Open House Chicago -
Welcome to St. Josaphat Parish
I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of the guests who are visiting our parish this weekend during the Open House Chicago festival. Thank you for taking the time to visit our church and explore our beautiful worship space.
I hope that you will discover that St. Josaphat is more than a beautiful building. It is also a vibrant community comprised of faith-filled people who are doing their best to imitate Jesus and live out the Gospel call to love and serve others.
During the week, our parishioners volunteer with our Helping Hands Ministry, p
reparing and serving anywhere from 35-100 lunches a day Monday-Friday. Our Helping Hands Ministry provides food and support to those members of our wider community who are in need. If you are interested in volunteering or supporting our ministry, please contact Michelle Knight at
michelle@stjosaphatparish.org
St. Josaphat Parish has also begun offering a wonderful new program called "Alpha." Alpha is hosted on Thursday nights from 6:30-8:00 pm in the parish rectory. It's for people who are curious about the bigger questions of life. Why are we here? Is there more to life? Does God exist? Who is Jesus?
Alpha provides an opportunity for people of faith and no faith at all to come together to meet other people, enjoy a good dinner, watch a short video and then have fun conversations asking questions and talking together. The most important thing is that there's no judgment and no commitment! You can ask and say whatever you want. Each Alpha course runs for 11 weeks, but you don't have to commit to attending the whole course. You can come and go as you please. Our goal is simply to create a welcoming environment for people to explore the Christian faith, no strings attached. If you or someone you know would like to come, please join us this Thursday night at 6:30 pm, or contact Mary Jane Sullivan for more information:
maryjane@stjosaphatparish.org
I hope you enjoy your visit to our parish. Please come back and join us for one of our weekend Masses (Saturdays at 5 pm, Sundays at 8 am, 10 am and 12 pm), for Alpha, or for a monthly Tour & Coffee of St. Josaphat School. You can sign up for the tour on the school website at stjosaphat.net.
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Important Upcoming Dates!
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Oct 17 - Alpha, 6:30p
Oct 19 - Men's Spirituality, 7a
Oct 19 & 20 - Open House Chicago
Oct 21 - School Board Meeting, 6:30p
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Special Collection:
World Mission Sunday
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This weekend there will be a second collection at all Masses for World Mission Sunday -
a day set aside for the Catholic Church throughout the world to publicly renew its commitment to the missionary movement.
It is celebrated on the penultimate Sunday of October every year, this year Oct 20, 2019. It was created by Pope Pius XI in 1926 as the day of prayer for missions.
You can also donate by clicking
here.
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Explore life's big questions over dinner, a video and informal discussion. It's free!
Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm
Fireplace Room
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St. Josaphat's Men's Spirituality Group will next meet on
Saturday Oct 19th
from 7:00am to 8:30am in the Rectory. We will begin by watching a 20 - 30 minute video on various religious topics and then participate in a topic related discussion. All men are welcome.
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Boomers Plus
Clothing Drive
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Are you planning to purge your closet? The members of the Boomers Plus Club will be collecting clothing for children, women, and men on
Saturday, Nov 2nd
and Sunday, Nov 3rd
before and after all Masses. They will deliver the clothing to the Marillac Social Center on the west side of Chicago on Monday morning, November 4th. Your donations will be greatly appreciated by the recipients!
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Nominate a Parish Service Award Candidate
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Do you know someone who has been giving generous service through a parish ministry or parish-related volunteer activity? Every year in November, at the St. Josaphat Feast Day Mass (hint: this year it's Nov 10th), we present the St. Josaphat Parish Service Awards.
Click Here to nominate a candidate. Deadline for nominations is Nov 3rd.
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Interested in joining our parish's women's group? Join us for one of our upcoming meetings. Our next gathering is on
Saturday, Nov 16th
9a-11:30a in the Red Door Room to discuss Michelle Obama's memoir.
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Have you been coming to mass for a while but you are not Catholic? Our parish will begin a process called RCIA, Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults in October and we would love to have you join us! To sign up or for more information please contact Mary Jane Sullivan.
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Save the Date
Unity Gala 2020
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Save the Date for the St. Josaphat Unity Gala!
Saturday, Feb 22nd, 2020
7pm-midnight
Rockwell on the River
3057 N. Rockwell
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Recycle your floral vases - bring them to
Ashland Addison Florist Co.
for a donation to St. Josaphat!
Shop smile.amazon.com and select St. Josaphat Parish as your charitable organization, and St. Josaphat gets
5% on eligible items!
Thank you for your support!
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