Third Sunday of Lent March 7, 2010

Rev. Idzi Stacherczak, Pastor
Rev. Joseph Vadakumcherry, Associate Pastor
Paul (Pawel) Tawech, Music Director
Mrs. Judy Banasiak, Coordinator of Religious Education
Mrs. Anna Adamowski, Parish Secretary
Mrs. Anna Knap, Business Manager
RITE OF RECONCILIATION:
(Confession) 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM, Saturday or by appointment.
Weekday Confession held at 7:00 to 7:15 AM.
PARISH REGISTRATION:
At the rectory during office hours.
Regular Office hours 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM daily.
MASS SCHEDULE
WEEKEND MASSES:
Saturday Evening: 4:00 PM
Sunday: 7:30 - 9:00 - 12:15 PM
Polish Mass: 10:30 AM - 6:00 PM
WEEKDAY MASSES:
Monday-Friday: 6:30 & 8:00 AM
Saturday: 8:00 AM
Mass in Polish: Wednesday & Saturday 8:30 AM
HOLY DAY MASSES:
7:00 PM Vigil Mass, 6:30—8:00—11:00 AM (English)
9:00 AM—7:00 PM (Polish)
WEDDINGS:
Arrangement must be made with one of the priests at least six months before the date of the wedding. Confirm desired date at the church
before making other arrangements. At least one of the engaged persons (or their parents) must be a registered and active parishioner of St.
Priscilla. Weddings are not scheduled on Sunday.
BAPTISMS:
English Baptisms will be held on the second and fourth Sundays of the month at 1:30 PM. Polish Baptisms will be held on the first and third
Sundays. Attendance at Baptismal Preparation class is mandatory. Register by calling Rectory.
Rectory: 6949 W. Addison, Chicago, IL 60634 773-545-8840
Fax: 773-545-8919
Religious Education Office 773-685-3785
Third Sunday of Lent
March 7, 2010
Merciful and gracious is the Lord,
slow to anger and abounding in kindness.
— Psalm 103:8
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BLISKO JEST KRÓLESTWO BOŻE
ST. PRISCILLA PARISH
LENTEN MISSION
MARCH 15-17, 2010
Our parish Lenten Mission will begin on
Saturday, March 13th, and Sunday, March 14th.
The mission director will speak at all of the
weekend English Masses (Saturday: 4:00 P.M.,
Sunday: 7:30, 9:00 A.M., 12:15 P.M.) and at the
8:00 A.M. And 7:00 P.M. Masses on March 15th,
16th, and 17th.
On Tuesday, March 16th, the Blessed Sacrament
will be on the main altar for adoration from 6:00
P.M. until the evening 7:00 Mass.
On Wednesday, March 17th, there will be an
opportunity for Reconciliation (Confession)
from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M.
The themes of each day will be:
—Monday—
Members of the One Body of Christ
(Addressing great mistrust and animosity
between the English and Polish speaking
communities)
—Tuesday—
Eucharist
—Wednesday—
Reconciliation
Swoją
publiczną działalnością
i nauczaniem Jezus zapisał pierwszą stronicę
naszej historii—nowej ery. Pierwsze zdanie
tej historii brzmi: „Czas się wypełnił i bliskie
jest Królestwo Boże. Nawracajcie się
i wierzcie w Ewangelię” (Mk. 1,15). Wezwanie do
nawrócenia jest najczęstszym wezwaniem zawartym
w Ewangelii. To samo wezwanie zawiera również
dzisiejsza Ewangelia.
„Blisko jest Królestwo Boże”. Zarówno dwa
tysiące lat temu jak i dzisiaj—czas należy do Boga.
Nowa Boża Epoka domaga się nowych ludzi. Święty
Paweł napisał, że trzeba porzucić w nas dawnego
człowieka i przyoblec nowego, stworzonego według
Boga.
“Jeśli się nie nawrócicie, wszyscy podobnie
zginiecie” (Łk. 13,3) - ostrzega Jezus Żydów. Ludzie
tamtych czasów sądzili, że ci, których dotykały
wielkie nieszczęścia, zawsze byli wielkimi
grzesznikami. Gwałtowana i niespodziewana śmierć,
ciężka choroba, utrata majątku, niepowodzenie—
nieszczęścia te według nich były zawsze karą za
grzechy. Ale i my musimy niejednokrotnie przyznać,
że myślenie nasze jest i dziś bardzo podobne do
tamtego.
