St. William 2600 N. Sayre Avenue, Chicago, IL 60707 Phone: 773/637-6565 Fax: 773/637-7042 \RECTORY STAFF Rev. Robert J. Lojek, Pastor - ext. 102 Fr. Stanislaw Czarnecki, S.J. - ext. 112 Fr. Jarek Maciejewski, Assoc.-ext. 114 Deacon Edward Simola Deacon John Ponce De Leon Peggy Forgione, Principal - School-102 Monika Wawrzyniak, Bus Mgr.- ext 103 Julie Gorski, Rel Ed. - 630/697-7294 Sister Patrycja, Night Reception ext 101 Kathy Rudy, Secretary-ext. 0 email: kathyrudy2@yahoo.com RECTORY HOURS: Monday - Friday: 9:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Closed Tuesday morning until 12:00) (Closed daily 1:00 2:00pm -Lunch) Evening Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Closed Thursday) Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon RECTORY OFFICE: 773/637-6565 RECTORY FAX: 773/637-7042 SCHOOL OFFICE: 773/637-5130 SCHOOL HOURS: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. SCHOOL FAX: 773/745-4208 SCHOOL WEB: stwilliamschool.org *** EW PARISH WEB SITE: www.saintwilliamparish.org Archdiocese of Chicago Archbishop Quigley Center Christmas 2015 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, A Blessed Christmas to you all. My greeting comes at a time marked by sad and troubling news for our city, our nation and our world. The joyful news of Christmas competes in these days with stories of street violence in our city, of wars, conflicts and acts of terrorism throughout the world including in our own nation. As people of faith, we must read these signs of the times. As we do so, Christmas gives us a proper perspective: the sadness of violence and war does not have the last word. God has come to save us, for we cannot save ourselves. The savior born to us raises us up from darkness and brings us into his own wonderful light. One of the Christmas readings taken from Paul s letter to Titus says this: When the kindness and generous love of God our savior appeared, not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy, he saved us Titus 3:4-5 We hear those words because of his mercy, especially as we celebrate the Jubilee of Mercy this year. The challenge for us is not just to believe that God is merciful, but also to believe that God is merciful to us and that God is blessing us with his mercy precisely at this very moment, and in the limited circumstances of our lives and relationships. When we accept that mercy, we will be transformed and become the merciful light of God in a dark and cold world. Then, our own works of mercy will, in turn, bring hope, healing, and renewal, just as God s mercy has done for us. May God bless you and your families with his mercy and enable you to be the hands of his mercy in our world. Sincerely yours in Christ, Most Reverend Blase J. Cupich Archbishop of Chicago December 20, 2015 *** 4th Sunday of Advent
St. William December 20, 2015 MASS INTENTIONS LITURGICAL CELEBRATION SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT 7:30am Frances Penda Forlano EUCHARISTIC LITURGY: Saturday: 8:15 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. 9:00am Florence Wajda Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am, 12:00pm & Polish at 10:30am Zofia Paszczynski 10:30am & 2:00pm Bogu Wiadomej Monday - Saturday: 8:15 a.m. Mass with rosary 12:00pm Josephine Esker starting at 7:30 a.m. 2:00pm Jozef Koszut & Zofia Modla Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Jozef Czyz Wednesday after English & Polish Mass Sabina & Tadeusz Krysiak & Family Polish Mass: Wednesday & Friday 7:00 p.m. Civic Holidays: 8:15 a.m. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: 8:15am Placido Buniao Jr. Awilda Melendez Every Thursday: (Noon Mass), Noon 5:30p.m. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22 8:15am Mary O'Connor WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 8:15am Casey Pietrzyk Angie Ricchio Attilio Ricchio James Kmiecik-Birth Rem. 7:00pm Polish THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 CHRISTMAS EVE 8:15am Poor Souls in Purgatory 4:30pm 9:00pm Polish 12:00am Midnight Anne Birka Rose Giunti Frances Brown Margareta Friedrich Death Anniv. Florence Wajda Mary Kilian Lillian & Florian Piekarski William & Denise Burke John, Tom Rush, Laura, Chuck Rye, Art Joe Rush 1 Year Death Anniv. Jinger Rush-Good Health Blessings Jozef Koszut & Zofia Modla Czeslaw Slezak Janusz Slezak Jozef Sobus Zdzislaw Chylka Jozef Matoniak Happy Birthday! Cecylia & Monika Good Health Blessings Spiewak Family-God s Blessings Deceased of Kubalanza & Sipp Families Jenny, Oscar, Mario, Ruperta Arceo Gervasia & Aspren de Veyra Mary & John Marlovitz Kissane, Storto, Valentino Families Isabel & Dick Thomas Milie & Ken Hall William Marlovitz Madge Curylo John Marlovitz Florence Wajda Continued RECTORY HOURS: Daytime: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00am 