ASH WEDNESDAY IS MARCH 1; NOTE NEW EVENING MASS SCHEDULE
Please note the change in evening Mass schedule for Ash Wednesday and
all Holy Days. Mass in English is now at 6:30 p.m. and Mass in Spanish
is at 7:30 p.m. This new schedule goes into effect Ash Wednesday, March
1. Morning Masses will continue at the established schedule of 7 and 9
a.m.
NEW PARISHIONER REGISTRATION
Regular monthly registration for new parishioners will take place next
weekend in the Gathering Space after all Masses Saturday, March 4 and
Sunday, March 5. If you are new to the parish and have not yet
registered, now is the time! If you have moved or need to update
information on your registration, this is also the time.
NICODEMUS MINISTRY VOLUNTEERS
When a parishioner dies the priest leads the Wake, or Vigil Service and celebrates the Mass of Christian Burial. However, the final Prayers of Commendation at the cemetery are led by a lay person. Why? Laity are encouraged to lead their brothers and sisters in prayer. It is a sign that when a parishioner dies, other parishioners—and not just the priest— pray. It is a ministry of tenderness to the family in sadness and one of personal fulfillment to the Nicodemus Minister. Can you make time for this effort? Volunteers are needed. This ministry, longstanding at Queen of Angels, is beginning in more parishes throughout the Archdiocese. With your fellow parishioners, follow the kindness of Nicodemus who, with Joseph of Arimethea, buried Jesus. Call 773-539-7510. Formation, orientation and manual provided.
RESPECT LIFE MEETING
The Respect Life group needs you! We’re coming up on a very busy time,
with Adopt A Mom, Life Logic, Mother’s and Father’s Day events planned.
If you can help, please let us know. Our next meeting is at 7:05 p.m.
Tuesday, March 7 in the Voss Center. Come! Bring friends!
“Yes, even today the Lord hears the cry of the multitudes longing for joy, peace and love. As in every age, they feel abandoned. Yet, even in the desolation of misery, loneliness, violence and hunger that indiscriminately afflict children, adults and the elderly, God does not allow darkness to prevail.” Pope Benedict XVI, Lenten Message 2006
—A reflection from the Respect Life Committee
AT ST. SCHOLASTICA…
“SisterHood,” St. Scholastica’s Centennial Celebration, is an original musical retrospective-revue celebrating the first 100 years of St. Scholastica’s Rogers Park home on Ridge. The show is a theatrical travelogue of memories, songs and history of when the Benedictine Sisters moved in to Rogers Park. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 2. Tickets for the open seating event are $7. Call 773-764-5715, ext. 392.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER OPPORTUNITY
The Ravenswood Ministerial Association invites all to a World Day of Prayer Service at 7 p.m., March 3 at Bethany Retirement Homes, 4950 North Ashland. Refreshments will follow. The World Day of prayer is an international prayer movement, symbolized by an annual day of celebration— the first Friday of March— to which all are welcome. Traditions come together to observe a common day of prayer, and who, in more than 180 countries and in over 1,000 languages, have a continuing relationship in prayer and service.
