Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Springfield, IL
Monday, June 7
7am – NO MASS
5:15pm -NO MASS
Tuesday, June 8
7am – NO MASS
5:15pm – NO MASS
Wednesday, June 9
7am – NO MASS
5:15pm – NO MASS
Thursday, June 10
7am – NO MASS
5:15pm – NO MASS
Friday, June 11
7am – NO MASS
5:15pm – NO MASS
Saturday, June 12
8am – NO MASS
4pm – Herb & Helen Dulle’s 50th Wedding Anniversary
(Cathedral Priests)
Sunday, June 13
7am – For the People
10am – William Logan
(Lisa Logan & Lori Logan Motyka)
5pm – Tim Ryan
(Becky & Woody Woodhull)
Monday, May 31
7am – Vincenzo Giannone
(Jeanette Giannone)
9am – Jean Anne Staab
(Bill Vogt)
5:15pm – NO MASS
Tuesday, June 1
7am – John Montgomery
(John Busciacco)
5:15pm – Bettie Rapps
(Hank & Mary Lou Smith)
Wednesday, June 2
7am – Jean Reno Greenwald
(Dennis & Sharalyn Lochmann)
5:15pm – George Friedel
(Jim Ridenour)
Thursday, June 3
7am – Anna A. Eleyidath
(Augustine Eleyidath)
5:15pm – Special Intention for Bianca
(D.A. Drago)
Friday, June 4
7am – Jean Anne Staab
(Fred & Rita Greenwald)
5:15pm – Richard Willard
(Mary Bowers)
Saturday, June 5
8am – Millard Winfield
(Mike & Jo Gibbs)
4pm – Robert & Joyce Alford’s50th Wedding Anniversary
(Rev. Brian Alford)
Sunday, June 6
7am – Mary Ann Midden
(William Midden)
10am – For the People
5pm – Steve Gregrich
(Linda Pierceall)
Monday, May 24
7am – Patricia Scherrills
(Al & Bobbie Lewis)
5:15pm – Jean Reno Greenwald
(Joan M. Miller)
Tuesday, May 25
7am – Jim McCaslin
(Tom Steil & Sharon Oldfield)
5:15pm – Cathy Furkin
(Marlene Mulford)
Wednesday, May 26
7am – Ellen Mattox
(Mary & Jim Burrus)
5:15pm – Repose of the Soul ofJoseph Kohlrus, Sr.
(Ron & Jean Borre & Family)
Thursday, May 27
7am – Anna A. Eleyidath
(Augustine Eleyidath)
5:15pm – Blake Anderson
(Sharon Oldfield & Tom Steil)
Friday, May 28
7am – Anna A. Eleyidath
(Augustine Eleyidath)
5:15pm – Jean Reno Greenwald
(McGee Family)
Saturday, May 29
8am – Blake Anderson
(Richard & Teresa Steil)
4pm – Joseph Kohlrus, Sr.
(Augustine Eleyidath)
Sunday, May 30
7am – Mary Ann Midden
(William Midden)
10am – Charles & Mercedes Nesbitt
(Kathy Frank)
5pm – For the People
Monday, May 17
7am – Anna A. Eleyidath
(Augustine Eleyidath)
5:15pm – Delia Sinn
(Pamela Hargan)
Tuesday, May 18
7am – Jean Reno Greenwald
(Dennis & Sharalyn Lochmann)
5:15pm – Ben & Monique Gaston
(Marie Fleck)
Wednesday, May 19
7am – Andrea Obregon
(Barbara Federico)
5:15pm – William F. Logan &Shirley Logan
(Lisa Logan & LoriLogan Moyka)
Thursday, May 20
7am – James & Emily Gibbs
(Mike & Jo Gibbs)
5:15pm – Repose of the Soul of Joseph Kohlrus, Sr.
(Jean Borre)
Friday, May 21
7am – George Freidel
(Janny & Chip Hagnauer)
5:15pm – Richard Willaredt
(Nancy Nekoll)
Saturday, May 22
8am – Angeline Keller
(Hattie Pinski)
4pm – For the People
Sunday, May 23
7am – Mary Ann Midden
(William Midden)
10am – Jean Reno Greenwald
(Dennis & Sharalyn Lochmann)
5pm – Kyle Buckman
(Mom)
Monday, May 10
7am – Special Intention for Rev.Christopher House
(ChrisSommer)
5:15pm – Angelo Family
(Genny Severino)
Tuesday, May 11
7am – Anna A. Eleyidath
(Augustine Eleyidath)
5:15pm – Delores Hebig
(Nick & Teresa Gray)
Wednesday, May 12
7am – Special Intention for JanetVespa
(Chris Sommer)
5:15pm – John Garvey
(Lentz Family)
Thursday, May 13
7am – Roy Carter, Sr.
(Lindat Carter)
5:15pm – Special Intention forBianca
(D.A. Drago)
Friday, May 14
7am – Jean Reno Greenwald
(Dennis & Sharalyn Lochman)
5:15pm – John Montgomery
(John Busciacco)
Saturday, May 15
8am – Angeline Sherman
(Hattie Pinski)
4pm – Jesse & LorraineGonterman
(Mike & Jo Gibbs)
Sunday, May 16
7am – Dean & Mary Helen Conrad
(Mike & Jo Gibbs)
10am – John & Edith Bakalar
(John Busciacco)
5pm – For the People
Feast Day: May 1st
“This simple word sums up Joseph’s entire life” says Pope St. John Paul II in Redemptoris Custos (Guardian of the Redeemer). That simple word that he references is not “guardian”, as the great pope described him, nor one of the words from scripture that defined Joseph’s vocation towards Jesus: “father”, “husband [of Mary]”, or “just [man]” … Nor is this word any of the titles upon which the Church calls upon St. Joseph: “most chaste”, “most prudent”, “most obedient”, “patron of the dying”, “terror of demons” or “protector of the Church.” That word is “carpenter”, tektōn in the Greek that the authors of the Gospels wrote, by which Joseph is remembered by Jesus’ friends and family when Our Lord returned to his synagogue in Nazareth: “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter’s son?” (Matthew 13:54-55).
There is a spectacular humility to our spiritual father Joseph! As his son Jesus steps into His public ministry, we hear nothing more about him, even his great Old Testament name, Joseph, is left by the wayside as everyone simply remembers “the carpenter”. It points to the unimportance of Nazareth: there were not a dozen tektōn’s listed in the yellow pages for the village to enlist, nope, just “the” carpenter, who everyone knew was Joseph! And perhaps humility is the first lesson learned from good, honest, simple labor. There is something simple, in the end, unimportant, about the work we do. It comes and goes, a hundred years from now it probably will not matter too much, and in the big scheme of things, it does not even make all that much of a difference right now. And yet the greatest saint after our Lady was known as “the carpenter”, and that delighted him.
You and I – both of us entities destined-for-forever – put our day’s effort, attention, energy, and love into whatever work we are called to do today, which probably brings us into countless interactions with other human persons, and suddenly the smallest of labors takes on the importance of eternity. Furthermore, our work is done not just with others, but for someone. Well, it can be. Our work can be done with love, or not. Our work can be done for others, or just ourselves. Our work can strengthen, complete, and sustain us, or it can be a burden, a complaint, a worry, a fruitless, facile, futile expenditure of our energy. Your choice.
Back to Joseph: nothing brought our saintly Carpenter more delight than when he worked alongside his son. Watch a father and son mow the yard or paint a wall, and you will see a glimmer of the delight that flickered from the workshop in Nazareth. Beyond that was the love with which he worked. Even working alone late into the night, a supernatural fire propelled his heart and hands. But Joseph was brought to even greater happiness as Jesus Himself took on the role of tektōn. Mark passes on that little detail, when he narrates Jesus’s description not just as the “son of the carpenter”, but the carpenter himself. “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary…” (Mark 6:3) Could anything make a dad happier than when his son takes up the work that the father had done out of love for so long? Could anything move a mother more than watching her son learn the ways of manly work from her husband?
We begin this month examining the sacrament of marriage stopping to learn from St. Joseph, not generically, but specifically as a worker, a carpenter, a craftsman, a laborer.
The fact is that marriage depends fundamentally on one man giving himself to one woman. That takes place in the splendid moment of matrimony itself. It happens as they speak and begin to share a story together. Perhaps most supernaturally, it happens when they pray together and come to the sacraments together. Perhaps most splendidly, it happens when they join together body and soul and create a new life.
But the other 90% of the time, their self-gift is done by work.
We approach their cubicle, or car, their computer, or kitchen counter … and can choose love, and other, and spouse, and God. Or not. It is our choice. We choose one way or another with every work we do. Let us labor with love.
– Fr. Dominic Rankin has stripped many drywall screws trying to help his dad around the house. He has broken a lot of cutting disks off the Dremel tool, and blades off the reciprocating saw. He might have sliced a 100-foot extension cord down to something much shorter while trimming the bushes out front… And he definitely pushed the limits that a lawnmower blade can handle. And he learned of his father’s love as he did it, and learned how to love like a father as he did it.
