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This Week at Ascension + November 22, 2023
"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." - Psalm 96
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St. Cecilia, Detail from stained glass window, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, Manitowoc, WI | |
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Wednesday, November 22
Commemoration of Cecilia,
Virgin & Martyr
Evening Prayer on ZOOM at 6 p.m.
In-person and Live-streamed
Said Mass at 6:30 p.m.
Unction is available to those who wish it.
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
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World AIDS Day, December 1 at 12 p.m.
In honor and remembrance of an important ministry to those with HIV/AIDS that took place at Ascension in the 1980s and 1990s as well as those whom we lost, a Mass will be celebrated at noon on World AIDS Day, December 1, followed by lunch and conversation.
In order to know how much lunch to order, we need people to register ahead of time. You can do so by clicking this link and signing up online or by signing up during coffee hour following one of the masses on Sunday. (A sign up sheet will be available in Wheeler Hall for the next two Sundays.)
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Greening of the Church for Advent
Saturday, December 2 at 11 a.m.
As we prepare for Advent, we are looking for a few extra hands to help adorn the church. We are particularly in need of folks who are eager to help hang wreaths and garlands and are willing to spend some time outside greening the perimeter gates. Hot chocolate and other treats to fuel your work will be provided. Please contact Father de la Torre if you are available to help.
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From the Rector
Dear People of the Ascension,
One of the most significant prayers written for the 1979 Prayer Book is “A General Thanksgiving” – which is not to be confused with “The General Thanksgiving” used in the Daily Office. This prayer was composed by Father Charlie Price, a storied university chaplain and seminary professor. As a member of the Standing Commission on Liturgy during the 1970s, Father Price was a key figure in the Episcopal Church’s liturgical reforms that brought about the “new” Prayer Book in our pews.
What I love most about Father Price’s prayer is his poignant invitation to thank God for both our accomplishments and failures.
Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you have
done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole
creation, for the beauty of this world, for the wonder of life,
and for the mystery of love.
We thank you for the blessing of family and friends, and for
the loving care which surrounds us on every side.
We thank you for setting us at tasks which demand our best
efforts, and for leading us to accomplishments which satisfy
and delight us.
We thank you also for those disappointments and failures
that lead us to acknowledge our dependence on you alone.
Above all, we thank you for your Son Jesus Christ; for the
truth of his Word and the example of his life; for his steadfast
obedience, by which he overcame temptation; for his dying,
through which he overcame death; and for his rising to life
again, in which we are raised to the life of your kingdom.
Grant us the gift of your Spirit, that we may know Christ and
make him known; and through him, at all times and in all
places, may give thanks to you in all things. Amen.
(Book of Common Prayer, pg. 836)
As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving and as this parish continues its 2024 Stewardship Campaign, I am grateful for the Ascension's ongoing ministry and Catholic witness. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve as your rector, and I am especially grateful for the accomplishments and failures I have experienced over the last two months. Through the wins and losses of life, God moves us to acknowledge our utter dependence on him. When we embrace this reality we open ourselves to receive God's unconditional love, mercy, and grace. And this is something we can all be thankful for.
—Fr. de la Torre
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Community Thanksgiving Dinner – Thank you!
Many thanks to everyone who volunteered at Sunday’s Community Thanksgiving Dinner. From those who helped prepare our menu, including our friends at UIC Catering, to those who served over 100 meals to our friends and neighbors - thank you!
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Consider being a Coffee Hour host
There are spots available for hosting Coffee Hour after either Sunday Mass! Look for the sign-up sheets in Wheeler Hall. If you are leary of what hosting a Coffee Hour might entail, speak to Hospitality Committee members Josh or Ellie Simpson, David Reeves, LaVerne Saunders or Carol Noren. They will be glad to help.
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The Prayers of the People
As part of our Sunday offering of the Mass, we bring to God our petitions and thanksgivings. As a community, we do this by bidding the parish’s intentions in the Prayers of the People. If you wish to have someone added to the Prayers of the People, please email Father de la Torre or Mother Murphy-Gill. You can also fill out the prayer request form in the link below. Names will remain on the prayer list for three weeks, unless otherwise requested.
Lord, hear the prayers of thy people; and what we have asked faithfully, grant that we may obtain effectually, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Did you know that you can donate flowers for Sunday’s Mass?
Donations may be given in memory of departed loved ones or in thanksgiving for a birthday, anniversary, or an important milestone. Flowers may be donated at the High Altar, the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Shrine of St. Michael, and the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. If you’re interested in donating flowers, please see the sign-up sheet in its new location: on the table in the back of the church closest to the door.
You can also make a flower donations online by visiting Ascension's PayPal page. Once you’ve made your donation, please email the parish office any personal dedications.
The donation amount to cover the cost of flowers on the High Altar is $50 and for flowers on any one of the Shrines the amount is $30.
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For our prayers
Lee Gould, Lillian Alexander, Stephanie Henderson, Charlie Boemer, Robert Pischke,
Derek Petite, Florence Jones Clanton, David Schrader, Leslie Smebak Gormley,
Jim Drury, Rachel Smolinski, Sarah Reece Glanman, Suzanne Dines, MB Hwang, Juanita Malone, David S. Jones, Richard Francis Tracz, Victor Fernandez,
Claire Green, Beth Hall, Sue Lenz, Brenda Martins
Birthdays
Carnola Malone, 11/22
Requiescat in pace
Carol Moss, John C. Hedley, 11/19/2002; Leona Delores Jones, 11/21/1984;
Glovenia A. Orr, 11/21/2001; John Fleckenstein, 11/21/2012
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them;
May their souls and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
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Organ and Choral Repertoire for November 26, 2023 | |
Organist, David R. White (b. 1959) | |
ORGAN
Première Fantaisie pour Orgue
AWV 59 [1933]
Andante monodique
AWV 65 [rev. vers., 1934]
Jehan-Aristide Alain (1911-1940)
At the Solemn Procession
450 CORONATION
At the Offertory
614 CHRISTUS REX
At the Communion
WAREHAM
At the Retiring Procession
494 DIADEMATA
ORGAN
Chorale-Fantasy on the Te Deum
after Tournemire
David R. White (b. 1 9 5 9)
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Mass Setting
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
Missa in C major
(in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis),
K. 167
Offertory Motet
Luciano Migliavacca (1919-2013)
Jesu Rex admirabilis
Solemn Te Deum
John Ireland (1879-1962)
Te Deum laudamus in F
Chanted Mass Propers
from the Graduale Romanum
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Between Masses, please don’t forget that The Choir of the Ascension has recorded upwards of 60 tracks that you can listen to anywhere you have an internet connection. They can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/choir-of-the-ascension
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Ascension Connections
(with your click and God's help)
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Meeting ID:
792 031 7452
Password: 1133
Join-by-Phone Option: (312) 626-6799
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Weekly Ascension Schedule
For connections:
via Zoom (click here)
SUNDAYS
7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom
9:00 a.m. In-person Sung Mass
11:00 a.m. In-person and Live-Streamed Solemn High Mass
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
MONDAY-FRIDAY
8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom
6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer via Zoom
WEDNESDAYS
6:30 p.m. Said Mass
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
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Wardens and Vestry of Church of the Ascension
LaVerne Rollé Saunders, Sr. Warden;
SeniorWarden@AscensionChicago.org
David Reeves, Jr. Warden;
JuniorWarden@AscensionChicago.org
Ian Barillas-McEntee, Jim Lo Bello, Ken Cozette, Marlea Edinger, Sean Hansen,
David A. Robertson, Elizabeth Simpson, Joshua Simpson, Samuel Sommers, Clerk
Susan Schlough, Treasurer
Finance@ascensionchicago.org
Br. Nathanael Deward Rahm BSG, Parish Office
Office@ascensionchicago.org
Approved minutes of Vestry meetings are always available online to parishioners who request the link. If you would like Internet access to these Vestry Minutes, please email the Parish Office and request the link. Once you access the web page, you can read all recent Vestry meeting minutes.
The link remains live indefinitely. Any parishioner who has the link will not need to request a new link from month to month.
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