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FEAST OF ST, HUGH - APRIL 1ST
Regular Daily Mass Schedule; Monday April 1 8:00am Mater Christi Church 8:30am St. Mary Church Story of St. Hugh of Grenoble St. Hugh was born in 1053 in southeastern France at Châteauneuf-sur-Isère, near Grenoble in the western foothills of the Alps. Such was his reputation for piety and theological knowledge that, although only in his mid-twenties, Hugh was elected bishop of Grenoble even though he had not yet been ordained. He was selected to carry out reforms of abuses within the Church which had been instituted under Pope Gregory VII, who ordained Hugh in Rome after he was elected bishop. After two years of successfully battling abuses in Grenoble such as simony (the selling of church positions) and enforcing rules about clerical celibacy, Hugh wanted to retire to the great Benedictine monastery at Cluny. However, Pope Gregory ordered him to remain in his position as bishop. He was well-known for his inspired preaching and his generosity to the poor. In 1084, Hugh helped St. Bruno of Cologne and six of his companions found the great Carthusian monastery "La Grande Chartreuse" high in the Alps. They devoted their monastic life to prayer and study and were visited by Hugh often. It was reported that, as much as he could in his role as bishop, Hugh adopted the monastic way of life practiced by the monks at Chartreuse. The 2005 film, Into Great Silence, documented the daily life at La Grande Chartreuse. After many years of illness which he endured in patient silence, St. Hugh died on April 1, 1132 and was canonized only two years later by Pope Innocent II.
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RAISING CHICKENS TO SUPPORT HER FAMILY
Nowadays, in Morazán, El Salvador, it is very difficult to know when the rainy or dry seasons will be. The unpredictable weather puts the livelihood of Sandra's family in jeopardy. Despite the challenges, Sandra and her husband, Santos, remain dedicated to ensuring their children grow healthy and succeed in school. Learn how their strong family dynamic enabled Sandra to participate in a Catholic Relief Services project on raising chickens and how her determination has helped her family and community. Visit crsricebowl.org to read this week’s Story of Hope. Please return your filled Rice Bowls to the Church and place them in the collection basket at mass or drop them off at the parish office at 40 E. Burlington by Palm Sunday, March 24th. Thank you for being so supportive!
Why do Catholics visit seven churches on Holy Thursday? Each visit calls on the faithful to reflect on the seven final places Jesus went from his arrest on Holy Thursday to his death on Good Friday. At each church, pilgrims kneel before the altar of repose, meditate on a scriptural excerpt, and offer prayers and adoration. How do pilgrims going on this seven-church journey meditate on the passion of Christ? Here are the Scripture excerpts to reflect on at each church: 1) Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (Lk 22:39-46) 2) Jesus before Annas (Jn 18:19-22) 3) Jesus before Caiaphas (Mt 26:63-65) 4) Jesus before Pilate (Jn 18:35-37) 5) Jesus before Herod (Lk 23:8-9; 11) 6) Jesus before Pilate again (Mt 27:22-26) 7) Jesus’s crucifixion and death (Mt 27:27-31) Reflecting on the passion of Christ Every Holy Thursday, groups of Catholic faithful across the country and world embark on what’s known as the Seven Churches Visitation. In this special tradition, pilgrims adore Christ in seven different altars of repose while praying and reflecting on the passion of Christ. At the end of each Holy Thursday Mass, the priest strips the altar and removes the Eucharist from the tabernacle to place it in repose on another nearby altar. At the first church, the faithful recall Jesus going from the upper room, where he celebrated the Last Supper with his disciples, to the Garden of Gethsemane, where he earnestly prayed and sweated blood in his agony over what was about to take place. In the second church, the pilgrims meditate on Jesus being taken from the Garden of Gethsemane by the armed crowd to the house of Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas the high priest, where he was interrogated and slapped in the face. In the third church, the prayer focuses on Jesus being brought to the house of Caiaphas, where he was beaten, spat upon, insulted, and endured a painful night in captivity. The focus of the reflection for the fourth church is the first time Jesus was brought before Pilate, the Roman governor of the region. There Jesus was accused by the Jewish religious authorities of being a rival king to Caesar. In the fifth church, the pilgrim follows the Lord as he is taken to King Herod, who along with his guards mock him. The sixth church recalls Jesus being taken from Herod and brought before Pilate for the second time and then scourged, crowned with thorns, mocked, and condemned to death. The last church commemorates Christ carrying the cross on his shoulders from the Praetorium, where Pilate yielded to the crowd’s demand for his crucifixion, to Mount Calvary where he suffered excruciating pain, died, and was laid to rest in a nearby tomb until his resurrection from the dead on Easter Sunday. This article was originally published on CNA on April 14, 2022, and was updated April 5, 2023. Adoration Opportunities on Holy Thursday 2024
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Join us each Lenten Friday for Stations of the Cross at 7pm at Mater Christi Church and a simple soup dinner beginning at 6pm in the Marian Room (lower level of Mater Christi Church). STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Fridays: 7:00 PM Stations of the Cross at Mater Christi Church
Living Stations of the Cross at St. Mary Church led by the St. Mary School Students (no soup dinner).
The CC Cicero office and Service Outreach provides monthly hot meals to those in need in the local community every third Tuesday of the month. Guidelines for St. Paul VI the monthly Tuesday Supper are as follows: 1. Food prepared should be for 20 servings and ready to serve in disposable pans. 2. Food should be delivered between 4:45 - 5 pm. 3. Food drop-off will be in the St. Mary’s Parking Lot, near the entrance off of Herrick Street. 4. Drivers should arrive at 4:40 pm, park and open Hatch/Trunk for food to be loaded as it is delivered. 5. Food will be loaded into 2 cars and driven to the Catholic Charities site and taken inside, where it will be served indoor as a sit-down supper. The next Tuesday Supper will be on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Job details and food items needed for supper can be found on the Sign-Up Genius. Please use this link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054EAEA62AAAFC1-catholic48#/ |
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