September 20th - Weekly Newsletter

Adoration Chapel, Parish Oktoberfest, UPDATED Schedule for Carlo's Salon, and more ...

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Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life, you have the words of everlasting life. Dear Friends, Happy Wednesday everyone, hard to believe we're coming to the end of September already! WEDNESDAY DAILY MASS -- The Wednesday Daily Mass has been moved to 8:30 a.m. at St. John Berchmans, and will be celebrated with St. John Berchmans School. There will NOT be an 8 a.m. Mass on Wednesdays at St. Hedwig! Eucharistic Adoration - The Chapel at St. Hedwig will be open for Eucharistic Adoration Monday through Saturday from 7 am to 7 pm, with Daily Mass at 8 am. To gain access to the chapel, please contact the office for an access code. Kermes Festival - Thanks to everyone who celebrated with us this past weekend, the event was a great success! Parish Oktoberfest - Save the date! Saturday October 7th will be our Parish's annual Oktoberfest! We cannot wait to celebrate together as a Parish. As always in order for any event to run smoothly, we need your help. Please consider volunteering by visiting the Signup Genius HERE. Prost! Carlo's Salon - Join us every Thursday in the chapel at St. Hedwig Church, after the 8 a.m. Daily Mass, for “Carlo’s Salon”. See below ... Food Pantry Update - The needs of our Parish Food Pantry are constantly evolving, please see below for our latest needs. Prayers for the Sick - Both in the Sunday Bulletin, and here in the Weekly Newsletter, we list the names of those who are in sick and in need of our prayers. These people are remembered each week as part of the Universal Prayer/Petitions. If you would like to add you someone's name to the sick list, please email or call the Parish Office. Please also email/call us when it's OK to remove them from the sick list as this helps to ensure our list is up to date. Online Book of Intentions - Also, if you have a special intention that you would like us to pray for, see below for the link that you can click and then enter your intention. These intentions are also prayed for each week in the Universal Prayer/Petitions. They are private, no one can see them except us, and can be anonymous if you wish. Daily Mass & Devotions - For the full list of Mass times and Devotions, please see the schedule below. Parish Forms on the Website - https://www.carloacutisparish.org/parish-forms.html Did you know that many of our forms and requests are on our website? Inquiring about a Baptism ... Need a copy of your Baptismal Certificate ... Want to schedule your wedding? It's all on our website! Simply fill out the form and we'll get back to ya. We hope to see you at one of the Masses this weekend, and don't forget to bring a friend or two!!   God Bless, see you in Church! Michael White, Director of Music and Liturgy AND the Weekly Newsletter Editor Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish Mission Statement   We are a multicultural, intergenerational Catholic parish community of people who through the help of the Eucharist, are on the journey to learning about, celebrating, serving and proclaiming our faith in the Risen Jesus.   Vision Statement   Our vision is transforming spirits, hearts and minds.   Core Values   We are welcoming, learning, believing, serving, celebrating, understanding, sharing, diverse, community and focused on quality. Goals 1). To have vibrant, welcoming liturgies. 2). To be an evangelizing community. 3). To reach out to youth. 4). To provide social justice education and outreach to the poor. The Chapel at St. Hedwig will be open for Eucharistic Adoration Monday through Saturday from 7 am to 7 pm, with Daily Mass at 8 am. To gain access to the chapel, please contact the office for an access code. As always in order for any event to run smoothly, we need your help. Please consider volunteering by visiting the Signup Genius HERE. Updated Schedule   This discussion group has been meeting in the Adoration Chapel on Thursday after the 8:00 a.m. Mass. The first series of four weeks consisted of the Creation Stories in Genesis and the near universality of people’s origin stories, or World Mythologies. The second series of four weeks consisted of the Synoptic Gospels viewed through the lens of Mark, and also the Gospel of John. The anticipated schedule of the next four weeks is: Oct. 5 and 12: Moral Theology and Primacy of Conscience Oct. 19 and 26: Relationship of Body and Soul (Sessions will not meet on Sept. 21 and 28.) All are welcome! You can drop off any donations to 2517 W. Logan blvd between the hours of 9-3 pm M-F, or on Sundays in the bins at the back of the church. Thank you. Saints of the Day for September 20   Saint Andrew Kim Taegon (August 21, 1821 – September 16, 1846); Saint Paul Chong Hasang and Companions (d. between 1839 – 1867) Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions’ Stories The first native Korean priest, Andrew Kim Taegon was the son of Christian converts. Following his baptism at the age of 15, Andrew traveled 1,300 miles to the seminary in Macao, China. After six years, he managed to return to his country through Manchuria. That same year he crossed the Yellow Sea to Shanghai and was ordained a priest. Back home again, he was assigned to arrange for more missionaries to enter by a water route that would elude the border patrol. He was arrested, tortured, and finally beheaded at the Han River near Seoul, the capital. Andrew’s father Ignatius Kim, was martyred during the