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St. John of the Cross Parish
5005 South Wolf Road ~ Western Springs ~ 708-246-4404 ~ www.stjohnofthecross.org
This is my
commandment:
love one another
as I love you.
6th Sunday of Easter
May 10, 2015
From the Desk of Fr. David
Dear Parishioners,
Happy Mother’s Day! It is a great day to celebrate those women who have given
us life in all its forms. Biological life, certainly. There is an unbreakable bond between
parent and child even when love is imperfect. Grandmothers are living examples that
before your parents were born there was life! Godmothers give spiritual life as women
of faith who inspire and guide us throughout our lives. Adoptive mother’s give life by
risking to open their hearts when something or someone else failed to do that, or when
an other mother did it most generously by giving up what she loved most. We honor
all women who transmit life by nurturing others.
I ask your prayers today for women struggling with infertility and for expectant
women. Pray for mothers who have lost their child through illness or violence. Pray for
those mothers who are estranged from children or from the fathers of their children.
Women living with the after effects of having had an abortion truly need our prayerful
support. Pray those who have found healing through Project Rachel.
As part of our parish observance of Mother’s Day we have asked a number of
women, some mothers some not, different ages and stages of life, to share reflections
with us at Mass. I hope hearing a woman’s voice on this day is both prayerful and
powerful for everyone who gathers with us at the Table.
Last week’s celebration of Fr. Joe’s 60th anniversary was wonderful. As limited
as his contact had to be with individuals, he certainly appreciated everyone’s
presence. Thanks to those who sent pages that were included in the binder that we
presented to him. I’m sure he will enjoy reading it all for many hours to come.
The Parish Advisory Council (PAC) meets this week to review the priorities from
the listening sessions in April for the To Teach Who Christ Is Campaign (TTWCI).
Over two hundred suggestions were made, many of which clustered around common
issues. Once the PAC signs off on the priorities we hand over our data to the
consultants for the archdiocese who will help prepare the case to be presented to you
at the end of summer. I think it is going to be exciting.
First Communions, Mother’s Day, anniversaries, parish elections, graduations
from many different schools and many more activities make May a busy month. Take
time to notice the new life all around you. Pentecost is only two weeks away.
Peace,
Fr. David
I thank you, Creator of us all, for my mother.
I thank you that she gave me life and nurtured me all those
years. She gave me my faith, helping me to know you and to
know Jesus and his ways. She taught me how to love and how
to sacrifice for others. She taught me that it was okay to cry and
that I should always tell the truth.
Bless her with the graces she needs and which you want to give
her today. Help her to feel precious in your eyes today and to
know that I love her. Give her strength and courage,
compassion and peace.
Bless her this day with your love.
Creighton Online Ministries
St. John of the Cross Parish www.stjohnofthecross.org
May 10, 2015
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God Bless our First Communicants
St. John of the Cross Parish www.stjohnofthecross.org
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Lifelong Learning
May our Easter joy be complete
and our love be sure .
May we grow in our faithfulness
to the Father ’s will and share more
perfectly in Jesus’ risen Life .
Background on the Gospel
In John's Gospel, we hear Jesus affirm that he is known by the
Father and that his disciples will know the Father by knowing
Jesus. In this passage, however, Jesus reminds his disciples that
this knowledge is to be expressed in love. Those who know Jesus
well—and Jesus says that his disciples do know him—will love
one another. Knowledge leads to love, which leads to action. John
reminds his community that Jesus taught that love is the sign of a
true disciple and, thus, a true Christian. Even more, a true disciple
shows a particular kind of love, sacrificial love.
In the Greek, there are two words for love that are used in this
passage. The first is agape. The second is philia. The first word is
most often used to describe love for other persons and for God. It
is understood as the highest and most perfect kind of love. The
second word is used to describe the affection of friendship. In this
context, John appears to use these words as synonyms. The root
of the Greek word for friend comes from this second term for
love, philia. By using this word, Jesus transforms the terms of his
relationship with his disciples and redefines for them their
relationship with God. In the Hebrew Scriptures, faith in God made
one a servant of God. Here Jesus teaches that his relationship to
his disciples is based on friendship, not servitude.
John reminds his community that Jesus also taught that a
disciple is one who had been chosen—one who had been chosen
by Jesus. To be chosen by Jesus, however, is not to be set apart
from the world. Instead, to be chosen by Jesus is to be sent to
serve the world as he did. The disciples of Jesus were chosen and
were sent into the world to bear fruit by serving others, by
sacrificing for others, in love.
This reading, like last week's, is part of Jesus' Last Supper
discourse. In the context of John's Gospel, these words are
spoken before Jesus' Crucifixion. We read his instruction to the
disciples in light of his death and Resurrection. We know that
Jesus himself gives us the greatest example of the kind of love
and service that he teaches to his disciples. He has, in fact, laid
down his life for his friends, for his disciples, and for us. Through
his death and Resurrection, we have received the grace to love
others as Jesus has commanded. Excerpts from Loyola Press.
Living the Gospel
Immediately after Jesus expresses the
desire that his joy become complete in
us, he commands us to “love one
another.” What is his joy? The deep
resonance of risen Life that arises from
being faithful to the Father’s will. What is
the love he commands? Laying “down
one’s life.” Joy and love are the Easter
mystery made visible. Love always brings
us to Good Friday, because then we
gaze upon the Jesus who lays down his
life. This Jesus calls us to lay down our
own life, to give ourselves over to the
kind of self-giving life that brings Life to
others. Joy always proclaims Easter
Sunday, that day when Life burst forth
from death. We who remain in Jesus’
love and welcome his joy in us embody
the Easter mystery, make visible God’s
saving events, witness to bearing the fruit
of the Father’s gift of Life.
Our love for one another is to emulate
Jesus’ love—a love that is total,
demanding, self-emptying, self-giving.
Jesus doesn’t ask us to do anything that
he hasn’t done first. Yes, the command is
simple: “love one another.” The demand
is imposing: lay down our lives. Keeping
God’s commandments is laying down our
lives—we surrender our will to doing
God’s will and in this is the dying. Caring
for and reaching out to others is laying
down our lives—also a dying. Doing the
little things every day not because we
have to but because we see the other as
the beloved of God is dying. We choose
all these and other ways of dying
because we know this is love and love is
risen Life rising to kiss us with a share in
divinity. And our joy is complete when we
love in this way—as Jesus loves us.
©Living Liturgy
The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated next weekend on Sunday, May 17th in our diocese.
Monday
Acts 16:11-15
Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5
-6a and 9b
John 15:26–16:4a
Tuesday
Acts 16:22-34
Ps 138:1-2ab,
2cde-3, 7c-8
John 16:5-11
Wednesday
Acts 17:15, 22–18:1
Ps 148:1-2, 11-12,
13, 14
John 16:12-15
Thursday
St. Matthias
Acts 1:15-17, 20-26
Ps 113:1-2, 3-4,
5-6, 7-8
John 15:9-17
Friday
Acts 18:9-18
Ps 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
John 16:20-23
St. John of the Cross Parish www.stjohnofthecross.org
May 10, 2015
Saturday
Acts 18:23-28
Ps 47:2-3, 8-9, 10
John 16:23b-28
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Sunday Ascension
Acts 1:1-11
Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9
Eph 1:17-23 or 4:1-13
Mark 16:15-20
Prayer
What if God’s answer to one of our
prayers is “no”? We are given this
answer at times. Sometimes when we
are told “no” we easily accept the
answer we are given, because what
we are asking for is something that
really did not matter that much.
Occasionally,
though,
we
find
ourselves being told “no” when every
part of our being wants the answer to
be “yes.” What happens to our
relationship with God then? Does our
relationship with God completely fall
apart? Does our entirerelationship
with God depend on God answering
our prayers?
Jesus did not get the “yes” he
begged for with every part of his
being: “Let this cup pass away from
me” (Matthew 26:39). Jesus knew,
though, that his prayer was heard, he
knew God could answer his prayer,
and he knew his Father would be
there with him no matter what. Jesus’
relationship with God the Father did
not fall apart when his prayer was not
answered, because his relationship
with God did not depend on answered
prayers.
We are invited into a similar
relationship—a relationship with God
that trusts that our prayers are heard
yet does not demand our prayers be
answered. We are invited into a
relationship of confidence that
God can answer our prayers, yet at
the same time, we are invited into a
relationship that asks us for complete
surrender to God’s way. The
relationship we are invited into with
God is not an insurance policy that
guarantees we get what we want.
However, we are promised that God
hears us and will be with us every
step of the way.
I know many of us seek certain
things “to pass away from us” in our
own lives or in the lives of those we
love. When we get an answer of
“no” to a prayer we fervently prayed,
may we continue to turn to Jesus to
help us surrender to God’s will, and
may we have the courage to let God
take us deeper.
Christian love always possesses one quality: concreteness. Jesus himself, when he
speaks of love, tells us concrete things: feed the hungry, visit the sick. They are all
“concrete things” for indeed “love is concrete.
There is a basic criteria for truly living in love. The criteria is to abide in the Lord and
the Lord in us, and the criteria of Christian concreteness is the same, always: The
Word came in the flesh. The criteria is“ the Incarnation of the
Word, God made Man” and “Christianity without this foundation is Remain
not true Christianity. The key to Christian life is faith in Jesus
in my
Christ, the Word of God made Man.
“Love is found more in deeds than words. Jesus himself said: it
Love
is not those who call me ‘Lord, Lord, who talk much, who shall
enter the Kingdom of heaven; but those who do the will of God. The invitation set
before us, then, is to be “concrete” by doing the deeds of God.
There is a question we must each ask ourselves: “If I abide in in Jesus, if I abide in
the Lord, if I abide in love, what do I do for God not what do I think or what do I say
and what do I do for others?” Therefore, the first criteria is to love with deeds, not with
words. The wind carries away our words: today they are here and tomorrow they are
gone.
The “second criteria for concreteness is that “in love it is more important to give than
to receive. The person “who loves, gives, gives things, gives life, gives himself to God
and to others. Instead, the person “who does not love and who is selfish always
seeks to receive. He seeks always to have things, to have the advantage. It is a
matter of abiding in God” and of “God abiding in us. It is a matter of abiding in love.
Excerpts from Pope Francis Homily 1.9.14
Richard Rohr Meditation
I have heard it said that the gaze of delight between a mother and
the baby at her breast is the beginning of the capacity for intimate
relationship. We spend the rest of our lives hoping for that moment
again: that kind of safety; that kind of security; that kind of feeding;
that kind of living inside of one world, where we are delighted in and
loved. That is the True Self. Perhaps the most perfect image of this
we can find is the Madonna with the Baby Jesus. This is the most
common painting in Western art museums, I am told, probably
because there is absolute wholeness mirrored in the gaze of love
between mother and child. As Jung said, we paint the images our
soul needs to see.
We also become the God we connect with. That’s why it’s so
important to know the true God, and not some little, punitive, toxic
god, because then you don’t grow up, but live in fear and pretense.
Contemplation, as Thomas Keating says, is the divine therapy. We
know God and we know ourselves by inner prayer journeys and not
by merely believing in doctrines or living inside of church structures.
God’s way of dealing with us becomes our way of dealing with life
and others. We eventually love others, quite simply, as we have
allowed God to love us, which should create quite a loving world.
Becoming who I am
Becky Eldridge. Ignatian Spirituality
St. John of the Cross Parish www.stjohnofthecross.org
May 10, 2015
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School
Crossroads
Calendar of Events
May 17 End of Year Event
Students, faculty, staff, and administration celebrated,
“Spotlight on SJC,” this week. The annual event
allows parents to have the opportunity to visit school
and learn what activities the children participated
throughout the year. The classrooms are filled with
many projects for all to enjoy. This year students had
the opportunity to visit the science lab to work on
STEM projects.
Many thanks to the Parent
Association for providing the children with ice cream
as they left.
This Week at SJC
Monday, May 11 May Crowning and Ribbon Ceremony 11:00am
8th Grade Luncheon 1:00pm
Athletic Board Meeting 7:00pm
Tuesday, May 12 Baton Show 2:00pm
Friday, May 15
Memorial Games
Co-Ed Summer Softball
Summer softball teams are now forming! We’ll
play on Sunday evenings beginning June 7.
Register
on
our
website
www.stjohnofthecross.org/crossroads/sports/ by
May 16.
End of Year Event
We will gather for a year-end social and trivia fun
on May 17 at 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Center.
NCYC Registration Deadline Next Sunday
The National Catholic Youth Conference will be
held in Indianapolis, November 19-21. It is a
powerful, three-day experience of prayer,
community, and empowerment for Catholic
teenagers. Registration forms can be found on
our
website,
www.stjohnofthecross.org/
crossroads.
Work Tours for Teens and Adults
Help build homes, communities and hope at
Habitat for Humanity in WV, July 12-18. We need
5 more teens and two adults to join us!
Two more adults are needed for our trip to our
sharing parish, OLPH in KY August 1-8. Read
more
and
get
registration
forms
at
www.stjohnofthecross.org/crossroads/work-tours/
Kairos 20 registration is open! See our website,
http://www.stjohnofthecross.org/crossroads/
retreats/ to register.
St. John of the Cross Parish www.stjohnofthecross.org
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Parish News
Summer Mass Schedule
From Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day
(inclusive) there will be no 12:15pm Mass. This
year there will be no 12:15pm Mass beginning
Sunday May 24, 2015. Please mark your calendar.
Help Those in Nepal
Catholic Relief Services is hard at work in Nepal
helping those affected by the recent earthquake.
Donations may be sent to Nepal Emergency
Appeal, Catholic Relief Services, 3525 S. Lake
Park Avenue, Chicago 60653 or donate online at
chicagopeaceandjustice.org/nepalemergencyappeal
Mass at Holy Name for Archbishop Romero
Archbishop Cupich will celebrate a Mass in honor
of the beatification of Archbishop Oscar Romero
on May 23 at 10am. All are welcome.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Knitters and crocheters will meet on Wednesday,
May 13th from 1-2:30pm in the Parish Center to
make prayer shawls for those who are ill or going
through life difficulties. If you know someone who
would like a prayer shawl or for more information
about this ministry, call Sheila 708-246-7836 or
Mary 708-246-5108.
Tower Chorale Next Weekend
The Tower Chorale, directed by Patrick Godon,
will be performing famous folk melodies on Friday
and Saturday May 15 and 16 at 7:30pm at
Nazareth Academy. Parishioners, Kathy Daley,
Tom Licar, and Betsy Spiering will be singing in
this concert. Tickets are $20 Adult, $17 Senior/
Students, Children 10 and under free. Tickets are
available from singers, at the door, or call 708-509
-0997 or visit us at: www.towerchorale.org.
Be a Part of our Parish Directory
Thank you to our parishioners who have had their
pictures taken and for those who have made
appointments for upcoming portraits. We still have
a few openings on the following dates if you would
like to be a part of our Directory.
May 17, 18, 19, 20 21, 22, 31 and June 2
If you have any questions or concerns about your
photo that was taken, call Lifetouch Customer
Service at 888-313-1746. To schedule a photo
appointment, call the Parish Center or visit our
parish website.
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SAM will meet next
Saturday, May 16 at 9am
in the Parish Center
“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who
asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.”
Peter 3:15
Can you give a reason for your hope?
Do you have sufficient hope in your life?
If the answer is NO to either question, then
perhaps you may find the fix at the next SJC Men's
Club SAM gathering where we will focus on “Finding
and Delivering Hope When All Seems Hopeless” on
Saturday, May 16th at 9am in the Parish Center.
If the answer is YES to those questions, then
please come and share your experiences to help
your fellow parishioners learn from you. We hope to
see you there.
SAM (Sharing Among Men) is a unique forum
for men to learn about and discuss topics
related to our Catholic faith. Gatherings begin
with fellowship accompanied by fresh bagels,
juice and coffee. Everyone finds a seat by 9am
when the content portion of the meeting begins
with a content leader offering an opening
reflection to introduce the discussion topic.
Men’s Club Golf Outing
The SJC Men’s Club invites all men to a golf outing
on Friday June 5 at Flagg Creek.
Cost: $27 includes golf, cart, 2 beverage tickets and
entry into contests.
Contests: Low score, long drive, closest to the pin.
Tee Times: 1:00 to 2:17pm
Sign-up: Forms can be found on the Parish Men’s
Club Web Site. Please drop off the form or a note
with your name and/or name of the foursome,
contact information, and a check(s) made payable to
the SJC Men’s Club to the Parish Center.
Questions: Contact Dan Montgomery
(312.952.1435) or John Cisek (708-784-1998).
Parish News
Catholic Charities Mother’s Day Appeal
This weekend there is a second collection to support
Catholic Charities. With 153 programs at over 161
locations throughout Cook and Lake Counties, our
donations help Catholic Charities serve poor and
vulnerable people of all ages, races, religions and
economic backgrounds. Thank you for your
generosity.
Upcoming Interfaith Career Network Programs
Everyone is welcome. There is no charge to attend.
For more information, please visit our website:
www.interfaithcareernetwork.org
Career Transition Boot Camp:
For our final
workshop on Tuesday, May 12, 7-9 pm, a panel of HR
professionals will coach you on the “Art of
Interviewing” and answer all your questions about
successful phone and in- person interview strategies
and techniques as well as providing tips on how to
recover from interviewing blunders. First Presbyterian
Church of La Grange.
LinkedIn for Beginners - New Ideas for Everyone
Join us on Tuesday, May 19, 7-9 pm and learn why
your LinkedIn profile is the second most important job
hunting tool, next to your resume. Our speaker, Kevin
Loughney, will focus on different ways to use this free
tool to improve your job search and will present ways
to set up and utilize LinkedIn for job searches. SJC
Parish Center
Using the Internet for Your Job Search: Tools, Tips
and Techniques Your Competition Isn't Using
Join us on Thursday, May 21, 7-9 pm and learn the
secrets of effectively getting your resume noticed.
Learn search engine tips so that you can effectively
find and network with potential recruiters, hiring
managers and companies. Our speaker, Kevin Crews,
is a highly respected recruiter and trainer with over 20
years of experience. SJC Parish Center.
Gardening Angels
It’s time to pick up the flowers and begin planting at
SJC! If you would like to join our group of dedicated
gardeners please contact Jan Grabacki at 708-2464610.
Register for VBS!!
All parish children entering kindergarten through
5th grade in the fall are invited to attend our parish
Vacation Bible School from 9am-Noon on June
29—July 2. We will LEARN what’s so great about
God, EXPLORE the nature of God, and SERVE
God in practical ways through interactive games,
skits, songs, and crafts. The cost is $35 which
covers the program, t shirt and snacks. You can
register at the YC Office or website. Space is
limited. High school and adult crew leaders needed
and appreciated. Register by June 1.
Jack Shea Program Rescheduled
A perhaps too facile evaluation is that we
spend most of our lives getting through to Friday
and, hopefully, resting on the weekend, only to
begin the process again.
However, “things
happen.” We find ourselves in experiences that
shift our awareness, support the best in us, and
suggest new behaviors.
Spiritual traditions
greatly prize the consciousness that these
experiences initiate. Much to our surprise, we
become accidental mystics. We will spend time
describing these types of “spiritually significant”
experiences and charting their impact on our
development.
Saturday, May 30, 2015 9 - Noon
Facilitator, Jack Shea, is a theologian and
storyteller
who
lectures
nationally
and
internationally on storytelling in world religions,
faith-based health care and contemporary
spirituality.
Free to St. John of the Cross Parishioners. Call
the Parish Center office to register. The Well
Spirituality Center is located at 1515 W. Ogden
Ave. in LaGrange Park.
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It’s Time to Register for YC
Youth Catechesis is SJC’s religious education program for all parish children
from kindergarten through 8th grade. Registration is underway for the next
school year. Visit our office to register your children. The YC office is located in
the southeast corner of the school building at 708 51st Street. Call us with
questions at 708-246-6760. New families are asked to bring a copy of each
child’s baptismal certificate if not baptized at our parish.
Office Hours: Monday—Thursday 8:30am-4pm. During the month of May we
will also have extended hours from 8:30am-6:30pm on May 12, 14, 18, 20 and
27 for your convenience.
We encourage all parishioners to become involved as a Catechist or Aide next
year. We have volunteers who have children in the program, parishioners who do
not have a YC student, and high school teens. All are welcome to share their
faith with our parish children! Join us!!
Infant Baptisms
St. John of the Cross Parish congratulates
the following families who had their infant
baptized last Sunday. Pictured with Deacon
John Schopp and their godparents are from
the left Bridget and Juan Giraldo with infant,
Evan Ernesto, Lauren and Brian Vaupell with
infant, Jack Wilkin, and Renee and Mark
Bagdon with infant, Leo Benjamin. (The
godfathers are holding the baptismal
candles.)
St. John of the Cross Parish also
congratulates Daniel and Amanda Donovan
holding infant, Brian Daniel, who was
baptized by Fr. Bill at the end of April.
Pictured with them are Brian’s godparents.
Have a New Baby?
Ready for Baptism?
Learn about infant baptism at our parish.
Call the Parish Center and ask for Theresa
or Mary Beth weekdays between 9am and
4pm. Or go to our parish website under
Sacraments.
St. John of the Cross Parish www.stjohnofthecross.org
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Parish News
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
RCIA or the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is the way that
those interested in the Catholic Church learn about the faith and join
our community. The process traces its roots back to the earliest days
of Christian communities.
The process is for . . .
