10731 West 131st Street

Orland Park, IL 60462 (708) 361 4754

Fax (708) 361-5965 parishoffice@ourladyofthewoods.org

web site—www.ourladyofthewoods.org Religious Education Office:

(708)361-9435

Our Lady of the Woods Parish Orland Park, IL

Mission Statement

Under the protection of the Mother of God, we are a faith community called by the Father, energized by the Son, and moved by the Spirit to unite in

witnessing and proclaiming the Good News. We share in friendship, gather in worship, and do proclaim our desire to

minister, welcome, celebrate, and extend His Kingdom.

July 11, 2021 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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OUR PASTOR’S DESK today is written by Father Robert Marchwiany, our new Associate Pastor. Dear Parishioners, My name is Fr. Robert Marchwiany and I am delighted that soon I will be the Associate Pastor at Our Lady of the Woods. I came originally from Poland to the United States in 1999. That was the year when I was transferring from my Polish seminary of the Archdiocese of Przemysl (SE corner of Poland) to the Archdiocese of Chicago. More particularly, in 1999 together with the other nine seminarians from Poland, we joined the “Abramowicz House” preparatory program that was supposed to prepare us back then for studies at the Mundelein Seminary and most importantly, the dream was to be ordained to become a priest of this great Archdiocese to serve God and His people! I was ordained by Cardinal George on May 24th, 2003. My first assignment was at St. Louise de Marillac in LaGrange Park, IL. My second assignment took me to the St. Albert the Great in Burbank, IL. It was an active parish and many good things were happening there during my five years of service. I then served as Associate pastor at St. Luke in River Forest. In 2012 I was named pastor of St Florian Parish in the Hegewish neighborhood of Chicago. I was there for six years until the merger of Saint Florian, Saint Columba, and Mother of God parishes as Christ our Light Parish, under the RENEW MY CHURCH efforts. This experience is perhaps one of the strongest in my priestly history so far. That was for me an extremely hard place to manage and keep. We had done all to make things better for St. Florian.

Saint Florian was one of the older parishes in the Archdiocese. St. Florian was over one hundred years with many needs when I arrived including infrastructure problems, lack of funds in the savings, minimal collections and a shrinking number of parishioners. Those were my first impressions of that place. But in time, some things got better. Lots of supporting events were implemented to help manage things financially. Church and rectory walls and roof were fixed very quickly with help of those events. Some major structural and emotional crisis was taken care of very quickly at the beginning of that assignment, but some difficult moments were part of that place from time to time. I never had a dull day in that place from the time when I went there until my last on those grounds. The School eventually was closed at the request of the school parents. It is impossible to write all about this wonderful parish church in a short message but I feet at peace when I think about that place. It has preserved the meaning that had been with it for many generations. It has a different name now, but the same Christ lives there and is available in the form of the Eucharist. St. Hugh in Lyons was my next pastorship. Only about 350 people attended Sunday Mass and this was a great challenge. We worked to improve those numbers and gradually the increases in parishioners and funds were visible to the point that we had started to hope for a stronger future. Again, the many events, creativity and our faith were helping to plan that future. Before the COVID pandemic, St. Hugh, Mater Christi and St. Mary in North Riverside were already in the Renew My Church program. The outcome of that program for St. Hugh is the new parish called St. Paul VI parish. That new parish includes St. Mary, Mater Christi operating campuses where St. Hugh ceases Mass celebrations once the new parish starts on July 1st, 2021. St. Hugh shares the pain of many churches in the Chicago Archdiocese that had been found in the same position. Perhaps with pastors of those closing or combined parishes I found myself wondering about my role during this exceedingly difficult time. I hope that I was helpful to the people of St. Hugh who are making their decision about joining a new parish. This time of mergers and COVID has felt like a long Good Friday that has taken many months. As I leave Saint Hugh’s I think that the people are ready to finally find their moment where a true spirit of the Resurrection Sunday will finally be celebrated in any of their new parish. I now look forward to the future as a priest of Our Lady of the Woods Parish. I believe that all is given to us as a gift from God. I am open to accept the gift of the future as I accepted it in the past. I have met some of you, but I am excited to finally meet all of you! A special thanks to Fr. Mike and the staff for the very warm welcome at the beginning. Yours in Christ,

Fr. Robert P. Marchwiany

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REV. MICHAEL G. FOLEY, PASTOR REV. ROBERT MARCHWIANY, ASSOCIATE PASTOR

