Thanks Marilyn Charba for Your

Watercolor Renderings of Our Churches!!!

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If you don’t think we have any youth serving and praying in our churches… think again.

On March 2 & March 9, I led two CONFIRMATION RETREATS for the youth of our diocese. The retreat on March 2 was attended by FORTY-FIVE students from St. Patrick’s (26), St. Anne’s (10), Gilman (7) and Piper City (2). The retreat on March 9 was held for thirty-five students from Immaculate Conception Church in Morris (33) and from St. Joan of Arc Church in Lisle (2). We have included video highlights of the first retreat with these notes.

In between the retreats, our Border Town Parishes hosted the Christendom College Spring Break Mission from March 2-9. Sixteen individuals from the 500-member college joined us this week to do (as St. Therese of Liseux would often say) the “little things” that make all the difference in the world. Considering that this was one of the only three missions the college offered this Spring (the other two taking place in Costa Rica and the Honduras), we were honored that the college chose us as the only US location for their mission work. Perhaps we did not offer what many of the students expected, but as we kept reinforcing, sometimes the little things we do make all the difference in the world; they certainly did with our parishioners. If the college chooses to offer this mission again in our area, we set up this relationship so we can do bigger things in the future, now that our community feels comfortable with the students.

As you can view for yourselves, we were really appreciative of the students’ reflections provided in the video below. We heard so many positive comments about the students from the parishioners we serve and from what we encountered with the students in their reflections, the students seemed to feel this was a great experience as well.

Student Activity Leader Marilyn Charba was so nice that she did her artistic renderings of the two parishes in the Border Town Community (see above). Some parishioners think that these pictures should be printed on cards that we can sell at the Parish is it token of what the students did for us last week. Thanks Christendom College for having faith in us to serve you… and you us!!!

You can watch the highlights of the trip in the Video for the Fifth Sunday of Lent below…

At the end of this marathon week, St. Pat’s hosted its annual IRISH MASS & DINNER at the parish, with Brian McKee on the bagpipes and the Galway Guys providing music for the event. Thanks to the Knights of Columbus for preparing the food and serving the parish as well!

After all of this, the priest needs to recover from all the Activity, so he is taking a day or two off to rest and remind himself as to what the dog looks like...

Meanwhile, Eileen Rivas (and Maria Soto) from the Hispanic Community and David Surprenant (as well as Mary Jo & Bailey Boicken) on the English side have informed me that TWENTY-FIVE individuals are preparing for the Easter Sacraments! Good luck on the cathedral getting twenty-five anything on the Easter Vigil! 

Towards this cause, I drove today to the Sam’s Club Parking Lot to exchange “cash for merchandise” (for some reason, that made me feel like a felon) with Nabil Rishnawi from Bethlehem Gifts. Our Olive Wood folks will return to our area when the weather gets a little better, but for now, Nabil gave me the RCIA gifts we purchased today, along with ten olive wood crosses that Cookie Schroeder asked me to procure for her.

This weekend, we have put the RCIA Board so that all of you to write letters of support but for now, the attached picture serves as a “preview” for what lies ahead for the group.

Border Town Appreciation Dinner

February 10, 2024

St. Anne Valentine Luncheon February 11, 2024

ONLINE VIDEOS THIS WEEK

Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Lent

Celebrated at St. Patrick's Church - Momence, IL

"Sir, I want to see Jesus" (Jn 12: 21). These words from John's gospel are reflected in the Breastplate of St. Patrick (the patron of the Momence Church that Fr. Pete serves) and is a fitting theme to the type of ministry the students of Christendom College - and all of us! - should learn in reference to Christian Service. Assisting Fr. Pete with his homily are the students on this mission, who offer reflections of their own after spending a week in the Border Town community (from March 2-9).

For Catholic Daily Reflections (based on the scripture readings of the day),

CLICK HERE!!!

CLICK HERE to Access the Readings for This Sunday's Mass

From the Website of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE LENT/EASTER BORDER TOWN PAGE!

CLICK HERE to View St. Patrick's

Lenten Activities for 2024!

CLICK HERE for St. Patrick's Holy Week Schedule

CLICK HERE to View St. Anne's

Lenten Activities for 2024!

