Saint Albert the Great

5555 West STATE ROAD BURBANK

Third SUNDAY of Easter - April 22, 2012

Parish

ILLINOIS 60459

You alone, O LORD, bring security to my dwelling.

Psalm 4:9

Welcome
All are In this House of God

REV. MICHAEL L. ZOUFAL, PASTOR REV. JOSEPH P. LYNCH, PASTOR EMERITUS REV. RYSZARD CZERNIAK, SCh. ASSOCIATE PASTOR IRVIN A. BRYCE, JR., PERMANENT DEACON
MASSES SATURDAY 5:00 PM (Sunday Obligation) SUNDAY 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM (English-Polish) - 12:00 PM 6:15 AM, 1:30 PM and 5:00 PM Polish Masses 6:30 PM Spanish Mass WEEKDAY MASSES (Monday-Friday) 6:30 AM, 7:30 AM (Polish), 8:30 AM SATURDAY MASS 7:30 AM ( Polish) 8:30 AM HOLY DAYS Please refer to schedules printed in the bulletin prior to the Holiday. Vigil Mass - 7:00 PM (evening before Holy Day) SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday 4:00-4:45 PM SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sundays at 3:15 PM Baptismal Preparation Class Last Monday of month at 7:00 PM Parish registration and attendance at the Baptismal Preparation Class are required prior to Baptism. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE All wedding arrangements must be made with a parish priest at least 5 months prior to scheduled date. All couples are required to participate in a marriage preparation program. Parish registration is a requirement. Times of marriages are as follows: Saturday 12:00 PM and 2:30 PM

RECTORY ...(708)423-0321 PLEBANIA (po polsku)...(708)423-0321 For Sacraments of Baptism, Marriage, parish registration, convert instruction, prolonged illness at home. PARISH WEBSITE www.stalbertgreat.com E-MAIL StAlbert@archchicago.org PARISH BOUNDARIES North-75th St. East-Cicero, West-Narragansett, South-87th St. Cicero to Austin) 83rd St. (Austin to Narragansett) MINISTRY OF CARE.(708)423-0321 Deacon Irvin A. Bryce Jr. PRAYER NETWORK....(708)966-4068 Mrs. Marlene Rybicki SCHOOL..(708)424-7757 Mrs. Marilyn Kurowski, Principal 5535 West State Road http;//home.comcast.net/~st.alberts/ CCD OFFICE...(708)636-0406 Mr. Kevin Wiseman, Coordinator 5535 West State Road

MASS INTENTIONS
Monday, April 23, 2012 Saint George 6:30 - Fred Westberg, Marilyn Moszec 7:30 8:30 - Joyce Pubins, Cecilia Mikrut Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen 6:30 7:30 8:30 - Brother Eligous Roche Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Saint Mark, Evangelist 6:30 - Josephine Rolewicz 7:30 - Stanislaw Wilczek 8:10 - MORNING PRAYER OF THE CHURCH 8:30 Thursday, April 26, 2012 6:30 7:30 8:30 - Sylvio Cataldo - Maria & Kazimierz Mitoraj 7:00PM - PARISH HOLY HOUR Friday, April 27, 2012 6:30 7:30 - Stanislaw Wilczek 8:30 - James Nash Saturday, April 28, 2012 Saint Peter Chanel Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort 7:30 8:30 - Fr. Gerry Roche, Mary & Joseph Trojak 12:00PM - Wedding: Dawid Cebula & Monika Kowalczyk 2:30PM - Wedding: Patrick Windle & Brokoke Hockenberry 5:00PM - Phyllis Crowe, Jospeh Spain - Francisco Manas Sunday, April 29, 2012 Fourth Sunday of Easter 6:15 - Jan Maryniarczyk, Jan Zolnierczyk 7:30 - For the Parishioners 9:00 - Wiktoria, Anna Biernacka - Theresa Ostrowski 10:30 - Marzena, Edward, Kevin, Natalia & Janusz 10:30-Frank & Victoria Smagacz 12:00PM - Louise Duncan 1:30PM - Jan Bujak, Waldemar Wojcik - Pawel Szpundow - Blessing 5:00PM 6:30PM - Ramiro Marquez 5th Anniv. of Death - Roberto Ocampo

FULFILLMENT It is interesting that during the Easter season, when we do not hear a reading from the Old Testament, it becomes so important. This is particularly true today. Peters speech begins with a prayer formula familiar to Jews: The God of Abraham . . . (Acts 3:13). It likewise contains the potent phrases Holy and Righteous One and mouth of all the prophets (3:14, 18). Peter was stating in no uncertain terms that the law, psalms, and prophets had been fulfilled in Christ. This is reinforced by Jesus himself in the Gospel passage, when he states that everything in the scriptures (to the early Christians the scriptures were what we call the Old Testament) had to be fulfilled. Above all, Jesus and Peter both emphasize that we are witnesses to all of this, and are sent forth to bear witness to it in the world. The Latin Missa, from which our word Mass comes, means sent (as in mission). As we leave Mass today, let us remember to be witnesses to all that has been fulfilled in the risen Christ. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.
LET US PRAY

