St. Paul the Apostle Parish
www.stpauljoliet.com
815-725-1527 parishoffice@stpauljoliet.com
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Now thank we all our God,
With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom His world rejoices;
Who from our mother's arms,
Hath blessed us on our way,
With countless gifts of love,
And still is our today.
May you and your family be blessed on Thanksgiving and thourghout the rest of the year.
Please let the parish office know if there is anything that we can do for you. God bless ~
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Our continuous Thank You to both our incredible Garden Angels Ministry of John, Tom and Bob, and our outstanding Maintenance Team of Bob and Ross! You all work tirelessly to keep our plants beautifully manicured and maintained. This Fall, Bob and Ross have been keeping up on the leaves and getting ready for the snow. So much work behind the scenes we don’t even think about. Thank you to you all! And now that the leaves are mostly down, Bob said it’s clear that our ‘Squirrel Motel’ has had a lot of business this year! Let’s hope our furry friends stay warm this winter in their tree houses! |
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We are so thankful that our liturgies will once again have Altar Servers! This ministry will be open to all 4th grade thru high school young adults. School, RE, and the parish office have the permission slips available. Training dates will be announced soon as our first weekend for servers will be Dec 25! |
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Adult Choir Practices Return |
Adult Choir Practice will resume on Thurs, Dec 1, 7-8pm, following the children’s choir practice. We are so very blessed to have Ray Kaufman leading our music ministry again. He invites all current, former and new choir members to this wonderful ministry and has wonderful plans in store for us! |
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Administrative Assistant Position Open |
*Compassionate, Loving, Joyful, Efficient, Computer Savvy, Social Media Proficient, Ministry Focused*
We’re looking for a wonderful, faith-filled person to help us serve our ministries and spread Christ’s message. Please help us connect our parish needs with a person who would value this important and fulfilling role.
Nancy Lagger will be retiring from the position the first of the year. She leaves us with our heartfelt appreciation for her commitment to the position these last 2 years and acknowledge she’s leaving us with some pretty big shoes to fill! God bless you Nancy! We’ll miss you for sure!
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Advent Wreath Candle Lighting before Mass |
Everyone is invited to take a turn lighting the Advent Wreath through out this beautiful Season of Advent. There is a signup sheet in the Narthex where we ask you to sign up for your day and mass time. If no one is signed up for your mass, please let a Hospitality Minister know if you are interested. We are hopeful to get a new family or individual at every mass this year. God Bless! |
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Attention all piano players out there!
Villa Franciscan is looking to have someone come in 30-40 minutes/week to play for their residents. There is a stipend for the position. Any interested candidates should contact Jessica Meider at (815) 603-1788.
Please consider sharing your talents with the residents of this facility.
It would brighten their world!
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Calling all Volunteers!
Now that we have moved back into the church and things are getting back to normal, we are looking for more volunteers to help in all of our mass ministries: Hospitality Ministers, lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Ushers, and soon to be added Altar Servers!
Many of our original volunteers are no longer able to help or have moved out of the area. “Many hands make light work” as the saying goes. We need new people to join these ministries to help ease the scheduling conflicts that occur from time to time and to boost the sub supply.
If you have been feeling that you would like to be more active in the liturgies, one of these ministries might be just what you are looking for. We will provide any training necessary if you have never been involved before.
If you are interested, please contact Nancy Lagger at (815) 725-1527 or email nlagger@Stpauljoliet.com. You may request to be assigned to the mass of your choice as little or as often as you wish. If you have any questions about any of the ministries, please do not hesitate to contact us! |
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Please present your gifts of Food at the Table of the Lord this weekend. |
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Did You Know ~ St. Paul Version |
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Did You Know...
that at certain times of day, our beautiful St Paul stained glass window actually throws a reflection onto the altar? Look closely at the reflection on the altar! We didn’t until we captured it in this lovely photo last week.
Conrad Pickel, our window designer, certainly gave us incredible works of art!
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Our Parish Mass & Prayer Intentions ~ |
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MASS
INTENTIONS
Sunday, November 27th
8am Gail & Richard Casey
10am Kenneth Kowall
Dorothy Patch
Monday, November 28th
The People of St. Paul
Tuesday, November 29th
7:30am Mary Whalen
Mary Agnes Skorupa
2:00pm The Students of St. Paul
Wednesday, November 30th
Dolores Gallo
Thursday, December 1st
Mary Whalen
Friday, December 2nd
Mary Lou Kozar
Anthony Bebej
Saturday, December 3rd
Rev. Richard Ross
Dorothy Patch
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Kim Bach
Deacon William Bevan
Anna Marie Borio
Jerry Briick
Dorothy A. Brown
Robert Corcoran
Isiah Cwik
John Finnegan
Ken Graham
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Helen Jachinowski
Rick Kelch
Beverly Kero
Daniel Kero
Mary Kokosz
Constance Kozikowski
Frances Krizmanic
Millie Laux
Dr. Dale Layman
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Helen Malinowski
Mary Meyer
Joan McClintock
Christine McDonnell
Annette Nigro
Rebecca Ruggiero
Jacob Schroeder
Marilyn Thompson
Christy Widlak
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Thank you for your continuous prayers for our parishioners in need of your comfort and concern. God who loves all, hears all.
If there is someone you would like to add to the prayer list, please contact the Parish Office at 815-725-1527 or email parishoffice@stpauljoliet.com
Prayer intentions will remain on the list for 6 weeks. Please call the parish office if the intention needs to be extended. God bless.
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Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord~
We remember in prayer all who have passed before us.
St Paul, pray for us.
Bill DeLaurenti
Jennifer Hampson
Gerald Pubentz
Lois Yakich
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Liturgical Ministry Schedule
Saturday, November 26th and Sunday, November 27th
First Sunday in Advent
*Lead Hospitaltiy Minister
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11/26, 4:30 pm
Lector
Dave Lagger
Hospitality
Edward Pultorak*
Nancy Lagger
Nancy Paquet
Ron Paquet
Cathy Wilda
Peter Wilda
EMHC
Linda Jenco
John Markley
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11/27, 8:00 am
Lector
Anne Theobald
Hospitality
Linda Deiss*
Leon Briick
Gail Crobie
Marian Heinzel
Alice Henderson
Ginna Jones
Ron Jones
Frank Theobald
EMHC
Mary Ann Schwerha
Pat Stroud
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11/27, 10:00 am
Lector
Carol Nowak
Hospitality
Sunny Hobbs*
Annette DeLaurenti
Patricia Gimbel
Robert Hobbs
Jacquelyn Klika
John Klika
Jay Ormins
Matthew Ormins
Jeanie Pavnica
EMHC
Bill Bayci
Patricia Gimbel
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Click here for the October-December schedule.
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St. John the Baptist "Word of God" Bible Study
Sr. Karen and Joyce Donahue invite us to join them in a weekly lectionary-based bible study starting November 30th at 10 am in the parish office of
St. John. Please call 815/727-4788 for more information.
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