September 6, 2015: Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary

ST TERESA PARISH
Sunday
September 14
8:00 am
St. Rose Community Mass
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Sunday
September 14
10:00 am
Domingo
September 14
12:00 pm
Ian Lilienthal
Colin Lilienthal
Robbie Sowell
Abbey Richey
Michaela Richey
Roxanne Storke
Ricardo Valtierra
Bryan Garcia
Ricardo Cruz
Mayicely Medina
Erika Flores
Lectors/Lectores Chet Brandon
Robert Sowell
Maryanne Thacker
Alejandro Tellez
Caitlyn Segura
Esmeralda Tellez
Communion
Ministers/
Ministros
de la
Comunión
*Ron O’Connell
*Bev Stukenborg
Brenda Lystila
David Lystila
Deacon
*Paul Gerth
*Jane Gerth
Ted Bergeron
Phyllis Bergeron
Deacon
Antonio Elvir
Norma Lopez
Dolores Pizano
Emma Elvir
Isidoro Fernandez
Rosa Chavez
Rosario Lira
Salvador Sacramento
Nancy Shepherd
Kirsty Shepherd
Ray Mulholland
Judy Mulholland
Angela Mercado
Albryan Valladares
Jose Cabrales
Eulalio Valadez
Liturgical
Schedule
Saturday
September 13
4:00 pm
Altar Servers/
Monaguillos
Payton Anderson
Ayden Anderson
Bill Chigaros
Helen Chigaros
Linda Gierich
Linda Kerness
Deacon
Greeters/Ujieres Denny Brosseau
Gary Pommier
Ken Posing
Deborah Leach
ST. TERESA PARISH OUTREACH MINISTRIES
Azzarelli Clinic:
Tuesday, Wednesday ,Thursday
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Martes, Miercoles, Jueves
 Registered Nurse
Clinic opens at 8:00am
Wednesday/Miercoles - September 9 Clinic opens at 8:00 am
 Certified Nurse Practitioner
9-11am
 Doctor Day
1-3 pm
Friday/Viernes—September 11
9:00 am-12:00 noon
 St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry
Do you have someone that you would like to honor
with a mass intention for a
birthday, anniversary,
or another special date ?
Please call the office (933-7683) to schedule.
Weekday and Weekend masses available
Suggested Donation: $10.00
** You will still be able to have a 4:00pm mass intention
at the St. Rose Community Mass
Please pray for the sick of our parish
Jackson Smith
Mary Warner
Rosa Toledo
Elsa Lindsey
Judi Buchholz
Peggy Oakes
Elena Acevedo
Mathew Raymond
Henry Pilarski
Jose Gaytan
Audrey Doehring
Patricia Kohl
MASSES INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Saturday
4:00 p.m.
Sunday
8:00 a.m.
Sept. 5, 2015 Community Mass at St. Rose
For the wedding of Ellen Worth &
Michael Sinon (Donna Worth)
Sept. 6, 2015
† Barb Benoit (Sharon Wahl)
10:00 a.m.
† Mildred Deneau (Theresa & Ken Doehring)
12:00 p.m.
† Angel Gasca & Isabel Carmona
(Dolores Pizano)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
8:00 a.m.
Thursday
8:00 a.m.
Friday
8:00 a.m.
Sept. 7, 2015—No Mass
Sept. 8, 2015—No Mass
Sept. 9, 2015
† Walter “Bud” Fraser (Mr & Mrs Bill Burns)
Sept. 10, 2015
† Barb Benoit (John & Nancy Scanlon)
Sept. 11, 2015
† Mrs. Carla Conlon (Parish Family)
Bishop Conlon’s Mother
Sept. 12, 2015 Community Mass at St. Rose
† Guadalupe Villagomez (Rosa Varela)
Sept. 13, 2015
† Rhett Langman (Family)
For all the living and deceased members
of CCW
Saturday
4:00 p.m.
Sunday
8:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
Isidoro and Mariana Fernandez
Wedding Anniversary (Friends)
ST TERESA PARISH
WELCOME BACK, MAMA ELMA !
What a wonderful, beautiful time of the year!
