Mass Schedule: Office Hours and Addresses

6725 W. Devon Ave. Chicago, IL. 6063
7th Sunday of Easter
May 12th, 2013
St. Thecla Staff:
Pastor: Rev. Gene Dyer
Associate Pastor: Rev. Artur Marat
Pastor Emeritus: Rev. Gerald Rogala
Deacons: John X. Rottman,
Robert Cnota, Steven Wagner and
Michael McManus
Choir Director: Mrs. Ewa Kowcz-Fair
Business Manager/Ministry of Care:
Mrs. Joan Czerlanis
School Principal: Mr. Dan Gargano
Religious Education Coordinator:
Mr. Ron Mazzoni
Parish Admin. Asst./Bulletin Editor:
Miss Kathy Dusza
School Secretary:
Mrs. Bea Sansone
Office Hours and Addresses:
Parish Office: 6333 N. Newcastle Ave.
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9:15a.m. - 4:30
p.m.
(773) 792-3077,
e-mail: parish@saintthecla.org
School: 6323 N. Newcastle,
(773) 763-3380
Visit us on the web at:
www.saintthecla.org
Mass Schedule:
Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m.,
11:30 a.m. (Mass in Polish)
Monday through Saturday: 8:30 a.m.
Holy Days: Please see the bulletin
Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy:
Tue. - Sat. following 8:30 a.m. Mass
Confessions: 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Sat. or by appointment
A VISION FOR ST. THECLA
Be it known to all who enter here that Christ is the reason for this parish.
He is the unseen but ever-present teacher as well as the source of our inspiration.
Weekly Parish Information
Mass Intentions
Mon, May 13th, 8:30 am + Luke John McLoughlin
Tue. May 14th, 8:30 a.m.+ Bernie Riley
Wed. May 15th, 8:30 a.m. +Marion Barabas
Thu. May 16th, 8:30 a.m. +Richard Nickels
Fri. May 17th, 8:30 a.m. +Barbara Savage
+Wanda and Charles Thomas
Sat. May 18th, 8:30 a.m. +Tessie Hebda
11:00 am +Gen. Anders Graduation Mass
5:00 pm +David Dugan
Sun. May 19th, 8:00 a.m.+ Dr. Ed Siarkiewicz
10:00 a.m.+ Terry Mortena
+ Helen Sosnowski
+ Genevieve Siemianowski
+ Alex Pestrak
11:30 a.m. Mass in Polish
+Amanda Sulkowski, +Lucja I Mieczyslaw Kraszewscy, +Jan I
Teofila Kraszewscy, Jozef I Zofia Olesiewicz, Zofia Dymon,
+Alex Pestrak
+ denotes deceased, SI - denotes special intention
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — Because Stephen professes his faith in the
Son of Man, he is stoned to death (Acts 7:55-60).
Psalm — The Lord is king, the most high over all the earth
(Psalm 97).
Second Reading — I, the Alpha and the Omega, am coming
soon (Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20).
Gospel — Jesus prays that the love of the Father may be in
those who believe (John 17:20-26).
