October 2, 2016: Twenty-Seventh Sunday in

October 2, 2016: Twenty-Seventh Sunday in

ST TERESA PARISH
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Liturgical
Schedule
Saturday
Oct. 8 4:00 pm
Sunday
Oct. 9
St. Rose Community Mass 8:00 am
Sunday
Oct. 9
10:00 am
Domingo
Oct. 9
12:00 pm
Altar Servers/
Monaguillos
Ian Quezada
Ashanti Quezada
Hector Alvarez
Bill Chigaros
Allison Perez
Mark Kurzejka
Michael Kurzejka
Abby Medina
Jose Mercado Jr.
Leslee Lopez
Marco Elvir
Maricely Medina
Lectors/
Lectores
Chet Brandon
Laura Shellie
Jane Gerth
Carlos Cuaya
Guadalupe Fernandez
Isidoro Fernandez
Communion
Ministers/
Ministros
de la
Comunión
Amy Anderson
Virginia Marsick
Community Ministers
* Bob Pfeiffer
* Donna Worth
Mary Simmons
Sid Masse
* Nick Blanchette
* Nathan Blanchette
Terri Doehring
Bonnie Householter
Maria Fernandez
Marisela Mora
Rosa Chavez
Rosa Vasquez
Silvia Esparza
Alex Quezada
Antonio Elvir
Bertha Aviles
Greeters/
Ujieres
Community Ministers
Mike Spade
Diana Spade
Jerry Kuntz
Pam Carpenter
Alicia Saldivar
Angela Mercado
Angeles Juarez
Anselmo Juarez
Christopher Lopez
Altar Linens/Lienzos
Para el Altar
Bev Johnson
ST. TERESA PARISH OUTREACH MINISTRIES
AZZARELLI OUTREACH CLINIC:
Tuesday, Thursday
Martes, Jueves
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Registered Nurse
KANKAKEE CATHOLIC FOOD PANTRY:
Friday/Viernes Oct. 7
9:00 am—12 noon
Parish Nurse Note Oct. 2, 2016
Listening to your body
Step four. Simply pay attention. God gave us
our bodies, it is our job to do the very best maintenance we can. Just like the pre-flight emergency
instructions-put your own oxygen mask on first, then
help others. The fact is you can’t help yourself or
others unless you are alert.
AZZARELLI CLINIC Women’s Health Exams
Saturday, October 8
12-3:00 pm
Uninsured women in need of women’s health exams
including Pap Smear Testing and Breast Exam. First
Come, First Served.
LA CLÍNICA AZZARELLI Exámenes de salud para mujer
Sábado, 8 Octubre
12-3:00 pm
Mujeres sin seguro que necesitan examines de salud incluye
prueba de Papcicolaou y examen de mamas. Se le sirve en el
orden de llegada.
MASSES INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Saturday
4:00 p.m.
Sunday
8:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Bilingual
Outdoor Mass
Monday
October 1, 2016 Community Mass
† For all the Deceased parishioners of
St. Teresa Church (Parish Family)
October 2, 2016
† Deacon Ron Whitman (Skip & Rita Kanosky)
† George Riemer (Family)
† Caridad Bautista (Gloria Mendez)
October 3, 2016—No Mass
Tuesday
October 4, 2016—No Mass
Wednesday
8:00 a.m.
October 5, 2016
† Margaret Oakes (Ruth Neven & Sharon Mericle)
Thursday
8:00 a.m.
October 6, 2015
† Dell Hendricks (Ray & Betsy Morrical)
Friday
8:00 a.m.
October 7, 2016
Myrna Ritter (Sylvia Lane) Birthday Intention
Saturday
4:00 p.m.