4:30pm. Rectory Closed EVERY TUESDAY MOR I G Tuesday open from oon-1:00 & 2:00-4:30pm Mon. Fri. closed from 1:00 2:00pm for lunch Evening Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, & Fri. from 6 8pm, and Saturday 10am 12 (Noon). THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 CHRISTMAS EVE Orrico, Ricchio & Veronico Families Natalina Kass -101st Birthday Blessings! FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25 CHRISTMAS 9:00am Francesco Petrungaro Helen Poctowski Birth Rem. Francesca & Antonino Lupo Concetta & Giuseppe Speacle Joseph Grasso Family Orrico, Ricchio & Veronico Families 10:30am Jozef Koszut & Zofia Modla Polish Jerzy Opalinski Wanda Sredniawa Teresa & Eugeniusz Dulkowski 12:00pm Noon Leonard Storto 2:00pm Jozef Koszut & Zofia Modla Polish Zdzislaw Chylka Zofia Paszczynski Jozef & Anna Matoniak & Children-Blessing Anna & Jozef Lojek Blessings SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 8:15am Josephine Esker John & Bernadine Janicek Family 10:30am Zofia Paszczynski Jan & Ludmila 45th Wed Anniv. 4:30pm Emma DeLuca Florence Wajda Harry Nicolini Filippo & Teresa Conte 62nd Wed. Anniv.
St. William ADVERTISER OF THE WEEK: REUTER S BAKERY Thanks for your sponsorship! Page Three WEEK AT A GLANCE Sunday, December 20 8:00AM 1:30pm Blood Drive Liebrich Hall 9:30a-1:30p Religious Ed Rm 302,303,310,312, Library 1:00 3:00pm Teen Youth Group School Rm 209 Monday, December 21 Tuesday, December 22 Wednesday, December 23 6:00 8:00pm Confession- Eng, Ital, Span, Pol -Church Thursday, December 24 Christmas Eve 4:30pm Family Mass Church 9:00pm Polish Mass Church 12:00am Midnight Mass Church Friday, December 25 Christmas 9:00am & 12:00pm Noon Masses Church 10:30am & 2:00pm Polish Masses Church Saturday, December 26 8:15am Mass Church 10:30am Polish Mass Church Stop by the rectory to fill out a Facility Scheduling Form to reserve a room or a Cancellation Form. HOLIDAY BULLETIN & MASS SCHEDULE Bulletin of: Articles due: 12/27 12/14 1/3/16 12//17 **These are the due dates for Mass requests also. FROM DEACON ED: atalina Kass Elzbieta Mital Mary Targosz Maria Hinojosa Dana Oades John Pugliani orma Bode Jinger Rush Sue Coston Donna Ricchio Joel Rivera Dottie Blaska TABERNACLE LIGHTS Katia & Casey Pietrzyk You've been around the block if you've learned...nothing comes free of charge, except dead batteries. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK Amanda Bert Leila Bandy Dolores Piccoli Lizette Del Valle Michelle Petersen Angelo Tufano icholas Goldie Rich Traush Caleb Fisher Ruthanne Gowin Marilyn Berry Joe & Rose Cernack
Page Four 7th & 8th GRADE NEWS The 7th and 8th grade students are busy learning about economics! As part of the Big Shoulder s Stock Market Program, the students take part in a monthly classroom meeting with a professional investment banker. Last month the classes broke into teams and chose a total of five stocks to track over the course of the school year. St. William EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO GIVE St. William Boy Scout Troop 49 is holding an Eagle Scout Project by Patrick Steppan to collect art supplies for Shriner s Hospital for Children. We are collecting art supplies such as colored pencils, markers, crayons, coloring books, acrylic or watercolor paints, paint brushes, canvases, white and colored chalk, Play-Doh, and new or lightly used coloring books to donate to the hospital. Collection bins will be placed at all four exits of the church.we will be collecting through Sunday, December 20th. BLOOD DRIVE - TODAY! The classes recently used our school ipads to develop practical, monthly budgets, based on their potential, future earnings. Researching items like rent, transportation, insurance, and food costs gave them some practical idea of the economics of living. The Junior High also learned about the economics of farming, with another of their Agriculture in the Classroom activities. This month we Skyped with our Ag in the Classroom teacher, who taught the class about cost, yield and profit concerning corn crops. After the initial instruction, she played a corn crop game with the entire class. The students represented ordinary farmers. By using draw cards that depicted various factors such as weather, consumer demand, insects etc., the students were able to play-out several actual situations that farmers must deal with every year. The classes are really enjoying learning about the world of economics! Today, December 20th there will be a blood drive from 8:30am 12:30pm in Liebrich Hall. Walk-ins welcome, just bring your photo ID. All blood donors will receive a special long sleeve t-shirt. Give the gift of LIFE! There is much more need for blood during the holidays because there are many more accidents. Please help, you never know, the life you save could be your own.
St. William Dear Parishioners, The Christmas Gospels speak to us of a family, rejoicing at a child s birth, their lives uniquely affected by God s presence in their midst, responding with faith and trust to their special role in the history of salvation. The example of the Holy Family inspires us as we celebrate Christmas. As they rejoice at Jesus birth, so too do we, remembering the new divine life made possible by Jesus life on earth. To all I extend my prayerful best wishes for a joyous and blessed Christmas. I am deeply grateful to all of you for all that is being accomplished in the life of the parish. As I ask your prayers, I assure you of mine, that in the New Year we, who are God s family on earth, may serve Him with gladness. Sincerely in Christ Fr. Robert Lojek CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR S SCHEDULE CO FESSIO S Wednesday, December 23rd English, Italian, Spanish & Polish 6:00 8:00 P.M. CHRISTMAS EVE Thursday, December 24th 4:30 P.M. Family Mass English 9:00 P.M. Polish 12:00 A.M. Midnight English CHRISTMAS DAY Friday, December 25th 9:00 A.M. & 12:00 P.M. Noon English 10:30 A.M. & 2:00 P.M. Polish DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS Saturday, December 26th 8:15 A.M. English 10:30 A.M. Polish 4:30 P.M. Mass of Anticipation EW YEAR S EVE Thursday, December 31st 4:30 P.M. English 7:00 P.M. Polish EW YEAR S DAY Friday, January 1, 2016 9:00 A.M. & 12:00 P.M. Noon English 10:30 A.M. & 6:00 P.M. Polish Page Five Have you ever wondered about the beautiful mosaic that is behind the altar in our church? It is called a reredos and the artist who made it is Peter Recker along with Conrad Schmidt Studio. The title of this mosaic is the Shroud of Turin. The shroud drapes down in the shape of a triangle. This image is to remind us of the Holy Trinity-the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The golden orb behind the shroud represents the unity of God. The rays coming from the orb show us God s glory, beauty, and majesty. A line divides the reredos in half. The blue half is the time before our redemption and has the serpent in the lower right corner which is a reminder of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The rising symbols show the prayer of the people going up to God. On the silver half is the Star of Bethlehem which is god s answer to the prayers of His people. Enjoy this beautiful work of art in our church. ST WILLIAM PARISH BRICK GARDEN - WALK A PATH OF FAITH In May of 2016, our parish will be graced with a grotto dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes. Leading up to the grotto will be a brick pathway with loving and everlasting tributes to parishioners, friends, family members; and the memory of loved ones. Be a part of history by purchasing a brick in your name, for a child, friend or in memory of. The bricks are laser engraved for lasting durability and will be displayed in a lovely garden atmosphere. Remember, you can always order more than one, and they will make a great Christmas gift. The cost is: $100.00 for a 4 x8 Brick; or $150.00 for an 8 x8 brick. Forms will be available in church or via a link through the St. William Website: saintwilliamparish.org; or you can refer questions to Helen Ponce de Leon @ 773.951.5799 or Julie Gorski @ 630.697.7294; or Mary Therese Oliver 708-308- 5739.
