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MISSION STATEMENT: "To do God's will as a unified, vibrant parish, and to foster an intentional relationship with Jesus through worship, witness, service, discipleship, and community."

ST. CYPRIAN CHURCH2601 Clinton, River Grove, Illinois 60171

Phone 708–453–4800 Fax: 708–453–6141

MASSES Sunday 9 AM Limit 50Tuesday 8 AM Limit 50

ST. CELESTINE CHURCH3020 North 76th Court, Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707

Phone: 708–453–2555 Fax: 708–452–0560MASSES

Saturday 5 PM Limit 175Sunday 7:30 AM Limit 175 10:30 AM Limit 175 and live–streamed on Facebook and websiteWednesday 8 AM Limit 175Reconciliation Saturday 4—4:45 PM

ST. CELESTINE SCHOOL 3017 North 77th Avenue, Elmwood Park Illinois 60707 stcelestineschool.org 708–453–8234

TEMPORARY SCHEDULE DURING COVID CRISISYou must register through the website for weekend masses. No registration needed for Reconciliation or weekday masses. You must wear a mask, practice social distancing, and follow the direction of the ushers.

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ST. MOTHER THEODORE GUERIN PARISH

Welcome! If you are new to our churches or just visiting, please introduce yourself. We are happy to share in this celebration of the Eucharist. If you do not have a church home, or your church is not home to you, we are open to anyone looking for a spiritual home. We invite you to become a part of our parish. You may register during the pandemic by calling 708–453–2555.

All offices in the parish and in the school are closed until the Archdiocese gives us permission to reopen. Phones will be answered from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at St. Cyprian (708–453–4800) Monday through Friday and from 8:30 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday at St. Celestine (708–453–2555). If no one is available to answer the phone, please leave a message and someone will call you back on the next business day.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 305 PM ST. CELESTINESUNDAY, JANUARY 317:30 AM ST. CELESTINE9 AM ST. CYPRIAN10:30 AM ST. CELESTINE +Antonino DiGiacinto +Salvatore Trupiano +Julie Marie Mukosey +Dominic Pistorio +Giovanni Saso, 1st year of his passing +Angelo Montalbano +Sheila Strabley, 5th Anniversary +Louis and +Juliana DaPrato and deceased members of DaPrato Family +Frank Pudlo +Nick Senese +Kazimierz Sitko +Marie Scimeca +Kathleen Corcoran +Mary Ellen and +Ray O’Brien

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 AM ST. CYPRIAN People of the Parish +Robert Poreda

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 38 AM ST. CELESTINE +Leona Fenlon, Birthday +Joan Psak +Jimmy Secreto, Anniversary +Peter Krallitsch, Birthday

On weekends, because of the pandemic, all intentions for individual masses are read at all the Masses at both churches. During the week intentions for the days public Mass is not offered are listed on the days when Mass is offered.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 65 PM ST. CELESTINESUNDAY, FEBRUARY 77:30 AM ST. CELESTINE9 AM ST. CYPRIAN10:30 AM ST. CELESTINE +Father Aldo Vinci +Angelo and +Ignazio Libreri Jennings Family +Anita Annoreno +Betty Ann Dombrowski +Helen McCormack +Frank, +Sam, and +Mary Faraci, Birthday +Art Ozlowski +Frank Pudlo +Norb Zyk +Arthur Santangelo, Anniversary +Rose Christopher +Mary T. Schaefer

January 31, 2021 Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time www.stguerinparish.org 3 FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK: FATHER PAUL CAO

During the Prayer of the Faithful at Mass, we hear that this Mass is being offered for the repose of the soul of someone who has died, or for someone requesting prayers for a particular intention. If you would like a Mass offered, please call either office to schedule a Mass for your particular intention. The usual donation is $10. New Mass cards are available as well.

UNITY AT ST. MOTHER GUERIN PARISHfrom Craig Kamptner, Director of Music Ministry

Many things have changed in church—from no hymnals, to no lectors, to no altar servers—but one thing that hasn’t changed is the unity shown when it comes to the peace greeting. I am amazed at each mass at what transpires during this time. I look out from the piano and I see people from across the church waving their hands to be sure others who are there see them waving the peace greeting to them. People watching the 10:30 Mass online write “Peace” to others watching online, in the comments section under the Facebook feed of the Mass.

