News - December 2022

Fund a child's future by donating now and investing in our children's future! Reduce your state income tax and take advantage for a limited time of a 1-for-1 matching gift, through March 31, 2023! Click for more information.

The start of a new year is a great time for us to take another look at our support of our parish.  Committing to stewardship of time, talent, and treasure is an important part of living a Christian life, and real Christian living asks a lot of us and is not easy. Making a commitment to stewardship is a serious challenge...

Children's Liturgy of the Word (CLOW) is offered every Sunday at the 9 am Mass for children preschool through second grade. The kids and catechists (volunteer teachers) have a lot of fun with songs, readings, reflecting on the Gospel message, reenactments and having time to bring their own prayer intentions forward.

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Fr. Andrew Bartosz was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Poznan, Poland in 1991, where he earned the degrees Master of Theology in 1990, and S.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology) in 1992. In 2000, he came to Chicago as a part of the International Priest Initiative introduced by Cardinal Francis George, and was incardinated as a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago in 2009.

Happy New Year! January 1 is not just like any other day of the year. It is a day of dreams and resolutions. The first seconds of this day are cause for noisemakers and boozy good cheer to ring in a new year. This year, I will start the task the day it is assigned. I will complete the job before the deadline. This year is when at least one of Chicago's sports teams will make the playoffs.

In 1963, Andy Williams first sang of this season as "the most wonderful time of the year." It certainly is the most wonderful time of the year. The charm of Christmas is the sheer joy of children as they see the sights, hear the sounds and smell the aromas associated with the season, especially as they await the arrival of Santa Claus...

In 1963, Andy Williams first sang of this season as "the most wonderful time of the year." It certainly is the most wonderful time of the year. The charm of Christmas is the sheer joy of children as they see the sights, hear the sounds and smell the aromas associated with the season, especially as they await the arrival of Santa Claus. Christmas is incredibly wonderful because it brings us here today and binds us together as disciples of Jesus Christ...

We look ahead to Christmas next weekend knowing that our Christmas collection, one of our two largest special collections of the year, is a necessary part of our ability to support the many ministries, liturgies, and outreach that touch us throughout the year, even at times like 2020/2022 when our normal parish life was interrupted...

Queen of All Saints School provides a faith-filled education from 3-year-old Preschool through 8th grade. If you are interested in learning more about our National Blue Ribbon school, please join us for one of our upcoming showcase events. Click for more.

It's not too late to learn about 2022 contributions to benefit Illinois Tax Credit Scholarships. As an example, a $1000 contribution will cost you only $250 after a 75% state income tax credit and will be matched 1-for-1. That means your after-tax final cost of $250 will result in $2000 for financial aid scholarships for Archdiocese of Chicago schools, or you can simply designate Queen of All Saints School itself to receive those funds. 

JOY is the theme for the Third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday. There is a shift in the focus of our Advent preparation. For the first two weeks of Advent, the focus can be summed up in the phrase, “The Lord is coming.”  But beginning with Gaudete Sunday, the summary might be, “The Lord is near.”  A lighter mood and a heightened sense of joyous anticipation mark this shift.

It's not too late to learn about 2022 charitable contributions to benefit Illinois Tax Credit Scholarships. As an example, a $1000 contribution will cost you only $250 after a 75% state income tax credit and will be matched 1-for-1. That means your after-tax final cost of $250 will result in $2000 for financial aid scholarships, and you can designate students at Queen of All Saints School, or a wider group of schools, to receive those funds. 

In 2010, I was on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land for the first time. It was during the Advent season. What caught my eye was the Advent candle stands in practically all of the churches we visited. It was not the usual metal stand with some greenery around it. These candle stands were the stump of a tree with four branches or arms, with little or no greenery, that held the Advent candle. They were free-form, organic candle stands.