Liturgy News
August 8-14, 2022
August 14th is the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Masses for this week:  
Daily Mass: Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., - Fr. Joe; Wed., 8/3 – Fr. Ed Panek
Saturday, August 13, 5:00pm; presider is Fr.Ed Panek

Sunday, August 14, 8:30am; presider is Fr. Joe; with Parking Lot Participation
Sunday, August 14, 11:00am; presider is Fr. Joe; with Live Stream
Blessing of the Backpacks at Aug. 14, 11am Mass. For ALL students.
Thank you to everyone who made our celebration of the Feast of St. Alphonsus and our Parish Picnic a great success! 

It was a wonderful weekend for our parish and we look forward to celebrating St. Alphonsus again next year!
If you are celebrating your 50th wedding anniversary this year, you are invited to participate in the Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass at Holy Name Cathedral on September 18th. Registration is through the Archdiocese website, or please feel welcomed to contact the Parish Office and we can help you to get registered.
St. Al’s school currently has openings for a full-time kindergarten teacher and part-time lunch, library, and after-school-care staff. 
Please contact Dr. Peter Trumblay , 847-255-5538 if you are interested.
A Mass of Healing and Hope for Families who have Lost a Child will be held on Saturday, August 20th at 1pm at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Please see the Community Events page in the bulletin for more details.
Registration for Religious Education is open.
Information and a link to registration are here.
Our School is still registering students for the 2022-23 academic year. We would love to welcome your children and grandchildren, nieces and nephews to grow in faith, leadership, academics, and service here as St. Alphonsus Chargers. 
Scholarship funds are still available.
Materials are available in the narthex.
Mass for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be on
Monday, August 15, at 8:15am. 

This Feast is not a holy day of obligation this year.
Learn about about St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) whose Feast Day is Tuesday, August 9th. 
(Did you know that Edith was Jewish and stopped believing in God as a teenager?)
Find out more here.  

This Year of Eucharistic Revival is a great time to refresh your knowledge on the Catholic Mass. 
The Mass is the most important means of worship and source of grace in our Catholic faith.
Here are some quick and easy videos to increase our understanding of the Catholic Mass:
o  from Catholic Central, a fun and short (9 min) video: The Mass
o  from the Diocese of Witchita, a little deeper dive (13 min): The Mass Explained
o  an even deeper dive with Dr. Scott Hahn: Dr. Scott Hahn - "Understanding the Mass through Sacred Scripture"
May St. Dominic, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, St. Lawrence, St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Pope St. Pontian and St. Hippolytus intercede to God on your behalf this week.

Prayers of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)



Her Feast Day is August 9th

O Prince of Peace, to all who receive You, You bright light and peace. Help me to live in daily contact with You, listening to the words You have spoken and obeying them. O Divine Child, I place my hands in Yours; I shall follow You. Oh, let Your divine life flow into me.
I will go unto the altar of God. It is not myself and my tiny little affairs that matter here, but the great sacrifice of atonement. I surrender myself entirely to Your divine will, O Lord. Make my heart grow greater and wider, out of itself into the Divine Life.
O my God, fill my soul with holy joy, courage and strength to serve You. Enkindle Your love in me and then walk with me along the next stretch of road before me. I do not see very far ahead, but when I have arrived where the horizon now closes down, a new prospect will open before me and I shall met with peace.
How wondrous are the marvels of your love, We are amazed, we stammer and grow dumb, for word and spirit fail us.


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