We are celebrating the 4th Sunday of Easter.
Presiders: St. Nicholas Saturday, April 20, 2024 4:00 p.m. (Confession) – Fr. Dawit Wubishet 5:00 p.m. – Fr. Dawit Wubishet Sunday, April 21, 2024 8:30 a.m. – Fr. Fr. Jean-Philippe / *Deacon Jaime Rojas 10:30 a.m. – Fr. Mark Scalese 12:30 p.m. – Fr. Jose Manuel / *Deacon Jaime Rojas St. Mary Saturday, April 20, 2024 4:00 p.m. (Confession) – Fr. Mark Scalese 5:00 p.m. – Fr. Mark Scalese Sunday, April 21, 2024 8:00 a.m. – Fr. Jose Manuel 10:00 a.m. – Fr. Dawit Wubishet * Deacon Preaching Scroll down for information about the Tiny Retreat in Spanish on May 11! We often think we receive graces and are divinely illuminated by means of brilliant candles. But from whence comes their light? From prayers, perhaps, of some humble, hidden soul, whose inward shining is not apparent to human eyes. You are invited to a “Tiny Retreat” in English featuring the wisdom of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church, on Saturday, April 27, from 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. in Oldershaw Hall on the St. Nicholas Campus. After a slideshow on St. Thérèse presented by Cynthia Judge, we will use the Little Flower’s insights to inspire our practice of music meditation, Lectio Divina (no experience needed), guided meditation, and faith sharing. All are welcome. Donations to cover breakfast expenses are appreciated. To sign up, contact Sue Garthwaite at smgart@comcast.net by April 24. The soul is in God and God is in the soul. God is closer to us than water is to a fish. You are invited to a “Tiny Retreat” in Spanish featuring the wisdom of St. Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church, on Saturday, May 11, from 8:30 a.m. -
12 p.m. in Oldershaw Hall on the St. Nicholas Campus. After a slideshow on St. Catherine, we will use the her insights to inspire our practice of music meditation, Lectio Divina (no experience needed), guided meditation, and faith sharing. All are welcome. Donations to cover breakfast expenses are appreciated. To sign up, contact the Giselle in the parish office at grico@archchicago.org or 847.864.1185 by May 8. We are celebrating the 3rd Sunday of Easter.
Presiders: St. Nicholas Saturday, April 13, 2024 4:00 p.m. (Confession) – Fr. Jean-Philippe 5:00 p.m. – Fr. Jean-Philippe / *Deacon Chris Murphy Sunday, April 14, 2024 8:30 a.m. – Fr. Jose Manuel 10:30 a.m. – Fr. Jean-Philippe / *Deacon Chris Murphy 12:30 p.m. – Fr. Dan Hartnett St. Mary Saturday, April 13, 2024 4:00 p.m. (Confession) – Fr. Jose Manuel 5:00 p.m. – Fr. Jose Manuel Sunday, April 14, 2024 8:00 a.m. – Fr. Godwin Kornu 10:00 a.m. – Fr. Jim Halstead * Deacon Preaching The 2024 Illinois March for Life is here! Join Bishop Mark Bartosic and other Catholics from our vicariate and around the Archdiocese in Springfield on April 17, 2024. More details and carpooling/bus information can be found in the flyer below.
View flyer as PDF As the final term of the 2023-24 school year begins at Pope John XXIII School, Principal Mary Maloney, Vice Principal Theresa Buckman, Vice Principal Jackie Sulton, and the students of Pope John XXIII wanted to share some updates and upcoming events with you all! At St. John XXIII Parish, we are SO incredibly proud of our parish school. #PantherPride We are celebrating the 2nd Sunday of Easter.
Presiders: St. Nicholas Saturday, April 6, 2024 4:00 p.m. (Confession) – Fr. Dan Hartnett 5:00 p.m. – Fr. Dan Hartnett Sunday, April 7, 2024 8:30 a.m. – Fr. Jose Manuel 10:30 a.m. – Fr. David Dominques 12:30 p.m. – Fr. Jose Manuel St. Mary Saturday, April 6, 2024 4:00 p.m. (Confession) – Fr. Jose Manuel 5:00 p.m. – Fr. Jose Manuel Sunday, April 7, 2024 8:00 a.m. – Fr. David Dominques 10:00 a.m. – Fr. Godwin Kornu 12:00 p.m. (French) – Fr. Jean-Philippe Two important updates for the next few weeks at St. John XXIII Parish! Daily Mass Location ChangesThis coming week, April 8-12, our resident pastors will be attending the Comboni Missionaries’ Provincial Assembly in Cinncinati, OH. Fr. Jean-Philippe has asked that we pray for him, for Fr. José Manuel, and for their brother priests as they gather together. Due to the Provincial Assembly, we will only have one all-parish daily Mass on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week, alternating between St. Mary and St. Nicholas. The schedule will be as follows: Monday, April 8
Construction at St. Mary ChurchWe’re excited to announce that this Monday, April 8, (weather permitting) restoration work will begin on the beautiful stained glass window above the front entrance of St. Mary Church. The work is expected to take 1-2 weeks. During that time, there will be scaffolding above the Lake Street entrance. While the scaffolding is up, the Lake Street entrance will be closed. Please enter the church using the accessible entrance just off the parking lot on the east side of the building. Thank you!
We did it! With just a few short weeks of notice and just a few weeks more to complete the task, we managed to hold three listening sessions as a part of the interim phase of the international Synod on Synodality, initiated by Pope Francis. A HUGE thank you to parishioner Katie Dorner, who, with assistance from Tom Lenz and Deacon Chris Murphy, pulled all this together! To put things in context: The USCCB issued a request in mid-February asking parishes across the country to hold listening sessions to gather feedback between the first and second meetings of the Synod Assembly in Rome. The catch? The listening sessions had to be held during Lent, and a summary report needed to be submitted to the relevant diocese before April 1. An extremely narrow timeframe. So another big thank you to Katie and to all the parishioners who attended the listening sessions! (Learn more about the Synod listening sessions here.)
The following is the summary report (verbatim) of our parish listening sessions which was submitted by Katie Dorner to the Archdiocese of Chicago on behalf of our parish. The Archdiocese will send it to the USCCB, where it will be synthesized with other reports from around the country. It will then be used by the voting members of the Synod Assembly when they meet for their closing session in Rome this October. March 2024 Synod Listening Sessions Summary Saint John XXIII – Evanston, IL Archdiocese of Chicago Dear USCCB, Saint John XXIII is a vibrant, diverse parish in Evanston, IL, just north of Chicago. Saint John XXIII is a recently merged parish of Saint Nicholas and Saint Mary’s. We gathered in person this Lent to participate in this stage of the Synod on Synodality and are happy to share our synthesis here. There were 36 total participants across three listening sessions: two in English and one in Spanish. We wish to acknowledge that this is a small sample size of our large and active parish, given the time constraints of receiving direction in February to host these during Lent. However, we hope this summary still makes a helpful contribution to this stage of the Synod. After an opening prayer and a brief presentation about the Synod, parishioners met in small groups for Conversations in the Spirit. There was a notetaker and a timekeeper in each small group. There were three rounds of sharing for the listening circles, with these questions from the Archdiocese and Synod Office to guide the rounds:
The common themes arose in the listening sessions from our discussion on co-responsibility and mission were: the need and desire for deeper listening within our local and global Church – in particular between clergy and the laity but also among laity, a call for more holistic formation of both clergy and the laity, the inclusion of women in decision making and recognition of women in ministerial leadership, and a great love and concern for both our local parish and the global Church. The need and desire for deeper listening within our local and global Church. This theme arose in almost every small group. Parishioners valued this synodal model of listening and commented on the desire to put into practice this model of listening to/with the Spirit more often. Some noted a frustration that not more members of the clergy or parish council were present for these sessions. There is a hope to have more synodal listening in our parish life in general, not solely in listening sessions. There was a call for greater transparency within our parish so that more trust can be built between parish leadership and parishioners. In addition to greater listening between clergy and laity, there was also a desire for more listening among parishioners at our newly merged parish. One parishioner said, “Artificial divisions can be broken down by listening” and another, “We must create the space to recognition beauty in diversity.” A call for more holistic formation of both clergy and the laity. Formation was another theme that came up in all three listening sessions. In terms of the laity, one parishioner commented, “Ministries need formation: we like people to participate but we don’t take the time for formation." Another parishioner shared that when the laity experience good formation, we feel co-responsible and want to live co-responsibly in the Church. In terms of clergy formation, there was a call for the “rejection of clericalism on all levels.” There was a desire for the Church leadership to know their flock in order to serve them well – to have both good theological formation and also to be attuned to the community in which they serve. The inclusion of women in decision making and recognition of women in ministerial leadership. When discussion of women in the Church came up in small groups, there was both a sense of hurt and hope. One woman parishioner shared, “If you want me to be co-responsible, make my role equal.” There was a note to not avoid the tension of power difference in our Church structure when talking about co-responsibility. There was hope shared about the Synod discussion of including women in decision making processes and the diaconate. Someone said, “What will happen when we are dust?” and the importance of empowering and encouraging young women. A great love and concern for both our local parish and the global Church. There was a palpable love and concern for our local parish and the global Church in these listening sessions. In every session, conversations sincerely brought up the guidance of the Holy Spirit in where we go from here. A concluding note from one of the groups was “We have deep concern about our Church, faith, and community” and another, “We trust that the Holy Spirit will guide us forward.” Many of the small groups brought up a specific concern for young people in the Church, and a conviction to listen to them more fervently for the vitality of our Church. There is a shared hope to “follow and apply this method of synodal listening.” We are grateful for this experience to contribute to this phase of the Synod on Synodality and entrust these hopes and yearnings of all who attended the listening sessions to be synthesized on the national level. We also uplift our parishioners who were unable to attend these sessions due to logistical conflicts. We trust You, Holy Spirit, to gather all of our spoken and unspoken prayers through this process, and in light of the Adsumus Prayer, we pray: “Teach us the way we must go, and how we are to pursue it.” Want to learn more about the Synod as a whole? Check out our Synod on Synodality series! Note: The two regularly livestreamed St. Nicholas Masses will be livestreamed on Easter Sunday. As always, they will available at the bottom of the parish website homepage or on our parish YouTube channel. Holy Thursday |
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