The Stephen Ministry was established at St. Nicholas Church in 2011 and now serves St. John XXIII. It’s part of a nationwide organization that prepares parish leaders who, in turn, prepare others to provide pastoral accompaniment for those experiencing life’s difficulties.

Care receivers might be hurting from illness, loss of a job, loss of a loved one, loneliness, isolation, miscarriage, infertility, stresses of immigration status...any challenge that it’s hard to go through alone. Ministers meet with their care receivers every two weeks for as long as a need exists.

Ministers go through a fifty hour training program and meet with each other every two weeks for group supervision.

To explore either becoming a Stephen Minister or having someone accompany you through a hard time, please contact one of our ministry coordinators:
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• Deacon Chris Murphy, Pastoral Associate, at 847.864.1185 x242 or cmurphy@archchicago.org
• Barbara Soricelli, at (m) 312.218.9446 or bsoricelli@sbcglobal.net