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O LD S T. M ARY’ S C HURCH
1500 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605 - Chicago’s First Catholic Parish - Established in 1833 - The Paulist Fathers serving our parish since 1903
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OLD ST. MARY’S CHURCH
Our Parish Mission
Founded in 1833, Old St. Mary’s parish is the first
Catholic parish in the Chicago area. Guided for
more than a century by the vision of the Paulist
Fathers, we are a diverse and welcoming community
dedicated to serving the spiritual needs of the South
Loop and greater Chicago area.
As a unified Church and School community, Old St.
Mary’s Parish promotes the mission of the Paulist
Fathers to welcome those who have been away from
the church, to build bridges of respect and
collaboration with people of diverse backgrounds
and religions, and to promote justice and healing in
our society.
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PARISH PHONE: 312.922.3444
WEB SITE: www.oldstmarys.com
SCHOOL PHONE: 312.386.1560
SCHOOL WEB SITE: www.osmschool.com
MASS SCHEDULE
SATURDAY: 5:00 PM; SUNDAY: 8:30 AM, 11:00 AM AND 6:00PM
DAILY MASSES: 8:30 AM—MONDAY—FRIDAY 12:00 NOON—SATURDAY
HOLY DAYS: 8:30 AM AND 7:00PM
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: FRIDAY 9:00AM TO NOON
SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATIONS
ANOINTING OF THE SICK: FIRST SATURDAY: NOON MASS
BAPTISM: SECOND & FOURTH SATURDAYS, PLEASE GO TO OUR
WEBSITE TO REGISTER
CONFESSION: SATURDAY 11:30 TO 11:50 AM AND AT OTHER TIMES BY
APPOINTMENT
COMMUNION/SICK CALLS: UPON REQUEST
PRAYER REQUEST
Please pray for those novices and seminarians who are
preparing for ministry to the Church with the Paulist
Fathers, who have staffed Old St. Mary’s since 1903.
Bulletin Submissions
The deadline is Noon on Monday, if you cannot send the item
electronically. Items submitted electronically are due by 5PM
on Mondays. Please Email items to [email protected].
Thank You!
May 3, 2015
Old St. Mary’s is
wheelchair accessible.
Large print missalettes are available near
the entrance. Please return them after Mass.
Special hosts are available in the
sacristy for those who are gluten
intolerant.
Do you have difficulty walking to
the front of the church for
communion?
Please ask an usher to let the communion ministers know
where you are so the ministers can bring communion to
you. Receiving the Body of Christ is too important to miss
out. The ministers do scan the congregation, so if you
forget to let an usher know, put your hand up so they can
see you. We want to accommodate you.
PARISH STAFF
REV. PAUL HUESING, CSP, PASTOR
[email protected]
REV. PATRICK JOHNSON, CSP, ASSOCIATE PASTOR
[email protected]
ZACCARY HANEY, COORDINATOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
[email protected]
DAWN BURNS, BUSINESS MANAGER
[email protected]
JULIE MARTIN, SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
[email protected]
SCOTT WILL, DIRECTOR OF WORSHIP ARTS
[email protected]
VANESA JACKSON, RECEPTIONIST
MAMIE SMITH, RECEPTIONIST
TONETTE MILLER, RECEPTIONIST
JIM FOY, FACILITIES ENGINEER
DENNIS DAVIS, MAINTENANCE
Mother's Day Celebrations
SUNDAY, MAY 10
Celebrate Mother's Day with the Mass for Expectant
Mothers at Holy Name Cathedral, State and Superior
Streets in Chicago, on Sunday, May 10, with Bishop
Francis J. Kane, at 12:30 p.m. A Mass in Spanish with
Bishop John R. Manz will take place at St. Joseph
Parish, 4821 South Hermitage in Chicago, beginning at
5:30 p.m.
