On a beautiful spring day, we were blessed to welcome members of the Class of 1969 and the Class of 1994 back to campus to celebrate the jubilee anniversary of their ordination.
Cardinal Blase Cupich celebrated A Mass of Thanksgiving concelebrated by the jubilarians, the auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Chicago, the priest faculty of Mundelein Seminary and honored guest priests. Mass was followed by a lunch reception where several alumni priests offered reflections on their time at seminary and the years of priestly ministry that followed.
“We didn’t come to Mundelein because we knew we wanted to be priests,” said Father Patrick Kalich (Class of 1994) pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Crown Pointe, Indiana in the Diocese of Gary. “We came to Mundelein because we didn’t know if we wanted to be priests–but we didn’t know loudly enough that we needed to find out.”
Click the player below to hear Cardinal Cupich’s homily and browse photos from the event.
Priest Jubilarians of the Class of 1969
Reverend Michael P. Ahlstrom
Reverend Monsignor John F. Canary
Reverend Bronislaus Chmiel
Reverend Joseph C. Curtis
Reverend Michael J. Gilligan
Reverend Edward D. Gleeson
Reverend Robert J. Heidenreich
Most Reverend Francis J. Kane
Reverend Kenneth G. Kiepura
Reverend Valerian Laini
Reverend Medard P. Laz
Reverend Thomas A. Libera
Reverend Matthias E. Lorenz
Reverend John P. Lucas
Reverend Edward J. McCarthy
Reverend Steven W. Patte
Reverend Leon J. Rezula
Reverend Richard E. Sztorc
Reverend Raymond J. Tillrock
Reverend Edward F. Upton
Reverend Joseph J. Wojcik
Reverend William J. Zavaski
DECEASED
Reverend John Boyle
Reverend William Curran
Reverend Lawrence M. Duris
Reverend Donald Joseph Lund
Reverend Ralph Starus
Priest Jubilarians of the Class of 1994
Reverend John B. Atoyebi
Reverend Brian W. Barker
Very Reverend Michael D. Barth
Most Reverend Mark A. Bartosic
Reverend Thomas A. Bernas
Very Reverend David A. Boettner
Most Reverend Robert G. Casey
Reverend Monsignor Daniel J. Deutsch
Reverend Monsignor Richard W. Gilles
Reverend Michael A. Hawken
Most Reverend Ronald A. Hicks
Reverend Thomas J. Holder
Reverend Terrance M. Johnson
Reverend Patrick J. Kalich
Reverend Thomas Machao
Reverend Leo G. McDowell
Reverend Michael G. McGovern
Reverend Thanh N. Nguyen
Reverend David A. Peck
Reverend Thomas G. Refermat
Reverend Leo A. Rigatuso
Reverend J. M. Rotert
Reverend Stanley T. Schmit
Reverend Michael R. Schneider
Reverend Maximus Ssekiwala
Reverend David R. Straub
Reverend Aloys H. Temu
Reverend Joe H. Tonos
Reverend Joseph M. Wolf
DECEASED
Reverend John R. Auby
Reverend Gregory K. Ketcham