persecution of 1839, and was beatified in 1925. Paul Chong Hasang, a lay apostle and married man, also died in 1839 at age 45. Among the other martyrs in 1839 was Columba Kim, an unmarried woman of 26. She was put in prison, pierced with hot tools and seared with burning coals. She and her sister Agnes were disrobed and kept for two days in a cell with condemned criminals, but were not molested. After Columba complained about the indignity, no more women were subjected to it. The two were beheaded. Peter Ryou, a boy of 13, had his flesh so badly torn that he could pull off pieces and throw them at the judges. He was killed by strangulation. Protase Chong, a 41-year-old nobleman, apostatized under torture and was freed. Later he came back, confessed his faith and was tortured to death. Christianity came to Korea during the Japanese invasion in 1592 when some Koreans were baptized, probably by Christian Japanese soldiers. Evangelization was difficult because Korea refused all contact with the outside world except for taking taxes to Beijing annually. On one of these occasions, around 1777, Christian literature obtained from Jesuits in China led educated Korean Christians to study. A home Church began. When a Chinese priest managed to enter secretly a dozen years later, he found 4,000 Catholics, none of whom had ever seen a priest. Seven years later there were 10,000 Catholics. Religious freedom came to Korea in 1883. Besides Andrew and Paul, Pope John Paul II canonized 98 Koreans and three French missionaries who had been martyred between 1839 and 1867, when he visited Korea in 1984. Among them were bishops and priests, but for the most part they were lay persons: 47 women and 45 men. Reflection We marvel at the fact that the Korean Church was strictly a lay Church for a dozen years after its birth. How did the people survive without the Eucharist? It is no belittling of this and other sacraments to realize that there must be a living faith before there can be a truly beneficial celebration of the Eucharist. The sacraments are signs of God’s initiative and response to faith already present. The sacraments increase grace and faith, but only if there is something ready to be increased.   ~ Franciscan Media BCAP - Weekly Mass Sacraments and Devotional Schedule *All are celebrated at St. Hedwig Church, except Wednesday's Daily Mass*   Daily Mass 8:00 a.m. Monday, Tuesday; Thursday - Saturday 8:30 a.m. Wednesday - St. John Berchmans Church The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick After the 8 a.m. Mass on the FIRST *FRIDAY* of the Month. (*Note new day of the week.*) The Sacrament of Reconciliation Monday through Saturday at 7:30 a.m Saturdays at 4:15 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration 7:30 a.m.–8:00 a.m. – Monday through Saturday Holy Hour - (En Español) 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. – Tuesday Circulo de Oracion - (En Español) Reflection, Prayer and Singing / Reflexión, Oración y Canto 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Friday   Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena 8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. – Tuesday   Novena to St. Peregrine Novena to the patron saint for persons suffering from cancer, AIDS or other chronic illnesses. 8:30 a.m.–9:00 a.m. – First Wednesday of the Month   Litany of the Sacred Heart 7:45 a.m.–8:00 a.m. – First Friday of the Month   Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary 7:45 a.m.–9:00 a.m. – Saturday   DOLMA – Rosary and Our Lady of Manaoag Novena 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. – First Saturday of the Month   Rosario y Consagración a Nuestra Virgen De Guadalupe 12:30 p.m. – Primer Domingo “Our goal must be the infinite and not the finite.” Pope Francis is cautioning people not to get accustomed to the war in Ukraine, and is calling for the faithful to keep those suffering "this tragic reality" in our hearts and prayers. "The thought of the people of Ukraine, afflicted by war, should remain vivid in our hearts."  Please continue to pray for them. Online Book of Intentions   Praying for each other's intentions is an important part of our parish life. If you would like the parish to pray for your intention, please write the intention in a sentence or two in this Online "Book of Intentions."  These intentions will be remembered in our intercessions at our Sunday masses. Click HERE Please pray for the Sick of our Parish Fr. Paul Reicher, Reynaldo Sanchez, Rachel Mauricio Elizar, Charlene Herda, Doreen Maneely, Anna Mann, Nicole Vilches, Karel O’Brien, Angela Rivera, Mary Anne Sedey, Linda Klickmann, Barbara Durbin, Danny Olivero, Junior Burgos, Dolores Kryszak, Joseph Price, Teresa Ellison, Tallulah Andresen, Robert Bauer, Antionette Krerowicz, Ana Flores, Apolonio Alarcon, Antonio de Vera, Patricio A. Yanez Guerra, Manglio Bonilla Gail, Jason & Family, Daniel Brady, Cyndi De Lira, Carolyn S. Duckunue, Transito Alvarez, Frances Alequin, Alejandro Carmona, Sophie Hernan, Eleanor Jura, Monika Kloniecka, Joseph Wyse, Verena Tonnesen, Berenice Sosnowski, Nick Jurado, Jackie Schuman, Terry Brady, Salomea Olszewska, Hertha Runowski, Angie Schuman, John Graff, Joseph Murphy, Linda Riske, Margaret Flisiak, Jazzmyne Aguilar, Hailey Marose, Sarah Ellison, Nancy Idaszak, Sally Cox, Eleanor Rylko, Nancy, Brian, Jimmy Denges, & Crystal Mohetano. Please follow us on our Social Media platforms by clicking the links below! View this email in your browser Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*