How do we talk about critical issues in our culture today and break down the toxic atmosphere of demonizing the ‘other’? How do we move forward together on divisive issues that are hard to fix? Join us in a critical conversation about gun violence in our communities. Learn about effective strategies created by United Power for Action and Justice that will reduce gun violence while respecting one another on all sides of the gun debate(s). We will put the Episcopal Church’s Civil Conversations strategies in practice during this conversation/presentation.
Where:   Main Sanctuary
Who:  Parishioners and our neighbors/friends who are concerned about gun violence.
Led by Bill Totsch and Jay Risk

Men's Group Breakfast ~ April 6th at 8AM in The Marshall Dining Room.. Please RSVP to Bill Olbrisch at wcolbrisch@gmail.com or Rob Bowe at rbowe@mac.com

Sign up now for the Annual CCA Benefit to be held on Monday, May 6, from 5:30 - 8:30 pm at the Lagunitas Brewery, 2607 West 17th Street, Chicago.   Tickets are $35 per person or two tickets for $60, and includes food.  There will be bucket and cash raffles, and casual dress is suggested.  THIS IS A 21-AND OVER EVENT!! Last year, the event sold out 10 days before the event, and although the space is larger this year, we encourage you to purchase tickets early to avoid disappointment.

The St. Mary's Book Discussion Group meets the 1st Monday of  the month from  7:00-8:30 PM in the Grauer Lounge. 

On May 6 we will be discussing  Grateful, by Diana Butler Bass, 256 pgs.
                -addresses the impact gratitude has on our spiritual  lives 

The book is available for pick up at the 2nd floor Readers' Services Desk at the Park Ridge Public Library.
 Note that the Prospect Ave. entrance has now reopened.

Come, help us feed those in need!

Please join us to make lunches for hungry people! We are in need of supplies!!! We are seeking donations of Bread, Meat, Eggs, Chips and Juice Boxes, if you are able to donate, we would truly appreciate it!   Thank you for your generous and enthusiastic support of this ministry! If you are able to donate, please email dawnsteffen@yahoo.com

 To purchase tickets  click here .         

On May 19 from 5 to 8 pm at the Chicago Cultural Center, Bishop Anderson House will hold its spring benefit,  Healing One-Healing the World. The evening is a celebration of the Campaign for the Next 70 Years and includes cocktails, dinner and the presentation of the Marion Faldet Award to Dr. Toyin Falusi Adeyemi and Rev. David O. Kyllo. 

As part of No Strangers at Home, we have installed a SPOTLIGHT board on the wall between the bell tower doors and the Grauer Lounge. We will be spotlighting different parishioners and outreach partners every few weeks so that we can all put names with faces. There will also be a little bio of each - the facts of which may or may not be the subject of a trivia game in the future! Be sure to stop and see our current SPOTLIGHT honorees: The Triduum. And get ready for your time in the SPOTLIGHT !

Information regarding governance and the most recent Parish Annual Report can be found here. 

St. Mary's Core Values:
Seek God.  Love one another.  Serve others.

St. Mary’s Provides:
Worship, Outreach, Pastoral Care, Formation, and Fellowship

Anchors For Decision Making:

• Use and share our physical resources/space to do outreach service  
• Engage the geographic community of Park Ridge and the surrounding region
• Form vital spiritual practices to launch disciples into the world
• Ask "What is God up to here?"