Please join us for the celebration of Holy Eucharist every week. You may attend in person or watch via live stream.
There are no restrictions on the number of people attending the service and there is no need to make a reservation.
To watch the live stream click here
We will no longer require reservations for church. Social distancing and capacity limits will no longer be enforced. We are back to “Everyone is Welcome”.
You may enter and exit church through any door.
We will require mask wearing for everyone, including those who are vaccinated. This includes entering and exiting church and when receiving communion. Please note that all the clergy and staff are fully vaccinated.
Congregational Singing is still discouraged, per recommendations from the Diocese.
We will continue to stream the service live on facebook every Sunday.
If you want to visit the church office our hours are Monday through Friday, 9 am – 5 pm. Masks are required. No appointment is necessary.
We appreciate that there is a lot of change and uncertainty as some COVID restrictions are removed. We are committed to opening up St Mary's for all of us in the safest way possible. If you have questions, please contact Christina Rompon our parish administrator at 847-823-4126.
See the attached or click here for information regarding this Zoom event.
Click here to watch the recording of the service. The Worship Bulletin is attached below.
We are excited to announce that the nursery will be open starting at 9:45 am until the end of the Sunday Service.
As a reminder, nursery is available for children 3 years and under.
All staff are fully vaccinated and will wear masks. We will clean and disinfect every time we meet.
We ask that you also wear a mask when picking up and dropping off our little friends to keep everyone safe.
Children's Formation
We resume our regular children's formation this fall. We will meet in the Grauer Lounge at 9:45 am for a gathering time. 9:45 am is when you should arrive to drop off the children. As a group, the teachers will then move to the classroom with the children. Finally, the children will return to their families before communion in the church.
St. Mary's and the Park Ridge Presbyterian Church are again collaborating to host this ministry of the Park Ridge Ministerial Association.
In light of recent recurrences of Covid-19, the steering committee made the decision to continue curbside service until October 31; a possible return to indoor seating in the Presbyterian Church dining room will be considered in mid-October. As we did last season, St. Mary's will provide one volunteer every other week to organize curbside service of a boxed meal provided by that week's sponsor group.
We meet from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in The Grauer Lounge on the first Monday of each month
The reading list for the 2021-2022 year is below:
Oct 4 Grounded: Finding God in the World (2015, 323 pgs.), by Diana Butler Bass
-the Christian historian describes today’s major transformation in how
people understand and experience God
Join us in preparing lunch for those who are hungry. Click here or open the attachment for details .
In a video recorded July 27th in Chicago, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry announced that the ordination and consecration of Bishop-elect Paula Clark has been postponed from August 28 to a date to be determined in consultation with the bishop-elect and her doctors.
Click here to watch the video on you tube.
"We continue to have every expectation that Bishop-elect Clark will make a recovery enabling her to serve as the bishop of Chicago," he said. "But we are not there yet. Please hear me when I say, we are not there yet !"
About St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
St. Mary’s, Park Ridge is a warm, inclusive church community of faith which belongs to the larger Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
We are a community which honors God with beautiful, joyful worship, whichwe call liturgy, and with service to others in God’s name. We place our faithand trust in the God who made and loves all people, and we seek to pattern our lives after the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, God’s Son, our Lord andSavior.
The Episcopal Church is a gathering of all kinds of people who put their trust in Jesus of Nazareth as Lord and Savior, who believe that God loves all people, and who want to share God’s love, peace, and forgiveness with everyone we encounter. We want to follow Jesus and his teachings in our daily lives
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: