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ACP 47th Annual Mardi Gras
Ministry Awards
Sunday, March 2, 2014

Ministry Awards for 2014 (Info-Reservation Form)

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Blessed John XXIII Award
(Award description and past recipients)
Rev. Thomas Dore
Pastor Emeritus of St. Giles in Oak Park, IL

Following ordination, he served as associate pastor at St. Priscilla (1961-66) and St. Hubert, Hoffman Estates (1966-73); as resident and part-time associate at St. Justin Martyr (1973-78) and St. Cyprian, River Grove (1978-82). He served as pastor at Our Lady of Ransom, Niles (1982-94) and St. Giles, Oak Park (1994-2009). Since 2009, he has served as the retired senior priest at St. Pascal.  Over the years, Dore has held various positions in church organizations including: Liturgy Training Publications, Office for Youth Ministry and Catechesis, Presbyteral Council, Catholic Cursillo Movement, Amate House, the archdiocesan Board of Consultors and the National Federation of Priests Councils.  Fr. Dore has conducted numerous programs about Stewardship, including his current program: Stewardship in Action: Laying the Foundation for Intimacy with God.

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Joseph Cardinal Bernardin
    Common Ground Award
(Award description and past recipients)
Mr. Jimmy Lago
Retired Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Chicago

As retired Chancellor for the Archdiocese of Chicago, Jimmy served for  nine years.  Jimmy Lago managed and coordinated the activities of the departments and agencies/offices within the Pastoral Center and oversees specific functions under the headings of planning, management and communications. Prior to his position as Chancellor, Mr. Lago spent 20 years with the Catholic Conference of Illinois, the last ten years as Executive Director. From 1996-2000, he was Associate Executive Director, and then Executive Director of The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago.  Mr. Lago has served on many committees interfacing between the Church and civic communities, most notably as delegate to the White House Briefing on National Alliance Against Pornography (1990-1991) and in 1994 for the White House Briefing/Debate on National Healthcare Reform.  Recently, Jimmy co-chaired with Elder Kevin Anthony Ford, the Interfaith Coalition to Restore the Chicago Water Fee Exemption for Religious Institutions, so that religious institutions can continue their outreach to those most needy.  Currently, Mr. Jimmy Lago is Managing Director of Client Relationship Management for O’Meara Ferguson, responsible for business development and client engagements

COORDINATING BOARD AWARDS
(Award description and past recipients)

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Rev. Matt Foley
Pastor of St. James in Arlington Heights.

Fr. Matt Foley joined Saint James Parish as its pastor in August 2013.  Fr. Matt was ordained a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1989. His first assignment was to serve as associate pastor of St. Agatha located in the North Lawndale Community on Chicago’s West Side. During his service at St. Agatha, he focused much attention on teaching at the school and developing a gang alternative program called St. Agatha Family Empowerment (S.A.F.E.).  In 1994, he was sent on a special assignment to Mexico to be a pastor of Santiago Apostol in Quechultenango, Guerrero, where he served the mostly indigenous farmers living in 26 villages over approximately 240 square miles in the mountains of the Sierra Madres. During his time in Guerrero, he began the El Nino Rey scholarship program that provides educational scholarships, dental services, and family assistance to the people of Guerrero. Fr. Matt continues to serve as the director of the board for this non-profit organization.  In 2000, Fr. Matt became the pastor of St. Agnes of Bohemia Parish in Chicago’s Little Village, where he served for eight years. St. Agnes grew into a worshipping community of 6,100 attending 9 Sunday Masses.  For the last five years, Fr. Matt served as the U.S. Army Chaplain the 101st Airborne Division. During his time as chaplain, he spent about 27 months in four deployments to Afghanistan; he completed his last deployment in late May 2013.

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Dr. Carol L. Fowler
Retired Director of the Department of Personal Services for Archdiocese

Carol Fowler retired the summer of 2012 as the Director of the Department of Personnel Services for the Archdiocese of Chicago. She coordinated the work of 17 Archdiocesan agencies, which oversee all of the human resources functions for laity, religious, and clergy of the Archdiocese. The Archdiocese employs about 16,000 people. As one of the seven Archdiocesan department directors, she served on the Cardinal's Administrative Council. She served the Archdiocese in this role since 1991. Ms. Fowler was the President of the National Association of Church Personnel Administrators and served on the board of Regina Dominican High School. Carol is a member of the Board for the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. She was also a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for the Study of Church Management at Villanova University and a member of the Society for Human Resource Management.

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Black Deacons of Chicago Back-toSchool Sunrise Prayer Services for Nonviolence
The Black Catholic Deacons of Chicago, with the support of many Priests, Deacons and laity began hosting Sunrise Prayer Services on Chicago beaches in 2010. “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”(Mark 1:35)   These prayer services inspire those gathered to accept the call to action and respond to the devastating violence in our communities. Highlighting that everyone church, parents, teachers society in general must share in the responsibility to address and reverse this trend.    Since 2010, ACT NOW Silence the Violence - Sunrise Prayer Services have been held simultaneously at five lake front beaches, along with other Chicagoland locations.  Each service includes time for reflection, prayer for conversion, and pledge to the work of eliminating violence from our hearts, families, community, and world.  “We know that we will be most effective if we take up the challenge collectively and are responding to the cries of our youth and are acting.”