CLICK HERE for St. Anne's Holy Week Schedule

CLICK HERE for a Short Version of the

Stations of the Cross (Both Languages)

CLICK HERE for the Tradition Version

of the Stations of the Cross in English

CLICK HERE for the Traditional Version

of the Stations of the Cross in Spanish

CLICK HERE for the Teen Version

of the Stations of the Cross

CLICK HERE for "The Seven Last Words of Christ"

CLICK HERE for "The Seven Last

Words of Christ" in Spanish

CLICK HERE to View and Download the 2024 Lenten Calendar from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops

What is Lent? CLICK HERE for More Lenten Resources... Lent takes place this year from February 14 - March 28

Come Join Both of Our parishes at their Respective Fish Fry Events!!!

At St. Patrick's Church Every Friday

from February 16 - March 22 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

(119 N. Market St. - Momence)

At St. Anne's Church on March 15 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

(230 N. 6th Ave - St. Anne)

WE HAVE REDUCED OUR PARISH DEBT AT ST. PATRICK'S BY A FACTOR OF OVER $200,000 IN THE LAST TWO YEARS!!!

With the estate of Fr. Dan Hessling sending St. Patrick's c. $5,500 our debt is now down to the $100,000 mark, a $220,000 drop since 2022. Thanks to everyone who has helped us to eliminate this debt, paving the way to going on the plus side at the parish!

1973 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

1981 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

1986 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

1993 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

2004 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

2006 St. Patrick's Academy 100th

Anniversary Commemorative Booklet

2010 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

2016 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

2023 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

1960s St. Anne’s Church Photo Directory

1970s St. Anne’s Church Photo Directory

1989 St. Anne’s Church Photo Directory

1998-2004 St. Anne’s

Church Photo Directory

2023 St. Anne's Church Photo Directory

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!!!).

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!!!

Fr. Pete offers the Anointing of the Sick at both parishes at the First Friday Masses every month (St. Patrick’s at 9:15 a.m. and St. Anne’s at 5:00 p.m. (English) and 7:00 p.m. (Spanish).

1. St. Patrick’s & St. Anne’s Churches will hold its Fish Fry next Friday from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
2. You can view all online Lenten Offerings that we have offered on our parish websites.
3. We have placed in our church a display board for our RCIA Letters of Support. Feel free to write a letter to those receiving the Easter Sacraments on April 8-9, 2023.
4. We will begin the Divine Mercy Novena at St. Patrick’s on Good Friday. Please see next weekend’s bulletin for more details.
5. We need help selling our 50/50 Progressive Raffle for St. Patrick’s Church. Please contact St. Patrick’s Church for more information.

To View St. Patrick's Bulletin for

March 17, 2024



CLICK HERE!

To View St. Anne's Bulletin for

March 17, 2024



CLICK HERE!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Mary Kay Blankestyn, Ashley & Jesse Childress, Guadalupe Maria De Leon, Austin Fuhrmann, Ron Gall, Cindy Gould, Joel Hart, Karen Hensa, Don Hout, Joanne McCracken, Marilyn Peterson, Joanne Prather, Evelyn Provost, Ruth Sparenberg, Cynthia Vickery, Gary Witherall... and all those on our sick list.

At St. Anne's... Eva Bell, Paula Bertrand, Lola Billings, Duane Blanchette, Cheryl Boswell, Patrick Burns, Cindy Capriotti, Abraham Daily, Tom Dandurand, Aria Dionne, Carol Futcher, Raelynn Garrett, Jack Houk, Val Lagacy, Bentley Lottinville, Linda Miramontes and John Wojnowski.

At St. Patrick's... P. Anderson, N. Atkinson, R. Bailey, D. Barth, Beedle Family, D. Brown, W. Bukowski, B & 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. Grill, R. Harper, J. Hibbs, D. Hiller, C. Jones, L. Kane, R. Kazee, A. Kijewski, L. Lee, L. Leranth, E. Lopez, B. Love, J. Marcotte, W. Marten, L. McNulty, L. Mercado, R & V Morse, C. Ortman, D. Petronio, M. Peterson, C. Piec, C. Provost, E. Provost, R. Rehmer, P. Reising, D. Roberts, B. Ryan, A. Schaff, J. Schopf. Schmied, K. Simpson, B. Siwicki, B. Spagnola, M. Tolbert, M. Tolmer, H. Tousignant, M. Velazquez, C. Vickery, M. Williams, M. Witherspoon, S. Young, A. Zimmerman, M & L Zink and G. Zokal.

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