· Those never baptized who would like to become a Catholic,
· Those baptized in another Christian Church who would like to
become Catholic, or
· Those already baptized as a Catholic but who have not
received the Sacraments of Eucharist or Confirmation.
The RCIA gives people on a faith journey an opportunity to discover
not only what the Catholic Church and a life of faith in it is all about,
but also an opportunity to explore how Jesus Christ may be calling
them into his life in a deeper way. If you or someone you know is
interested in learning more about becoming Catholic invite them to
contact Fr. Bill at 708-246-4404.
42nd Annual Garage Sale
Saturday, June 20 9am-2pm
Half Price Bag Sale: Monday, June 22 9am-1pm
Donations Accepted at School on Saturday, June 13 from 9am2pm, Monday-Thursday, June 15-18 from 10am-8pm and Friday,
June 19 from 10am-Noon. Go to our parish website to learn about
items accepted for donation and how to volunteer.
The mission of the Garage Sale means giving to those in need,
respecting others less fortunate, bringing together volunteers in a
Christian spirit, raising funds to support local charities within our
community, supporting the parish as a whole, and making a
difference in the lives of others.
The success of the Garage Sale relies on your support—your
generous donations and volunteer support!
Month’s Mind Mass for Cardinal George and Galero Raising
All are invited to a Mass on the one-month anniversary of the death of
Francis Cardinal George, OMI, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago. This Mass
will be celebrated on Sunday, May 17, at 5:15 p.m., at Holy Name
Cathedral, State and Superior Streets in Chicago. No tickets are required
for this Mass. Rev. Msgr. Daniel Mayall, Rector of Holy Name Cathedral,
will be the main celebrant and homilist. During this Mass, Cardinal
George’s galero, the wide-brimmed, tasseled red hat, will be raised to the
Cathedral ceiling, joining the galeri of the other Cardinals of the
Archdiocese of Chicago.
We all have mental health. Along the
mental health continuum are three major
mental health states in which individuals
can be located at various times in their
lives. At the “healthy” end of the continuum
are individuals experiencing well-being, a
state of good mental and emotional health.
These individuals may experience stress
and discomfort resulting from occasional
problems of everyday life, but they
experience no impairment to daily
functioning. All other individuals, for whom
problems are more serious or prolonged,
and for whom coping becomes
progressively more difficult, are described
as having “mental health problems.”
People experiencing emotional problems
have mild to moderate distress, and mild to
temporary impairment in functioning
(insomnia, lack of concentration, or loss of
appetite). This may include people with
situational depression, general anxiety, or
mild attention deficit disorder (ADD).
People having emotional problems that rise
to the level of mental illness experience
marked distress, and moderate to disabling
or chronic impairment. It may include
relatively common disorders such as
depression and anxiety as well as major
disorders such as schizophrenia. The
distinguishing factor in mental illness is
typically chronic or long-term impairments
that range from moderate to disabling in
nature. As a faith community, we can offer
spiritual comfort through our prayerful
presence in people’s lives by
acknowledging their pain and supporting
them through the healing and recovery
process. For more information, visit the
National Catholic Partnership on Disability
at http://www.ncpd.org/ministries programs/specific/mentalillness
Today we pray for all men, women, and
children -- and on this day especially
mothers -- who themselves or within their
families deal with mental and emotional
crises, that the joy and love of Jesus may
bring them comfort. Amen.
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Outreach
Sharing Parish Update
St. John of the Cross has been reaching out with support
to our Sharing Parishes for well over ten years. The current
list of Sharing Parishes includes: St. Thaddeus, Chicago, St.
Mark, Chicago, Our Lady of Charity, Cicero, Kolbe House &
Precious Blood, Chicago, Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
Kentucky, and Holy Family, Jinga, Uganda. We connect with
each parish in prayer, fellowship, operational and financial
support.
The Outreach Advisory Committee is saddened to report
that our work with two of our Sharing Parishes will be
coming to a close at the end of June, 2015. Both the Holy
Cross Mission in Jinga, Uganda and St. Mark Parish in
Chicago will no longer receive monthly support from our
parish.
St. John of the Cross parishioners have been supporting
Holy Cross Mission in Uganda, starting with a trip to the
Mission by twelve members of our Parish in 2006. After
visiting Holy Cross School, our parish has been sending
monthly checks to support numerous children in pursuit of a
high school education. In addition, we have sponsored the
“Livestock for Life” program which provides a goat, chicken
or pig to selected families each Christmas thanks to the
efforts of Parishioner, Maureen Boor.
A key component of our sharing partnerships is
communication that helps us build a relationship with each
parish or group. After repeated requests asking the Mission
staff for more information about their work at Holy Cross and
the progress of the students we have been supporting, we
have unfortunately not been able to connect and will
discontinue our monthly support at the end of this fiscal
year. However, Livestock for Life will still be available at
Christmas.
Our parish also had an active sharing relationship with St.
Mark Parish in Chicago for over 8 years. Working with
Pastor Fr. Elmer Romero and his staff, our parish was able
to assist in many areas of their parish life in addition to our
monthly financial support. In 2012, Fr. Elmer was assigned
to the staff of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary. Since then the
parish has not had a permanent pastor.
In addition to their leadership challenges, St. Mark Parish
also faces a changing demographic where parishioners do
not live in or near the parish boundaries.
Taken together, the Outreach Advisory Council has
decided that since we have fulfilled our promise of financial
support to St. Mark Parish it makes most sense to direct our
sharing parish support to other parishes. We will, however,
continue to provide food to the St. Mark Food Pantry on our
regularly scheduled basis.
