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Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 20 , 2022
St. Alexander Parish Administration Directory
Parish Administrative Center St. Alexander School
7025 W. 126th St. Palos Heights, IL 60463 126th St. and 71st Ave. Palos Heights, IL 60463
Phone: 708-448-4861 Phone: 708-448-0408 Fax: 708-448-5947
Fax: 708-448-0039 Principal: …………………………………….…... Sharon O’Toole
Pastor: ………………...….. Rev. Martin Michniewicz ext. 227 Assistant Principal: …………………...……… Mary Dombrowski
Deacons: ……..…. Jim Horton, Tim Keating, Michael Ciciura Administrative Assistants: Mary Ann Pellicore & Renee Chavez
Director Parish Home & Health Ministry: Jim Horton ext. 232 School Web: …………………....... www.stalexanderschool.com
Operations Manager: ……………….. Paula Somers ext. 233 School E-Mail: ……………........... info@stalexanderschool.com
Director of Music: …………………. Matthew Berardi ext. 224 Religious Education Office
Youth Minister: ………………...……… Tyler Ried - 448-6624 126th St. and 71st Ave. Palos Heights, IL 60463
Athletic Director ………………………...….. Michael Kennedy
Phone: 708-448-6624
Counseling Center: …………………...…… 448-4861 ext.310
Coordinator of Religious Education: ………...……… Tyler Ried
Director: .…………. Sr. Claire Marie Czerwiec, SSND, LCPC Religious Ed. E-Mail: …………….…….. tried@archchicago.org
Parish E-Mail: ………………………. alchurch1@comcast.net Knights of Columbus: ………………………... 448-4861 ext. 400
St. Alexander on the Web: ..……. www.stalexanderpalos.org Knight of Columbus on the Web: ...……. www.kofc14057.org
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Spreading the Holy Fire
Celebrating Christ Risen from the Dead through the 7 Sacraments
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BAPTISM CONFIRMATION
Celebration of Entrance into Christ’s Church Celebration of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
You should be a registered parishioner of St. Alexander, or This Sacrament is normally celebrated in 8th Grade and is
willing to register and join our Faith Community. Relatives of a 2 year program of preparation.
St. Alexander parishioners are also welcome. Confirmation Contacts:
At least one Godparent must be a practicing Catholic. The Tyler Ried - Religious Education 448-6624
other must be a Christian. Parents must register for a class Sharon O’Toole - School 448-0408
on Baptism BEFORE your baby is baptized. Archdiocesan The Archdiocese also offers classes for adults wishing to
required classes are held once a month, usually on the first receive Confirmation. Adult Confirmation Contact -
Tuesday of the month, and facilitated by trained parishioners.
Deacon Tim Keating or Deacon Jim Horton 448-4861
Baptism contact Joan DeVito 448-4861 ext. 237
RCIA Celebration of the Rites of Christian Initiation of Adults
This process is for adults who would like to join the Roman Catholic Church and have never been Baptized, or were Baptized
in another Christian denomination. There is also a process for children (RCIC) and teens (RCIT).
RCIA/RCIC/RCIT contact - Deacon Tim Keating or Deacon Jim Horton 448-4861
EUCHARIST
Celebration of Sharing Fully at Christ’s Altar of Sacrifice & Communion with Jesus and His Church
Eucharistic Liturgy (Mass) Eucharistic Adoration
Sunday Vigil: 5:00 PM (Saturday)
Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 AM, & 6:00 PM Evening of Prayer and Adoration
Monday through Friday: 8:30 AM
On the 1st Saturday
Saturday Morning: 8:00 AM 4:30 PM - Rosary
First Saturday Devotions after 8:00 AM Mass 5:00 PM - Mass
Holy Day Vigil: 7:00 PM 6:00 PM - Prayers for Healing
Holy Day: 8:30 AM & 7:00 PM
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ANOINTING OF THE SICK RECONCILIATION
Celebration of God’s Restorative Love & Forgiveness Celebration of God’s Forgiveness
Sacrament offers strength to the living. If someone becomes through Personal Confession
seriously ill, please call the Parish Administrative Center. Saturday Morning: 8:30 AM (until all are heard)
Ministers of Care are available to bring Holy Communion
Saturday Evening: after the 5:00 PM Mass
and/or visit with the sick and homebound.