We have had many changes in our lives in the last ten months. I feel that what is constant is our Faith in God that he will guide us through these times.

Giving the peace greeting as we do is a great healing for our world. Let us continue showing we are one in Christ.

MASS FOR THE PROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN

Paul Fairbanks reads at the special Mass for the protection of unborn children on Friday, January 22 at St. Celestine to remember the 47th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade and pray for an end to abortion.

This weekend, we kick off our Archdiocese of Chicago Annual Catholic Appeal. Many of our parishioners

have already received a mailing from Cardinal Cupich. This year, the theme of the Appeal is: Come, follow me...and bring hope to the world. The theme was selected to remind us that our contributions to the Annual Catholic Appeal enable the funded ministries and services to come follow Jesus in order to bring hope to the world.

I will speak to you at all the Masses asking you to generously support the Appeal. Through this, we together join Christ in his great work, by helping parishes and schools in need, supporting programs of faith formation, and those that promote justice, peace, and respect for life. But we also reach out to the world, to bring hope to people who suffer natural disasters, famine, homelessness and war. All of this makes a difference because it is the work of Christ.

Our parish goal this year is $47,551 and after we reach our goal, 100% of any additional funds come back to our parish to help to fund our needs.

If you received your pledge form in the mail, please complete it and mail it back or bring it to Mass next weekend. For those of you that did not receive a mailing or have not had time to respond to it, we will conduct an in–pew pledge process at all Masses next weekend.

Thank you for your prayerful consideration and generous response to our Annual Catholic Appeal.

May God bless you and St. Mother Theodore Guerin Parish!

In prayer,

Fr. Paul

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FALSE PROPHETS, TRUE PROPHETS

In Deuteronomy today we hear that God’s very words will fill the mouth of a true prophet, but a false prophet will, in a manner of speaking, put mere mortal words into God’s mouth. In Mark’s Gospel, we see Jesus teaching and healing as a true prophet, one filled with the authority of God’s own voice, the Holy One of God.

The whole history of our church is filled with both true and false prophets. But in today’s Gospel we learn that Jesus’ fame spread because he taught with authority; he wasn’t an authority because he was popular or famous. We

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One form of the penitential rite at the beginning of Mass is the traditional Confiteor, or “I confess,” a prayer that was formerly prayed by the priest alone at the foot of the altar, but which is now prayed by the entire assembly. The Confiteor is at once personal—“I confess”—and communal, prayed aloud, together. We recognize that sin does not just separate us from God; sin comes between us and others, isolating us. We acknowledge that sin has many dimensions, individual and communal: sins of thought, sins of speech, sins of action, sins of omission. Sin is not something that happens to us; sin is something we do. In the Confiteor, we take responsibility for our own

I CONFESS

TODAY’S READINGSFirst Reading Moses spoke to all the people, saying: “A prophet like me will the LORD, your God, raise up for you” (Deuteronomy 18:15-20).Psalm If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Psalm 95).Second Reading Brothers and sisters: I should like you to be free of anxieties (1 Corinthians 7:32-35).Gospel The people were astonished at Jesus’ teaching; he taught them as one having authority (Mark 1:21-28).

The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

actions. The repeated insistence on our “fault,” with the ritual gesture of striking the breast, an ancient sign of penitence, is not meant to lower our self-esteem. Rather, it acknowledges our human instinct to transfer the blame whenever we can (“The devil made me do it!”). This prayer stops us short. We take responsibility for ourselves, our actions, our failure to act. Then we cry out to God in those ancient words, Kyrie, eleison—Lord, have mercy. For the sinner who repents, there is mercy. This truth is at the heart of our faith, and it is where the Mass, our feast of faith, begins.

