This Week at Ascension + March 23, 2022
"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." - Psalm 96
|
|
March 23, 2022
Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent
Evening Prayer at 6:00 p.m.
In-person and Live-streamed Said Mass at 6:30 p.m.
Image: Frieze of Prophets, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
North Gallery wall, Boston Public Library
|
|
Friday, March 25, 2022
The Feast of the Annunciation
In-person and Live-Streamed Said Mass at 12:00 Noon
Image: Annunciation, Jan Van Eyck, 1441
Reminder, because of the Mass for the Annunciation at noon
there will be no Stations of the Cross on March 25th.
|
|
Sunday, March 27, 2022
The Fourth Sunday in Lent: Laetare
9:00 a.m. In-person Sung Mass
with Organ and Hymns
11:00 a.m. In-person &
Live-streamed
Solemn High Mass
Image: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Return of the Prodigal Son, c. 1660
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
|
|
You may have noticed some changes in our Covid safety measures lately. Beginning this month, lectors, preachers, and the celebrant have all been removing their masks while reading, preaching, announcing, or chanting. That you knew about. But holy water recently returned to the church. And just last week, the social distancing cards were removed from the pews. Some things have stayed the same. For the rest of this month at least, we continue to ask all attending mass to wear and remain in masks while in the church. We continue to register attendees. But coffee hour has returned and one cannot drink coffee or eat delicious snacks through a mask. And so, those who come to coffee hour are those who’ve decided they’re comfortable removing their masks.
And still, the pandemic is not over. Asia is still enduring an Omicron surge and Europe is experiencing another rise in cases. And so we on staff and in leadership continue to monitor infection rates closer to home, stay up to date on the most recent guidelines from expert sources, and meet regularly to discuss and assess what our parish protocols will continue to be and what will change. We acknowledge (and share!) the general sense of excitement over the possibility of moving beyond the emergency phase of the pandemic. Know that we are grateful for your patience as we continue to walk together in this time of tremendous change.
I hope this goes without saying, but if you come down with Covid, or any illness for that matter, and are in need of assistance with meals, errands, groceries, or just a phone call while you quarantine, please reach out to let me or someone else from the church know.
–Mtr. Murphy-Gill
|
|
From the Wardens
Rector Search Committee Announced
|
|
Dear Members of Ascension:
At tonight’s (March 17, 2022) Vestry Meeting, the Vestry and Wardens voted on the selection of the members of a Rector Search Committee. The Search Committee will begin the process of seeking the new Eighteenth Rector to lead the parish following the retirement of the Seventeenth Rector, the Very Reverend Patrick Raymond. The committee consists of two chairpersons, four members of the Vestry and four parish members at large. Members of the committee are as follows:
Co-Chairpersons:
Cynthia Perrizo
David Schrader
Committee Members:
Jim Lo Bello
Lawrence Cox
Marlea Edinger
Patrick Johnston
David Reeves
Joshua Simpson
Dan Stell
Enrique Vilaseco
Diocesan Advisors:
Father Kevin Caruso, Trinity Episcopal Church, Wheaton
Mother Andrea Mysen, Diocesan Director of Ministries
An opportunity to serve on the committee was posted in our newsletter and announced during services over a three week period. We received a number of requests from persons who wished to serve on the committee or wanted to nominate another person for the committee. The Wardens and Chairpersons together selected a group we have faith will represent both Ascension’s past and present and will work together as we embark into the future together in our search for our next Rector. Please pray for this committee and for our parish as we begin this search process.
Faithfully,
Kenneth Kelling, Senior Warden
LaVerne Saunders, Junior Warden
|
|
UKRAINE CRISIS RESPONSE
Many of us are feeling helpless as to how to respond to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. One way to help Ukrainian families is by giving financially to Episcopal Relief and Development. Your donation will help provide cash, blankets, hygiene supplies and other needed assistance to families fleeing from violence in Ukraine.
And finally, pray. Pray hard for peace in Ukraine. For peace in all places of conflict and violence. And for peace in our own hearts.
