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            ACP 46th Annual Mardi Gras
Ministry Awards
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Ministry Awards for 2013

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Blessed John XXIII Award
(Award description and past recipients)
Rev. Edward McLaughlin
Pastor Emeritus of St. Michael Parish in Orland Park, IL
Bridgeport News Article, February 13, 2013, reprinted with permission

Fr. Ed served on the faculty of Quigley Seminary South H.S. and Niles College of Loyola University.  He was pastor at St. Maurice in McKinley Park and St. Michael in Orland Park.  Though Pastor Emeritus, he remains an active priest at Incarnation in Heights.  He has been active in Priests Retirement Mutual Aid Association and the Alcohol and Addiction Committee of the Archdiocese. Fr. Ed embodies the spirit of Blessed John XXIII.  He has stated that Vatican II was a gift from God to our Church.  He has expressed that his hope and prayer is that we will continue to have priests and bishops with the courage, wisdom, and vision to keep the flame of Vatican II burning brightly and igniting all God's people.

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Joseph Cardinal Bernardin
    Common Ground Award
(Award description and past recipients)
Ms. Rita Kattner
Executive Director, Archdiocesan Office for Councils and Christ Renews His Parish.  The Office of Councils oversees the Presbyteral Council, Archdiocese Pastoral Council, Archdiocese Women's Committee, Archdiocese Youth Pastoral Council, and Parish Pastoral Councils.  She has helped form the Archdiocese's Lay Ministry Program.  Her professional actives have included works the the: Catholic Festival of Faith Task Force, Archdiocesan AIDS Task Force, Institute for Sp-ritual Companionship, and Archdiocesan Stewardship Committee.

COORDINATING BOARD AWARDS
(Award description and past recipients)

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Rev. Charles Dahm, O.P., and H.O.P.E. at St. Pius V Parish, and Archdiocese of Chicago Domestic Violence Out Reach.
Raise awareness and provide victims/survivors of domestic violence comprehensive services through counseling, information and advocacy  He has helped to develop the largest domestic violence program of any religious congregation in the country.

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Chris Kennedy and Top Box Foods

A non-profit hunger relief organization that buys high quality foods and bundles them together in food boxes, which are sold  to church members of participating host sites, at half the normal cost.  Christ has been a passionate adocate in the fight against hunger for 25 years.  Top Box Foods brings Chris's vision to life, creating a market-based transaction-oriented and self-sustaining non-profit that delivers nutritious and afford food to families.

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Franciscan Outreach Association

Offering food, shelter, and help in building a better life to persons who are homeless.  The Franciscan Outreach Association strives to be the heart and hands of Jesus, in the Spirit of the Gospel and St. Francis of Assisi.  Whether Franciscan or not, all are committed to helping the poor in whatever way they can.

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Rev. Dominic Grassi

Pastor, St. Gertrude, Chicago
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Speaker, Retreat Mission Director, H.S. Seminary, Vocation Director.  Fr. Dom has served as pastor of St. Josaphat Parish on Chicago's north side for 18 years, with his motto, "A Church to Come Home To."  He was on the faculty of Quigley Seminary South.  Among the books he has authored: Bumping into God: 35 Stories of Finding God in Unexpected Places and Still Called by Name - Why I Love Being a Priest.  In 2012 he received the Distinguished Pastor award from the National Catholic Education Association.

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MISERICORDIA
        Heart of Mercy
Providing Care and Services for people with developmental disabilities.  The Mission of Misericordia is to support individuals with developmental disablilities in maximize their level of independence and self-determination within an environment that fosters spritualiy, dignity, respect, and enhancement of quality of life.

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Leadership Council of Women Religious
(National Conference and Region 8)

Association of Leaders of Women Religious, representing 80% of Women Religious in US.  In part, the purpose of the LCWR is to promote an understanding and living of religious life by assisting its members to carry out more collaboratively their service of leadership in order to further the mission of Christ in today's world.

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Dorothy Day Scholarship Awards
are presented to women who are pursing a degree in ministry.

Mary Burke-Peterson: is pursing a MA at the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University.  She is an active member of St. Nicholas Parish in Evanston, where she has worked to develope a greater sense of lay minsitry among Parishioners.
Kristen Hempstead McGann: is a student at CTU in the Docotor of Minsitry program.  She is the Coordinator of Certification and Ministerial Evaluation for the Office for Catechesis & Youth Minsitry.

Thank you for your support

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The 46th Annual Mardi Gras Ministry Awards was a gala event with over 300 people in attendance.  It was a wonderful celebration and affirmation of ministry in the Archdiocese of Chicago.  In this year celebrating the 50 anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, more than one award recipient commented on how Vatican II had molded their ministry.  It was in Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution of the Church, that the ecclesiological principle of the Church as the People of God was affirmed.  Thanks to everyone who supported the ACP's celebration of ministry at our Mardi Gras.
SAVE THE DATE: 47th Annual ACP Mardi Gras, Sunday, March 2, 2014, at St. John Brebeuf.

Program

  • 5:00 p.m.    Doors Open
  • 5:30 p.m.      Evening Prayer
                                Social
                                Buffet Dinner (Heaven on Seven)
                                Award Presentations
  • 8:30 p.m.       Concluding Prayer & Blessing     
$50 per person, $360 for a table of  8.
Please RSVP by February 6.
GRAND RAFFLE: $5 per ticket
  • 1st Prize        $500
  • 2nd Prize       $100
  • 3rd Prize        $50
Your support for the ACP is greatly appreciated.  Please consider placing an Ad in our Program Book.  Ad Deadline is February 1.  Thank You.   
  1. Back Cover (5.5 x 8.5)        $200
  2. Inside Cover (5.5 x 8.5)      $150
  3. Full Page (5.5 x 8.5)            $100
  4. Half Page (5.5 x 4.25)         $50
  5. Quarter Page (5.5 x 2.12)   $25
  6. Benefactor Line                    $10
St. John Brebeuf
8307 N. Harlem Ave.
Niles, IL  60714
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For more information:

Association of Chicago Priests
P.OP. Box 3584
Oak Park, IL 60303
[email protected]
312-226-7222
Ray Campbell, Office Manager