Bulletin for Sunday, July 2 & Sunday, July 9, 2023
The 13th & 14th Sundays in Ordinary Time
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From Fr. Mike
On Tuesday, we celebrate the 4th of July. I want to start this bulletin with a reminder and prayer for our country:
On this Independence Day, we are reminded of all those who have sacrificed for my freedom, following the example of your Son, Jesus Christ. Let me not take my freedom, both physical and spiritual, for granted. May I always remember that my freedom was purchased at a very high price, costing others their lives. Lord, today bless those who have served and those who will give their life for my freedom. With favor and bounty, meet their needs and watch over their families.
The office will be closed on the 4th of July and will reopen on Wednesday July 5th.
Our New Music Director & Associate Priest
Welcome to Kathryn Flynn, our new Music Director. If you have a chance over the next few weeks, stop by the piano and say hello.
As I am writing this, I think Fr. Paul Adaja will also be here, please make sure you welcome him as well. In the next bulletin we will have some biographies of our new staff.
Summer Mission Appeal
On July 8 and 9, we have the Summer Mission Appeal. Each year, every parish in the Archdiocese hosts a speaker on behalf of a missionary group during the summer months.
This year, we welcome Father Benedict Lumen, representing the Brothers of Charles Lwanga. The proceeds from the Summer Appeal make possible the continued work of the church in all parts of the world. Please be as generous as possible.
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Fireside Chats RETURN
The first fireside chat of the summer will be on Wednesday, July 19 from 7:00-8:30 pm between the church building and Ministry Center.
Gender issues have become a very public discussion. The Peace and Justice Ministry would like to have a conversation with sensitivity so that we can better understand this issue.
The speaker at this discussion is Stephani Clark, a lesbian and transgender woman who is a well-known advocate for culturally-competent care training for all medical professionals throughout Illinois and a member of Howard Brown and Equality Illinois' advisory boards.
Attendees are asked to review the suggested readings and to be mindful of the rules of engagement. Both are outlined below.
Fireside Covenant
As we engage in conversation, please observe the following:
- Confidentiality - What's said here, stays here.
- No preaching - We speak from our personal experiences, we are not here to judge, we avoid saying "we should" or "you should".
- No cross talk - We listen in silence while others are speaking. We do not comment or ask questions about what others say.
- Respect time - Our gathering is 90 minutes. Please respect time so we can all share.
- All are asked to share - by coming to this gathering, you agree to participate in some way. Even if it's just your name, we ask you to share something.
Readings Linked Below (both from America: The Jesuit Review)
Bring your own lawn chair, a beverage of your choice, and snacks to share, if you choose.
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Parish Calendar of Events | | | |
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Saturday, July 1-Sunday, July 2
- Second Collection for Peter's Pence
Tuesday, July 4
- Independence Day
- The office is closed.
- 7:30 am - Mass
Sunday, July 9
- Summer Mission Appeal
- 12:00-5:00 pm - Edgewater Garden Walk
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Monday, July 10
- Youth group Mission Experience starts
- 7:00 pm - book group in the Ministry Center
Wednesday, July 19
- 7:00-8:30 pm - Fireside Chat
Sunday, July 23
- Care for Real food and supply drive in church (donations accepted Saturday, July 22 too)
- 8:00 am-1:00 pm - Blood Drive
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Events & Activities at St. Gertrude
listed in chronological order
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Peter's Pence Collection - Saturday, July 1 and Sunday, July 2
The Peter's Pence collection is a gesture of solidarity through which every member of the faithful can participate in the activity of the Pope as Pastor of the universal Church.
The faithful's offerings to the Holy Father through this collection are for humanitarian initiatives and social promotion projects.
For more information on Peter’s Pence, please visit the Vatican’s Peter’s Pence website: www.obolodisanpietro.va/en.html.
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The Edgewater Glen Association Garden Walk is Sunday, July 2
Edgewater Glen's 50th Anniversary Garden Walk will be held Sunday, July 9 from noon to 5:00 pm, rain or shine. The gardens of west Edgewater Glen will be featured.
This year, admission will be "Free like in '73." The starting point is at 1420 W. Glenlake. This is your chance to see creative gardening efforts in smaller city spaces in this easily-walkable route in the 1400 and 1500 blocks of Norwood, Glenlake, Hood, and the south side of Granville.
For more info, visit edgeglen.com/gw.
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Rectory Office Closed on Tuesday, July 4
The office will be closed on Tuesday, July 4 in honor of Independence Day.
Mass will be held at 7:30 am.
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Book Club - Monday, July 10
On Monday, July 10, the book club will continue to discuss The Lincoln Highway: A Novel by Amor Towles.
We would love new voices and opinions!
Contact Lea Cloninger at 773.973.2465 or Sue Benjamin at 773.551.8401 with questions.
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Next Food & Supply Drive for Care for Real - July 22 and July 23
Thank you to those who were able to participate in our monthly food and supply drive for Care for Real on Saturday, June 24 and Sunday, June 25!
Our next Food & Supply Drive for Care for Real is July 22 and July 23. An updated list of what Care for Real staff especially needs for their clients will be in the next bulletin.
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Blood Drive Planned for Sunday, July 23
The next parish blood drive will be held on Sunday, July 23 from 8:00 am – 1:00 pm. The Vitalant Bloodmobile will be located on Glenwood Avenue in front of the entrance to St. Gertrude Church.
Blood donors are greatly needed in our area to help local patients. Every blood donation can save up to 3 lives in our community!
Please prepare for your donation by eating well and hydrating before your appointment. Additionally, bring ID.
To schedule your donation, call Vitalant at 877.258.4825 or visit vitalant.org and use group code ORD00591. Walk-ins are welcome!
For more information, contact Pat Knowles at pknowles2@gmail.com.
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UPDATED LIST - Donations Needed for Asylum Seekers
We are so appreciative of the many parishioners who dropped off donations to asylum seekers these past few weeks! Thank you so very much for your generosity.
Donations of the following items can be left in the back of church on Saturdays before and after the 5:00 pm Mass, and Sundays before or after all the Masses.
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Children's, women's & men's underwear (S/M/L - NEW ONLY).
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Children's, women's, men's tennis/athletic shoes (NEW ONLY, nothing larger than a men's 9).
- Rolling suitcases (new or like-new).
- Sanitary napkins (NO tampons).
- Diapers of all sizes.
- We are NOT accepting toys, food, or clothing.
For information about a meal train signup to help recently-arrived asylum seekers, email Laurie Hasbrook at lhasbrook@stgertrudechicago.org.
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Join our Parish Composting Program
All are welcome to be a part of our parish composting program! Those who join are welcome to use the parish’s compost tumbler, a user-friendly option that will produce compost at a quicker pace.
This year, we request that composters make sure that they only add small and chopped up waste—not whole banana peels, large slices of watermelon, etc.
This is because if we want to have compost product this summer, then we need to insert chopped up pieces into the composter or it will be years before it degrades.
If you are interested in joining our composting program, please reach out to our new compost garden coordinators, Andrea and Guy Banicki, at anbanicki@gmail.com or gbanick@ilstu.edu for information about the fee.
Participants this summer can use their own compost buckets.
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Growing in Faith
This reflection comes from long-time parishioner, Jean Sweeney, who recently “blew out” 92 candles on her birthday cake! Jean has been a bright ray of sunshine, as well as a great “Wisdom Woman” to so many! ~ Nancy Bujnowski
Catholics around the world celebrate the birth of John the Baptist on June 24th. This feast day is special for me! In June of 1931, I came into the world unexpectedly; “preemies” were at greater risk than they are today. The hospital chaplain said “We need to baptize this baby now!”
My mother, alone in her room, asked for a church calendar, and found the closest saint near that day. So, Jean, French for John, became my name, and John the Baptist, in any language, became my patron saint!
In Advent, we listen to John the Baptist when he assures us that we have the power to change our lives, our prejudices, our beliefs, our actions.
We can stop dismissing others and repent.
He knew the Creator God wanted us to love everyone. We all need each other despite of our hugely different ideas and actions. God, loving each of us completely and unceasingly, wants us to love one another no matter how different we are. This can be hard since hatred, intolerance, and prejudice are pervasive in today's world. Jesus showed us in his life that all humans deserve to be accepted and respected.
We are called to love one another. Remember what John said: “Prepare the Way of the Lord”!
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Marriages
- Khoa Truong and Ilse Vielma
- Mahgan Anthony and Adam Smith
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Baptisms
- Celine Edelyn David, daughter of Eric and Sophia David
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New Parishioners
- The Coady family
- Lizette Penalber
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Ministers of the Word, Eucharistic Ministers, Cantors, Musicians, & Altar Servers for This Weekend | | |
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Ministers of the Word
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Saturday, July 1 at 5:00 pm - Kathleen Dawson, Patrick Reardon
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Sunday, July 2 at 8:00 am - Jay Cook, Art Lyons
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Sunday, July 2 at 10:30 am - Bob Backis, Troy McMillan
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Saturday, July 8 at 5:00 pm - Joseph McMahon, Jennifer Kiedaisch
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Sunday, July 9 at 8:00 am - David Sullivan, Hallie Burhoe
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Sunday, July 9 at 10:30 am - Sarah Millar, Anthony Myers
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Eucharistic Ministers
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Saturday, July 1 at 5:00 pm - Roman Reyes
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Sunday, July 2 at 8:00 am - Kathryn Stimac
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Sunday, July 2 at 10:30 am - Steven Monti, Rafael Melendez, Maria Ugarte
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Saturday, July 8 at 5:00 pm - Tim Harrington
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Sunday, July 9 at 8:00 am - Barb Daly
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Sunday, July 9 at 10:30 am - Troy McMillan, Annie Hasselbeck, Stephen Hasselbeck
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Cantors and Musicians
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Saturday, July 1 at 5:00 pm - TBA
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Sunday, July 2 at 8:00 am - TBA
- Sunday, July 2 at 10:30 am - TBA
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Saturday, July 8 at 5:00 pm - TBA
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Sunday, July 9 at 8:00 am - TBA
- Sunday, July 9 at 10:30 am - TBA
- Sunday, July 9 at 10:30 am - TBA
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Financial Reports from June 17-18 and June 24 and 25
June 17-18
Sunday Collection Envelopes: $1,433.00
Loose Checks: $325.00
Loose Cash/Coins: $443.85
Online Donations: $3,221.12
Total Collected: $5,422.97
Budgeted: $10,730.00
Difference: -$5,307.03
Year-to-date Collected: $471,709.06
Year-to-date Budgeted: $558,000.00
Difference: -$86,290.94
June 24-25
Sunday Collection Envelopes: $3,086.00
Loose Checks: $605.00
Loose Cash/Coins: $724.80
Online Donations: $3,681.66
Total Collected: $8,097.46
Budgeted: $10,730.00
Difference: -$2,632.54
Year-to-date Collected: $479,806.52
Year-to-date Budgeted: $558,000.00
Difference: -$78,193.48
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Ways to Help Our Parish: Amazon Smile, Text to Give, GiveCentral, PayPal, and Amazon Smile
Visit smile.amazon.com and select St. Gertrude Parish as your charity of choice. From then on, connect to Amazon through smile.amazon.com and St. Gertrude will automatically benefit as your charity of choice.
