Our Restless Journey
Monday & Tuesday, December 15 & 16
Midday sessions: 12:30 – 1:30 pm (immediately following 12 noon Mass)
Evening sessions: 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Church
Day One: The Restless Journey – How am I entering the Restless Journey?
Day Two: The Restless Journey – How am I being called into the Restless Journey?
We are pleased to present two Advent Mission days and nights with Fr. Tom McCarthy, O.S.A.! St. Augustine said: “You have made us for Yourself and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.” We are on a constant “restless” journey towards God, united in mind and in heart. Are we fighting or embracing the journey? Join us for two days or nights to reflect on the season of Advent as we prepare for Christmas.
Fr. Tom during a personal visit with Pope Leo XIV in October 2025 in Rome
Father Tom is an experienced teacher, administrator, retreat director, and parish mission preacher. A member of the Augustinian Order since 1987, Father Tom has had a more than 40-year personal relationship with Pope Leo XIV, as they are fellow Augustinians. Fr. Tom ministered in Rome as part of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization where he was named a Papal Missionary of Mercy by Pope Francis in 2018. Father Tom spent two years as the Director of the Augustinian Marylake Shrine in King City, Ontario, and the Prior of the Marylake Augustinian Monastery.
Fr. Tom is currently in his 15th year as Vocation Director for the Midwest Province. Father Tom is the Director of St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel in Chicago, IL, and the Director of Community Relations at St. Rita High School in Chicago. Father Tom is also the Prior of the Pre-Novitiate Community of St. Clare of Montefalco Friary in Chicago.