Saint Mary`s Santa Maria - St. Mary`s Catholic Church

Saint Mary’s
Catholic Church
_________________
Iglesia Católica
Santa Maria
600 AVENUE B • STERLING, IL 61081
(815)625–0640
January 23, 2011
Jesús les
dijo:
“Siganme,
y los
haré
Pescadores
de
Hombres.”
He said to
them
“Come after
me,
And I will
Make you
Fishers of
men.”
23 de Enero 2011
We Are A
Marriage Building Parish
Together, we believe we can make a difference as we work to “defend, promote, strengthen, heal,
and reconcile marriages” this coming year.
Our Motto: “Creating a culture of marriage rooted in God’s plan for the good of humanity.”
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Mary’s Church, Sterling, Illinois
Office Hours-Staff
Monday-Friday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Phone: 815-625-0640
Parish Pastor: Fr. Don Ahles
Parochial Vicar: Fr. Juan Ayala
Parish Secretary: Donna Blum
Hispanic Secretary: Janie Atilano
Pastoral Associate: Jane Olson
Business Manager: Marilyn McBride
Deacon: John Kellen
Deacon: Jim Lopez
Deacon: Larry Zitkus
St. Mary School/Phone/ (815) 625-2253
Principal: Tom DePasquale
Religious Education/Phone/625-6688
Director: Gerry Williamson
Secretary: Dianne Williamson
Weekend Mass Schedule:
English: Saturday 5:00 pm
Sunday 7:00, 8:30 & 10:00 am
Spanish: Sunday 11:30 am
St. Mary’s Website
www.stmarysterling.com
Mass Intentions
Monday, January 24
8:30 am Jim Sheely
Tuesday, January 25
7:15 am Mary Seloover
8:30 am Felicita Pena
Wednesday, January 26
7:15 am Souls in Purgatory
8:30 am Juan Velasquez
Thursday, January 27
7:15 am Special Intentions
8:30 am Robert Nichols
Friday, January 28
8:30 am James Bruno
Saturday, January 29
8:30 am Gloria Ybarra
5:00pm St. Mary Parishioners
Sunday, January 30
7:00 am Living & Deceased Mem
of Waldschmidt Family
8:30 am St. Mary Parishioners
10:00 am Living & Deceased Mem
of Gerberi Family
11:30 am Cecilia Casas
For Your Information
For Whom the Bells Toll
On Saturday, January 22, marks the 38th
anniversary of Roe vs Wade, the U.S.
Supreme Court decision which legalized
abortion.
The Diocesan
Respect Life Office is
encouraging parishes
to toll their church
bells in remembrance
and sorrow for those innocent babies.
Please remember and pray for all those
affected by abortion, especially on this
day.
Religious Education
Final Class in January
January
26 There will be classes
Catholic School Week
Date: January 30-February 4, 2011.
The week will end with a Mass at
10:00a.m. and will be held at Newman
High School for students of all area
Catholic Schools. All are invited to
attend this special Mass.
Celebrate Marriage
2011 has been designated by the U.S.
Bishops as the Marriage-Building Year.
As part of this initiative, St. Mary’s
would like to monthly recognize the
wedding anniversaries of our couples in
the parish, but we are in need of some
pertinent information.
Please fill out the following information,
cut it out, and return it in the Sunday
collection or to the Parish Office.
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First names and last
__________________________________
Wedding date (including year)
__________________________________
Address
Diocesan Theological Institue
Register now for the Spring 2011 Course Offerings. Choices are: Contemporary Moral
Problems, What a Modern Catholic Believes About Heaven, Hell, Death & Judgment,
Overview of St. Paul’s Epistles, or the Reformation and The Birth of Modern Christian
Denominations. Contact the Ministry Formation Office @ 1-815-399-4300, ext. 539.
The Wonders of Egypt
Fr. Don Ahles is hosting a trip to Egypt for 13 days, October 19-31, 2011.
This is a chance of a lifetime! The trip will take you to:
Cairo...Alexandria… Memphis… Saqqara… Luxor… Aswan
The Great Pyramids of Giza… The Valley of Kings and Queens…
including the Splendors of the Nile Cruise.
You will travel back in time and experience a land that gave birth to the impressive
ancient civilizations known to man and gaze in awe upon Egypt’s greatest ancient
monuments… in a style that the pharaohs would have envied!
You’ll meet the people, learn the history, and discover the
realities behind the fascinating relics and colorful
legends of Egypt.
