February 17, 2013

First Sunday of Lent

St. Ann Parish ESTABLISHED 1913

3010 Ridge Road, Lansing, IL 60438 708-895-6700

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February 17, 2013

St. Ann Parish Directory

Reverend William McFarlane, Pastor www.saintanncatholicparish.com

St. Ann Parish Mission Statement We are called by a loving God

to make St. Ann of Lansing a Catholic community of faith. We are a family of diverse people with various ministries: healing the body and spirit, teaching of God and His love,

united in sacraments and prayer, reaching out to the extended community. With God’s revelation of Himself in Scripture as our guide,

we strive to grow in His Spirit and to fulfill the promise of Christ’s Kingdom.

Finance Committee Richard A. Baltrus Robert Dabrowski, Chairperson Daniel C. Jedrysiak Dorothy L. Komlanc Matthew P. Martinez Kathleen J. Schroeder

Masses Monday-Thursday: 7:45 a.m. Friday Communion Service: 7:45 a.m. First Friday Mass: 7:45 a.m. Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Confessions: 3:00 p.m. Saturday

Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday: 8:30-Noon & 1:00-5:00 p.m. Closed every day from Noon to 1:00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday: Closed

Contact Information Parish Office: 708-895-6700 Parish Office Fax: 708-895-6877 School Office: 708-895-1661 Religious Ed. Office: 708-895-5970 St. Vincent DePaul: 708-745-4760 Fr. Bill’s email: frbillmcfarlane@aol.com Parish email: stannch@comcast.net Bulletin email: bullstannch@aol.com School Website: www.saintannschool.com Parish Website: www.saintanncatholicparish.com

Liturgy Committee Barb Antoskiewicz, Religious Education, RCIA/RCIY Debbie Bona, Lectors Brian Kozlowski, Music Ministry & Liturgy Kevan Polanski & Erin Meegan Polanski, Altar Servers Rita Pritchett, Art & Environment Don Schiller, Ushers Ed Sochacki, Eucharistic Ministers Gerrie Szewczyk, Sacristans

Pastoral Staff Barb Antoskiewicz, Pastoral Associate/DRE Brian Kozlowski, Director of Music & Liturgy Sandy Farmer, Parish Business Manager Debbie Bona, Ministry Coordinator Jennifer Gray, Bulletin Editor Jeanette Funchion, Parish Office Secretary Georgette Olson, Religious Education Secretary Donna Lamoureux, Principal Chris Hutter, School Secretary Janice Summerrise, School Administrative Assistant

Pastoral Council Barb Antoskiewicz Maria Cabrera Wade Cooper Brian Farlow Jane Farlow Michael Kabala Ken Kot Anita Lang Dominic Podsiadlik Erin Meegan Polanski Aloysius Okonkwo Tim Studer For Ministry of Care to the homebound or hospitalized,

please call the Parish Office.

Bulletin articles are due 10 days in advance of the Sunday you would like them to run. During holidays, deadlines are accelerated. To add items to the calendar or to sched-ule the Narthex or other meeting spaces, forms must be filled out in the Parish Office.

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Monday, February 18 7:45 a.m. Mass † Margaret O’Hare Tuesday, February 19 7:45 a.m. Mass † Mack Foreman Wednesday, February 20 7:45 a.m. Communion Service 9:00 a.m. Mass † Joe Lauer Thursday, February 21 (St. Peter Damian) 7:45 a.m. Mass † Joseph & Florence Zmija Friday, February 22 (The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle) 7:45 a.m. Communion Service † People of the Parish Saturday, February 23 (St. Polycarp) 4:00 p.m. Mass

† George Olson † Thomas Frain † Walter & Frances Nowakowski Sunday, February 24 (Second Sunday of Lent) 8:30 a.m. Mass † Harold Porter 10:30 a.m. Mass † Frances T. Bis † Pat Schuljak

The 2012 Daily Mass Book is open for your special intentions. Please call the Parish Office at 708-895-6700 for available dates and more information.

