www.stferdinandchurch.com

     Monday – March 5, 2018 8:00 AM – Mass in English 12:00 PM (Noon) – Mass in English 7:00 PM – Mass in Polish/Chapel

Tuesday- March 6, 2018 8:00 AM – Mass in English 12:00 PM (Noon) – Recovery of health for John F. Schweikert 7:00 PM - Mass in Polish

Wednesday- March 7, 2018 8:00 AM – +Eleonore Zablocki rq. Family 12:00 PM (Noon) – +Rose & Charles Coco rq. Children 7:30 PM - Mass in Polish

Thursday- March 8, 2018 8:00 AM – For a safe trip to Europe 12:00 PM (Noon) – +Felix Aquino 2nd Ann. of death rq. Wife & son 7:00 PM - Mass in Polish

Friday- March 9, 2018 8:00 AM – +Tony Bailey 12:00 PM (Noon) – + Pat Wenzl rq. St. Ferd. Fish Fry Group 7:00 PM - Mass in Polish

Saturday-March 10, 2018 7:00 AM - Mass in Polish 8:00 AM – + Janina Borek 5:00 PM – Special intension for John

Sunday – March 11, 2018 7:00 AM - o Boże bł. oraz opiekę Matki Najświętszej dla członków Kół Żywego Różańca, ich rodzin oraz ks. kapelana , o zdrowie dla mnie i całej mojej rodziny, +Henryk Kuta, + Ewa i Jan Kabat, + Maria i Jan Budzioch oraz ich dzieci, + Franciszek Budzioch, zmarlych członków Kół Różańcowych: Irena Zawiślak, Aleksander Papiernik, Władysław Mit, Maria Hunt, Helena Grabińska, Bernard Klepacki, Adolf Twardak, Aniela Sąder, Stanisława Markocki, Zbigniew Góralczyk, Zofia Nicpoń, Barbara Colowski, Eugienia Szumska, Henryk Batorowicz, Zofia Zygadło, Janina Borek, Emily Konopka, Francis Kozikowski, Wiktoria i Leon Sądowicz 8:30 AM – +Janina Borek 10:00 AM – Mass in English 10:15 AM- +Genowefa Kostelicz 12:30 PM – Mass in English 3:00 PM – Mass in Polish 5:00 PM – Mass in English 7:00 PM – Mass In Polish

Page Two Third Sunday in Lent March 4, 2018

Mass Intentions The sanctuary lamps this week are lit for:

Rest in Peace

Living & deceased members of Greco and Scarpelli Family

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION - Held each Thursday following the 8:00 a.m. Mass un l 6:45p.m.

DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET Divine Mercy Chaplet is prayed in English everyday from Monday to Friday following

8:00 a.m. Mass. Please take a short break from your busy life and join the ladies in prayers. On every Saturday right a er 8:00 a.m. Mass prayer to St. Anne is being said. Please stop by the Church and offer to God at least a few

DEVOTIONS

Please remember to pray for the souls of all our faithful departed, especially:

Roger Trucha John Russo

PLEASE NOTE: DURING LENT THE PARISH OFFICE WILL CLOSE AT 4.00PM ON FRIDAYS ONLY.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS Every Friday at 12:30pm and 6:00pm

Daylight saving time starts SUNDAY, MARCH 11

We'll move our clocks forward one hour at 2am Sunday, March 11.

Daylight saving time means we lose an hour of daylight in the morning but gain it back in the evening.

SUNDAY, February 25, 2018

Thank you for sharing your „TREASURE”

with St. Ferdinand Parish

BÓG ZAPŁAĆ!

PLEASE REMEMBER ST. FERDINAND PARISH IN YOUR WILL.

LITURGICAL MINISTRIES

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

B. Koziol

Remember in Prayer As members of the parish faith community, it is our responsibility to remember both in concrete and spiritual ways those who cannot celebrate with us each week because they are ill. Those who are sick in turn,

remember all of us daily in their prayers and in their sufferings.

March 4, 2018 Third Sunday in Lent Page Three

Our Stewardship of Treasure

Mary Ayello Anthony R. Coco Violet Del Vecchio Edward Waytula William Keleher Arlene Garcia Diana Krzyzanowski Nick Paolino Jean Staniszewski Laura Schofield Calvin Upton Julie D’Agos no Luna Family Brianna Jurczykowski Michael F. Coco Tish Vanoni Jodi Mack Geraldine Mack Agnes Coco Isabell Beyer Deadra Kusek Stanley Podgorny Laverne Greco Steve Johns Barbara Alderson Anna DeBold Kathleen Barr Mary Hal n Virginia Starsiak Veena Bhat Veronica Segovia Frances Skrabacz Marion Watermann Richard Behrendt Joseph Biancalana Sr. Joseph Biancalana Grace Miceli Dolly D’Agos no Julia Szyelik Jim Jezuit George Keehn Donald Trainor Maureen Keith Dolly Aloisio

Michael Spano Judy Fahey Lee Ready Jadwiga Glowacz Petronella Latuszek Jack Fahey Jany Aloisio Margery Janz Jody Panek Chris ne Gross Helen Szostak Be y Hotcaveg Mary Lynn Remijan Wiliam Remijan Arle e Prasteher Richard Wojcichowski Frank De Marco Stefan Wiśniewski Stanisław Cwieka John Brown Marry Henning Teri & Fred Bauer Elaine M. Budzisz Mary Ann Reynen Sco Paterson Mary Kay Masco Nick Arnold Barbara McFarlin Julia Swanson Timothy McFarlin Larry Wojtan Jack Stansbeary Gloria Tello Janet Bose Aleksandra Donohue Julia Ma ucci Laura Naggo Joel Rivera Eileen Mele John Greco Maria Toporek Frances Planthaber Jaon Carwat

PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE SERVING IN THE MILITARY

SPC Jeffrey Foerster ; SA Andrew Rios

SP4 Nicholas Whelan;

Sincere THANK YOU to all who give their me to keep our church clean and to those who keep our altar linens cleaned and pressed. Thank you for your faithfulness. We are deeply grateful for your me and talents given to our parish. May God bless you abundantly!