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Priest-Labor Initiative
Rev. J. Cletus Kiley, Founder

The Priest-Labor Initiative is an association of bishops, priests, scholars and supporters committed to standing with and advocating for workers, especially immigrant workers, who often are the most vulnerable.   Founded in 2012 by the Reverend Cletus Kiley, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, and the National Federation of Priests’ Councils, headquartered in Chicago, the Priest-Labor Initiative is a collaborative effort of Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice, Pax Romana, the Catholic Labor Network, Interfaith Worker Justice, the Kalamonovitz Center, the Monsignor Egan Center, the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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Mr. Jim Kozy
Executive Director of Youth Ministry for Blessed Sacrament Parish, McKinley Park

Originally from McKinley Park, Jim has been working at the Teen Center for almost two decades. He knows the youth and just about everything about the area and Chicago. Along with running the Teen Center, he serves as the Youth Minister for Blessed Sacrament Parish.  He would get a photo of Omar Castel lying dead on the pavement and he'd hang it on a wall in the Blessed Sacrament Teen Center. Let the kids see Omar's body.   Let them be shocked, if shock was the only way to save them from Omar's fate.Let them see that this is where the gang life leads, to a bloody death on a street corner, two blocks from their teen center. In the end, Kozy didn't hang the photograph, but that leaves him not knowing what to do. "This was a savable kid," he said when I went to see him Friday in the South Side neighborhood of McKinley Park. He seemed weary. If you can't save the savable kids, who can you save?

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Rev. Donald Senior, C.P.
Past President of Catholic Theological Union-CTU, Chicago

Holds a Licentiate in theology (S.T.L.) from the University of Louvain, Belgium and a Doctorate in New Testament Studies (S.T.D.) from the University of Louvain.  A frequent lecturer across the country, Fr. Senior also serves on numerous boards and commissions. He is past President of the Association of Theological Schools of the United States and Canada. In 2001, Pope John Paul II appointed him as a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and was reappointed in 2006 and 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. Fr. Senior is the General Editor of The Bible Today and co-editor of the twenty-two volume international commentary series New Testament Message. He is the General Editor of The Catholic Study Bible (Oxford University Press, 1990). He has authored and edited several books and articles. Donald Senior is a member of the following professional associations: The Catholic Biblical Association of America; The Society of Biblical Literature; Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas; The Chicago Society of Biblical Research; The Catholic Theological Society of America; The International Association of Missiological Studies; Pax Christi International.

Thank You for Your Support

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The 47th Annual Mardi Gras Ministry Awards was a festive event with over 300 people in attendance.  Pope Francis, January 30, 2014, twitted, I cannot imagine a Christian who does not know how to smile.  May we joyfully witness to our faith.  The ACP congratualtes all the Mardi Gras recipients for their joyful witness to the faith to the people of God for the Church of Chicago.  Thanks to everyone who supported the ACP's celebration of ministry at our Mardi Gras.

SAVE THE DATE: 48th Annual ACP Mardi Gras, Sunday, February 8, 2015, (New Date - 2nd Sunday before Ash Wednesday), Sacred Heart Parish in Palos Hills (New Location)

Program

  • 4:30 p.m.    Doors Open/Social
  • 5:30 p.m.      Evening Prayer
  • 5:45 p.m.    Buffet Dinner-Heaven on Seven
  • 6:45 p.m.    Awards Presentations
  • 7:45 p.m.    Raffles
  • 8:00 p.m.     Concluding Prayer
                                     
$50 per person, $360 for a table of  8

Please RSVP by February 21
GRAND RAFFLE: $5 per ticket
  • 1st Prize        $500
  • 2nd Prize       $100
  • 3rd Prize        $50
SPECIAL RAFFLE: $1 per ticket
  • Items on Display at Mardi Gras
Your support for the ACP is greatly appreciated.  Please consider placing an Ad in our Program Book.  Ad Deadline is February 21.  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 (2.75 x 4.25) $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

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

Mary Burke-Peterson: attends Loyola University.  She is pursuing a MA at the Institute of Pastoral Studies.  Mary is an active member of St. Nicholas Parish in Evanston, where she has worked to develop a greater sense of lay ministry among parishioners, served as a liturgical minster, and led the Art and Environment Team.  She has also chaired several fund rasiing campaigns for the parish.

Esther Stanborn MDiv: is the Director of Campus Ministry at Saint Xavier University in Chicago.  She is a graduate of Canisius College of Buffalo, NY, and the University of Notre Dame, IN.  She is a former member of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.  She is active in the Catholic Campus Ministry Association, currently serving as chair of the Member Services Committee.  She is certified as a campus minster by the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.  She plans to begin DMin studies at Catholic Theological Union this summer.