St. Gertrude Catholic Church in Chicago

St. Gertrude Catholic Church in ChicagoSt. Gertrude Catholic Church in ChicagoSt. Gertrude Catholic Church in Chicago

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    • Home
    • Mass Info/Live-Streams
    • Bulletins
    • Events Calendar
    • Older Bulletins
    • Religious Education News
    • Contact Us/About Us
      • Contact Us /Hours/Staff
      • FAQs
      • History of Our Parish
      • Our Mission & Vision
      • 2023 Parish Events
      • Recent Parish Events
      • Older Parish Events
      • Who Was St. Gertrude?
      • Financial Reports
    • Religious Education Forms
    • Heart to Heart
    • Medical Lending Closet
    • Donate to St. Gertrude
    • Ministries/Community Life
      • Ways to Get Involved
      • Care For Real
      • Domestic Violence Help
      • ECRA
      • Heart to Heart
      • NCA
      • Become a Catholic/RCIA
    • Registration & Records
      • Baptism for Children
      • Confirmation Forms
      • Join Our Parish!
      • Letters for Sponsors
      • Sacramental Records
      • Update Contact Info
    • Sacraments
      • Anointing of the Sick
      • Baptism for Children
      • Confirmation
      • First Communion
      • Funerals/Memorial Masses
      • Marriage
      • Reconciliation

773.764.3621

St. Gertrude Catholic Church in Chicago

St. Gertrude Catholic Church in ChicagoSt. Gertrude Catholic Church in ChicagoSt. Gertrude Catholic Church in Chicago
  • Home
  • Mass Info/Live-Streams
  • Bulletins
  • Events Calendar
  • Older Bulletins
  • Religious Education News
  • Contact Us/About Us
    • Contact Us /Hours/Staff
    • FAQs
    • History of Our Parish
    • Our Mission & Vision
    • 2023 Parish Events
    • Recent Parish Events
    • Older Parish Events
    • Who Was St. Gertrude?
    • Financial Reports
  • Religious Education Forms
  • Heart to Heart
  • Medical Lending Closet
  • Donate to St. Gertrude
  • Ministries/Community Life
    • Ways to Get Involved
    • Care For Real
    • Domestic Violence Help
    • ECRA
    • Heart to Heart
    • NCA
    • Become a Catholic/RCIA
  • Registration & Records
    • Baptism for Children
    • Confirmation Forms
    • Join Our Parish!
    • Letters for Sponsors
    • Sacramental Records
    • Update Contact Info
  • Sacraments
    • Anointing of the Sick
    • Baptism for Children
    • Confirmation
    • First Communion
    • Funerals/Memorial Masses
    • Marriage
    • Reconciliation

Ecumenical and Interreligious Activities (ECRA)

What is ECRA?

St. Gertrude Parish is a proud member of the Edgewater Community Religious Association (ECRA), an interfaith association of religious organizations who work toward fostering friendships and understanding of other faiths, and to nurture a thriving and just neighborhood. For decades, ECRA has linked religiously diverse neighbors to create solutions to local problems, including the Edgewater Community Council and creating Edgewater’s food pantry, Care for Real.


ECRA hosts several events annually that bring together Catholics, Baptists, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, as well as our friends from the Jewish, Muslim, and Hindi faith. In November, an interfaith Thanksgiving service and celebration is held, benefiting Care for Real. Additionally, Sacred Seed talks are given twice a year, where Jewish, Muslim, Protestant, and Catholic viewpoints are shared on a chosen topic and discussed in order to learn from each other. All gatherings are guided by a spirit of mutual respect and a desire for harmonious co-existence and community progress, with special attention paid to the most vulnerable neighbors.      


St. Gertrude parish also occasionally takes parts in ecumenical (members of Christian denominations) activities, typically during Advent or Lent.   


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