St. Theresa Parish 455 North Benton St. ● Palatine, IL 60067 847-358-7760 ● www.sttheresachurch.org

Palm Sunday ● March 25, 2018

When the centurion who stood facing him saw how he breathed his last he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

— Mark 15:39

In This Issue...

MASS SCHEDULE Sundays: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00 and 11:30 a.m. Weekdays: 6:30 and 8:00 a.m. Saturday: 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Vigil)

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday-Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Parish Mission ................................................................... 2 Sacraments ........................................................................ 2 Welcome New Parishioners ............................................... 2 Lenten Reflections—Follow Us on the Journey ................. 2 Message from Fr. Tim ........................................................ 3 Parish Lenten Mission ....................................................... 4 Lenten Outreach ................................................................ 5 Renew My Church ............................................................ 6 Prayer Lists ........................................................................ 8 Prayer for Renew My Church ............................................ 8 Alpha Continues ................................................................ 9 Adoration............................................................................ 9 Mass Intentions .................................................................. 9 Readings for the Week ...................................................... 9 Lent at St. Theresa Parish ................................................. 10 Lenten Fish Frys ................................................................ 10 40 Cans for Lent ................................................................ 10 Green & Gold Gala ............................................................ 11 Give Central Online Giving ................................................ 12 Our Stewardship ............................................................... 12 Rev. Ronald J. Lewinski Memorial Fund ........................... 12 Ministries ............................................................................ 13 Ministry of Care .................................................................. 13 Food Pantry Collection ...................................................... 13 Special Blessing for Expectant Mothers ............................ 13 Women’s Club Fashion Show Luncheon ........................... 14 LIFT .................................................................................... 15 St. Theresa Parish and School Golf Outing ....................... 16 Other Items of Interest ....................................................... 16 Liturgical Schedule for Upcoming Weekend ...................... 17 Parish & School Staff Contact Info ..................... Back Cover Week At A Glance .............................................. Back Cover

ST. THERESA PARISH MISSION The mission of St. Theresa Parish is to share Christ with others through

the sacraments, education, prayer and service.

NEW PARISHIONERS AND VISITORS Welcome to St. Theresa! We invite you to contact the receptionist at the Pauline Center and/or speak with a Greeter before Mass for information on registration. Also, please visit our parish website at www.sttheresachurch.org for helpful information, and click on the Welcome link in the About Us menu. Are you interested in joining the Catholic Church? Contact Deacon Larry Schumacher at 847-358-7760 ext. 363 regarding the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) sacrament for adults. Are you a baptized, adult Catholic who has not received the Sacraments of Eucharist or Confirmation and wish to? Please call! VISITATION OF THE SICK If you or a family member are in a local hospital and would like a visit from a priest, please call the Parish Office. Those who are homebound can also make arrangements to receive communion on a regular basis by calling the Ministry of Care, 847-358-7760.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays at 12:30-1:30 p.m. or by appointment.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Baptism is celebrated at 1:00 p.m. on the first and third Sundays of the month. Parents must take part in preparation classes before the Baptism takes place, and are required to attend the classes before the baby is born. Please call the Parish Office to make arrangements.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance. Please call the Parish Office to make an appointment with a priest. No other plans should be finalized until then.

SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK This sacrament offers the Lord's healing strength and peace to anyone who is seriously or chronically ill, hospitalized or about to have surgery. Please call the Parish Office if you wish to have someone receive this sacrament.

Do you have information you wish to share? For Bulletin: bulletin@sttheresachurch.org For Scheduling: scheduling@sttheresachurch.org For Website: webmaster@sttheresachurch.org

Bring your bells to Holy Thursday (The Lord’s Supper) and all Easter Masses!!!

For Holy Thursday (The Lord’s Supper), Easter Vigil and all Easter Masses, we invite you to bring bells of any kind to ring at the refrain of the Gloria.

2018 LENTEN OUTREACH – FASTING, PRAYERS, &

ALMSGIVING

MINISTRY OF CARE

Almsgiving Boxes This weekend, Palm Sunday, the Almsgiving Boxes can be

returned, before or after any of the masses. If you are unable to bring them this weekend we can accept them Easter weekend.

