Deacon Arthur Bautista


Last Saturday, our seminarian Arthur Bautista was ordained a deacon for the Archdiocese of Chicago.  Arthur celebrated his first Mass as a deacon last Sunday at the 10:00 am Mass, which means that he assisted Fr. Brad Zamora at the altar and preached his first homily.



As you can imagine, this was an enormous step on Arthur's path to eventually being ordained a priest, which will happen next May.  Throughout this year, Arthur will continue to serve as a deacon at St. Josaphat Parish sharing responsibilities with Deacon Pat Casey.

This means that Arthur will be on to preach at Sunday Masses at least one weekend a month.  He will celebrate baptisms and welcome new members into our Church. He will help Deacon Pat and I prepare couples for marriage. And hopefully, Arthur will have the opportunity to preside at a few wedding ceremonies this year. Arthur will be doing all of these things on the weekends since he will continue to be a full-time student at Mundelein Seminary as he completes his 4th Year of Theology studies.  

I'm sure you will agree that Arthur has been a great blessing to our community.  It has been fantastic for our young parishioners to get to know Arthur and learn about his vocation.  It is my hope that Arthur's wonderful example of service and his joy in his ministry will inspire our young parishioners to pray about vocations to the priesthood and religious life.

Please keep Deacon Arthur in your prayers.  And please take the time to congratulate him on his ordination to the diaconate and let him know of your support.

God Bless,

Important Upcoming Dates!

May 16 - SJAA Meeting at 6pm

May 16 - PTO Family BBQ at Lakeshore SF

May 17 - Parish Golf Outing

May 18 - Men's Spirituality

May 18 - Women's Group

May 19 - Youth Group

May 20 - SPRED Planning Meeting

May 20 - School Board Meeting

May 21 -Tot's Playgroup (last one before summer break!)
May Theme:
Mary, Our Intercessor
BBQ TONIGHT!
Join the PTO for a year-end 
family BBQ at 
Lakeshore Sport and Fitness 
TONIGHT,  Thursday, May 16th
from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Cost is $65 per family ($15 goes back to SJS), and includes hotdogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers and BBQ sides along with 2 drink tickets.  The rooftop kids' section is reserved (with tables and chairs) and you do NOT have to be a member of LSF to attend!
VBS
Vacation Bible School takes place the week of June 10th for your children ages 4-10. We also welcome teen and adult volunteers. Early discounted pricing ends on May 22.
Register now for Religious Education 
Registration for 2019-20 Religious Education is now open.  Register your child(ren) age PK4-8th Grade online here.
Calling all Coaches!
St Josaphat School is looking for girls volleyball and girls basketball volunteer coaches for the 2019-20 school year. Check out the school website for more information or call the school office at (773) 549-0909.
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Recycle your floral vases - bring them to Ashland Addison Florist Co. for a donation to St. Josaphat!

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