Shrine · North Riverside

St. Paul VI Parish - Mater Christi Curch-Shrine of Mother of Mothers

2401 S 10th Ave., North Riverside, Illinois, 60546

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Regular weekly schedule. Contact the parish for holy days and special services.

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Sunday8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM

Monday8:00 AM

Tuesday8:00 AM

Wednesday8:00 AM

Thursday8:00 AM

Friday8:00 AM

Saturday8:00 AM, 5:00 PM

Confession Times

Saturday4:00–5:00 PM

Adoration Times

Monday6:00–8:00 PM

Shrine · Est. Dedicated June 28, 1953

History & Significance

Mater Christi Church in North Riverside, Illinois grew from St. Mary's Mission of North Riverside (begun 1949) and was dedicated by Samuel Cardinal Stritch of the Archdiocese of Chicago on June 28, 1953, with Father A. H. Menarik as first pastor. On Mother's Day 1956 the parish dedicated the Shrine of the Mother of Mothers, a white Carrara marble statue designed by Father Menarik with Daprato Studios and sculpted in Pietrasanta, Italy, depicting Mary holding the Infant Christ atop a globe. In 2021 Mater Christi merged with St. Mary (Riverside) and St. Hugh (Lyons) to form St. Paul VI Parish, effective July 1, 2021. It remains an active worship site of the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Est.Dedicated June 28, 1953PatronSt. Paul VI (Pope 1963–1978)RectorRev. Thomas P. (Tom) MayDioceseArchdiocese of Chicago

Why belong here

St. Paul VI Parish offers something genuinely rare: a community built around one of the country's most distinctive Marian shrines, set alongside the everyday rhythms of a busy western-suburban parish life. Mater Christi Church hosts the only shrine of its kind in the United States — the Mother of Mothers Shrine, a hand-carved Carrara marble masterpiece brought down an Italian mountainside — and the parish maintains Father Menarik's Marian prayer devotions after every Saturday morning Mass, giving visitors and parishioners a tangible Marian devotion that few American parishes can match. At the same time, St. Paul VI is a real, working parish: a daily and weekly Mass schedule across two worship sites, an active OCIA process, OCIA youth faith formation, a Holy Name Society, a united parish Women's Society, a Hispanic Committee, St. Vincent de Paul outreach, Creation Care and Garden ministries, a Prayer Shawl group, a vibrant music program and a parish school (St. Mary School, Riverside) — all under a single pastoral team serving Lyons, Riverside and North Riverside.

