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18 N Woodlawn Joliet, Il 60435
Parish Office: 815-725-1527 Parish Fax 815-730-9907 School: 815-725-3390 Religious Education 815-725-6927 Youth Ministry: 815-730-8599 RCIA (Roberta Lemke) 815-725-1403 Parish Email: [email protected]
Rev. John Klein, Pastor, Ext. 243, [email protected] Rev. John Belmonte, S.J., Resident, Ext. 230 Rev. James Lennon, Weekend Celebrant Deacon John Freund, [email protected] Michele Kmety, Parish Secretary, Ext. 200 [email protected] Joe Stengele, Business Manager, Ext. 203 [email protected] Al Kramerich, Facilities Manager, Ext. 407 [email protected] Corie Alimento, Principal, Ext. 401 [email protected] Jennifer Jones D.R.E., Ext. 301 [email protected] Jeremy Hylka, Youth Minister, Ext. 320 [email protected] Lydia Saldanha Director of Music, Ext. 202 [email protected]
MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 4:30 PM Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM 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
CATHOLIC SCHOOL www.stpauljoliet.com
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.
Palm Sunday of The Passion Of The Lord
March 25, 2018
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FROM FATHER JOHN: “We are on pilgrimage with the Lord to the heights. We are striving for pure hearts and clean hands, we are seeking truth, we are seeking the face of God. Let us show the Lord that we desire to be righteous, and let us ask him: Draw us upwards! Make us pure! Grant that the words which we sang in the processional psalm may also hold true for us; grant that we may be part of the generation which seeks God, “which seeks your face, O God of Jacob” (cf. Ps 24:6). Amen.” (Pope Benedict XVI, Sermon, Palm Sunday 2011) Today is Palm Sunday. It is also the beginning of Holy Week, which has as its purpose the remembrance of our Lord Jesus Christ’s passion and death. It leads into the Easter Triduum which continues the remembrance of our Lord Jesus Christ’s passion and death but then culminates in the resurrection of our Lord which we celebrate on Easter Sunday. We begin this most Holy of Weeks by celebrating the Commemoration of our Lord Jesus’ Messianic entrance into Jerusalem with the Blessing of the Palms and the Solemn Procession into the Church. We conclude this most Holy of Weeks with the celebration of the resurrection of our Lord. And, throughout this most Holy of Weeks, we enter deeply into the Mystery of our Lord’s Passion, Death and Resurrection. The Easter Triduum is ultimately about what our Lord Jesus has done for us. It’s about the Resurrection, it’s about salvation, it’s about eternal life. Easter is about what we all long for, what humanity has longed for across the ages – immortality. We have received this great gift of immortality, this great promise of eternal life which comes to us through the passion, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. There are two different sets of tombstones in Rome; those of the pagans and those of the Christians. The pagans’ tombstones are inscribed with words like “farewell” and “nevermore” while the Christians’ tombstones are inscribed with words like “Until we meet again." and “Alive in the Lord.” Jesus did something that had never been done before in the history of the world. He totally emptied himself of his own desires, his own needs and completely lived for the good of others. He lived for our good – your good and my good – to such a degree that he allowed himself to be sacrificed on the cross so that in His Resurrection you and I would also rise from the dead. And, that is what Holy Week is about – The Lord Jesus giving us the gift of eternal life, the gift of salvation, the gift of immortality, the gift of our resurrection.
“Today’s liturgy teaches us that the Lord has not saved us by His triumphal entry or by means of powerful miracles. The Apostle Paul, in the second reading, epitomizes in two verbs the path of redemption: Jesus “emptied” and “humbled” Himself (Phil 2:7-8). These two verbs show the boundlessness of God’s love for us. Jesus emptied Himself: He did not cling to the glory that was His as the Son of God, but became the Son of man in order to be in solidarity with us sinners in all things; yet He was without sin. Even more, He lived among us in “the condition of a servant” (v. 7); not of a king or a prince, but of a servant. Therefore He humbled Himself, and the abyss of His humiliation, as Holy Week shows us, seems to be bottomless. The first sign of this love “without end” (Jn 13:1) is the washing of the feet. “The Lord and Master” (Jn 13:14) stoops to His disciples’ feet, as only servants would have done. He shows us by example that we need to allow His love to reach us, a love which bends down to us; we cannot do any less, we cannot love without letting ourselves be loved by Him first, without experiencing His surprising tenderness and without accepting that true love consists in concrete service.” (Pope Francis, Palm Sunday, March, 20 2016)
I think it is important that, as we approach the end of the Lenten season and the great celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus throughout the Easter Triduum, each of us makes a careful examination of our practice of the faith.