You are not limited to returning them before or after masses. Please bring your box or donation marked for the Ministry of Care

Lenten Outreach, at your convenience, to the Pauline Center reception area during regular office hours.

Thank you for your prayers and generous gifts.

May you have a Blessed Easter, The Ministry of Care

and Lenten Focus Ministries and Groups

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A Message from our Pastor, Fr. Tim Fairman

Dear Friends,

As we approach the Sacred Triduum (“Three Days”) next week, I’d like to share with you the words of Saint John Paul II from several years ago. I shared this last year too. It’s hard to improve on a saint! He writes eloquently about what these days mean to the life of the church. I invite all of you to be a part of the Triduum liturgies.

Reflection on the Sacred Triduum H. H. John Paul II General Audience April 8, 1998

In these days of Holy Week, the liturgy very forcefully underscores the opposition between light and darkness, between life and death, but it leaves us in no doubt as to the final outcome: the glory of the risen Christ. [Tuesday] the solemn celebration "in Cena Domini" will lead us into the Sacred Triduum, which offers the central events of salvation history for the reflection of all believers. Together we will relive and deeply participate in the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus.

At [Tuesday's] Chrism Mass, the prelude of Holy Thursday, priests will gather with their own Bishop. During a significant Eucharistic celebration, which usually takes place in diocesan cathedrals, the oils for the sick and for catechumens will be blessed, and chrism will be consecrated. These rites symbolize the fullness of Christ's priesthood and that ecclesial communion which must enliven the Christian people, gathered by the Eucharis-tic sacrifice and strengthened in unity by the gift of the Holy Spirit.

[Thursday] evening we will celebrate with grateful hearts the institution of the Eucharist. At the Last Supper, the Lord, "having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end" (Jn 13:1). Precisely at the moment when Judas was preparing to betray him and night had fallen over his heart, divine mercy triumphed over hatred, life over death: "Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said: 'Take, eat; this is my body'. And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, 'Drink of it, all of you; for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins' "(Mt 26:26-28).

God's new and eternal Covenant with man is thus written indelibly in the blood of Christ, the meek and mild lamb, freely sacrificed to atone for the sins of the world. At the end of the celebration, the Church will invite us to remain in prolonged adoration of the Eucharist, to meditate on this ex-traordinary and incomparable mystery of love.

Good Friday is marked by the Passion account and by contemplation of the Cross, in which the Father's mercy is fully revealed. The liturgy has us pray in this way: "When we were lost and could not find the way to you, you loved us more than ever: Jesus, your Son, innocent and without sin, gave himself into our hands and was nailed to a cross" (Roman Missal, 1983 ed., Eucharistic Prayer for Masses of Reconciliation, I). So great is the emotion evoked by this mystery, that the Apostle Peter, writing to the faithful of Asia Minor, exclaimed: "You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot" (1 Pt 1:18-19).

Therefore, after proclaiming the Passion of the Lord, the Church puts the adoration of the Cross at the centre of the Good Friday liturgy, not as a symbol of death but as a source of authentic life. On this day, charged with spiritual emotion, the Cross of Christ is lifted up upon the world as a banner of hope for all who in faith welcome its mystery into their lives.

Meditating on these supernatural realities, we will enter the silence of Holy Saturday, in expectation of Christ's glorious triumph in the Resurrection. At the tomb we will be able to reflect on the tragedy of a humanity that, deprived of its Lord, is inevitably dominated by loneliness and discourage-ment. Turned in on himself, man feels deprived of every breath of hope in the face of suffering, the failures of life and, especially, death. What should we do? We must wait for the resurrection. At our side, according to an ancient, widespread popular tradition, will be Our Lady, the Sorrowful Virgin and Mother of Christ sacrificed.

On Holy Saturday night, however, during the solemn Easter Vigil, "the mother of all vigils", the silence will be broken by joyful song: the Exsultet. Once again the victory of Light over darkness, of Life over death, will be proclaimed and the Church will rejoice in meeting her Lord.

