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ST. WILLIAM PARISH 2600 N. Sayre Avenue, Chicago, IL 60707 Phone: 773-637-6565 Fax: 773-637-7042 saintwilliamparish.org RECTORY HOURS Monday 9:00am - 3:00pm Tuesday 1:00pm - 3:00pm Wednesday 9:00am - 3:00pm Thursday Closed Friday 9:00am - 3:00pm Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon EVENING HOURS: Mon., Tues., Wed. & Fri. 6:00pm - 8:00pm. PASTOR Rev. Robert Łojek ext: 102 ASSOCIATE PASTOR Rev. Jarek Maciejewski ext: 114 DEACONS Ed Simola John Ponce De León ALBERTINE SISTERS Sr. Anna Kozioł Sr. Hiacynta Gronka BUSINESS MANAGER Miss Monika Wawrzyniak ext: 103 SECRETARY ext: 0 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Julie Gorski 630-697-7294 ST. WILLIAM SCHOOL stwilliamschool.org Phone: 773-637-5130 Fax: 773-745-4208 SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Peggy Forgione BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS: Due Friday, by noon, two weeks prior to publication.

March 5th , 2017

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SUNDAY- MARCH 5 - 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT 7:30AM † Frances Penda Forlano 9:00AM † Peter Totaro-Birth Remembrance † Charles Enblom II 10:30AM -MASS IN POLISH † Monika Szczepanik - Ogórek † Walentyna Skokowska W intencji Księży i Sióstr pracujących w parafii św. Williama 12:00PM † Valentino Sisters † Vito & Maria Depinto & Domenica Defano 2:00PM -MASS IN POLISH † Anna Sadowy - Rolka † Józef Koszut & Zofia Modła † Jessica Grabowski O dobre przygotowanie do I Komunii Świętej i Boże błogosławieństwo dla całej rodziny O zdrowie dla Józefa i Ewy Nowak z Synem Marcinem MONDAY - MARCH 6 - LENTEN WEEKDAY. 8:15AM TUESDAY - MARCH 7 - LENTEN WEEKDAY. ST.PERPETUA & FELICITY. 8:15AM † Margaret Dyja † Luis Alaba WEDNESDAY - MARCH 8 - LENTEN WEEKDAY. ST. JOHN OF GOD. 8:15AM † Maria & Piotr Nosek & Family 7:00PM -MASS IN POLISH

† Janina Gwóźdź THURSDAY - MARCH 9 -LENTEN WEEKDAY. ST. FRANCES OF ROME. 8:15AM Aleksandra Reszke-Birthday Blessing 12:00PM † Gloria Memoni FRIDAY - MARCH 10 - LENTEN WEEKDAY. 8:15AM For the Priests & Sisters working at St.William Parish 7:00PM - MASS IN POLISH Józef & Anna Mantonik z rodziną SATURDAY- MARCH 11 - LENTEN WEEKDAY. 8:15AM John & Bernandine Janicek Family † Nancy Lee-Salerno † Leo Nuzzo 4:30PM † Chick Ricchio-Birthday Remembrance † Lorraine Watschke † Helen Cloud -4th Death Anniversary An Honor of St. Joseph Donna Dean

WEEK AT GLANCE SUNDAY - MARCH 5

7:30am-1:00pm Raising The Roof -Coffee - Church

1:00pm-3:00pm Youth Group- RM 209

5:00pm-9:00pm Raising The Roof - LH

MONDAY- MARCH 6

10:00am-2:00pm Seniors Group -LH

TUESDAY - MARCH 7

6:30pm-8:30pm Coin Club -RM 315 & 316

7:00pm-8:30pm RCIA - School Library

7:00pm-8:00pm St. William Choir -Church

WEDNESDAY - MARCH 8

7:00pm-8:30pm Confirmation prep. - School Library

7:30pm-9:00pm Baptism Preparation Class - RH

THURSDAY - MARCH 9

7:00pm-8:00pm Girl Scouts-Rm 315 & 316

7:00pm -8:00pm Bible Study (in English)-RH

FRIDAY - MARCH 10

8:15am-9:15am School Mass -Church

5:00pm-11:59pm St. Rocco Society - LH

(St. Joseph sweet table dinner-set-up)

7:30pm-8:30pm Bible Study )in Polish)- RH

SATURDAY - MARCH 11

4:00pm-12:00am St. Rocco Society - LH

(St. Joseph sweet table and pasta dinner)

9:00am-3:00pm Polish School-Rm 300, 301, 302, 303, 304,

3:00pm-4:30pm Cub Scouts-Rm 315

3:00pm-4:30pm Cub Scouts-Rm 316

Please stop by the rectory to fill out a Facility Scheduling Form to reserve a room or a Cancellation/Change Form if you meeting is no longer

happening. Room reservations may not be honored if form is not turned in at least 1 week in advance. Please see bulletin for early cut-off dates.

