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Young adult panel inspired us at another great Theology on Tap night!

Don't miss our next TOT discussing how to live out your purpose in a time of transition

Tuesday, July 25, following 6:00 p.m. Mass 

All young adults are welcome to join us for our beloved summer series, Theology on Tap! Join us on Tuesday, July 25 for 6:00 p.m. Mass followed by food, drinks, and a talk from guest speaker Dr. Lisa Fortini-Campbell, former professor at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, who will be sharing how to live out your purpose in times of adversity and transition. You won’t want to miss it!

Then be sure to save the date and join us for our final date as well:

• Tuesday, August 1: How do you help others live out their purpose? - Brandon Henderson, Transformational Pastor at Soul City Church

Register here and join us! We can't wait to see you there!

Paying it Forward at next Wine Down Wednesday!

July 26, starting with 6:00 p.m. Mass

Join us for our next Wine Down Wednesday on July 26 for our Pay It Forward Night! Building on our anchor of Giving, you'll have the opportunity to buy a delicious BBQ meal from Soul & Smoke for yourself as well as to pay it forward by donating a meal! The food truck will tally up the meals and deliver them to Lincoln Park Community Services this summer.

So come join us for a fun evening that starts with prayer and worship at the 6:00 p.m. Mass in the church. We then will move to the courtyard behind the parish center to enjoy the summer evening, social time, and some delicious BBQ while supporting one of our partner organizations in the community.

We encourage you to register to help us with our planning, and feel free to invite a friend or two (or more!) to join you!

Then save the date for our final WDW event of the summer, held on August 2 - Network & Knowledge | Anchor: Learn. For further details, click here.

Pastoral Council Open Nominations

Nomination submission deadline: July 31

You are invited to nominate yourself or other parish member who you believe has the leadership qualities and interest to serve Saint Clement Parish. Please visit clement.org/PCNominations for full details on requirements of a nominee and to complete a nomination form.

There are currently 3 openings available and the deadline for submission is no later than July 31, 2023. All nominees will be contacted by a Council member to confirm their willingness to serve and will be interviewed prior to making a collective decision. New council members will begin their term in September 2023.

Should you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Katherine Sexton, chair of the council.

Belong

ever wonder?

Tuesdays, August 15, 22, 29, 6:30 p.m., in our Courtyard & Chapel

Ever wonder questions like, "Where do I fit in?", "Who can I trust?", "Am I loveable?", "Does my life matter?" If so, you are not alone!

Exploring faith with others is a great way to start (or continue!) your journey. Try it for yourself with this three-week in-person experience called “ever wonder?” and see how exploring these topics with others in just one hour a week could unlock something new for you. No strings attached, we’d love to hear your thoughts and learn together.

Register here and join us!

Movie Nights with Fr. Matt

Thursday, August 17, 7:00 p.m., Chapel

Grab your tickets for this summer's final Movie Night with Fr. Matt! For those who don’t already know, Fr. Matt is a BIG fan of film. Join him as he shares his appreciation of some of his favorite movies, and the underlying lessons we can take into our daily life. This year’s overall theme is “From Isolation to Belonging.”



Register to join us on the 17th and remember, snacks and refreshments will be provided.

August 17: "Children of Heaven" (1997) dir. Majid Majidi [1 hr. 27 min.] starring Amir Farrokh Hashemian (Iranian film). In Iran a poor boy, Ali, misplaces and loses his sister's shoes. To hide the fact from their parents, they share shoes, while Ali works out how to replace them. A story of innocence, hope, and the love of a family. Told from a Muslim perspective, it is a truly sweet movie about family.

Join us for our 2nd annual Fall Fest!

Sunday, September 17, 10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Come one, come all to our second annual street fest, Fall Fest, held on Sunday, September 17th! This community-building event is open to everyone and will feature food, drinks, children's activities, a cornhole tournament, music, and fun for all ages!

Learn more at clement.org/fallfest.

Support event as a Sponsor!

Help us offset the cost of this fun event by supporting Fall Fest as a Sponsor! Our focus for this event is to bring the community together and therefore, we have reduced the sponsorship levels to include more community participation. Learn more here or at clement.org/fallfest. Thank you for your support!

We cannot wait to celebrate as a community together!

Pray

Join us in worship!

