52 South 3rd St., PO Box 128
Radom, Illinois 62876
618-485-2265
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sept. 15, 2019
St. Michael the Archangel Church St. Charles Borromeo Church
52 South 3rd St., PO Box 128 223 South Third St., PO Box 6
Radom, Illinois 62876 DuBois, Illinois 62831-0006
Office: 618-485- 2265 Fax: 618-485-2272 Office: 618-787-2781 Fax: 618-787-2781
E-Mail: stmichaelsradom@frontier.com E-mail: stcharleschurch@wisperhome.com Website: www.stmichaelradom.com Website: scbc.worthyofpraise.org
Weekend Mass: Saturday 5:00p.m. Weekend Mass: Sunday 8:00a.m.
Weekend Mass: Sunday 10:00a.m.
Office Hours: Tues., Thurs., Fri. 9am-3pm Office Hours: Wed., 4:00 – 6:00pm
Administrative Staff
Father Oliver Nwachukwu, Ph.D. (Administrator)
Jerry Watters, Marvin Winka (Trustees Radom) Jack Boczek, Ron Lynch (Trustees DuBois)
Carla Chesnek (PSR-Radom) Justin Jurkowski (Youth Director) Judy Pieszchalski (PSR Director-DuBois)
Jackie Herzog (Music Director-Radom) Monica Bochantin (Music Coordinator-DuBois)
Bernadine Kabat (Hall Rental- Radom) Richard Majewski (Hall Rental-DuBois)
Marvin Winka/Jerry Watters (Cemetery- Radom) Chris Jahnke (Cemetery- DuBois)
Bernadine Kabat (Secretary-Radom) Monica Bochantin (Secretary-DuBois)
Sacramental Schedule
Baptism: Parents make an appointment with Father at least 1 month before the Celebration of the Sacrament.
Marriage: Couples contact the parish office no later than 6 months before the anticipated date of the wedding.
Reconciliation: 7:30 to 7:45am Sunday at DuBois; 9:30 to 9:45am at Radom or by appointment.
Anointing / Communion to the Sick: Call parish offices.
Readings for the Week: Monday – St. Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs: Reading: 1 Tm 2:1-8; Gospel: Lk 7:1-10; Tuesday – St. Robert Bellamine, Bishop & Doctor of the Church: Reading: 1 Tm 3:1-13; Gospel: Lk 7:11-17; Wednesday - Reading: 1 Tm 3:14-16; Gospel: Lk 7:31-35; Thursday –St. Januarius, Bishop & Martyr: Reading: 1 Tm 4:12-16; Gospel: Lk 7:36-50; Friday – Sts. Andrew Kim Tae-Gon, Priest, and Paul Chong Ha-Sang & Companions, Martyrs: Reading: 1 Tm 6:2c-12; Gospel: Lk 8:1-3; Saturday – St. Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist: Reading: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Gospel: Mt 9:9-13; Sunday; Reading 1: Am 8:4-7: Reading 2: 1 Tm 2:1-8; Gospel: Lk 16:1-13 or 16:10-13
St. Charles
St. Charles Parishioners: In response to concerns about publishing phone numbers of our parish community, please rest assured that any personal information, i.e., names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses will not be broadcast to our parish community. This information we gather is for church use only.
Please continue to complete the census sheet in back of church if you haven’t already done so. We thank those who have submitted theirs and look forward to those who have not to kindly do so. Thank you.
Thank you to all who clean and decorate our churches and mow our properties both at Sts. Charles and Michael.
St. Michael
St. Michael’s Calendar winners for Sept. 15, 2019: Mary Czerniejewski, Scheller, IL & Loretta Pittaluga, St. Louis, MO
We are in need of quilts for our upcoming Cemetery Bingo. Please contact Janet Bock, 246-6469 or Frances Smalley, 485-6650 if you can help with this matter. Thank you.
We are asking for raffle prize donations for our upcoming Cemetery Bingo on November 10. If you would like to donate a prize for the raffle, please contact Frances Smalley, 485-6650 or the parish office, 485-2265.
Upcoming events at St. Michael the Archangel Parish: Sunday, Sept. 29, celebrate St. Michael the Archangel Day at the 10 AM Mass. We will honoring the ladies who volunteer to clean the church. We will have the Living Rosary before Mass starting at 9:35 AM. All parishioners, PSR students and their parents are invited to participate. We will again have the “Our Lady of Fatima” Rosary. It will be held on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 3 PM on St. Michael’s Church grounds with the procession going around the Village block. If the weather is bad, we will hold the ceremony in the church. Mary Dreas
The Rest
The Catholic Service and Ministry Appeal… Blessed to receive, chosen to give Homeless women and their children find so much more than a safe place to stay, food and clothing as residents of Holy Angels Shelter – they find hope and the tools they need for a better tomorrow in a home of their own. Help Holy Angels serve those who have no place else to turn. Please make your gift to The 2019 Catholic Service and Ministry Appeal today.
