The Catholic Community of Saint Barnabas February 12, 2017, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful…”

Elizabeth Acevedo—Catherine Elizabeth Kurpeikis—Bernadette Carter Auer—Sebastian Langston Lewis—Quadragesimus Brian Barsch—Michael Emma Looney—Natalia Sophia Bouck—Dolores John Looney—Leo Isabella Boyd—Rose Sophia McNamara—Cecilia Jack Bresnahan—Patrick Emma Moriarty—Rita Lena Bryan—Catherine Stella Neace—Brigid John Burke—Patrick Elizabeth Nelson—Mary Grace Cahill—Veronica Juliana O’Brien—Brigid Emmett Campbell—Gabriel Colleen O’Connor—Brigid Elena Cleary—Irene Delaney O’Connor—Elizabeth Aidan Connolly—Augustine Ella O’Neill—Catherine Casey Conway—Anne Rachel Piechocki—Marie Jaylon Cox—Martin Maeve Prendergast—Mary Peter Cunningham—Paul Britni Reardon—Bernadette Daniel Dargan—Joseph Ian Reidy—Thomas Kevin Devane—Paul Liam Reidy—Gerald Lauren Fiene—Anne Colleen Rooney—Cecilia Phoebe Flannery—Elizabeth Sara Rooney—Clare Peter Foote—Damasus Thomas Rooney—Gabriel Una Fortier—Bernadette Eamonn Stine—Wolfgang Cameron Gaines—Francis Mame Diorr Suso—Susanna Hannah Gnatt—Mary Reginald Sykes III—Bernadette William Greene—Costello Claire Syverson—Angela Aniyah Harris—Lucy Tyler Troesch—John Devlin Harris—Sebastian James Valek—Francis Ylijah Harris—Zaid Matthew Warakomski—Gabriel Lindsey Hernandez—Victoria Andrew Wozniak—Francis Allison Kallianis—Cecilia Veronica Zapata—Laura Elizabeth Kujawa—Philip

Congratulations Confirmandi!

The “Laying On of Hands” is perhaps the most solemn moment of the Rite of Confirmation. The Bishop, and

all the priests standing near him, extend their hands over the candidates. The Bishop invokes the Father in the

blessing, above, asking that Holy Spirit come upon and fill the hearts of the baptized.

Through the words and actions of Bishop Perry, this past Friday, 59 of our parish youth were strengthened

and sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit in the Sacrament of Confirmation. The St. Barnabas faith

community rejoices with the newly confirmed and their families!

The last words of Jesus to his disciples in the Gospel of Matthew contain a promise: “…And behold, I am

with you always, until the end of the age.” (Mt. 28: 20) In Confirmation, and in all the sacraments, Christ’s

promise to his disciples – Christ’s promise to us – is fulfilled. Let us rejoice and be glad!

Matt Furjanic

Director of Religious Education

P.S. The candidates wrote beautiful letters to Bishop Perry expressing their love of God and desire for

Confirmation. The letters are on display in the Narthex. If you have a moment after Mass, you may want to

read some of them.

All-powerful God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

by water and the Holy Spirit

you freed your sons and daughters from sin and gave them new life.

Send your Holy Spirit upon them to be their Helper and Guide.

Give them the spirit of wisdom and understanding,

the spirit of right judgment and courage,

the spirit of knowledge and reverence.

Fill them with the spirit of wonder and awe in your presence.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen!

Guest Mutterings

Kenneth Safford

Ryan Graber

Peter Chaveriat

Jennifer Chaveriat

Patrick Corcoran

James Fournier

Chuck Franklin

Richard O'Connell, Jr

Josh Pentek

Brendan Nolan

Matt Beemsterboer

Sean Miller

JJ Marren

Ian McHugh Keating

Yvonne Cannon

Brian Walsh

Please Pray for our Military

BOOK DRIVE Mercy Sister Carol Mucha, former St. Barnabas principal, is conducting a used book sale at Saint

Xavier University. Proceeds help students who cannot afford to go on retreats or do service trips to

various places in the U.S. She counts heavily on the generosity of others who want to dispose of

books of all genres, even CD's, DVD's, videos, magazines, and small electronics, including cell

phones (they do not have to work). If you want to help, just bring the items over to McDonough

Chapel, 3700 West 103rd Street, between 9am and 4pm. If help is needed to unload, we can do

that. For more information, call Sister Carol at 708-297-4232.

Gratefully, Sister Carol.