MASS TIME LECTOR

5:00 PM E. DeLeon/ N. Rodriguez

8:30 AM

10:00 AM (chapel)

5:00PM

Dr. M. Starsiak

A. Groeper, P. Macias W. Rodriguez, M. Barnhart

SATURDAY, March 10

SUNDAY, March 11

T. Czosnyka, M. McGinnis

C. Mazurek 12:30 PM

M. Duce

J. Lohrmann, D. Lasiewicz

C. Trujilio, R. Cobleigh

S. Kass, J. Zarate

We invite anyone able to help with the church cleaning. Please join us weekly on Mondays at 5:00 pm

and Fridays at 10:00 am. Thank you!

Envelopes: $ 6,340 Loose: $ 3,162

Total: $ 9,502

THE DEATH OF AN EVANGELICAL TITAN by Bishop Robert Barron I had the privilege of hearing Dr. Billy Graham preach about twenty years ago in Cincinna . At the me, Dr. Graham was around eighty years old and clearly in frail health. He came to the podium and commenced to speak, but the crowd of young people, s rred up by the Chris an rock bands who had performed earlier, was res ve and ina en ve. Graham paused, folded his hands, and quietly said, “Let us pray.” With that, a stadium of fi y thousand people fell silent. Once a spirit of reverence held sway, the preacher resumed. I remember thinking, “What an old pro!” That old pro, arguably the greatest Chris an evangelist of the past hundred years, died this week at ninety-nine, and it’s difficult to overstate his impact and importance. It is said that he directly addressed 215 million people in 185 countries in the course of his ministry. No other preacher, in the en re history of Chris anity, has had such a range. At the height of his powers, he filled arenas and stadiums, for weeks at at me, in some of the most jaded, materialis c, and skep cal ci es in the world. And when preachers and other religious celebri es all around him were falling into scandal and corrup on, Billy Graham stood tall, a man of integrity. His moral heroism was on par cularly clear display in the early years of the civil rights movement. Especially in his na ve South, it was the unques oned prac ce to seat black people in segregated sec ons of churches and arenas. Though it cost him quite a few of his tradi onal supporters, Graham insisted that his crusades should be racially integrated. Impressed by this show of courage, Mar n Luther King Jr. became a friend and appeared with Graham at a crusade in 1957. What was it about his preaching that was so compelling? I suppose in his early years, he demonstrated a fair amount of “flash,” prowling the stage, waving his arms, and moving drama cally from whispering to shou ng. But as he matured, a fair amount of that theatricality faded away. What remained was a gentle sense of humor (usually self-depreca ng), an obvious sincerity, a keen intelligence, and above all, a clarity in regard to the essen als of the Gospel. Prac cally every Billy Graham sermon had the same basic structure: you have sought happiness in wealth, pleasure, material things, fame, etc., and you’ve never been sa sfied; I want to tell you about what will make you happy. At this point, he would speak of Christ crucified and risen from the dead. Now please don’t get me wrong—and don’t write me le ers! As a Catholic, I affirm that there is more to salva on than accep ng Jesus Christ in faith; there is the full integra on into the life of Christ that happens through the instrumentality of the Church and her sacraments. Nevertheless, Catholics and Protestants come together in asser ng—as Billy Graham consistently did—that we are sinners who stand in need of Christ’s saving grace. In point of fact, a generous ecumenism was one of the marks of Billy Graham’s approach. It didn’t bother him in the least if someone whose religious journey commenced at one of his crusades con nued and came to fulfillment in the Catholic Church. Much has been made of his rela onship with presidents, monarchs, and prime ministers. He did indeed minister personally to twelve US presidents, and the wonderful Ne lix series The Crown shows something of the impact he had on Queen Elizabeth II. But I’ve never been par cularly taken with this dimension of Graham’s life, which seemed, to me anyway, more sizzle than steak. In fact, one of the low points of his career had to have been his meek acquiescence to Richard Nixon’s an -Semi c musings, captured on White House tapes. To his credit, Dr. Graham repeatedly apologized for that lapse. He was far more powerful and spiritually efficacious when he prayed over the thousands of ordinary people who had responded to an altar call at the close of a crusade. When I started my own evangelical ministry, Word on Fire, some twenty years ago, I drew some very prac cal inspira on from Billy Graham. In his autobiography, Just As I Am, Graham stated that, as he was ge ng his ministry underway, he told his colleagues that three things tend to undermine an evangelist’s work: trouble with sex, trouble with alcohol, or trouble with money. They were all to endeavor, he said, to avoid these three traps. When I met with the Word on Fire board for the first me, I relayed this story, and I commented, “I’ll take care of the sex and the alcohol, you take care of the money!” I love the story of Billy Graham’s first encounter with my evangelical hero, Fulton J. Sheen. These two tans of preaching were on the same train from Washington to New York. Sheen found out about Graham’s presence, and he knocked on the door of the Protestant’s berth and said, “Billy, I wonder whether we might have a chat and a prayer?” Though he was preparing for bed, Billy Graham acquiesced and the two of them spent several hours in spiritual conversa on—the beginning of a friendship that endured un l Sheen’s death. I’ve always taken great pleasure in that image of brotherhood across denomina onal lines. I believe that anyone who reverences the Chris an Gospel owes Billy Graham a debt of gra tude. Requiescat in pace.

www.wordonfire.org

March 4, 2018 Third Sunday in Lent Page Four

Page Five Third Sunday in Lent March 4, 2018

Our Prayer Together – The Mass

A prayerful study of our worship

together each week, with Fr. Albert Judy, O.P.

Mondays, Febuary 26, March 5, and 19 St. Ferdinand Church, 7:00 – 8:15 pm

Six years ago we observed The Year of the Mass. I spent most of the year preaching about the parts of the Mass, their source, symbolism and significance. This Lent I hope to return to this most important theme for all of us: the words we say and the devo on they call for, when we pray together at Mass each weekend. By reflec ng on the parts of the Mass in slow mo on, like instant replay, we can deepen our understanding of the greatness of what is happening and how we can more fully enter into this “mystery of faith.” — Fr. Albert Judy, O.P. The schedule: Mar 5. “The Obla on” … The Eucharis c Prayer(s). Mar 12. No session. Mar 19. “The Banquet of the Lamb” … Holy Communion. Mar 5. The Obla on … The Eucharis c Prayer(s)

Collec on, Offertory, gi s and blessings.

Preface of Thanksgiving, the Holy Holy, Epiclesis.

