Dear friends,

+ We pray for the Pope

We continue to remember the Holy Father in our prayers. I don’t know if you followed his foot steps in the Holy Land last Week.
On May 11th when he visited Jerusalem's Yad Vashem (Holocaust Memorial), sending a strong message for the entire Church. The Pope is German, the nation to which belonged the Nazis who organized the Holocaust, and his national origin gives even greater weight to his message and his pilgrimage to the holy places.

+ Weekly Guitar Class to begin on Sunday, June 7, 2009

Good News!  To build up our own guitar band at St. Therese, we are offering a weekly guitar class starting on Sunday, June 7, 2009 (11AM to noon).  This weekly one-hour class will be taught by Steve Marion, a well known south side liturgical guitar player.  To ensure effective learning, we limit the class size to 10 students.
The guitar band is part of the contemporary ensemble that we want to establish at St. Therese.  We want to recruit youth and young adults who not only are interested in learning guitar, but want to serve in the liturgy with his/her musical talent/skills.  Our goal is to build a very active contemporary ensemble in our music ministry, with a band (with guitar, drums & other instruments) and a choir offering contemporary music at our worship.
We still have 5 slots open in this guitar class. So, if you want to be part of this contemporary ensemble, please contact Joe Delfin or Lily May as soon as possible. Let's make it a FUN summer ahead!! 

+ Scholarship Award: 2009

Through the generosity of an anonymous donor, St. Therese parish is able to offer “College Scholarships”.

Application-forms are available at the church entrance. Application deadline: May 24th, 2009.
Please, note that applications, complete with required documents, must be post-marked or hand-delivered by this date to St. Therese Church. They should be sent to the attention of: “The Scholarship Committee”

+ Ann Dunham’s Indonesian Batik Collection:

The Indonesian Community proudly announces its opening on May 17-20, 2009 at Walton Room, Drake Hotel 140 East Walton Place, Chicago IL 60611.

+ Eucharistic Ministers:

 As from Tue. May 19th 2009 both Fr. Aniello and myself will be absent from the Parish. The Xaverian Missionaries are holding their Annual Assembly at Franklin, Milwaukee. We shall be back by Fri. May 22nd..
We are blessed to have at St. Therese the “Eucharistic Ministers” they will hold the morning services and distribute Holy Communion. The intentions for the Masses are the ones in the Parish Bulletin and will be celebrated by Aniello and myself while in Franklin. Carol will prepare the roster.

My gratitude to: Edy, Catur, Sheila, John, Wing, Wai, Rosemarie, Jennifer, and Henry.

+ First Holy Communion:

Please pray for the following as they prepare for their First Holy Communion next Sunday:

Ciprianna, Matthew, Christian, Michael, Alex, Melissa, Inga and Gillian.

+ Monies

Catholic Charities                                                                                    $  358.00
Last Sunday collection                                                                            $1,786.00
Indonesian Mass                                                                                     $  140.00