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St. Margaret Mary Parish
November 23, 2014
Christ the King
1450 Green Trails Dr.
Naperville, IL 60540 630-369-0777
www.smmp.com
Called to Live as Citizens of the Kingdom
With Open Hearts & Open Arms
Parish Social Mission Week: November 23—30
Masses:
All Saints Catholic
5:00 pm Academy:
Saturday:
Sunday:
7:30 am
10:45 am
9:00 am
12:15 pm
Weekdays Monday-Saturday 8:15 am
Office Hours:
1155 Aurora Ave.
Naperville, IL 60540
961-6125 or
www.ascacademy.org
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Confessions every Saturday from 3:30 to 4:30
PM or anytime by request.
Sacrament of Baptism:
2nd and 3rd Sundays of the month following the
12:15 Mass. Please call Parish Office to make
arrangements for Baptism and required
Preparation Meeting.
New Parishioners:
Anyone who welcomes you, welcomes me; and
Sacrament of Marriage:
9:00 am to 5:00 pm those who welcome me welcome the one who
Six months preparation required. Parish music
369-0777 sent me.: (Mt 10:40)
Monday - Friday
Parish Office:
Fax:
Religious Ed. Office:
policies, which reflect Diocesan guidelines, are
369-1493 St. Margaret Mary Parish wishes to welcome
everyone to our community as Jesus would. For to be followed.
369-0833
information, please call the parish office.
Pastor’s Corner
Pause … and in
the stillness of
your mind find
space to renew
your spirit reflect, and
reconnect with God’s grace.
Recently I attended a roll out of a
very professional video done by our
school All Saints Catholic Academy. The focus of the video is the
need of the school to continue its
commitment to provide scholarships to under advantaged children.
The target percentage is twenty.
[20%]. What that means is that your
school takes seriously the Church's
social teaching that we need to help
the poor. Being poor is definitely a
disadvantage. However studies
show that when children from disadvantaged backgrounds spend
eight years in an environment like
All Saints, by high school they are
on a level playing field. This is
changing a life. Thus the name of
the video: “Change a Life” available on line at
www.ChangeALifeFund.org. Take
a look.
As our lives become filled with
activity this holiday season, plan
a weekend to simply pause and
reflect.
The women of St. Margaret Mary
are invited to a weekend of
renewal Jan. 24 and 25, 2015.
The Christ Renews His Parish
retreat is a wonderful opportunity
to pause from the busyness of our
lives to nurture your spirit.
For more information or to
register, please contact:
Susan Martin
630-390-7010
Weekly Collection
11/16/2014
Year to Date 7/1/2014 to
Present
$19,274
$368,841
6,593
120,317
Totals:
25,867
489,158
Budget Goal:
23,477
485,629
2,390
3,530
Automated Giving:
Over/(Under) Goal:
Christmas Fun
Holiday Entertainment
Wednesday,
December 3 at 12 pm
In the Parish Center
Get into the Christmas
spirit with friends as
John Kleise entertains
us with Christmas
music.
Bring your favorite
appetizer or dessert
Susanmartin25@gmail.com
God’s Share
Weekly Mass
Offerings:
September
Club
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There is no cost, but
please RSVP by
November 30 to
Dolores Peterman at
630.955.9581
to tell her what you
are bringing.
Bring a grab bag gift
labeled for a man or
woman.
Collection for the
Christmas Giving
Tree
NO January
Meeting
Welcome,
Prince of Peace!
An Advent
Taize´Prayer Service
The following organizations
have sent thank you notes to
our parish in appreciation of
donations they received from
our Charitable Contributions
Committee.
• Senior Home Sharing
Join us on
Sunday, December 7, 5:30
in Church
• Teen Parent Connection
• Northern Illinois Food
Bank
for meditative music and contemplative prayer
that will feed your soul,
enabling you to experience
the peace, hope and joy of Advent.
• Sharing Connections
• Will County Center for
Community Concerns
• UCP Seguin of Chicago
• House of Good
Shepherd
A special note of thanks to all
the members of our Charitable
Contributions Committee for the
work they do in selecting charitable organization to receive
financial assistance from our
parish.
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Religious
Education
(Preschool—5th)
Lord Jesus Christ the King, let us see your face in everyone we meet
First Reconciliation
The celebration of the sacrament is scheduled for December 2nd and 3rd at 7:00 pm. Each service will be followed by a
reception.
