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480 S. PARK BOULEVARD · GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS 60137 | PHONE: 630.469.7540 | FAX: 630.469.7590

OUR PARISH MISSION STATEMENT As members of Christ’s family,

through St. James the Apostle Parish, we:

the Lord by proclaiming His Word and

celebrating His Sacraments,

by learning more about God’s loving plan for us,

to the call of Christ by sharing our talents, gifts and our love,

to the universal community by loving and serving our neighbors.

CLERGY (630) 469-7540

Very Rev. David J. Hankus, D. Min., Ph. D. PASTOR [email protected] ext. 203

Rev. John Sebahar PASTOR EMERITUS

MINISTRY CENTER (630) 469-7540

Visit our website: www.stjamesge.org

Follow us on Facebook: St James the Apostle Parish in Glen Ellyn Illinois

Monday - Wednesday 8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Thursday 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Friday 8:30 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Pat Mooney DIRECTOR OF [email protected] MUSIC MINISTRY ext. 207

Gina Wiedman DIRECTOR OF [email protected] YOUTH MINISTRY ext. 208

Rubi Garfias PARISH SECRETARY [email protected] ext. 201

Lisa Gilligan COORDINATOR OF [email protected] COMMUNICATIONS, LITURGY & SAFE ENVIRONMENT ext. 205

ST. JAMES SCHOOL (630) 469-8060

www.stjamesge-school.org

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Paul Kirk PRINCIPAL [email protected]

RELIGIOUS ED OFFICE (630) 858-5646 [email protected]

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. AND DURING CLASS SESSIONS

Lisa Weesner COORDINATOR [email protected]

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Vigil | 4:00 P.M. Sunday | 9:00 & 11:00 A.M.

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE

Monday - Thursday Daily Mass | 8:00 A.M. Friday Communion Service | 8:00 A.M.

HOLY DAY MASS SCHEDULE

On the Holy Day | 8:00 A.M., 12:15 & 7:00 P.M. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

CONFESSIONS

Saturday | 2:30 - 3:30 P.M.

Sunday, May 10, 2020 | Fifth Sunday of Easter

May: The Month of Mary The month of May is traditionally the time of year when we honor the Blessed Virgin May with special devotions, such as the May crowning ceremony that we have celebrated this weekend remotely (you can see it following the taped Mass for May 10 on YouTube.) At this time we can look at the life of Mary, and see that she was a person of deep reflection. As we reflect in our own lives what we must be about as Catholics, we can think of Mary as doing the same thing. She tried to make sense of things. When she did not understand, she said to the Lord, “Your will be done.” This indicates the great trust in God that Mary had. God would lead her in the right direction, and would help her to be faithful to the responsibilities she had as the mother of Jesus. Mary is a real role model for us, as a person and as a mother. As a person, she was a woman of deep faith and love. As a mother, she was a woman of hope, trusting that God would guide her in her role as Mother of God. We may want to think about those three virtues that of all us would like to have, virtues that were a part of Mary’s life: faith, hope and love. Faith: We want to always believe in our God who loves and cares for us. He is the one who sent His Son to us and continues to show us the way. Hope: Each one of us has hope. We hope for peace, contentment and happiness. We want to reflect on the fact that the Lord gives us hope, even when things seem overwhelming or impossible to live with. Love: Love is what binds everything together. Out of our faith in a God who loves us, comes love. Out of our hope that we all live in peace on day, comes love. Because we are first loved by God, we can go out and love others and be at peace with them. We can at least start working toward establishing that peace, if it does not exist already. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us! Father David

Happy Mother’s Day On this Mother’s Day, I ask our Lord to bless all of our mothers as we thank them for all the love they have shown us. We also pray for our deceased mothers, asking God to reward them for all they did for us. Happy Mother’s Day to all of our mothers! Father David

| May 10, 2020 | Fifth Sunday of Easter

May 10, 2020 | Fifth Sunday of Easter |

If you would like us to remember a current member of the military in our prayers and added to the above list, please contact Rubi at: [email protected]


“Whoever believes in me, even if they die, will live.”

Barbara Charlton, mother of Sandy Lawinger Miriam Lames, mother of Marlene Lamas Frances Lang, mother of Patricia Ring Florence Yodzio, mother of Kathy Rodriguez

Parish Prayer List If you would like to add a name to the parish prayer list, please contact Rubi at: [email protected]. Thank you!

