This Week at Ascension + April 20, 2022
"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." - Psalm 96
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April 20, 2022
Wednesday in Easter Week
In-person and Live-streamed Said Mass at 6:30 p.m.
Image: Road to Emmaus, J. Kirk Richards
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Sunday, April 24, 2022
The Second Sunday of Easter
9:00 a.m. In-person Sung Mass
with Organ and Hymns
11:00 a.m. In-person &
Live-streamed
Solemn High Mass
Image: Doubting Thomas, mural at Njase School, Choma, Zambia
Stevenson Baroque Ensemble at Ascension at 3:30 p.m.
(See details below)
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Alleluia. Christ is risen.
The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia.
With these words announcing Easter, we close the period of fasting and prayer in Lent to celebrate the resurrection of our risen Lord. The Passion Week from Palm Sunday until the mass of Easter Sunday forms the busiest week in the church year.
Once again our clergy, led this year by Mother Murphy-Gill and assisted by Father Petite and Father Lawler as well as Deacon Farrell, did a fantastic job. Our staff and volunteers helped to bring the parish through an amazingly smooth and beautiful season. So many volunteers spent many hours digging in to make things look perfect, whether in creating the Altar of Repose or preparing the sanctuary for the Great Vigil and Easter Sunday.
There were so many individuals who made themselves available to serves as acolytes, torch bearers, thurifers, crucifers, lectors and subdeacons and put in hours and hours of time to make our ceremonies run as smoothly as possible, making things look dignified and professional. MB Hwang and Jim Lo Bello kept everything going so well on the altar and spent hours working with groups and individuals, preparing for each and every service. There were also the individuals who kept things going with coffee hours and receptions, along with the treats for volunteers.
The musicians did a brilliant job. Our organist, David White, was at his absolute best ever. The Ascension Choir, led by Benjamin Rivera, was amazing and sounded heavenly. The choral music selections were as diverse as the themes and the moods that each service required. The Allegri Psalm 51 on Good Friday was probably the biggest highlight for me personally. The brass ensemble on Easter was a feast for the ears.
To each and every person who contributed to the beauty of the ceremonies of Holy Week, you have our undying gratitude and appreciation!
—Kenneth Kelling, Senior Warden
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Confirmations and Receptions |
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This spring, Bishop Chilton Knudsen will preside at four diocesan confirmation and reception services open to candidates from all congregations in the Diocese of Chicago. At least one member of Ascension will be received into the Episcopal Church on June 11 at St. James Cathedral. If you are interested in being confirmed or received or have questions about what this might look like for you in the future, please reach out to Meghan Murphy-Gill via email or by calling the church.
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Pastoral Listening Learning Opportunity |
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Fr. Bob Petite, a Supervisor in Clinical Pastoral Education, has offered to lead a 3- to 4-session training series on pastoral listening for those interested in learning or improving listening skills. This will likely take place over the summer. If this is something that interests you or you would like to hear more about it, please reach out to Mtr. Murphy-Gill or respond to this survey here.
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Stevenson Baroque Ensemble at Ascension |
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The Stevenson Baroque Ensemble, led by parishioner Enrique Vilaseco and Morgan Little, will be performing works by Bach, Telemann, and Vivaldi on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. at Church of the Ascension.
All of the performers are high school students at Adlai E. Stevenson High and play on period instruments tuned at A = 415. The ensemble is currently the only high school ensemble east of California that performs on period instruments at the secondary school level. The ensemble is humbly asking for your support in their fundraising efforts for their future trip to Spain in the summer of 2023. This tour will take these young performers on a musical and spiritual pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
Please join us or support us with your kind donations to help these young students make their way to this once in a lifetime experience!
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Organ and Choral Repertoire for April 24, 2022 |
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ORGAN
Grand Rondeau: O filii et filiæ
Pierre Dandrieu (1664-1733)
At the Entrance Procession
O FILII ET FILIÆ
At the Offertory
ST. OSMUND
At the Communion
ST. BOTOLPH
At the Retiring Procession
VRUECHTEN
ORGAN
Toccata on O filii et filiæ [1931]
W. Lynnwood Farnam (1885-1930)
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Mass Ordinary
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Messa a quattro voci da cappella (1641)
Offertory Motet
Josef Gruber (1855-1933)
Angelus Domini, op. 85, no. 4
Communion Motet
Luca Marenzio (c. 1553-1599)
Quia vidisti me
Chanted Propers of the Day
from 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:
SUNDAYS
9:00 a.m. In-person Sung Mass
11:00 a.m. In-person and Live-Streamed Solemn High Mass
MONDAY-FRIDAY
WEDNESDAYS
6:30 p.m. Said Mass
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For our prayers: The Rev. Canon Paula Clark, August 'Augie' Alonzo, Jim Berger, Taffy Wehe, Beth Hall, Sue Lenz, Ben, David D. Jones, Gina, Tom Baer, Edward Minieka, Brenda Martins,
Bp. Daniel Martins, Claire Green, Marion Cantore, Georgia Schell, Edith Cole, Lee Gould, Gertrude Isaac
Birthdays: Dianne Walsh, 4/20; Bill Wilson, 4/20; Sean Hansen, 4/20; David R. White, 4/21;
Gary Alexander, 4/23
Requiescat in pace: Carl Thomas Ginwright, 4/18/1990; James W. Faber, 4/22/2007
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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The Rev. Meghan Murphy-Gill, Curate
Susan Schlough, Treasurer
Br. Nathanael Deward Rahm BSG, Parish Office
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Vestry of Church of the Ascension
Ian Barillas-McEntee, Jim Lo Bello, Ken Cozette, Marlea Edinger, Sean Hansen, George Pineda, Joshua Simpson, Sam Sommers, Enrique Vilaseco, Vestry
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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