Parish Events and News
Thanksgiving Day Mass
Join us in thanksgiving of the many blessings we have received from Our Lord.
Mass will be offered on Thanksgiving Morning.
Thursday, November 28th @ 9:00 a.m.
All Souls Remembrances
Carnations will adorn the sanctuary during November to remind us to pray for all the dearly departed. Names will also appear on a Memorial Listing. Suggested donation is $3/flower. Click on the button to print the submission form.
Butterbraid Sale
Get ready for the holidays by stocking up your freezer with delicious pastries - perfect for Christmas and Easter! There are 8 flavors to pick from!
Orders will be accepted through November 6th, with pickup at the rectory on November 15th from 4:50-6:00 p.m. An order form is available to print in our October 13th/20th bulletin below.
The sale, held by our Altar & Rosary group helps support their work here at the parish.
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.
Historic St. Mary's