Also every 1st Saturday after the 5:00 PM Mass Other Times by Appointment
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MATRIMONY HOLY ORDERS
Celebration of God’s Blessings on the Loving Union Celebration of Ordained Service to the Church
between Man and Woman The three offices of the Sacrament of Holy Orders are bishop,
Please call the Parish Administration Center at least 4 months priest and deacon. All three are conferred by the sacramental
in advance of your wedding. Pre-Cana for engaged couples act called “ordination.”
is required by the Archdiocese. Priesthood Contact - Fr. Michniewicz 448-4861 ext 227
Matrimony Contact: Archdiocese of Chicago Vocation Director:
Fr. Martin Michniewicz 708-448-4861 Rev. Timothy Monahan 312-534-8298
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FROM OUR PASTOR
Dear Parishioners,
This coming Tuesday St. Alexander’s eighth grade school, RE, and Polish school children will be re-
ceiving the gift of the Holy Spirit in the Sacrament of Confirmation. Our young adults have worked very
hard, attended a retreat, and spent countless hours preparing for this sacrament. Please keep them all in
your prayers this week as they anticipate their Confirmation administered by Bishop Kevin Birmingham.
Just as a reminder I ask you to please purchase and return your tickets for this year’s annual raffle at the
parish office, in the offering basket, or through the mail. Proceeds from this raffle will be of great assis-
tance to our parish, school, R.E. program, and other parish ministries. The raffle will be held on Saturday,
February 26th.
Unfortunately, with the cold of winter, the snow and slush, the early sunsets, we as a people suffer from
the occasional winter “blahs”. The continuing pandemic, wearing of masks, political bickering, fear of
armed conflict on the Ukraine/Russian border doesn't help much to pick up our spirits. It is at this time we
as a faith filled people must turn to the Lord in prayer where we find true peace. It is also at this time we
remember that we have been blessed with a strong loving community at St. Alexander Parish. One of the
beautiful aspects of attending Sunday Mass is that we realize that we not only need to hear the Gospel of
our Lord and receive Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist but that we need the support of our fellow parish-
ioners. Many times when we are at Mass and are struggling with different aspects of our lives we come to
the awareness that others in the pews are experiencing similar difficulties. We are community and need
each other. If you know of anyone who has stopped attending Sunday Mass due to the pandemic, or for
other reasons, encourage them to return and find peace and comfort with our Lord and the St. Alexander
community. If they need a little incentive remind them that masks are now optional for all liturgies in the
church.
Finally, please remember to mark your calendars for March 14th, 15th, and 16th, the dates of this year’s
Parish Mission. More information with be forthcoming in future bulletins.
God Bless,
Father Marty
A Prayer for “Renew My Church”
Lord Jesus, you speak to us today, as you spoke to stay together in charity
to holy men and women who have gone before to surrender our own plans readily
us. In every age and in our own time, you call to to embrace the greater good
us and say: Renew My Church. to hand on your gifts to future generations
Pour out the gift of your Holy Spirit upon us, May we remain in the holy company of the Blessed
and so enable us Virgin Mary, the apostles, and all the saints.
to hear you clearly May their example and presence inspire us with
to listen to each other attentively patient con idence in the work of your grace.
to imagine our future boldly We ask this of you who live and reign with the
to discern your direction wisely Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,
to persevere in your holy will courageously forever and ever. Amen
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SCRIPTURE
REFLECTION
We ask you to remember and pray for the souls of
the faithful departed. May they forever rest in the Our Gospel today continues Jesus’ Sermon on the
Lord’s peace. We especially pray for: Plain, in which we heard Luke’s version of the
Beatitudes. This week, Jesus gives us new
Betty Graf, mother of Fr. Gary Graf and Gail “commandments,” telling us how to live and act
in the world as his disciples, rooted in the radical
love of God for humanity. It reminds us of his
later speech about loving one another as he loves
PRAY DAILY us, in other words with a God-like love, the kind
Each Christian needs half an hour of prayer each day, we see in today’s psalm about God’s mercy. How
else could we do as Jesus tells us by loving our
except when we are busy; then we need an hour.
enemies, which seems impossible, until we re-
—St. Francis de Sales member that God gave us the example of Jesus,
who is like God but also like us? David under-
stands this merciful love when he spares the life
of his enemy in the first reading. Finally, Paul
WORD OF LIFE tells us that we will become like Jesus if we act as
he did, as God does.