MOST REV. JOHN R. GORMAN, RESIDENT REV. ED MIKOLAJCZYK, RESIDENT

REV. WILLIAM J. FINNEGAN, PASTOR EMERITUS DEACON JOHN J. AND TERE MACAROL

DEACON DOUG AND CAROLYN SZARZYNSKI MIKE CALLAHAN MICHELLE HILLIARD JOHN MAIER Pastoral Minister Pastoral Associate Sacristan SHELLY STANKO KIMBERLY DUDA LAURIE LYONS Business/Office Manager Coordinator of Religious Education R.E.P. Parish Outreach ERIN KUTA ANDY PERZ CHRISTINE COLLINS REP Secretary Director of Music Ministry Youth Minister BRIAN ZIELINSKI KATIE FARRAR Athletic Coordinator Parish Secretary WEEKEND MASSES: BAPTISMS: Sunday at 12:30 PM. Arrangements must Saturday — 8:30 AM, 5:00 PM be made in advance at the Parish Office. Sunday — 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM & 6:00 PM MARRIAGES: Arrangements should be made at the WEEKDAY MASSES: 6:30 AM & 8:30 AM Parish Office six months in advance. Pre-Cana required. CONFESSIONS: Saturdays at 9:00-9:30 AM REGISTRATION IN THE PARISH: Newcomers are and after 5:00 PM Mass welcome to the Parish and are requested to register at the office. PARISH BOUNDARIES: East 80th Ave., (west side), North Rte. 83 (south side), West Bell Rd. (east side) to 123rd Street to Parker Road (east side), South 135th Street (nor th side)

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Due to the early production of

the bulletin, collection figures for last

weekend are not yet available.

Thank you for your

continued support..

Even though we can have a public gathering of the Mass, we are only at a small percentage of normal Mass attendance. Yet, we still have our normal daily operation costs at the church. Please consider continuing your weekly donations via online giving by visiting: ourladyofthewoods.org You can easily set up an account to make recurring gifts, or you can make a one-time donation through Give Central. Under payment type, you can choose either a Debit/Credit Card or Bank Account.

Thank you for your prayers and generosity!

If your family or someone close to you is in need, please contact us at

(708) 606-5360. A representative will

return your call as soon as possible

to arrange a confidential conversation.

Confidentiality and compassion are the cornerstones of our Ministry.

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The Bereavement Ministry is seeking adults who have time in the

mornings to assist our grieving families by serving as an altar server during Funeral Masses, training will

be provided. If interest contact Michelle Hilliard in the parish office

at extension 221.

Adult Altar Servers

Are you searching for a faith with a deeper meaning? What is mysticism? Have you encountered the Lord during prayer or in the Eucharist? Come and join us as we explore some of these often not spoken about realities as we meet every other Thursday (7/8, 7/22, 8/5, 8/19, 9/2, 9/16 and 9/30) from 7-8:30pm here at Our Lady of the Woods. Questions?

Peter Kitchin 708-557-2600

Judy Benson 708-299-3974

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“Eternal rest grant to them, O Lord.”

Our Deceased:

Flora Lappano Rodolfo Fazio Cynthia Siwa

Let us Pray Please join Our Lady of the Woods Parish as we

continue to pray for those who have or are serving in the military. We pray for those who protect our country,

for their safety, and well-being, especially,

Adam Rodrigues Captain John Brooker CPL John P. Cherry

CPL Brandon D. Gabry

LCPL Steve Olson Lt. John Spannuth

Sgt. David A. Delach Colonel Jim Wall

Brian Allen Bryan Lampinen

Sgt. John P. Micham Sgt. Jesus M. Flores

Cpt. Benjamin Feithen Lt. Dylan Conover

Sean Girouard CPL Rowen N. Barker

1Lt. Jack McGuire 2Lt. Patrich McGuire

Ian Altieri Battalion Chief Douglas

Mayer

Peter Michael Czerwien, Navy Robert Owens Larry Stolinski

Captain Tom Buller Sgt. Greg Danko

Mario Danko PFC Tim Radcliffe

Sgt. David Darwent Gavril Robert Micham Danielle Batton

CPT Brendan Girouard SPC Matthew E. Lodwich

CSM Joseph Cistaro SPC Rebecca Buhs

Major Nicholas Kamon LT Christa Kamon AB Kevin Schwenn AB Sean Schwenn CPT Allen Dagys

Commander Justin T. Halligan Sgt. Gavril AJ Pfeiffer

BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY

Our Ministry Team is here to help you

during this difficult time: Michelle Hilliard—708-361-4754

“Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”

