June 26, 2022:
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
PARISH NEWSLETTER
The Church of St. Mary :: 201 E. Illinois Lake Forest, IL 60045
Parish Office Hours: 8:30am to 4:00pm Monday - Friday
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-------One of the nice summer traditions at the Church of St. Mary is to celebrate a Mass outdoors at the Lake Bluff gazebo and the Lake Forest beach. Six years ago, just after arriving at St. Mary’s, I celebrated the summer Mass at the gazebo. The lector for that Mass was Cal Stroh. Over the next six years I would get to know her better in the parish, in the church, and around the community.
-------Cal and her husband registered in the parish in 1976. By vocation she was a retired language teacher. By passion and affinity, she would take delight in proofing the bulletin, informing me of typos and even occasionally proofing my article and communications to parishioners. Cal was very involved with Catholic Charities, even working at their Summer Golf Classic at Shore Acres.
-------The collage of pictures below includes her reading at the Gazebo Mass in 2016 and her reading the Scriptures on the recent Footsteps of St. Paul pilgrimage in Corinth, Greece. She traveled on the Footsteps of St. Paul with her son, Mark, and her grandson, Mark Nate. She enjoyed the pilgrimage, even going out on a nighttime excursion following in the “Footsteps of her pastor’, to find and enjoy gelato with her fellow pilgrims. (the picture shows 18 of the 20 pilgrims enjoying some gelato.) She is also seen with the façade of the library in Ephesus, Turkey.
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-------She shared with me that at 90, she had earned her driver’s license renewal, again. It was very important to her that I knew that. She had a bucket list, one item being going to Ephesus, Turkey. She took delight in the trip, and being able to share in the celebration of the Eucharist at the House of the Blessed Mother in Ephesus.
-------The pilgrims had a delightful pilgrimage, Cal was known to celebrate, smile, and laugh along the way, traveling with her son, grandson, and fellow parishioners. On day eight the schedule and demands of the pilgrimage caught up with her. Her body had a medical episode that warranted her being hospitalized, cared for, and kept an eye on by her son and grandson. After an eight day stay in the hospital, Cal Stroh breathed her last breath on Earth.
-------While on pilgrimage in May 2022, she shared with me that she would love to get to the Holy Land, spending time in Jerusalem. She also shared that she did not think it was a realistic goal. Cal was always praying, streaming the Masses during COVID, letting me know just how much she could see on the screen of her computer. An avid reader of the Bible, she longed to be strong enough to return to the ministry of lector. She was planning on being the lector at the Gazebo Mass in early August.
-------Recorded in the Bible different books of the Bible refer to the “New Jerusalem”. The “New Jerusalem” will be a place of unimagined blessing. The “New Jerusalem” will be shared by God with all the redeemed who followed his Son Jesus in their life of faith on Earth.
-------The song “Jerusalem my Destiny”, written by Rory Cooney has the following refrain: I have fixed my eyes on your hills, Jerusalem, my destiny! Though I cannot see the end for me, I cannot turn away, We have set our hearts for the way; this journey is our destiny. Let no one walk alone. The journey makes us one.
-------The Church of St. Mary, Cal’s parish for over 48 years, will celebrate her Memorial Mass on Friday, July 1 at 11:00am. Many of those who traveled with Cal in the Footsteps of St. Paul will be remembering her, supporting her children, and grandchildren from across the nation who will be in attendance. I trust that Cal has reached the “New Jerusalem”, reunited with her husband, family members and our Lord, Jesus. Cal Stroh has finished the items she had on her earthly bucket list resting in peace for all eternity.
