All Sacraments and ceremonies are available in Italian, Latin, Spanish & of course English. Baptisms: Every Saturday at 10:30AM & Sunday at 1:30PM. Parents are required to register for baptism with a priest. Parents should be registered parishioners. Please call to make an appointment. Marriages: Arrangements should be made at least six months in advance with a parish priest. Please call the rectory to make an appointment. Visits to the Sick: Please inform the rectory for hospital or homebound visits. Quinceaneras: Cotillion Masses are available for our girls who have been confirmed-please call.

The Shrine

Mass Schedule: Monday thru Friday: 6:30 and 8AM Saturday: 8:00AM, 4PM Sunday: 7AM (Sp.), 8:00 (Eng.), 9:30 (Latin) & 11AM (Eng.) & 12:30PM (Sp.) Holy Days: 6:30PM (Eng.) the previous evening; 6:30, 8:10AM, 12:00 Noon and 6:30PM (Sp.) Church is open: Weekdays from 6AM - 6PM Confessions: Saturday 11:15AM - 12Noon & by appointment. Rectory Office hours: Monday thru Friday: 9AM -9PM Saturday 9AM-6PM Sunday 9AM-3PM

St. Odilo Church is the only parish in the United States dedicated to the Souls in Purgatory.

It was founded and sanctioned as the Shrine of the Poor Souls by His Eminence, George Cardinal Mundelein, in 1928,

with a special indulgence of 200 days granted upon each visit to the shrine.

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St. Odilo Parish National Shrine of the Poor Souls

Pastor: Rev. Anthony Brankin Priests: Rev. Msgr. Richard Saudis Rev. Robert Coleman Deacon: Mr. Alfonso Salgado

Business Manager: Mrs. Beth Ritzenthaler Secretary: Mrs. Gail Kunce Marketing/Advancement: Mrs. Ruby Martinez

School Principal: Mr. William Donegan School Secretary: Ms. Laura Canaveral CCD Coordinator: Mrs. Idalia Gonzalez Music Director: Mr. Paul Rau

Rectory: 2244 East Avenue, Berwyn, IL 60402 (708) 484-2161 School: 2301 S. Clarence, Berwyn, IL 60402 (708) 484-0755 Convent: 2319 S. Clarence, Berwyn, IL 60402 (708) 680-0909 CCD Office: 2301 S. Clarence, Berwyn, IL 60402 (708) 484-5321 Web Address: www.saintodilo.org Fax: (708) 788-0565

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 5, 2016

Bishop Paprocki: We Ask You to Use the Correct Bathroom Bathrooms Now Legislated? Who knew?

by Bishop Thomas John Paprocki, Catholic Times:

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Once again common sense has been turned on its head in our culture, this time by transgender activists agitating for people to be able to use the bathroom that they feel corresponds emotionally to their self-identified gender rather than the anatomical gender of their biological sex. The issue has emerged prominently in recent national and local news.

Obama and the Civil Rights of Transgender People

In North Carolina, in response to an ordinance adopted in Charlotte that would have allowed transgender people to use whatever bathroom they wanted, the state legislature passed a law in March blocking local governments from enacting rules that grant such privileges to transgender people. A similar law recently passed in Mississippi allows people to withhold services from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals on religious grounds. In response, President Barack Obama has said that these laws in North Carolina and Mississippi are “wrong” and “should be overturned.” The Obama administration used the Department of Justice to warn the state of North Carolina that its new law limiting bathroom access violated the civil rights of transgender people. Here in Illinois, in response to a federal complaint, the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 in suburban Chicago earlier this year granted a transgender student, who was born male but identifies as female, limited access to the girls locker room at Fremd High School. Similarly, a transgender student at a Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 school has been granted access to a locker room designated for the opposite sex. The Chicago Public Schools have announced that their students, teachers and staff could use whichever restroom matches their self-selected gender identity. Nearby in central Illinois, a transgender student at Williamsville High School who was born with female anatomy but identifies as a male recently resolved a complaint filed in October with the Illinois Department of Human Rights. The school had previ-ously provided a private bathroom for the transgender student, who complained that this was unacceptable, saying, “It made me feel like I was being treated differently and ostracized.” So now all transgender students at Williamsville High School will have access to the restroom and locker room facilities of the gender they identify with emotionally, not the biological gender that they were born with. Earlier this month, a group of Illinois students and parents sued the Obama administration over its stance on transgender students’ access to school bathrooms and locker rooms, arguing that the U.S. Department of Education is illegally forcing local authorities to let children use facilities that correspond to their subjectively chosen gender identity. The complaint alleges that the federal government has violated students’ fundamental right to privacy and parents’ constitutional right to instill moral standards and values in their children.

