Saint Albert the Great Parish

8000 south Linder avenue BURBANK ILLINOIS 60459

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT - December 22 2013

Welcome
All are In this House of God

Merry Christmas
2013
They shall name him Emmanuel, which means God is with us.
- Matthew 1:23

MASS INTENTIONS
Monday, December 23, 2013 St. John of Kanty, Priest 6:30AM 7:30AM +Mary Westberg 8:30AM +Anton & Mary Wright 7:00PM-Simbang Gabi Tuesday, December 24, 2013 6:30AM +Kelly & McGary Families +Mary Reeder 7:30AM 8:30AM +Helen Jasinski 4:00PM+Cecilia Mikrut, +Ellen Kandich +Mary & Joseph Trojak, +Ted Grasseschi 8:00PM+Mieczyslaw Antol 10:00PM+Jan & Janusz Koch +Janina Frankiewicz, +Antoni Dudlo +Krystyna Marszalek 1st Anniv. Of Death 12:00AM-+John & Alfreda Placzek +Virginia & John Wolski Wednesday, December 25, 2013 Nativity of the Lord Christmas 6:15AM 7:30AM +Marietta & Carmine Cesario +Ercole & Innocenza Sturino +Umberto & Theresa Botta 9:00AM+Al Steffek, +Gesiakowski Family +Chris Janowiak, +Virginia Wolski 10:30AM+Lucy Cheloni, +Franciszek Duda & Family +Brozny, Truty & Wlodarczyk Family 12:00PM+Evelyn & Vito Mattera 1:30PM+Mieczyslaw Fudala 5:00PM+Ellen Kandich 6:30PMThursday, December 26, 2013 St. Stephen, The First Martyr 6:30AM +Donald Kupiec 7:30AM +Mieczyslaw Fudala 8:30AM +Salvatore & Rosana Sturino,+Helen Jasinski 12:00PM-Polish Mass 6:00PM-Polish Mass Friday, December 27, 2013 6:30AM 7:30AM 8:30AM +Poor Souls in Purgatory Saturday, December 28, 2013 The Holy Innocents 7:30AM 8:30AM +Janice M. Kasper 1st Anniv. Of Death 5:00PM +LiVolsi, +Santa Rizzo, +Joyce Lynn Sunday, December 29, 2013 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph 6:15AM 7:30AM +Bernice Kurzawa +Francesco & Josephine Rizzo 9:00AM +Patricia Jones +Manuel Garcia Anniv. Of Death 10:30AM +Jan Maziarz, +Genowefa & Alojzy Reiter 12:00AM +Leonard Young, +John Krupowicz 1:30PM+Maria Nemtusiak 2nd Anniv. Of Death 5:00PM6:30PM-

We celebrate the glad tidings; Christ our Savior, is born! Humbly we adore him, eagerly we welcome him, joyfully we join in song of the angels: Gloria in excelsis Deo! May your Light from light shine on all this Christmas day and every day as we share the Good News of great joy, joined with shepherds and magi, with the whole company of heaven, now and forever. Amen

God of eternal glory

May the Blessings of the Newborn Jesus be upon all parishioners and visitors of St. Albert the Great during this Christmas and throughout the year.
REV. MICHAEL L. ZOUFAL, PASTOR
REV. RYSZARD CZERNIAK, SCh. ASSOCIATE PASTOR, REV. ANTHONY BROOKS, SCh. ASSOCIATE PASTOR, REV. MARCIN SZCZYPULA, ASSOCIATE PASTOR, DEACON IRVIN A. BRYCE, JR., DECON RAYMUNDO DIAZ DE LEON, DEACON MAREK SMOLKA, MISSIONARY SISTERS OF CHRIST THE KING: SR. WERONIKA ILNICKA, SR. MARIA NIWA, SR. CLAUDIA RADZEWICZ, SR. AGNIESZKA KORTIAK.