For the sick: Anthony Dinovella, Melissa Porfirio, Mari Claire Lynch, Laura Rhodes, Mary Lanski, Shirley Ralston, Eugene Kenny, Sammy Grabowski, Gerry Smagacz, Michael Mazurek, Pat Fischer, Jeffrey Andrews, Barbara Pavlich, Bill & Ruth Eichnamm, Diane & Robert Juris, Dorothy Reid, Erin DeValek, Salvatore Bottari, Theresa Lonski, Alex Silverman, Pat Williams, Harriet Madey, Richard Polancyk, Andrea Pellicano, Sister Patricia Labuda, Cooper Grant, Carol Berghuis, Johana Pusateri, Janelle Demski, Walter Anderson, Denis Hedderman & Family, Loretta Paulus, Shirley McVane, Catherine, Katie & Lucy Hedderman, Richard & Marilyn Buchalski, Don Kupiec, Cheryl Korosa, Penny Prokop, Mary Ann Riccio.

What a mess we would be in were it not for the forgiveness of Jesus. What a mess the disciples would have been in after Easter if Jesus did not forgive them for abandoning him during his Passion. The Gospel today is another account of Jesus risen from the dead appearing to his disciples on Easter Sunday evening, but from a different perspective to Johns account last Sunday. The two disciples had met Jesus on the road to Emmaus and recognized him only after he had broken bread with them. Now they have returned to Jerusalem to tell the others and after they have shared their account of seeing Jesus, he now appears to the entire group gathered together. Imagine the sense of shame the disciples must now feel for having abandoned Jesus during his Passion. We too feel a sense of shame when we abandon Jesus when we sin. That is really what happens when we sin; we abandon Jesus. We choose something else above Jesus. We put Jesus in second place. Sin is always abandoning Jesus for something or someone else. So it is good when we are sensitive enough to recognize that we have abandoned Jesus and we feel a sense of shame and guilt. If we did not have a sense of shame or guilt we would remain in our sorry state of having abandoned Jesus. But Jesus does not want us to remain in shame or guilt. He did not want his disciples to remain in shame or guilt and so his first words to them as we heard in our Gospel were, Peace be with you. Jesus is accepting his disciples as his disciples again and not chastising them for having abandoned him. After we sin Jesus wants us to return to him quickly also. Now that the disciples have received the forgiveness of Jesus he gives them a mission as we heard in the Gospel, to preach his forgiveness to others. Notice that Jesus expects people to repent of their sins. When we sin our natural reaction is to repent of our sins. When we repent and are genuinely sorry and want to return to Jesus and not sin again he forgives us in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. When we sin Jesus does not want us to remain in shame or guilt. He wants to heal the broken relationship, broken by our abandoning him in sin. Therefore after sin we always want to return to Jesus in repentance and sorrow. He says to us, Peace be with you. (Luke 24:35) From his wounds we receive forgiveness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation as the priest in the name of God absolves us of our sins. By Fr. T. lane

How to make a Good Confession

Five Steps For a Good Confession 1. Examine your conscience. 2. Be sincerely sorry for your sins. 3. Confess your sins to a priest. 4. Resolve to amend your life. 5. After your confession, do the penance the priest assigns. Procedure in the Confessional You say: Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been - (state the length of time) since my last confession. These are my sins.

(part 1 of 2)

Then tell your mortal sins and the number of times committed. If you have no mortal sin to confess, then confess the venial sins you have committed since your last confession. When you have finished telling your sins, you should say: For these and all the sins of my past, I am truly sorry. The priest now gives the necessary advice, assigns your penance and asks you to say the Act of Contrition (in some form). Then wait and listen as the priest gives the absolution Then say Thank you, Father, then leave the confessional and then perform the penance assigned by the priest.

St. Albert the Great Parish Invites all to

Sponsored by Group Guadalupano 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.

Dinner Dance

April 28, 2012

In Rogers Hall

Tickets are $25.00 for adults, $10.00 teens Dinner included, cash bar available
Dinner will be served at 8:00 p.m.

Music by Sonido Sagitario

Toss for Peace Bags Tournament

Queen of Peace High School is hosting a Bags Tournament on Saturday, April 21. Doors open at 6 p.m; tournament begins at 6:30 p.m. The cost of the event is $25 per person and includes tournament, snacks, pizza, sweets and a cash bar. Attendees must be 21 or over. Download a registration form or pay online at www.queenofpeacehs.org. For more info, contact athletic director Darlene Graf at (708) 496-4736

Thank you ver much to all parishioners who helped to decorate and pepare our church for the Easter Holiday: Beata & Andrzej Kwak, Dyszkiewicz Family, Marie Shipman, Joanna Liszka, Maria Nowobilska and Family, Andrzej Bukowski, Andrzej Wacawiak, Janusz Korwaczka, Andrzej Marusarz Sr. , Andrzej Marusarz Jr. and Andrzej Sodyczka and our seminarian - Marek Smolka. Your time and talent are greatly appreciated! May God Bless You All! RESPECT LIFE - WE NEED TO BE INFORMED
We need to be informed - in order to vote pro-life, we need to know what the candidates stand for. We also can help save babies from abortion by calling our representatives in Springfield to vote yes for HB 4085 and HB 4117. HB 4085 offers an opportunity to see mothers to an ultrasound of their baby before an abortion. HB 4117 expands medical regulations that apply to abortion facilities. In Washington D.C. the Respect for Life Conscience Act amends ObamaCare to protect conscience rights and religious liberty. Call Representative Lipinski at 312-8860481 and/or 202-225-5701. Ask him to vote Yes for HR1179. Call Senator Durbin at 312-353-4952 and/or 202-224-2152 and Senator Kirk at 312-886-3506 and/or 202224-2854. Ask them to vote YES for S 1467. Please keep these numbers for future calls.