It is a Mental Illness

The transgender activists would have you believe that their politically correct ideology is based on science; however, the American College of Pediatricians has pointed out that transgenderism is classified as a mental illness and therefore has warned legislators and educators that conditioning children to accept transgenderism as normal is child abuse. They advised, “When an otherwise healthy biological boy believes he is a girl, or an otherwise healthy biological girl believes she is a boy, an objective psychological problem exists that lies in the mind, not the body, and it should be treated as such.” Dr. Paul McHugh, psychiatrist-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital, was so concerned about the psychological origins of gender-identity disorder that he halted the practice of sex-reassignment surgery at his institution. He concluded that the research demonstrated that Johns Hopkins should no longer participate in what he called “unusual and radical treatment” for “mental disorders.”

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Father’s Day Novena Our Annual Novena of Masses for fathers, living and deceased, will begin on Father’s Day. A Mass for all fathers enrolled will be celebrated for nine consecutive mornings. Envelopes to enroll your fathers are available in the vestibule of the church. The envelope containing the name/names may be dropped in the collection or handed in at the rectory. It is not necessary to fill out separate envelopes for each name-multiple names may be included on the envelope or a list enclosed. We ask that you please PRINT all names.

Destroying the Very Essence of the Human Creature

The Catholic Church has some clear teachings on transgender issues. Catholics are called to treat everyone with compassion. Yet the church maintains that people may not change what Pope Benedict XVI called “their very essence.” In a speech at the Vatican on Dec. 23, 2008, Benedict directly addressed transgender issues by cautioning Catholics about “destroying the very essence of the human creature through manipulating their God-given gender to suit their sexual choices.”

Your Gender is a Gift from God

Similarly, in his encyclical Laudato Si, issued last year on the environment, Pope Francis called for men and women to acknowledge their bodies as a gift from God which should not be manipulated. “The acceptance of our bodies as God’s gift is vital for welcoming and accepting the entire world as a gift from the Father and our common home,” the pope wrote, “whereas thinking that we enjoy absolute power over our own bodies turns, often subtly, into thinking that we enjoy absolute power over creation” (no. 155). In his recent apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), Pope Francis warns that gender ideology “denies the differ-ence and reciprocity in nature of a man and a woman and envisages a society without sexual differences … It is one thing to be understanding of human weakness and the complexities of life, and another to accept ideologies that attempt to sunder what are inseparable aspects of reality. Let us not fall into the sin of trying to replace the Creator. We are creatures, and not omnipotent. Creation is prior to us and must be received as a gift. At the same time, we are called to protect our humanity, and this means, in the first place, accepting it and respecting it as it was created” (no. 56). Here in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, we ask that people respect these teachings of the Catholic Church in their use of facilities in our churches and schools. People who are confused about their gender identity — especially children and adolescents — should be treated with compassion and provided counseling rather than being further confused by activists promoting their political ideology.

May God give us this grace. Amen.

TO: ALL LEADERS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT MEET AT ST. ODILO PARISH

The calendar meeting is Monday, June 6th at 7PM in the rectory. Every St. Odilo organization must have a representative attend this meeting if your group plans to use meeting rooms in the parish between June, 2016 and June, 2017.

IGLESIA SAN ODILO

SOCIEDAD GUADALUPANA

VENTA DE BOTANAS

DOMINGO JUNIO 5

VENTA FRUTA FRESCA

AGUAS FRESDAS NACHOS AREPAS

Las ganancias seran para la fiesta de nuestra Virgen de Guadalupe.