ATTENTION SENIORS! St. William Seniors will meet on Monday, March 6th in Liebrich Hall. Meeting begins at 10 am.

There will be coffee and rolls, bingo and other games. All seniors 55 and up are welcome.

PPC

THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

MEETING ON MARCH 13 AT 7PM IN THE RECTORY HALL.

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PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OUR SICK

PARISHIONERS, FAMILY MEMBERS,

FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES.

Please call the parish office if you would like to add a Parishioner`s name to the sick list. You must be a

member of the immediate family.

Leila Bandy Marilyn Berry Amanda Bert Norma Bode Joe & Rose Cernick Pamela Fasel Caleb Fisher Virginia Goggin Maria Hinojosa Natalina Kass

Carol Marsh Elzbieta Mital Dana Oades Phil Parker Dolores Piccoli Donald Posen Donna Ricchio Jinger Rush Mary Targosz Paul Trucksa Rosa Maria Santos

The financial information for Sunday, was unavailable at

the time of this bulletin.

It will be reflected in the next available bulletin.

WELCOME

A warm welcome to all who celebrate with us, whether visitors, long-time parishioners, or newly arrived in the

parish. If you are not registered at St. William, or are registered and need to make changes, please fill out the

form below and place it in the collection basket or mail it to the parish office.

(If you are a new parishioner, you will be contacted for additional information.)

NAME:___________________________________________________________ PHONE:______________________

ADDRESS:________________________________________________________ CITY/ZIP:_____________________

( ) New Parishioner ( ) New Address ( ) New Phone Number ( ) Moving, please remove from parish

Do you want donation envelopes (yes) / (no)

DROGA KRZYŻOWA: Piątek – 7:00pm.Msza Święta,

po Mszy Droga Krzyżowa

godz.7:30pm

STATIONS OF THE CROSS: English : 6:00pm

(on all Fridays of Lent)

School Stations of the Cross:

every Friday at 2:30pm

ENBLON FAMILY & OCZKOWSKI FAMILY

¡¡¡Separe las fechas!!!

Primera misa en español en la Parroquia San Williams

Invitamos a la feligresía hispana a la primera misa en español en la parroquia San Williams, localizada en el 2622 N. Sayre en Chicago. Esta se llevará a cabo el domingo 5 de marzo, 2017 y continuará celebrándose una vez al mes hasta el 8 de julio, 2017. A partir del domingo 16 de julio, la misa se celebrará todos los domingos a las 7:00 pm durante el verano, y a las 5:00 pm durante el in-vierno. Le pedimos por favor que nos acompañe para así formar una comunidad católica hispana unidos en el amor a Nuestro Padre Celestial y en la oración comunitaria.

