Statements

The following statement outlines the final step on the path of Benet Academy seeking to retain its Catholic identity and Benedictine tradition without St. Procopius Abbey.

I pray for the soul of Pope Benedict XVI, who today joined our Lord in eternal life. He served God as a priest, archbishop, cardinal and pope, and enlightened Catholics worldwide with his thoughtful theological writings. May he rest in peace.

The U.S. Supreme Court decision issued today in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion across the country. Today’s decision is an answer to decades of prayer and upholds the protection of the most innocent of all human life – the child in the mother’s womb – which has long been a tenet of Catholic social teaching.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) yesterday issued the following statement on a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and the Diocese of Joliet offers the following words as its own homage to the lives lost.

In response to the news of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas reported this afternoon, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) offered the following statement from its spokesperson, Chieko Noguchi, director of public affairs.

Bishop Ron Hicks today sent the following letter to all priests of the diocese:

The Diocese of Joliet Catholic Schools Office and Benet Academy are pleased to announce a path forward for the two entities

Representatives from the Diocese of Joliet, the American Cassinese Congregation of Benedictines, and the board of directors of Benet Academy met extensively this past Monday and Tuesday to work in collaboration on maintaining the school’s Catholic identity and establishing a new governance structure.

For more than a week, we have seen a great deal of media coverage and sent out communications about the issues concerning Jeremy Hylka, who taught in one of our Catholic schools and served as a youth minister for two of our parishes until he was terminated on April 28.