Thank you to everyone who has already completed the Disciple Maker Index Survey, which is linked to this article. We’re in the final week. The survey just takes between 10-15 minutes, is anonymous, and will help us plan for the future. It’s a tool that will help us understand the needs of all of us at St. Hubert and St. Matthew as two families of faith come together. Thanks for being a part of it!

We received the official Decree from the Archdiocese about the unification of St. Hubert and St. Matthew. There is a link on the home page of our website, but you can also obtain a hard copy in the narthex.   The Archdiocese introduced us to Sara Pelrine, a Project Manager, who will help guide us through the process, which begins with what they call “Data Gathering.” That’s a fancy way of saying that we’ll be looking objectively at each parish to get a handle on everything—especially in three important areas: people, finances and facilities. I met with Sara this past week and she’s meeting with Father Glab this week. After that, we’ll begin to meet together as we look ahead to July 1. Thank you again to everyone who has offered to help out in this process. We have an incredibly generous community, which reveals itself in many ways. I will know more in the weeks ahead and will keep you posted.

On March 2nd, 2023, Cardinal Cupich issued the official decree uniting St. Matthew and St. Hubert as of July 1, 2023.

Please complete this short, 10-15 minute survey, which will be available until March 31. It will ask you to consider your spiritual growth and provide feedback to help us determine what efforts we can provide to help you grow. All responses are anonymous and we will only receive information about the community as a whole. Thank you for helping us prepare for the future!

In the past few weeks, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, the archdiocese’s auxiliary bishops, and the archdiocese’s Presbyteral Council met to discuss the Commission’s recommendation. Based upon those discussions and prayerful consideration, Cardinal Cupich made the following decisions regarding the parish structure in this grouping.

Bishop Jeffrey Grob, the bishop of our area and Cardinal Cupich’s representative, is inviting us and the parishioners of Church of the Holy Spirit, St. Marcelline and St. Matthew to gather together on February 2 at 7 PM at St. Matthew Church for a prayer service. It will be when we hear the Cardinal’s decision about the scenario he feels will be best for our Renew My Church grouping. Please join us at St. Matthew Church is located at 1001 E. Schaumburg Road.

All four parishes will be able to gather together on February 2 to hear the Cardinal’s decision about which scenario he feels will be best for our Renew My Church grouping. We’ll let you know where and when the announcement will take place.

We’ve learned that the Cardinal Cupich will announce his decision for our grouping on Thursday, February 2, the feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more about the meeting and how to participate.

Our Grouping Feedback & Discernment Team presented to the Executive Committee of the Renew My Church Commission last week. Pray for Cardinal Cupich, our bishops, the Presbyteral Council, Church of the Holy Spirit, St. Marcelline, and St. Matthew, and the lay faithful who are leading the work of renewal within our archdiocese.

This Thursday, the four parishes will meet online with the Renew My Church Executive Committee. The Executive Committee will hear from us and seek clarification before making a recommendation that will be further evaluated by a Commission and then by the Presbyteral Council. After hearing from everyone, the Cardinal will make a decision in early to mid-January.

The work of our four parish’s Feedback and Discernment Process has been completed. A report team, which included a representative from each parish, completed a Feedback Summary Report over a period of about a month as the entire group had a chance to weigh in about the scenarios and ensure the content reflected the sense of the feedback we received from all involved, including you. On December 15th the report team and pastors will present the Feedback Summary to the Renew My Church Executive Committee. After this, there are a couple more committees that will give input about the scenarios before the Cardinal makes his decision in early to mid-January.

The Grouping Feedback & Discernment Teams from each of our four parishes met last Monday. Together, we are compiling a summary of all the feedback we’ve received on the five different scenarios for our parishes in terms of their viability. A draft report is completed and now we’re working out the details and language to ensure we capture the true sense of the faithful in all our parishes. When this step is completed, the Summary Report will be presented to the Renew My Church Executive Committee.

We’ve compiled all the responses we received from everyone from the parish. Thank you for taking the time to share your insights and thoughts on the five scenarios. It helps us ensure we have the sense of what you’re thinking and what’s on your mind as we go into discussions with the other parishes. The four Grouping Feedback & Discernment Teams will meet here at Saint Hubert on Monday to discuss the scenarios further as we work to draft a report to the Archdiocese.

We’re grateful and thankful for everyone who has given us feedback about the Renew My Church Process. This past Monday, the four parishes met to discuss the feedback we received from each of our Parish Town Hall Meetings and to look at the viability of the five different scenarios in light of what is in the hearts and minds of each parish. The goal now is for the grouping as a whole to respond to each scenario with a recommendation that is presented to the Cardinal.

After reviewing the possible scenarios, we are asked to provide feedback to the Archdiocese. Please submit your feedback by Sunday, October 9.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Parish Town Hall to react to and discuss the five different scenarios the Archdiocese developed to address the reality in our grouping. You’ll find a summary on the insert of today’s bulletin. There’s also a form that you can complete to share your opinion with our Feedback & Discernment Team as we head into the next rounds of meetings with our neighboring parishes. We will be presenting the scenario that will come forth from our parishioners through our collective wisdom and prayer. In the meantime, we embrace the faith that we share and hold onto.

Saint Hubert Parish is currently involved in an Archdiocese of Chicago program called Renew My Church. All four parishes have been recently involved in discussions about how our four parishes could be structured so that we can best serve the needs of the area and our school. After initial discussions with the four parishes, we met with our parish leaders last Thursday to get their input. You are invited to open up the discussion to anyone interested in learning more and providing feedback. We hope you'll be able to join us.

Our Parish Town Hall meeting is on Monday, September 26 at 7 PM here in the church. It’s an opportunity to take a look at the different scenarios that the Archdiocese has asked us to respond to and discuss for the parishes in our Hoffman Estates/Schaumburg Community. There will be an opportunity to provide written feedback as well as to talk it through.

We continue the conversations that have been taking place about the future of our four parishes here in the Hoffman Estates/Schaumburg Community. We met with our Parish Leaders this past Thursday to get their input (the Parish Pastoral Council, Finance Committee, School Board, and Parish Staff). We’ll meet on Monday, September 19 at Saint Matthew to continue our discussions. Please plan on joining us on Monday, September 26 at 7 PM for our Parish Town Hall for an opportunity to learn more.

Saint Marcelline will host the four parishes on September 12. We’ll be talking about some different ways our parishes could be structured to best serve all those in our grouping. Each parish will then take all that’s discussed and present it to their parish leadership councils. Our parish leadership meeting with the Parish Pastoral Council, Finance Council, School Advisory Board and Staff will be on Thursday, September 15. Our wider Parish Town Hall meeting is Monday, September 26.