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SAINT ISAAC JOGUES PARISHSAINT ISAAC JOGUES PARISH 8149 Golf Road, Niles, IL 60714 ¨ 847.967.1060 ¨ Fax: 847.967.1070 ¨ Website: http://sij8149 Golf Road, Niles, IL 60714 ¨ 847.967.1060 ¨ Fax: 847.967.1070 ¨ Website: http://sij--parish.com parish.com

If a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it produces much fruit (John 12:20-33)

PALM SUNDAY PASSION OF THE LORD

MARCH 29, 2015

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord March 29, 2015

saved from the Angel of Death or pharaoh’s army at the Red Sea? The dramatic scope of the first Passover fore-shadows our Christian Passover. See in Maundy Thurs-day, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil the continuous flow of divine mercy. The late Peter Mazar’s description of the beginning of the Triduum has always struck me as an invitation to join in the royal progress of the Paschal Mystery.

Once the sun sets on Holy Thursday the entire church is swept into its Passover. Time stops: As wondrously strange as this may seem, we enter eternity. The Christian Passover will not be understood apart from keeping watch, waiting, anticipating. The Paschal Triduum requires of us a liturgical piety that prods us to put everything else aside - - even time itself - - in the presence of awesome mystery.

This year, become more fully party of the “process.” Become part of the “progress” that is both royal and divine. Participate in the awesome mystery of the Triduum.

-Fr. Luczak

“The Triduum is a single celebration of the Paschal Mystery presented over three days, under different aspects.”

-Roman Missal

PASSOVER PROGRESS:

The Sacred Triduum In common parlance, progress means “to move forward or advance . . . to develop to a higher, better or more advanced stage.” But there is another meaning that is more relevant to Holy Week. A progress is also “a roy-al journey marked by pomp and pageantry . . . a state procession . . . an onward movement, toward a goal.” Lent has been a “journey with Jesus.” Holy Week be-gins with a grand spectacle. Palm Sunday welcomes the promised Messiah-King. Waving branches, laying cloaks and other garments before Him, the crowds shout: “Hosanna to the Son of David.” The pageantry is painfully ironic because, in five days the Messiah-King will be driven out of the Holy City to be crucified as a criminal! Ahead of us is the greatest of all miracles - - the Resur-rection. Sometimes we forget that the progress would not be possible without a process. Easter is the climax of a process. The Sacred Triduum is A three day un-folding of the Easter miracle. Why are we uneasy about that? Could it be that we prefer our miracles to break through the ordinary in an instant? Perhaps we do not want the drama of salvation to be such an untidy mys-tery. Do we want a “Deus ex machina”? Classical crit-ics used this term with great scorn. For plays that re-quired the descent of a deity in a chariot to resolve the plot or save a hero were considered weak in internal de-velopment. Such plays were considered neither true nor real. If we separate Easter from the Triduum we want the miracle without its meaning. Imagine the Jewish Passo-ver without the 40 years in the desert. To celebrate the Promised Land without the Covenant . . . would that make sense? Would it make sense not to have been


•The RE classes will gather to pray the Stations of the Cross Monday at 7:15 p.m. in Church. Family members and parishioners are welcome. The prayer will be led by Mrs. Faso’s Confirmation Yr. I Candidates. •Kindergarten RE will not meet on Easter Sunday. We’ll see them on April 12!

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS Adults interested in being baptized, received into the Catholic Church or completing their Catholic Sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation are invited to contact Dee Stanton, 847/966-1180 or [email protected], for more information.

HOLY WEEK SERVICES

Palm/Passion Sunday, March 28 & 29 Sat. 5:00 p.m. Sun. 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. & 12:00 p.m. Holy Thursday, April 02 8:30 a.m. - Morning Prayer 7:30 p.m. - Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper 9:00 p.m. - Pilgrimage to nearby parishes 9:00 p.m. – Midnight Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Good Friday, April 03 8:30 a.m. - Morning Prayer 3:00 p.m. - Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord 7:30 p.m. - Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord Holy Saturday, April 04 8:30 a.m. - Morning Prayer 1:00 p.m. - Blessing of Easter Foods 8:00 p.m. - Easter Vigil followed by Agape Easter Sunday, April 05 Church - 8:00 a.m.,10:00 a.m., & 12:00 p.m. Holy Family Room - 10:00 a.m. & 12:00 p.m.