God bless you these summer days,
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To donate to the Peter's Pence Collection online, please click HERE
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Children's Worship Bulletin for June 26, 2022:
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ST. MARY'S RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
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SCHEDULE: Saturday, June 25 - Sunday, July 3, 2022
Saturday, June 25, 2022:
+ 7:30am: Livestream & PUBLIC MASS with Rosary & Private Prayer after Mass until 8:30am
+ 8:00am: Confession - Church
+ 5:00pm: Livestream & PUBLIC Mass
Sunday, June 26, 2022:
+ 8:00am: PUBLIC MASS
+ 10:00am: Livestream & PUBLIC MASS
+ 12:00pm: PUBLIC MASS
Monday, June 27, 2022:
+ 7:30am: Livestream & PUBLIC MASS with Rosary & Private Prayer after Mass until 8:30am
Tuesday, June 28. 2022:
+ 7:30am: Prayer Service with Communion
+ 7:00pm: Summer School of Faith - MPR
Wednesday, June 29, 2022:
+ 7:30am: Prayer Service with Communion
+ 5:00pm - 7:00pm: Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction - Church
Thursday, June 30, 2022:
+ 7:30am: Prayer Service with Communion
+ 7:00pm: Choir Practice - Church
Friday, July 1, 2022:
+ 7:30am: Livestream & PUBLIC MASS with Rosary & Private Prayer after Mass until 8:30am
Saturday, July 2, 2022:
+ 7:30am: Livestream & PUBLIC MASS with Rosary & Private Prayer after Mass until 8:30am
+ 8:00am: Confession - Church
+ 5:00pm: Livestream & PUBLIC Mass
Sunday, July 3, 2022:
+ 8:00am: PUBLIC MASS
+ 10:00am: Livestream & PUBLIC MASS
+ 12:00pm: PUBLIC MASS
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FROM AROUND THE ARCHDIOCESE
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Fall 2022 Adult Confirmation
for Vicariate I Parishioners
Are you an adult who missed receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation? Preparation for Confirmation for Vicariate I parishioners will be offered weekly on Mondays beginning Monday, September 12, 2022 from 7:00-9:00pm, at St. Edna Parish, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Rd. in Arlington Heights. Bishop Jeffrey Grob will preside at the Confirmation Mass to be held at St. Edna Parish, Arlington Heights, on Wednesday, November 9 at 7:00pm.
Information and a registration form can be found at:
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PLENARY INDULGENCE IN TIME OF CRISIS
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Plenary Indulgence
The Apostolic Penitentiary, a branch of the Vatican offices which focuses on mercy and the forgiveness of sins, issued a decree granting a Plenary Indulgence during this extraordinary time. To see some of the ways we can still participate in the life of grace and the life of the Church during the Covid-19 pandemic please click here.
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To find ways to volunteer within our community and to seek assistance from the parish please click here.
Here is a List of Places You may watch Mass on TV, Radio or Online:
- Online:
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Church of St. Mary Livestream can be found on our Facebook Page. View past celebrated Masses or join us for a current Livestream Mass according to the schedule in this newsletter.
- TV: EWTN
- DirecTV Channel 370
- Dish Network Channel 261
- Verizon Fios Channel 285
- XFinity Channel 33, 291, 1668
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Relevant Radio:
- 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT.
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These Masses will be broadcast live on your local station, on the Relevant Radio® app, at relevantradio.com, and on my Father Rocky Facebook page so you can tune in from wherever you are. The Mass will be rebroadcast each evening at 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT on your local station.
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To read the Daily Scripture readings you may go to usccb.org and select "Daily Reading" at the top left menu.
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III Michael Francis Lyons and Ekaterina Everhart
II Tom A. Selven and Cecilia J. Cunningham
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PRAYER FOR THE SICK AND DECEASED
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Please remember in your prayers those who are sick, especially: |
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Brooke Bloom
Jack Dhamer
Joan Dolan
Christian Jenko
James Krueger
Abby Logan
Caroline Lyczko
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Carolina Martinez
Robert Matthei
Debbie McNairney
Infant Julian Pusateri
Mia Scholz
John Sternberg
Kathleen K. Walters
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Please note that the names on our parish sick list are now posted for a three-month period.
The new sick list began on May 1 and will continue through August. If you would like to add a family member to the Prayers for the Sick, please call our Parish Office at: 847.234.0205.
