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MISSION STATEMENT: "To do God's will as a unified, vibrant parish, and to foster an intentional relationship with Jesus through worship, witness, service, discipleship, and community."

ST. CYPRIAN CHURCH2601 Clinton, River Grove, Illinois 60171

Phone 708–453–4800 Fax: 708–453–6141

MASSES Sunday 9 AM Limit 50Tuesday 8 AM Limit 50

ST. CELESTINE CHURCH3020 North 76th Court, Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707

Phone: 708–453–2555 Fax: 708–452–0560MASSES

Saturday 5 PM Limit 125Sunday 7:30 AM Limit 125 10:30 AM Limit 150 and live–streamed on Facebook and websiteWednesday 8 AM Limit 125Reconciliation Saturday 4—4:45 PM

ST. CELESTINE SCHOOL 3017 North 77th Avenue, Elmwood Park Illinois 60707 stcelestineschool.org 708–453–8234

TEMPORARY SCHEDULE DURING COVID CRISISYou must register through the website for weekend masses. No registration needed for Reconciliation. At weekday masses we will take your contact information at the door. You must wear a mask and practice social distancing.

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ST. MOTHER THEODORE GUERIN PARISH

Welcome! If you are new to our churches or just visiting, please introduce yourself. We are happy to share in this celebration of the Eucharist. If you do not have a church home, or your church is not home to you, we are open to anyone looking for a spiritual home. We invite you to become a part of our parish. You may register during the pandemic by calling 708–453–2555.

All offices in the parish and in the school are closed until the Archdiocese gives us permission to reopen. Phones will be answered from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at St. Cyprian (708–453–4800) during the week and from 8:30 AM to 5 PM daily at St. Celestine (708–453–2555). If no one is available to answer the phone, please leave a message and someone will call you back on the next business day.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 5 PM ST. CELESTINESUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 7:30 AM ST. CELESTINE 9 AM ST. CYPRIAN 10:30 AM ST. CELESTINE +Margaret and +Albert Maggio +Helen Stypinski +Margaret and +Edward Togher +Julia and +Michael Murphy +Frank, +Sam, and +Mary Faraci Bob and Carol Gutkowski, Wedding Anniversary +Frank Pudlo +Carmelita Capulong, Birthday and Anniversary +Arlene Lowe +Helen McCormack +Donna Chmura +Craig Bastek +Julian Kotowski +Charles Baloun +Giuseppe Zagone +Giuseppa Azzarello David Alhadeff, Health +Allice Lagona

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 108 AM ST. CYPRIAN +Fred Hilgart Mary T. Papinko, for health

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 118 AM ST. CELESTINE +Paul Calvario, Anniversary +Dora DePillo, Anniversary +Enzo Pagnucci

On weekends, because of the pandemic, all intentions for individual masses are read at all the Masses at both churches. During the week the intentions for the days Mass is not offered in public are combined into the days when Mass is offered.

+Rino Pieroni +Nicholas Horin +Kim Viita

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 5 PM ST. CELESTINESUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 7:30 AM ST. CELESTINE 9 AM ST. CYPRIAN 10:30 AM ST. CELESTINE +Eleonor Koziol +Annie and +Phil Gunning +Una and +Micke Carty +Veronica Carty +Dorothy Greco Gatto, Anniversary +Victoria and +Ray Tovar +Frank Pudlo +Dominic Senese Deceased members of Slaski family +Olga Kykta +Steve Pawlik +Anthony Zagone +Nicholas Zagone +Father Joseph McDonnell +Jeff Weiner, Sr. +Willie Jean Hendricks +Catherine Madalgo Henry and Halina Nowak Kalista Drygas Anthony Santiago

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FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK: FATHER PAUL CAO All Saints DayLast Sunday we celebrated All Saints Day.

We gave thanks to God for the many saints in heaven who intercede for us and gave us a good example of faith in their lives. Let us imitate them and strive to live in holiness every day of our lives.

All Souls Day Last Monday, November 2, we commemorated all the faithful departed especially those who have died from our parish since last October. I could not help but reflect on how fortunate we all are to be part of a such a grace–filled community, as the 80 names of our deceased parishioners from St. Celestine and St. Cyprian churches were read so caringly at the Memorial Masses on Monday.

We live in a society which often has little patience or understanding for those who grieve and mourn. As I often say in the funeral mass, our faith doesn’t sweep away the natural sadness we feel at what we call “the loss” of a loved one. It is right for us to grieve. It would be unnatural for us not to do so, and the deeper our love the deeper our grief will be. Moments and celebrations such as our Remembrance Mass offer a healing forum for those who are grieving. Let us continue to remember our loved ones and in a special way, let us offer Masses on their behalf during the month of November.

November is the month when we pray for those who have died. How comforting it is for us

to have a faith that tells us that our prayers on their behalf are helpful to them. How valuable it is that they can continue to help us from their places in Heaven. We can pray for them when we come to church.

We received our faith from our ancestors. They lived, had children and raised their children within the Church. They made it through indescribably difficult times borne up by their faith. In the worst of times they took solace in the knowledge that their lives were not being lived in vain. A time would come when there was no more suffering, no more tears, no more sadness. Their lack of understanding would be replaced with absolute clarity. They would see their family members and friends again. They would see God face to face.

We live each day as God’s children. We do our best to set a worthy example for our own children and grandchildren to follow. We struggle with our own questions about the meaning of life. We too, look forward to the day when the Lord comes again. That’s what the month of November is about.

We approach the end of the Church year and reflect on the end of time as we know it. As we commend our deceased friends and relatives to the loving mercy of God, we prepare for the time when we will follow them. None of us know the day or the hour. All we can do is to live each day worthily.

This month, we can pray for our deceased family members and friends. We can make peace with those we have harmed and pray

for the willingness to forgive those who have harmed us. We can live each day, ready for the coming of the Lord, ready for our lack of understanding to be permeated with the sure knowledge of God’s love for us.

Bishop–Elect Grob Mass of Thanksgiving Next Friday, Cardinal Blase Cupich will ordain three auxiliary bishops– Kevin M. Birmingham, Jeffrey S. Grob and Robert J. Lombardo at 2 PM on November 13 at Holy Name Cathdral. It is a day of great joy for the Archdiocese and especially for our parish community to have one of our own ordained, Bishop–elect Jeffrey S. Grob. Please pray for them on that day and you can watch the livestream at www.archchicago.org/watch2020ordination for the liturgy of Episcopal Ordination.

Bishop–elect Grob will have a mass of Thanksgiving next Sunday, November 15 at 10:30 AM at St. Celestine Church with livestreaming as well. Please join him on that special day bysigning up for mass on our website or by calling the Pastoral Center. We can have up to 200 people in church with social distancing.

Thank you for your continued support to our parish during this difficult time and may God bless and protect each one of you and your family!

Be safe and stay healthy!

In prayer,

Fr. Paul

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SAINT FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI (1850—1917) November 13

Burly longshoremen glared at the woman in widow’s dress who interrupted their drinking to beg money, in broken English, for her orphanage. The bar exploded in laughter as one man responded by spitting in her face. “That was for me,” the woman smiled. “Do you have anything for the children?”

Given today’s national debate, could it be as much God’s sense of humor as God’s will for our sanctification that our first American saint should be an immigrant and naturalized citizen? Frances Cabrini, adopting the name Xavier, confided to Pope

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Leo XIII her longing to follow her Jesuit patron to Asia. But the Pope replied, “Not East—West!” So she and her Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart exchanged exotic dreams of China for the impoverished reality of Italian ghettos across the United States and Central and South America.

Before her death, Frances had founded seventy educational, health care, child, and family service institutions. Today, from Siberia to Ethiopia, in sixteen countries, Mother Cabrini’s sisters and lay associates embody her practical spirituality: “Let’s get to work! We’ll have eternity to rest!” Peter Scagnell

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If it ever crossed your mind that Jesus was somewhat lacking in a sense of humor, today’s Gospel should belie any such notion. Jesus’ story of the five wise and five foolish bridesmaids is downright hilarious. The circumstances of the story were surely familiar to Jesus’ listeners, just as they are—if we think about it—to us. Weddings never, ever start on time. There’s always a delay. Buttons pop off at the last minute. Flowers wilt. Cars full of wedding guests get caught in traffic. Soloists contract laryngitis. Brides or grooms or priests show up late! So the only reasonable way to approach a wedding is with a sense of humor, to realize that something probably will go awry, and, when that happens, to smile about it.

Jesus tells this funny story to encourage us to be watchful, yes; to be ready, yes. But he doesn’t tell it to make us dour and somber. The heavy–hearted tremble, waver, lose sight of their place and purpose, and fall asleep. The lighthearted know that the unexpected will happen—is bound to happen—so they are awake in their place and ready in their purpose when it comes.