Thanksgiving Break
Classes will be canceled for the week beginning Monday, November 24th and will resume on Monday, December 1st.
Christmas Eve Children’s Mass
In late November we will send information out inviting children in Grades K-5 to have roles as readers or characters in
the nativity pageant presented during the Christmas Eve Mass.
Advent Plans
We will have a brief wreath lighting service at the end of each class session. Our 4th graders are preparing a Jesse Tree.
New ornaments made by the children who are sharing our faith heritage will be added each week. The children will be
dismissed in the Parish Center at their normal time. Our Advent almsgiving project is a collection for Operation Smile
which provides free surgeries to repair cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities for children around the globe.
Following a donation, children will be given an ornament to be hung on our R.E. tree in the Parish Center
First Communion Parent Retreat
We have created a half day retreat program that delves into the traditions of Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation.
Each presentation will challenge parents to understand how the sacred is woven into their lives. The remaining sessions
are Sundays, January 11th or February 1st from 12 to 4 pm. We will begin with prayer and an introduction then lunch
will be served. We are asking that at least one parent from each family attend one session during the year. Preregistration is required.
First Communion
Registration information for First Communions will be mailed in January 2015.
Children’s Liturgy of the Word
The program is offered during the Saturday 5:00 Mass and the Sunday 9:00 and 10:45 Masses. After opening prayers
children are invited to attend "Liturgy of the Word." Children in kindergarten through third grade are invited to
participate.
Please contact Sue Davey at 369-0833 with any questions.
The Nursery will be CLOSED on
Sunday, November 30
(the Sunday after Thanksgiving.)
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Communal Celebration of
the
Sacrament of
Reconciliation
Sunday, December 14, 2014
5:00 PM in church
Enrichment
Come to the Stable:
Personal Journeys to the
Nativity
Speakers: Kathy Morrison,
Peggy Nowicki and
Margie Reilley
Wednesday, December 10
9:15 to 11:15 AM
In the Upper Room
Winter weather forces us to be
careful and watch where we’re
going. Walking or driving, we’re
safest if we make time to be
prepared, stay focused, and take it
slow. Limitations, failures, blindspots, and sin are as predictable and
inevitable as winter weather in
Illinois. That’s why in our
unfolding relationship with God we
can best stay on the path if we’re
prepared, focused, and take one step at a time.
Occasionally, we all wander off and need assistance getting back on track.
Please join with other parishioners in a communal celebration of the
Sacrament of Reconciliation. Approximately one hour, the service will
include an examination of conscience, an opportunity for private
confession, and a ritual focused on our commitment to continue walking in
God’s path.
A Christmas celebration for all men
and women!
This morning affords us the
opportunity to come together to
relax, take a deep breath, and
delight in this season of the Lord.
This Saturday, November 22, we celebrated
Father Paul’s 39th anniversary of ordination.
The banner portrays the Scripture quote
from Isaiah 61:1-2 and Luke 4:18-19 that he
chose for the theme of his ministry.
“The spirit of the Lord is upon me because
the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to
bring glad tidings to the lowly, to heal the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to
captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to
let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a
year acceptable to the Lord.”
We do this through praying,
listening, sharing, singing Christmas
hymns and enjoying delectable
snacks and hot beverages
Fee: $5.00
Reservations by
Friday, December 5
Call 630.369.0777
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TODAY?”
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Knights of
Columbus
St. Margaret
Mary Council
16011
Why Do You and Others
Want to Have a SMM Council
and Become a Knight? Why
Belong to the Knights of
Columbus?
You probably imagined yourself
being part of an organization that
fills your heart and your mind with
the joy of giving to others and the
feeling that comes with making a
difference.
The Knights of Columbus is a
Catholic, Family, Fraternal Service
Organization. Knights are Catholic
men, 18 years of age and older,
who are committed to making their
community a better place, while
supporting their Church.
Being a Knight is more than
camaraderie; it is being involved
with your community; it is
supporting your local Catholic
Church, while enhancing your own
faith; it is about protecting and
enhancing your family life. It is
through these 6 areas of service
that we can truly make a
difference:
NEWS
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Faith
•
Community
•
Family
•
Youth
•
Fellowship
•
Culture of Life
For more information please
contact Grand Knight Chuck
Graber at 630.220.1236
Membership Director Chuck
Schlabach at 630.983.4661
Bob Hansen heads team of SMMP Men's Club volunteers at Loaves and Fishes
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Also visit www.kofc.org or
www.illinoisknights.org for more
information.