“100 DAYS OF PRAYER” All are invited to join in prayer for the first one hundred days for the new president and his administration. Pray for

wisdom for our president and his administration. We are inviting all to pray the Prayer of St. Francis for a peaceful

transition of leadership. We call to mind the inspiring words of Pope Francis to the members of Congress on Septem-

ber 25, 2016: “You are called to defend and preserve the dignity of your fellow citizens in the tireless and demand-

ing pursuit of the common good, for this is the chief aim of all politics.” May we be a source of grace for our country

and the world as we unite in prayer each day.

PRAYER of SAINT FRANCIS

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, it

is in pardoning that we are pardoned it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Human Concerns

PARISH MISSION COMING UP: LET'S GET READY

Fr. David Kelly, of Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation, will be speaking at our Parish Mission, March 19-21. You

may remember him from his powerful talk here last year at the "Thou Shalt Not Murder” event. Perhaps you would like

to learn more about the Precious Blood Ministry before he challenges us how to "Return to God by Turning Toward our

Neighbor," our Mission Theme.

Learn More:

Follow Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/pbcenter/

Explore Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation at their Website: http://www.pbmr.org

Explore the work of Kolbe House Prison Ministry, Archdiocese of Chicago, and Fr. Kelly's longstanding work with the

youth at the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center: https://pvm.archchicago.org/human-dignity-solidarity/kolbe-

house-jail-ministry/our-mission

Read and/or subscribe to: "Making Choices," a monthly publication compiling Art and Literature from inmates in

Illinois. http://www.pbmr.org/making-choices/

I would like to be assigned to the same group as the following parishioner(s): I par cipated last year and would like to be placed with my same group leader if they are returning:

RETURN FORM TO THE RECTORY OR VIA THE SUNDAY COLLECTION BASKET BY February 18th Please register each person individually. If registering as a couple, please include both names.

NAME: Email Address: @

Address: City Zip:

Phone: Did you Par cipate last year?

Please rank your top two choices for mee ng mes (which days and morning, a ernoon, or

evening), with “1” being your first choice. Exact mee ng mes will be determined based on small

group leader and hosts availability. Please consider leading or hos ng a group.

Morn Afternoon Night

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Small Group Conversa on leaders are needed. Training is provided. Host homes are also needed, they will not have to worry about leading conversa on, just hos ng the group in the home. I would be willing to host a small group in my home. (You will not have to facilitate) Yes No I would be willing to facilitate, lead conversation for a small group. Yes No

LENTSMALLGROUPSFORMINGNOW!

Companions on the Journey is a small group format program. As Chris ans, we are part of a community of believers who need others to support us along the way. Several families have graciously agreed to host a small group in their home once a week for the six weeks of Lent. We invite you to join a small group. Make a commitment to set aside just 90 minutes each week to grow in faith and in rela onship with your small group, our parish family.

Small groups are being formed based on the informa on you provide. This means you can request a group based on shared experiences/lifestyle. You can also create your own group or choose a group based on your availability or me preferences.

It is our hope that all of our parish family, the many different genera ons and the rich diversity of our parish, will come together to par cipate. We hope you will use this Lent to assess your rela onship with God, to realign your priori es, to make more room for God, and to go forth to do good works from your experience!

Please give prayerful considera on to par cipa ng, or perhaps even leading or hos ng a small group in your home. To learn more, please contact Maryellen Harrington at 773-429-9614.

St. Barnabas Grade Spotlight

LET’S TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY!! Our 4th and 5th grades worked so hard on their Community Projects during break and a little after.

Fifth-graders worked on 2-D project boards and had a chance to show their artistic sides. I am so proud of how hard

the students worked to create their unique poster boards. Not only did they pick places in their community to include

on their boards, but they also learned to write simple Spanish sentences describing where they would go in their com-

munity.

Both 4th and 5th grades touched on basic Spanish grammar such as pronouns, verbs, and sentence order.

On a side note, both grades started using the Spanish Online program in school. They will be doing this every last

Spanish class on the month. They will be able to keep exploring Middlebury Interactive Languages Program in school

and at home. Keep up the great work!

Hasta Luego,

Ms. Sanchez

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK

On Monday, as a part of our Catholic Schools Week service lesson, St. Barnabas participated in a school-wide service

project to thank members of the community who help serve us. The junior high students made care packages for nurses,

fire fighters and police officers. The preschool class made posters to place on the recycling cans outside to thank our

garbage collectors. The kindergarten-2nd grade classes made classroom books on ways they can serve the community

and 3rd-5th-graders made posters thanking police and firefighters for lending a hand, decorated with their individual

hand prints.

FEBRUARY MEETING, Thursday, February 16th - 7:30 p.m.

