ASSUMPTION CHURCH
Seventeenth Sunday In
Ordinary Time
July 24, 2016
323 West Illinois Street
Chicago, Illinois 60654
(312) 644-0036 or (312) 321-0105
(312) 964-5004 Night Emergencies
(312) 644-1838 Fax
www.assumption-chgo.org
Church Office: 351 W. Hubbard Ste. 401
MASSES
Daily: 7:00, 12:10 PM
Saturday: 7:30, 5:00 PM (For Sunday)
Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12:15, 5:00 PM
CONFESSIONS
Friday: 11:35-12:05
Daily: After All Masses (by request)
Serving the People of River North
and Chicago Since 1881
Founded and Staffed by Members of the
Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)
Rev. Joseph Chamblain, O.S.M., Pastor
in residence:
Rev. Michael Doyle, O.S.M.
Rev. John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M.
NEWSLETTER OF THE CATHOLIC
COMMUNITY
AT ASSUMPTION CHURCH
Page Two
July 24, 2016
HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME
We are now more than half-way through the summer
vacation season, and some of you may still be lollygagging
about making summer travel plans. So, every year about
this time, we offer a list of vacation possibilities to encourage you to enjoy our wonderful but all too brief Midwestern
summers. In the past we have focused on museums and attractions in the state of Illinois; but now, with state funding
for many entities uncertain, some of our state’s tourist destinations may be on reduced hours or not open at all. So, we
have turned our attention this year to the neighboring state
of Iowa. On the state financial solvency rankings, Iowa
placed 25th (nothing to write home about), but it certainly
beats out Illinois (47th). Oh, and did you know that New
Jersey is even less solvent than Illinois?
An important criterion for highlighting Iowa tourist attractions is that they be places not likely to be crowded at
the peak of the summer season. So, that automatically
eliminates big museums, the Field of Dreams, the Amana
Colonies, or any other attraction in Iowa where large numbers of people are likely to congregate because they have
actually heard about the place. The following places you
may be able to enjoy all to yourself even at the height of the
tourist season.
There is nothing like beginning a vacation on a somber
note; so, why not begin at the Buddy Holly Crash Site? On
February 3, 1959, “The Day the Music Died,” up and coming singer/musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J. P.
Richardson died when their small plane crashed six miles
outside of Clear Lake. Access to the site just off a main
road is marked by a big pair of Holly’s trademark eyeglasses. While you are in the vicinity of Clear Lake, you
will want to visit the town’s lighthouse. This lighthouse is
particularly significant because it serves absolutely no purpose in the middle of Iowa.
Out west in Council Bluff, it is possible to visit the
Squirrel Cage Jail. This is not and never has been a jail for
squirrels. Rather it was an innovative law enforcement idea
from 1885 that never quite caught on elsewhere. All of the
jail cells were placed atop a giant Lazy Susan that would
constantly rotate. That way the jailer could remain seated in
one location and keep his eye on all the prisoners as they
revolved. A couple of other jails were built according to
this idea, but the jail in Council Bluffs is the only one that
still rotates.
Fans of the fantasy genre and the paranormal have a
plethora of choices in Iowa. We will just mention two here.
While elaborate stone monuments often mark the burial
places of the rich and famous, there is a stone marker in
downtown Riverside, Iowa, that marks the future birthplace
of Captain James Kirk, who several centuries from now will
pilot the good ship Enterprise. The monument lists Captain
Kirk’s date of birth as March 22, 2228; and who among us
can prove it wrong? In tiny Villisca, Iowa, a local resident
bought and restored the one time home of Josiah Moore. In
1912 an unknown ax murderer broke into the Moore home
and chopped off the heads of all eight members of the family. The home is now furnished as it would have been in
1912. The Ax Murder House is said to be powerfully
haunted and attracts not only those interested in true crime
but also ghost hunters.
If we are ever going to make America great again, we
have to start showing more pride in things that we can do
bigger and better than anybody else. Fortunately, Iowa is
chock full of “world’s largest” artifacts. There is the
world’s largest wooden nickel in Iowa City; the world’s
largest crater in Manson (You can’t actually see anything
there because the crater has been filled in with rocks and
soil); the world’s tallest double track railroad bridge across
the Des Moines River at Boone; the world’s largest strawberry at Strawberry Point; the world’s largest popcorn ball
in Sac City; the world’s largest concrete gnome in Ames;
and the world’s largest chee-to in Algona. In Audubon you
can visit Albert, the world’s largest bull (He weighs 45 tons)
and listen to a message from Albert about the importance of
beef production.
Finally, remember that Iowa is a faith-filled state. In
Polk City you can see the image of the Blessed Virgin in the
trunk of a tree, and in Waterloo, there is a restaurant whose
ceiling is decorated with murals from the Sistine Chapel,
reproduced by a local artist using spray paint. Visitors to
Iowa can have dinner beneath the ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel, which is something you cannot do at the one in
Rome. So, why are you still in Chicago? Enjoy your trip,
but be back in time for the Sunday collection.