Sharing Christmas Joy in Difficult Times
St. Margaret Mary, the parish with heart, has always been generous with those in need outside the parish.
Now we are asking that you also dig a little deeper to help those within the parish who could use some
help this Christmas season. You can be part of the Parishioners Helping Parishioners program by:
1. Sending money or $40 gifts certificates from Target, Jewel, K-Mart, Sears, Kohl’s and Penney’s to
“Parishioners Helping Parishioners”, c/o St. Margaret Mary Parish, 1450 Green Trails Dr. Naperville, IL
60540 or drop them off at the parish office 9:00 am—5:00 pm (Mon.—Fri.)
2. Letting us know of parishioners who might need help this Christmas by contacting Tom Cordaro at the
parish office, 369-0777. Certificates will be sent by mail with a Christmas card from “your parish family.”
For more information, contact Tom Cordaro at 630-369-0777.
Don’t throw your old Christmas/Holiday Lights in the trash!
Bring your old Christmas/Holiday lights to the church
to be recycled for cash to support our efforts to be an environmentally friendly parish.
until Jan. 15 collection boxes will be available in
the Church Lobby the Church entrance off Naper Blvd
and the Parish Center
For more information contact Tom Cordaro at 630-369-0777.
SMMP ‘HOLY LAND
PILGRIMMAGE’
Oct 26 – Nov 4, 2014
I have fixed my eyes on your hills,
Jerusalem, My Destiny!
Though I cannot see the end for me, I cannot turn away
We have set our hearts for the way;
this journey is our destiny.
Let no one walk alone.
The journey makes us one.
Thank You, all for your prayers during our recent
nine-day PILGRIMMAGE to the HOLY LAND, guided by Fr. Paul Hottinger. Led by an outstanding
Palestinian Christian Tour Guide, Tony (and his masterful motor coach driver, Muhammad), we followed the
footsteps of Christ: from incarnation ~ to birth ~ to crucifixion ~ to death ~ to ascension. Please know that you
remained in our prayers at daily mass: outdoors along the Sea of Galilee [fishing boats passed by and birds
chirped in the background], the Church at Cana [couples renewed their wedding vows], Shepherds’ Cave
[where they gazed up to a star that changed the world], Mt. Carmel Church [overlooking the city of
Jerusalem], Church of the Holy Sepulchre [pondering Christ’s resurrection, as we stood near His tomb], and
the Church of All Nations [on All Souls Day, by Gethsemane]. Morning/evening prayer; 6pm wine + 7pm
dinner; good, safe hotels and great abundant healthy food; plus Western Wall, floating in the Dead Sea,
collecting water from the Jordan River, Masada, and a few camel rides along the way. Our prayers remain with
the people of Israel and the West Bank. We saw firsthand how so many people in both regions simply desire to
live together in peace >> the Journey Makes Us One.
2014 Holy Land Pilgrims:
David Brandenstein
Chris Corbett
Ben Espinos
Dn. Joe Ferrari
Irene Gasior
Dn. Don Helgeson
Fr. Paul Hottinger
Angie Kapuscinski
Clyde Kapuscinski
Carm Parrilli
Drew Piraino
Kathy Piraino
Martha Rose
Jim Topolewski
Ronnie Topolewski
Warren Young
Jean Young
Anne Lysaught
John Lysaught
Charles Martinez
Josie Martinez
Tom Mathern
Rita Mathern
Pattie McGehee
Joe Noonan
Joan Noonan
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Family Altar Servers
Davis and Sandra Neuenkirchen
Ed and Anne-Marie Cronin
Kristin and Michael Fernandez
Our parish is fortunate to have several families who have begun serving in a new ministry
this year. The three families above (along with Patty and Des Curran family not pictured) will be
serving at our Sunday liturgies. The Altar Server Families assist the presiding priest and deacon
during our Sunday liturgies.
Any family who is interested in serving, please call Mary Oliphant @ 630.548.4862 for
more details. You may choose your mass times and dates well in advance and the obligation is
only one year at a time. Training is provided.
Low Gluten Hosts Available
Low Gluten Hosts are available for all those with gluten sensitivities receiving communion. When you enter the worship space, note on the
back credence table, just inside the doors, you will find a small silver dish.