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also learn from him, in his desert temptation confrontations with Satan, that anyone can quote scripture, even against God’s purposes. And today we hear that his authority was not like that of the scribes, who held the official positions of religious authority in his day. Our work is to do our best to discern the true prophets in our midst, and to be true prophets as well. The psalmist tells us how to do this: by not hardening our hearts when God speaks. If we truly listen to God, it will be God’s very words filling our mouths. © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

SAINTS AND SPECIAL

OBSERVANCES

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ON UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, CHILDREN’S GAMES, AND PROPHETS AMONG US

On the third Sunday of Advent, the Gospel passage had the religious elite of the day

questioning John the Baptist. “Who are you?” the priests and Levites begin. John answers, “I am not the Christ.” They continue: “…Are you Elijah?”

John responds, “I am not.” Then they ask, “Are you the Prophet?” John says no again. Finally, they ask, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ or Elijah or the Prophet?” So… Who is the Prophet?

John answers (“I am the voice of one crying out in the desert…” and “I baptize with water; but there is one among you whom you do not recognize…”), but doesn’t ID the person in question. And I bring it up now because Moses in today’s first reading may be pointing to the answer. Which is not to say he gives the answer, but were there a Scripture scholar in the house who knows the old children’s game, he or she might be telling me even now, “You’re getting warmer…”

Warmer because the footnote in my Bible re: last month’s reading says that the Prophet is “probably the prophet like Moses” and refers me to today’s first reading. Here, Moses says to the Israelites, “A prophet like me will the LORD, your God, raise up for you from among your own kin…” (Moses

explains that this is exactly what the Israelites had asked God to do for them, and that God had indeed responded, “I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their kin”). So, “Warmer…”

Warmer because the (Prophet) footnote on today’s reading sends me to Acts, where Peter speaks of Jesus’s dying and rising and encourages faith in the Christ, saying, “For Moses said, ‘A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kinsman…” And per the footnote on that passage, “At the time of Jesus, some Jews expected a unique prophet to come. Early Christianity applied this tradition and text to Jesus…” So, Jesus is the Prophet! Or maybe, “Colder…”

Colder because the (Prophet) footnote in my Book on today’s first reading also says this: “It seems that Moses is referring in general to all the true prophets who were to succeed him…” Hence, maybe the Prophet is not the Christ. Even with this, however, the footnote adds “…since Christ is the Great Prophet in whom the prophetic office finds it fulfillment…this passage was understood in a special Messianic

sense both by the Jews and by the Apostles.” So, seems that at least some label Jesus as the Prophet.

But you know what I think? I think that each of us is the Prophet! “Warmer…” I think that Jesus’s first miracle as noted by Mark in today’s Gospel--the cure of a demoniac--defines Jesus’s entire “prophetic office” (to quote a footnote): namely, the eradication of evil. “Warmer…” Aren’t we called to be Christ for one another? Aren’t we called to oppose evil? I think that on our best days, then, we are the Prophet that God said he would send. I think that on our best days, that very Prophet is us! Remember, though. I’m no Scripture scholar. I only call ‘em like I see ‘em. “Hot!”

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CAN YOU VOLUNTEER?

We need volunteers to assist with various aspects of our parish reopening plan. If you are high school age or older and are healthy with no underlying health conditions, please consider assisting with funerals, baptisms, weddings, reconciliation, and daily or Sunday Masses.

Funerals are held Monday through Saturday at both churches, usually at 10 AM and 11:30 AM.

Weddings are held on Saturday afternoons in both churches. Baptisms are held on Saturdays and Sundays at both churches, usually in the early afternoon.

Reconciliation takes place on Saturdays from 4 to 4:45 PM at St. Celestine.There is an 8 AM Tuesday Mass at St. Cyprian and 8 AM Wednesday Mass at St. Celestine.

We are limited to 175 people at St. Celestine and 50 at St. Cyprian to allow for social distancing.

Volunteers are needed to greet, check off attendees, sanitize hands, manage the flow of

congregants, direct people to seating, usher, clean, and sanitize the worship space. You must wear a mask at all times and practice social distancing.

All volunteers must understand that even with precautions, we cannot guarantee that you will not be exposed to Covid–19. All volunteers must attend a training.

Please submit the website Online Form to indicate your willingness and ability to volunteer, and the days of the week and times of the day that are best for you. This is a massive undertaking and many hands make light work. Find the sign up on the website.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP!

