FEBRUARY 28, 2021 ST. CLETUS CHURCH 600 W. 55TH ST. LA GRANGE, IL

If God is for us, who can be against us? — ROMANS 8:31B

Amy Guadalupe Abarca Kyle Roch Alpe

Somayra Margaret Anacleto Katherine Gabriella Badrov

Ava Catherine Bailey Isabella Terese Ballarini

Emily Valentine Barrios Gonzalez Brandon Roch Becerra

Brendan Andrew Bergnach Giovanni Vincent Bernardo

Giuseppe Sebastian Bernardo Cathleen Joan Bilotta

Kellin Thomas Bourjaily Daniel Anthony Brantner Alexandra Jeanne Bravo Madelyn Mary Brennan

Leonard Patrick Cannizzaro Samantha Lea Cervantes Stephanie Rose Chesloe Gianna Gwen Corrado Thomas Patrick Curran Connor George Davis

Damian Moses Dawson Aidan Andrew Decker

Biara Jude Diaz Reid Francis Dickman

Danielle Dymphna Dow Lucy Teresa Dreher

Saylor John Episcopo David Patrick Eterno

Gabriel Joseph Feltman Jack John Finnerty

Noah Michael Fitzgerald Javier Timothy Flores

Liliana Martin Fulgencio Ethan Vincent Garcia

Iriana Guadalupe Garcia Giovanni Francis Garcia

Sofia Elizabeth Garcia-Lugo Angel Angel Garcia-Martinez Samantha Genevieve Garza

Jessica Monica Gerig Steven Sebastian Gonzalez

Kasey Jane Gorman Edgar Jose Gutierrez Jack Francis James

Rachel Teresa Kaczor Tabitha Gianna Kelliher Edward John Kennedy

Annie Frances Ketchum Cooper Sebastian Komsthoeft

Mercer Sebastian Krantz Madison Apollonia Kraus Agnes Margaret Kuchta Grace Catherine Lannon

Melina Rose Lopez Anthony Francis Lowe

Nicolas Michael Malave Elaina Catherine Markus Cristina Carlo Martinez

Derek Anthony Martinez Elizabeth Elizabeth Mason Nisha Collette McGahey

Axle Philip Medina Cora Maria Monahan Nayeli Louise Negron

Michael John Nino Brigid Grace Noonan

Gregorio Christopher Olympia Anthony Andrew Pineda Michael Gabriel Pister

Sophia Francis Preussner Madison Teresa Pyrce

Hanna Catherine Radulski Elena Cecilia Hernandez Rahman

Adam Anthony Reiff Matthew Luke Rife

Alyssa Teresa Robinson Brent Philip Rodrigo

Gustavo Sebastian Rosales Sophia Francis Rufa

Diana Francis Santana Emily Catherine Serrato Anthony Joseph Silverio

Keira Agnes Sloan Kelsey Cecilia Smith Marco Nicholas Soria Dylan John Spellman

Briza Sebastian Toledo Erik Joseph Toledo Marco Lucy Toledo Daisy Giselle Torres Abigail Pio Traverso

Julia Josephine Van Wyck Richard Benedict Villasenor Charles Thomas Wangard

Nina Gabriella Wasz Eva Elizabeth Wayteck

Lindsey Catherine Wiemelt Reichen Sebastian Ziemba

Maeve Margaret Zuber Margaret Rita Zuber

2021 CONFIRMANDI

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PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED AND THEIR FAMILIES…

Nancy Davis Wife of Harry Davis

John Jacobs Husband of Maria, Father of Andrew, Brendan, Tommy, Mary, Kevin, and Kathleen

Paul Pilarski

Robert G Rettig Husband of Myrtland, Father of Bob Rettig and Leslie Bruen

May they rest in peace. Amen.

PLEASE REMEMBER OUR SICK IN YOUR PRAYERS:

We always welcome names for the sick. Please note that requests must only be made by the individual or an immediate family member. Names will remain in this prayer list for 3 months.

February - Frank Niwa, Elizabeth O’Malley, Tom Valenti, John Zydek

January - Cather ine Cosgrove, Virginia Klecka

December - Montana Jennings, Judy McLean, Ginny Skibbe, Mary Ann Vokurka, Sandra Eckrich, Marilyn Kornau, Maria Matayka, Kevin Peck, Patricia Rodey, Laura Terrazino, Patrick Wingert

Also pray for our parishioners who are in nursing homes or are homebound unable to attend Mass.