Sunday
8:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
October 8, 2016 Community Mass
† Deacon Ron Whitman (Joanne Whitman)
October 9, 2016
† Patricia Kohl (Allen Kohl )
† Barbara Shaw (Gary Shaw)
Ricardo & Celene Valtierra (Family)
Anniversary Intention
ST TERESA PARISH
POURING MY HEART OUT TO
SAINT TERESA CHURCH
My Dear Saint Teresa Church,
I have been the pastor of this happy little church for more than
five years now, and every time I look back on these years, I
cannot help but feel a deep sense of gratitude in my heart. I
sometimes think of why God brought me here to Kankakee, and honestly,
some of my peers tell me that I should have been assigned to the big
churches in the northern part of the diocese. But I have been in those big
churches, and when I think of my experience of being here at Saint
Teresa, I feel like this is truly one of the most special gifts that God has
given me in my twelve years of priesthood so far. And through the many
years ahead, Saint Teresa will be an inspiration and a point of reference
for me, on how it is to be a true Catholic Church. What do I love about the
Spirit of Saint Teresa Church?
Saint Teresa Church is a church filled with the all-embracing love of God.
Our level of appreciation and understanding of the power of diversity is
outstanding, it really represents the very soul of Catholicism. It is a truly
welcoming church without any agenda but simply to love others with the
love of Jesus. It offers a deep sense of belongingness to one another.
Many times, I have images of parishioners being there for one another. I
think of how we have rallied together to reach out to our fellow parishioners that needed not only our prayers but also our material and moral support. Being there for one another is part of the spirit of our church, like
how it was with the first Christians, when they were one in heart and mind
and no one was in need because they all shared everything in common.
Our happy church has lived out the image of a true Christian community,
by receiving everyone as a part of its spiritual family.
Saint Teresa Church is a community for the poor. Even the big Catholic
Churches do not do the things that we do in our little church. How we
came up with the ideas of the food pantry and the clinic, the tutorial program and the family wellness programs that we have here, and the many
simple acts of charity that we do in every situation is simply by the initiative of our parishioners who have such passion for these causes. Before
you know it, everyone else is taking part in it, and then the Spirit of the
Lord makes these efforts bear fruit. As a community for the poor, we
become rich. As a community of the poor, we are able to access the very
heart of God whose compassion and love for the poor is boundless!
Saint Teresa is a happy church. Even in the midst of differences and
diversities, even though there are challenges along the way, we still manage to find ways to be the happy church that we are!
I want you to know, my dear church, that I consider it an absolute honor to
be your pastor. No matter what, I vow to carry the spirit of our church in
the many years ahead, and I ask you, collectively and individually, to
never lose this spirit in your souls. As we celebrate again the gift of our
little church to the bigger Church of Jesus this weekend, please whisper
some prayers, that in the years ahead, this Spirit may continue to explode
and be shared to many others around us. May we carry this beautiful
spirit wherever we lead, and share it to others. I ask that you continue to
be the teachers in our community in the ways of being a truly happy,
healthy and holy church. God bless Saint Teresa Church! Happy festival!
With utmost love and devotion.
Fr. Sunny Castillo
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DERRAMANDO MI CORAZON A LA IGLESIA DE
STA. TERESA
Mi Querida Iglesia de Santa. Teresa,
He sido el pastor de esta feliz pequeña iglesia por mas de cinco
años, y cada vez que miro hacia atrás en estos años, no puedo
evitar de tener un sentido de gratitud en mi corazón. A veces
pienso el porque Dios me trajo aquí a Kankakee, y honestamente, algunos de mis compañeros me dicen que debí de ser asignado a las
parroquias grandes de la parte del norte de la diócesis. Pero he estado en
esas iglesias grandes, y cuando pienso en mi experiencia estando aquí en
Sta. Teresa, siento que hasta ahora este es uno de los verdaderos regalos
que Dios me ha dado en mis doce años de sacerdocio. Y a través de los
años venideros, Santa Teresa será una inspiración y un punto de referencia
para mi, y lo que es ser una verdadera Iglesia Católica. Que amo del Espirité de la Iglesia de Santa Teresa?