The history of St. Paul VI Parish is really the braided history of three Catholic communities in the western suburbs of Chicago that grew up along the Des Plaines River and were finally joined in 2021 under a single pastoral team. Mater Christi Parish (North Riverside) — North Riverside's Catholic community grew out of St. Mary's in Riverside. After World War II the village boomed with new home construction, and in August 1950 a parish census showed roughly 200 Catholic families in the area — about double the 1948 figure. Father William Murphy, then pastor of St. Mary, sent Father Timothy Lyne (associate pastor) to survey the Catholics of North Riverside, and on November 26, 1950 — Thanksgiving weekend — Father Joseph Wisniewski celebrated the first Mass for the new community in the auditorium of Komarek School. Sunday Mass continued there for almost two years. Groundbreaking for a permanent church, on the corner of 10th Avenue and 24th Street in North Riverside, took place in February 1952. On September 28, 1952, the basement hall (the "Rose Room") became the place of worship with two Sunday Masses each week, and on December 21, 1952, the first Mass was celebrated in the new church proper. His Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch dedicated the church on June 28, 1953 under the Latin title "Mater Christi" — Mother of Christ — and on September 29, 1953 Father A. H. (Aloysius) Menarik was appointed first pastor, at which point Mater Christi became a canonically established parish of the Archdiocese of Chicago. The parish rectory, designed by the Baltis Construction Company, was finished on December 6, 1953. After the Second Vatican Council, lay ministry expanded and the sanctuary was renovated: the Altar of Sacrifice was designed and built by the Reverend Francis T. Menarik (the founder's brother), and a silver tabernacle was set on an altar that incorporates reliquaries of all the saints, apostles, and evangelists named in the first Eucharistic Prayer of the Mass. The Mother of Mothers Shrine — From the beginning, Mater Christi's people fostered a deep Marian devotion. The vision for an outdoor shrine honoring the Blessed Mother came from Father Aloysius Menarik, whose own mother — Augusta Menarik — had raised a family distinguished for church service (Father Aloysius pastored Mater Christi, his brother Father Francis pastored St. John in Glenwood, and their sister Mary was a Sister of Charity of the BVM). Menarik worked closely with the Daprato Studios in Pietrasanta, Italy; when the clay study was approved, a block of Biancoduro Carrara marble was quarried for the project from the same Tuscan quarries Michelangelo had patronized. With no road to the quarry, the marble was lowered down the mountain on skis, trucked to the studio, carved, then crated in fresh pine logs and shipped on the steamship Roma from Genoa to New York before being trucked to North Riverside. On Mother's Day, May 13, 1956, Cardinal Stritch blessed the completed shrine before an estimated 2,500 (some accounts say 4,000) people, including a 200-mother procession. At the time it was the only shrine of its kind in the United States. The statue depicts the Blessed Virgin standing on a globe holding the Christ Child, gazing down at a modern-day mother holding her infant; the base carries the Mystical Rose, its five petals symbolizing the five great Marian feasts of the Divine Motherhood — the Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Purification and Maternity. Within a year, 60,000 mothers in every U.S. state and ten foreign countries had enrolled as members of the Shrine, and the parish was hiring two people just to handle the mail — letters came from figures such as Patti Lewis and Jackie Kennedy. Famously during an era of Marian enthusiasm the shrine shared the spotlight with Chicago's "Our Lady of the Underpass" phenomenon. In December 2005 a shrine-enhancement project added a backdrop and a mosaic halo behind Mary and cleaned fifty years of accumulated grime, also repairing damage from a 1975 vandalism incident. Father Louis Tylka, then pastor, described the shrine's two-fold intention as praying "for mothers and that all women will have the grace of motherhood." Father Menarik also wrote the special Marian prayer devotions still recited after every Saturday morning Mass at the church; an indoor replica of the shrine allows devotion in bad weather. Every spring the Shrine is the site of the Mater Christi students' May Crowning. St. Mary Parish (Riverside) — St. Mary traces its origins to 1885, when a wood-frame church was built in Lyons to serve Catholic families in Lyons, Clyde and Summit. That original St. Mary's served the faithful until 1899, when a new St. Mary's Church was built in Riverside; from 1901 to 1921 Lyons-area Catholics again had to travel to Riverside for worship. St. Mary's was designated the mother church of the Renew My Church grouping and ultimately of the new St. Paul VI Parish, with the Lyne Pastoral Center (named after Bishop Timothy J. Lyne) established at 40 East Burlington Street, Riverside, as the parish office. St. Hugh Parish (Lyons) — Although St. Hugh Parish was not canonically organized until 1925, the area's Catholic life actually goes back to 1875. Rev. John B. Murphy was sent to organize the parish, which initially held Sunday Mass in the former Lyons movie theater while holding school in the rectory. The cornerstone was laid in September 1925 and the first Mass was celebrated in the unfinished church on Christmas Day 1925; Cardinal Mundelein dedicated St. Hugh the same year. Keating Hall and additional classrooms were added to the east of the church in the late 1950s, followed later by a gymnasium. St. Hugh School served the parish and surrounding community for 75 years before closing in 2001. Renew My Church and the Birth of St. Paul VI Parish (2020–2021) — Beginning in June 2020, the Archdiocese of Chicago's Renew My Church process grouped Mater Christi, St. Mary, St. Hugh and (initially) St. Pius X together for prayer, study and discernment. In January 2021, St. Pius X moved to a different grouping and the remaining three parishes began merger discussions. On February 25, 2021 Cardinal Blase J. Cupich signed the formal decree (Prot. N. 2021 RMC-8) uniting the three communities; St. Mary Church was designated the parish church and the new parish's territory covered approximately eight and a half square miles of western Cook County. After receiving suggestions from parishioners across all three parishes, Cardinal Cupich chose the name St. Paul VI in honor of the pope who implemented Vatican II and who had a great personal devotion to Mary and a passion for evangelization. On June 27, 2021 — Unification Day — the community gathered first at St. Hugh for its final Mass, then at Mater Christi for the dedication of the former school building as the St. Hugh Faith Formation Center, and finally at St. Mary for the dedication of the Lyne Center as the new parish office. Effective July 1, 2021 the three parishes ceased to be separate juridic persons and St. Paul VI Parish formally came into being with two active worship sites — Mater Christi Church (retaining the Mother of Mothers Shrine) and St. Mary Church — and the St. Mary School campus continuing as before. A nine-day novena at Mater Christi prepared for the parish's first Feast of St. Paul VI, celebrated on September 26, 2021, at which Bishop Kevin Birmingham installed Fr. Tom May as pastor and Fr. Matt Nemchausky as associate pastor, introduced the unified staff, and unveiled the new Parish Pastoral Council and Finance Council. A Ministry Fair and reception followed the Mass.

