Familia The Newsletter of the Ascension Parish Family
IN THIS ISSUE Summer Education Opportunities Page 2
Music Notes Page 3
Ascension Family Spotlight Page 4
Birthdays and Anniversaries Page 5
June Ordo Kalendar Page 6
June Lectionary Page 7
June 2012
Bringing the Body of Christ to the World
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he Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ—or Corpus Christi—is a relatively late addition to the Church’s liturgical calendar. After gaining popularity in the first part of the thirteenth century, Pope Urban IV officially instituted the observance in 1264 and directed that it be celebrated with a special procession. Almost 750 years later, we are still observing the feast in much the same way Pope Urban envisioned—with a solemn procession, with the great hymns of St. Thomas Aquinas (Laude Sion and Pange Lingua), and with devotion to the saving Body of Christ. This year, we celebrate the feast as an external solemnity on June 10. As always, Corpus Christi forms a sort of capstone to our liturgical year, concluding the great Easter cycle that began with Ash Wednesday’s solemn call to repentance and led, ultimately, to the awe of Holy Week, the joy of Eastertide, the celebration of the power of the Spirit at Pentecost, and the
core of our faith on the festival of the Holy Trinity. So it is appropriate that, before we begin the long “green season” of the Church’s year, we celebrate one last festival that recapitulates all the others. In the great festival of Corpus Christi, we honor Our Lord’s incarnation, His sacrifice on the cross, and the resurrected life He grants us through the power of the holy sacrament of the altar. And, together with blessed Aquinas, we sing: “Therefore we, before Him bending, this great Sacrament revere. Types and shadows have their ending, for the newer right is here.” As usual, Corpus Christi also marks the end of our choir season for the year, as they begin their much deserved break until Michaelmas. But this year, the feast also marks another leave-taking: the retirement of our rector, Father Gary Fertig. There will be a reception to honor Fr. Fertig after the 11:00 Solemn High Mass— please plan to attend as we say farewell to Father and thank him for his many years of faithful and dedicated service.
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SUMMER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES 1982 Hymnal Seminar Series
The Newsletter of the Church of the Ascension Parish Family
A monthly look at the great hymns of our tradition, led by Organist David Schrader Second Sunday of each month at 10:00 a.m. in the Church
The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey Lee Bishop of Chicago The Rev. Gary P. Fertig Rector The Rev. Kurt Olson Assisting Priest
June 2012
Ascension Book Group A monthly discussion of novels, history, and essays on a variety of compelling topics related to our faith. Selections are available for purchase at the book stand in Wheeler Hall. First Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in Wheeler Hall.
David D. Schrader Senior Warden Sylvia Sorgel Junior Warden Avril Hector Jett McAlister Judy Mintel Doug Mose Carol Noren Cheryl Peterson Christopher Raymond David Reeves Sonja Smith Members of the Vestry
Sunday School and Lectionary Bible Study Sunday School classes and the adult lectionary-based Bible study group are on hiatus for the summer. Classes will resume in September. If you would like to volunteer to teach a Sunday School class, please contact the church office at (312) 664-1271, or by e-mail at office@ascensionchicago.org.
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Charley Taylor Director of Finance and Administration Arelys Vasquez-Greene Director of Christian Education Susan Schlough Coordinator, St. Antony of Padua Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry Familia is produced and edited by Jett McAlister and Andrea Holliday Wikman.
