ST. MARY CHURCh

DEKALB, ILLINOIS

APRIL 19, 2020

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Thank You. To all who donated to help beautify our

church for this Easter Season.

In this extraordinary time of sacrifice and suffering we have meditated on the Passion of Jesus and now celebrate especially the Resurrection and Mercy that flowed from His side on the Cross. Perhaps during Holy Week at home some of you followed the details of His Passion through the Services and devotions online, meditation on the Scriptures, and examination of the Shroud of Turin. Jesus' lungs were filled with blood as He cried out: "My God, my God, why have You abandoned Me?" quoting Psalm 22, which ultimately proclaims faith in the Father. We have been praying for those sharing so closely Christ's Passion and struggle to breath as the Church has poured out plenary indulgences in an unprece-dented way. Each of us has the opportunity to find new life through this Passion. God's goodness and mercy are there for us. Let's humbly and gratefully beg the Lord today that we and every soul will be open to this great mercy and persevere in conversion of heart until we are with our Risen Lord.

In Christ, son of Mary,

Fr. Russell

From the desk of

Fr. Russell

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Stewardship Jesus meets the need of each disciple. To the fearful in the

upper room, He speaks words of peace. To doubting Thomas, He provides the tangible proof of his resurrection. What do I need to become His disciple? What do I have to

share that might meet someone else’s need?

Readings for the Week of April 19, 2020

Sunday: Acts 2:42-47/Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 [1]/ 1 Pt 1:3-9/Jn 20:19-31 Monday: Acts 4:23-31/Ps 2:1-3, 4-7a, 7b-9 [cf. 11d]/ Jn 3:1-8 Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37/Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5 [1a]/Jn 3:7b-15 Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [7a]/ Jn 3:16-21 Thursday: Acts 5:27-33/Ps 34:2 and 9, 17-18, 19-20 [7a]/ Jn 3:31-36 Friday: Acts 5:34-42/Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 [cf. 4abc]/Jn 6:1-15 Saturday: 1 Pt 5:5b-14/Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17 [2]/ Mk 16:15-20 Next Sunday: Acts 2:14, 22-33/Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 [11a]/1 Pt 1:17-21/Lk 24:13-35 ©Liturgical Publications, Inc.

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THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ST MARY SCHOOL

If you or someone you know has had an abortion, “be assured that it is never too late to seek God’s forgiveness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.”* Additionally, other confidential, compassionate help is also available. Select “Find Help” from the menu

on www.hopeafterabortion.org to find the diocesan Project Rachel Ministry near you.

USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities *“Bridges of Mercy for Healing after Abortion”

In the Gospel today, Jesus stands in the midst of us and says: “Peace be with you!”

During Mass we turn to each other and say “Peace be with you!” As you give your gift to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul say “Peace be with

you!” to those who are poor and hungry.

Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” Bring the peace of Christ into

your marriage by taking part in a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend on June 26-28 in Rockford, IL;

Sept. 11-13 in Geneva, IL. or Oct. 16-18 in Brookfield, WI. Visit our website at: alifetimeoflove.org or call (888) 574-5653.

Para un fin de semana en espanol por favor llamen a Candelario y Emilia al 815-375-4250.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Rockford/Madison/Milwaukee Ministry

St. Mary Cemetery

The cemetery clean-up has been postponed.

PLEASE WATCH BULLETIN FOR NEW DATE.

Thank you.

ST. MARY OF DEKALB KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL

#717

If you’re interested in helping those in need, serving our parish and community, and growing in faith, then

joining the St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus is the men’s organization for you.

We are one of the oldest councils in the state and are looking for motivated men to help serve our parish,

school and community.

For more information or to sign up visit: https://www.kofc.org/secure/en/jin/join-the-

knights.html

Mayslake Ministries 718 Ogden Avenue, Suite 200

Downers Grove, IL 60501

Friends, these are difficult times for all of us. While our physical offices may be closed until further notice, please know that Mayslake Ministries is here to help you. Our 36 spiritual directors can virtually meet with you by phone, Skype or FaceTime from the safety and comfort of your home.

You are important to us. Please email Dr. Mary Amore at mamore@mayslakeministries.org

to schedule a phone appointment with one of our compassionate and skilled spiritual directors.

