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A Prayer for "Renew My Church"

Lord Jesus, you speak to us today, 
as you spoke to holy men and women 
who have gone before us. 
In every age and in our own time, 
you call to us and say: Renew My Church. 
Pour out the gift of your Holy Spirit upon us, 
and so enable us 
    to hear you clearly 
    to listen to each other attentively 
    to imagine our future boldly 
    to discern your direction wisely 
    to persevere in your holy will courageously 
    
    
    to stay together in charity 
    to surrender our own plans readily 
    to embrace the greater good 
    to hand on your gifts to future generations. May we remain in the holy company of 
the Blessed Virgin Mary, the apostles and all the saints. 
May their example and presence 
inspire us with patient confidence 
in the work of your grace. 
We ask this of you who live and reign 
with the Father 
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, 
forever and ever. Amen ​

Archdiocesan Resources

To learn more about Renew My Church in the Archdiocese of Chicago, see the home page for the program.

​Messages from the Pastor

​"RENEW MY CHURCH (RMC) hopes to broaden our perspective on our call to be disciples in the process of becoming MISSIONARY DISCIPLES. We know that a disciple from the Greek means follower, learner, student. Jesus called his disciples beyond following to become those who are sent out to others near and far in order to bring the Good News everywhere.  Last Sunday’s clear and focused presentation by Mary Burke Peterson and Tom Lenz opened a horizon for us to understand the WHY we need to adapt a new approach to religion. Having learned the statistics and trends, we have no choice, really, except to enter A New Missionary Age in our country and some other places in the world. ....READ MORE

St. Nicholas Parish Grouping Feedback and Discernment Team (GFDT)

Marta Estrada Juárez, Elissa Garcia , Peter Beale-DelVecchio, Doreen Morris, and Edgar Vega are leading the parish team in the Renew My Church process. Read their biographies. 
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Doreen Morris
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Edgar Vega
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Marta Estrada Juárez
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Elissa Garcia
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Peter Beale-DelVecchio

United Catholic Youth Ministries

James Holzhauer-Chuckas, ObSB will be present throughout the Renew My Church process to help keep the voice and presence of our parish youth and young adults in the conversations and discernment. 

The Evanston Grouping

Joined with St. Nicholas in this process are St. Mary Parish, St. Joan of Arc Parish,  St. Athanasius Parish,  and Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University.

St. Nicholas has invited the four Catholic parishes in Evanston to join us in following the format below to share similar information in an effort to get to know one another as we lay the groundwork for decision making  for RMC.  Their responses will be shared  here and in future bulletins as we receive them.

Get to know St. Nick's (English)
Get to know St. Nick's (Spanish)

October 12 Renew My Church Conversations

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Please join our parish conversation on Renew My Church. As a first step, we invite you to a meeting on Tuesday, October 12, 7:00pm in the PJ23 School Cafeteria.  Materials to prepare for the meeting, including the scenarios to be discussed, can be downloaded by clicking the image on the left.


​Renew My Church for St. Nicholas : Q & A Sessions

Question-and-Answer Sessions introducing the Renew My Church process were held on June 13 (English) and June 23 (Spanish). 
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Click image to download English handouts from the meeting
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Click image to download Spanish handouts from the meeting.