HOLY THURSDAY PILGRIMAGE

Why, on this night, do we travel from church to church to adore the Lord? It was at the Last Supper Jesus gave us the Eucharist, His Eternal Presence in our lives. He gave us the Eucharist to remind us that He is always with us to help strengthen us as we go about living our lives as his disciples. The Eucharist also points to Christ’s command that we all be one in love for Him and for each other. So, on this night we

travel about to share our celebration of the Holy Eucharist with one another.

Our tradition of making a pilgrimage to other churches on Holy Thursday will take place again this Year. The mass of the Lord’s Supper is at 7:30 p.m. We leave promptly at 9 p.m. and will return to St. Isaac’s to

spend some time in adoration here in our own parish. We do not have a list of churches yet as many parishes tell us they have not yet determined how long they will be open that night.

If you wish to join us, it is necessary to reserve a seat on the bus. It is important to make a reservation ear-ly as we will have just one bus. Please call the Rectory at 847/967-1060 to reserve your place. A donation

of $5 per person is requested to offset the cost of the bus. It will be collected that evening. Please remember we get on and off the bus several times and some of the churches have stairs or are a bit of a

walk from the parking lot to the building.


In many parishes throughout America, there is a special blessing of Easter food called Świenconka or Hallowfare. It usually takes place on Holy Saturday morning or early afternoon. A time honored custom among Catholic and Easter Orthodox Christians, Hallowfare can also be a lesson in Christian symbolism.

Each year, Polish Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and other Eastern European parishioners bring their Easter Bas-kets to Church. What each basket contains varies, but all are richly and carefully laden with food. Food conforming to custom - - richly sweet yeast cakes and bread, butter lambs, garlic sausage, smoked ham, brightly colored eggs, horseradish, salt and wine - - is brought in baskets covered with embroidered cloths and sprigs of boxwood. Less traditional baskets are piled high with colored bunnies, marshmallow chicks and cream filled candy eggs. Such “glorious indulgence” recalls former times when Lent required heroic sacrifice and fasting which excluded meat, eggs and dairy products. The contents of “Easter Baskets” seem to say: “Let the feast begin!”

But traditional baskets proclaim a good deal more. They are a Christian counterpart of the Jewish Seder Plate. The parallel is real “food for thought.”

The correspondence between the Jewish and Christian ritual foods is not coincidental. Both reflect an in-terpretation of a faith experience through a meal that celebrates freedom. The Christian use of symbolic foods seems strongest where the Jewish population was large - - Poland, Russia, Lithuania, and Ukraine. From this it seems likely that traditional Easter Baskets consciously reflect Jewish Passover customs with Christ’s Paschal Mystery as their fulfillment.

ŒWIENCONKA JEWISH SEDER EASTER HALLOWFARE

JEWISH SEDER EASTER BASKET

Shank Bone of the Lamb (Passover Lamb) Ham on the Bone or Sausage (Pork recalls the freedom from Kosher Laws)

Roasted Egg (new life) Colored Eggs (glorified life)

Horseradish Root/Bitter Herbs (bitterness of slavery) Ground Horseradish & Pepper (bitterness of the Lord’s Passion - sorrow for sins)

Salt Water (tears of bondage) Salt (wisdom/tears of the Virgin Mary)

Matzah (unleavened bread of haste) Yeast Bread or Cake (the transforming power of the Resurrec-tion)

Charoset (chopped fruit seen as mortar for the Pharoah’s monuments)

Lamb Cake or Butter (Jesus understood as the Paschal Lamb of the New Covenant)

Wine (joy/happiness blood of the lamb) Wine (Blood of the “Lamb of God”)

The Hallowfare (Świenconka) will take place on Holy Saturday, April 4th at 1:00


COLLECTIONS FOR HOLY THURSDAY

AND GOOD FRIDAY The collection on Holy Thursday is taken up to help those in need and so will be given to our Sharing Par-ish, Maternity BVM, for their fund to help those who come to them for assistance. Without these extra funds, they would be taking from their general parish funds to help those in need. They are very grateful for this extra support. The collection will be taken up at the usual time during the Mass. Every year each parish in the United States takes up a collection on Good Friday, as designated by the Holy Father. This collection helps support the work of the Franciscans in the Holy Land. The money is used to care for the people and places of the Holy Land. This collection keeps Christianity alive in this area made holy by the life, suffering, death and resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Please place your envelopes/donations in the alms boxes at the doors of the church that day. Thank you!

