St. Margaret Mary ParishSt. Margaret Mary Parish August 4, 2019August 4, 2019

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeEighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

1450 1450 Green Trails Dr.Green Trails Dr. Naperville, IL 60540Naperville, IL 60540 630630--369369--07770777 www.smmp.comwww.smmp.com

Masses: Saturday: 5:00 pm

Sunday: 8 am 10 am 12 pm

Weekdays Monday-Saturday 8:15 am

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Parish Office: 630-369-0777 Fax: 630-369-1493 Religious Ed. Office: 630- 369-0833

All Saints Catholic Academy:

1155 Aurora Ave. Naperville, IL 60540 630.961-6125 or www.ascacademy.org

New Parishioners: Anyone who welcomes you, welcomes me; and those who welcome me welcome the one who sent me.: (Mt 10:40) St. Margaret Mary Parish wishes to welcome everyone to our community as Jesus would. For information, please call the parish office.

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Confessions every Saturday from 3:30 to 4:30 PM or anytime by request.

Sacrament of Baptism: Sundays following the 12:00 Mass, except holidays. Please call Parish Office to make arrangements for Baptism and required Preparation Meeting.

Sacrament of Marriage: Six months preparation required. Parish music policies, which reflect Diocesan guidelines, are to be followed.

Sick, Homebound, Hospital Visits: Contact the Parish Office if you would like Communion, if you need someone from SMMP to visit you in the hospital, or if we can help you in any other way. Privacy policies do not permit the hospital to contact us directly.

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September September Senior ClubSenior Club

Invites you to

Celebrate Summer

Come and Enjoy Ice Cream Social and Afternoon at the Movie (PG-13) in the Parish Center

Wednesday

August 7, 2019 2:00pm

Please R.S.V.P. to Jim Simel jimsimel@outlook.com 630-420-1224 by Sunday 8/4/19

John Hill Lori Cross Theresa Crowe Kay Hill Linda Palulis Patrick Rockowitz Jim Gardner Kathleen Carey Fr. George Hurley Maxine Messere Arlene Bennett Joseph Mathy Dr. Edward Michl A. Schuman Marion Warner Greyson Stanley

Mary Fisher Murlene Dolley Jim Tamburrino Collette Miller Peter Guthrie Patrick Cameron Joan Vinkler Edward Bojan Emma Martinez Kate Kirchner Ben & April Espinos Bill Koloseike John P. Rossi Ray Young Kevin Hill Michael Facchinello

Lawrence Facchinello William Garrett Blake Burton Priscilla Arrieta David Schuberg Elaine Badelt Dn. Joe Ferrari Barb Zdon Judea Beckett Justin Dellarose Allen Rogers Russell Rasche Mary Sheehan Bob Whipple Elizabeth Stock Jo Ellen Furlong

UPDATED Year to Date Weekly Collection 7/1/2019 to 07/28/2019 Present

Weekly Mass Offerings: $14,646 60,343 Automated Giving: 8,242 32,968 Stock/RMD/Tea Donations Totals: 22,888 93,311 Budget Goal 24,084 100,814 Over/(Under) Goal (1,196) (7,503)

We thank you for your gifts! Gifts of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds provide you with a charitable deduction and may offer additional tax savings as well. Visit www.SMMP.COM for more information.

God’s Share

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — On Pentecost Sunday Pope Francis lamented what he called a "culture of insults" enabled by social media and warned against nationalism and other "exclusivist ideas" that he said contrast with a Christian mission to foster harmony. "In today's world, lack of harmony has led to stark divisions," Francis said. "There are those who have too much and those who have nothing, those who want to live to a hundred and those who cannot even be born." He warned of the temptation to cling to "our little group, to the things and people we like." The pope said that "nowadays it is fashionable to hurl adjectives and, sadly, even insults" in what's tantamount to "a culture of insults." He also warned against the Catholic Church's neglecting its mission to spread joy, instead becoming an organization with propaganda as its mission. In a statement released after Mass by the Vatican, Francis echoed a call a century ago by Pope Benedict XV, right after the devastation of World War I, for "an end to all forms of nationalism and ethnocentrism." He also cited a reminder by that same pope that "the church's universal mission requires setting aside exclusivist ideas of membership in one's own country and ethnic group."

- Frances D’Emilio (Associated Press)

Overcoming a “culture of insults”

We believe we are called to break down the walls that divide us—accepting, affirming, and accompanying each other, even those with whom we disagree.

- Parish Theme/Calling Statement

The Propagation of the Faith office of our diocese has

invited the diocese of Kumbakonam, India to speak to us about their missionary activities and challenges. Most Rev. Antonisamy Francis will be speaking to us during all the Masses this weekend, August 3 and 4.This diocese, started in 1899 in the State of Tamil Nadu, India, has a Catholic population of 213,000 (6% of the population) and is served by 275 priests and 580 nuns. The diocese has certain concrete and meaningful goals for a New Evangelization:

• Establishing 10 more new parishes, each with a new church and rectory.

• Providing the 126 Catholic schools in the missions with better facilities, building, infra-structure, educational and technical tools.

• Enabling educational, medical and social ministries throughout this rural diocese.

• Projecting the healing touch and loving care of the Divine Healer through our diocesan hospital for lepers and the many rural medical clinics by nuns.

• Education of more young men in the seminary since the diocese abounds in vocation to priesthood and religious life so that some could be sent as missionaries.

• Education of 1000 very poor or orphan children from poor families by providing them with free board & lodge.

The diocese is trying to materialize these missionary goals, depending on the availability of funds. The mission and spiritual prospects of Kumbakonam diocese are bright but its needs are many and pressing. 60% of its Catholics are depressingly poor. Therefore, your fervent prayers and generous help are earnestly requested for building the Kingdom of God in the diocese of Kumbakonam, India.

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As the parish’s new Director of Children and Family Faith Formation, grades K-8, I am looking forward to meeting you and your precious children! I am dedicated to meeting your child’s Faith Formation needs and look forward to partnering with your family as we lead your children to a deeper understanding and appreciation of their faith, providing opportunities to develop a deeper relationship with Jesus, and fostering a sense of belonging in the Body of Christ here in our parish community.

God has prepared me for this leadership role on a multitude of levels. I was a veteran catechist at St. Elizabeth Seton parish. My educational background includes being a certified K-9 educator. I attended Benedictine University, North Central College (Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction), and Lewis (English as a Second Language endorsement). I have taught 12 years in the diocese - 11 years at All Saints. The majority of my teaching years were in second grade, which was a perfect fit due to my devotion to the Eucharist. My supportive husband, Dave, and I have enjoyed raising three wonderful children in Naperville. Scott and Mark live on their own. My youngest, Stephanie, is an All Saints and Benet graduate, and a Notre Dame ECHO apprentice who will soon earn her master’s degree in Theology. On my recent profound pilgrimage to the Holy Land and trip to Rome, I have a renewed enthusiasm and energy for discipleship.

If you ever have any questions regarding our youth Faith Formation programs, please feel free to contact me via phone, email, or stop by my office. I am truly blessed and thrilled to be here!

Blessings,

Jacqui Snyder

Religious Education Calling all students in grades K-8 to register ASAP if you haven’t already. It’s imperative for first graders to register now if you intend for them to receive their First Communion in 2nd grade (per diocesan policy). Classes are forming now.

Catechists Needed In order to operate a successful RE program, we rely on the gift of time and talent from our parishioners. We are in need of volunteers to come forward to serve as catechists at most grade levels. The only prerequisite is a love for God. Training will be provided. Please prayerfully consider leading our children of the parish towards heaven by being a catechist, or assisting catechists as an aide or sitter. This experience is very rewarding. We would be blessed if you could pray that catechists come forward and pray for our students attending classes on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdays. For more information, please contact Jacqui Snyder, Director of Child & Family Faith Formation K-8. Email: jsnyder@smmp.com or 630 369-0833.

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Our parish theme and calling in

God’s Word To Us

Reflection on Lectionary Readings 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 4, 2019

What profit comes to a man from all the toil and anxiety of heart?

