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Dear Friends,
We hope your week was filled with blessings! This Sunday, we enter Holy Week, the final week of Lent. Holy Week is a time to gather as a community of faith to remember and participate in the Passion of Jesus.
All are welcome to join us this week in these special ceremonies either in person or online. We will commemorate the events of Christ’s Passion: from His entrance into Jerusalem, when palm branches were placed in His path, through His arrest on Holy Thursday and Crucifixion on Good Friday, to Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday.
The high point of the liturgical year is the Easter Triduum—from the evening of Holy Thursday through Easter Sunday. Though chronologically three days, they are liturgically one day unfolding for us the unity of Christ’s Paschal Mystery.
We hope you will join us! |
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Newly elected Provincial Council in Germany
Congratulations to the newly elected leaders of our German Province. We are grateful for their openness and willingness to accept this service for their Province. We look forward to journeying with them as “We each do our part to be transformed, to be prophetic, to be the Light of Christ for others, wherever we are, in whatever we do.” (FCJM Direction Statement 2022)
The newly elected members of the Council are: Sr. M. Angela Benoit Provincial Sr. M. Johanna Harke Assistant Provincial Sr. M. Hiltrud Wacker Councilor Sr. M. Alexandra Völzke Councilor Sr. M. Gabriele Lüdenbach Councilor
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Lent 2023 |
| Lenten Reflection & Action Guide | | "Love is shown by little things, by attention to small daily signs which make us feel at home.”
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Final week of the Lenten Food Drive |
Please bring or send your monetary donation for our Lenten food drive to feed the hungry locally and globally.
A donation box will be available at the back of the Chapel through Easter Sunday, or mail your check by April 9 to |
Wheaton Franciscans
Attn: Lenten Donation Drive 2023
P.O. Box 667
Wheaton, IL 60187 |
| Make checks payable to
Wheaton Franciscans
Please note that the check is for
Lenten Donation Drive 2023 |
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| 4/2 - Coffee &… Fellowship | Join us this Sunday, April 2 in the Promenade after 10:30 a.m. Mass. Add to Calendar |
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| Holy Week 2023 Schedule | Palm Sunday Mass - Sun, Apr 2 at 10:30a Holy Thursday Morning Prayer - Thurs, Apr 6 at 8:30 am. The Lord’s Supper - Thurs, Apr 6 at 7pm Good Friday Morning Prayer - Fri, Apr 7 at 8:30am Stations of the Cross - Fri, Apr 7 at 3pm Passion of the Lord - Fri, Apr 7 at 7pm - new time! Holy Saturday Morning Prayer - Sat, Apr 8 at 8:30am Easter Food Blessing - Sat, Apr 8 at 11am Easter Vigil - Sat, Apr 8 at 7pm Easter Sunday Mass - Sun, Apr 9 at 10:30am |
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Our Lady of the Angels Chapel | 26W171 Roosevelt Rd. Entrance #7 Wheaton, IL - 60187
On Sunday, enter the building through Entrance #7.
Monday-Friday enter the building through Entrance #5 during business hours. |
| Chapel Information | We ask all participants to be vaccinated and boosted to the extent possible. If you are feeling ill, please join us through Livestream Please continue to stay connected with us through this newsletter and Livestream.
Announcements and schedule changes are listed on our website and we encourage you to frequent our Events Calendar for current event information. |
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Missed last Sunday’s homily? Visit our Podcast Page for our Homily Archive and our YouTube Channel to watch past masses, services, and feast days. |
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| Mass Shootings In the US Must End | Sister Bea Hernandez, Wheaton Franciscan Coordinator of the JPIC, has issued a statement on the latest deadly mass shooting and the use of AR-15s.
Read The Statement>>> |
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 | Tell Congress to Follow the Science and Support International Climate Finance
From Sr. Bea Hernandez, JPIC Coordinator:
The annual US Budget Bill is a moral document that proclaims to the world what our real values are. As citizens, we need to inform congress of what we feel should be our highest priorities. As climate change continues to affect Earth with droughts, floods, and devastating storms, we need to call on Congress to appropriate the full $11.4 billion that President Biden called for to address climate change and to help impoverished countries around the world who are suffering the most to transition to clean energy and to deal with the effects of climate change.
Please read the information and consider signing the Union of Concerned Scientists letter calling for full funding of this effort.
Thank you. | |
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 | Tell Congress: Defend Medicaid and CHIP
From Sr. Bea Hernandez, JPIC Coordinator:
As the House and Senate debate the federal budget, some members are again threatening cuts to Medicaid and the CHIP programs. Please read the information linked below. If you agree that these programs serve the most vulnerable in our country and should remain fully funded, please sign the letter at the link below.
Thanks so much for making your voices heard! | |
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| From April 19-23, the City of Chicago is holding a One Earth Mini Film Festival as part of their Earth Day celebrations. If you want to attend virtually, reserve space by ordering a virtual ticket. The films are free, although an $8 donation is suggested.
The film showing on April 22 (Earth Day) begins at 2PM, so you can still participate in the Wheaton Franciscan Earth Day event. I hope you enjoy one or more of these special films. Peace and blessings, Sister Bea |
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