Dear Friend,
This weekend at all the Masses, Fr. Hank will introduce us to the next big plan for Saint Andrew Parish. Every parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago is participating in the Generation to Generation Capital Campaign which comprehensively envisions to serve the development needs of the Archdiocese as well as provide direct support for important capital improvement projects here at Saint Andrew.
For the last several weeks, parishioners have been meeting and making plans to launch the campaign and these same parishioners have already made their advance pledges of support. As Fr. Hank reveals the vision of the plan and the progress already made, there will be a deliberate effort to ask for the support, in whatever means is possible, from every member of our parish community.
We hope that you will be there with us this weekend at Mass and that you will pray about making a generous contribution to the campaign.
This weekend at all the Masses, Fr. Hank will introduce us to the next big plan for Saint Andrew Parish. Every parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago is participating in the Generation to Generation Capital Campaign which comprehensively envisions to serve the development needs of the Archdiocese as well as provide direct support for important capital improvement projects here at Saint Andrew.
For the last several weeks, parishioners have been meeting and making plans to launch the campaign and these same parishioners have already made their advance pledges of support. As Fr. Hank reveals the vision of the plan and the progress already made, there will be a deliberate effort to ask for the support, in whatever means is possible, from every member of our parish community.
We hope that you will be there with us this weekend at Mass and that you will pray about making a generous contribution to the campaign.
Key notifications for the week ahead at Saint Andrew Parish are listed below.
Announcing the Oktoberfest & Fall Market!!
Get ready for new tradition at Saint Andrew Parish! We will be hosting our first annual Oktoberfest & Fall Market on Saturday, September 19, 2026 from 11:00 am - 8:00 pm! This event is a family-friendly, community celebration that will offer food tables, refreshments, live entertainment, kids' games and a fall market full of mums, pumpkins and other fall favorites. Come out and sing along to German bands The Internationals and The Happy Wanderers followed by Frank Sinatra Personality, Artie Fitzgerald and The School of Rock! Click here to pre-order your kids' wristbands. We're also in need of dozens of volunteers! Please sign up! Contact Julie Richards at julie@standrew.org for more information.
Ministry Groups Launch This Week
Several of our key parish ministries start back into full swing this week. Looking for a place to connect and grow in your faith? Look to our Young Adult Group, our Women's Ministry, and our Men's Group.SAYA (Saint Andrew Young Adults) will have a happy hour after the 5:00pm Mass on Sunday, 9/13 for young adults in their 20's and 30s.
The Women's Ministry will hold their kick-off event for the year on Wednesday, 9/16 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm in the parish patio (by the rectory).
And Patris Corde (men's group) will meet on Monday, 9/14 at 7:00pm at the rectory.
Annual Seminarian Appeal
Next weekend we will hold our annual second collection for the Seminarian Education Fund.The fund provides support for the training and education of men studying for priesthood in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The fund helps to cover the cost to educate each archdiocesan seminarian as they proceed through the various stages of formation before ordination as a priest for Chicago. Please support this appeal during the collection or donate now.
Join us for Mass
4:00pm on Saturdays
and (family-focused) 9:00am,
11:00am, and 5:00pm on Sundays.
Daily Mass is celebrated in the church at 8:30am
If for any reason you cannot attend in person, please watch our live stream of the Sunday 9:00am Mass in real time, or as a recording throughout the day. Click on the image below to be brought to the live stream.