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MARCH - MONTH OF ST. JOSEPH The month of March is dedicated to St. Joseph. We don't know much about him except what is mentioned in the Gospels. Joseph was the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster-father of Jesus. Holy Scripture proclaims him as a "just man," and the Church has turned to Joseph for his patronage and protection. Pope Leo XIII in his encyclical Quamquam Pluries (On the De-votion to St. Joseph) in 1889 explains why we place so much trust in this saint: "Thus in giving Jo-seph the Blessed Virgin as spouse, God appointed him to be not only her life's companion, the witness of her maidenhood, the protector of her honor, but also, by virtue of the conjugal tie, a participator in her sublime dignity. And Joseph shines among all mankind by the most august dig-nity, since by divine will, he was the guardian of the Son of God and reputed as His father among men. Hence it came about that the Word of God was humbly subject to Joseph, that He obeyed him, and that He rendered to him all those offices that children are bound to render to their par-ents. From this two-fold dignity flowed the obligation which nature lays upon the head of families, so that Joseph became the guardian, the administrator, and the legal defender of the divine house whose chief he was. And dur-ing the whole course of his life he fulfilled those charges and those duties. ...It is, then, natural and worthy that as the Blessed Joseph ministered to all the needs of the family at Nazareth and girt it about with his protection, he should now cover with the cloak of his heavenly patronage and defend the Church of Jesus Christ." One hundred years later John Paul II echoes his prede-cessor in his 1989 Apostolic Exhortation Redemptoris Custos (Guardian of the Redemeemer), hoping "that all may grow in de-votion to the Patron of the Universal Church and in love for the Savior whom he served in such an exemplary manner ... In this way the whole Christian people not only will turn to St. Joseph with greater fervor and invoke his patronage with trust, but also will always keep before their eyes his humble, mature way of serving and of "taking part" in the plan of salvation." St. Joseph is invoked as patron for many causes. He is the patron of the Universal Church. He is the patron of the dying because Jesus and Mary were at his death-bed. He is also the patron of fathers, of carpenters, and of social justice. Many religious orders and com-munities are placed under his patronage. ST. JOSEPH MODEL OF FATHERS In the litany of St. Joseph, we say, “St. Joseph, Head of the Holy Family, pray for us.” There is more hidden behind this invocation than meets the eye. We know, of course, that Mary is the Virgin Mother of Jesus Christ. We know that the Savior was not conceived of a human father. Yet the Church has never tired insisting on the fatherhood of St. Joseph in the Holy Family. It is crucially important to un-derstand that there are two levels to fatherhood. There is the physical level of providing for the concep-tion of a human body. In this sense, Christ did not have a human father. But a father is not only to co-operate with his wife in generating a child. He is also to cooperate with her in rearing the offspring which his spouse brings into the world. From all eternity, Joseph was destined to be the spouse of the Blessed Virgin. They were truly married. Joseph was Mary’s husband, and she was his wife. Marriage is the most intimate of all unions between two human beings. It imparts a community of gifts between those joined together in matrimony. Consequently, in giving Joseph the Blessed Virgin as his spouse, God appointed him to be not only her life’s companion, but also the witness of her virginity, the protec-tor of her honor. No, by reason of his conjugal tie to Mary, he participated in her sublime dignity. We cannot exaggerate the importance of seeing St. Joseph as the true spouse of Mary. Under God, he was to share in her unique role as Mother of the Word made flesh who dwelt among us. St. Luke tells us that, on returning to Naz-areth after Mary and Joseph found the young Christ in the temple, “Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and grace before God and men (Luke 2:52)”. What are we being told? We are being told that the Christ child constantly manifested greater wisdom as he grew in age. In God’s mysterious providence, both Mary and Joseph contributed to this manifestation of greater wisdom in Jesus.

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Tabernacle lights

KATIA & CASEY PIETRZYK

100TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK The Anniversary Book will be available in spring 2017, so we encourage parishioners to pre-purchase books at the $35 price; Orders placed in 2017 will be at the higher price of $45.We are also in the final months of compiling the contents of the book and welcome any photos, stories, archives, etc. of your heritage with St. William Parish and School. If you have anything to contribute, please do so by January 6th; you can e-mail information to gfidanzia@gmail.com or drop off the information to the rectory

2016 Contribution Statements 2016 Church Contribution Statements will be prepared for

Parishioners upon request. To request a year-end statement, please call the Parish Office.

You will need to supply your name, mailing address and envelope number.

SAVE THE DATES!

The return of “Raising the Roof “, the annual festival of food, fun, music and prizes returns to Liebrich Hall April 21-22. The Harlem Nights Players present their new comedy “It`s Game 7,Charlie Brown & Other Alternative Facts” with St. William alumnus Brendan Gardiner opening the show with his stand up comedy. A pasta dinner will be included with your ticket. More attractions will be added. Tickets go on sale March 5 at the “Raising the Roof” Coffee in church.

ST.ROCCO DI POTENZA SOCIETY HOSTS A FUNDRAISER FOR ST.WILLIAM PARISH

Pasta Dinner With a Saint Joseph Sweet and Fruit table Dinner includes: pasta, meatballs, roasted chicken, potatoes, eggplant parmigano, bread and butter, coffee and sweet table, beverages available

for purchase.

SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2017

DOORS OPEN AFTER

THE 4:30PM MASS.

