St. Margaret Mary Parish
March 1, 2015
Second Sunday of Lent
1450 Green Trails Dr.
Masses:
Saturday:
Sunday:
5:00 pm
7:30 am
10:45 am
9:00 am
12:15 pm
Weekdays Monday-Saturday 8:15 am
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Parish Office:
369-0777
Fax:
369-1493
Religious Ed. Office:
369-0833
All Saints Catholic
Academy:
Naperville, IL 60540 630-369-0777
www.smmp.com
Pope Francis' Lenten Prayer
Adapted from the text of his Lenten message 2015
We pray this Lent that in all those places where the
church is present, especially in our own parish
and in our own local community, that we may be a
people of mercy and compassion. May we keep our
minds and our hearts open and mindful against the
globalization of indifference. May we not grow
indifferent to our neighbors near or far,
or to you O God.
May our hearts be as Christ’s heart, a heart which is
firm and merciful, attentive and generous.
May our Lent be holy and prayerful.
In Jesus’ name, we pray, Amen.
1155 Aurora Ave.
Naperville, IL 60540
961-6125 or
www.ascacademy.org
New Parishioners:
Anyone who welcomes you, welcomes me;
and those who welcome me welcome the
one who sent me.: (Mt 10:40)
St. Margaret Mary Parish wishes to welcome
everyone to our community as Jesus would.
For information, please call the parish office.
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.
Sacrament of Marriage:
Six months preparation required. Parish
music policies, which reflect Diocesan
guidelines, are to be followed.
Faith for the Journey
Scripture Readings for the Week
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
Dn 9:4b-10; Lk 6:36-38
Is 1:10, 16-20; Mt 23:1-12
Jer 18:18-20; Mt 20:17-28
Jer 17:5-10; Lk 16:19-31
Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a; Mt 21:33-43, 45-46
Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32
Ex 20:1-17 [1-3, 7-8, 12-17]; 1 Cor 1:22-25; Jn 2:13-25
Parish News Corner
As of March 31, 2015, Fr. Jonathan will be retiring from full time ministry.
God has blessed him with a long life, and it is finally time for him to enjoy
the fruits of retirement. Soon Fr. Jonathan will be moving to his new home
at San Damiano Friary in Cicero. He will no longer be regularly scheduled
for weekend Masses at St. Margaret Mary Parish. However, he will continue
in his role as spiritual director, writer for our bulletin, and servant leader for
the Book Group.
For the past 30 years, Fr. Jonathan Foster, OFM, has shared his gifts with the
parishioners of St. Margaret Mary in many and varied ways, always with a
focus on empowering lay leadership. He has been a presenter at many
different facets of Continuing Education, the Spiritual Director for the men’s
CRHP groups for 15 years, a presenter at Preached Retreats since 1987, the
founder and leader of the monthly Good Bookers for ten years and presider
for our Sunday liturgies for at least the past nine years.
These are just a few of the gifts he has shared. He has always been faithful in
fulfilling any ministry for which he has been scheduled at St. Margaret
Mary. Fr. Jonathan richly deserves our gratitude for his service to our
community, service that will be changing, but not ending.
To express our appreciation for the many ways Fr. Jonathan has served our
parish and to mark the new ways he will continue to share his gifts with us, a
special reception will be held after he presides at the 12:15 PM Mass on
Sunday, March 22 in the Upper Room. Come and express your gratitude any
time between 1:00-3:30 PM.
To help us offer our best hospitality, kindly call or return the completed
form found on page 3 to the parish office by March 15.
We are not saying goodbye. We are saying THANK YOU for how God has
gifted our parish through Fr. Jonathan's presence, grace and wisdom these
many years.
Thank you, Fr. Jonathan!
God’s Share
Weekly Collection
2/22/2015
Weekly Mass
Offerings:
Year to Date 7/1/2014 to
Present
$18,900
$655,543
6,595
211,323
Totals:
25,495
866,866
Budget Goal:
24,576
863,364
919
3,503
Automated Giving:
Over/(Under) Goal:
2
September Club
Wearing of the Green
St. Patty's Day
Wednesday
March 4 – 2:00
Quincy's Restaurant
1112 E. Ogden Ave.
Naperville
Corned Beef & Cabbage
or entrée of your choice.
