St. Martha Parish
8523 Georgiana Avenue, Morton Grove, Illinois 60053
Phone: (847) 965-0262 Fax: (847) 965-2535
Website: www.saintmarthachurch.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Pastor: Rev. Dennis B. O’Neill
Weekend Celebrants: Rev. Ed Udovic, CM
Rev. James R. Halstead O.S.A
Pastoral Staff
Deacon : Joseph (Tony) Valdez
Deacon Couples: Peter & Josephine Meehan
John & Lori Herbert
Business Manager: Dorothy Noel
Music Director: Kevin Wood
Director of Religious Education: Cathy Phillips
Mass Schedule:
Daily Masses
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
7:00AM Small Church
Wednesday: 7:00AM (Communion Service )
Saturday: 7:30AM Small Church
4:00PM Large Church
Sunday:
7:00AM Small Church
9:00AM Large Church
11:00AM Large Church
5:00PM Latin Rite Indian Malayalam Mass Small
Church
Reconciliation: Saturday 3:00 to 3:30PM in the
Large Church or by appointment – please call the
Rectory.
Baptism: Please contact Deacon John Herbert
(973-901-2627). Baptisms are held on the first Sunday of each month at 1:00PM in the small church.
Baptisms at Mass are held at any Sunday (Baptism
prep-class are held on the third Tuesday of each
month at 7:00PM in the Rectory)
Marriage: Please call the rectory at least 6 months
prior to the wedding date.
Homebound: Ministers of care will bring
Communion to homebound or hospitalized. Call
Nancy Arkus (847)966-7380 or Eileen Coursey
(847)965-0668 to make arrangements.
Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet: After Mass on
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday. Rosary
also on Tuesday afternoon at 3:00pm and Wednesday at
6:00pm.
First Friday Adoration: From 7:00am to 4:00pm (3:00
to 4:00pm Divine Mercy Hour and Rosary for Life).
2000 Hail Mary’s: Prayed 3rd Friday of each month
after the 7:00am Mass.
Welcome! We hope that you have a meaningful worship
experience at St. Martha Parish. We invite visitors or unregistered congregants to complete a registration form
found in the vestibule of the Large Church, or by the bulletin board in the Small Church. If you have any questions, or if there is anything we can do to make your visit
here more pleasant, please do not hesitate to contact an
usher, or any Staff member that may be present. You may
also call the Parish Office for any additional information
(847)965-0262. Enjoy your visit with our parish family!
MINISTRY SCHEDULE
January 4, 2015
Monday,
7:00am
Tuesday,
7:00am
Wednesday,
7:00am
4:00pm
Thursday,
10:00am
December 29
Helen Buschen (Mary Kay Soehn)
Mary Jane Pink (Janet Magiera)
December 30
Savery Jayjaraj in Thanksgiving
(Family)
For all souls living & deceased
December 31
Communion Service
Rosemary La Croix (Dorothy Noel)
Dan McNichols (Adult Parish Choir)
January 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR
Deceased members of the Henry &
Mary Heinz Family
Carol Michels (Fr. Dennis O’Neill)
Martin M. Aguda
(Castillo Family)
Dr. Martin Kolinski D.D.S & Staff
Saturday
4:00pm
Presider: Fr Dennis O’Neill
Lectors: Paul Berg & Hedy Holleran
Eucharist Ministers:
Servers: Adam & David Dwyer
Sunday
7:00am
Presider: Fr. Dennis O’Neill
Lectors: Stella Wierzchon &Alice Eysenbch
Eucharistic Ministers:
Servers: Ms Knudson
9:00am
Presider: Fr. Ed Udovic
Lectors: Cheryl DeGuzman & Joann Berlin
Eucharistic Ministers:
Servers: Josephine & Daniel Thannert
11:00am
Presider: Fr. Ed Udovic
Lector: Don Szachowicz & Lily Baldueza
Eucharistic Ministers:
Servers: Sam Harmon & Aaron Lariosa
Friday,
7:00am
January 2
Teresa Lucia & Family
Michael Manzella
Saturday,
7:30am
January 3
John Davos (Castillo Family)
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS PLEASE NOTE:
4:00pm
Rosemary La Croix (McKenna Family)
Dolores Vanderpal (Caroline Torri)
Sunday,
7:00am
January 4
Deceased members of the Mellor &
Steyer Family (Barbara & Steve Steyer)
Due to the early Holiday transmission of the
Bulletin, please check the bulletin board in the Café
for your assignments. So sorry for any inconveince
this may have caused. Thank you.