Words of Ins tu on, gestures, acclama ons, Anamnesis, Intercessions

Doxology and our Great Amen. All are welcome.

Father James Martin at Holy Name Cathedral The Archdiocese of Chicago is proud to host Father James Mar n, SJ, Jesuit priest, editor at large of America magazine, and best-selling author.

On the evening of Thursday, March 22, Father Mar n will be speaking on the topic of “Encountering Jesus: Mee ng the Christ of Faith and the Jesus of History” and on Friday, March 23rd, Father Mar n will talk about the “Seven Last Words: An Invita on to a Deeper Friendship with Jesus”. Both events will take place at Holy Name Cathedral. Join us for two evenings of though ul reflec on, dialogue, and prayer. For more informa on and to register for these events, please visit www.pvm.archchicago.org.

FRIENDLY REMINDERS If you or a loved one is in need of prayers due to an

illness, please call the rectory to put your name on the prayer list. If someone on this list has recovered, please call to have the name removed.

Please notify the rectory if you have someone in your home who is unable to join us at Mass and he/she would appreciate having the Eucharist brought to the home.

We ask that if you have a loved one serving in the mili-tary, to please contact the rectory office to provide the name of the soldier so the whole parish can pray for your loved one.

If your address has changed or if you are moving out of our parish and no longer wish to be a parishioner, please notify the rectory at 773-622-5900 ex. 225

If you would like to have a Mass said for someone, please contact the Parish Office 773-622-5900 ex. 225. We will help you with the dates and times which are available. The stipend or offering given, signifies the sacrificial nature of giving of something of yourself to associate more intimately with Christ who offers himself in the Eucharist.

Page Six Third Sunday in Lent March 4, 2018

FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION

ACIES - Legion of Mary Assumpta Curia invites you to our annual Acies Ceremony in which we consecrate ourselves to the service of Mary, our Queen and our Mother. “I am all yours, my Queen, my Mother, all that I have is yours.” Sunday, March 25, 2018 2:00PM at St. Edward Church , 4350 W.

Sunnyside Ave , Chicago. Simple refreshments will be served. Contact Emma Camara (773) 0934-4161

Lent: fasting in the church By Joseph F. Kelly | Catholic News Service Fas ng is a method that people can use to limit or deny their physical desires for a higher, o en spiritual, goal. Fas ng was widely prac ced among the ancient Jews, usually before important feast days. It was also prac ced by disciples of John the Bap st. As a Jew, Jesus would have fasted, his disciples likewise fasted, and the earliest Chris ans followed in that path. The New Testament speaks of fas ng, but the Bible and other early sources simply do not include many sta s cs. Ini ally fas ng was not universal. Yet Jesus’ example would win out, and the early Chris ans decided that they also would fast. By the second century, Wednesday and Saturday were treated as fast days in individual churches. As fas ng became increasingly accepted, the early Chris ans decided to follow the Old Testament prac ce of fas ng before major feast days. For the believers, the most important feast day was Easter, commemora ng the Resurrec on because, as the apostle Paul had said, “If Christ has not been raised, (our) faith is vain” (1 Cor 15:17). The supreme feast deserved a preparatory fast. The ini al pre-Easter fast was only a few days, and Chris an leaders soon concluded that such a brief me did not adequately presage so crucial a feast. They looked to the Gospels and decided to imitate the Lord by having a fast of 40 days. This widespread prac ce was approved by the bishops of the first ecumenical council, Nicaea, in 325, thus making Lent a universal prac ce. The ini al observance of the fast was very demanding. Chris ans could eat only one full meal per day. Many churches forbade the consump on of meat, fish, eggs and delicacies at the risk of viola ng the spiritual value of the fast. The churches soon developed liturgical prac ces to go along with Lent, believing self-denial to be spiritually important but

insufficient. The bishops introduced the prac ce of almsgiving. If one wished to do more than just deny bodily sa sfac on, giving to the poor was a posi ve, prac cal way to do so since it effec vely involved self-denial.

Another — but quite modern — form of self-denial was depriving one’s self of some personal enjoyment, such as not going to a movie or a spor ng event and dona ng the funds to a charity. Simply making larger than usual dona ons to charity would also be a form of self-denial. Some modern Catholics ques on the value of self-denial during Lent, since retailers make Easter a secular holiday that leads young believers, caught up in the secularity before Easter, to have difficulty with the religious aspects of Lent. But modern secular values cannot triumph over a feast that is two millennia old. Every so o en, we must say “No” to such a travesty. When religious people fast, they know why they do so, and they are reminded of the good reason for the prac ce.

March 4, 2018 Third Sunday in Lent Page Seven

Monday — March 5, 2018 10:00 AM — Friendship Club (Convent) 6:00PM— Knights of Columbus (Canning Hall) 6:00PM — Cub Scouts (Convent) 6:00PM — Troop #51 (JCT) 7:00PM — English Serious Mission (Church) 7:30PM— Polish School Rehearsal (Chaoel) Tuesday —March 6, 2018 1:00PM — Jr. Legion of Mary (convent) 5:00PM— Radosc (JCT) 6:00PM — Boy Scouts Pack 3051 (JCT) 6:00PM— Chicagowskie Slowiki (Chapel)

Wednesday — March 7, 2018 5:00PM - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena (Church) 5:30PM — Kropeczki (Convent) 6:00PM — Chicagowskie Slowiki (Chapel) 6:00PM — Polonia Group Dance (JCT) 7:00PM — Cub Scouts (Convent)

Thursday — March 8 ,2018 2:30PM — Jr. Legion of Mary Adora on (Church) 3:00pm— Set-up for Fish Fry (All Halls) 6:00PM — Girl Scouts (Convent ) 6:00PM— Radosc (Church) 6:30PM—Knights of Columbus/Polish Council (Convent) 7:00PM — Filareci Choir (Chapel)

Friday — March 9, 2018 9:00AM — Legion of Mary (Convent) 4:30PM—Fish Fry (all Halls) 6:30PM — Pilgrim Virgin (Convent) 7:00PM — Polish School Rehearsal (Chapel) 7:30PM — Usher’s Club Mee ng (JCT)

Saturday — March 10, 2018 1:00PM—Polish Scouts (Convent) 6:00PM — AA Mee ng (Convent) 8:00PM — Reserved for Speaker/Moovie (JCT)

