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St. Mary of the Woods — March 8, 2015 � Third Sunday of Lent www.smow.org

St. Mary of the Woods Parish � 7033 N. Moselle Ave., Chicago, IL 60646 � Parish Office: 773-763-0206 � www.smow.org

Rev. Patrick G. Cecil, Pastor MARCH 8, 2015 � THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

MISSION STATEMENT We are a community of believers, proclaiming that Jesus is Lord. We come together as Catholics to celebrate the Sacraments, especially the Eucharist, to hear and be transformed by the Word of God, to bring Christian values and love into our world, and to live and share the teachings of Jesus. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, we strive as a parish family to further the Kingdom of God, making God’s presence felt and extending the caring spirit of Jesus.

MASS SCHEDULE Sat. evening, Vigil Mass: 4:30 PM Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 AM and 12:00 Noon Weekdays: Mon-Thurs. 6:30 and 8:00 AM Fri. 8:30 AM (during school session) Sat. 8:00 AM Holy Days: 6:30, 8:00AM, (9:00 AM during school session) and 7:30 PM CONFESSIONS: Saturdays, 3:30 to 4:15 PM

“We begin anew when we rid

ourselves of

wrong-doing

and take on

Christ.”


LETTER FROM OUR PASTOR Rev. Patrick G. Cecil VICARIATE II YOUTH AWARDS

Sunday night we celebrated the Vicariate II Youth Ministry Awards at the White Eagle. Bishop Frank Kane, Vicar of Vicariate II was the keynote speaker. Ten outstanding teen leaders received this award from St. Mary of the Woods. They were Caroline McGowan, Isabela Karwatowicz, Matthew Mieling, George Bullock, Agnes Connolly, Shannon Bayless, Krystyna Kaminski, Nick Thilmany, Jake Sepich and Jeffrey Bullock. These teens have been participating the Teen Led Mass planning and taken on leadership roles in the choir, as a sacristan, lectors, Eucharistic Ministers and leading the ushers and greeters.

The members of the choir opened the evening by singing Beautiful Things, Blessings and Jesus Say Yes. Bela Karwatowicz was chosen to do a witness talk about how ministering at the Teen-Led Mass through planning and leading the choir has deepened her relationship with God and made her feel a part of a supportive community.

All this could not have been possible without the help of the parents who came together with the teens to create this new leadership experience. Many thanks goes to Parvin Karwatowicz, Mary Anne Eichhorn, Lynn Thilmany, Michael Rabbit and Amanda Thompson who have been working with this amazing group of teens for the past two years!

We welcome new teen ministers and leaders! If you are interest in being trained as a minister for the Teen-Led Mass, there will be a training on Tuesday, March 10th and Sunday, March 22nd from 7:30—9:00 pm in the Church. All are welcome, newly confirmed 8th graders as well as any high school students! Any questions, email Amanda Thompson at [email protected] attend the next Teen-Led Mass on Sunday, March 15th at 5:00 pm and support Teen Leadership in our Parish!

JESUS AND THE MARKETPLACE

The scene in today’s Gospel is the temple precinct in Jerusalem called “the court of the Gentiles,” a virtual marketplace filled with merchants and money-changers. Jesus observes the transactions with growing indignation until he reacts physically. As far as we know, this is the only time Jesus resorted to physical force.

Perhaps what made Jesus so angry was that even in a place of worship, people could not get away from buying and selling. All of us need, some-where, a temple that has been cleared of consumerism. Perhaps it is a church, or some private place—a place of personal retreat or place of shar-ing with others.

This “marketplace” sometimes gets a bad rap as a place where people only care about money. Many caring people in the world earn their living in the “marketplace,” but all of us can be tempted to see people as only customers or clients. They are more than that. They are individual people who want to be loved, not used. This is why we need a haven from this world. We need a quiet place, where we can have our view of the human race corrected.