LENT 2021

St. Cletus Parish will host English Stations of the Cross Fridays at 3 p.m. You must pre-register online to attend.

ONLINE SIGN UP REQUIRED FOR IN-PERSON WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

All worship opportunities require that you pre-register. No walk-ins allowed. The sign up links can be found on our website, stcletusparish.com. If you don’t have internet access you can call the parish office for assistance at 708.352.6209.

Recordings of masses are available on the St. Cletus Parish YouTube channel.

Mass Intentions for March 1 - 7, 2021

Day Presider (subject to change)

Time Intentions

March 1 Fr. Gamboa 8:00am St. Cletus Parishioners

March 2 Fr. Gamboa 8:00am Joseph Vieceli, Don J. Massagli

March 3 Fr. Baker 8:00am St. Cletus Parishioners

March 4 Ann Connelly, B.C. Collins, Special Intention

March 5 James Barron, Nan Rettig, Margaret Pirman

March 6 Fr. Baker 5:00pm George Popp, Gene Gaetano, Elaine Rys

March 7

Fr. Gamboa Fr. Baker Fr. Gamboa Fr. Gamboa

7:15am

8:45am

10:30am

12:30pm

Richard Gomez, George Duda, Stacy Baker

Rose Haddad, Frank Treski, Rachel Schopp, Mickey Leicht

St. Cletus Parishioners

St. Cletus Parishioners

Fr. Clark 8:00am

Fr. Clark 8:00am

MASKS REQUIRED PRE-REGISTER

ONLINE SOCIAL

DISTANCE

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Notes from Fr. Bob...

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

Many examples are used to express the relationship of Christ and his people. One particularly powerful example can be used with younger children. A teacher holds aloft a box containing various articles, and tells the classroom that ‘Inside this box is the best thing God ever made’. This should get the attention of the children. Then the teacher teases the class by emptying the box of its cargo: a chocolate bar, a music CD, the logo from the Chicago Bears, and a cell phone. As these are produced the teacher asks if these are the best things God has made. The class is not sure. A child is then invited forward to look into the now empty box, except for a mirror at the base. The class is reminded that in the box is the most beautiful thing God has made. Of course when the child looks inside all he/she sees is her/his reflection. This then is shown to the class, the message being that we are each special, beloved by the Lord, and the best thing he ever made.

Children are usually able to accept this basic fact more easily than their parents. Hopefully they will be young enough not to have been told otherwise too often. Hopefully they have not found themselves too hurt, and therefore tempted to close in on themselves. It is less likely that they will have failed too badly, or lost a relationship, and found themselves feeling worthless inside. By contrast if you were to ask most of us adults to look into the mirror to see a wonderful creation of the Lord, would we readily believe it?

As Jesus begins his public ministry he is comforted by a voice of assurance, a voice of love that tells him he is beloved by his Father. This is a moment of truth, a moment of transfiguration. This gives him the strength he needs to continue a journey that will lead to the cross. In our own lives too, we need to know the love God has for us. We need to be reminded that we have been created by him and chosen in love.

Today the apostles see the glory of our Lord. They want to remain in this beautiful place. It is Peter who speaks up; “let us stay here, I will set up camp”. The impetuous apostle does not realize the significance of the moment. Just as Abraham imagined that the Lord would take his son, Peter imagines that they had already reached the end of their journey. Jesus has been acknowledged as the chosen one of God, not just in their presence, but also in the presence of history, in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. His next ‘transfiguration’ will wait until Gethsemane, the cross and finally the risen glory of Easter morning.

As we continue our pilgrimage through Lent, we look within ourselves for the strength we need to follow the

way of the cross. We need a reminder of God’s love in our moments of doubt. Sometimes we lose the ones we love, sometimes we find ourselves lost, unsure of our next move in life. If our God loves us, why do these things happen to us? There are no easy answers to such questions. Yet we know that God has given us the ultimate gift, he has given his Son that we might be free. Could it be that in facing dark times with God on our side we become more whole? We have a choice, to be alone and embittered, or to walk with him and hear that voice of encouragement, the voice that transfigures, calls us to be more than we are already; the voice that calls us his beloved.

