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the Beloved Retreat Community

Welcome!

Welcome Retreatants of Beloved 62 - our newest community members!

This is an informational website for the Beloved Community during the time of Covid-19. We remain a community in this extended time of physical distancing in consideration of the most vulnerable brothers and sisters among us.

We have been actively engaging the Beloved Community online for over a year since March 14th, 2021! Our highlights include:

Beloved 62 Online Retreat - we did it again! We hosted folks from Texas, Washington, and even Illinois. We took that parts of the retreat that we know work and translated them to a format that worked online. As musician Jason Grey sang "Remind Me Who I Am," the community answered... Beloved.

Beloved 61 Online Retreat - we made history by hosting the first ever virtual retreat November 20-22! It was virtual in the literal sense in that we could not physically gather, but we are so proud to say that retreat - and the grace that was mediated - was very real. We are so lucky to have had the community support all weekend.

Beloved 60 Alumni Retreat - we gathered at the end of May with members of many different communities to celebrate Pentecost and our Belovedness - blessings to folks in Chicago, the suburbs, Wisconsin, and Canada who joined us. We remembered that we are Baptised and part of an amazing community.

Weekly Activities - we have hosted Beloved Virtual Circles throughout the week since the start of the pandemic as a way to stay in communion with each other. These "Circles" initially focused on the four Beloved words (Baptised, Reconciled, Fed, and Sent) but expanded to include gatherings that are more social, prayerful / meditative, and even included spirituality rooted in creativity.

Larger Community Gatherings - we still gather for our monthly Beloved Legacy events.

Again, Welcome!

It doesn't matter if you just went on this recent retreat or if you were on the first retreat some 20+ years ago. It doesn't matter if you go to Old St. Pat's or another church. It doesn't matter if you attend every event or if you have been away for a while. We are glad that you are here! Don't forget - your presence is always a gift!

Please continue to look here for information on all of our virtual events. As a reminder, make sure that you are refreshing the page to get the most current information.

Your presence is always a gift!

Upcoming Beloved Events

2022 Beloved Picnic-In Person

Date: July 24, 2022

Time: Noon-4pm

Speaker: TBD

Location: Waveland Park, Grove 15 – The Clock Tower 3580 N. Lakeshore Drive (Lakeshore Drive & Recreation Drive)

Come back to the water Beloveds! Please join us at our IN-PERSON Beloved Picnic on Sunday July 24th. We will come together to remember ourselves as BAPTIZED, RECONCILED, FED AND SENT. Hopefully a day of sun, fun, food and reacquainting ourselves with being Beloved. For our out-of-town Beloveds, please let us know if you would like to make the trek to Chicago to join us and we can see if one of our locals can offer some radical hospitality by hosting you (email me or call my info is below)!

If you cannot be there in person may we suggest having a little picnic of your own and take some pictures that we could share at a Beloved Virtual Picnic Circle in September. As always these events would not happen without YOU so please sign up as soon as possible so we can order everything we need.

PS- You didn't hear this from me but you may want to pack a bathing suit as some Beloveds have literally got BAPTIZED in the waters of Lake Michigan.

Details Below:

Date: Sunday, July 24th Time: Noon - Prayer Service, Picnic 1-4pm
Picnic Location: Waveland Park, Grove 15 – The Clock Tower 3580 N. Lakeshore Drive (Lakeshore Drive & Recreation Drive)
POTATO CHIPS, CHICKEN, and COLD DRINKS will be provided!
Vegetarian option available.
There is also the option of purchasing food from the Clock Tower Cafe if you would rather do that.
Please bring a dish to share: LAST NAMES ENDING IN: A - P: SIDE DISHES, please! Q - Z: DESSERTS, please!
Old fashioned fun and games to follow
BEST of BELOVED PIE CONTEST Bring a homemade pie to enter and win!
Please invite the Beloved person you would most like to have join you for this FUN filled day! AND... Please bring lawn chairs, frisbees, badminton sets and games that you think would be fun!
$15 per adult - please do not let cost factor into whether you join us - simply click the pay later option. Children are FREE! (Please include them in your R.S.V.P.) Please kindly R.S.V.P. HERE: BELOVED PICNIC RSVP - SIGN UP NOW
If you have any questions please feel free to email me pollym@oldstpats.org or give me a call at 312-798-2316

Beloved Legacy Events

Beloved Legacy

Date: TBD

Time: 6:30 pm

Speaker: TBD

Location: Beloved Zoom Video Meeting (https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2838346178)

Come back for more information!

Full Calendar

We will use the Zoom Video Conferencing Platform for all events unless other details are given for a specific event. You will have to download (download instructions) the app on your phone, tablet, or laptop. All meeting times are listed in Central Time.

If you don't know the password, please contact Polly (pollym@oldstpats.org) to be included on the email contact list.

ZOOM MEETING LINK

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2838346178

DIAL-IN PHONE NUMBER

+13126266799,,2838346178#

Sunday 6/26/2022

Sunday Mass at Old St. Pat's

9:00 am

Old St. Pat's Video Livestream

Event Details

Sunday 6/26/2022

Sunday Mass at Old St. Pat's

Presider: Fr Ken Simpson

https://livestream.com/oldstpats/9am

Gather virtually for Mass with the clergy and the Music Ministry of Old St. Pat...

Event Details

9:00 am

Old St. Pat's Video Livestream

Sunday 6/26/2022

Sunday Mass at Old St. Pat's

5:00 pm

Old St. Pat's Video Livestream

Event Details

Sunday 6/26/2022

Sunday Mass at Old St. Pat's

Presider: Fr Joe Roccsalva

https://livestream.com/oldstpats/events/4667723

Gather virtually for Mass with the clergy and the Music Ministry o...

Event Details

5:00 pm

Old St. Pat's Video Livestream

Tuesday 6/21/2022

Beloved Virtual Circle

8:45 pm

Beloved Zoom Video Meeting

Event Details

Tuesday 6/21/2022

Beloved Virtual Circle

Hosts: Mary Kelly and Angelo DiMartino

"Rosary"

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2838346178

8:45 pm

Beloved Zoom Video Meeting

Tuesday 6/28/2022

Beloved Virtual Circle

8:45 pm

Beloved Zoom Video Meeting

Event Details

Tuesday 6/28/2022

Beloved Virtual Circle

Hosts: Laura Field and Dan Quinn

"Rosary"

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2838346178

8:45 pm

Beloved Zoom Video Meeting

Sunday TBD

Sunday Mass with Fr. Ed Shea

5:00 pm

Fr. Ed's Zoom Video Meeting

Event Details

Sunday TBD

Sunday Mass with Fr. Ed Shea

Presider: Fr. Ed Shea

https://zoom.us/j/7738924134

Celebrate this monthly Liturgy with our very own "Beloved Priest" - there just might be so...

Event Details

5:00 pm

Fr. Ed's Zoom Video Meeting

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We invite you to pass along the gift of Beloved for others to know they are held as a Beloved Child of God by donating to the Beloved Scholarship Fund here.

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About Us

From Terry Nelson-Johnson:

For 20 years we gathered together to tell our stories and remember that we belong to one another. We built some spiritual muscle memory, friends, which serves us well in this time when we are asked not to hold one another. My invitation for all of us in the days and weeks ahead is to recall our BAPTISM and remember that we are precious, Beloved daughters and sons of God and that we are SENT to RECONCILE and FEED one another especially in these trying times. Can the church say? Amen!!

Contact Us

Email

Now more than ever we want to hear from you.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. Polly Mulhearn is our point of contact:

pollym@oldstpats.org

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For more information about the Old St. Pats Community, please visit www.oldstpats.org