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Welcome Fr. Peter Fernandes!
I am a member of the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, which was founded in Goa, India, in 1887. I was educated in India and was ordained a priest in my own village by Archbishop Patriarch Raul Gonsalves on April 27, 1999.
After ordination, I served two years in the mission of Bhopal as director of the minor seminary for students coming from the hinterland. My second assignment was in the Archdiocese of Portland, OR, where I had an enriching experience.
Cardinal Francis George asked the Society to take charge of a parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago, and the Society asked me to take up this challenge. And so I landed at St. Timothy Parish, on Chicago’s far north side, where I served for 14 years. Today, three priests from my Society serve at two parishes in the archdiocese.
Last July, the order’s Fr. Superior General asked me to return to India to take up a new challenge, that is, to administrate an institution which has over 8 thousand students ranging from KG to college degree in Mumbai.
I am back in the United States for a short time, so that I can finish my master’s degree in theology while I am serving at St. Hubert. I will return to India sometime in August. Thank you for accepting me at your parish. In my short time here, I hope to share my faith with you and I am sure you will enrich my own faith as we journey together with the Lord.
—Fr. Peter FernandesSeminarian Ryan Brady Begins His Pastoral Internship at St. Hubert!
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minary formation experience, Ryan Brady will be here at St. Hubert Parish, full-time, from February 1 through the end of April. St. Hubert was selected by Mundelein Seminary as a Teaching Parish in 2017. Since then, Ryan, along with Deacon Tom Heathershaw and David Jameson, have been coming on weekends during the school year and have been engaged in parish ministry. The Pastoral Internship is an important time in a seminarian’s life where they experience first-hand everyday parish life.
You will see Ryan around the parish doing many things and getting lots of experience. If you haven’t already introduced yourself, please say hello. And, please pray for him! It’s one of the ways we can help provide the spiritual support he needs.
–Fr. Mike
My name is Ryan Brady and I’m in 2 nd Theology at Mundelein Seminary. I expect to be ordained in May of 2021. I’m from St. Christina Parish in the Mt. Greenwood neighborhood of the southwest side of Chicago. I graduated from Marist High School in 2001 and from Loyola University Chicago in 2005. My first two years at Loyola, I studied at St. Joseph College Seminary.
Before entering Mundelein Seminary, I managed the Development Office of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago. On Saturdays, I would serve as sacristan at Holy Name Cathedral. Both experiences gave me excellent perspectives on the Church. I was able to witness the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy daily. I was also very close to the Sacraments. Thanks to those two wonderful careers, and 14 years after leaving college seminary, I finally came to understand an unmistakable call of Jesus Christ to priesthood.
I’m very grateful to be continuing my seminary formation at St. Hubert Parish. From now until May, I will be living with Fr. Mike and serving full time in the parish. This opportunity is a great blessing! I look forward to growing closer to Jesus Christ with you and through you. My experience at St. Hubert will be an incredible experience, and what I learn during this internship will help me as a priest.
I want to be a holy and happy parish priest one day for you: the people of God. Please pray for me as we journey together over the next few months. There are many friendships that I know will grow stronger during my internship at St. Hubert. There are also many friendships that will begin. If we haven’t met, please stop me and say hello! Please know that it is my great joy and pleasure to pray with you and for you.