Monday, February 18 PRESIDENT’S DAY

MASS No School or Religious Ed. Classes Offices Closed SPRED Community Lenten Program: “Faith Clips”

7:45am 7:00pm 7:00pm

Chapel Parish Hall Church

Tuesday, February 19

MASS Liturgy Board Meeting Lector Meeting Cub Scouts Den Meetings Prayer Group RCIA

7:45am 1:30pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm

Chapel Parish Office Church Classrooms Chapel Parish Office

Wednesday, February 20

Communion Service School Mass Sewing Club Women’s Bible Study Brownies/Girl Scouts St. Vincent DePaul Board Meeting Rosary A.A. Meeting

7:45am 9:00am 9:00am Noon 4:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm

Chapel Church Parish Office Parish Office Parish Hall Parish Office Chapel Parish Hall

Thursday, February 21

MASS Centennial Book Committee Meeting Choir Practice

7:45am 7:00pm 7:00pm

Chapel Parish Office Church

Friday, February 22

Communion Service Stations of the Cross

7:45am 1:30pm

Chapel Church

Saturday, February 23 Market Day Pickup Cub Scouts Blue & Gold Dinner MASS Pot of Gold Ticket Sales Girl Scout Cookie Sales

10:00 - 11:00am 11:00am - 5:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm

Parish Hall Parish Hall Church Narthex Narthex

MASS Religious Education Classes MASS (Children’s Liturgy & Religious Education Family Mass) Pot of Gold Ticket Sales Girl Scout Cookie Sales Bible Study Knights of Columbus

8:30am 8:45 - 10:15am 10:30am 9:30 & 11:30am 9:30 & 11:30am 11:30am 12:30 - 6:00pm

Church Classrooms Church Narthex Narthex Chapel Parish Hall

Sunday, February 24

This Week’s Activities

For calendar updates, please visit www.saintanncatholicparish.com, and click on the Parish Calendar tab.

New Members Welcome!

We would love to have you join us! Please fill out the information below, and

place in the Offertory Collection or send to the Parish Office. You may also request a

registration form at 708-895-6700.

Name Address Phone email

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Miss Me—But Let Me Go In Loving Memory of

Louis M. Nosal

Readings for the Week Monday: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mt 25:31-46 Tuesday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-7, 16-19; Mt 6:7-15 Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19; Lk 11:29-32 Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; Mt 7:7-12 Friday: 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19 Saturday: Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8; Mt 5:43-48 Sunday: Gn 15:5-12, 17-18; Ps 27:1, 7-9, 13-14; Phil 3:17 — 4:1 [3:20 — 4:1]; Lk 9:28b-36

Today’s Readings First Reading — God brought us into this land flowing with milk and honey (Deuteronomy 26:4-10). Psalm — Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble (Psalm 91). Second Reading — The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (Romans 10:8-13). Gospel — Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus was led into the desert for forty days (Luke 4:1-13). 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.

Today is the First Sunday of Lent. Starting with Ash Wednesday, we now journey thru Lent for 40 days and 40 nights, as we look forward to Easter. The Responso-rial Psalm is “Be with me, Lord, when I am in trou-ble.” (Psalm 91:1-2,10-11,12-13,14-15) Our verse be-fore the Gospel is, “One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.” (Matthew 4:4b)

For Christmas, a dear friend gave me a book entitled “Count your Blessings” by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark, Laura Robinson and Elizabeth Bryan, the authors of “Chicken Soup for the Soul.” There are some excellent quotes that begin each and eve-ry chapter, and I would like to share them with you, so you can reflect on them during Lent.

“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.” Albert Einstein

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.” Melody Beattie

“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”

Laura Ingalls Wilder

“My home is not a place, it is people.” Lois McMaster Bujold

“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”

Angela Schwindt

Each week I’ll add to your list. Some people do things rather than give up things for Lent. What is your thing? Add prayer all around.

Serving Him Together,

Barb A.

Together Let Us Cause God Joy

SUNDAY BIBLE STUDY During Lent we will be reading and reflecting on the three Scripture readings for the following Sunday. We began Sunday, February 10, and will continue all throughout Lent. We will gather in the Chapel after the 10:30 Mass.

Lectors Proclaim the Word of God “Speak O Lord, for your servant is listening. I say, your servant, because at last I am such. I am your servant and I want to be. I want to walk in your way all the days and nights of my life. Fill me with a spirit to understand what your holy plans are for me.” I Samuel 3:1-20

Lectors at St. Ann’s are the “servants” who proclaim the Word of God at Saturday, Sunday and Holy Day Masses. They ask God to fill them with the Holy Spirit as they proclaim the Bible Scrip-tures, with their goal being to enhance the experience of the litur-gy for the parishioners. Lectors strive to help bring the printed word to life, giving a voice to God’s Word.

Lectors are scheduled to read one to four times in a two-month period. The schedules are usually planned for two months at a time, and lectors can indicate dates they cannot read and a preference of Mass times. Holy Days are includ-ed in separate sign-up sheets.

Lectors meet four times a year as a ministry, and new lectors attend a training coordinated with their schedule. Parishioners must be high school-aged or older to join this ministry. If you have any questions about the lector ministry or wish to join us, please call the Parish Office at 708-895-6700.

Ministry Spotlight

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SUNDAY COLLECTION 2-3-2013 Amount Amount Amount Received Required Over (Under) $11,179.67 $15,000.00 ($3,820.33)

ST. ANN 50-50 CLUB: $1,650.26 BUILDING FUND COLLECTION: $1,522.00

Thank you for your continued support of our parish.

October-December

2012

October-December

2011 Over(Under)Prior Year

CHURCH INCOME TOTAL CHURCH INCOME 226,215 227,016 (801)

TOTAL CHURCH EXPENSES 185,693 207,999 (22,306) TOTAL CHURCH NET INCOME (LOSS) 40,522 19,017 21,505

SCHOOL INCOME TOTAL SCHOOL INCOME 249,864 234,543 15,321

TOTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES 284,164 334,027 (49,863) TOTAL SCHOOL NET INCOME (LOSS) (34,300) (99,484) 65,184 TOTAL COMBINED NET INCOME (LOSS) 6,222 (80,467) 86,689

St. Ann’s 50-50 Club

Our February 3 winning number was 8250. 8250 WOULD HAVE won $2,610.26.

DON’T MISS OUT ON YOUR CHANCE TO WIN !

To be eligible, both your 50-50 ($5.00) and weekly collection envelopes (no limit, but at least $5) with separate payments must be in the parish office by 9:00 a.m. Monday. If you donate by check, you need to write two separate checks.

Look for the winners in each bulletin, on our facebook page, or on the parish website:

www.saintanncatholicparish.com

KEEP YOUR COOKIE JAR FULL! Stock Up on Cookie Dough!

The more you buy, the more you save! Buy two cookie doughs, save $1;

buy three, save $3; buy four or more, save $5.

PLUS! Receive FREE Five Cheese Garlic Toast with a $40 purchase; receive FREE Five Cheese Ravioli with a

$90 online purchase―use promo code FEBBONUS.

FREEQUENT BUYER: Make two purchases of $40 between February and April, place a third $40 order in May, and receive your FREE

EcoBags at your May sale pickup.

Drop off your order forms in church by February 17, in school by February 18, or order at marketday.com by

11:00 p.m. February 20.

Pickup will be February 23 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall.

PURCHASE WITH A PURPOSE

Market Day Have you signed up for Fun Funds at GFS yet? There’s no membership fee, and up to 10% of your purchases will come right back to St. Ann Church! Stop in at GFS for an application, or print one online at www.gfs.com and bring it into our local GFS store at 2330 173rd Street, Lansing.

Our St. Ann Graffiti Youth Group will join hundreds of thousands of students in the U.S. and around the world to learn about hunger and raise funds for the hungry. They ask for both our prayers and our donations as they partici-pate in a lock-in on March 1 and 2 to raise money for World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine, while fasting throughout the event themselves. Members of Graffiti will speak at Masses on February 23-24 to explain their mission, and they will take up a collection in the Narthex after Masses. For more information, visit www.30hourfamine.org.

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February 16-17, 2013

Dear Friends,

As I write this letter, I smell like smoke . . . I have just come from the annual Burning of Palm Branches. Father Bill was kind enough to in-vite the school community to watch him burn the holy palms that will be used as ashes on Ash Wednesday. The children were excited to see this ceremony, and perhaps the receiving of Ashes will be even more meaningful this time.

Please pray for our parents, teachers, and students during this holy season of Lent. We will keep you in our pray-ers as well. We will be praying more, giving to the poor through Operation Rice Bowl, collecting food for the Lansing Food Pantry, and studying about the life and works of Jesus. We are very grateful to have a Catholic School so we can celebrate the 40 days that lead up to Easter.

There will be no school tomorrow, February 18, in cele-bration of Presidents' Day. The children have been learning about Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and the world leaders of today. We pray for our leaders daily.

We were very sad to learn that St. Kieran School in Chi-cago Heights is closing at the end of this school year. Several families have come to visit St. Ann, since they have heard our GOOD NEWS about Education. Please spread the word that we will be opening registration as soon as we get a tuition figure from the Parish Finance Committee. We will try to keep any increase at a mini-mum.

God love and bless you for your support of our Tuition Assistance Fund and our School.

Students in Grades 2-7 will take Terra Nova Tests dur-ing the first week of March . . . time is flying! Be sure to purchase your Pot of Gold Raffle Tickets since this fundraiser helps our Parish help our School!

Donna Lamoureux, Principal

ALUMINUM CAN COLLECTION

GraFFiti Youth Group members will collect aluminum cans in the church parking lot after Sunday Masses on February 24, April 7 & May 19.

Boys’ Basketball Homecoming Sunday February 24 at TF South High School

Schedule 12:00 p.m. St. Ann 4th Grade vs. St. Florian 1:00 p.m. St. Ann 5th Grade vs. Annunciata 2:00 p.m. St. Ann 6th Grade vs. St. Florian 3:00 p.m. St. Ann 7th Grade vs. Annunciata 4:00 p.m. St. Ann 8th Grade vs. St. Florian

Our Annual Coaches vs 8th Graders game will follow the last game.

Come on out and cheer our boys on to Homecoming victory!

Go Roughriders!

Girl Scout News It’s Girl Scout Cookie Time! Our very own Girl Scout Troop #10077 will have eight varieties of cookies availa-ble for purchase in the Narthex before and after Masses the weekend of Feb-ruary 23-24. Girls Scout Cookies are $4 per box. You can only buy them

once a year, so don’t be afraid to stock up!

In December, the Lansing Knights of Columbus Council 3540 held an essay contest with the theme, “The Importance of Reli-gious Freedom.” The competition was open to all Catholic stu-dents—in public, private or parochial schools—in grades 8 through 12 during the current school year.

Pictured here with Matthew Martinez, Recorder for the Lansing Council, are the winners, all students at St. Ann School: First Place, Faith Robertson; Second Place, Sarai del Real; and Third Place, Natalie Kuipers.

The Knights of Columbus is an international, Catholic, family, fraternal service organization with more than 1.8 million mem-bers in over 14,000 local councils. In 2010 alone, the Knights donated 70 million volunteer hours and $154 million to charitable and benevolent causes, sponsoring projects to benefit their church, councils, communities, culture of life, families and young people.

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STM Employment Networking Group

Thursday, February 21, 7:00-9:00 p.m. St. Thomas More Weis Center,

8635 Calumet Avenue, Munster

Guest Speaker: Dushan Nikolovski Director of Purdue University Calumet Center for Entrepreneurship Success

Starting your own business Turning your hobbies/skills into money-making

ventures Building a plan for success Creating and developing new business opportu-

nities

Did you know that 80% of available jobs are unadvertised, and 75% of all jobs are found through networking? Whether you are in transition, new to the job market, em-ployed or can offer employment opportunities, all are wel-come to attend! Also have your cover letter, resume or thank you note critiqued by a professional. For more infor-mation, stmcareergroup@gmail.com

Alumni Update The following St. Ann parishioners made 2nd Quarter Honor Roll at Marian Catholic High School:

Ashley Banach, Christopher Bartak, Micaela Bucci, Hannah Byttow, Michelle Cap, Joseph Chmura, Ellen Chmura, Casey Cusimano, Haley Denton, Sara Farrar, Daniel Fogarty, Jesse Gallegos, Nicholas Garza, Thomas Gorski, Allison Grego-rovic, Daniel Hacker, Caitlin Henry, David Howell, Shannon Kelly, Erin Kelly, Hannah King, Addison Klausner, Katylin Klein, Stephanie Kristl, Lauren Kujawa, Alyssa Lorenzo, Hailey Losselyong, Bianca Madden, Nicole Manno, Nicholas Marijan, Padraic McSwiggan, Debra Miller, Michael Millsaps, Scott Mlcoch, John Moreland, Breeana Olson, Cooper Packard, Zak Piekarski, Jake Piekarski, Guadalupe Pimentel, Kyle Reichart, James Reichart, Katherine Reichart, Tristen Riezinger, Gabriela Rivas, Ricki Ruzich-Sochacki, Julius Sarte, Katherine Serba, Matthew Shapiro, Will Simon, Nicholas Skarvan, Ayla Skipton, Nicole Szewczyk, Mitchell Taylor, Joseph Walan, Michael Wegrzyn, and Emily Wegrzyn.

Christopher Orozco achieved B Honor Roll Status at St. Lau-rence High School.

We love to know how our scholars are doing! Please send your high school and college updates for inclusion in future bulletins to bullstannch@aol.com.