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Monday: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

Tuesday: St. Leo the Great

Wednesday: St. Martin of Tours; Veterans Day

Thursday: St. Josaphat

Friday: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary

EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED

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ON OIL FUTURES

©2020 By John B. Reynolds

(jrwrites9@gmail.com)

I coached my parish grade school’s track team and cross–country team years ago, and I got

a lot of eye–rolling whenever I started to wax poetic. It’s not that I told my young charges to be one with the cinder track or the forest preserve trail.

Well, OK. I did some of that. But the eye–rolling began in earnest when I told them (repeatedly) that they were athletes, that God fashioned us all as athletes, that we were built to run, jump, throw. I told them to never stop training––to never stop running/jumping/throwing––especially when their competitive sports days were over. In essence, I told them to just keep moving.

And this idea of life–long participation in something we’re born to do comes to mind now as I consider the parable of the ten virgins who await the bridegroom. Five bring extra lamp oil; five don’t. When the groom arrives, the foolish virgins (Jesus’s word, not mine) ask the wise virgins (again, Jesus’s word) for oil. They say no, as there’s not enough for all the lamps. The foolish go to buy more, but when they return, the groom’s already inside, and the door is locked. And when they knock, the groom says––to my ears, anyway––ten of the most chilling words in Scripture: “Amen, I say to you, I do not know you.” As professed disciples of the Christ, could there be anything worse than Jesus not recognizing us when it’s all said and done? But it hits me now––just now––that when Jesus says, “Therefore,

stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour,” he may not be speaking of the Parousia or even our own personal end times. He may be speaking of the many times God shows himself in our lives, but we’re too busy to notice. As such, it’s more like us saying to God, “I don’t know you…” Yikes.

I know that I can’t earn heaven. I know that nothing I do (or don’t do) will make God love me any more (or less). I know that salvation is a gift, purchased for us with the nails. Still, I think that we have to prepare for the feast, and that the readiness is on us. The way I see it, the oil in the parable represents everything we do to get closer to Jesus, both one–on–one, and by recognizing him in friend and stranger alike. That’s how relationships grow. How can Jesus know us if we don’t at least make an effort to know him?

We’re never sure when God will show up in our lives. And yet, remaining 100% vigilant is perhaps impossible. All of the virgins fall asleep, after all. But the five with oil are prepared when the bridegroom comes. The five without, aren’t. Now if my metaphor is true––if the oil

in the parable is everything we do to get closer to Jesus––then maybe the wise virgins are like my grade school athletes who are still running/jumping/throwing.

Instead of spending the last twenty years on the couch, they’ve worked at staying in shape and are now better prepared for a lifetime of fitness. Those on the couch can still get in shape, certainly, but why wait? Similarly, we can come to Jesus on our deathbeds, but why wait? Surely it’s best to build a relationship with the Christ now, instead of betting on our oil futures somewhere down the road.

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Thanks to all who are so generously giving to our parish.

You can mail your envelope, drop them off in the mailboxes outside either office, give electronically through Give Central (see below right for more info), or drop them in the boxes in the back of the churches.

October 2020

Sunday $ 35,914.50 E–giving $ 7,026.00 Total: $ 42,940.50 Donations to the Women’s Center have been sent directly to them.

ONLINE GIVING

Our parish is using Give Central as a contribution tool to help parishioners contribute online to our Sunday Offertory and special collections. This tool will allow you the option of donating through your checking, savings, or credit card account and the funds will be directly transferred to the parish each month or as you specify.

If you are already giving online you will see that the gifts go to St. Mother Theodore Guerin parish. You can sign up for online giving by going to our website, stguerin.org, and clicking on the Give Central icon on the right on the home page.

Thank you for supporting the parish.

BISHOP–ELECT JEFFREY GROB

MASS OFTHANKSGIVING

You may sign up to attend Bishop–elect Jeffrey Grob’s Mass of Thanksgiving, the 10:30 AM Mass on Sunday, November 15 at St. Celestine. Sign up through SignUpGenius on our website, stguerinparish.org, or call the office to sign up. The Mass will be limited to 175 people but will be live–streamed on Facebook and

the website, so that everyone can watch.

All attending must have signed up in advance, wear a mask, and practice social distancing. We will not be able to have a reception after for him because of the pandemic. If you would like to leave a card for him, we will have baskets in the back of the church.

Father Jeff will be ordained a bishop on Friday, Nov. 13 at 2 PM at Holy Name Cathedral. That Mass will be live–streamed and everyone is invited to watch it. We will link to it on the website.

He and his mom, Bonnie, will still reside here until the spring or summer of 2021.

THANK YOUThank you to those who donated the Paschal candles at the two

churches, and the candle followers. The followers are made of glass and help the candle to burn more efficiently and reduce wax spills.

DONORS

Paschal CandlesPauline CordellMary Bitterman

Clausi–Mesa Family and Melonie Birmingham

Bill Hetland Family

Followers for Altar CandlesPaulette and Ray Maraviglia Family

Rinnella and Maggio FamilyGreg Derlacki

Jim GrochowskiSantelli Family

2020-21 School Year Dear Parishioners, Alumni and Friends, It is without saying this year has been like none other than we have collectively experienced. We have also been blessed, and I am grateful for you, our parishioners, alumni and friends that have shown their support in many ways. Your gifts to St. Celestine have made a great impact on our school and the programs we offer our children, especially the technology that we offer all our students. It became very apparent this year how important technology is in all our lives. Our investment in devices, professional development, remote programming, and upgraded bandwidth has made learning equitable and accessible for all remote learners. Our teachers have been able to provide individualized instruction targeting specific areas of need for all learners (remote and on campus) while maintaining a rigorous curriculum. Most importantly, our technology program has made it possible for students to connect daily with their teachers through video conferencing. We strive to have the best technology possible for all students at St. Celestine. These offerings include: iReady, STEAM, Digital Storytelling, Coding & 3D Design, Classroom Technology, Digital Citizenship, 1:1 Chromebooks & iPads, Technology Center, Robotics, G Suite for Education, Celtechs, Interactive Whiteboards and much more. These programs develop the 21st century skill set necessary for students to succeed in high school and beyond. We are grateful to you for your continued support to our annual fund. Because of you, we are a thriving school and able to offer cutting-edge technologies to our students. As you know, technology is constantly being upgraded but with your continued support you will help us keep it state-of-the-art for our children to benefit this school year. Gifts to the annual fund directly support the 1:1 technology initiative which provides iPads and Chromebooks as well as other hardware, network infrastructure, software applications and licensing for over 550 devices throughout the school. We thank you for supporting the annual fund and more importantly for helping us prepare children for their future. Sincerely,

Sheila Klich, Principal and all the faculty and staff at St. Celestine School P.S. Please see giving form with this letter, fill out and drop off at the school office or give online today. The children thank you! Please share this link with other family and friends that are interested and able to help our children as well. givecentral.org/location/313/event/20175

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We need volunteers to assist with various aspects of our parish reopening plan. If you are high school age or older and are healthy with no underlying health conditions, please consider assisting with funerals, baptisms, weddings, reconciliation, and daily or Sunday Masses.

Funerals are held Monday through Saturday at both churches, usually at 10 AM and 11:30 AM.

Weddings are held on Saturday afternoons in both churches. Baptisms are held on Saturdays and Sundays at both churches, usually in the early afternoon.

Reconciliation takes place on Saturdays from 4 to 4:45 PM at St. Celestine.

There is an 8 AM Tuesday Mass at St. Cyprian and 8 AM Wednesday Mass at St. Celestine.

We are limited to 150 people at

St. Celestine and 50 at St. Cyprian to allow for social distancing.

Volunteers are needed to greet, check off attendees, sanitize hands, manage the flow of congregants, direct people to seating, usher, clean, and sanitize the worship space. You must wear a mask at all times and practice social distancing.

All volunteers must understand that even with precautions, we cannot guarantee that you will not be exposed to Covid–19. All volunteers must attend a training.

Please submit the website Online Form to indicate your willingness and ability to volunteer, and the days of the week and times of the day that are best for you. This is a massive undertaking and many hands make light work. Find the sign up on the website.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP!

CAN YOU VOLUNTEER? YOU MUST SIGN UP TO ATTEND MASS

The Archdiocese of Chicago requires that anyone attending Sunday Mass register in advance online. The privilege to reopen for Mass is offered with a limit to the maximum number of people who can be in the churches at one time.

We must maintain records for the Illinois Department of Public Health of all who enter our churches for contact tracing when a confirmed case of COVID–19 is identified. You may sign up for the weekend Masses and can access the link to SignUp Genius on the website and through our Facebook page.

Daily Mass, which takes place on Tuesdays at 8 AM at St. Cyprian and Wednesdays at 8 AM at St. Celestine, and Reconciliation, which takes place most Saturdays from 4 to 4:45 PM at St. Celestine (check the website first), does not require a reservation; someone will take your information at church for daily Mass.

Remember the requirement to attend Sunday Mass has been lifted and we will continue to stream the 10:30 AM Mass live on Facebook and the website.

If you are not feeling well, are over 65 or compromised medically, we encourage you to participate by watching Mass on TV or online.

We want everyone to be safe!

Ava Joy Cahill

Xavier Aaron Cerda

Lily Rose Fiumefreddo

Joseph Cash Palm

Santino Joseph Vasquez

Giuseppe Gianni Vitulli

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Information for the bulletin is due on the Friday the week before the bulletin comes out. Please send in Word or as an editable PDF to khagerty@ stguerinparish.org. Will use as space allows.

Bulletin Deadline November 22 November 12 at 9 AMNovember 28 November 16 at 9 AMDecember 6 November 20 at 9 AMDecember 13 November 30 at 9 AMDecember 20 December 7 at 9 AM

Please keep those serving in the military in your prayers. Thank you for your service to our country.

Col. Stephen Acosta MarinesStaff Sgt. Lawrence G. Campbell Air ForceSenior Airman Cory McCambridge Air ForceChief Erin McGuire NavyLt. Col. Peter Anderson ArmySgt. Kenneth G. DiCristifano ArmySpec Michael Migliorisi ArmyMaj. Deborah J. Crowley, M.D. ArmyPvt. John Cerrone MarinesMaj. David Nevers MarinesPFC Paul J. Lagoda MarinesPFC Sophia M. Garcia MarinesLt. Robert Reynolds ArmyPFC Richard A. Paduch ArmyStaff Sgt. Alberto Boy MarinesSgt. Rodolfo DeLao ArmyStaff Sgt. Natalie Borrini Air ForceCpl. Brian Macaluso MarinesLnc. Cpl. Meghan Jennings MarinesLnc. Cpl. Michael Casanave MarinesPvt. Nicolas Casanave MarinesABEAN Melanie Hodges NavyPFC Vincent Negron MarinesPvt. Matthew Meyer ArmyMaster Sgt. Scott A. Cross Air ForcePrivate Niko Rodriguez ArmyDario Rodriguez Air ForceCH 1LT Jacque Beltran NavyA1C Brian Moran Air ForceA1C Elyssa Moran Air ForceEnsign Devon Zych Coast GuardFN Matilda Davis Coast GuardLnc. Cpl. Andrew D. Nordlie MarinesEnsign FaithAnne Bieschke NavyLuis N. Burciaga ArmyPFC Rudy De La O Marines

Need help? Food, shelter, housing, employment, job training, counseling, addictions, utilities, physical or mental health services, legal and financial, immigration, naturalization and refugee and senior services are provided by Catholic Charities. Call 312–655–7700 or go to catholiccharities.net.

Alcohol and Drug Abuse 1–800–821–4357Child Abuse 1–800–252–2873National Domestic Violence 1–800–799–SAFENational Sexual Assault 1–800–656–4673Compulsive Gambling Hotline 1–410–332–0402Poison Control 1–800–222–1222Suicide Prevention 1–800–273–8255Elder Abuse 1–800–252–8966

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

We want to wish a Happy 100th birthday to Sylvia Feustel who was the church secretary and wedding and funeral soloist for 25 years at St. Cyprian! If you would like to send birthday wishes, please send them to Sylvia Feustel, 2690 320th Street, Chelsea, Iowa 52215.

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All weekly events are canceled.

We are not using Liturgical Ministers at this time.

Names are kept on the list for four weeks. If you wish to add or remove a name, please call the parish office.

Thank you!

