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Memorial Crosses
This past weekend the SSPP Respect Life Group erected the annual memorial display of white crosses as a visual reminder of the number of abortions since the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. The crosses are a poignant reminder of abortion’s toll on this country and its people.
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Take a Stand for Life
The Aurora 40 Days for Life prayer vigil is a part of an international effort to end the tragedy of abortion through prayer, fasting and public witness. Every day and night from September 26 to November 6, people will gather outside of Planned Parenthood in Aurora to peacefully pray for all who are affected by abortion.
Our Saints Peter and Paul Parish is committed to cover Friday, October 14th. We are scheduled to have a presence there from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thank you for your witness to life. See 40daysforlife.com/aurora for details about signing up for our parish vigil or call or email Jane Fonner with any questions.
(630 851-8433), janecfonner@comcast.net
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Life Chain 2022
The October 2 Life Chain was a peaceful and prayerful public witness of pro-life individuals standing while praying for our nation and for an end to abortion. This is a visual statement of solidarity by the Christian community that abortion kills children and that the Church supports the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception until natural death.
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Tuesday Rosary
The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. You are invited to join us outside the Jr. High School at the Mother Mary Statue every TUESDAY during this holy month of October at 1:45 p.m. Deacon Joe will lead us in the pro-life Rosary prayers. Please join us!
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Vocations Raffle
October 15 and 16, 2022
The annual K of C Vocations Raffle is underway and everyone is invited to participate. Through proceeds of last year’s raffle campaign, the Knights provided financial support to three parish seminarians and we will do the same this year.
Raffle tickets come in packs of 15; cost is $15 per pack.
1st prize $10,000
2nd prize $2,500
3rd–6th prizes $1,000 each
7th–10th prizes $500 each
11th–15th prizes $200 each
16th–20th prizes $100 each
Stop after any Mass on Saturday the 15th or Sunday the 16th to pick up a pack and a potential winning ticket! You may wish to bring with you some preprinted address labels. Make checks payable to: SSPP Council #1369 K of C. You can also contribute to Vocations at Napervillekofc.org (click “Donate”). Questions? Call 630-272-7592.
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A Catholic Series on the Saints
In his Letter to the Hebrews, the sacred author declares that the faithful are surrounded by a “cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1). This “cloud” is the communion of saints, our elder brothers and sisters who assist and guide us to Christ.
The Cloud of Witnesses series offers an in-depth look at the lives of six saints. Michael Lewandowski will present on their lives and their miracles after they joined their heavenly Father. This opportunity seeks to inspire us to persevere and strive to be holy. Each Thursday evening will include an optional potluck from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Social Hall; dinner themes will center around the saint’s ethnicity. Michael’s presentation will run from 7 to 8:15 p.m., and dessert will be served during small- and large-group
discussion about the featured saint from 8:15 to 9 p.m.
The first session on St. Maximilian Kolbe will be held on Thursday, October 27. Click the link to sign up for the optional Polish potluck.
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For the first time in many years, Saints Peter and Paul is offering a Service Day on October 22. The day brings together the entire Saints Peter and Paul parish with local organizations across Naperville to serve people in our community. The goal is to strengthen our parish community and serve as the body of Christ to individuals, organizations, and facilities in our greater community.
There is a minimum time commitment that varies based on service site assignment; please indicate scheduling challenges on the registration link below. Site captains will reach out to participants with assignment details, which could include a request to bring tools/supplies. Children and teens are welcome with supervising parents; please bring service hour forms if needed. All volunteers are encouraged to bring food donations for West Suburban Food Pantry.
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Click event links for more details
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12
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Pet Blessing
October 8, 9:30 a.m.
Bring your fluffy, feathery, furry, spikey and slimy friends (AKA your pets!) to Saints Peter and Paul to be blessed! All animals must be safely secured or on a leash. The pet blessing will be held on the Ministry Center lawn.
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Donut Sunday
Sunday, October 9
Join us in the Social Hall for coffee, juice and donuts after morning Masses (8:30 a.m., 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.)
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October 9, 2022
This Sunday, we will discuss some of the ways we can read scripture and how we should seek to make the Bible a consistent part of our lives. Afterwards, we will be going to the SSPP gym to play games!
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During October we celebrate the feast of the patron saint of our adoration chapel, St. Francis. In words and art, the stained glass windows in the chapel celebrate
St. Francis and his earthly ministry.
Between 1223 and his death on October 4, 1226, Francis's body was sick and frail, but his spirit soared to the heights of mystical love and union with Christ. At Christmas 1223, he celebrated the birth of Jesus in an outdoor pageant and Mass in the village of Greccio, thus giving to the Christian world ever since the Christmas crib or crèche. The following year in September, 1224, Francis—while absorbed in contemplation on Mt. LaVerna—received the stigmata, the wounds of Christ in his hands and feet and side. It is from these years of deep union with God and the crucified Christ come Francis's most beautiful prayers, including the Praises of God and the Canticle of Brother Sun. He wrote the song in stages from the period of the summer of 1225 until his death on October 4, 1226.
Our adoration chapel windows include the stanzas of the song Praises of God. If you start at the back, and go around the room ending at the entry door, you will have prayed with St. Francis. The windows read as follows:
- Be praised most high almighty Lord
- Yours is the praise the glory honor and blessing all
- Be praised my Lord for brother sun
- Be praised my Lord through sister moon and stars
- Be praised my Lord through brother wind
- Be praised my Lord through sister water
- Be praised my Lord through brother fire
- Be praised my Lord through our sister mother earth
- Be praised my Lord through those who pardon & give for love of you
- Blessed are those who bear infirmity and tribulation
- Be praised my Lord through brother death of body
- Woe to those in mortal sin will die
- Blessed those whom he will find in your most holy graces
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Praise and bless my Lord and thank Him too and serve Him all in great humility
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October Column
Click below to read Bishop Hicks' October column on important topics: the restructuring of his administrative office, as well as potential parishes and schools that may need to merge, consolidate or close.
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Join the Mission
The Diocese of Joliet will make a two-week mission trip to Sucre, Bolivia, from April 15 through April 29. Located in the southern highlands, Sucre is the constitutional capital of Bolivia, serving as the home of the country’s supreme court.
The April 15–29 trip will focus on medical needs and construction projects for residents, according to Deacon Bruce Carlson, diocesan missions coordinator. Carlson is recruiting a variety of medical personnel, including surgeons—general, plastic, orthopedic, gynecological, pediatric, and ear-nose-and-throat—along with operating room, recovery room and staff nurses. He also needs a diversity of physicians, including family practitioners, pediatricians, internists, and emergency room doctors, as well as dentists. He is also looking for individuals willing to help local area families with construction work and needed structural repairs.
“It’s not just going to work for the people, but to be with them and experience their life and culture,” says Deacon Carlson.
The diocese has organized mission trips to Sucre, Bolivia, since 1994.
Informational meetings on the trip will be held at 7 p.m. on October 25 at the Blanchette Catholic Center, 16555 Weber Road, Crest Hill, Illinois. For more information, email bcarslon@dioceseofjoliet.org or call 815-221-6256.
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