Inside are the low gluten wafers in a clear plastic bag. Please use the tongs
and remove the wafer. Put it into the small gold pyx located right next to it.
The greeters will make certain that the pyx is brought up during the preparation of the gifts. A Eucharistic Minister on the Ambo (left) side of the
sanctuary will be the minister distributing these hosts. Having you set
aside the number of low gluten wafers needed for your family, ensures we
have what we need for you. Please consult with any deacon or greeter if
you have any questions or concerns about this procedure.
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Called to Live as Citizens of the Kingdom
With Open Hearts & Open Arms
Parish Social Mission Week: November 23-30
Is Jesus Christ Lord?
products and services in order to give the working
poor a raise. Ultimately the impact of raising the
minimum wage falls on all of us as consumers.
When deciding where we shop, do we consider what
employees are paid? Are we willing to reward
employers who pay a living wage even if it cost us a
little extra?
Today we celebrate the Feast of Christ Our King. We
boldly proclaim that Jesus is Lord of our personal
lives as well as our political lives. Jesus is Lord of
our spiritual lives as well as our economic lives.
In today’s Gospel Jesus reminds us that the litmus
test for all those who claim citizenship in the
Kingdom of God is how we treat “the least of these”;
the hungry, the homeless, the poor, the naked, the
imprisoned and the sick. What we do to them, we do
to our Lord and King.
Ultimately we decide the fate of the working poor by
the economic decisions we make. In highlighting the
world financial and
economic crisis, Pope
Francis sees a deeper
problem; a distorted and
defective understanding of
human dignity that reduces
humans to nothing more
than consumers and
producers in the economic
machine. The impact of
this defective
understanding of human
nature has distorted not
only our personal selfimage but it has distorted
the way we treat our fellow human beings and has
corrupted the way we think of ourselves as members
of one human family. As he stated in his recent
apostolic exhortation, “human beings themselves
are nowadays considered as consumer goods which
can be used and thrown away.”
As Pope Francis reminds us,
“No one can demand that
religion should be relegated
to the inner sanctum of
personal life, without
influence on societal and
national life, without concern
for the soundness of civil
institutions, without a right
to offer an opinion on events
affecting society. … An
authentic faith – which is
never comfortable or
completely personal – always involves a deep desire
to change the world, to transmit values, to leave this
earth somehow better than we found it.”
Today after Mass you are invited to raise your voice
for a raise in the minimum wage; to allow the
working poor a better chance to live with dignity and
take care of their families; to give them hope that a
better life is possible; to lessen the constant anxiety
and fear of falling into destitution.
How much is the cost of a person’s dignity; a cheap
hamburger, a bargain at the big box store? As the
U.S. Catholic Bishops remind us, “When we
purchase goods and services, we can choose to
support companies that defend human life, treat
workers fairly, protect creation and respect other
basic moral values at home and abroad.”
While it is true that a raise in the minimum wage will
cost some jobs, it is also true that the extra money in
the pockets of the working poor will increase
demand which in turn will create more jobs. As
citizens of the Kingdom of God we need to ask
ourselves if we would be willing to pay more for
By Tom Cordaro
Justice & Outreach Minister
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Fr. Paul’s Homily
Indifference Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time/A November 16, 2014
Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; 1 Thes 5:1-8; Mt 25:14-30
(We have to understand that there is absolutely no one who does not have a role to play in this great work of God.)
The weather and the season of the year
and the liturgical readings all gang up
on us to produce a sobering effect that
in the case of the liturgy anyway is
intended. Ordinarily we see Jesus in
the gospels defending the underdog,
championing the rights of the poor and
oppressed, but there are several of his
parables that are rather a harsh
judgment or could be read that way.
It’s important that we don’t shy away
from them but, rather, face them and
try to understand what he is trying to
convey.
This particular parable is similar to the
one about the landowner who sent his
servants and later his son to collect the
rent. There is something people are
supposed to supply. There is some
produce owed. And what this is
opening up is a whole idea: Why are
we here on earth? If we take the cues
from our society, we get the idea we
are here on earth for whatever we
want, to do as we please, to follow our
dreams, to pursue our own pleasures.
But this is not what the Bible says, and
this is surely not what Jesus ever
taught or believed. There is a goal in
human life placed there by our Creator.
