Please join us at St. Emily or St. Thomas Becket on March 6

At St. Thomas Becket

8:00 PM 

Mass with Distribution of Ashes (Polish)

At St. Emily

6:30 AM 

Prayer Service with Distribution of Ashes

8:30 AM

Mass with Distribution of Ashes

12:00 PM

Prayer Service with Distribution of Ashes

5:00 PM

Prayer Service with Distribution of Ashes

7:00 PM

Mass with Distribution of Ashes

The Religious Education classes will attend.  Dismissal will be about 7:45-8:00 PM.

Please remember that Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat.  All those who are between the ages of 18 and 59 (unless pregnant, nursing or ill) are obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday. This means eating one meal, with the possibility of two smaller meals that do not together equal a meal.

Friday, March 15 from 6:30 to 9:00 PM

To benefit the Religious Education Program

Come and join in the fun. 

There will be fish, mac'n'cheese, coleslaw and lemonade. $12.00 for adults and $8.00 for kids. ($5.00 for the mac'n'cheese plate only.)

It will be BYOB.

There will also be games for the kids.

In Hajdu Hall at St. Emily.

All the proceeds will go to benefit the Religious Education program.  (Your tuition pays only a portion of the total costs.)

Ways to be involved:

March 10 at 12:00 PM

Gather in the St. Emily gym for a wonderful, traditional celebration of the St. Joseph Table.

The table will feature meatless dishes and wonderful desserts.  Your free will offering will benefit our St. Vincent de Paul Society.  (According to the custom, a St. Joseph table is for the sake of the poor.)

All the details are here.

Rehearsals at 5:15 PM, right before RE begins

The Children's choir needs singers for Easter Sunday! Would you like to have your child sing on Easter in Church? Please sign up your child with this form or online at www.stemily.org.

The sign up form includes the calendar for a schedule of practices.  Lastly, please contact Mary Caldrone with any questions or concerns.

More information and sign up here.

A way to afford a Catholic School education for your child

Through the "Invest in Kids Act," tax credit scholarships are available to Illinois children, in grades K-12, from low-income households who want to attend private schools, including our 209 Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago.

This program started during the 2018/19 school year and many families in our Catholic schools are benefiting. The scholarships are funded by donors who receive a 75 percent credit on their Illinois state income tax as a result of their donation.

The scholarships offered through the program could cover up to 100 percent of tuition and eligible fees for one year and they are awarded on a first come, first served basis, subject to the availability of funds.

To find out more about eligibility and application, go here.

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.