9:00am
11:00am
Margaret LeHew (LeHew & Roberts
Family)
Daniel Mc Nichols (7:00am Mass Group)
Deceased members of the Henry &
Mary Heinz Family
Lucille Gangloff (Gangloff Family)
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — Those who honor their parents will be
greatly blessed and will atone for sins
(Sirach 3:2-6,12-14) or Genesis 15:1-6; 21:1-3.
Psalm — Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk
in his ways (Psalm 128) or Psalm 105.
Second Reading — Be thankful; do everything in the
name of the Lord Jesus (Colossians 3:12-21 [12-17]) or
Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, 17-19.
Gospel — The child grew and became strong, filled with
wisdom (Luke 2:22-40 [22, 39-40]).
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday:
Joseph
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and
Monday:
tivity
Fifth Day within the Octave of the Naof the Lord; St. Thomas Becket
Tuesday:
Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord
Wednesday: Seventh Day within the Octave of the
Nativity of the Lord; St. Sylvester I;
New Year’s Eve
Thursday: The Octave of the Nativity of the Lord;
Mary, the Holy Mother of God;
World Day of Prayer for Peace;
New Year’s Day
Friday:
Ss. Basil the Great and Gregory
Nazianzen; First Friday
Saturday:
The Most Holy Name of Jesus; First
Saturday
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday:
1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35
Tuesday:
1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:36-40
Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18
Thursday:
Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7;
Lk 2:16-21
Friday:
1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28
Saturday:
1 Jn 2:29 — 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34
Sunday:
Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13;
Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12
TIME
Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made
of.
—Benjamin Franklin
PILGRIMAGE TO FATIMA & LOURDES
WITH BARCELONA OCTOBERR 16-25,2015
Please join Fr. Dennis as we travel to PortugalFrance & Spain to worship at the Basilicas of Fatima
& Lourdes, visit the Cathedral of Burgos and tour
Barcelona and celebrate Mass at La Sagrada
Familia—Gaudi’s masterpiece. We leave October 16
and return on October 25 after 10 memorable days.
Please contact Lorraine Strybel for more information
at (847)997-6975 or email at Lorrainestrybel@gmail
.com. This will be a once in a life time journey in the
footsteps of many miracles-space will be limited so
please let us know if you would like to join as soon
as possible.
Brochures are available in the rectory of the lobby of
both churches
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
In the last century, a few new feasts were
blended into the Church year, including today’s. After World War I, the chaos of daily life in Europe
made its impact felt on the family structure. Partly to
offer Christians an image of hope and holiness in
married family life, and also to promote the welfare
of children, today’s feast was “invented” in 1921. In
1969, it became a feast of Christmas.
The prayers today remind us not only of family
life, but of life in the community of faith. We ponder
the mystery of a God who loves us dearly enough to
embrace the struggles, joys, and daily sorrows of
family life. The message of Christmas shines
through: God-with-us is available to us in the ordinary patterns of our lives and commitments. The
lives of people who raise their children in difficult
circumstances, and of people who remain faithful to
life in the Church in spite of some of their own family struggles, occupy a special place in our hearts
today in prayer.
—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
WE ARE GOD’S HOLY FAMILY
The scriptures of Israel are filled with many stories of barren couples who were miraculously granted
the gift of children by God. Surely the best known
among these is the first reading from today, from
which Luke took inspiration when he recounted the
miraculous birth of John the Baptist to Zechariah and
Elizabeth, and the more miraculous birth of Jesus to
Mary and Joseph. In each instance, we are given examples or role models of those who trusted in God.
More than examples of those who trust, they are models of self-surrender. They abandoned their own presuppositions and prejudices about the workings of the
world and turned their lives over to belief in a God
who can make life grow where none ought to; a God
who can turn death around into a new and unimagined life; a God who can, today, take a tiny child of
humble parents in an insignificant town and make
him into a light for all the world. This is what we, as
God’s holy family, are called to do each day: to trust
not in ourselves and the way we think things should
be, but to open ourselves and surrender ourselves in
faith to a God of endless promise.
