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PARISH CENTER HOURS 1012 Lake Street, Evanston IL 60201
(847) 864-0333
The Parish Center is CLOSED
Until Further Notice
Father Kevin McCray
Pastor, ext 204
Father Tony Joseph
Associate Pastor, ext. 212
Father Chris LeBlanc, Resident
Deacon Dennis Robak, ext. 209
Deacon Ramon & Julia Navarro, x202
Director of Music & Liturgy
Dianne Fox, ext. 210
Director of Faith Formation
Karie Ferrell, ext. 203
Business Manager
Leticia Montoya, ext. 201
Regional Director, Youth Ministry
United Catholic Youth Ministry James Holzhauer-Chuckas ObSB, ext 231
Dr. Molly Cinnamon
Principal, Pope John XXIII School
(847) 475-5678
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
(847) 869-6134
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Saint Mary Parish Established 1865
A Community of Faith and Service in Christ
Sunday Mass from the Church
Daily Mass from Saint Mary Chapel Available to view daily after 7:00 a.m.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrHFC5MpGVi-26PQuX55h2w
Stay Connected with Your Parish Community sww.stmaryevanston.org
Lectio Divina for Young Adults (20s—30s) Mondays, May 11 —May 18, at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom
Email [email protected] for the link to the meeting
Saint Mary’s Black Catholics Discussion Group Wednesday, May 20 at 2:00 p.m. with Shannon Ambroise via Zoom
“My Black Catholic Church Was Closed in the Name of Integration”
Read the Article, email: [email protected] for the link
Laudato Si’ Week, 5th Anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical
Monday Morning Meditation by Karie Ferrell Monday, May 18 on our Parish YouTube Channel after 10:00 a.m.
Laudato Si’ - The Promise and the
Practice Five Years Later Tuesday, May 19, at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom
Dr. Mark Potosnak, Associate Professor, DePaul Univ.
In 2015, the pope’s encyclical was released with
great expectations. Five years later, what has
changed for the better? What can we do to pro-
mote the pope’s vision of an integral ecology?
Please join us for an interactive discussion of how
Catholics can connect our faith to the natural world.
The Family Is The Heart of the Culture of Life Thursday, May 21, at 7:00 p.m. with Karie Ferrell via Zoom
Discussion of the principles of Laudato Si’ for family life
Celebrating God’s Gift of Creation Monday-Friday, Sunday at 10:00 a.m. on YouTube
An original Lessons & Carols created by
Dianne Fox, Director of Music & Liturgy
One lesson each day:
Scripture and other readings,
prayer and music
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Mary’s Abandonment RESPECT LIFE—PRO-LIFE IS PRO-WOMAN
In Death on a Friday Afternoon, the brilliant writer and speaker Richard John Neuhaus,
offers a reflection on Mary. It suggests a path forward in a pandemic world.
Mary, he writes, is a model of discipleship “in her total availability to the will of God”. By
her fiat, she abandoned her own will. In other words,”[s]he had no business of her own”.
This doesn’t mean she was without task. The hardship and heartbreak of bearing, raising
and loving a son, the only begotten Son, couldn’t have been imagined when she gave her fiat. Nor could
the joys and exultations. The point is that “[b]y saying yes to the angel and agreeing to be the mother of the
Messiah she created a situation beyond her control.”
But what about fear? Of things to come? Of things she couldn’t control? For this, Neuhaus sees Mary as a
paradigm:
In her total availability to God, Mary is totally independent and totally dependent upon God’s provid-
ing. True availability to God overcomes fear of being dependent on others, for God provides.
Sure, it’s hardest to trust and let go when we’re down and out. But the reality is that the more we insist upon
being in control, the less we are available to him who, unfailingly, does indeed provide.
As we search for a way through the confinement, confusion and terror of the coronavirus, it might help to look
to Mary.
On Reopening Our Church FR. KEVIN MCCRAY, PASTOR
My Dear Sisters and Brothers,
I hope all is well with your family and those you hold dear.
On the next page of this bulletin, ou’ll find a letter from Cardinal Cupich, dated May 13,
that went out to the media and posted on the Archdiocese of Chicago various media
platforms.
