From the Archbishop

May 15th, 2008
Living our faith is the most effective prayer for vocations
I had the opportunity to meet with some of our seminarians while attending a board meeting at Mundelein Seminary located near Chicago on Thursday, May 8.  With the 50th anniversary of my own ordination less than two months away, my time with these students reminded me of the important role that others played in my own discernment process.

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5/13//08 Catholic Media Digest      
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5/1/08 Remarks by Archbishop Alex J. Brunett on the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker   [ English ]   [ Spanish ]  NEW

“Moving Beyond Compliance Toward Conversion”
Delivered by Archbishop Alex J. Brunett to the Third Annual National Safe Environment Leadership Conference in Seattle, Washington April 8,2008

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May 15th, 2008

She’s not retiring, she’s ‘refiring’ Over the past four years she has visited every school in the archdiocese at least once, if not more, and puts in 60-to-70-hour work weeks. So what will Sister Joyce Cox do with her time when she concludes her four-year stint as Superintendent of Catholic Schools next month, in this her 59th year in religious life?

Father Joseph M. Marquart  1931-2008 Friends knew that Father Joseph M. Marquart loved the color orange, the game of golf and stuffed toy lions. Much more than that, they knew that beneath his sometimes gruff demeanor he was a priest devoted to his parishioners and to Catholic education.