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You can still donate or bid!Our golf event will begin at Pine Meadow Golf Club and will include a BBQ lunch, a swag bag at registration and a special gift for each golfer.
The day of togetherness will continue into the evening with a reception, silent/online auction, raffle, dinner and award presentation at Mundelein Seminary.
We are proud to honor Fr. Wayne Watts, Pastor at Saints Joseph and Francis Xavier Parish with the 2023 Cardinal Joseph Bernardin In Service of One Another Catholic Humanitarian Award.
Schedule of Day
10:30 AM // Registration and driving range open at Pine Meadow Golf Club
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM // BBQ lunch
12:30 PM // Shotgun begins
6:00 PM // Cocktails, silent auction and raffle at University of St. Mary of the Lake dining hall
7:00 PM // Dinner and awards ceremony
Rules for Shotgun Golf
- Golf will begin at 12:30 PM. Foursomes be broken up in 1A and 1B all the way through to 18. Those that are "Hole Sponsors" will begin at the particular hole with their logo on a flag.
- There will be two holes (TBD) with a "Beat the Seminarian" and "Longest Drive".
- The staff at the golf course will calculate the lowest foursome and those winners will get an award at the dinner.
- Mulligans will be available for purchase and golfers can buy as many as they want, and use the honor system when cashing in on their Mulligans.
- When golfers arrive, they will check-in and they will be told their starting hole. USML Seminarians will take their bag and place it on a golf court with their name, so when lunch is over the golfers will go to their cart and drive to their starting hole.
About Fr. Wayne Watts
Fr. Wayne Watts was ordained on May 19, 1990. Fr. Wayne first served as Associate Pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish, Wilmette (1990-96) where he was active in many parish ministries, especially ACTION, the parish youth group. In December, 2018, Cardinal Cupich named Fr. Wayne as Pastor of Saint Joseph Parish in Wilmette which shortly thereafter combined with Saint Francis Xavier to become Saints Joseph and Francis Xavier (JFX) Parish, a new parish created as a result of the Renew My Church Initiative in the Archdiocese of Chicago. Since January, 2019 Fr. Wayne has led Saints JFX Parish and has been widely praised for his engaged, energetic presence in the parish and for the creative, unifying ways he led his parishioners through the pandemic, always working to build and sustain a vibrant, welcoming community of faith.
"When we acknowledge that all that we have and all that we are comes from God, we can't help but want to devote our lives to God's service, generously giving back, and joyfully attracting others…We really are one body of Christ and one Church, no matter what the ZIP code is." - Fr. Wayne Watts
To read more about Fr. Wayne Watts and all he has done and accomplished please click HERE.
To see photos of last year's Rector's Classic, please click HERE.
2023 Rector's Classic Golf Committee
Mr. Sean Klock, Chair
Mr. James L. Claus
Mr. Brian Callahan
Mr. Marty Endre
Mr. Todd Helfrich
Mr. Thomas R. Kiley
Mr. Daniel B. Love
Mr. James F. McNulty, III
Mr. Mike Rigali
Mr. James M. Valenti
Mr. Joseph Valenti, Jr.
Reverend Martin Zielinski+