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This last month, various parishioners and non-parishioners at St. Patrick’s Church helped upgrade significantly the parish campus in desperate need of renovation. Because of the “Potato Chip Guru” of Illinois named Nick Skokna, Joe Martin, Richards Supply and Rafael Hernandez were able to renovate our church and rectory garage roofs so that they would protect our respective buildings for the next couple of decades. Meanwhile at our St. Patrick Rectory, branches from a nearby tree were causing havoc on the property, almost hitting our rectory twice , possibly causing severe damage to our properties if we did not address the issue. Thanks to Miguel Aguirre and the workers from his business in Joliet, we were able to remove the tree on September 10, thus preventing any further damage to our campus property. Thanks Miguel and company!

Over at our gymnasium, we have been trying to figure out a way to create bathroom spaces on our first floor for the benefit of our seniors and those with special needs. Thanks to parishioner Joe Kraus and his family, we cut off a section of the concrete floor to pave the way for these bathroom facilities. Ted Peterson and the Good Folks at Van Drunen Farms iere able to remove the concrete for us; Ted was able to work with The Cousins Brothersi to get us the permits to do this type of project. Because of Nick Skokna, Joe Cohn, Ferguson Supplies and Boss Plumbing came down from Glen Ellyn, IL and provided Free plumbing services and bathroom fixtures for this project. We are hoping to complete the $75,000 bathroom project for a Huge fraction of that cost for the benefit of our parishioners. Thanks all!!!

Finally, I was told that the grease found under the ovens and friers in the church basement kitchen may have been settling these since 2018… for Four Long Years this mess has been a lawsuit waiting to happen!!!

Along came Ruth Montoya-Gomezand husband Maurelio Serna who volunteered eight hours of their time on Friday and eight more hours on Saturday to strip the entire floor of the kitchen with our old machine that metaphorically electrocuted most everyone who touched it. As I was told, Ruth & Maurelio ran Five Passes with that machine on a greasy floor that desperately needed to be cleaned. Ruth & Maurelio cleaned all of the stainless steal cabinetry and counters those two days in such a way that the CCW Ladies at their Annual Mass & Dinner were glowing as to how beautiful the parish hall looked after cleaning. Joe Kraus will return after the cleaning to reseal the floor so that it can maintain its beautiful look for years to come.

These are but four examples of wonderful service to a parish community that model the kind of reply to the gospel message from Matthew 25 and 1 Corinthians 12 that we all should live!!! Thank you!

A final note... please pray for the family of Austin Fuhrmann, who returned from the hospital this week and for Shirley Rehmer (mother of DRE John Rehmer), who is in Hospice Care. Both very much are in need of your prayers this week.

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PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Austin Fuhrmann, Jean Gibson, Evelyn Provost, Mary Kay Blankestyn, Elizabeth Rademacher, Ron Gall, Carmen "Butch" Florio, Cynthia Vickery, Joanne McCracken, Karen Hensa, Irene Budz, Shirley Rehmer... 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, Jesse & Ashley Childress, Abraham Daily, Tom Dandurand, Aria Dionne, Teresa Dionne, Carol Futcher, Raelynn Garrett, Jack & Lucy Houk, 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, 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.

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