st. Albert the Great Parish 8000 south Linder avenue, BURBANK, ILLINOIS 60459 FOURTH Sunday of advent, December 18, 2016
MASS INTENTIONS Monday, December 19, 2016 6:30 am + Louis & Adeline Bal 7:30 am + Izabella Jankowska 8:30 am - For All Parishioners Tuesday, December 20, 2016 6:30 am - For All Parishioners 7:30 am - Krystyna & Andrzej Plewa - Blessing for Safe Trip + Stanislaw Wysocki 8:30 am + Robert Paulus Wednesday, December 21, 2016 6:30 am - Denise Marek - Blessing for Succesful Surgery 7:30 am + Anna Stopka, + Jan Strama 8:30 am + For All Deceased Parishioners Thursday, December 22, 2016 6:30 am + Mary Westberg 7:30 am + Felicja Marciniak 8:30 am + Fr. Robert Stepek 7:00 pm - PARISH HOLY HOUR (in the Adoration Chapel) Friday, December 23, 2016 6:30 am - For All Parishioners 7:30 am + Maksymilian Borkowski 8:30 am - For All Parishioners 7:00 pm - Sim Bang Gabi Mass Saturday, December 24, 2016 7:30 am - Krystyna Kaplan - Blessing for Succesful Surgery 8:30 am - For All Parishioners 4:00 pm + Mary & Joseph Trojak, + Kyle Vasquez + Ted & Minnie Grasseschi, + Hank Ruban + Alexander & Cecilia, + Norbert Mikrut 8:00 pm + Mieczyslaw Antol 10:00 pm + Andrzej & Eugeniusz Ozlanski + Jan Maziarz, + Marek Maziarz 12:00 am + Ann Bartlaga, + John & Alfreda Placzek - Guy & Adelina Cesario - Blessing Sunday, December 25, 2016 6:15 am + Stanislaw & Ludwina Lukanus + Jan & Maria Obrochta 7:30 am + Marietta & Carmine Cesario - Guy & Adelina Cesario - Blessing + Salvatore & Rosaria Sturino, + Alice Gajos + Ercole & Inncoenza Sturino, + Sean Murphy 9:00 am + Stella Milarczyk, + Evelyn & Vito Mattera + Chris Janowiak, + Danuta Bryniarska + Maria Kowalczyk 10:30 am + Stanislaw & Ludwina Lukanus + Zofia & Jan Szewczyk, + Adam Szewczyk + Leon & Sophie Latocha, + Wladyslaw Mietus 12:00 pm - For All Parishioners, + Helen Jasinski + Margaret Kasper & Family 1:30 pm + Tadeusz Szczepanski, + Bronislawa Kula 5:00 pm + Marek Maziarz, + Aniela Bielanska 6:30 pm + Enrique Madrigal Jr. SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Tuesday: St. Peter Canisius; Winter Solstice Thursday: St. John of Kanty Friday: The Vigil of Christmas Saturday: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Page 2 Christmas Sharing Program Please keep in mind that ALL GIFTS for the children whose names appear on the paper ornaments on our Sharing Tree are due NO LATER than Sunday, December 18th, 5:00 p.m. The gift may be a toy or an article of clothing $15.00-$20.00 TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION By now, the first Christmas carols are heard in the home, but usually not yet in church. What is a carol anyway? Originally, a carol was any kind of communal song sung at a festival such as a harvest. By the thirteenth century or so, carols were associated with household celebrations. Carol comes from the Old French carula, meaning a circular dance. Carols weren t for church, since the language of liturgy was Latin and the carols were in the common language. Their characteristic sound comes from medieval chord patterns, and they often have strong refrains for everyone to sing. Even in the churches of the Reformation, carols didn t make it into church services until the 1870s or so, since there was a preference for psalms. Anglicans resisted popular carols; most of our beloved carols came via the Methodists, an offshoot of the Church of England. The Catholic Church generally didn t admit carols to liturgy either, but we didn t make laws against them. We are told that the beloved carol Silent Night comes from Catholic Austria and a harried parish music director. Joseph Mohr, the priest of St. Nicholas in Oberndorf, had written the words in 1816, but offered them to his music director, Franz Gruber, when the church s organ broke. Mohr asked him to write a melody that could be played on guitar as a prelude to Mass. Gruber finished the tune just hours before midnight Mass in 1818. The people were shocked to hear a guitar in church, but were charmed by the sweet lullaby. The church was swept away by a flood in the 1990s and the village later relocated, but the townspeople have set up the Silent Night Memorial Chapel at the site. Today the carol is in print in some three hundred languages. How wonderful that the pipe organ broke on that night! Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. Let Us Pray for the Sick Ken Shipman, Janice Krzyskowski, Frank Hernandez, Karen LoRusso, Denise Marek, Denise & Rich Jandura, Imelda Gomez, Serena Loyola, Alice Dulce, Shirley McVane, Carl Demma, Tom Baguio, Meg A. Radcliff, Mary Owens, Margaret Geinosky, Bernice Hylaszek, Theresa Stanislawek, Joshua Szymanek, Karen Hock, Lefteri Prvett, Linca Mazgaj, Bernard Michalewicz, Bartel Amato, Tom Grogan, Smykowski, Sally Busee, Daniel Gabala, Bernadine Hainswoth - Miller, Sarah Busse, Dorothy Rapacz, Flora Mortell, Rubio, Rev. Thomas Mescall, Nancy & Wayne Kinzie, Marie King Doyle, Johanna Pusateri, Marilyn Buchalski, Bernice Ciszek, Diane and Robert Juris, Salvatore Bottari, Theresa Lonski, Alex Silverman, Hedderman Family, Cheryl Korosa, Mary Ann Riccio, Marcel Pineda, Rosemarie Flanagan. For the Deceased: Susan Fritz, Raymond Fritz Sr., Kazimierz Laz, Jean Berngen.
From the Pastor s Desk Dear Friends! This is the last week of Advent, and the last week for spiritual preparation for Christmas. These upcoming days are going to be very intense. Starting tomorrow (Monday) we begin the decoration of our Church and the parish property. Every day St. Albert s priests help with celebration of the Sacrament of Holy Confession in other parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago. This coming Tuesday and Wednesday we will celebrate Sacrament of Reconciliation in our own parish (Tuesday in English and on Wednesday in Polish). On this occasion, we would like to thank all visiting priests for their help in this sacramental Ministry. A poet; Adam Mickiewicz wrote these meaningful words: "do you believe that God was born in the stable in a Bethlehem Manger, but woe to you, if it not be born within you". Please remember that the infant Jesus wishes to be born in us, in our hearts, families and the parish community. Therefore, we invite all of you to take advantage of the sacrament of Holy Confession. Just think, in one week the Christmas holiday will be here. Please, spend it and enjoy it with us, in our "Parish of Bethlehem." Please, join us with your family, relatives, friends, colleagues, neighbors and guests. Remember that this Church is always your second home. Here, together we go through and share our joys and our sorrows. Please, support St. Albert the Great Church not only by prayer but also with your material Christmas gift (Special Christmas offering envelopes can be found in the back of the church). Because of your support this parish community will be able to continue to grow for the glory of the infant Jesus and benefit its people. Therefore, see you all at "Albert s" during the beautiful family holiday, where "heaven connects with the earth"! "Jesus, I trust in You"! Fr. Mariusz. SUMMONED BY GOD As Christmas draws near, Advent s scriptures lure us into a world of dreams, signs, wonders, and the miracle of the virgin birth. Too often we allow the great stories of our faith, the ones that are most familiar, simply to wash over us. Today s Gospel account of the events leading up to the birth of the Lord reads like a present-day soap opera. Yet Joseph s courage, even in the midst of what must have been an incredibly confusing time, provides a model for us. Each week, we are summoned by God to embrace the way of goodness and truth through the proclamation of God s holy word. Like Joseph, we are called to do as the Lord commands us. As we stand at the threshold of Christmas, let us have the courage to be open to whatever it is that the Lord will require of us as we celebrate the miracle of Bethlehem.Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. Page 3 ******CHRISTMAS DAY SECOND COLLECTION****** Dear Parishioners and Visitors, The Christmas season is for most of us a time of great joy. It affords us the opportunity to share with our friends and loved ones the many bounties we have received during the year. It should also afford to us the opportunity of showing our gratitude to the Lord for many blessing we have received. We best show this gratitude through our works, deeds and actions. We can also share with the Lord a portion of our material benefits through a generous offering through His Church. The offerings received at this time of year are extremely important. May we suggest that if possible, each family try to contribute $100.00 in the Christmas collection. This material gift enables your parish to carry on the spiritual programs aimed toward the Christian fulfillment of all of our parish family. Fr. Mariusz & the Parish Pastoral Council. CHRISTMAS CHILDREN It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas. Charles Dickens Ministry of Care Anyone in our parish that is sick or homebound, and would like to receive Holy Communion, please call the parish office and request a visit from the Minister of Care. Wedding Banns II - Matthew Mueller & Lauren Klenn
Reconciliation / Confessions Schedule Tuesday, December 20, 2016 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. English Wednesday, December 21, 2016 11:00 am -1:00 pm Polish 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Polish Saturday, December 24, 2016 Christmas Eve 4:00 p.m. Mass in English 8:00 p.m. Mass in Polish 10:00 p.m. Mass in Polish Mid-Night Mass in English ***SIM BANG GABI MASS*** Simbang Gabi is a Filipino Catholic tradition of celebrating a Novena of Advent evening Masses. It is a spiritual preparation for the grace-filled celebration of Christmas. Please join us for the final Mass at St. Albert s with Bishop Andrew Wypych presiding - Friday, December 23, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, December 25, 2016 The Nativity of the Lord - Christmas Day 6:15 a.m. Mass in Polish 7:30 a.m. Mass in English 9:00 a.m. Mass in English 10:30 a.m. Mass in English & Polish 12:00 p.m. Mass in English 1:30 p.m. Mass in Polish 5:00 p.m. Mass in Polish 6:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish Tree of Life The Tree od Life is located in the back of the church at our Lady of Czestochowa Shrine. You can establish a beautiful memorial to a loved one by inscribing a leaf with his or her name. The donation for a leaf is $300.00. Donation for a larger memorial leaf is $1,000.00. The money collected is used for the maintenance of the church property. More information and order forms are available in the parish office. St. Albert the Great School is holding a COAT DRIVE. Donations of clean, gently used coats of all types and sizes are accepted in the school until December 20th, 2016. DONATION STATEMENTS FOR 2016 After December all past due donation envelopes will be entered for January 2017. Statements will be mailed out to all parishioners that requested statements in the past years. If this will be a new parishioner s first request for donation statement, please call the parish office at 708-423-0321. Monday, December 26, 2016 St. Stephen the Martyr 6:30 a.m. Mass in English 7:30 a.m. Mass in Polish 8:30 a.m. Mass in English 12:00 p.m. Mass in Polish 7:00 p.m. Mass in Polish Saturday, December 31, 2016 New Year s Eve 5:00 p.m. Mass in English 7:00 p.m. Mass in Polish Sunday, January 1, 2017 New Year s Day 6:15 a.m. Mass in Polish 7:30 a.m. Mass in English 9:00 a.m. Mass in English 10:30 a.m. Mass in English & Polish 12:00 p.m. Mass in English 1:30 p.m. Mass in Polish 5:00 p.m. Mass in Polish 6:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish Our Weekly Offering FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION DECEMBER 8, 2016 $3,743.00 DECEMBER 11, 2016 $13,541.00 5:00PM $3,024.00 6:15AM $ 707.00 7:30AM $ 938.00 9:00AM $1,160.00 10:30AM $2,095.00 12:00PM $1,431.00 1:30PM $1,651.00 5:00PM $ 996.00 6:30PM $ 578.00 Children Envelopes $ 241.00 Mail In $ 720.00 Religious Retirement $5,490.50 Thank you to all who support our parish. Our next Baptism Preparation Class will be held on Thursday, December 29th at 7:00 pm in the parish office building. This class is a requirement for parents who have made arrangements to have their child baptized. Page 4