We also need to look within ourselves. Emerson wrote: “In the corner of my heart is a plant called faith that needs watering at least once a week.” This is why we need a haven from the world, where we can back off on a regular basis and take a fresh look at ourselves. Peace, Father Pat


PARISH LIFE

REMINDER TO RETREAT PARTICIPANTS CONTINUING THIS TUESDAY EVENING,

MARCH 10TH

Retreat Activities:

• Weekly sharing and support ses-sions

• Daily individual prayer periods • Brief presentation on the spiritual

exercises at each session • Methods of prayer taught and

scriptures for daily reflections pro-vided

• Daily journaling

Tuesday Evenings through April 7th 7:00 to 8:30 pm

St. Mary of the Woods Parish Hall 7001 N. Hiawatha Ave., Chicago, IL

60646

Retreat Directors Fr. Aidan O’Boyle

Jim Sweany, MA Ignatian Spirituality

From Promise to Resurrection: A Retreat in Daily Life

Get Your Spiritual Life in Shape In 2015

Friends Against Domestic Abuse St. Martha’s * Queen of All Saints *

St. Mary of the Woods *

Our interfaith coalition of ministries welcomes you to attend

A Spirituality for Ending Domestic Abuse

Fr. Larry Dowling Pastor of St. Agatha Catholic Church

This Monday, March 9, 2015 7:30 p.m.

St. Mary of the Woods Parish Hall (Lower Level)

7033 North Moselle Avenue, Chicago, IL 60646

(Parking lot and entrance off Hiawatha)

Attention all 8th Graders!

Now is your chance to be leaders at the Teen-Led Masses!

Join us for a Ministry Training Session on Tuesday, March 10 or Sunday, March 22

7:30pm-8:30pm in the Church

Get trained to be a Eucharistic Minister, Lector, Usher, Greeter. Sign up to join liturgy planning team

or the choir!

* Any teen 9th through 12th grade is also invited to be trained!


PARISH LENTEN LIFE

St. Mary of the Woods Faith Community Lenten Schedule

Communal Celebration of

Reconciliation Tuesday, March 24 — 10:30 AM Tuesday, March 24 — 7:30 PM Monday, March 30 — 7:30 PM

Holy Thursday — April 2nd

7:30 PM — Solemn Liturgy of Holy Thursday. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

will continue until Midnight.

Good Friday — April 3rd

3:00 PM Solemn Liturgy of the Good Friday Passion,

Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion.

4:00-5:00 PM and 6:30 PM — Parish Hall Family Association serves a simple meal of

soup & bread.

7:30 PM — Evening Service

Holy Saturday — April 4th 2:00 PM — Blessing of Easter Baskets

7:30 PM — Easter Vigil & First Mass of Easter

Easter Sunday Masses — April 5th 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM and Noon

CONTINUING THIS WEEK!

On the Friday evenings of Lent, come join us in the Parish Hall for a simple and nourishing soup, salad and bread supper followed by a short prayer time in the church. Our simple meal and our fellowship and prayer will re-mind us of our fraternal journey together through Lent.

From 6:00 pm: Lenten Soup & Salad Supper

Parish Hall (soup & salad served up to 6:45 pm)

7:00 pm: Praying the Stations of the Cross

Church On your way by 7:30 pm!

Everybody welcome! Bring a friend! Why not stop in on your way home from

work. Families and Children especially welcome!

Thank you to the children, parents and teachers from the Religious Education Program who lead the Stations this past Friday night This coming Friday we look forward to the ladies from the parish Altar and Rosary Society leading the Stations of the Cross. Praying the Stations is proving to be popular with our parishioners this Lent!

Join us!

Soup & Salad Suppers and Stations

Lenten St. Mary of the Woods

If you would like to help out with the hospitality in the Parish Hall, please contact Marianne Strumberger at 773-763-0206 or

[email protected]


PARISH LIFE Exodus 20:1–17; 1 Corinthians 1:18–25; John 2:13-22 Dignity of Work and Rights of Workers

Jesus spent years working as a carpenter. Work is im-portant to help people live good lives, so people must be paid a fair wage to provide for themselves and their families.

