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CUB SCOUTS Girl Scouts Cub Scouts MINISTRIES HOME Knights of Columbus Men's Club Women's Club Youth & Young Adult Contacts: John Labbe | johnrlabbe@icloud.com Cub Scouts is a program of indoor and outdoor activities for children in the first through fifth grades. Saint Athanasius scouts are urged to always do their best in everything they do, with a duty to God and country. Participating children and their parent partners meet in grade-level dens once per month during school months in the school gymnasium. Cubs also have monthly weekend events and/or service projects. The troops sponsor Scout Sunday in February. There is a $75 fee to participate in the St. Athanasius Chapter, officially designated by the Boy Scouts of America as Pack 931. Any Evanston child wishing to be a Cub Scout but does not have ready access to a Pack is welcome to join the St. Athanasius organization. Call or email a contact listed above for more information.

FINANCE COUNCIL Finance Council Development Committee Facilities & Maintenance MINISTRIES HOME Parish Council Unification Team School Board Contact: Jake Noble | jcnoble79@icloud.com Mark Sheehan | markdsheehan@gmail.com The Finance Council is a parish-wide team mandated by the Archdiocese to advise and consult with the pastor regarding the financial status of the parish. Among the many tasks the council performs, the team reviews the parish annual budget and various annual parish reports. Council members review the management of funds the parish is authorized to retain and manage and aid in the formulation of the annual parish report. Members of the Finance Council are chosen by the pastor to serve on the council based on skills and expertise in management and/or financial areas. The council has both the Development Committee and the Facilities and Maintenance Committee reporting to it. Anyone interested in the areas the council deals with or who wishes to serve on the council may contact the council chairs noted above.

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& & LENT AT ST. JOHN NEWMAN PARISH Easter Schedule Holy Week Schedule Lenten Opportunities Lent Lent is an annual 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday, February 22 and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday, April 6. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms ; and we practice self-control through fasting and abstinence. We are called not only to abstain from our preferences during Lent, but even more so to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ's Will for us more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ's death and began a new life in Christ. Don’t let this be another Lent in your life where these traditions of the Church are merely words on a page. These Lenten practices can be so much more if we are willing to bring them to life. Why not consider this very Lent, as Pope Francis reminds us, to serve the poor. You can support the various ministries of our parish: the Soup Kitchen, Saint Vincent DePaul, Feed the Hungry and Saint Agnes of Bohemia Parish. Just contact the parish office if you need guidance.

LECTORS Christian Family Movement Arts & Environment Altar Serving MINISTRIES HOME Contemplative Prayer Lectors Eucharistic Ministers Eucharistic Adoration Ministers of Care Ministry of Prayer Ushers Sacristans Music Ministry Greeters Contact: Shawn Lucas | slucas@newmanparish.com 847-328-1430, x5 The mission of the lectors is to understand and proclaim the Word of God so that all those present receive the message of God. Ministers of the Word need to not only be effective communicators but also be able to absorb and express the spirit of the Liturgy. Lectors should spend time during the week to prepare the readings for Sunday so they are able to bring the story of the Gospel to the parishioners in an interesting manner, much like storytelling. Lectors are asked to arrive at least 10 minutes before Mass to check the lectionary, read through the Prayers of the Faithful and be informed of any last minute changes. Training for new lectors is held each fall. Members of the Lector Ministry proclaim the scripture passages during Mass. Lectors are typically scheduled about once a month depending on Mass preferences and schedules. Lectors receive a workbook at the beginning of each liturgical year.

ARTS & ENVIRONMENT Christian Family Movement Arts & Environment Altar Serving MINISTRIES HOME Contemplative Prayer Lectors Eucharistic Ministers Eucharistic Adoration Ministers of Care Ministry of Prayer Ushers Sacristans Music Ministry Greeters Contacts: Ernie Singh | erniebudiman@gmail.com Shari Suennen | shari@ota-inc.com The Arts and Environment Ministry works to beautify the church to enhance worship during the many liturgical seasons of the year. Using the designated colors of the liturgical calendar, members create artful settings to reflect the many holidays of the church. They also plant the urns in the front and side of the church and tend them throughout the growing months. Membership is open to all parishioners. There are no dues. There are no regularly scheduled meetings. Members meet to dress the sanctuary on days before specific holidays.

OUR PARISH Staff Parish Information Our Parish St. Athanasius School Mass Schedule Our Parish Prayer: Heart Speaks to Heart "O God, we are one with You. You have taught us that if we are open to one another, You dwell in us. In accepting one another wholeheartedly, we love You with our whole being. Fill us then with love, and let us be bound together with love. Help us to preserve this openness with all our hearts." Lord, we thank You for the gift of our St. John Henry Newman Parish community and for our exceptional histories, traditions and people. Help us to be a thriving faith community that fervently acts on Your will, always lifting our hearts to You in thanks and praise, and using our hands to serve others. Through Your son Jesus Christ, His Immaculate mother Mary and through the intercession of St. Athanasius, St. Joan of Arc and St. John Henry Newman, we ask for Your heavenly blessing on our parish and our people. Amen

PARISH COUNCIL Finance Council Development Committee Facilities & Maintenance MINISTRIES HOME Parish Council Unification Team School Board Contact: Adam McCostlin | adam.mccostlin@gmail.com The purpose of the Parish Pastoral Council is to engage the people and the pastor prayerfully in common reflection about the parish’s mission and ministries, and to plan and evaluate in light of the Gospel and church teaching. Council responsibilities include periodic reevaluation of the mission statement, assessing ongoing needs, defining parish goals, setting broad strategies to implement those goals, and evaluating the parish’s success in carrying out the Church’s mission. The Council meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Fitzgerald Center. The Pastor appoints members to the Parish Pastoral Council. Anyone interested in serving on the council may call the contact above or Father Anderson directly.

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MINISTRIES Leadership & Planning Human Concerns Spiritual Life Parish Life MINISTRIES We encourage all members of our parish to actively participate in the glorification of God, whether this is as simple as attending a weekend mass, becoming more involved in one of our leadership, spiritual or parish ministries, or receiving a Sacrament.

RECEIVE THE SACRAMENTS Confirmation Baptisms Anointing of the Sick SACRAMENTS Eucharist Matrimony Funerals Reconciliation Sacraments are important rites within the Church, and are undertaken after special preparations. For children wishing to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation, Eucharist, and Confirmation, we have parish programs to assist parents in preparing their children, as well as classes for parents wishing to have their children baptized. For adults wishing to receive the sacraments of Baptism, Communion, and Confirmation, please contact the Julie .

GIVING TO ST. JOHN NEWMAN PARISH GiveCentral Online Giving Estate Planning GIVING Paver Program Sunday Offertory TTWCI Stocks, Tranfsers, Matching “As Christian stewards, we receive God’s gifts gratefully, cultivate them responsibly, share them lovingly in justice with others, and return them with increase to the Lord.” – U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops St. John Newman strives to be a vibrant Catholic parish that nurtures our community and lives the gospel of Jesus Christ by sharing our talents and resources for the good of others. It is your support that makes it possible to fulfill that mission. Your donations fund our mission and are vital to our sustainability as a parish. We consider the generous resources you provide to St. John Newman gifts of grace and we are called to manage them with faithful stewardship, using the generous resources you provide to fund faith formation, liturgy, sacraments, outreach, campus maintenance and staffing. Thank you for the sacrifices you make to stre ngthen our faith community, support our ministries, further our mission and grow the Catholic faith.