***Thank You ***

MOTHERS DAY CARDS Peace Through Music in the Spirit of John Paul II
Concert in Honor of the First Anniversary of the Beatification of Pope John Paul II Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center 220 South Michigan Avenue Monday, April 23, 8 p.m.
Tickets available through the Symphony Center box office 312-294-3000 or online at www.cso.org

AND ENVELOPES

are available this weekend on the ushers tables for those who wish to have their mothers remembered at Masses on Sunday, May 13th for all mothers, living and deceased. You may place your donation, along with the envelope provided in the collection basket.
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
The season of First Communions is here, and invitations pour in as the new communicants, mostly seven years old, gather extended families for their first reception of the Eucharist. Recently, the celebrations are often on Sundays, in the regular gatherings of the faith community. There, it becomes clear that First Communion is meant to initiate a regular pattern of reception, and that there is to be a second, third, hundredth, thousandth celebration. Eastern Catholics and Orthodox children follow a different plan, since they are given a taste of the consecrated wine at their baptism as infants. We Western Christians delay until the age of reason, but many years ago, Communion was not for children at all. Twelve to fourteen was the typical time for Roman Catholics to receive for the first time, and in those days this was a transition into the adult world of work and marriage. The custom did not begin to shift to childhood until reforms set in place by Pope St. Pius X began to take hold in the 1920s. If you are going to a First Communion, you can give thanks that the table of the Lord is today open so much more lavishly than before. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.

OUR SECOND COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND WILL BE FOR THE SOUND SYSTEM.
YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED.

April 23 - 27 at St. Alberts

Tuesday, April 24 7:00 pm Bingo 5:00 pm Choir Wednesday, April 25 6:00 pm Boy Scouts Thursday, April 26 7:00 pm Adoration Friday, April 27 6:00 pm Cub Scouts WEDDING BANNS

III-Dawid Cebula & Monika Kowalczyk III-Pat Windle & Brooke Hockenberry

OUR WEEKLY OFFERING

WEEKEND OF APRIL 14/15, 2012 $14,431.00

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT

CHURCH God sends no churches from the skies, Out of our hearts they must arise. Anonymous

Skadamy serdeczne Bg Zapa osobom ktre pomagay nam w przygotowaniu kocioa na wita Wielkanocne:
Pani Beacie i Andrzejowi Kwak, Rodzinie Dyszkiewicz, Pani Mari Shipman, Pani Joannie Liszka, Pani Marii Nowobilski oraz jej rodzinie, Panom: Andrzej Bukowski, Andrzej Wacawiak, Janusz Korwaczka, Andrzej Marusarz (Senior), Andrzej Marusarz (Junior), Andrzej Sodyczka i seminarzycie Markowi Smolka.

WIADKOWIE ZMARTWYCHWSTANIA

Nie jest rzecz atw uwierzy. Wtpliwoci i niepewnoci dowiadczali apostoowie, ktrzy pocztkowo nie wierzyli w obecno Jezusa po Zmartwychwstaniu, dowiadczamy tych uczu i my, dzisiaj, 2000 lat po odkryciu pustego grobu. Dzisiejsza Ewangelia relacjonuje kolejne pojawienie si Zmartwychwstaego, ktry chce przekona uczniw, e yje. Jezus przyszed mimo drzwi zamknitych, przynoszc apostoom pokj i zapewnienie, e nie jest duchem. Tak byo wtedy, tak jest i teraz. Jezus wci zapewnia, e nawet jeli w naszych sercach jest niepokj i narastaj w nich wtpliwoci, to nie zmienia faktu, e zawsze jestemy zaproszeni, aby Go dotkn i zakosztowa Jego obecnoci, bo On jest obecny prawdziwie, a nie jako wspomnienie z przeszoci. Zmartwychwsta yje pord nas. .. Zaproszenie Jezusa do spotkania kierowane jest do nas nieustannie. Chrystus chce, bymy zauwayli Bo obecno ujawniajc si w widocznych znakach Jego mioci. Bp. Kazimierz Grny

Pokj przez muzyk - w duchu Jana Pawa II Chicago 2012

KONCERT UPAMITNIAJCY PIERWSZ ROCZNIC BEATYFIKACJI JANA PAWA II Orchestra hall w Filharmonii Chicagowskiej, 220 South Michigan Avenue

poniedziaek, 23 kwietnia, godzina 8:00 pm

Bilety s dostpne w Filharmonii Chicagowskiej, wicej informacji pod numerem 312-294-3000