Architecture

Mater Christi Church is a mid-20th-century Catholic church built in 1952–53 on the corner of 10th Avenue and 24th Street in North Riverside, designed in a modern traditional style with a flat-roofed nave and an attached bell/façade element that draws the eye toward the altar. Interior furnishings added after Vatican II include an Altar of Sacrifice designed and built by Rev. Francis T. Menarik, with a silver tabernacle set on an altar containing reliquaries of the saints, apostles and evangelists named in Eucharistic Prayer I. The site is dominated by the outdoor Mother of Mothers Shrine, a monumental carved-marble group depicting the Blessed Virgin standing on a globe with the Christ Child, gazing down upon a modern mother holding her infant, mounted on a pedestal carved with the five-petaled Mystical Rose representing the feasts of the Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Purification and Maternity. A 2005 enhancement added a backdrop wall and a mosaic halo behind the Virgin. St. Mary Church, in Riverside, is the parish's administrative worship site — the home of the Lyne Pastoral Center — while St. Hugh Church (Lyons) ceased regular Mass after its final Mass on June 27, 2021 and has moved toward formal closure.

Pastors & rectors through the years

Rev. A. H. (Aloysius) Menarik1953 (appointed September 29, 1953)
First pastor of Mater Christi Parish; designed the Mother of Mothers Shrine and authored the Marian prayer devotions still recited after Saturday Mass
Rev. Louis Tylka
Director of the Mother of Mothers Shrine and pastor at the time of the shrine's 50th-anniversary restoration in 2005/2006
Rev. Thomas P. (Tom) MayInstalled September 26, 2021 (first pastor of unified St. Paul VI Parish)
Named pastor by Archbishop (later Cardinal) Blase J. Cupich at the founding of St. Paul VI Parish through the Renew My Church process

Notable facts

Dedicated by Samuel Cardinal Stritch on June 28, 1953; first pastor Father A. H. Menarik
Shrine of the Mother of Mothers dedicated Mother's Day 1956 — Carrara marble statue sculpted in Pietrasanta, Italy, by Daprato Studios from Father Menarik's design
Honored as a national shrine devoted to mothers and expectant mothers, enrolling tens of thousands of members nationwide and abroad
Merged with St. Mary (Riverside) and St. Hugh (Lyons) into St. Paul VI Parish effective July 1, 2021
Located at 2401 S. 10th Avenue, North Riverside, IL, in the Archdiocese of Chicago

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About St. Paul VI Parish - Mater Christi Curch-Shrine of Mother of Mothers · North Riverside, Illinois

St. Paul VI Parish is a Roman Catholic territorial parish in the western suburbs of Chicago that unites three formerly independent communities — Mater Christi (North Riverside), St. Mary (Riverside), and St. Hugh (Lyons) — under a single pastoral team formed through the Archdiocese of Chicago's Renew My Church process and canonically established on July 1, 2021. The parish takes its name from Pope St. Paul VI, the pontiff who guided the Second Vatican Council and who had a notably deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Its Mater Christi worship site in North Riverside is home to the Mother of Mothers Shrine, a unique outdoor Marian shrine carved from a single block of Italian Carrara marble and dedicated in 1956 by Cardinal Samuel Stritch — the only shrine of its kind in the United States and a recognized pilgrimage destination for mothers and expectant mothers from across the country.