Barney Callaghan's Pub

Join the Men's Club for our next meeting at Barney Callaghan's

Pub (10618 S. Western Ave.), a great supporter of our

St. Barnabas Parish and community. Private room downstairs with cash bar.

We will discuss upcoming meetings and events, including our March Madness Party, and will be selling $25

squares for our March Madness Square pool on-site.

Join the St. Barnabas Parish Men's Club to watch the six evening games of the NCAA Men's Basketball

Tournament on Saturday, March 18th, St. Barnabas Gym @ 4:00 p.m.

• Screens set up to watch all the March Madness Round 3 action • BYO cooler filled as you like • $20 per person donation to cover food • Pizza, wings, snacks and desserts will be served • $25 Square Pool with payouts for every game - SOLD IN ADVANCE • Split the Pot, Strip Cards and other contests during the games

Questions or to purchase Squares: Contact Rich Baudo at rbaudo23@comcast.net

Parish Life

SAVE THE DATE

St. Barnabas Women's CRHP Weekend

February 25-26th, 2017.

Contact Mary Sarah Carpenter at JMSCarp@wowway.com

St. Barnabas Men’s CRHP weekend

February 18-19th, 2017

Contact Bill McMahon at wjmcmahon@gmail.com

Neighborhood News Parish Life

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME JAZZ BAND TO PLAY AT BARNABAS GYM. Saturday, April 8 at noon, the University of Notre Dame

Jazz Band will perform in concert at St. Barnabas's gym.

From 11 to 11:45, grade school age band musicians can

bring their horn and/or drum and practice with the Notre

Dame musicians to learn a song and play along with the

college musicians during the opening number for the con-

cert. Musicians should sign up before 10:45 and be

warmed up by 11:00.

Ticket prices--Adults: $10.00; grade and high school

students: $5.00; Senior Citizens, also $5.00. (NOTE: Fred

Haw, Bill Langle, Dennis Conway, Marty McGarry, Tom

Mangan, Bob Moroney, Jim Finn, Ed Skiba, Bill Walsh, Bill

O'Neill, David Kennedy, and Jack Regan, only $25.)

Strong rumors around town is that Margaret O'Grady

and Sally Allen will lead the band in the

"Notre Dame Victory March."

For more information or to register your band

student--call Bob Keeley at 773-255-7523.

PASSION & PURPOSE LIVE WITH MATTHEW KELLY Matthew Kelly, a renowned Catholic author and speak-

er, is coming to St. Bernadette Parish in Evergreen Park

on Friday, June 9, 2017!

Passion & Purpose Live is an inspiring yet practical

teaching of how to apply the genius of Catholicism to

every aspect of life - including prayer & spirituality,

work, dating & marriage, personal finances, health &

well-being, parenting, and more! Come to this life —

changing event and be inspired to apply the genius of

Catholicism to your everyday life.

Matthew’s presentation begins in St. Bernadette Church

at 7:00 p.m. and will end around 10:30 p.m. (breaks

included). In addition to three stirring talks by Matthew

himself, the event also features singer, songwriter, and

recording artist Eliot Morris. Don’t miss this incredible

opportunity to identify God’s voice in your life! Tickets

are required to attend this event, and it is strongly rec-

ommended that you purchase them early! Tickets are

$39 and are available online through

DynamicCatholic.com. We hope you can join us for the

special event!

For questions or for further information, please contact

St. Bernadette Parish at 708-422-8995. St. Bernadette

Parish is located at 9343 S. Francisco Ave. in Evergreen

Park.

Stewardship Spotlight

There are many ways you can give to St. Barnabas through your time, talent, and treasure. Find great

joy in giving on this Valentine’s Day and every day. Visit our website, www.stbarnabasparish.org, to

explore opportunities to support the mission of St. Barnabas - volunteer for PADS or St. Vincent de Paul,

lead a Companions on the Journey team, or support the Sunday Offertory online. Thank you for the many

ways you make St. Barnabas great - We Are better Together!

Our Finances—Your Gifts Matter Actual Budgeted Difference Sunday

Week—01/29/17 Monthly—December 2016 Year-to-Date—0

$ 4,267.53 $172,662.06 $ 56,852.01 $ 9,223.55 $ 3,164.15 $ 3,103.14 $ 1,266.71 $ 15,737.67 $ 1,644.08 $ 90,991.31 $ 81,670.75

Month of December Overview—Have you ever wondered how this money is spent? Here is a breakdown of our monthly income and expense.

