22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time August 30, 2020...MSGT Kevin M. James (Andrews AF, MD) AMN Natalee...

22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time August 30, 2020

August 30, 2020 Visitation Catholic Church

WELCOME TO VISITATION CATHOLIC CHURCH Love and Service to Others 779 S. York Street • Elmhurst, IL • 60126 • www.visitationparish.org Daily Mass: Monday-Friday, 6:15 AM, 8:15 AM Saturday Reconciliation: 3:00-3:45 PM Regular Saturday Mass Hours: 8:15 AM, 4:00 PM Regular Sunday Mass Hours: 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 6:00 PM VISITATION PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Visitation Parish, a Roman Catholic Community in the Diocese of Joliet-in-Illinois, seeks to draw all to Jesus Christ, revelation of the Father and font of the Holy Spirit, by celebrating the Sacraments, educating people of all ages in the Truths of the Catholic Faith, and reaching out to those who are physically, emotionally, or spiritually in need.

VISITATION PASTORAL STAFF • Rev. Greg Skowron, Pastor, 815-791-6073 [email protected] • Rev. Tomy Chellakandathil, Parochial Vicar, 630-834-6700 [email protected] • Dcn. Anthony Spatafore, Pastoral Associate, 630-834-6700 [email protected] • Dcn. Jay Janousek, 630-834-2863 • Dcn. James Eaker, 630-530-7596 • Dcn. Mike Iozzo [St. Peregrine Ministry], 630-567-4700 [email protected] • Dcn. Michael O’Ryan [St. Peregrine Ministry], 630-530-2954 [email protected] PARISH FAITH FORMATION/RELIGIOUS EDUCATION • Matthew Pozen, 630-279-7058, x502 [email protected]

MUSIC • Barbara Masters, Parish Music Director, 630-834-8190 [email protected] OFFICE STAFF • Marek Latocha, Business Manager 630-834-6700, x202, [email protected] • Anne Montgomery, Administrative Assistant to the Pastor, 630-834-6700 • Suzanne Noonan, Parish Coordinator, 630-834-6700 • Teodora Kulikowska, Accounts Payable., 630-834-6700, x206 • Susan Hemmersmeier, Communications Manager [email protected]

VISITATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL Website: www.visitationelmhurst.org Phone: 630-834-4931/Fax: 630-834-4936 • Carrie Mijal, School Principal, [email protected] • Katie McVey, School Assistant Principal [email protected]

PARISH AND PASTORAL STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION

PARISH OFFICE HOURS: [MON-THUR] 8:30 AM-4:30 PM [FRI] 8:30 AM-12 Noon • Phone: 630-834-6700 Fax: 630-834-6711 • Email: [email protected] • Parish Website: WWW.VISITATIONPARISH.ORG

Deanery Website: easterndupagedeanery.org

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

PH: Podesta Hall • C: Church • PC: Parish Center • MP: Multi-purpose Room

FOR A COMPLETE LISTING OF ALL PARISH EVENTS, OR TO SCHEDULE AN EVENT PLEASE VISIT

VISITATIONPARISH.ORG/CALENDAR-1

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 Prayer for Priests 8:45 AM C SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 First Saturday Devotions 8:45 AM C

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 St. Monica Prayer Group 7 PM PC WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Craft Ladies 9 AM MP Prayer Quilt Ministry 1 PM MP RE Parent Meeting 1 PM C RE Parent Meeting 7 PM C


DIOCESE-WIDE COVID UPDATE The diocese is now requiring all Mass attendees to provide contact information in the event of a Covid-19 illness. Each time

you attend Mass at Visitation, please register online or bring a card with your name and phone number and drop it in the basket near the entrance. Cards and pencils will be available for those who forget.

Please keep these parishioners in your prayers, and all the sick and their families:

Dcn. Jay Janousek, Fr. Roger Kutzner, Andrew Barrett

If you or a member of your family is ill or hospitalized and would like to be placed on our Prayer List, please call the Rectory office and let us know.

Due to privacy issues we will only honor requests made by you or a family member. Your name will remain on the list for two weeks. Please call the office to add a name or to have the name continued for two weeks.

PRAY FOR OUR SICK

BAPTISMS

TESSA MARIE daughter of Brian O’Neill and Kristin

(Stratton) O’Neill

Please make sure your mask is properly positioned the entire time you are in the

church building, per diocesan requirements.