Emas Abdelsayed Nicholas Affatato

Olivia Aliga Antonia Ambubuyog

Mike Asani Jason B.

Jennifer Baker John Benton

Enzo Bernabei Karen Bjanki Lydia Boyer

Glenys Brown Ken Bucheit

Mac Arthur Butler Neil Carey

Michael Chachula Rose Chachula Natalie Chavez

Adam Chrzastek Anthony V. Coco

Agapita Collo Joel L. Collo

Maxine Coman Myrna Comstock

Bishop Conlon Mary Ann Contafio

Annette Cooke Donna Cooke

Rosemarie Cooke Nora L. Cote Frank Cruz Chris Danly

Sue Davis Charlie DeMory

Georgianna DeMory Tony DeMory

Nick DiFruscolo Jodi Dombock

Melinda Dragicevich Phoebe Fajardo

Mary Lou Fehlen Mary Ellen Finnane Bernie Finnegan Sarah Fitzgerald

John Flanyck Johnny Fong Alex Fosco

Larry Foster James Frasier

Vanessa Frazier Rob Fruit

Darlene Galgan Edward Galvin

Don Michael Grabiec John Graff

Robert Gunter Susan Hagensee Sharon Harbert

Lucille Highsmith Jay

Josh Hobson John Jackson

Gail Johnsen Ellen Johnston John Keating

Josefina Kellogg Patricia Klein Marie Kohler

Alan Kurpiewski Peter Lajoice

Greg Leakakos Joan Leakakos Robert Lenger

Felomina Lezada Woody Lindauer

Zosimo Lim Ellen Lloyd

Todd Lohenry Mae

Fr. Art Maher Mel Marini

Louise McIntyre Louis Montana Sr.

Leticia Moreno Mary Motto Art Moxley

Geri Moxley Joseph Mulcare Pat Mulcrone Jean Murphy

Fr. Jim Murphy John Murray Nada Nadar Nik Nguyen Ted O’Brien Edwin Obien Karl Obien