Thus we will enter the atmosphere of Easter, the Resurrection, the endless day which the Lord inaugurated by rising from the dead.

Dear brothers and sisters, let us open our hearts to God's grace and prepare ourselves to follow Jesus in his Passion and Death, in order to enter with him into the joy of the Resurrection.

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By Fr. Ron Lewinski

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For information and to sign up please contact Marie Paul at mariep@sttheresachurch.org or 847-358-7760 ext. 119

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Prayers for the Sick

Prayers for Military and Veterans

Christopher Blankenship (Private, U.S. Army)

Joseph A. Bondi (Korea, U.S. Army)

Sgt. Robert E. Brodkorb (U.S. Air Force S.A.C.)

Lance Corporal John F. Campe (U.S. Marine Corps)

Alan Carlson (U.S. Navy)

Robert Cecchi (Korea, U.S. Army) Matthew Chausse

(U.S. Army) SSgt. David A. Crouse

(U.S.M.C.) Jackie Fairman

(U.S. Marine Corps) Jesus De La Torre

(U.S. Navy) Captain Kevin Hand

(U.S. Air Force) Captain Stephen Hand

(U.S. Marine Corps) Christopher Anthony Izzo

(Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps)

Ian James (Private, U.S. Marine Corps)

Louis Kittler (U.S. Navy) John Klaas

(Retired Captain, U.S. Navy) Colonel James F. Kott

(U.S. Air Force) Colonel Marilyn H. Kott

(U.S. Air Force) John H. Landers (U.S. Air Force)

Joseph S. Lapetina (U.S. Navy) William Leap

(Vietnam, U.S. Army) Patrick Malackowski

(U.S. Air Force) Deacon Steve Norys

(U.S. Navy) Jim Olinski

(Vietnam, U.S. Army) Cas Paprocki (U.S. Army)

Deacon Lou Riccio (Korea, U.S. Army)

Andy Ruff (WWII, U.S. Army)

Captain Louis J. Schager,Jr. (U.S. Navy)

John Sellinger (U.S. Air Force)

Colonel Daniel Joseph Settergren

(U.S. Air Force) Adolf Stransky

(Vietnam, U.S, Navy) Robert Joseph Tremblay (TSGT. U.S. Air Force,

U.S. Marine Corps, Ret. Col.) Phil Urban

(WWII, U.S. Air Force) Lee Urbasic

(Korea, U.S. Army Artillery) Kenneth Valenti

(Korea, U.S. Coast Guard) Ron Willer

(Vietnam, U.S. Army) Lt. Matthew Zak (U.S. Navy Pilot)

Please Pray For Those Who Have Died

Suzanne Schulz

May God Hold Them in the Palm of His Hand...

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It’s me for Spring Cleaning and the St. Vincent de Paul

Clothing Drive: April 14-15, 2018

Parish Office and Reception Closings

The Parish Office (Pauline Center) and Reception (Link) will be closed Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday (April 2).

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Mass Intentions Monday, March 26 6:30 a.m. St. Theresa Purgatorial Society 8:00 a.m. Special Intention for the VaDerBosch-McMahon Families Tuesday, March 27 6:30 a.m. Leo Kirwan M. Zipperich 8:00 a.m. Madeline Fote Saitta Family Wednesday, March 28 6:30 a.m. Priest’s Intention 8:00 a.m. Patrick Coolahan Sophia Coolahan Thursday, March 29—HOLY THURSDAY 8:00 a.m. Prayer Service 7:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Last Supper Friday, March 30—GOOD FRIDAY 8:00 a.m. Prayer Service 3:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross / Seven Last Words 7:00 p.m. Liturgy of Our Lord’s Passion and Death Saturday, March 31—HOLY SATURDAY 8:00 a.m. Prayer Service 8:00 p.m. For Parishioners Sunday, April 1—EASTER 6:00 a.m. For Parishioners 8:00 a.m. For Parishioners 10:00 a.m. For Parishioners 12:00 p.m. For Parishioners

