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Ministry Schedules
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On Catholic Marriage
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Heb 4:1-5, 11Responsorial Psalm Ps 78:3 and 4bc, 6c-7, 8Gospel Mk 2:1-12
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rcia program
RCIA SESSIONS IN THE PRESENTATION ROOM OF THE PARISH OFFICE FROM 7:00-8:30
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Diocesan Safe Environment Program
All parish volunteers need to complete Protecting God’s Children, undergo a background check, and read a few important documents. Please contact Mona O'Bryan at the parish office 815-758-5432 x 107 if you are unsure if you have completed all the requirements or to answer any questions you may have. Thanks for your prompt cooperation with this important US Bishop's initiative. -
PARISH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
We need your financial support to complete future improvement projects! If you can help, please give what you can to our Capital Improvements Fund using the mailed envelopes or through our online giving system. God bless you in advance for your generous support! If you have questions, email Jim Glemkowski at jimg@stmarydekalb.org.
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volunteer forms requirement update
Attention Volunteers! An update to the Youth Guidelines (in sections E and F) requires all volunteers to sign a revised copy. You can do so by printing this document and returning a signed copy to the parish office as soon as possible. Please note that the Safe Environment protocol has been instituted for the safety of those most vulnerable. We appreciate your compliance as we work to protect our community. -
from the desk of Edith Stein (October 14 , 2018)
“To organize as a state is required in the interests of the community only to the extent that community life is endangered by impulses that live within the individuals. Even from the standpoint of the community, the justification would be a merely factual one, which means it would consist only in the evidence that the individuals are in fact so conditioned and that the state in question at any given time is able to guarantee the correction of this condition… The value of the legal system is measured not according to the idea of justice, but according to the development of the community life, which the system serves. Community as such has a value all its own; and the ethnic community as a culturally productive personality has inherent value above and beyond that. The state, which with its legal system is placed in the service of the community’s life, does not create that value but only helps to realize it” (“Investigations Concerning the State”, 151-153).
“For anyone who is vividly feeling the value of a political system, this problem of whether he should regard the political system as entitled to exist is just as unlikely to crop up as is the question of whether a person whom he loves is entitled to exist. Everything with value exhibits its right to exist, in that it makes its intrinsic value felt. But that doesn’t resolve all the issues. Since values can emerge in competition, and since one value may through its realization exclude the realization of others, you always have to examine, regardless of what values are in themselves, the extent to which they can be allowed to hold their own over against other values, or the extent to which it is right for them to impose themselves at the expense of other values” (153-154).
“Refusing to satisfy a claim to which you committed yourself by a promise is always a violation of the law. However, that refusal can be offered in the interest of a higher value. When that case arises for the state is not something that can be determined by general laws of precedence, but the correct decision concerning the relationship of concrete values standing in conflict at any given time will depend, as a rule, on a whole series of such laws, whose possible combinations in practice are not to be anticipated” (154).
We see the necessity of dealing in a logical manner with unique situations before the legal system in a way that respects justice and the rule of law, which are sometimes in tension. Decisions based on values must be made. -
ANNOUNCEMENTS
From the Desk of Father Russell -
Deacon Armando Regalado informed me that he had accepted a position in religious education at St. John the Baptist Church in Somonauk to begin this Fall. He will remain a parishioner of St. Mary Church in DeKalb, but will be relieved of liturgical responsibilities while he takes on his new responsibilities in Somonauk. We thank him for his ministry and pray for him and his family during his transition, as well as for the people of St. John the Baptist, who called himself the “voice”. They will experience a beautiful new voice in Somonauk, and we pray it will be fruitful in Christ, Son of Mary. As Deacon Armando likes to say in the spirit of St. Louis de Montfort: “All to Jesus, through Mary.” -
Upcoming events/news/programs
2018 FALL EVENTS @ ST. MARY
Tuesdays(starting 9/25) - St. Mary's Moms Book Club - 9:00-10:30am - Ministry Center St. Anne's room - "The Year and Our Children" - Your small children are welcome to attend with you!
2nd & 4th Wednesdays - St. Mary Men's Group - "A Pope and a President"
Tuesdays - Teen Tuesday High School Youth Group
NOTE: DeKalb County Nursing Home Visits CHANGED to LAST TUESDAY of the month.
Thursdays (9/6 - 10/11) 10:00 - 11:30am - WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY - "The Gift of Repentance" by
Kevin Perrotta. Ministry Center St. Joseph Room.
Tues., 9/25 - St. Mary Student Council Annual Fatty's Pork Chop/Chicken Dinner Fundraiser @ St. Mary church parking lot. Tickets are $14 each, available from any St. Mary School student or through the school.
Sun., 9/30- Mon., 10/1 - Return Visit of Our Lady of Fatima Statue (Scroll up for info links above.)
Wed., 10/3 - 6:00pm - Soup & Cinema with Fr. Russell. Movie: "St. Anthony," Ministry Center Cafeteria (See parish Facebook event for more details.)
Sat., 10/6 - 10:00am - Blessing of Animals, Ministry Center Courtyard
Mon., Oct. 8 - 11:00am - 1:00pm - Fall Salad Bar Luncheon by the Catholic Daughters. Tickets - $10 each, available at parish office or from any CDA member.
Sat., Oct. 13 - 9:00am - St. Mary Cemetery Fall Clean Up
Thursdays (10/18-11/15 only 4 sessions!) - 6:30-8:00pm - "Presence: The Mystery of the Eucharist" Small Group Study, in the Ministry Center. (Please visit the parish office or Facebook page for more information.)
Fri., 10/19 - Pilgrimage to Chicago Churches (Please check the bulletin, parish office and/or the parish Facebook page for details and registration.)
Fri., 11/2 - Sun., 11/4 - KAIROS High School Retreat @ Bishop Lane Retreat Center (Registration info coming soon!)
Thurs., 11/8 - RCIA Informational Meeting - 7:00pm - Parish Office Presentation Room
Please call the parish office for more info (815)758-5432
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