GOD’S WORD TODAY
Have you ever waited for something for a very long
time? The Scripture readings for this feast of the
Holy Family focus our attention of four elderly people: Abraham, our father in faith, his wife Sarah,
Simeon, and the prophetess Anna. Abraham and
Sarah trusted in the word of God, even though what
was promised seemed absolutely impossible—a
child, even though each was past the age of
generating and giving birth to a child. They waited
for many years for an offspring. Isaac, their son, was
the fulfillment of God’s promise to them. Simeon
and Anna were two older people who were in the
temple almost constantly. They too, waited for the
fulfillment of a promise. They awaited the arrival of
Christ the Lord. Today we hear what happens when
Joseph and Mary bring the child Jesus to the temple
to consecrate him to the Lord. Advent was the dime
during which we waited for the coming of the Lord.
Like Abraham, Sarah, Simeon, and Anna, let us welcome the fulfilled promise of God—let us welcome
the Lord Jesus present in the word proclaimed this
day.
LIFE LINE SCREENING COMING SOON
St. Martha Catholic Church is pleased to offer a preventive health event. Life Line Screening, a leading
provider of community based preventive health
screenings, will host their affordable, non-invasive
and painless health screenings on 1/2/2015. Five
screenings will be offered that scan for potential
health problems related to: blocked arteries which is
a leading cause of stroke; abdominal aortic aneurysms which can lead to a ruptured aorta; hardening
of the arteries in the legs which is a strong predictor
of heart disease; atrial fibrillation or irregular heart
beat which is closely tied to stroke risk; and a bone
density screening, for men & women, used to assess
the risk of osteoporosis. Register for a Wellness
Package which includes 4 vascular test & osteoporosis screening from $149.00 ($139.00 with our member discount). All 5 screenings take 60-90 minutes to
complete. Also, we are happy to announce that Life
Line Screening is working with us to provide our
members $10.00 additional discounts off of a
screening package in addition to a $10.00 donation
to St. Martha Catholic Church. Please note that you
must sign up by calling the special Helping Hands
registration number, which is 1-800-324-9458, in
order for us to receive our $10 donation as well.
If you prefer to visit the exclusive Helping Hands
website to register, you may do so by visiting
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up in order to get both the $10 discount as well as
the $10 donation for our organization.
CHILDRENS CHRISTMAS MASS THANKS
Our Christmas children’s Mass is always a special
time for all. The “St. Martha Children’s Players”
always make that celebration something special!
This year was no exception! Although we fell short
having perhaps only one or two shepherds and a
small number of sheep, the story was still the same,
beautiful one and we lost nothing in the translation.
All the children always do their best.
Baby Jesus was played by Joey Pauley and was his
first venture in his acting career, and he did a fine
job. Delivered by our resident “angel” Ms. Dionna
Bidny he seemed quite comfortable in the arms of
his new found friend. The music done by Pam
Harmon and choir, our story done by Deacon Pete,
made the evening even more special! Thank you all.
PLEASE KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS
Mike Archum, USAF
Oliver J. Alcaraz, USAF
Cpt. Daryl Baldemor, Army
Kevin Beltran Army
Jesus Blanco, Army
Angel Blanco, Army
PVT. Christian Blanco, Army
Nash Daoud
Cpl. Kieran Dohr, Army
Maj. Daniel Dudek
Capt. William Durband, Army
Jeremy Erjavac USMC
Capt. Gary Gallet, USAF
Lt. Col. Roger Gallet, USAF
Edward Gastel, USN
Sgt. Demi Gonzalez, Army Natl. Guard
Michael Hammond, Navy
Tony Harlson, USAF
Adam R. Hayden, USAF
Justin Jenkins, Army
Sean Kohl, Navy
Joseph Koschwanez
Airman Steven Laskewich, USAF
Lt. Col. Phillip Logan, Army
Gabriel Nunez, Army
Pfc. Ryan O’Sullivan, Army
Spec. 4, Frank Perez Jr, Army
Nathan Piwnicki USAF
Lt. Jg. Thomas Quill USCG
Sgt. Danilo Rauzi, USMC
Cody Richert, USAF
Cpt. Kenneth Smith
WO Mikel Smith
ET2 Sean Stieber, USN NSW
Lt. Cmdr. John Tutweiler, USN
Lt. Cmdr. Susanne M. Connolly Tutweiler, USN
Cp. Sean Ward, USMC
SSGT Robert A. Weick, Jr. USAF
Matthew Wheeler, Army
Please contact the rectory when rank changes or
when your service member returns home. We
want to be sure that our records are updated.
