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Novena for Healing and Atonement

All are invited to join in nine evenings of prayer and reflection which will be hosted later this month by nine northside and near north suburban parishes, including Queen of Angels. Prayer services will take place from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on each day, Saturday, September 21, through Sunday, September 29, the feast of the Holy Archangels. Each Holy Hour of prayer will have Scripture readings, prayers, Eucharistic Adoration, reflections from Pope Francis, and music.

This is an initiative to unite the faithful of Vicariate II in addressing the issue of clergy sexual abuse. Along with enforcing safe environment practices and educating ourselves about the issues, let us gather to pray for healing, atonement, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit within our Church, as we walk together in the Spirit toward reparation, forgiveness, and healing. For further info, please contact the Vicariate II Office, 773-388-8670 or mbartosic@archchicago.org.

Saturday, September 21
Our Lady of Ransom
8300 N. Greenwood, Niles		 Sunday, September 22
Queen of Angels
2330 W. Sunnyside, Chicago		 Monday, September 23
St. Mary in Evanston
1012 Lake St., Evanston
Tuesday, September 24
St. Cornelius
5430 W. Foster, Chicago		 Wednesday, September 25
St. Clement
642 W. Deming Pl., Chicago		 Thursday, September 26
St. Gertrude
6200 N. Glenwood, Chicago
Friday, September 27
St. Catherine Labouré
3535 Thornwood, Glenview		 Saturday, September 28
St. Gregory the Great
5545 N. Paulina, Chicago		 Sunday, September 29
St. Mary of the Lake
4200 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago
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Seminarian Education Fund

This weekend at all Masses, September 21-22, we will have a second collection for the Seminarian Education Fund. The fund helps to cover the cost to educate each archdiocesan seminarian as they proceed through the various stages of formation before ordination as a priest for Chicago. Seminarians take a great leap of faith — and they invest vast amounts of time, talent and their own treasure to answer God’s call to serve. Please give generously to this weekend’s second collection. An envelope is included with the bulletin, or give online.

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Men’s Club Golf Outing 2019

Men's Club Golf Outing 2019

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Renew My Church Parish Session 2

Working with the neighboring parishes in our Lincoln Square grouping, we have been invited to consider and give feedback on how we can collaborate for spiritual renewal, align resources to invest in ministry, and renew our parishes and schools. To initiate discussion, the Archdiocese has offered a set of initial scenarios that show potential models of how our parishes and schools could be configured in the future. Please plan to come to our next parish meeting to learn more and share your feedback and input:

  • In English at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 17 in the Parish Center
  • In Spanish at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 19 in the church basement

The initial scenarios (5 for parishes, 2 for schools) are described in the handout included with the bulletin on September 8, 2019 or in the links below:

These initial scenarios are only conversation starters, and they will be shared in detail at our next parish session on September 17 and 19.  No decisions have been made. These scenarios will be evaluated against a set of criteria determined using data across the Archdiocese for how a structure would support vitality and ensure viability, such as:

  • Ministerial and spiritual needs of the community
  • Parishioner count and Mass attendance
  • Pastoral manageability
  • Parish financial stability and facilities
  • School quality and financial stability

As we review the scenarios, it is important for all us to do so prayerfully keeping in mind that the spiritual and structural renewal to which we are called to foster are connected. The best and most effective and efficient stewardship of our resources (structural renewal) can allow us to invest more into the ministries that directly work toward making disciples, building community and inspiring witness (spiritual renewal).  Just as Jesus asks us to pray always, He also invites us to trust always. Together, we pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit to determine how Our Lord will use existing structures to create new ones that bring more people into relationship with Him.

As always, for more information, please visit RenewMyChurch.org, or ask me.

—Monsignor Jim Kaczorowski, Pastor

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Catechetical Sunday

Please join us at the 9:30 a.m. Mass next Sunday, September 15, to recognize and ask God’s blessing on the catechists in our parish who are being commissioned to help others understand the Catholic faith through ministries like our parish school, CCD, sacrament preparation, SPRED, Children’s Liturgy of the Word and Bible Study. Let us pray together as a parish family for all those who minister as catechists.