I am filled with joy to let everyone know that my
mother, Elma, is back from the Philippines. She is
70 years young, happy and excited to receive her
birthday gift – a pilgrimage to Portugal, Spain and
France, visiting the Marian Shrines that she introduced to me when I was a child. We will go to Our Lady of
Fatima. I remember how she sang a Fatima song whenever we
prayed the rosary back when I was in grade school. We will go
to Our Lady of Lourdes. Our mission chapel in the Philippines is
dedicated to this Marian title, and so, this is a lifelong dream of
hers to be able to visit the actual place where Mary appeared to
Bernadette. I grew up looking up to the statue of Mary and Bernadette in the sanctuary of our humble chapel where I was baptized, where I was blessed for priesthood at age 3, where I
served as an adolescent, and where I celebrated my thanksgiving mass after my ordination. To be able to share this journey
with my mother will be an absolutely beautiful memory. My
mother and I will be on the Marian pilgrimage from September
14-24, and will be back in Kankakee on September 28. I am
blessed.
In the light of the pilgrimage, I invite our parishioners to send
messages and prayers to Mary, or any intention that may be
offered there. Some of my friends and parishioners in the past
have also asked me to offer a candle or a mass for their loved
ones. These are all welcome, and I am humbled to say the
prayers on behalf of our loved ones here.
Mama Elma has been here in Kankakee twice before, and she
knows many parishioners of Saint Teresa. She has also been to
Saint Martins, and was in fact with me at last year’s Rummage
Sale, which she loved so much. J But I am excited to introduce
her to the bigger community of Saint Martin and Saint Rose, so
that when I talk about her in some of my homilies or writings,
our parishioners can have a mental picture of her. It is such a
unique experience, that although my mother was not able to be
physically present when I was ordained a priest in 2004 (her
visa applications were denied by the USA), she is now able to
make up for lost time, and I am hoping that she will be here on
my installation as pastor of St. Rose and St. Martin, as she was
here when I was installed pastor of St. Teresa in 2011. This
whole spiritual experience of sharing my mother to everyone in
our church, is probably the same spiritual disposition that Jesus
had when he said, “Behold you mother…” when He offered the
Virgin Mary as the mother of the Church. It makes all the sense
in the world that these relationships are forged around our common love of God and the Church. I would not be a priest today
if not for the many spiritual lessons and moral values that my
mother inculcated in me since I was a child. And even today,
when I think of her dedication to serving our local church in the
Northern Philippines, I cannot help but also be inspired to work
hard for the Church where I am a servant for our churches in
Kankakee.
Thank you, my dear parishioners, for your love for your pastor
and his mother. God bless you always.
Hungry for more discoveries,
Fr. Sunny Castillo
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¡BIÉNVENIDA, MAMÁ ELMA!
¡Que maravillosa, y hermosa temporada del año!
Estoy lleno de alegría al decirles que mi madre, Elma,
de las Filipinas, nuevamente está aquí. Tiene 70
años de juventud, felíz y emocionada al recibir su
regalo de cumpleaños – una peregrinación a Portugal, España y Francia, visitando todos los santuarios
Marianos que élla me dió a conocer cuando era niño. Visitarémos a Nuestra Señora de Fátima. Recuerdo cuando élla me
cantaba la canción de Fátima cada vez que rezábamos el
rosario cuando estaba en la primaria. Visitarémos a Nuestra
Señora de Lourdes. Nuestra capilla en las Filipinas está dedicada a éste título Mariano, así es que, el sueño de toda su vida
está por realizarse cuando visitémos el lugar dónde María se
apareció a Bernadette. Yo crecí contemplando la estatua de
María y Bernadette en nuestra humilde capilla dónde fuí bautizado, dónde recibí la bendición para el sacerdocio a la edad
de 3 años, dónde serví en mi adolescencia, y dónde celebré
misa en acción de gracias por mi ordenación. El poder compartir ésta peregrinación con mi madre será un precioso recuerdo
inolvidable. Mi madre y yo estarémos en la peregrinación
Mariana de Septiembre 14 al 24, regresarémos a Kankakee el
28 de Septiembre. Soy bandito.
En vista de la peregrinación, invito a nuestros feligréses a mandar mensajes y oraciones a María, o cualquier intención que
podámos ofecer allí. En el pasado, algunos amigos y feligréses
me han pedido ofrecer una vela o una misa por sus amados.
Todo será bién recibido, y humildemente ofreceré las oraciones
por el bién de todos nuestros amados aquí.
Mi mamá Elma yá ha venido dos veces anteriormente a
Kankakee, y conoce a muchos feligréses de Santa Teresa.
También ha visitado a San Martín, y estubo conmigo en la
venta de cosas, que a élla tanto le gusta. Pero me siento emocionado que la voy a presentar a las comunidades de San
Martín y Santa Rosa, y así más tarde cuando hable de élla en
mis homilías o escritos, nuestros feligréses yá tendrán una
representación mental de élla. És una experiencia tan única,
que aunque mi madre no pudo estar aquí físicamente presente
cuando fuí ordenado sacerdote en 2004 (su aplicación para la
visa fué negada pos los Estados Unidos), ahora élla puede venir fácilmente, y espero que élla esté aquí para mi instalación
cómo pastor de Santa Rosa y San Martín, como élla estubo
aquí cuando fuí instalado pastor de Santa Teresa en 2011.