We remember those who have finished their course in Your faith and fear, especially, on the anniversaries of their deaths: 2 4 11 13 14 19 20 23 25 29
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION 1133 N. LASALLE BOULEVARD CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60610-2601 (312) 664-1271 http://www.ascensionchicago.org/ office@ascensionchicago.org
William Brewster Stoskopf, Priest, Eleventh Rector of the Parish Donald C. Rubino Daniel C. Reber Edward Allan Larrabee, Priest, Tenth Rector of the Parish Charles L. Mezger Albert William Hillestad, Bishop, Twelfth Rector of the Parish Alfred John Landwer, Jr. Lorraine Leonard Burita Daniel F. Thomas Juanita Warfield Weldon Reeves (father of David) Joseph R. DuciBella
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord: Let light perpetual shine upon them. May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
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Music Notes 20th-century Romantic masterworks for Corpus Christi
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he Ascension Choir is cookMigliavacca’s tenderly beautiful ing up a rich musical ban- motet, Jesu, Rex admirabilis, was quet for the Feast of Corpus found by Ascension Choirmaster ThoChristi, featuring lush clas- mas Wikman in a small music store in sics from the 20th-century Romantic Naples. Wikman found the motet repertoire. after several hours Among the main dishes are Oliv- poring over stacks ier Messiaen’s (1908-1992) O sacrum of music in the convivium and Jean Berger’s (1909- store, situated on a 2002) The Eyes of All. The Mass is a narrow street in short setting by Flor Peeters (1903- the old Spaccan1986) Missa in honorem Sancti Jose- apoli district, near phi. the music conserThe concluding antiphon— vatory of San Gregorio Allegri’s (1592-1652) Adore- Pietro di Maiella. mus in Aeternum—is a familiar RenJean Berger, aissance favorite among Ascension despite the French parishioners, and will make a sweet notes in his name dessert. and musical style, Olivier Messiaen Also honoring the Blessed Sacra- was German-born ment are works by Zoltán Kodály and left his native country to avoid (1882-1967) and Luciano Migliavacca the Holocaust. In 1939, at the age of (b. 1919). 30, he went to Rio de Janeiro as an Kodály’s theatrical setting of the assistant conductor of the Treatro old hymn Pange LinMunicipal. He gua (“Sing, my learned Portutongue, the glorious guese, served on battle”) uses St. Thothe faculty of the mas Aquinas’ text Conservatorio with a melody of the Brasileiro de Mucomposer's invensica, and toured tion. (The congregathe whole of tion will sing the South America original version of St. before settling in Thomas’ hymn.) the United States. Over organ accomHe died in 2002. paniment, the choral Berger’s setting voices sing passages of the Oculi omin unison, then break nium text (“The into many parts to eyes of all wait spectacular effect. upon Thee, and Migliavacca was Thou givest them Luciano Migliavacca choirmaster of the their meat in due cathedral in Milan, Itseason”) is quiet, aly, in the mid-twentieth century. His contemplative, and unforgettable. works fell out of favor after the Sec- But it is not the only fine setting of ond Vatican Council and were nearly this important text, which is read on forgotten. several occasions during the church
year, including Maundy Thursday. “It depends on what other musical pieces we’re presenting,” said the Choirmaster. “If the other choral pieces and hymns are from the Renaissance, I might use the Heinrich Schütz Oculi omnium.” The classic O sacrum convivium is among Messiaen’s best-loved pieces. He wrote it early in his career, before he began transcribing the music of birds. His early works remain the most accessible and popular, and include organ compositions such as the Celestial Banquet, the Nativity Suite and the Ascension Suite—which is often delivered to us by Organist David Schrader.
News of our Choir members The choir bade a tearful farewell recently to longtime member Ben LeClair, who will be spending two years with an opera company in Oldenburg, Germany. Parishioners may remember Ben as the very tall bass who often chanted the role of Jesus in our Holy Week Passions. Baritone Todd Felker has been taken off the Prayer List, having recovered from a bout of viral meningitis. Todd will be singing the roles of Samuel in Un Ballo in Maschera and Fasolt in Das Rheingold this summer, both with Union Ave Opera in St. Louis. He is adapting well to fatherhood: his son Parker is now two months old. —Andrea Holliday Wikman
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Ascension Family Spotlight Interviews with Parishioners and Friends of the Parish Familia features a regular series of interviews with members of the Ascension family to help us get to know each other better. Maybe you’d like to be interviewed? Send e-mail to ascension.familia@gmail.com to learn more. This month, Familia talked with Judy Mintel, who joined the Vestry this year. Familia: Judy, thanks for taking the time to talk to us. I’ll start by asking what I ask almost everyone—when did you first come to Church of the Ascension? Judy: I came to Church of the Ascension with Tom Wikman in 1984 when he first became choirmaster here. My husband and I have been best friends with Tom and Andrea from way back. We were also recording engineers for Chicago’s Music of the Baroque when Tom was Music Director of that group —so we were avid followers of Tom’s music. But my total embrace of Church of the Ascension came slower than it otherwise should have because of two factors: First, I had been raised Roman Catholic, so I was conditioned to be wary of any other denomination. Second, my husband and I were living in Bloomington, Illinois, which is about 130 miles away. I came to Mass at Church of the Ascension as often as I could from a great distance. When I left State Farm’s General Counsel’s office in 2005 and my family moved to Chicago, I formally joined the church. Familia: So, you are a lawyer? Judy: Yes, I graduated from the Uni-
Richard, Josey, and Judy Mintel
versity of Chicago Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1973. I have been in private practice in Chicago and I was an administrative law judge for the Virginia State Corporation Commission, as well as Deputy Insurance Commissioner. But I’ve spent most of my career with State Farm, representing the company in corporate litigation related to pricing. I am an author of a book on that subject. Now, I teach that area of the law to students at the University of Chicago Law School, where I have been employed since 2005. Familia: What about your family? Judy: My parents were married in 1942. At that time marriage between a Roman Catholic like my mother and a Protestant like my father was scandalous to many, just like interracial
