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Parish Office: 815-725-1527 Parish Fax 815-730-9907 School: 815-725-3390 Religious Education 815-725-6927 Youth Ministry: 815-730-8599 Parish Email: parishsec@stpauljoliet.com

Rev. John Klein, Pastor, Ext. 243, frjohn@stpauljoliet.com Rev. John Belmonte, S.J., Resident, Ext. 230 Rev. James Lennon, Weekend Celebrant Deacon John Freund, R.C.I.A. jfreund@dioceseofjoliet.org Michele Kmety, Parish Administrative Assistant, Ext. 200 parishsec@stpauljoliet.com Colleen Brodhead, Principal, Ext. 401 cbrodhead@thestpaulschool.org Kimberly Krumviede, Business Manager, Ext. 203 kkrumviede@stpauljoliet.com Renee Wissel, Bookkeeper, Ext. 203 rwissel@stpauljoliet.com Jennifer Jones D.R.E., Ext. 301 jjones@Stpauljoliet.com Jeremy Hylka, Youth Minister, Ext. 320 youth@followym.com Sara Groppe, Music Director, Ext. 202 sgroppe@stpauljoliet.com

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 4:30 PM Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 6:00 PM Weekday mass: 7:30 AM Monday through Fr iday except Wednesdays 8:15 AM when school is in session Holy Days: Varies by Holy Day of Obligation

The Catechism of the Catholic Church clearly states that “On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass” (#2180) and goes on to state that “Those who deliberately fail in this obligation

commit a grave [mortal] sin.” (#2181)

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Saturday: 8:30 am or by appointment

BAPTISMS

Baptisms are scheduled on the Second Sunday of the month at 11:30 AM based on parental requests. Participation in a Parent

Preparation Program is mandatory before the baptism of the child. Our preparation Program is held on the first Tuesday of

each month at 7:00 PM. Attendance at Sunday Mass on the day of the Baptism is Mandatory.

Please call the Parish office to schedule a baptism.

WEDDINGS All weddings are scheduled by the Pastor of the Parish.

Office staff cannot schedule a wedding and a wedding is not considered to be officially scheduled until the couple receives written confirmation from the Pastor of the Parish. Couples desiring to be married need to speak directly with the Pastor BEFORE reserving a hall. Only the Bride or Groom may

request a date for their wedding. Diocesan policy requires that a 6 month (minimum) preparation process be completed prior

to the celebration of all weddings. Weddings are not scheduled on Sundays.

ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC PARISH AND

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R.C.I.A. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is an ongoing

formation process for adults who are interested in becoming a Catholic and adult Catholics who would like to receive the

sacraments of Confirmation and/or First Eucharist. Please call the Parish Office for additional information.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK Parishioners who are seriously or critically ill, or have surgery

scheduled should receive the Sacrament of Anointing and Healing. Please call the parish office to request this sacrament.

Regular visits are also made by our Pastoral Staff and Ministers of Care to bring Holy Communion to hospitalized or homebound parishioners. Anyone desiring such a visit should

call the Parish Office. PARISH REGISTRATION

New parishioners are always welcome! You may register in person or by calling the Parish Office.

Our Lord Jesus Christ King Of The Universe

November 24th, 2019

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FROM FATHER JOHN: By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation – October 3rd, 1863. Our nation, and our American Catholic Church, will celebrate Thanksgiving this coming Thursday. Thanksgiving Day is one of my two favorite national holidays because it is a day in which we intentionally give thanks to God for the many graces and blessings He has given to us. I always like to spend a portion of my Thanksgiving Day in prayer and reflection because the one thing that I try to keep in mind is I have so very much to be thankful for in my own life. Prayer, scripture reading and reflection help me keep this in the forefront of my thoughts. But, even though each of us has so much to be grateful for, we need to remember that we do not give thanks alone but rather as one people, “one nation, under God”. We are a people of thanksgiving, so much so, that the aluminum cap that sits on the top of the Washington Monument has two words inscribed on it. The words are Laus Deo which literally means “Praise be to God” but can also be rendered as “Thanks be to God.” These two words Laus Deo, “Praise be to God”, “Thanks be to God”, often go unnoticed, out of sight and out of mind, but I think it is significant that they are placed on the top of the monument to George Washington, our first president, the father of our republic. It is this monument that overlooks our nation’s capital, the most powerful city in the world. It is the words “Praise be to God”, “Thanks be to God” that look down upon this city and across our great nation. It is a reminder that each of us, both individually and collectively, as members of our community of faith, have much to be thankful for, have many reasons to give thanks to God who showers us with His graces and blessings. The following is the gospel reading for Thanksgiving Day mass.

