Eucharist and Prayer
Opportunities to celebrate Mass and pray together will inform everything we do at Congress.
From daily Eucharist to contemplative morning prayer, we gather as one to give God thanks and praise.
Thursday, October 23
- 7:30am Eucharist for Pre-Congress attendees | Presider: Father Juan Gaspar, OMI
- 7:00pm Congress Opening Prayer Service
Friday, October 24
- 7:30am Eucharist | Presider: Father Richard Toboso, GHM
- 9:00am Contemplative morning prayer
Saturday, October 25
- 9:00am Contemplative morning prayer
- 4:30pm Closing Eucharistic Liturgy | Presider: Father Paul English, CSB; Preaching: Sister Chela Gonzalez, OP
Meet Our Liturgist
Michael Ward is the chapter director of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians-Chicago and currently serves as the director of music and liturgy for St. Norbert and Our Lady of the Brook in Northbrook, Illinois. He has a B.A. in music education from Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and is currently pursuing his M.A. in pastoral liturgy and Music at St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana. Michael has been behind some of the first ministries uniting from both St. Norbert and Our Lady of the Brook to serve the needs of all parishioners in the combined Catholic Community of Northbrook. Having been involved in Catholic music ministries since the eighth grade, Michael blends his experiences from all over the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Archdiocese of Milwaukee into his style of music ministry today.