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7 PM every Friday during Lent, Stations of Cross is held alternating between the two churches. 
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College students are invited to join us on March 15, 2025 at 5 PM at St. Therese Community Room for Movie and Pizza Night.  Families with children 5 years old and under are invited to join us for snacks and playtime, a mini-sized Stations of the Cross, and learn how to say “Jesus” in different languages. Sat. March 29 at 3:30 PM at SMTC Hall.  Let's pray together with the folks at Senior Suites Bridgeport on Tues. April 1 at 5 PM.  Calling all 6th through 12th graders. Spend an evening with us to build friendship with one another and with Jesus Christ.  Come prepare yourself to be a pilgrim of hope in this Lenten Retreat with Fr. Shea at St. Barbara Church and SMTC Hall on March 8, 2025 from 8 AM to 1:30 PM.  Join us on March 8, 2025 on the discussion on Cutting Through the Noise: Strategies for Hearing God's Voice led by Kim Casey.  Let's pray together with the folks at Senior Suites Bridgeport on Tues. Feb 4 at 5 PM.  Rooted in the Old Testament, ash is a symbol of repentance and humility. Receiving ashes, fasting, and abstinence mark the beginning of Lent, a time of penitential renewal through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. There will be the Annual Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe at all Masses. Though a very outward sign, the ash is not about a public display of piety but a pilgrimage to a conversion of the heart. Non-Catholics are welcomed to receive ash as it is not a sacrament. Traditionally, churches will burn the palms from the previous Palm Sunday to make the ashes. The beginning of Lent hearkens its end, binding our renewal with Christ's passion, death, and resurrection. Like many churches nowadays, we do not burn their own ash.  Join us on the weekend of March 1-2, 2025 for many Chinese-language events. On Sat. Mar 1 from 10 AM - 4 PM, there is the Cantonese Catholic Retreat discussing about the Jubilee Year, hope, Eucharistic healing of the body and soul. The retreat is led by Fr. Francis Ching (to be clear, it's not our pastor Fr. Francis Li). On Sun. Mar 2, there is the 10:30 AM Cantonese Mass. At 11:30 AM, we have the LIVE "Ask Fr. Francis" session. Fr. Francis runs the popular online page where he answers questions from around he world about our Catholic faith. In the afternoon of Mar 2, there is the Mandarin Retreat at 1 PM followed by Mandarin Mass at 4 PM. Please sign up by calling the Parish office at 312-842-6777 or email us at [email protected] for any of the retreats. Location: St. Therese Chinese Catholic Church at 218 W. Alexander, Chicago, IL.  |
