This Week at Ascension

This Week At Ascension (TWAA) is our parish newsletter. It is sent by email most Wednesday afternoons throughout the year, and it is linked below by the end of the day on Thursdays. 

Submissions for TWAA are encouraged, though subject to approval and editing. Submissions are due to the Parish Administrator by noon on the Tuesday before publication. 

Sermons from Sundays, Holy Days and some other occasions are linked in the newsletter when available. 

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Ascension's Eleventh Station

Newsletter: March 20, 2019

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March 20 Dinner & Lenten Program
March 25 Feast of the Annunciation and fellowship
The Pinnacle of the High Altar repair
and more …

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Read The Very Raymond Patrick Raymond's March 17th Sermon

Read a fuller schedule and description of our Lenten Opportunities

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Marc Chagall, Abraham and Sarah

Newsletter: March 13, 2019

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Wednesday Evening Lenten Series
Ascension Connections March/April 2019
Recent Sermons
and more …

​Read The Very Rev. Patrick Raymond's March 6th sermon
Read The Rt. Rev. Daniel Martin's March 10th sermon
Read The Rev. Dr. Robert Petite's March 6th Sermon

Read a fuller schedule and description of our Lenten Opportunities

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Newsletter: March 6, 2019

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Ash Wednesday Schedule
Ascension Welcomes The Rt. Rev. Daniel Martins on March 10
Lenten Opportunities
and more …

​Read The Very Rev. Patrick Raymond's March 3rd sermon
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Newsletter: February 27, 2019

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Ash Wednesday Schedule
Letter from the Junior Warden
Nursery care resumes on March 3rd
and more …

​Read The Rev. Dr. Robert Petite's Feb. 24th sermon
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Newsletter: February 20, 2019

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We're back in the church on Sunday, February 24th!
The Ascension Nursery
Bishop Anderson House Benefit tickets
and more …

​Read The Very Rev. Patrick Raymond's Feb. 17th sermon
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Special Edition: February 14, 2019 

​Announcement from Bishop Jeffrey D. Lee
Farewell to Fr. Richard Daly and Diana

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Newsletter: February 13, 2019 

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​Sanctuary Lamp Restoration
Absalom Jones
Thank you from Ascension Connections
and more …

Read The Very Rev. Patrick Raymond's February 10, 2019 sermon

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Newsletter: February 6, 2019 

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​Ascension Connections
Sanctuary Restoration Update
​Black History Month
and more …

Read The Very Rev. Patrick Raymond's February 3, 2019 sermon

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Newsletter: January 30, 2019 

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​Food Pantry Ministry
Annual Meeting Vestry Elections
Tuckpointing progress
Sharing Lunch, Sharing Blessings
and more ...

Read The Very Rev. Patrick Raymond's January 27, 2019 sermon

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Newsletter: January 23, 2019 

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​Annual Meeting
Altar Mishap
Women Clergy
and more ...

Read The Very Rev. Patrick Raymond's January 20, 2019 sermon
Click here to read the Parish Annual Report

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Newsletter: January 16, 2019 

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​Construction Zone: Plan B
Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorations
Chicago AGO at the Ascension
and more ...

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Newsletter: January 9, 2019 

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​Annual Meeting Prep
A Flower Guild Invitation
​An Epiphany memory from parishioner Mary Jane Kowalski
and more ...

Read The Very Rev. Patrick Raymond's Epiphany sermon 

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Newsletter: January 2, 2019 

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​The Epiphany Schedule
Ascension Connections go to LUMA
Sharing Lunch, Sharing Blessings
and more ...

Read the Rev. Gary Lawler's Christmas 1 sermon

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Newsletter: December 26, 2018

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​A Christmas Thank You
The Rev. Anna Broadbent Ordination
Welcome to Fr. Isaac Bonney
and more ...

Read The Rev.  Patrick Raymond's Christmas Day Sermon here

Read The Rev. Patrick Raymond's Christmas Eve Sermon here

Read The Rev. Robert Petite's Advent IV Sermon here
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​Read The Rev. Anna Broadbent's Advent II Sermon here

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Newsletter: December 19, 2018

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Christmas Schedule
​Blue Christmas
Notes on Dec. 16th Conversations
Holiday Office Hours

Read The Rev.  Patrick Raymond's Advent 3 Sermon here

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Newsletter: December 12, 2018

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Conversations regarding the ministry of ordained women at Ascension
Advent Greens and Christmas Flowers
The Ordination of Deacon Anna Broadbent

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The nearby Loyola Museum of Art is once again offering it's Art and Faith of the Crèche exhibit through January 12, 2019.

Newsletter: December 5, 2018

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Art and Faith of the Creche
Sharing Lunch, Sharing Blessings
Today at Ascension

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Creation of the World and Expulsion from Paradise, tempera and gold on wood, Giovanni di Paolo, 1445.

Newsletter: November 28, 2018

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Benjamin Rivera Conducts Ferris Chorale
Stewardship Reminder
Sharing Lunch, Sharing Blessings
Last Sunday's Sermon
Ascension Book Group, Dec. 2
The Rosary
Today at Ascension

View Fr. Lawler's sermon from Sunday, Nov. 25.

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We have been asked to share an upcoming opportunity for pilgrimage to the Holy Land with our Bishop, the Right Reverend Jeffrey Lee and our Cathedral Dean, the Very Reverend Dominic Barrington.

Newsletter: November 21, 2018

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Community Thanksgiving Meal
Stewardship Reminder
Recently found at Ascension
2019 Holy Land Pilgrimage, anyone?

View Fr. Petite's sermon from Sunday, November 18. 

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Join us in congratulations and prayers for Alison "Allie" Metcalf and Jackson "Jack" McLarty, joined in Holy Matrimony -- complete with bagpipes -- here at Ascension this past Saturday, November 10.

Newsletter: November 14, 2018

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Financial Stewardship Updates
Work Day Thank You
2019 Holy Land Pilgrimage, anyone?
Help us by using your Facebook Posts
Ascension Book Group: November

View Fr. Raymond's sermon, Rich? Or Poor? from Sunday, November 11. 

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