If you think you or someone you know would be interested in this trip, call Fr. Don at
the parish center 815-625-0640 for more information.
Collection Report-Fiscal Year
January 15-16, 2011
Description
Weekly
Required Amount
$15,546.42
Envelope Collection
$11,769.05
Loose Collection
$ 678.63
Children's Collection
$
27.18
Total Collection
$12,474.86
Over (Short) of Required
$(3,071.56)
Description
Required Amount
Envelope Collection
Loose Collection
Children's Collection
Total Collection
Over (Short) of Required
Year To Date
$450,846.27
$332,308.93
$ 23,194.45
$
530.68
$356,034.06
$(94,812.21)
Members Contributing
291
New Consolidated Loan Total $165,343.87
Observer Bill:
$
0.00
Tithe: Our 8% tithe of $997.99, for January 16
has been given to Combined Nat’l Appeal This
week’s 8% tithe will be given to Big Brothers/
Sisters of Sauk Valley. Next week’s tithe will
be given to the Bi-County Co-op Foundation.
Liturgical Schedules
Lectors
Saturday, January 29
5:00 pm Raul Trujillo, Dick Warren
Sunday, January 30
7:00 am Dennis DeLanghe
8:30 am Terry McGinn, Kelly Keaschall
10:00 am Carolyn Gaziano, Nancy Gehrke
Eucharistic Ministers
Saturday, January 29
5:00 pm Deacon, Megan
Summers, Caitlin
Summers, Joan Kreps,
Howard Craft
Sunday, January 30
7:00 am Melinda Guentert, Gloria Olds,
Alice Ports
8:30 am Deacon, Beth Sterk, Makenzie
Sterk, Matt Beck,
10:00 am Deacon, Jennifer Williams, Dolly
Rodriguez, Linda Campbell,
Judy Valdez
Altar Servers
Saturday, January 29
5:00 pm Kate Ryan, Amy Ryan,
Xena Trujillo
Sunday, January 30
7:00 am John Beien
8:30 am Linnea Larson, Quentin
Larson, Spencer Mauch
10:00 am Drew Burger, Victor Francque,
Anthony Garcia
Mass Intentions
What is a Mass Intention? A Mass
Intention is when you have a Mass said
for someone who has passed away or for
something that is very important example: wedding anniversary, birthday.
Please call or stop by the Parish Office to
have a Mass said. Plan ahead and
schedule a Mass to pray for your loved
one who has passed away or special
date that is important to your family.
St. Vincent DePaul
If you forgot to bring a donation to
church last weekend, you may still do so
by dropping off a donation to the Parish
Center Office, 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.,
Monday-Friday.
St. Vincent DePaul’s is requesting your
help to keep their pantry full. They need
non-perishable food ítems or paper
products of any kind.
Monetary contributions are accepted.
Serenity Prayer
God, grant me the Serenity to accept
the things I cannot change.
Courage to change the things I can
and the Wisdom to know the difference.
Bulletin Information
Toby Radcliffe was with us this past
week securing advertisers for our
bulletin. We would like to thank all of
the advertisers who have renewed their
ads for the upcoming year and also to all
of the new advertisers who have
generously committed to the bulletin
this year. If you would be interested in
sponsoring an ad for your business or on
behalf of your favorite charity/
organization there is still time. Please
contact Toby Radcliffe at 1-800-9509952 ext. 2556.
As a reminder, we ask that all of our
members utilize these wonderful
advertisers whenever possible. Please
use the bulletin as a resource whenever
you are in need of products or services.
Please let them know we truly
appreciate their loyal support of our
bulletin. It is their generosity that
provides the bulletin at little or no cost
to our church.
A strong and vibrant bulletin is good for
our community and a strong business
community is good for our church.
Our Families are Important
They probably had never considered being, as Jesus says, “fishers of men.” Being a
fisher of men could seem similar to what today we call being a “head hunter,” that is a
recruiter or person specialized in finding talent and bringing it into a big company. It is
a lucrative business, as those who find the talent charge commissions. Those with talent
are hired by big companies and also earn a lot of money. But being fishers of men deals
with attracting not so much talent, but love and good will and decision, to the great enterprise of the mission of Christ. It does not bring money and in appearance, not any real
profit and yet, from this work depends the future, individual salvation as well as the salvation of the world.
The Capernaum fishers did not need much money work. They were fine as they were.