La Iglesia de Santa Teresa es una iglesia llena de todo el amor abrasador
de Dios. Nuestro nivel de apreciación y comprensión del poder de diversidad
es sobresaliente , en realidad representa el alma del Catolicismo. Es de
verdad una iglesia acogedora y sin ninguna agenda mas que simplemente
amar a los demás con el amor de Jesús. Ofrece un sentido profundo de
pertenecer el uno al otro. Muchas veces, tengo imágenes de parroquianos
que están allí el uno para el otro. Pienso en como hemos estado allí juntos
reunidos para ayudar a nuestros parroquianos que no solo necesitaban
nuestras oraciones pero también nuestro apoyo moral y material. Estar allí
el uno para el otro es parte del espíritu de nuestra iglesia, así como fue con
los primeros Cristianos, cuando eran un solo corazón y una sola mente y
nadie tenia necesidad por que ellos compartían todo en común. Nuestra feliz
iglesia ha vivido la imagen de una verdadera comunidad Cristiana, recibiendo a todos como parte de su familia espiritual.
La iglesia de Santa Teresa es una iglesia para los pobres. Ni las grandes
Iglesias Católicas hacen las cosas que hacemos nosotros en nuestra pequeña iglesia. Como es la idea de ofrecer dispensa alimenticia para los pobres y
la clínica, el programa de tutoría y el programa del bienestar familiar que
tenemos aquí y simplemente los diferentes actos de caridad que se hacen en
cada situación es por iniciativa de nuestros parroquianos quienes tienen
tanta pasión por estas causas. Antes de lo sepas, todos están tomando
parte en ello y luego el Espíritu de Señor hace que estos esfuerzos den frutos. Como comunidad para los pobres nos enriquecemos. Como comunidad
para los pobres estamos en condición de tener acceso al corazón de Dios el
cual la compasión y amor por los pobres es sin limites!
Santa Teresa es una iglesia feliz. Aun en medio de las diferencias y diversidades, aun cuando hay desafíos en el camino, buscamos la manera de ser
la iglesia feliz que somos!
Quiero que sepan mi querida iglesia que considero un honor absoluto ser su
pastor. No importa lo que sea yo prometo llevar el espíritu de nuestra iglesia en los muchos años por venir, y les pido, colectivamente e individualmente, que nunca pierdan este espíritu en sus almas. Mientras celebramos otra
vez el regalo de nuestra pequeña iglesia a la Iglesia mas grande de Jesus
este fin de semana, por favor digan una oración, para que en los años por
venir este Espíritu continúe explotando y sea compartido con muchos más a
nuestro alrededor. Que llevemos este bello espíritu a donde quiera que
vallamos, y lo compartamos con otros, pido que sigan siendo los maestros
en nuestra comunidad en la manera de ser una verdadera feliz, saludable, y
santa iglesia. Dios bendiga La Iglesia de Santa Teresa! Feliz Festival!
Con mayor amor y devoción.