Call Dolores Peterman at
630-955-9581
by March 1st
to reserve your place.
Mail a check
payable to SMMP
for $12
to
3013 Oldham Dr.
Lisle, IL 60532
All Seniors are
Welcome.
RSVP to Reception for Fr. Jonathan
_____ # of Adults Attending March 22 Event
_____ # of Children Attending March 22 Event
Family
Name:______________________________________________________
Call parish office at 630.369.0777 or place in collection basket by March 16.
Reception Helpers Needed
If you would like to assist in serving food and/or beverages at the
March 22 reception, please call Jennifer Arnott at 630.983.9122.
Helpers Needed
From 12:45 to 2:15 pm
And
2:15 to 4 pm
encouragement and deepen the professional
bond between employer and employee.
Business Breakfast
The Power of Encouragement
Peggy Leyden is passionate about helping
organizations and individuals develop skills
that enable them to achieve their goals. They
March 21st ----(8:00-9:30 a.m.)
value her engaging style as well as her
expertise in leadership and team building.
COR CENTER
Peggy’s experience includes working with
FranklinCovey, Arthur Andersen Business
Donation: $10.00 (includes
Consulting, Northern Trust Bank and
breakfast)
Boulevard Bank. Peggy has earned an M.S.
All organizations are trying to do more with less these
in management and organizational behavior from Illinois
days. One way to get the most out of your employees is
Benedictine University. She lives in Naperville with her
to have real connection with them. The best way to create husband and three children.
Speaker: Peggy Leyden
connection is through authentic encouragement. Those
who attend this session will learn how to give
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Morning Enrichment
"I Will Come to You in the Silence:
Listening to God in a Noisy World"
St. Joseph the
Worker
Panelists: Ron Amato, Kim Cernek, Ken Miles, Vickie Wolf;
Facilitator: Marcia Mackenbrock
Next meeting and topic:
Wednesday, March 11
9:15-11:15 a.m. --COR Center
Donation: $5.00
Silence is an essential component to
the deepening of any relationship and
most importantly to our relationship
with the Divine. Our panelists will
share on the following topics:
-Where Did Silence Go?
We are a non-forprofit in existence
for over 25 years, dedicated to
providing unemployed and
networking employed people with
the coaching, skills and spiritual
support to help them find their next
job. All are welcome March 4, 2015 at 7pm at St.
Margaret Mary
-Silence: Being at the Crossroads
-Search and Unrest: My Journey to
Silence
Bob Clarke- The Job Search
From Top to Bottom
Begin your Lent with ideas on how to
fast from noise so as to feast on a
deeper relationship with God
-My Path to God in a Noisy World
Communal Celebration of
The Sacrament of Reconciliation
Sunday, March 15
5:00 PM in church
“Take up your cross
and follow me,”
Jesus tells us. This
challenge is not so
much about bearing
the inevitable
crosses in our lives
as about how we
bear them. In
rejecting human
measures of
success, Jesus
teaches us to embrace life’s difficulties with love and
confidence.
It’s not so easy, but when we fail to follow Jesus in this
way, we can draw strength from his gracious forgiveness.
You are invited to a communal celebration of the
Sacrament of Reconciliation. Approximately one hour, this
service will include an examination of conscience, the
opportunity for private confession, and a ritual with the
cross. Please join the parish community for this Lenten
prayer and recommit yourself to keep company with Jesus,
trusting that every sacrifice sustained with love is a
gateway to abundant life for yourself and for the world.
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Our parish theme and missional directives in
God’s Word To Us
Reflection on Lectionary Readings
Second Sunday of Lent
Craft Night
What is our legacy?
In the First reading from Genesis we find one of the most disturbing
stories in the Bible; Abraham’s call to offer his only child as a sacrifice to
God. In the time of Abraham (much like today) children were the most
important asset anyone could have. Children represented current wellbeing and future security. Children are our legacy; they embody our
aspirations for immortality. When we die we believe that we still live on
in our children and in our children’s children.
Do you like to quilt, knit, or crochet?
Do you have a craft or needlework
project that you cannot seem to find
time to finish? Would you like to
learn how to embroider? Do you just
need time for you? Here is your
chance to leave your husband,
children, and work at home for one
evening and feed your creative soul!