We will keep you informed of future decisions of the
Outreach Advisory Committee.
Pictured above are Kathy and Chris
Comperchio with Bill Bright with Ronald
McDonald. Volunteer opportunities to
assist with unpacking donations and
cooking will be available at the Ronald
McDonald House in Maywood. Call Bill
Bright for more details.
Help alleviate hunger by contributing nonperishable
healthy food to our Food Pantry Collection each
time you come to church. The food gathered in our
church narthex during the month of May will be
donated to Mary Queen of Heaven in Chicago.
Thank you for your generosity.
Practice & Love
1. We learn anything by practicing: the piano,
soccer, algebra.
2. Jesus calls us to love one another as the Father has loved Jesus.
3. How do you practice love?
Notice that embedded in observation #1 is the
basic idea that practice itself isn’t always fun or
instantly gratifying. In fact, it can be tedious. But
what makes us do in the tedious times is the
hope that it will bring forth some fruit in our
lives. To practice love like Jesus–to work at it
day after day–what might that mean for
you? What are the many practices which, when
added up, help you develop into a virtuoso, a
poet of love? Tim Muldoon Ignatian Spirituality
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Making Room for Compassion
This column is a response to two letters I
received recently: The first came from a lady
whom I do not know. Among other things, she
writes: “I appreciate your column, especially its
title, In Exile. You see, Father, I suffer from
emotional and mental illness and, in a society
like ours, that puts me outside of life. “I always
feel like I am in exile. Everyone keeps their
distance from me, and they seem to actually
blame me for being ill, as if I could make myself
well just by wishing it.” Then, last week, I
received a letter from a friend who has just been
asked to leave religious life because she, too,
struggles emotionally. She comments: “I am
becoming more realistic about the attitudes that
exist both inside of religious community and in
the world outside, namely, that any person who
has required any kind of psychiatric care is
considered forever unstable, unproductive and
unsuitable for a life of normal relationships and
service.”
Both of these letter, however gentle their
language, contain harsh prophetic messages.
Their words are the words of Christ who warns
us that health and strength are gifts given from
beyond and that when we become complacent,
smug and self-sufficient about them, we risk
missing the kingdom. The truth is that we, the
healthy and strong, are too smug and
complacent, and that we are too unfeeling and
too judgmental toward those who struggle. In the
end, we are too calloused. We are too full of
ourselves, our health and strengths are blinding
us to what is gift. We are self-preoccupied,
adolescent and narcissistic. In that, there is no
place for compassion. Our respect is only for
those who, like ourselves, are strong, healthy
and successful. But that excludes the sick, the
emotionally and mentally handicapped, the
aging, the dying, the poor, the unborn and
unattractive.
Not only do we lack compassion and
understanding toward these people, worse still,
we blame them for their poverties, as if, as the
lady comments, they could get strong and well
simply by their own efforts. Moreover, we act as
if our own strengths and health are the products
of our efforts. Consciously and unconsciously,
we have the attitude: “It’s their own fault! Anyone
who is sick is sick because somehow they want
to be sick or because they are not taking care of
themselves properly.
Anyone can help
themselves!” This insensitivity is, in the end, an
anomaly — for we are compassionate by nature.
Compassion is an irrepressible instinct inside of us.
Thus, it is not surprising that certain things (for
example, Steve Fonyo’s Journey for Lives) draw
such an enormous outburst of compassionate
sentiment. Our underused instinct is taking its
revenge. Such things as Fonyo’s run are very good,
but for too many of us they can also be an
opportunity to vent our moral spleens in such a way
that we can then, without guilt, be insensitive and
judgmental toward the sick and unattractive with
whom we really deal.
There is compassion for an attractive personality
with cancer, but a judgmental attitude toward
someone we live with who struggles with emotional
cancer. Compassion for helpless seal pups, but
callousness toward the unwanted unborn within our
own wombs. Four years ago, I was handed a mixed
grace. I got sick. The illness could not have caught
me at a better time. I was on a high – healthy, strong,
successful enough, never lacking in friends, full of
myself. During the months that I was struggling to
regain some lost physical and emotional health, I was
given the opportunity to see things from the other
side. From the perspective of vulnerability and
weakness, my own smugness and complacency was
ever so evident. How quickly I judged others. How
quickly I disdain weakness. How quickly I assume
that others’ problems are their own fault.
How utterly unprepared I am to die. How unchildlike
I have become. How smug and devoid of
compassion I am I doubt that, despite my fault, I am
atypical here. I suspect that I am, on this score, more
of a microcosm of than an exception in our culture.
So that leaves the question: How can we have
become so unfeeling, so smug, so adolescent, so
narcissistic, so full of ourselves to have lost our
childlike-ness? Prophecy. We badly need it. So I
share with you these two letters. They point out that
only persons serving a pagan god, one absolutely
antithetical to the God of Jesus, could so
adolescentize the dictum: “God blesses those whom
he loves!” to make it mean: “God loves the strong
and attractive!” Thank God for the prophetic
challenge of those who struggle. Perhaps they can
help us reverse things before death.
Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, teacher, and
award-winning author, is President of the Oblate School
of Theology in San Antonio, TX.