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Please remember in your prayers those who have gone to their eternal rest with Our Lord,
especially:
Robert Teague (husband of Gail Teague; father of Kelly and Michael)
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Mass Intentions will be prayed for during a private or public daily Mass.
Saturday, June 25, 2022:
7:30am: Daniel Kelly; Lois Thomas; Paul Rinwald
5:00pm: Dottie Corra; Rose & Michael O’Connell; Eliseo Elisei
Sunday, June 26, 2022:
8:00am: Don Gwaltney; Msgr. Frank Cimarrusti; John & Yolanda Duchane
10:00am: Elaine Beaulieu; Peter Glab; David Craigmile, Sr.
Noon: Charles Joseph Koopmann; Ryan Stoll; JoAnn Brennan
Monday, June 27, 2022:
7:30am: Benedicta Lee; Joseph Sitka Mary Ann Stratmann; Esteban Medina
Tuesday, June 28, 2022:
7:30am: Prayer Service with Communion
----------Helen J. Kiwala; Vito Cimarrusti; Charles Baruffi; Esteban Medina
Wednesday, June 29, 2022:
7:30am: Prayer Service with Communion
----------Peter Gillespie; Eileen Lupton; Mary O’Brien; Esteban Medina
Thursday, June 30 , 2022:
7:30am: Prayer Service with Communion
Mary “Buffy” Rock; Stephen Menzies, Jr.;
---------- Special Intention for Carol Craigmile; Esteban Medina
Friday, July 1, 2022:
7:30am: Amy Peterson; Special Intention for the Giannelli Family;
----------Special Intention for Safe Summer Travels
Saturday, July 2, 2022:
7:30am: Margaret Tadel; Helen Menzel;Catherine Kieruzel
5:00pm: Dr. Joesph Mowad; Anita Caputo; Aldo Raganelli; Katy Hoch Rogers
Sunday, July 3, 2022:
8:00am: Andrew & Barbara Thomsen; Cimarrusti-Valentino Family;
-----------Darwin James DeRosier
10:00am: Peter Kelley Smock; Stephen Menzies; David Craigmile, Sr.
Noon: Ryan Stoll; George Hershey; Dottie & Ollie Corra
If you would like to request a special Mass Intention, please email our Parish Receptionists at: receptionist@churchofstmary.org and they will kindly assist you!
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“For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters. But do not use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh; rather serve one another through love.” --------------------(GALATIANS 5:13)
We like to celebrate the fact that we are free to “live the good life.” But Jesus calls us to a different kind of freedom. St. Paul reminds us that Jesus sets us free so that we can serve one another, share our gifts and promote God’s work here on earth to glorify His name and not honor ourselves.
Sunday Collection-------------------------------------------Actual----------------Budgeted------Surplus/(Shortfall)
June 19, 2022-------------------------------------------------- $31,910------------ -- $22,000 ---- --------$9,910
Total Sunday Collections Fiscal 2022 YTD--------- $1,268,987------------$1,078,000 ------------$190,987
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THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY
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We are grateful for the outpouring of support from parishioners while we navigate financially. Thank you for continuing to support your parish as well as our sharing parish, Most Blessed Trinity. Thank you for mailing your contribution to the Parish Office or scheduling your online donation. Offertory basket will be made available during Sunday Public Masses as well for your offering.
Ways To Give
+ Drop in the Offertory Basket during Public Mass at the end of Mass
+ Mail Your Contribution:
----- Church of St. Mary
----- c/o Business Office
-----201 E. Illinois
-----Lake Forest, IL 60045
+ Online Giving:
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Schedule your recurring donations via our online Giving safe and secure portal, GiveCentral Go to: Church of St. Mary GiveCentral or click the image to the left.
Thank you!
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Church of St. Mary Website
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Information on our Mass Schedule, Sacraments, School, Religious Education, Youth Ministry, Guild of St. Mary, Liturgical Ministries, Bible Study, RCIA, Bulletins, Gospel Reading Podcasts, Homily Podcasts, and more can all be found on our webpage.
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