Monthly Income: Sunday, Christmas & Easter

Religious Ed and Misc Income Total Income:

Monthly Expense: Payroll & Benefits:

Business & Rectory Expense: Utilities :

Repairs, Maintenance, Landscaping. & Capital Expenses: Altar and Liturgical:

Archdiocesan Expense Parish Life & Ministerial Programs:

Total Expenses: Net Income (Loss):

December 2015 $180,661.90 $ 4,795.31 $185,457.21 $ 77,823.53 $ 4,264.22 $ 3,617.10 $ 8,393.78 $ 1,421.13 $ 16,179.00 $ 2,482.52 $ 114,181.28 $ 71,275.93

Prayer to St. Valentine

Dear saint and glorious martyr; teach us how to love unselfishly and to find great joy in giving.

Enable all true lovers to bring out the best in

each other in God

PARISH STAFF AND DIRECTORY

10134 South Longwood Fax

Rev. Raymond Tillrock Pastor Emeritus

Rev. William Malloy Pastor wmalloy@stbarnabasparish.org

Rev. Augustine Mahonge Associate Pastor amahonge@stbarnabasparish.org

Rev. James Donovan Resident Jdonovan@archchicago.org

Matt Furjanic Director, Religious Ed mfurjanic@stbarnabasparish.org

Kitty Ryan Pastoral Associate/ Director of Music & Liturgy ktryan@stbarnabasparish.org

Gail Byrnes Business Manager gbyrnes@stbarnabasparish.org

Monica Wilczak Director of Development mwilczak@stbarnabasparish.org

Geri Doherty Parish Secretary gdoherty@stbarnabasparish.org

Sandro Tsomaia Associate Music Director atsomaia@stbarnabasparish.org

Maryellen Harrington Youth Ministry Coordinator mharrington@stbarnabasparish.org

Sr. Julie Flynn Human Concerns Coordinator Jflynn@stbarnabasparish.org

Weekend Sacramental Assistants Rev. William Kenneally

Deacons Mr. Larry Conway, Mr. Andrew Neu, Mr. William Sullivan

School 10121 South Longwood 773-445-7711 Fax 773-445-9815

Elaine Gaffney X216 Principal~Egaffney@stbarnabasparish.org

Andy Walsh X316 Asst. Principal~awalsh@stbarnabasparish.org

Lisa Sarcinella X215 lsarcinella@stbarnabasparish.org

Katy Duffy X214 kduffy@stbarnabasparish.org

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Mon. 2/13 6:45 a.m. People of St. Barnabas 8:45 a.m. People of St. Barnabas Tues, 2/14 6:45 a.m. Wood Communion 8:45 a.m. Dorothy Tague Wed, 2/15 6:45 a.m. People of St. Barnabas 8:45 a.m. Rose Casey Thurs, 2/16 6:45 a.m. Word Communion 8:45 a.m. Michael F. Hack Paulina Sheridan Fri, 2/17 6:45 a.m. People of St. Barnabas 8:45 a.m. Richard White Saturday, 2/18 8:00 a.m. Deceased members of the O’Neil, Ryan, Gallagher & Webb Family 4:00 p.m. Eucharist Celebration Intentions Bill Bromer Presider Fr. Mahonge

We gather as a community to celebrate Mass: Saturday: 4:00 p.m.

Sunday:

Weekdays: 6:45 am Communion Service is in Chapel; 8:45am Mass is in Church

LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS

Sunday, February 19, 2017 8:00 a.m. Eucharist Celebration Intentions Linda Sadlowski Thomas Buckman Presider Fr. .Kenneally

10:00 a.m. Eucharist Celebration Intentions Anton Neu June Connor Pauline Sheridan Presider Fr. Mahonge

12:00 p.m. Eucharist Celebration Intentions Bob Fiore Presider Fr. Donovan

READINGS OF THE WEEK Mon: Gn 4:1-15, 25; Ps 50:1, 8, 16bc-17, 20-21; Mk 8:11-13 Tues: Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10; Ps 29:1a, 2, 3ac-4, 3b, 9c-10; Mk 8:14-21 Wed: Gn 8:6-13, 20-22; Ps 116:12-15, 18-19; Mk 8:22-26

Thu: Gn 9:1-13; Ps 102:16-21, 29, 22-23; Mk 8:27-33 Fri: Gn 11:1-9; Ps 33:10-15; Mk 8:34 — 9:1 Sat: Heb 11:1-7; Ps 145:2-5, 10-11; Mk 9:2-13 Sun: Lv 19:1-2, 17-18; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13; 1 Cor 3:16-23; Mt 5:38-48