marriage was in the 1970s and gay marriage is today. My parents eloped, and my father joined the army, participating in the Italian invasion at Anzio Beach in World War II. He was a surgeon and ran one of the first “MASH” units on which the old T.V. program was based. I was the second of four children, born at the Presidio in San Francisco. As a child, I also lived at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; the Panama Canal Zone; and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. When I was attending school at the University of Chicago, I met and married my husband Richard Mintel. Dick has a Ph.D. in biochemistry and he has been a university professor his entire career. He also is a recording engineer focusing on classical music. We have one daughter, Josey, who is
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June Birthdays and Anniversaries 1|
James Wilson
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Sylvia Sorgel Angela Caldwell (daughter of Jim & Tracy)
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William Reynolds Hedley (grandson of Joan)
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Rhea Gerberick (daughter of Anne Monma) Bp. James Winchester Montgomery, Ordination to the Diaconate
Chris Carlo
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Fr. Gary Fertig, Ordination to the Diaconate
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Chuck Boyle
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Josey Mintel (daughter of Judy & Dick)
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Fr. Kurt Olson, Ordination to the Diaconate
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David Knox Victor & Marjorie Lofgreen, wedding anniversary
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Jim LoBello Bill Flodin
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Suzanne Mauntel
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Katie DuClos
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David Allen
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Jim Lenz
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Kenn Greene-Vélez
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Asher Anderson (son of William Anderson & Lisa Oldham) Christopher McKee
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Ricardo (Ríqui) Antonio Avila
David Jones Rene & Kevin Olson, wedding anniversary (son of Fr. Kurt & Nancy) Fr. Barry Cotter, Ordination to the Diaconate Doug Mose & Jim Krusas, holy union
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Michael Malone
Ascension Family Spotlight, continued currently attending the Johns Hopkins University. She is a pre-med there, majoring in neuroscience with a music minor, in violin performance. Familia: Judy, you recently joined the Vestry and I know you’re interested in expanding our parish’s work in social ministry—can you tell me a little bit of what you’re hoping to work on? Judy: Well, we do such a great job with our Food Pantry and the annual Thanksgiving Dinner—and I’d like us to build on that success. We all know that now, more than ever, there is great need for help in the city. There are a couple of us on the Ves-
try who are interested in starting a social ministry committee, and we have a bunch of ideas—but the first step will be recruiting other people in the parish who have a passion for social ministry to serve on the committee with us. Anybody who’s interested should feel free to contact me. Familia: That sounds great, Judy. And what about outside of church— what are your other interests? Judy: Outside of my family, the church, and my work, my two main interests have been classical music and higher education. I have been on the Board of Directors of Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
and the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. Currently I am on the Board of the Chicago Chamber Musicians. I have also been a member of the Illinois Wesleyan University Associates Board and have supported the University of Chicago in numerous ways both financially and through volunteer activities. My favorite activities are walking along the Lakefront with my dog, Razi, listening to music, and reading. Some of my favorite composers include Bach, Handel, Mozart and Mahler. And some of my favorite authors include William Faulkner, John Le Carré, Shakespeare, Mark Twain and Günter Grass. —Interview by Doug Mose
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Ordo Kalendar—June 2012 1 2 3 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30
Justin, Martyr at Rome, c. 167 The Martyrs of Lyons, 177 (Saturday Public Mass of Healing at 10:00 a.m.) THE MOST HOLY TRINITY Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, Missionary to Germany, and Martyr Norbert, Archbishop of Magdeburg, 1134 (Wednesday Low Mass at 6:20 p.m.) William, Archbishop of York, 1154 Columba, Abbot of Iona, 597 (Saturday Public Mass of Healing at 10:00 a.m.) THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST: CORPUS CHRISTI SUNDAY ST. BARNABAS THE APOSTLE (Low Masses at 7:00 a.m. and 6:20 p.m.) Enmegabowh, Priest and Missionary, 1902 Antony of Padua, 1231 (Wednesday Low Mass at 6:20 p.m.) Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379 THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS (Low Masses at 7:00 a.m. and 6:20 p.m.) Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, 1752 (Saturday Public Mass of Healing at 10:00 a.m.) THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Proper 6) Bernard Mizeki, Catechist and Martyr in Rhodesia, 1896 The Translation of Edward, King and Martyr, 979 (Wednesday Low Mass at 6:20 p.m.) Alban, First Martyr of Britain, c. 304 Etheldreda, Queen and Abbess, 679 (Saturday Public Mass of Healing at 10:00 a.m.) THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Proper 7) THE NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST (Low Masses at 7:00 a.m. and 6:20 p.m.) Cyril of Alexandria, 444 (Wednesday Low Mass at 6:20 p.m.) Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, c. 202 SS. PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES (Low Masses at 7:00 a.m. and 6:20 p.m.) Protomartyrs of the Church of Rome, 1st Century (Saturday Public Mass of Healing at 10:00 a.m.)
Looking ahead… Jul 1 Jul 2 Jul 4
THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Proper 8) THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (Low Mass at 7:00 a.m.) INDEPENDENCE DAY (Church office closed; Low Mass at 7:00 a.m.)
Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, Martyr, c. 202, June 28 If theology is “thinking about faith” and arranging those thoughts in some systematic order, then Irenaeus has been rightly recognized by Catholics and Protestants alike as the first great systematic theologian. His name means “the peaceable one”—and suitably so. The year 177 brought hardship to the mission in Gaul. Persecution broke out, and a mounting
tide of heresy threatened to engulf the Church. Irenaeus, by now a presbyter, was sent to Rome to mediate the dispute regarding Montanism, which the Bishop of Rome, Eleutherus, seemed to embrace. While Irenaeus was on this mission, the aged Bishop of Lyons, Pothinus, died in prison during a local persecution. When Irenaeus returned to Lyons, he was elected bishop to succeed Pothinus. Irenaeus’ enduring fame rests mainly on a large treatise, entitled The Refutation and Overthrow of Gnosis, Falsely So-Called, usually shortened to Against Heresies. In it, lrenaeus describes the major Gnostic systems, thoroughly,
clearly, and often with biting humor. It is one of our chief sources of knowledge about Gnosticism. He also makes a case for Christianity which has become a classic, resting heavily on Scripture, and on the continuity between the teaching of the Apostles and the teaching of bishops, generation after generation, especially in the great see cities. Against the Gnostics, who despised the flesh and exalted the spirit, he stressed two doctrines: that of the creation as good, and that of the resurrection of the body. —From Holy Women, Holy Men, Celebrating the Saints © 2010 The Church Pension Fund
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June Lectionary June 3 — THE MOST HOLY TRINITY Exodus 3:1-6
Romans 8:12-17
John 3:1-16
June 10 — THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST: CORPUS CHRISTI SUNDAY Deuteronomy 8:2-3 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 John 6:47-58 June 11 — ST. BARNABAS, APOSTLE Isaiah 42:5-12
Acts 11:19-30, 13:1-3
Matthew 10:7-16
June 15 — THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS — 1 John 4:7-16
Matthew 11:25-30
June 17 — THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Proper 6) Ezekiel 31:1-6, 10-14 2 Corinthians 5:1-10
Mark 4:26-34
June 24 — THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Proper 7) Job 38:1-11, 16-18 2 Corinthians 5:14-21
Mark 4:35-41, 5:1-20
June 25 — THE NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Isaiah 40:1-11 Acts 13:14b-26
Luke 1:57-80
June 29 — SS. PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES Ezekiel 34:11-16 2 Timothy 4:1-8
John 21:15-19
Calling all volunteers! Several committees and other groups at Church of the Ascension are looking for some volunteers. Your participation ensures that the parish will continue to be an active, vital community. How can you help? The Evangelism Committee is looking for additional parishioners to help plan and conduct activities to welcome guests and new members to the church. Opportunities include: Greeting guests on Sunday morning after Mass, and giving them gift bags with information about the parish Baking (or buying – we won’t tell) goodies for the coffee hours after Sunday Masses Planning or helping at the summer garden parties The Parish Office is looking for some volunteer help with light office work. Needs include: Collating and assembling mailings (such as Familia) Answering the door for requests for food during the week (during set office hours)
The Activities Committee produces those fabulous gala receptions we all look forward to at Christmas, Easter, and other major holy days. With the St. Anthony of Padua Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry, the Activities Committee also coordinates the annual Thanksgiving dinner for our neighbors in the senior living community on Oak Street. Volunteer opportunities include: Planning or helping at various receptions (Michaelmas, Christmas Eve, etc.) at the church Cooking at the Thanksgiving meal (a wonderful way to serve the local community!) The public recitation of the Daily Office is an integral part of the parish’s prayer life. Volunteers are always needed to serve as Lay Readers for Morning or Evening Prayer, and as Acolytes for the Low Masses that follow. Training will be provided! To volunteer, contact Charley Taylor at the parish office: 312-664-1271, or office@ascensionchicago.org.
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION 1133 N. LA SALLE BOULEVARD CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60610-2601
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE Sundays 7:30 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.
Morning Prayer Low Mass Sung Mass Solemn High Mass Evening Prayer
Weekdays 6:40 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:20 p.m.
Morning Prayer (M-F) Low Mass (M-F) Evening Prayer (M-F) Low Mass (W and Holy Days)
Saturdays 9:40 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m.
Morning Prayer Public Mass of Healing Evening Prayer
ALL ARE WELCOME.