ST. ODILO CHURCH

GUADALUPANO SOCIETY

SNACK SALE

SUNDAY , JUNE 5

FRESH FRUIT

NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORED WATER

NACHOS

All proceeds will benefit the

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Help the Vulnerable: Urge Elected Leaders to Pass a State Budget Every 30 seconds someone counts on Catholic Charities for help. We are now asking for your help. Please lend your voice to advocate for the State of Illinois to end its budget stalemate and pass a budget that cares for the poor and most vulnerable in our communities. Catholic Charities is currently owed more than $25 million by the State of Illinois – a number that grows by at least $2 million per month. Please take time today to call your state elected officials with this simple message, “I am a voter in your district. I am contacting you on behalf of the poor and vulnerable people who depend on our state’s safety net of human services, especially the more than 1 million people served by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago.” If you do not know who your state representative and senator are, please call the State Board of Elections at (217) 782-4141 or visit www.elections.il.gov and click on “New District/ Official Search.” You can find more information and a template advocacy letter at www.CatholicCharities.net on the homepage.

Anuncio para el Boletín Parroquial Cada 30 segundos alguien acude a Caridades Católicas por ayuda. Ahora estamos pidiendo por su ayuda. Por fa-vor, preste su voz para abogar por nosotros al Estado de Illinois para que ponga fin a la paralización del presu-puesto y que apruebe un presupuesto que se preocupe por las personas en necesidad y los más vulnerables en nuestras comunidades. Actualmente a Caridades Católicas se les debe $25 millones por parte del Estado de Illinois – una cantidad que sigue aumentando por lo menos $2 millones al mes. Por favor, tome tiempo hoy y llame a sus funcionarios electos del estado con este simple mensaje, “Yo soy un votante en su distrito y lo estoy contactando en nombre de las personas en necesidad y vulnerables que dependen en la red de seguridad social de servicios hu-manos de nuestro Estado, en especial las más de un millón de personas atendidas por Caridades Católicas de la Arquidiócesis de Chicago.” Si no sabe quién es su representante estatal y senador, por favor llame a la Junta Esta-tal de Elecciones al (217) 782-4141 o visite www.election.il.gov y haga clic en “District/Official Search” y escriba su dirección. Puede encontrar más información y un ejemplo de una carta de abogacía en www.caridadescatolicas.net.

Cello Concert Martes 7 de Junio Tuesday, June 7

6pm

San Odilo -St. Odilo

REFLECTION FOR THE WEEK

DO NOT COMPLAIN WHEN THINGS IN OUR LIVES GO WRONG. GOD NEVER SENDS US MORE THAN WE CAN HANDLE.

St. Odilo Online Giving Donations Made Easy We encourage you to make online donations by logging onto our website, www.saintodilo.org and click on the Donate button and register using your checking account, debit card or credit card. Question? Call Beth Ritzenthaler at the rectory, 708-484-2161.

MASSES FOR THE WEEK SICK RELATIVES & FRIENDS

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Servers for Week of June 6-11: A. Canaveral, A. Espinosa, Gemma Gleeson

June 11 & 12

Eucharistic Minister

Lector Altar Servers

4PM E. Hron J. Stockhausen

H. Odum S. Garcia H. Garcia

7AM (Esp.)

