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MISSION STATEMENT: "To do God's will as a unified, vibrant parish, and to foster an intentional relationship with Jesus through worship, witness, service, discipleship, and community."

ST. CYPRIAN CHURCH2601 Clinton, River Grove, Illinois 60171

Phone 708–453–4800 Fax: 708–453–6141

MASSES Sunday 9 AM Limit 50Weekday Tuesday at 8 AM Limit 50

ST. CELESTINE CHURCH3020 North 76th Court, Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707

Phone: 708–453–2555 Fax: 708–452–0560MASSES

Saturday 5 PM Limit 125Sunday 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Limit 125 10:30 live–streamed on Facebook and websiteWeekday Wednesday at 8 AM Limit 25Reconciliation Saturday 4—4:45 PM ST. CELESTINE SCHOOL

3017 North 77th Avenue, Elmwood Park Illinois 60707 stcelestineschool.org 708–453–8234

TEMPORARY SCHEDULE DURING COVID CRISISYou must register through the website for weekend masses. No registration needed for Reconciliation. At weekday masses we will take your contact information at the door. You must wear a mask and practice social distancing.

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ST. MOTHER THEODORE GUERIN PARISH

Welcome! If you are new to our churches or just visiting, please introduce yourself. We are happy to share in this celebration of the Eucharist. If you do not have a church home, or your church is not home to you, we are open to anyone looking for a spiritual home. We invite you to become a part of our parish. You may register during the pandemic by calling 708–453–2555.

All offices in the parish and in the school are closed until the Archdiocese gives us permission to reopen. Phones will be answered from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at St. Cyprian (708–453–4800) during the week and from 8:30 AM to 5 PM daily at St. Celestine (708–453–2555). If no one is available to answer the phone, please leave a message and someone will call you back on the next business day.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 265 PM ST. CELESTINESUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 277:30 AM ST. CELESTINE9 AM ST. CYPRIAN10:30 AM ST. CELESTINE +Frank, +Sam, and +Mary Faraci +Juan Carlos Lopez, Anniversary +James E. McCarthy, 14th Anniversary +Albert Maggio +Luca Beroingerio +Michael Matsukis +Francis and +Lamar Bloodworth +Emmanuel E. SanJose +Carmelo Martorano +Andy Pawlik +Maximo Bermudez +Frank Pudlo +Dominick Clemente +Lorraine Hetland, 8th Anniversary +Harold Kenning +Kathleen Gillespie

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 298 AM ST. CYPRIAN +Emmanuel E. SanJose +Father Joseph McDonnell Mr. and Mrs. Gerald S. Sieva +Vera Fratamico +Helen and +Stanley Stypinski.

On weekends, because of the pandemic, all intentions for individual masses are read at all the Masses at both churches. During the week the intentions for the days Mass is not offered in public are combined into the days when Mass is offered.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 308 AM ST. CELESTINE +Father Bernard White +Mary Ellen O’Brien +Silvio Giannelli

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 35 PM ST. CELESTINESUNDAY, OCTOBER 47:30 AM ST. CELESTINE9 AM ST. CYPRIAN10:30 AM ST. CELESTINE John B. Duzansky, for health +George Stockwell Kelli Tambor, for health For all Deceased +Eileen Staunton, 1 month Anniversary +Eleanor Koziol +Ken Strabley +Connie Cicero +Eileen McMahon and Family Dorothy Carey +Frances R. Campagna, Name Day +Eugene Fahey +Frank Pudlo +Father Bernard White

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RESPECT LIFE BABY BOTTLE PROJECT

During Respect Life month in October, our parish will be participating in The Virtual Baby Bottle Project benefiting The Women’s Centers of Greater Chicagoland. Since we are not handing out baby bottles due to coronavirus concerns, if you would like to participate, please write a check to The Women’s Center. Please drop it in the collection basket in the back of the churches and we will send them to this wonderful organization, which assists mothers and families experiencing crisis pregnancies.

Donations can be made on their website: GOTWC.org or call 773–794–1313 and make a donation. By God’s Grace, The Women’s Centers have saved over 40,000 babies—and their mothers—from abortion since opening in 1984.

MARRIED 50 YEARS IN 2020?

Please call the Pastoral Center or the Rectory if you were married in 1970 and are celebrating your 50th wedding anniversary this year. Even though we cannot gather together to celebrate, the Archdiocese would like to send you a certificate in recognition of this event and the 2020 and 2021 Jubilarians will be invited to celebrate together in 2021.

The Archdiocesan Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass that was scheduled for Sunday, September 13 was canceled because of the pandemic.