Monday, May 3
7am – Anna A. Eleyidath
(Augustine Eleyidath)
5:15pm – Blake Anderson
(Kluckman Family)
Tuesday, May 4
7am – Jean Reno Greenwald
(Patricia K. Siehr)
5:15pm – Daniel Cadigan
(Genny Severino)
Wednesday, May 5
7am – Maria Martinez
(John Busciacco)
5:15pm – NO MASS
Thursday, May 6
7am – Wallace Hall
(Julie & Joe Morrison)
5:15pm – Ben & Monique Gaston
(Marie Fleck)
Friday, May 7
7am – Elizabeth & Paul Tellor
(Norma & Tom Lesko)
5:15pm – David Flatt
(Phil Flatt)
Saturday, May 8
8am – James & Emily Gibbs
(Mike & Jo Gibbs)
4pm – Special Intention for Rev. Dominic Rankin
(Chris Sommer)
Sunday, May 9
7am – For the People
10am – Norma & Eileen Rovey
(Family)
5pm – Rita DesMarteau
(Nancy Schrenk & Harvey)
Monday, April 26
7am – Patricia Scherrills
(Al & Bobbie Lewis)
5:15pm – Jean Reno Greenwald
(Joan M. Miller)
Tuesday, April 27
7am – Jim McCaslin
(Tom Steil & Sharon Oldfield)
5:15pm – Cathy Furkin
(Marlene Mulford)
Wednesday, April 28
7am – Ellen Mattox
(Mary & Jim Burrus)
5:15pm – Repose of the Soul ofJoseph Kohlrus, Sr.
(Jean Borre &Family)
Thursday, April 29
7am – Anna A. Eleyidath
(Augustine Eleyidath)
5:15pm – Blake Anderson
(Sharon Oldfield & Tom Steil)
Friday, April 30
7am – Anna A. Eleyidath
(Augustine Eleyidath)
5:15pm – Jean Reno Greenwald
(McGee Family)
Saturday, May 1
8am – Blake Anderson
(Richard & Teresa Steil)
4pm – Joseph Kohlrus, Sr.
(Augustine Eleyidath)
Sunday, May 2
7am – Mary Ann Midden
(William Midden)
10am – Charles & Mercedes Nesbitt
(Kathy Frank)
5pm – For the People
Monday, April 19
7am – Mary Ann Midden
(William Midden)
5:15pm – Special Intentions forTammy Pritchett
(Family)
Tuesday, April 20
7am – Anna Eleyidath
(Augustine Eleyidath)
5:15pm – Frank Coffey
(Family)
Wednesday, April 21
7am – Repose of the Soul of Averil Rossiter
(Jane Fornoff)
5:15pm – Catherine Ponce
(Bill & Sara Metcalf)
Thursday, April 22
7am – Special Intention for Laura Fjelstul
(Chris Sommer)
5:15pm – Joseh Kohlrus
(Augustine Eleyidath)
Friday, April 23
7am – John Montgomery
(John Busciacco)
5:15pm – Diana J. Schumacher
(Daniel Schumacher)
Saturday, April 24
8am – Jack Ely
(Wife)
4pm – For the People
Sunday, April 25
7am – Herman & Helen Koester Families,
(Living & Deceased)
10am – Richard Shaughnessy
(Mr. & Mrs. Shaughnessy & Family)
5pm – John & Edith Bakalar
(John Busciacco)
Monday, April 12
7am – Anna A. Eleyidath
(Augustine Eleyidath)
5:15pm – Pius Onyejiaju Chineke
(The Anselment Family)
Tuesday, April 13
7am – Michael Poggi
(Family)
5:15pm – Grace Forlano
(John Busciacco)
Wednesday, April 14
7am – Repose of the Soul of Averil Rossiter
(Jane Fornoff)
5:15pm – Jean Reno Greenwald
(Larry & Betsy Heman)
Thursday, April 15
7am – Leroy Lowry, Sr.
(Billy LeCrone)
5:15pm – William F. & Shirley Logan
(Lisa Logan & Lori LoganMotyka)
Friday, April 16
7am – Catherine Ponce
(Bill & Sara Metcalf)
5:15pm – Special Intention for Bianca
(D.A. Drago)
Saturday, April 17
8am – Janet Smith
(Lou Ann & Carl Corrigan)
4pm – Betty & Gene Barish
(Family)
Sunday, April 18
7am – Sophia Bartoletti
(Bartoletti Family)
10am – For the People
5pm – Jean Reno Greenwald
(Joan M. Miller)