605dec27 For Website PDF
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FAMILY LIFE
Family life is sacred, but it is not without trial.
Perhaps this is the most important message we can
glean from todays readings. If Jesus, Mary, and
Joseph can trip up sometimescan disconnectthen
we shouldnt find it surprising when such things
happen to us as well. And parents everywhere
(children, too) can probably relate toand take some
solace inthe Gospels account of Mary and Joseph
after Jesus explained why he stayed behind in the
temple. They heard his words, Luke tells us, But they
did not understand what he said to them (Luke 2:50).
Amen! Nevertheless, Jesus does go back home with
them, and continues to thrive under their care.
Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.
Next Weekend
Second Collection:
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION This New Years Eve, at the turning of the year, you may catch a glimpse
of the old year, a cartoon figure of a hunched old man with a sickle, Father Time. Where else but in this
column could you learn that this is in fact a pope? December 31 was in the old calendar the feast of St.
Sylvester. Legend says that Sylvester healed the Emperor Constantine of leprosy, and presided at the liturgy
of baptism for the grateful emperor. In 314, he was chosen pope, and it fell to him to organize the peacetime
church, free at last from persecution. He founded the Lateran Basilica, the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome.
In northern Europe Sylvester Night is a time of great parties with eating, dancing, and singingrecalling
perhaps the joy of the church in the fresh air of Sylvesters papacy. In Poland, there was great fear as the year
1000 approached that an immense dragon would devour the earth and set fire to the heavens. The people
prayed earnestly to St. Sylvester, trusting that the saint would not permit such suffering on his feast day.
Theyve been celebrating ever since!
Many New Years customs have pagan roots, like the British First Footer tradition. The idea is that the
first person setting foot into your house in the new year determines the luck for the year ahead. The ideal
first footer was not a bit like old Pope Sylvester, but rather a tall, dark-haired man carrying the right gift. A
handsome first footer meant the year ahead would be pleasant, and if he carried bread or a shovel of coal
there would be food and warmth in the future. Who will be your households first footer?
Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.
RECTORY ..(708)423-0321
PLEBANIA (po polsku)..(708)423-0321
For Sacraments of Baptism, Marriage, parish registration,
convert instruction, prolonged illness at home.
PARISH WEBSITE
www.stalbertgreat.com
E-MAIL [email protected]
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
Mr. Terrence K. ORourke, Principal
www.stalbertthegreatschool.com
POLISH CATHOLIC SCHOOL
KS. IGNACEGO POSADZEGO.(708) 423-5715
5555 West State Road
www.szkolaksignacego.com
E-MAIL [email protected]
CCD OFFICE...(708)636-0406
5535 West State Road
Deacon Pete Manning, Coordinator
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 ADORATION 5:00-7:00PM
Bilingual Confessions 5:00-6:00PM, 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 and 3rd Sundays at 3:15 PM
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE All wedding arrangements
must be made with a parish priest 6 months prior to
scheduled date. Times of marriages are as follows:
Saturday 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM, Sunday - no weddings
REV. MICHAEL L. ZOUFAL, PASTOR
REV. JOSEPH P. LYNCH, PASTOR EMERITUS
REV. ANTHONY BROOKS, SCh. ASSOCIATE PASTOR
REV. MARCIN SZCZYPULA, 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
Come and
see
our unique
Nativity scene
display
located in the
Administration
Building
(8000 S. Linder
Avenue).
Zabawa Sylwestrowa
ROZKAD MSZY WITYCH
NOWY ROK
CZWARTEK 31
IA, 2015
GRUDNIA,
31--GO GRUDN
ZAKOCZENIE STAREGO ROKU
7:30 a.m. Msza w. w jz. Polskim
7:00 p.m. Msza w. w jz. Polskim
PITEK 11--GO STYCZNIA 2016
NOWY ROK
6:15 a.m. Msza w. w jz. Polskim
10:30 a.m. Msza w. W jz.
Angielskim i Polskim
1:30 p.m. Msza w. w jz. Polskim
5:00 p.m. Msza w. w jez. Polskim
POSTAWA BEZMYLNA, POSTAWA ROZWANA Jedn z waniejszych trosk kadej rodziny jest zapewnienie jej
czonkom odpowiedniego ubrania. Ma by stosowne do pory roku, ma by solidne, a take (dla niektrych to
bardzo wane) ma by modne. O takim ubraniu, solidnym i na lata, mwi dzi w. Pawe: Przyodziejcie si w
serdeczne miosierdzie, dobro, pokor, cicho, znoszc jedni drugich i wybaczajc sobie nawzajem [] na to
wszystko przyobleczcie mio []. Szczegy chrzecijaskiego odzienia w zakresie IV przykazania: Czcij ojca i
matk przedstawia dzisiaj starotestamentalny mdrzec Syrach (zwany te Syracydes). Od czasw, w ktrych
y Syrach, zmienio si bardzo wiele, take sposb wychowania i nauczania, ale przykazania zostay. Z
przykazaniami tak jest, cho zmienia si wszystko, one zostaj. Podobnie jak starotestamentalny mdrzec
Syrach, nauczycielami i wychowawcami byli owi ydowscy uczeni, o ktrych syszymy w dzisiejszej Ewangelii.
Czy pod wpywem rozmowy z Jezusem zmienili ycie? Raczej nie. Wynika to z pniejszego ich zachowania
wobec Chrystusa. Prawdopodobnie potraktowali dwunastoletniego Jezusa jako sensacj, ktra si im
przytrafia w yciu. Tylko tyle. W tej samej Ewangelii czytamy o Maryi: zachowywaa wszystko w swoim sercu.
Dwie postawy bezmylna postawa wobec wydarze yciowych i postawa rozwaania. Obecno caej rodziny
na Mszy w. niedzielnej pomaga zachowywa sowa Jezusa i dziki temu powraca do domu w cigle nowym
odzieniu Chrystusowego ucznia. ks. Antoni Paciorek