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St. Emily and St. Thomas Becket Parishes
November 6, 2018
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Dear Families,
 We would like to invite you to a
Back-to-School night in Religious Ed
on November 14.
We will have 20 minute periods for you to observe what happens in your child's classroom (and enough time to circulate if you have more than one child.)
The catechists and the students are eager to welcome you, so that you can get a taste of what is happening in the classrooms each week. We hope that you can join us and discover a bit more about what the kids are learning.
Did you forget to bring back your baby bottle? We'll still take it! Bring it to class on November 7.
Save the date for a special mass here at St. Emily in the Syro-Malabar Rite, which comes from India. Fr. Kevin Mundackal will be here to celebrate this mass at 3:00 PM on November 18.
One more date to save -
Breakfast with Santa will be December 15 at St. Emily with two sittings at 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM. More details to come.
St. Emily has begun a Queen of Hearts Raffle. The raffle pot builds until the Queen of Hearts is drawn. Drawings are held weekly. Come to the St. Emily office to buy tickets. It's a fun and exciting way to support the parish.
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Coat Drive
The temperature is dropping, please check your closets. Do you have coats that are just hanging there? Can you share your warmth?
St. Emily Women's Club is having their annual coat drive after the Saturday evening Mass on November 17, and after all the morning Masses on Sunday, November 18.
We will be collecting
clean winter coats and jackets, as well as
new gloves, mittens, scarves for men, women and children. Donations can be dropped off in the gathering area of the church next to Hajdu Hall.
Your donations will go directly to the homeless and those in need in the Chicago area.
Items will be given to:
- Button and Zippers, an organization that distributes coats and jackets to homeless shelters, youth organizations and individuals living on the streets of Chicago;
- Catholic Charities. Coats will be distributed at the Des Plaines location for the homeless in our own area;
- Sarah's Circle, located in Chicago's Uptown Community which serves women and their children who are homeless or in need of a safe place to stay.
If you have any questions, please call Marybeth Janak at 224 217-541 or Mary McKeown at 847 770-0704.
Thanks for sharing your warmth!
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Youth Ministry
Join in the fun
Middle School and High School
- November 11 - 7:00 PM8th/9th Grade Social Meeting
- November 18 - 7:00pm
6th/7th Grade Social Meeting
- December 2 - 7:00pm
All Grades Social Meeting
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Living the Beatitudes
More in our exploration of Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation,
Gaudete et Exsultate.
Pope Francis now moves on to consider each Beatitude in turn.
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven"
The Gospel invites us to peer into the depths of our heart, to see where we find our security in life. Usually the rich feel secure in their wealth, and think that, if that wealth is threatened, the whole meaning of their earthly life can collapse. Jesus himself tells us this in the parable of the rich fool: he speaks of a man who was sure of himself, yet foolish, for it did not dawn on him that he might die that very day (cf. Lk 12:16-21).
Wealth ensures nothing. Indeed, once we think we are rich, we can become so self-satisfied that we leave no room for God's word, for the love of our brothers and sisters, or for the enjoyment of the most important things in life. In this way, we miss out on the greatest treasure of all. That is why Jesus calls blessed those who are poor in spirit, those who have a poor heart, for there the Lord can enter with his perennial newness. (No. 67-68)
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- November 14 - Back to School Night for Religious Ed families.
- November 21 - No Class for Thanksgiving Break
- December 2 - First Sunday of Advent
- December 19 - Eucharistic Adoration in the church.
- December 26 and January 2 - No Class
- January 9 - Class resumes
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St. Emily Parish
Catherine Crino, DRE
847-299-5865
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St. Thomas Becket Parish
Renata Sosin, CRE
847-296-9051
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