May 3, 2015: FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
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OLD ST. MARY’S BUDGET SCORECARD
From the Pastor’s Desk
7/1/2014 - 04/26/15
Dear member of the OSM community,
Period
04/26/2015
YTD
Amount Needed
$16,000.00
$757,000.00
Total Collected
$17,871.73
$744,353.50
Surplus/Deficit
$1,871.73
$(12,646.50)
You can now contribute to various church offerings via Give Central on our
website, www.oldstmarys.com. Just click on the Giving tab, and then click
on Give to Church. If you have any questions, please call Dawn Burns at
312.922. 3444, ext. 23.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES
ANNUAL MOTHER’S DAY APPEAL
For the past 15 years, Old St. Mary's has graciously
supported the Catholic Charities Annual Mothers Day
Appeal. As in past years Mike Dreznes and
Carol Sullivan, Catholic Charities representatives will
speak briefly at all Masses this weekend (May 2/3) to
highlight the importance of the Appeal.
Special envelopes will be in the pews Mother’s Day
weekend which you can use to make your donation.
GOD’S WORD TODAY
The familiar passage proclaimed in today’s Gospel
reminds us that we are branches on the vine and the vine
is Jesus Christ. At the moment of our baptism we were
grafted onto that vine, and from that moment on much
has been expected of us. The closer we are to Christ the
vine the more others will learn to recognize Christ
through our own actions. To find out what those actions
need to be, look no further than today’s second reading.
There Saint John tells us to love one another just as Christ
commanded us. As you sit in church today, look around
and see the other grafts on the vine—those sitting around
you. Pray that the vine and its branches will be
strengthened so that Christ’s love will be shown to others
all the more.
From Saint Margaret Mary Sunday Missal, © J. S. Paluch Company
One of the aims of the Year of Consecrated
Life is to have each religious community
reflect on its past and to do so with
gratitude. The Paulist Fathers have a
unique and wonderful history. We were the
first community of priests founded in the
United States. That was in 1858 in New
York City. Out initial members were all
converts to the Catholic faith and were
particularly influenced by Fr. Isaac Thomas
Hecker, CSP, our first Superior.
Hecker was a ‘religious seeker,” who spent
his youth seeking meaning and inner
fulfillment. He was friends with Henry
David Thoreau and acquainted with Ralph
Waldo Emerson and the early Transcendentalists. He even lived for several months at
the Transcendentalist community at Brook
Farm near Boston. Eventually, he felt the
Holy Spirit calling him to the Catholic faith.
He embraced it and made it his own.
Fr. Hecker felt the American system of
democratic government and the Catholic
Church were made for one another. He felt
that Catholicism could take root and
flourish in a democratic environment. It
was his goal to preach the good news of
Catholic Christianity to the American
people. The Paulists brought that spirit of
love of country and love of the Church
with them when they arrived at Old St.
Mary’s in Chicago in 1903. We still try to
proclaim the Good News to those who have
not yet heard it. Now, too, we strive to
build good relations with other churches
and religions, and to reach out to those
who feel alienated from the Church or from
our culture.
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OLD ST. MARY’S CHURCH
YEAR OF SACRAMENTS • ONE WORD AT A TIME
Live
We don’t think of going to
Mass on Sunday as a matter
of life or death, but it is. We
depend entirely on the
Eucharist to be alive and to
stay alive. Jesus himself
says, “Whoever eats this
bread will live for
ever.” (John 6:51) And later he says that
those who do not eat his flesh or drink his blood
“have no life” in them.
We can often fool ourselves about what sustains
us. We might think, for example, that it is our
work, or our relationships, or even our entertainments. These things may keep us alive but only
partially. The ultimate, complete, and true source
of our life is Jesus, our bread of life. Only when we
are sustained by him can we make sense of our life
overall. And then we not only live, but we live
wisely.
POPE FRANCIS’ VISION OF HEALING AND COMMUNION
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WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER
In the second reading today John encourages us to love
one another not in speech only but in deed and truth. Do
you show your spouse that you truly love them, not just
say it? Love your spouse in deed by giving the gift of
yourself; make the time to attend the next Marriage
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Christianity is the spirit of Jesus Christ at
work in the world. — Anonymous
May 3, 2015
CALL FOR PARISH
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Old St. Mary’s is seeking
new members to commit to
a 3 year term on the Parish
Council. Responsibilities
include active participation in and support of the
parish’s ministries, engagement in parish special
events and regular attendance and meaningful
contribution at monthly Parish Council
meetings. Interested or know someone who
might be a good candidate? Please contact Father
Paul at [email protected] or Julie
Marcus at [email protected] and visit the
OSM Parish Council homepage to learn more at:
http://oldstmarys.com/about-us/parish-council/.