We are created in the image of God
with a purpose, and therefore our
lives are precious, to God anyway,
and we must not fritter them away.
But again, if we look at our culture, we
see the rich and famous, those who are
in the news all the time, quite often
just doing that: frittering away their
lives, spending their time and their
money on themselves. And from Jesus’
perspective they are to be pitied. They
are completely failing to live up to the We have to understand that there is
reason why they exist in the first place. absolutely no one who does not have a
role to play in this great work of God.
Now Jesus sometimes tried to talk
There’s no one that doesn’t have a
about difficult things in parables and
contribution to make. There’s no one
we forget that parables our figures of
that is so poor or so helpless that he or
speech. It’s like reading poetry and
forgetting that it’s poetry. Parables are she cannot do something; that we have
to understand. If that were not true,
never intended to be interpreted
then Jesus’ mission would really be in
literally. Actually the Bible is not
intended to be interpreted literally, vain. No, we all can do something, and
we need to. It’s not optional. That’s
but parables in particular.
what this parable is trying to say, and
So literally we had a story here about that’s why we end up with this severe
people making money or not. But of
judgment with the weeping and the
course it has absolutely nothing to do grinding of teeth.
with making money. That’s simply a
metaphor for something else: making But mark well, this worthless servant,
a profit for one’s master. That’s why or lout as some transitions call him,
did absolutely nothing—did
in Scripture human beings are never
called anything but stewards. There are absolutely nothing—for his master. He
was not really a failure. A failure
so many examples of stewardship
would be forgiven. This man made no
because we are not our own master.
God is our master. Our lives belong to effort at all. He was non-caring, noninvolved, non-giving, noncontributing.
God. We simply are in charge of
them now. That’s the idea. We are in So the point Jesus is trying to make is
there is a big difference between
charge for now of our lives. We are
failing, which is forgivable, and not
stewards and we have a mission to
trying at all, which is not. It’s a
improve something, increase
something, help something. And what simple distinction, but it’s an important
one. We all have something to work
is that? Well, it’s very hard to say.
with, and we all have opportunities to
Parables don’t say anything too
directly, and probably there is no one advance God’s kingdom, God’s
purpose, God’s love, mercy,
answer that would fit everybody.
That’s the point. The master doles out compassion in the world—somehow. It
these large parcels of money—a talent may be little, it may be small, but it’s
is about one year’s worth of earning— there. It’s something. And the great
to each according to his abilities. Well, offense to God that this story portrays
what is it the master wants? Some kind is not caring at all. And we could say
of contribution to, in this parable, the that from the standpoint of this
parable, indifference is the root of all
work of God. It’s about us working
evil.
with God. It’s about us building up
the kingdom of God.
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Good News about Hell?
Julie Ferwerda, author of Raising Hell,
“the world is nothing more than a
cosmic game of tug of war and in the
end, God lets go of the rope.”
obeying. How many of us parents
have used threats and punishment to
By Al Gustafson
keep our kids in line? It often works…
at least in the short-term. Hell also
appeals to our ego, which likes
Jon Sweeney, who wrote Inventing
distinctions of right/wrong and win/
Hell, makes the claim that Dante’s
Inferno produced much of the imagery lose. My ego can feel good about my
eternal reward, especially when I know
of hell found in Christianity. The
word hell, however, is not mentioned what my non-church going neighbor
who I don’t like that much has in store
in the Pentateuch (first five books of
the Old Testament), the letters of Paul for him at the end of his life.
or John. Although Jesus teaches us to Pope Benedict in his book,
forgive seventy times seven,
Introduction to Christianity, comments
apparently God has a limit. Hell gives on the statement in our Creed where
us a threatening God and when God is we profess “Christ descended into
threatening the universe is not safe.
hell.” He refers to hell as “our final
Hospice worker, Kathleen Dowling
loneliness” and “the abyss of our
Singh observes her patients who are
abandonment.” Christ goes there,
the most afraid of dying are those who Benedict writes, “where no voice can
It is a hell of a thing to write about hell are the most religious. We have a God reach us any longer, there [Christ] is.
Hell is thereby overcome…The door
problem.
on the week of Thanksgiving, but by
of death stands open since life – love –
the end of the reflection, perhaps you I am not suggesting hell is not real
will find reasons to be grateful.
because that would be heresy and this has dwelt in death” Even in hell, Christ
can reach us. Love goes anywhere and
would be my last bulletin article.