Page 5 Z biurka Ks. Proboszcza Drodzy Parafianie, Przed nami ostatni tydzień czasu adwentu i ostatnie duchowe i nie tylko przygotowania do Świąt Bożego Narodzenia. Te nadchodzące dni są naprawdę bardzo intensywne. Od jutra tj. poniedziałku zaczynamy świątecznie dekorować nasz kościół i otoczenie wokół niego. Każdego dnia, my kapłani pomagamy innym wspólnotom parafialnym w sprawowaniu sakramentu spowiedzi świętej. W nadchodzący wtorek i w środę także i w naszej parafii będziemy sprawować skrament pokuty (wtorek w języku angielskim i w środę w języku polskim). Przy tej okazji serdecznie dziękuje wszystkim kapłanom za pomoc w sprawowaniu tej sakramentalnej posługi. Adam Mickiewicz napisał kiedyś piękne i wymowne słowa: wierzysz, że Bóg zrodził się w Betlejemskim żłobie, lecz biada ci, jeżeli nie narodzi się w Tobie. Pamiętajmy zawsze, że Dzieciątko Jezus pragnie narodzić się w nas, w naszych sercach, rodzinach i wspólnocie parafialnej. Dlatego serdecznie was wszystkich zachęcam i zapraszam do jak najliczniejszego skorzystania z sakramentu spowiedzi świętej. Pomyśl, już za tydzień Święta Bożego Narodzenia. Proszę, przeżyj je razem z nami w naszym Parafialnym Betlejem. Bądź z nami tutaj w kościele św. Alberta Wielkiego w Burbank. Bądź z nami z twoją kochajacą rodziną, krewnymi, przyjaciółmi, znajomymi, sąsiadami i gośćmi. Pamiętaj, że ten kościół jest na zawsze twoim drugim domem. Tutaj często wspólnie razem przeżywamy nasze radości smutki. Dlatego pamiętaj o tym kościele, wesprzyj go nie tylko modlitwą, ale również wesprzyj go swoim materialnym świątecznym darem (specjalne kopertki na ten cel możemy zabrać ze sobą w tyle naszego kościoła). Dzięki twojemu wsparciu ta świątynia i ta wspólnota parafialna będzie się wciąż rozwijać i wzrastać na chwałę Dzieciątka Jezus i pożytek ludzi. A zatem do zobaczenie u Alberta w te nadchodzące świąteczne, rodzinne i piękne dni, gdzie niebo łączy się z ziemią! SPOWIEDŹ ŚWIĄTECZNA Wtorek 20-go Grudnia, 2016 w jęz. angielskim 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Środa 21-go Grudnia, 2016 w jęz. polskim od godz. 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Złote Myśli Gdybyśmy zawsze z otwartym sercem przyjmowali dobro, które nam Bóg na każdy dzień gotuje, mielibyśmy także dość siły, by znieść zło, jeśli się zdarzy. Jest taki czas, co łzy w śmiech zmienia, jest taka moc, co smutek w radość przemienia, jest taka siła, co spełnia marzenia... To właśnie magia Świąt Bożego Narodzenia. Jezu, ufam Tobie! Ks. Mariusz. SOBOTA 24-GO GRUDNIA, 2016 - WIGILIA BOŻEGO NARODZENIA 7:30 a.m. Roraty w jęz. polskim 8:00 p.m. Pasterka Dziecięca w jęz. polskim 10:00 p.m. Pasterka w jęz. polskim Kolędy przed Pasterką - Zapraszamy! NIEDZIELA 25-GO GRUDNIA 2016 - BOŻE NARODZENIE 6:15 a.m. Msza Św. w jęz. polskim, 10:30 a.m. Msza Św. w jęz. angielskim i polskim 1:30 p.m. Msza Św. w jęz. polskim 5:00 p.m. Msza Św. w jęz. polskim PONIEDZIAŁEK, 26-GO GRUDNIA, 2016 ŚW. SZCZEPANA MĘCZENNIKA Msze Św. w jęz. polskim: 7:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. Szkoła Św. Alberta prowadzi zbiórkę używanych, czystych płaszczy o różnych rozmiarach. Donacje można składać w szkole do 21-go grudnia 2016. Klub Polonia przy parafii Św. Alberta zaprasza serdecznie na Zabawę Sylwestrową w sali pod kościołem. Rozpoczynamy Mszą Św. 31-go grudnia o godz. 7:00 pm. o godz. 8:30 pm. będzie podany gorący obiad. Grać będzie zespół Chris Band. Cena biletu od osoby dorosłej $60.00, dzieci $20.00. Szampan, zakąski, słodki stół - wliczone w cenę biletu.