When God asked Abraham to offer his only son as a sacrifice, God was
not only asking Abraham to endure the pain and suffering of the death of
a loved one. God was asking Abraham to consign himself and his blood
line to oblivion. Because of his faithfulness to God in the face of oblivion
God promises an even greater legacy than the continuation of his blood
line: “all the nations of the earth shall find blessing” in him.
We meet the first Wednesday of each
month, and our next gathering will be
on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, in
rooms 4-5 (downstairs, just off the
SMMP Parish Center) from 6:00-9:00
PM.
In the Gospel the disciples find themselves in the presence of Elijah and
Moses with Jesus. These giants of the faith embody the aspirations of
immortality of the Jewish people. Clearly it is good for the disciples to be
there and it is only natural that they would want to remain on the
mountain top. But upon hearing the admonition of God to listen to His
beloved Son, the disciples follow Jesus down the mountain and into
Jerusalem where he will endure his passion and death.
Lent is a time when we too journey with Jesus to Jerusalem. The cross
that awaits us is costly; “those who would save their lives will lose it but
those who lose their life for my sake and the sake of the Gospel will save
it.” To live with open hearts and open arms is to stretch ourselves out to
the world – even if it means being
nailed to a cross. But as the second
reading reminds us, “If God is for us,
who can be against us?” Our legacy is
not in our bloodline but in the
decisions we make every day to give
without the desire to be repaid and to
suffer without the desire to strike back.
By Tom Cordaro
Our goal is to provide an opportunity
for ladies at SMMP to meet for
fellowship and creativity. For more
information, contact:
Jo Ann Jeffreys: 630-717-1142
Barbara Samuels:
[email protected]
The Men’s Club is preparing for its
annual April In Parish Project and we
need your help in identifying a family,
a couple, or an individual, within the
Parish, who needs clean-up and/or fix
-up help with their home.
This activity is scheduled for Saturday, April 18th, and Saturday, April 25th.
Projects are typically sized such that
they can be accomplished by a team
of men in one full day.
Again, if you need assistance or know
of anyone who needs assistance,
please contact:
Norm Beauregard - 630-416-6811
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Welcome the Children:
An evening of music and food with the Pequeños Dance Group from Guatemala.
Sunday, March 1, 7:00 pm, Parish Center
Since its founding in 1954, NPH has assisted more than
18,000 children and is currently raising more than 3,200
boys and girls in Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
and Peru. An additional 1,900 students who live outside the
homes receive scholarships, meals and health care.
Outreach programs serve more than 100,000 people each
year.
Children at NPH homes – called pequeños – are not
available for adoption. Instead they are welcomed with
their brothers and sisters and become a part of the larger
NPH USA, formerly Friends of the Orphans, transforms
NPH family. Many have suffered physical and/or verbal
the lives of abandoned and disadvantaged children in Latin abuse, lived in horrible conditions, been separated and
America and the Caribbean by supporting homes,
shuffled from place to place. Like all children, they are
healthcare and educational programs of Nuestros Pequeños seeking love and security, a place they can call home.
Hermanos (NPH, Spanish for "Our Little Brothers and
Sisters"). They create families for life and teach children
the values of unconditional love, shared responsibility and
Bring the whole family to meet these remarkable
helping others. Our donors help children overcome poverty
young
people and learn more about the ministry of
and become leaders in their own communities.
NPH (www.nphusa.org)
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Religious
Education
(Preschool—5th)
Heavenly Father, keep us faithful to prayer as we continue our Lenten
journey
First Communion
The First Communion retreat is scheduled for Saturday, March 7th from 10:30 to 12:40. Pre-registration is required.
The parent/child meeting will be your choice of Tuesday, March 10th and Wednesday, March 11th. Each meeting will
include a Bread Prayer Service. Please attend one of these sessions and refer to the handout provided regarding bread
and juice needed.
Due to weather conditions, the Parent Sacramental Retreat scheduled for February 1st has been rescheduled to Sunday,
April 19th from noon until 3pm.
Lenten Stations of the Cross
Beginning Saturday, March 21st, the last half hour of each RE class will include the Stations of the Cross presented in
church by our 5th graders. All are invited to attend. The schedules are:
Saturday, March 21st at 9:30 am
Monday, March 23rd at 3:45 pm
Tuesday, March 24th at 3:45 pm and 5:00 pm
Wednesday, March 25th at 3:45 pm and 5:00 pm
Spring Break
Spring break begins on Saturday, March 28th. Classes will resume on Monday, April 6th.
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.
40 Days for Life is a time of praying , fasting and witnessing for
life. In our area, Access Clinic is the prayer site. Access if located at
1700 75th Street, Downers Grove. Prayer time is from 7:00 am to
7 :00 pm. To sign up for a time, go to:
40daysforlife.com/donwersgrove.
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What does it mean to live the Sabbath?
Parish Social Mission Week: March 7 –14
Putting Children & Families First
For the Catholic Church, issues like paid sick leave are
viewed as fundamental to the promotion and support
of families. Paid sick leave is a pro-family issue for
Catholics.
pressed support for paid sick leave stating, “It
seems to make good business sense to offer workers the option of taking time off when a family member is sick. A minimum amount of paid sick leave
levels the playing field for covered employers and
will have no impact on companies that already provide paid sick leave.”
In their 1991 pastoral statement, Putting Children and
Families First, our U.S. Catholic Bishops emphasize
the important interplay between personal responsibility and government policy in supporting healthy families, “No government can
love a child and no policy
can substitute for a family’s
care, but clearly families can
be helped or hurt in their irreplaceable roles. Government
can either support or undermine families. … The undeniable fact is that our
children’s future is shaped
both by the values of their
parents and by the polices of
our nation. Families are
undermined by parental irresponsibility and by discrimination and poverty. Children’s lives are enriched by their parent’s sacrifices
and by economic policies that help mothers and
fathers meet the demands of parenthood.”
In their pastoral statement, Economic Justice for All,
our bishops remind us that
the shape of our economy
is not the results of impersonal economic forces
(like the invisible hand of
the market) but is the result of the interplay between individual initiative
and public policy. This is
why our bishops say, “The
economy exists for the
person, not the person for
the economy. All economic
life should be shaped by
moral principles. Economic choices and institutions
must be judged by how they protect or undermine
the life and dignity of the human person, support
families and serve the
common good.”
Under the heading, Helping Families at Work, our bishops went on to state, “Families need workplace policies that promote responsive child-care arrangements;
flexible employment terms and conditions for parents;
and family and medical leave for parents of newborns,
sick children, and aging parents. … Parents should
not have to worry about losing their jobs when they
welcome a new child, nurse a sick spouse or comfort a
dying parent.”
After all Masses on the
weekend of March 7-8th we
will be signing postcards
directed to our state senators urging them to support the “Healthy Workplace Act” which provides
up to 7 sick days for a worker or a worker’s family in
Illinois (see description of this bill in this bulletin).
Building on these principles in 2006 our bishops ex9
“Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest
forms of charity, because it serves the common good. I cannot wash my hands,
eh? We all have to give something! … It is not true that Catholics should not
meddle in politics: ‘A good Catholic doesn’t meddle in politics.’ That’s not true.
That is not a good path. A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of
themselves.”
Illinois Healthy Families Act: Summary
It provides up to 7 sick days and applies the 7 sick days to all employers regardless of
how many employees they have. It would cover all size employers.
♦
♦ Allow employees to earn up to 7 (56 hours of) paid sick days a year, an hour at a time for
every 30 hours they work. It would take a person who works 40/hr/wk 6 weeks to earn one
eight-hour day, and 48 weeks to earn seven sick days. Employees can carry over accrued sick days to the next year,
but employees cannot use more than seven sick days a year, i.e., they can use sick days in the early part of a new year
that it took so long to earn the previous year, and they can start earning more paid sick days in a new year, but once
they use up 56 hours of leave they cannot take any more leave that year and can only carry over any new leave they
accrue. Of course, employers can allow more leave, but this is the minimum according to the proposed law.
♦
♦ Part-time employees can earn leave, but wouldn’t earn as much based on working less. Independent contractors
aren’t included.
♦
♦ Leave can be used for 1) the illness of an employee or an employee’s family member or for a medical appointment, 2)
for a school or building closure by order of a public official due to a public health emergency, or 3) a need related to
domestic or sexual violence.
