Parish Events and News
Immaculate Conception Mass
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a time to celebrate the great joy of God’s gift to humanity in Mary, and to recognize with greater clarity, the truth that each and every human being has been created by God to fulfill a particular mission that he and only he can fulfill.
Join us for Mass on Monday, December 9th at 7:00 a.m.
Christmas Masses
Celebrate the birth of our Savior with Mass at St. Mary's Church.
Tuesday, December 24th @ 4:00 p.m. & 10:0 p.m.
Wednesday, December 25th @ 9:00 a.m.
Butterbraid Sale
Thank you for your support of this fundraiser.
Growing Disciples - Pastoral Planning
As was announced at Pentecost, a merge to form one parish will occur between St. Mary, Utica and Holy Family, Oglesby. You can read the letter from Bishop Tylka at the link below.
Eucharistic Holy Hour
We offer adoration time weekly on Tuesdays from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Come sit and rest in our Lord's presence.
Confessions are also available.
Mass and Sacraments
Mass Schedule
Saturday Vigil Mass: 5pm
Sunday Masses: 8 and 10am
Weekday Masses: 7am
First Communion
& Confirmation
Arranged through our CCD program for children. Adults please contact the church.
Confessions
Online confession guide here.
Saturday: 4-4:45pm
Sunday: 7:30-7:45am
First Friday: 5:15-6:00pm
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.
Baptism
Contact the parish office to schedule an infant baptism.
For adults, our regional RCIA program meets in the fall.
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.
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