Saint Edna Catholic Community . desires to live as a reflection of who Christ calls us to be by welcoming all in Charity, Justice, and Hope. This is our mission. St. Edna Information Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday evening: 5:00pm Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30am (No 5:30pm Mass until further notice) Weekday Masses Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:00am Communion Service Monday - Friday: 6:45am Morning Prayer and Communion Service Thursday: 8:00am Reconciliation/Confession Sacrament is available first and third Saturday of each month, from 8:00am—8:45am, or by appointment. Office Hours Monday, Wednesday: 8:30am - 5:00pm* Tuesday, Thursday: 8:30am - 8:00pm* Friday: 8:30am - 1:00pm Saturday: 9:00am - 1:00pm Sunday: Closed * Monday—Thursday: Closed noon until 1:00pm for lunch hour INSIDE THIS ISSUE Worship—5 Take Five for Faith—7 Faith Formation—8 Parish Life—8 Administration—11 Human Concerns—11 In Community—12 Kids Page—13 St. Edna ~ Parish 2021 Missionary Cooperation Plan Collection This weekend we hold the annual summer Missionary Cooperation Plan collection, a chance to offer prayer and financial support to missionaries who minister all over the globe. This summer, due to the pandemic, we cannot have an in-person visitor, so our Mission appeal is virtual. St. Edna has chosen to support and hear about the School Sisters of St. Francis, which is an international community who, for almost 150 years, strive to be the Face of Jesus for people of all ages and abilities through ministries in education, health care, pastoral care and social services. The Mission in Bangalore, India includes the Asha Bhavan Home, where elder women who have been abandoned are given a safe place to live with dignity and love. The Sisters provide nourishing food, medical services and compassionate care to about 24 destitute mostly elder women who have been abandoned by their families. Many are bedridden, mentally challenged or extremely fragile in mind and spirit. The sisters provide these women with help and hope, enabling them to regain not only their health, but also their sense of self worth and self respect. You may find more information at www.sssf.org If you are able, please place a donation (which will support all the 104 participating Mission causes) in the collection basket (checks made payable to the parish), or you can make a donation online at: WeAreMissionary.org/give Bulletin Deadline Articles for the August 22, 2021 bulletin may be dropped off in the Parish Office or e-mailed to [email protected] no later than Tuesday, August 10, 2021. St. Edna Electronic Newsletter COMMUNION UNDER Have you signed up the St. Edna electronic Newsletter for the parish? For those who wish to subscribe to the THE CANOPY St. Edna Newsletter, we have a quick and secure method to At present, Holy Communion join by a quick text. under the Canopy will continue On your smartphone, text the word stedna to 84576. at the main entrance to the For your security, you will be sent a link to Church on each Saturday. complete your signup process. Follow the instructions to complete signup with your Parishioners can drive up under name and email address. the canopy, stay in your car. Once you have received, you are Thank you ! welcome to park in the lot to say a prayer. This information is solely for St. Edna Parish We will be there each Saturday, and will not be distributed to anyone else. from 1:00 PM until 1:30 PM. 2 August 8, 2021 St. Edna ~ Parish Please Pray for Our MILITARY PERSONNEL Please take some time to pray for those whom have chosen to serve the United States of America LTC Russ Necessary, Army Names will be added as they are submitted. All names will remain listed for one year. Please contact our Parish Office with the name(s) and rank of any relatives or friends who are currently serving our Country in the Armed Forces. We’d like to print their names in our Parish Bulletin so we can pray for them. Please be sure that they give permission to have their name published so we can add them to our listing. You may call the Office at 847-398-3362 or email [email protected]. Thanks very much! - Fr. Darrio Have You Tried Upcoming Events at St. Edna “FORMED”? This is a FREE Resource for our Monday, August 9 St. Edna Parishioners! 9:00am Prayer Shawl Ministry (Hurley Center) 7:00pm Outreach Team (Hurley Center) Find a movie for family movie night, or 7:00pm Parish Pastoral Council (Hurley Center) answer questions on the Catholic faith, or Tuesday, August 10 something in-between? 