Toda ésta experiencia epiritual de compartir mi madre con todos en nuestra iglesia, és probablemente la misma disposición
espiritual que Jesús tenía cuando dijo, “Ahí tienes a tu madre
…” cuando ofreció a la Virgen María como madre de la Iglesia.
Éstas relaciones toman sentido y son unidas en nuestro amor
común a Dios y a la Iglesia. Yo no sería sacerdote hoy si no
fuera por las muchas lecciones espirtuales que mi madre me
ha inculcado desde niño. Y hasta hoy día, cuando pienso en su
dedicación en servir a su iglesia al Norte de las Filipinas, no
puedo más que ser inspirado a trabajar duro por la Iglesia
dónde soy un sirviente de nuestras iglesias en Kankakee.
Gracias, mis queridos feligréses, por su amor por su pastor y
su madre. Dios les bendiga siempre.
Hambriento por más descubrimientos,
Padre Sunny Castillo
ST TERESA PARISH
Welcome - Bienvenido
361 St. Joseph Ave • Kankakee IL 60901
Phone (815) 933-7683
Fax (815) 933-7692
EMERGENCY # (815) 216-6733
Parish Office Hours
Mon. - Thurs. 9am-3pm
Fri. 9-12noon
Horario de la Oficina Hispana
Martes a Jueves
9:30am-3pm
Mass Schedule
Weekend Saturday Community Mass at St. Rose 4:00 pm
Sunday 8:00 & 10:00 am
Misa en Español
Domingo 12:00 pm
Weekday
Wednesday-Friday 8:00 am
Parish Staff Directory
Pastor/Pastor
Fr. Santos “Sunny” Castillo
Associate Pastor /Pastor Asociadio
Fr. Roy Jacob
Deacons
Ronald Whitman & David Marlowe
Financial Director
Lilia Belka ext 226
Ministry Coordinator
Donna Worth ext 227
RCIA (Convert Preparation)
ext 227
Ministerio Hispano
Silvia Barajas ext 229
Sr. Elsie Gamez
Secretaries
Kathy Dummer & Sylvia Lane ext 221
Bulletin Information Please e-mail articles by Mon. @ 11am to
stteresabulletin@yahoo.com
Youth Ministry
Ken & Michelle Barrie 427-8130
Music Ministry
Jane Veers 933-6058
Música Español
Ema Segura 592-4175
St Vincent de Paul Society
ext 212
Prayer Line
Barb Jepson 937-9260
Rita Kanosky 939-0319
Parish Media Links
Website
www.stteresacatholics.org
Facebook Saint Teresa Church in Kankakee, IL
Email
stteresa361@sbcglobal.net
Lisieux Pastoral Center
Director
815-939-2913
Kathy Wade
StteresaLisieux@sbcglobal.net
Azzarelli Outreach Clinic
Parish Nurse & Director
Helen Chigaros RN
815-928-6093
azzarellioutreach1@sbcglobal.net
Aquinas Catholic Academy/
Academia Católica de Aquino
366 E. Hickory, Kankakee
School Principal
815-932-8124
Mrs. Dana Berg
St. Patrick & Teresa Religious Education/
Educacion Religiosa y Doctrina
366 E. Hickory, Kankakee
Coordinator of Religious Ed
815-932-0314
Marcia Brown-Medina
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Time, Talent & Treasure
Fostering Stewardship as a way of life
In gratitude of God’s gifts of time and talent to us we
gratefully acknowledge and salute
St. Teresa Council of Catholic Woman
Weekly Collections
Sunday Offering for August 30, 2015
$ 6,431.15
Sunday Envelope Breakdown
$300 & higher (2) • $200-$299 (1)
$100-$199 (10) • $75-$99 (8) •$50-$74 (14)
$25-$49 (40) • $11-$24 (26) • $10 & under (44)
Our Goal each Week
to cover our expenses is $6, 650.00
Nuestra Meta por Semana
para cubrir los gastos es de $6, 650.00
Thank you for your kind generosity and your deep love of St. Teresa
¡Gracias por su Generosidad!
Upgrading your computer systems?
St. Vincent de Paul is in need of 2 lap
top computers to help in their ministry.
If you have a computer you would be willing to
donate, please call the parish office at
815-933-7683
Thank You
Sacrament Procedures
Confessions at St. Rose
Saturday 3:00-3:30 pm
Baptism Classes
Pre-baptism Class is required
before your date will be set.
Please register two to three
months in advance!
St. Teresa 1:15 pm
2nd Sunday of the month
St. Martin 7:00pm
2nd Monday of the month
Baptisms in English
2nd Sunday of Month 2:30 pm
Weddings
Spiritual Preparation begins at
least SIX MONTHS in advance.
Please do not make your
reservations until you have met
with the pastor
Communion Visits
Call the Parish Office
Adoration at Night
9:30 pm - 5:00 am in Spanish
First Saturdays
Eucharist Adoration in English
1st Friday of month 8:30am
Procedimiento para
Sacramentos
Confesiones en Santa Rosa
Sábados 3:00-3:30 pm
Platicas Pre-bautismales
Platicas son requeridas antes
de fijar su fecha. Favor de
inscribirse de 2 a 3 meses de
anticipación.
Sta. Teresa - 10 am-12 pm
3er Domingo del Mes
Sta. Rosa 4:00 pm
2 do Domingo de l Mes
Bautizos Espanol
1er Domingo del Mes 12:00
Bodas
Preparación Espiritual empieza
mínimo SEIS MESES de
anticipo. No haga
preparaciones para su
celebración antes de reunirse
con el párroco.
Visitas de Comunión
Llame a la oficina.
Quince Años y Presentaciones
Llame a la oficina.
Adoración Nocturna
1er Sábado del mes 9:30 pm
ST TERESA PARISH
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AROUND OUR COMMUNITY
Caring for an Older Family Member?
Caregiver Education Series
Wednesdays, Noon—1:15pm
Light Lunch provided
Sept. 9
Learning To Connect With My Loved Ones
Melanie Adams, Alzheimer’s Association
Sept. 16
Avoid The Scam! How to prevent being
victimized by fraud
Sasha Grabenstetter, Univ. Of Ill. Extension
Fall Mum Fundraiser
$6.00 each
Red-Orange-White-Yellow-Purple
Deadline for order and payment is Wednesday, Sept. 9
Order forms at the back of the church and at the
school. Pickup is Friday, Sept. 18th, 3:30-5:30pm
Sessions held at
Kankakee First Church of the Nazarene
1000 N. Entrance Ave. Room 107, Kankakee
St. Teresa Council #14012
To Register: 815-523-9918
Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015
8:00 am—12:00pm
ST. PATRICK’S HALF PADDY FESTIVAL
SEPT. 11, @5PM & SEPT. 12, @NOON
428 S. INDIANA, KANKAKEE
Lisieux Pastoral Center
371 N. St. Joseph Ave.
Aquinas Catholic Academy
3rd Annual Golf Outing
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Oak Springs Golf Course
Men and Women are invited to a day of fun and golf.
Please call chairman Sharon Jackson, 815-937-1556, for
more information about golfing and sponsorship.
Good Shepherd Manor’s
24th Annual Fall Festival
Saturday, September 19, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
¼ mile north of Momence – 4129 N. State Rt. 1-17
Classic Car Show, Craft and Antique Market, Silent
Auction Tent, BINGO, Children's Games and Crafts,
Pony Rides, Petting Zoo, Bounce House, Live Music,
Great Food…
Fun for the Whole Family!
Proceeds will benefit the special men with developmental
disabilities Good Shepherd Manor is privileged to serve.
Questions? Call (815) 472-3700 ext. 1020
Annual St. Rose of Lima Card Party
Sunday, September 20
BREAKFAST
$5.00 per person / $20.00 per family
Mexican Style Eggs
Mexican Beans & Rice
Mexican Eggs & Chorizo
Red & Green Chilaquiles
Pancakes
Eggs
Sausage
Coffee, Milk, Juice
Proceeds to Benefit Lisieux Pastoral Center
BOOK STUDY—”PRAYER, OUR DEEPEST LONGING”
By Father Ronald Rolheiser
WHEN: Mondays, Sept. 14, 21, 28 from 6-8 pm
WHERE: Maternity BVM, St. Viater Hall, Bourbonnais
SPONSORED BY: Inter-Parish Women’s Committee
Each session will discuss 2 chapters of the book, in succession. Free study guide: www.Franciscan Media.org/guide
Book is available at Love Christian Book Store, Kankakee
Register: Call or email Alicia Parkinson 815-932-9423
or prknsn9@gmail.com by Sept. 11
Consultas
Maternity
BVMInmigratorias
Parish
25
Septiembre,
5 Noviembre,
308 E. Marsile Ave., Bourbonnais
10
Diciembre
, 2015
Friday, September 4, 7:00
pm
Taize Prayer is a simple prayer service that consists of
Abogados del Proyecto de Inmigración les ofrece consultas
enhanced
with orchestral
scripture,
parachants,
contester
sus preguntas
acerca destrings,
la inmigración.
Las a
service
of
light,
and
an
extended
period
of
silence
consultas cuestan $25.00 y están disponibles SOLO POR for
meditation, concluding with prayers for the world.
CITA PREVIA.
12:00 noon Lower church hall
$7.00 per person
Tickets may be purchased at the door
El Centro Pastoral Lisieux
371 N. St. Joseph Ave.
Kankakee, Il 60901
Chicken dinner served
Para fijar una cita:
Llame al 309-829-8703
los Lunes o Miércoles de 10 a.m .a 4 p.m.
Get a group together
and enjoy a fun
afternoon of cards
or games!
SE REQUIERE CITA PARA SER ATENDIDO.
ST TERESA PARISH
A NOTE FROM FATHER ROY
Sunday worship meaningful?
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HOLY SPIRIT MASS
AQUINAS CATHOLIC ACADEMY
SEPT. 2, 2015
It is always a question, how meaningful
is my Sunday worship. When we look
back are we really satisfied in what we
are doing? Do I really benefit from the
long years of my spiritual pursuit as a
true catholic? Some times people leave
the Catholic Church thinking that there
is no outcome from their long years of
religious practices. But in fact we are
growing in spirit and grace. These
would be invisible but we are getting powered by the Almighty. Recently I read an article that reveals a reality. It goes
like this:
A Churchgoer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and
complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. “I’ve gone for 30 years now,” he wrote, “and in that time
I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of
me, I can’t remember a single one of them. So, I think I’m
wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving
sermons at all.” This started a real controversy in the “Letters
to the Editor” column, much to the delight of the editor.
It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher: “I’ve
been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has
cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot
recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do
know this. They all nourished me and gave me the strength I
needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these
meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had
not gone to Church for nourishment, I would be spiritually
dead today!”
Jesus himself said the kingdom of God is like a mustard seed.
When the seed is sowed it began to grow and becomes a tree.
In the course of time it is growing but its growth is invisible.
My faith in God is not controlled by any human factors; it is
not the size of the church, it is not the quality of the music or
the eloquence of the preachers that forms my faith but rather it
is my mental disposition. The more I desire Him the more I
get it. As we approach the Lord, we must be like an empty
bottle. The more I make myself humble and empty the more I
could fill myself. Remember, it is not my ability or the ability
of the other people that make my faith strong it is the work of
God. We just let God do the work in us, that makes me a
strong and faithful catholic.
Have a Blessed week!
Rev. Roy Jacob CMI
23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Sept. 6, 2015
The passage from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
foreshadows the mighty deeds Christ will accomplish,
the most significant of which is the means for our salvation. The Gospel passage from St. Mark cites a
powerful healing performed by Jesus in Gentile territory. Together with the Letter of St. James, it is clear
God does not discriminate about who is invited into
the Christian community, and neither should we.
Good stewards acknowledge that all who embrace the
Lord as His disciples are welcome into His Kingdom.
RESPECT LIFE PRAYER
“Do not fear; I am with you;
Do not be anxious: I am your God.
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.”
Isiah 41:10
“Sólo con oraciones—oraciones que claman al cielo
justicia y piedad, oraciones que purifiquen nuestra
alma y nuestro corazón– se reemplazará la cultura
de la muerte que nos rodea en la actualidad con la
cultura de la vida.”
Plan pastoral para actividades pro vida
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Who are we?
What is our mission?
Inspired by Gospel values, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul,
a Catholic lay organization, leads women and men to join
together to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering.
Vincention Vision: Seeking Charity and Justice
Vincention Values: Holiness of life, Service of the Poor,
Humility, Simplicity, Charity, and Community of Faith.
Seeking New Members to join this ministry
Next Meeting will be
Wednesday, September 9
6:00 pm Hammes Hall (Azzarelli Clinic)
Please contact Ron O’Connell for more information
815–936-0708
Nurse Notes: SPIRITUAL HEALTH
Sept. 6, 2015
#4 Take time to do what you love. Find things in
your life that give you a feeling of love, strength,
inner cal, or relief. Take up a hobby/sport, or simply
spend time with close friends and family. Do something that doesn’t feel like routine and something
that doesn’t have to be forced or required on you.