We have set up a "Text to Give" option through GiveCentral. Parishioners are welcome to text the word Donate to 1.773.741.9505 to make a donation via phone.
To access our PayPal link, please visit our parish website and donate from there. GiveCentral offers parishioners the option of one-time gifts or weekly contributions.
For more information on text to give or to sign up for online giving, please email Eduardo Soto at esoto@stgertrudechicago.org.
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Upcoming Mass Intentions
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Monday, July 3: 7:30 am - Jim Calle+
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Tuesday, July 4: 7:30 am - Paciencia & Robert Cabrera+
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Wednesday, July 5: 7:30 am - Purgatorial Society
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Thursday, July 6: 7:30 am - Communion Service
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Friday, July 7: 7:30 am - Living and deceased parents of St. Gertrude parishioners
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Saturday, July 8: 7:30 am - People of God; 5:00 pm - Sheila McGuire +
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Sunday, July 9: 8:00 am - Living and deceased Torreano family members; 10:30 am Mass in church – Mutis family+
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Monday, July 10: 7:30 am - Glenn Martin+
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Tuesday, July 11: 7:30 am - Larry Treiber+
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Wednesday, July 12: 7:30 am - Living and deceased Torreano family members
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Thursday, July 13: 7:30 am - Communion Service
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Friday, July 14: 7:30 am - Purgatorial Society
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Saturday, July 15: 7:30 am - Living & deceased parents of St. Gertrude parishioners; 5:00 pm - Carol Ann Bromley+
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Sunday, July 16: 8:00 am - People of God; 10:30 am Mass in church – Janet Swoboda+
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Click HERE for the daily readings for Masses. Here is the list of readings for this week for parishioners that prefer to look them up:
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Monday, July 3: Eph 2:19-22/Jn 20:24-29
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Tuesday, July 4: Gn 19:15-29/Mt 8:23-27
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Wednesday, July 5: Gn 21:5, 8-20a/Mt 8:28-34
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Thursday, July 6: Gn 22:1b-19/Mt 9:1-8
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Friday, July 7: Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67/Mt 9:9-13
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Saturday, July 8: Gn 27:1-5, 15-29/Mt 9:14-17
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Sunday, July 9: Zec 9:9-10/Rom 8:9, 11-13/Mt 11:25-30
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Monday, July 10: Gn 28:10-22a/Mt 9:18-26
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Tuesday, July 11: Gn 32:23-33/Mt 9:32-38
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Wednesday, July 12: Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a/Mt 10:1-7
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Thursday, July 13: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5/Mt 10:7-15
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Friday, July 14: Gn 46:1-7, 28-30/Mt 10:16-23
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Saturday, July 15: Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a/Mt 10:24-33
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Sunday, July 16: Is 55:10-11/Rom 8:18-23/Mt 13:1-23 or 13:1-9
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Please Keep the Following People in Your Prayers | |
- Zara Bradley
- Lilly Buie
- Aida Calvopina
- Claire Conley
- Ann Collins Dole
- Mr. and Mrs. Emin Euman
- Luke Fitzgerald
- Gina Heidkamp
- Maria Hertl
- Erica Maria Kast
- Bernice Kiedysz
- Marilyn Klein
- Ignacio Lopez
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- Patricia Meade
- Janet McCulley
- Jack McDermott
- Karey Myers
- Donald Nyderek
- Richard Seitz
- Elinora E. Tolentino
- Manuel & Norma Viray
- Leon Ward
- Tammy Wielgosz
- Janice Wittenberg
- Yyes Yoza
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If you would like to add a name to the prayer list, please contact the Rectory at 773.764.3621 or email stgertrude1420@stgertrudechicago.org. Names will remain on the list for three weeks. After that time, please renew the name using same contact information. | | | | |
