Saint Pascal News and Events

With profound sadness, Saint Pascal marks the passing of Deacon Joseph Frank Marquez. Deacon Frank was a member of the first class of deacons ordained in Chicago in 1972. He served as deacon at Saint Pascal for over forty years, ministering at countless baptisms, weddings, and Masses, and helped found the parish Society of Saint Vincent de Paul conference. He was appointed by John Cardinal Cody to the Archdiocesan Liturgy Board, and was appointed by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin to the Archdiocesan Task on Sacramental Practices and to the Diaconate Personnel Board. We are grateful for the contributions and blessings he brought to the parish. Please keep Frank, his wife Sherry, and his family in your prayers.

A memorial service is planned for a later date due to the current pandemic.

Dear Parishioners and Friends of Saint Pascal Parish

Please visit our "Parish YouTube Channel" and join us in our worship services. You will be able to watch our Sunday and Thursday liturgies on your PC/Mac, tablet, or smart phone. Content is scheduled to populate shortly before the start of the each liturgy.

Saint Pascal Sunday Worship Schedule

10:00 AM - Mass

Saint Pascal Thursday Worship Schedule

9:00 AM - Mass
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM - Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
6:00 PM to 6:30 PM - Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
6:30 PM - Vespers and Benediction

Please join us for prayer. God bless you!

We have recently upgraded our Parish YouTube Live Stream quality. If you like what we are doing to help us stay connected and pray together in the midst of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, please consider supporting our initiative. You may support it by making a free-will donation to Saint Pascal with an indication ‘Live Stream support.’ We are truly grateful for your kindness and any support. May God bless and keep you safe!

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

First of all, I want each of you to know that during this time, I have held you close to my heart. I can only imagine the worry and anxiety that you feel in your heart because at times I carry that same feeling within mine. This is a truly challenging moment for us, for our world, for our Church, for our families and friends. We humans are built for community, we are made for one another. Among the first words that God speaks in sacred scripture are these: “It is not good for the man to be alone.” That perhaps is the cruelest reality of this present crisis: at a time when we long for the reassuring comfort of others we are each of us isolated in our homes.

Yet I know that even if I cannot be physically present to you, even though we do not see one another gathered around the altar every week, we are still present to each other. St. Paul calls the Church the Body of Christ. The Church, wherever she may be, however isolated she may seem, is always the Body of Christ. You and I and everyone who calls themselves a follower of Christ is intimately connected to one another. When we pray, we are together. When we read Scripture, we are together. In our quiet triumphs and trials, we are together.

Secondly, my purpose in writing to you today is to thank you. In this moment when so many are losing their jobs, when hours are being cut back, when families are struggling to make ends meet, you have stepped forward and supported our parish. When difficult times come, it is important that those of us who are able step up for those who can no longer give. I know that even for those who have kept their jobs, this is an uncertain time. You naturally worry about the future and how long this might last. It is with deep gratitude and humility that I thank you for supporting St. Pascal’s at this time.

As I have said before, my goal during this time is that I continue to pay our dedicated staff and provide them with benefits. All other expenses are basically shut down at this time. Your generous gift has enabled me to continue to meet that goal. I have been encouraged by the generosity of spirit I have seen in this community. Whether it’s giving to charity, buying groceries for an elderly neighbor, placing a phone call to check in on a friend, these actions both big and small speak to the Spirit that dwells within us all. Thank you again and know that you are all in my prayers.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28

Yours in Christ,

Father Elliott Dees

Electronic Giving

Cancellation of Mass is leading to significant losses in our offertory income, which is placing all our ministries and operations at significant risk. Many people in our parish and community depend upon your regular, weekly offertory contributions and, during this current challenge, they are needed more than ever. We ask you to prayerfully consider maintaining your regular weekly donation level or even increasing it during these times

Please consider giving online at GiveCentral.org where you can make a weekly offertory contribution to our Saint Pascal Church family and keep the vital ministries and services we provide going. You can use this website to make paperless donations to our church by using your credit card, debit card and electronic checking payments making either one-time or recurring donations. To access this site, click on the "Donate Now" button on the right side of this page.