LET US PRAY For the sick: Andrea Pellicano, Renee Rubio, Michael Ufana, Edward Jagodzinski, Beverly Davis, Rev. Thomas Mescall, Nancy & Wayne Kinzie, Connie Melody, Marie King Doyle, Johanna Pusateri, Rose Heiden, Michael Mazurek, Terrie Lynn Hennessy, Debbie OHara, Eric & Jesse Dulce, Donald Demski, Marlene Johanes, Mary Sochacz, Marilyn Buchalski, Carmella Mazurek, Arletta Ceynow, Bernice Ciszek, Valerie Farbin, Irene Korosa, Bill & Ruth Eichnamm, Diane and Robert Juris, Dorothy Reid, Salvatore Bottari, Theresa Lonski, Harriet Madey, Alex Silverman, Janelle Demski, Bussie & Hedderman Families, Sister Patricia Labuda, Walter Anderson, Shirley McVane, Cheryl Korosa, Penny Prokop, Mary Ann Riccio. For the deceased: Charles Poremba, Kenneth Twadell, John Kinney, Silvio Fiorini, Eugene Rutkiewicz, Jozef Kowalczyk.

Second Collection Next Weekend

will be for the St. Albert the Great Roof Campaign
Our goal is...................$300,000 Amount collected...........$91,919 Amount still needed.....$208,081

91,919

Thank you for your support and consideration

Christmas Day Collection. On December 25th we will celebrate the feast of Christmas. We ask for your generosity in this years collection. This material gift enables our parish to carry on the spiritual programs aimed towards the Christian fulfillment of all of our parish family.
Tuesday, December 24th Christmas Eve 4:00 p.m. Mass in English 8:00 p.m. Mass In Polish 10:00 p.m. Mass in Polish Mid-Night Mass in English Wednesday, December 25th Christmas Day 6:15 a.m. Mass in Polish 7:30 a.m. Mass in English 9:00 a.m. Mass in English 10:30 a.m. Bilingual Mass in English and Polish 12:00 p.m. Mass in English 1:30 p.m. Mass in Polish 5:00 p.m. Mass in Polish 6:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish Thursday, December 26th St. Stephan, the First Martyr 6:30 a.m. Mass in English 7:30 a.m. Mass in Polish 8:30 a.m. Mass in English 12:00 p.m. Mass in Polish 6:00 p.m. Mass in Polish Tuesday, December 31st New Years Eve 5:00 p.m. Mass in English 7:00 p.m. Mass in Polish Wednesday, January 1st New Years Day 6:15 a.m. Mass in Polish 7:30 a.m. Mass in English 9:00 a.m. Mass in English 10:30 a.m. Bilingual Mass in English and Polish 12:00 p.m. Mass in English 1:30 p.m. Mass in Polish 5:00 p.m. Mass in Polish 6:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish

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) 6:30 PM (Spanish) WEEKDAY MASSES (Monday-Friday) 6:30 AM, 7:30 AM (Polish), 8:30 AM SATURDAY MASS 7:30 AM ( Polish) 8:30 AM SACRED HEART ADORATION CHAPEL Open 7 day a week from 8:30AM to 8:30 PM FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION 5:00-7:00PM Bilingual Confessions 5:00-6:00PM, 6:00 PM Mass (Polish) 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 2:00 PM Sundayno weddings

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 ST. ALBERT THE GREAT SCHOOL.(708)424-7757 5535 West State Road Mr. Terrence K. ORourke, Principal www.stalbertthegreatschool.com POLISH CATHOLIC SCHOOL KS. IGNACEGO POSADZEGO.(708) 423-5715 5555 West State Road www.szkolaksignacego.com E-MAIL polska@szkolaksignacego.com CCD OFFICE...(708)636-0406 5535 West State Road Deacon Pete Manning, Coordinator

The 2014 Mass Book is Open. Please stop at the parish office (8000 S. Linder) if you would like to reserve Masses for your loved ones. New parish office hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 am to 8:30 pm Saturday 9:00 am to 5:30 pm Closed Sundays

Two prayer gardens have been established at St. Albert the Great. Surrounding the statues of our Blessed Mother and St. Joseph are brick walkways in which we can remember our families, cherished friends, and special groups. The walkway bricks are available for inscriptions for a contribution of $400 for a large one and $250.00 for a smaller one. All net proceeds help to benefit the upkeep of our parish and grounds.

St. Albert the Great Catholic School will be holding an

OPEN HOUSE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014 at 6:00 PM.