Almighty God, kindle, we beseech thee, in every heart the true love of peace,
and guide with thy wisdom those who take counsel for the nations of the earth,
that in tranquillity thy dominion may increase till the earth is filled with the knowledge of thy love; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Collect for Peace, Book of Common Prayer p 207
|
|
Come Make Bagged Lunches Every other Tuesday
A small group of parishioners has been gathering every Tuesday evening to prepare bagged lunches for Chicago Help Initiative, a nonprofit organization that delivers and serves meals to Chicago’s unhoused population. The group will meet again, March 29 at 7 p.m. We currently need assistance with preparing the approximately 50 lunches as well as delivering them to First St. Paul’s Lutheran (just a few blocks of Ascension on LaSalle) between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday mornings. Please contact Bonnie Scott for more information.
This ministry is in its early days, and the sustainability of it is unclear unless there is more participation. If the monthly food pantry on Saturdays has been difficult for you to attend, please consider this feeding ministry as an alternative.
|
|
We Need Your Help
Holy Week is just a couple of weeks away, and we need your help! Please consider how you might support both our regular and Holy Week services in April. We'll need acolytes, ushers, techs, and hospitality hosts. Just as importantly, we'll need to get together to plan and set up flowers and plants for Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Easter Vigil. We're also looking for people to work together on setting up and putting away the Altar of Repose -- many hands make light work. Do get in touch with me or other parish leaders if you can help or would like to find out more. And look for additional information in coming weeks.
–MB Hwang
|
|
Curate Away March 21–24
Mtr. Murphy-Gill is away on retreat this week through Thursday, March 24. If you have a pastoral emergency, please contact the parish office (312-664-1271; office@ascensionchicago.org).
|
|
Faith Formation and Prayer Opportunities in Lent |
|
Mondays - Lenten Lunches at Noon via Zoom
Every Monday during Lent, we’ve been discussing the book Holy Solitude, which provides a reflection each day on how to recognize the presence of God in our lives through small acts of solitude. We no longer have copies of this book at the church, but they are available on Amazon or IndieBound. If you are experiencing financial hardship and unable to purchase a copy, please contact the church.
|
|
Fridays - Stations of the Cross at Noon
Come pray the Stations of the Cross every Friday at noon in the church. Organ to accompany. If you’d like to lead this prayer, please reach out to MB Hwang.
Reminder, because of the Mass for the Annunciation at noon
there will be no Stations of the Cross on March 25th.
|
|
Organ and Choral Repertoire for March 27, 2022 |
|
ORGAN
Rhapsody, op. 17, no.1 [1915]
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
At the Entrance Procession
ST. THOMAS (WILLIAMS) (11 a.m.)
At the Offertory
CWM RHONDDA (9 a.m.)
WOODWORTH (11 a.m.)
At the Communion
WOODWORTH (9 a.m.)
ST. HELENA (11 a.m.)
At the Retiring Procession
CWM RHONDDA (11 a.m.)
ORGAN
from the Unpublished Manuscripts
IV. Impetuoso
Herbert Howells
|
|
Mass Ordinary
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Mass in G, D. 167
Introit
Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1532-1585)
Laetare Hierusalem
Offertory Motet
Ivo de Vento (c. 1544-1575)
Illumina oculos meos
|
|
|
|
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)
|
Meeting ID:
792 031 7452
Password: 1133
Join-by-Phone Option: (312) 626-6799
|
|
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
|
|
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, Edith Cole, Marion Cantore, Georgia Schell, Lee Gould
Birthdays:
Michael Haile Zelazny, 3/20/2017; Jim Redden, 3/23; Richard Laibly, 3/23;
Robert Temple, 3/25; Susanne Lenz, 3/26
Marriage Anniversaries:
Andrew & Alison Wallace, 3/25/2006;
Rod & Adriana Luery, 3/26/2007
Requiescat in pace: Ricky Reeves, 3/20/2014; George C. Giles, Jr. 3/21/2014;
Douglas Alan Poe, 3/25/1998; Annie Picard, Marilyn Miglin, Fr. Louis Weil
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.
|
|
The Rev. Meghan Murphy-Gill, Curate
Susan Schlough, Treasurer
Br. Nathanael Deward Rahm BSG, Parish Office
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