In collaboration with the other Illinois dioceses, and with medical and government officials, a plan is being
developed for how we can move toward opening our parishes so the Sacraments can be administered.
Regardless how it will be portrayed on news reports or in the paper, it will be a multi-phased opening, and it
will not be a quick opening. The first focus will be on administering those activities that can be done in small
groups, such as baptisms, weddings, and funerals.
The parish leadership will be involved in implementing the requirements, once developed, for training volun-
teers, and for being certified --- all before a parish will be allowed to open their doors to public events. This is
a work-in-progress, with many details being developed by the Archdiocese, who will then train the parishes.
As frustrating as this is for everyone, the focus remains that parishes provide a safe environment for all who
are allowed to enter the doors. It is an act of charity to assure that we act with good hospitality, prudence,
and to keep all parishioners healthy and safe.
We will continue to pass on information as it becomes finalized. Thank you for your patience.
In Christ’s Peace,
Fr. Kevin
Dear Friends in Christ,
These fifty days of Easter, leading to Pentecost, are marked by unprecedented suffering,
as humanity has fallen victim to a perilous contagion. In addition to the threats to our
physical wellbeing, we are suffering spiritually as the Covid-19 pandemic has required
restrictions of our worship and active participation in the sacramental life of the Church.
Surely, there have been moments in history when governments and rulers have persecut-
ed Christians and banned their public worship. This is not one of them. Rather, the present restrictions come in
response to an extreme medical emergency as local, state and federal authorities – specifically public
health officials – legitimately fulfil their responsibilities to safeguard human life and the common good. They
have based their reasonable guidance on careful consideration of empirical data and the best available
disease-mitigation practices as they seek to contain the pandemic’s rampage through our communities.
While everyone must exercise good citizenship in observing these restrictions, I call on the Catholic faithful, as
advocates for justice and charity, to comply with these regulations. From the first pages of Scripture we learn
that we indeed are “our brother’s keeper,” a truth that must inspire us as we are called to sacrifice. We
should also be motivated to cooperate with public safety norms, given our reverence for life and human dig-
nity. This is, at its heart, a moment to proclaim the breadth and depth of what it means to be pro-life, particu-
larly as this virus preys on the most vulnerable in our midst. The good news is that a plan for a gradual reopening of our churches has now taken shape, as I note below.
However, since our movements will be restricted as that plan unfolds in different phases, your pastors and
bishops will continue for the present time to offer Mass in private each day and to livestream and broadcast
Masses from our parishes and the archdiocese. I am particularly grateful to ABC-TV, Univision and Polvision in
Chicago for giving us airtime every Sunday. These celebrations surely are not the same as gathering in our
churches for Mass, but I know from hearing from many parishioners that they provide a great deal of solace
and support in this time of uncertainty. We must be honest. We expect this situation to continue for some weeks, and any plan for reopening our
Churches for public worship must include every precaution to ensure public gatherings do not create a sec-
ond wave of contagion, thus squandering the gains made through our sacrifice in these days. With those realities in mind, I am heartened to announce that the Catholic Bishops of Illinois have reached
an agreement with the Office of the Governor on a multi-phase Plan for re-opening our churches for the cel-
ebration of the sacraments, private prayer, adoration and Mass. As I share the Plan with you, both by way of
an Executive Summary and the full Plan in the attachment, I want to assure you of my prayers for you and
your family’s personal, material and spiritual wellbeing. I also express my appreciation to the many people
on the archdiocesan staff and in the Office of the Governor for the many hours they have given to designing
and fine tuning this agreement. Again, I call on all Catholics to seize this moment to exercise faith-filled citi-
zenship in a way that reflects our deep regard for life, our calling as disciples of Jesus and our love of country.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich
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Reopening of Our Church CARDINAL BLASE J. CUPICH, ARCHBISHOP OF CHICAGO
Weekend of May 3 2020 $4,555.00
Easter Offering $7,725.00
Our Year to Date Income
As of May 3 (45 out of 52 weeks) $311,121.00
Our Year to Date Goal (44/52 weeks) $353,925.00
Difference + or (-) $(42,804.00
Use our parish code: IL372 when enrolling.
Safe Secure
Online Giving
Go to
faithdirect.net
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“LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord.”