“As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten persons with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance from him and raised their voices, saying, ‘Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!’ And when he saw them, he said, ‘Go show yourselves to the priests.’ As they were going they were cleansed. And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. Jesus said in reply, ‘Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?’ Then he said to him, ‘Stand up and go; your faith has saved you.’ (Lk 17:11– 19)

It is telling the Samaritan is the only one who comes back to give thanks to God. The Samaritan was considered to be a foreigner, an alien and an enemy by the people of ancient Israel. Yet, he was the one who had the good sense to give thanks to God; “realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.” Realizing, as the great Abraham Lincoln realized did when he established Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday as our nation was enduring the horrors of civil war. Namely, that God has given us countless blessings, that He has healed us in so many ways and that He has offered grace upon grace throughout our lives, let us return to the Lord, glorify God in a loud voice, and give Him thanks. By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. – “The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defense, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom. No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union.

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

SONG THE WEEK KING OF KINGS by Hillsong

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LITURGICAL SCHEDULE Week of November 25th

MONDAY 11/25 Weekday 7:30 AM Beverly Feehan TUESDAY 11/26 Weekday 7:30 AM John R. Pubentz WEDNESDAY 11/27 Weekday 7:30 AM Kay Comfort THURSDAY 11/28 Thanksgiving 9:00 AM Intention of the Celebrant FRIDAY 11/29 Weekday 7:30 AM John Schwerha Jr. SATURDAY 11/30 Vigil First Sunday of Advent 4:30 PM Henry J. Ferlin SUNDAY 12/1 First Sunday of Advent 7:30 AM William P. & Bonnie Disera 9:00 AM The People of St. Paul the Apostle 10:30AM William Hickey 6:00 PM Intention of the Celebrant

Weekly Schedule Sunday, November 24th

7:30 am Mass Church 9:00 am Mass Church 10:30 am Mass Church 11:30 am Baptism Church 6:00 pm Mass Church Monday, November 25th 7:30 am Mass Church 8:00 am Eucharistic Adoration Church 7:00 pm AA Meeting MC Conf Rm Tuesday, November 26th 7:30 am Mass Church 8:00 am Eucharistic Adoration Church 5:00 pm FOLLOW Youth Ministry YM Rm. Wednesday, November 27th 7:30 am Mass Church Thursday, November 28th Thanksgiving 9:00 am Mass Church Friday, November 29th 7:30 am Mass Saturday, November 30th 8:30 am Confessions Church 4:30 pm Vigil Mass Church Sunday, December 1st 7:30 am Mass Church 9:00 am Mass Church 10:30 am Mass Church 6:00 pm Mass Church

Bountiful Blessings For the period of: October 23—October 29

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And indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes, but this

man has done nothing criminal." Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." He replied to

him, "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."

Dear Lord, Thank you for all Your blessings and gifts to us. We thank You for the precious gift of family and friends, for all those who are here with us today and those who are far away. Thank you for your abundance and grace. For being with us every single day. We thank You for showing us a glimpse of heavenly beauty through the eyes of our loved ones, through nature, songs of praise and even the warm sunlight. We are grateful for the roof over heads and a warm place to sleep every night. Thank You for blessing us with all of the food on our table today. We thank You for all those You have brought into our lives to lead us, to guide us and to protect us.. Bless each of them in a special way today, Lord. Amen!

Come together as a family and celebrate Mass and thank the

Lord for the blessings in your life.

