St. Gertrude Chicago

All are Welcome

1420 W. Granville,

Chicago, IL 60660

773.764.3621

stgertrude1420@stgertrudechicago.org

www.stgertrudechicago.org

Bulletin for Sunday, June 30, 2024

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

From Fr. Mike Gabriel

This past week, we began another election year with the debate for the candidates for presidency. Truthfully, this is not something I am looking forward to.

I ask you to join with me from now until the 4th of July, Independence Day, to pray especially for our country, as well as for our leaders to do everything possible to stop the violence our country and city faces. Let us hope that they respect all life and call for justice for everyone, based on our inalienable rights "to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

In your personal prayer, at Mass, and in your reading and conversation, let us pray and talk with each other about what is happening in our world and ask for direction from the Holy Spirit to go forward together.

Pray for victims or terrorism and discrimination. And in your personal prayers, examine your own conscience about ways in which we may have diminished the respect for life that we owe to each other by the way we have talked about people. Let us look to Jesus for direction and beg for the Holy Spirit to empower us to work for justice and respect for all life. 

June really flew by! It hard to believe schools have been out already a month. Continue to enjoy the gifts of summer and the goodness of God. See in this week’s bulletin some of the strong points highlighted about NCA. 

May God renew your spirit, grant you your deepest needs, and with any storms in your lives, guide you on the path with the Spirit. 

Be at peace and with God’s love.

Friday, June 28

• 6:00 pm ~ Deanery procession and devotions at Holy Child Jesus Parish (formerly Saint Margaret Mary Church), 2324 W. Chase
• 7:00 pm - Guadalupanos Rosary Group (Grupo del Rosario de Guadalupanos) in the Ministry Center

Saturday, June 29

• Second Collection for Peter's Pence
• 5:00-7:00 pm Vicariate celebration at Queen of All Saints Basilica, 6280 N. Sauganash Ave.

Sunday, June 30

• Second Collection for Peter's Pence

Thursday, July 4

• The rectory office is closed.
• Mass is at 7:30 am.

Friday, July 4

• The rectory office is closed.
• Mass is at 7:30 am.

Saturday, July 6

• Care for Real Food & Supply Drive for Asylum Seekers

Sunday, July 7

• Care for Real Food & Supply Drive for Asylum Seekers

Monday, July 8

• Youth group Mission Experience starts
• 7:00 pm ~ Book club in the Ministry Center

Sunday, July 14

• 8:00 am-1:00 pm ~ Blood Drive
• 12:00-5:00 pm ~ Edgewater Garden Walk

Deanery and Vicariate Celebrations This Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29

This weekend, parishioners are invited to participate in two different opportunities for Mass and Eucharistic Devotion.

Our Deanery will have a procession and devotions on Friday, June 28, starting at 6:00 pm at Holy Child Jesus Parish (formerly St. Margaret Mary Church), 2324 W. Chase.

Our Vicariate will have a celebration on Saturday, June 29, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at Queen of All Saints Basilica, 6280 N. Sauganash Ave.

Peter's Pence Collection - Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30

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.

Rectory Office Closed on Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5

The office will be closed on July 4 and July 5 in honor of Independence Day.

Mass will be held at 7:30 am.

Food & Supply Drive for Care for Real's Asylum Seekers - July 6 & July 7

Our monthly Food & Supply Drive for asylum seekers is next weekend, July 6 & 7. Please place nonperishable items in the bins at the back of church. They will be donated to Care for Real who is working hard to help these newly-arrived neighbors.

Special needs this month include:

• Sanitary napkins (NO tampons)
• Diapers size 3T, 4T, 5T.

Visit www.careforreal.org/wishlist to shop Care for Real's Amazon or Target wish lists to shop-to-donate today.

Book Club - Monday, July 8

On Monday, July 8, the book club will discuss The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott.  

We would love new voices and opinions!

Contact Lea Cloninger at 773.973.2465 or Sue Benjamin at 773.551.8401 with questions.

Parish Blood Drive Planned for Sunday, July 14

The next blood drive at St. Gertrude Church is Sunday, July 14 from 8:00 am–1:00 pm. The Vitalant Bloodmobile will be located on Glenwood Avenue in front of the entrance to St. Gert's. 