The following have received a blessed

PRAYER BLANKET: Heidy, Michael, Eileen, Nancy, Maria, Parvis, Linda, Debbie,

Kathryn, Dorothy, Gerri, Anita, Gina, Letty, Mary, John, Sabrina,

Frank, Anthony, Benjamin, Gerry, Dee, Jackie, Katie, Elene,

Catherine, Carol, Gary, John, Thor, Margaret, Marlene, Dwight,

Gene, Nancy, Mitch, Julie, Eric, Magdelena, Caleb, Michael, Carrie,

Adrienne, Margaret, Sally, Ash, Joanne, Carl, Tammi, John, Pam,

Ann, Linda, Patricia, Dennis, Lolita, Martin, Soco, and Thomas.

We pray for them and for all of the sick.

Gentle God, pour out your healing power on all those who, due to illness, have received a prayer blanket and on all of the sick.

Assure them of your nearness and unfailing love. We ask this through

Christ our Lord. Amen.

HOLY HOUR ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 AT 3 PM AT ST.

CELESTINEJoin us to pray the Divine Mercy chaplet and experience esposition of the Blessed Sacrament. You may attend without registering; you must wear a mask, practice social distancing and sit where directed by the volunteers. We will also live–stream this prayer service on Facebook and we will post the

video on this website homepage and also in our YouTube Channel.

TAX LETTERS AVAILABLEDo you need a TAX LETTER for your donations to the parish? Please call 708–453–2555 if you would like one.

SIGN UP TO ATTEND MASS

The Archdiocese of Chicago requires that anyone attending Sunday Mass register in advance online. Sign up on stguerinparish.org before noon on Saturday for the weekend Masses.

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Dear Parishioners, You should soon receive six raffle tickets in the mail for the annual St. Mother Guerin Cash Raffle Fundraiser. The winning tickets will be drawn on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021 live after the 10:30 AM Mass on the parish Facebook page and website.

Since fundraising was stopped due to the pandemic, we really count on your support for this raffle. We are asking that each family help in our fundraising efforts by purchasing at least one raffle ticket, and the whole packet if possible. It may be your turn to win this year! If you cannot buy tickets, please consider selling them to your friends, relatives, co–workers and neighbors.

Tickets are $20 each or 6 for $100. Please make checks payable to SMTG Parish. You can return the ticket stubs (the part you fill out) and payment to the collection baskets in the back of either church, mail them to St. Joseph Raffle, SMTG Parish, 3020 N. 76th Ct., Elmwood Park IL 60707, or drop them in a mailbox at the Rectory or Pastoral Center before noon on Saturday, April 3, 2021.

If you need additional tickets, please call the Pastoral Center at 708–453–2555.

I appreciate anything you can do to sell these tickets, and am grateful for your past generosity. May God bless you, your family, and our parish!

Gratefully,

Fr. Paul Cao, Pastor

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Please keep those serving in the military in your prayers. Thank you for your service to our country.Col. Stephen Acosta MarinesStaff Sgt. Lawrence G. Campbell Air ForceSenior Airman Cory McCambridge Air ForceChief Erin McGuire NavyLt. Col. Peter Anderson ArmySgt. Kenneth G. DiCristifano ArmySpec Michael Migliorisi ArmyMaj. Deborah J. Crowley, M.D. ArmyPvt. John Cerrone MarinesMaj. David Nevers MarinesPFC Paul J. Lagoda MarinesPFC Sophia M. Garcia MarinesLt. Robert Reynolds ArmyPFC Richard A. Paduch ArmyStaff Sgt. Alberto Boy MarinesSgt. Rodolfo DeLao ArmyStaff Sgt. Natalie Borrini Air ForceCpl. Brian Macaluso MarinesLnc. Cpl. Meghan Jennings MarinesLnc. Cpl. Michael Casanave MarinesPvt. Nicolas Casanave MarinesABEAN Melanie Hodges NavyPFC Vincent Negron MarinesPvt. Matthew Meyer ArmyMaster Sgt. Scott A. Cross Air ForcePrivate Niko Rodriguez ArmyDario Rodriguez Air ForceCH 1LT Jacque Beltran NavyA1C Brian Moran Air ForceA1C Elyssa Moran Air ForceEnsign Devon Zych Coast GuardFN Matilda Davis Coast GuardLnc. Cpl. Andrew D. Nordlie MarinesEnsign FaithAnne Bieschke NavyLuis N. Burciaga ArmyPFC Rudy De La O MarinesJose Flores, Jr. Air ForceCarmelo Flores Air ForceSean P. Mellett Marines

Need help? Food, shelter, housing, employment, job training, counseling, addictions, utilities, physical or mental health services, legal and financial, immigration, naturalization and refugee and senior services are provided by Catholic Charities. Call 312–655–7700 or go to catholiccharities.net.

