Service Schedule...

Our worship is in the traditional, Catholic style as received and practiced in the churches of the Anglican Communion. Our worship is centered in the Mass or Holy Eucharist, that action in which the sacrifice of Christ is re-presented. In the Mass He becomes really & truely present. Sung Mass includes beautiful choral music and chant accompanied by incense; Low Mass features quiet reverence and space to contemplate the mysteries of the Faith. All of our worship at St. Paul's is offered to the greater glory of God, in thanksgiving for His many blessings and true to His faith as received by the catholic Church.

If you have any questions regarding services at St. Paul's, or would like to discuss special services and/or celebrations of sacraments not regularly scheduled (like Holy Matrimony or Holy Baptism), please contact Father Heschle at (773) 764-6514.

The following is our regular parish schedule of services. Please check monthly Parish Calendar for exceptions.

Sundays...
8:00 am -- Low Mass
9:45 am -- Choir Rehearsal
9:45 am -- Adult Religious Education / Bible Study
10:30 am -- Religious Education for Children / Nursery
10:30 am -- Sung Mass
1:00 pm - Sudanese Dinka Mass
2:00 pm - Burmese / Bhutanese Kids Club
Coffee Hour follows both Masses

Weekdays and Saturday...
Monday -- 8:00 am Low Mass, Rite I
Tuesday -- 9:00 am Low Mass, '28 Rite
Wednesday -- 10:30 am Low Mass, Rite I
Thursday -- 6:15 pm Contemplative Low Mass, Rite II
Friday -- 8:00 am Low Mass, '28 Rite
Saturday -- 9:00 am Low Mass, Rite I (Coffee Hour follows)
Saturday --10:00 am Altar Guild
Saturday --11:00 am Youth Group (2nd & 4th Saturdays)
Saturday --12:00 pm Burmese Sewing & English Classes

Confessions...
First Saturdays after Mass

Holy Unction...
First Thursdays after Mass

Holy Week at St. Paul's...
Our parish observes the full and ancient rites of the week of Our Lord's Passion. We begin on The Sunday of the Passion, commonly called Palm Sunday. The 8am Low Mass has a simple Blessing & distribution of Palms. The 10:30am Mass is Solemn and begins with the Liturgy of the Palm in the Parish Hall using All Soul's Chapel as the background for the Blessing & Distribution of the Palms. We then process from the Parish Hall outdoors and around the Church to the front doors. There a Station is made with the tradition of knocking on the door with the foot of the Procession Cross. The Priest asks "open for me the gates of righteousness". This ceremony symbolizes Jesus coming to the gates of Jerusalem. The Church now is the image of the heavenly Jerusalem as described in Psalm 118. The procession of the Choir, Sacred Ministers and Congregation all enter to the joyful music of "All glory Laud and Honor to thee redeemer King". The Mass begins with the Collect of the Day and the Readings. The Gospel is the Passion Gospel read or sung by the Sacred Ministers. The mood to the liturgy turns from Jesus' triumphal entry to His Passion. The Mass ends with the traditional singing of "Ride on ride on in majesty".

On Holy Monday (8am), Holy Tuesday (9am) and Holy Wednesday (10:30am), the regular daily Mass is celebrated in the Chapel of the Annunciation of Our Lady.

The Triduum Sacrum (Sacred Three days) begins on Thursday with the evening Mass of the Institution of the Lord's Supper & Mandatum (foot washing) at 7pm in the main church. This ancient and moving liturgy contains the only once a year words of the priest at the consecration "On the night in which he was betrayed, even this very night, He took…."
The Mass ends with a procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the Altar of Repose. Our Altar of Repose is set in our Annunciation Chapel and the Altar Guild turns it into a beautiful and lush conservatory to remind us of Jesus' praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. After a brief visit to the garden the parish family gathers in Banner Hall for a Agape Pot-Luck dinner. Turns are taken to sit for an hour at the Altar of Repose. At midnight the Sacrament is reposed and the church closed for the evening.

Good Friday is celebrated with the Stations of the Cross prayed at 12 Noon. The main Liturgy of the Day begins at 7pm in the main church. This Solemn Liturgy consists of the Reading of the Passion, the Ancient Collects, the Veneration of the Cross and the Mass of the Presanctified. The Liturgy ends in silence and all leave with out visiting.

Holy Saturday begins with Morning Prayer in the Chapel of the Annunciation at 9am. The Altar Guild works all day to make ready the Church for the Great Easter Vigil and First Mass of the Resurrection at 7pm Saturday evening. This is the most important liturgy in the life of parish each year. The Liturgy begins at the Narthex doors with the blessing of the new fire & the Pascal Candle. A procession enters the darkened Nave to the deacon chanting "The Light of Christ". The whole congregation genuflects and responds "Thanks be to God". The Exsultet is sung and prophecies read. At the beginning of the Mass the lights come as the priest declares "Alleluia Christ is risen." The Gloria in Excelsis is sung with all ringing hand bells. The Baptismal Font is blessed with new Lustral Water and all renew their Baptismal Vows and receive the Asperges. After Mass there is a Parish Resurrection Party with champagne and Easter cakes.

Easter Day is celebrated with Low Mass at 8am and a Solemn Mass of the Day at 10:30am. Festive Coffee hours follow both Masses. Easter is a time at St. Paul's when all are reminded of the gift of Salvation and our call to spread the good news: "He is risen indeed! Alleluia!"

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