Established: 2021 (St. Paul VI Parish); 1953 (Mater Christi Parish)
Patron: St. Paul VI (Pope 1963–1978)
Rector: Rev. Thomas P. (Tom) May
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago

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Mass times at St. Paul VI Parish - Mater Christi Curch-Shrine of Mother of Mothers

Weekly Mass schedule

Sunday8:00 a.m. (St. Mary Church)8:00 a.m. (Mater Christi Church)9:30 a.m. (Mater Christi Church)10:00 a.m. (St. Mary Church)11:00 a.m. (Mater Christi Church)5:00 p.m. (St. Mary Church)

Monday8:00 a.m.8:30 a.m.

Tuesday8:00 a.m.8:30 a.m.

Wednesday8:00 a.m.8:30 a.m.

Thursday8:00 a.m.8:30 a.m.

Friday8:00 a.m.8:30 a.m.

Saturday8:00 a.m.

Saturday Vigil (Anticipated)4:00 p.m. (St. Mary Church)5:00 p.m. (Mater Christi Church)

Confession times

Saturday 3:00–3:45 p.m. — St. Mary Church
Saturday 4:00–4:45 p.m. — Mater Christi Church
By appointment (contact the Parish Office at 708-447-1020)

About St. Paul VI Parish

St. Paul VI Parish is a unified Roman Catholic territorial parish in western Cook County formed on July 1, 2021 through the Archdiocese of Chicago's Renew My Church process. It brings together the former Mater Christi (North Riverside), St. Mary (Riverside) and St. Hugh (Lyons) parishes under a single pastor and pastoral team, with Mater Christi Church and St. Mary Church as the two active worship sites and St. Mary School continuing as the parish school. The parish takes its name and inspiration from Pope St. Paul VI, the pope who guided the Second Vatican Council and who had a great personal devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary — a devotion embodied physically in the Mother of Mothers Shrine on the Mater Christi grounds.

Parish History

The parish's history is the convergence of three western-suburban Catholic communities. Mater Christi grew from the North Riverside Catholic community that had previously worshiped at St. Mary in Riverside; St. Hugh served Lyons from 1925; and the present-day St. Paul VI Parish was canonically created by Cardinal Blase J. Cupich's decree of February 25, 2021 and publicly inaugurated on Unification Day, June 27, 2021. Each of those threads is preserved in depth on the parish website's three history pages (parish history, Mater Christi history and St. Hugh history).

1850s–1950: St. Mary in Lyons (1885), then Riverside (1899), serves the area; post-WWII home construction brings Catholic families to North Riverside
1950 (Nov 26): Father Joseph Wisniewski celebrates the first Mass for North Riverside Catholics at Komarek School
1952: Groundbreaking on the corner of 10th Avenue and 24th Street in North Riverside
1953 (June 28): Cardinal Stritch dedicates Mater Christi Church
1953 (Sept 29): Father A. H. Menarik becomes Mater Christi's first pastor; parish is canonically established
1956 (May 13): The Mother of Mothers Shrine is dedicated by Cardinal Stritch on Mother's Day
1925: St. Hugh Parish in Lyons is established by Rev. John B. Murphy and dedicated by Cardinal Mundelein
2001: St. Hugh School closes after 75 years
2020–2021: Renew My Church grouping of St. Hugh, St. Mary, Mater Christi (and briefly St. Pius X)
2021 (Feb 25): Cardinal Cupich signs decree uniting the three parishes
2021 (June 27): Unification Day — final Mass at St. Hugh, dedication of the Faith Formation Center, dedication of the Lyne Center
2021 (July 1): St. Paul VI Parish canonically established
2021 (Sept 26): First Feast of St. Paul VI — Bishop Kevin Birmingham installs Fr. Tom May as pastor

The Mother of Mothers Shrine

The Mother of Mothers Shrine, on the grounds of Mater Christi Church in North Riverside, is the spiritual heart of the parish and one of the most distinctive Marian shrines in the United States. Carved from a single block of Biancoduro Carrara marble — quarried in Tuscany at the same quarries patronized by Michelangelo — and sculpted at Daprato Studios in Pietrasanta, Italy, it was blessed by Cardinal Samuel Stritch on Mother's Day, May 13, 1956. Its design, by Father Aloysius Menarik, depicts the Blessed Virgin standing on a globe with the Christ Child, gazing down at a modern mother and her infant; the pedestal is carved with the five-petaled Mystical Rose, each petal representing one of the feasts of the Divine Motherhood: the Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Purification and Maternity.

