Thursday, April 24, 2025
5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Four Seasons Hotel
Chicago, East Delaware Place, Chicago, IL
About Fr. Jerry Boland
Father Jeremiah (Jerry) Boland grew up in St. Gall's Parish at 55th and Kedzie. He is the oldest of five brothers, which includes Msgr. Michael Boland. He is blessed with four nieces and two nephews.
For the Archdiocese of Chicago, Fr. Boland has served as the Archbishop's Delegate for International Priests, overseeing the placement, immigration and inculturalization of priests from around the world. He also worked as the Executive Secretary of the diocesan priests' placement system. He has been an Associate Pastor at St. James in Arlington Heights, Associate Dean of Formation at Mundelein Seminary, Associate Pastor at Mary, Seat of Wisdom in Park Ridge, and a Resident at Holy Cross in Deerfield. Fr. Boland served as Administrator at Holy Family Parish in Chicago from 2002 to 2014. He has served as Chairman of the Association of Chicago Priests, Chairman of the Archdiocese Presbyteral Council and as served on the Board of Consultors.
Fr. Boland was appointed Pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) Church in July, 2014. OLPH is located in Glenview, IL and serves more than 10,000 parishioners including 3,200 families. The OLPH school is the largest in the archdiocese with 800+ students and the Religious Education program has more than 400 students.
In the early years of his pastorate here, Fr. Boland had to oversee a $5 million Capital Campaign, as well as implementation of the goals of the Parish Transformation initiative and the Renew My Church efforts. All of these have delivered important, tangible results, such as converting the convent into a Parish Center with much needed meeting spaces for the numerous parish ministries and organizations, building four STEM labs for the school, and many other investments. He also spearheaded the Centennial Celebration of the parish in 2019 which brought the campus the beautiful Hellerman Garden featuring a statue of the Blessed Mother, and most recently the installation of a new Bells System and Clock Tower in the church.
Fr. Boland has been committed to building upon the legacy of this wonderful parish by encouraging lay leadership and collaboration. He has continued the tradition of OLPH's social outreach and formation of future and recently ordained priests.
Fr. Boland celebrated the 40th Anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood in 2021.
Fondly referred to by the members of Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish and the surrounding community as the "Patron Saint" of Glenview, Sister Paulanne Held, OSF, has dedicated her life to inspiring young people in the classroom while serving those in need.
Raised on a farm outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sister Paulanne answered the call to serve early in life. Intrigued by the mission of the School Sisters of St. Francis of St. Joseph Convent-a community of Catholic sisters dedicated to building a more just and peaceful world-she entered the convent and trained to be a teacher.
Since that time, she spent more than half a century as a beloved teacher and role model, forming the hearts and minds of generations of young people at the primary and middle-school levels.
Teaching and nurturing the next generation of women and men for others are just two of Sister Paulanne's passions. For more than 30 years, she has also been out on the front lines in the fight against poverty, helping families in crisis reclaim their hope and dignity through the parish's Needy Family Fund.
The Needy Family Fund was founded in the mid-1980s to provide more structured support, as well as social services, for families struggling with stressors such as illness, the loss of a loved one, unemployment or homelessness. Since its inception over three decades ago, the Needy Family Fund has helped thousands of families in crisis.
In 2019, Sr. Paulanne was honored as the recipient of the Rev. Daniel A. Lord, SJ, Award for Distinguished Service in the Cause of Youth by Loyola Academy. At the conclusion of the 2021 school year, she celebrated 60 years of teaching at OLPH.
About Dr. Amy Mills
Dr. Amy Mills is the principal of Our Lady of Perpetual Help School (OLPH), the largest Catholic elementary school in the Archdiocese of Chicago. She has guided the school and parish community as both principal and a former teacher for over three decades. In 2004, Dr. Mills was quoted in the Chicago Tribune regarding the school's goals to "provide a strong academic foundation and lifelong love of learning, to teach about the Catholic faith and sharing that faith, and to teach discipline, moral guidance, and the value of serving others." In 2021, she was named #SchoolHero by the Archdiocese of Chicago for her work and leadership of OLPH. Dr. Mills was previously on the board of the Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation, an organization that develops youth to be empowered, informed, and active citizens to promote a just and equitable society.
Dr. Mills earned a BA in Teaching and Elementary Education from the University of Iowa in 1987, a Master of Education from National Louis University in 1991, and Doctor of Education from National Louis in 2009. She graduated from New Trier High School.
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