Annual Report - 2025

​ ALL SAINTS PARISH - 12 MONTH REVIEW

Deacon Larry Sorce
Director of Pastoral Ministry 
[email protected]

​The focus of the past 12 months has been the restructuring of the parish governance structure and meeting the 
parish community. All Saints Parish is now substantially in compliance with all the mandates contained in the    decree which established All Saints Parish four years ago.

The main parish office is now officially located in Niles. It is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm. All the sacramental records have been relocated to the parish office. The satellite office in Morton Grove will    maintain hours from 10:00a to 1:00p on Monday only.

The finances and the parish data systems have been reconfigured to our new reality as a single parish. Banking     relationships have been combined and streamlined. A new parish data system called ParishStaq has been installed to replace multiple stand-alone systems and fully integrates with the PushPay electronic giving application. We have added additional data components and options to help us manage a variety of programs and events.

The parish now has one combined electronic calendar which is accessible on the revised parish website. It is available for viewing by all parishioners. This innovation has simplified the scheduling of parish events and liturgical    celebrations. The tour schedule of the Shrine of All Saints has been incorporated into the parish calendar. All access to the calendar and the scheduling of events is now managed through the parish office. The calendar lists the dates for all events for our current tenants to prevent scheduling conflicts. This innovation has already simplified our              scheduling burden.

The current pastoral goals include the encouragement of social opportunities for the parish community to come   together. The focus of this next year will be the development of these events and the revitalization of the parish       commission structure. There is room for expansion in everything that we are currently doing.

There is still a real need to address building maintenance issues which have been deferred, in some cases, for more than 30 years. The concern is that the roof repairs and mechanical systems will need replacement before we can      arrange the funding to address their deficiencies. The most current estimates will push the costs beyond the one     million dollar mark. A residence that was owned by the parish was sold this year to help cover mounting deficits from prior years. Some of the funds from the Generation-to-Generation Campaign will be used to help address the most critical items.

It will remain a struggle to keep parish activities and programs available on both of our campuses. It is more than a matter of managing costs. It is vital for the future of All Saints Parish that our community supports parish activities and worship on both of our campuses. This will enable us to maintain a strong, Catholic presence and provide    spiritual growth opportunities for all of our parishioners.

All the elements for the successful transition to a unified parish with a central mission are present. There is little     duplication of parish initiatives and organizations between our two parish sites. The finances are manageable if we are prudent with the stewardship of parish resources. The facilities are aging but are more than adequate for our   present and projected needs. The building blocks are all there.

See below published  Statement of Activities. or PDF

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