March 2024 Newsletter

UPCOMING EVENT:

LENTEN REFLECTION WITH FR. JOHN KARTJE

March 25, 2024

Start Holy Week with a Lenten reflection with Father John Kartje, Rector of Mundelein Seminary.

His talk is entitled: Why You Can’t “Give Up Shame” and What to Do About It

UPCOMING EVENT:

May 5, 2024

About

Please join us for a Special Mass and May Crowning at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake. Cardinal Cupich will be in the main celebrant and homilist. Following May Crowning, there will be an event honoring the support and philanthropy of Bill McEssy.

Schedule of Events

10:00 a.m. – Mass in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception
11:00 a.m. – May Crowning in the Cardinal’s Garden
11:30 a.m. – Lunch Reception

NEWS:

On February 15, 2024 at our annual Paluch Lecture, Dr. Massimo Faggioli, professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University (Philadelphia), delivered a lecture titled “What Remains of Vatican II? Catholic “crisis” and the Meaning of Catholic Tradition“.

View a video and photos of the lecture on our website at: https://bit.ly/4bQUuJ4

NEWS:

CARDINAL MEYER LECTURE

Protocol, Politics and Posterity: The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Church

John Allen served as our guest speaker at this year’s two-part lecture on Thursday, March 7 at the Union League Club of Chicago and on Friday, March 8 at USML. Following the Friday presentation, Mr. Allen participated in a panel discussion with distinguished USML faculty members Rev. Emery A. de Gaál, Chairperson and Professor in the Departments of Dogmatic Theology and Pre-Theology and Theodore Whapham, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Parish Leadership and Evangelization.

View videos and photos of the lectures and our faculty responses on our website at: https://bit.ly/4cdsvDU

CREATING YOUR LEGACY AT USML/MUNDELEIN SEMINARY

RECTOR REFLECTIONS

ALUMNI UPDATES

UPCOMING EVENT:

April 18, 2024

Union League Chicago

Join us for our 31st Annual Celebration of Mundelein at our annual evening of tribute on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at the Union League Chicago. This event serves as a cornerstone in supporting the future of our seminary and nurturing the next generation of parish priests. Your support directly impacts the training and formation of our seminarians, empowering them to carry forth the light of faith and service.

This year’s As Those Who Serve honoree is the Reverend Dennis Holtschneider, president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) and past president of DePaul University.

 

This year’s Christo Gloria honoree is Joe Paprocki, D.Min., National Consultant for Faith Formation at Loyola Press.

 

Parish Partner Table

This year we are pleased to offer parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago the opportunity to purchase a table of 10 for the discounted rate of $2,500 that includes recognition in the event program.

100th ANNIVERSARY BOOK

CHAPEL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

This year, USML is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception. A commemorative book will be available for purchase in the coming months featuring meditations on Mary from our seminarians. More information to come!
 

MASTER OF ARTS IN LITURGICAL STUDIES

Our Masters of Arts in Liturgical Studies is a graduate-level academic program focused on the study of liturgy within the Catholic tradition. Liturgy refers to the rites, rituals, prayers, and ceremonies used in public worship, particularly within the Catholic Church.

Students achieving this degree will be able to:

• demonstrate advanced familiarity with Catholic teaching on the sacred liturgy
• advance the renewal of the sacred liturgy by fostering authentic liturgical participation and formation rooted in the ideals of the twentieth-century liturgical movement, the documents of the Second Vatican Council, the writings of recent popes, and the achievements of the post-Vatican II era
• demonstrate an appreciation for the musical, artistic, ritual, and architectural dimensions of worship and how liturgical beauty contributes to the goals of the New Evangelization
• demonstrate the ability to conduct research in the academic field of liturgy

Upon successful completion of the program, students receive a Master from the University of Saint Mary of the Lake.

ONLINE SHORT COURSE

How to Live a Liturgically Structured Life

This course defines what is meant by “structures” and how their purpose in the spiritual life is to foster the virtues. Both the benefits as well as some dangers of structures are examined. The course then reviews how structures are at work in the liturgy and walks viewers through how to apply structures to their personal life as well as to family or community life.