
All Are Welcome
St. Gertrude Parish in Chicago
Our parish strives to be a community, growing in faith, that welcomes all and brings Christ’s love to others.
Our parish strives to be a community, growing in faith, that welcomes all and brings Christ’s love to others.
The Rectory office will be closed on Monday, July 4. Mass will be held at 7:30 am.
The Rectory office will temporarily close at 4:30 pm on weekdays. Weekend office hours may be limited.
Every Sunday at 10:30 am, we live-stream Mass from St. Gertrude Church using Facebook Live. Please click HERE to be connected to our parish Facebook page. After Mass, we upload the video to our YouTube channel. You do not need a Facebook account to watch Mass on Facebook Live.
Per the State of Illinois and City of Chicago regulations, wearing of masks in any public setting is now optional. Priests and Ministers of Communion will continue to wear masks while they are distributing Communion.
Please consider wearing your mask -- especially if you have not received your vaccination shots.
Communion will continue to be distributed only in the hands.
Each year, every parish in the Archdiocese hosts a speaker on behalf of a missionary group during the summer months. This year, we will welcome Fr. Arnel Lagman, OFS, from the Roman Catholic Prelature of Isabela de Basilan in the Philippines (pictured right).
The Prelature is composed of ten parishes and five convents, also served by four different congregations of religious sisters. The proceeds from the Summer Mission Appeal make possible the continued work of the church in that part of the world. Please be generous in the second collection that weekend.
In July, bulletins will be distributed/printed every other week. The schedule is:
We will resume our weekly bulletin schedule on August 6-7.
Information for the bulletin must be submitted to stgertbulletin@yahoo.com for the July 24 & 31 bulletin by 9:00 am on Friday, July 15. Info for the August 6-7 bulletin is due by 9:00 am on Friday, July 22.
Congratulations to all our NCA students who graduated on Thursday, June 2!
We wish them the very best as they move on to high school!
The Rectory office will be closed on Monday, July 4. Mass will be held at 7:30 am.
Join the Tolton Guild and Bishop Joseph Perry, postulator for the cause for canonization for Father Augustus Tolton, for an evening reflecting on the life and legacy of Father Tolton. This online event will be Friday, July 8 at 6:30 pm. Panelists C. Vanessa White from Catholic Theological Union and Father Claude Williams, OPraem, will deliver brief remarks on the life and legacy of Father Tolton.
A Q & A discussion will moderated by Father David Jones from St. Benedict the African Parish in Chicago. Closing remarks will be delivered by Father Michael Penn of the Diocese of Jefferson City.
Please register in advance to receive the livestream link and materials for reflection at bit.ly/tolton-7-31.
Join the St. Gertrude Youth Group for food, friends, fun, and faith! Teens in 7th grade and older are invited to the parish youth group cookout, planned for Sunday, July 10 after the 10:30 am Mass in the back of the Rectory.
Additional youth group gatherings have been planned for August 20, September 11, October 15, November 6, and December 10.
For more information, contact Eloy Escamilla at eescamilla@stgertrudechicago.org.
Edgewater Glen's 48th Annual Garden Walk will be held Sunday July 10, 2022 from noon to 5:00 pm starting at 1420 W. Glenlake (6100 North). This is your chance to see creative gardening efforts in smaller city spaces in this easily walkable route of the 1200 & 1300 blocks of Norwood, Glenlake, Hood, and the south side of Granville.
There is a suggested donation of $5 per adult and no charge for children. Visit http://edgeglen.com for more details.
“Do something. Do it now!” - The President of the United States
Even the Good Samaritan eventually had to stop pulling people out of a ditch and organize to make the road safe from Jerusalem to Jericho. So let’s organize with residents of all communities and ethnicities and religions in Chicagoland. Therefore, let us “go and do likewise.”
What can we at St. Gertrude’s do that might be effective on so many of the seemingly intractable issues facing all of us in Chicago, in Illinois, and throughout the country? Let’s get 25 of our parishioners to “Do Something” together on Sunday, July 17 to help make our world more like the Kingdom of God that Jesus preached.
Want to act on injustice and fight for systemic change in housing priorities, economic inequity, mental health, criminal justice, gun violence? Be part of St. Gert's organized people power by grabbing your face mask and getting “on the bus” to the United Power for Action and Justice action on Sunday July 17 at 3:00.
Experience real democracy in action. Join over 2,500 people from 100 member organizations from across the six-county Chicagoland area as we meet with top officials from industry: local, state, and federal government, and religious leaders to get at the root causes of these and other issues.
Let’s travel together, leaving St. Gert’s promptly at 3:00 pm on Sunday, July 17, for a 4:00 pm action at the House of Hope, 752 E 114th Street, Chicago. Or meet us there (plenty of parking is available). You’ll be home before 6:30 pm. Contact parishioners Kate Hibbs Davis at 434.989.6976 or kate.hibbs.davis@gmail.com or Greg Pierce at 773.590.3801 or gfapierce@aol.com to learn more or to sign up for a ride.
Bring your lawn chair, a beverage of your choice and snacks to share, if you choose, and join with fellow St. Gert-ian’s around a firepit on the Rectory lawn.
The Peace and Justice Ministry will be hosting three opportunities to discuss and explore how our Christian faith informs how we feel about social ssues.
They are:
Watch the bulletin for further information and links to articles on the upcoming topics.
If you would like to donate to the care of the Ukrainian people, please consider making a contribution to Catholic Relief Services for emergency aid to the people in Ukraine: https://support.crs.org/donate/donate-ukraine.
CRS has supported Caritas Ukraine in its emergency efforts by providing shelter, food and livelihood support for individuals and families displaced and affected by crisis. Emergency assistance supports people who have been displaced to safe areas, as well as conflict‑affected residents in isolated settlements.
CRS takes a holistic approach to comprehensively meet people’s immediate and long‑ term needs. These include food, water and safe, dignified shelter, as well as counseling and care for psychosocial needs, opportunities to strengthen livelihoods and the resources to rebuild homes.
Families Anonymous (FA) is a free 12-step program designed to help and heal family and friends of those suffering from substance abuse and other addictive behavioral issues.
The Chicago Near North FA meetings are held on Tuesday via Zoom and start promptly at 6:00 pm. Meetings last one hour, but some of the group stays on for a while after the meeting to socialize and to answer any questions from visitors or newcomers.
Interested participants can join here:
We are looking for catechists to teach in our parish’s Religious Ed program this Fall! Catechists are usually not professional teachers, just willing parents and parishioners who enjoy kids and want to help them grow in a personal relationship with God, participate in the sacraments, and develop a mature conscience, and integrate faith in all areas of their lives.
Please consider offering your time and talents to help our young people learn about and grow in their faith.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Eloy Escamilla, Pastoral Associate, Religious Education and Youth Ministry, at eescamilla@stgertrudechicago.org or call 773.764.3621.
Looking for a way to decrease your Illinois state income tax liability? What if you could decrease what you owe to the state and potentially increase your state tax refund, while also helping fund scholarships for low-income students to attend the Catholic school of their choice?
More than 30 children are on the waitlist for Northside Catholic Academy. Help fund a child's future and donate to the Archdiocese Tax Credit Scholarship Program.
Every contribution to the Tax Credit Scholarship Program is eligible for a 75 percent credit on your state income taxes. Help a child attend NCA today. Learn more at archchicago.org/tcs.
Couples celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary from across the Archdiocese of Chicago are invited to gather together for the Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass that will be celebrated by Cardinal Cupich on Sunday, September 18 at 2:30 pm. The Mass will be held at Holy Name Cathedral.
For more information and to register, visit https://pvm.archchicago.org/events/golden-wedding.
Read This Weekend's Print and E-Bulletin
We send out an e-bulletin of parish news on Thursday afternoons. We also distribute a printed bulletin in church on Saturday afternoons and Sundays. This printed bulletin is a slightly shortened version of our e-bulletin and easier to read. Both versions are available below.
Beginning June 12, bulletins will be printed/shared every other week until August.
The scheduled newsletter/bulletin is as follows:
We will resume our weekly bulletin schedule on August 6-7.
If you are submitting anything for the bulletin, please keep this schedule handy. Information for the bulletin must be submitted to stgertbulletin@yahoo.com by the Friday that is ten days before the bulletin will be published. Information for the August 6-7 bulletin is due by July 22.
Older bulletins can be found HERE.
10:30 am in Church
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