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY: APRIL 12

In 1931 Our Lord appeared to Sr. Faustina Kowalska in a vision and gave her the mission of spreading His message of Mercy to the whole world. Jesus said to her: “Paint an image according to the pattern you see with the signature: `Jesus, I Trust in You’ -- `Jezu, Ufam Tobie.’ This Feast emerged from the very depths of My mercy, and it is confirmed in the vast depths of My tender mercies (420…) It is My

desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of

My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fountain of My mercy (600).”

On the first Sunday after Easter 2000, Blessed Pope John Paul II announced that Sister Faustina was

to join the ranks of Saints. On that same day the Pope formally announced that the Sunday after Easter would henceforth be known as Divine Mercy Sunday.

We will celebrate The Feast of Mercy beginning with the Noon Mass on Sunday, April 12th. It will be

followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until 3 p.m. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available from 2-3 p.m. with confessions being heard in English and Polish. The Chaplet of Divine mer-cy will be prayed in English, Polish and Tagalog at 3 p.m. and conclude with Benediction. All are invited

to observe the end of the Octave of Easter with praise and thanks to God for His Divine Mercy.

Booklets for the Divine Mercy Novena, which begins on Good Friday are available at the doors of the Church TODAY. Please join in praying this novena which our Lord also entrusted to St. Faustina.

FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES…

Resumes on Friday, April 10th, when we will be showing “The Hundred Foot Journey” with Helen Mirren, Om Puri and Man-ish Dayal. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the film begins at 7 p.m. The movie is about an Indian family whose restaurant in India burns down and their decision to re-open the restaurant, but not in India…in France. They choose a place near a small town directly across from a very popular and expensive French restaurant and that is when things start happening. This is a charming, delightful, warm and funny picture that will touch your heart. As always it’s all complimentary including the pop-corn and beverages. All are welcome. Bring your friends.


Lenten Fridays

The green pepper and egg sandwiches are back this year on Fridays during Lent. They will be sold in the HFR from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. You can place orders in advance by calling John at 847-966-9679. Walk ins are also welcome. Donation: $4.00 each

St. Isaac Jogues Women's Club is again making Mother's Day gift bags for the moms at Maternity BVM. Please start to collect or purchase new cosmetic samples, nail files or polish, small cosmetic bags, perfume samples, small combs or brushes, etc. Actual collection of the items will be after Easter.

Let us share the joy of Mother's Day with the

moms at Maternity BVM.

LET US PRAY… Lord, hold our troops and civil servants in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. We ask this in the name of Jesus our Lord and Savior. Amen. First Responder Greg Zalewski United States Air Force Mason Janzen, Breanna Dexter United States Army Brian Caplin, Gale Renner United States Marines Aisha Fernando, Lance Renner, Gian Patrick Reyes United States Navy William B. Dexter, Timothy Kelly Illinois National Guard Christopher Dexter, Nathaniel Janzen

If you have a family member or friend you would like to add to our prayer list, either because they serve in the military or are a first responder (police, firefighter, paramedic/EMT), please contact the RE office at 847/966-1190 or [email protected].

CHICAGO GOOD FRIDAY WALK

On Good Friday, April 3, the lay movement Communion and Liberation, with the blessing of the

Archdiocese of Chicago, will lead the Way of the Cross around downtown Chicago. There will be stops along the way with meditations and choir music. All are invited to join them at 8:45 a.m. at Daley Plaza (Dearborn/Washington). They will then cross the

River on Michigan Avenue Bridge and conclude at Holy Name Cathedral around Noon. They have

schedule the procession to conclude so that it will not overlap with most parish services. For more

information please visit www.wayofthecrosschicago.org or call 312/725-7370.

For information about Communion and Libration, visit their international website at www.clonline.org.

EASTER VIGIL AGAPE

Immediately following the Easter Vigil Mass there will be a reception in the Holy Family Room to which all are invited as we contin-ue to celebrate our community’s joy in the Risen Christ. If you would like to bring little sandwiches or sweets and/or help serve and

clean up, please call the RE Office, 847/966-1180, by Wednesday. We will

appreciate your food donations and gift of time!