CDA Court 1790: Hope everyone had a great summer! It certainly went by too quickly. Our next meeting is Monday, Sept. 16 at St. Charles at 7 PM. Committee members are: Door Prize: Becky Wisneski; Student Burse: Joyce Bauza; Bingo Prizes: Sara Bauza and Ellen Boczek. All committee members are to bring refreshments. Judy
Molly B will be at the KC Hall, DuBois on Friday, Oct. 25. Tickets are available at the KC Hall, DuBois.
Sacred Heart Church, DuQuoin – Chicken & Dumpling family Style Dinner on Sunday, Oct. 6th at the Haffner Hall. Mass at 10 AM. Dinner served 11 AM – 2 PM. Adult only carry out dinners available at the front door. No call in orders or container sales.
St. Barbara Quilt & Cash Bingo on Sunday, Oct. 27 at K of C Hall, DuBois. Doors open at 10 AM and games start at 1 PM. Refreshments are available.
St. Michael Day Celebration day will be Sunday, Sept. 29. After Mass there will be a potluck meal in the church basement. Meat will be provided for the meal. Families are asked to bring a side dish. A-G – Vegetables; H-O – Desserts; P-Z – Salads. If you have any questions, please call Mary Dreas at 618-521-6169. Please sign below if you will be attending the meal and the number attending. Please return the slip to the parish office via the collection basket, mail, or you may call the parish office with your response. Thank you!
Name of Family attending the dinner _____________________________________________#Attending _____________
This Week’s Schedule of Events
Saturday Sept. 14 5:00pm Mass Johnny Ray Bock Radom
Sunday Sept. 15 8:00am Mass Deceased Members of Zmudzinski/Kabat
Families DuBois
Sunday Sept. 15 10:00am Mass Margaret Przygoda Radom
Monday Sept. 16 10:00am Funeral of Kay Winka Radom
Tuesday Sept. 17 8:00am Mass Jerry Dalman DuBois
Tuesday Sept. 17 10:00am Funeral of Joann Pelka Green Radom
Wednesday Sept. 18 6:00pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Radom
Wednesday Sept. 18 6:30pm Mass Frank & Mary Rosancki Radom
Thursday Sept. 19 8:00am Mass Ray Majewski DuBois
Friday Sept. 20 8:00am Mass Joann Ferguson Radom
Saturday Sept. 21 5:00pm Mass Bill Smalley Radom
Sunday Sept. 22 8:00am Mass Bernice Janowski DuBois
Sunday Sept. 22 10:00am Mass Delores Bevil Radom
Sunday Sept. 22 8:00-10:00am PSR Classes Radom
Our Sympathy to Rosemary Guinzy’s Family - “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live” (John 11:25). As we mourn the passing on to eternity of our dear parishioner; Rosemary Guinzy, we thank God for the many years he granted her on this earth; years spent in truthful witness to faith in Christ Jesus, serving besides other things as a member of St. Michael’s Altar Sodality. On behalf of the parishioners of St. Michael the Archangel, I express our sincere condolences to the family of Rosemary Guinzy, praying the Lord who called her from this life on Sept. 7, 2019, to grant her eternal rest in heaven. May he comfort the family and friends she left behind with the assurance of the resurrection when we shall all rise in the Lord to part no more. Fr. Oliver Nwachukwu, Ph.D.
Our Sympathy to Kay Winka’s Family – “If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s (Rm 14:8). On Sept. 11, 2019, our dear and devout member of St. Michael the Archangel Church, Kay Winka was call from this life to eternity in God. For many years Kay served as one of our PSR teachers at St. Michael the Archangel Church, a service she very much enjoyed and wished to continue if health permitted. As we mourn her departure to life eternal, we thank God for the services she rendered to our parish. On behalf of the parishioners of St. Michael the Archangel, I express our sincere condolences to Kay’s family, praying to the merciful God to grant her eternal rest in heaven. May he comfort her family and friends left behind with the assurance of the resurrection when we shall rise in the Lord to part no more. Fr. Oliver Nwachukwu, Ph.D.
Our Sympathy to Joann Pelka Green’s Family – “If we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen asleep” (1 Thess 3:14). Although Joann Pelka Green, a non-parishioner of St. Michael the Archangel who died on Sept. 11, 2019 will be buried in our cemetery on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, beside her Pelka folks, she was not a stranger to this area having been born in DuBois in 1938. On behalf of the members of St. Michael the Archangel Parish, I express our sincere sympathy to Joann’s family, praying to God to grant her eternal rest in heaven. May be comfort her family and friends with the assurance of the resurrection when we shall all rise in the Lord to part no more. Fr. Oliver Nwachukwu, Ph.D.
Retired Diocesan Priests Collection This Weekend -- On both ordinary and extraordinary days, our priests have been there for us..at baptisms, weddings, First communion and confirmation, at times of sickness and sorrow…dedicating their lives to bring us closer to Christ. Now it is our turn to be there for them during their retirement years through a gift to the Retired Diocesan Priests Collection. All funds will be used only for long-term nursing care, Medicare supplemental insurance and prescription medications. Note: Our diocesan priests do not receive any funding from the Retirement Fund for Religious collection which is held in December. Please show your appreciation with a generous gift. Thank you!