I The wisdom question from the writer Qoheleth sounds dispirited and even depressing, but he has a point. Although it is important to work hard to attain the goals of self-responsibility and to be able to live comfortably and help others, we need to be clear about what we can and what we can’t actually accomplish. If we are for-tunate we can provide for our own needs and that of the family. But we cannot assure any kind of ultimate happiness. This comes as a grace from God. But some people, as noted in all three read-ings, focus too much on short-term goals. In short, their goals are limited to the material world and as a con-sequence of this limitation, the material aspect of life is over-emphasized and exaggerated. Qoheleth mocks those who wear themselves out with earthly toil only to die and leave their hard-earned wealth to someone else. Jesus and Paul both warn against the many forms of greed, which St. Paul calls idolatry. Idolatry is superstition: giving undue honor and even worship to created things. God’s plans for us involve more than acquiring created goods. They involve being in union with God himself, working with him to extend his love and mercy to all the living. As we embrace this call, we find a deep satisfaction and sense of fulfillment that the world cannot give.

- Fr. Paul Hottinger

Adventures in Contemplation Facilitator: Al Gustafson

Donation: $50.00 Silence, the Body and the Mystery of Wholeness: A Contemplation

Practice for Everyone In our prayer, we want to experience God … an encounter with a Presence that is both greater than ourselves and, at the same time, intimate and one with us. For many of us, however, prayer is little more than thinking thoughts about God. All our words and thinking can sometimes get in the way of the experience of God in our lives.

Join us for a three-week journey as we practice moving beyond thinking about God in our prayer, to explore silence and the body as pathways to experiencing the Presence of God. This is Christian contemplation and we will endeavor to make the practice simple and accessible.

Our lives can be noisy and fragmented, punctuated by obsessive thinking and to do lists. This is an invitation to experience territory that is untraveled by most of us: silence and an enhanced awareness of the bodies we inhabit. This risky terrain can lead us directly into the Mystery of Wholeness.

Our journey begins with a Saturday afternoon retreat followed by three Monday evening meetings. The journey includes spending some time each day with God throughout the three weeks…some structure for your time with God will be offered.

Saturday, September 28 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm (lunch included)

Mondays, October 7, 14, 21 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

All sessions will be held in the Upper Room.

To register, call 630-369-0777 by September 23rd. Checks should be made out to St. Margaret Mary.

Al Gusfafson is a spiritual director and retreat leader on staff at Old St. Patrick’s Church in Chicago. He is also the Board Chair of the Swifty Foundation and serves on the board of several other non-profit organizations.

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Beginning September 10, Join the SMM Bible Study

Group to explore The Gospel of Mark.

SMM Bible Study group invites you to join them in the study of the Gospel of Mark. By delving into this gospel you will deepen your understanding of the Bible in your spiritual life as a devoted Catholic. The study is open to everyone – new and veteran learners alike.

These 18 sessions beginning September 10, will transform your life by deepening your faith and gifting you with friendships.

We welcome back Sr. Marianne Race, CSJ as our knowledgeable and faith-filled leader. Sr. Marianne was the Director of Biblical Study and Travel Programs at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago from 1991-2000.

For your convenience, both a morning and evening group are available (9:15-11:15 a.m. and 7:00-9:00 p.m.) Sessions are held in the COR Center. Your study book can be picked up in the parish office after August 15th for a donation of $75.00. To register for Bible Study, please call 630-369-0777.

Your Bible Study Guide can be picked up in the Parish Office. Lesson 1 should be completed by September 10th. Your donation of $75 helps to cover the cost of the study book and the instructor’s stipend.

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The St. Margaret Mary’s Saint Vincent de Paul (SVDP) Ministry receives multiple calls per week from parishioners and non-parishioners requesting help with rent, utilities and the like. A home visit and due diligence is done. Help is then provided which assists people struggling through trying times. Consider getting involved with the SVDP Ministry. If you're retired, please consider joining us. Contact the SMMP parish office at 630-369-0777.

If you’d like to contribute to the SVDP ministry, funds are collected via the collection basket at mass.

Are you in need of assistance? Contact the SMMP parish office at 630-369-0777

Fr. Paul’s Homily

Prayer, Ask, Seek, Knock Gn 18:20-32; Col 2:12-14; Lk 11:1-13

(It is crucial for those who desire to follow Christ to get our priorities in order; eternal happiness is something somewhat behind our capacity to attain all by ourselves.)

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“For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”

This teaching on prayer is very important. Sociologists of religion say that’s the one action or activity that all religions share, prayer. Religious people pray; nonreligious people don’t; that’s the difference. That’s the essence, you might say, of religion. So Jesus’ take on what prayer is about is very important, but wisely he places it in a larger context, the context of seeking. That’s much larger than religion because all human beings seek something; we are the seeking animal, if you will.

