July 6, 2003

News and Views From
St. Patrick Parish

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 6, 2003

My grace is sufficient for you,
for power is made perfect in weakness.

2 Corinthians

Liturgical Ministers' Schedule July 12 and 13
Day	Mass	Eucharistic Ministers	Greeters	Lectors
Saturday	4:30	Paul Kolodziej Larry Lindholm Betsy Lindholm	Mary Lou Pellegrini Ange Pellegrini Betty Bravato	Lee Harris
Sunday	8:00	Chuck Peterson Denise Kucer Andrew Kurtyak	Sr. Norma Sr. Debra Sr. Ellen Mary	John Shea
	10:00	Chuck Peterson Helen Lawson Melissa Trafton	Carol Johnston Jim Johnston Jim Dietz	Chris Patti
	11:30	Paul Kolodziej Jane Richards Melissa Jordan	Lee Harris Lisa Johnson Ed Johnson	Bernie Spieler

Mass Intentions

Saturday, July 5
4:30	Eugene Gleason r.b. Mary Lynn Dalton
Sunday, July 6
8:00	Mass for the People
10:00	William Sharp r.b. Gordon and Mary Kinzler
11:30	Ray Pasteris r.b. Chuck and Mae Delaney
Monday, July 7
7:40	Rosary
8:00	Richard Schiek r.b. Gordon and Mary Kinzler
Tuesday, July 8
7:40	Rosary
8:00	Margaret Breen r.b. Faye Breen
Wednesday, July 9
7:40	Rosary
8:00	Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Mussario r.b. Family
Thursday, July 10
7:40	Rosary
8:00	Dolores Swiderski r.b. Edward Swiderski
Friday, July 11
7:40	Rosary
8:00	Carmen Garvalia r.b. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Garvalia
Saturday, July 12
8:00	Lucille Young r.b. Mr. and Mrs. Gino Ciccotelli
4:30	Louis Vercellotti r.b. Eleanore and Donald Bersano
Sunday, July 13
8:00	Kenneth McShane
10:00	Mass for the People
11:30	Eugene Corum r.b. Bob, Rita, and Helen

Readings For The Week

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Becoming Catholic

R.C.I.A. (The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is the process by which interested people become members of the Roman Catholic Church. It is also for those who were unable to complete their Sacraments.

We look for answers to life and death questions - to questions about God and ourselves. Whatever your reason we welcome you to join us.

For more information, please call Loretta Crawley at 744-1145.

Life Issues

America was founded by men and women who shared a vision of the value of each and every individual. They stated this vision clearly from the very start in the Declaration of Independence, using words that every schoolboy and schoolgirl can recite:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

-- Ronald Regan, on the 10th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation.

Father Jim’s Corner

Only Trust Him

God knows your secret longings,
He knows your silent tears,
and even within the shadows
His hand is on your fears.

When your head is on the pillow
in the wee hours past midnight,
just trust that God is with you
somewhere within your room this night.

Watching, never sleeping
He tends your fragile care
and in the quiet hours a vigil keeping
He breathes for you a prayer.

Just trust Him for the answers
that a questioning heart can't give
for God holds your every tomorrow
knowing your each today is His.

- Roxie Lusk Smith

God Bless!

Father Jim

Attention Parents of
First Communicants

Precious Keepsakes of First Communion 2003 are waiting to be picked up.

Pictures, Certificates and Banners may be picked up at St. Patrick's Rectory on weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. A pair of white gloves and a First Communion Prayer Book were also left behind with no identification. Please come for these as soon as possible.

A Worthy Cause

Please join the family and friends of Billy Yaeger at Silver Cross Field in Joliet at 7:00 p.m. on August 19 for a Jackhammers game. Tickets are $9.00 each, $2.00 of which will go to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation for research, hoping to find a cure for this chronic and debilitating disease, which claimed Billy's life at the age of 33. By joining us you can contribute to a very worthy cause and have a great time at the ballpark. For reservations, please call Barbara Trafton at 708-479-5835.

A Prayer for Priests

Keep them, for they are Thine
Thy priests whose lives burn out before
They consecrated shrine.

Keep them for they are in the world
Though from the world apart
When earthly pleasures tempt, allure.

Keep them, and comfort them in hours
Of loneliness and pain
When all their life of sacrifice
For souls seems but in vain.

Keep them, and O remember Lord
They have no one but Thee
Yet they have only human hearts
with Human frailty.

Keep them as spotless as the Host
That daily, they caress,
That every thought and word and deed,
Deign, dearest Lord to bless.

Cardinal Dougherty

Parish Directory

Our parish directories have arrived and will be distributed very soon to all who had their pictures taken.

At this time I extend sincere thanks and deep appreciation to Mike and Melissa Trafton for their splendid organizational skills in coordinating this major undertaking. In addition, special thanks to Tom Ponce who spent many hours in helping to arrange scheduling and sign ups.

All of you did a wonderful job! Many thanks from all who had their pictures taken.

Father Jim

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