$25.00 DONATION TICKET

(CHILDREN 6 UND UNDER FREE)

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TICKETS CONTACT:

VINCENZO 847-721-8124 OR

JOSEPHINE 847-823-8984

ST. JOSEPH IN POPULAR DEVOTION St. Joseph plays a prominent

part in popular devotion:

in numerous popular traditions;

the custom of reserving Wednes-

days for devotion to St. Joseph

— popular at least since the end

of the seventeenth century —

has generated several pious

exercises including that of

the Seven Wednesdays; in the

pious aspirations made by the

faithful; in prayers such as that

of Pope Leo XIII,

Ad te, Beate Ioseph, which is daily recited by the faithful;

in the Litany of St. Joseph, approved by St. Pope Pius X;

and in the recitation of the Chaplet of St. Joseph,

recollecting the Seven agonies and seven joys of

St. Joseph.That the solemnity of St. Joseph falls in Lent,

when the Church concentrates her attention on prepara-

tion for Baptism and the memorial of the Lord's Passion,

inevitably gives rise to an attempt to harmonize the Liturgy

and popular piety. Hence, the traditional practices of

a "month of St. Joseph" should be synchronized with the

liturgical Year. Indeed, the liturgical renewal movement

attempted to instill among the faithful a realization of the

importance of the meaning of Lent.

JOIN US FOR THE BIBLE STUDY!

Bible Study has already started at St. William Parish! We usu-

ally meet on 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. Our next

Bible Study will be on Thursday, March 9th at 7:00 p.m. in

the Rectory Hall. We will study

the upcoming Sunday readings.

RAISING THE ROOF COFFEE & SWEETS SUNDAY

Celebrate the coming of St. William's annual weekend of food, prizes, comedy and special guests by enjoying free breakfast in the brides room in church today, Sunday March 5 from 8 am -1 pm. We have tickets to Raising The Roof available for $10 which includes a free pasta dinner. You'll also meet some Chicago celebrities, have a chance to win some great prizes and see a new comedy by The Harlem Nights Players: "It's Game 7, Charlie Brown & Other Alternative Facts" And you will meet members of the Raising The Roof team as they speak briefly from the pulpit this weekend. Have some coffee and get your tickets today! Raising The Roof happens April 21-22 in Liebrich Hall.

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MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 11 & 12

DRUGA SOBOTA MARCA Arcybractwo Straży Honorowej Najświętszych Serc Jezusa i Maryi zaprasza na nabożeństwo wynagradzające za grzechy osobiste, nasze, naszych Rodzin , Polonii i narodu polskiego Ojczyzny Polski. Czuwanie rozpoczyna się o godzinie 7:00 wieczorem. W programie czuwania jest wspólna i prywatna modlitwa, spowiedź święta, różaniec i koronka do Bożego Miłosierdzia. Czuwanie kończy się mszą świętą o godz.9:15pm.

INTENCJE ŻYWEGO RÓŻAŃCA NA MARZEC: Intencja ewangelizacyjna:

Aby wsparcia Kościoła przez modlitwę i w postaci pomocy materialnej.

Zapraszamy na rozważanie Słowa Bożego w języku

polskim. Spotkanie odbędzie się w dniu

10 & 24 marca o godzinie 7:30pm

na plebanii. Zapraszamy !

4:30pm 7:30am 9:00am 10:30am 12:00pm 2:00pm

Priest Fr. Robert Fr. Mike Fr. Mike Fr. Jan Fr. Jarek Fr. Jan

Deacon E. Simola J. Ponce de Leon

Lectors L.Steppan M.T. Oliver M. Walsh Y. Richard

Eucharistic Ministers

Priest P. O`Donnell Ch. Burke

Priest P. Peraino G. Fidanzia

E. Simola M. Walsh B. Gawlinski

J. Ponce de Leon D. Storto B. Hosek

Altar Servers

A. Steppan R. Konrath J. Gomez R. Cornejo J. Santos

S. Munoz T. Vaccaro D. Tabarez

A. Burgos L. Ruiz A. Perez A. Valdivia S. Cotto

J. Pawlikowski D. Gal D. Gal

K. Fernandez D. Jackson A. Kostrzeski A. Kostrzeski

K. Landowski B. Landowski B. Woźny

KURS PRZEDMAŁŻEŃSKI W JĘZYKU POLSKIM

Zapraszamy na kolejny kurs przedmałżeński w języku polskim przy parafii Św.

Williama. Kurs ten odbędzie się 12 marca. Rozpoczyna się Mszą

Świętą o godzinie 2pm. Po Mszy Świętej jest spotkanie na plebanii. Liczba miejsc jest ograniczona Po więcej

informacji prosimy dzwonić pod numer

2016 Oświadczenia o

składkach 2016 Oświadczenia o

składkach na kościół zostaną przygotowane wyłącznie na

życzenie parafian .Aby otrzymać oświadczenie prosimy o kontakt z biurem

parafialnym. Należy podać nazwisko i numer koperty.

