Bartholomew, Apostle 8:00 Vigil of Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 John Prystalski by Rosalie Sunday-Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 Robert Lewis, Sr. by Tony & Carolyn Ferro 10:00 Valeria Tomich by Carl Tomich

AUGUST 24th/25th

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS FOR HOLY COMMUNION

5:00 PM Cathie Branch (Sacristan)

Ralph Sobie, Albert Djondo Annette Matusik, Kim Dirck

8:00 AM Janice Wenckus (Sacristan)

Donna Fieramosca, Joe Wenckus 10:00 AM Bertha Malone (Sacristan)

Dianne O’Connor, Karen Leluga Bernadette Harper, Ginny Williamson

LECTORS

5:00 PM Jill Schumake 8:00 AM Bob Leluga 10:00 AM Sandra Kalemba

ALTARS SERVERS

5:00 PM Lori Lucente Kitty Branch

8:00 AM Vince DeLaurentis 10:00 AM Junior Duarte

Christopher Okoebor

LIVE THE LITURGY - INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK

Our baptismal rite instructs the parents and godpar-ents of the newly baptized children, "May they keep the flame of faith alive in their hearts." Faith has of-ten been associated with fire. While fire can be use-ful and welcomed as a source of light and warmth, it can also be devastating and destructive. The Gospel is very much like this. On the one hand, Jesus speaks of healing, liberty, mercy, and forgiveness. On the other, he challenges the secular mindset and ideolo-gy, risks opposition, and pushes people out of their comfort zones. We are more attracted to things that make us feel better about ourselves. Equipped with the flame of faith, are we willing to see the bigger picture and risk popularity and self-preservation in favor of the kingdom of God?

©LPi

VIVIR LA LITURGIA - INSPIRACIÓN DE LA SEMANA Nuestro rito bautismal instruye a los padres y padrinos de los niños recién bautizados: "Que puedan mantener viva la llama de la fe en sus corazones." La fe a menudo se ha asociado con el fuego. Si bien el fuego puede ser útil y bienvenido como fuente de luz y calor, también puede ser devastador y destructivo. El Evan-gelio es muy parecido a esto. Por un lado, Jesús habla de sanación, libertad, misericordia y perdón. Por otro lado, desafía la mentalidad e ideología secular, arriesga la oposición y empuja a las personas fuera de sus zonas de confort. Nos atraen más las cosas que nos hacen sentir mejor con nosotros mismos. Equipados con la llama de la fe, ¿estamos dispuestos a ver una imagen más amplia y arriesgar la popularidad y la auto preservación a favor del reino de Dios? ©LPi

PARISH COUNCIL COMMITTEE

Fr. Jacek A. Dada Lori Lucente-Chairperson Karen Leluga-Secretary

Ora Adams John Kennerk Ricki Biank Judy Konieczka Evonne Blakey Ginny Williamson Ron Carine Maira Zambrano

PARISH FINANCE COMMITTEE

Fr. Jacek A. Dada Joe Dillon/Bookkeeper Jim Adduci-Co chair Dan Genisio-Co chair Bill Miller-Secretary

Susan Gates Lynn Unyi Phyllis Giroux Janice Wenckus

TO TEACH WHO CHRIST IS

Total Pledges/Donations: $425,919 Parish Share: $319,919

# of Pledges/Donations: 121 Actual Collections through July 15, 2019

$262,397.00

Questions? Call the Parish Office or The Campaign Office at 312-534-8500

WHEN YOU NEED HELP Catholic Charities 12731 S Wood St.

Blue Island, IL 60406 708-333-8379

Evening Supper St. Anne Parish Hall

Mondays Only 5:30PM 16801 Dixie Highway, Hazel Crest, IL 60429

708-333-8379

Faith Church Various Support & Recovery Services

219-864-0300

Crisis Center For South Suburbia

708-429-7255

Joyful Again Widowed Ministry

Program 708-354-7211

Aid for Women Pregnancy Care Center

24-hour helpline 312-621-1100

Catholic Charities Senior Services

15300 S. Lexington, Harvey, IL 60426

708-596-2222

Courage For single mothers &

unplanned Pregnancies 708-636-8001

Wounded Healers Grief Support Group

219-924-5577 www.woundedhealersnwi.com

SSC on Alcoholism & Substance Abuse

708-647-3333

WELCOME! ALL NEW MEMBERS

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 phone number please call the office or submit this form so we can keep our records updated. Name(s)_______________________________ Address_______________________________ City__________________________________ Phone_________________________________ Email_________________________________

St. John 50/50 Raffle August 13, 2019

Envelope number 775 Was drawn for the 50/50 raffle drawing. The parishioner assigned this num-ber did not participate in the drawing. This week’s prize of $305.00 will be added to next week’s 50/50 raffle.

See church bulletin board for official rules. Thank you to all of you who participated.

SUNDAY COLLECTION Weekly Goal: $4,100.00

August 10th/11th

Sunday Collection $3,204.50* Envelopes Received 119*

E-Giving $985.00* Transactions 15

Total Sunday Giving $4,189.50**

Building Fund $115.00

* Includes Memorials ** Includes E-Giving