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Updated by Evangelization on February 20, 2012

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St. Mary's Podcast Center

Updated by Evangelization on February 26, 2012

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Re-Posted by Evangelization on February 19, 2012

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Pastor's Notes

Posted by Pastor on April 15, 2012

<empty><empty> A PASTORAL RESPONSE
St. Mary and St. Patrick parishes are working together to provide a pastoral response to the tragic events involving young people that have affected our community in recent months. Our first program will be for adults, and will include our main speaker, Father Charles Rubey.
Fr. Rubey is on the staff of Catholic Charities and he directs the LOSS program (Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide). Fr. Rubey will share insights on issues that will be useful to adults who are helping adolescents through the teen years. As we go to press with the bulletin, we are still working on the date for an evening meeting. Please check the parish website and bulletin, or call the parish at 847.234.0205, for updated information. Thank you.

AN EVENING OF TRIBUTE
This Thursday, April 19, Mundelein Seminary will sponsor an Evening of Tribute recognizing several people who are part of St. Mary's Parish. Cardinal George and Mundelein Seminary will bestow the 2012 Francis Cardinal George "Christo Gloria" Award to Michael and Jackie Winn. The Winns have been dedicated members of St. Mary's for many years; they are active in supporting Mundelein Seminary, as well as participating in another half dozen or so Catholic works. In the name of our whole parish, I thank Mike and Jackie for sharing their deep faith with us at St. Mary's.

Also being honored on Thursday is Father Robert Barron, who will receive the 2012 Joseph Cardinal Bernardin "As Those Who Serve" Award. Father Barron is often here at our parish for Mass on Sundays. In addition to teaching at Mundelein Seminary, Fr. Barron is the catalyst behind Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. St. Mary's congratulates Father Barron, and we continue to pray for the success of his work in evangelization.

SHARING PARISH NEWS
I received a note from Fr. Dan Hartnett, SJ, the pastor of our sharing parish, Most Blessed Trinity in Waukegan. Fr. Hartnett will be concluding his service as pastor of the parish and be moving to a new assignment with his order, the Society of Jesus. Cardinal George has appointed Fr. Jake Beltran, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, as the new pastor of Most Blessed Trinity effective this July. I want to publicly thank Fr. Dan for his service to the people of Waukegan and North Chicago. I also thank him for being so generous in giving a number of wonderful talks here at St. Mary's over the past 3 years.

BECOMING A DEACON
Jack Herrmann, a parishioner of St. Mary, is scheduled to be ordained to the Order of Deacon on May 25, 2012, at Holy Name Cathedral by Francis Cardinal George. I am publishing this information as required by the Code of Canon Law. If anyone has information about circumstances that prevent Jack from receiving Holy Orders, such a person should contact me or the Office of the Archbishop. I'll write more about Jack and the permanent diaconate in the bulletin next week.

In our Lord,
Fr. Mike McGovern
mmcgovern94@gmail.com