We are sad to report that\u00a0Mary Regula has left our parish. She joined the St. Gertrude staff last year, and quickly won everyone over with her hard work, keen\u00a0organizational abilities, and terrific attitude.<\/p>\n
She is moving with her family, her husband, Randy, and her sons\u2014Andrew, a new graduate of St.\u00a0Norbert College; Michael, a senior at Carthage\u00a0College, and John, who just graduated from Mather High School.<\/p>\n
Congratulations and best wishes to Mary, as she starts a new chapter of her life in Allouez,\u00a0Wisconsin! She will be deeply missed by\u00a0everyone at St.\u00a0Gertrude!<\/p>\n
Last week, Art Blumberg, came on board as\u00a0Director of Parish\u00a0Management and Facilities at St. Gertrude.\u00a0This is actually his second time here. In the fall of 2013, he did his\u00a0field work and\u00a0internship for his Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies (MAPS) degree at the parish, working mostly with Fr. Dom and the Gym Mass.<\/p>\n
For the past two years, he has\u00a0served as Director of Parish Operations at St. Philip the Apostle in\u00a0Northfield. Prior to that, he earned a MAPS degree at the Institute for Pastoral Studies at Loyola\u00a0University Chicago, where he met and took classes with Abby Mikesell. He is currently pursuing a\u00a0Master of Divinity at Loyola.<\/p>\n
His family has long-standing ties to St. Gertrude. Art’s mother-in-law, Pat O\u2019Callaghan, was a parishioner for many\u00a0years and was often a lector at St. Gertrude East, and several of his nieces and nephews were\u00a0baptized here.<\/p>\n
Art and his\u00a0wife Madeline have been married for 31 years and are parishioners at St. Margaret Mary, where they are active in several ministries. They have one son, Nick, who is an Associate Producer for the program Chicago Tonight on WTTW.<\/p>\n
We ask you extend a warm welcome to Art as he adjusts to his new position here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Staff Changes at St. Gertrude We are sad to report that\u00a0Mary Regula has left our parish. She joined the St. Gertrude staff last year, and quickly won everyone over with her hard work, keen\u00a0organizational abilities, and terrific attitude. She is moving with her family, her husband, Randy, and her sons\u2014Andrew, a new graduate of St.\u00a0Norbert read more