Hell creates a real God problem for
everywhere to save the lost.
most of us…especially those of us who However, we do need to get past the
We all know hell…all of us who have
are parents. Granted our children can understanding of hell as a place of
eternal
punishment.
Pope
John
Paul
II
felt unloved, overwhelmed by shame,
enrage us, disappoint us and even
during
a
General
Audience
in
1999
unwanted or hopelessly lost in
shame us, but could any parent ever
addiction. Christ descends into that
imagine sending their child to eternal taught “rather than a place, hell
represents
the
state
of
those
who
freely
hell for you and for me so that we
damnation? Yet, this is what we are
and
definitively
separate
themselves
might discover our goodness again in
invited to imagine the Divine parent
from
God.”
For
John
Paul
II,
hell
is
a
Christ’s affirming gaze. Christ
would choose to do.
state of consciousness. Someone lost descends even into hell to love us into
I sometimes enjoy listening to
deep in addiction or blinded by
recovery, to heal us and welcome us
Christian rock music. The lyrics often resentment or trapped in the evil of
home, so that we too can experience
invite me to consider “how awesome
greed…this is hell. Hell is not a
the joy of heaven.
our God is.” Our awesome God is not location in the future; hell can be
There is a story told of Theresa of
so awesome though if those made in
present here and now.
Avila. When she was brought before
God’s image are spending an eternity
Sometimes
we
can
all
create
God
in
the Inquisition, she had to please her
in torment. Affirming that countless
inquirers by professing, “I believe in
souls are forever suffering in the fires our own image. So, let’s not be too
hard
on
some
in
the
church
who
hell.” She then turned to her fellow
of hell is essentially saying Satan wins
through
the
centuries
have
used
images
sisters and whispered to them, “there’s
and God loses. Or in the words of
of hell to keep the faithful praying and just no one there.”
Happy Thanksgiving!
May you and your loved ones share a blessed Thanksgiving Day.
456 SAVED, 59 CLOSED: We are thankful for the 456 babies “saved” during this fall’s
40 Days for Life campaign and the 59 abortion facilities that closed.
One of those facilities was the Bryan Texas facility where the 40 Days for Life campaign started before becoming a
global pro-life movement with hundreds of thousands of participants. The building will also house a CareNetaffiliated pregnancy center, Hope Pregnancy Center. Your prayers, fasting and witnessing were not in vain.
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Masses for the Week
Monday— November 24 — St. Andrew Dung-Lac
and Companions
8:15— Deceased Members Buried from SMMP
Tuesday— November 25
8:15— Michael Portelli — Family
Wednesday— November 26
8:15— Joyce Nieman — Ed & Shirley Talbot
Thursday— November 27 — Thanksgiving
9:00 — Mathai Enas — Family
Friday— November 28
8:15— Margaret McGarr — John & Mary Langhenry
Saturday— November 29
8:15— Bill & Dan Ryan — Ron & Pam Amato
5:00— Katherine Pechant — Husband
Sunday— November 30 — First Sunday of Advent
7:30— Eben Palmquist — Adrian & Sandi Jaworski
9:00— Evelyn Schlaman — Bob & Ann Kmak
10:45*— Samantha Knuick — Friends
12:15— For The Parish Family
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturdays, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
November 29
December 6
Food for the Journey
Scripture Readings for the Week
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
*Interpreted for the deaf
November
29 & 30
Lectors
Fr. Paul
Fr. Paul
Eucharistic Ministers
Servers
Sacristan/
Facilitator/LOW
Deacon/Presider
P. Cassady
D. Wiedeman
P. Rummer
K. Cernek
G. McArdle
N. Kordzinski
7:30
A. Bajusz
M. Connelly
D. Maguire
L. De Los Reyes T. Zakosek
M. Palmquist
R. Ruesch
B. & P. Bonkalski
9:00
M. Coffey
H. Stirk
M. Oliphant
T. Katsis
P. Komar
J. Krema
J. Nolan
J. Arnott
M. Guthrie
M. Maziarek
T. Chennikkara
M. &. D. Cronauer
Kyle Katsis
Michael Katsis
Jessica Scheirer
10:45
V. Keenan
D. Bobbe
G. Scriba
B. Burkhardt
S. Sarovich
F. Egan
A. Pardun
J. Herring
J. Considine
G. Goyette
R. Johnson
