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News & Notes from Fr. Pete Jankowski
St. Anne Novena Masses Start This Sunday!
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While preparing for the Hispanic Ministry Course I have been asked to teach this Fall at the University of St. Francis, I came upon an interesting statistic which, in my heart, I believe applies across the board and not just to one specific cultural group. According to the Pew Research Center, those over the age of 50 who have become disenchanted by the Church have chosen not to leave the faith but to put their faith in God so that all of us will all get through this crises of faith, as we have done in centuries past. For those between the ages of 25-50, the PRC has found that a great number of disenchanted folks either leave the Church altogether or change to more evangelical Protestant communities. For those under the age of 25, most disenchanted youth leave the Church altogether, associating themselves with the “None” category which I now guess represents 23% of our population.
In today’s age, we need God more than ever. Those of faith realize that, regardless of how we humans conduct ourselves in religious institutions, our purpose in life is to love God and our neighbor, realizing that in a very short time (sooner than we often expect), we will be standing in front of God, explaining the manner in which we have followed God’s parameters to love.
That said, I ask that all of you pray more diligently that God offer us miracles this year at the St. Anne Novena. WE NEED GOD and we need to have “the faith the size of a mustard seed” in order for miracles to take place. Miracles have been experienced at our St. Anne Novena in this 142-year history of ours – this year, more than ever, we need to see that miracle made manifest for us!!! All information about the Novena and St. Anne’s Day is listed below. Much thanks to Julie Dillenburg for returning on July 26th at 11:00 a.m. to offer children’s activities for the day.
Due to Rudy Bauer’s wonderful repair of the St. Anne Cemetery altar, St. Patrick’s Church has commissioned him to do the same at St. Patrick’s Grotto, to the cost of $3,000. If anyone wishes to make a “Grotto Donation” towards this cause, we would most appreciate it. After repairing St. Anne’s Roof, we realized that we must do the same at St. Patrick’s; this is a necessity, not a luxury. Due to a wonderful donation of all materials from Richard’s Building Supply (and due to a wonderful donor who offered the first $5,000 towards this project), we have reduced our cost of this project to $28,000. If anyone can help us with this project, we would most appreciate it.
I will keep doing what I can to help you out during these interesting times – please do the same for the folks of the Border Town!!!
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Finally, St. Anne Parishioner Jackie Bruhn (a trust officer and estate planner for over twenty years) has volunteered to offer an Estate Planning Seminar for our parishes in August. In the bulletins, we have asked you to keep St. Anne’s & St. Patrick’s in mind when planning your will or estate. Specifically, if you wish to include either parish in your estate plans, we ask that you include the line, “We donate XXX to XXX parish (give specific address) for the explicit purpose of (debt reduction/project/parish general fund). The Diocese of Joliet takes an automatic 5% of any donation at $250,000 or over, so please keep that in mind when you think about helping us in the future. More details about Jackie’s workshop are forthcoming.
For anyone celebrating a milestone anniversary in the Church... The Vatican offers Papal Blessings to those receiving sacraments or anniversaries of sacraments. The link to acquire the Papal Blessing can be found below or you can contact theparish office for more information.
Hope to see you at the St. Anne Novena Masses, starting this Sunday!!
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WATCH THE MASS THE 16TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME ONLINE
On this first day of the St. Anne Novena, Fr. Pete preaches about the primary importance to building a prayer life with God. As members of the Body of Christ in local parish communities, that prayer life must result in serving those around us in God's name - Mary's prayer must result in Martha's work.
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HELP US WITH OUR $75,000 BATHROOM RENOVATIONS IN OUR GYMNASIUM AT ST. PATRICK'S! HERE IS A VIDEO AS TO WHY WE NEED YORU HELP.
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ST. ANNE NOVENA - JULY 17-26, 2022 | |
July 17-25 Masses
(Except Sundays) Outdoors at 7:00 p.m.
July 26 Masses
In English (Outdoors)
at 10:00 a.m.
In Latin (High Mass Indoors) at 12:00 noon
In Spanish (Outdoors)
at 2:00 p.m.
