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Old St. Patrick's Church Bulletin

2019

SUNDAY MAY 19, 2019

2 | Just a Thought

3 | Awakenings

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4 | At a Glance 5 | Hope House

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6 | Leaps of Faiths 7 | Happenings

8 | Immigrant & Refugee Rights

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By Fr. Tom Hurley

Sunday, May 19, 2019

I think the second reading from the book of Revelation for today's liturgy on this 5th Sunday of the Easter season has become one of my favorite pieces of scripture. The Apostle John sees something new, hopeful, and filled with God's blessing. It's more than just a vision of some place beyond our reach (the new Heaven and the new Jerusalem), but it suggests that God's dwelling is among us now and with the power of the Resurrection we can turn old ways into new ways; we can turn evil to good; darkness to light; despair to hope. The possibilities are endless when we surrender ourselves over the voice of God who says: see I make all things new!

In reading some of his great wisdom I was reminded the other day of a touching story Fr. Greg Boyle told about one of the former gang members he has the privilege of working with out in Los Angeles. I believe he may have told this story when he was here at Old St. Pat's several years ago. He recalled the time when Mrs. Laura Bush, then the First Lady, invited Fr. Boyle to bring some of his friends from Homeboy/Homegirl Industries to the White House to receive a special recognition for their work in helping gang members transition to a more hopeful way of life. In preparation for the trip to Washington DC, Boyle recalled how he had to bring three of the homies to a clothing store in order to get them fitted for new suits, which they had never owned before. Greg indicated that like many of his former gang members, the three young men he invited to be a part of the trip to the White House were "colorful characters" whose past history in gang life was anything but simple. In his telling of the story when they were at the clothing store, Greg shared that one of the former gang members (whose name I cannot recall), after he put on the suit and the tailor had made the necessary adjustments, just stood there and looked at himself in the mirror. The homie smiled and just kept admiring himself in the full length mirror as he stared at the new look of himself. Greg Boyle just beautifully mused on how this young man saw someone he had never met before. Beyond the scars, the tattoo's, the piercings, and the rough past of gang life, Homie saw someone new.

"Behold, I make all things new!"...."there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, for the old order has passed away." I pray that this Easter festival will help us all to see ourselves in new and hopeful ways. Let the power of the Risen One make us new and keep transforming us into people God wants us to be.

I hope you will mark your calendars and set your televisions to this Thursday, May 23 at 9:00 pm for the airing of Leaps of Faiths, an exciting one hour documentary about the beautiful gift of the Family School here at Old St. Pat's. Created and produced by our own David Kovacs and Steve Ordower, Leaps of Faith tells the story of the journey so many of our families have taken as they have tried to honor and celebrate their blended Jewish and Catholic faith traditions. You will see and hear from many of us here at Old St. Pat's! My heartiest thanks and congratulations to David and Steve and all those involved in the Family School for this very special presentation.

Have a great week!

Father Thomas J. Hurley

*I am in Omaha this weekend for my niece's graduation from Creighton University! Go BlueJays! I am hoping to be back for the 5:00 p.m. mass to hear Jordan Neeck OPraem as he offers his last homily as deacon before his ordination to the priesthood on June 8! He's been a great gift to us!

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By Ron Rolheiser, OMI Sunday, May 19, 2019

ASCENDING, DESCENDING, AND JUST KEEPING STEADY

Where should we be casting our eyes? Upward, downward, or just on the road that we're walking?

to make peace with our human limits and our mortality.

There aren't a lot of secular counterparts to this spirituality (though you do see this in what's best in psychology and anthropology). The challenge of the descent is not one you will often hear from a commencement speaker.

Well there are different kinds of spiritualities: Spiritualities of the Ascent, Spiritualities of the Descent, and Spiritualities of Maintenance, and each is important.

Spiritualities of the Ascent are spiritualities that invite us to strive always for what's higher, for what's more noble, for what stretches us and takes us (figuratively) upward beyond the humdrum moral and spiritual ruts within which we habitually find ourselves. They tell us that we can be more, that we can transcend the ordinary and break through the old ceilings that have up now constituted our horizon. They tell us that if we stretch ourselves enough we will be able to walk on water, be great saints, be enflamed with the Spirit, and experience already now the deep joys of God's Kingdom. These spiritualities tell us that sanctity lies in the ascent and that we should be habitually stretching ourselves towards higher goals.

These spiritualities have a secular counterpart and that counterpart is what we often hear from academic commencement speakers who are forever challenging those graduating to dream big dreams, to reach for the stars.

There's a lot to be said for this kind of an invitation. Much of Gospels are exactly that kind of a challenge: Keep your eyes trained upward: Think with your big mind; feel with your big heart; imagine yourself as God's child and mirror that greatness; let Jesus' teachings stretch you; let Jesus' spirit fill you; let high ideals enlarge you.

But the Gospels also invite us to a Spirituality of the Descent. They tell us to make friends with the desert, the cross, with ashes, with self-renunciation, with humiliation, with our shadow, and with death itself. They tell us that we grow not just by moving upward but also by descending downward. We grow too by letting the desert work us over, by renouncing cherished dreams to accept the cross, by letting the humiliations that befall us deepen our character, by having the courage to face our own deep chaos, and by making peace with our own mortality. These spiritualities tell us that sometimes our task, spiritual and psychological, is not to raise our eyes to the heavens, but to look down upon the earth, to sit in the ashes of loneliness and humiliation, to stare down the restless desert inside us, and

But there is still another genre of spiritualities, a very important kind, namely, Spiritualities of Maintenance. These spiritualities invite us to proper self-care, to factor in that the journey of discipleship is a marathon, not a sprint, and so to take heed of our limits. We aren't all spiritual athletes and tiredness, depression, loneliness, and fragile health, mental or physical, can, if we are not careful with ourselves, break us. These spiritualities invite us to be cautious about both an over-enthusiastic ascent and a naive descent. They tell us that dullness, boredom, and ennui will meet us along the road and so we should have a glass of wine when needed and let our weariness dictate that on a given night it might be healthier for us spiritually to watch a mindless sitcom or a sports event than to spend that time watching a religious program. They also tell us to respect the fact that, given our mental fragility at times, there descents that we should stay away from. They don't deny that we need to push ourselves to new heights and that we need to have the courage, at times, to face the chaos and desert inside us; but they caution that we must also always take into account what we can handle at a given time in our lives and what we can't handle just then. Good spiritualities don't put you on a universal conveyor-belt, the same road for everyone, but take into account what you need to do to maintain your energy and sanity on a marathon journey.

Spiritualities of Maintenance have a secular counterpart and we can learn things here from our culture's stress on maintaining one's physical health through proper exercise, proper diet, and proper health habits. Sometimes in our culture this becomes one-sided and obsessive, but it is still something for spiritualities to learn from, namely, that the task in life isn't just to grow and to courageously face your shadow and mortality. Sometimes, many times, the more urgent task is simply to stay healthy, sane, and buoyant.

Different spiritualities stress one or the other of these: the ascent, the descent, or (less commonly) maintenance, but a good spirituality will stress all three: Train your eyes upward, don't forget to look downward, and keep your feet planted firmly on the ground.

This article was originally published on April 22, 2019 on

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EVENT

OSP Book Club

The Next Chapter

DATE | TIME | LOCATION

Sun., May 19 | 9:30 - 11 am | 711 W. Monroe Library

Sun., May 19 | 10:30 am | 711 W. Monroe, Room 23

CONTACT

Eileen Sutter ehsutter@. thenextchapter@

Leadership Meeting OSP Next Men's Bible Study OSP Next Rosary Prayer Group

Women's Bible Study OSP Next Live Storytelling

Sun., May 19 | 6 - 8 pm | Community Center, Dining Room Sun., May 19 | 4 - 5 pm | 711 W. Monroe, Boardroom Mon., May 20 | 7 - 8:30 pm | 711 W. Monroe, Room 24 Tues., May 21 | 7 - 8:30 pm | 711 W. Monroe, Rm. 24 Weds., May 22 | 7 pm | Hughes Hall