There will be a brief presentation
QUALIFIED NEW STUDENTS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO 50% TUITION THROUGH THE CARITAS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

DISCOUNT

Invest in your childs F U T U R E . Test scores above national average. High School graduation rates of nerly 100%. Student-teacher ratio of 18:1 and 97% attendance rate in Elementry Schools. Nurturing, safe environment. Catholic spiritual formation. Preschool Program - Children who are, or will be, 3 or 4 years of age by September 1 are eligible to register. HALF DAY SESSION 8:00AM - 11:15 AM, 3 days - Monday, Wednesday, Friday ..... $39.00 per week 5 days - Monday - Friday....................... $65.00 per week FULL DAY SESSION 8:00AM - 3:00PM 3 days - Monday, Wednesday, Friday ............ $83.00 per week 5 days - Monday - Friday........................ $138.00 per week
For more information and registration for grades K-8 please call the school office 708-424-7757.

ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO
OFFICE OF THE ARCHBISHOP

Christmas 2013 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Celebrating the 50th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood this December fills my heart with gratitude to God and with countless memories of people I have met and places I have served throughout my priestly ministry. I was ordained by Bishop Raymond Hillinger just before Christmas at St. Pascal Church, the parish in which I grew up on Chicagos northwest side. When I became the Archbishop of Portland, Oregon, Brother Claude Lane, OSB of the Benedictine Monastery Mount Angel Abbey, created an icon for me that brought together two titles of Our Lady that he knew were significant to me: Our Lady of the Snows, patroness of the northern missions served by Oblates, and Our Lady of Guadalupe, because in Yakima the vast majority of Catholics are of Mexican descent. In this beautiful icon, the serene nativity scene is framed by storm and snow, and Brother Claude depicts Our Lady of Guadalupe gazing at the Christ Child on her lap. A black sash that indicated in Aztec culture that she was pregnant is now tied around her swaddled baby who has the face of his mother and yet something more. Its always more: the sash signifies it is this baby that gives birth now to a new world. Its a world where snow falls on the Esquiline Hill in Rome in August and where roses bloom on Tepeyac Hill in Mexico City in December. Its a new world that looks like Jesus, son of God and son of Mary. It is a world in which God took on our human nature so that we could see the glory of God in an infant and so that our lives would be brightened by the truth about God and about ourselves. Christ took our nature to his divine Person so everything we are and do is elevated; everything is graced except sin itself. If we give ourselves up to what Christ is doing to and for us, we begin to see with the eyes of Christ, to know others and ourselves at a different level, and to do entirely commonplace acts for God and with God. At our best, all of us want a world marked by truth and justice, by peace and love, for those desires are born of our redeemed nature itself. May the newborn Jesus fill your heart with joy! You are in my prayers; please keep me in yours. Merry Christmas! Sincerely yours in Christ Jesus,

Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. Archbishop of Chicago

Our Sacred Heart Adoration Chapel

is open 7 days per week 8:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. Parishioners are invited to commit ONE HOUR per week for a year.
There are still volunteers needed for Weekday, Saturday and Sunday Adoration. Please, sign in the register placed on a stand by the chapels entrance door.

ALL

PA R I S H I O N E R S A R E I N V I T E D TO

J OI N U S F O R

MONDAY - DECEMBER 23, 2013 AT 7:00 PM Celebrant of the Mass will be bishop Andrew Wypych. Reception will follow in Rogers Hall.

T H E S I M BA N G G A B I M A S S

ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO Drodzy Bracia i Siostry w Chrystusie,