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday:
Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab;
Jn 16:29-33
Tuesday:
Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-8; Jn 15:9-17
Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68:29-30, 33-36ab;
Jn 17:11b-19
Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11;
Jn 17:20-26
Friday:
Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab;
Jn 21:15-19
Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11:4, 5, 7;
Jn 21:20-25
Sunday:
Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or
Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5; Ps 104:1-2, 24, 35,
27-30; Rom 8:22-27; Jn 7:37-39
Day: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34;
1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Rom 8:8-17;
Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26
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Parish Calendar for this week
Monday Children's choir practice - church - 3:10pm – 3:55pm
 6th grade Girl Scouts mtg. - QP 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Tuesday D.A.R.E Graduation 9:30am – 10:30am
Wednesday Eucharistic Adoration 1:00pm – 6:45pm
 Scouts Wolf Den meetings QP 6pm – 8pm
 Benediction -C 6:30pm – 6:45pm
Thursday Market day pick-up 3pm –4pm
 Al-Anon Mtg.-SJW - 9:30am – 11:00am
 Leisure Club - Banquets 40th anniversary party at Lido
 Girl Scouts Daisies mtg. - SJW 3pm – 4pm
 CAPS General Beat mtg. - QP 7pm – 8pm
Friday St. Thecla band - Queen of Peace 10:00am – 11:30am
 Band Concert Grades Gym 2-4 10:30am – 12:30pm
 Thecla Tots - school gym 11:30am – 12:15pm
Saturday Gen. Anders Polish Language School - S, QP, SJW, P,
C,9:00am – 12:30pm
 Gen. Anders Polish Language School Graduation Mass church 10am – 11am Reception, church basement l1:00am
–12:30pm
 JV Baseball vs SRB 5:00pm – 6:30pm Dunham Park
 St Michael Prayer Group—Church 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Sunday Religious Education Classes MPR - School and Falcon
Hall 9:00am – 11:30am
 School Certificates will be sold after 8 am and 10 am
Masses
Today’s second collection is for
Catholic Charities. Thank you
for your generosity.
Weekly Contributions:
April May 5th, 2013
Total Collection…....…................................................$9,922.55
Maintenance Fund…………………………….................$85.00
School Fund……………………………..……………...$143.00
Parking Lot Found……………………………………...$272.00
Sharing Parish………………………………..................$395.00
Thank you for your generosity to help meet our weekly financial goals. Please remember St. Thecla in your will. Sign up for
Automated Giving by visiting www.parishpay.com or by
calling 1-866-parish-1.
May 12, 2013
Ascension of the Lord
At his Ascension, Jesus said to his apostles and he says to us,
“You are witnesses.”
How does my sharing in his death and resurrection in the
Mass encourage and strengthen me to share him with
others?
Support
Several times in the
Mass, the priest addresses us or talks to
God about us in a way that
reminds us that we are not
there individually or alone but
rather together and even
bonded in a special way.
“Brothers and sisters, let us
acknowledge our sins, and so
prepare ourselves. . . .” “Pray,
brothers and sisters, that my
sacrifice and yours may be
acceptable to God, the almighty Father.”
“Listen graciously to the
prayer of this family, whom
you have summoned before you. . . .”We are at Sunday Mass,
and we are not alone. And we are not just there, as if we had
happened to board the same bus together. We are gathered as
God’s family and the Body of Christ. We come not just for our
own personal spiritual benefit, as important as that might be,
but because we support each other on the journey to God. And
we must support each other because we do belong to the same
family.
Wedding Banns
Nick Montalvo and Sandy Ryndak
12 maja 2013 r.
Uroczystość Wniebowstąpienia Pańskiego
Podczas Wniebowstąpienia, Jezus powiedział do apostołów i
mówi także do nas „Wy jesteście świadkami (…).” (Łk. 24,
48)
W jaki sposób, mój współudział w śmierci i
zmartwychwstaniu Chrystusa podczas Mszy Świętej,
zachęca mnie i umacnia do dzielenia się Nim z innymi?
Wspierac Sie
Wielokrotnie kapłan podczas Mszy
Świętej zwraca się do wiernych, lub bezpośrednio do Boga Ojca w taki sposób,
aby przypomnieć nam, iż nie jesteśmy na
świecie sami, jako indywidualne jednostki ludzkie, a raczej jesteśmy wspólnotą osób, połączoną w sposób
szczególny, ze sobą nawzajem… Mówią
o tym aklamacje z Liturgii Mszy
Świętej: „Uznajmy przed Bogiem, że
jesteśmy grzeszni, abyśmy mogli z
czystym sercem złożyć Najświętszą
Ofiarę”, „Módlcie się, bracia i siostry,
aby moją i waszą ofiarę przyjął Bóg Ojciec Wszechmogący,”
„Boże wszechmogący, pokornie Cię błagamy, wysłuchaj modlitw tutaj zgromadzonych przed Tobą,”…W czasie niedzielnej
Mszy Świętej nie jesteśmy sami. I nie gromadzimy się w
kościele, ot tak, jakby był to autobus, a my jego pasażerami.
Gromadzimy się jako jedna rodzina Boża i Ciało Chrystusa. I
nie przychodzimy na Mszę Świętą tylko dla czerpania własnych
korzyści duchowych, choć to też jest bardzo ważne, ale przychodzimy dlatego, że wspieramy się w drodze do Boga. I
musimy wspólnie się wspierać, gdyż należymy do tej samej
rodziny Bożej.
Our Beloved Dead
Edward Stefanowicz
Mary Dunn
Clarence Taylor
Geraldine Cuny
Virginia Pasterczyk
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Our Parish
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION MASS Gen. Anders Polish School May 11, 2013 Budzik Katarzyna
Drozd Kamil
Gniedziejko Nicholas
Kaczmarczyk Nicole
Godziec Michael
Mlicki Gabriella
Golaszewski Mateusz
Moskal Victoria
Haranczyk Nicole
Pietrzak Daniel
Kobylarczyk Anna
Przeczek Konrad
Krzemien Kamil
Sader Daniel
Kwietniak Samantha
Strycharski Amelia
Orzech Adam Philip
Sykurski Adam
Pasieka Sylvia
Szczerba Julia
Pawlikowski Adrian
Witkowski Mateusz
Rak Kacper
Wojtowicz James
Szul Natalia
Zarebski Klaudia
Trygar Alex
Tomaszkiewicz Konrad
Our Knights of Columbus are selling bouquets of Mother’s Day flowers after Mass.
The donations help support the Women’s Center.
The Women's Centers of Greater Chicagoland is a not-for-profit organization, whose
purpose is to reach desperate young women with a message of hope and help. Many
young ladies and families are tempted to use abortion to solve the problem of an unexpected pregnancy--resulting in greater long term physical, emotional, and spiritual damage to the participants, as well as the death of the unborn child. At the Women's Center,
we ask, "Why can't we love both, mother and child?" The center is located at 5116 N
Cicero Ave. Chicago. 1-800-400-4205
Welcome all participants to the Mothers Day for Y-Me 1 or 3 mile run/walk. This event supports those suffering from breast
cancer. For the last 9 years, we have walked on Mothers Day for Y-Me. As you might know, Y-Me closed its doors last summer,
however, we will continue to walk. This year all proceeds will go to Lutheran General’s Caldwell Breast Center and directly
benefit the various breast cancer patients undergoing treatment. For those unable to walk or run you are invited to the brunch (at
10am) and all donations are appreciated.
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The Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass will be
held on Sunday, September 22, 2013, at 2:45 PM,
at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 North State Street,
Chicago, Illinois.
Couples married in 1963 interested in attending
this celebration should contact their parish to
register.
For further information call the Family Ministries
Office at 312.534.8351 or visit the website:
www.familyministries.org.
W niedzielę 22 września br., o godzinie 2:45 po
południu w Katedrze Świętego Imienia (Holy
Name Cathedral), przy ulicy 735 N. State Street
w Chicago, Illinois, odbędzie się uroczysta Msza
święta z okazji 50-tej rocznicy zawarcia związku
małżeńskiego.
Pary, ktόre zawarły związek małżeński w roku
1963 proszone są o skontaktowanie się ze swoją
parafią w celu dokonania rejestracji.
Aby zasięgnąć dodatkowych informacji prosimy
skontaktować się z naszym biurem, 312.534.8351
lub odwiedzić naszą witrynę internetową:
www.familyministries.org.
Religious Education
Registration for the 2013-2014 year will be taking place in May. Registration forms are being sent to those families currently in
the program. We ask that they be returned in May so that we can plan for the coming year. If you have a child who has not previously been in religious education at Saint Thecla, please contact the parish office for information and registration forms. A
copy of the Baptismal certificate is required for all new students. We are also in need of people willing to serve as catechists and
aides for the coming year. We ask you to consider becoming involved in this very important ministry. Without volunteers this
program would not exist. Training and materials will be provided. Contact the Parish Office if you’re interested.
Phone: 773-792-3077 ext. 211
E-mail: rmazzoni@saintthecla .org
Thanks for all your help and support this past year. May God bless you always.
Ron Mazzoni - Coordinator
ST. THECLA Family School Association – FSA Dine & Earn
Event
This Wednesday
PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA!
AT PIZZA D’ORO
On Wednesday, May 15, 2013, dine-in, carry-out or order delivery from PHIL'S
PIZZA D'ORO at 5800 North Milwaukee. Phil’s will donate 15% of your purchase
to our school. THERE IS NO FLYER. SIMPLY MENTION SAINT THECLA
WHEN ORDERING. Phil's hours are 4 p.m. - 11 p.m. Their phone # 773-7632285. Please help us eat our way to another successful fundraising event!
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Building our future…..
Thank you for supporting our Brick Paver Fundraiser!
You’ll recall that, as part of our parish Brick Paver Fundraiser, we are selling personalized, engraved bricks that will be installed in
the walkway in front of the church. The bricks are a lasting testament to your school, family, event, memories, or loved one(s).
The funds are also an important source for our parish finances.
For those that have not yet purchased a brick, please take the time to support this important cause and make a permanent mark on
this parish. Fundraising is a key component to St. Thecla’s ability to not only survive, but thrive.
We want to offer our sincerest appreciation to the following families for grabbing the torch from prior generations and
paving the way to the bright future for St. Thecla Parish!
Thank you for the great support,
Fr. Gene and the Brick Paver Fundraising Committee
Barrett Family
John Borner Family
Kupka Family
O'Grady Family
Bernie Riley
Mary Borner
Fischer Family
St. Thecla Athletic Council
Schutt Family
Czerlanis Family
Curry Family
Bukowski & Kulm Family
Stancy Family
Golubski Family
Caldwell Family
Schmidt Family
McHugh Family
Art Rosenquist Family Reider Family
O’Leary Family
Parrillo Family
Rottman Family
McCarthy Family
Paula Bernacki
Christine Koza
Wisniewski Family
Soens Family
Bosse Burzinski Family
Butzen Family
Donatello Family
Ptak Family
Wagner Family
Savage Family
Wuthrich Family
Kaup Family
Schreiman Family
Plaza Family
Schauderna Memory
Kuksuk Family
Pawlowski Family
Jim Ricter
Mary A Siuta Memory
Bednarz Family
Tom & Nancy Haran
Kapela Family
Niersbach Family
Cottini Family
Haran Family
Jurgens Family
O'Brien Family
Klinger Family
Nelson Family
Bonk Family
McGovern Family
Kazimierz Kinel
Family Tradition
Schimpf Family
Kevin Moriarty Family John H Kinel
Ed/Joan Bentley Memory
BUILDING OUR FUTURE
BEGINS WITH BUILDING GOOD CATHOLICS
TODAY …….
The pictures here and on the next page are this year’s St. Thecla
1st graders….busy at creating, designing and putting together the
special gift bags for children who are in extended hospital stays.
Reflect for a moment ….they are the St. Thecla graduating class
of
2020!!!
