ST. STEPHEN PROTOMARTYR CHURCH Minister Faith Formation

ST. STEPHEN PROTOMARTYR CHURCH Minister Faith Formation

St. Stephen Protomartyr Church
Des Plaines, IL
www.ststephendp.org
Tel. 847-824-2026
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ September 20, 2015
Minister Faith Formation
Saturday, September 26th from 9am—noon
Please join us for the 8am Mass.
Vigésimo Quinto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario ~ 20 de septiembre del 2015
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Masses, Intentions & Liturgies
Pray for the Sick and the Homebound
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 ~ St. Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist
8:00am PFC Kevin Reilly, safety
Laverne Reilly
In Honor of St. Matthew
Ascuncion Ramos
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
8:00am Barbara Koziol
Family
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 ~ St. Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest
8:00am Phyllis Rotondo, birthday
Merrisa Reyes
Josefina Del Valle
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
8:00am For Priestly & Religious Vocations
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
8:00am Iris R. Cabuyao, birthday
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
8:00am Wilma Salgado, birthday
2:00pm Wedding ~ Raquel Sotto & Francisco Rocha
5:00pm Bernard Braun
Family
Albert & Meta Well
Merlin Family
Constantino Manrique, Sr
Family
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
8:30am Pat Steinbach
Family & Friends
Barbara Koziol
Family
Leontyna Szklarzewski
Daniela & Andrew Iwanicki
10:00am Joseph Palermo
Tony & Connie Cesario
Marion Vana
Dick Vana
Jack Zaccaro
Zaccaro Family
12:00pm Daniel Roldan, birthday
Adriana Velasco, birthday
Velasco Family
Lorraine Forbes Helen Lasak Claro Dulay
Laverne Reilly Marty Vece Mark Gelinas
Carmela & Roy Anderson Marion Tenczar
Alex Rodriguez Marie Wienert
Michael Kramer Tom Niemczyk
Michael Fudala Jose Camarillo
Rafael Franco John Bahamon
Kay Kleczewski Elaine Crosby
Please pray for our loved ones who
serve in the military,
PFC Kevin Reilly, Army
Cmdr Debbie Vavrus, Navy
1st Lt. Kevin Niemczyk, Army
SPC Matthew Appelhans, Army
SGT Brian Shaw, Army
SHSR Joshua Storck, Navy
2nd Lt. Jeff Erkel, Army
PFC Ross Eugene Raupp, Marines
PFC Emmanuel Garibay, Army
Por favor oren por nuestra familia y
amigos que son veteranos y por quienes sirven actualmente
en el ejército.
Liturgical Ministries Schedule
PRESIDER
LECTOR
LEADER OF SONG
Fil-American
Choir
COMMUNION MINISTERS
MINISTERS OF CARE
R Ranola
C Escobar
C Escobar
September 26
5:00 PM
Msgr. Canary
S Fortier
B Stauder
C Ahanihu
P Scherer
S Dalka
C Darrey
September 27
8:30 AM
Rev. Ronald Paulino, RCJ
C Cooper
Cantor
Sr. F. Rolfes, SLW
M Brunson
M Ungaro
B Zabielski
L Ryan
September 27
10:00 AM
Rev. Noel Reyes
FAMILY MASS
Folk Choir
L Gallichio
J Gallichio
F Millares
J Niemczyk
September 27
12:00 PM
Rev. Noel Reyes
M Niemiec
A Hernández
Spanish Choir
D Palacios E Flores
C Palacios T Castro
M Niemiec F Castro
M Hernandez
STEWARDSHIP for Fiscal Year July 2015—June 2016
9/13/15
Budgeted Actual
Last Year
Sunday Collection
$7,500
$7,098
$6,033
Other Income
$5,800
$2,478
$4,982
For Week
$13,300
$9,576
$11,015
Surplus (Deficit) for Week
($3,724)
Surplus (Deficit) for Year
($20,945)
Catholic Relief Services
$5,005
Spanish RE
$25
Homeschool RE
$2
$15
ALTAR SERVERS
P Suerth
B Suriano
M Scully
P Rotondo
Lee Manor M Ungaro
R Velasco
B Zabielski
M Brunson
R Morales
R Morales
G Gaglio
S Suriano
A Williamson
J Williamson
B Bingaman
E Benites
Y Alfaro
E Duran
Please remember St. Stephen
Protomartyr in your will.
Thank You.
Weekly Parish Events/Eventos Parroquiales Semanales
DATE/EVENT
LOCATION
Monday, September 21, 2015
6:30pm Grupo de Oracion
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
2:00pm Culinaires Meeting
6:30pm Charismatic Choir Practice
7:00pm Folk Choir Rehearsal
Fil-American Choir
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
6:30pm Grupo de Oracion
7:00pm Spanish Class
Hispanic Choir
Thursday, September 24, 2015
1:00pm HandMades
7:00pm Sol Azteca
Cry Room
Guadalupe Room
Church
Music Room
Mezydlo Room
Church
Mezydlo Room
Music Room
Santa Maria Room
Gym
Friday, September 25, 2015
Library
7:00pm Youth Group
Fil-American/Traditional Choir Mezydlo Room
Saturday, September 26, 2015
9:00am Polish School
Minister Formation Meeting
6:30pm Bingo
Sunday, September 27, 2015
10:00am Religious Education
11:00am Homeschool Religious Ed.
1:00pm Padres Formación
School
Mezydlo Room
Gym
School
Cry Room
Church
Gift Cards for the Poor
We are in need of $5 or $10 gift cards for the homeless
people that come to our door. Appropriate cards would be
for Jewel, Subway, Kentucky Fried Chicken or Burger
King.
You can either drop them off at the Parish Center or in the
collection basket in an envelope marked “Gift Cards for the
Poor.” Thank you for your generosity.