Peggy O’Reilly Fr. John Ouper

Carolyn Patterson Charmaine Patterson Patricia Patterson

James Pelletiere Samantha Pelletiere

Toni Pereira Debbie Phillips Ernesto Pojas

Milagros Pojas Thomas Radic

Roberta Rainville

Cora Reda Gabrielle Reese

Peter Regula Jordan Richards Angela Rinaldi

John Rossi Rose Rudnick Colleen Sabel

Christiana Salameh Steven Salata

Carol Sandowski Joe Sansone

Natalie Jane Santos Sharon Sassone Bobbie Saverino Ginny Saverino

Russ Schauer Glenn Schroerder Fr. John Sebahar Mary Sherwood

Wanda Slupik Cindy Smetana Margo Smetana Marie Sobecki

Dexter Sondrik Suzanne Spinosa

Grace Stasi Joan Szabo

Mike Taurmina Maria Tomczak Bruce Tompkinson

Patricia Tompkinson Ronald Townsel Frank Trankina

Fred Tsai Nora Tsai Joan Turos

Joseph Turos Gabriella Urban Andrew Ursitti

The Ursitti Family Zoraida Vazquez

Florencio Vergeldedios Socorro Vergeldedios Alexander Joseph Yee

Rosita Yee Chok Yu

Donna Wagner Carol Williams

Ann Wilson Mary Winter

Paulette Wolski

We Offer Our Prayers

Tom Altomere Jacob Baker

Ensign Andrew Barr Pvt 2 John Buckley

1st Lt. Robt. F. Conti, USMC Major Jonathan W. Craig

Capt. Brad Crosson Michael Dahlke

Lt. Evan Finnane Patrick Fischer

Michael Ford Lt. Jane Fox

Capt. Thomas Fox Tech Sgt. Allen J. Gould

CPL. Anthony Greenwell Daniel Gregorio

Major Jason Hendrix Joseph Jachim

Jeffrey T. Jamrok Jason Jung

Matthew Kulpa Major Patrick Leen

Justin T. Lewandowski David Marlow

Jesse Meyer Adam Novak

Joe O’Brien LCPC Connor Pope

Drew Price Andrew Root

Lt. Zachary Salb Patrick Schrauth

Alison Slucas Michael Spake

David Weir Captain Christine Zens


We Invite You to Continue Watching Weekend Masses Online

at St. James the Apostle Parish

Thank you to all those parishioners who participated in our online Masses for Palm Sunday, the Paschal Triduum and Easter Sunday. We heard so much of your positive feedback, therefore the decision was made to continue filming and making available weekend Masses. Stay tuned to your regular Flocknotes from the parish for the weekly link or just check our website stjamesge.org on Saturdays for the link to the latest Mass which will be found in the headers. A big thank you to parishioner Phil Mueller of Mueller Production Services, (www.muellerproductionservices.com) whose generous donation of many hours of time and talent have made it possible for us to continue this ministry.

Worship Ministries Readings for the Week

Monday: Acts 14:5-18; Ps 115:1-4, 15-16; Jn 14:21-26 Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28; Ps 145:10-13ab, 21; Jn 14:27-31a Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122:1-5; Jn 15:1-8 Thursday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-8; Jn 15:9-17 Friday: Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57:8-10, 12; Jn 15:12-17 Saturday: Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100:1b-3, 5; Jn 15:18-21 Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20; 1 Pt 3:15-18 or 1 Pt 4:13-16; Jn 14:15-21 or Jn 17:1-11a

Saints and Special Observances Sunday: Fifth Sunday of Easter; Mother’s Day Tuesday: Ss. Nereus and Achilleus; St. Pancras Wednesday: Our Lady of Fatima Thursday: St. Matthias Friday: St. Isidore the Farmer Saturday: Armed Forces Day

Act of Spiritual Communion by Saint Alphonsus Ligouri:

My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

Mary, mother of Jesus, woman of Providence,

you formed your child’s faith and led him to his destiny.

Living your life in a real world, as a real woman,

you became a model for all women.

This special day, as in all the days of my life,

I ask blessings for my mother and for all women in my life

whose own faith and care have been a life-long gift to me.

—Sisters of Providence/spsmw.org


[ STEWARDSHIP NOTE FOR TODAY ]

Jesus tells Peter again and again, “If you love Me, feed my sheep.” He says the same to each of us. “If you love Me, use the gifts I have given you to serve your brothers and sisters.”

The envelope and ACH collection amount for May 3/4, 2020 is $15,165.00

The Preserving Our Father’s House

collection amount for April 29 - May 4 is $2,286.00

The collection amount for the

Home Missions Special Collection is $425.00

Your generosity is greatly appreciated and needed!

Administration Ministries

The Best Way to Receive Updates from St. James the Apostle Parish

During these difficult times we want to do our best to stay connected with you to provide you with spiritual resources and updated information as it becomes available.

If you are not yet connected to Flocknote, the email service through which we send out the most important of information, please send an email to Lisa Gilligan: [email protected] and she will sign you up to receive them.

Our website is updated regularly as well. Visit www.stjamesge.org to stay up to date.

On Facebook, we share inspirational resources and stories from many Catholic outlets you may find helpful. Be sure to follow our page, St James the Apostle Parish in Glen Ellyn Illinois.

On Twitter you can follow us at: St James Glen Ellyn.

Be assured of our continued prayers for all of our parishioners at this time.

How You Can Still Contribute to St. James (while the church and offices are closed)

We have been getting the question a lot these days as to how and where you can make your sacrificial contribution to the parish. Thank you for asking! Your generous is greatly appreciated and needed.

Contributions to the parish may be mailed to St. James the Apostle Parish, 480 S. Park Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137—OR—dropped off in the lock box outside the Ministry Center door. Both the mail and lock box will be checked daily.

If you would like to enroll in on-line giving, you can go to https://gp.vancopayments.com/gpo/#/donateNow/6993f0ab-5c86-4804-b0b2-00e0247 The direct link is also found on our website—Look in the headers for “Donate to St. James”. Questions? Email [email protected] [email protected] or call Daniel Sledz, our Business Manager at (630) 545-0847.

Thank You to Our Bulletin Advertisers! As you make limited purchases while sheltering in place, please consider supporting the businesses who support our parish and community. You will find our bulletin advertisers on the last pages of this bulletin.

