Mass on Monday, July 4 will be at 7:30 am

Per 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.

When we shut down in March of 2020, that included not only the Masses in church, but also the gym masses and the 9:30 masses at Sacred Heart on Sheridan Road. In June of  2020, we resumed Masses in church, following the COVID protocols. And in September of this year the Gym Mass resumed. But we will not be resuming the 9:30 am (Sheridan Road) Mass. As many people will remember, at the time we shut down, the 9:30 am (Sheridan Road) congregation was trying to build up its membership in the hopes of being able to continue. But during the pandemic we lost some of the key players to COVID or other illness and the limitations of age. 

We are so grateful to Sacred Heart for their hospitality throughout the years as they generously allowed us to use their vestibule on Sunday mornings for worship. Our relationship with Sacred Heart will continue as we provide presiders for various school liturgies and their sacramental celebrations are held every year here at St. Gertrude. And special thanks to all those who worked so faithfully in the weekly set-up and take-down for the Mass, for all those who were liturgical ministers at the 9:30 am Mass and all those who found a home congregation there. 

~ Father Rich

We live-stream our 10:30 am Mass on Sunday mornings from St. Gertrude Church using Facebook Live for the foreseeable future. Please click HERE to be connected to our parish Facebook page. After Mass, we upload the video to our YouTube channel.