Mon. Aug. 29
8:00 Rosalee Gacke
by Ministers of Care
Tues. Aug. 30
8:00 Linda Cecsarini
by The SGM Players
Wed Aug. 31
8:00 All Who are Sick
Thur. Sept 1
8:00 Communion Service
Fri Sept. 2
8:00 All the Elderly

Sat. Sept. 3
8:00 Purgatorial Society
5:30 Joseph T. Gill
by Helen Gill, Joe & Antoinette, Gill
Family & Mensching Family
Sun. Sept. 4 the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00 Daniel Brady
by Maureen & Erin Brady
11:00 Mary Thusing
by Jenniffer & Linda Thusing

THANK YOU
Thank you to all whom contributed to the collection on the weekend of August 20th and August 21st. The amount collected was $1,181.05.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK
Linda Jones
Ann Knight
Rita Schreiber
Lou Grimm
Corine Murphy
Ann Dytrych
Julie Laur
Adeline Deneen
Betty Nemecek
Helen Blaha
Betty Paschal
Ann Mysliwiec
Julius LoCicero
Osie Dompier
Eileen Desidero
Bernadine Smith
DoDo Dove
Terry El
Eugene Orris
Margaret Lee
Bunny DuBois
Brittany Dubs
Lillian Coughlin
Dorothy Loeffler
C. Campbell
Marge Straub
Shaun Deneen
E. Thielmann
Della Herrod
B. Chambers
Paula Ballard

Anyone who is ill in our parish and would like to receive Holy Communion; call (708) 331-8400. If you can be removed from the sick list at this time, please call the parish office.

DATES TO REMEMBER
Sept. 12 Parish Council Meeting (7:00 PM)
Sept. 18 Registration for Rel. Ed. Classes (9-10 AM)
Sept. 19 Women's Guild Meeting (7:00 PM)
Sept. 25 First Day of CCD Classes (9:00 - 10:30 AM)
Sept. 27 SGM Players Meeting (7:00 PM)

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Frances Smith on her nomination to receive the Tolton Award. She was accorded this special honor in recognition of all the work she does and has done for our church and community.
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Office for Black Catholic and the 20th Annual Fr. Augustus Tolton Awards Banquet for Black Catholics. The dinner will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
If you wish to attend this dinner, please contact Linda in the parish office.

CATHOLIC SCHOOL FUND
Did you go to a Catholic School? Then don't forget the Cardinal's School Fund, established to help archdiocesan schools face financial challenges.
The tax-deductible fund is seeking critical donations because increasing costs jeopardize the future of many Catholic schools.
For more information, call (312) 751-05250 or visit www.archchicago.org.

BLACK CATHOLIC MEN'S CONFERENCE
The National Black Catholic Men's Conference will be hosting A Call to Walk Upright II "Faithful To The Vision" on October 7th - 9th, 2005 at Marriott Chicago Southwest at Burr Ridge. For reservations call 1-800-228-9290 or (630)986-4100.

LIFE CHAIN
Mark your calendar for Sunday, October 2nd from 2:30-3:30 PM. Life Chains will again form along local streets across the United States and Canada. Standing publicly, Christians will witness to the value of life and pray silently for an end to abortion. Please join us as we attend this life-saving event on LaGrange Road (96th Avenue) in front New China Buffet in Orland Park. To allow time for distribution of signs, plan to arrive by 2:00 PM.

HOLY NAME SOCIETY
The Holy Name Society is again selling the Entertainment Coupon Books. This year it is $25.99 a book and contains more discounts. The Holy Name earns $5.00 per book sold. See Norm Cole, Lee Palys, or DoDo Dove for and edition or more information. Use it now and save till November 2006.

MINISTRY OF CARE TRAINING PROGRAM
A six-week Ministry of Care training course will be held at St. John Parish, 301 South cottage Grove, Glenwood. The classes have been prepared by the Pastoral Associates of St. Agnes (Char Klabacha), St. Ann (Joe Ceh), and St. John (Jamae Myers). The classes will be on Thursdays. The dates are September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27 and November 3. We will begin at 7:00 PM and end at 9:00 PM. This program is approved by the Archdiocesan Office for Divine Worship to prepare Auxiliary Ministers of communion to the sick.
For more information, please contact the Ministry of Care Coordinator in your parish, or call Jamae Myers at St. John Parish, (708) 758-5098; Joe Ceh at St. Ann Parish (708) 895-6700; or Char Klabacha at St. Agnes (708) 709-2699.