November 28th 9:00

ONE IN FAITH ONE IN SERVICE ONE IN CHRIST

DATES TO REMEMBER 11/25 – No School – Parent/Teacher Conferences 11/26-11/29 – No School – Thanksgiving Break 12/3 – School Board Meeting

12/4 – Trimester Honor Awards after 8:15 Mass 12/5-12/6 – Santa’s Workshop

Special thanks to our wonderful Children’s Choir for praising the Lord with their beautiful voices.

“Those Kids Rocked the Mass Today and I'm so thankful they answered God's call to serve!

They donated Advent Calendars to the food drive.

Such great kids singing praise and glory to our Lord!”

Contacting FOLLOW YM: Website: followym.com Facebook: facebook.com/followym Twitter: followyouthmin Instagram: followym Snapchat: followyouth Youtube: 'FOLLOW Youth Ministry' Channel

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Speaker Series with SARAH MINNICH, Regional Director for

Students for Life of America on Tuesday, November 12.

Dates To Remember November 25 No REP December 2 REP Reconciliation 3rd-6th grade December 9 REP Reconciliation 7th & 8th grade

ALL 8th GRADE PARENT’S: The Office of Divine Worship has notified us Confirmation will be held at St. Paul the Apostle on Tuesday February 25, 6:30 p.m. As a reminder, please refer to the updated Confirmation letter which was sent out on Oct. 16th with the changes to Confirmation and Bishop Conlon’s request for parish’s to join together in celebrating the

sacrament. St. Paul’s will be hosting the Cathedral of St. Raymond, St. Joseph’s in Rockdale, and St. John Vianney of Lockport. Confirmation will be a ticketed event due to the larger number of candidates

this year. Please call the religious education office for any questions.

As a gentle reminder, ALL 8th grade students receiving the sacrament of Confirmation, MUST have completed all 16 service hours by February 10, 2020. Please keep in mind, all signatures needed from the organization/supervisor your child volunteered, must be signed off prior to turning in to the REP office.

Tickets will not be mailed home or gowns issued until all service hours are completed in full.

Wishing you and all your loved ones, a Blessed Thanksgiving and Christ filled Advent Season!!! God Bless You and Yours,

ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Upcoming Important Dates: November 26 - THANKSGIVING PARTY December 10 - SPEAKER SERIES: DR. RICHARD NICHOLAS December 20 - CHICAGO TRAIN TRIP

The Story of the Advent Wreath

Advent wreaths were originally part of folk traditions of Northern Europe. Wreaths of evergreens were decorated with candles to

symbolize life and light and during the dark months of winter. Legend has it that Saint Boniface first gave the wreath its Christian meaning in the eighth

century, and we have been using these wreaths as part of our Advent preparation ever since.

The circle of the wreath, which has no beginning or end, symbolizes the

eternity of God. The evergreens signify continuous life. Each of the four candles represents on of the Sundays of Advent. The purple candles represent the prayer, penance, preparation and good works we are called to do during Advent. The color purple signifies the “royalty” of Jesus Christ. The pink candle is lit on the Third Sunday of Advent, which is the Sunday of rejoicing. The light of the candles reminds us that Jesus comes into the darkness of our lives to bring newness, life and hope. We gradually add more light each Sunday until Christ, our Light, comes at Christmas. Each week families are invited to take part in the beautiful tradition of lighting the Advent Wreath at the beginning of Mass. Please sign up in the Church Narthex and arrive to Mass at least 10-15 minutes early and check in with the Mass Captain and the priest as you will be processing in at the start of Mass. Please contact Connie Hinkleman @ c.m.@gmail.com or call the Parish Office at 815-725-1527 if you have any questions.

THE GIVING TREE

The Giving Tree will be up in the Narthex beginning next weekend.

Please be so kind and take a tag from the tree to help those in need.

LIGHTBULBS…...Lap blankets or shawls for the residence at Symphony Nursing Home of Joliet. CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS…… An assortment of gifts and gift cards for our St. Paul the Apostle families. Please return all gifts the weekends of

December 7th and 8th and December 14th and 15th

November 30th and 31st Lector Eucharistic Minister Altar Server

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Please continue to pray for our parishioners that are in need of prayers at this time.

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