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St. Emily and St. Thomas Becket Parishes
December 18, 2018
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Dear Families,
This week,
we will have Eucharistic Adoration in the church begining at 6:30 PM. Please join us! We would love to share this time of prayer and quiet with you.
Please note: drop off will be as usual.
Pick up will be from Hajdu Hall, adjoining the church. Just come in to find the table where your child's class is.
We will be on break December 26 and January 2 and will return to class on January 9.
We have a volunteer opportunity for you. We need a parent to work the front desk during Religious Education on alternate Wednesdays. This includes a tuition discount. Please let Cathy know if you are interested.
Our prayers and best wishes for a happy and holy Christmas for you and your families and a blessed New Year!
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 Join us on Christmas -
and during the Christmas season
Masses at St. Emily and St. Thomas Becket
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Christmas at
St. Thomas Becket
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4:00 PM
Family Mass
6:00 PM
12:00 AM
Carols beginning
at 11:45 PM
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4:00 PM
Family Mass in English
10:00 PM
English
12:00 AM
Polish
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7:30 AM
9:30 AM
11:30 AM
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7:30 AM
Polish
9:00 AM
English
10:45 AM
Polish
12:30 PM
English
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8:30 AM
10:00 AM
This mass will be celebrated by Bishop Robert Barron
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7:45 AM
Polish
9:00 AM
English
10:45 AM
Polish
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Confessions during Advent will be heard at 3:45 PM on Saturdays at St. Emily and at 6:15 PM on Fridays and 3:30 PM on Saturdays at St. Thomas Becket.
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New Year's Eve Dinner and Dance
St. Thomas Becket - December 31
Join in the fun and ring in the New Year. There will be dancing to the music of The Rangers Band. A full sit down dinner and hot hors d'oeuvres will be served. Included is a free bottle of alcohol and champagne for each table. New Year's Eve accessories, too! Tickets are $80 per person. Please call for tickets: 847-827-9220.
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St. Emily Dinner Dance
Save the Date for February 9
Thank you for your generosity! We received contributions toward the raffle basket totaling $250. The committee chair was very appreciative and I thank you as well.
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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 peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God."
This Beatitude makes us think of the many endless situations of war in our world. Yet we ourselves are often a cause of conflict or at least of misunderstanding. For example, I may hear something about someone and I go off and repeat it. I may even embellish it the second time around and keep spreading it... And the more harm it does, the more satisfaction I seem to derive from it. The world of gossip, inhabited by negative and destructive people, does not bring peace. Such people are really the enemies of peace; in no way are they "blessed".
Peacemakers truly "make" peace; they build peace and friendship in society. To those who sow peace Jesus makes this magnificent promise: "They will be called children of God" (Mt 5:9). He told his disciples that, wherever they went, they were to say: "Peace to this house!" (Lk 10:5). The word of God exhorts every believer to work for peace, "along with all who call upon the Lord with a pure heart" (cf. 2 Tim 2:22), for "the harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace" (Jas 3:18). And if there are times in our community when we question what ought to be done, "let us pursue what makes for peace" (Rom 14:19), for unity is preferable to conflict.
89. It is not easy to "make" this evangelical peace, which excludes no one but embraces even those who are a bit odd, troublesome or difficult, demanding, different, beaten down by life or simply uninterested. It is hard work; it calls for great openness of mind and heart, since it is not about creating "a consensus on paper or a transient peace for a contented minority", or a project "by a few for the few". Nor can it attempt to ignore or disregard conflict; instead, it must "face conflict head on, resolve it and make it a link in the chain of a new process". We need to be artisans of peace, for building peace is a craft that demands serenity, creativity, sensitivity and skill.
Sowing peace all around us: that is holiness.
(#87-89)
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Emergency Closing Information
Know how to be informed
We hope that all our Wednesdays are sunny and dry, but it is Chicago and we realize that winter weather is no joke.
If we find it advisable to close, we will send a blast email to all families that day.
We will also post any closings at the
Emergency Closing Center. Please check there to make sure.
You can also sign up there for email alerts that tell if and when the Religious Education program cancels.
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- December 26 and January 2 - No Class
- January 9 - Class resumes
- January 12 - Confirmation retreat
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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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