Nieszczęśliwi ludzie wcale nie muszą być
największymi grzesznikami. Ale na dobrą sprawę—
sprawiedliwych nie ma wcale. Wszyscy jesteśmy
grzesznikami, wszyscy cierpimy i wszyscy musimy
się nawracać.
Za zło—za które zwykle sami ponosimy
winę—bezmyślnie i niesprawiedliwie oskarżamy
Boga. Bóg nie stworzył świata pełnego zła
i niesprawiedliwości. Pismo święte powiada nam, że
“wszystko, co Bóg uczynił było bardzo dobre”…
Każdy z nas musi się nawracać każdego dnia. Trzeba
zmieniać całe swoje życie. Zawsze jesteśmy
wystarczająco źli, a nigdy nie jesteśmy za bardzo
dobrzy! Dlatego właśnie tak bardzo często Chrystus
powtarza: “Nawracajcie się”. Tej pracy wystarczy
nam na całe życie.
Musimy wciąż stawiać sobie pytanie: “Czy
nasze życie jest po Bożej myśli?” Gdyby Chrystus
Pan postawił nam podobne pytanie—jaką dalibyśmy
odpowiedź? Niech więc każdy z nas odpowie sobie
sam na to pytanie!
—ks. Idzi—
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THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT (7)
7:30 — +Deceased Members of St. Priscilla Parish: #29
9:00 — Natividad & Benjamin Nicasio: 66th Wedding Anniv.
+Erminia & Salvatore DeSimone (Michael)
+Marge Navigato (Kay Grossman)
+Gloria Amponin (Lucy Willard)
10:30— O zdr. i bł. Boże dla Krzysztofa Wierzbickiego
O radość w wieczności dla:
+Krystyna Marcinkiewicz (Rodzina)
+Aleks Wiącek 6-ta rocz. śmierci (Żona i Dzieci)
+Helena i Józef Białońscy (Córka Maria)
+Aleksandra Lenkiewicz rocznica śmierci
+Victor Burzyński (Rodzice)
12:15— Health & Blessings for Sylvia Ocampo (Family)
+Karol Koziara 38th Death Anniv. (Family)
+Jennie Toscano (Alma Corona)
+Edith T. Kapustka (Jim Miketta)
2:00 — CONFIRMATION MASS:
Most Rev. Gustavo Garcia-Siller
6:00 — +Wincenty Lićwinko (Córka)
MONDAY (8) Lenten Weekday
6:30 — Blessing for Children
8:00 — +Henry Hebda (Family)
TUESDAY (9) Lenten Weekday
6:30 — Health & Blessing for Family
8:00 — +Anthony J. Navitsky (Wojcik Family)
WEDNESDAY (10) Lenten Weekday
6:30 — +Lorraine Ackermann (Daughter)
8:00 — +Myra McGlynn Birthday Rem. (Family)
8:30— +Henryk Meler (Rodzina)
THURSDAY (11) Lenten Weekday
6:30 — +Maria C. Perez 9 month Death Anniversary
(Daughter & Family)
8:00 — +Paul Wagner (Debbie & Mike Peszek)
FRIDAY (12) Lenten Weekday
6:30 — +Waldemar Ul
8:00 — +Mary Griffin (Rosalie McGlynn)
6:00 P.M. — Stations of the Cross
7:00 — Droga Krzyżowa
SATURDAY (13) Lenten Weekday
8:00 — +Joseph Haynes (Rosalie McGlynn)
8:30 — +Marian Kulaga 29-ta rocz. śmierci (Rodzina)
4:00 — +Victor A. Procaccio (Mother & Dad)
+Irene Czekaj (Daughter)
+Sobiesław Łabno
+Arlene M. Calabrese
+Oreste Gonzalez
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (14)
7:30 — St. Priscilla Parishioners: #29
9:00 — +Gloria Amponin (Lucy Willard)
10:30— O Boże bł. i potrz. łaski dla Józefa Piszczek z racji
urodzin (Polska Grupa)
O radość w wieczności dla:
+Rev. Joseph P. Grembla Birthday Remembrance
(Pastor & Parishioners)
+Joseph Weglarz
+Victor Burzyński
+Feliks Knap (Córka z rodziną)
12:15— Health & Blessings for Eileen Hoffman (Husband)
+Edith T. Kapustka (Jim Miketta)
6:00 — Za Parafian św. Pryscylli: #30
Catholic Women’s Club
Card & Bunco Party
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
in McGowan Hall
Lunch 12:00 P.M.