“We often assume parenthood happens easily af- Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
ter ‘I do,’ but for many married couples, it does
not. For some, the joy of conception never hap- Today’s Readings: 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23;
pens. Others suffer repeated miscarriages. Still Ps 103:1-4, 8,10, 12-13;
others experience secondary infertility… If you 1 Cor 15:45-49; Lk 6:27-38
experience difficulty bringing a child into your
family, know that you are not alone. God is with
you, and his Church desires to walk with you…
God has a beautiful plan for your life as a married Home Bound or Ill?
couple.” If you, or someone you know, are
—USCCB, Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities unable to attend Mass and would
like to receive communion in their
home, please call Deacon Jim Horton
at 708-448-4861, ext. 232.
Prayers of the Faithful
for the Sick
Contact the parish office at 708-448-4861 if you
As the faith family of St. Alexander, we would like a Mass intention for 2022 and 2023.
unite with one another to pray for those
who need healing of their body, mind or
spirit. Confident that God hears the voices of those who
trust in the Lord Jesus, we join in prayer for: READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Tatiana Ranftl Dale Yukich February 21-27, 2022
Ed Mucha Maria Budinger
Maggie Campbell Vincent Sorce Monday: Jas 3:13-18; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mk 9:14-29
Mark Pannaralla George Ryniak Tuesday: 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19
Gavin Thompson Hedie Alt Wednesday: Jas 4:13-17; Ps 49:2-3, 6-11; Mk 9:38-40
Eileen Hoban Deacon Mike Ciciura Thursday: Jas 5:1-6; Ps 49:14-20; Mk 9:41-50
Teagan Lueger Estelle O’Connor Friday: Jas 5:9-12; Ps 103:1-4, 8-9, 11-12;
If you or anyone in your family would like to be added Mk 10:1-12
to our Prayers of the Faithful for the Sick please contact Saturday: Jas 5:13-20; Ps 141:1-3, 8; Mk 10:13-16
the Parish Administrative Office by noon on Friday at Sunday: Sir 27:4-7; Ps 92:2-3, 13-16;
708-448-4861. 1 Cor 15:54-58; Lk 6:39-45
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Catholic Schools Offer PLEASE NOTE
Academic Excellence and The Parish Administrative
Faith-Filled Education Offices will be closed on
Monday, February 21st
Catholic schools offer academic excellence and
faith-filled education for students nationwide.
National test scores, high school graduation
rates, college attendance and other data show
that Catholic schools frequently out perform
schools in both public and private sectors.
While some Catholic schools are challenged by
declining enrollments and school closures, the
good news is that there is a strong demand and
enthusiasm for Catholic schools — many have
waiting lists for admission and new schools are
opening. Visit www.ncea.org for information.
Spiritual Direction/
Companion Ministry
Check out our Facebook Pages:
St. Alexander Catholic Church Who is God for you?
St. Alexander School Are you ready to see God’s activity in all things?
St. Alexander Youth Ministry Would you like to explore a deeper experience of God
through Spiritual Companionship?
I’m Deacon Mike Ciciura and I am a permanent deacon
here at St. Alexander’s parish and a certified Spiritual
Director/Companion. Simply defined, this ministry is one
of compassionate, respectful, confidential engagement-
listening through conversation about the light of faith.
Spiritual Direction/Companioning helps us to see more
clearly what God is asking of us and how God is acting in
our lives. It’s about acknowledging life’s great
“unfixables”-the things we are unable to change. It’s
about moving through the mysteries of time, experience,
love, mortality, and life.
Spiritual direction/companionship is an ancient ministry.
Throughout Hebrew and Christian tradition people
sought spiritual counsel. Hermits, Monks, mystics and
saints offered spiritual counsel as did those of other faith
experiences.
What is your response to God?
Could you trust me with your sacred story,
your struggle, your questions?
I’m available in person at St. Alexander’s parish,
by phone or email.
Deacon Mike Ciciura 630-243-9342
mciciura@archchicago.org
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ST. ALEXANDER PARISH LENTEN MISSION 2022
St. Alexander is blessed to have Father Richard Fragomeni as our Lenten Mission
speaker. The theme of our Mission is “Lenten Meditations for Dif icult Times”.
Rev. Richard Fragomeni is a presbyter of the Diocese of Albany, New York, and
has been a member of the Catholic Theological Union faculty since 1990. His
teaching involves him in Roman Catholic theology, interpretation theory, and poetry. His
current work is in the ield of word and sacrament: the intersection of symbolic activity and
language as it creates insights into the Christian proclamation of grace. Central to this work is
a fascination with the power of liturgy and preaching in the transformation of the human heart.
Richard is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Religious Studies at DePaul
University. He also serves as the Rector of The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, an Italian-
American spiritual center in Chicago’s historic Little Italy.
The Mission is scheduled for Monday March 14th through Wednesday March 16th.
Each evening will begin at 7:00 and last approximately 60 to 75 minutes.
Fr. Fragomeni will be here to preach at all the masses prior to the Mission except for the
Sunday evening mass at 6:00 .
Please plan to join us for our Mission and don’t forget to invite your neighbors!
ST. ALEXANDER ANNUAL PARISH & SCHOOL
$20 RAFFLE TICKET $50 RAFFLE TICKET
GRAND PRIZE $5,000 GRAND PRIZE $15,000
1ST PRIZE $2,500 1ST PRIZE $ 7,500
2ND PRIZE $ 500 2ND PRIZE $ 1,500
TICKETS WILL BE DRAWN ON FEBRUARY 26TH
WINNERS WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE
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ST.ALEXANDER SCHOOL HAPPENINGS
The staff and students had a great time celebrating our Catholic identity during Catholic Schools Week!
We enjoyed many activities that built community bonds that will last a lifetime.
The 100th day of school
was recognized by
dressing up as our 100
year old selves.
The entire school played several games of
BINGO over the loudspeaker. Everyone
enjoyed showing what they have learned
when “Wheel of Wisdom” came to town.
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MERCY HOME SUNDAY MASS SUNDAY 10:15-11:30AM
SAVE orders may also be brought to
9:30AM on WGN-TV Channel 9 the Parish Administrative Center.
Orders dropped off by 5:00PM on Wednesday
are available for pick-up Thursday after Noon at
the PAC. They may also be picked up during
sale hours in the SAVE room on Sunday.
E-Giving Made Easy
If you would like to make a
one-time electronic donation,
please scan
this bar code.
Scroll down to “One –Time Gifts”
and enter the amount and type of
payment. It’s that simple!
Many of you may take advantage of the conven-
ience of electronic giving to our parish and we are
grateful for that. For those of you who have yet to
join us in giving online, we strongly encourage
you to do so. Here’s why:
Faith Direct enables parishioners to make your
Please Make Your Gift to the 2022 Annual Catholic Church contributions through either direct debit
Appeal Making all things new … God’s promise and from your checking/savings account or through
our responsibility I invite you to spend some time this your credit/debit card. No more writing checks or
week reflecting on the Annual Catholic Appeal materials searching for envelopes on the way out the door.
you should have received in your bulletin or in the mail. Now you can apply the convenience of direct debit
The Annual Catholic Appeal is much different than a to your parish offerings in much the same way as
one-time special collection: It is a pledged commitment you may now use it to make your mortgage, car or
to make a gift over time. Your pledge can be made pay- tuition payments.
able in installments.
Faith Direct also offers you personalized offertory
Each pledge makes a difference because all parishes cards to replace your envelopes for the collection
participate in the campaign and the gifts of many ena- basket. To cancel your monthly envelopes,
ble our archdiocese to deliver needed ministries and please notify the parish office at 708-448-4861.
services to answer the call of “Making all things new
This is not done automatically when signing up
… God’s promise and our responsibility”.
for electronic giving.
If you received your pledge form in the mail, please
complete it and mail it back. This year, we also encour- Please visit www.faithdirect.net to enroll secure-
age our parishioners to make their Annual Catholic Ap- ly online. Or, download the Faith Direct app onto
peal gifts online at annualcatholicappeal.com. your smartphone. Our parish code is IL910.
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EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
Saturday, February 26th
5:00 PM— Jack Cranley, Dolores Gorski,
Joan DeVito
Sunday, February 27th
Sacred Heart High School: All Alumni Reunion (Grad
7:30 AM— Susan Chillmon, Karen McNeal, classes 1958 thru 1972), July 17th. SHHS was formerly
Betty Chwierut located on the grounds of Franciscan Sisters of the Sa-
9:30 AM— Tom Stuchly, Rosemary Dziuba,
Dave Heide
cred Heart, St. Francis Woods in Frankfort. If you are an
11:30 AM— Paul Sullivan, John & Grace Donovan alumni or know of any former students, please share this
6:00 PM— Sharon Ayres information. Contact a member of the planning commit-
tee: Mary Warrington Warren, warmary711@Yahoo.com
LECTORS or 815-922-3173 or Rose Warrington Fonter, rfon-
Saturday, February 26th ter8012@msn.com or 402-680-8133.
5:00 PM— Bill Rogers
Sunday, February 27th
7:30 AM— Kay Keating, Mary Dombrowski
9:30 AM— Linda Buchanan PASTORAL COUNSELING SERVICES
11:30 AM— Grace Donovan, Gino Rodriguez
6:00 PM— Bob Ayres
AT ST. ALEXANDER PARISH
Services for individuals,
couples & families
For more information, call
448-4861 ext. 310
Sr. Claire M. Czerwiec, SSND, LCPC
Pastoral Counselor & Spiritual Director
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Saturday, February 26th
8:00 AM— James C. O’Malley
Colleen Nix
EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FEBRUARY 27, 2022
FEBRUARY 20, 2022
Saturday, February 26th
Saturday, February 19th 5:00 PM— Dolores Mallo
5:00 PM— Eva Ritz Jeffrey Brooks (1st Anniversary)
Michael “Mike” Edward Lawless Joseph Sloyan
Special Intention Catherine Wells
Sunday, February 20th Raymond Schwaller
7:30 AM— Patricia Hayes Special Intention
Aggie Palmer Sunday, February 27th
Colleen J. Nix 7:30 AM— Evelyn Blaney
Catherine Hoban Aggie Palmer
Steven Plescher Rosemary Strasser
9:30 AM— Mary Jo Saplin Johanna Hoban
Charles McClain Nancy A. Somers
Brian Cadore Steven P. Follenweider
Jim & Pat Serio Colleen Nix
Joan& Dan Bagniewski 9:30 AM— Denise Huguelet
11:30 AM— For the Parishioners Jack & Lorie Hartig
James Grisolano Edgar Beaulieu
Joyce Cavanagh Mary Somers
Jean Toth Nancy Somers
Carole Frank Joyce Cavanagh
6:00 PM— Sandra Pace Florence Jastrzebowski
Monday, February 21st (St. Peter Damian) Neil DiVincenzo
8:30 AM— Matthew Karolczak (2nd Anniversary) 11:30 AM— Kathy McQuinn
Colleen Nix Marilyn F. Osborne
Tuesday, February 22nd (The Chair of St. Peter the Lisa O’Brien
8:30 AM— Maciasz Family Apostle) Bertie Roddy
Colleen Nix Birthday Blessing—Carolyn King
Birthday Blessing—Keelin Watts 6:00 PM— For the Parishioners
Birthday Blessing—John Woronick
Wednesday, February 23rd (St. Polycarp)
8:30 AM— Colleen Nix
May Corbo ALTAR SERVERS
Joan Zalig
Thursday, February 24th Saturday, February 26th
8:30 AM— Gil Markus 5:00 PM— Bryan Lech, Connor & Caitlin Augustyn
Colleen Nix
Friday, February 25th Sunday, February 27th
8:30 AM— James Hayes 7:30 AM—
Fatla Family 9:30 AM— Eleanor Doyle, The Coffeys
Colleen Nix 11:30 AM— Marilyn Kennedy
Barrett Callaghan 6:00 PM—
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