Saint Albert the Great Parish

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TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AUGUST 14, 2011

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PRAYER

An act of the virtue of religion which consists in asking proper gifts or graces from God. In a more general sense it is the application of the mind to Divine things, not merely to acquire a knowledge of them but to make use of such knowledge as a means of union with God. This may be done by acts of praise and thanksgiving, but petition is the principal act of prayer. By prayer we acknowledge Gods power and goodness, our own neediness and dependence. It is therefore an act of the virtue of religion implying the deepest reverence for God and habituating us to look to Him for everything, not merely because the thing asked be good in itself, or advantageous to us, but chiefly because we wish it as a gift of God, and not otherwise, no matter how good or desirable it may seem to us. Prayer presupposes faith in God and hope in His goodness. By both, God, to whom we pray, moves us to prayer. (New Advent Catholic
Encyclopedia)

Observe what is right, do what is just; for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed. Isaiah 56:1

REV. MICHAEL L. ZOUFAL, PASTOR REV. JOSEPH P. LYNCH, PASTOR EMERITUS REV. RICHARD CZERNIAK, C.R. ASSOCIATE PASTOR IRVIN A. BRYCE, JR. PERMANENT DEACON
RECTORY ...(708)423-0321 PLEBANIA (po polsku)...(708)423-0321 For Sacraments of Baptism, Marriage, parish registration, convert instruction, prolonged illness at home. PARISH WEBSITE www.stalbertgreat.com E-MAIL StAlbert@archchicago.org PARISH BOUNDARIES North-75th St. East-Cicero, West-Narragansett, South-87th St. Cicero to Austin) 83rd St. (Austin to Narragansett) MINISTRY OF CARE.(708)423-0321 Deacon Irvin A. Bryce Jr. PRAYER NETWORK....(708)966-4068 Mrs. Marlene Rybicki SCHOOL..(708)424-7757 Mrs. Marilyn Kurowski, Principal 5535 West State Road http;//home.comcast.net/~st.alberts/ CCD OFFICE...(708)636-0406 Mr. Kevin Wiseman, Coordinator 5535 West State Road

MASSES SATURDAY 5:00 PM (Sunday Obligation) SUNDAY 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 1:30 PM AND 5:00 PM POLISH MASSES WEEKDAY MASSES (Monday-Friday) 6:30 AM AND 8:30 AM SATURDAY MASS 8:30 AM HOLY DAYS (Except Christmas and New Year) Vigil Mass - 5:00 PM (evening before Holy Day) 6:30 AM - 8:30 AM - 6:00PM - 7:30 PM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday 4:00-4:45 PM SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM 1st and 3rd Sundays at 3:15 PM Baptismal Preparation Class Last Monday of month at 7:00 PM Parish registration and attendance at the Baptismal Preparation Class are required Prior to Baptism. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE All wedding arrangements must be made with a parish priest at least 5 months prior to scheduled date. All couples are required to participate in a marriage preparation program. Parish registration is a requirement. Times of marriages are as follows: Saturday 12:00 PM and 2:30 PM Sundayno weddings

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary
into Heaven at the end of her life. Virgin Mary "having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory." This doctrine was dogmatically and infallibly defined by Pope Pius XII. In his August 15, 2004, homily Pope John Paul II quoted John 14:3 as one of the scriptural bases for understanding the dogma of the Assumption of Mary. In this verse, Jesus tells his disciples at the Last Supper, "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also." Mary is the pledge of the fulfillment of Christ's promise. Her acceptance into the glory of Heaven is seen as the symbol of the promise made by Jesus to all enduring Christians that they too will be received into paradise. The Resurrection of the Body ... has in her case been anticipated and is already an accomplished fact. That does not mean, however, that she is dissociated from the rest of humanity and placed in a wholly different category: for we all hope to share one day in that same glory of the Resurrection of the Body which she enjoys even now. Mass times for Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 are as follows: 6:30am (English) 7:30am (Polish), 8:30 am (English) , 12:00 pm (Polish), 5:30 pm (English) & 7:00 pm (Polish). Hail Mary Full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for our sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

