SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FEBRUARY 20, 2011

SAINT ALBERT
THE GREATPARISH
ST. ALBERT THE GREAT
PRAY FOR US
5555 STATE ROAD BURBANK ILLINOIS 60459

REV. RICHARD MILEK, ADMINISTRATOR

REV. JOSEPH P. LYNCH, PASTOR EMERITUS
REV. MARIUSZ NAWALANIEC, ASSOCIATE PASTOR
IRVIN A. BRYCE, JR. PERMANENT DEACON

MASSES
SATURDAY
5:00 PM (Sunday Obligation)
SUNDAY
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
1:30 PM AND 5:00 PM POLISH MASSES
WEEKDAY MASSES (Monday-Friday)
6:30 AM AND 8:30 AM
SATURDAY MASS
8:30 AM
HOLY DAYS (Except Christmas and New Year)
Vigil Mass - 5:00 PM (evening before Holy Day)
6:30 AM - 8:30 AM - 6:00PM - 7:30 PM
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Saturday 4:00-4:45 PM
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
1st and 3rd Sundays at 3:15 PM
RECTORY ………….……………….…(708)423-0321
Baptismal Preparation Class
PLEBANIA (po polsku)……………...(708)423-0321
Last Monday of month at 7:00 PM
For Sacraments of Baptism, Marriage,
Parish registration and attendance at the
parish registration, convert instruction,
Baptismal Preparation Class are required
prolonged illness at home.
Prior to Baptism.
PARISH WEBSITE
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
www.stalbertgreat.com
All wedding arrangements must be made with a
E-MAIL
parish priest at least 5 months prior to scheduled date.
StAlbert@archchicago.org
All couples are required to participate in a marriage
PARISH BOUNDARIES
preparation program. Parish registration is a
North-75th St. East-Cicero, West-Narragansett,
requirement. Times of marriages are as follows:
South-87th St. Cicero to Austin)
Saturday 12:00 PM and 2:30 PM
83rd St. (Austin to Narragansett)
Sunday—no weddings
MINISTRY OF CARE……………….…(708)423-0321
Deacon Irvin A. Bryce Jr.
PRAYER NETWORK………………....(708)966-4068
Mrs. Marlene Rybicki
SCHOOL………………………………..(708)424-7757
Mrs. Marilyn Kurowski, Principal
5535 West State Road
http://home.comcast.net/-st.alberts/
CCD OFFICE…………………………...(708)636-0406
Mr. Kevin Wiseman, Coordinator
5535 West State Road
 MASS INTENTIONS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2011
7:30-For the Parishioners
-Anna & James Shaughnessy
9:00-Salvatore Imbarrato, Sarah Dobbyn
10:30-Maria Chlebek, Phyllis Crowe
12:00PM-Stanley Nowak 2nd Anniv. of Death
-In reparation for abortion
1:30PM-POLISH MASS
-Marian Moczarny - 2nd Anniv. of Death
-Krystyna Kaplan & Family - Blessing
5:00PM-POLISH MASS
-Antonina & Kazimierz Dlugopolski
-Special intention
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2011
6:30-For the Parishioners
8:30-Emily Sekan, James McAuliffe
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2011
6:30-For the Parishioners
8:30-Sarah Dobbyn, James McAuliffe
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011
6:30-For the Parishioners
8:10-MORNING PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
8:30-Elaine Dziedziak, James McAuliffe
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011
6:30-For the Parishioners
8:30-James Ghilardi
7:00PM - PARISH HOLY HOUR
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011
6:30-Kelly & McGarry Family
8:30-For the Parishioners
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2011
8:30-Stanislaw Bafia
2:30PM-Wedding:
Marcin Tisonczyk & Iwona Kukulka
5:00PM-Joseph Amato - Blessing
-John J. Nolan
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2011
7:30-For the Parishioners, Stephen Fahy
9:00-Sarah Dobbyn
10:30-Emily Sekan, Michael Sweeney
-David Mahoney & Gerald Mahoney
12:00PM-Michael Sroka
1:30PM-POLISH MASS
-Antonina & Kazimierz Dlugopolski, Anna Wypych
5:00PM-POLISH MASS
-Stanislaw Nowak 2nd Anniv. Of Death
-Genowefa Klapisz
WEDDING BANNS
III-Marcin Tisonczyk & Iwona Kukulka
II-Mateusz Macznik & Maria Szwajnos
FOOLISHNESS
Sometimes the idea of repen-
tance seems old-fashioned, na-
ïve, even foolish. But if you’re
looking for real foolishness,
you’ll find it in today’s readings.
We begin with Leviticus and
the admonition, “Take no re-
venge and cherish no grudge” (Leviticus 19:18).
We’ve heard that message before, of course, so we
might forget how far it is from the so-called
“practical realities of life.” Saint Paul warns us
about being practical, though. Whoever considers
oneself wise had better “become a fool,” because
“the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the
eyes of God” (1 Corinthians 3:18, 19).
This “foolishness” continues in the Gospel:
“Offer no resistance to one who is evil” (Matthew
5:39). In fact, offer the other cheek when you’ve
been slapped. Hand over your coat as well as your
shirt. Be like God, who sends sunshine and rain on
the bad as well as the good. “So be perfect,” says
Jesus, “just as your heavenly Father is per-
fect” (5:48). © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.
2010 DONATION STATEMENT
The 2010 contribution statements were mailed
out to all parishioners who request them annu-
ally. Please call the rectory at 708-423-0321
if you have not received it and would like
statement of your donations mailed to you.
LET US PRAY
For the sick: Leonard Young, Simon Rivera,
Elena Rivera, Teresita Lopez, Jose G. Lopez,
Janelle Demski, Walter & Betty Anderson,
Harriet Madey, Denis Hedderman & Family,
Loretta Paulus, Jean Chidichma, Shirley
McVane, Vicenta Eckhauz, Catherine, Katie & Lucy
Hedderman, Patricia Williams, Andrea Pelicano, Carrie
Hermann, Becky Alter, Lorraine Kritikos, Marilyn
Buchalski, Rose Thomas, Don Kupiec, Raymond Trusk,
Maryann Sorn, Cheryl Korosa, Betty Anderson, Carol
Mariano, Penny Prokop, Umberto Botta, Mary Ann Riccio.
For the deceased: James McAuliffe, Virginia Baier.
 FROM FATHER RICH