Outdoor shrine open for visitation day and night, with an indoor replica available in bad weather
Special prayer devotions composed by Father Menarik are read after every Saturday morning Mass
Annual May Crowning celebrated by students of the (former) Mater Christi School
Within a year of its dedication, 60,000 mothers in every U.S. state and 10 foreign countries enrolled as members
2005–2006 enhancement added a backdrop, mosaic halo and major cleaning (also repaired 1975 vandalism damage)

Clergy, Deacons & Staff

St. Paul VI Parish is led by a pastor and associate pastor supported by three deacons, a team of weekend presiders and a comprehensive parish staff. The unified staff list — published in the weekly bulletin — pulls together ministry, music, faith formation, communications, business operations and facilities in a single team serving both worship sites and the parish school community.

Pastor: Rev. Thomas P. May (tmay@archchicago.org)
Associate Pastor: Rev. Timothy Berryhill (tberryhill@archchicago.org)
Weekend Presiders: Rev. Robert Banzin, Rev. Vittorio Bruscella CMF, Rev. Laurent Mhagama, Rev. Brian Taber SJ, Rev. Thomas Unz
Deacons: Randy Belice, Peter Brown, Ron Pilarski
Business Manager: Christine Alfred
Director of Music: Scott Williams (appointed October 2024); past Director Aniello Barone served 15 months before moving to St. Michael the Archangel, Gastonia NC
Liturgical Musicians: Magaly Dietz, Jeanine Watylyk
Operations Director: Jane Birmingham
Pastoral Care: Matthew Brophy
Director of Lifelong Faith Formation: Elizabeth Kos
Director of Youth Faith Formation: Maria Ramos
Faith Formation Administrative Assistant: Sr. Veronica Nabayunga
Facilities Manager: Bryant Rouleau; Maintenance: Manny Tinoco
Communications Coordinator: Hannah Sandoval
Receptionists: Patricia Madai, Ann Zdarsky; Admin Coordinator: Yolanda Infante

Parish Councils & Governance

St. Paul VI Parish is governed by a Parish Pastoral Council and a Finance Council, each drawn from across the three founding parishes. The councils were reconstituted at unification so that all three legacy communities would be represented in parish decision-making.

Parish Pastoral Council members: Sue Jones, Jackie Alfred, Alexys Alvarez, Kathy Drenth, Rosemary Kufta, John Legan, Rosann Lorenz, Maria Reynoso, Susan Storcel, Ted Watylyk Jr., Chet Wierciak
Finance Council members: John Bork, Nancy DeFauw, Mary Cerrone, Mike Maloney, Nicki Mendez

Parish Ministries

The unified parish ministries reflect both the three-parish heritage and the renewed missionary emphasis of Renew My Church. In addition to sacramental preparation (Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Marriage), the parish supports formation, outreach and community-building groups across age and cultural lines.

OCIA (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults) – formerly RCIA; led by Deacon Randy Belice
Lifelong Faith Formation and Youth Faith Formation offices (Elizabeth Kos and Maria Ramos)
Hispanic Ministry / Ministerio Hispano (Hispanic Committee; contact Matthew Brophy)
St. Vincent de Paul Society
St. Paul VI Holy Name Society (monthly meetings Sept–May; second Friday)
St. Paul VI Women's Society (monthly gatherings first Wednesday Sept–June at 7:00 p.m. in the Marian Room, preceded by Rosary at 6:30 p.m.)
Prayer Shawl Ministry (meets twice a month)
Garden Ministry (tending gardens next to St. Mary Church)
Creation Care Ministry (Laudato Si'-inspired team; contact Bob Finn)
Music Ministry / Choir / Cantors under Music Director Scott Williams

Sacraments

St. Paul VI Parish celebrates the seven sacraments across its two worship sites and through its formation programs. Baptisms are scheduled at regular Sunday intervals (1st and 3rd Sundays at Mater Christi; 2nd and 4th Sundays at St. Mary). Marriage preparation begins with a pastoral staff interview; funeral planning is coordinated through the parish office after the funeral home has been contacted. OCIA and the youth faith-formation programs prepare adults and children for First Reconciliation, First Eucharist, Confirmation and full initiation.