Mary Ann Quaranta, Ann Ernest, Dorothy Carey, Margaret Karls, and Michael Kunz

Paciano AcostaMarie and Steve Auerbach

Michael BalajaGrace Baldessara

Mary BartellKaren BiaginiJoyce BrosseitVictor Cabello

Caitlyn Dorothy Carey

Deacon Dennis Colgan Frances Copps

Debra DeKelver Jackie DeLarco

Michael DeLuca Danny DiMaso Elene Dimperio Dillon Dolecki Patricia Dwyer

Eleanor Heidy Egan

Brittany Foley Francine

Christopher Freel Patsy Galecki Kathy Gallery Tammy Garcia Phyllis Gossy

Patricia GuarinoBrian Herbert David Holder

George HorvathLaurel Horvath Robert Jaster Bobby Jester

Bob JuraszKathy

Donna KiskaKen Kiska

Joy Ann Klewer Karen Lins Tom Mayer

Tom McGuireRon McGuire Mary MellettSharon Meyer Dan Murphy Tom Murphy

Carolyn Nanni Domenic Nanni

Barbara Narducci Fr. Larry Nemer

Larry Nestor Barbara Nevers Reginald Nevers Bernice Nesbitt

Sr. Noel Bill Noesen

Manny Perez Adrienne Pudlo

Kirk PusenilliJim Raemisch

Michael Riesterer Darlene Rinker

Nicky Roy Caroline Russo

Betty Salemi Amy Schreiner Joseph Serwa Mickey Smith Mary Sochnuk

Ed Socki Darryl Taggert Shirley Teofilo Andrew Valko

Lillian WardzalaPatricia Weiss Dorothy Witek

Joan Wojcik Gerry Zych

and for all our sick and homebound

parishioners

ST. CELESTINE CHURCH 3020 North 76th Court, Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707 708–453–2555

ST. CYPRIAN CHURCH 2601 Clinton, River Grove, Illinois 60171 708–453–4800

Mass Schedules: See cover. Registration required.

Office Hours: Temporarily closed.

Communion Service: Temporarily canceled.

Holy Hour: First Friday of each month at 3 PM in St. Ce-lestine church, in person and live–streamed on Facebook and website.No registration needed.

Fatima Devotion: Temporarily canceled.

Adoration: Temporarily combined into First Friday Holy Hour.

Baptisms: Contact Ruthanne Swiatkowski to schedule; rswiatkowski@stguerinparish.org or call 708–453–2555 x 17.

Reconciliation: Saturdays 4—4:45 PM at St. Celestine. No registration needed.

Weddings: Engaged couples are encouraged to call a year in advance of a preferred date. The couple must talk to Deacon Mike DeLarco before a wedding date can be reserved. Participation in marriage preparation is essential.

Please check our website, www.stguerinparish.org, for the most accurate information on the schedule for sacraments during the pandemic.

PRIESTS Rev. Paul Cao, Pastor pcao@stguerinparish.org 708–453–2555 x29Rev. Brendan Guilfoil, Associate Pastor bguilfoil@stguerinparish.org 708–453–2555 x30Rev. Eugene Gratkowski, Pastor Emeritus of St. CyprianRev. Jeffrey Grob, Rev. Fil Ngwila, Rev. Stan Ilo, Rev. Kenneth Ekekwe, Resident PriestsRev. Ron Navoy, Weekend Associate at St. Cyprian

DEACONS Michael DeLarco 708–453–2555 x31 Call Deacon Mike to schedule a wedding.Miguel Negron mnegron@archchicago.orgRonald Pilarski rpilarski@archchicago.org Dennis Colgan, retired ST. CELESTINE SCHOOL Sheila Klich, Principal 708–453–8234 x23 sklich@stcelestineschool.orgNorma Pulido, Secretary 708–453–8234 x11Donna DelMedico, Finance Secretary 708–453–8234 x24

PARISH SUPPORT STAFFLaurie DePillo, Business Manager 708–453–2555 x15 lauriedepillo@stguerinparish.orgMary Krewer, Administrative Assistant mkrewer@stguerinparish.org 708–453–4800Marge Dellinger, Receptionist 708–453–4800mdellinger@stguerinparish.orgIrma Rivera, Receptionist 708–453–2555 x10Lynn Schmidt, Receptionist 708–453–2555 x10 lschmidt@stguerinparish.org

Ray Brownlee, Maintenance 708–453–4800 rbrownlee@stguerinparish.orgEric Mueller and Bob Vessini, Maintenance 708–453–2555 x25

MUSIC MINISTRY Craig Kamptner, Director of Music Ministry ckamptner@stcelestineschool.org 708–453–2555 x16 Call Craig with questions about music for the parish. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Ruthanne Swiatkowski, Director of Lifelong Faith Formation rswiatkowski@stguerinparish.org 708–453–2555 x17Mary Morvay, Coordinator of Children’s Faith Formation mmorvay@stguerinparish.org 708–453–5719Mary Murphy, Coordinator of Religious Education for Special Needs for children and adults murphyme2000@yahoo.com 708–453–2555

MINISTRIESLois DeFelice, Ministry of Care 708–453–2555 loisdefelice@gmail.com Greg Fidanzia, Guerin William Youth Group guerinwilliamyg@gmail.com 708–453–2555 x13

Kim Hagerty, Director of Evangelization 708–453–2555 x12 khagerty@stguerinparish.org Bulletin Editor Deadline is 9 AM on the Friday 9 days before the date you would like the information to appear.