And yet, there is something very powerful that moves them to leave everything behind
and to become recruiters for Jesus. Jesus’ own
voice, inviting them to follow him, moves them
to leave everything behind and to devote themselves to the great task of proclaiming the love
and the Good News of the salvation of God.
Although it is not a money maker, it offers the
best benefits for the future. The fishermen met
the living Christ and followed, investing in it
their whole future. As a result, millions of people
have been able to know and love God. Shouldn’t
we, too, be investing the best of ourselves for such results?
For Reflection
In what ways is Jesus is calling me today? Have I met the living Jesus, whose voice and
attractiveness are irresistible? What networks would I have to leave behind in order to
follow (the nets that enslave and tie me down and the nets of my activity)?
3 Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario
Teléfonos 626- 5735 / 625- 0640
Página de Internet: www.stmarysterling.com
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Ministros para el fin de semana del
30 de Enero
Lectores: Marisa Ocampo, Alberto Ambriz
Ministro de Eucaristia: Ruben Cisneros,
Mariana Rosas, Jorge Camacho, Josefina
Camacho, Longinos Ambriz
Monaguillos: Eric DeAnda, Jose L. Luna,
Adrian Herrera
Acomodadores: .Alberto Baca, Abel Olivas,
Jose Camacho, Octavio Camacho
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Clases de Preparación Para Bautismo
Las platicas serán el 12 de Febrero de las
2:00pm a las 4:00pm, en el
Centro Parroquial. Por favor de
no traer sus niños. Unicamente
para los papas y padrinos.
Los Bautismos:
Los bautismos se realizan unicamente el 20
de Febrero, el tercer domingo. Para los
papas y padrinos es obligatorio asistir a las
clases. No habra bautismos si no recibe la
preparacion bautismal.
Por favor programe su bautismo con su
familia y sus padrinos para el Tercer
Domingo de Mes. Los padrinos
tienen que estar casados por la
iglesia o ser solteros.
Presentaciones de niños en
la Iglesia
Si usted quiere presenter su niño o niña en el
templo, unicamente las presentaciones serán
el cuarto domingo del mes durante la misa o
despues de misa.
Matrimonios y Quinceañeras:
Hacer cita con el sacerdote por lo menos 6
meses antes de la fecha deseada. Favor de
no hacer planes antes de tener la fecha
confirmada con el sacerdote.
Confesiones:
Sábados de 4:00 a 4:30 pm, o por cita en la
oficina del Padre.
Matrimonio
Tu matrimoio es también el inicio
de una vida familiar propia
de la cual deben salir personas sanas,
alegres y capaces
de amarse y amar
a los demás.
La Importancia de uestra Familia
Posiblemente no habían de ser, como les dice Jesús “pescadores de hombres.” Ser
pescador de hombres se parece un poco a lo que hoy conocemos como “head hunters,”
Personas especializadas en encontrar talento y llevarlo a las grandes empresas. Es un
negocio de mucho dinero, porque quienes encuentran grandes talentos se llevan una
comisión. Ser pescadores de hombres se trata de atraer, no talento, sino amor y voluntad, a la gran empresa de la misión de Cristo. No reporta dinero ni aparentemente
grandes beneficios, y sin embargo, de eso depende todo el futuro, la salvación propia y la
del mundo.
Los pescadores de Cafarnaúm no tenían necesidad de mucho dinero, ni de trabajo. Estaban bien
como estaban, seguramente. Y sin embargo, hay
algo muy poderoso que los mueve a dejarlo todo y
a dedicarse a ser “reclutadores” para Jesús. La
propia voz de Jesús, que los invita a seguirle, los
mueve a dejarlo todo y a dedicarse a esa gran misión que es la proclamación del amor y la Buena
Noticia de salvación de Dios, que no trae dinero,
pero que ofrece los mejores beneficios para el
futuro. Los pescadores se encontraron con el Jesús vivo y le siguieron.
Para La Reflexión
¿De qué maneras me llama Jesús a mi hoy? ¿Me he encontrado con el Jesús vivo, cuya
voz y atractivo son irresistibles? ¿Qué redes tendría que dejar para seguirle? (las redes
que me atan y las redes de mi trabajo).
CalendaCalen-
Calendario Semanal
Catecismo
Clase en Enero
January 26: Habrá classes
Adoracion
Acompáñenos en la oración al Santísimo
Sacramento todos los martes de 9:00 a.m. a
7:00 p.m. en la capilla.
Por Favor!
Es muy importante que su familia esté
registrada en nuestra iglesia de Santa María.