STAY HEALTHY PLEASE sanitize your hands before receiving

Communion. There will be dispensers close to the altar available to all those in line for Communion.

This is another procedure the diocese is requiring in order to help keep our parishioners healthy.

ST. MONICA PRAYER GROUP Come pray with us for your loved ones who have drifted away from the faith or who are outside of the Church. This fellowship group will meet the first Tuesday of every month.

Visitation Parish, 779 S. York Rd, Elmhurst, IL Fireside Room, Parish Center Tuesday, September 1, 7-8 PM

Questions, call Bonita at 630-279-0816 or Sheila at 630-329-1867

“...if two of you on earth agree about anything for

which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father.” Mt18:19

PRAYER FOR PRIESTS Please join us as we pray for our priests each

Thursday morning at 8:45 AM. Contact Deacon Jim with any questions:

630-915-8920

Part-time Parish Secretary St. Scholastica Parish, Woodridge, Il

St. Scholastica Parish in Woodridge, IL, is currently searching for a part-time (20 hours) Parish Secretary. This is a shared position. You will be fully engaged and busy from the first day and we guarantee there will never be a dull moment. Responsibilities & Requirements

Ability to juggle multiple projects with superb accuracy Strong administrative skills Exceptional customer service skills, over the phone and in person, with our parishioners and internal departments

Qualifications Bilingual English/Spanish a plus. Must be computer savvy and proficient in Microsoft Office Experience with Parish Data Systems a plus Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Salary depends on skills and experience. To apply, please send resume to Lianda Valentine at [email protected]

MASS INTENTIONS The Mass is the greatest prayer we have since it is the sacrifice of Christ Himself. It is therefore important to remember that we can have Mass offered for many intentions: for the living as well as for the repose of the soul of someone who has died, for family difficulties, for sickness, birthdays, anniversaries, as well as in thanksgiving. To have a Mass offered for your intentions or for loved one, please stop by the Rectory.

mailto:[email protected]


ARMED FORCES PRAYER LIST We remember and pray for the protection of our military as they serve in our Armed Forces.

U.S. Air Force MSGT Kevin M. James (Andrews AFB, MD) AMN Natalee Arbino (Wright Paterson, OH) AMN E2 Jacob Neimanas (Travis AFB, CA) A1C Eric E. James (Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX) U.S. Army MAJ Patrick Leen (IL.) 1 LT Joseph D. Frost (Ft. Knox, KY) CPT Nicholas Keller (Ft. Knox, KY) 1 LT Thomas J. Diwisch (Fort Bragg, NC) PFC Stephen J. Taylor (Ft. Riley, KS) 2 LT Francesca Cervone (Fairbanks, AK) 1 LT Nathanial A. Greenberg (Fort Leonard Wood, MO) U.S. Army National Guard PVT Christopher J Slowinski (Ft. Leonard Wood, MO) MAJ Joseph Doyle (ID) CPL James Kotowski (Afghanistan) SP4 Thomas Treslo (Afghanistan) U.S. Coast Guard CPO Patrick Kirby (TX) U.S. Marine Corps PVT Nicholas Acevedo (CA) 1 LT Kurt P. James (Camp Pendleton, CA) SGT David Byrne (Japan) LCPL Eric E. Gibas (Camp Pendleton, CA) PVT Dominic Tosto (San Diego, CA) United States Navy LCDR Robert Aranha (United States)

PLEDGE YOUR GIFT TO THE CMAA

We are pleased that so many parishioners have already pledged a gift to the 2020 Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal (CMAA). Your support will allow us to Be Kind and Merciful as, together, we do God’s work here on earth.

Every gift brings us closer to our parish’s 2020 CMAA goal of $136,100. If we raise more than our goal, 70 percent of the amount over goal will be returned to us for our needs. This is an amazing opportunity for our parish.

Please prayerfully reflect on your pledge to this year’s CMAA and make your gift today. To make a gift online at jolietdio-ceseappeal.org or text “Donate” to (815) 205-1949 from your mobile phone.