Alcohol and Drug Abuse 1–800–821–4357Child Abuse 1–800–252–2873National Domestic Violence 1–800–799–SAFENational Sexual Assault 1–800–656–4673Compulsive Gambling Hotline 1–410–332–0402Poison Control 1–800–222–1222Suicide Prevention 1–800–273–8255Elder Abuse 1–800–252–8966

ONLINE GIVING

Our parish is using Give Central as a contribution tool to help parishioners contribute online to our Sunday Offertory and special collections. This tool will allow you the option of donating through your checking, savings, or credit card account and the funds will be directly transferred to the parish each month or as you specify.

If you are already giving online you will see that the gifts go to St. Mother Theodore Guerin parish. You can sign up for online giving by going to our website, stguerinparish.org, and clicking on the Give Central icon on the right on the home page.

Thank you for supporting the parish.

MARRIED 50 YEARS IN 2021?

Please call the Pastoral Center or the Rectory if you were married in 1971 and are celebrating your 50th wedding anniversary this year. Even though we cannot gather together to celebrate, the Archdiocese would like to send you a certificate in recognition of this event and the 2020 and 2021 Jubilarians will be invited to celebrate together in 2021.

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SCRIPTURE SEARCH®

Gospel for January 31, 2021 Mark 1:21-28

Following is a word search based on the Gospel reading for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time,

Cycle B: a demon cast out. The words can be found in all directions in the puzzle.

CAPERNAUM SABBATH JESUS SYNAGOGUE PEOPLE AS ONE AUTHORITY A MAN UNCLEAN

SPIRIT CRIED OUT COME DESTROY US I KNOW HOLY ONE

REBUKED AMAZED WHAT IS THIS OBEY HIM SPREAD REGION

CONFRONTATION

W O N K I H T A B B A S J H O U N C L E A N Y D A M A N H O L Y O N E E M O M T K L I D A M Y S U M A S I N K G N R T T A I Z S A S O N E A I R N H E P E G T B D R R O R Y D R U L U H I H O Y E E F E D K P P I H H U P B M A E I S O J S T S A O D D L W K J E S U S C R I E D O U T L P A S

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We are not using Liturgical Ministers at this time.

Names are kept on the list for four weeks. If you wish to add or remove a name, please call the parish office.

Thank you!

John AlesiBrad Stuart

Paciano AcostaMarie and Steve

AuerbachMichael Balaja

Grace BaldessaraMary BartellKaren BiaginiGerri Bohm

Joyce BrosseitVictor Cabello

Caitlyn Chuck Cibula Ginny Ciszek

Deacon Dennis Colgan Frances Copps

Debra DeKelver Jackie DeLarco

Michael DeLuca Danny DiMaso Elene Dimperio Dillon Dolecki Jack Donnelly Patricia Dwyer

Eleanor Heidy Egan

Aloysius Fabish Brittany Foley

Christopher Freel Patsy Galecki Kathy Gallery Tammy GarciaHelen Garza

Phyllis GossyNina Grigolo

Brian Herbert David Holder Judy Iovinelli Robert JasterBobby Jester

Bob JuraszKathy

Donna KiskaKen Kiska

Joy Ann Klewer Dan Kocal

Bobbie Kocal

Denise Licciardi Karen Lins Jake Lucko Tom Mayer

Tom McGuireRon McGuire Mary MellettSharon Meyer

George Moretti Dan Murphy Tom Murphy

Carolyn Nanni Domenic Nanni

Barbara Narducci Fr. Larry Nemer

Larry Nestor Barbara Nevers Reginald Nevers Bernice Nesbitt

Sr. Noel Bill Noesen

Phylllis Pappas Manny Perez

Adrienne Pudlo Kirk PusenilliJim Raemisch

Michael Riesterer Darlene Rinker

Nicky Roy Caroline Russo

Betty SalemiAlex Samovich Amy Schreiner

Morgan SchlangerRita Schmidt Joseph Serwa

Ed Socki Shirley TeofiloThomas Tully Andrew Valko

Lillian Wardzala Dorothy Witek

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ST. CELESTINE CHURCH 3020 North 76th Court, Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707 708–453–2555