Our faith in Christ will lead us to the dawn of a new day. May the Lord bless you and keep you and your families

safe.

www.stmarydekalb.org

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Dear St Mary Parishioners, Thank you for your continued support and prayers during this difficult time. Our food pantry is closed until further notice.

For emergency food resources, updates and assistance visit svdpdekalb.org or call 815-200-4730. For emergency financial assistance call our helpline: 815-761-0430.

Would you like to grow in holiness and Christ's friendship by serving the poor? We invite you to learn about the Vincentian Pathway with us! Contact: Donna Brown at donna@svdpdekalb.org.

To make a donation please visit www.svdpdekalb.org.

WE CARE PREGNANCY CLINIC

WALK FOR LIFE

As many of you know, the Clinic continues to grow in service provision as well as in numbers of clients. The activities provid-ed by the Clinic are supported by private donation, such as the Baby Bottle Coin Collection and the Walk for Life. Services include empowering women and men during unplanned pregnan-cies through testing, option counseling, limited diagnostic ultra-sound, parenting education, provision of new and gently used equipment and clothing, and Bible Study. There is also an em-phasis on support for the fathers, and this has enjoyed increasing participation! The annual Walk for Life is a fundraiser scheduled for May 2. It is a sponsored, family friendly walk of two miles. If you want to walk OR sponsor a walker, please call We Care Pregnancy Clinic at 815.7548-4242 for information. You can also register at www.WeCarePregnancyClinic.org. General questions or con-cerns are always welcome; call Chris Hacker at 815.758-5625.

Again, thank you for prayers for this Christian prolife ministry. Your loving support for our clients and our mission is

appreciated.

FORMED is available free of charge to the parish for the next several weeks until May 2nd. Parishioners can sign up by following these steps: 1. Visit FORMED.org 2. Click Sign Up 3. Select "I Belong to a Parish or Organization" 4. Find St. Mary Parish by parish name, address, or zip code 5. Enter your email - and you're in! FORMED can be used on any device, phones, tablets, tv or computers and much of the content is also available in Spanish. All the content on FORMED is at their disposal. Books, movies, videos, Bible studies, audio, daily Mass, Live programs, Lenten materials.... There are things for children, teens, adults, and families.

Thank you for your continued support of St. Mary Church through your

advertisement in our bulletin.

Illinois Right to Life cordially invites you to it's 52nd annual Leaders for Life Banquet on Thursday, July 23rd, featuring Dan Proft as master of ceremonies and Sarah Huckabee Sanders as keynote speaker. Sanders is the former White House Press Secretary under President Donald Trump. Sanders was at the President’s side, battling with the media, working with lawmakers and CEOs, and staffing the President on every foreign trip. Sanders is only the third woman and the very first mom to ever hold the job of White House Press Secretary. Please join IRL at its largest fundraiser of the year, helping them to continue to be your voice for life in Springfield. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.IllinoisRighttoLife.org/Banquet or call (312)-422-9300.

Councils and Committees Pastoral Council

Kevin Fuss, Chairperson 815-758-5432 ext. 100 Ging Smith 815-756-2177

Ana Vargas Witthoff 815-787-0285 Barbara Halverson 815-756-9453 Matt Fleming

Finance Council

815-758-5432 ext. 104 Buildings & Grounds Committee

815-758-5432 ext. 102 Cemetery Committee Thomas Specht 815-758-5432 ext. 102 Funeral Committee

815-758-5432 ext. 100 Ministry of Care

Rick Fleming 815-758-5432 ext. 100 Respect Life Committee 815-758-5432 ext. 100 St. Vincent de Paul Society

Donna Brown 815-200-4730 Learn more at www.SVDPdeKalb.org School Committee

Greg Kubitz, Chairperson 815-756-7905 Stewardship Commission 815-758-5432 ext. 102

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MERCY MOMENTS April 19 – [Divine Mercy Sunday] “I thank you, Lord, with all my heart; in the presence of the angels to You I sing. I bow low toward your holy temple; I praise Your name for Your mercy and faithfulness. For You have exalted over all your name and your promise. On the day I cried out, You answered; You strengthened my spirit. All the kings of earth will praise you, LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth. They will sing of the ways of the LORD: “How great is the glory of the LORD!” The LORD is on high, but cares for the lowly and knows the proud from afar. Though I walk in the midst of dangers, You guard my life when my enemies rage. You stretch out Your hand; Your right hand saves me. The LORD is with me to the end. LORD, Your mercy endures forever. Never forsake the work of Your hands!” (Psalm 138:1-8)

Pray the Novena to Divine Mercy. Pamphlets and cards with the Novena and Chaplet can be found at the entrances

to the church. The Novena can be prayed individually according to your convenience. It would be particularly appropriate to pray it at the 3:00 Hour of Divine Mercy.

