Prayer Requests

 

 

 

    Blessed Father Basil Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross

   "We have to taste the fruits of the cross if we want to taste eternally

    the fruits of the tree of life from which God nourishes the chosen ones in glory."

 

Prayers Are Requested
Our hearts are saddened by loss in several of our Cathedral Families. May God watch over their families and grant them comfort and peace.

  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of Jim Goodin '64.
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of Eleanor Haley SAA '53 Stewart. 
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of Dennis Gaughn '58. 
  • Please keep Adriana Queiroz from "Irish Blessings" in your prayers. Adriana is currently dealing with some health challenges.
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of Bill Stuhldreher '49. 
  • Please continue to keep Marvin Barlow, Father of Ken Barlow'82 in your prayers as he recovers in the hospital.
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of Richard F. McNamara '48. 
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of Timothy Fitzgerald '68.
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of John Richard Newport '70
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of Harry A. Bray '63
    • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of James P. Johnston '64. 
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of Edward Leo Early '53. 
  • Please keep Miles Mason'13 in your prayers, as he is hospitalized after a serious apartment  fire..
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of Joan Teresia Marie Shea OLGA '67 Stratyner. 
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of Robert "Bobby" Elson '58.
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of Patrick L. McNulty '69.
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of Lawrence Anderson '72
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of Richard Stegemeier '58
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of former Cathedral Educator,  Maureen Sullivan.
  • It is with great sadness that we share the recent passing of Paul James (PJ) Kervan II '80. 

 

  • Please keep us updated on the status of prayer requests. Requests will be rotated off the list monthly. If you'd like to keep the request on the list longer, send an email to  sbozzellilevine@gocathedral.com 

For those who serve our country:

  • For Second Lt. Alec Bannister '10 who is being deployed, brother of John '02 and Stuart '04.
  • For  Second Lt. Caroline Bechtel '13 who is deployed in the Middle East. She is the sister of Christina '10.
  • For Second Lt. Spencer Tigges '10 who was deployed to Afghanistan. He is the brother of Tyler '08, Ali '11, Max '14 and Keegan '16.  
  • For Captain David Lauck '03 who is currently serving in Al Udeid, Qatar as a doctor in the Air Force. He is the brother of Michael Lauck '01, Colleen Lauck Matthews '01 and Brad Lauck '99. 

If you have someone in your family or a friend serving our country, please send this information to tmcclure@gocathedral.com

 
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Father Augustus Tolton

O God, we give you thanks for your servant and priest, Father Augustus Tolton, who labored among us in times of contradiction, times that were both beautiful and paradoxical. His ministry helped lay the foundation for a truly Catholic gathering in faith in our time. We stand in the shadow of his ministry. May his life continue to inspire us and imbue us with that confidence and hope that will forge a new evangelization for the Church we love. Father in Heaven, Father Tolton’s suffering service sheds light upon our sorrows, we see them through the prism of your Son’s passion and death. If it be your Will, O God, glorify your servant, Father Tolton, by granting the favor I now request through his intercession (insert prayer request here) so that all may know the goodness of this priest whose memory looms large in the Church he loved. Complete what you have begun in us that we might work for the fulfillment of your kingdom. Not to us the glory, but glory to you O God, through Jesus Christ, your Son and our Lord; Father, Son and Holy Spirit, you are our God, living and reigning forever and ever. Amen.

2010 Bishop Joseph N. Perry Imprimatur Francis Cardinal George, OMI Archdiocese of Chicago

Moms, we need your prayers! Please join us on Tuesday mornings from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the chapel to pray for our children and the entire Cathedral family.  Moms in Prayer is part of an international organization that gathers women together to pray scripturally and specifically for our children and our schools. Join us Tuesdays for as long as your schedule allows. 

For information  on Moms in Prayer,  contact Lynda Thies at lyndathies@comcast.net.