MASS INTENTIONS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2011 7:30-For the Parishioners, Ercole & Innocenza Sturino 9:00-Florence Rawski, Jim Carter -Cotte Donato, Sonia Balmaceda, St. Paul Sisiters 10:30-Christopher Janowiak - Birthday Rememb. -Stanley & Genevieve Czaja 12:00PM-Mary & Christopher Iacullo -Frankie Balestri, Norene Ranuro 1:30PM-POLISH MASS -Jan Szczypta, Aniela Szczypta, Maria Kurczak -Maria & Stanislaw Bukowscy 5:00PM-POLISH MASS -Stanley Lukanus MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2011 ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 6:30-Kelly & McGarry Families 7:30-POLISH MASS - For Vocations to Priesthood 8:30-Zofia & Stanislaw Zaborski -Joseph & Emily Sekan, Clarita & Ben Cristobal Family -Cynthia & Jim & Yimm 12:00PM-POLISH MASS - For the Parishioners 5:30PM-For Souls in the Purgatory 7:00PM POLISH MASS - Special Intention TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2011 6:30-Special Intention 8:30-Emily Sekan WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2011 6:30-Mitchell Oleksy 8:10-MORNING PRAYER OF THE CHURCH 8:30-Evelyn Mattera THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2011 6:30-Pat Seiler 8:30-Janelle Demski - Blessing 7:00PM - PARISH HOLY HOUR FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2011 6:30-Albie Karpinski 8:30-Innocenza Sturino SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2011 8:30-Viola Fredricks 12:00PM-Wedding: Rafal Ignas & Ewa Skawinska 5:00PM-Stanley Ojer, Charles Hollcraft SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2011 7:30-For the Parishioners, Innocenza Sturino 9:00-Jacob & Genevieve Klumbis, Robert OGrady 10:30-Czaja Family, Maryann Froemel 12:00PM-In reparation for abortion -Jozef Garb, John Bourke 1:30PM-POLISH MASS -Maria Kurczak, Lucyna Adamczewski 5:00PM-POLISH MASS -Edward Berdowski

LET US PRAY
For the sick: Michael Mazurek, Walter Rombach, Daniel Stopka, Anthony Shalton, Greg Brynda, Bill Lyons, Harriet Madey, Richard Polancyk, Timothy Polancyak, Andrea Pellicano, Christina Gazda, Sister Patricia Labuda, Cooper Grant, Jeffrey Andrews, Carol Berghuis, Johana Pusateri, Janelle Demski, Walter & Betty Anderson, Denis Hedderman & Family, Loretta Paulus, Shirley McVane, Catherine, Katie & Lucy Hedderman, Marilyn Buchalski, Rose Thomas, Don Kupiec, Cheryl Korosa, Betty Anderson, Carol Mariano, Penny Prokop, Mary Ann Riccio.

Make your day trip a pilgrimage By Michelle Martin (Catholic New World)
Under canon law, a shrine is a church or other sacred place approved by the local ordinary to which the faithful go to make pilgrimages (Can. 1231). Catholics in the Archdiocese of Chicago can find places for short pilgrimage trips of perhaps a day or two. Some, like the St. Therese of Lisieux Shrine in Darien, Ill., offer a chance to view and venerate relics of a particular saint. People come to imbibe the spirituality of the saint, explained Mercy Sister Jane Schlosser, who offers tours at the Carmelite monastery where the shrine is located. Typical tours include a talk about St. Therese, time in the chapel, a visit to the room that houses relics such as a tambourine St. Therese played, a tea cup in which she served her father pretend tea as a small child, and a chalice and paten she handled as a sacristan in her monastery in France. There are also original photographs of the Little Flower, who died in 1897 at age 24. There is Mass and lunch, followed by time to pray and visit the book and gift stores, Sister Jane
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said. National Shrine of St. Therese Darien, Ill. 8501 Bailey Road (630) 969-3311 www.saint-therese.org Shrine is open: Mon.Sun., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mass: Mon.-Fri., 11:30 a.m. With the largest and best collection of Little Flower relics and memorabilia outside of Lisieux, France, this shrine paints the picture of the life of St. Therese. The shrine sits on a 50acre Carmelite campus, and includes a museum devoted to St. Therese and a chapel for worship and reflection. Within the museum, one can visit the original statue of St. Therese commissioned in the 20s and her preserved belongings. A recent addition is a statue of Our Lady of The Smile, who healed the young Therese. There is also a collection of statues of Our Lady of Mount Carmel from all over the world to emphasize that she is the Carmelite model of a contemplative and attentive life. In the chapel lies a wood carving of the saints life, the largest wood carving of a religious nature in the United States.
WEDDING BANNS