PRAYER FOR THE GRACE TO BE MERCIFUL TO OTHERS O Most Holy Trinity! As many times as I breathe, as many times as my heart beats, as many times as my blood pulsates through my body, so many thousand times do I want to glorify Your Mercy.

I want to be completely transformed into your mercy and to be Your living reflection, O Lord. May the greatest of all divine attributes, that of Your unfathomable mercy, pass through my heart and soul to my neighbor.

Help me, O Lord, that my eyes may be merciful, so that I may never suspect or judge from appearances but look for what is beautiful in my neighbors’ soul and come to their rescue.

Help me. O Lord, that my ears may be merciful, so that I may give heed to my neighbors’ needs and not be indifferent to their pains and moaning.

Help me, O Lord, that my tongue may be merciful, so that I should never speak negatively of my neighbor, but have a word of comfort and forgiveness for all.

Help me, O Lord, that my hands may be merciful and filled with good deeds, so that I may do only good to my neighbor and take upon myself the more difficult and toilsome tasks.

Help me, O Lord, that my feet may be merciful, so that I may hurry to assist my neighbor, overcoming my own fatigue and weari-ness. My true rest is in the service of my neighbor.

Help me, O Lord, that my heart may be merciful so that I myself may feel all the sufferings of my neighbor. I will refuse my heart to no one. I will be sincere even who those who, I know, will abuse my kindness. And I will lock myself in the most merciful Heart of Jesus. I will bear my own suffering in silence. May Your Mercy, O Lord, rest upon me. O my Jesus, transform me into Yourself, for You can do all things. Amen (Diary 163)

Divine Mercy Sunday Question: Where did the feast of Divine Mercy come from? Answer: If you were born well before the year 2000, you know the feast of Divine Mercy has not always been celebrated in the Church. In the early 1900s, a young Polish nun began re-ceiving private revelations. Jesus appeared to her during her times of prayer, speaking a message of mercy and love for the world. She received a set of prayers — the Divine Mercy Chaplet — and the request to have a feast day established to remind the Church of the mercy of God. St. Faustina died in 1938, on the cusp of war and in the midst of one of the most violent centuries in the history of the world. Her story and her diaries began circulating in Poland and beyond. It quick-ly became apparent that this was a holy young women, and the cause for her canonization opened. In the year 2000, she was canonized by the first-ever Polish pope, St. John Paul II. On her canonization day, he established the second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday, “a perennial invitation to the Christian world to face, with confidence in divine benev-olence, the difficulties and trials that mankind with experi-ence in the years to come.”

ABCs OF DIVINE MERCY

A: Ask for His Mercy - God wants us to approach Him in prayer, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy upon us and upon the whole world. B: Be merciful to others - God wants us to receive His mercy and extend mercy (love and forgiveness) to others just as He does to us. C: Complete trust in Jesus - God wants us to know that the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our trust in Him. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will receive.

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Monday, April 20 (Easter Weekday)

7:00 AM † Poor Souls

Tuesday, April 21 (St. Anselm)

7:00 AM † Sharon Specht

Wednesday, April 22 (Easter Weekday)

7:00 AM † Teresa Murphy

9:00 AM Rescheduled (School)

Thursday, April 23 (St. George)

7:00 PM † Donavon E. O’Brien

Friday, April 24 (St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen)

7:00 AM † Mary Lou Cahill

Saturday, April 25 (St. Mark)

8:00 AM † Cathy Baldin

4:30 PM † Harry & Beverly Friedlund

Third Sunday of Easter)

8:30 AM Living & Deceased Members of St. Mary

10:30 AM † John Harris

Office 302 Fisk Avenue · DeKalb, IL 60115 Phone: 815.758.5432 Fax: 815.758.2487 / Website: stmarydekalb.org