Readings for the Week

Monday: Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1-3, 13-14; Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday: Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34; Mt 26:14-25 Thursday: Chrism Mass: Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9; Ps 89:21-22, 25, 27; Rv 1:5-8; Lk 4:16-21 Lord's Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 Friday: Is 52:13 -- 53:12; Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1 -- 19:42 Saturday: a) Gn 1:1 -- 2:2 [1:1, 26-31a]; Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35; or Ps 33:4-7, 12-13, 20-22; b) Gn 22:1-18 [1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18]; Ps 16: 5, 8-11; c) Ex 14:15 -- 15:1; Ex 15:1-6, 17-18; d) Is 54:5-14; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; e) Is 55:1-11; Is 12:2-6; f) Bar 3:9-15, 32 -- 4:4; Ps 19:8-11; g) Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3-4 or Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 or Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; h) Rom 6:3-11;i) Ps 118:1-2,16-17, 22-23; Mk 16:1-7 Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7 or (at an afternoon or evening Mass) Lk 24:13-35

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Bread and Wine The Bread and Wine for the Eucharist this week are offered

In Celebration of the Life of Richard Pfister

from his Wife, Carol

Please remember them in your prayers.

We celebrate Holy Thursday as the day of Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples.

“Washing feet is a very menial task. A sign of the host welcoming a guest; a sign of the recognition that you are important to me. You are important because of who you are, not because of what you have done, not because you are a sinner or a saint, but because in you there is the unique presence of God”

Jesus tells the disciples “I will wash your feet because you are going to be the leaders and it is you who then have to wash other people’s feet”.

We invite all parishioners to have their feet washed on Holy Thursday.

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ONLINE GIVING

GiveCentral Online Giving is a convenient way for you to make your weekly offertory contribution to St. Theresa, as well as your Parish Christmas Gift, especially if you will be away for Christmas. It is a secure online system with payment options from direct debit (ACH) to all major credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.

Here are some of the funds to which you can contribute online: • Weekly Offertory Contribution • Parish Christmas Offertory Gift • Christmas Flowers • Patrons of Sacred Music • Rev. Ronald J. Lewinski Memorial Fund • “To Teach Who Christ Is” • Tuition Assistance Fund

How to sign up:

1. Go to www.sttheresachurch.org.

2. Click the “DONATE NOW” image.

3. Click on the “DONATE NOW WITH GIVECENTRAL” button to make a one-time donation as a guest,

OR

Follow the Step-by-Step Registration Guide to register for automated weekly online giving.

Automated online giving is easy, convenient, and takes the worry out of remembering your envelope. For questions or assistance, feel free to contact the Parish Office at 847-358-7760.

Thank you for your generosity and stewardship to St. Theresa Parish!

Year Actual Year Prior

3/4/18 Basket Online Total

$ 22,127 $ 4,396 $ 26,523

3/5/17 $ 23,629 $ 2,761 $ 26,390

3/11/18 Basket Online Total

$ 18,938 Pending

3/12/17 $ 22,033 $ 4,777 $ 26,810

Our Stewardship

REMEMBER YOUR LOVED ONES WITH EASTER FLOWER MEMORIALS

Easter plants will decorate our Easter altar.

Special Flower Memorial envelopes can be found at the church entrances, as well as in your envelope packet. Place envelopes in

the collection basket. Costs are listed on the envelope. Easter Flower Memorials can also be made on GiveCentral.

Thank you!

Holy Ghost Council of the Knights of Columbus will hold the Annual Easter Egg Hunt.

Easter Egg Hunt held at St. Theresa on March 31st, Holy Saturday.

After the basket blessing around 11:30am the hunt will begin in various areas on the St. Theresa parish grounds.

Children 10 years and under are invited to attend.

