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REP is GRATEFUL to Our Generous Donors

Posted on November 30, 2021
A couple anonymous donors recently gifted more than $10,000 to fund full and partial scholarships for many of our REP students. Thanks to these generous donations, the REP program is able to continue our tradition of providing caring, meaningful religious [read more...]

REP Update: Weeks of December 7 and 14, 2021

Posted on November 30, 2021
Here’s the REP Schedule for the Weeks of December 7 and 14, 2021 Saturday, December 4, 1 pm, Practice for First Reconciliation – church Sunday, December 5, Second Sunday of Advent; 9:30 am, Family Mass Tuesday, December 7, Food Drive [read more...]

Offer All to Jesus this Advent

Posted on November 30, 2021
Second Sunday of Advent — Year C On this Second Sunday of Advent, the Gospel invites us to ask ourselves: For what or for whom do I live? Why am I alive? The truth is God is always calling us [read more...]

UPDATE: Christmas Eve Mass Times

Posted on November 30, 2021
On November 23, Father Arthur received notification from Bishop Robert Casey, Vicar General, regarding scheduling of anticipatory Christmas Eve Masses. The longstanding policy of the Archdiocese of Chicago is that the time for the vigil liturgy is to begin no [read more...]

St. Marks Food Collection, December 12th

Posted on November 30, 2021
On Sunday, December 12th we will have our monthly food drive for St. Mark’s Parish. Last July, St. Mark’s was consolidated with three other parishes who were not receiving food donations from sharing parishes. We continue to collect and deliver [read more...]

Bishop Jeffrey Grob’s Advent Message

Posted on November 27, 2021
As we begin our Advent journey together, our Shepherd — Bishop Jeffrey Grob — shares his Advent Message with all in our Vicariate. Bishop Grob invites us to open our hearts and minds, and to set aside silent time for [read more...]

How authentic was the USCCB’s synodality?

Posted on November 26, 2021
The following analysis is from Ed Condon of The Pillar. After a USCCB meeting last week that featured several closed-door meetings of bishops, bishops have said a decision to hold more of their meetings in private allowed for an atmosphere [read more...]

Special Bulletin Covers for Advent/Christmas Season

Posted on November 23, 2021
For Advent and Christmas, we are doing something different with our bulletin covers. Rather than continue to run tried-(tired?)-and-true stock art covers, we opted for something more interactive — something that would spring our local artists into action. We invited OLW [read more...]

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Posted on November 23, 2021
God of all blessings, source of all life, giver of all grace: We thank you for the gift of life: for the breath that sustains life, for the food of this earth that nurtures life, for the love of family [read more...]

Giving Thanks is Necessary

Posted on November 23, 2021
Giving thanks is not only good and polite. It’s not just a thoughtful gesture. Fr. Mike says, and the words we say in Mass seem to agree, giving thanks is necessary for our salvation—especially when it comes to giving thanks [read more...]