Jesienią pewna rodzina z kręgu Domowego Kościoła zaprowadziła swego syna na rekolekcje jezuickie dla czterolatków. Zapewne wielu podałoby w wątpliwość logikę podobnego działania...Rzeczywiście dziecko w tym wieku nie zawiąże jeszcze samodzielnie butów, nie przeczyta książki, nie policzy do stu ale te rekolekcje przyniosły niesamowite owoce. Oto jeden z przykładów. Od wspomnianych rekolekcji minęło kilka tygodni. Rodzice niemal zapomnieli, że ich syn w ogóle w nich uczestniczył. Pewnego dnia pojechali całą rodziną do dziadków. Babcia przygotowała uroczysty obiad, który wszyscy zjedli z ogromną przyjemnością. Po skończonym posiłku dziadek rozsiadł się na kanapie. Najedzony i zadowolony z czułym uśmiechem spoglądał na żonę, która tymczasem zawiązała fartuszek i zabrała się do sprzątania. -Dziadku...- zaczął wspomniany czterolatek, usadawiając się obok protoplasty rodu.-Powinieneś pomóc babci. Ona to wszystko ugotowała. Tatuś zawsze sprząta jak mama gotuje. Dziadek, któremu od pół wieku nikt nie zwrócił uwagi na ten prosty fakt, wyglądał na zdziwionego. -Bo wiesz dziadku- kontynuował wnuczek-jak będziesz myślał tylko o sobie, to w końcu wpadniesz w ciemny dołek własnego egoizmu. Nie będzie ci tam dobrze, a i Panu Jezusowi to się bardzo nie podoba. Zszokowane spojrzenia wszystkich domowników momentalnie powędrowały w stronę malca. Nie uszło to jego uwagi. -No co!?-zawołał oburzony.-Tak mówił ksiądz na rekolekcjach Dziadek nie odezwał się ani słowem, tylko wstał, podszedł do małżonki i wyjął z jej rąk brudne talerze. Nie skreślajmy najmłodszych z list chętnych do odbywania rekolekcji. Nigdy nie

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Świeta Rita była żoną, wdową ( zamordowano jej męża), matką ( straciła dwóch synów),

osobą samotną, w końcu - zakonnicą. Jak nikt poznał wszystkie problemy trapiące ludzi, a zwłaszcza te,

które dotykają rodzin. Dlatego od czasu wyniesienia do chwały świetych cieszy się wielką popularnością jako

patronka rodzin, spraw trudnych, spraw beznadziejnych, patronka małżeństw, które przeżywaja

różnego rodzaju problemy. Serdecznie zapraszamy wszystkich czcicieli Świętej Rity i nie tylko, zapraszamy

całą Polonie na specjalną msze świętą i nabożeństwo przez jej wstawiennictwo 18 marzec 2017 roku

o godzinie 7 mej wieczorem do parafii Świętego Williama.

POZNAJ NIEZWYKŁĄ ŚWIĘTĄ

ZAPRASZAMY CZŁONKÓW RADY PARAFIALNEJ NA OBOWIĄZKOWE SPOTKANIE RADY PARAFIALNEJ,

KTÓRE ODBĘDZIE SIĘ W DNIU 13 MARCA O GODZINIE 7 PM. W RECTORY HALL

6 MARCA- CASIMIR PULASKI DAY Kim właściwie był Kazimierz Pulaski? Z okazji zbliżającego się święta, warto po krótce przybliżyć sylwetkę Polaka docenionego przez Amerykanów. Kazimierz Pulaski urodził się w 1745 roku w Warszawie. Był jednym z przywódców konfederacji barskiej, czyli zbrojnego związku szlachty polskiej mającego bronić niepodległości Rzeczypospolitej i wiary katolickiej,

skierowanego przeciwko Imperium Rosyjskiemu i królowi Stanisławowi Augustowi Poniatowskiemu. Po upadku konfederacji został skazany na śmierć za próbę królobójstwa i musiał uciekać z kraju. Po kilku latach tułaczki trafił w końcu do Ameryki Pół-nocnej, gdzie od 1777 walczył w wojnie o niepodległość Stanów Zjednoczonych. W trakcie walk uratował życie samego Jerzego Waszyngtona, pierwszego prezydenta Stanów Zjednoczonych, za co awansował do rangi generała brygady amerykańskiej kawalerii. Zmarł w wyniku ran zdobytych podczas bitwy pod Savannah (Georgia). Szczątki generała zostały wydobyte podczas badań archeologicznych w 1996r. a uroczysty pogrzeb odbył się w 2005 r.