“So let us spread before his feet, not garments or soulless olive branches, which delight the eye for a few hours and then wither, but ourselves, clothed in his grace, or rather, clothed completely in him. We who have been baptized into Christ must ourselves be the garments that we spread before him. Now that the crimson stains of our sins have been washed away in the saving waters of baptism and we have become white as pure wool, let us present the conqueror of death, not with mere branches of palms but with the real rewards of his victory. Let our souls take the place of the welcoming branches as we join today in the children’s holy song: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the king of Israel.” (St. Andrew of Crete)
Let us keep in mind what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us and, in doing so, be inspired to respond to the gift that our Lord bestows on us. “Someone must acknowledge Christ’s royalty. The question for me to answer today, as I receive and carry my palm, is: Am I going to be the one, or am I going to leave it to others? It is my king riding there, riding on to die for me!” (Mother St. Paul) May you have a most Blessed and Holy, Holy Week!
LITURGICAL SCHEDULE week of March 18th 2018
MONDAY 3/26 Monday of Holy Week 7:30 AM Arlene Joutras TUESDAY 3/27 Tuesday of Holy Week 7:30 AM Susanna Costa WEDNESDAY 3/28 Wednesday of Holy Week 8:15 AM Special Intention THURSDAY 3/29 Holy Thursday 7:30 AM Priests of the Diocese of Joliet FRIDAY 3/30 Good Friday 3:00 PM Celebration of the Lord’s Passion SATURDAY 3/31 Holy Saturday 3:00 PM Blessing of the Easter Baskets 7:00 pm Intention of the Celebrant SUNDAY 4/1 Easter Sunday 7:30 AM Intention of the Celebrant 9:00 AM The People of St. Paul the Apostle 10:30 AM Intention of the Celebrant
Sunday Offering
Thank you for your generous support of our parish. God bless you and your family!
Palm Sunday Of The Passion Of The Lord
Weekly Schedule
Sunday, March 25th Palm Sunday 7:30 am Mass Church 9:00 am Mass Church 10:30 am Mass Church Monday, March 26th 7:30 am Mass Church 8:00 am Eucharistic Adoration Church 7:00 pm AA Meeting A2 Tuesday, March 27th 7:30 am Mass Church 8:00 am Eucharistic Adoration Church 5:00 pm FOLLOW Youth Ministry Convent Wednesday, March 28th 8:15 am Mass Church Holy Thursday, March 29th 7:00 pm Mass Church Good Friday, March 30th 3:00 pm Veneration of the Cross Church 4:00 pm Fish Fry AC Holy Saturday, March 31st 3:00 PM Blessing of the Easter Baskets 7:00 pm Easter Vigil Mass Church Easter Sunday, April 1st 7:30 am Mass Church 9:00 am Mass Church 10:30 am Mass Church
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In Pew Offering-Sunday, March 11, 2018…..………..$ 8,292.42 On Line Giving-Sunday, March 11, 2018…………….$ 3,819.50 Offering Weekly Budget…………….…… ……….....$12,760.00 Weekly Overage March 11, 2018…………………….$ 648.08 Monthly Total Budget………………………………...$72,083.33
LENTEN REGULATIONS 1. Everyone 14 years of age or over is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent. 2. All from the age of 18 years up to the beginning of their 60th year are bound to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. 3. On these two days of fast and abstinence, only one full meatless meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one’s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted on these two days, but liquids, including milk and fruit juices are allowed. When health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law does not oblige. 4. To disregard completely the law of fast and abstinence is seriously sinful. 5. Lent is the principal season of penance in the Church year. All of the faithful are strongly urged to develop and follow a program of voluntary self-denial (in addition to following the Lenten regulations), serious prayer, and a performance of works of charity and mercy.
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord – 25 March 2018 – Year B The final week. The week begins with blessed hosannas. Then a broken jar of perfumed oil poured on one head. Then a meal with new bread and new wine. Then a garden. Then the cross. Then burial and waiting.
How will I slow down and keep this week holy? How will I mark the days of the Paschal Triduum
with special prayer? How will participation in the rites of
Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil enrich my Christian life?