Office Hours

Monday thru Thursday: 9:00 AM - Noon & 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Friday: Closed

Liturgies

Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:30 PM in English

Sunday Masses: 8:30 AM & 10:30 AM in English

Spanish Mass: Sunday 4:00 PM

Vietnamese Mass: 2nd Sunday 1:30 PM

Weekday Masses: Mon.-Fri. 7 AM and

Sat. 8 AM in English

Vigil/Holy Day Masses: See page 5

Area Care Facilities: See page 5 for

dates & Mass times

Reconciliation:

English: Tue, Thu, Fri. 7:35-8:00 AM

& Sat.8:35-9:15 AM & 3:30-4:15 PM

Spanish: Tue. 6:00-8:30 PM

Pastoral Staff

Pastor: Rev. Dean Russell, 815.758.5432 frrussell@stmarydekalb.org Principal: Ashley Davis, 815.756.7905 Cemetery: 815.758-5432 Director of Music: Joe Harmon, ext. 106 Choir Director: Caleb Gray Director of Religious Education: Annalisa McMaster, ext. 110

Support Staff Business Manager: Jim Glemkowski, ext. 102 Financial Assistant: Susan Klefstad, ext. 105 Parish Secretary: Linda Jackiw, ext.103 Ministry Secretary: Mona O'Bryan, ext. 107 Receptionist: Carrie Anderson, ext. 100

Contact Information Parish Office: 302 Fisk Avenue - 815.758.5432

Faith Formation / Rel. Ed. / Youth Ministry: 815.758.5432

School: 210 Gurler Road - 815.756.7905

E-mail: mail@stmarydekalb.org

Website: stmarydekalb.org

Hispanic Ministry

Rev. Darwin Flores, 815.758.1377

Hispanic Secretary: Susana Garcia, ext. 113

Vietnamese Ministry

Rev. Anthony Vu Khac Long, 815.312.9661

Bulletin Deadline

Monday - 8:00 AM (FOR CONSIDERATION)

The power of prayer We pray for St. Mary parishioners, relatives, and friends who are suffering from illness, also for those who are homebound, hospitalized, or confined to a care facility, especially:

Giana Anderson, Matt Anderson, Jackie Balon, Lori Baert, Pat Beck, Patricia Budzinski, Dale Byers, Mary Clarbour, Margaret Cobb,

Debbie Coffland, Ben Coniglio, Donna Dalwam, Joe Diedrich, Horst Erker, Yale Factor, Bobbie Fitch, Beth Fixmer, Missy Flores, Fr. Karl Ganss, Justin French, Judi Glover, Rita Hammett, Eric

Hanson, Kathleen Hiatt, Ruth Higgins, Peggy Hoyt, Joann Schoo Irving, Ana Jackiw, Col. Thomas Z. James, Julie Jones, Joan Judkins,

Patsy Kelahan, Rev. Richard Kramer, Carolyn Kustron, Ginger Lange, Henrietta Lobner, Brayden Timothy McMillan, Mary Lou

Murphy, Louis Mustari, Dave Myers, Mary O’Brien, Tom O’Brien, Orlando Moises Pulido, Carol Reed, Joshua Reynolds, Jr., Joel

Rivera, Jeff Salazar, Marlene Salazar, Richard Salazar, Steve Stach, Jim Theisen, Leah Theisen, Ray Theisen, Justin Valdez, Jerry Vasko,

Abel Viland, Robert White, David Young

If you know of a person in our parish who is homebound and would like to receive a card of encouragement, or to have a name added to or removed from the prayer list, call the parish office at

815.758.5432.

** Due to the suspension of public Masses by Bishop Malloy, private Masses for your intentions are still being said.

REGULAR CONFESSION HOURS ARE POSTPONED DURING THE ‘STAY-AT-HOME’ ORDER.

POPE FRANCIS SPOKE ABOUT HOW, IF WE GO TO GOD SINCERELY ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS AND INTENDING TO GO TO CONFESSION WHEN IT IS

AVAILABLE, GRACE WILL ACCOMPANY US IMMEDIATELY.

STAY HEALTHY AND GOD BLESS.