Padre Sunny Castillo
ST TERESA PARISH
Welcome - Bienvenido
361 St. Joseph Ave • Kankakee IL 60901
Phone (815) 933-7683
Fax (815) 933-7692
EMERGENCY # (815) 216-6733
Parish Office Hours
Mon. - Thurs. 9am-3pm
Fri. 9-12noon
Horario de la Oficina Hispana
Martes a Jueves
9:30am-3pm
Mass Schedule
Weekend Saturday Community Mass at St. Rose 4:00 pm
Sunday 8:00 & 10:00 am
Misa en Español
Domingo 12:00 pm
Weekday
Wednesday-Friday 8:00 am
Parish Staff Directory
Pastor/Pastor
Fr. Santos “Sunny” Castillo
Associate Pastors/Pastor Asociadios
Fr. Roy Jacob & Fr. Fredy Santos
Deacons
David Marlowe & Greg Clodi
Financial Director
Lilia Belka ext 226
Ministry Coordinator
Donna Worth ext 227
RCIA (Convert Preparation)
ext 227
Ministerio Hispano
Silvia Barajas ext 229
Sr. Elsie Gamez
Secretaries
Kathy Dummer ext 222 & Sylvia Lane ext 221
Bulletin Information Please e-mail articles by Mon. @ 11am to
[email protected]
Youth Ministry
Ken & Michelle Barrie 427-8130
Music Ministry
Jane Veers 933-6058
Música Español
Ema Segura 592-4175
Kankakee Catholic Food Pantry
ext 212
Prayer Line
Barb Jepson 937-9260
Rita Kanosky 939-0319
Parish Media Links
Website
www.stteresacatholics.org
Facebook Saint Teresa Church in Kankakee, IL
Kankakee Catholics
Email
[email protected]
Lisieux Pastoral Center
Director
815-939-2913
Kathy Wade
[email protected]
Azzarelli Outreach Clinic
Parish Nurse & Director
Helen Chigaros RN
815-928-6093
[email protected]
MEET OUR KNIGHTS…
St. Teresa Knights of Columbus
Council #14012
Doughnuts and Coffee after all masses
Sunday, October 9
Doughnuts donated by Georgene Hawkins
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Time, Talent & Treasure
Fostering Stewardship as a way of life
In gratitude of God’s gifts of time and talent to us we
gratefully acknowledge and salute
St. Teresa Parish Festival
Planning Committee
Sunday Offering for September 25, 2016
$ 4,368.06
Sunday Envelope Breakdown
$300 & higher (0) • $200-$299 (1)
$100-$199 (8) • $75-$99 (4) •$50-$74 (11)
$25-$49 (31) • $11-$24 (22) • $10 & under (41)
Second Collection-Christ is our Hope Magazine
$905.00
Our Goal each Week
to cover our expenses is $6, 650.00
Nuestra Meta por Semana
para cubrir los gastos es de $6, 650.00
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK
Jackson Smith
Sharon Jackson
Bonnie Gregg
Helene O’Malley
Judi Buchholtz
Ray Ruder
Gary Regnier
Sacrament Procedures
Confessions at St. Rose
Saturday 3:00-3:30 pm
Baptism Classes
Pre-baptism Class is required
before your date will be set.
Please register two to three
months in advance!
St. Teresa 1:15 pm
2nd Sunday of the month
St. Martin 7:00pm
2nd Monday of the month
Baptisms in English
2nd Sunday of Month 2:30 pm
Weddings
Spiritual Preparation begins at
least SIX MONTHS in advance.
Please do not make your
reservations until you have met
with the pastor
Communion Visits
Call the Parish Office
Adoration at Night
9:30 pm - 5:00 am in Spanish
First Saturdays
Eucharist Adoration in English
1st Friday of month 8:30am
Elnora Chandler
Dick Keethers
Esmerald Padilla
Cynthia Melvin Smith
Ron O’Connell
Don Doehring
Procedimiento para
Sacramentos
Confesiones en Santa Rosa
Sábados 3:00-3:30 pm
Platicas Pre-bautismales
Platicas son requeridas antes
de fijar su fecha. Favor de
inscribirse de 2 a 3 meses de
anticipación.
Sta. Teresa - 10 am-12 pm
3er Domingo del Mes
Sta. Rosa 4:00 pm
2 do Domingo de l Mes
Bautizos Espanol
1er Domingo del Mes 12:00
Bodas
Preparación Espiritual empieza
mínimo SEIS MESES de
anticipo. No haga
preparaciones para su
celebración antes de reunirse
con el párroco.
Visitas de Comunión
Llame a la oficina.
Quince Años y Presentaciones
Llame a la oficina.