T. Luna R. Ronco A. Ronco

8AM N. Kmet J. Oborski B. Ouska

M. Saavedra A. Cruz A. Mendoza

9:30AM D. Soto, D. Soto W. Morrall, S. Morrall

11AM A. Canaveral F. Miller

D. Oborski

F. Miller S. Vargas A. Vargas

12:30PM (Esp.) D. Sanchez M. Estevez

WEDDING BANNS

Please remember the sick - Regina Szatkowski, Josephine Sprovieri, Ernest Karamas, Charlie Turek, George Kasper, Alice Kowalski, Henry Kereluk, Sr. Johanna Trisoliere, Ramon Marentes, Richard Wenc, William Stepanek, Karen Lewis, Joseph Kirchoff, our Veterans, Barbara Defina, Ralph Cannataro, Mike Kadrowicz, Eddie Shishkoff, Baby Carmody, Frances Rapacz, Maurice Ford, Milly Kosinar, Shirley Klein, Anita Sanchez, Karen Halter, L. R. Hammond, Patricia Niwa, Barbara Mance, Deborah Ferguson, Francisco Solis, Mary White, Jeanette Sprovieri, Hubert Ruiz, Mike Reato, Joseph Cannella Jr., Robert Bujnowski, Patricia Dewk, Danny Gale, Joan Brunner, Pat Fitzgerald, Patricia Stalzer, Norma Kmet, Mary Mascitti, Frank Niwa, Tuley Ruzicka, Jim Wisniewski, Narda Zendlock, Donna Oborski, Paul Burke, Elizabeth Andrejek, Ashley Hess, Jean Bonin, Isabelle Rodriguez, Richard Geary.

MONDAY… 6:30-Legion of Mary (PrR) 7PM-Parish Calendar Meeting (DR) TUESDAY… 6PM-Abner Jairo Ortiz Concert (CH) 6:30-Little Flowers (SR) 7PM-Special Events (DR) 7PM-Knights of Columbus (PR) 7PM-Spred (PrR) WEDNESDAY… 6PM-ESL Beginners (PH) 7:30-ESL Intermediate (PH) THURSDAY… 6PM-Arts & Crafts (SR) 6PM-Mexican Folklorico Dance (PH) 7PM-Armory of Christ (CB) 7PM-Bible Study (PR) FRIDAY… 6PM-Mexican Folklorico Dance (PH) 6:30-Pequeño Rebaño (CB) 7PM-Faith Formation (PR)

May 29, 2016 $8,019.30 Last Year $9,052.94 Thank you! Fr. Brankin

SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK

OUR WEEKLY OFFERING

Group Contact Information Armory of Christ-708-681-6879

Guadalupanos-708-484-2161 Legion of Mary -708-623-9280 Knights of Columbus-708-204-3761

Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima -708-484-1204 Little Flowers-469-487-9506 or limpauline6@gmail.com

ESL-708-287-7347 Spred-708-287-7347 Ushers-708-788-8136

III-Ignacio Quijano Bahena & Araceli Moreno III-Miguel Patlan & Maria Abellaneda II-Freddy Juarez & Marilyn Vasquez

MONDAY, JUNE 6-SAINT NORBERT, BISHOP 6:30AM-Stanley Shutay (Wife) 8:10AM-Rudy B. Santos (Santos Family) TUESDAY, JUNE 7-WEEKDAY 6:30AM-Edward & Marie Petrigilano (Family) 8:10AM-Frank Sommese (Family) -Thanks to Mother of God 3PM-Divine Mercy WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8-WEEKDAY 6:30AM-15th Anniversary-Lori & Charles Burda 8:10AM-Jovita Martinez (Nancy Pudil) THURSDAY, JUNE 9-SAINT EPHREM, DEACON AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH 6:30PM-Joseph & Irene Kubik (Joe Bohil) 8:10AM-Czar Del Rosario (Rosa Family) 6:30PM-Graduation Mass FRIDAY, JUNE 10-WEEKDAY 6:30AM-Forgotten Souls 8:10AM-Stephen Klekovich (Family) SATURDAY, JUNE 11-SAINT BARNABAS, APOSTLE 8AM-Edmund Gorman (Family) 12PM-Wedding of Miguel Patlan & Maria Abellaneda 2PM-Wedding of Ignacio Quijano Bahena & Araceli Moreno 4PM-Jozef & Karolina Siuty (Friend) 5PM-Memorial Mass SUNDAY, JUNE 12-ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7AM-Barbara Thurness (Flynn Family) 8AM-Anne Bogolin (Niece) 9:30AM-Maria Del Refugio Gonzalez (Villarreal Family) 11AM-Birthday Blessing for Jose D. Zepeda (Cano Family) 12:30PM-Florentina Valdivia & Camila & Veronica Hernandez (Hernandez-Gutierrez Family)