Mass at St. Elizabeth Seton

Saturday:  5:00pm
Sunday:  8:30am ~ 10:00am ~ 11:30am

 

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Weekly Bulletins are available online at https://www.sesnaperville.org/55

 

Deepening our Awareness of the Liturgical Environment

The architecture of our Church building, and the design of our Worship Space, are not the only elements intended to reflect the colors and art of a liturgical season.  The liturgical environment encompasses the artistry that visually enhances our communal prayer but also includes every individual who joins in sacred worship.  The prayers, signs, symbols, and actions of the faithful combine to offer praise and glory to God in the Celebration of the Eucharist each week.  The Worship Commission invites everyone, as active participants in our celebrations,  to deepen our liturgies for Pentecost, the weekend of May 27 and 28, by wearing the colors of the Spirit: Red, Yellow, or Orange to Mass.  The Feast of Pentecost, often referred to as the Birthday of the Church, is a wonderful reminder of our own Baptisms when we became members of the Church and accepted our calling as disciples in Christ. Join the Worship Commission in celebrating this great feast and wear your favorite Red, Yellow, or Orange the weekend of May 27 and 28.

Vacation Bible School

Our Vacation Bible School "Monumental - Celebrating God's Greatness" will run from July 17-21 from 9 am to noon.  Students entering Kindergarten through 5th grade (in the fall) are invited to participate, students entering 6th grade (in the fall) and above are invited to join the VBS Leadership team.  Adult volunteers are also welcome. Registration is currently available to all registered parishioners at St. Elizabeth Seton. Space is limited.  Please fill out and return your registration form to the Faith Formation office located in the lower level of the church. 
Registration Form for Participants
Registration Form for Leadership Team

Father’s Day Novena of Masses

We will be celebrating a Novena of Masses (Nine Masses) at St. Elizabeth Seton beginning on Father’s Day to be offered for all the Men, living and deceased who have touched us in some way, and whom we want to remember with a series of Masses. For those who have lost Fathers and Grandfathers, it is especially fitting to remember them in this fashion since we cannot each have a Mass intention on Father’s Day and the week following.  Please be thinking of the names you would want included on the altar for those Masses. Envelopes for those names will be in the pews for your intentions. This is the same type of Novena of Masses we did for Mother’s Day. But this time we remember those men both living and deceased. Please be prepared to give us the names of those men from your lives whom you would like remembered.

Office Summer Hours

The Parish Office and Faith Formation Office will close at 12:00 pm on Fridays from May 26 through September 1. 

• The Parish Office will be open Monday-Thursday from 8:00am to 4:00pm.
• The Faith Formation Office will be open Monday-Thursday from 9:00am to 2:00pm.

Memorial Day

Monday, May 29 - 8:15am Mass
Parish Offices Closed

Blood Drive

Saturday, June 3rd - 7:30-11:30 AM

70% of us will require a blood transfusion at some point in our lives, but only 3% of the population donates blood? If you haven't donated blood in the past, there's no better time to start than on June 3rd! Each unit of donated blood can help save the lives of up to three people! 

Sign up for a time slot by sending an email to sesblooddrives@gmail.com
or by going to:
https://donate.illinois.versiti.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/5604345

Parish Life Presents
Wine & Cheese Saturday Night
June 3, 2023 after 5 PM Mass
Hosted by Deacon Gerard

Come join us after 5PM Mass downstairs in the Great Hall for a night of socializing, wine tasting, cheese, grapes, hard salami and specialty crackers. Country and Western music will be provided.  Questions? jclaussen@johnclaussen.com

Corpus Christi

Please mark your calendar for Saturday, June 10 to participate in our Eucharistic Procession following the 5 pm Mass to celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi. We will take Christ, fully present in the Blessed Sacrament into the world, to kick off our Parish Eucharistic Revival. Hospitality will be served after our Procession.

SHOP-SES 

• Need gifts for Father’s Day or Graduations? Be sure to shop at SHOP-SES!
• The June SHOP-SES cards will be for sale in the lower level on June 10 & 11 before and after the 5:00, 8:30 and 10:00 Masses and before the 11:30 Mass.
• Cards can be ordered by e-mailing SHOP-SES2011@Comcast.net, or by calling the parish office at 630-416-3325. We will notify you when your order is ready to be picked up at the parish office during normal office hours. 
• Little Pops NY Pizzeria cards are now available in $25, $50 & $100. They are the first local vendor to join our SHOP-SES program. 
  Thank you for supporting this Parish Program!

The Good Old Days

Sunday, June 25th - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
25 cent hot dogs or Polish ~ 10 cent Tamales ~ 10 cent Tacos ~ 10 cent can of pop
5 cent chips ~ Penny candies ~ $1.00 Blue Moon draft beer
Deacon Dunk Tank ~ Miss Make-Believe ~ Hook & Ladder Firetruck Police Cruiser
EMT Ambulance ~ 4 car trackless train ~ Bingo 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ~ 
Face Painting ~ Balloon Twister ~ All Genres of Music
Rescue Puppies
You can play and hold the puppies. Then you can think about providing a home for these deserving pups. Or you can foster a puppy. Need more information? jclaussen@johnclaussen.com 708.651.1262

Independence Day

Tuesday, July 4 - 8:15am Mass
Parish Offices will be closed Monday, July 3 and Tuesday, July 4.

The Quinn Center Ministry is looking for Volunteer Support!

The Quinn Center is a community location associated with Saint Eulalia Church and serves the Maywood community with educational & cultural activities. In addition, the staff there provides the neighborhood with meals where St. Elizabeth Seton has supported on a monthly basis for FIVE years. We are looking for volunteer help in either providing some food and/or packing the items for delivery to the Quinn Center. If you are interested in helping or have questions, please contact Mike Ladewski (mike.ladewski@yahoo.com) for more info. 

NEED YOU RIGHT NOW

WE NEED YOU RIGHT NOW – YOUR FRIENDS NEED YOU RIGHT NOW
PRAYER – POWERFUL POWERFUL PRAYER!

Need someone to pray for you or someone you love – today? A means by which we can ask others to pray for us is now available.

• Go to: www.NeedYouRightNow.com and submit your prayer request.  Any request for those in need.
• Now we need Peaceful Prayer Champions to make it happen.
• There are a lot of people in need!  What can you do?  Become a Peaceful Prayer Champion!
• It is easy to do…just provide your name, e-mail address or cellphone number to Deacon Gerard. 
• Each time someone goes to www.NeedYouRightNow.com and makes a prayer request, our Peaceful Prayer Champions will receive a message with the name of the person who is in need of prayer.
• We ask that our Peaceful Prayer Champions say a prayer right at that moment for the person in need.

SEND YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO: NYRNHELP@YAHOO.COM
That’s it.  That simple.  We care for one another.  We care about one another. 
We pray for one another.

EARTH CARE

As stewards of this world, we strive to protect God's creation; one of the ways we do this is by monitoring our purchases, taking care to choose items that cause the least harm and result in the most good. To help us find such products, we've partnered with SERRV, an organization that fights global poverty through fair and ethical trade, encourages sustainable practices, and supports community since 1949. We've created a custom link for our parish; you'll know you've reached the right site if you see an orange banner across the top with the message: “20% of your order today will be donated to SERRV International.” When you buy through SERRV, your purchase directly helps the artisan plus continues the good work of SERRV. Our custom link for St. Elizabeth Seton is: serrv.org?a=SESNaper. Please take some time, and consider shopping through it!

SES/St. Vincent de Paul

Have you noticed a new blue “box” on the East side of our SES Campus?  It may look like an over-sized mailbox but in fact, it’s our new-to-the-parish SVDP Dropbox where you may deposit those bags of clothing you’ve been saving for the Clothing Drive Trucks. Just bring those closed bags and deposit inside the levered opening….it’s that easy! Just a couple of etiquette rules to keep in mind:

• Any donation must be able to fit into the levered opening. Nothing may be left outside or on top of the dropbox.
• No large furniture may be brought to the dropbox site – please call SVdP to arrange a pickup from your garage. 
• If the box is full, please save until the following week, since the dropbox will be emptied weekly.
• No tax receipts will be available at the dropbox, but you may list your donatables and add to the receipt during the truck drives.

Questions? Please email: jeanekloepper@gmail.com
Thanks so much for the support you’ve always shown to SVDP!!

Email Phishing

PLEASE IGNORE any email messages from Father Scott Huggins or any of the deacons or staff from St. Elizabeth Seton that are asking for a favor, asking you to call a number or asking you to buy gift certificates.  These emails are scams! We have been notified that some of our parishioners are receiving these emails and want to assure all of you that no one from St. Elizabeth Seton is sending them directly. Please do not respond or call the number within the email.

Help Us Update Our Records!

If you have an adult child who no longer attends St. Elizabeth Seton because they are married or have moved from your home, please let us know so we can update your family records.  It is important for us to maintain accurate membership counts for our census report to the Diocese.  Please reply to this email, send an email to stelizabethseton@gmail.com or contact the Parish Office at 630-416-3325 to let us know!

Emergency Preparedness Brochure

Emergency Preparedness Video

Has Your Phone Number Changed?

Many households are disconnecting their landlines and using their cell phones as their primary form of contact.  In order to keep our database and phone directory up to date, we need to know if your contact information has changed. If you no longer have a landline, do you want your cell phone number to be used as the primary contact?  Do you wanted it published in the annual phone directory? Please contact the Parish Office at 630-416-3325 or email stelizabethseton@gmail.com to let us know!

    
St Vincent de Paul is here to help.
Call confidentially 630-416-3325 x6409

 

Please contact the Parish Office or see the weekly bulletin to get more information on these upcoming events.