May 24, 2020 the Ascension Traditional Latin Mass: of the Lord Sunday After the Ascension
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St. Mary of Perpetual Help All SaintsSt. Anthony May 24, 2020 The Ascension Traditional Latin Mass: of the Lord Sunday after the Ascension PARISH STAFF CHURCH OFFICE Rev. Thomas Aschenbrener, Pastor 1039 West 32nd Street, Chicago, Illinois 60608 Geoff Pautsch, Director of Music and Parish Operations Office: (773) 927-6646 Mona DiFoggio, Parish Secretary Monday through Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Closed Saturday, Sunday and Holidays Web: StMaryOfPerpetualHelp.com E-mail: [email protected] Find us on Facebook and Instagram SUNDAY MASS Saturday Afternoon 4:00 p.m. (Adoration 3:00 p.m.) Sunday 8:30 a.m. (Traditional Latin) and 10:30 a.m. DAILY MASS Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday: 5:00 p.m. Adoration; 6:00 p.m. Mass No Mass on Tuesday Wednesday: 5:30 p.m. Rosary, Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help and Angelus Saturday: 9:00 a.m. Traditional Latin Low Mass (First Saturday of the month only) CONFESSION Wednesday: 5:00—5:30 p.m. Saturday: 2:45—3:30 p.m. Sunday: 7:45—8:10 a.m.; 9:50—10:10 a.m. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM PRAYERS FOR AFTER COMMUNION Sundays during the school year; 8:45 to 11:30 a.m. I thank You, O Holy Lord, Almighty Father, Eternal God, who have deigned, not Grade 1 through Grade 8 through any merits of mine, but out of the condescension of Your goodness, to satisfy me a sinner, Your unworthy servant, with the precious Body and Blood of LOCAL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: Parishioners who wish a Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that this Holy Communion be not a con- Catholic education should consider St. Therese School demnation to punishment for me, but a saving plea to forgiveness. May it be to (312) 326-6243, St. Jerome School (312) 842-7668, or me the armor of faith and the shield of a good will. May it be the emptying out of Bridgeport Catholic Academy (773) 376-6223 my vices and the extinction of all lustful desires; and increase of charity and pa- tience, of humility and obedience, and all virtues; a strong defense against the SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please contact the church office and speak with one of snares of all my enemies, visible and invisible; the perfect quieting of all my evil the priests if you wish to have Holy Communion impulses of flesh and spirit, binding me firmly to You, the one true God; and a brought to someone who is sick and homebound. happy ending of my life. I pray too that You will deign to bring me, a sinner, to that ineffable banquet where You with Your Son and the Holy Spirit, are to your BAPTISMS AND MATRIMONY: Please contact the church Saints true light, fulfilment of desires, eternal joy, total gladness, and perfect bliss. office by e-mail or speak to Father Aschenbrener. Arrange- Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. ments for Holy Matrimony must be made at least six Prayer to Saint Michael months in advance. To receive the sacraments of Baptism Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our protection against the and Matrimony, one should be a registered parishioner wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray: and do attending Mass regularly, be active within the parish and thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan supporting the parish through the offertory envelopes. and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. ST. MARY OF PERPETUAL HELP CATHOLIC CHURCH, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS WELCOME TO ALL GUESTS AND VISITORS TO ST. MARY OF PERPETUAL HELP/ALL SAINTS-ST. ANTHONY Are you a visitor to our parish? Have you recently moved into the neighborhood? Are you looking for a spiritual place to call home? We welcome all visitors and guests to our church. You can find infor- mation about our parish on our website: www.StMaryOfPerpetualHelp.com. If you would like to join our parish, you may register online, use the form in the bulletin, or simply call the church office. Should you feel the need to speak to a priest about a spiritual matter, we encourage you to contact the church office and speak with Father Aschenbrener. Welcome home to our parish community of faith! You are encouraged to visit www.CatholicsComeHome.org PRAY FOR THOSE FATHER’S DAY SPIRITUAL BOUQUET IN THE ARMED SERVICES Why not give the best Father’s Day gift possible; Spiritual On this Memorial Day weekend, let us bouquets? This Father’s Day, you have the opportunity to re- remember in our prayers all those who member any living and deceased Fathers in Masses said here