ST. CYPRIAN CHURCH 2601 Clinton, River Grove, Illinois 60171 708–453–4800

Mass Schedules: See cover. Registration required.

Office Hours: Temporarily closed.

Communion Service: Temporarily canceled.

Holy Hour: First Friday of each month at 3 PM in St. Ce-lestine church, in person and live–streamed on Facebook and website.No registration needed.

Fatima Devotion: Temporarily canceled.

Adoration: Temporarily combined into First Friday Holy Hour.

Baptisms: Contact Ruthanne Swiatkowski to schedule; rswiatkowski@stguerinparish.org or call 708–453–2555 x 17.

Reconciliation: Saturdays 4—4:45 PM at St. Celestine. No registration needed.

Weddings: Engaged couples are encouraged to call a year in advance of a preferred date. The couple must talk to Deacon Mike DeLarco before a wedding date can be reserved. Participation in marriage preparation is essential.

Please check our website, www.stguerinparish.org, for the most accurate information on the schedule for sacraments during the pandemic.

PRIESTS Rev. Paul Cao, Pastor pcao@stguerinparish.org 708–453–2555 x29Rev. Brendan Guilfoil, Associate Pastor bguilfoil@stguerinparish.org 708–453–2555 x30Rev. Eugene Gratkowski, Pastor Emeritus of St. CyprianBishop Jeffrey Grob, Rev. Fil Ngwila, Rev. Stan Ilo, Rev. Kenneth Ekekwe, Resident PriestsRev. Ron Navoy, Weekend Associate at St. Cyprian

DEACONS Michael DeLarco 708–453–2555 x31 Call Deacon Mike to schedule a wedding.Miguel Negron mnegron@archchicago.orgRonald Pilarski rpilarski@archchicago.org Dennis Colgan, retired ST. CELESTINE SCHOOL Sheila Klich, Principal 708–453–8234 x23 sklich@stcelestineschool.orgNorma Pulido, Secretary 708–453–8234 x11Donna DelMedico, Finance Secretary 708–453–8234 x24

PARISH SUPPORT STAFFLaurie DePillo, Business Manager 708–453–2555 x15 lauriedepillo@stguerinparish.orgMary Krewer, Administrative Assistant mkrewer@stguerinparish.org 708–453–4800Marge Dellinger, Receptionist 708–453–4800mdellinger@stguerinparish.orgIrma Rivera, Receptionist 708–453–2555 x10Lynn Schmidt, Receptionist 708–453–2555 x10 lschmidt@stguerinparish.org

Ray Brownlee, Maintenance 708–453–4800 rbrownlee@stguerinparish.orgEric Mueller and Bob Vessini, Maintenance 708–453–2555 x25

MUSIC MINISTRY Craig Kamptner, Director of Music Ministry ckamptner@stcelestineschool.org 708–453–2555 x16 Call Craig with questions about music for the parish. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Ruthanne Swiatkowski, Director of Lifelong Faith Formation rswiatkowski@stguerinparish.org 708–453–2555 x17Mary Murphy, Coordinator of Religious Education for Special Needs for children and adults murphyme2000@yahoo.com 708–453–2555

MINISTRIESLois DeFelice, Ministry of Care 708–453–2555 loisdefelice@gmail.com Greg Fidanzia, Guerin William Youth Group guerinwilliamyg@gmail.com 708–453–2555 x13

Kim Hagerty, Director of Evangelization 708–453–2555 x12 khagerty@stguerinparish.org Bulletin Editor Deadline is 9 AM on the Thursday 10 days before the date you would like the information to appear.