These are the words that open Pope Francis’ encyclical on ecology and care for God’s creation, released in
June 2015. These words, quoting St. Francis of Assisi’s beautiful canticle, remind us that our common home is
like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us.
Pope Francis invites all Catholics and people of good will to celebrate its fifth anniversary by protecting fami-
lies and future generations through action to care for our common home. Here are themes that Pope Francis
highlighted in Laudato Si’ which require our urgent response today.
A Moral and Spiritual Challenge. The ecological crisis, Pope Francis writes, is a summons to profound
interior conversion—to renew our relationships with God, one another, and the created world.
Care for God’s Creation. God created the world and entrusted it to us as a gift. Now we have the re-
sponsibility to care for and protect it and all people, who are part of creation. Protecting human digni-
ty is strongly linked to care for creation.
We are All Connected. We are connected to the rest of the human family, to the created world, and
to those who will come after us in future generations.
Impact on the Poor. People in poverty have contributed least to climate change, yet they are dispro-
portionately impacted by it. As a result of excessive use of natural resource by wealthy nations, those
who are poor experience pollution, lack of access to clean water, hunger, and more.
Called to Solidarity. We are one human family and have a shared responsibility for others and for crea-
tion. Wealthy countries have a responsibility to reduce consumption of non-renewal resources and
should help poorer nations develop in sustainable ways.
Technological and economic development must serve human beings and enhance human dignity,
instead of creating an economy of exclusion, so that all people have access to what is needed for
authentic human development.
Supporting Life, Protecting Creation. Concern for nature is incompatible with failure to protect vulnera-
ble human beings, such as unborn children, people with disabilities, or victims of human trafficking.
A Time to Act. Pope Francis calls for a change in lifestyle and consumption. We can make important
changes as individuals, families, and communities, and as civil and political leaders.
Hope and Joy. “Injustice is not invincible” (no. 74) and we act knowing that we seek to live out God’s
vision of renewed relationships with God, ourselves, one another, and creation.
How Can You Respond? — Each of us is called to take concrete steps – from reducing consumption to work-
ing for political change – to better care for creation.
Join Fellow Parishioners This Week
A Special Monday Morning Meditation on the Document
Monday, May 18, by 10:00 a.m. on our Parish YouTube Channel
A special Monday Morning Meditation on the document by Karie Ferrell, Director of Faith Formation
Lessons & Carols: Celebrating God’s Gift of Creation.
Monday - Friday, and then Sunday, May 24 by 10:00 a.m. on our Parish YouTube Channel
Daily Meditations from an original Lessons & Carols created by Dianne Fox, Director of Music and Liturgy.
Laudato Si’, The Promise and the Practice Five Years Later: an interactive Zoom Discussion
Tuesday, May 19, at 7:00 p.m. at Link to the Meeting
The Family Is The Heart of the Culture of Life: A Zoom Conversation
Thursday, May 21, at 7:00 p.m. at Link to the Meeting, facilitated by Karie Ferrell, Director of Faith Formation.
A conversation especially for parents on the principles of the pope’s document for families.
Laudato Si’ Week May 16-24, 2020
About Mass Intentions
Every time we celebrate the Mass, we unite our
prayer with one another for one another. You can
request that a priest offer your personal intentions
at a Mass. You are not buying the grace of the
Mass; you are making an offering and the priest
accepts that offering, committing himself to cele-
brate a mass according to your intentions.
An intention is often to recommend the soul of a
deceased person, but it may also be for the per-
sonal intentions of the living. Sometimes people
request an intention for someone who is physically
or mentally ill or for someone going through a par-
ticularly difficult time. Some people request the
intention of a mass in thanksgiving or in celebra-
tion, such as for a birthday or wedding anniver-
sary. You will notice in the publication of the Mass
Intentions that there is a cross, printed in front of
some of the names; this indicates that the inten-
tion of the Mass is for a deceased person.