Annual Catholic Appeal 2011

This week, you are asked to review the Annual Catholic Appeal brochure that you will receive
with your bulletin today. The theme of the campaign is:
“…seek first the kingdom of God…” (Matthew 6:33).
Please spend some time this week reflecting on the Annual Catholic Appeal. While funding a num-
ber of Archdiocesan ministries, the Appeal supports parish ministries that provide religious
education to children, youth and adults in economically disadvantaged communities. It is
also one of the largest philanthropic sources of financial assistance for Catholic schools in the Arch-
diocese.
Please remember that the Annual Catholic Appeal campaign is much different than a one time
special collection. It is a pledge campaign where you can make a gift payable in installments.
As you review the work enabled by your contribution to the Annual Catholic Appeal, please re-
flect on God’s gifts to you. He has given you all that you have. Your gifts to our parish, to the Archdio-
cese and to the work of the Church throughout the world are given in gratitude for the continuing
gifts that God gives you.
Sometimes it is difficult to envision how one pledge can help an organization the size of our Arch-
diocese, how it can make a real difference. But each pledge does make a difference because all par-
ishes participate in the campaign and the gifts of many enable our Archdiocese to deliver needed
ministries and services.
Our combined gifts not only signify our gratitude to God, they fund a significant portion of the
work of our Archdiocese. After our parish goal of $ 54,577,00 is reached in cash, 100% of the addi-
tional funds come back to our parish to help to fund our needs.
If you received your pledge form in the mail, please complete it and mail it back or bring it to
Mass next weekend. For those of you that did not receive a mailing or have not had time to respond
to it, we will conduct our in-pew pledge process at all Masses next weekend.
Thank you for your prayerful consideration and generous response.
To help you prepare your pledge, we print in our bulletin copy of the pledge form that will be used
next weekend. Please, go over and familiarize yourself with it.
God Bless, Fr. Rich
 SCHOOL NEWS

The 4th - 8th graders had a fun and educational field trip to The Chicago Symphony and the Art Institute of Chicago. This experi-
ence was a great enhancement to their study of the fine arts.

School Registration 2011-2012: Take a look at St. Albert the Great School if you are interested in a faith-
based education, academic excellence, a commitment to diversity, and scholarship. We offer 3 & 4 Year Old Pre-
school thru 8th Grade classes. St. Albert’s has been well known in Burbank and the surrounding communities for
its excellence for over 56 years. Registration for the 2011 – 2012 school year has begun. Open Houses have
been scheduled for Thursday, March 10th & Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. If you cannot
come to either Open House and would like information regarding our school, stop in the school office Monday
thru Friday from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., or call 708 424-7757 about scheduling an appointment to view the school and
discuss registration for the up-coming school year.
ALUMNI NEWS: The following St. Albert the Great alumni have earned Honor Roll status for the 1st Semester at
St. Laurence High School – B Honor Roll – Matthew Borawski, Caleb Kurowski, Matthew Tambor, Daniel Agui-
naga, Cody Boll, Dan Hecker, and Brian Navarro.Congratulations! We are very proud of you! Keep up the good
work!

FEBRUARY 20 – 7TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

In today’s Gospel, Jesus instructs us, “Love your
enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
Youth Group Meeting To be a Christian is to love radically, to love
February 21, 2011 counter-culturally, to love as Jesus loved!
6:30 pm Rogers Hall For more information about the priesthood contact
All teenagers, 7th 8th Grade, Fr. Brian Welter at 312-534-8298 or
High School Students at bwelter@archchicago.org and visit our website at
are invited to join. www.ChicagoPriest.com. For more information about
the religious life contact Sr. Elyse Ramirez, OP
at 312-534-5240 or at eramirez@archchicago.org.
 FEAST OF FAITH BAPTISMS
The Opening Prayer The following babies became members of God’s
At the conclusion of the Introductory Rites of the Family here recently:
Mass, the presider says or chants the words “Let us Emily Wasik, Helena Plewa, Martyna Maria
Michalczewska, Kacper Balos, Victoria Anna
pray,” followed by the Opening Prayer. This prayer is
Pietrowicz, Daria Wojtyczka, Weronika Julia
also called a “collect” because it gathers or “collects” Guzik, Maja Graca, Julia Amanda Pawlikowski,
the prayers of the entire assembly into one. The Ro- Filip Adam Mleczek, Daniel Stanislaw Zeglin,
man collects that we pray in our liturgy—noted for Marcysia Anna Szaflarski, Sebastian
the brevity, clarity, and conciseness of the Latin Tarasewicz, Leo Johnny Wagrowski, Gabriela
originals—date from a variety of periods. Some are Natalia Espinoza, Jozef Wojciech Stachon,
quite new; others reach back more than a thousand David Andrzej Trybula
years. They are truly treasures of our tradition. We extend our best wishes and pray that what has begun in
The Opening Prayer can be divided into four main them will be brought to perfection.
parts: 1) the invitation, or “Let us pray”; 2) the si- CELEBRANT SCHEDULE
lence that follows, during which each member of the
assembly lifts up before God his or her own prayers; SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2011
5:00 PM - Rev. Visiting Priest
3) the collect itself, spoken or sung by the priest; 4)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2011
and finally the Amen, by which the assembly says,
7:30 AM - Rev. Mariusz Nawalaniec
“yes,” “may it be so,” making the prayer their own.
9:00 AM - Rev. Ted Ploplis
The collect itself almost always follows the same
10:30 AM - Rev. Joseph Mol
pattern. It begins with an invocation to God. A peti- 12:00 AM - Rev. Mariusz Nawalaniec
tion follows, usually very general. We ask for health, 1:30 PM - Rev. Rich Milek
strength, wisdom, grace, forgiveness, faith, aware- 5:00 PM - Rev. Rich Milek
ness. Every collect concludes by offering the prayer
to God through Jesus Christ. With the Amen of the WEEKLY OFFERING
assembly, the Introductory Rites of the Mass come to FEBRUARY 13, 2011, ENVELOPES 683
an end. —Corinna Laughlin, © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co. CONTRIBUTION $15,065.00
5:00PM……………...…..…..$2,436.00
THE HEAVIEST LOAD 7:30AM…………...…..……..$1,847.00
A chip on the shoulder is the heaviest load anyone 9:00AM…………...……..…..$2,020.00
can carry. —Anonymous
10:30AM…………...…………$2,322.00
12:00PM…………...……...….$1,876.00
February 21 – February 26 at St. Albert’s 1:30PM…………...………….$2,945.00
5:00PM…………...………….$1,482.00
Monday, February 21
MAIL IN…………..…...……….$ 326.00
11:00 am Seniors Children Envelopes……..….$ 98.00
Tuesday, February 22
7:00 pm Bingo
Wednesday, February 23
6:00 pm Boy Scouts
Thursday, February 24
7:00 pm Parish Holy Hour
Friday, February 25
6:00 pm Cub Scouts
Saturday, February 26
4:00 pm Schola
 OD KS. RYSZARDA
Doroczna Kwesta Katolicka 2011
W obecnym tygodniu prosimy o zapoznanie się z ulotką dotyczącą Dorocznej Kwesty Katolickiej, którą dzisiaj
otrzymujecie wraz z biuletynem parafialnym. Myślą przewodnią tegorocznej Kwesty Katolickiej są słowa:
”… starajcie się najpierw o królestwo Boga...” (Mateusz 6:33)
Prosimy by w tym tygodniu poświęcić parę chwil i rozważyć możliwość włączenia się w Doroczną Kwestą
Katolicką. Kwesta Katolicka wspiera bardzo wiele inicjatyw i projektów duszpasterskich oferujących religijne
programy edukacyjne dla dzieci, młodzieży oraz dorosłych w uboższych wspólnotach naszej archidiecezji. To
również największe źródło finansowego wsparcia dla wszystkich szkół katolickich.
Pamiętajmy, że Doroczna Kwesta Katolicka jest czymś więcej niż jednorazową akcją. Kwesta jest tak skon-
struowana, że datki na nią można składać w przeciągu pięciu miesięcy.
Obserwując efekty pracy, które dokonały się dzięki darowiznom na Doroczną Kwestę Katolicką, warto zas-
tanowić się nad głębszym rozumieniem daru. Ponieważ każdy dar otrzymujemy od samego Boga, powinniśmy
cześć z tych darów oddać na potrzeby swojej parafii, archidiecezji – szerzej myśląc - na rzecz Kościoła na całym
świecie jako wyraz wdzięczności za wszystko co do tej pory otrzymaliśmy i nadal otrzymujemy od Boga.
Zapewne niekiedy trudno wyobrazić sobie w jaki sposób nasz dar może pomóc tak wielkiej instytucji jak
archidiecezja. W jaki sposób nasza ofiara może mieć realny wpływ na działalność tak wielu organizacji. Pamięta-
jmy, że każdy dar, każda ofiara stanowi realną pomoc dla potrzebujących, ponieważ stanowi część akcji,
w której uczestniczą wszystkie parafie, i w ten sposób zebrane darowizny wielu osób umożliwiają naszej
archidiecezji pełnienie koniecznej posługi duszpasterskiej.
Wszystkie nasze datki, będące wyrazem wdzięczności wobec Boga, stanowią jednocześnie finansowe wspar-
cie dla wielu zadań prowadzonych przez Kościół chicagowski. Po osiągnięciu kwoty docelowej dla naszej parafii
$ 54,577,00 w gotówce, 100% dodatkowo zebranych funduszy zostanie zwrócone do parafii na jej własne potr-
zeby.
Jeśli otrzymałeś już drogą pocztową formularz darowizny, prosimy o jego wypełnienie i odesłanie pocztą, lub
przyniesienie na Mszę św. w następny weekend. Ci, z Was, którzy nie otrzymali jeszcze listu lub nie mieli okazji
do wypełnienia formularza, będą mieli możliwość złożenia swojej darowizny w następny weekend podczas
wszystkich Mszy św.
Serdecznie dziękujemy za modlitwę i szczodrość Waszych serc.
Aby dopómoc Wam w przygotowaniu waszego zobowiązania podajemy w biuletynie formę, ktorej znajomość
pomoże Wam w sprawnym wypełnieniu deklaracji w przyszłą niedzielę.

Ks. Ryszard