THIS WEEK’S LENTEN SCHEDULE… Sunday – Practice for both Good Friday services at 1:30 p.m., Church. Monday – RE Stations of the Cross, 7:15 p.m., church Holy Thursday and following: Please see Triduum Schedule elsewhere in the bulletin.

ST. JOSEPH TABLE THANK YOU!

On March 15th God blessed us with a beautiful day to praise and thank Him and to honor St. Joseph for his love, ex-ample, and intercession. Thank you to everyone who helped with the Mass, came to pray, to eat, and to enjoy! And thank you for your generosity to assist the work of our St. Vincent DePaul Ministry! We have a few expenses to pay using the donations we received for the preparation of the table and then we’ll tell you the amount of the gift given to the St. Vincent DePaul Ministry to help those in need in the name of Jesus and the people of St. Isaac Jogues Parish. Our heartfelt appreciation and thank you to all who gave donations or assistance for the preparation and serving of the St. Joseph Table. May the Lord bless you for your generous spirit and gracious support! Anonymous (2) Landex Research, Inc. Baker’s Square Lone Tree Manor Caputo Minelli Meat & Deli Cardinal Liquors Nancy’s Pizza Chaser’s Omega Restaurant, Golf Road Colonial-Wojciechowski Funeral Homes Ignacy J. Paderewski Polish School Fr. Andrew Luczak, SIJ Parishioners & Staff SIJ Fil-Am Group Flowerville SIJ Men’s Club Fra Noi Newspaper SIJ Religious Education Faculty Fran’s Cleaners & Tailors SIJ St. Joseph Table Committee Friends of St. Isaac Jogues Parish SIJ St. Vincent DePaul Ministry Golf Mill Florist SIJ Women’s Club J.F. Morrow & Sons, Inc. Seven Brothers Restaurant Jewel, Dempster Street The Sicilia Bakery, Lawrence Avenue Jewel, Milwaukee Avenue Skaja Terrace Funeral Homes Knights of Columbus Tony’s Finer Foods Valli, Golf Road

Zoot Cuts

MINISTRY OF CARE TRAINING

Being a Minister of Care to our local nursing homes, hospitals or homebound parishioners is a blessing to all concerned. It is a way to share the Lord’s presence, love, and care, and that of the local faith

community, with those who are unable to come to church by bringing them Holy Communion and/or praying and visiting with them. After the initial training period our parish Ministers of Care make visits

either weekly or every other week. We meet as a group for formation and discussion two-three times a year and help with the Mass of the Anointing of the Sick twice a year (Fall and Spring). We would be

happy to welcome new Ministers of Care!

The next Ministry of Care Training will be on Wednesday evenings, April 8, 15, 22, 29, and May 6, 7-9 p.m. at Presence St. Benedict Nursing and Rehabilitation Center—Hollbrook Hall, 6930 West Touhy Avenue in Niles. A sixth session will be held here at St. Isaac Jogues Parish, date to be determined.

If you are interested in learning more about or discussing your possible involvement with the Ministry of

Care, please call Dee Stanton at 847/966-1180 to set up a time to meet with her and/or Deacon Paul Stanton.

TODAY’S READINGS

Gospel at the Procession with Palms — Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem (Mark 11:1-10 or John 12:12-16). First Reading — In spite of my sufferings I am not dis-graced. I am not put to shame (Isaiah 50:4-7). Psalm — My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? (Psalm 22). Second Reading — Christ emptied himself, and God filled this emptiness with exaltation (Philippians 2:6-11). Gospel — The account of Christ’s passion according to Mark (Mark 14:1 — 15:47 [15:1-39]). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Inter-national Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.