Thank you.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK
Virginia Abraham
Michael Anthony
Jean Anderson
Joseph Boyle
Marie Brelin
Marcia Bubler
Marion Boemmel
Cheryl & Family
Daniel Cantieri
Rose Ciccone
Raja Cohn
Mary Ann Costello
Pete Costello
John Doering
Maureen Dwyer
Gertrude Eder
Heather Firca
Owen Friewer
Maria Giuliano
Brenda Glenn
Peter Gorman
Adriana Zic Groeling
Imelda Q. Gumpal
Margaret Husar
Vivian Hamby
Jean Henderson
Marge Huber
Mary Iacullo
Charlene Jackson
Norbert Kwiecinski
Michael Karabatsis
Shahin Koshaba
Lorraine LaVigne
Marie De Leonardis
Patti Lepri
Steve Leverek
Veronica Litberg
Neila S. Mapi
Elba Maisonet
Cindy Mathis
Matthew McGuire
Deacon Peter Meehan
Katherina Metzger
Leona Moll
Dee Mrozek
Larry Mueller
Kelsey Munoz
Clair Norris
Mary Lou O’Brien
Kevin O Brien
Patrick O’Hara`
Amy Olson
Jack Price
Chito Punzalan
Frank Quattroccki
Kevin Renderman
Angelina Rivera
Rosina Rozek
Lyn Rutkowski
Marty Sagan
Pam Schneider
Frank Serio
Karen Shuey
Arlene Sigle
Annetta Simonetti
Carol Smith
Rose Strohe
Rachel Swallow
Rudy Tarrantion
Angie Tarrantion
Jim Thompson
John Trippi
Irene VanderVelpen
Arlene Santos Villanueva
Jerry Wallenberg
Marlene Worthley
Rita Wydra
Phyllis Weiss
Christe Zenner
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“To Teach Who Christ Is” If you have not yet
made your Pledge Commitment “IT IS NOT TO
LATE!’ No Pledge...no amount is too small
December 31st. 4:00pm Mass
January 1, 2015: 10:00am Mass
January 2nd: Life Line Screening (see page 4)
January 18th. : 9:00am Family Mass (8th Grade)
Coffee & after Mass. Come and enjoy meeting St.
Martha’s Confirmation class & their families.
Volunteers are WELCOME! Please consider lending a hand and joining the fun!
All dates and times are subject to change. Please
watch the Bulletin for additional information and
updates.
MANY THANKS FOR ALL THE JOY YOU
ARE BRINGING TO THIS HOLY SEASON
Now that Christmas is nearly here again, I not only
want to extend my best wishes to everyone but also
my deep gratitude for all each of you to *-+add to
the joy of this holy season. Thanks to Kevin Wood
and all our musicians and singers, who have been
working so hard to bless us with glorious music.
Thanks to Debbie Szachowicz and her team of decorators for the beauty they bring to all they do.
Thanks to those of you who brought us another joyous
Simbang Gabi celebration last Friday. And special
thanks to our many parishioners of Hispanic descent
who contributed to generously to making our first
celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe a beautiful,
joyous event. Thanks also to those of you who
added pledges to the To Teach Who Christ Is drive,
even during the season of Advent, during which we
have suspended weekly announcements about updates. Because of your generosity, the pledges currently add up to over $667,000.00. What a generous
parish we have!!! God Bless you all always.
Fr. Dennis
CHILDREN OF ETERNITY
“TO TEACH WHO CHRIST IS”
To date our total for the “To Teach Who Christ
Is “ program is: $ 668,435.00. Thank you to all who
have contributed. If you would like to pledge any
amount, it’s not too late, and no amount is too small!
You will find pledge cards in the back of both
churches, or ask an usher and they will gladly assist
you.
May we all have a
Happy, Healthy and
prospers 2015.
HAPPY NEW
YEAR TO ALL!!!
You are children of eternity. Your immortal
crown awaits you, to reward your duty and love.
You may indeed sow here in tears, but you may be
sure there to reap in joy.
—St. Elizabeth Ann Seton