Raquel Sotto & Francisco Rocha
Vanessa Calvillo & Brian Darrey
Cynthia Lopez & Jorge Hernandez
PADS
The PADS season is quickly approaching. The first
night, of the St Mary’s PADS site, will be Friday, October 2nd. Beginning in October a collection bin will be at
the parking lot exit of our Church. Please remember
those less fortunate by donating travel size personal care
items, along with socks, underwear, sweatshirts, and
gently used winter jackets. Jesus taught us to be charitable, let our charity begin here.
Thank you,
Barbara Stancato
Knights of Columbus
Fr. Linden council #3627
Knightly 'News'
Please watch the bulletin for further information:
The Fr. Linden Council Knights, family, friends
and St. Stephens. We are going on our fall annual trip to Wisconsin.
The fireside dinner theatre at Ft. Atkinson, WI
8am - 6pm Saturday November 21,2015
Dinner– Live show 'It's a Wonderful Life'
For more information you may contact:
Jeff Amour (cell:630-878-4271) or
Alan l. Motz (cell:224-425-0536)
Thank you and God bless
September 26 and 27 Tootsie Roll Drive
Join us for
Bingo
on Saturday,
September 26th.
Doors open at 6:30pm and
Bingo starts at 7:00pm.
The Fr. Linden council will be at St. Stephen on
Saturday, September 26 @ 5pm Mass
Sunday, September 27 @ 8:30am, 10am & noon Mass
Confirmation Retreat/Retiro de Confirmación
Church News & Events // Eventos y Noticias Iglesia
ANNOUNCEMENTS
** Second collection for next weekend will be for the seminaries.
AVISOS PARROQUIALES
** La segunda colecta para el próximo fin de semana será
para los seminarios.
Nazarethville Monthly Community Informational Sessions
All sessions will be held at:
Nazarethville, 300 North River Road, Des Plaines, IL 60016.
From 10:30am-11:30am
Date
Oct 03, 2015
Nov 07, 2015
Dec 05, 2015
Session Topic
The Autumn of Our Life
Advance Directives – Expressing Your Health
Care Wishes
Caring for People at the End of Life
To reserve your seat at any of these sessions, please contact
Deacon Jack Smith at 847-493-4441.
The Women’s Center’s Garage Sale for Life Saturday,
October 3rd at 5116 N. Cicero Ave. in our parking
lot 9am-3pm. Be there or be square!
On a side note, if you have any extra boys or girls size 56, 7-8, 10-12 gently-used clothes to donate to The
Women’s Center, we are very low on these sizes for giving to our clients… Also if you have any extra used baby
furniture to spare like pack ‘n plays, carseats, high
chairs, strollers, bouncers, walkers, etc., we are always
super appreciative of these items! 
We are very low on NEW baby items for layettes to give
to new mothers in case you have extra NEW 0-3 month
baby clothes, baby wipes, size nb diapers, baby hygiene
items, etc.!
Paige Scarlett
Director of Volunteer Services The Women's Center of Greater Chicagoland
Saving Women & Babies from Abortion since 1984
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Marbeth "Julia Billiart" Aponte
Leslie "Monica" Bahena
Carina "Cecilia" Bailon
Fernando "Juan Diego" Becerra
Neiva "Eduviges" Ceja
Nayeli "Juan Pablo II" Chavez
Joshua "Peter" Conte
Roberto "Robert Bellarmine" Contreras
Jonathan "Esteban" Cortes
Veronica "Aldo" Diaz
Fernando "Ferdinand III" Estrada
Hector "Francis de Assisi" Estrada
Victoria "Bernadette Soubirous" Fleming
Kimberly "Adela" Flores
Melissa "Bridget" Flores
Verenice "Francisco de Asis" Garay
Edgar "Benito" Garcia
Erik "Martin de Porres" Garcia
Viviana "Teresita de Jesus" Garcia
Alejandro "Juan Diego" Garibay
Saul "Andres" Gil
Diego Jose "Juan Diego" Godinez
Jennifer T. "Teresa de Avila" Gomez
Crystal "Monica" Gonzalez
Xena "Joan of Arc" Gonzalez
Alexis "Juan Diego" Huerta
Sandy "Isabel" Irene
Daniel "Benito" Jaime
Ana Karen "Teresa de Avila" Macedo
Salvador "Juan" Manzur
Estefany "Bibiana" Martinez
Jaime "James" Martinez
Julian "Toribio Romo" Montejano
Michelle "Monica" Montejano
Cristal "Clare of Assisi" Montoya
Katherine "Joan of Arc" Montoya
Juan Emmanuel "Esteban" Navarro
Cynthia "Monica" Olivar
Kevin "Isidro" Olivar
Danna Fabiola "Ma. Magdalena" Ortiz
Emily "Teresa de Avila" Perez
Sandy "Monica" Perez
Yeni Karen "Catalina Labouré" Perez
Marcell "Teresa of Avila" Podsiadly
Alex "Esteban" Porroa
Anthony "Juan Diego" Quiñonez
Joana "Rita de Casia" Ramirez
Raul "Jeronimo" Ramirez
Alexander "Stephen" Rocha
Francisco "Stephen" Rocha
Jennifer "Cecilia" Rodriguez
Moises "Joseph" Rodriguez
Luke David "Peter" Rothweiler
Luis "Luis IX" Sanchez
Viviana "Emma" Tafolla
Susana Magaly "Monica" Tecalero
Angelica D. "Judas Tadeo" Torres
Jesus "Francisco de Asis" Trejo
Jocelyn "Cecilia" Velazquez
Mallerly "Cecilia" Velazquez
Stephanie "Teresa de Avila" Velazquez
Moises “Joseph of Curpertino" Victor
Maria Fernanda "Isabel" Zizumbo