We are reminded that God worked and God rested, and we are asked to do the same. Do we empower oth-ers to attain meaningful work? Do we help others to keep the Sabbath? Do we keep it ourselves?

Jesus is angered by injustice and takes action. He is unafraid to let his opinions be heard. Do we speak out against injustice where we see it, or do we assume it’s someone else’s responsibility?

This week’s CRS Rice Bowl Story of Hope takes us to Niger, where we meet a family whose livelihood is governed by the seasons. We all experience seasons of challenge, in justice or sorrow.

"How do we display our hope that a season of justice will come, our trust that “the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom?"

“Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and enrich others by our own pov-erty.” Pope Francis Loving God, We thank you for the many gifts you have given us. Bless our prayers and sacrifices this Lent. May we bring hope and life to our sisters and brothers who suffer with hunger each day. Unite us through Christ with the poor worldwide, and bless our ef-forts to bring relief to those in need.

Amen

Invites you to join us in celebrating the tradition of the St. Joseph Sweet Table

We invite you to share in this tradition with your fellow parishioners after each of the Sunday masses on March 15th in the Parish Hall. This is not a bake sale; instead, this is an opportunity to share in some fellowship and honor the St. Joseph tradition. Donations are optional.

Can you donate some sweets? We welcome any donation of baked goods for the table. Please contact Beth Houck at [email protected] with your donation and to arrange drop-off.

About the St. Joseph Tradition

St. Joseph's Day, or the Feast of St. Joseph, came about in medieval Sicily. During a bad drought and famine, Sicilians prayed to St. Joseph, who was pa-tron of workers and the guardian of family, for help, and the famine ended. To give thanks for ending the famine, a yearly feast -- consisting of pasta, bread, egg dishes, fish, vegetables and desserts -- is now prepared in his honor. St. Joseph's Tables, as the feast is referred to, can be found in churches, restau-rants, homes, and banquet halls across the country. Any leftover food is traditionally given away or sold, with the profits donated to help the poor.

Additional questions? Please contact Beth Houck ([email protected] or 773-680-0253).

St. Mary of the Woods Family Association


PARISH DIRECTORY UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS St. Mary of the Woods Directory

RECTORY 7033 N. Moselle Ave. 773-763-0206 SCHOOL 7033 N. Moselle Ave. 773-763-7577 PARISH RESOURCE CENTER 7033 N. Moselle Ave. 773-763-1603 PARISH JUBILEE HOUSE 7045 N. Moselle Ave. 773-775-5204

St. Mary of the Woods • REV. PATRICK G. CECIL, Pastor ………………………………………………………….pcecil @smow.org • REV. RAYMOND F. KLEES, Associate Pastor …………………………………………………………[email protected] • REV. AIDAN O’BOYLE, Associate Pastor ………………………………………………………[email protected] • REV. DONALD J. HEADLEY, Resident …………………………………………………[email protected] • MRS. MARCIA MAHONEY, Pastoral Associate/DRE ……………………………………………..……[email protected] • MR. CHUCK THOMPSON, Deacon …………………………………………………[email protected] • MRS. AMANDA THOMPSON, Youth Minister …………………………………………………[email protected] • MRS. MARY ANNE EICHHORN, Music Director ……………………………………………………[email protected] • MR. BARRY MURTAUGH, Business Manager ……………………………………………………[email protected] • MRS. ALEDA DOWNS, Accounting Office …………………………………………………………[email protected] • MRS. MARY YAMOAH, Principal ………………………………………………[email protected] • MRS. KATHY KAMINSKI, Parish Secretary ………………………………………………………[email protected] • MRS. JOYCE CONRAD, School Secretary …………………………………………………[email protected] • MR. JON LEBARON, Athletic Director/Gym Supervisor …………………………………………………………[email protected] • MRS. MARIANNE STRUMBERGER, Bulletin Editor …...……………….……………………………[email protected] • MR. JEFFREY ZYDLO, Maintenance Supervisor

BAPTISM: We joyfully welcome all children to the St. Mary of the Woods community. A Baptism preparation session is required. Please call Father Aidan O’Boyle at the Rectory (773)763-0206 either prior to the birth of your child or after. WEDDINGS: Those considering marriage should consult one of the priests at least six months before the wedding. THE SICK: The Parish Office should be notified about anyone who is seriously ill at home or in a hospital. Due to privacy laws, hospitals and nursing homes are unable to contact us. FAITH COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP: Catholics who wish to become members of our parish are asked kindly to introduce themselves to one of the priests and register at the rectory. If you are not Catholic you are most welcome at our worship services. Should you wish to inquire into the Catholic Faith, please contact Father Pat Cecil or Mrs. Marcy Mahoney at the rectory. MOVING? When moving in or out of St. Mary of the Woods Faith Community, please notify the Parish Office.

Monday, March 9 Bible Study Group 1:00-3:00 pm In the Jubilee House Monday, March 9 Interfaith Coalition Domestic Abuse 7:30 pm Parish Hall ( see ad below) Tuesday, March 10 Lenten Spiritual Retreat 7:00-8:30 pm Parish Hall Friday, March 13 Soup/Salad/Stations of the Cross 6:00-7:30 pm see page 6 of this bulletin Sunday, March 15 St. Joseph Table After all masses In the Parish Hall Sunday, March 15 Teen Led Mass see info page 5 5:00 pm Church then Parish Hall Monday, March 16 Bible Study Group 1:00-3:00 pm In the Jubilee House Tuesday, March 17 Lenten Spiritual Retreat 7:00-8:30 pm Parish Hall Friday, March 20 Soup/Salad/Stations of the Cross 6:00-7:30 pm Parish Hall & Church Saturday March 21 Bereavement Support Group 8:30—noon In the Jubilee House Monday, March 23 Bible Study Group 1:00-3:00 pm In the Jubilee House Tuesday, March 24 Reconciliation 10:30 am. & 7:30 pm In the Church Friday, March 27 Soup/Salad/Stations of the Cross 6:00-7:30 pm Parish Hall & Church Monday, March 30 Reconciliation 7:30 pm In the Church

Saturday, March 28 4:30-6:30pm FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN

This is a wonderful service opportunity to participate in during the season of Lent. We will be heading to Feed My Starving Children in Libertyville to volunteer for a food-packing session. We have 100 volunteer spots re-served and we would love to fill them! Feed My Starving Children is a non-profit Christian or-ganization committed to feeding God’s children hungry in body and spirit. The approach is simple: children and adults hand-pack meals specifically formulated for mal-nourished children, and they ship these meals to nearly 70 countries around the world. Volunteers can be ages 5 and up. To sign up, please go to http://volunteer.fmsc.org/register and click Volunteer>>Permanent Site>>Join a Group. Our group join code is 588187. If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected] or email Kathy Litgen at [email protected]


PARISH LIFE & TRANSFORMATION UPDATE

If you or a member of your family are currently sick and/or homebound and unable to come to Sunday Mass and would like to receive the Sacraments for the sick in your home, please contact Father. Aidan O’Boyle at the rectory at 773-763-0206

Homebound/Communion Visitations:

St. Mary of the Woods Church has several ministers of care who can regularly take communion to those in need. Please call the Parish Office to arrange for communion for yourself or a homebound loved one.

PRAY THE ROSARY FOR PEACE Every morning after the 8:00am mass,

the Rosary is prayed. Please join us in this very powerful prayer for peace.

Baptism Preparation Program

This program takes place on a Tuesday at 7:15pm. It’s for all parents who wish to have their children baptized. The next 4 meeting dates are on

March 10, April 14, May 12 and June 9.

If you are expecting a child or already have a new addition to your family and have NOT been through the preparation program, please call Father Aidan O’Boyle at the Rectory at 773-763-0206, to sign up for one of the meet-ings. You need to attend a meeting before scheduling a baptism.

��www.deaconchuck.com

You can follow Deacon Chuck on-line for articles, homilies or to leave a message.

St. Mary of the Woods once again welcomes those in-terested in deepening their faith into the Rite of Chris-tian Initiation (RCIA.)Working with several other parishes in our area, our RCIA team will share the teachings and experience of our Church in preparation for receiving the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirma-tion, and Eucharist at the Easter Vigil on Saturday, April 4th, 2015.

If you know of anyone who might be interested in becoming Catholic, or if you are interested in serving as a mentor in this process, please contact Deacon Chuck at 773-763-0206, or e-mail at [email protected].

8th Commandment: Thou shalt not bear false witness against your neighbor (Exodus 20: 16) Outright lies are certainly on the DON’T list. We can also add gossip to the don’ts in this category. This can be a real challenge. A juicy piece of gossip can be entertaining, cleverly presented, and provide chuckles or outright laughs. But at whose expense? The obvious DO in this category might be to work on positive speech. As kids many of us heard the caution: If you cannot say something nice, say nothing at all. This direction frequently came from Mother. Wise woman. The DO approach for this commandment comes with an extra benefit. If you say and do something nice, you’ll feel better about yourself! And, you might just spare yourself some embarrassment at a later date when the dishonesty comes to light. Use sweet words....you may have to eat them later.

The Bible Study Group meets on Mondays at 1:00 pm in Jubilee House. We’ll be working on the “Book of Job” this Monday, concen-trating on Chapters 11 & 12

All are welcome to join us.

Betty Hollander 847-518-0882


PARISH LIFE

St. Mary of the Woods Please pray for those

in the Military: May God Keep You safe!

Lance Corporal Matthew Donald Kerstein,

United States Marines

Lance Corporal Edward O’Reilly United States Marines

Petty Officer First Class Derrick Stephen Schoo

United States Navy

Rest in Peace:

John Niemi, father of Kris Evanoff and grandfather of Max and Madeline;

Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, O.S.C.

Please contact the Parish Office to have the names of your family members, serv-ing in our military, listed in our weekly bulletin. You may also email your names directly to [email protected]. or call773-763-0206

To see past bulletins, calendar events, or make a donation, simply use your smart phone to scan the QR code on the left.

Crisis Pregnancy Hotline 800-400-4205

Post Abortion Healing 888-456-HOPE (4673)

Recent Baptisms—we welcome into our Parish family:

Brayden James Mannion & Harper Olivia Mannion, son and daughter of Ryan and Lori Mannrion

Emmett Joseph Napleton, son of Gerald & Carolyn Napleton

Muireann Elizabeth Hickey, daughter of Matthew & Mary Kate Hickey

Fair Trade items will be available for pur-chase this weekend in the Parish Resource Center. The coffee and other products we sell at St. Mary of the Woods are from Equal Exchange, which is a Fair Trade coffee partner of CRS.

There is no worse material poverty…than the poverty which prevents people from earning

their bread and deprives them of the dignity of work." - Pope Francis

TODAYS ALMS COLLECTION IS FOR OUR SMOW EMERGENCY FUND

NEXT WEEKS ALMS COLLECTION WILL BE FOR THE FATHER LEO T. MAHON FUND

Monsignor Leo T. Mahon was the third pastor of St. Mary of the Woods Church. He recognized the struggles of families who sent their children to Catholic schools. Sometimes illness, employment situations, or unexpected events cause families unanticipated hardships making it difficult to meet their tuition requirements. For this reason, a fund was started in his name. It is used to supple-ment tuition payments for families who have fallen upon hard times. Your donation will benefit families needing assistance meeting the rising costs of tuition. Thank you in advance, for your generosity.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS – MARCH 22

The Loaves & Fishes Ministry will be providing sack lunches on March 22nd for those in need at the Marquard Center and St.

Stanislaus Kostka soup kitchens. Sign up will be next weekend March 14/15th after all of the masses. If you need them you will receive six sacks for the lunches as well as an instruction sheet when you sign up. *Again if you could please help us go green and reuse your own bags, that would be great!* You will need to drop off the lunches you prepare on Sunday, March 22nd between 1:00 and 3:00 pm in the parish resource room by the elevators. Over 400 lunches are needed so this is a wonderful opportunity for everyone to lend a helping hand right here in our own community. If you are going out of town next weekend but would like to sign up, you can call Jill Niemi at 847-800-8369. We can sign you up over the phone. Thanks to everyone for your continuing support!


FAITH DIRECT REPORTS THAT 10 DONORS STILL NEED TO UPDATE THEIR

ACCOUNT INFORMATION!

In the last two months the Parish suffered the loss of over $4000 in donations due to account suspensions. The most common fix for the problem is updating credit card informa-tion. FaithDirect notifies donors of this. Please respond if you are contacted by FaithDirect regarding updating suspended account information.

There is a catch-up feature that permits donors to take care of planned donations that failed to clear, simply by using this feature. Please consider supporting St. Mary of the Woods with electronic donations through Faith Direct.

If we give according to God’s principles, God will give back to us. The young man who gave his loaves and fishes didn’t have to go without dinner.

Stewardship reminds us to count our blessings, acknowledge God’s gifts to us, and express thanks to God by a proportionate giving of our time, talent and treasure.

“God can multiply his favors among you so that you may always have enough of every thing and end even a surplus for good works.” (II Corinthians 9:8)

The decision to give has not so much to do with calendars and budgets. Really, the decision to give is really a matter of putting your life with God into perspective.

St. Mary of the Woods Collection Information WEEKLY OFFERING FOR WEEK OF 2/22/2015

Family Receiving Donation Envelopes % of Donation Donation Envelopes This Week Families This Week Sunday Offering Envelopes Used 1129 222 20% $8,278 Sunday Loose Offerings $1,783 Families Enrolled EFT Donations % of Donations This Week Families This Week Electronic Donation Faith Direct 199 184 92% $4,594 Total for this Sunday $14,655 Weekly Budget for Sunday Collections $14,615 Difference $40

YEAR TO DATE—COLLECTIONS vs BUDGET— 34TH SUNDAY OF THE FISCAL YEAR Year-to date Sunday ………………………………………………………………………………...$496,165 Year-to-date Budget for Sunday Collection ………………………………………………………...$496,910 Difference .............................................................................................................................................. -$745

Consider enrolling in FaithDirect as a means of consistent giving. Electronic giving through Faith Direct is based on the stewardship model of sacrificial giving in which we place God First. It is not just a financial transaction, but an entire program that enhances stewardship principles. By participating in this programmed giving, you are able to donate to the parish consistently and we are better able to budget, knowing in advance the funds that will be available on a regular basis. Consider your many blessings and pray about what level of giving would be appropriate for your circumstance. I’d like to recommend the Faith Direct program to you. You may visit the FaithDirect website at www.faithdirect.net or call their toll-free number 866-507-8757 for more information. If you so choose, you can also securely enroll on line by using our parish code IL336

STEWARDSHIP - THOUGHTS ON GIVING

Our eGiving provider Faith Direct is sponsoring a 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket Challenge with cash prizes going to individual parishes! If your bracket finishes in the top three, Faith Direct will make a donation to St. Mary of the Woods!

1st Place: $1,000 2nd Place: $500 3rd Place: $250

Plus, Faith Direct will be awarding $500 to the parish with the most Bracket Challenge entries! This is a fun and free way to support St. Mary of the Woods! Sign up today at http://www.faithdirect.net/bracketchallenge!


EDUCATIONAL NEWS Principal Points

St. Mary of the Woods School National Junior Honor Society On Tuesday, March 10th, twenty-seven St. Mary of the Woods Middle School students will be inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. Students, parents, current NJHS members, and faculty will gather in the school gym to witness the induc-tion ceremony. New NJHS members qualified for acceptance because of the high standards of excellence they achieved in all areas of their lives. As part of the ceremony, NJHS members will describe five areas in which the they are required to excel in order to become a member of the National Junior Honor Society. They are: scholarship, service, citizenship, char-acter, and leadership. Our NJHS members are working hard to provide school safety (crossing guard), lead our school in raising money for St. Baldrick's, and many other projects that will help our community at large. Congratulations to all new inductees and current members for your hard work and dedication! God Bless, Mrs. Yamoah

Religious Education Corner

We were busy Sunday making sure that each family had received their Rice Bowls so they could fully participate in the Parish Project. We also spent time measuring the second graders height for the line up for First Communion, a very important event.

This week we highlight Rene Kudlinski-Baltudis, one of our fourth grade teachers. Rene has been a member of the St. Mary of the Woods Faith Community since 1978. She was married here and has three beautiful children—Daniel, 22; Nathan, 18; and Anna, 15. All three children received all of their sacraments at St. Mary of the Woods.

Rene is a Chicago Public School Special Education teacher who works with mostly Latino children in her current position on the near west side. Rene has taught fourth grade here at St. Mary of the Woods for nearly ten years. She feels that teaching children is her calling from God and finds interacting with young people al-ways brings relevance to life and puts her life and actions into per-spective. She finds the rewards always positive and purposeful for herself and the children she is fortunate to interact with in her family, work, and spiritual life.

In her own words, “It is truly a privilege and blessing to serve the Faith Community and I am truly grateful to all the children, families and parish staff I have interacted with over the years at St. Mary of the Woods.”

We are very blessed to have Rene working among us.

God bless,

Marcy Mahoney

God of all people, We offer you our Lenten journey. May we learn to walk as one human family, remembering in a special way those who are poorest and most in need. Bless our prayers, our fasting and our Lenten gifts. Through these actions, we show our love for your Son, Jesus, and answer your call to love one another. Amen.

Our next Teen-Led Mass is Sunday, March 15th at 5 pm. Celebrant will be Father Ken Simpson Pastor at St. Clement Church

Led by teens, you will enjoy this upbeat mass no matter what age you are…So, come & support teen

leadership in our Parish!

For these masses are not just for teens…they are for everyone!

There will be a Teen-only pizza party in the

Parish Hall following this mass!

Have FUN and Leave Inspired!


CARE AND CONCERN

Congratulations to Nancy Kerstein, who will be receiving the

“Sister Thea Bowman Humanitarian Legacy Award.”

This prestigious awards luncheon will take place on Sat-

urday March 28, 2015 Lexington House

7717 West 95th Street Hickory Hills from 12:00—4:00 pm.

The cost of the event is $45 per person. Anyone inter-ested in attending, please send checks made payable to St. Martin De Poress and mail it to:

Friends of Sister Theo C/o Vivian Clark

13230 South Vernon Avenue Chicago, Il. 60827-1357

Sister Thea Bowman was an African American nun who served many different cultures on humanitarian issues.

2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket Challenge “March Madness” – the annual NCAA men's basketball tour-nament – is sweeping the nation! Sunday, March 15th is Se-lection Sunday, when the nation’s top teams will be named to the tournament bracket – and the tournament officially begins on Wednesday, March 18th. Faith Direct is using this exciting tournament as an opportunity to support our parishes and help spread the word about eGiving! This year Faith Direct is hosting their 2nd Annual NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket Challenge that lets our parishioners win cash prizes for your parish – including a $1,000 first prize, $500 and $250 for the second and third-place brackets, and a special prize for the highest parish participation. This is also a fun way to reach out to people who haven’t yet signed up for eGiving, and let them know about Faith Direct and how it’s an efficient, convenient way to support the parish.

You can share the sign-up link (www.faithdirect.net/bracketchallenge) If you are a basketball fan, you can take part in the tourna-ment and challenge your fellow parishioners to catch March Madness!

Thanks for your continued support of the FaithDirect program. We look forward to awarding great cash prizes that parishes can use for their ministries.


Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday, March 14 at 4:30pm Presider/Homilist: Father Pat Cecil Altar Servers: J. Swinkle/S. Swinkle/A. McBride Lectors: M. Healy/T. McBride Eucharist Ministers: E. Giudice* T. Guagliardo* C. Devyor A. Downs P. Drozt G. Tabano L. Tabano S. Troiani S. Troiani Sunday, March 15 at 7:30am Presider/Homilist: Father Pat Cecil Altar Servers: B. O’Neill/S. O’Neill/J. Kennedy Lectors: T. O’Brien/ T. Morehead Eucharist Ministers: M. Markiewicz* C. Pivnicka J. O’Malley M. O’Malley C. Skelly Sunday, March 15 at 9:00am Presider/Homilist: Father Aidan O’Boyle Altar Servers: J. Novy/J. Novy/ J. Lopez Lectors: K. Sain/D. Stapleton Eucharist Ministers: B. Kudlinski* M. Reyna-Kenny* N. Biesinger J. Clohisy D. Kerrigan M. McKenna S. Rabbitt J. Thilmany L. Thilmany

Sunday, March 15 at 10:30am Presider/Homilist: Father Don Headley Altar Servers: J. Coolidge/M. O’Malley/G. O’Malley Lectors: R. Seward/M. Killackey Eucharist Ministers: P. Hild* S. Reyna* D. Allen E. Estrado J. Kelly S. Kelly B. Stanukinos J. Stanukinos D. Viverito Sunday, March 15 at 12:00 noon Presider/Homilist: Father Ray Klees Altar Servers: J. Vance/Z. Troher/D. Dunham Lectors: C. Stucko/J. Wolf Eucharist Ministers: E. Griffin* A. Keenan B. Foley J. Foran S. Melaniphy

MASS SCHEDULE FOR MARCH 9 - MARCH 15, 2015

FRIDAY MORNING 8 AM MASS HAS CHANGED TO 8:30 AM

DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR !

Readings for the Week Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Ps 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4; Lk 4:24-30 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4-5ab, 6-7bc, 8-9; Mt. 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-11ab, 14, 17; Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-21ab; Lk 18:9-14 Sunday: 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Ps 137:1-6; Eph 2:4-10; Jn 3:14-21 Alternate readings (Year A): 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41[1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38]

Weekday Altar Servers

6:30 am 3/09 — J. Novy 3/10 — T. Maso 3/11 — J. Mahony 3/12 — S. Mulcrone 3/13 — J. Morgan 8:00 am 3/09,10 — J. Coolidge/D. Duque 3/11,12 — R. Talaga/M. Talaga 3/13,14 — K. Rabbitt/M. Cassidy

Mass Intentions

Monday, March 9 6:30 — Deceased Parishioners 8:00 — Fred Accomando

Tuesday, March 10 6:30 — Deceased Parishioners 8:00 — John Melaniphy, Jr./ Fred Barbara

Wednesday, March 11 6:30— Frank & Louise Tomecek 8:00— Fred Accomando

Thursday, March 12 6:30 — Winifred Duffy 8:00— Michalina Prokop

Friday, March 13 6:30 — Bart & Peggy Murphy 8:30 — Andrew Krylow

Saturday, March 14 8:00 — Steven Domeny 4:30 — John Blicharz/Anne Hack/Frank Catino Special Intention for the family of Penny Landauer

Sunday, March 15 7:30 — Deceased Parishioners 9:00 — Joanne Blachut/Joseph Dziadzio/Mary Maher 10:30 — Nicholas Merle/Gerald Swinkle/James Gemskie Miriam & Frederick Brown 12:00 — Fred Accomando/Jack Dillon & Terry Allen Sacristans: Team #3 Friday, March 13 R. Bellion D. Coughlin C. Devyor D. Durkin R. Hartigan B. Hennig J. Kosicki J. Stearney

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