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, scan the QR code in the image, call Vitalant at 877.258.4825 or register online at vitalant.org and use code ORD00591. Walk-ins are welcome!

For more information, contact Pat Knowles at pknowles2@gmail.com.

The Edgewater Garden Walk is Sunday, July 14

The 2024 Edgewater Glen Garden Walk will be held on Sunday July 14, 2024 from noon to 5:00 pm. It features the gardens in the 1200 & 1300 blocks of Norwood, Glenlake, Hood, and the south side of Granville.

The registration table and maps will be located at 1354 W. Norwood. There is a donation of $5 for adults and no charge for children. 

This is your chance to view the outdoor spaces of the talented Edgewater Glen gardeners in a compact, easily walkable route!

For more details, visit http://www.edgeglen.com/gw.

Guadalupanos Rosary Group (Grupo del Rosario de Guadalupanos) on Friday Evenings

All are welcome to attend the weekly Rosary group held on Friday evenings at 7:00 pm.

The bilingual gathering is held in the dining room of the Ministry Center, located at 6214 N. Glenwood Avenue.

Summer Bulletin Schedule

Starting next week, we will have bulletins every two weeks.

If you like to have anything submitted, please information to news@stgertrudechicago.org 10 days before the print date. The schedule is:

• July 7 & 14
• July 21 & 28
• August 4 & 11
• August 18 & 25

St. Gertrude Parish Garden News

We’re delighted to share that the parish garden’s first harvest of lettuce is on its way to Care for Real!

Our local food bank will then share it with a few lucky clients.

Rollator Walkers Needed for the Lending Closet

The Lending Closet is in dire need of rollator walkers (walkers with a seat) and tub transfer benches. 

Please e-mail or call the Lending Closet manager Laurie Hasbrook at lhasbrook@stgertrudechicago.org or 773.973.5464 ext. 115 if you have one to donate.

Growing in Faith

St. John the Baptist cut quite the path in the Bible. He healed with water and proclaimed someone even greater to come.

“I am not fit to loosen his sandal strap,” John said in Luke 3:16. “He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire.”

What a holy story filled with drama and tension and hope.

And what a perfect saint for our mother, Jean Sweeney, who died April 25 at age 92.

Jean was born about a week before St. John’s Day, which is June 24, and was given the French version of his name.

Our family celebrates the saints we are named for, and the party for St. John was held on the eve, which, because it falls so close to the summer solstice, has been aligned with midsummer celebrations of bonfires and feasting.

Our mother embraced this in true John style, rolling a wheel of (real) fire off the backyard storm door, as friends cheered from the deck, to honor him and to call down a long hot summer. It was a holy celebration, filled with drama and tension and hope.

Last summer, our mom wrote here about her saint and what he offers us: “the power to change our lives, our prejudices, our belief, our actions.”

“We are all called to love one another,” she wrote. “Remember what John said: Prepare the Way of the Lord!”

As we celebrate this saint, may we, this community of believers, seize that kind of power to heal the world.

~ The Sweeney Family

Recent Baptisms

• Lily Joanne Campbell
• Kyllian Sage Dzubanek
• Lucas Javier Franco
• Channah-Victoria Houndebasso
• Rory James Malmquist
• Emma Maureen Mencarini
• Eva Celine Villar

Eucharistic Ministers

• Saturday, June 29 at 5:00 pm - Tim Harrington
• Sunday, June 29 at 8:00 am - Kathryn Stimac
• Sunday, June 30 at 10:30 am - Michael Kowalsky, Carlos Barragan, Steven Monti

Upcoming Mass Intentions



• Monday, July 1: 7:30 am - Kim Cantrell+
• Tuesday, July 2: 7:30 am - People of God
• Wednesday, July 3: 7:30 am - Patricia Meade+
• Thursday, July 4: 7:30 am - Communion Service - Paciencia & Roberto Cabrera+
• Friday, July 5: 7:30 am - Sheila McGuire+
• Saturday, July 6: 7:30 am - People of God; 5:00 pm - Joe Shields+
• Sunday, July 7: 8:00 am - Purgatorial Society; 10:30 am - Jean Sweeney+

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.