Mass Schedule

DAILY MASS Monday-Saturday | 8:30am*

SUNDAY MASS | 8am · 10am* · 12 noon

HOLY DAY MASS | 6:30am · 8:30am · 7pm

*Live stream on our website, YouTube and Facebook

Lent Schedule

Daily mass in church at 8:30am*

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Fridays in church from 9am to 12 noon

Stations of the Cross on Fridays in church at 7pm

Reconciliation on Saturdays in church from 11am to 12 noon

Friday, April 11

• Fish Fry in Beaven Hall from 5-8pm sponsored by Knights of Columbus

• Living Stations of the Cross in church at 7pm led by our 8th grade students

holy Week & Easter Schedule

Holy Thursday, April 17

• Morning prayer service at in church at 8:30am

• Mass of the Last Supper at 7pm

• Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament following Mass until midnight

Good Friday, April 18

• Stations of the Cross in church at 12 noon

• Taize prayer service in church at 3pm

• Good Friday service in church at 7pm

Easter Sunday, April 20

• Vigil mass at 5pm* on April 19

• Mass in church at 8am, 10am* and 12 noon

• Mass in St. Benedict School gym at 10:30am; enter through Bell Avenue doors

*Livestream available on our website, YouTube and Facebook.

Welcome, FAther Robert Ryan

On March 31, Father Robert Ryan was named as the next pastor of St. Benedict Parish by Cardinal Cupich. Fr. Ryan is currently serving as associate pastor at Saints Joseph and Francis Xavier Parish in Wilmette. We are pleased to share Fr. Ryan’s introductory letter to the parish, and look forward to meeting him soon!

Dear St. Benedict Parish,

Grace and peace to you! I am both humbled and overjoyed to introduce myself as your new pastor. Last week, I received an unexpected call from Bishop Siemianowski on behalf of Cardinal Cupich, inviting me to serve as the Pastor of St. Benedict Parish. Being a priest is one of the greatest joys of my life, and now I am blessed with the honor of being your priest.

I grew up in Antioch, IL, and attended Michigan State University, where I earned my undergraduate degree in 2007. After graduation, I began a career in sales and marketing with Dell Technologies and moved to Austin, TX. When the recession hit in 2012, I was laid off, and at my parents’ invitation, I returned home to Antioch.

My parents have always been my heroes. It was through their witness of faith that I rediscovered my own. A profound encounter with the Lord in the Sacrament of Reconciliation reignited my love for the Church, and in January 2015, while on retreat at Mundelein Seminary, I heard the Lord speak to me from the Eucharist, inviting me to become His priest. I entered formation for the Archdiocese of Chicago that August, and I’ve never looked back.

Since my ordination in 2021, I have had the privilege of serving as the Associate Pastor at St. Joseph and Francis Xavier Parish in Wilmette. Additionally, I completed advanced studies and earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in Dogmatics in 2023. I’ve also had the opportunity to serve as Co-Director of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in Chicago in 2024, assist the Vocation Office, and more recently, serve as an adjunct faculty member at Mundelein Seminary, working with seminarians in their first year of formation. But at the heart of it all, my greatest joy has always been — and will always be — serving as a parish priest.

I am incredibly grateful for this new chapter with the St. Ben’s community. My deepest desire is to love and serve you, to walk with you in faith, and to help us all grow closer to Jesus Christ as we strive to become saints together.

Please know that you are already in my prayers, and I ask that you keep me in yours as I prepare to join you. I look forward to meeting you all very soon.

In Christ’s Sacred Heart,
Fr. Robert Ryan