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Tickets are on sale now for the St. Pius 2012 Annual Auction

Our Live and Silent Auction is on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Montini High School. The theme of this year’s event is
H.A.T.S – Helping All To Succeed.

All are invited to enjoy an evening of dining, entertainment and live and silent bidding on amazing prizes and deluxe gift baskets. We are thrilled to announce that Sister Pauline Schutz will be this year’s honorary guest! We are so excited to take our “H.A.T.S.-off” in appreciation for Sister Pauline and her dedication to our parish and faith community.

Send In The Clones, a pop, rock, funk and soul cover band of fun, will provide the entertainment, with catering donated entirely by Anyways Restaurant and Pub of Oakbrook Terrace.

The auction committee is extremely grateful for any and all donations, and this year promises not to disappoint! From an amazing Thanksgiving Week 8 day/7 night Bahamas condo, four one-day park hopper passes to Disney Theme Parks, tickets to Coldplay, and many, many more.

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased during school hours in the school office, or after Masses each weekend prior to the event. Tickets purchased on or before February 1, 2012 are available at an early bird rate ($5.00 discount per ticket) of $49 for reserved table seating, $39.00 for general seating and $29 for seniors (general seating). Tickets at the door will be $75 each.

Businesses also have the opportunity to advertise in the Auction Bid Book and to be included in this year’s new Business Directory. All donations are tax deductible. Interested parties may contact Laura Guerrero, 2012 Auction Chair, at auction@stpiuslombard.org or 630.290.8540.

 

 

The Scriptures at a Glance:

First Reading:   Jonah 3:1-5,10 — The people of Nineveh believed God and turned from their evil ways.

Second Reading:  1 Corinthians 7:29-31 — The world in its present form is passing away.

 Gospel:  Mark 1:14-20 — This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand.

 The Word in Our Lives:
In the reading from Jonah, God told the prophet to preach repentance to the people of Nineveh. The whole city repented on the very first day, wearing sackcloth and fasting from food. Sometimes we might think that way, that repenting means punishing ourselves or feeling sorry. Jesus sees things differently.

He preached repentance as a change of heart, a new way of looking at things, a new way of acting. In the Gospel today, we see an example. The first people he calls to be disciples were fishermen. They would have considered their family, their partners, and their boat the most important things in their lives. You need all of them to be a successful fisherman. One man sitting on a dock with a pole could barely keep himself fed, much less support a family.

Yet the disciples don’t even hesitate when called by Jesus. They leave behind their boats, their nets, even their father, to follow Jesus. They don’t worry about what they will do, or look back at what they are leaving behind. Now they are “fishers of men.” Their “repentance” was more than just giving up sinful behavior. They were beginning a new life and a new way of looking at the world.

St. Paul refers to this as a new world. By following Jesus, we put the values of the present world behind us and look forward to a new one. His examples could apply today as much as in his time. Marriages, joy, sadness, buying property are still considered important to worldly people. Paul doesn’t expect everyone to stop doing these things. When he talks about not using the world fully, he means not being fully engaged in this world, but looking to a better one where God is more important than any passing pleasure or pain. Is your marriage an example of God’s love for your friends and relatives? When you are rejoicing, do you give thanks to God? When weeping, do you ask for God’s help? When you are shopping, do you buy what you really need, or what you think will make you happy? Jesus calls us all to this new way of living. With Jesus, we can make a new world.   Tom Schmidt, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.     Read More »

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