Baptism: 1st & 3rd Sundays (Mater Christi), 2nd & 4th Sundays (St. Mary); by arrangement through the Parish Office
First Eucharist / First Reconciliation: through Lifelong Faith Formation
Confirmation: prepared through parish faith-formation programs
Marriage: begins with pastoral-staff interview; no date reserved until interview complete
Anointing of the Sick and Pastoral Care: coordinated by Matthew Brophy
Funerals: Parish assists with planning and customizing the Funeral Mass

St. Mary School & Faith Formation

St. Mary School, at 97 Herrick Road in Riverside, continues to operate as the parish school under the unified parish (per the Renew My Church decree, there are no changes to St. Mary School). Faith formation for children and youth is run from the St. Hugh Faith Formation Center at 2400 S. 10th Avenue, North Riverside — the former Mater Christi school building, which was rededicated for this purpose on Unification Day, June 27, 2021.

St. Mary School, Riverside — 708-442-5747 (Fax 708-442-0125)
St. Hugh Faith Formation Center (North Riverside) — site of youth faith-formation programming
OCIA process open to seekers age 18+ (contact Deacon Randy Belice)

Locations, Office Hours & Contact

The unified parish operates from multiple sites spread across North Riverside, Riverside and (formerly) Lyons. The main parish office — the Bishop Timothy J. Lyne Pastoral Center — is at 40 East Burlington Street, Riverside; summer hours are Monday–Wednesday 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Mater Christi Church: 2401 S. 10th Avenue, North Riverside, IL 60546
Mother of Mothers Shrine: at Mater Christi Church (2401 S. 10th Avenue)
St. Mary Church: 105 Herrick Road, Riverside, IL 60546
Parish Office / Bishop Timothy J. Lyne Pastoral Center: 40 E. Burlington Street, Riverside, IL 60546 — 708-447-1020
St. Hugh Faith Formation Center: 2400 S. 10th Avenue, North Riverside, IL 60546
St. Mary School: 97 Herrick Road, Riverside, IL 60546 — 708-442-5747

Heritage & Legacy

St. Paul VI Parish carries a particularly deep Marian and family legacy. The Mother of Mothers Shrine is the only shrine of its kind in the United States, and the parish's mission of praying for mothers and for the grace of motherhood — articulated by Father Menarik in 1956 and reaffirmed under Father Tylka at the shrine's 50th anniversary — remains central to the parish's identity. Naming the new parish after St. Paul VI was a deliberate pastoral choice by Cardinal Cupich: Paul VI implemented Vatican II and was widely known for his personal devotion to Mary and his commitment to the New Evangelization.

1956 shrine dedication by Cardinal Stritch: ~2,500–4,000 people; 200 mothers in procession
Within one year: 60,000 enrollments from every U.S. state and 10 foreign countries
Shrine repaired after 1975 vandalism, restored and enhanced in 2005–2006
Father Menarik's prayer devotions still recited after Saturday morning Mass
Parish patron chosen by Cardinal Cupich from among parishioner-submitted names; first Feast of St. Paul VI celebrated September 26, 2021

Pastors & rectors through the years

Rev. A. H. (Aloysius) Menarik1953 (appointed September 29, 1953)
First pastor of Mater Christi Parish; designed the Mother of Mothers Shrine and authored the Marian prayer devotions still recited after Saturday Mass
Rev. Louis Tylka
Director of the Mother of Mothers Shrine and pastor at the time of the shrine's 50th-anniversary restoration in 2005/2006
Rev. Thomas P. (Tom) MayInstalled September 26, 2021 (first pastor of unified St. Paul VI Parish)
Named pastor by Archbishop (later Cardinal) Blase J. Cupich at the founding of St. Paul VI Parish through the Renew My Church process

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About St. Paul VI Parish

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Clergy, Deacons & Staff

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Pastors & rectors through the years

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