Parish Events and News
All Saints Day & All Souls Day
Mass Schedule
All Saints Day, Friday, November 1st - 7:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.
All Souls Day, Saturday, November 2nd - 9:00 a.m. (Latin Mass)
Remembering the Faithfully Departed
Month of Novemeber
As we look forward to All Souls day on November 2nd, we remember those friends and family members who have gone before us. The parish is offering carnations ($2 each) that will adorn the sanctuary during the month of November. Memorial names will also be listed in the bulletin the first weekend of the month to remind us to pray for all the departed. Please use the button below to print an order form. All requests must be turned in by Sunday, October 27th.
Altar & Rosary
Brat Fundraiser
The Altar & Society is working to raise money to purchase new Lenten linens. Please use the link below to print an order form. Orders, which can be placed in the collection basket or dropped off at the parish office, must be received by Sunday, October 20th.
Online Giving is now being offered at our parish!
St. Mary's parish is happy to be able to offer electronic giving. This new service allows you to give any amount, at any time, from home or on the road, with your computer or even your mobile device.
Sign up is as simple as clicking on the link below. That button will take you to the myEoffering page for St. Mary's Parish.
Mass Schedule
Saturday Vigil Mass: 5pm
Sunday Masses: 8 and 10am
Weekday Masses: 7am
Mass and Sacraments
Anointing of the Sick
Please contact the church anytime day or night.
Holy Matrimony
Contact the church to schedule and begin preparation at least eight months before the wedding.
Confessions
Online confession guide here.
Saturday: 4-4:45pm
Sunday: 7:30-7:45am
First Friday: 5:15-6:00pm
Baptism
Contact the parish office to schedule an infant baptism.
For adults, our regional RCIA program meets in the fall.
First Communion
& Confirmation
Arranged through our CCD program for children. Adults please contact the church.
On Holy Thursday, April 11, 1675, Francis Jacques Marquette offered the first parochial Mass in the Illinois Country at Utica in the presence of 5,000 Native Americans. Father Marquette and his companion Louis Joliet, took possession of this land in the name of Jesus Christ and founded the Mission of the Immaculate Conception. A monument in his honor stands in the northeast corner of the property.
That mission eventually became the Church of Saint Mary. In 1858 a small frame church was built which was destroyed by fire seventeen years later and a brick and stone church was built on the site of the former Saint Mary School.
In 1883 the Reverend Charles Xavier O'Neill was appointed the first pastor of Saint Mary's but never took up residence there. The Reverend Canon Jeremiah Moynihan was appointed the first resident pastor in 1884. The Reverend Francis J. O'Reilly succeeded Canon Moynihan in 1888 and in the same year erected the present church.
Take a look at the Memorial's 1951 Commemorative Booklet.
Historic St. Mary's
Contact Us
St. Mary's Church
PO Box 159
303 S. Division Street
North Utica, IL 61373
Phone & Fax
815-667-4677
Office Emails
office@stmarysutica.org
bulletin@stmarysutica.org
schedule@stmarysutica.org
Fr. Michael Driscoll, Pastor
frdriscoll@stmarysutica.org
Jennifer Newman, Secretary
office@stmarysutica.org
Amy Weber, CCD Coordinator
aweber@stmarysutica.org
Bill Brown, Cemetery Sexton
bbrown@stmarysutica.org
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