She now ministers in prayer. Dan Folwaczny. CAVAs purpose is to nurture a Culture of Vocations within the Catholic Church. He is retired in Techny. She is retired. Archdiocese of Chicago Vocations - Home - Facebook He also provided pastoral care, built schools and chapels and started a medical clinic in Paraguay. Barron talking about the event he is hosting at Mundelein Seminary on Friday, November 29th called "Who Will Fill These Shoes?" Resources. In fraternity, we can help discover and guide you to the plan Jesus has for you. Sister Edissa Szczepanski, from Our Lady of Angels Parish, was an educator, computer and media specialist and librarian. She provides educational presentations and serves as a spiritual director and licensed psychotherapist and ministers at St. Peters in the Loop. She ministers in prayer and presence. Accompaniment Trusting in the providence of God, we walk together on our journey of faith. Seminary, his years at St. Joseph College Seminary, and what his friends and family thought of his pursuit of priesthood at such a young age. First Friday Monthly: 9-9:30 a.m. She volunteers and does prayer and presence. Please contact Sr. Lovina Francis Pammit, O.S.F. Sister Christi Ann Laudolff has worked in secondary and higher education, in congregational ministry as a vocation director and as a finance clerk. She is retired at the motherhouse, Dubuque, Iowa. She also ministers in prayer and presence. Publications and Media. He also served in California, Iowa and in the Philippines. McCray and Christian discern their calling to the priesthood. Sister Paula Mary Palasz was a teacher, vocation director, director of postulants, archivist, mission integration coordinator and program director. She set up shop and made her own designs and replicated them in wood. Francis Bitterman, director of the Archdiocese of Chicagos Vocations Office, leads a discussion on the first Friday of every month about the vocation process. Father Michael Hutchins worked in education, administration and pastoral care. He was an assistant novice director, instructor of theology and liturgy and director of St. Augustine Retreat Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; taught ethics and was a Catholic chaplain at Texas A&M University and served mission parishes in Texas; was a professor of theology and philosophy at Xavier University, New Orleans; and wrote West African Religious Traditions: Focus on the Akan of Ghana. He is retired in Techny. He served in Michigan and now is based at the Shrine of the Unborn in Kellyville New South Wales, Australia. She now is the citizenship program coordinator at Dominican Literacy Center, Aurora. Sister Alice (Alissio) Caulfield, from St. Dorothy Parish, was a teacher, administrator, counselor and pastoral minister. Sister Rose Marie OBarski, from St. Mary Magdalene Parish, was an elementary school teacher, principal and minister to the homebound. Sister Patricia L. (Chrysostom) Fitzgerald was an educator, artist and wellness and massage therapist, and she worked in business. Home - Consecrated Life He is retired. She served at St. Sylvester Parish and in Indiana, Iowa, California, Massachusetts and Colorado. Fr. Sister Marilyn Haselhorst worked in pastoral ministry, formation, finance, teaching and school administration. We offer opportunities for members to gather for prayer, peer support and ongoing formation. We engage families, volunteers, teachers, campus ministers, catechists and others through collaboration. Sister Jean Therese Jarosz was a nursing assistant, ward clerk, sacristan, secretary, infirmary aide and as an assistant to the congregations administrative support staff. Francis Bitterman interviews Deacon Bob Regan who will be ordained a priest the following day. She served at St. Symphorosa; Queen of All Saints; St. Scholastica High School; Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, where she was the founding principal; and Cristo Rey St. Martin, Waukegan. Sister Mary Irene Kay was a teacher and principal. Father Gerald Theis worked in pastoral care and administration and was a missionary in Papua New Guinea for 52 years. Father Gregory Fishel worked in Salesian youth ministry and now is a parochial vicar of St. John Bosco and St. James (Fullerton Avenue) parishes. News and Events. Sister Anne Martin Phelan worked in education, school administration, congregational leadership and development. She is retired and lives at St. Scholastica Monastery. She served at Immaculate Conception (88th Street); St. Simeon, Bellwood; Queen of the Universe; St. Peter Damian, Bartlett; Clare Oaks, Bartlett; Humana Hospital, Hoffman Estates; St. John the