READINGS FOR THE WEEKREADINGS FOR THE WEEKREADINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1-3, 13-14; Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday: Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34; Mt 26:14-25 Thursday: Chrism Mass: Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9; Ps 89:21-22, 25, 27; Rv 1:5-8; Lk 4:16-21 Lord’s Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 Friday: Is 52:13 — 53:12; Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1 — 19:42 Saturday: a) Gn 1:1 — 2:2 [1:1, 26-31a]; Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35; or Ps 33:4-7, 12-13, 20-22; b) Gn 22:1-18 [1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18]; Ps 16: 5, 8-11; c) Ex 14:15 — 15:1; Ex 15:1-6, 17-18; d) Is 54:5-14; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; e) Is 55:1-11; Is 12:2-6; f) Bar 3:9-15, 32 — 4:4; Ps 19:8-11; g) Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3-4 or Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 or Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; h) Rom 6:3-11; i) Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Mk 16:1-7 Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7 or (at an afternoon or evening Mass) Lk 24:13-35

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCESSAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCESSAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Monday: Monday of Holy Week Tuesday: Tuesday of Holy Week Wednesday: Wednesday of Holy Week Thursday: Holy Thursday; Paschal Triduum begins Friday: Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion; Fast and Abstinence; Passover begins at sunset Saturday: Holy Saturday; Vigil of Easter

Sunday, March 29, 2015

8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.

For The Living & Deceased Members of SIJ Richard Banner Hal Yamanaka Antonio Bernabe

Monday, March 30, 2015

8:00 a.m. Purgatorial Society Marie Przybylski

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

8:00 a.m. Anna Chlodowski

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

8:00 a.m.

Adolfa Ostrega

Thursday, April 2, 2015

8:30 a.m. 7:30 p.m.

Morning Prayer (No Intentions) Brady & Stanton Families

Friday, April 3, 2015

8:30 a.m.

Morning Prayer (No Intentions)

Saturday, April 4, 2015

8:30 a.m. 8:00 p.m.

Morning Prayer (No Intentions) Brady & Stanton Families

Sunday, April 5, 2015

8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.

Ed Brezinski For The Living & Deceased Members of SIJ Martha Lucia (Church) Hilda P. Dizon (HFR) Patricia Hildebrandt (Church) Leslaw Krzesaj (HFR)


Liturgy Next Weekend April 4-5th No Confessions scheduled for Holy Saturday

8:00 p.m. Fr. Luczak/Deacon Paul (Easter Vigil)

8:00 a.m. Fr. Kennedy/Deacon Paul

10:00 a.m.-Church

Fr. Pereira/Deacon Paul

10:00 a.m.- HFR

Fr. Kennedy

12:00 p.m.-Church

Fr. Kalas/Deacon Paul

12:00 p.m.- HFR

Fr. Pereira

Altar Server Holy Week Schedule

PASTOR: Rev. Andrew Luczak ASSOCIATE: Rev. Mario Pereira, S.F.X.

PASTORAL STAFF: Lori Herbert, Business Manager Dolores Stanton, Director of Religious Education Lisa Hall, Music Director DEACON COMMUNITY: Deacon & Mrs. Robert C. O’Keefe Deacon & Mrs. Paul M. Stanton WEEKEND LITURGY PRESIDER: Rev. Bernard Kennedy, O.F.M. Eucharistic Celebrations: Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM & 12:00 PM Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM Saturday: -5:00 PM 8:00 AM Communion Service Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday, 11:00 - 12:00 Noon or anytime by request.

Sacrament of Matrimony: Must be registered for six months prior to setting the wedding date with an addi-tional six months for necessary preparation. Note: The following wedding times can be scheduled: Friday at 5:00 p.m.; Saturday at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.; Sunday at 3:00 p.m. (Ceremony only) Sacrament of Baptism: Second and fourth Sunday of each month at 1:30 PM. Baptism Preparation Session must be completed before Baptism. Contact the Parish Office as soon as possible for details. Parish Office Website: http://sij-parish.com E-mail: [email protected] 8149 Golf Road, Niles, IL. 60714. . . . . . . 967-1060 Marlene Garber (A/R, Calendar Coordinator) Jennifer Lande (A/P, Bulletin Editor) Religious Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966-1180 Ministry Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965-6911 Parish School: St. John Brebeuf School. . . . . . . . . 966-3266


Pray for… Pray for…

JIMMY RANCICH

BERNARD KENNEDY, SR. ALEXIS BARGA

DELAINE KENNEDY MARY ANN CASTAGNA

THOMAS KOCHUPURACKAL LISA BETKER

EWA GRONKIEWICZ RICK (GRANDSON OF RALPH AND KATHY EGLOFF)

In Memoriam

Gloria Caputo

Sacristans Sacristans

Theresa Noble

Frances Martel

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