This Week at Ascension + May 15, 2024

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

The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday

May 19, 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

A report on the findings of the recent Columbarium survey

will take place in the nave following both Masses.

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

Click to join us VIA YOUTUBE

or VIA FACEBOOK LIVE

Image: Pentecost Mosaic, image by Holger Schué

Window from Saint Gregory the Great Catholic Church,

San Diego CA

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 Curate

Some of you know that I’ve been struggling to learn Spanish this past year. My Spanish tutor has heard me complain on multiple occasions, and most recently yesterday, that I am making zero progress. That’s not really true, I have made a lot of progress, but my own anxiety about saying something wrong or mispronouncing a word has become a stumbling block. My ego wants to surpass all the messiness of mistakes and forgo humble progress. Admittedly, I have hoped for something of a Pentecost miracle, where I can suddenly speak and understand another language. But, as I slog through my daily practice and twice monthly tutoring sessions, I’ve learned that to communicate in another tongue is a privilege that must be learned and earned. It is a process that requires fortitude, yes, but also patience and true openness to others’ ways of thinking, feeling, and being in the world—even if the lesson is in the form of reflexive verbs.

At Pentecost, in a swift movement of the Holy Spirit, spoken language is transformed to be no longer barrier but intelligible gift. Rather than a restoration of the single language referred to in Genesis in the story of the Tower of Babel, in this story from Acts, God affirms the diversity of his people, blessing the many parts of his Living Body, the Church.

Even within our parish community, a single freckle on the Body of Christ, there is great opportunity to get to know each other, to hear each other’s stories, to learn how each of us think, feel, and move in the world. This Pentecost and in the season that follows, I hope you take every opportunity to learn from your brothers, sisters, and siblings in Christ. Get to know one another more deeply. Learn each others’ languages. And let your differences be gifts to one another.

—Mtr. Murphy-Gill

Ascension Day Reception

Thanks to George Pineda and everyone who helped to make the Ascension Day reception a wonderful event. More reception pictures may be found on the Ascension Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ascensionchicago)

The Day of Pentecost & Father Edward Larrabee 

The Day of Pentecost marks the 140th anniversary of Father Edward Larrabee's historic tenure as rector of the Church of the Ascension. A pillar of the Anglo-Catholic movement in America, serving in national Catholic devotional societies and as Dean of Nashotah House Seminary, Father Larrabee faithfully served as 10th rector of the Church of the Ascension from 1884-1909. 

On Sunday, a timeline highlighting Father Larrabee's ministry at the Church of the Ascension will be on display in Wheeler Hall. Among Father Larrabee's many accomplishments are the completion of the church in 1887 and the commissioning and consecration of the High Altar which continues to stand at the heart of the parish.

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 11:00 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. 

Columbarium Survey Results Presentation, Sunday,

May 19

The columbarium subcommittee will offer a report back to the parish on the findings of the recent survey regarding an indoor expansion of the columbarium. We will also discuss next steps for this project.

The presentation will take place in the nave on Sunday, May 19, following both the

9 and 11 a.m. Masses. Please plan to attend!

Education for Ministry Open House

Interested in deepening your relationship with God? Want to study scripture with other committed people? Looking for an intimate intentional spiritual community? Seeking a better understanding of how to live a faithful life in today’s world?

Education for Ministry is a program of small-group adult formation developed by the

School of Theology at the University of the South, designed to help us prepare for the

ministry we are all called to as Christians. There are EfM groups across the country

that meet weekly to pursue a structured curriculum with an agenda that includes

worship, study, reflection and shared community. A group that will meet nearby at St.

James Cathedral is forming.



If you would like to learn more, you’re warmly invited to attend an Open House of an

existing Education for Ministry group to experience a session on Wednesday, May 15, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman, Evanston. Please contact Laura Jenkins (laura.m.jenkins@icloud.com or 312-282-9664) for more information or to register for this session.

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, Kari Johnson, 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:

Bob Sheridan, 5/16

Requiescat in pace:

Sal Martinez, Carol Cade, Rommel Restrivera, Suzanne Elizabeth Mauntel, 5/12/2014; 

Wilton H. Bunch, Priest, 5/16/2021; Lucille Berger, 5/17

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 19, 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.