Weekend Mass & Presider Schedule

WELCOME! We invite you to join us in worship this weekend at all Masses, and we welcome you to join our livestream.

Saturday, July 22

• 5:00 p.m.: Fr. Matt Litak

Sunday, July 23

• 8:00 a.m.: Fr. Peter Wojcik
• 9:30 a.m. Church: Fr. Matt Litak
• 9:30 a.m. Chapel: Fr. Peter Wojcik
• 11:15 a.m. (also livestreamed): Fr. Matt Litak
• 4:30 p.m.: Fr. Ken Simpson
• 7:00 p.m.: Fr. Peter Wojcik

Staff Scripture Reflection excerpt: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

by Nicole Zenner, Chief of Staff & Strategy

"I invite you to take some time with the 2nd reading today. While it’s a short message and easy to skip over it, I’ve come to find that this is really a wonderful reminder to call on the Holy Spirit to help. Whether it’s help in praying, or help in listening, or help in waiting. It’s only in the last couple of years that I’ve made more of an effort to call on the Holy Spirit to help me through my struggles in life. To be honest, I never really understood that I could call on the Holy Spirit. But as I continue to deepen my prayer life and my relationship with Jesus, this has become the most natural thing to do. What’s even more amazing is that when I do say the words, 'Come Holy Spirit,' there is a presence that enters the room, the conversation, or the prayer. I may not recognize it right away, but the Holy Spirit is there and reminds me of God’s unconditional love for me."

Read full reflection here.

Mass Intentions

We invite you to honor a loved one with a Mass intention. The names of Mass intentions are read at Mass. Requesting a Mass intention means that you are asking that the grace of Christ’s sacrifice in his death and resurrection be applied for a particular purpose, for example, for a deceased person or a living person who is ill or in thanksgiving for a favor received.

To schedule your intentions, please visit, email, or call the parish office. You may also schedule your intention online or via our parish App. (To download our App, simply search for “Saint Clement Chicago” in the App Store or Google Play.)

This week, we will pray for the following intentions:



Sunday, July 23, 2023 

7:00pm Karen Kus Provan (Deceased)

7:00pm Helen Koutnik (Deceased)

Monday, July 24, 2023 

8:30am Jose B Arteaga (Deceased)

8:30am Marion Joachim (Deceased)

Friday, July 28, 2023 

8:30am Elizabeth Polster (Health)

Saturday, July 29, 2023 

5:00pm John Bansley (Deceased)

Baptisms this Weekend

This weekend we joyfully welcome the following to our community through the sacrament of baptism:

• Manuel Santiago Abrogar, son of Manuel Abrogar and Cristal Garay
• Kellen James McMurtry, son of Stephen and Ellise McMurtry (Johns)
• Caroline Mary Cook, daughter of Brian and Erica Cook (Severson)
• James Patrick Hettermann, son of Andrew and Margaret Hetterman (Tobin)
• Sawyer Anne Ferguson, daughter of Randy Ferguson and Rebecca Frontera
• Sloane Isabella Ferguson, daughter of Randy Ferguson and Rebecca Frontera
• James Oliver Tamas, son of Andrei Tamas and Samantha Frontera-Tamas
• Miles Rey Meck, son of Thomas and Candice Meck (Reyes)
• Marley Otto Meck, son of Thomas and Candice Meck (Reyes)
• Caroline Leahy Case, daughter of Hunter and Elizabeth Case (Keefe)

May the newly baptized live always as members of Christ's body, keeping the flame of faith alive in their hearts. Congratulations, we welcome you with great joy!

July Weddings

Congratulations to the members of our parish family celebrating the sacrament of marriage this month! May God's blessings and graces be with them in the years ahead, through all their joys and sorrows.

• Grace D'Orazio and Connor Balding
• Elizabeth Pirok and Larantz Reynolds
• Elizabeth Teahan and Andrew Scola
• Katherine Payne and Michael Thebes
• Bridget Brendza and John Wingels
• Katherine Day and Samuel Reiff
• Alexandra Schroeder and Brian Pekron

• Meredith Boese & Mark Werling -- Beverly Hills, MI
• Macy Walton & Preston Babcock -- Bloomington, IN
• Grace McCurdy & Ethan Ross -- Falmouth, MA
• Danielle DiPietro & Beau Aranosian -- Toms River, NJ
• Lauren Mitchell & Niko Ingoglia -- Bloomington, IN
• Adison Blaine & Andrew Rushton -- Peoria, IL

Serve

Serve at Plaza Hospitality this summer!

Consider helping out at our weekly Sunday morning plaza hospitality, which we offer after the morning Masses! Sign up once or as often as you can, individually or collectively with a friend, your family, or a small faith group -- however the Spirit moves you! It's a wonderful way to give back to our community.

Sign up here to serve!

Serve at Mass

Join us in sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ by serving our Saint Clement Parish community at Mass! We invite you to volunteer for a Liturgical Ministry. Come help to welcome and greet others, distribute Holy Communion, assist in the liturgy as an altar server, or prepare the church or chapel for Mass.

Questions? Contact Lori Howard.

Volunteer to help out at Fall Fest!

Sunday, September 17

It will take many helping hands to make Fall Fest a great success! Consider offering some time in service to our community at our second annual street fest.

We invite you to please sign up to volunteer during a 2-hour shift that day and choose your preferred volunteer role(s).

Thank you for your help!

Friday Sack Lunch & Hospitality Program

Happy Summer! As the sunshine and warmth prevail through summer, our Friday Sack Lunch and Hospitality Programs experience a new surge in guests. Because of this, we are in need of a few more volunteers to provide lunches to those who come on Friday mornings.  

Please review the list below of upcoming needs and consider signing up either through the links below or the parish app!

FRIDAY SACK LUNCH PROGRAM:

• August 4 (6 volunteers needed)
• August 11 (5 volunteers needed)

Sign up for SACK LUNCHES here

Supporting Migrants in Chicago

The city has been challenged to find shelter for the recent waves of migrants and community organizations across Chicago need more supplies to provide for their basic needs. 

• Please see the article below about the Catholic Charities Soup Kitchen opportunity 

• Consider signing up for the meal train organized for the 18th Police District. Many families are currently residing in the lobbies of various police stations across Chicago, and they are in need of daily meals. MEAL TRAIN LINK

• For further ways to donate and get involved, please click here.

Catholic Charities Soup Kitchen

Volunteers greatly needed to help support the upsurge of Migrants

On the 3rd Friday of the month, Saint Clement volunteers assist volunteers from Holy Name Cathedral in serving Catholic Charities' Friday supper. Join us on our upcoming date:

• Friday, August 18 (4:00 - 6:30 p.m.) 

Please note, Catholic Charities is in desperate need of volunteers for their supper program at this time. They are serving over 200 individuals and need help packaging and distributing dinner meals. Because of this situation, additional volunteers are greatly needed and will have a strong impact. 

Volunteers are to report to Catholic Charities (721 N. La Salle) by 4:00 p.m., will begin serving at 5:00 p.m., and be wrapping up by 6:30 at the latest. 

Contact Martina Ricca with questions or to sign-up.

Prepare & serve dinner at Lincoln Park Community Services

Twice a month, Saint Clement volunteers serve dinner for the Guests at LPCS! Volunteers can participate by cooking onsite at LPCS or by preparing part of a meal at home and dropping it off. Upcoming dates:

• Monday, August 14 (6-8 p.m.) at 1521 N. Sedgwick -- 3 spots are available
• Friday, August 18 (6-8 p.m.) at 600 W. Fullerton -- 5 spots are available

Contact Martina Ricca with questions or to sign-up.

Give

Supporting Foundation for Children in Need through Clement Commits

Annual Archdiocesan collection for Missionary Co-Op

Each year, the Mission Cooperative Program of Chicago invites missionaries from around the world to share their mission work with parishes in the Archdiocese. The Foundation for Children in Need is a Catholic lay organization based in Arlington Heights. Their mission work takes place in the interior villages of India. Foundation for Children in Need provides free cleft-lip surgeries, education for orphans and physically-challenged children, care for the elderly, tailoring training for women. Contributions directly benefit the destitute, the elderly, very poor families who cannot bring their children for surgeries, physically-challenged people, and students from rural villages. To know more about the work of FCN, please visit: www.fcn-usa.org. You are also invited to watch their video on FCN Activities, as well as this FCN Home Documentary.

Clement Commits: 10% goes directly to those in need

In lieu of second collections at Mass, Saint Clement Parish supports this Archdiocesan collection through our Clement Commits program. Through Clement Commits, we donate 10% of our general collections to various programs serving the diverse needs outside of our parish.