DIAPER DRIVE
The Old Saint Mary's
Community is conducting
a diaper drive to benefit
Aid for Woman and the
Saint James Social Care
Program. Aid for Woman
is a Catholic organization
that offers parenting and
pregnancy classes to help
women choose to keep their babies
rather than choose abortion. The agency
also has a transitional home for new
mothers.
Diapers are being collected in the
school. Other members of the parish are
asked to contribute baby wipes and
powdered milk. Those items can be
deposited in the barrel in the Commons
over the next two weekends.
Special Collection for St. Bride
This Sunday is the first Sunday of the month. There
is a special collec on for our sharing parish St.
Bride. There are blue envelopes in the pews which
you can use to make your dona on.
Thank you for your generosity.
May 3, 2015: FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
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First Communion Class – April 26, 2015
We extend our congratulations as they enter a new phase in their faith journey.
Fredina Amoh
Sloane Anderson
Liam Bruederle
Sofia Caicedo
Audrey Clavadetscher Camila Clavier
Buster Dean
Lois Dickman
Chase Edwards
Ella Fadden
Joseph Galullo, Jr.
Ayesha Garcia
Charles Hopkins
Emma Hurley
Emily Kendall
Augustin Kmiec
Joshua Mannancheril James McCormac
Stella Munoz
Henry Norton
Payton Ramiro
Maria Retelewski
Abigail Sedevic
Ryan Scott
Jorge Valle
Danica Yee
We welcome the following
new parishioners to the
Old St. Mary’s community.
Luke & Christine Laurin
Peggy Brydie
Gregory Bouché & Madeline Quill
Leo & Beatrice Koonmen and
daughter Elizabeth
Thomas Gaichas
Marc Menzione & Ashley Lindeen
David & Megan Bates
Ben Hung
Marie Bedford
Karina Casanova
Quinn Corbett
Rachael Dombrowski
Ian Flaherty
Tomás Hadden
Jason Isais
Renz Lin
Mia Meneses
Vanessa O’Brien
Frances Rivera
Kathryn Syftestad
Juliusz Bobek
Celeste Chmielewski
Seamus Cullinan
Isabelle D’Souza
Julian Galan
Kellen Hastings
Elliot Kemphues
Yesenia Maley
Sophia Mendoza
Carmella O’Malley
Anthony Rosinia
Angelo Talamonti
Madelyn Brawley
Keira Chroniak
Peyton Davidson
Gia Edakkunnath
Mercedes Galan
Ethan Herrera
Jackson Kemphues
Sabine Munoz
Katherine Quigley
Avery Schneider
Abigail Toth
During the month of April, we welcomed
the following into the community of the
faithful through
the sacrament of Baptism.
Keira Irene Baricovich
Crosby Louis Sauer
Lawrence Walter Miller
Richard John Johnson
Parker Walter Johnson
Lincoln Jax Prestinario
Kurt Bullard
Lela Hall Durham
Lisa Sue Hendricks Fotedar Miller
Emma Jane Miller Ava Anne Miller
Nicole Siben Johnson
Landon Ronald Johnson
As a symbol of our devo on to Mary, the May Crowning
will be Friday May 15 at 9:30 AM
In the Church
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OLD ST. MARY’S CHURCH
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
Over time, the crisis of last illness and the way the faithful met death
changed. In earliest times, a sickbed vigil was an occasion for the
community to gather and strengthen the dying person with assurances of
love. A thousand years ago, in part because of massive upheavals in
society, a new emphasis on individual repentance captured the imagination
of millions. Death was to be feared, because it was about judgment. The
delights of heaven’s banquet dimmed, since most people saw God’s just
judgment and inevitable punishment intervening. If a community gathered
at all, it was not to express faith in the Resurrection, but to seek
forgiveness for those who were powerless to help themselves. The dead
couldn’t improve their situation, but their loved ones, by expressing sorrow
for sin, could. Better yet, the clergy could, if they intervened in a timely
fashion, provide the absolution needed for everyone to relax. Ministry to
the sick shifted away from a ministry of consolation toward a challenge to
repent before it was too late.
