Graduating?
Are you graduating from grammar school, high school, college, or graduate/professional school? If so, we want to celebrate the fruits of your labors. This year Graduate Sunday will be held on June 11, 2023. If you or a family member would like to be honored on Graduate Sunday, please fill out the link HERE or call the church office at 708-562-2744 by June 7th.
Graduates are invited to bring a 4x6 or 5x7 photo for us to display during coffee hour. Photos can be brought home the same day.
Holy Apostles looks forward to celebrating this momentous occasion with you!
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17th Annual Holy Apostles 5k Family Run & Walk
Please mark your calendars! On Saturday morning, June 17 at 8:30am, we will hold our annual Holy Apostles 5K Family Run & Walk. Over the years, this event’s runners, pledges and sponsors have raised over $100,000 for charitable organizations such as the Philoxenia House, Rebuild Ukraine and International Committee of the Red Cross.
This year, we are looking to raise $10,000 for Lurie Children’s Hospital Outpatient and Rehab Center in Westchester. We can’t do it without your help. Contributions for our beneficiary will be accepted through June 30. You may register or make a donation by clicking the appropriate buttons below or in our Fellowship Hall during Coffee Hour following Divine Liturgy. Be sure to spread the word among your family and friends!
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Holy Apostles is planning a trip for our seniors to go see The Shrine of Christ’s Passion in St. John, Indiana. We will meet at Holy Apostles at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 28 and then board a coach bus for our journey. Club Cars will be available if you are unable to walk through the Shrine. The tour guides will drive you on an informative tour of the grounds. Wheelchairs will also be available.
After the tour we will have lunch at the Cedar Lake, Lighthouse Restaurant.
The trip is free of charge thanks to a generous donation from the Hellenic Foundation!
Please contact the church office and make your reservations for this beautiful day!
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Our ministry leaders are so excited to help your children grow in Christ. Below is a list of some of the youth ministries' upcoming events.
If you have questions about the ministries or events or would like to volunteer your time and talent to the ministry, please click on the contact email listed.
Ministry: GOYA
Upcoming Dates:
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Thursday, June 15- Senior Dinner at Maggiano's, 7:00 PM- Please RSVP via Remind or goya@holyapostleschurch.com
Contact Ministry: Goya@holyapostleschurch.com
Ministry: Jr. GOYA
Upcoming Dates:
Thank you for a fun year!
Contact Ministry: jrGoya@holyapostleschurch.com
Ministry: JOY
Thank you for a fun year!
Contact Ministry: joy@holyapostleschurch.com
Ministry: TOTS
Upcoming Dates:
Thank you or a fun year!
Contact Ministry: tots@holyapostleschurch.com
Ministry: Children in the Loft
Thank you for a great season! See you next year!
Contact Ministry: bmschieber@gmail.com
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Our Philoptochos has the following wonderful opportunities to offer your time and talent and live out our Orthodox faith in a tangible way. Not a member of Philoptochos yet? They are looking for new members to join this important and life-giving ministry. Click HERE to join!
Congrats to the NEW 2023-2025 Officers!
Executive Board
President – Diane Dietz
1st Vice President – Emily Rehn
2nd Vice President – Stacy Kafkes
Treasurer – Eleni Poteres
Asst. Treasurer – Wanita Loupakos
Corresponding Secretary – Nicole Kubesh
Recording Secretary – Antella Thiakos
Advisor – Cynthia Stathopoulos
Board Members
Faye Adams
Chrisie Alex
Stephanie Coumas
Aleka Ernst
Georgia Kass
Cathy Magas
Aleka Mandelaris
Kathy Obmascik
Maria Patt
Sandra Pihos
Bess Shizas
Anne Theophilos
Sundy Urban
Upcoming Opportunities & Events:
What: September Membership/General Meeting
When:Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Where: Location – TBD
What: Fashion Show
When: Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 11:00 am
Where: Drury Lane, Oak Brook
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Byzantine Chant Concert - The St. John of Damascus League of Chanters invites the faithful to their Byzantine Chant Concert on Wednesday, June 7th at St. Demetrios Church in Elmhurst, IL. The program will begin at 7:15pm and will feature hymns from Pentecost and the Pentecostarion period. A small reception will follow. For more information, please visit sjdsyllgo.com or e-mail sjdsyllgo@gmail.com. | | |
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Holy Apostles will be hosting Grace Bishop Neofitos of Kenya at the Paraklesis service on June 2. He will speak at the Paraklesis and then we will have a light reception after in the multipurpose room.
More about His Grace Bishop Neofitos of Kenya
After being installed in the newly formed Diocese of Nyeri and Mt. Kenya about 7 years ago, HG Bishop Neofitos tirelessly worked to transform the Diocese--he built a Diocese Center, revived and built multiple churches, educated his clergy and presvyteres, and helped establish two orphanages, and and St. Anthony's Orthodox Secondary School--a boarding school for girls. In February of this year, His Holiness Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria, transferred His Grace to a second newly established Diocese--Eldoret in NW Kenya, and has called upon Bishop Neofiotos to continue his apoltolic work there.
The main goal of his current fund-raising endeavor is to raise funds to establish a Diocese Center (a church, offices, and lodging) for his new Diocese of Eldoret. Donations for this endeavor should be made out to: OCMC / "Eldoret Diocese" in the memo.
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We are excited to invite you to register for our 2023 5th Saturday Serve Days. Projects will be announced closer to the event, but you can still register to participate by clicking on the button below.
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Saturday, September 30, 2023
Saturday, December 30, 2023
We hope to see you there!
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Your stewardship provides foundational support for our parish operations and ministries. Stewardship is also an opportunity for each of us to examine our priorities and values, express our thankfulness, and participate in the work the Lord calls each of us to do.
We thank you for your generous offerings through the years and ask that you prayerfully consider how you might offer your time, talent, and treasure for 2023.
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Have you hosted a fellowship hour yet this year? We are looking for families or ministries to help us provide light refreshments for fellowship hours. Families and friends can join together and host a dual hour in honor of a birthday, marriage, memorial, or just to help us out! We also welcome ministries to host. Please consider offering your time and talent and click on the link below: | |
The Welcome Ministry Needs You | The Welcome Ministry is looking for volunteers. To find out how you can help, please click below: | |
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Holy Apostles Philoptochos, Missions Ministry, and the Metropolis ministry Project HOPE continue to work successfully together to provide food assistance to those in need.
Grocery bags attached with lists of required non-perishable items are available for parishioners to pick up in the narthex. The filled bags are then returned to the designated counter in the multi-purpose room. Once we receive 20-25 bags, the bags are distributed. The Project Hope staff may pick the bags up and distribute them to the greater Chicago area, bags may be delivered to the Westchester Food Pantry, or the Immanuel Lutheran Food Pantry collects them from HA. Regardless of where the donations ultimately go, our efforts remain part of the Metropolis program as Project Hope Donations.
Your gifts of food are greatly appreciated and are always finding their way to those in need. The Metropolis Project HOPE has acknowledged Holy Apostles' consistent contributions with praise and gratitude for your generosity.
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Metropolis & Archdiocesan Events
Click below to find out more about the following area community events:
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Feast Day of the Holy Apostle Bartholomew - Patron Saint of Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago. Join His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael in prayer and celebration: Learn more Here
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