Ministries PARISH COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS Parish Pastoral Council: Leo Miklius Board of Specified Jurisdiction (School Board): Donna Brand Finance Council: Jerry Sara Religious Education Board: Carl Siemianowski

BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY / MINISTERS OF CARE TO THE SICK Deacon Stephen Norys, 847-358-7760 ext. 110

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS and ALTAR SERVERS Marie Paul, mariep@sttheresachurch.org, 847-358-7760 x. 119

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, HOLY GHOST COUNCIL 2nd Monday of month at 7:00 p.m., Lower Dolan Center Bruce Alesi, grandknight4977@gmail.com

LECTORS Liz Englbrecht and Carol Oswald

MARIAN ROSARY DEVOTION Mondays: 7:00 p.m. Confessions, 8:00 p.m. Mass, Church

MUSIC MINISTRY Laura Kutscher, laurak@sttheresachurch.org, x. 114

OUR LADY of FATIMA DEVOTIONS First Saturday of month after the 8:00 a.m. Mass

CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., Pauline Center; Deacon Lou Riccio

PADS Ministry LouAnn Hayes

REACH (Special Religious Education for Adults) Deacon Rich and Kathie Pizzato

RESPECT LIFE www.sttheresachurch.org/respect life, Maria Goldstein, 1st Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m., Pauline Center

ST. THERESA WOMEN’S CLUB Annie Meersman

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT de PAUL Last Monday of month, 7:00 p.m., Pauline Center WEDDING REHEARSAL MINISTRY Beverly Zak

YOUTH MINISTRY—LIFT LIFT@sttheresachurch.org Nancy Brinckerhoff, Kathy Ferry, Maureen Ross, Rev. Matthew Jamesson

YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY—CROSSWAYS Carmen Maiorano, Michelle Mammarella, Rev. Matthew Jamesson

The Ministry of Care office is the central point in our parish community for outreach, resources and

referrals.

Deacon Stephen Norys, Coordinator

Ministry of Care

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Most needed:

Tuna, Shampoo, Dish Detergent, Laundry Detergent,

Mac & Cheese, Can Fruit, Peanut Butter

Food Pantry Collection

“FORE” St. Theresa Parish and School

Inaugural Golf Outing

When: Saturday May 19th 2:30 Shotgun Start

Where: Highland Woods Golf Course (Hoffman Estates)

Look for more details in the following weeks.

For more information contact Tom Attak at

tjattak@comcast.net

ST. THERESA WOMEN’S CLUB PRESENTS

SOMETHING GRAND IS BEING PLANNED

Chandler’s Saturday, April 7, 2018 401 North Roselle Road Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Lunch at Noon. Schaumburg, IL 60194 Tickets $40 - Cash Bar

Come and enjoy a delicious lunch and check out the latest spring fashions.

Basket raffles and the popular Pot O’ Gold cash raffle!

Fashions provided by: Talbots • White House/Black Market • Lularoe • Men’s Warehouse

Choice of Entrée

Herb Roasted Chicken • Salmon • Lasagna Marinara or Alfredo – Vegetarian

Representatives from the Women’s Club will be selling tickets in the gathering space before and after all Masses March 17-18, 2018, or you can mail in the form below. NO RESERVATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 3/26/2018.

Send any questions to st.theresawc@gmail.com.

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I would like to reserve ____ ticket(s) for 2018 Luncheon/Fashion Show. I have enclosed $40 per ticket. List each person, phone number and entrée choice (use back if necessary).

Name ____Phone __Entrée Choice ___I would like to be seated with

Forward to: Beverly Zak 21675 Hampton Court Kildeer, IL 60047

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IS GOD CALLING YOU TO THE SECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER? The Northwest Franciscan Community of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is hosting an Informational Evening

on Monday, April 9, 2018 at 7:15 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Home, 80 W. Northwest Hwy., Palatine.

The evening will begin with prayer in the second floor Chapel, followed by a brief presentation on the Secular Franciscan Order and social time. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call Sue at 312-403-2139 or email vocations@nwfranciscans.org

About the Secular Franciscan Order: The Secular Franciscan Order is not a prayer group or club. Formerly known as the Third Order of St. Francis, it is an official Order within the Catholic Church and was established by St. Francis of Assisi early in the thirteenth century. Unlike religious brothers and sisters, those in Secular Orders—also known as Third Orders—don’t remove themselves from the world but remain in it; hence the term “secular.” Married or single women and men who are faithful, practicing Catholics are able to join Third Orders, as are diocesan priests and deacons.

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St. Theresa Parish Lenten Reflections Follow along with our final week of daily Lenten reflections on St. Theresa Parish's social media sites:

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Together, let us prepare the way of the Lord!

THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF ST. THERESA PARISH PARISH ADDRESS: 455 N. Benton St., Palatine, IL 60067 Parish Website: www.sttheresachurch.org Phone: 847-358-7760 Fax: 847-202-8941

SCHOOL ADDRESS: 445 N. Benton St., Palatine, IL 60067 School Website: www.sttheresaschool.com Office: 847-359-1820

Monday, 3/26 Tuesday, 3/27 Wednesday, 3/28 Thursday, 3/29 Friday, 3/30 Saturday, 3/31 Sunday, 4/1

HOLY WEEK

6:30, 8:00 a.m. Mass (Chapel)

6:30 p.m. Holy Thursday Rehearsal (Church)

7:30 p.m. RCIA (Bernardin)

7:30 p.m. Good Friday Rehearsal (Church)

8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Rehearsal (Church)

HOLY WEEK

6:30, 8:00 a.m. Mass (Chapel)

9:00 a.m. Cenacle Prayer Group (Bernardin)

7:00 p.m. Music Rehearsal (Meeting Room C)

7:00 p.m. Bible Study (Teachers Lounge)

HOLY WEEK 6:30, 8:00 a.m. Mass (Chapel)

4:15 p.m. Children’s Choir Rehearsal (Church)

7:30 p.m. Charismatic Prayer Group (Bernardin)

HOLY THURSDAY

8:00 a.m. Prayer Service (Chapel)

9:00 a.m. Bible Study (Festle)

7:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Last Supper (Church)

8:30 p.m.-12:00 a.m. Adoration (Chapel)

GOOD FRIDAY

PARISH OFFICE CLOSED

8:00 a.m. Prayer Service (Chapel)

3:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross / Seven Last Words(Church)

7:00 p.m. Liturgy of Our Lord’s Passion and Death (Church)

HOLY SATURDAY

7:00 a.m. Men’s Prayer Group (Bernardin)

8:00 a.m. Prayer Service (Chapel)

11:00 a.m. Blessing of Easter Foods (Church)

11:30 a.m. KOC Children’s Easter Egg Hunt (Parish Grounds)

8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass (Church)

EASTER

6:00 a.m. Mass (Church)

8:00 a.m. Mass (Church)

10:00 a.m. Mass (Church)

12:00 p.m. Mass (Church)

Week At A Glance

PARISH PASTORAL STAFF Rev. Timothy J. Fairman, Pastor, ext. 101 Rev. Matthew Jamesson, Associate Pastor, ext. 127 Rev. Tom Bishop, Associate Pastor, ext. 109 Rev. Michael Wanda, Resident, ext. 118 Deacon Stephen Norys, Minister of Care, ext. 110 Hank Aleliunas, Business Manager, ext. 105 Laura Kutscher, Music Director, ext. 114 Nicole Carlisle, Communications Director, ext. 107 Marie Paul, Liturgy Coordinator, ext. 119

DIACONAL MINISTRY Deacon Jim and Melody Devine, ext. 113 Deacon Stephen and Gail Norys, ext. 110 Deacon Richard and Kathie Pizzato, ext. 361 Deacon Louis and Ann Riccio, ext. 362 Deacon Larry and Karen Schumacher, ext. 363 Deacon Greg and Elizabeth Vogt, ext. 364

SCHOOL Mary Keenley, Principal, ext. 202 Mary-Anne Zielinski, Administrative Assistant, ext. 203 Terri Kolbus, Director of Admissions, ext. 249

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Elizabeth Vogt, Director of Religious Education, ext. 111 Marsha Jones, Registrar / Adm. Asst., ext. 112 Religious Education: 847-359-2846, ext. 111

PARISH SUPPORT STAFF Mary Amirante, Receptionist, ext. 100 Joyce Pizek, Bookkeeper, ext. 102 Kathryn McIntyre, Secretary, ext. 104

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