This Week at Ascension + May 22, 2024

"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." - Psalm 96

The First Sunday

after Pentecost:

TRINITY SUNDAY

May 26, 2024

7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom

9 a.m. Sung Mass

10 a.m. Confession Available

11 a.m. Solemn Mass,

In-person & Live-streamed

The 11 a.m. bulletin may be found here.

Click to join us VIA YOUTUBE

or VIA FACEBOOK LIVE

Image: Russian Orthodox Trinity icon, Andrei Rublev

The Parish Offices will be CLOSED

for the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 27.

The scheduled Monday Noon Mass will still be celebrated.

Save the Date + June 2, 2024

The Feast of Corpus Christi

and the last Sunday of our current choir term

9 a.m. Sung Mass

11 a.m. Solemn High Mass

with Corpus Christi Procession

to the Our Lady of Victory Garden

3:30 p.m. Organ Recital

4 p.m. Choral Evensong

and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

Weekday Mass Schedule

12 p.m. on Monday & Friday

8 a.m. on Tuesday & Thursday

6:30 p.m. on Wednesday

View the Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Live-stream Mass here

VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE

Weekday Offices

7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom

6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer via Zoom

From the Rector

On Sunday, the Western Catholic Church celebrates Trinity Sunday, an observance commemorating the nature of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Throughout the centuries, theologians, artists, poets, and hymn writers have contributed their offerings for our understanding and knowledge of the Trinity. As important as these offerings have been, none of them have fully captured this divine mystery. 

After all, there is no human image, idea, or tome which can encapsulate or express the full nature of God. Rather, every contribution of sacred art, music, and theology is a note echoing the mystery of God. Pointing us to journey towards the mystery of God, the mystery we are baptized into: “I baptize you in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.”

This new liturgical season, we again initiate our mass with that familiar opening acclamation: “Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit…” We begin our liturgy affirming God’s divine nature, but also our membership in his divine life. You and I, and all the baptized, are baptized in the name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Making us active members of the Body of Christ, not just feudal participants or observers. Blessed be God!

—Fr. de la Torre

Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament Annual Mass 

The Annual Mass and Meeting of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament will be held at the Church of the Ascension on the Feast of Corpus Christi, Thursday, May 30, at 11 a.m.. The Rt. Rev'd Daniel H. Martins, XI Bishop of Springfield and Superior-General of the Confraternity, will celebrate and preach. Parishioners are cordially invited to attend this special liturgy. 

Consider being a Coffee Hour host

There are spots available for hosting Coffee Hour after either Sunday Mass! Look for the JULY & AUGUST 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.



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.

Share your prayer requests here.

For our prayers

Meg Brennand, Steve Legaut, Josh Sherrill, Becky Potter Welsh, Bram Bassford, David Winter, Randy Thomas, Ruby Woods, Carolyn Wiggins, David Schrader, Marlea Edinger, Terrence Kumro, John Barry, Jeanne Fitzsimmons, Mary Sliwinski, Ken McPhillips, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Marilyn Labkon, Lee Gould, Florence Jones Clanton, Suzanne Dines, MB Hwang, Juanita Malone, David S. Jones, Richard Francis Tracz, Victor Fernandez, Claire Green, Beth Hall, Sue Lenz, Brenda Martins

Birthdays:

Carter & Dana Luery, 5/19; Ian Barillas-McEntee, 5/23

Requiescat in pace:

Sal Martinez, Carol Cade, Rommel Restrivera, Marlaine Gatchalian,

Katherine Louise Barr, 5/21/2016; Ella Rollé, 5/21/2016, William Floyd Ware, 5/23/1985

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.



Organ and Choral Repertoire for

May 26, 2024

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

Ascension Connections

(with your click and God's help)

Our website home page --

often with up-to-date info/links.

Participate in Ascension masses at our YouTube Channel. (Look for other connections options soon.)

Our Facebook page:

Videos, upcoming events and more.

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 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

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.