Adoración Nocturna
1er Sábado del mes 9:30 pm
October Year of Mercy Activity
Living Rosary for Life
ST TERESA PARISH
Please join the
St. Martin of Tours CCW
To
Pray a Living Rosary
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
6:30 pm
St. Martin of Tours Church
953 S. 9th, Kankakee
Groups from all three churches will lead us in the rosary .
Let us fill the seats and join them in prayer.
November Year of Mercy Activity
Concert and Celebration
YEAR OF MERCY CONCERT
with
Music Missionary
John Angotti
Sunday, November 20
1:30 pm
Knights of Columbus Hall
$15 per person
Tickets Available at:
Love Bookstore and Veronda’s Music Store,
or by contacting Cindy McBarnes at
815-933-2884 or [email protected]
Tickets also available at the St. Maritn, St. Rose,
and St. Teresa parish offices
A TIME OF PRAYER
“Blessed Are The Merciful”
Let the silence and atmosphere of peace bring
you to a deeper place within yourself.
Thursday, OCTOBER 13, 2016
9:00 am –12:00 pm
Presenter: Sister Mary Stella Schellenberger, sscm
One Heart, One Soul Spirituality Center
2041 W. State Route 113,
Kankakee
www.sscm-usa.org
To Register call:
815-935-0800
Free Will Offering
“Mercy Changes the World!”
October 23, 2016
“Let us not close our hearts within our
own particular concerns, but let us open
them to all of humanity.”
Pope Francis
Message for World Mission Sunday, 2016
A second collection will take place the weekend of Oct. 22/23. Thank you in advance for
your generosity.
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Good News in our church...
Azzarelli Clinic:
The clinic has received several generous monetary and
equipment donations, along with a grant from
Climb4ACure, a diabetes education program. They also
have a newly Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
join the clinic. They continue to serve hundreds of
patients weekly. Thank you to Riverside Hospital, and
all of the donors who gave to the clinic in honor of Dr.
Marc Fisher’s retirement.
Lisieux Pastoral Center:
Lisieux continues to have improvements made to the
interior of the building with more changes to come. The
interior atrium now has beautiful landscaping and a
gorgeous metal cross. The classrooms and hallway are
being painted and new flooring has been installed.
The building continues to be used for many meetings,
CCW and Knights of Columbus events, Lisieux Learning
Link, Youth Group and Parish functions, and is rented
out to people for celebrations and business functions.
Thank you to our Knights of Columbus Council for
providing much of the labor for the projects.
September Year of Mercy Activity:
A Song, A Story, and A Dance Presentation by Fr. Sunny
and Fr. Roy was a great success. The proceeds of the
collection to benefit Shanthi Nilaya Children’s Home in
India and a Gawad Kalinga Community in the
Philippines were $2,964!!
Thank you to everyone from St. Teresa, St. Rose, and St.
Martin churches for your generous spirit in helping
those in need across the ocean. God Bless you all!
Lisieux Learning Link
New Classes Starting Soon !!
Lisieux Learning Link is after school educational
enrichment program for 1st thru 12th grade students.
Mondays and Thursdays
Starting October 13, 2016
5-6 pm
Students or parents can call Bonnie Householter
815-325-8528
For Registration form and Questions
Taize Prayer will be offered on
Oct. 7, 7:00 pm
Maternity BVM Parish
308 E. Marsile Ave., Bourbonnais
This prayer service consists of simple chants, enhanced with the music of orchestral strings and a
vocal quartet, scripture, a service of light, an extended period of silence for meditation, concluding
with prayers for our world.
ST TERESA PARISH
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Last week I had a call from a family on the parish emergency line telling me that they felt they were beings
attacked by some demonic power. They were seeing and experiencing diabolic spirits working in the house,
shaking the closet, making unpleasant noises, the presence of a dead bird in the locked room and likewise
many other shocking things scaring them throughout the night. Many sleepless nights passed. But I did not
feel anything unusual because I have seen many such cases when I was in Argentina. It can happen due to
many reasons, especially psychological or spiritual. I explained to them all the possible causes of such experiences and blessed the house, later they began to feel better. This terrible experience forced them to
make some drastic changes in their life; I received a call again saying that they decided to attend Sunday
masses regularly and participate of other spiritual activities.