OFFICE OF THE ARCHBISHOP

Boe Narodzenie 2013 r. Pidziesita rocznica moich wice kapaskich, ktr bd obchodzi w grudniu przepenia moje serce uczuciem wdzicznoci wobec Boga i przywodzi na pami niezliczone osoby, ktre napotkaem oraz miejsca, w ktrych suyem jako kapan. wice kapaskich udzieli mi tu przed witami Boego Narodzenia biskup Raymond Hillinger. Miay one miejsce w kociele w. Pascala - parafii pooonej w pnocno-zachodniej czci Chicago, gdzie dorastaem. Po mojej nominacji na arcybiskupa Portlandu w stanie Oregon, brat Claude Lane, OSB z benedyktyskiego klasztoru Mount Angel Abbey, namalowa dla mnie ikon. W jednym wizerunku opowiedzia o dwch tytuach Maryi majcych dla mnie wielkie znaczenie: Matce Boej nienej (Our Lady of the Snows), patronce pnocnych misji oblatw oraz o Matce Boej z Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe), gdy w Yakimie, w stanie Oregon, znaczc wikszo katolikw stanowi wierni pochodzenia meksykaskiego. Na tej piknej ikonie, pena pokoju scena narodzenia, obramowana jest wizj nienej zawieruchy. Brat Claude umieci tam wizerunek Matki Boej z Guadalupe spogldajcej na siedzce na Jej kolanach Dziecitko Jezus. Czarna szarfa, ktra w kulturze azteckiej symbolizuje stan bogosawiony niewiasty, jest teraz zawizana wok Dziecitka, ktre ma twarz swojej Matki. Zostao tam jednak zawarte co jeszcze. Zawsze mona dostrzec co wicej: szarfa podkrela, e wanie to dziecitko jest tym dzieckiem, ktre przynosi teraz narodziny nowego wiata. Jest to wiat, w ktrym na grze Esquiline w Rzymie w sierpniu pada nieg, a na grze Tepeyac w Mexico City w grudniu, zakwitaj re. Jest to nowy wiat wygldajcy jak Jezus, Syn Boga i Syn Maryi. Jest to wiat, w ktrym Bg przybra natur ludzk, po to, abymy mogli w Dziecitku dostrzec chwa Bo i eby nasze ycie zostao rozwietlone prawd o Bogu i o nas samych. Chrystus do swojej witej Osoby doda nasz ludzk natur, dziki czemu wszystko czym jestemy i co robimy zostao wywyszone; wszystko, oprcz grzechu zostao uwicone. Jeeli poddamy siebie samych temu, czego Chrystus dokonuje w nas i dla nas, zaczniemy patrze oczami Chrystusa. Dostrzeemy siebie samych i innych na innym poziomie, a nasze najbardziej powszednie uczynki spenia bdziemy dla Boga i z Bogiem. Kady z nas pragnie wiata, w ktrym panowayby prawda i sprawiedliwo, pokj i mio, poniewa te wanie pragnienia wpisane s w nasz odkupion natur. Niech nowonarodzony Jezus napeni Wasze serca radoci! Zawsze modl si za Was i prosz abycie i Wy pamitali o mnie w swoich modlitwach. Wesoych wit Boego Narodzenia! Szczerze oddany w Jezusie Chrystusie, Francis Kardyna George, O.M.I. Arcybiskup Chicago

Radosnych i spokojnych wi t Bo ego Narodzenia oraz B ogos awie stwa Bo ego w Nadchodz cym Nowym Roku
ycz Wam wszystkim: Ks. Michael Zoufal , Proboszcz
Ks. Ryszard Czerniak, Ks. Anthony Brooks, Ks. Marcin Szczypua, Siostry Misjonarki Chrystusa Krla: Sr. Weronika Ilnicka, Sr. Maria Niwa, Sr. Claudia Radzewicz, Sr. Agnieszka Kortiak, Diakon Irvin Bryce, Diakon Raymundo Diaz De Leon, Diakon Marek Smolka. roda, 25-go Grudnia, 2013 Boe Narodzenie MSZE WI TE 6:15 a.m. Msza w. w jz. Polskim W J ZYKU POLSKIM 10:30 a.m. Msza w. w jz. Wtorek 24-go Grudnia, 2013 Angielskim i Polskim Wigilia Boego Narodzenia 1:30 p.m. Msza w. w jz. Polskim 7:30 a.m. Roraty w jz. Polskim 5:00 p.m. Msza w. w jz. Polskim 8:00 p.m. Pasterka dziecica Czwartek, 26-go Grudnia, 2013 w jz. Polskim 10:00 p.m. Pasterka w jz. Polskim w. Szczepana Mczennika Koldy przed Pasterk Zapraszamy! 7:30 a.m. Msza w. w jz. Polskim 12:00 p.m. Msza w. w jz. Polskim 6:00 p.m. Msza w. w jez. Polskim Wtorek, 31 Grudnia, 2013 Zakoczenie Starego Roku 7:30 a.m. Msza w. w jz. Polskim 7:00 p.m. Msza w. w jz. Polskim roda, 1-go Stycznia, 2014 Nowy Rok 6:15 a.m. Msza w. w jz. Polskim 10:30 a.m. Msza Sw. w jz. Angielskim i Polskim 1:30 p.m. Msza w. w jz. Polskim 5:00 p.m. Msza w. w jz. Polskim