Favor de llamar a Janie al 625-0640 ext. 43 o
626-5735 en la oficina parroquial.
Oración Para Las
Parejas Casadas
Dios todopoderoso y eterno:
Tú bendices la union de las parejas casadas
Para que así puedan reflejar la union de
Cristo con su Iglesia:
Míralas con benevolencia.
Renueva su alianza matrimonial,
Acrecienta tu amor en ellas,
Y fortalice sus lazos de paz
Para que, junto con sus hijos,
Puedan regocijarse siempre en el don
De tu bendición.
Te lo pedimos por Cristo, nuestro Señor.
Amen.
dario Semanal
Celebremos El Matrimonio
El 2011 ha sido designado por los
obispos de los Estados Unidos como el
año para construir y fortalece los
Matrimonios. Como parte de este
programa nuestra parroquia quiere
reconocer cada mes los aniversarios de
bodas en nuestra parroquia, pero para eso
necesitamos la siguiente información.
Por favor llene la siguiente forma,
recórtela y regrésela en la colecta del
domingo o en la oficina de la parroquia.
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/ombre y Apellidos de los esposos
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Día, mes y año del matrimonio
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Dirección
Confesiones para los Niños
De la Primera Comunion
Se les recuerda a los papas de los niños que
van hacer su primera comunión el día 5 de
Febrero serán las confesiones a las 10:00a.m.
en la Iglesia.
P a r i s h
D i r e c t o r y
Directorio Parroquial
Office/Officina
Office Hours/Horario de Oficina
Monday-Friday 9am-4pm/Lunes-Viernes 9am-4pm
Phone/Teléfono: 815-625-0640 • Fax: 815-625-1684
Rectory/Rectoria
Phone/Teléfono ..............................................................815-625-0640
Pastoral Staff/Personal Parroquial
Pastor/Párroco, Fr. Don Ahles .................................................. ext. 11
Associate Pastor/Párroco Asociado, Fr. Juan Ayala ……..…ext. 12
Deacons/Diaconos: John Kellen, James Lopez, Larry Zitkus .. ext. 26
Parish Secretary/Secretaria Parroquial, Donna Blum ............ ext. 13
Business Manager/Contador, Marilyn McBride ....................... ext. 25
Pastoral Associate, Jane Olson ............................................... ext. 20
Ministry to the Sick and Shut-in/Visitas a Enfermos, Sally Kellen
Hispanic Ministry/Ministerio Hispano, Janie Atilano . 626-5735/625-0640 ext. 43
Religious Education/Educación Religiosa
Office Hours/Horario de Oficina
Monday-Friday/Lunes a Viernes 9:00am-4:00 pm
Phone/Teléfono ..............................................................815-625-6688
Director/Directora, Gerry Williamson………...…………………...ext.44
Secretary/Secretaria, Dianne Williamson…...……………………ext.14
Two (2) years of religious education are required before a child can
receive Holy Communion and/or Confirmation. / Para recibir la Primera
Comunión o Confirmación, los niños deben completar 2 años de
doctrina.
St. Mary School/Escuela Santa Maria
Phone/Teléfono............................................................(815) 625-2253
Principal/Director: Mr. Tom DePasquale
Weekend Mass Schedule/Horario de Misas
English/Inglés
Saturday/Sábado 5:00 pm • Sunday/Domingo 7:00, 8:30 & 10:00 am
Spanish/Español
Sunday/Domingo (En la Iglesia) 11:30 am
Weekday Mass Schedule/Horario de Misas—Capilla
Monday - Friday 8:30-chapel/Lunes y Viernes 8:30 am -Capilla
All the masses are in English./Todos las Misas son en Ingles.
The Sacraments/Los Sacramentos
Reconciliation/Reconciliación
Saturday/Sábado 4:00-4:30pm
Communal Penance Services in Advent & Lent.
Baptism/Bautismo
Please call the parish office for the arrangements. Held on the First
Sunday of the month. Please call the Parish Center four months prior
to the birth. / Los bautismos son el tercer Domingo de cada mes.
Llama al Centro Parroquial cuatro meses antes de nacimiento.
Marriage/Matrimonio
Couples should contact the parish priest at least 6 months in advance.
Arrangements can not be made on the phone. Persons must be at
least 19 years old. / Las parejas deben comunicarse con el sacerdote,
al menos con 6 meses de anticipación. Las fechas no se arreglan por
teléfono. Las personas deben tener al menos 19 años de edad.
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