currently serve and have served our coun- at St. Mary of Perpetual Help Church on the third Wednesday try. We encourage all parishioners and friends to join us in of every month all year long. Special Spiritual Bouquet Enve- prayer as we pray for peace in our troubled world. lopes for Father’s Day can be found in your monthly envelope packet for the month of June. You are welcome to include as HELP US CONNECT WITH YOU many people as you would like on the envelope. Our parish has a Facebook page. Be sure to “like” us! WATCH HOLY MASS ON OUR PARISH WEBSITE, Our parish sends out newsletters about up- ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL, coming events and other important parish OR ON OUR PARISH FACEBOOK PAGE. information. If you did not receive a recent e mail from the parish, it’s because we don’t STAY CONNECTED TO THE PARISH! have your email address. If you would like to be on our mail- Sunday Masses: Watch both the Traditional Latin Mass ing list, simply email the parish at [email protected]. and the Mass in English on Sunday mornings. The Mass- es are posted to our parish website, our parish Facebook MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK page, and our parish YouTube channel. Stay connected to FATHER ASCHENBRENER CONTINUES TO SAY the Lord during these difficult times. PRIVATE MASSES DAILY FOR THESE INTENTIONS. Sunday, May 24 Monday, May 25NSt. Bede the Venerable, St. Gregory VII, St. Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi, Memorial Day Thank you for your generosity: The generosity of so many †Phillip J. Augustine, †Carl S. Kolinski parishioners and friends of the parish continues to be remark- Tuesday, May 26NSt. Philip Neri able. Thank you for your continuous support for St. Mary of Wednesday, May 27NSt. Augustine of Canterbury Perpetual Help/All SaintsSt. Anthony. While we have †Gertrude Pomierski worked hard to control our expenses, many expenses for Thursday, May 28NEaster Weekday building upkeep, utilities, daytoday, and personnel have not †Helen Dillon stopped during this crisis. Our parish survives only because Friday, May 29NEaster Weekday of your generosity.We hope you will consider making your †Tadeusz Janiszewski Sunday offertory donation online each week and perhaps Saturday, May 30NEaster Weekday going forward by going to www.GiveCentral.org or mailin Sunday, May 31 your donation to the church office. Parishioners of our parish, †Len and †Bruno Bartucci, †Helen Dillon, †Emilio Flores, †Zofia Kelner, MASS BOOK FOR 2021 †Jim and Marilyn Kozak, †Stephany Pucilo, †Timothy O’Connell The Mass Book for 2021 is open. Please contact the church office and speak with Mona if you wish to have Masses said ST. MARY’S PERPETUAL GIVEAWAY for your intention. There are still many open dates for 2020. $50 Sunday DrawingNMay 17, 2020 PARISH PRAYER TREE Ticket Number #2753NJudy Glogovsky Our prayer tree is a small group of people quietly praying for DOME LIGHTS our parishioners, their family, and our community. They pray The dome lights will be lit on Tuesday, May 26 for the for successful surgeries, medical needs, misfortunes, physical special intention of Ed and Christine Konarski. If and spiritual challenges and more. If you are in need of pray- you wish to have the dome lights lit, please contact the ers, or would like to join the prayer tree, contact Lucie Weir Church Office. at (773) 9086046 or by email at [email protected]. MAY 17, 2020 LETTER FROM OUR PASTOR REGARDING and complete tasks assigned to all parishes as part of a reo- pening certification process to be approved by the Archdio- THE RE-OPENING PLAN FOR OUR CHURCH cese. Dear parishioners, Following our training and certification approval, we will on- I pray that you and your loved ones are healthy. As you may ly open our church once the Reopening Leadership Team and have seen, Cardinal Cupich recently shared our multiphased I feel confident that we have the right volunteers in place to plan for reopening churches in the Archdiocese of Chicago. make it possible to reopen. I’m hoping we will be able to Specifically, open for private prayer the first week in June. Phase I allows for parishes to reopen for Baptism, Recon- The guidelines and measures required to reopen are designed ciliation, Weddings and Funerals with a limit of 10 attendees. to protect our wellbeing and that of the of our broader com- Phase IA allows for parishes to reopen for private prayer munity. As Cardinal Cupich has noted, from the first pages of and adoration with a limit of 10 attendees. Scripture we learn that we indeed are “our brother’s keeper.” Our Lord Jesus Christ prayed, “that they all may be one” (Jn Phase II allows for reopening for weekday and weekend 17:21) and commanded us “love one another.