In Fiscal Year 2023, we donated $5,000 to Missionary Co-Op / Foundation for Children in Need through Clement Commits.



If you wish to make an additional donation to this special collection, click here.

Learn

School News

We regularly share a few updates and photos from Saint Clement School. Please see below. To learn more about Saint Clement School, please visit stclementschool.org or contact Noreen Valle.

Resources

Have easy access to sign-ups, Fr. Peter's weekly video, daily scripture, and more through our Parish App!

We invite you to download and explore our parish app today! You'll be able to sign up to serve as a Liturgical Minister or for our Friday Morning ministry, watch Fr. Peter's weekly video, and more! To download, simply search for Saint Clement in the App Store (iOS) or Google Play Store (Android). Or, you can text stclementapp to 77977. It's that easy!

Click for a video overview of our parish app to learn more!

Job postings from the community

Looking for a job? Looking to add members to your team? We have created a job board as another way to serve our parish family and community. 

Visit the Community Job Board here.

Interested in joining the Saint Clement Parish team? We currently have positions open! Learn more about open positions at Saint Clement.

Outreach: An LGBTQ Catholic Resource

Welcome! God loves you and we see you! Outreach is an LGBTQ Catholic Resource created by Father James Martin, S.J. and several others. They hope to offer news, resources, and community for LGBTQ+ Catholics and their allies. Click here to learn more & check for updates!

Join the Laudato Si' Platform

The Archdiocese is one of nine dioceses around the world chosen to help launch the Laudato Si’ Action Platform. Saint Clement will be going through this process and we are encouraging all parishioners to register on the platform found at laudatosiactionplatform.org.

Little Sisters of the Poor - Trivia night fundraiser

July 29, 5 - 8:00 p.m., St. Mary's Home Garden

Gather your friends for an outdoor evening of trivia fun while supporting Little Sisters of the Poor! Tickets are $25 in advance, prices will increase to $50 at the door. Learn more and register here!

Little Sisters of the Poor is an international Roman Catholic religious community and have pledged their lives to serving and caring for the elderly poor. This is also one of Saint Clement Parish's partner organizations that we support through our Clement Commits program.

Religious Vocations Events

Quo Vadis Days: July 30-August 2

Young men are invited to join us for Quo Vadis Days and experience dynamic talks, small group discussions, meaningful prayer experience, including Mass, the Liturgy of the Hours, and Eucharistic Adoration. We have a dynamic and fun camp, with great food, basketball, volleyball, Ultimate, campfires and much more. This retreat is open to all young men who have graduated 8th grade, between 13 – 18 years old, who want to learn more about the priesthood. Those attending will have a life changing encounter with Christ while having the time of their life. Learn more & register here.

''On The Way''

A Summer Retreat For Catholic Young Men 18-22 Years Old: Includes talks from peers, prayer, food and fellowship Mass on Saturday, August 5 from 10 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. at the Viatorian Province Center (1212 E. Euclid Ave., Arlington Heights, IL.) RSVP by emailing  plamick@viatorians.com

CVLS’ Race Judicata 5k Run/Walk August 31, Lincoln Park

Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS) is a local non-profit organization that provides free legal representation to low-income Chicagoans, including through Saint Clement’s sister parish, Our Lady of Mercy.

CVLS’ annual 5K run/walk fundraiser is August 31st and they are looking for volunteers in gear check, water stations and along the course to guide the runners. There are four different start times (4:45p.m., 5:00p.m., 5:30p.m., and 6:30p.m.). No experience required to volunteer. CVLS will train volunteers on Race Day, and all volunteers and runners will receive a goody bag, t-shirt, and wrist band for free beer and wine for those 21 and over. Register to volunteer here.

Anyone who would prefer to run the race is welcome to register as a participant instead. Thank you for your support!

National Catholic Youth Conference - NCYC Fully Alive

November 16-19, 2023

Join the Archdiocese of Chicago Pilgrimage! The

National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) is a biannual event held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN. High schoolers are invited to join 30,000 of their peers from across the United States for this electrifying pilgrimage, filled with opportunities for worship, music, speakers, a thematic park, and more. 

We are excited to once again be taking a Pilgrimage from the Archdiocese of Chicago to NCYC.

To learn more and register, visit pvm.archchicago.org/events/ncyc.