VIRTUAL BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3

FOR ALL ANIMALS

Blessed are you, Lord God,maker of all living creatures.

On the fifth and sixth days of creation,you called forth fish in the sea,

birds in the air, and animals on the land.You inspired St. Francis to call all animals

his brothers and sisters.We ask you to bless this animal.

By the power of your love,enable [him or her] to live according to your plan.

May we always praise youfor all your beauty in creation.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, in all your creatures! Amen.

Franciscan Pet Blessing

We usually honor Saint Francis of Assisi with a Blessing of Animals in October around his Feast Day. Because we cannot gather together, here is a prayer you can offer for your pets.

On Saturday, October 3 please post a picture of your pet on the parish Facebook page: St. Mother Theodore Guerin parish.

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SAINT THÉRÈSE OF THE CHILD JESUS (1873—1897)

October 1

“The cornerstone’s dated 1872, but the stained glass is much later,” explained the pastor, astonished when his visitor accurately dated it to just before the Great Depression, explaining, “The window for the Little Flower”—Thérèse’s nickname—“gives it away.” From her canonization in 1925, her statues and windows adorn most churches where European immigrants worshiped. Entering Carmel at fifteen, victim of tuberculosis at twenty–four, Thérèse proposed her “Little Way” to sanctity: doing ordinary tasks with extraordinary love. Thus ordinary Catholics, many of whom had lost loved ones to tuberculosis, embraced her. Though she never left her cloister, this Carmelite’s spiritual communion and devoted correspondence with missionaries earned her the title Patroness of Missions. Her autobiography, Story of a Soul, continuously in print since her death, chronicles her prayerful perseverance through doubt and caused her to be the youngest person ever named a Doctor of the Church. Countless physical healings and spiritual conversions testify to her fulfillment of her deathbed promise: “After my death, I will let fall a shower of roses. I will spend my heaven doing good upon earth!”

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FAMILIAR INSIGHTS

Spiritual teachers tend to repeat themselves, and to repeat other teachers. Maybe there really aren’t that many different truths to tell. Just a lot of slow, sleepy human beings—like us—who need to hear the basics over and over. Consider today’s readings.

People complain God isn’t “fair,” and Ezekiel answers that God is more than fair. People choose their own fates, and people can change. Even evildoers can turn, do right, and live. “Actions speak louder than words.” A fresh new insight? Hardly.

Paul tells the Philippians that he would truly be encouraged if those who claimed to be believers would, in fact, look to others’ interests and not their own. “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.” A novel idea? I don’t think so.

In Jesus’ story of the farmer and his sons, everyone knows that the one who said he wouldn’t work—but did—is way ahead of the one who said he would work—but didn’t. “Talk is cheap.” Heard that before?

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SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: World Day for Migrants and Refugees; Priesthood Sunday; Yom Kippur (Jewish day of atonement) begins at sunsetMonday: St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions; St. WenceslausTuesday: Ss. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, ArchangelsWednesday: St. Jerome; Sukkot (Jewish harvest festival) begins at sunsetThursday: St. Thérèse of the Child JesusFriday: The Holy Guardian Angels; First FridaySaturday: Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday

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ON OLD QUOTES, FOUR COFFEE POTS, AND ONE COMFORTING PARABLE

©2020 By John B. Reynolds

(jrwrites9@gmail.com)

Years ago, I came upon a quote I’ve never forgotten. This may not be exact, but roughly, There

are two kinds of people in the world: those who build things up, and those who tear things down.

I hadn’t thought of it for years, but the coffee

pots brought it back. Yeah. While out running at dawn recently, I was surprised to see four small glass coffee pots lined up at the base of a fence near the Metra tracks at the Gladstone Park stop. “Odd,” I thought. And yet, were I a commuter in need of a small carafe, here are four for the taking.

Until days later, I mean, because that’s when I found the four little coffee pots all smashed to pieces. Shards of glass everywhere. The weapon was unknown. A baseball bat? A brick? Regardless, the

instrument did its job, and what had been a pleasant curiosity in my mind was now reduced to just so much brokenness on the lonely curb of Life’s shattered existence (sorry… I digress, as poetically as I’m able). There are two kinds of people in the world: those who build things up, and those who tear things down.

Compare this action, however, to the beauty that Paul gives us today. “If there is any encouragement in Christ,” the apostle writes, “any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing. Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but also for those of others.” I’m guessing that whoever smashed the coffee pots doesn’t read Philippians much.