Saint Albert the Great Parish REV. MARIUSZ NAWALANIEC, PASTOR, REV. JAMES BEATH, ASSOCIATE PASTOR, REV. LESLAW PREBENDOWSKI SCh., ASSOCIATE PASTOR REV. WOJCIECH OLEKSY, ASSOCIATE PASTOR, IRVIN A. BRYCE, JR., PERMANENT DEACON RAYMUNDO DIAZ DE LEON, PERMANENT DEACON, MISSIONARY SISTERS OF CHRIST THE KING: SR. WERONIKA ILNICKA, SR. MARIA NIWA, SR. AGNIESZKA KORTIAK PARISH OFFICE....(708)423-0321 BIURO PARAFIALNEpo polsku....(708)423-0321 For Sacraments of Baptism, Marriage, parish registration, convert instruction, prolonged illness at home. PARISH WEBSITE www.stalbertgreat.com E-MAIL stalbert@archchicago.org PARISH BOUNDARIES North-75th St. East-Cicero, West-Narragansett South-87th St. (Cicero to Austin) 83rd St. (Austin to Narragansett) MINISTRY OF CARE. (708)423-0321 Deacon Irvin A. Bryce Jr. PRAYER NETWORK...(708)966-4068 Mrs. Marlene Rybicki ST. ALBERT THE GREAT SCHOOL.(708)424-7757 5535 West State Road Mrs. Jodi McLawhorn, Principal www.stalbertthegreatschool.com ST. ALBERT THE GREAT LANGUAGE PROGRAM FR. IGNACY POSADZY.(708) 423-5714 www.szkolaksignacego.com E-MAIL polska@szkolaksignacego.com CCD OFFICE...(708)636-0406 5535 West State Road, Burbank, Il. MASSES SATURDAY 5:00 PM Sunday Obligation (English) SUNDAY 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 12:00 PM (English) 10:30 AM (English-Polish) 6:15 AM, 1:30 PM and 5:00 PM (Polish), 6:30 PM (Spanish) WEEKDAY MASSES (Monday-Friday) 6:30 AM, 8:30 AM (English), 7:30 AM (Polish) SATURDAY MASS 7:30 AM ( Polish) 8:30 AM (English) SACRED HEART ADORATION CHAPEL Open 7 day a week from 8:30AM to 8:30 PM FIRST FRIDAY Bilingual Confessions 4:30-6:00PM, 6:00 PM Mass (Polish) HOLY DAYS Please refer to schedules printed in the bulletin prior to the Holiday. Vigil Mass - 7:00 PM (evening before Holy Day) SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday 4:00-4:45 PM SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM 1st, 2nd, 3rd Sundays at 3:15 PM Baptismal Preparation Class Last Monday of month at 7:00 PM Parish registration and attendance at the Baptismal Preparation Class are required prior to Baptism. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE All wedding arrangements must be made with a parish priest at least 6 months prior to scheduled date. Times of marriages are as follows: Saturday 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM, Sunday - no weddings For more pictures and information visit our website: www.stalbertthegreatschool.com Follow us on Twitter: @SATG_School Thank you St. Nicholas for visiting our School. Kindergarten learning about Advent. Facebook: StAlbertTheGreatCatholicSchool Fr. Leslaw with our Preschoolers. One Faith, One Family, One Future!