Page Six Ministry Schedule for the Weekend of December 26 & 27, 2015 St. William Saturday 4:30pm 12/26/15 Sunday 7:30am Sunday 9:00am Sunday-Polish 10:30am Sunday 12:00pm Sunday-Polish 2:00pm Priest Fr. Stan Fr. Robert Fr. Stan Fr. Jarek Fr. Stan Fr. Jarek Deacon J. Ponce de Leon E. Simola Lectors L. Steppan M. Oliver A. Rodriguez A. Pajak A. Haraburda Eucharistic Ministers M. Samocki C. Konrath Priest M. Kelly T. Robertson D. Dewbray M. Fleischhacker H. Ponce de Leon P. Peraino B. Hosek M. Matz Priest J. Collins J. Bassi M. Konrath G. Sadon T. Zejer Lu Consolino D. Storto K. Klinicki A. Storto Altar Servers R. Konrath A. Steppan J. Lazalde M. Gallagher T. Gallagher A. Perez I. Armenta D. Tabarez C. Budimir J. Kieta K. Lygan B. Landowski M. Fernandez K. Fernandez N. Marquez D. Szara D. Chudy K. Kowalkowski OPLATEK MASS, DINNER & CHRISTMAS SONGS Join us for the Polish tradition Oplatek Party on January 10, 2016, at 3:00pm in Liebrich Hall, starting with Mass in church at 2:00pm. After mass we will celebrate the Christmas season with an authentic Polish dinner and then English and Polish Christmas Carols, songs and fellowship. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the rectory. Any questions, please call Fr. Stan at 773/637-6565 ext. 104. Kurs Przedmałżeński w Parafii Św. Williama Kolejny kurs przygotowujący młode pary do zawarcia Sakramentu Małżeństwa odbędzie sie w naszej parafii 17 Stycznia, 2016 roku po polskiej Mszy świętej o godzinie 2:00 PM. Po więcej informacji prosimy dzwonic pod numer 1 773 637 6565 wew 102. ŚWIĄTECZ E SPOTKA IE OPŁATOWE W bożonarodzeniowym okresie serdecznie zapraszamy wszystkich Parafian, Przyjaciół i Sympatyków na spotkanie opłatkowo-ostatkowe w Parafii św. Williama, które odbędzie się w niedzielę, 10 stycznia 2016. Spotkanie rozpoczniemy Mszą Świętą o godz. 2pm, a następnie zapraszamy do sali parafialnej na połamanie się opłatkiem, wyśmienity obiad oraz wspólne kolędowanie w rodzinnej atmosferze. Bilety w cenie $20 można nabywać w biurze parafialnym bądź po polskich Mszach św. w kościele.
BOŻE ARODZE IE ie bójcie się! Oto zwiastuje wam radość wielką, która będzie udziałem całego narodu; dziś w mieście Dawida narodził się wam Zbawiciel, którym jest Mesjasz Pan. Tymi radosnymi słowami z Ewangelii według św. Łukasza, od 2 tysięcy lat kapłani Kościoła w imieniu i z polecenia Boga, jak to uczynił anioł, pozdrawiają wiernych w tę Świętą Noc. Stajemy bowiem przed jedną z najpiękniejszych i najtrudniejszych dla zrozumienia ludzkim umysłem prawd wiary prawdą o Wcieleniu Syna Bożego. Żadne wydarzenie z życia Chrystusa nie jest tak bliskie zwyczajnemu ludzkiemu życiu jak Jego narodzenie. I żadne święto chrześcijańskie nie wkracza tak bezpośrednio do wszystkich ludzkich domów jak Święto Bożego Narodzenia. W uroczysty wieczór wigilijny w domu wytwarza się prawdziwie religijny nastrój. W podniosłym nastroju gromadzimy się wokół stołu: łamiemy opłatkiem, składamy sobie życzenia, jesteśmy dla siebie mili, jesteśmy braćmi. A potem? Potem wychodzimy na spotkanie z nocą inną niż wszystkie, bardzo oczekiwaną. Na spotkanie z nocą kiedy w ciszy przychodzi na świat On Jezus Chrystus. Kiedy narodził się Bóg Człowiek, o radosnym wydarzeniu zawiadomiono najpierw najbliższych. Tej samej nocy Aniołowie zanieśli radosny telegram, jednak nie do krewnych Maryi czy Józefa. Nie wiedziano jeszcze o tym fakcie w świątyni, jeszcze nie doszli Mędrcy z dalekich stron, a już do stajenki przywędrowali pasterze. Właśnie im oznajmił Bóg, o tym, że wkracza w ludzką historię w życie każdego z nas. Ten wielki fakt dokonał się w niezwykle ludzkiej oprawie. Opuszczona grota w zagubionej mieścinie judzkiej, biedna prawie nikomu nieznana Matka, ubogi spracowany Józef, pospolite domowe zwierzęta, gromadka pasterzy i On Dziecię, takie jak wszystkie inne, tylko bardziej od innych biedne a jednak Bóg. Zapraszamy do Parafii sw. Williama na Pasterkę w języku polskim, w czwartek, 24 grudnia, o godz. 21.00.
CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. William Church #947950 2600 N. Sayre Avenue Chicago, IL 60707 TELEPHONE 773 637-6565 EXT. 100 or 0 CONTACT PERSON Kathy Rudy EMAIL: kathyrudy2@yahoo.com SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2007 Adobe Acrobat X Windows 7 PRINTER Ricoh Aficio MP 161 TRANSMISSION TIME Wednesday 3:00PM SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION DECEMBER 20, 2015 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 8 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS