Moms Newsletter 2-13 - SS Peter and Paul Parish

Group
News
February
2013
Meeting Other Mothers
Ss. Peter and Paul
Catholic Church
Naperville, Illinois
ssppmoms@gmail.com
Chairs: Kelly Heffron
630-956-4550
kheffron@illinoisalumni.org
Kate Henry
630-364-1579
strikeeagle5@yahoo.com
Ministries
Spiritual:
Lisa Walton 231-329-3130
Service:
Kelly Heffron 630-956-4550
Kate Henry 630-364-1579
Social:
MOMs’Activities:
Mary Beth Zabinski 630-369-8439
Children’s Activities:
Susie Bentley 630-677-1197
Communications:
Lynn Esser 630-857-9502
Save the Date
Monday, February 11th, St.
Valentine’s Celebration
A Message From
the Chairs
Dear MOMs,
Lent is fast approaching, and the MOMs Group
has many opportunities for you to come be
involved. We'll host weekly rosary playgroups,
regular playgroups, Reconciliation, a Valentine's
Day party, and more. Please watch your email for
evite invitations.
There is still a need for volunteers to coordinate
some of our programs, so if you feel called to
put some of your skills to good use, we'll be glad
to use your talents. We are especially in need of
an assistant to work on our Communications
team. If you have some computer talent or the
willingness to learn, and if you are willing to help
with creating our newsletter and editing, we
want you on the team! Please contact us at
ssppmoms@gmail.com.
We wish you a blessed and fruitful Lenten
season.
With warm regards,
Kelly Heffron and Kate Henry
MOMs Group Chairs
Lenten Rosary Playgroup
Come join us with your intentions as we gather to pray the
rosary at 9:30 AM this Lenten season.
Thursday, 2/14 at Kelly Heffron's Home
2074 Dorval Drive, Naperville
630-364-2299
Thursday, 2/21 at Kate Henry's Home
6509 Southbury Court, Lisle
630-364-1579
Thursday, 2/28 at Lynn Esser’s Home
636 Century Farm Ln, Naperville
630-857-9502
**Watch for the Evite to RSVP.
Children are very welcome to play and/or pray.
If you are interested in hosting a future rosary-playgroup,
please contact Lisa Walton at 231-329-3130.
Spring Playgroups
Spring playgroups meet on Tuesday and
Thursday mornings. Please contact the
MOMs Group if you would like to
participate.
Create in Me a Clean Heart
A Lenten Reconciliation and Playgroup will be
held in the Ministry Center, date to be
announced.
Please watch for the evite.
St. Valentine's Celebration
Come and join us in the Ss Peter and Paul Ministry Center on Monday,
February 11th from 3:30 to 5:00 pm for a fun afternoon filled with crafts,
snacks and stories to celebrate St. Valentine's Day.
We will also have a table set up to make
cards for the residents at St. Patrick's Nursing
Home. If you are able to bring supplies (heart
punches, stickers, red/pink paper, etc) to
donate or borrow, we would greatly
appreciate it.
This will be an open-house gathering, so please come at your
convenience.
We hope to see you there!
Please call Susie Bentley at 630677-1197 if you have any
questions.
St. Patrick’s Recipe Night at Quigley’s Pub
Join the MOMs Group for a fun evening at Quigley’s Irish Pub in
Naperville on Monday, February 25 at 7:30PM.
Please bring a dish (it doesn’t have to be Irish) to share with the
group and copies of the recipe.
This is a great chance to enjoy the company of other moms and try
some delicious fare.
Please wear GREEN! An EVITE will be coming your way soon!
Infants and nursing babies are always welcome at all MOMs Events
Please contact Mary Beth Zabinski (Marybeth@zhitech.com) 630369-8439 for more details.
St. Patrick’s Residence Hosts Its
Annual St. Patrick’s Day
“Come To Mom’s House”
Party
The Guild of St. Patrick’s Residence
invites you, your family and all your friends to join us on Sunday,
March 3rd beginning at 11:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. for a day of
entertainment and family fun. Come and enjoy the Irish musicians,
Irish and Scottish dancers, games and face painting for the children,
raffle and more. What would an Irish party be without the traditional
food? Irish soda bread from Winston’s Market, corned beef
sandwiches and hot dogs will be available for purchase. The Super St.
Patrick’s Sweepstakes include a Grand Prize of airfare to Ireland for
two and other Irish surprises. St. Patrick “himself” will be here to
greet you and will be available for family photographs. All proceeds will
benefit the residents of St. Patrick’s Residence. Come join this
wonderful Irish celebration.
For more information regarding
the St. Patrick’s Day Party,
please contact Madelene Bernar
at (630) 416-6565, ext. 511. St.
Patrick’s Residence is a not-forprofit, 210-bed nursing and
rehabilitation facility served by
the Carmelite Sisters for the
Aged and Infirm located at
1400 Brookdale Road in
Naperville .
Journey to the Foot of the Cross:
Bishop Ricken Offers 10 Things to Remember For
Lent
Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, chairman of the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis
of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), offers “10 Things to Remember for Lent”:
1.Remember the formula. The Church does a good job capturing certain truths
with easy-to-remember lists and formulas: 10 Commandments, 7 sacraments, 3
persons in the Trinity. For Lent, the Church gives us almost a slogan—Prayer,
Fasting and Almsgiving—as the three things we need to work on during the season.
2.It’s a time of prayer. Lent is essentially an act of prayer spread out over 40
days. As we pray, we go on a journey, one that hopefully brings us closer to Christ
and leaves us changed by the encounter with him.
3.It’s a time to fast. With the fasts of Ash Wednesday and Good Friday,
meatless Fridays, and our personal disciplines interspersed, Lent is the only time
many Catholics these days actually fast. And maybe that’s why it gets all the
attention. “What are you giving up for Lent? Hotdogs? Beer? Jelly beans?” It’s
almost a game for some of us, but fasting is actually a form of penance, which
helps us turn away from sin and toward Christ.
4.It’s a time to work on discipline. The 40 days of Lent are also a good, set time
to work on personal discipline in general. Instead of giving something up, it can be
doing something positive. “I’m going to exercise more. I’m going to pray more. I’m
going to be nicer to my family, friends and coworkers.”
5.It’s about dying to yourself. The more serious side of Lenten discipline is that
it’s about more than self-control – it’s about finding aspects of yourself that are
less than Christ-like and letting them die. The suffering and death of Christ are
foremost on our minds during Lent, and we join in these mysteries by suffering,
dying with Christ and being resurrected in a purified form.
Continued...
6.Don’t do too much. It’s tempting to make Lent some
ambitious period of personal reinvention, but it’s best to keep
it simple and focused. There’s a reason the Church works on
these mysteries year after year. We spend our entire lives
growing closer to God. Don’t try to cram it all in one Lent.
That’s a recipe for failure.
7.Lent reminds us of our weakness. Of course, even when we set simple goals for
ourselves during Lent, we still have trouble keeping them. When we fast, we realize
we’re all just one meal away from hunger. In both cases, Lent shows us our
weakness. This can be painful, but recognizing how helpless we are makes us seek
God’s help with renewed urgency and sincerity.
8.Be patient with yourself. When we’re confronted with our own weakness during
Lent, the temptation is to get angry and frustrated. “What a bad person I am!” But
that’s the wrong lesson. God is calling us to be patient and to see ourselves as he
does, with unconditional love.
9.Reach out in charity. As we experience weakness and suffering during Lent, we
should be renewed in our compassion for those who are hungry, suffering or
otherwise in need. The third part of the Lenten formula is almsgiving. It’s about
more than throwing a few extra dollars in the collection plate; it’s about reaching
out to others and helping them without question as a way of sharing the experience
of God’s unconditional love.
10.Learn to love like Christ. Giving of ourselves in the midst of our suffering and
self-denial brings us closer to loving like Christ, who suffered and poured himself
out unconditionally on cross for all of us. Lent is a journey through the desert to
the foot of the cross on Good Friday, as we seek
him out, ask his help, join in his suffering, and learn
to love like him.
Meals For MOMs
Our Meals for MOMs ministry is designed to help families put a hot meal on
the table during a stressful or overly busy time. Most often, we’re providing
dinners over a two-week period for women who have just
welcomed a new baby into the home. But the ministry can
reach out to other families too...If you know of a family who
needs this ministry please do not hesitate to contact the
MOMs group.
If you enjoy cooking and would like to help out, do not
hesitate to contact us or volunteer when a sign-up email is
sent out.
MOMs Group Website
We are officially online!
Check out our link from the SSPP home page.
http://www.sspeterandpaul.net/moms-group/
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Whether you have started a new business, are looking for a
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the information.
**Disclaimer: The MOMs Group does not endorse any outside
advertisement, nor does it provide recommendations.
Do you have an interest in helping with the MOMs
Group?
Even if you cannot make a daytime commitment
this is a fantastic way to help. We are looking for
moms who might be interested in and assisting
with our Communications team . Please contact
the MOMs Group @ ssppmoms@gmail.com or Lynn
Esser @ 630-857-9502..
Who Is St. Valentine?
Valentine was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his
family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II.
He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect of
Rome, who, on finding all his promises to make
him renounce his faith ineffectual,
commanded him to be beaten with clubs, and
afterwards, to be beheaded, which was
executed on February 14, about the year 270.
He is the Patron Saint of affianced couples,
bee keepers, engaged couples, epilepsy,
fainting, greetings, happy marriages, love,
lovers, plague, travellers, young people.
Family Prayer for Ash Wednesday
Dear God, in praying ashes to ashes and dust to dust, we remember
that you created us and all the earth.
We gather as a family to praise you and to begin this season of
Lent. For the next forty days, we want to grow closer to you
through family prayers.
Bless our family, oh loving Jesus.
We pray for your love to be in our home.
Help us to share love with others.
We pray for your peace to be in our home.
Help us to be peacemakers.
We pray for your forgiveness for each one of us.
Help us forgive one another.
We pray for your Holy spirit to be in our home.
Help us to follow the guidance of your spirit as we remember all
the events of your crucifixion, death, and resurrection.
In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.
May you & your family grow in Faith, Hope &
Love this Lenten
Season.
Sincerely,
The MOMs
Group