C. Corbett
P. LaBore
Kathleen Curran
Bridget Curran
Deirdre Curran
J. McAvoy
P. Findlay
Deacon Joe
Fr. Paul
12:15
R. Plank
P. Rotko
M. Mankus
A. Moore
J. Walendziak
M. Perich
B. Rurik
M. Curley
F. Lichon
R. Willey
G. Rotko
Annamarie Policht
Erin Kennelly
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Deacon Joe
Fr. Jonathan
5:00
J. Vahle
P. Skarr
A. Malloy
W. Jones
T. Brandenstein
Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5; Lk 21:1-4
Rv 14:14-19; Lk 21:5-11
Rv 15:1-4; Lk 21:12-19
Sir 50:22-24; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Lk 17:11-19
Rv 20:1-4, 11 — 21:2; Lk 21:29-33
Rv 22:1-7; Lk 21:34-36
Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7; 1 Cor 1:3-9;
Mk 13:33-37
M. Biskup
R. Meeker
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Carly Cernek
Sydney Cernek
Elisabeth Sledz
B. Ryan
A. Kmak
Deacon Terry
Fr. Paul
Shannon Kosirog
Jessica Schoder
Mark Weinewuth
M. Ciccarelli
Deacon Fred
Fr. Julian
J. Jeffreys
Deacon Fred
Fr. Paul
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
READINGS
St. Margaret Mary Parish
First Reading — I will rescue my scattered
sheep (Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17).
Second Reading — As in Adam all die, so
too in Christ all shall be brought to life
(1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28).
Gospel — Whatever you did to the least ones, you did to me
(Matthew 25:31-46).
NEXT WEEK’S SCRIPTURE READINGS
First Reading — We are the clay and you, O Lord, are the
potter: we are the work of your hands
(Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7).
Second Reading — God is faithful; by God you were called to
fellowship with the Son (1 Corinthians 1:3-9).
Gospel — Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the
time will come. (Mark 13:33-37).
“Learn the heart of God from the word of God. “
—Pope St. Gregory
Naperville/Lisle -- 630-369-0777
Parish Staff
Art & Environment Coordinator
Mary Lou Krauss
Bookkeeper
Pat Henke
Business Manager
Michael Prus
Building Manager
Bob Stezowski
Custodian
Ziggy Owiesek
Deacons (Permanent)
Deacon Joe Ferrari
Deacon Don Helgeson
Deacon Ken Miles
Deacon Fred Straub
Deacon Terry Taylor
Justice/Outreach Minister
Tom Cordaro
Liturgy Coordinator
Deacon Ken Miles
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
Music Director
Coming to the end of the Church year, we can wonder how
we got “extreme unction” out of “anointing of the sick.”
“Extreme” comes from a Latin phrase, in extremis, which in
English refers to the last struggle of a dying person. “Last
rites” is a phrase in common usage, and refers to the fact that
years ago everyone waited until the last crisis of illness to
summon the priest. The goal of anointing had always been
healing and forgiveness, but in time it began to be seen as a
preparation for death. In a hard world, almost anything from a
hangnail to a sneeze could be life-threatening, so perhaps the
change was inevitable. The emphasis on the penitential
aspects was heightened, even to the odd practice of Rome in
the twelfth century, when the sick person was sprinkled with
ashes mixed with holy water and given a hair shirt as a sign of
penance.
The reformers thankfully overlooked some of these
oddities of history, and today the sacrament of the sick is
much more generously applied to persons in a wide range of
situations. Still, it is a sacrament of reconciliation, and for that
reason is not celebrated for an infant or toddler, although
there is a rite for a visit to a sick child not including anointing
or Communion.
—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
John Schlaman
Parish Secretary/Bulletin Editor
Sue Carroll
Pastoral Associate
Sr. Madelyn Gould, S.S.S.F.
Pastoral Council President
Barbara Zdon
Priests
Rev. Paul Hottinger, Pastor
Julian von Duerbeck, OSB, Weekend Asst.
Jonathan Foster, OFM, Weekend Asst.
Receptionists
Rosalie Fall & Rita Thompson
Director of Religious Ed., Pre-school - 5
Sue Davey.
Director of Youth Ministry
Dan Lawler
Religious Education Secretary
Arlene Serio
Religious Education Staff Assistant
Debbie Brutlag
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