Each of us has the capability of building others up, of showing them the love of Christ by our actions and our lives. Thank God we do not struggle alone. Like Christ we each have moments of transformation along the way of faith that leads us to Easter. Those defining moments may be fleeting, but they point to the Father’s presence with us. They may be an embrace, a wedding day or the birth of a new baby: high-points in our lives, confirming us just as Christ is confirmed in the presence of Moses and Elijah, the Lawgiver and the Prophet.

Yet transformation is more than a moment. For Christ, it is the start of a long journey of endurance towards another hill and a more painful spectacle that leads to our freedom. Peter hopes the moment will last, but as we know such moments never do. Yet our little moments of transfiguration, instances when we are shown love, acceptance, and encouragement by others, are moments when we are given strength to journey on, like Jesus, to the moment of Redemption. They echo the voice of a God who says to each of us, “you are my chosen ones”. Lenten Prayers,

Fr. Bob Pastor

Notes from Fr. Bob...

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FOOD PANTRY - MATCHING GRANT UPDATE

Thank you so much for your outpouring of support! As of this submission, we are currently at $11,895 towards our $25,000 matching grant. Almost halfway there!

Right now your donation is DOUBLED!

All donations go directly to food pantry operations. All donations are tax-deductible.

Online Donations can be made at: https://bit.ly/3dpyrOb

OR you can send a check to: St. Cletus Food Pantry 600 W 55th St. La Grange, IL 60525 (Donations can also be dropped in the Rectory Mail Slot)

Thank you for all of your sustained support in the last year! We could not have made it this far without you!

LENTEN OUTREACH

BETTER MEALS IN MADAGASCAR In Madagascar, half of all children are undernourished. That means 50% of kids won’t grow to reach their full potential. But communities are changing this by focusing on improving health and nutrition. What role has food played in your life? How can you help those who lack access to enough nutritious food. Visit crsricebowl.org to learn more.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OUTREACH

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month - In February 2007, the National Domestic Violence Hotline launched loveisrespect, a National Dating Abuse Helpline to serve as a 24-hour resource for teens experiencing dating violence or relationship abuse. In 2011, The Hotline partnered with Break the Cycle, a national leader in preventing dating violence which enabled loveisrespect to grow into an organization and offer 24-hour text services, chat sessions, and other live help. This February, we celebrate Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM), and loveisrespect has chosen “Know Your Worth” as the 2021 awareness month theme. By helping young adults learn about healthy and unhealthy relationships and how to focus on self-empowerment, we can stop dating abuse before it starts. This theme emphasizes that every young person deserves healthy, positive relationships. ACDVO will participate in TDVAM by dedicating to a 28-day digital campaign sharing facts, tools, resources, and daily inspiration on our social media accounts.

Learn more by following us on Instagram (@dvochicago), Twitter (@dvochicago) and Facebook (@domesticviolenceoutreach).

Social Concerns Ministry

ST. CLETUS FOOD PANTRY THURSDAYS 6-8PM

Most needed at this time: Bread Jelly Tuna Salad Dressing Ketchup

Please look for the FOOD PANTRY DONATION bin near the Rectory door, they will be checked daily.

Follow us on Facebook: @StCletusFoodPantry

Now on Instagram: @St.CletusFoodPantry

If you have questions or would like to volunteer with

the Social Concerns Ministry contact Kendall Grant

(708)215-5418 kgrant@stcletusparish.com

www.domesticviolenceoutreach.org

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DISCOVER ST. CLETUS SCHOOL!

Visit our website to learn about all the great things happening at our school. If you know family or friends who are looking for an excellent educational experience for their child, let them know about St. Cletus School – where every day is a great day to be a Cardinal!

Greg Porod, Principal Christy Schaefer, Asst. Principal 708) 352-4820 | gporod@stcletusparish.com 708) 352-4820 | cschaefer@stcletusparish.com

St. Cletus School

SAVE THE DATE FOR A FUN, VIRTUAL NIGHT CELEBRATING OUR SCHOOL AT THE ST. CLETUS SPRING AUCTION 2021

WHEN: Saturday, April 24th

TIME: 6-10pm

WHERE: Anywhere you like!

Be Ready for Raffles, Live & Silent Auctions, Fun!