Rachelle Lindo ospnext@ Nathan Gartlan nathangartlan@. Beth Marek bethm@ Patty Newby pattyanewby@ bit.ly/2UYMCkh

Workday Foundations

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Sat., May 25

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The Ignatian Volunteer Madonna Della Strada award was presented by Maureen Barney, Ignatian Volunteer Member, to Beth Marek, Director of Outreach, Bea Cunningham, Director of Family Ministry, and Fr. Tom Hurley, during the Evening of Gratitude held at Misericordia on April 27.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

**The new wedding volunteers gathering on May 18 has been postponed. Please stay tuned for the new date!

**The Sunday morning nursery service is held in the FXW cafeteria starting at 9 am for the 9:30 and 11:15 am Masses. (Children need to be picked up within 10 minutes of the end of mass). Upcoming dates: May 19, June 2, June 9, June 23. There will be no nursery service on May 26 (Memorial Day Weekend) or June 16 (Father's Day).

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HEAVEN ON EARTH WITH NORTH LAWNDALE'S HOPE HOUSE By: James Keith Wright

I was born with muscular dystrophy, a disease that weakens the muscles. Struggling with drugs, alcohol and my physical condition, I lost everything. In time, my van that had $21,000 worth of conversions for me to drive with my disability and my integrity were all gone.

In 2005 I came from my hometown, Kansas City, Missouri, to attend a graduation in Chicago. Now I know God had something planned for me on that trip. Pastor Phil Jackson, my best friend, was a minister in the Lawndale Christian Community Church and Founder of the Firehouse Community Art Center on Ogden Avenue on Chicago's west side. Phil told me about Hope House, a residential program right next to his youth center, that helps men who are recovering addicts and transitioning back into society after incarceration. Men in the program gain greater control and dignity in their lives through the outreach of the Lawndale Christian Community Church. A couple of days after arriving in Chicago, I got a chance to attend the evening group meeting at Hope House and it truly spoke to my heart. That's when I made the crucial decision to be a part of the program.

After staying in Hope House for a year, I became a Pastoral Counselor in the Lawndale Christian Health Center right across the street for nine years. Then one day I asked Pastor Joe Atkins, the Hope House Director, to let me be his assistant. To my great surprise, he was excited to get my level of experience working with the residents at Hope House. So in March of 2017, I was hired as Hope House's Administrative Assistant and Lead Coordinator.

Then came July of 2018. Don Noe, a member of Old St. Patrick's, called Hope House and asked if he and some members of his church could come on the second Saturday of each month to provide lunch and share kinship with our residents. We all agreed, and now under the direction of Jeff and Julie Albaugh and Don Noe, Old St. Pat's members come regularly. We share delicious meals and warm fellowship with each other every single month. We watched a White Sox baseball game at Guaranteed Rate Field with a huge group from of Old St. Pat's and North Lawndale in April of 2017. We assisted with the setup of the World's Largest Block Party in front of Old St. Pat's in 2018. We also shared faith stories and good food with the Old St. Pat's RCIA Group in April of 2019. At every second Saturday gathering, the men of Hope House give personal testimonies and then two members of Old St. Pats share theirs as well. The heartfelt exchanges open up our hearts to what we have in common as human beings, despite how much or little money we have or the condition of our clothing. Sometimes tears are even shed as we open our lives to each other and refuse to get caught up in the separatism of the world. That's what good neighbors do. Initially, none of us had any idea what the outcome of this arrangement would be, but now we all realize it was the best decision for all who are involved.

The line in The Lord's Prayer that says, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven," becomes a reality every time Hope House and Old St. Pat's members get together. Men tossed aside by society based on their former alcoholism, drug addictions, incarceration, and social isolation are blessed by these regular encounters. Nothing separates us as we share good food, conversations, and laughs, all the while becoming aware of how much we are alike deep down despite our racial, economic, and cultural differences. There is intrinsic worth and glory of God's creation in each of us.

Love is the greatest force for change, and God is love. The men of Hope House and I thank God for Old St. Patrick's and the opportunity to come together in love. It is heaven right here on Earth.

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