CHILDREN'S LITURGY on hiatus for the summer
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14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 5, 2020
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Please watch this
video
message from Fr. Francis about attending Mass in church.
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Reflection on the
Readings
by Mary Jane Sullivan, Director of Evangelization
What a wonderful message we receive in our scripture readings this weekend. Jesus is “meek and humble of heart” and coming to save us.
Zechariah announces that the Lord is sending a savior who will be “riding on an ass.” When a king was seen riding on a horse it meant battle; a donkey was a sign of opposition to war. Obviously Zechariah was a prophet exclaiming to the people that when this meek and “just savior” arrives he will do away with war and “proclaim peace to the nations.”
In St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans, he reminds who this just savior is coming for. It is through our baptism that we are given the spirit for the first time, and within us baptized that the spirit lives. I had the privilege and honor of witnessing the baptism of Keenan Fix last Saturday. Keenan was our RCIA adult Catechumen who was baptized, confirmed and received his First Eucharist. Witnessing this young man receiving Jesus’ spirit for the first time was truly amazing! Sometimes I think we adult Catholics can take our baptism for granted and forget the true meaning of being baptized into the spirit with the “Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.” Our other four candidates who were fully received into the Church last Saturday, Paola Huitron, Iryna Shafoval, Patrick Ahrens and Brendan Gruenwald-Smitz received the spirit again through their Confirmation. It is comforting to remember that our savior is coming for us, those living in the spirit, the baptized. Our savior is “meek and humble of heart” and is coming to save us!
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Welcome to Our Newest Catholics!
Our catechumen and candidates have been patiently awaiting being fully initiated into the Catholic faith and they finally did it! Because of the pandemic they were not able to receive at the Easter Vigil. James Keenan Fix was baptized last Saturday and received the sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist. Iryna Shafoval, Patrick Ahrens and Brendan Gruenwald-Schmitz were fully initiated into the Catholic faith that same day. They were all baptized a different faith as babies and now as adults they decided to become Catholics. Paola Huitron who was baptized Catholic as a baby but never received Confirmation and First Eucharist and she finished her sacraments of initiation on Saturday as well.
Welcome to our family Keenan, Paola, Iryna, Patrick and Brendan!!
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Virtual Vacation Bible School Was a Great Success!!
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Thank you to all who helped make Vacation Bible School a memorable experience for our parish children. This year over 40 of our children joined us each day on zoom as we learned that “Jesus’ Power Pulls Us Through.”
A special thank you to my co-director, Christine Frech who always makes this journey feel so much less daunting than it really is.
Many thanks to…
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Our craft leaders, Deb & Lara Fairfield for the original and fun, theme-based crafts. Because they videoed themselves making each craft it was so easy for the children to follow along and then ask them questions live.
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Tina Smat, for her creative energy in bringing our bible stories alive each day with her Lego presentations. We will never forget the lightning and storms, the appearance by Grace, the dog and the cock crowing.
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Christine and Sofia Frech for jumping around and singing with us. We leaders can still hear the music in our heads and we find ourselves doing the actions (when no one is looking!)
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Sue Fedea, who played administrator for us each day and kept everyone on task (and muted)!
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Jake Nedza and Amy Rejai for their technology expertise. VBS would never have come off so smoothly without their help.
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Even in the midst of a pandemic nothing can keep us from bringing God’s power and love to our parish children! Toot! Toot!
Mary Jane Sullivan
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Registered parishioners will receive an email at Noon on Fridays to register to attend Sunday 10:00 am Mass in person. If there are still spots open, everyone else in our database will get an email to register on Saturday morning.
Are you a REGISTERED parishioner? Many people don't realize that registering for school, contributing to our church or attending Mass regularly do not automatically make you a registered parishioner. Registration is free and easy and online. And yes, you can be registered at more than one parish.
Register Here
Protocol for registration: If you have already been to Mass in person, please wait until 5pm on Friday to register to attend Mass. The idea is that we will expand availability so that everyone who wants to attend can, PROVIDED WE HAVE VOLUNTEER GREETERS AND CLEANERS.
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Rainbow Over St. Josaphat
Photo courtesy of Lisa Steele
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We Need Additional Volunteers
to be greeters and cleaners. These ministers are in addition to our attendee limits. Please contact Kelly Smith
kellyqtml@yahoo.com
or Diana McCartney
mccartneydiana@yahoo.com
if you can help or click below and we will contact you to set up training.
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Need Masks?
School mom Tanya Koran is making washable custom masks for families for $15. You can pick your size and fabric, and these have the wire nose piece that helps them stay in place. Email her for more information.
tanyakoran@gmail.com
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Welcome New Parishioners!
Lina and Ross Parr
Mirek Zienkiewicz and Iryna Shafoval
Davide and Stefania Picciotto
Erich Nazarof
Serena Rodrigues
Karen Nelson
Joe and Renata Anzelmo
Julie McKernan
Kevin Tuleta
Kyle McElwee
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More Options to Reflect
Join one of our
Virtual Bible Studies!
Sign Up
for one or both today:
Tuesdays 10 am
"Breaking Open the Word" with Ellen and Hope
Wednesdays 7 pm
"Concepts from the Book of Matthew" with Lindsay and Charles
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Opportunities to Help Others
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Support Sharing Parish St. Agatha
Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos
Little Sisters of the Poor
Symphony
Symphony would appreciate donations of crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, word searches, adult coloring books, colored pencils/crayons, etc. as well as nutritious protein shakes such as Boost or Ensure. If you can help, please deliver to the Symphony Residences entrance on Southport, and include at note that you are from St. Josaphat. Thanks!
Order Take Out or Dine In
Don's Helping Hands
We welcome volunteers to come back into the Red Door Room to serve lunches. We are also asking for individuals and families to make sandwiches throughout the summer. Thank You!
Shop and Support
Shop
smile.amazon.com
and select St. Josaphat Parish as your charitable organization and St. Josaphat gets 5% on eligible items!
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THIS WEEK
7/7 Tuesday
10:00 am Breaking Open the Word -
Join Us
and we'll send you the link for our Virtual Prayer Group hosted by Ellen and Hope.
7/8 Wednesday
7:00 pm Concepts from the Book of Matthew -
Join Us and we'll send you the link for our Virtual Prayer Group hosted by Charles & Lindsay.
7/12 Sunday
10:00 am Sunday Mass -
Join Us
for our LiveStream on Facebook, or watch your email for our weekly link to register for a seat in church.
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EVENT STATUS
First Holy Communion - Celebration Mass will be held in the fall, and 2nd Graders are invited to make their First Communion at any Mass this summer. Just stop in the sacristy before Mass to let Fr. Francis know!
Baptisms/Baptismal Prep - Baptisms can be scheduled on Sundays at 11:15 am following Mass. Our next Baptismal Prep Class will be on July 13th at 7:00 pm.
PreCana - is offered virtually through the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Register Here
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Links from the Vicariate II Abuse Crisis Response Team
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office@stjosaphatparish.org
773.327.8955
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