St. James St. Vincent de Paul Society “Extend mercy towards others, so that there can be

no one in need whom you meet without helping.” The St. James St. Vincent de Paul Society serves those in need in our local community. If you are in need of assistance, please call us: (630) 984-5433


Christian Education Ministries

2020-21 Religious Ed Registration Now Open Our online registration for the 2020-2021 year is now open. To complete your RE registration and payment plan, follow the FACTS link below: https://online.factsmgt.com/signin/4LLY6 On the welcome page click the appropriate option: 1) ‘Create a username & password’ if you are a new

FACTS User, —OR— 2) ‘Sign in’ if you already have an account. Select the

appropriate school year and complete the steps as prompted. Please see the RE Registration information above or on the parish website (www.stjamesge.org/religious-education) for more information to complete your RE registration.

NOTE: payment in full or payment plans does not begin until October, 2020; however, you may change the date if you'd like to have the debit completed when your register. Looking for a way to share your faith? If you are interested in becoming a Catechist or Aide for Religious Education for the upcoming school year, please contact the Religious Education office. Catechists and Aides receive fee discounts of 50% and 25% and can ensure their first choice of class day/time for their child(ren).

St. James Youth Ministry

Wishing all of our St James mothers a very happy and deserved Mother's Day. May our Blessed Mother Mary continue to bless, inspire, and assist each of you in your daily gifts of love, comfort, and teaching!

Joy/joi/ noun a feeling of great pleasure and happiness

Even though religious education classes did not end as we’d planned, we began with the theme of joy and we hope we can also continue with joy. You might feel pulled in all directions, but we wish you joy throughout the day...in the warmer weather, slower pace and time with each other.

If you need resources, we have them; if you have questions, we'll get them answered; and, joyfully we will be here for our students and families all summer. We aren't going anywhere!

We continue to pray for our catechists, students and their families. Be assured that you are cherished. Stay well and remember to share joy.


Come See the Difference!

Our transition and adjustment to Remote Learning has been a huge success in 2020.Our School Family has been drawn closer together as we work together intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally. Our teachers and staff have gone above and beyond during this unprecedented time and our children and families have met us at the top! We are looking forward to the day when our school hallways are filled with laughter and learning. Consider joining our family as we inspire your journey with Christ. Visit our website www.stjamesge-school.org and give us a call at 630-469-8060 for information about our Preschool through 8th grade. Seats are filling fast for Fall 2020.

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Mass Intentions & This Week @ St. James > May 4 - 10, 2020 MAY 11/MONDAY

8:00 A.M. For the Intentions of the St. James Liturgical Ministers

MAY 12/TUESDAY 8:00 A.M. Jerry Arel REQ. BY THE KREIS FAMILY

Frank Chiarchiaro REQ. BY THE GLAUDELL FAMILY

For All Mothers REQ. BY PROJECT LOVE

MAY 13/WEDNESDAY 8:00 A.M. Stanley and Loretta Gawron REQ. BY THE GAWRON FAMILY

MAY 14/THURSDAY 8:00 A.M. Mia Koslow REQ. BY MARK AND GAIL JOHNSON

MAY 15/FRIDAY 8:00 A.M. Communion Service

MAY 16/SATURDAY 4:00 P.M. Jean Nerkowski REQ. BY DANIELLE & JOHN BENTON

MAY 17/SUNDAY 9:00 A.M. The Parishioners

11:00 A.M. Roberta Olp REQ. BY GREG & DEBRA LEAKAKOS

—Please Note: Fr. David and Fr. Sebahar will offer private Masses for the intentions of each day—

THIS WEEK@ST. JAMES

We are adhering to the appropriate directives to protect the health and well-being of our parishioners. Please check our website, stjamesge.org for the most updated information about our schedule. Thank you!

Mass Offerings at St. James the Apostle while the Offices are Closed

An individual may ask a priest to offer a Mass for several reasons, such as: • In thanksgiving to God for one’s blessings • For the intentions of another person (such as on a birthday), • For the repose of the soul of someone who has died.

To arrange to have a Mass offered for your intentions, please email [email protected]. A $10 donation is requested to be dropped off in the locked box at the Ministry Center. Thank you!

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