Date 8/9/2020 8/16/2020 8/23/2020

Mass 4:00 3,362.00

2,542.00

2,724.10

7:30 3,483.00

6,711.00

3,719.00

9:30 5,307.00

1,676.00

2,841.00

11:30 4,528.00

2,031.00

2,333.00

6:00 1,691.00

996.00

876.50

Total Mass Collection

18,371.00

13,956.00

12,493.60

e-Giving 7,309.84

9,336.50

7,379.84

TOTAL 25,680.84

23,292.50

19,873.44

Weekly Budget 26,170.00

26,170.00

26,170.00

YTD Budget 157,020.00

183,190.00

209,360.00

YTD Collection 159,788.22

183,080.72

202,954.16

2nd /Special Collection

1,709.00

YTD Sunday Collection For 2020/2021


MASS INTENTIONS GOSPEL REFLECTION

August 30, 2020 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

Secular pursuits only bring a temporary amount of satisfaction and fulfillment. As much as we may think that achieving worldly success, economic security, personal well-being, and self-fulfillment are worthy goals to obtain, they all are dependent on external variables and can lead to emptiness. We are trained to be very pragmatic and productive. Unless we are able to check off all of the boxes or comply with specific measurable requirements, our value and worth becomes questionable. Corporations, educational institutions, systems, structures, and secular ideology rarely consider deeper, more spiritual, and human contributions a person can and needs to make.

To the secular mind, the wisdom and ideals of the Gospel are making less and less sense. Consider for a moment this question: “What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” While Jesus is asking this very challenging question to people who are considering his message, many in our world are in a quite different place. Whether we realize it, many folks are asking a much different question. Why would you not want to gain the whole world and secure your life? If you look at where a lot of folks are investing their time, energy, and resources, it becomes obvious where current priorities rest.

Modern day comforts and possibilities are backing us out of our relationship with God. The fire burning in every human heart is trying to find its satisfaction in the things that humans have created and not God. Being altruistic and offering compassion for those most in need becomes a political responsibility or responsible gesture. We realize that our hearts need to be centered on something and someone who calls us out of ourselves, but we struggle and battle with naming the source of that call. God places the desire to seek, find, and love Him in the core of every soul. We are not abandoned and left to fend for ourselves. But we can easily get confused. We know that when we extend ourselves to another self-sacrificially, we are doing what is just and right. We know that we can work through suffering and loss and come out better and more whole on the other side.

Our minds need to be renewed so that they can begin to understand that there is much more to who we are, and that faith plays a pivotal role in achieving our true and everlasting goals. It is when we see that it is only faith that can bring us to this heightened awareness of ourselves and God that it will begin to make sense. Then, we can put things in proper perspective and consider being a disciple.

Readings for the week of Aug 30, 2020

MONDAY, AUGUST 31

6:15AM

+Forgotten Souls in Purgatory

8:15AM

+Charles Worth

+Jessica Leen

+Raymond Gaumond

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

6:15 AM

Intentions of Alene Montgomery

8:15 AM

+ Joseph E. Tierney

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

6:15 AM

Forgotten Souls in Purgatory 8:15AM

+Jon Grebin

+Bill Jacobson

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

6:15AM

Intentions of Liz Lemaster

8:15AM

+Lucille Perrilli

Intentions of Doris Keller

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

6:15AM

Forgotten Souls in Purgatory

8:15AM

+Richard Menard

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

8:15AM

Intensions of Nora Hipskind

4:00 PM

+John (Red) Halloran

+Carol Visk

+Anna Mondello

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

7:30AM

+Jim and Lois O’Connell

+Virginia Walden

9:30AM

+Richard Masters

People of Visitation Parish

11:30AM

+Louise Talko

+Maureen DeGeorge

+Joseph Cappello

6:00 PM

+Rita Gagliano

Sunday: Jer 20:7-9/Rom 12:1-2/Mt 16:21-27 Monday: 1 Cor 2:1-5/Lk 4:16-30 Tuesday: 1 Cor 2:10b-16/Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday: 1 Cor 3:1-9/Lk 4:38-44 Thursday: 1 Cor 3:18-23/Lk 5:1-11 Friday: 1 Cor 4:1-5/Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: 1 Cor 4:6b-15 /Lk 6:1-5

Next Sunday: Ez 33:7-9/Rom 13:8-10/Mt 18:15-20


Position Available: Lunch and Recess Supervisor

Visitation Catholic School in Elmhurst, IL is seeking two energetic and dynamic Lunch and Recess Supervisors who will work from 11:00am – 12:30 pm each Monday through Friday that school is in session. Ideal candidates are individuals who are interested in interacting with elementary school students, helping them to follow lunch/recess rules, and maintaining a safe and socially distanced environment while the students enjoy recess. In addition, the applicant must be willing to help teach children how to use

indoor voices while enjoying lunch, help teach table manners, help pass out the milks and hot lunches, and help maintain a welcoming lunch environment for all.