Upcoming Events Youth Group Can Collection: February 24

Pot of Gold Grand Prize Drawing: March 17

Easter Sunday: March 31

Youth Group Can Collection: April 7

School Talent Show: April 13

Ladies’ Night Out: April 20

Women’s Club Spring Luncheon: April 21

Confirmation: April 28

First Holy Communion: May 11

Youth Group Can Collection: May 19

Lector Meeting Tuesday, February 19, 7:00 p.m. in the Church

This is an important meeting for all lectors to attend, as we will be practicing with the audio equipment.

Also, if you have not attended the last two meetings, you will need to attend this one to stay on the schedule.

Note the change of meeting venue from the library to the Church.

Pot of Gold Raffle, 2013!

Grand Prize is $15,000!

Second Prize: $3,000 Third Prize: $1,500 Fourth Prize: $500

5th-10th Prizes (each) $250

Donation $50

Only 1,500 Tickets Will Be Sold!

Raffle tickets for our March 17 drawing are now available before and after all Masses and in the Parish Office. Pick up a pack of five or ten (or

more) tickets to sell, and help us reach our goal! Seller prizes will be awarded.

The Grand Prize Drawing will take place on Sunday, March 17 at Noon

in the Parish Hall.

FMI, call the Parish Office at 708-895-6700.

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Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 4:00 p.m. Mass

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 8:30 a.m. Mass

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 10:30 a.m. Mass

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

USHERS SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

LECTORS Elayne Tyderek - L1 Ted Cap - L2 Mike Kabala - Com

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Karen Erickson Cynthia Hope Anita Lang Annette Leber Paulette Lofrano Fran Miller Frank Pollachek Penny Rellis Mary Jachim Ed Sochacki

LEADER

Dave Erickson

ALTAR SERVERS Ryan Jamka Connor Ortiz Nina Rose Duda Kayla Schassburger Georgina Tyderek

CANTOR Mary DiGrispino

LECTORS Enid Wells - L1 Diane Miller-DeSoto - L2 Natalie Owen - Com

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Dolores Avila Toni DeLaurentis Phyllis Duffield Susan Hartmann Joan Kaim Aurora Patrick Dominic Podsiadlik Vera Seymour Gerrie Szewczyk Judy Wohadlo

LEADER Linda Fogarty

ALTAR SERVERS Jacqueline Dolinar Mackenzie Kot Aidan McSwiggan Jenna Ryczek Julie Lopez

CANTOR John Sandrick/Choir

LECTORS RELIGIOUS ED. MASS

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Barbara Antoskiewicz Larisa Chukwulebe Kathy Corbett Pam Mizwicki Sharon Nadalin Georgette Olson Caroline Onuoha Carmen Padilla Judy Rogala Marie Studer

LEADER Mark Nadalin

ALTAR SERVERS Jeremy Gill Jacklin Lopez Molly Roe Julia Mae Sarte Matthew Shapiro

CANTOR Katie Farlow

4:00 p.m. Mass Augie Angel Jerry Balcerak (Leader) Archange Cadichon Bob Cole Frank Novak Frank Pollachek (Leader) Phill Stewart Ken Straka Carol Ann Surufka

8:30 a.m. Mass Norm Abbott Anthony Cusimano Tony DeLaurentis (Leader) Tony Kaim Mary Louise MacKenzie Art Sobczak (Leader) Gene Stein Al Torres

10:30 a.m. Mass Bernard Chukwulebe Ron Fisher (Leader) Larry Mueller Eamon Polanski Juan Ramirez Dom Ramirez Don Schiller Wally Shatkowski (Leader)

Beginning February 18 and contin-uing for five Mondays, St. Ann’s will present a free video/discussion series: Faith Clips, 50 Theologi-cal and Spiritual Questions about the Catholic Faith by Rev. Robert E. Barron, creator and host of the Catholicism series. The program will be held from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Church and will explore such questions as:

Why do we believe in God? How do we know we are encountering God? (February 18)

What is the Trinity? Can God be both one and many? (February 25)

Why did Jesus have to die the way he did? How do we know Jesus rose from the dead? Do sin-ners have any way of getting into Heaven? (March 4)

What is required of us to be saved? What is spir-ituality? Why is Mary known as the Seat of Wis-dom? (March 11)

What are the different types of Prayer? Can our prayers change God’s mind? Why doesn’t God answer our prayers? (March 18).

St. Ann Catholic Church Bulletin #038050 Bulletin Editor Jennifer Gray 708-895-9972 Sunday, February 17 , 2013 Microsoft Office Publisher 2010

St. Ann Parish 3010 Ridge Road Lansing, IL 60438