St. John of the Cross Parish www.stjohnofthecross.org
May 10, 2015
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Monday, May 11
9:30am Spiritual Journaling
10:30am Step 11 Christian Meditation
11:00am School 8th Grade Ribbon Ceremony & Lunch
2:30pm Adoration
7:00pm Boy Scouts
7:00pm Monday Eucharist Book Study
Tuesday, May 12
9:05am Tuesdays with Mary Rosary
6:30pm PAC Meeting
7:00pm Boy Scouts Parent Pack Committee
7:00pm Spotlight on SJC School
7:00pm RCIA
7:00pm Teacher Recognition Trust
Wednesday, May 13
Parish Directory Photos Today
9:00am Broderick Bridges Group
9:30am Bible Study
1:00pm Prayer Shawl Ministry
1:00pm Contemplative Outreach
2:00pm Christian Meditation
3:00pm Spirituality of John of the Cross Group
7:00pm Chicago Catholic Scripture School
7:30pm SAM Planning Meeting
Thursday, May 14,
Parish Directory Photos Today
9:00am Women's Club Flourish
1:30pm Monday Eucharist Book Study
7:00pm Women's Club Board Meeting
Friday, May 15
Parish Directory Photos Today
3:30pm Memorial Games
6:00pm Beloved Gathering
Saturday, May 16
Parish Directory Photos Today
7:00am Christian Meditation
9:00am Men's Club SAM Gathering
Parish Elections after 5pm Mass
Sunday, May 17
Parish Directory Photos Today
Parish Elections after all Masses
1:30pm Baptisms
6:00pm Crossroads End of the Year Party
It is good for us to spend time before the
Tabernacle, to feel the gaze of Jesus upon us.
Pope Francis @Pontifex · May 5
Mass Intentions
Monday, May 11 Easter Weekday
7:45am Muriel Albertson; Our Beloved Dead
Tuesday, May 12 Sts. Nereus and Achilleus; St. Pancras
7:45am William J. Rooney, Jr. Helen Grigas
Wednesday, 13 Our Lady of Fatima
7:45am Dolores Rotolo; P.J. Cavalieri
Thursday, May 14 St. Matthias
7:45am Thomas Hawkins; Carole Turlek
Friday, May 15 St. Isidore
7:45am Larry Dougherty; Jack Scriba
Saturday, May 16 Easter Weekday
8:00am Kevin McGuire; Evelyn Spitkovsky
5:00pm Joseph Koucky; John Hogan
Sunday, May 17 Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
7:30am Jeanne Abiog; Raymond Fatter
9:00am John Hogan; Anthony Hlinka
10:45am John Berkovsky; Janis Comer
12:15pm Steve Ryan; Charles Tracy
5:00pm Bruno Krause; Cooper Heinz
Italics: Living Intention
Pray for Our Sick
Karen Bernardino
Lori Cook
Marie Coyne
Don King
Norb Koziol
Marion Pascale
Patricia Shannon
Mary Ann Siragusa
Pray for Our Beloved Dead
Edward Reilly, brother of Michael, Paul, Florence and Stuart
Nancy O’Connell-Stone, sister of Jane Delaney
Rick Zech, husband of Kelly, father of Caitlin, John Francis, and
Conor
Wedding Banns
The month of May, dedicated to Mary, is a
fitting time to begin to recite the rosary daily.
Pope Francis @Pontifex · May 17
Gracious God, hear the prayers of your
people your Son has gathered before you.
May every prayer we utter and every work
we undertake be to your glory as we
await the fulfillment of your promise of
eternal life in you and whom you have
sent, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns
with you forever and ever. Amen.
Elizabeth Hussey & Alexander Garreau
Rev. David P. Dowdle, Pastor
[email protected]
708-246-4404 x135
Rev. Joseph F. McDonnell,
Pastor Emeritus
Rev. William J. Vollmer, Assoc.Pastor
[email protected]
708-246-4404 x120
For a full staff listing go to our website home page.
St. John of the Cross Parish www.stjohnofthecross.org
May 10, 2015
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God Bless Our First Communicants
Cole Alessi
Jake Alessi
Rocco Alessi
Riley Andel
Margaret Anderson
Aidan Babaran
Kenneth Bach
Andrew Bjorson
Kylie Blake
Avery Bolick
Brooke Boshardt
Taylor Branch
Grace Broderick
Lucy Bruns
Robert Bucko
Anna Bukovac
Joseph Buralli
Rocco Buralli
Mia Burk
Harrison Burke
Maxwell Cabana
Daniel Carroll
Harper Carroll
Mia Cassaro
Tyler Chambers
Charles Ciesla
Jane Cipra
Quinn Clarke
Kathryn Clopton
James Conkin
Hailey Conroy
John Conroy, III
Brian Cronin
Ella Cuttica
Brooke D'Aprile
Hannah Davidson
Connor Davis
Ronan Dowd
Liam Doyle
Colin Dunneback
Grace Enderle
Dylan Eulgen
Norachi Ezike
Leigh Ferrell
Jake Forrest
Joshua Furey
Antonino Gentile
Estelle Giustini
Sophia Giustini
Mia Maria Graziano
John Grier
Ciara Griffin
William Griswold
Alexander Guercio
Samuel Guercio
John Hardy
Luke Harrigan
William Heckman
Daniel Heidkamp
Madeline Hemmesch
Ava Hepokoski
Erin Higney
Gabriella Hinsdale
Karlie Hollinger
Luke Hudetz
Henry Hughes
Emmet Hynes
Mary Rita Hynes
Makenna Jachim
Jacob Jessup
Benjamin Johnson
Hailey Johnson
Brett Kasper
Edward Kasper
Ella Kelly
Maximus Kenny
Dominic Kent
Cooper Kosanovich
Jack Kraus
Grainne Kristufek
Sean Kristufek
Anka Lampe
Kara LaRocco
Brady Lee
Bruno Ligammari
Ruben Linares, Jr.