Lent summons us, and enables us, to come back to
the Lord wholeheartedly and in every aspect of our life. Pope Francis
Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper Thursday, March 29, 2018 7:00 pm
(Followed by Adoration until 11:00pm)
Good Friday The Passion of the Lord and the Veneration of the Cross Friday, March 30, 2018 3:00 pm
Holy Saturday
Saturday, March 31, 2018 Blessing of Food Baskets 3:00 pm (Church)
Easter Vigil 7:00 pm
Easter Sunday Sunday, April 1, 2018
7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am
ONE IN FAITH ONE IN SERVICE ONE IN CHRIST
Rep News Mon., April 2: No REP Classes for Easter Break Mon., April 9th: Bread Service for REP First Communicants and families at 6 PM in Church. (2nd Grade REP only)
Tues., April 10th: First Eucharist Parent/ Child meeting, 6-7:30 PM in church. This is for BOTH parent and their child for Communion practice and procedures for the day of the Sacrament. Fri., April 13th: First Communion practice (Children Only) with REP and SCHOOL, 3:30-5 PM in school hall (enter through the circle drive at extended day door). We will gather together then move over to practice in the church. All students are to be picked up promptly by 5 PM from the church. * Please note, St. Paul’s School does NOT have school on this day, but we do have practice for Communion. All school parents were notified at our parent meeting in January about this as well. Sat., April 14th: First Communion Liturgy at 11 AM in the church. Doors will NOT open until 10 AM. Children should arrive in the school hall NO LATER than 10:30 AM to receive their corsage and line up for procession .
Help Fund St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School and RE Students Who Have
Applied to Receive an “Invest in Kids” Scholarship for Catholic Education.
The Paulites St. Paul the Apostle
April 2018
Date: April 4, 2018 Time: 5:30 pm Place: St. Paul the Apostle Activity Center 130 Woodlawn Ave, Joliet Menu: Chicken Paprikash served over Noodles Delicious Dessert and Drinks Entertainment: Alec Lerhman, Musical Entertainer Cost: Member $8.00 Guest $9.00 Payment Due by Wednesday, March 28th Name____________________________Pd._________ Name____________________________Pd._________
Erin Bartel Patrick Bernard Mason Briese Doug Brusatte Vonna Cantu Eka Cox Laura Criel Judy Damyen Adele Devine Arlene Donohue Harn Family Dorothy Fonza Susan Gentile Matt Gross Judy Hadala Sami Henderson James Hickey Jr.
Connie Hinkleman Ann Juhlmann Mary Kaplan Ed Kasheimer Tanja Kempes Rosalee Kinman Mary Lou Kozar Christine Krause Carol Lamirand Brunch Lehman Helen Locher John Matejcak Sheila Mellor Terry Meyer Maria Moroz John Mowbray Jeanie Nunuue
Kurt Palmer Angela Piscotti Norman Pieper Amy Remallard Lorraine Rutkoski Bruce Rutkoski Sr. Lisa Savero Richard Schreiner Kaden Siegel Lorenzo Siletti Tony Simone Paityn Sims Jennifer Stephen JoAnn Sulaica The Sullivan Family Louis Toka Norma Weibel
Please remember the following people in your prayers who are seriously ill or who are suffering from long-term illnesses:
Holy Thursday, Good Friday Holy Saturday & Easter Sunday
We are in need of ministers to volunteer to be Lectors, Extraordinary Ministers of Communion, Mass Coordinators, Greeters and Altar Servers. Please sign-up for these Ministries in the Narthex of the Church. We also need people to volunteer to have their foot washed at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday. You can also sign-up for the footwashing ritual in the Narthex of the Church.
THANK YOU FOR YOU SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE!!!
Upcoming Important Dates:
March 27 - FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN & April 10- Confirmation at The Cathedral
ROSARY AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD May 8- Confirmation at St. Paul the Apostle
April 8 - WORSHIP NIGHT CONCERT WITH June 10-15- Catholic Heart Mission to Milwaukee
CHRIS TOMLIN-MATT MAHER
Special Second Collection April 7th and 8th to help fund our Mission Trips this summer!
Address: FOLLOW Youth Ministry Center 120 Woodlawn, Joliet, St. Paul Convent Phone: 815‐730‐8599 Email: [email protected] Web: followym.com Facebook: facebook.com/followym Twi er: followyouthmin Instagram: followym Snapchat: followyouth
CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. Paul the Apostle Church #846 18 Woodlawn Avenue Joliet, IL 60435 TELEPHONE 815 725-1527 # 203 CONTACT PERSON Michele Kmety SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2010 Adobe Acrobat X Windows 7 PRINTER Brother MFC 8480 TRANSMISSION TIME Friday, March 16 SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION March 25, 2018 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 8 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