The ideal candidate should be either a licensed teacher or a paraprofessional of good character. All candidates must complete Protecting God's Children training as well as an Accurate Biometrics criminal background checks with fingerprinting protocols through Visitation Catholic School. Compensation rates are commensurate with education and experience. Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards: - Works in school building environments - Ability to work outdoors during outdoor student activities - Ability to prepare snacks and drinks for students

Interested candidates, please apply on AppliTrack and e-mail a resume and letter of interest to Mrs. Carrie Mijal at [email protected].

mailto:[email protected].


MISERICORDIA WOMEN’S

LEAGUE NEW MEMBERSHIP

MEETING

We are looking for new members! Misericordia provides a caring environment for more than 600 children

and adults with developmental and physical disabilities. Our league

supports Misericordia through fundraising and service.

Please join us:

Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.

At Katherine Legge Memorial Park

5901 S. County Line Road For more information contact: Diane Fritz [email protected]

Theresa McClear [email protected]

Janet Meyer [email protected]





COVID-19 Changed Our

Tootsie Roll Drive! We Will Be on Elmhurst Corners Only

One Day, Saturday, September 12.

But There is No Need to Roll Down Your Window

or Wear your Mask to Donate!

In September 2020, our annual

Tootsie Roll Drive is Also ONLINE*! Visit www.elmhurstkofc.org

or take a picture of QR below to reach our site

Give Today to Protect our Most Vulnerable! (or mail check to Fr McDonald Council 1911,

537 South York Street, Elmhurst, IL 60126)

Supporting our community since 1918!


PARISH DIRECTORY

Adoration Chapel

Mary Lewis 630-941-9173

Joan Taylor 630-530-8963

Altar Servers 630-834-6700

Catholic Light House Media

Tom and Mary Parpan 224-588-5610

Email: [email protected]

Casserole Ministry

Kathy Best 630-834-7673

Council of Catholic Women

Lindsay Cibelli 708-774-4900


CRHP

Mary McCann 630-605-8817


Crypt of the Saints

Richard Montalbano 708-774-1946

Elizabeth Ministry

Clarita Iozzo 630-941-3929

Fathers Club

Mike Machon


Finance Committee

Brendan Gilboy, President 630-834-6700

Helping Hands Ministry

Joe & Kathy Falcone 630-632-7897

Vikram & Caroline Prahbu 630-607-4777

Knights of Columbus

Tom Lenz (Grand Knight) 331-642-4775

John Kwit (Deputy GK) 630-886-6178

John Dwyer (KC Squires) 847-280-1985

Ladies Bowling

Sharon Bresnanhan 630-530-1053

Ladies and Couples Bridge

Peg Majewski 630-834-5290

Ladies Golf League

Lynn DeFilippis 630-834-5290

ShopWithScrip

Mindy Hosler 630-536-9996

Men’s Bowling

Sev Delabar 630-833-7766

Men’s Small Groups

Jim Hermann 630-941-7854

PADS

Elizabeth Kosowski


Prayer Quilt Ministry

Karen Verner 630-834-6700

RCIA 630-834-6700

Rosary Maker Ministry

Lorene Bryan 815-671-1970

School Board President

Jana Machon 773-562-0575


Scouting

Rob Moskal

Social Service Outreach

Deacon Tony Spatafore 630-834-6700

Email [email protected]

SPRED

Melanie Schneider 630-209-0064

Ushers

Patti Pagni


Valentino Activity Center

Linda Roberts 630-941-7785

“Vis” Seniors

Mary Ann Kramer 630-617-2550

Vocation Committee

Pam Guadio 630-833-8812

Joan Taylor 630-530-8963

Women’s Volleyball

Tracy Nelson


BULLETIN DEADLINE: Wednesday at 12 Noon • Email: [email protected]

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