Aerial view of the St. Patrick campus

Lake Forest, Illinois · Since 1849

There is a place for you here.

Growing in Faith. Praying with Purpose. Serving His People.

One of the oldest parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago, still doing the oldest thing there is: gathering people around the table of the Lord.

This week at St. Patrick

Upcoming events →

Weekend Mass

Saturday 5:00 pm
Sunday 8:00, 10:00 & 11:45 am

Main Church

Daily Mass

Monday – Friday
8:00 am

Old Church

Confession

Saturday
4:00 – 4:45 pm

Main Church, or by request

Adoration

Wednesday
8:30 am – 6:00 pm

Old Church

This week’s bulletin

Readings, Mass intentions, and everything on the calendar

Raphael, Disputation of the Holy Sacrament, 1510
“Come, and you will see.”
John 1:39
Parishioners gathering after Sunday Mass
“Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
Matthew 18:20
Caravaggio, The Seven Works of Mercy, 1607
“Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
Matthew 19:14
The illuminated Book of the Gospels raised during Mass

Religious Education

Faith you can keep learning.


Religious education runs from first grade through confirmation, with youth ministry carrying on through high school. Registration is open now for the coming year.

The Church has spent two thousand years thinking carefully about the hardest questions a person can ask. Your children are allowed to bring theirs. So are you: OCIA, the process by which adults enter the Catholic Church, begins every autumn and asks nothing but curiosity.

Tintoretto, The Washing of the Feet, 1549
“If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet.”
John 13:14
Fr. Patrick greeting parishioners after Mass
“I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will shepherd you wisely and prudently.”
Jeremiah 3:15
Fr. Patrick Kizza, pastor of St. Patrick Catholic Church

Our Parish

A word from our pastor.


I am grateful to be here at Saint Patrick, walking with you, serving with you, and growing with you in faith. Together, may we build a parish where every person feels welcomed, loved, and called to share their gifts.

Fr. Patrick KizzaPastor

Thirty wooded acres on Waukegan Road, a parish founded in 1849, and a church that has been rebuilt more than once. Call the office and a person answers.

Aerial view of the St. Patrick campus
Thirty wooded acres on Waukegan Road
The sanctuary and Celtic crucifix
The sanctuary
The gathering space after Sunday Mass
After Mass in the gathering space

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