This Sunday we are continuing our Lenten Journey, which ultimately leads toward the cross, the tomb and the resurrection of Jesus. As we journey we are encouraged to take this season as a time to examine our life and to come face to face with all that we must let go of in order to embrace the new life that Christ longs to give us. Please join us for in-person worship at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. and on Zoom for Morning prayer at 9:00 a.m., followed by a virtual coffee hour.
Holy Week and Easter are fast approaching and we will be having in-person worship on Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday, along with a variety of Zoom services and pre-recorded sermons and services. Please see our schedule in this newsletter. I am encouraged by the fact that in Illinois we will soon have enough vaccines to get appointments for everyone, and this will put us closer to a full reopening. Here at St. Mary’s we are continuing with the Diocesan guidelines to have no more than 40 people in the church, wear masks, keep a 6 ft distance from each other and use sanitizer. We are not holding gatherings or any meetings with food at this time. However, I believe we will see all of these guidelines change this year. Let us stay the course – we are almost to the finish line.
To participate by phone only: 312-626-6799; meeting ID: 826 0737 1151
If you are participating by phone, you can access the same service document that Zoom participants can see. Click here to view the service on your computer. (The Zoom link, phone number, and ID will remain the same every Sunday.)
10:30 a.m. In-person Eucharist
Holy Week Service Schedule
Palm Sunday March 28
8:00 a.m. in-person Eucharist
9:00 a.m. Zoom Morning Prayer
10:30 a.m. in-person Eucharist
YouTube Service: Blessing of the Palms, Sermon, and Reading of the Passion
Maundy Thursday April 1
YouTube: Candlelight service of Taize prayers and music, recorded by Peter and Catherine Carroll.
Good Friday April 2
12:00 Noon in-person service, including Stations of the Cross
3:00 p.m. traditional Stations of the Cross on Zoom
Easter Sunday April 4
8:00 a.m. in-person Eucharist
9:00 a.m. Zoom Morning Prayer
10:30 a.m. in-person Eucharist
10:30 a.m. live-streamed service on our YouTube channel
LENTEN COMPLINE
You are invited to join us at 8:00 p.m., every Wednesday in Lent, for Compline. The dates and Zoom link are listed below. The link will remain the same every week.
To participate by phone only: 312-626-6799; meeting ID: 810 0340 3496
If you are participating by phone only, contact the Parish Office and we will get a copy of the service to you, or you may download a copy here.
Lent Devotional Resources
Living Well Through Lent 2021 resources are available on the Living Compass website. There you will also find the annual Lenten Devotional, which you may download at no cost. (An e-book version is available through Amazon for 99 cents, or free if you have a Kindle Unlimited membership.) You may also sign up to receive daily readings via email, join the Facebook discussion group, and access all past daily readings.
Easter Flowers
The Easter Flower Chart is now posted in the Narthex. If you would like to help underwrite the flowers used for lilies for Easter Sunday (April 4), please sign your name, and the intention of your gift (in thanksgiving, honor, or memory of someone). The requested donation is $20, and checks may be made payable to St. Mary’s (note “Easter Flowers” on the memo line). You may also send a check to the parish office with the donation information.
Bishop-elect Clark to Be Consecrated,
Seated on April 24
On April 24, Bishop-elect Paula Clark will become Bishop Paula Clark when she is ordained and consecrated the Thirteenth Bishop of Chicago in a service at St. James Cathedral. Bishop Mark Hollingsworth of Ohio, the president of Province V of the Episcopal Church, will be the chief consecrator. Bishop Mariann Budde of Washington will preach. The service will also include the seating of the bishop at the cathedral.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, in-person attendance at the service will be limited to participants and members of the bishop-elect’s family. The entire service will be streamed online at the diocese’s website, and the Diocesan YouTube channel. The prelude will begin at 10:40 am Central Time, and the service will begin at 11:00 a.m.
Co-Wardens Steve Brooks (1/22), and Mike Higgins (1/23)
Treasurer, Cate Williams
Heather Horeled, Lorraine Taylor (1/22)
Cheri Dudek, Dorothy Nyberg (1/23)
Stacy Cook, Doug Murphy (1/24)
We Pray For
Parishioners: Betsy, Cindy, Gail, Heather, Matthew, Emmett, Kristi, Elizabeth, Glenice, Shirley, and Margaret
Family/Friends: Jim, brother of Missy Spengel; Marilyn and Tom, sister and brother-in-law of Missy Spengel; Madeline, granddaughter of Jim Dingle; Tarsha, niece of Rev. Fran Holliday and Eileen Flynn; John, brother of the late Gladys Dockery; Billy, brother of Catherine Carroll; Danny, friend of the Choquette family; Leo, father of Dn. Mike Choquette; Pamela, daughter of Sharon Duffy; Millie; Susan; Ted, Jeff, Nicholas (infant) and his family; Billy, Mark, Chris, Sarah, Douglas, Tom, Mark, Andi, Greg, Wayne, Scott, Sue, Sarah, Dave, Brynn, Neil and Des, Kyle, Rick, Sylvia, Jess, Joanne, Lauren, Lynn, Kay, Saul, Brian, Sarah.