PRESIDENT PROJECT MOBILES

The third graders have been presenting their research and mobiles about a chosen President! As they researched their chosen President, the students learned interesting facts about them and what was going on in the world during the time that they served. It’s always so fun to see the mobiles all the kids put together! Way to go 3rd grade.

ASH WEDNESDAY

On Ash Wednesday our students and teachers took part in a virtual prayer service before they headed over to the parish to receive their ashes. As we still cannot gather all together the way we have become so used to, it was such a treat seeing all the students and faculty come through the church!

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A Note from Deacon Stuart and Marlene Heyes

Dear Friends,

Marlene and I write this note with mixed feelings.

We have decided to move to TN and join the IL exodus for several reasons.

Foremost - Marlene’s health is compromised with the severe Winters here and a milder climate is best for us both at our time of life.

Chicago is not the place we loved to visit anymore and likely won’t be in our life-time.

Our daughter, Ruth, and family moved there last year and love it. When we visit-ed recently we experienced why.

We visited last week and found the perfect home in a great Del Webb 55+ com-munity - really great set up and first class amenities.

Nashville area offers so much, it is drawing multitudes from IL NY & CA. Cost, climate, and quality of living!!

So we’ll be leaving IL and all of you in March / April. We’ll really miss you all and the St Cletus community.

Blessings to you all, Stuart & Marlene

St. Cletus Council of Catholic Women

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

As you know the St. Cletus Council of Catholic Women is involved in many areas of outreach in our parish. We offer scholarship opportunities to Catholic school students, donate funds to Religious Education and our day School here at St. Cletus and stay in touch with our members during this difficult time to offer support. In order to continue our efforts we are sponsoring a fund raising event. Here are the details:

When: Saturday, March 6, 2021 | 11:00am to 7:00pm

Where: Highland Queen, 1511 W. 55th St. La Grange, IL 60525 | 708-246-1846

Just order lunch or dinner and mention St. Cletus CCW at checkout. We will receive 10% of all proceeds that day when we are mentioned. No need for a flyer just visit and tell them you want to credit our organization. You can call ahead to order and the menu is on their website at www.thehighlandqueen.com

We appreciate your support and they are staying open that day until 7:00 to accommodate any orders after 5:00 pm Mass. We appreciate your help as we continue to support our parish needs whenever they occur.

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Ministry News

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

God’s Love Poured Out

In this month of Love, we had many opportunities to see God’s love in action in Religious Education! Many of our families celebrated the World Day of the Sick by taking the time to pray for someone who is sick or elderly, and many took it as an opportunity to do an act of service for someone who is suffering from cancer, Covid, or another chronic illness.

Many of our families are heeding the call for almsgiving during Lent by doing random acts of kindness and serving others through agencies such as BEDS plus, or our local food pantry.

This weekend, we saw God’s love and spirit abound at our Confirmation celebration, where 102 teens and adults were confirmed by Fr. Bob Clark, our Pastor. In this year of the ongoing pandemic, the local Pastors were delegated to confirm the Confirmandi. It was a Spirit-filled and moving celebration for the Confirmandi, Sponsors, Parents and Catechists. We are very proud of our young adults who celebrated this Sacramental moment, and welcome them to embrace new roles in our Church as they look to join different liturgical ministries.

WORD OF LIFE

“The essence of our identity is that we are created in God's image and likeness and loved by Him. Nothing can diminish the priceless worth of any human life. Every person is cherished.”

USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities Respect Life Reflection: Cherished, Chosen,

Sent usccb.org/cherished-chosen-sent-reflection

BOOK DISCUSSION

Once a year the discussion group chooses a “classic” to discuss. This year’s choice is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. We will meet via Zoom on April 13 at 7 PM.

For those who like to look ahead: June 8, 2021: Saints for All Occasions by J Courtney Sullivan

Questions – call Denise at 708.712.8294

40 DAYS FOR LIFE: FEBRUARY 17 – MARCH 28

You can protect mothers and children by joining this worldwide mobilization to pray and fast for an end to abortion! Through prayer and fasting, peaceful vigils and community outreach, 40 Days for Life has inspired 1,000,000 volunteers! With God’s help, much good has been accomplished in the effort to protect the lives of the unborn.

