2023 Ordination News

Save the date!

Deacon John Sebastian Gutierrez, C.S.C. will be ordained a priest, together with Deacon Andrew Fritz, C.S.C., at Notre Dame University Saturday, April 15, 2023. All parishioners who wish to do so are invited to attend this special occasion. Let’s show our love and support to these future Holy Cross priests! 

Be sure to include your email on our list below if you plan on attending the ordination.  This will help us with including you in the RSVP for dinner as well as other important updates.

For those who cannot make the Ordination in person, there will be a live stream available.  

All will be welcome to join us for Fr. JS's Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Ignatius the following weekend on April 23 at 5 p.m. and at the reception immediately afterward.

Friday, April 14 at 9 p.m.
Lucernarium (Night Prayer) & Blessing of the Chalices and Patens followed by Soiree
Moreau Seminary 
8 p.m. Welcome and Information Session with Dcn. JS - Moreau Seminary (tentative)

Saturday, April 15 at 1:30 p.m. 
Mass of Ordination - Basilica of the Sacred Heart
6pm Dinner provided by St. Ignatius - Sacred Heart Parish Center Community Room
Social to follow - Moreau Seminary

Sunday, April 16 at 10 a.m. 
Mass of Thanksgiving Presider: Fr. JS Gutierrez, CSC
Moreau Seminary 

Can't make the ordiantion in person? Catch it via live stream: ordination-live.holycrossvocations.org

Flight Information
Transportation to and from Chicago to South Bend can be found here for Midway & here for O’Hare. Flying directly into South Bend is also an option but tends to be more costly.

Lodging
We have a room block for several rooms at the Sacred Heart Parish Center located on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. Rooms are $25-$35 per bed/night. Contact Christina Maciejczyk to reserve your spot.