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11:00 Children's Activities
Food Trucks, Religious Articles and Votive Candles for Sale - Call (815) 427-8265 for More Info
If you can volunteer, contact Sue Bonvallet at (815) 953-1180
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To View the St. Anne Novena Book used at the parish in 1946 (with an indulgence given to the faithful from March 20, 1886), please click below. Thanks to Marlene Liberty (and her grandmother Leah Brown) who used this book during the Novenas from the last century!!!
CLICK HERE TO READ FROM THE NOVENA BOOK PUBLISHED IN 1934!!!
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A PREVIEW OF THE ONLINE MASSES FOR THE ST. ANNE NOVENA
JULY 17-26
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MASS - DAY 1 OF NOVENA
To begin this Novena, Fr. Pete preaches about the primary importance to building a prayer life with God. As members of the Body of Christ in local parish communities, that prayer life must result in serving those around us in God's name - Mary's prayer must result in Martha's work.
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MASS - DAY 2 OF NOVENA
Speaking about the importance of the miraculous healing the relic of St. Anne has offered in the history of this relic, Fr. Pete highlights the stories of faith and healing in today's homily.
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MASS - DAY 3 OF NOVENA
In his homily, Fr. Pete speaks about the need to treat each person as a brother or sister, as a sacred person created by God and part of the "Body of Christ," whether the person we encounter accepts this understanding or not.
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MASS - DAY 4 OF NOVENA
In his homily, Fr. Pete speaks about how evangelization must follow the farming methods of the First Century and the current methods of Third World Farmers - by throwing the seed liberally wherever we can to produce thirty, sixty and a hundredfold.
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MASS - DAY 5 OF NOVENA
In his homily, Fr. Pete speaks of our need to maintain this vocation called has called each of us to live, despite the temptations of the world that often attempt to draw us away from our ultimate purpose in life.
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MASS - DAY 6 OF NOVENA
In his homily, Fr. Pete references a trip he was asked to lead with a group of pilgrims who visited the Holy Land. The gift of walking Jesus' steps on the road of faith and praying where the Lord prayed serves as the foundation for the type of life we are called to walk today.
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MASS - DAY 7 OF NOVENA
In his homily, Fr. Pete speaks about the way society forms the individual, as opposed to the manner which God or a Catholic parent would. As referenced by Morrie Schwartz ("Tuesdays with Morrie"), "Don't let society dictate your culture - you dictate your own!"
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MASS - DAY 8 OF NOVENA
On this EIGHTH Day of the St. Anne Novena, Fr. Pete preaches about the need to follow the mandates of the "Our Father," according to the gospel of Luke. This prayer can serve as the most uplifting or damning prayer in the believer's life, depending on whether the believer truly wishes to live like God or chooses to disregard the mandate and live under one's own desires. Fr. Pete also offers a special blessing to grandparents at this Mass as well.
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MASS - DAY 9 OF NOVENA
On this NINTH Day of the St. Anne Novena, Fr. Pete talks about the importance of HUMILITY, which serves as the foundation for our prayer life. It was through Jesus humbling himself on the cross that the apostles learned this lesson of faith, passed on to bishops who are to model that same type of life.
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MASS - SS. JOACHIM & ANNE
In his homily, Fr. Pete references a poem to "The Mother of the Madonna," by Rev. Matthew Russell, SJ, the first editor of "The Irish Monthly" periodical that reflects on the role of grandmothers in our life. Fr. Pete offers a special "Prayer for Special Favor" and a "Blessing to Grandparents" at this Online Mass as well.
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UPCOMING PROJECTS AT ST. PATRICK'S | |
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Renovate Gym Floor - $20,000
Repair Church Roof - $28,000
Pave Parish Parking Lot - $75,000
Create Gym Parking Lot - $150,000
Gym First Floor Bathrooms & Kitchen - $150,000
Parish Debt $234,174
If you can help in any way, please contact us at (815) 472-2864. Please remember St. Patrick's & St. Anne's in Your Will or Estate Planning!