Now it is true that all life forms seek survival of a sort, but human beings are not programmed to seek anything in particular, but free to choose what they want in life. And this is unique to the human species; there is not another one similar. How often are parents surprised and sometimes even upset about the goals their children decide upon! These goals are not the result of parental influence; they are not determined by any factors outside of the freedom of the human person. Of course some people may be unsure of themselves, or easily discouraged. Some people are prevented from pursuing their goals by forces beyond themselves, that’s true. But the possibility that people want something that they choose for themselves is basic to human life in a way it is not basic to any other life form. This is both a blessing and a curse. It is the basis of all human civilization: art, music, literature, technology, science, religion, and sport; but it is also the origin of all crimes, wars, and every form of degradation of human life that afflicts our beautiful planet.

The point Jesus is making is conscious attention to and careful evaluation of what we seek is essential if we are to

lead a Christlike life. It can’t be just willy-nilly. And because everything is interconnected, and even modern science is getting into that idea, which is a basic religious idea that everything is interconnected, then we have to pay attention to everything, how everything influences everything else. So it is crucial for those who desire to follow Christ to get our priorities in order. And prayer is about recognizing that the most important thing one could seek, namely, eternal happiness is something somewhat behind our capacity to attain all by ourselves. That is why prayer is necessary because what is really valuable, what is valuable in a transcendent way, we cannot attain all by ourselves. We can make ourselves rich or powerful or famous, but we cannot gain for ourselves eternal happiness. That is what prayer is about.

So first of all, Jesus says, you have to know to whom you are addressing your prayer, and his term is “heavenly Father,” actually in Aramaic Abba, better translated Daddy; but Bible translators are such stuffed shirts they don’t use that word. Daddy is what he said really, Abba. I have been in airports where I have heard Jewish children calling for their Daddy: “Abba, Abba, Abba,” they are calling all the time. So Jesus wants us to know whom we are addressing and realize that our heavenly Abba already loves us, cherishes us, and desires our eternal well-being. So we need not try to convince God of anything or inform God of anything. We have to rather call out like a child and wait to be helped, trusting all the time in the infinite goodness of God and God’s infinite goodwill toward us personally, no exceptions.

Then we need to cultivate an affection and a gratitude called here “hallowing his name.” We have to hallow the name of God. People use the word “God” in so many careless ways, vulgar ways,

inappropriate ways and at inappropriate times; and this creates a sort of callousness. We have to consciously cultivate gratitude and affection for the name of God and the name of Jesus, who is God’s own Son.

Then before we even think about our personal needs, all of which are called “daily bread,” that’s all of our personal needs whatever they are, daily bread; before we think about daily bread we have to desire what Jesus here called “your kingdom,” addressing our heavenly Abba, desiring your kingdom coming. That is we need to truly want and long for the coming of God’s own vision of what life can be for us. And if we understand that that is Jesus’ approach to prayer, we understand very well what is wrong with our world. Namely, there is a lack of desire for God’s vision, as Jesus put it “your kingdom.” People want their own kingdom, their own ideas, their own pursuits, but not the wonderful, spectacular, infinitely good vision that God has for all of us. The result is the deplorable state everyone is always complaining about.

Now in Jesus the kingdom of God did come in seed form, and it has continued to grow among all his true believers; and yet if we honestly look at our world today, we have to acknowledge the weakness of this kingdom, and recognize that the weakness of this kingdom is directly related to the lack of desire for it in the hearts of people. It is a dangerous delusion to imagine that everyone can go their own way, do their own thing, and everything will just work out fine. It has never, it is not now, and it never will. The creation is not created that way. There will be peace and concord on earth when and only when people decide that the most important desire they have is for what God has prepared for us, when there is nothing more important than what God is planning.

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July Baptisms SMMP welcomed new members from the Kwak, Rusk and Curin families in July via the Sacrament of Baptism

Do we appreciate the miracle of a human life’s beginning? Within even a one-celled embryo, the molecules cooperate to form an amazingly complex and dynamic network that has the integrity of an independent organism. As soon as egg and sperm unite and successfully initiate molecular interactions for form an embryo, a new structure and system directs a self-driven, self-

perpetuating process that will develop, grow and experience transformation in a seamless unity for the entire span of a human person’s life. The system does not acquire any further biological information after the initial fertilization. All of the DNA that designates the unique, non-repeatable characteristics of the singular human being are present.

