July 23, 2023:
The Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
PARISH NEWSLETTER
The Church of St. Mary :: 201 E. Illinois Lake Forest, IL 60045
Summer Office Hours: 8:30am to 1:00pm Monday - Friday
Phone: (847) 234.0205 :: Email: receptionist@churchofstmary.org
St. Mary’s Church Livestream has moved to YouTube™
 
Go to the Official Church of St. Mary YouTube™ channel to view any and all live-streamed Masses. See the link to our Livestream YouTube channel at the top of our Facebook page.
COR YOUTH MINISTRY
CHURCH SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE: Sunday, July 23, 2023 - Sunday, July 30, 2023

Sunday, July 23, 2023:
+ 8:00 am: PUBLIC MASS
+ 10:00 am:  Livestream & PUBLIC MASS
+ 12:00 pm: PUBLIC MASS

Monday, July 24, 2023:
+ 7:30 am: Livestream & PUBLIC MASS with Rosary & Private Prayer after Mass until 8:30am

Tuesday, July 25, 2023:
+ 7:30 am: Livestream & PUBLIC MASS with Rosary & Private Prayer after Mass until 8:30am
+ 7:00 pm: Summer School of Faith - MPR

Wednesday, July 26, 2023:
+ 7:30 am: Livestream & PUBLIC MASS with Rosary & Private Prayer after Mass until 8:30am
+ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction - Church

Thursday, July 27, 2023:
+ 7:30 am: Livestream & PUBLIC MASS with Rosary & Private Prayer after Mass until 8:30am
+ 4:00 pm: Handbell Choir - CCR

Friday, July 28, 2023:
+ 7:30 am: Livestream & PUBLIC MASS with Rosary & Private Prayer after Mass until 8:30am

Saturday, July 29, 2023:
+ 7:30 am: Livestream & PUBLIC MASS with Rosary & Private Prayer after Mass until 8:30am
+ 8:00 am: Confession - Church
+ 5:00 pm: Livestream & Mass - Church
 
Sunday, July 30, 2023:
+ 8:00 am: PUBLIC MASS
+ 10:00 am:  Livestream & PUBLIC MASS
+ 12:00 pm: PUBLIC MASS
FROM AROUND THE ARCHDIOCESE
VOLUNTEER & ASSISTANCE
To find ways to volunteer within our community and to seek assistance from the parish please click here.




Here is a List of Places You may watch Mass on TV, Radio or Online:

  • Online:
  • Church of St. Mary Livestream can be found on our Facebook Page or in our YouTube Channel. View past celebrated Masses or join us for a current Livestream Mass according to the schedule in this newsletter.


  • TV: EWTN
  • DirecTV Channel 370
  • Dish Network Channel 261
  • Verizon Fios Channel 285
  • XFinity Channel 33, 291, 1668

  • Relevant Radio:  
  • 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT. 
  • These Masses will be broadcast live on your local station, on the Relevant Radio® app, at relevantradio.com, and on my Father Rocky Facebook page so you can tune in from wherever you are. The Mass will be rebroadcast each evening at 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT on your local station.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS
To read the Daily Scripture readings you may go to usccb.org and select "Daily Reading" at the top left menu.

You may also go to "Today's Reading" at http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings
BANNS
III Kristina Modesto and Zac Lucas
II Margaret Allen and Brandon Middlebrook
I Sarah DeAgostino and Peter Fricano
I Megan McCabe and Owen McGrath 

PRAYER FOR THE SICK AND DECEASED
Please remember in your prayers those who are sick, especially:
Victoria Mansfield Campbell
Joan Dolan
Sharon Ebelhardt
Carolyn Cimarrusti  Erickson
Gary Gwizdala
Cynthia Hartsaw
Christian Jenko
Kathy Kane
Terry Thomas Kearns
Suzanna Kocis
Theo Kramer
James Krueger
Ruth Ann Lachenauer
Ken Leitch
Caroline Lyczko
Jim MacNaughton
Carolina Martinez
David Pierce
Peter Rukavina
Mark Russell
This new sick list began on June 4 and will continue through August.

 If you would like to add a family member to the Prayers for the Sick, please call our Parish Office at: (847) 234.0205.
Please remember in your prayers those who have gone to their eternal rest with Our Lord,
especially:

William Crane
(husband of Margaret Crane; father of Helen Van Der Voort and Sarah Crane)

Robert O'Neill
(husband of Brenda O'Neill; father of Edward, Dana (Clinton) Hansen & Robert (Ivana) O'Neill)
MASS INTENTIONS
Mass Intentions will be prayed for during a private or public daily Mass.

Monday, July 24, 2023:
7:30 am: Dirce Carani; Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Kirphisinghe; Special Intention Bella Leone
    
Tuesday, July 25, 2023:
7:30 am: James Swarthout; Tony Cesario; William Crane
  
Wednesday, July 26, 2023:
7:30 am: Peter Kelley Smock; Elyse Geldermann Pesola
               
Thursday, July 27, 2023:
7:30 am: Lou Didier; Peter Gillespie; Nick Calearuls
 
Friday, July 28, 2023:
7:30 am: Stanley Torkoski; Beth Comastro
                  
Saturday, July 29, 2023:
7:30 am: Donna Fitzpatrick; Mercedes Foley; Cynthia Hartsaw
5:00 pm: Donna Mentucci; Anne Leiser; Beth Comastro
  
Sunday, July 30, 2023:
8:00 am: Bob Schumacher Mathes; Deceased Knights of Columbus Council 1268
10:00 am: Carol Fay O’Marro; Richard Allen; Charles Brizzola
Noon: Elizabeth Verkler; Louis Ruffolo; Nancy Jane Verkler
                        
If you would like to request a special Mass Intention, please email our Parish Receptionists at: receptionist@churchofstmary.org and they will kindly assist you!
Sunday Collection----------------------------------------Actual----------------Budgeted------Surplus/(Shortfall)
July 16, 2023 -------------- ---------------------  $29,342----------- ---- $26,000   $3,342 -----------3,342
Total Sunday Collections Fiscal 2024 YTD----- -- $87,658----------------$78,000----------------$9,658

THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY
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Thank you! 
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