III-Rafal Ignas & Ewa Skawinska II-Mariusz Zubek & Karolina Stopka I-Christopher Kowalczyk & Anna Szymczak I-Grzegorz Wilczek & iwona Kozicka

Happy Wedding Anniversary

35 years - John & Diane Klimek
THE POWER OF PRAYER Much prayer, much power! Little prayer, little power! No prayer, no power!
Anonymous

SCHOOL NEWS

OPEN REGISTRATION ON AUGUST 16, 2011

St. Albert the Great Catholic School is holding an open registration for new school families Tuesday, August 16, from Noon - 5:00 PM Registration packets are available in the school office and also at the rectory. Please pick up a pocket ahead of time to speed you through the registration process. For additional information, please call the school office at 708-424-7757 ***We are currently celebrating 58 years of academic excellence.***
BLOOD DRIVE SUNDAY, AUGUST 14TH 8:00AM-2:00PM
TO SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT PLEASE CONTACT LIFESOURCE AT 877-543-3768 OR REGISTER ON LINE AT WWW.LIFESOURCE.ORG AND USE SPONSOR CODE B105 APPOINTMENTS RECOMMENDED, WALK-INS WELCOME!

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MINISTERS OF CARE MEETING

A MANDATORY MINISTERS OF CARE MEETING WITH OUR PASTOR FR. MICHAEL ZOUFAL WILL BE HELD IN THE RECTORY ON AUGUST 10, 2011 AT 7:00 PM & AUGUST 13, 2011 AT 2:30PM All Ministers of Care are invited to attend.

The C.C.D. Office will be open for registrations on Saturday, August 13th, from 9-11 a.m.
Classroom assignment packages will be going out in the mail. If you have not registered, you will not receive a packet. Families must register every year.
Registration forms are in the Rectory. Please register early. It is not too late to turn in your raffle book. You may drop them off at the Rectory. We are still looking for volunteers for our program. If interested please contact the Rectory or the C.C. D. Office (708-636-0406). You can also contact us by e-mail, stalbertccd@hotmail.com

WHY PRAY?