Requesting a Mass Intention During This Time That
The Parish Center Is Closed:
You may request a Mass Intention by calling the
parish office (847) 864-0333 and leaving a mes-
sage in the office voicemail or by sending your
request via email to [email protected]
and sending the stipend/offering to: St. Mary Par-
ish, 1012 Lake Street, Evanston IL 60201 – please
indicate “Mass Stipend” & the requested date in
the memo line. You may request simply the next
available date or a specific date. Please indicate
if the intention is for someone who is deceased or
if it is for someone living, and if there is a reason,
(Example: Birthday, Anniversary, Special Intention,
Thanksgiving) During this time of the Corona Virus
Outbreak, only one Mass will be offered each day.
From the Archdiocesan Policy Book IV,
The Sanctifying Office of the Church
“In the established tradition of the Church, the
faithful, moved by an ecclesial and religious
sense, join to the Eucharistic sacrifice a kind of
sacrifice of their own, as a way of taking part
more intensely.”
“Consistent with the determination of the bishops
of the Province of Chicago, the ordinary offering
to be made for the celebration and application of
a Mass in the Archdiocese of Chicago is $10.”
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MAY 21
Our next soup kitchen is coming up on May 21st.
During the Coronavirus crisis, the format of the
soup kitchen has changed radically. Instead of
serving indoors with a serving line and a sit-down
meal, we will be preparing the meals to-go and
handing them out to the folks as they arrive. We’ll
prepare a dinner in a take-out container and a
brown bag lunch for the following day.
The distribution point is not our usual location, but
the Congregational Meeting House a few blocks
away.
As always, we need:
Donated Food: hard-boiled eggs, fruit, desserts
People to prepare bag lunches – If you have
time on Wednesday 5/20 or Thursday 5/21, I
can drop off some lunch stuff. You could then
make sandwiches & prepare the bag lunches.
People to assemble the dinners on Thursday
afternoon. We’ll figure out a place and a
procedure to keep everyone safe.
No need for volunteers to serve. There isn’t
much room and all we do is hand out bags
with the meals in them.
Monetary Donations: The take-out meals are
running a little more than our traditional dinners
because of the cost of containers. Any help
here would be appreciated.
Thanks to everyone for your great support; we
need you! If you want to help in any way, send
me email or call me.
Contact Jay Larmee at 847 347-2895 or
KITCHEN
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WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO SERVE, FOR THEIR
FAMILIES AND FOR PEACE
2nd Lieutenant Patrick Benn, U.S. Marine
Corps, son of Kathy & Adrian Benn CDR Edward Carlton, U.S. Navy, son of Caroline
& Frank Carlton
2nd Lieutenant Henry L. Clark, U.S. Air Force, son
of Gayle & Dan Clark
Airman Lindsey Foley, U.S. Air Force, niece of
Chris Foley
Cadet Helen Hitt, U.S. Air Force Academy,
daughter of Stephanie & John Hitt
Lt. Daniel Kozicki, U.S. Navy, nephew of Linda
O’Dwyer
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK, ESPECIALLY …
Fr. Brian Walker Sister Betty Bowen
Shirley Brouwer Kevin Gillen
Joe Simpson Terri Simpson
Mary Morrow Fran Delaney
Meaghan Onofrey Maxandre Balthazar
Elaine Pollack
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED,
ESPECIALLY ...
Teresa Vernengo, sister of Alicia Marshall
Catherine Wall, mother of Fr. Jack Wall
JOIN POPE FRANCIS IN PRAYER
Our Holy Father has designated May as a month
to pray: “We pray that deacons, faithful in their
service to the Word and to the poor, may be an
invigorating symbol for the entire Church.”
Join the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network
(popesprayerusa.net)
Sunday, May 17 — Sixth Sunday of Easter
For Our Parishioners
Jim Osburn
Georgio Berriolo
Monday, May 18
Everyone struggling—physically, financially,
emotionally—due to COVID-19
Tuesday, May 19
Cathy D’Amore
Lena Truskowski
Wednesday, May 20
An increased devotion to our Blessed
Mother Mary
Thursday, May 21
John & Ann Coffey
Friday, May 22
Pope Francis’ Intention for May
“That deacons, faithful in their service to
the Word and to the poor, may be an
invigorating symbol for the entire Church”
Saturday, May 23
Our Beloved Dead
Sunday, May 24 — 7th Sunday of Easter
For Our Parishioners
Marianne Lisowski
MASS INTENTIONS
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