Sunday— March 11, 2018 8:00AM — Rosary Club Mee ng (JCT) 9:00AM—Girls Scout (Chapel/Actvity Center) 9:00AM — Radosc (Canning Hall) 11:00AM — Ziarno (Canning Hall) 11:00AM—Mass for St. Patrick’s HS (Chapel)

THIS WEEK AT ST. FERDINAND PARISH

125th Anniversary of the Feast of Mount Carmel : April 21, 6 p.m.; banquet to kick off the 125th anniversary of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, hosted by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Melrose Park; at Elmcrest Banquet Hall in Elmwood Park; evening includes cocktails, dinner, awards, dancing; $65 ckets can be purchased from the rectory, 708-344-4140 for details. Shrine of Our Lady or Guadalupe First Annual Gala : April 7, 6 p.m. to midnight, at Meridian Banquet and Conference Center, 1701 Algonquin Road, Rolling Meadows; $75; purchase ckets at solg-gala-2018.eventbrite.com; for informa on call 847-294-1806. Building for the Future Scholarship Dinner : April 13, 6:30 p.m., at Elmcrest Banquets by Biancalana, 7370 W. Grand Ave., Elmwood Park; benefi ng Guerin Prep High School; $100; RSVP by March 30; call 708-437-4734 or email scampbell@guerinprep.org. La n Mass at St. Odilo : Sundays at 9:30 a.m., 2244 East Avenue, Berwyn; music for March 11: Missa Sine Nomine, Viadana; Ave Verum Corpus, Wm. Byrd; From the Depths of Sin and Sadness. Total Consecra on to Mary : prepara on for total consecra on ro Mary according to St. Louis Marie de Mon ort begins March 7 for 33 days of prayer, each day represen ng one year in the life of Christ; collec ve Consecra on will take place at April 9 at St. Catherine Laboure Church, 3535 Thornwood Ave., Glenview; for informa on, call 847-217-9819. Divorce Ministry Mass for Separated, Divorced & Annulled Catholics : April 15, 7 p.m., with Fr. Ma Foley celebra ng; in St. James Chapel, 820 N. Arlington Road, Arlington Heights (across the street from the church); enter center doorway from the parking lot behind the parish center; light refreshments and social follow; for informa on, contact Deacon Jim Bannon at jamesrbannon@sbcglobal.net or call 224-345-7200. Field trip to Milwaukee : April 16, 9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., the Senior Club of the Catholic Community of Northbrook will host a field trip in April to the St. Joseph Convent Chapel, Milwaukee, home of the School Sisters of St. Francis; par cipants will tour the 100-year-old chapel, visit the Alfons Art Gallery and have lunch with the sisters; reserva ons due by March 1; $35, includes bus, tour and lunch; all welcome; email mlukas@stnorbertparish.org, call and leave a message at 847-513-6708 or visit www.olbparish.org .

March 4, 2018 Third Sunday in Lent Page Eight

Confirma on Class of 2018 Jasmine Aguirre Francine Agsalud Carlos Auriel Barillas Cameron Joseph Behrendt Grace Cachola Isaiah M. Colon Denis Cronin Olivia Czemerys Nestor Antonio De Jesus

Brianna Theresa DelBoccio Viviana Diaz Victoria Rose Espinoza Jocelyn Mia Figueroa Parra Damian Noel Gonzalez Kayla Henikman Madison Marie Hernandez Vanessa Hernandez Sonya Ibarra Damian Ian Lassak

Leslie Lopez Nadia Mendoza Ma hew Minczuk Jaeca Chloe Mogallos Carlos Jareth Olivera Kevin Jay Olson Jr. Desiree Luz Ortega-Pacione Lynese Teresa Perez Andrew Ramirez Chris an Ivan Ramirez

Alex Rodriguez Aaron Romana Amy Sanchez Sara Srama Dyani Tilapa Juan Antonio Tuason Alan Valdes Alexis Renee Villapando Gerald Woodall congratulations!

O n Friday, January 26th - Bishop John R. Manz Confirmed 38 can-didates from our St. Ferdinand Catholic School and Religious Educa on Program. Please keep them in your prayers as they

embark on the next phase of their Faith Journey. Confirma on is not an end but a con nua on. Receiving the Sacrament of Confirma on means being sent on a mis-sion by the Church for Christ. Being confirmed is essen ally a mutual "yes" declared by God and by the one who received the Sacrament of Confirma on. The one being confirmed asserts the faith of their Bap-

sm, and asks for the gi of the Holy Spirit that he or she may never be separated from God. God, for his part, affirms His belief in each one of us, and gives us the gi of His very self, promising to stay with us and to help us do all that He has called us to do. It takes the ini al choice to follow Christ in Bap sm a step further: recognizing that each Chris an has a dis nc ve role to play in the Kingdom of God. The Newly-Confirmed want to thank all who made the celebra on of Confirma on this day possible, who helped them on their journey of Chris an faith and those who prepared this celebra on and recep on. A special "Thank You" to Bp. John Manz, our Pastor Fr. Jason Torba, Fr. Pawel Adamus, Seminarian Sebas an Zebrowski, Br. James, Catechists, Assistant Catechists, and Teachers. Beata Bosak, St. Ferdinand Director of Religious Educa on

March 4, 2018 Third Sunday in Lent Page Nine

osobisty sekretarz Kardynala Gerharda Ludwiga Müllera, były wykładowca Wyższego Seminarium Duchownego im Jana Pawła II w Łomży. Ks. prałat Śledziewski wykładał w łomżyńskim

seminarium od 2000 r. Arcybiskupa Müllera znał jeszcze z czasów swych studiów w Monachium. Pochodzi z Piątnicy, święcenia kapłańskie przyjął w 1995 r. w Łomży, a później studiował na Uniwersytecie Ludwika Maksymiliana w Monachium. W 2000 r. uzyskał tytuł doktora teologii dogmatycznej. Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej postanowieniem z 6 listopada 2015 nadał ks. Sławomirowi Śledziewskiemu Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, za wybitne zasługi dla polskiego Kościoła oraz osiągnięcia w pracy naukowej i dydaktycznej.

(sobota)Polska Katolicka Szkoła św. Ferdynanda

(Niedziela): Msze św. z nauką ogólną o 7:00 rano, 10:15, 3:00 i 7:00 wieczorem Na Mszę św. o godz. 10:15 zapraszamy rodziny z dziećmi (Msza szkolna)

(poniedziałek): Msze św. z nauką ogólną o godz. 9:30 rano i 7:00 wieczorem Po Mszy św. wieczorowej o godz. 8:00 w kaplicy nauka stanowa dla żon i matek

(wtorek): Msze św. z nauką ogólną o godz. 9:30 rano i 7:00 wieczorem. Po Mszy św. wieczorowej o godz. 8:00 w kaplicy nauka stanowa dla mężów i ojców

. od godz. 8:30 do 9:30 rano oraz od godz. 6:00 wieczorem z przerwą na Mszę św.

(środa): Msze św. z nauką ogólną o godz. 9:30 rano i 7:00 wieczorem.

Page Ten Third Sunday in Lent March 4, 2018

DROGA KRZYŻOWA

W KAŻDY PIĄTEK 12:30 po południu w j. angielskim 6:00 wieczorem — w j. angielskim 7:00 wieczorem — w j. polskim

GORZKIE ŻALE Każda niedziela Wielkiego Postu

o godz. 6:15 wieczorem

PROWADZENIE DRÓG KRZYŻOWYCH w j. polskim o godz. 7:00 wieczorem

przez grupy zgromadzone przy parafii św. Ferdynanda:

9 marca - Klub Dobrego Pasterza 16 marca - Grupa Apostołów Miłosierdzia Bożego 23 marca - Droga Krzyżowa ulicami Chicago - Rozważania z naszej Parafii Prowadzą Członkowie Kół Żywego Różańca

March 4, 2018 Third Sunday in Lent Page Eleven

KS. KARDYNAŁ DZIWISZ W CHICAGO 5 - 6 marca Zapraszamy na Msze św. i spotkania z Jego Eminencja Ks. Kard. Stanisławem Dziwiszem, który złoży wizytę w Chicago w poniedziałek 5 marca i we wtorek 6 marca.

Plan spotkań z Polonią: Poniedziałek - godz.7:00 wieczorem - uroczysta Msza święta w Polskiej Misji Ojców Cystersów i Sanktuarium św. Jana Pawła II (116 Hilton Street w Willow Springs, IL) Po Mszy świętej spotkanie w sali pod kościołem z Ks. Kardynałem.

Wtorek - godz.7:00 wieczorem - uroczysta Msza święta w Polskiej Misji Duszpasterskiej w parafii pw. Świętej Trójcy w Chicago. Po nabożeństwie odbędzie się w sali parafialnej "Wieczór Papieski " z udziałem Oddziału Centrum Jana Pawła lI w Chicago.

MSZA ŚW. ZA OJCZYZNĘ — SOBOTA, 10 MARCA

Serdecznie zapraszamy na Mszę św. za Ojczyznę w sobotę, 10 lutego o godz 7:00 wieczorem, podczas której modlimy się za naszą Ojczyznę Polskę .

SPIŻARNIA Z ŻYWNOŚCIĄ Spiżarnia z żywnością znajdująca się w budynlu konwentu przy naszej parafii czynna jest w każdy poniedziałek od godz. 10:00-11:00 rano.

SPRZĄTANIE KOŚCIOŁA Niech Pan Bóg obdarzy swoim błogosławieństwem i udzieli obfitych łask tym którzy troszczą się o nasz kościół. Zapraszamy chętnych do współpracy, którym zależy na pięknym i czystym naszym kościele w poniedziałki na godz. 5:00 wieczorem i w piątki na godz. 10:00 rano

SPOTKANIA GRUPY AA — „Al-Anon” w języku polskim odbywają się przy naszej parafii w każdą sobotę o godz. 6:30 wieczorem w konwencie sióstr Misjonarek pod adresem 5936 W. Barry Ave. Chicago.

OGLOSZENIA DO BIULETYNU PARAFIALNEGO Ogłoszenia przyjmowane są w biurze parafialnym do PIAT-KU do godz. 3:00 po południu tydzień przed datą ukazania się następnego wydania biuletynu. Ogłoszenia można wysłać pocztą elektroniczną: bulletin@saintferdinand.org lub przynieść do biura parafialnego.

ROZWAŻANIA NA WIELKI POST Przezwyciężyć zniechęcenie "Po co się spowiadać skoro i tak będę grzeszyć? Dlaczego mam zmagać się z sobą, jeśli to nic nie daje, wciąż jestem taki sam?" Takie rozterki pojawiają się nieraz w życiu, może są one również twoim udziałem? Owszem, na pewno nie jest łatwo pogodzić się z faktem, że musisz ciągle stawiać czoła tym samym niekończącym się problemom, czasem bez żadnej nadziei wyjścia z nich. Dlaczego jednak uważasz, że Bóg nie potrafi pogodzić się z tym, że taki jesteś? Boisz się księdza? Przecież masz prawo wybrać spowiednika. Nie odrzucaj skarbu, jeśli ci się nie podoba ręka, która ci go podaje. Jeśli czujesz się coraz słabszy, odkrywasz w sobie coraz więcej egoizmu i zapatrzenia w siebie, jeśli przygniatają cię twoje słabości -- nie zniechęcaj się -- ciesz się -- Jezus przyszedł właśnie do ciebie. Sądzisz, że Bóg przebaczając ci nie wie o tym, iż za parę dni znów upadniesz? Jego wszechmoc i miłosierdzie jest w tym najpiękniejsze, że wiedząc o twojej przyszłości dobrowolnie ją zapomina i odpuszcza ci grzechy. Zawsze możesz przyjść jeśli tylko chcesz. Samooskarżenie kosztuje krótką chwilę upokorzenia. Ale czy potępianie własnych grzechów jest rzeczywiście upokorzeniem? Czy nie czujesz pokoju w sercu po wyznaniu twojej niemocy. Kościół zachowuje praktykę indywidualnej spowiedzi, po abyś mógł osobiście wypowiedzieć to co cię nęka. Takiej możliwości nie miałbyś, gdyby miała ona charakter ogólny. Dla Boga nie jesteś jednym z wielu -- częścią jakiejś masy -- jesteś kimś jedynym i niepowtarzalnym. Wartość człowieka w oczach Bożych nie wyraża się niewielką liczbą upadków, ale przede wszystkim wolą próbowania od nowa. Nieważne jest jak często upadasz,

ważne jest abyś wracał. Ileż czynności musimy podejmować codziennie na nowo -- podobnie jest z życiem duchowym. Przyzwyczajenie ogranicza twą wolność. Jeśli cię ono paraliżuje trzeba wytrwale i cierpliwie odzyskiwać wolność. Dlatego nie rozpaczaj

i nie dręcz samego siebie, lecz zaufaj Bożemu miłosierdziu. Dariusz Piórkowski SJ

March 4, 2018 Third Sunday in Lent Page Twelve

In The Princess Bride, Count Rugen (the bad guy) tells Westley (the good guy) to come along so that Rugen’s men can take Westley to his ship, and freedom. Knowing that this is fabrica on, Westley answers, "We are men of ac on. Lies do not become us." The words came to mind the other day while listening to Fr. John Kartje, the speaker at our Holy Name Society’s Lenten Morning of Recollec on. Addressing masculine spirituality, he spoke of choosing jus ce over looking good for the sake of looking good. He spoke of embracing truth over poli cal correctness. Mostly, he spoke of favoring ac on over contempla on. This flowed from Fr. Kartje’s earlier comments that men and women are created differently. For one thing, men tend to be more ac on-oriented, while women tend to be more though ul and reflec ve. I smiled, and at the break, I told a friend how I’d witnessed this decades ago when my wife and I threw a party for our daughter and her friends. A er placing clues around the house leading to a treasure chest, I told Sarah and the rest that they should to come to me for the first clue, which would lead them to theother clues, and ul mately, the prize. Which is just what the li le girls did. The li le boys, however, bolted this way and that shou ng, “To the treasure!” The memory s ll ckles me. “We are men of ac on…” This is the point Fr. Kartje drove home over and over, but he did not negate the importance of quiet me, holding up Jesus himself as the perfect example of masculine spirituality.

The New Testament is rife with accounts of Jesus reaching out to the marginalized. But the Book is rife also with accounts of Jesus retrea ng away to a quiet place to pray. O en the crowd wouldn’t leave him alone, and Jesus never turned them away, but he s ll needed quiet me again and again to be a man of ac on. Fr. Kartje pointed specifically here to Jesus heading into the Garden to pray before undergoing his Passion, an ac on-packed day if there ever wasone. Well in advance of that day, though, came the cleansing of the temple. While it may be academically interes ng that Ma hew, Mark, and Luke all put the cleansing nearer the end of Jesus’ ministry while John in today’s Gospel puts it nearer the beginning, the important thing in the context of Fr. Kartje’s talk is that Jesus is once more a man of ac on when he finds in the temple merchants selling oxen, sheep and doves. Check it out. “He made a whip out of cords and drove them out of the temple area…and spilled the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables…” John writes that the disciples recall the words of Scripture, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” OK. I go to church on Sunday’s, but how much zeal do I have--really--for the faith? That’s rhetorical for all of you, but soul-searching for me, as it should be for each of us in turn. We have to be “brutally honest” with ourselves in this soul-searching, though (a term that Fr. Kartje used more than once), because Westley was right. We are men of ac on, a er all. Lies do not become us…

St. Ferdinand Parish

March 4, 2018 Third Sunday in Lent   Page Thirteen

Support Staff Mrs. Zofia Mazurek, Administra ve Assistant Sr. Anna Gorska, Office Support Ms. Elizabeth Ceisel-Mikowska, Bulle n Editor Mr. Paul Kolodziej, Website Editor

Liturgical Bro. Dr. James Drangsholt, Director of Music/Liturgy, Lector & EM Coordinator Dcn. Irv Hotcaveg, Deacon Emeritus Ms. Jane Lohrmann, Homebound Ministers of Care Scheduler Parish Council Mrs. Sophie Kass—President, Stanley Mastalerz, Anthony

Mangiaracina, Peter Holod, Denise Akana, MaryAnn Barnhart, Joyce

McGiniss, Elizabeth Kata, Maria Gal, Br. James Drangsholt, Tony

Powers, Carmelo Trujillo, Mark Duce, John Caltagirone, Jane Lohrmann

Parish Finance Commi ee Mr. Tom Bucaro-Chairperson, Edith Anaya, Mrs. MaryAnn Barnhart, Mr. Gene Szaben, Greg Ramel, ExOfficio Members: Mr. Mar n Wojtulewicz-Parish Accountant, Denise Akana Parish Organiza ons and Prayer Groups Boy Scout: Mr. Vince Clemente, Coordinator Girl Scout: Mrs. Joyce McGinniss, Coordinator Fish Fry: Mrs.Mary Ellen Leavy, Coordinator Friendship Club Ladies of St. Anne: Mrs. Violet DelVecchio, President

Youth Group: Beata Bosak (773) 758-2123 Knights of Columbus Mater Chris Council: Mr. Anthony Mangiaracina, Grand Knight Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary: Marcia Codak Legion of Mary: Miss Aurora Almeida — President Legion of Mary, Juniors: Mrs. Emma Camara, President Irving Park Catholic Woman’s Club: Mrs. Dolores Schoewe Polish Altar Servers: Fr. Pawel Adamus, Moderator English Altar Servers: Fr. Pawel Adamus, Moderator Children Ministry/Ziarno: Sr. Anna Gorska, Mrs. Krystyna Purta Polish Club of the Good Shepherd: Mr. Andrzej Parada, President Polish Rosary Group: Mrs. Helena Lesak, President Polish School Parents Assn.: Mrs. Marta Robak, President Radość: Ms. Marzena Kulesza, Music Teacher Kropeczki: Sr. Anna Gorska, Fr. Pawel Adamus Lednica Group: Ms. Jola Wasko Polonia Ensemble: Ms. Anna Krysinski 847-529-2555 MOP: Mrs.Marta Robak 847-312-6144 St. Ferdinand Athle c: Ms. Linda Ward St. Ferdinand Polish Highlanders Club: Mr. Tadeusz Kulasik, President St. Ferdinand School Board: Mrs. MaryAnn Barnhart, Chairperson St. Vincent DePaul Society: Mr. Michael McGinniss, President The Associa on of Apostles of the Divine Mercy: Fr. Zdzislaw (Jason) Torba, Moderator Ushers Club: Mr. Peter Holod, President Pro-Life Coordinators: Tony Mangiaracina, Helena Lesak Chapel Choir – Conductor Julie Tupiak 773-742-2611 Word of Life — Dito Camara 773-344-8514 Holy Spirit Missionary Associa on: Sr. Elwira Dziuk

ON MEN OF ACTION, AND ONE IN PARTICULAR Copyright 2017 by John B. Reynolds (john@jrwrites.com)

UNIA KREDYTOWA TO WIECEJ NIZ BANK!Juz od 40 lat sluzymy Polonii oferujac szeroki zakres uslug finansowych:konta oszczednosciowe ERA, karty Visa, szeroki wybor kredytow orazserwis bankowosci internetowej. Zapraszamy do oddzialu PSFCU Norridge(4147 N. Harlem Ave, Norridge, IL 60706, tel. 708 457-0750)lub otwarcia konta przez Internet na www.NaszaUnia.com

PRZYLACZ SIE DO NAS JUZ DZIS! 1.855.PSFCU.4U l www.NaszaUnia.com

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

REAL ESTATE • FAMILY LAW • PERSONAL INJURYDUI DEFENSE • ESTATE PLANNING

P: 773-622-61006841 W. BELMONT AVENUE • CHICAGO, IL 60634

Contact@wshlaw.netFree Consultation Mowimy Po Polsku

www.wshlaw.net

If You Live Alone You Need LIFEWatch!24 Hour Protection at HOME and AWAY!

FREE ShippingFREE ActivationNO Long Term Contracts

Solutions as Low as

$19.95a month

✔Ambulance✔Police ✔Fire✔Friends/Family

CALL NOW!800.809.3352No Landline? No Problem!

* Real Time GPS Tracking * Fall Detection

GREAT COVERAGE - 97% of all households attending church take atleast one church bulletin home every Sunday. GREAT VALUE - 70% of all households are aware of and look at theadvertising in the church bulletin and 68% of households surveyed whenmaking a choice between businesses are inclined to choose the one whoadvertised in the church bulletin.

Learn More About Advertising In Your Parish Bulletin

Call us at 1-800-621-5197Email: sales@jspaluch.com

IN YOUR LOCALCHURCH BULLETIN?WHY ADVERTISE

Belmont Funeral Home7120 W. Belmont Ave. 773-286-2500

Mowimy Po PolskuPre-Arranged Funerals Family Owned & Operated

Spacious new Coffee Room on 1st Floor

Bozena SykurskiBuyer and Sellers • Free Market AnalysisCall today 312-550-2656 bozena.sykurski@bairdwarner.com

FOR ALL YOUR REAL ESTATE NEEDS

The Most Complete OnlineNational Directory

of Catholic Parishes

CHECK IT OUT TODAY!000639 St Ferdinand Church (B) www.jspaluch.com For Ads: J.S. Paluch Co., Inc. 1-800-566-6170

Anthony’sHEATING & COOLINGINC.

Winter Special - $59.95Furnace or Boiler

16 pt. Clean & Tune

NEW FURNACEStarting at $1,795!

Senior/Veteran Discounts24 Hour Service

MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED

773-237-5724www.AnthonysHeatingAndCoolingInc.com

Call Larry Steiner

800.566.6170

www.jspaluch.com

Grow Your Business, Advertise Here.Support Your Church & Bulletin.

Free professional ad design & my help!

email: steinerl@jspaluch.com

$29.95/Mo. billed quarterly• One Free Month• No Long-Term Contract• Price Guarantee• Easy Self Installation

Call Today! Toll Free 1.877.801.8608

Medical Alert System

We Take Service PersonallyContact us today for a customized, reliable

waste management, recycling, or dumpster quote.

630-261-0400

ZRODLODewocjonalia

Ksiazki Religijne5517 W. Belmont

773-282-4278

Standing on the Rock CD by James Wahl

FUN AND FAITH-FILLED MUSICfor little ones, with 10 songs based on Bible

stories and the teachings of Jesus.This is a new music collection for

preschool children and those who are in early grade school.

$17.00 + S&H

800-566-6150 • www.wlp.jspaluch.com/14028.htm

Michal Szczupak, MDGINEKOLOG - POLOZNIK

Porody w Lutheran Hospitali Alexian Brothers

Nowy Gabinet w Lutheran Hospital

847-593-6600

Family Owned and OperatedSince 1883 by the Matz Family

CHICAGO3440 N. Central Ave.

773/545-5420MT. PROSPECT

410 E. Rand Road847/394-2336

www.matzfuneralhome.com

WHY IS IT

A man wakes up after sleeping

under an ADVERTISED blanket

on an ADVERTISED mattress

and pulls off ADVERTISED pajamas

bathes in an ADVERTISED shower

shaves with an ADVERTISED razor

brushes his teeth

with ADVERTISED toothpaste

washes with ADVERTISED soap

puts on ADVERTISED clothes

drinks a cup

of ADVERTISED coffee

drives to work

in an ADVERTISED car

and then . . . .

refuses to ADVERTISE

believing it doesn’t pay.

Later if business is poor

he ADVERTISES it for sale.

WHY IS IT?

Thank God For Over 38 YearsChicago’s #1 Flat & Shingle Roof Specialist

773-384-6300

FUN & GAMES PLAYSCHOOL!Prawdziwe Polskie Przedszkole!

Domowe Obiady Jak U Babci!!!!Naszym Pociechom zapewniamy wspaniala opieke!!!

• Nauka jezyka polskiego i angielskiego• Zajecia rytmiczne, plastyczne, muzyczne

• Kolko teatralne• Spacery do parku oraz zabawy na naszym placu zabaw

* POMAGAMY W ZALATWIENIU DOFINANSOWANIA STANOWEGO *5939 W Irving Park Rd 9629-31 Irving Park RdChicago, IL 60634 Schiller Park773.520.3534 773.520.3534* Przedszkole jest czynne rowniez w soboty *

ED THE PLUMBERED THE CARPENTER

Best Work • Best RateSatisfaction Guaranteed

As We Do All Our Own WorkLic# 055-026066

$$ Parishioner Discount $$773-471-1444

Susan Psikos, D.D.S.3334 N. Central 773-725-5600New Patients Exam Cleaning $59.00, Kids $49.00$200.00 Off Dentures & Partials Expires: March 20, 2018 (Mention this ad)

Feeling Pain orDiscomfort in Your

Leg?

Let Us Help! Call Us Today!Mention this ad and schedule a

FREE Vein Screening visit. (773) 669-5950Mowimy Po Polsku Hablamos Español

Feeling Pain orDiscomfort in Your

Leg?

Thank you for advertising inour church bulletin.

I am patronizing your businessbecause of it!

Please Cut Out This “Thank You Ad”and Present It The Next Time YouPatronize One of Our Advertisers

✂

000639 St Ferdinand Church (A)

INCOME TAX PREPARERZiggy Janik

6244 W. Belmont, Chicagocall: 773-597-5397

Since 1991 Mówie po Polsku

Yourad

couldbe inthis

space!

““OOuurr FFaammiillyy iiss wwiitthh YYoouu,, WWhheenn YYoouurr FFaammiillyy NNeeeeddss UUss tthhee MMoosstt””SHELDON-GOGLIN-KAMINSKI

FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES““SSeerrvviinngg YYoouurr CCoommmmuunniittyy ffoorr OOvveerr 115500 YYeeaarrss””

MARK A. KAMINSKI, SR., Owner & Funeral Director KATARZYNA MOLEK, Associate & Funeral Director

BOGUSLAW GAL, Manager & Funeral Director

5935 W. Belmont Avenue • Chicago, IL 60634 • 773.237.4404www.sheldongoglinkaminskifuneralhome.com

TTrraaddyyccjjaa ii OObbsslluuggaa PPoollsskkaa

www.jspaluch.com For Ads: J.S. Paluch Co., Inc. 1-800-566-6170

Marie Vetter-ToalsonDoctor of Audiology

ParishionerDiscount

5600 W. ADDISON ST.SUITE 502

CHICAGO, IL 60634773.685.9202

Amplify Hearing, Experience YOUR Life

Montclair-Lucania Funeral Home773-622-9300 • 6901 W. Belmont Ave. • Chicago, IL 60634

• www.montclair-lucaniafuneral.comCremations and Pre-Arrangements Available • Newly Renovated Spacious Chapels

• Large Parking Lots • International AccommodationsRON GRAEFF, MANAGER • JOSEPH A. LUCANIA • MARC A. PIEROTTI • PHILLIP HERNANDEZ

Est. 1957 Owned & Operated By SCI Illinois Services, LLC Mowimy Po Polsku • Hablamos Español

Pietryka Funeral Home5734-40 W. Diversey 773-889-0115

Fullerton Funeral Home5735 W. Fullerton 773-237-6400

4801 West Belmont AvenueChicago, IL 60641

773-685-5300Deposits Insured by F.D.I.C.

Total Service Connection Line - 773-685-3947Hablamos Español • Mowimy Po Polsku www.communitysavingsbank.bank

CommunitySavingsBank

MMEENNAARRDD DDEENNTTAALL CCEENNTTEERR2752 N MENARD AVE.

(AT DIVERSEY BETWEEN AUSTIN & CENTRAL)DDRR.. LLEEOONNAARRDD AA.. TTRRAAGGAASSST. FERDINAND ALUMNI

((777733)) 663377--11220000

MAVERICK AUTO PARTS2801 N. Central / 773-283-6277

4210 W. Fullerton / 773-278-7111HUGE Import & Domestic Inventories!Se Habla Español * Mowimy Po Polsku

maverickautopartschicago.com

NUZZO SEWER & PLUMBING INC.708-456-7300 Power Rodding 773-625-6280

All Sewer & Plumbing Repairs & InstallationSpecializing in Flood Control • Correcting Low Water Pressure

Video Sewer & Locating Service www.nuzzoplumbing.comLic. # 14636 Lic. # 055-024301

Saint MargaretSunday MissalAn ideal companionfor personal prayer.

In Stock & Ready to Order Today.

CALL OR ORDER ONLINE. $39.95

800-566-6150 • www.wlpmusic.com

St. Ferdinand Parish Phone: (773) 622-5900 www.stferdinandchurch.com

Rev. Zdzisław (Jason) Torba, Pastor Rev. Pawel Adamus, Associate Pastor Rev. Albert Judy, OP — PT Associate Pastor Br. James Drangsholt, OSF — In Residence

MASS TIMES ENGLISH POLISH Weekdays W ciągu tygodnia 8:00 AM & 12:00 Noon 7:00 PM Saturdays Sobota 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM (Anticipated) 7:00 AM Sundays Niedziela 8:30 AM 7:00 AM 10:00 AM (Chapel) 10:15 AM 12:30 PM 3:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM

RECONCILIATION / SAKRAMENT SPOWIEDZI

Monday—Saturday / od poniedziałku do soboty

6:30 PM — 7:00 PM Saturday / Sobota

8:30 AM — 9:00 AM First Friday of the month / Pierwszy piątek miesiąca

6:00 PM —7:30 PM

St. Ferdinand School: 773 622-3022 Ms. Denise Akana—Principal Religious Education Office: 773 622-3022 ex. 303 Mrs. Beata Bosak St. Ferdinand Polish Saturday School: 773-945-0505 Mrs. Halina Zurawski—Principal Christian OutReach (COR): 773 622-9732 Mr. Michael McGinniss, Director Missionary Sisters of Christ the King - 773 889-7979 Sr. Mariola Inda, Sr. Anna Gorska

BAPTISM:

For Children: a pre-Baptism class is required for Baptism of the first child. Classes are held in English on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30PM in the Church, and in Polish on the last Tuesday of each month at 7:30PM in the Church. Following registration, the sacrament of Baptism is celebrated in English on the second Saturday each month at 6:00PM and on the fourth Sunday of the month at the 12:30PM Mass. The sacrament of Baptism is celebrated in Polish on the first Saturday of the month at 6:00PM and on the third Sunday of the month at the 3:00PM Mass. Please call the rectory to register at 773/622-5900. For Adults: Classes are taught through the Rite of Chr istian Initi-ation Program (RCIA) on Sunday mornings at 10:00AM. Please call Stan Mastalerz, the RCIA Director at 773/865-4151 for more infor-mation. MARRIAGES: Must be arranged at least four months prior to the ceremony. Please call the rectory.