The Men’s Group invites everyone to join the conversation at our next speaker event on April 16 at 7:00 PM in the O’Gara Center.

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Pope Leo XIV convened his first extraordinary consistory on January 7–8, 2026. An extraordinary consistory of cardinals is a private assembly of the entire College of Cardinals from around the world called by the Pope to discuss matters affecting the universal Church. 

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Our guest speaker will be Fr. John Guthrie, Director of Worship at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary. Fr. Guthrie will discuss the extraordinary consistory’s call to the Church to become more synodal and missionary and how this call is rooted in the celebration of the Eucharist. It will tease out some implications for how each of us can deepen our own synodal and missionary calls both at the parish level and within our own lives.