Bulletin for May 7-8

Conversation, beverages, and snacks in Romero
Center after Sunday Mass. Join us!

In the Church (this weekend):
Saturday 6 PM Elizabeth Ann Miller
Sunday 10 AM The Huguet Family
In the Provena Hospital Chapel:
Monday Noon Evans, Estabrook, Gambill, & Stewart Families
Tuesday Noon Larry Flynn
Wednesday Noon Special Intention
Thursday Noon Julius and Mary Hirschfeld
Friday Noon William Klein Family
In the Church (next weekend):
Saturday 6 PM Dr. and Mrs. M. M. Archer & Families
Sunday 10 AM Edward Quinlan

THIS WEEKEND
Lectors 6 PM Sat. Les Savage & Sister Julia Moriarty
10 AM Sun. Midge O'Brien & Jungho Kim
Servers 10 AM Sun. Jisoo Park & Hannah Snyder
Communion 6 PM Sat. Les Savage & Sister Julia Moriarty
10 AM Sun. Carolyn Mullally, Leigh Estabrook, YangSoon
Kim, Sister Mary Robert Morton, & Deb Murphy*
NEXT WEEKEND
Lectors 6 PM Sat. Stevie Bennett & Rhonda Kirts
10 AM Sun. Sister Mary Robert Morton & Judith Gordon
Servers 10 AM Sun. Patty & Joey Bane
Communion 6 PM Sat. Janet Nelson & Carolyn Mullally
Ministers 10 AM Sun Cheryl
Black, Leigh Estabrook, Kathy Hansen,
Chris Ha, & Greg Hatch*

Next Sunday, May 15, is Pentecost Sunday: Gift of
the Holy Spirit and Birthday of the Church. Wear
Red!

It is Annual Diocesan Appeal (ADA) time again.
The St. Mary assigned goal is $17,566. We are on
our way with 45% of our goal already received.
Thanks for your generous response. If you
haven't done so, please make your contribution
soon.

The ever-increasing demands of work and family
can make life seem like a perpetual game of Beat
the Clock. But there are some who are managing
to strike the right balance, reports Thomas J.
Billitteri, with time to spare. Check out the
May issue of U.S. Catholic in the lobby.

Emmaus Days for Girls is a joint effort of
women's religious communities to encourage young
women to respond to their personal vocation
whether that be to single, married, or religious
life. "Following in the Footprints of Jesus"
will be held at St. Mary Monastery in Rock
Island. Girls in Grades 7-9, June 13-14, and
girls in Grades 10-12, June 15-17. See Father Tom
or call the church office for information.
Emmaus Days for Boys is a summer retreat
promoting vocations to the priesthood. It is for
all young men who are interested in growing in
holiness. There are four sessions depending on
age. College and H.S. graduates, June 17-20;
H.S. juniors and seniors, July 1-4; H.S. freshmen
and sophomores, July 10-13, and 7th & 8th
graders, July 13-15. See Father Tom or call the
church office for information.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the
bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Honoré de Balzac

Byung-Joon Kim, a candidate for the Permanent
Diaconate in the Diocese of Peoria, will receive
the Ministry of Lector at the Cathedral on
Sunday, May 15, at the 10:30 A.M. Mass. Bishop
Jenky will preside. This official installation
to the Ministry of Lector represents the second
of three steps to diaconate ordination. Last
year at this time, Dr. Kim took the first step by
declaring his intention to pursue ordination to
the diaconate at a similar Mass with our bishop.
This Mass is the regularly scheduled Sunday Mass
for our Cathedral. All are welcome to attend.

Your help is needed to clean our worship space.
Please join the church cleaning crew on Monday,
May 16, at 5 PM. Enter the church through the
northeast door. Everyone is invited to help.
For information, call Midge at 344-8871.

We need casseroles and soup for those who are ill
or recently hospitalized. Make a little extra
for the St. Mary Freezer! Contact Sandy in the
church office for more information.

Catholics Without Partners "Game Night" will be
Thursday, May 19, 7 P.M., Holy Cross Parish
Center. Please bring your favorite game and a
snack to share. Also bring a new/like-new
kitchen item for the empty tomb, inc. service
donation. Call Shirley for information at
841-6956. Call Sue at 355-3921 for free child
care.

Catholic Worker Bike Clinic in May. Used
bicycles and parts are accepted. Volunteers will
repair the bikes and they will be given to Soup
Kitchen guests for much needed transportation.
Bicycle mechanics are welcomed, also. Call Eric
at 355-9774 or Ellen at 356-7101 for information
or take donations to the House,
317 S. Randolph Street in Champaign between 5-9 P.M.

A Marriage Encounter Weekend is scheduled for
June 10-12 at King's House, located above the
beautiful Illinois River in Henry. In this
stimulating setting, husband and wife have the
opportunity to examine their shared life,
weaknesses and strengths, attitudes,
expectations, joys and frustrations and to do so
openly and honestly. For information, call the
Office of Family Life at (309) 671-1550.

Life Awareness Retreat is a discernment weekend
for single men and women, 18-45, from the
Davenport and Peoria Dioceses. It will be held
July 8-10 at St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island.
Have time to reflect on your vocation and how God
is calling you to give serious thought to your
future. Call (309) 283-2300.

Seymour Hersh will give a MillerCom lecture on
The Chain of Command From 9/11 to Abu Ghraid on
Tuesday, May 10, 5 P.M., Foellinger Auditorium.

"Beginning African American Family History," a
talk by Jack Simpson of the Newberry Library in
Chicago, will be presented by the Early American
Museum on Monday, May 23, 7 P.M. There is no
charge but registration at 586-2612 is required.

The original proclamation by Julia Ward Howe for
Mother's Day in 1870 contained a strong message
for peace:
Arise, then, women of this day! Arise all women
who have hearts, whether your baptism be of water
or of tears! Say firmly: "We will not have
questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our
husbands shall not come to us reeking of carnage
for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be
taken from us to unlearn all that we have been
able to teach them of charity, mercy, and
patience. We women of one country will be too
tender to those of another country to allow our
sons to be trained to injure theirs." From the
bosom of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with
our own. It says, "Disarm! Disarm!" The sword
of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood
does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate
possession.

Parish Trustees
Bill Volk 367-7664
NamJung Jung 384-7746

We welcome all into our parish community. To
register, introduce yourself to the pastor or
contact the church office.
Join the St. Mary e-mail list. Send a note to stmary@stmary-cu.org.
If you wish to contact the pastor please do so
after weekend Masses or call weekdays between 9
and 5. Emergency calls can be made at any time.
Baptisms can be arranged at your convenience with
the pastor. We suggest that you consider baptism
as part of the Sunday Liturgy.
Marriages must be arranged with the pastor at
least four months in advance. Attendance at
Pre-Cana Conferences is required.
Communion for shut-ins may be arranged with the pastor.
The Sacrament of the Sick is administered twice
yearly at Sunday Masses or may be arranged at any
time with the pastor.
The Religious Education Program for school
children is held on Sunday mornings at 9 AM,
October - April.
Check out the magazine rack in the lobby. A
number of excellent Catholic publications are
available for purchase.
Support your parish. All are expected to take
their fair share in the financial support of the
parish.
Solemnity of the Ascension
May 7 - 8, 2005