Matthew 5:4

Those needing good health: We wish you comfort and peace

Genevieve Atkenson, Amy Belluomini, Lori Bickham, Cathe-rine Boyle, Neil Brinkman, Andrea Brongiel, Liam Brown, Joe Bruno, Teresa Cender, Claire Cichon, Carol Colby, Peter Collins, Natalie Costa, Veronica Cullen, Linda Curtin, Char-lotte Czerwien, Marie Day, Jo DeGroot, Patricia DeValk, John Donaldson, Bill Durante, Helen Evertowski, Jack Faber, Holly Fedor, Margie Gallagher, Gabriella Griffin, Lorraine Griffin, Pat Grieco, Janet Hargarten, Rich Hook, Kris Kahn, Lyndsey Kokoris, Mary Segars-Koscielny, Michael Kosciel-ny, Jean-Marc Krikorian, Bronislawa Krzysiak, Linda Lucas, Richard Macarol, Barbara Maniatis, Ruby McCullough, Bro-die McIntosh, Maeve McKeough, Robin Moll, Mark Mo-nahan, Logan Muchowski, Rosemarie Noga, Maureen Nolan, Joey Oberholzer, Mary O’Boyle, Lois O’Brien, Mildred O’Connell, Katie Olsen, Cathy Onak, Bill Owens, Lynn Pacetti, Alice Paciga, Anna Pavilon, Gerald Pavlovic, Patty Pollard, Florence Rafac, Brian Raimondi, Daniel Ray, Kathy Rowan, Marie Sansone, Anthony Scalise, Bernadette Scalise, Andrew Schutzius, Ellen Schutzius, Anne Shanahan, Kate Kelly Sladek, Dan Sloan, Barbara Strahl, Robert Strejc, Leianna Tanedo, Julie Tkachuck, Kenneth Vanek, Thomas and Judy Veen, Zenon Wiercimak, Erin Wiley, Vicki Wiley, Mark Wisinski, Jerold Wojcki, John Wozniak, Greg Zander

III. Ryan Malloy & Jenna Miglio July 18, 2021 II. Mike Brennan & Rebecca Calhoun July 24, 2021 II. Jackson Davenport & Lisa Kraus July 24, 2021 I. Wayne Kuhl & Corey Nickerson July 31, 2021

Tom & Bonnie Ciraulo Thomas Metz

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TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Amos said, “The L took me from following the flock, and said to me, Go, prophesy to my people” (Amos 7:12-15). Psalm — Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation (Psalm 85). Second Reading — The God and Father of our Lord Je-sus Christ has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing (Ephesians 1:3-14 [3-10]). Gospel — Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two (Mark 6:7-13). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Ex 1:8-14, 22; Ps 124:1b-8; Mt 10:34 — 11:1 Tuesday: Ex 2:1-15a; Ps 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 11:20-24 Wednesday: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12; Ps 103:1b-4, 6-7; Mt 11:25-27 Thursday: Ex 3:13-20; Ps 105:1, 5, 8-9, 24-27; Mt 11:28-30 Friday: Ex 11:10 — 12:14; Ps 116:12-13, 15, 16bc, 17-18; Mt 12:1-8 Saturday: Ex 12:37-42; Ps 136:1, 23-24, 10-15; Mt 12:14-21 Sunday: Jer 23:1-6; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 2:13-18;

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday: St. Henry Wednesday: St. Kateri Tekakwitha Thursday: St. Bonaventure Friday: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 11, 2021

Truth shall spring out of the earth, and justice shall look down from heaven.

— Psalm 85:12

SUNDAY, July 11 8:00 AM—People of Our Lady of the Woods, Robert Markovitch 9:30 AM—William Wormuth, Robert Squires 11:00 AM—Felix Jr, Alphonso Sr, Estela Ramirez, Josephine Zdanowski

6:00 PM—Geri Jacoby, John Boyle MONDAY, July 12

6:30 AM—Norma Terrill 8:30 AM—Bonifacio Borja, Dora Pedrosa TUESDAY, July 13

6:30 AM—Margaret & Donald McKeone 8:30 AM—Joseph Nowak, Barbara Vanek WEDNESDAY, July 14

6:30 AM—Jane Niedospal 8:30 AM—Josip Vlastelica THURSDAY, July 15

6:30 AM—Christin Bozovsky 8:30 AM—Lucjan Kienig FRIDAY, July 16

6:30 AM—Rita Carey 8:30 AM—Carmen Pinto, Armida Galvan (LIVING) SATURDAY, July 17

8:30 AM— Roy Mrockowski, Dolores Gongi 5:00 PM— James Riordan, Dolores Bergen SUNDAY, July 18

8:00 AM—People of Our Lady of the Woods, Joyce Lagone 9:30 AM—Michael Katsiroubas, Steven O’Flaherty 11:00 AM—Edward Mills, Richard Carroll

6:00 PM—Ann Liston, Jim Riordan

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512074 Our Lady of the Woods Church 10731 W 131st Street Orland Park, IL 60462-8308 708-361-4754 Contact: Shelly or Laurie sstanko@ourladyofthewoods.org llyons@ourladyofthewoods.org olwparish@aol.com Software Using: Win 10.0 Publisher 2016 Adobe Acrobat 2017 Transmission Day/Time: Tuesdays, 11 am Bulletin for Sunday, July 11, 2021 Special Instructions: PLEASE PRINT ONLY 500 COPIES...THANK YOU!