Evangelist, Streamwood; and St. Barbara (Throop Street); and in Addison. Resources. He now is director of development for Brothers of Holy Cross-Midwest Province. She now is a community volunteer. Learn more by visiting the Office of Vocations website. Sister Rita McGovern, from Visitation Parish, worked in nursing and administration. Timothy Monahan introduces himself as the new Vocation Director for the Archdiocese of Chicago. She is retired. Sister Mary Albert Gensterblum was a homemaker, a group mother at St. Vincent Home for Children, local treasurer, driver and purchaser of small items for sisters. Vocation Discernment Opportunities Listed below are Men's and Women's Communities hosting opportunities for discernment, reflection, prayer and more. Serves as a vehicle for gathering and disseminating pertinent information that respects the diversity within the archdiocese. Father Robert Fisher worked in pastoral ministry and education and was a missionary in Ghana and in the Philippines. She served at St. Walter; St. Edward; and St. Lawrence OToole, Matteson; in Newton and Springfield; and in Mississippi, Arkansas and Minnesota. He is retired in Techny. She is retired at Ascension Living Nazarethville Place, Des Plaines. Father Dennis Woerter, an Oak Park native from St. Vincent Ferrer Parish, River Forest, was a parochial vicar and campus minister. She taught at St. John Berchmans School for 11 years. During the second half-hour St. Joseph College Seminarian Charlie Plovanich continues his discussion with Theo McManigal and Dylan Conover on why more and more young men are responding to God's call to the priesthood. Religious Institutes. Parishes. Archdiocese of Chicago Vocations - Facebook In the following pages, we honor hundreds of teachers, nurses, chaplains and parish priests who have given many years in service of the Lord. She served at Visitation, St. Brendan and St. Pius V and in Washington, Texas, Minnesota, Idaho and Wisconsin, where she lives in community at the Sinsinawa motherhouse. He served in the Chicago area at Holy Trinity Croatian Roman Catholic Church; St. Bronsilava; Our Lady of Charity, Cicero; and Oak Park Hospital, Oak Park; and in California, Texas, Mississippi and Tennessee. Sister Mary (Josephus Mary) Hrovat worked in education, administration and development. Full Screen Close Caption X Next Previous Next Cardinal Cupich ordained two men to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Chicago May 21 at Holy Name Cathedral. Sister Judith Murphy, from St. Anthony Parish, has been a teacher, principal and community leader. Both men are in their 30s and were born and raised in the Chicago area. Sister Grace Laur was an educator at Siena High School, All Saints, Christ the King and St. Gabriel. Father Michael Walsh worked in seminary education and parish administration. She served at St. Gerald, Oak Lawn, and in California, Iowa and Oregon. She does ministry of prayer in Evansville, Indiana. Please see below for Vocation resources and a link to the Archdiocese of Chicago vocation site. Sister Mary Carlotta Myszka was an elementary and high school teacher, director of postulants, assistant director of novices, cashier, director of mission integration and local minister. Francis Bitterman spoke with Brad Zamora, a current seminarian at Mundelein Seminary, about being in the last graduating class from Quigley H.S. She now is the religious education coordinator at St. Cajetan Parish. They discussed their experiences in seminary and what they were looking forward to as newly ordained Deacons.. Fr. She served at St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr; St. John Cantius; St. Louise de Marillac, La Grange Park; Madonna High School; St. Pancratius; Five Holy Martyrs; Mother Theresa Home and at the motherhouse, Lemont; and in Indiana. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Wikipedia She served as a live-in volunteer for the Marie Joseph House of Hospitality, Interfaith Committee for Detained Immigrants, and worked in Pennsylvania. Sister M. Monica Sendlosky, was a librarian and congregational leader and worked in finance, business and pastoral care. Vicariate led dinners to allow local discerners time with the priests and seminarians fromtheir community and their Bishop. The office provides pastoral services to them as well, being a vehicle for communication and administrative support. She does pastoral care at St. Catherines Village, Madison, Mississippi. Chicago (nine respondents), Archdiocese of Los Angeles (seven), Archdiocese of Cincinnati and Archdiocese of Miami (six each), as well as Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Archdiocese of . Sister Anastasia Sanford was a homemaker, librarian, teacher, regional archivist, associate editor of Bread Broken, western region webmaster for her community, development program assistant and writer of sisters obituary letters and did computer maintenance. Francis talks with Chicago Seminarians who will be Ordained Deacons on May 15. Brad Zamora, newly ordained priest, Associate Pastor and Director of Liturgy at Holy Name Cathedral. She volunteers at Fairway Knoll senior living in Germantown, Wisconsin. She volunteers at PHJC Heritage and Archives. He served at Holy Trinity High School, Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, the Jesuit School of Theology and in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. She now ministers in prayer. She is prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago. Brother William Dygert was a principal, superior, faculty member, dean of students, superintendent of schools, provincial steward and adjunct assistance professor. Sister Joanne I. Grib, from St. Gall Parish, was a teacher and principal. Today we talk about vocations with Rhonda Gruenewald the Author of "Hundredfold: A Guide to Parish Based Vocation Ministry.". She also served in Joliet and was a school superintendent in Kentucky and Virginia. She is retired. The office also actively promotes a culture of vocations in the archdiocese through the coordinator of religious vocation ministries and the activities of the Chicago Area Vocation Association (CAVA). He did youth ministry in Greenville, Mississippi and founded Sacred Heart Youth Outreach to help at-risk youth, He is retired in Techny. She served at St. Peter, Skokie; St. Joseph, Summit; St. Alphonsus, Lemont; and in Wisconsin. Sister Barbara Kelley served as communications and alumnae coordinator, Regina Dominican High School, Wilmette; and ministered in Alaska and Michigan. Sister M. Gabriel Lazarski, a Chicago native, worked in education, school administration, religious formation, congregational leadership and as director of religious education, general councilor, apostolate coordinator, retirement coordinator, motherhouse superior, local superior, novice director, director of mission effectiveness and mission integration program and convent treasurer. 162 were here. She served at St. Viator, St. Joseph Carondelet Child Center and CES Computer Tech and in Missouri, where she is a volunteer at Family Care, Manchester. The Vianney Visit provides high school sophomores through college age men (ages 16 24) the opportunity to take a closer look and experience college seminary. Matt O'Donnell, Pastor of St. Columbanus Church, Fr. She served at Holy Rosary (113th Street); Assumption BVM (123rd Street); St. Andrew, Calumet City; St. Patricia, Hickory Hills; and St. Hedwig. Women and men religious celebrate jubilees - Chicago Catholic Sister JoAnn (Mary Marcinus) Persch ministered in education, social work, administration and religious education. She was the recipient of the Franciscan Federation Peacemaker Award in 2014 and now is retired. News and Events. She is at Resurrection Life Center and ministers in prayer and presence. Seminarians Discussing Discernment Programs in the Archdiocese of Chicago. He is at the St. Paul Dominican Community, Bloomington, Indiana. Sister Margaret Ellen Mahoney, from St. Kilian Parish, worked in education, as an administrator and in provincial leadership. Archdiocesan Priest, Rev. Michael S. Michelini, Dies He is retired and lives at Ascension Living Resurrection Village Life Center. Sister Sandra (Mary Rosario) Schmitz, from St. She ministers in prayer and presence at Sacred Heart, Milwaukee. She served at Holy Name Cathedral and Mundelein College and in Iowa, Colorado and Ecuador. Sister Marilyn Hattrup worked in education and parish ministry. Father Richard Thibeau worked in education, was a missionary worker in Mexico and ministered in the African American community. They begin their new assignments July 1. She is director of food services at Holy Family Convent, Des Plaines. He was treasurer of the Divine Word Mindoro Province and served as vice president/administrative and finance officer for Divine Word College of Calapan while working in the Philippines. She served at St. Bruno; St. Turibius; St. Bronislava; St. Mary Magdalene; St. Hedwig; Our Lady of the Gardens; St. Joseph; Sacred Heart; St. Wenceslaus; Our Lady of Ransom, Niles; Provincial House; Mother of Good Counsel Central Convent; and Our Lady of the Angels; in Peru; and in Alabama, Minnesota and Wisconsin. He now resides at Mount Carmel High School. Sister Rosemary Jurkowski worked in pastoral ministry, parish ministry, social work and as a volunteer. He is rector of Divine Word Theologate. Archbishop's Office. Mark Augustine about inviting young people to be open to God's call to Priesthood and Religious Life. She ministers in prayer and presence at Marian Village, Homer Glen. Bitterman talks with University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary Rector Fr. Fr. She volunteers at Clement Manor Retirement Community, Greenfield, Wisconsin. Sister Mary Lourdine Lachowski was an elementary school teacher and principal and did Mercy Home phone ministry. Sister Bridget Zanin worked in nursing, administration, campus ministry, outreach to immigrants, pastoral care, hospice and mission integration and as a provincial councilor and chaplain. Kevin McCray and Seminarian Christian Shiu who both went through the program. Fr. Sister Lorrita Marie Verhey, from St. Brendan Parish, was a primary school teacher, nurse, nurse practitioner and instructor and spiritual director. Sister Margaret Ann Holtz worked in education and administration. The mission of the Office for Religious is to assist the archbishop in his ministry to religious and other consecrated persons who live and serve in the Archdiocese of Chicago. Sister (Mary Eugena) Betty Smith, from Resurrection Parish, worked in education and administration. She is an extraordinary minister of Communion and does ministry of prayer. She now works in the library and does tech support at Sacred Heart Convent, Springfield. She returned to Minnesota and now works in a family-owned business. We inspire others to consider the consecrated life as an option by the witness of our lives and by the lives of religious women and men. Priest Talk with Friends: discussion on vocations with Fr. Sister Jane Ann Beckman was a teacher, pastoral minister, literacy educator, congregational leader and coordinator of citizenship programs. Totus Tuus 2023 - Parish Registration - Deposit. Brother Kenneth Haders was a principal, faculty member, social worker, president, vice president of mission integration and assistant provincial and vicar. She is a community volunteer and does ministry of prayer. He served as a pastor in Louisiana, worked in the Mission Office of the Divine Word Western Province in California and taught in Quebec, Canada. Officially established through the Archdiocesan Vocation Office in August 1979, CAVA celebrates its 40thanniversary in 2019. Father Mark Weber was a missionary in Ghana, ministered in the African American community and did administration and formation. They shared their experiences as missionaries evangelizing grade school and high school students throughout the Archdiocese and how the program impacted their own vocations. Sister Joyce (Robert Ellen) Brophy was a teacher at St. Sylvester, Our Lady of Mercy, St. Agnes and St. Genevieve; in other Illinois locations; and in California and Indiana. Vocation - Polonia - archchicago.org She served at Blessed Sacrament and in Tennessee and Iowa, where she has been a pastoral associate at St. Paul, Davenport, for more than 47 years. All meals are provided. Meet the new priests - Chicagoland - Chicago Catholic Sister Mary Juarez, from All Saints Parish, worked in education, administration, social work and outreach to migrants and Hispanics. Fr. Sister Rose Miriam Schulte worked in teaching, school administration, counseling, pastoral studies, congregational leadership and as a facilitator for religious-in-training. Sister Eileen (Patrick Ellen) Healy was an educator, administrator and pastoral minister. He served as director of ministries for Chicagos Divine Word Theologate; was director of field education at Catholic Theological Union; and was chair of CTUs Committee on World Mission. It will begin with a presentation on the priesthood by Fr. Vocation Discernment Opportunities Chicago Archdiocesan Vocation She served at Nativity BVM; St. Anthony, Cicero; Maria High School; and Holy Cross Hospital; and in New Mexico, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Father Robert Melnick has been director of postulants and those temporarily professed and has ministered at Sacred Heart Friary. She does community service at Sacred Heart Convent, Springfield. Father Andrzej Papiez worked in youth and parish ministry and as a missionary in Peru. She is the provincial of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ American Province in Donaldson, Indiana. Chicago Archdiocese Vocations. Men's Congregations/Organizations Chicago Archdiocesan Vocation He did food service at Divine Word communities in Massachusetts and New York and was a parish administrator in Clarksville, Mississippi. She served at St. Edward; Marian Catholic High School, Chicago Heights; Loyola University Chicago; St. Joseph College Seminary; and University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary; in Springfield and Peoria; and in Louisiana and Iowa. She now does outreach to the poor. Chicago (July 10, 2023) - Rev. It serves the more than 2.2 million Catholics in Cook and Lake counties in the state of Illinois, an area of . Greg Sakowicz, rector of Holy Name Cathedral, is the host of this lively discussion program that presents news and information about the Archdiocese of Chicago, while exploring topics of faith from the Catholic perspective. 281 posts. Sister Marjorie (Herberdette) Heidkamp, from Queen of Angels Parish, was an educator, chaplain and pastoral minister. She served at Cabrini Hospital Nursing Program (CIELO); Cabrini Retreat Center, Des Plaines; Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge; Mercy Hospital; Holy Family Medical Center, Des Plaines; National Shrine of St. Frances X. Cabrini; and in Louisiana, New York and New Jersey. Officially established through the Archdiocesan Vocation Office in August 1979, CAVA celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2019. We talked about why the program began, what the program entails and how it helped both Fr. Today, July 7, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America met with the Metropolis of Chicago Clergy Syndesmos for an open forum on the proposed revisions to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese's Charter. Some have specific dates and others are ongoing (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, etc). Promoting a Culture of Vocations in the Archdiocese of Chicago for over Father James Keena was a missionary preacher, parish priest and pastor, college faculty member, prefect of students, provincial vicar and superior of his local community. He built Our Madonna of the Rosary Medical Center in Oaxaca, Mexico, and provided pastoral care and built parishes in Cuernavaca, Mexico. He is the author of Healing Wounded Emotions and Healing Wounded Relationships; a speaker on relationships and parenting; and a licensed marriage and family therapist. Sister Elizabeth (Erica) Kugi taught and did religious education and pastoral work. She worked at Alvernia High School, St. Benedict High School and in Wisconsin. She served at St. Francis Hospital, Evanston; Kimberly Quality Care Home Health, Cicero; Cook County Hospital; Wholistic Health Clinic, Oak Park; Marian Village, Homer Glen; University of Illinois Medical Center Hospital; in Aurora; and in Wisconsin and Africa. Sister Mary Catherine (St. Ambrose) Beckman, from Mary, Help of Christians, was a teacher, counselor and school administrator. To help people discover and respond to Gods call in their lives. Sister M. Elaine Kuizinas worked in education and administration. Sister Rosemary Cina was a teacher, librarian, administrative assistant and congregational archivist. She ministered at Queen of Peace High School, Burbank; Unity Catholic; Maria High School; Cristo Rey-St. Martin de Porres, Waukegan; and Seton Academy, South Holland; in Freeport; and in Minnesota and Wisconsin, where she lives in community in Kenosha and volunteers with several organizations. Sister Bernadette (Lucinus) McManigal, from Our Lady of the Angels Parish, was an educator and administrator and served at St. Callistus and St. Jerome, was the BVM regional representative in Chicago and ministered in BVM leadership. She is retired. He served at Holy Trinity High School and in Indiana and Wisconsin. We promote vocation awareness in parishes, schools, colleges, universities, volunteer organizations and other ministries. He now is the provincial superior of Brothers of Holy Cross-Midwest Province. Cardinal Cupich ordained seven men to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Chicago June 29 at St. John Brebeuf Church, Niles. Michelini was former pastor of St. Adalbert Parish in Chicago. Sister Jo Ann Geary, from St. Bernard Parish, was a nurse practitioner and a missionary. She volunteers with people who are sick and dying in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Sister Patricia (Anna Marie) Gels, from St. Mark Parish, was a teacher, administrator, developmental instructor, literacy tutor and registrar. She volunteers in the clinical care office in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. They also discuss the huge turnout of men to the "Who Will Fill These Shoes?" In the following pages, we honor hundreds of teachers, nurses, chaplains and parish priests who have given many years in service of the Lord. Brad Zamora and Megan Miller about Night Fever, Fr. She ministers as a librarian at Kentuckys St. Gregory School and does service at Sansbury Health Care Center. Who Will Fill These Shoes? Sister Kim Trong Nguyen, from St. Pius Parish, Stickney, worked in education, faith formation, administration and as a director of youth ministry. Login - Archdiocese of Chicago. These discernment groups will take place monthly over the course of seven months. He now is at the St. Katherine Drexel Rectory. She taught elementary school and math, physics and computer science at Mount Assisi Academy, Lemont, for more than 20 years. She was secretary of the Archdiocese of Chicagos Principals Association, member of the archdiocesan principal interview team and transcriber of the Mother Theresa Spirituality Manuscript. He is founder and editor of the Journal of Association of Asian/North American Theological Educator and holds the Bishop Francis X. Ford, MM, Chair of Catholic Missiology at Catholic Theological Union; has been program director and department chair of biblical languages and literature at CTU. Sister Mary Clement Eiden, from St. Martha Parish, Morton Grove, was a teacher, congregational leader on the local and provincial level. Sister Mary Ann (M. Erminold) Schmidt was a musician and librarian. The program brings Catholic high school youth from around the country together with priests, religious and seminarians for eleven days of backpacking in the context of a vocation retreat. She now works with and is a co-founder of the Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants. Sister Laurina Kahne, from St. John Fisher Parish, served in education, parish work and Hispanic ministry. She is retired. She served at St. Agnes; Marywood, Evanston; Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove; at Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center; at other Illinois locations and in Oklahoma; California; Washington, D.C.; and Florida. Join a brotherhood of high school men learning about Jesus, the Church, and the priesthood through prayer, discussion, and activities. Sister Julie (Donna Marie) Cannon, who attended St. Clement and St. Bonaventure parishes, worked in nursing and education. She served at St. Mary High School; St. Callistus; St. Joseph; St. Malachy; St. Eulalia, Maywood; and at the Education and Intervention/CAP program, Oak Park; and in California and Missouri. Archdiocese of Chicago Vocation Office - givecentral.org At each session, you will listen to talks, have time for small group sharing, and have the opportunity for Mass, Confession and Adoration. Father Joseph Robert Fenili did parish and retreat ministry, served as a college faculty member, registrar, academic dean, president and local community superior, and was provincial vicar and a general counsultor in Rome. Vocations - Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis She now does prayer ministry. She also worked in Naperville and in Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Chicago Archdiocesan Vocation Association (CAVA) is a ministry sponsored by the Office for Religious (OFR) in the Archdiocese of Chicago. , NRVC National Religious Vocation Conference, Black Catholic Initiative- Archdiocese of Chicago, Called & Consecrated Curriculum Lesson Plans, Lesson Plans for National Vocation Awareness Week from USCCB (Grades K-8), Archdiocese of Chicago Campus Minister Directory, Faith on Campus: A One-Stop List of College Ministry Resources, Visit Opportunities for Women discerning Consecrated Life, Discernment Information Vietnamese (Nhan Dinh On Goi Tu Tri), Ten Things to Know about Discerning a Vocation. She now does ministry of prayer, St. Francis Convent, Springfield. He is retired in Techny. Sister Shirley Bell worked in nursing, nursing management, formation, provincial leadership, pastoral and senior care and general leadership. She is the director of mission effectiveness at Sacred Heart Convent. Sister Joan (Eman) Murray, from St. Theodore Parish, was a teacher and pastoral counselor. Fr. Login - Archdiocese of Chicago - archchicago.org He is retired in Techny. St. Joseph College Seminarians Charlie Plovanich, Theo McManigal and Dylan Conover continue their discussion on discernment as they reflect on the priestly promises of celibacy, obedience and simplicity of life. Guests for the second half hour are: Deacon Bradley Zamora; Deacon Matthew Marshall, Colin Parrish; Michael Metz; and Courtney Bonty. He served as the secretary general for the Society of the Divine Word in Rome and was responsible for the refugee section of the Vaticans Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerate Peoples.