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The Holy Father provides a wonderful opportunity to receive an Apostolic Blessing for Birthdays, Baptisms, First Communions, Confirmations, Weddings, Religious Professions, Ordinations and Anniversaries of these sacraments. | | |
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For weddings and such, Fr. Pete offers a special blessing on the first Sunday weekend of each month and is willing to purchase an Apostolic Blessing for anyone who asks (and if he can afford it... since he pays out of pocket!!!).
Congratulations to David & Amy Wheeler (25th Anniversary in June 2022) and Ron & Judy Gall (60th Anniversary in July 2022) for receiving Papal Blessings for their wonderful milestones!!!
If you are interested in receiving an Apostolic Blessing, you can do so by clicking the link below or by calling the parish offices.
CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR OWN APOSTOLIC BLESSING!!!
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KEEP UPDATED WITH OUR PARISH BULLETINS!!! | |
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To View St. Patrick's Bulletin for
July 16-17, 2022
CLICK HERE!
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To View St. Anne's Bulletin for
July 16-17, 2022
CLICK HERE!
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PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Mary Kay Blankestyn, Elizabeth Rademacher, Ron Gall, Carmen "Butch" Florio, Cynthia Vickery, Joanne McCracken, Karen Hensa, Irene Budz... and all those on our sick list. Please also pray for Mary Clocksin (mother of Business Manager Kathy Griffiths) who is very ill and in need of your prayers.
At St. Anne's... Eva Bell, Paula Bertrand, Lola Billings, Duane Blanchette, Cheryl Boswell, Patrick Burns, Cindy Capriotti, Jesse & Ashley Childress, Abraham Daily, Tom Dandurand, Aria Dionne, Teresa Dionne, Carol Futcher, Raelynn Garrett, Jack & Lucy Houk, Joni Kleinert, Val Lagacy, Bentley Lottinville and Linda Miramontes.
At St. Patrick's... N. Atkinson, R. Bailey, D. Barth, Beetle Family, D. Brown, B & T Cantwell, M. Cantwell, E. Cirks, M. Clocksin, E. Coffman, S. Conner, M & D Cousin, M. Cruz, A. Delaney, D. Demack, M. Dionne, J. Dobbins, E. Duke, D. Dunlap, G. Field, C. Fritz, R. Gall, J. Gilbert, J. Grill, R. Harper, D & L Haut, Fr. Hessling, J. Hibbs, D. Hiller, R. Ilg, C. Jones, L. Kane, R. Kazee, K. Kelson-Laney, A. Kijewski, L. Lanove, L. Lee, L. Leranth, E. Lopez, B. Love, W. Marten, L. McNulty, L. Mercado, R & V Morse, C. Ortman, C. Palider, C. Piec, C. Provost, R. Rehmer, S. Rehmer, P. Reising, D. Roberts, A. Schaff, D. Schmied, T & J Settles, K. Simpson, B. Siwicki, B. Spagnola, M. Tolbert, M. Tolmer, H. Tousignant, M. Tedford, M. Velazquez, G. & L. Vlach, M. Williams, M. Witherspoon, C. Woosnam, S. Young, A. Zimmerman, M & L Zink and G. Zokal.
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR BELOVED DECEASED: Susan King & Daughter Amy King (wake at Cotter Funeral Home on Friday - July 22, 2022 from 4-8 p.m. and funeral Saturday - July 23, 20-22 at St. Patrick's Church at 10:00 a.m. St. Patrick's Cemetery after)
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PARISH REGISTRATION FORMS | |
FR. PETE'S TELEVISION SERIES | |
CLICK HERE to watch Fr. Pete’s Twelve Part Series “Stories on the Journey,” Broadcast on Shalom World TV! | |
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BOOK, BRICK & PEW DEDICATION PROGRAM | |
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For only $100, you can dedicate a brick to someone special at St. Patrick's Outdoor Grotto (where the Our Lady of Lourdes Outdoor Masses are celebrated)!!!
(815) 472-2864
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For only $25, you can dedicate a Journeysongs Pew Book from either parish. Please call (815) 472-2864 (St. Patrick's) or (815) 427-8265 (St. Anne's) for more information! | | |
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