Jesus says in Mark 9:29, “This kind can only come out through prayer.” Prayer is the undefeatable weapon against Satan and its
power. The most powerful man in all times was the man of prayers. Take a look at the book of Daniel 6.8. Darius the king of Babylon ordered that for thirty days, whoever makes a petition to anyone, divine or human, except, King Darius shall be thrown into a
den of lions. But prophet Daniel continued his custom of going home to kneel in prayer and give thanks to his God in the upper
chamber three times a day, with the windows open toward Jerusalem. The soldiers complained to the king. So the king ordered
Daniel to be brought to the caste and thrown into the lions’ den. To Daniel he said, “Your God, whom you serve so constantly,
must save you.” But Daniel did not scare, he prayed all the more with all his strength. The following day the king came near to the
den to make sure that the hungry lions ate Daniel. But nothing happened to him and he said, “My God sent his angel and closed
the lions’ mouths so that they have not hurt me. For I have been found innocent before Him; neither have I done you any harm, O
king.”
This is the power of prayer. Those who believe in God, nothing worse will happen. Even the roaring lions become like lambs in
front of a praying man. Psalm 55:22 says “Cast your cares on the LORD and He will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be
shaken.” Prayer is power, an undefeated weapon against all evils of the world.
At the moment of helplessness everyone will call upon God. The drama of Hamlet by Shakespeare opens with a scary and suspenseful mood. The scene begins with prince Hamlet’s dream of the dead soul of his father. At the moment he sees the dead soul
he cried out in a loud voice and called upon God saying, “the angels and ministers of grace defend me”. One more time the same
dead soul appeared to him and he prayed again by saying “save me and hover over me with your wings, you heavenly guards.”
The real and sincere prayer empowers each and everyone like an electric power and spreads all over the mind and body.
In the book of Judges we see the power of Samson how powerful he was, he tore the lion apart barehanded, as one tears a young
goat. Because, the spirit of the Lord was upon him. Such is the power of the man who spends time in prayer. No evil can take
control over him. So let us pray always and keep the evils away from us.
Have a Nice Week
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Oct. 2, 2016
“We are called to show mercy because mercy has first
been shown to us.”
Pope Francis, Misericordiae valtus
“Estamos llamados a vivir de misericordia, porque a nosotros en
primer lugar se nos ha aplicado misericordia”.
Papa Francisco, Misericordiae vultus
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
10/2/16
“Increase our faith.” This request of the apostles is
ours as well. We want more faith. I want more faith.
One would think Jesus would surely comply-here it is,
more faith. But, no, today he talks of mustard seed
faith. Less about thoughtful prayer or silent meditation, important
as they are. More about action, more about waiting tables, more
about attending to other’s needs first.
 How can my prayer and meditation prepare me to serve?
 Whom shall I wait on, whom shall I serve?
 In what little ways can I act?
Rev. Roy Jacob CMI
Spiritual Companionship is an ancient tradition. Its purpose is to nurture personal relationships with the Sacred in daily life through
dialogue and practices that open us to the
leading and healing power of the Holy spirit.
Spiritual Companionship does not tell you how to act or pray in
a particular way, nor is it psychological counseling or psychotherapy.
By listening attentively, spiritual companions are often able to
help you understand God’s actions in your life.
Call the office at 815-933-7683 if you are interested in meeting with a
spiritual companion.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES
UNDY SUNDAY COLLECTION
OCT. 2—OCT. 16
Our three churches and the
Kankakee Catholics Faith Formation Program will be collecting
NEW underwear for their Undy Sunday Collection.
There will be baskets in the back of each church and tubs in
each of the classrooms for children and adults to donate the
packages. Deadline for donations is October 16th.