Addison Linn
Sofia LoSavio
Stella Luna
William Madigan
Joaquin Magpayo
Sarah Mahler
Nicholas Marino
Santino Marino
Colin Massey
Emily Masters
Declan McBride
Ella McCann
Kathleen McCarthy
Madeline McClure
Ryan McGarry
Daniel McGill
Clare McNamara
Catherine McVady
Mia Menendez
Sydney Michalak
Patrick Miller
Madison Milne
Nina Mini
Sophia Mistretta
Corinna Morrissey
Hugo Mortimer
Caroline Mortonson
Kiera Mullarkey
Dominic Munaretto
Weller Murphy
Benjamin Neville
Daniel Nikolic
John Nikolic
Finnegan Nolan
Thomas Norgle
Aaron Obert
Rebeka O'Connell
Liam O'Malley
Evelyn Ormsby
Diego Osorio
Nicolas Osorio
Erin Pabst
William Pabst
Sienna Pierce
Adeline Proctor
Kyle Pusatera
Catherine Quinn
Madeline Reepmeyer
Kerregan Reilly
Ricardo Rivera
Eric Roemer
Thomas Rokicki
Amelia Romano
Eve Rosenberg
Brady Ryan
Elizabeth Ryan
Liam Ryan
Evan Salerno
Anne Sarno
Meghan Sarros
Alexander Schaller
Nicholas Schaller
Aidan Schell
Margaret Schimmel
Mary Kathleen Schimmel
Julia Schumm
Megan Sennett
Clare Sheehan
Charles Shishman
Allison Short
Natalie Short
Brooke Shurhay
Jack Spears
Matthew Sperry
Mirielle St. Arnaud
Kelly Stark
Lucinda Stocco
Kyler Stoiber
Isabel Strnic
Charlotte Sullivan
Moira Swick
Jedrek Szot
Daniel Taylor
Gabriella Thanos
John Threlkeld
Brennan Timmel
Neve Timmel
William Tobin
Megan Trifilio
Matthew Tristano
Julia Truesdale
Joseph Tumolo
Esmeralda Valenzuela
Julia Van Wyck
Robert Vespa
Addison Vincent
Michael Walsh
Liam Watson
Kendall Wendt
Grace Whittingham
Dario Williams
Kate Williams
Griffin Wood
Olivia Yates
Logan Young
Hogan Zator
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708-387-9400
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Services From
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PC & MAC Sales & Service
Networking • WIFI • Internet
Free In-Home Assessment
Alzheimer’s, ADLs, Personal Care
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708.485.0766
GENERAL DENTIST Since 1981
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708.246.1000
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PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING
708-860-6532
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Shop Well
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4700 Gilbert Ave.
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708.246.6210
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INTERIOR / EXTERIOR
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Fine painting of walls, ceilings & woodwork
Computer Color Match Paint
Wallcovering removal & installation
Lawn and Garden
Staining & varnishing woodwork
Electrical & Plumbing Supplies
Complete painting/staining of exteriors
Window & Screen Repair
Installation of chair & crown moldings,
baseboard & shoe moldings
Weber and Toro Sales & Service
John Wilson
[email protected]
Cell (630) 337-8946
Office (708) 246-5604
Parishioner
Monday-Friday 8am-7pm
Saturday 8am-5:30pm
Sunday 9am-4pm
835 Burlington Ave.
Western Springs
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708-246-0892
NOTRE DAME FAMILY CENTER
Rev. James Watzke, Ph.D.
Kevin E. Collins, DDS, PC
Depression - Anxiety - Stress
475 W. 55th St., La Grange
Family - Separation - Divorce
Office 354-5575
Sub Abuse - Medicare - Español
630.691.1114
After Hours Emergency – 354-2281 Oakbrook Terr.
• Companionship • Medication Reminder • Meal Preparation
• Bathing and Dressing Assistance • Transportation and Escort
• Light Housekeeping • And Much More
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Specializing in Personalized Accounting, Tax and Consulting Services
For Individuals and Family Owned Businesses
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Email: [email protected]
(630) 887-0500
Dan Maloney, Parishioner
COMPASSIONATE HOME CARE
State Licensed
• Meals • Personal Care • Companionship
• Light Housekeeping • Laundry • Errands
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Michael & Mary Doepke, RN • Parishioners
Denise Pozen Photography
Kitchens • Bathrooms • Additions
Dan Madden
Parishioner
708
246.8898
“Your Parish Photographer”
To view and order photos
from SJC events visit
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and choose the gallery
you would like to view.
Also available for private events
708-352-2771
Brian or Sally, coordinators
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• Personal Injury
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Parishioner
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708.482.3213
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630.655.2200
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(708) 828-5773 CELL
[email protected]
708-352-0008
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4365 Lawn Ave
Ste. 5
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708-286-1100
Comprehensive Family
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Most Insurances Accepted
Parishioner
504 Hillgrove Western Springs
Mon & Wed 9-6 PM
Tuesday 9-7 PM
Friday 9-5 PM Saturday 8-1 PM
Restorative and Implant
General Dentistry
708-655-7947
Committed to Seeing You Home.
[email protected]
Michael J. Dusza
Former S.J.C. Women’s Club President
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Therapy and Dental Implants
• Evening and Saturday Hours
• Most dental insurances accepted
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