Fr. Joe
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Because of the construction and its impact on the Parish
Hall and the Parish Hill Kitchen, we will not be able to
have either our Homecoming Picnic in August or our
Italian Dinner in November. But that does not mean we
cannot do anything! In commemoration of our Parish
Feast Day, the Feast of the Assumption (August 15), we
will celebrate the 10:30 Mass on August 14 with a little
greater dignity and then share refreshments in the 2/3
of our Parish Hall that is still Parish Hall after Mass.
On Thursday, November 3, we are having A Taste of
Assumption. What’s that? Stay tuned to find out.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
There will be exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Monday evening July 25 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., sponsored
by the Servite Secular Order.
HYMNS FOR SUNDAY: #197, #603
Seventeenth Sunday In Ordinary Time
Lectors
Eucharistic
Ministers
July 30– 31, 2016
G. Herrera
G. Brown
5:00
R. Wedgbury
L. Pelka
7:30
P. Brown
E. Bernacki
9:00
G. Bjurman
J. Dion
10:30
K. Zajdel
12:15
B. Kabacinski
M. Deneen
5:00
J. Golab
J. Bisbing
R. Ciambrone
R. Tevonian
D. Tevonian
P. Go
P. Brown
P. Manning
B. Manna
C. Masonberg
J. Dion
S. Dion
P. Anderson
K. Zajdel
D. Iaccino
P. Simon
C. Argento
B. Fumo
BAPTISMS
COLETTE RAE LEWIS
ASHER PAUL GUTIERREZ
WELLS THOMAS ARMON
TAIZE PRAYER: Our monthly prayer service in the
spirit of Taize will be Monday, August 1 from 7:00 to
8:00. Come and experience this soothing form of prayer
that has touched the lives of people of all faiths all
around the world.
ASSUMPTION BOOK CLUB
The Assumption Book Club has chosen an entertaining read for
the summer. The book is God Is My Broker by Christopher
Buckley and John Tierney. The next meeting date is Wednesday, August 3, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in the parish hall. We invite you to read the book and join us in what should be a lively
discussion. If you don’t finish reading the book, come anyway!
Questions? Contact Michelle Van Alstyne at 248-496-0384 or
jmpegva@yahoo.
WELCOMING NEW CATHOLICS
RCIA (the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) is the
way adults who were never baptized formally enter the
church, the way Catholics who were baptized but never
received first communion and confirmation become
fully initiated into the Church, and those who were
baptized in another Christian religion join the Catholic
Church. RCIA meets on Sunday mornings beginning
in September. Contact Fr. Joe for more information.
There will be an information meeting on Sunday,
August 28 at 11:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall.
MISSION APPEAL: Every summer the Mission Office of the Archdiocese of Chicago offers various missionary congregations and missionary dioceses the opportunity to appeal for support in one or more local parishes. Fr. Joseph Dedeubite from Nigeria will speak at
all Masses at Assumption next weekend. A second collection will be taken up in support of our Catholic brothers and sisters and their work on behalf of the Gospel on
the other side of the world.
PARKING DURING CONSTRUCTION
Parking is free for Sunday Mass and other church activities if
you park in the Mart Parc immediately behind the church.
Bring your parking ticket to church and have it validated before or after Mass. The validation is good for two hours free
parking. You can then exit the parking garage without visiting the pay machine.
WEDDINGS
DAVID SHAND & JENNIFER CHAPUT
GUILLERMO GARCIA & IWONA PRZONAK
SCOTT HOLLOWAY & CHRISTINE BORZVCH
GREGORY SPRENZEL & JENNIFER RUSSELL
FABRICIO GAMEZ & ELIZABETH HERRERA
TODD KRUMWIEDE & NICOLE VITALE
GENE PARCELLANO & QUYNH PHAM
ADAM SANCHEZ & KATY FULK
PRAY FOR THEM
Sick:
Marianne Vitton, Bridget Kennicott,
Joseph C. Hantsch, Janet Hantsch, Brent
Murphy, Marion Schotz, Joyce Walsh,
Carmen Arellano, Mary Ann Kevin, Cara
Postilion, Terry Shaugnessy, Debora
Pletzke, Verna Reddington & Galan
Espinosa
MASS INTENTIONS
FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 23, 2016
Sat.
23rd
5:00 Assumption Parishioners
Sun.
24th
7:30 Mary Repetto (RIP)
9:00 Michael & Rose-Marie Sopko (RIP)
Helen Morris (RIP) Deceased of Sopko,
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Morris, Pfiester & Jenkins Families
10:30 Charles & Marion Joachim (RIP)
12:15 Mary Therese Young (RIP)
5:00 Ellen O’Brien (RIP)
Mon.
25th
7:00 Carmen Pacella
Tues.
26th
7:00 Richard J. Guzior (B’Day)
12:10 Charles & Beth Mulaney (RIP)
Wed.
27th
7:00 Charles Dubuque
12:10 Ellen O’Brien (Rip)
Thurs.
28th
7:00 Richard J. Guzior
12:10 The Blandford Family (RIP)
Fri.
29th
7:00 Charles Dubuque
12:10 Charles & Beth Mulaney (RIP)
Sat.
30th
7:30 Richard J. Guizor