Wednesday, March 24, 2010: Lenten Evenings of Faith - Eucharistic Adoration

Our final event in our Lenten series, Evenings of Faith, is this Wednesday, March 24 at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall.  Sr. Anne Flanagan, F.S.P., who gave last year's popular talk on St. Paul, will give a presentation on Eucharistic Adoration.  Sr. Anne is an editor and author of many books for Pauline Books and Media, including a book introducing children to Eucharistic Adoration.  She will speak on the renewed interest in this traditional Catholic practice of Adoration outside of Mass and how it relates to our active participation in the Mass.

Mass will be celebrated at 6:00 p.m. every Wednesday during Lent.  There is a Lenten meal at 6:30 p.m. followed by the talk from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Reservations are required only for the meal.  Please make your meal reservations by calling the parish office by noon on Monday or by signing the list in the back of church.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010: Lenten Evenings of Faith - Being Loved

People of faith are always being challenged to love others; but how do we gracefully receive the love of another, and how does being loved complete us as a human person? Andrew Lyke, long-time coordinator of Marriage Ministry in the Archdiocese of Chicago, a popular speaker, and a syndicated columnist, will address these and other relationship questions in a presentation entitled “standing in the glow of being loved” Wednesday March 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. This is the fourth in our weekly Lenten series, Evenings of Faith. Mass will be celebrated every Wednesday night during Lent at 6:00 p.m. There will be a Lenten meal at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall, followed by the talk from 7:00--8:00 p.m. Reservations are required only for the meal (a donation of five dollars is suggested for the meal). Please make your dinner reservations by noon on the Monday preceding the presentation. Call the parish office or email lent@assumption-chgo.org.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010: Lenten Evenings of Faith - Art And Worship

Mentor to many artists and a well-known liturgical designer with a studio in River North (and a member of the Assumption worship community), John David Mooney was one of 250 invited participants at Pope Benedict’s Summit on the Arts in November, 2009. He will give the next presentation in our Evenings of Faith series Wednesday, March 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Mr. Mooney will report on the Rome meeting and will offer visual examples of the role that art has played in the history of Christianity and of its role today.

Mass will be celebrated at 6:00 p.m. every Wednesday evening during Lent. There will be a Lenten meal in the Parish Hall at 6:30 p.m., followed by the talk at 7:00 p.m. Reservations are required only for the meal (a donation of five dollars is suggested for the meal). Please make your meal reservations by noon on the Monday preceding the presentation. Call the parish office or email lent@assumption-chgo.org.

Wednesday, March 03, 2010: Lenten Evenings of Faith - The Resurrection of Jesus

Fr. Joe will give the next presentation in our Lenten Series, Evenings of Faith, at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 in the Parish Hall. In a talk entitled “The Resurrection of Jesus,” he will show how each of the four Gospels offers a different perspective on the events of the first Easter. He will then explore how these differences reflect questions faced by the early Christian community in trying to understand the resurrection and how some of these same questions remain with us today.

Mass will be celebrated at 6:00 p.m. every Wednesday evening during Lent. There will be a Lenten meal in the Parish Hall at 6:30 p.m., followed by the talk at 7:00 p. m. Reservations are required only for the meal (a donation of five dollars is suggested for the meal). Please make your meal reservations by noon on the Monday preceding the presentation. Call the parish office or email lent@assumption-chgo.org.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010: Lenten Evenings of Faith - Judaism Today

Fr. John Pawlikowski, O.S.M., a member of the Servite Community at Assumption, Director of Catholic-Jewish Studies at Catholic Theological Union, and author/editor of 15 books, will give the first talk in our Lenten Series Evenings of Faith Wednesday, February 24. Fr. John will examine some of the important beliefs, spiritual principles, and doctrines of the major strands of contemporary Judaism. Mass will be celebrated in Church at 6:00 p.m. There will be a Lenten meal in the Church Hall at 6:30 p.m., followed by the presentation from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Reservations are required only for the meal (a five dollar donation for the meal is suggested). For dinner reservations call the parish office (312-644-0036) or email lent@assumption-chgo.org.