Masses for the Week

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Monday — August 5 8:15— Ann Elgar — Family Tuesday— August 6/Transfiguration of the Lord 8:15— George Kubilus — Patricia Michaels Wednesday— August 7 8:15— Donnalee Klatt — Chris Corbett Thursday— August 8/St. Dominic 8:15— James Gumm — Nancy Thoene Friday— August 9 8:15 — Patricia A. Davis — Pamela Tupek Saturday— August 10/St. Lawrence 8:15 — 5:00 — William Newman — Panik Family Sunday — August 11 8:00 — Betty Leonard — Diekemper Family 10:00 — Elba Landvogt — Chuck & Mary Anne Shine 12:00 — For the Parish Family

Date August 10 & 11

Lectors Eucharistic Ministers Servers Sacristan/ Deacon/Presider

5:00 Linda Tomasello Mary Oliphant Sue Altmann

Michael Maziarek Barb Ryan

Logan Laliberte Karen Ng Theodore Ng

B. Ryan Deacon Terry Fr. Paul

8:00

Felice Chillemi Victoria Kosirog Daniel Maguire

Ralph Meeker Lucy de los Reyes Bill Hassett Dan Skinner

Jake Mlsna Bruce Rosenbaum

M. Ciccarelli Deacon Terry Fr. Tom Stright

10:00

Terry Wagner Steven Griffin Laura Williams

Jennifer Arnott Jeanna Considine Andrea Bruozis

Danny Hall Mary Kate Hall Audrey Hall

J. Cote Deacon Ken Fr. Paul

12:00

Kaitlyn Wincup John Gerding Miriam Fader

Francis Lichon Alan Meder Katrina Meder

Cade Dimailig Tanner Dimailig

K. Giordano Deacon Ken Fr. Paul

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

August 10 Fr. Paul August 17 Fr. Paul

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St. Margaret Mary Parish Naperville/Lisle -- 630-369-0777

Parish Staff Art & Environment Coordinator Jill Mizen

Bookkeeper Pat Henke

Business Manager Michael Prus

Building Manager Bob Stezowski Communications Coordinator Julie Duffin

Custodian Ziggy Owiesek

Deacons (Permanent) Deacon Joe Ferrari

Deacon Don Helgeson

Deacon Ken Miles

Deacon Fred Straub (retired)

Deacon Terry Taylor

Justice/Outreach Minister Tom Cordaro Liturgy Coordinator Deacon Ken Miles

Music Director John Schlaman Parish Secretary/Bulletin Editor Sue Carroll

Pastoral Associate Sr. Madelyn Gould, S.S.S.F. Pastoral Council President Joey Rose

Priests Rev. Paul Hottinger, Pastor

Receptionists Millie Gredlics & Loretta Mercadante

Director of Religious Ed., Pre-school - 8 Jacqui Snyder

Director of Youth Ministry Dan Lawler

Religious Education Secretary Arlene Serio

Religious Education Staff Assistant Debbie Brutlag

Food for the Journey Scripture Readings for the Week

Monday: Nm 11:4b-15; Ps 81:12-17; Mt 14:13-21 Tuesday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Lk 9:28b-36 Wednesday: Nm 13:1-2, 25 — 14:1, 26-29a, 34-35; Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-23; Mt 15:21-28 Thursday: Nm 20:1-13; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Mt 16:13-23 Friday: Dt 4:32-40; Ps 77:12-16, 21; Mt 16:24-28 Saturday: 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-9; Jn 12:24-26 Sunday: Wis 18:6-9; Ps 33:1, 12, 18-22; Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 [1-2, 8-12]; Lk 12:32-48 [35-40]

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS First Reading — Vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! (Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23). Psalm — If today you hear his voice, harden not

your hearts (Psalm 90). Second Reading — You too will appear with Christ your life in glory (Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11). Gospel — For though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions (Luke 12:13-21). NEXT WEEK’S SCRIPTURE READINGS First Reading — Your ancestors waited in faith and courage for God’s promised summons (Wisdom 18:6-9). Psalm — Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own (Psalm 33). Second Reading — By faith Abraham sojourned in the promised land (Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19 [1-2, 8-12]). Gospel — You do not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will appear (Luke 12:32-48 [35-40]).

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