St. Augustine is one of the most influential saints throughout all of Christianity. His mother, St. Monica, has served as a role model for mothers across the entire world. This year, please join the Augustinians for a very special Feast Day celebration for both of these saints at Holy Name Cathedral in downtown Chicago. We invite one and all to come to this very special event!
At the event, we'll witness Br. Richie Mercado, O.S.A., Profess His Solemn Vows
“In this call to religious life, we may think that we are the first ones to seek God that’s why we are in this kind of life. However, it is God who first sought us, called us, and loved us.”
Schedule
- 5:30pm: Pizza Party at Holy Name Cafeteria
- 6:30pm: Celebration of Consecrated Life at Holy Name Cathedral; Personal witnesses by Very Rev. Joseph Farrell, O.S.A.; Brother Richie Mercado, O.S.A.; Brother Jack Hibbard, O.S.A.; and Fr. Tom McCarthy, O.S.A.
- 7:15pm: Mass celebrated by Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago at Holy Name Cathedral. Principal Concelebrants: The Very Rev. Joseph Farrell, O.S.A. (Vicar General of Augustinian Order); the Very Rev. Michael F. DiGregorio, O.S.A. (Prior Provincial of East Coast Province of St. Thomas of Villanova); the Very Rev. Kevin C. Mullins, O.S.A. (Prior Provincial of the West Coast Province of St. Augustine); the Very Rev. Bernard C. Scianna, O.S.A., Ph.D. (Prior Provincial of the Midwest Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel)
- Solemn Profession of Vows for Brother Richie Mercado, O.S.A.
- Presentation of Jubilarians Awards: Fr. Jerry Knies, O.S.A. (60 Years of Augustinian Vows); Fr. Richard McGrath, O.S.A. (50 Years of Augustinian Vows), Fr. John Ohner, O.S.A. (50 Years of Augustinian Vows), and Brother Jerome Sysko, O.S.A. (50 Years of Augustinian Vows)
- 8:45pm: Reception at Holy Name Courtyard