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One brick at a time…..seniors receive 10% discount
Glab Family
Fred Addante Memory Hanley Family
Centnarowicz Family
Vargo Family
Vincenzina Lopiccolo
Wujcik Family
Hermesdorf Family
Trapalis Family
Pat Leyden Family
Brosnan Family
Mc Loughlin Family
Kielba Family
Bill Leyden Family
Joan M. Stark
Jessica Martin Memory
Becker Family
Anderson Family
Dietz Family
Madeline Moriarty Family
Dwyer Family
Fitzgerald Family
Broderick Family
Sisters of the Resurrection
Rattin Family
Krajewski Family
Torrez Family
Grandpa Labuz/Kinnavy Family
Olejnik Family
Fidanzia Family
Quinn Family
Ernest McCulloh Memory
Varga Family
Kufner Family
Collins Family
John/Helen Pierzchala Memory
Ryan Family
Zychowski Family
Leanne Vondran
Robert/Joan Musker Memory
O'Hehir Family
Jim Shrader Family
Boksa Family
Elizabeth Doherty Memory
Haley Family
Patrick Moriarty Family The O'Connors
Jack Sweeney Loved Brick
Parker Family
Chris McCarthy Family Krozel Memory
Chester & Arlene Szyska
Mr. Paul Kessler
Cub Scout Pack #3978 Palmert Family
Edward Saraniec Memory
Ranallo Family
The Lenczowski Family Stafford Family
George Plodzien Memory
Candella Family
St. Thecla Leisure Club Gorzynkski Family Zbikowski Family
Szmyd Family
Olson Family
Jettner Family
Fr. Gene Dyer
Sawa Family
David Geis Memory Kathleen Barone Memory
Coello Family
Sonnefeldt Family
Frank Fay Family
Klemundt Family
Lewan Family
Englehardt Family
Nickels Family
St. Thecla Women's Council
Sawa Family
Schick Family
Olendzki Family
Piccolo Family
Mader Family
Cwik Family
Ferraresi Family
Jettner Family
General Anders Polish School
Podgorny Family Bryant Family
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Pro Life
LIFE ISSUES FORUM – April 26, 2013
Kermit Gosnell and the Rest of Us
By Richard M. Doerflinger
While they ignored it for months, many national media are now finally covering the murder trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who for
decades operated an abortion clinic in Philadelphia that the local district attorney calls “a house of horrors.” Elective abortions
performed up to the last weeks of pregnancy, by untrained and unlicensed personnel, in filthy conditions that endangered women
– this is the barest outline of a 261-page grand jury report filled with horrific details. Among many other violations, Gosnell is
charged with causing a woman’s death from an overdose of sedatives, and murdering at least four children born alive during
attempted late-term abortions by “snipping” their spinal cords while they struggled to survive. He called this “ensuring fetal demise,” and according to his own staff he did it hundreds of times.
At this writing the verdict and sentence for Gosnell are still pending. But another blame game has already begun, as people ask:
What made someone like Kermit Gosnell possible?
Pro-abortion groups have a very creative but cynically dishonest answer: Blame it on pro-life Americans. People who oppose
abortion drove it “underground,” refused to “integrate” it into standard medical practice, and opposed public funding that would
have let women get free late-term abortions at safe and “reputable” clinics.
Abortion advocates’ attempt to transfer blame runs afoul of certain facts:
1. The claim about public funding was disproved over three decades ago. When federal funding of abortion was stopped in the
late 1970s, abortion advocates scoured the country looking for an increase in “unsafe” abortions – and instead found a reduction
in overall abortions and abortion complications.
2. The grand jury report on Gosnell squarely places blame on a series of pro-abortion administrations in Pennsylvania, which
after 1993 stopped inspecting abortion clinics because they felt such scrutiny could compromise easy “access” to abortion.
3. The grand jury also laid responsibility for Gosnell’s horrors at the door of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), trade association for “reputable” clinics, which had inspected his clinic and found numerous legal violations – but never reported them
to authorities. Gosnell actually worked one day a week at an NAF clinic in Delaware, which sent women to his Philadelphia site
for late-term abortions.
4. The “reputable” clinics harm women too. Midtown Hospital of Atlanta, largest abortion facility in Georgia, was an NAF
member that received referrals from Planned Parenthood. It was closed by a judge in 1998 due to what court documents call its
“shocking disregard” for women. During a five-week period last year, three women were hospitalized following abortions at a
single Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis.
5. When policy makers in various states have discovered terrible conditions like those at Gosnell’s clinic, they have tried to pass
new safety regulations – only to be vigorously opposed at every turn by powerful abortion advocacy groups, which have spent
millions of dollars to stop such safeguards and even have them declared unconstitutional. The same has happened when lawmakers try to protect live children who are partly or completely born during abortions.
In short, unlimited “access” to abortion has become an end in itself, trumping all other considerations. A movement that once
claimed to defend the rights of people who have been born no longer sees birth as the boundary that necessarily stops killing. An
industry that justified its existence in terms of women’s “health” is showing disregard for women’s lives. And an agenda that
claimed to embody “freedom of choice” for women now wants to force even pro-life women to assist in late-term abortions
against their will. (On this last point, see nurse Cathy DeCarlo’s video testimony at www.usccb.org/conscience.)
Gosnell is an especially egregious case. But he is also the tip of the iceberg. He is a wake-up call on the abortion agenda in our
country, if enough Americans are open to hearing it.
Mr. Doerflinger is Associate Director of the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops. For more information on the bishops’ pro-life activities, visit www.usccb.org/prolife.
The Pro-Life Action League invites you to a Sidewalk
Counseling and Prayer Support Seminar
Saturday, May 18, 2013 – 12:30 – 3:30
St. Mary of the Angels
Museum Room – lower level of the Church
1850 N. Hermitage Ave., Chicago
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Keeping in mind...
Prayer List, US Military
United States Air Force:
AIC Michael J. Archam, A1C Heather Bosh,
A1C Shane Garrison, SSgt. Adam Krey,
TSgt. Richard L. Larsen, Lt. Andrew May,
2ndLt. Peter A. Schroeder, SSgt. James E. Stay
United States Army:
MAJ. Terence W. Bacon, SGT. Sean Doherty,
SGT. Rachel Hall, CPT. Gina Marie Healy,
CPT. Michael J. Kaye, SGT. Robert Lach,
CPT. Jared Lampe, WO. Steven Larmay,
PFC. Thomas J. Lyons III, PFC. Raymond Rau,
SPC Thomas Rohl, 1LT. Michael Spiwak
United States Marines:
LCpl. Philip E. Blais, 2ndLt. Kevin Bowler,
PFC Michael T. Brennan, Pvt. James Dinela,
LCpl. Kyle Elmer, SSgt. Benjamin Juhasz,
LCpl. Nathaniel J. Juncer, Capt. Michael C. Mroszczak,
PFC Brian Pasterczyk, Capt. Craig V. Platt,
LCpl. Jose Rivera, MSgt. Richard L. Sroka,
SSgt. James E. Stonehouse
United States Navy:
CAPT. Steven Stancy
We keep those who are serving in the military in our
prayers. Please print the name of your loved one and drop it
in the collection basket or return it to the Parish Office.
Their names will remain on the list until you notify us of
their return.
If you know someone who has lost a child or grandchild to
abortion, or was in any way responsible for an abortion, and
now suffers from remorse or sadness or simply doubts that God
can ever forgive them, please let your friend know about the
Church’s post-abortion ministry, called Project Rachel. More
information can be found at www.hopeafterabortion.com or by
calling 1-888-456-HOPE.
Sick List - We pray for all those in nursing homes, homebound
or who require extended care and those who care for them:
Help us with the responsibility of keeping the sick list up to
date and accurate. Please call the office when the status of
someone’s health changes.
Joseph Augustin, Charlotte Bartkowicz, Geraldine Barnum, Joseph Bednarz, Gino Belcaster, Rosemary Besyk,
David Bergthal, Stella Bieniek, Frank Bieniek, Robert Blachowiak, Franciszek Bosak, Marian Brown, Kristen Formanski, Marian Brown, Ken & Bernie Buck, Herlinda
Castellanos, Eileen Cobb, Susan Christ, John Dooley,
Donald Edsey, Kenneth Ellinger, Genevieve Erazmus,
William Edwards, Nicolette Garrigan, Leon Gaska, Frank
Gibbons, Joan Giuntoli, Ireta Gross, Patrick Hall, Dorothy
Hennessey, Adeline Hickok, Regina Horak, Gerald Halvey,
Teresa Jozefczak, Joseph Kaye, Theresa Kennedy, Tommy
Kernan, Michael Kielbasa, Beverly Kisiel, Rita Koch,
Mary Kozlowski, Stephanie Krupa, Sophie Lally, Maria
Laskowski, Arlene Lewandowski, Elizabeth Link, Joan
Lomasney, Diane Marzano, Martin McCaffrey, Edward
McGinniss, Lorraine McMahon, Edward McManis,
Dolores Mick, Imleda Mizones, Lillian Morris, Katharina
Mueller, Matthias Mueller, Kim Murphy, Julie Muza,
Therese Neiman, Theresa Nitka, Kathleen Numec, Danuta
Okrzesik, John Orloff, Patricia O’Toole, Zofia Pazik,
Giselle Piekarski, Estella Plaza, Caroline Plodzien, Thomas
Podgorny, Roman Poniatowski, Raymond Prybil, Dolores
Ptasnik, Theodore J. Ptasnik, Joe Pulizzano, Mary Ann
Pulizzano, Eleanor Purciarello, Eileen F. Redding, Stephania Rosa, Sylwester Rosa, Virginia Rozmarynowski,
Stanley Sadej, Mary Sarlo, Eugene Sendlak, Peter Schroeder, Janina Sikora, Laura Smith, Janina Sroka, Helena
Starzynska, Dorothy Taylor, Nancy Samp, Judith WolffStenzel, Dorothy Struck, Helen Surdey, Dorothy Taylor,
Janis Taylor, Cecilia Walega, Christine Wasowski, Mary
Widelka, Anthony Wiorski, Irene Wlezien, Edward Wnek,
Julia Wojtanowski, Paul Wyncott, Carl Varga,
Francis Riley
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle. Be our protection
against the wickedness and snares of the
devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly
pray; and do Thou, O Prince of the
Heavenly Host—by the Divine Power of
God—cast into hell, Satan and all the
evil spirits, who roam throughout the
world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Contact Us…
Option Line is a 24/7 Call center for those experiencing needing
help finding a Pregnancy Help Center in their area.
Phone: 800-712-HELP (4357)
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General information
Baptisms:
How to Become a Catholic:
1:00 p.m. on the First and Third Sunday of the month, (in
English), Second and Fourth Sunday of the month (in Polish)
Baptismal Prep Class:
Will be confirmed at time of Registration of the Baptism.
Please contact the Parish Office to arrange a Baptism.
Marriages:
The Pastoral Guidelines for Marriage
Preparation for the Archdiocese of Chicago ask that a minimum
of 4 months be set aside for personal preparation for marriage.
Couples should refrain from setting a firm date or making any
other arrangements until after they have met with a parish priest
or deacon to discuss marriage plans. Please note that Weddings
do not take place during Lent.
Adults or teenagers interested in receiving the Sacraments of
Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, or Eucharist) or those who
are interested in the Catholic Faith should call the Parish Office
for more information about the R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian
Initiation for Adults).
Homebound/Communion Visitations:
St. Thecla Church has several ministers of care who can
regularly take communion to those in need. Please call the
Parish Office to arrange for communion for yourself or
a homebound loved one.
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Happy Mother’s Day
Today we honor and extend our love to all MOMs!! We also remember with fondness our moms who
have died. Each year in May our St. Thecla first graders offer a special Mass with prayers a song and
coffee & cake afterward. The pictures from that Mass are below!