Summer at Ascension: Rector's Update.  Since our last in-person mass in mid-March, clergy, musicians and other staff and parishioners have been adapting to 'virtual' gathering and worship (with mixed results and responses). A parish task force is now preparing to resume in-person worship sometime in August, subject to safe conditions. Please remember that the garden continues to be available for a visit, prayer and contemplation. On a limited basis, we are now also allowing individuals, or up to three persons from the same household, to visit and sit in the church for quiet, reflection and prayers. All persons wishing to make such a visit must make prior arrangement with the parish administrator, available in the parish offices Monday-Thursday.  - Fr. Raymond +
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​Stay-At-Home Sundays - August, 2020
Click on any liturgy or event below at the scheduled time to take part.
8:30 a.m. - Morning Prayer, via Zoom
9:00 a.m. - Stay-at-Home Mass via Zoom 
    NOTE: Connection permitting, the mass is also Live-Streamed Mass via Facebook. 
10:15 a.m. - Rosary (Glorious Mysteries), August 2 only*
11:00 a.m. - Virtual Coffee Hour via Zoom

* The order to be used for the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary may be viewed here. 

Weekday Masses - Wednesdays 6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m. - Stay-at-Home Mass via Zoom 
Click here to view/print the order of worship for the July 5 mass. 

Weekday Morning Prayer
8:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday
led by Br. Jonathan Wheat, SMJ via Facebook Live

Weekday Evening Prayer
6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
Join any evening via Zoom 

Current and Recent Music and Archived Liturgies ...
... at Ascension's YouTube Channel  (when available) and/or
... at Ascension's Facebook page (when available)

Welcome to Ascension!
​The Church of the Ascension is a diverse and welcoming Episcopal Church located in Chicago’s vibrant Gold Coast neighborhood. Part of the world-wide Anglican Communion, we are grounded in rich Anglo-Catholic traditions in which we encounter God’s abundant grace and love for us and for the world. Wherever you are in your life with God – hesitant searcher or long-time churchgoer – we pray that you may find a spiritual home with us at the Church of the Ascension. Please join us soon.
Covid-19 updates from the Ascension Rector, when we are able to post them, may be found under our NEWS tab -- click here or above. ​
Food Pantry Update 
Due to health concerns related to COVID-19, on the first Saturdays since April (the 4th), pantry guests have been receiving $20 Chicago Shares vouchers at the gate of the church garden in lieu of our normal distribution. Food Pantry Coordinator Deacon Charles Farrell, the Rector and others are in ongoing conversations about how to keep this important ministry viable in coming months. Check back here or keep up in our weekly Wednesday newsletters. 
 NOTE; The July food pantry WILL take place on July 4.
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Church of the Ascension
1133 N La Salle Dr.
Chicago, IL 60610-2601
Phone: 312-664-1271
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Sunday Worship Schedule
Suspended until further notice
7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer
8:00 a.m. Said Mass, Rite I
9:00 a.m. Sung Mass, Rite II
11:00 a.m. Solemn High Mass, Rite II, with the Ascension Choir
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Our free parking lot is located on the northeast corner of La Salle Boulevard and Maple Street.