6:45pm Rosary (Church) This online resource is free to any St. Edna 7:30pm Outreach Team (Hurley Center) parishioner. Wednesday, August 11 7:30pm College Ministry Team (Teen Center) Go to https://signup.formed.org Thursday, August 12 Enter our parish’s zip code 7:30pm Pre-Baptism Class (Community Room) Enter your name and your email address Saturday, August 14 9:00am Men’s Club Social event (Parish Center) Click the confirming email 1:00pm Communion under the Canopy And you have access to all the resources! MAY YOUR GOOD WORKS CONTINUE AFTER YOUR DEATH. PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR PARISH IN YOUR WILL. www.stedna.org 3 St. Edna ~ Parish No matter what your present status in the Catholic Church; No matter what your current family or marital situation; No matter what your past or present religious affiliation; No matter what your personal history, age, background, race or color; You are invited, welcomed, accepted, loved and respected at St. Edna Church. Your thoughts on a Sunday Evening Mass We are considering resuming Sunday Evening Mass sometime in the near future. To help us decide if and when to schedule a another Mass, we are looking for some input from our parishioners and regular visitors to help make a better decision. There are two nearby Parishes that offer a Sunday Night Mass: St. James (5:00pm) and Our Lady of the Wayside (6:00pm). Please CIRCLE your preference for St. Edna. You may complete this survey form online from our home page: STEDNA.ORG. Would you attend Sunday Evening Mass? If so, what is your preferred time? Yes / No 4:00 pm / 4:30 pm / 5:30 pm How often would you attend? Regularly / Occasionally / Depends on Season (see below) If Seasonally, which Season(s) would you attend? Or use comment section below. Spring Regularly / Occasionally / Never Summer Regularly / Occasionally / Never Autumn Regularly / Occasionally / Never Winter Regularly / Occasionally / Never School in Session Regularly / Occasionally / Never Which Mass do you now attend? Usually 5:00 pm Saturday / 7:30am / 9:30am / 11:30am Occasionally 5:00 pm Saturday / 7:30am / 9:30am / 11:30am Have you recently attended a nearby Parish's Sunday Night Mass? Yes / No Additional Comment: ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ We ask only one survey per family. Please give your Family Name (required) for this survey (please PRINT): ____________________________________________ Thank you very much for taking the time and giving thought to this Survey. Please place this Survey (by September 1st) in the weekend collection basket, or drop it off at the Parish Office, or mail it to the Parish Office. 4 August 8, 2021 St. Edna ~ Parish Sharing Sunday Just a reminder that the 3rd Sunday of every month is our Sharing Sunday, non-perishable food donations can be placed in the box located in the narthex. Your donations help support the St. Edna Food Pantry along with the Food Pantry at St. James on Wabash. You can also drop off non-perishable food during the week, we have a bin inside of Door 6 near the Parish Center along with a bin located just outside of those doors. We appreciate your generosity! At this time our monthly Sharing Coffee is temporarily on hold as we search for volunteers to assist us on the 3rd Sunday of the month. If you are interested, please contact the parish office at 847-398-3362. Do You Have a Bumper Garden Crop? Many of our area home gardens have surplus. We are pleased to offer a use for your home-grown extras. Please donate any hearty summer vegetables from your garden that will not require refrigeration to the St. Edna Food Pantry/Outreach. The produce will be made available to those who use our Outreach program. (Outreach is open Saturdays 9:00am-noon). We ask that all items be brought in to the building and placed on the designated cart, inside Door #6. Please do not leave your donations outside in the plastic bins, as they will not keep, and will have to be discarded. Donations are accepted on: Thursday (8:30am – 8pm) and Friday (8:30am – 1pm). This is a new program for St. Edna. Worship Commission www.stedna.org/worship ROSARY GROUP RETURNS TO CHURCH! All are invited to join together every Tuesday evening to pray the Rosary and Divine Chaplet with our Church Rosary family Wedding Banns in Church, or with “High Tech” Rosary family from the comfort of their homes via telephone call-in. We begin at 6:45pm. The “High Tech” Rosary family will continue to pray the Rosary Heather Nisbet and each weekday at 6:45pm via phone. Michael Hepner Contact Tomi for more information: [email protected] 847-398-7299 www.stedna.org 5 Worship Commission www.stedna.org/worship Mass Intentions for the Week of August 7 & August 8, 2021 Congratulations Weekend of August 7 & 8 5:00pm—George Kutz, Bernard & Ann Marie Medema, Clarence Rank, Gene & Rose Marie Koral Vermell Brown (A) 50th Wedding Anniversary 7:30am—George Tokarczyk, Amado Calma Agaton, Luigi Puglisi 9:30am—Antonia Diaz (birthday), Alice Ross, Frank Borrego, Vera Sloan (A) 11:30am—Geraldine Karwoski, Donna Galuszka Monday, August 9 8:00am—The Souls of the Faithful Departed Tuesday, August 10 With Sympathy 8:00am—William Martin Blazejewski, Jay Mills, Roy Matusiewicz, Klaus Benner, Walter Winkler husband of Mathilde Wednesday, August 11 Joan Karwoski, 8:00am—Oreste Turano, Ann Simek (A), The Parishioners of St.