♦
♦ Paid sick days can be used for less than a day. The bill suggest a minimum no greater than two hours, e.g., this bill
does not force someone to use an entire day, and it assumes that an employer probably won’t want to let an employee
take off a minimum like a quarter-hour or even an hour at a time.
♦
♦ The bill included an opt-out for employees who have a collective bargaining agreement if they expressly
waive. There will be a fiscal note added to the bill by a state agency that employs union workers who do not currently
have paid sick days.
♦
♦ Employers who have a policy that complies with the requirements of this Act do not need to add more time off or
modify their policy.
♦
♦ Employers do not have to compensate employees for any accrued paid sick days when the employee leaves the em-
ployer.
♦
♦ Employers can discipline an employee who uses a paid sick day for a reason not prescribed in this Act, e.g., some-
one who abuses the leave.
♦
♦ This act will be enforced by the Department of Labor.
Join with fellow parishioners in signing postcards after all
Masses on the weekend of March 7/8 urging our state
senators to support this bill.
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Fr. Paul’s Homily
Freedom from Fear of Death
First Week in Ordinary Time
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 8:15 AM Heb 2:14-18;
Mk 1:29-39 (Jesus came into our world to show us that we have eternal life as a promise and for the present moment we have to
live as fully as possible, as honestly as possible, to serve God and God’s purposes regardless of the consequences.)
“Since the children share in blood and
flesh, Jesus likewise shared in them, that
through death he might destroy the one
who has the power of death, that is, the
devil, and free those who through fear of
death had been subject to slavery all
their life.”
coincidence! So on and on the story goes.
Well, that doesn’t explain much about
our existence or behavior.
The Letter to the Hebrews is very
different. It doesn’t look at life through a
lens of material reality or materiality. It
looks at life through the lens of stories
The story that science tells, the best that that have a spiritual dimension to them.
Partly the spiritual dimension of these
science can do today, is not a very
stories is the existence of evil in a
satisfying story about how everything
creature, a creature who has turned freely
happens by chance. As you probably
know most scientists are atheists, meaning away from God, a very intelligent creature
they are materialists. They think there is without any materiality, in fact a bodiless
creature: mindful, willful, soulful,
only the material world, although they
often fantasize about aspects of the world spiritual, but not physical. Jesus himself
referred to this being as the father of lies.
that are surely beyond any sort of
Here the author refers to this creature as
verification. Nonetheless, there are all
these chance events, starting with the Big “the one who has power of death.” And
Bang that just came out of nowhere for no it goes on to say that the purpose of Christ
reason. It was a random fluctuation in the coming is to free us children of Adam
primordial vacuum, and then it developed. from “those who through the fear of death
had been subject to slavery”—fear of
Eventually we have galaxies and planets
and finally the earth. And then on the earth death. This is an interesting contrast to the
idea of the blind will to survive. The will
there is water, marvelous to say all by
chance of course, water having marvelous to survive is an instinct you might say. We
would say God-given instinct, but science
properties, by chance, that allows for life
just says it’s just there. Now the fear of
to grow and wonderful properties at that,
including that it expands when it freezes so death is quite different. It’s not simply the
desire to live. It’s the fear of losing, and
that we can have lakes that are frozen on
top with everything living underneath,
it leads to slavery, bondage, a lack of
whereas if it contracted like most other
freedom.
substances, then we would have dead lakes Now this explains a great deal of human
with nothing living in them—so
behavior. By the fear of death we bind
remarkable! Well, the most remarkable
ourselves and accept so little in life. We
thing of all is when all of a sudden these
give away our freedom to be who God
chemicals get together and start growing,
calls us to be because we are afraid that
lo and behold by accident, they want to
someone has this power of death. And
live. In fact, they almost are programed to very often we ascribe that to God or to
survive at any cost, by chance of course.
nature, although the Scriptures don’t. And
And of course, by chance, this universe
what is death anyway? In the thinking of
has the law of conservation so that once
this author, death is not even simply the
things do pop into existence they don’t pop passing away of an organism, but it’s the
out of existence, another remarkable
separation of our consciousness, our
SCHOLARSHIP FUND GARAGE SALE
The 2015 Scholarship Fund Garage Sale will be held on Friday,
June 26, followed by a Reduced Prices Sale on Saturday, June
27. Donations will be accepted starting Saturday afternoon,
June 20, so please start setting aside items for the Sale. Spring
and Spring Cleaning will eventually replace the cold weather!
mindfulness, from the light that created us
and that we yearn for by God’s own
design. It’s eternal darkness. It’s eternal
coldness. It’s eternal lovelessness.
Now as we grow up even as children we
experience that love can be lost. We
experience that we are very vulnerable,
that we can be hurt, that we can be
neglected, that we can be bruised
physically and emotionally, we can be
rejected, and we can lose those who love
us in their death. All of this can create a
web of fear where we are afraid we are
going to lose the little we have, so we
refuse really to ever take any risks. We
don’t tell the truth to people we need to
love us; we don’t express ourselves
honestly. In many ways we live half a life
because we don’t want to lose the little we
have. That’s not God’s way.
Jesus came into our world to show us
that we have eternal life as a promise
and for the present moment we have to
live as fully as possible, as honestly as
possible. We have to do whatever we can
do to serve God and God’s purposes
regardless of the consequences,
regardless of who doesn’t like it,
regardless of who will reject us, regardless
of the bruises physical and emotional they
may cause. Then we will be truly alive,
and we will no longer be slaves to fear. We
will be free people, free men and free
women, living the life we chose in service
of God because it’s only the grace of God
that actually frees us to serve. People
who think they are free by doing whatever
they please, are still in this slavery because
they don’t choose what it is that pleases
them. That’s chosen for them and they are
in bondage to it. And this is much of the
world. Christ has come for freedom.
Plan also to spend some time working during the week of the
Sale. There's lots to do -- something for everybody -- and everyone is welcome! Come anytime during working hours that is
good for you! There will be a sign-up shortly before the Sale.
For further information, call Martha Rose at (630) 961-2169.
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Evening
Enrichment
Running the Paschal
Mystery
Thursday, March 19
7 to 8:30 pm in the COR Center
Speaker: Dr. Terry NelsonJohnson
Meet Your RCIA Candidate for Full
Communion: Robert Kemph
I was baptized
Catholic as a baby
when my mom
took me home to
Brooklyn to show
her new baby to
her mother, I
assume that my
Irish Grandmother
was not going
miss this
opportunity to have her grandson
baptized.
I grew up in one of the first
subdivisions in Lockport. My family
did not attend church regularly. The
house hold was a mix of my dad who
said he was protestant, and my mother
who grew up Catholic, but converted
to Baptist in high school.
When I was about 8 years old the
house on the corner of the next block
was converted to a Baptist church and
my mother sent my brother and I to
Sunday school there. I attended the
Baptist churches till my late teens.
I found myself working in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where I
married into the Catholic family. It
wasn’t too long until my job brought
me back to the Chicago area and then
to Naperville. My two daughters were
raised in the area Catholic churches. I
had always wanted to follow my kids
into the church, but through a few of
life’s trials that was delayed. I am
happy to be taking this journey now
with a great group of candidates,
sponsors and teachers.
At the church entrances there are cards with the names of our RCIA catechumens/
candidates on them. Take one or more and pray for this individual as s/he prepares for full
membership in the Catholic Church. Pray that s/he will stay faithful to Christ and His
ways.
Dr. Terry Nelson-Johnson challenges
us to enter more deeply into the
mystery of grace, the mystery of God
through story-telling, poetry and
humor.
Dr. Nelson-Johnson is Resident
Theologian and Animator of Faith at
Old St. Patrick’s Church in Chicago.
Terry holds a Master’s Degree from
the Institute of Pastoral Studies and a
Doctor of Ministry Degree from the
University of St. Mary of the Lake.
The St. Margaret Mary Knights of Columbus Council
16011 kicked off our membership drive the weekend of
February 14-15 by hosting the parish Hospitality Sunday.
Over the last several months, we have sent out church bulletin announcements describing who we are, our mission,
and the benefits of joining our dynamic, international
Catholic men’s service fraternity.
For more than 129 years, Knights of Columbus has assured the welfare of its
members and their families. Today, we are recognized as a leading life insurer with a superior insurance program. There is no more highly rated insurer in North America. We offer permanent and term insurance, retirement
annuities, Long Term Care plans and disability insurance.
All men of the parish are invited to learn more. Look for an announcement
of our upcoming membership information meeting. Or you can contact
Churck Graber at [email protected] or Chuck Schlabach at
[email protected].
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Masses for the Week
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturdays, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
March 7
March 14
Monday— March 2
8:15— Dr. Edwin B. Soriano — Soriano Family
Tuesday— March 3
8:15— Katleen Wagner — Paul & Frances Christin
Wednesday— March 4
8:15— John Mele, Jr. — Beatrice Mazzone &
Lucille Neumann
Thursday— March 5
8:15— Purgatorial Society
Friday— March 6
8:15— Art Huff — Pat Ann & Jerry Rotko
Saturday— March 7
8:15— Jeanette Gaertner — Thompson Family
5:00— Ron Nowacki — Dennis & Peggy Nowicki
Sunday— March 8
7:30— Robert Pesavento — Family
9:00— For the Parish Family
10:45*— Maureen Kupris — The September Club
12:15
Fr. Paul
Fr. Paul
SAVE THE DATE!
Parish Pizza Night:
Saturday, April 11, 6:00 pm
*Interpreted for the deaf
March
7&8
Lectors
Eucharistic Ministers
Servers
Sacristan/
Facilitator/LOW
Deacon/Presider
L. Tomasello
C. Graber
D. Early
J. Vahle
G. Purpura
M. O’Hara Henry Filer
N. Kordzinski
T. Brandenstein G. McArdle Devin Chitwood
M. & M. Kazlauskas
Claudia Parisi
B. Ryan
J. Carballo
*
Fr. Paul
7:30
P. Cassady
V. Kosirog
C. Rigali
M. Biskup
T. Zakosek
L. De Los Reyes M. Palmquist
P. & B. Bonkalski
R. Ruesch
R. Meeker
Luke Fernandez
Olivia Zabel
Jadyn Enas
M. Ciccarelli
Deacon Fred
Fr. Julian
9:00
J. Hall
R. Eckstein
M. Taylor
J. Krema
J. Buescher
B. McManus
J. Arnott
N. Itzenhuiser
R. Green
T. Fara
J. Herring
W. Corbett
J. Nolan
Alexandra Mantel
Lauren Gignac
Nicolas Kazlauskas
J. Jeffreys
Deacon *
Fr. Pat McDevitt
10:45
C. Carter
S. Schmitt
J. Perales
R. Johnson
R. Hansen
I. Van Dril
G. Goyette
B. Burkhardt
N. Taylor
L. Riebold
T. Maicke Audrey Giedraitis
M. Sanchez Zachary Hungerford
R. Vidoni
Dylan Gregory
Quest
Quest
5:00
Quest
12:15
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J. McAvoy
Y. & S. Figueroa
Deacon *
Fr. Paul
B. Ryan
Deacon Fred
Fr. Paul
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS
First Reading — The sacrifice of Abraham,
our father in faith
(Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18).
Second Reading — If God is for us, who can be
against us? (Romans 8:31b-34).
Gospel — Jesus was transfigured before them, and his clothes
became dazzling white (Mark 9:2-10).
NEXT WEEK’S SCRIPTURE READINGS
First Reading — The law was given through Moses (Exodus
20:1-17 [1-3, 7-8, 12-17]) or Exodus 17:3-7.
Second Reading — We proclaim Christ crucified; the foolishness
of God is greater than human wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:22-25) or
Romans 5:1-2, 5-8.
Gospel — Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up
(John 2:13-25) or John 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42].
“Learn the heart of God from the word of God. “
—Pope St. Gregory
St. Margaret Mary Parish
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
Music Director
John Schlaman
AUTOMATED EXTERNAL
DEFIBRILLATOR
[AED]
Parish Secretary/Bulletin Editor
Sue Carroll
Pastoral Associate
Sr. Madelyn Gould, S.S.S.F.
St Margaret Mary Parish has
three (3) AEDs, located:
1. the Narthex – across from the elevator
Pastoral Council President
Barbara Zdon
2. the Parish Center – across from the elevator
3. the Core Center – across from Room 9
Please note their locations, in case they are needed in an
emergency.
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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