Donation: $12.00
Tickets are on sale at the rectory
or call Emily at (773) 777-4903.
Emily Stoklosa
February 21, 2010
Currency
$ 4,709.00
Checks
$ 2,523.00
Loose Coin
$
5.62
Total
$ 7,237.62
Weekly Goal
$ 10,000.00
Budget Year to Date
$330,000.00
Collections Year to Date
$235,524.79
Under Budget
$<94,475.21>
Thank you for your generosity and support of our Parish.
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Congratulations to the following students from
St. Priscilla Religious Education that receive the
Sacrament of Confirmation on March 7th.
Tanner
Raymon
Morin
Vanessa
Bridget
Colin
Francisco
Michael
Alcantar
Angelica
Isabella
Soto
Kamil
Mateusz
Czerwonka
Nicholas
Nicholas
Armijo
Kayla
Margaret
Tomich
Evelyn
Genevieve
Gonzalez
Katarzyna
Julia
Balicka
Diane
Veronica
Bendik
Agnieszka
Faustina
Krupa
Vicki
Josephine Bakhita
Ceniceros
Regina
Rose of Lima
Manalo
Martin
Maximilian Kolbe
Wieczorek
Coordinators of Liturgy:
Mrs. Judy Banasiak
Mr. Paul Tawech
The Parish Community congratulates the Confirmandi Class
and their families on this special day!
LITURGICAL SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
March 13th & March 14th
MINISTER(S)
CELEBRANT
SATURDAY
4:00 PM
As scheduled
SUNDAY
7:30 AM
SUNDAY
9:00 AM
As scheduled As scheduled
SUNDAY
10:30 AM
SUNDAY
12:15 PM
SUNDAY
6:00 PM
As scheduled
As scheduled
As scheduled
Marian Raźniak
Virginia
Knight
Jolanta Grocholska
DEACON
LECTOR
Camelia
Rodriguez
Dominika
Ziobro
Erlinda
Villegas
Piotr Grocholski
Marcin Stepek
COMMENTATOR
EUCHARISTIC
MINISTERS
As scheduled
As scheduled As scheduled
ALTAR
SERVERS
As scheduled
As scheduled As scheduled
As scheduled
Stanisław Słonina
Hanna Kurzątkowski
As scheduled
As scheduled
Stanisław Ryczek
Ryszard Janusiak
As scheduled
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PODZIÊKOWANIE
Polski Komitet “7-mej Jesiennej Zabawy”
pragnie złożyć gorące podziękowanie tym
wszystkim, którzy wydatnie wspomogli naszą
7-mą Jesienną Zabawę. Ci, którzy przybyli,
bawili się wspaniale i długo. Obecna zabawa
okazała się naszym dużym sukcesem. Na ręce
Ks. Proboszcza wręczyliśmy jako czysty dochód
kwotę $9,018.00.
Pragniemy także serdecznie podziękować
wszystkim Sponsorom i tym, którzy złożyli
jakiekolwiek donacje na cel Jesiennej Zabawy.
The monthly Holy Name Society Mass and
Meeting is on Sunday, March 14, 2010.
All HNS members, their wives, and widows of
former members are invited to attend the
9:00 A.M. Mass, which is to be followed
by our monthly meeting at 10:30 A.M.
in the lower level of the rectory.
Continental breakfast will be served
before the meeting.
Please attend!!
Jeszcze raz—serdeczne Bóg zapłać!