The local 40 Days for Life Vigil in our community this Lent will take place at Access Health Center (in the public right-of-way), 1700 75th St, Downers Grove. Vigil hours: 7AM to 7PM daily. To learn more, contact Caron at 40daysdg@gmail.com. To sign up for prayer times go to http://www.40daysforlife.com/downersgrove.

COMPASSIONATE CARE MINISTRY

The Compassionate Care Ministry is again badly in need of postage stamps for its notes of sympathy and support during the first year following the loss of a loved one. Each bereaved family receives six cards during that year. This means that if there are ten funerals during a period of one month, 50 stamps are needed in that month alone. Your generous donations have meant so much in the past and we are very grateful. If you are able to contribute to this worthwhile ministry in this way, it will be very much appreciated. Simply place them in an envelope marked CCM and put them through the slot in the rectory door—or drop them in one of the collection baskets located at each exit in the church building.

BULLETIN ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS

Please note that all Canticle articles are to be emailed to canticle@stcletusparish.com as text with pictures attached separately. All articles are due 5p.m. Friday a full week (9 days) before Sunday’s publication.

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Sunday Notes

HISTORY OF SALVATION

The first reading today continues the “history of salvation” narrative that we hear throughout Lent this year. Today’s story was among the best-loved in the Jewish tradition (surely Joseph told the story to young Jesus as he formed him in the ways of their faith); the early fathers of the Church were very fond of it as a means of explaining the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. The overall tone of the first reading, psalm, and second reading seems a little incongruous with the dazzling Gospel, until we remember that the Transfiguration was placed as the Gospel for this Sunday precisely to remind us of the glory that awaits those who live faithfully and obediently to the will of God. In the life of Jesus, it is a preview of the glory of his resurrection; for us it is a glimpse of the destiny of those who continue, as we heard in last week’s Gospel, to repent and believe in the Good News. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — The sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith (Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18). Psalm — I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living (Psalm 116). Second Reading — If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31b-34). Gospel — Jesus was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white (Mark 9:2-10). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

THE ART OF LISTENING

If you want God to listen to you when you pray, shouldn’t you listen to God when God speaks to you? —Anonymous

A NEW IDEA

Everybody thinks of changing humanity; nobody thinks of changing themselves. —Leo Tolstoy

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Dn 9:4b-10; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Lk 6:36-38 Tuesday: Is 1:10, 16-20; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Mt 23:1-12 Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5-6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-28 Thursday: Jer 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 16:19-31 Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a; Ps 105:16-21; Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 103:1-4, 9-12; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Sunday: Ex 20:1-17 [1-3, 7-8, 12-17]; Ps 19:8-11; 1 Cor 1:22-25; Jn 2:13-25 Alternate readings (Year A): Ex 17:3-7; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Second Sunday of Lent; Penitential Rite for Candidates for Full Communion Wednesday: St. Katharine Drexel Thursday: St. Casimir Friday: First Friday; World Day of Prayer; Abstinence Saturday: First Saturday

FEAST OF FAITH

The Opening Prayer

At the conclusion of the Introductory Rites of the Mass, the presider says or chants the words “Let us pray,” followed by the Opening Prayer. This prayer is also called a “collect” because it gathers or “collects” the prayers of the entire assembly into one. The Roman collects that we pray in our liturgy—noted for the brevity, clarity, and conciseness of the Latin originals—date from a variety of periods. Some are quite new; others reach back more than a thousand years. They are truly treasures of our tradition.

The Opening Prayer can be divided into four main parts: 1) the invitation, or “Let us pray”; 2) the silence that follows, during which each member of the assembly lifts up before God his or her own prayers; 3) the collect itself, spoken or sung by the priest; 4) and finally the Amen, by which the assembly says, “yes,” “may it be so,” making the prayer their own.

The collect itself almost always follows the same pattern. It begins with an invocation to God. A petition follows, usually very general. We ask for health, strength, wisdom, grace, forgiveness, faith, awareness. Every collect concludes by offering the prayer to God through Jesus Christ. With the Amen of the assembly, the Introductory Rites of the Mass come to an end. —Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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ENROLL IN ELECTRONIC GIVING

Do you want to transition away from writing checks and contribute electronically? It is SO EASY!