The foreigners as Isaiah calls them, the Gentiles as Paul calls them, or the Canaanites as Matthew calls them are called to worship the one true God in prayer. As we listen to todays readings, perhaps we are tempted to ask: Why pray? The question is rhetorical; it is tantamount to asking why should friends talk to one another or people in love kiss one another. Prayer is a way of relating to God, a way of talking to God. The apostles had the opportunity to talk to Jesus in the flesh. We have the opportunity to talk to Jesus Christ in prayer. Our relationship with him must be enthusiastic; it cannot be faint-hearted. John Donne, a fifteenth-century poet, knew what the qualities of good prayer were. Donne asks God to treat him differently from most Christians. The poet does not want God to merely knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend, but also to break, blow, burn, and make me new (Holy Sonnets, XIV). It takes a dynamic faith on our part to come to God in prayer. As Jesus once said, Knock and the door will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7). It may take pounding the door down, but if we are as persistent as the woman in todays Gospel, the results will follow.
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Wedug teologii katolickiej Jezus Chrystus wasn moc wstpi do nieba, Najwitsza Maryja Panna moc Bo zostaa wzita do nieba. Wniebowzicie Najwitszej Marii Panny jest rwnie przedmiotem dogmatu Kocioa katolickiego, ogoszonego wkonstytucji apostolskiej Najszczodrobliwszy Bg w1950 roku przez papiea Piusa XII. Dogmat ten stwierdza, e po zakoczeniu swojego ziemskiego ycia Najwitsza Maryja Panna zostaa z ciaem i dusz wzita do wiecznej chway. wito to nazywane jest take witem Matki Boskiej Zielnej, w Kociele jest obchodzone, pod t pierwsz nazw, od V wieku. Wywodzi si ono z przewiadczenia, e Maryja nie umara jak zwyky czowiek lecz zostaa zabrana doNieba. W Polsce i w krajach europejskich czci si Matk Bosk Wniebowzit jako patronk ziemi i jej bujnej rolinnoci. Msze wite w jzyku polskim odbd sie w Poniedziaek o godz. 7:30 AM, 12:00 PM i 7:00 PM.

Wniebowzicie Najwitszej Marii Panny

Serdecznie Wszystkich Zapraszamy do wsplnej modlitwy.

MOC WIARY Syn Boy, ktry sta si czowiekiem z Maryi, pochodzi z rodu Dawida, tak jak Jego matka i prawny opiekun Jzef. Jezus by czonkiem Narodu wybranego, skadajcego si z dwunastu pokole synw Jakuba. Lud ten otrzyma nieodwracalne dary aski i wezwanie Boe. Jednak Wcielenie jest wydarzeniem, ktre dotyczy caej ludzkoci i przekracza granice Izraela. Jezus Chrystus znosi bariery dzielce ludzi i tworzy z nich jedn wsplnot mioci. Nie ma ju yda ani poganina, nie ma ju niewolnika ani czowieka wolnego, nie ma ju mczyzny ani kobiety, wszyscy bowiem jestecie kim jednym w Chrystusie (Ga 3, 28). Pyn z tego zczegowe wskazania dla chrzecijan. Najwaniejsze z nich to by w jednoci z Chrystusem. Od chwili Wcielenia bowiem, ludzko skada si z tych, ktrzy s z Chrystusem i z tych, ktrzy jeszcze z Nim nie s. By z Chrystusem to dla czowieka szczeglne wyrnienie, wielka godno, ale te zadanie do wypenienia. Tego daru nie mona egoistycznie zatrzymywa dla siebie. Jezus uzdrawia crk kobiety kananejskiej, mimo e nie naleaa ona do domu Izraela. My take mamy okazywa mio ludziom, nie pytajc o to, skd pochodz, jakiego s stanu lub jakie maja przekonania. Bo Chrystus narodzi si, ponis mier i zmartwychwsta dla wszystkich ludzi, bez wyjtku.

Nadal trwaj zapisy do szkoy i przedszkola

przy Parafii w. Alberta. Serdecznie zapraszamy rodzicw i dzieci (zwaszcza 3, 4 i 5-cio letnich przedszkolakw) do zapoznania si z programami szkolnymi oraz obejrzenia klas.

Przedszkole
1/2 Dnia od 8:00 - 11:15 AM, Cay dzie od 8:00 - 2:30 PM (wtorek i czwartek) Dzieci 3-letnie 2 dni od 8:00 - 11:15 AM Dzieci 4-letnie 3 dni od 8:00 do 11:15AM (poniedziaek, roda, pitek) (poniedziaek, roda, pitek) 3 dni od 8:00 - 2:30 PM 5 dni od 8:00 - 11:15 AM (od poniedziaku do pitku) (od poniedziaku do pitku) 5 dni od 8:00 - 2:30 PM
Po wicej informacji dotyczcych klas 0-8 prosze dzwoni do szkoy na nr. 708-424-7757 lub na plebani 708-423-0321.