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COLLECTION
As the month of February progressed, more people
donated money for our Capital Improvement
Collection. A list of those who donated through the
end of February follows:
$35 — Sophie & Anna Oracz
$30 — Henry Majcher
$25 — Robert Drzewiecki
$20 — Salvatore Morreale
THANK YOU
The Polish Committee for the seventh annual
“Fall Dance” would like to sincerely thank all the
people who helped at and attended the Fall
Dance. Everyone who came had a great time and
stayed long. Our Dance turned out to be a huge
success. We handed Fr. Idzi a clean profit of
$9,018.00.
We would like to thank all our generous
Sponsors, who donated whatever they could for
our Dance. May God bless you for your
generosity.
Thank You!
$10 — Carol Dombek, Jack S. Ferina, Anna Galas,
Warren Kunstler, Nancy Lee, Thomas A. Martin,
Lillian Miller, Michael Rockel
$6 — John F. Ryan, Jr.
$5 — Margaret Bogdanowicz, Joseph Catanzaro,
Henry Kmiec, Anthony Mazzio, Antoni Stanula,
Sophie Szeszol, Lucjana Wilczewska
$3 — Artur Hryniewicki, Maryann O’Regan
Thank You! May our good Lord bless you all!
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Knights Pledge Support
for St. Priscilla
The Knights of Columbus Mater Christi
Council #14284 will be selling Fannie May
Chocolate Bars after all Masses next
weekend, March 13th and 14th.
Money collected from this sale and three
additional sales during the year will go to
The Annual Catholic Appeal, Archdiocese
of Chicago, and will be credited to
St. Priscilla Church. Bars of chocolate are
only $1.00; these same bars retail in
stores for $1.49.
Please support this drive by purchasing
candy bars from the Knights as it will
help our Parish. Remember that every
dollar sent to the Annual Catholic
Appeal will be matched dollar for
dollar. If you haven’t filled out
a pledge envelope to support our
parish, please call the parish office.
George Adamick - Sandra
Anderson
Roman
Brygider - Dorothy Costranova Jan Drożdż - Jennifer Hebda - Carrie Kacen - Janet
Kaplan - LaVerne Kmiec - Maria Lech - Peter
Leyden - Mary Lund - Mary Lynch - Barbara
McDonald - Antoni Nierzejewski - Catherine
O’Brien - Bernice Plicner - Casimir Plicner Shirley Potempa - Genowefa Solak - Mary
Spiewak - Patricia Tytro - Rose Wachs - Toni
Woods - Katie Young
If you have not yet done so and would like to
have your name added to our Parish “Pray
For…” list, please call the rectory at
773-545-8840 ext. 221. Thank you!
Bishop Antoni Długosz
to concelebrate Mass
at St. Priscilla’s Church
on March 25th, Feast of the Annunciation
Mater Christi Council #14284, Knights of Columbus,
invites all devotees of Our Blessed Mother to
celebrate the beautiful Feast of the Annunciation on
Thursday, March 25, 2010, in a very special way. A
concelebrated Mass and Candlelight Procession will
be help at St. Priscilla’s Church and will begin at
7:00 P.M. The principal celebrant will be Bishop
Antoni Długosz visiting Chicago from the Diocese of
Częstochowa, Poland, and several priests from the
surrounding parishes.
This annual prolife celebration is held in
conjunction with the Feast of the Annunciation,
when Mary said yes to the will of Jesus.
Following the concelebrated Mass, Bishop Długosz
will carry the Blessed Sacrament through the streets
of the neighborhood accompanied by a Polish Brass
Band with parish and ethnic organizations
participating in this most solemn march. During the
candelight procession, the Most Holy Rosary will be
prayed in different languages. At the conclusion of
the procession, the Blessed Sacrament will be
brought back to the church for Benediction. All
those that want to participate in the procession
should bring candles to carry in it. At the conclusion
of the benediction, all are invited to coffee and
cookies in McGowan Hall, the basement of the
church.
Groups throughout the area that want to participate
as Honor Guard during the mass and candlelit
procession on this very solemn feast day should
contact the St. Priscilla parish office at
(773) 545-8840.
Daylight Savings Time takes place
on March 14th. Please remember to
set your clocks ahead one hour at
2:00 A.M. next weekend. All
Sunday Masses will be on the new
time.
Prosimy pamiętać przestawić
zegarki o jedną godzinę do przodu
w przyszłym tygodniu. Wszystkie
Msze św. w niedzielę będą
odprawione o nowym czasie.