Liturgical Assistants
St. Charles Borromeo
Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019 – 8:00a.m. Mass – Lector: Ellen Boczek; Eucharistic Ministers: Host: Rich Majewski; Cup: Wally Waldman, Becky Wisneski; Choir: Host: Greg Zmudzinski; Cup: Juliann Zyk; Servers: Dillon Banach, Colleen & Todd Jahnke; Offertory: Family of Bernice Janowski; Rosary Leader: Rich Majewski; September Ushers: Daniel Kujawa, Rich Majewski, Don Pieszchalski
St. Charles Borromeo Contributions – Sept. 8, 2019: Adult Envelopes: $2702.00; Loose: $46.00; Assumption: $7.00; Capital Development: $352.00
St. Michael the Archangel:
Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 – 5:00p.m. Mass – Lector: Jackie Herzog; Eucharistic Ministers: Host: Paul Kubiak; Cup: Stella Pedtke, Bernadine Kabat; Servers: Tommy Herzog, Abby Cottom ; September Ushers for Saturday: Butch Bauza, Bob Buretta, James Buretta, Brett Chesnek, Kevin Cottom, Mike Jurkowski Offertory: Family of Bill Smalley; Organist: Paulette Leonard; Rosary: Ray & Margie Holtz
Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019 – 10:00a.m. Mass – Lector: Cheryl Cameron; Eucharistic Ministers: Host: Mike Chwasczinski; Cup: Fred Epplin, Rita Gajewski; Servers: Makayla Winka, Alexis Spratt, Jackson Maurer ; Special Ushers for Sunday, Sept. 22 Only: Mason & Jason Wisniewski, Rhys Kwiatkowski & Grandfather, Angel Rojek, Hayden Kujawa; Offertory: Austyn Gale, Ava Kujawa, Trace Kirgan; Organist: Hayley Kwiatkowski; Rosary: Dominic Grzegorek
St. Michael the Archangel Contributions – Sept. 8, 2019: Adult Envelopes: $2028.00; Loose: $244.00; Youth: $12.00; Maintenance: $310.00
Please Remember in your Prayers
Rhonda Aldridge, Dan Barczewski, JoAnn Barczewski, Linda Behrle, Scott Bevil, Linda Blackstad, Cheryl Blumhorst, Evelyn Bochantin, Kara Borowiak, George Carrigan, Florence Chwasczinski, Paul Chwasczinski, Helena Ciesielski, Jill Cox, Tammy Dial, Stephen Ellis, Marie Freeman, Adam Gibson, Ted Guinzy, Douglas Habbe, Eric Harris, Zorab Hagopian, Krystal Henry, Larry Huett, Tina Pedtke Jackson, Virginia Jahnke, Leonard Janowski, Daniel Kania, Pauline Kania, Cindy Kasban, Katie Kauer, Russ Kohnen, Sharon Kubiak, Ernie Kujawa, Jane Kujawa, Theresa Kujawa, Dennis Kwiatkowski, Andrew Lamczyk, Kailie Laramie, James Lashley, Emily Lentz and Baby, Jerry Leonard, Marty Lepacek, Clara Liszewski, Geraldine Liszewski, Irene Luchinski, Joe Lukasik, Ellen Werner Lusko, Regina Matecki, Rev. Dale Maxfield, Nora McMeans, Connie Moore, Danny Morgan, Daniel Morski, Sr., Joann Mossa, George Nadolski, Rita Nadolski, Callen Newborn, Rhonda Niedbalski, Albert Ontiveros, Ben Peters, Tony Prange, Shelia Patton, Randy Pytlinski, Linda Przygoda, Rev. Joseph Rascher, Rustin Robinson, Tracy Sanders, Msgr. Ken Schaefer, Elizabeth Schultz, Kathy Sikora, James Swambar, David Szramkowski, Debbie Szatkowski, Evelyn Szatkowski, Luke Tomaszewski, Nanette Williams, Theresa Williams, Ainsley Wills, Wayne Wilson, Don Wisniewski, David Witges, Becky Wojtowicz, Dave & Rosemary Wojtowicz, Michael Wojtowicz, Pat Zelasko, Bernice Zienta and Amber Zoller, Pope Benedict XVI Emeritus
PLEASE NOTE: There will be a Youth Mass on Sunday, Sept. 22. Please note that the PSR students will be ushers, serve and take up the Offertory gifts on that day.
Inserted in the bulletin is information relating to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development local grants. Applications are available in the parish offices. The deadline date for submitting applications is September 27. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Cheryl Sommer, CCHD Diocesan Director (cchddiobelle@gmail.org or 618-624-2838) or Judy Phillips (jphillips@diobelle.org or 618-277-8181, ext. 1141).