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This Week at Ascension + March 13, 2024
"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." - Psalm 96
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Wednesday, March 13
Lenten Feria
Evening Prayer on ZOOM at 6 p.m.
In-person and Live-streamed
Said Mass at 6:30 p.m.
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
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Stations of the Cross
& Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
on the Fridays of Lent at 6 p.m.
March 15 & 22
Following Stations & Benediction, a vegetarian soup and bread supper will be offered in Wheeler Hall.
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New Weekday Mass Schedule
Be present, be present, O Jesus, our great High Priest,
as you were present with your disciples,
and be known to us in the breaking of bread.
On Monday, February 19, we instituted a new weekday Mass schedule. We hope you will make our new weekday Mass schedule part of your Lenten journey.
12 p.m. on Monday & Friday
8 a.m. on Tuesday & Thursday
6:30 p.m. on Wednesday
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From the Rector
If you visit another Episcopal Church in a matter of minutes - and in some places, in a matter of seconds - you will spot differences and similarities between our parishes. Even if you attend another Anglo-Catholic parish, you too will notice similarities and differences. This diversity in worship is a visible reminder that we as Catholic Christians are not bound by common ceremony and ritual, but by our membership in the Body of Christ and our worship of the Holy and Undivided Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
I rejoice in the fact that our unity has space for differences and similarities, and that in her wisdom, the Church calls us all each Lent and Holy Week – regardless of churchmanship, to use the old colloquial term – to intimately ponder our Lord’ Passion, Death, and Resurrection. Each year, our Holy Week ceremonies and rituals transport us to Jerusalem and move us on a journey from the Upper Room, to Calvary, to the Empty Tomb. And each parish, especially a parish like Ascension, has a particular and profound way to enact and offer these Holy Week liturgies.
As this is my first Holy Week at Ascension, I look forward to embracing the ceremonies and rituals of this place. As well as sharing the ceremonies and rituals which I have been forged in, in parishes also steeped in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. As you make your plans for the rest of March, please see below our full Holy Week schedule and mark your calendars.
Lenten Blessings,
Fr. de la Torre
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Because He First Loved Us: Holy Week for Families w/Children
Saturday, March 23 | 10-11:30AM
Households with young children are invited to journey through a “mini” Holy Week, in preparation of this most important week in the Church year. Through interactive activities, crafts, and mutual learning, families will experience the power and glory of Holy Week. We will begin by entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, learn about our Lord’s institution of the Eucharist and his command that we love one another, walk the way of the Cross, and receive the light of Christ. Snacks and lunch will be provided for the entire family. We hope to see you there!
In order to offer this programming, we need at least two families to sign up. Please confirm your attendance by registering here: https://forms.gle/mxregL2ULx3HULo5A
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Holy Week & Easter Day Schedule
Sun Mar 24 The Sunday of the Passion: PALM SUNDAY
9 a.m. Sung Mass
10 a.m. Confession available
11 a.m. Solemn Mass
Mass on Monday in Holy Week, 12 p.m.
Mass on Tuesday in Holy Week, 8 a.m.
Mass on Wednesday in Holy Week, 6:30 p.m.
Thu Mar 28 Maundy Thursday
7 p.m. Solemn Mass, Mandatum & Stripping of the Altar
followed by the Watch at the Altar of Repose,
ending with Compline at 12 a.m.
Fri Mar 29 Good Friday
12 p.m. Stations of the Cross
7 p.m. Good Friday Liturgy
Sat Mar 30 Holy Saturday
10 a.m. Holy Saturday Liturgy
8 p.m. The Great Vigil & First Mass of Easter
Don't forget to bring your bells for the Great Noise.
Sun Mar 31 The Sunday of the Resurrection: EASTER DAY
9 a.m. Sung Mass
11 a.m. Solemn Mass
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Young Adults Chrys' Closet Work Day
Saturday, March 16 | 9 - 11 a.m.
This Saturday, young adults are invited to a special workday at Chrys' Closet in conjunction with a cohort of young adults from Atonement in Edgewater. Come help sort and fold items in preparation for the free shop for recently arrived migrants and enjoy fellowship with our neighbors to the north. A light continental breakfast will be set out at 8:30 and be available during the work hours as well as snacks throughout the morning.
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Saint Chrysostom's Lenten Breakfast
Tuesday, March 19 | 9 a.m.
St. Chrys' has invited Ascension to join them for their traditional Lenten breakfast next Tuesday. Mtr. Murphy-Gill will be facilitating a conversation on Holy Solitude, which many members have been reading and studying throughout Lent. You may recall that we used this same book in our Lenten formation series two years ago. But you need not have read the book (or recall it) to join. Your company is enough. (Typically, this breakfast is hosted and attended by women, but men are certainly invited as well.)
To join, please call, text or email Liz Kohlbeck (920-254-4735; elizabethkohlbeck@yahoo.com).
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Missing your prized casserole dish?
There are a number of items that have been left behind in our church kitchen: baking pans, casserole dishes, etc. Please retrieve any items that may be yours by noon on Sunday, March 17. Any unclaimed items will be donated to Chrys' Closet. You will find your items on the white unit next to the stove.
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Thursday, Mar 21st, before 3 p.m.
This is the LAST DAY to submit Easter Flower memorials/thanksgivings cards to the Church Office for inclusion in the Easter Day bulletin.
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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 new MAY & JUNE 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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For our prayers
Malik Gillani, Marlea Edinger, Terrence Kumro, John Barry, Jeanne Fitzsimmons, Mary Sliwinski, Neha Nikita Andrade, Ken McPhillips, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Marilyn Labkon, Lee Gould, Robert Pischke, Florence Jones Clanton, Rachel Smolinski, Sara 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
Mary Jane Kowalski, 3/11
Requiescat in pace
Henry Klages Jr., 2/11/2024; Bill Johnson; Ellen Ginsburg, 2/28/2024; Kevin Perrizo, 3/10/2016;
Mary Jane Dyenson, 3/11/2008; Edith Mulcare, 3/15/1972
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
March 17, 2024
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ORGAN
Voluntaries are omitted on this day.
At the Entrance Procession
THE GREAT LITANY
At the Offertory
474 ROCKINGHAM
At the Communion
337 UNDE ET MEMORES (9 a.m.)
CORONAM SPINÆ (11 a.m.)
At the Retiring Procession
441 RATHBUN
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Mass Setting
Ignaz Mitterer
(1850-1924)
Missa de S. Martyribus
Offertory Motet
Giovanni Battista Casali
(1715–1792)
Confitebor tibi
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
7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom
6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer via Zoom
Weekday Mass Schedule
12 p.m. on Monday & Friday
8 a.m. on Tuesday & Thursday
6:30 p.m. on Wednesday
View the Wednesday Mass here
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
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Wardens
David Reeves, Sr. Warden
David Reeves, Sr. Warden
David A. Robertson, Jr. Warden
David A. Robertson Jr. Warden
Vestry
Ian Barillas-McEntee, Jay Peterson, Joshua Simpson
Ken Cozette, Elizabeth Simpson, Samuel Sommers (Clerk)
Vicki Dvonch, Nancy Pardee, DiAnne Walsh
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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