At least didn’t, perhaps, and that’s the true beauty of the readings. First, God says that if we turn away from sin to embrace the good, we shall live. It’s more about where we’re headed, then, than where we’ve been. And Jesus makes the same case with the parable of the two sons. Here, a father tells both of his boys to go work in the vineyard. The first says no, but later, goes. The second says OK, but later, doesn’t. This proves a brilliant teaching moment, for when Jesus asks the priests and elders which of the sons did the father’s will, the only answer they can give is, “The first.”

This prompts Jesus to tell them that tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before they are, because when John came to these sinners calling them to repent, they did, when the religious elite heard the same message, but did not change. I don’t know about you, but I take huge comfort in this parable.

I’ve sinned against my God countless times. Think the Seven Deadly Sins, in one fashion or another. But every new day is a new day. Every breath we take is a new chance for good, a new chance to build up the kingdom. I pray I always remember the coffee pots. I pray I always remember, too, that there are two kinds of people in the world…

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HOLY HOURFRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 AT 3 PM

You are invited to attend or watch a Holy Hour on Friday, October 2 at 3 PM at St. Celestine, the First Friday of next month. People can attend without registering and must wear a mask, practice social distancing and sit in a certain area of the church as directed by the volunteers. A volunteer will take your contact information when you come into church.

We will also livestream this prayer service on Facebook and the website and will post the video after on the website and on our YouTube channel.

CONGRATULATIONS

to the students from St. Cyprian Religous Education who will be confirmed on Sunday, September 27 at 11:30 AM at St. Cyprian.

Francesca AyusoIsabella CanoIzabela Dadal

Owen KellyJoseph Kempa

Maksymilian PazganAngela Raimondi

Ayanna Rodriguez

Addison Eileen BlaueVincent Rafael CantoreEshaily Carmen Casillas

Hailey June Chmura Killian James Collaro

Emma Marie ConnellyGianna Elizabeth Kelly

Ava Harper KovacsAnthony Joseph LosurdoLuciana Rose MarinoJayden Cornelio MorganDavid Richard SchakNora Grace Tenca

RCIA—Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

Many people are searching for spiritual meaning and a deeper relationship with God. Often they feel drawn to the Catholic faith. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a process by which adults explore the Catholic faith and ordinarily become members of the Church.

The program consists of several months of instruction in the teachings, beliefs, customs, and practices of the Catholic faith. Those who complete the process receive the sacraments, usually Baptism, First Communion, and Confirmation, or a combination of those, at Easter.

WHO IS THE RCIA INTENDED FOR?· Adults and Teens who have never been baptized.· Adults and Teens who have been baptized in another Christian denomination.· Adults and Teens who were baptized Catholic, but never received First Communion or Confirmation.

Adult Classes meet on Thursdays from 7 to 8:30 PM in the St. Cyprian Rectory. The program begins in October and concludes on Easter Sunday.

Teen Classes meet on Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 PM in the St. Cyprian Rectory. The program starts in October and concludes on Easter Sunday.

Please contact Ruthanne Swiatkowski at 708—453—2555 x17 or rswiatkowski@stguerinparish.org.

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DATES

September 27 11:30 AM Confirmation Mass for St. Cyprian RE at St. Cyprian

October 4 1:30 PM Confirmation Mass for St. Celestine School at St. Celestine

October 11 1:30 PM Confirmation Mass for St. Celestine Religious Education at St. Celestine

October 17 Religious Education Classes begin at St. Celestine

ONLINE GIVING Our parish is using Give Central as a contribution tool to help parishioners contribute online to our Sunday Offertory and special collections. This tool will allow you the option of donating through your checking, savings, or credit card account and the funds will be directly transferred to the parish each month or as you specify. If you are already giving online you will see that the gifts go to St. Mother Theodore Guerin parish. You can sign up for online giving by going to our website, stguerin.org, and clicking on the Give Central icon on the right on the home page. Thank you for supporting the parish.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION

The Religious Education Registration for the 2020—2021 school year is now available online!!! Classes begin on Saturday, October 17. You may sign up online on our website: https://stguerinparish.org/religious–education/. Classes will be held on Saturdays once a month at St. Celestine School, Elmwood Park. Grades 1—8 will be offered and each monthly class session will be from 9:30 to 11:00 AM. Home/remote Religious Ed will take place on the weeks we do not have in–person class. session. Additional information will be provided when the program begins.

INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SHRINES

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Information for the bulletin is due on the Friday the week before the bulletin comes out. Please send in Word or as an editable PDF to khagerty@ stguerinparish.org. Will use as space allows.

Bulletin Deadline October 11 October 2 at 9 AMOctober 18 October 9 at 9 AMOctober 25 October 16 at 9 AMNovember 1 October 23 at 9 AM

Please keep those serving in the military in your prayers. Thank you for your service to our country.

Col. Stephen Acosta MarinesStaff Sgt. Lawrence G. Campbell Air ForceSenior Airman Cory McCambridge Air ForceChief Erin McGuire NavyLt. Col. Peter Anderson ArmySgt. Kenneth G. DiCristifano ArmySpec Michael Migliorisi ArmyMaj. Deborah J. Crowley, M.D. ArmyPvt. John Cerrone MarinesMaj. David Nevers MarinesPFC Paul J. Lagoda MarinesPFC Sophia M. Garcia MarinesLt. Robert Reynolds ArmyPFC Richard A. Paduch ArmyStaff Sgt. Alberto Boy MarinesSgt. Rodolfo DeLao ArmyStaff Sgt. Natalie Borrini Air ForceCpl. Brian Macaluso MarinesLnc. Cpl. Meghan Jennings MarinesLnc. Cpl. Michael Casanave MarinesPvt. Nicolas Casanave MarinesABEAN Melanie Hodges NavyPFC Vincent Negron MarinesPvt. Matthew Meyer ArmyMaster Sgt. Scott A. Cross Air ForcePrivate Niko Rodriguez ArmyDario Rodriguez Air ForceCH 1LT Jacque Beltran NavyA1C Brian Moran Air ForceA1C Elyssa Moran Air ForceLnc. Cpl. Sean P. Mellett MarinesEnsign Devon Zych Coast GuardFN Matilda Davis Coast GuardLnc. Cpl. Andrew D. Nordlie MarinesEnsign FaithAnne Bieschke NavyLuis N. Burciaga ArmyPFC Rudy De La O Marines

Need help? Food, shelter, housing, employment, job training, counseling, addictions, utilities, physical or mental health services, legal and financial, immigration, naturalization and refugee and senior services are provided by Catholic Charities. Call 312–655–7700 or go to catholiccharities.net.

Alcohol and Drug Abuse 1–800–821–4357Child Abuse 1–800–252–2873National Domestic Violence 1–800–799–SAFENational Sexual Assault 1–800–656–4673Compulsive Gambling Hotline 1–410–332–0402Poison Control 1–800–222–1222Suicide Prevention 1–800–273–8255Elder Abuse 1–800–252–8966

Send in your picture and explanation about your shrine to khagerty@stguerinparish.org and your picture may be on Facebook, in the bulletin, or on the website. Above is Mary Morvay’s front porch. Mary is always there, winter and summer, to bless every guest that comes.

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SCRIPTURE SEARCH®

Gospel for September 27, 2020 Ezekiel 18: 25-28 / Matthew 21:28-32

Following is a word search based on the First Reading and Gospel for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A: about God's ways. The words can

be found in all directions in the puzzle.

YOU SAY HOUSE ISRAEL MY WAY UNFAIR COMMIT INIQUITY WICKEDNESS RIGHT HIS LIFE LIVE TWO SONS

FIRST CHANGED DID NOT GO BELIEVE IN CHRIST IN LOVE SPIRIT COMPASSION MY JOY

I L Y A S U O Y O J Y M N C O M M I T T L K Y W A H O H O U S E E W B I N A O M A N A N A L E C O N G K P F E Y R O L K D G T H O A T V S D I E E E O J H I S L I F E D V D N H U R R S F L V N O I D Q S P I R I T E E L R I G H T F C H O I S N N D U Y T W O S O N S I N C H R I S T E L L A

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All weekly events are canceled.

We are not using Liturgical Ministers at this time. Loretta Skrapka and Emily Gallagher

Names are kept on the list for four weeks. If you wish to add or remove a name, please call the parish office.

Thank you!Ron McGuire Mary MellettSharon Meyer Dan Murphy Tom Murphy Carolyn Nanni Domenic Nanni Barbara Narducci Fr. Larry NemerLarry Nestor Barbara Nevers Reginald Nevers Bernice Nesbitt Sr. Noel Bill Noesen Manny Perez Adrienne Pudlo Kirk PusenilliJim Raemisch Michael Riesterer Darlene Rinker Caroline Russo Betty Salemi Amy Schreiner Joseph Serwa Loretta Skrapka Mickey Smith Mary Sochnuk Ed Socki Darryl Taggert Shirley Teofilo Andrew Valko Lillian Wardzala Dorothy Witek Don Wojcik Catherine Zmich Gerry Zych and for all our sick and homebound parishioners

Paciano AcostaMarie and Steve Auerbach Michael BalajaGrace BaldessaraMary BartellKaren BiaginiJoyce BrosseitVictor CabelloCaitlyn Dorothy Carey Deacon Dennis Colgan Frances Copps Debra DeKelver Jackie DeLarco Michael DeLuca Danny DiMaso Elene Dimperio Patricia Dwyer Eleanor Heidy Egan Brittany Foley Francine Christopher Freel Patsy Galecki Kathy Gallery Tammy Garcia Phyllis Gossy Patricia GuarinoBrian Herbert David Holder George HorvathLaurel Horvath Bob JuraszKathy Margaret KarlsKen Kiska Joy Ann Klewer Michael Kunz Tom Mayer Tom McGuire

ST. CELESTINE CHURCH 3020 North 76th Court, Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707 708–453–2555

ST. CYPRIAN CHURCH 2601 Clinton, River Grove, Illinois 60171 708–453–4800

Mass Schedules: See cover. Registration required.

Office Hours: Temporarily closed.

Communion Service: Temporarily canceled.

Holy Hour: First Friday of each month at 3 PM in St. Celestine church, in person and live–streamed on Facebook and website.No registration needed.

Fatima Devotion: Temporarily canceled.

Adoration: Temporarily combined into First Friday Holy Hour.

Baptisms: Contact Ruthanne Swiatkowski to schedule; rswiatkowski@stguerinparish.org or call 708–453–2555 x 17.

Reconciliation: Saturdays 4—4:45 PM at St. Celestine. No registration needed.

Weddings: Engaged couples are encouraged to call a year in advance of a preferred date. The couple must talk to Deacon Mike DeLarco before a wedding date can be reserved. Participation in marriage preparation is essential.

Please check our website, www.stguerinparish.org, for the most accurate information on the schedule for sacraments during the pandemic.

PRIESTS Rev. Paul Cao, Pastor pcao@stguerinparish.org 708–453–2555 x29Rev. Brendan Guilfoil, Associate Pastor bguilfoil@stguerinparish.org 708–453–2555 x30Rev. Eugene Gratkowski, Pastor Emeritus of St. CyprianRev. Jeffrey Grob, Rev. Fil Ngwila, Rev. Stan Ilo, Resident PriestsRev. Ron Navoy, Weekend Associate at St. Cyprian

DEACONS Michael DeLarco 708–453–2555 x31 Call Deacon Mike to schedule a wedding.Miguel Negron mnegron@archchicago.orgRonald Pilarski rpilarski@archchicago.org Dennis Colgan, retired ST. CELESTINE SCHOOL Sheila Klich, Principal 708–453–8234 x23 sklich@stcelestineschool.orgNorma Pulido, Secretary 708–453–8234 x11Donna DelMedico, Finance Secretary 708–453–8234 x24

PARISH SUPPORT STAFFLaurie DePillo, Business Manager 708–453–2555 x15 lauriedepillo@stguerinparish.orgMary Krewer, Administrative Assistant mkrewer@stguerinparish.org 708–453–4800Marge Dellinger, Receptionist 708–453–4800mdellinger@stguerinparish.orgIrma Rivera, Receptionist 708–453–2555 x10Lynn Schmidt, Receptionist 708–453–2555 x10 lschmidt@stguerinparish.org

Ray Brownlee, Maintenance 708–453–4800 rbrownlee@stguerinparish.orgEric Mueller and Bob Vessini, Maintenance 708–453–2555 x25

MUSIC MINISTRY Craig Kamptner, Director of Music Ministry ckamptner@stcelestineschool.org 708–453–2555 x16 Call Craig with questions about music for the parish. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Ruthanne Swiatkowski, Director of Lifelong Faith Formation rswiatkowski@stguerinparish.org 708–453–2555 x17Mary Morvay, Coordinator of Children’s Faith Formation mmorvay@stguerinparish.org 708–453–5719Mary Murphy, Coordinator of Religious Education for Special Needs for children and adults murphyme2000@yahoo.com 708–453–2555

MINISTRIESLois DeFelice, Ministry of Care 708–453–2555 loisdefelice@gmail.com Greg Fidanzia, Guerin William Youth Group guerinwilliamyg@gmail.com 708–453–2555 x13

Kim Hagerty, Director of Evangelization 708–453–2555 x12 khagerty@stguerinparish.org Bulletin Editor Deadline is 9 AM on the Friday 9 days before the date you would like the information to appear.