As the sense grew that most people died with their work of repentance
incomplete, the color black was reintroduced to funerals. It was the old
pagan way of expressing despair. No wonder they call this time in history
the “Dark Ages.” Many layers have had to be peeled away to reveal the
deepest, most positive expressions of our tradition of care for the dying.
—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co
“EXPERIENCED” ADULTS NEEDED
Last month St. James served over 1,500 families
in our area. So there is a need for volunteers.
St. James
Food Pantry-DIRE NEED
The St. James
Food Pantry is
in dire need of
hygiene
products. They
need miniature
and full size:
soap,
deodorant,
shampoo/
conditioner,
razors, lotion
and toothpaste.
Please deposit
your
donation(s) in
the baskets in
the commons.
If you’re interested, please email Caitlin Kerwin,
St. James’ volunteer coordinator, at
[email protected].
Thank you for
your
generosity!
There is a small team of Old St. Mary
parishioners and friends who volunteer at St.
James Food Pantry on Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday mornings, from 8:30 – 11:30 AM,
to help with intake (minimal computer skills
required) or package food. We would like more
OSM VOLUNTEERS!
As “experienced adults” we sometimes baby-sit
for grandkids, work part-time, volunteer at
symphony center, sleep late (YES), and winter in
places like Florida or Arizona. It would great if
we could expand our volunteer group so that
everyone could help St. James plus have the
freedom and flexibility to do “their retirement
thing”. With a larger group we could substitute
for each other.
May 3, 2015
Springtime Day of Prayer
Fr. Paul will lead a day of reflection for
parishioners on Saturday, May 23. The
theme is “The Experience of Prayer.”
Participants will have the opportunity to
learn about and experience: Awareness,
the Jesus Prayer, Lectio Divina (prayer
with Scripture) and the Prayer of Petition.
The Day of Prayer will begin at 9 AM and
conclude at 2:30 PM. Participants will be
encouraged to attend Old St. Mary’s
regular Saturday noon Mass.
The suggested donation is $20 and
includes lunch. Preregistration is
required. Please phone our office at
312-922-3444.
EMERGENCY APPEAL EARTHQUAKE IN
NEPAL
On Saturday, April 25th, Nepal experienced a
massive earthquake of 7.8 magnitude centered
about 50 miles northwest of the capital city,
Kathmandu.
Thousands of our Nepalese brothers and sisters
are suffering death, displacement, and extreme loss
due to the massive earthquake that has affected
Nepal and neighboring countries. Please pray for
their comfort and peace in the midst of this natural
Disaster.
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has made an initial
commitment of $725,000 to relief efforts in Nepal,
and surrounding countries because of widespread
damage.
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NepalEmergencyAppeal
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877-435-7277 - 8 am - 11 pm Eastern Time
Donate by Mail
ATTN: Nepal Emergency Appeal
Catholic Relief Services
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Chicago IL 60653-1402
Make checks payable to Catholic Relief Services.
MAY 3, 2015: FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
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TODAY’S READINGS
FIRST READING - Barnabas reported to the apostles how
Saul had seen the Lord on the way (Acts 9:26-31).
Saturday May 2 5:00 PM
† Alice Fuller
Sunday May 3
8:30 am † Mateo Cayao
11:00 am † Fred & Christine Schieber
6:00 pm
People of the Parish
Monday
May 4 8:30 AM
Remedios Carrera
Tuesday
May 5 8:30 AM
† Margret Brinker
GOSPEL - I am the true vine; whoever remains in me will
bear much fruit.
MONDAY:
TUESDAY:
THURSDAY: Acts 15:7-21; Ps 96:1-3, 10; Jn 15:9-11
FRIDAY:
Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57:8-10, 12;
Jn 15:12-17
SATURDAY: Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100:1b-3,5;
Jn 15:18-21
Porferia Levi
May 8 8:30 AM
† Angie Vasquez
SUNDAY:
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