VOCATION RETREAT FOR WOMEN
You are invited to a weekend retreat for single women to discern if God is calling you to Religious Life. Learn about Religious Life with time to reflect and share with others who are also searching. Retreats are from Friday night to Sunday noon, September 23-25, October 14-16 and October 21-23, given by the Sisters of the Holy Cross, at St. Mary's Notre Dame, Indiana.
For more registration and more information email maryssong1@aol.com and www.maryssong or call (574) 284-5998.

THE WOMEN'S CENTER
As a pregnancy help center, each year we serve approximately 5,000 women. We can not do this without the help of many people. Our annual Walk for Life will be on Saturday, September 10 from 10 AM to 1 PM at two great locations - Lake Katherine Nature Preserve in Palos Heights and North Park Village Nature Center on the northwest side of Chicago. Both locations offer trails, gardens, a nature enter and free parking. For more information including brochure, maps, and pledge sheets or to sponsor a walker, phone (773) 794-4771.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES
Catholic Charities South Suburban Regional Office needs volunteers to help provide services at their location (16100 Seton Drive in South Holland). The work hours are flexible - weekdays - 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. If you can help, please call (708) 333-8379.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES
Religious Education classes will begin on Sept. 25, from 9:00 - 10:30AM each Sunday. Registration for classes will be on Sept. 18, 2005 in the parish office. If you can not register at that time please call, (708) 331-8400 and arrange a time to register your child. All children that are not attending Catholic Schools should attend CCD classes. The fee will remain at $30.00 per child. If you do not have the fee, register your child anyway. We all understand that there are times in one's life when finances are tight. No child will be denied a religious education because of funds.
MARKHAM LUTHERAN SCHOOL
Markham Lutheran's Preschool will begin classes on September 6, 2005 at 9:00 AM. If you have a 2 to 5 year old child you would like to register or more information, please call (708) 331-4885 or contact Linda at (708) 331-8400.

WHAT'S YOUR CATHOLIC IQ?
The answers to last week's questions were: 1. (a); 2 (a); 3. (c); 4. (d); 5. (b);.6 (d); 7 (c)
Questions for this week are about the glorious mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary:
1. If you were to say all fifteen decades of the most holy rosary in the order of the sorrowful mysteries first, then the joyful mysteries and the glorious mysteries, will the events that you have meditated on follow in chronological sequence through the Bible? (a) yes; (b) no
2. What is the correct way to describe how a Catholic should pray the rosary? (a) meditating on the mysteries and praying to God, through His mother's intercession; (b) concentrating totally on the words of the prayers being said; (c) praying to the Blessed Virgin personally to use her own powers; (d) using a certain way to gain worldly favors from God.
3. What best describes where the Blessed Virgin's great power of intercession with God originates? (a) from being a Saint; (b) from being Queen of Angels; (c) from her assumption into Heaven; (d) Her Immaculate Conception and from being the mother of Jesus and from her holy life.
4. The glorious mystery is the resurrection of Jesus from the grave. Which of the following is not a way that Jesus spent His time on earth after His resurrection? (a) completing that part of His mission He had determined to do in His human form; (b) proving His resurrection to a disciple who doubted the event; (c) associating with those close to Him; (d) showing Himself to His crucifiers to show that they had achieved the opposite of what they were trying to do.
5. The second glorious mystery is the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. Which of the following events did Jesus promise as the next step in the Divine plan? It is recorded in the Bible as following Jesus' Ascension. (a) the physical building of the place of worship; (b) the disciples immediately rushed to preach the word of God publicly; (c) the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles; (d) the conversion of Saint Paul.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
This week's Gospel message talks about Saint Peter's refusal to believe that Jesus had to suffer, be killed, and on the third day rise. There is a little bit of Peter in all of us. We often want our Christian journey to be an easy ride, free from fear and disappointment. Let us pray this week for the strength and courage to bear our crosses and follow Christ faithfully.