Ascension Catholic Church

Ascension Church
808 S. East Avenue
Oak Park, IL 60304

Phone: (708) 848-2703
Fax: (708) 848-2773

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Ascension Women's Cooperative (AWC)

Beautiful, tasty pies are a favorite part of the AWC Fall Festival. Scroll down a bit for more images.

The mission of the Ascension Women’s Cooperative (“AWC”) is to foster relationships among all women in the parish, to bring various ministries together, to bridge relationships across generations, to gather school and religious education families together, and to address the needs of the parish, our community and the world at large. Through these endeavors the women of Ascension hope to promote spiritual growth and strengthen our Catholic faith.

The AWC organizes a number of events throughout the year to provide social and spiritual opportunities and to raise funds to support Ascension’s ministries and other worthy causes. We also sponsor the Angel Cooks Ministry to provide meals for parishioners in times of need. We sincerely hope to increase participation from all women of the parish. If you would like more information or are interested in volunteering, please contact a member of the AWC Board listed below.

The AWC annual calendar includes the following events:

11/12/2011 Fall Women's Morning of Reflection ·
12/03/2011 Cookie Walk/Craft Fair ·
01/25/2012 Winter Bunco ·
02/25/2012 Spring Women's Morning of Reflection ·
03/10/2012 St. Patrick's Day Party ·
04/19/2012 Spring Bunco ·
05/03/2012 Ladies Night Out

Welcome new AWC members · Cara Carmody · Tonia Binder · Juliette Dolls · Erin Zimmer · Katie Degnan

The leaders for the AWC events for 2011 - 12 are listed below.

Chair and Co-Chair Fall Festival: 1. Sue Murphy 3rd year) 2. Jackie McEachen (3rd year) 3. Christy Walkup (2nd year) 4. Erin Zimmer (1st year)

Woman's Morning of Reflection: 1. Carol Price (2nd year) 2. Tonia Binder (1st year)

Cookie Walk/Craft Fair: 1. Eileen Lynch (2nd year) 2. Cara Carmody (1st year) 3. Suzy Sleman (1st year)

Bunco: 1. Juliette Dols (1st year)

St. Patrick's Day Party 1. Annie Bookmeier (3rd year) 2. Trish McGovern (2nd year) 3. Katie Degnan (1st year)

Ladies Night Out 1. Suzi Nowicki (2nd year) 2. Tonia Binder (1st year) Raffle/Donations 1. Marylou Compton (3rd year) 2. Katie Degnan (1st year)

President: Suzi Nowicki
Treasurer: Carol Price
Historian: MaryLou Compton
Angel Cooks: Coordinator: Eileen Lynch

Carol Ford and Mary Stapleton were honored in 2010 for their generous service to Ascension's PADS summer lunch program and their leadership of the Ascension Angel program to share Christmas blessings with St. Martin de Porres.