St. Paul the Apostle
Parish
www.stpauljoliet.com
815-725-1527 parishoffice@stpauljoliet.com
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Greetings!
Hope everyone is having a great week! It's a busy time in the parish with the close of RE for the year, wrapping up school, and getting ready for the move to the gym starting Monday, May 30, for our all our masses and celebrations until the church renovation is complete in early Fall! Seems perhaps there is also a busyness in our personal lives with First Communions, Confirmations, band concerts, graduation parties, baseball practices and so on, and so on. As we lay our weary and spinning heads on the pillow at night, consider this weekend's gospel which records for us our Lord's message to his disciples from 2000 years ago:
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
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Have a beautiful week and please let the parish office know if there is anything we can do for you. God bless ~ |
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Our Dream Renovation Begins...
May 28th & 29th will be the last weekend masses celebrated in the church before we move masses in the Gymnasium for the Summer. Starting Monday, May 30th, 7:30am, daily and weekend masses will be celebrated in the school gym. Entrances will be front doors to the gym atrium and the back door by the back school parking lot. Both are handicap accessible to welcome all!
Our worship this summer may look a little different, but the pure Christian joy being felt in our pews these days will only continue to grow!
Jesus in the Gym has never been so Joy-Filled!
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Votive Candles for the Summer |
Since we are unable to have votive candles this summer, Fr Mark invites us to personal prayer in our homes. The 3-day votive prayer candles will be available in the Parish Office for us to take home. A suggested donation of $3 would help us offset the cost of the candles. Your special intentions remain in our prayers. |
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Thank you to ALL who supported the school's Nash Bash fundraiser over the past weekend! It was so much fun, the food was awesome and the dancing was amazing! A most sincere thank you to the amazing committee and all our volunteers who made this super cool event possible, raising money for the school and hosting a fantastically fun evening God Bless you all! |
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Thanks to the Garden Angels, our new 'cuttings' garden is starting to produce beauty for our church! Look for these awesome flowers on the altar this weekend! Can't wait to see what comes up next! Thanks!!! |
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Who Wants a Pew?
Did we ever tell you the New Pews being installed this summer are the Exact Same Design as a different committee had picked out in 1995? We weren’t able to accomplish this dream all those years ago, but we are able to do so today through the generosity of SO many!
Please call the parish office at 815-725-1527 if you’d like one of our existing pews! They will be pulled out the week of May 30. They are available to anyone who lets us know by May 26. Pickup only.
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Starting Saturday, June 4th, the confessions will be heard in the Ministry Center. As in the church, this peaceful and holy time will still be offered at 8:30am Saturday mornings, hosted by our lovely Hospitality Ministers, with
Fr Mark hearing confessions either Face-to-Face or Private.
Come experience the release and joy this precious sacrament offers to us.
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Our Parish Mass & Prayer Intentions ~ |
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MASS
INTENTIONS
Sunday, May 22
8am Dolores Brehn
10am Walter Patula
Bill & Jackie Hickey
Monday, May 23
Catherine Allocco
Tuesday, May 24
The People of St Paul
Wednesday, May 25
8:15am Fr Mark Intentions
9:30am Fr Mark Intentions
Thursday, May 26
Val Rand
Friday, May 27
Joyce Hindman
Saturday, May 28
John & Angela Pubentz
Casimiria Zuchowski
Richard Jachinowski
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Josephine Allegretti
Britney Breseman
Norine Ceplecha
Robert Corcoran
Isaiah Cwik
Steve DeChiara
Bill DeLaurenti
John Finnegan
Mary Beth Gracey
Ken Graham
Monica Hernandez
John Horvatin
Sr. Norma Janssen
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Kenneth Kelch
Beverly Kero
Daniel Kero
Constance Kozikowski
Dr. Dale Layman
Helen Malinowski
Sheila Mellor
Mary Meyer
Joan McClintock
Annette Nigro
Mary Ann Oetter
Darin Peterson
Jeanine Piscotti
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Rebecca Ruggiero
Joann Sulaica
Rebecca Tako
Marilyn Thompson
Alley Varela
Howard Walker Jr.
James Weglewski
Kenneth Welch
Murphy White
Christy Widlak
Adlar Williams
Lois Yakich
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Thank you for your continuous prayers for our parishioners in need of your comfort and concern. God who loves all, hears all.
If there is someone you would like to add to the prayer list, please contact the Parish Office at 815-725-1527 or email parishoffice@stpauljoliet.com
Prayer intentions will remain on the list for 6 weeks. Please call the parish office if the intention needs to be extended. God bless.
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Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord~
We remember in prayer all who have passed before us.
St Paul, pray for us.
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Liturgical Ministry Schedule
Saturday, May 17th & Sunday, May 15th: Fifth Sunday in Easter
(* Lead Hospitality Minister)
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5/21, 4:30 pm
Lector
Dave Lagger
Hospitality
Peter Wilda*
Sr. Odelia Kloc
Nancy Lagger
Ron Paquet
Julia Pultorak
Edward Pultorak
EMHC
Jim Ceplecha
Linda Jenco
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5/22, 8:00 am
Lector
Roberta Lemke
Hospitality
Linda Deiss*
Kristen Ardaugh
Leon Briick
Gail Crobie
Christine Englehart
Marian Heinzel
Ginna Jones
Ron Jones
EMHC
Bill Bayci
Anne Prock
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5/22, 10:00 am
Lector
Dave Skorupa
Hospitality
Sonny Hobbs*
Annette DeLaurenti
Patty Gimbel
Robert Hobbs
Jacque Klika
John Klika
Jay Ormins
Matthew Ormins
EMHC
Patricia Gimbel
Larry Laux
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St. Thomas the Apostle, 1500 Brookdale Road, Naperville, invites you to celebrate the sacrament of the anointing of the sick in the celebration of the Mass in honor of St. Dymphna at 1 pm on Saturday, May 21.
As a Catholic community of faith, we have the holy sacraments to give us strength, nourishment and healing. Anyone, of all ages, can benefit from the sacrament of anointing-as many times as needed! There are no limits to anointing, as we are all in need of healing of various troubling conditions-physical, mental, emotional or spiritual.
St. Dymphna is the patron saint of people living with illnesses in body, mind or spirit. Her mother died when Dymphna was 17. Her father struggled with emotional issues following his wife’s death. These difficulties led to St. Dymphna’s martyrdom. Cures and miracles were attributed to her and as a result highly successful treatment centers are named for her. Please come to celebrate her life and to receive the sacrament of the anointing of the sick. For information please call the main office at 630.355.8980 or contact Susan Kearney at sdkearney@comcast.net.
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