Visit the St. Cletus Parish website at stcletusparish.com and click the “DONATE” BUTTON (pictured to the right). Click Sunday donations. We accept checks (ACH), debit and credit cards.

If you have questions or need help, call Mary Zwolinski 708.352.6209

Tax Statement by Request Only

Stewardship Report

As tax time approaches, we ask everyone who would like a year-end statement of their Year 2020 financial offering to the parish to fill out the form below and drop it in the collection basket after Mass, or simply call the Parish Office at (708) 352-6209 and leave a message. Please include your name, phone and envelope # or address in your message. You may also email bkallal@stcletusparish.com and submit your request electronically. Rather than mail statements to everyone in the parish, it seems more prudent and conservative to only mail them to those who need them for tax returns. Of course, your statement is available anytime a need for it may arise. Thank you.

Name _________________________________________________________ Phone # ________________________________

Address __________________________________________________________________ Envelope # ___________________

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PARISH MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS Mission Statement

St. Cletus is a dynamic Catholic community dedicated to spreading the Good news of Jesus Christ through worship, education, and service.

Vision Statement

We welcome all. We encourage all parishioners to live the Gospel message of Jesus Christ in their daily lives, by sharing their talents and faith with our parish and community.

CONTACT US Parish Center ................................................. (708) 352-6209 Español ......................................................... (708) 215-5440 School ........................................................... (708) 352-4820 www.stcletusparish.com ................................... stcletuschurch

PARISH CENTER OFFICE HOURS

Please note that all deliveries and inquiries should be made to the parish center office. Food pantry will remain in the rectory.

Monday-Friday .................................. 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday .................................................. Closed

MASSES Saturday Evening ................................................... 5:00 p.m.

Sunday ............................... 7:15 a.m., 8:45 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. ( )

Weekdays ........................................ Mon. thru Fri. 8:00 a.m. We continue to offer daily Mass online and our 5pm Vigil Mass is livestreamed each Saturday. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and click the bell icon to be notified of the latest videos. You can also find the link on our website and Facebook page.

CONFESSIONS

Confessions First Saturday of the Month 9:00 to 9:45 a.m. Must call parish offices to schedule a reservation.

BAPTISMS

Parents must be registered parishioners. Please make arrangements by calling Bobbie Kallal at (708) 352-6209.

WEDDINGS

Dates and times are reserved for registered parishioners. Initial arrangements must be completed five months in advance of the wedding date. Contact Bobbie Kallal (708) 352-6209.

HOME/HOSPITAL VISITATION AND COMMUNION CALLS

Please contact the Ministry of Care Office ........... (708) 215-5407

ST. CLETUS SCHOOL BOARD Pastor ......................................................... Fr. Bob Clark Chairperson .................................................... Bob Wasik

Bob Malham Kevin Hogan Mike Napleton

FSA President ..................................... Rhonda Aumann Athletic Association ........................................ Tina Pryor

St. Cletus Parish Information STAFF

Rev. Robert Clark, Pastor Rev. Kenneth Baker, Associate Pastor Rev. Lorenzo Gamboa Cadena, Associate Pastor Rev. Mr. Stuart & Marlene Heyes, Deacon Couple

Fr. Baker/Paulette Bolton, W orship .... (708) 215-5422 Karen Ziemba, Music Ministry ........... (708) 215-5423 Kendall Grant, Social Concerns .......... (708) 215-5418 Deacon Stuart Heyes, Pastoral Care .. (708) 215-5407 Debbie Lestarczyk, Business Manager (708) 215-5405 Christopher Wagner, Technology ....... (708) 215-5420

................ (708) 215-5440 Fr. Lorenzo Gamboa Cadena, Head of Hispanic Ministry

..................................... (708) 352-4820 Gregory Porod, Principal Christy Schaefer, Assistant Principal Mary Lee Krieger, Administrative Assistant Jeannie Scalzitti, Receptionist/Office Assistant

.......... (708) 352-2383 Barb Campbell, Director of Religious Education Paulette Bolton, Director of Adult Faith Formation and Assistant Director of Worship

......................... (708) 352-6209 Bobbie Kallal, Human Resources/Records Mary Zwolinski, Parish Accounting Elizabeth Goellner-McLean, Bulletin Editor Kadie Lestarczyk, Parish Assistant Daria Sawicki, Parish Assistant

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