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Ella Doody Kate McDonald Aiden Connolly Patricia Ahern Kate Liston Castle Tom Marren Tom Nine John Richert Donna O'Hara Tom Hlousek Patricia Caldwell Patti Ahern

Riley** Cleveland George Bilecki Kevin Devane Heather Cleveland Kathleen McGarry Pat Tracy Patrick Rohan Patty Rohan Kate Walsh Victor Martinez Cathleen O'Loughlin Kathy McGarry

Ryan Killelea* Lilly O'Brien Elizabeth Nelson Liz Corr William Waddell Anne Malone Betty Jane Knoth Janet Barry Nancy Barrett Bob Barrett Sr. Carlotta Oberzut Georgia Caston Sheila Padden Elizabeth Corr

Emma* Sears Mary Kate Carey Tyler Troesch Mary Dennis Patty Fahey Peggy O'Brien-Bremer Stella Muir Heather Linehan Jim Briggs Ann Briggs Jim Civik Lorraine Symonanis

Reconciliation: The Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated on Saturday afternoon from 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm in the Church or by appointment. Anointing of the Sick/Communion: If a member of your family is ill or homebound, please contact Ger i Doher ty 773-779-1166 ext.0 or gdoherty@stbarnabasparish.org. Holy Orders: Anyone interested in knowing more about formation for pr iestly or diaconate ministry is asked to call Fr. William Malloy at 773-779-1166 ext.232 or wmalloy@stbarnabasparish.org. Infant Baptism: Infants are baptized on the fir st and third Sundays of the month at 1:30 pm, or at any regular ly scheduled Sunday mass. First time parents are required to complete the Baptism Prep Class which are offered on the second Monday of every month. Please contact Geri Doherty 773-779-1166 ext.0 or gdoherty@stbarnabasparish.org. New Parishioners: We welcome you! Please introduce yourself to us. We ask that you register with Ger i Doher ty 773-779-1166 ext.0 or Gdoherty@stbarnabasparish.org Sacraments of Initiation/RCIA: Those of catechetical age are baptized and fully received into the Catholic faith annually at the Easter Vigil. Formation begins in the fall. Please contact Tom Nine 773-881-8961, tnine@comcast.net Marriage: Please call the Rectory to speak with a pr iest about making ar rangements 4 to 6 months in advance. Religious Education: Grammar school students who are not attending Saint Barnabas School are encouraged to register for Religious Education classes. Contact Matt Furjanic at 773-445-3450 or mfurjanic@stbarnabasparish.org.

SACRAMENTS

LET US HELP

New Parishioners: We welcome you! Please introduce yourself to us. We ask that you register with Geri Doherty

773-779-1166 ext.0 or Gdoherty@stbarnabasparish.org

Infant Baptism: Infants are baptized on the first and third Sundays of the month at 1:30 pm. First time parents are required to complete the Baptism Prep Class which are offered on the second Monday of every month. Please contact Geri Doherty 773-779-1166 ext.0 or gdoherty@stbarnabasparish.org.

Reconciliation: The Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated on Saturday afternoon from 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm in the Church or by appointment.

Religious Education: Grammar school students who are not attending Saint Barnabas School are encouraged to register for Religious Education classes. Contact Matt Furjanic at 773-445-3450 or mfurjanic@stbarnabasparish.org.

Sacraments of Initiation/RCIA: Those of catechetical age are baptized and fully received into the Catholic faith annually at the Easter Vigil. Formation begins in the fall. Please contact Tom Nine 773-881-8961, tnine@comcast.net.

Marriage: Please call the Rectory to speak with a priest about making arrangements 4 to 6 months in advance.

Holy Orders: Anyone interested in knowing more about formation for priestly or diaconate ministry is asked to call Fr. William Malloy at 773-779-1166 ext.232 or wmalloy@stbarnabasparish.org.

Anointing of the Sick/Communion: If a member of your family is ill or homebound, please contact Geri Doherty 773-779-1166 ext.0 or gdoherty@stbarnabasparish.org.

Bulletin articles: To submit items for the bulletin please send to Geri Doherty at gdoherty@stbarnabasparish.org no later then 9:00 on the Monday before the weekend.

CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. Barnabas Church #095600 10134 S. Longwood Drive Chicago, IL 60643 TELEPHONE 773 779-1166 CONTACT PERSON Geri Doherty OR Gail Byrnes SOFTWARE MS Publisher 2016 Adobe Acrobat 9 Windows 10 PRINTER HP Color Laserjet 4600n SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION February 12, 2017 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 11 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS