Five First Saturdays Devotion
Pray for Peace

Rosary and Fatima Prayers will be offered after the 8:30 a.m. Saturday Mass on the following dates:

April 2 | Church
May 7 | Holy Family Chapel
June 4 | Holy Family Chapel
July 2 | Holy Family Chapel
August 6 | Holy Family Chapel
The Promise
On December 10, 1925, Our Lady promised Sister Lucia that She would “…assist at the hour of death, with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who, on the first Saturdays of five consecutive months confess, receive Holy Communion, pray a Rosary and keep Me company for a quarter of an hour meditating on the fifteen mysteries with the intention of offering Me reparation.”

The Requirements
There are four requirements to faithfully fulfill the five first Saturdays:
1. Go to confession.
2. Receive Holy Communion.
3. Say five decades of the Holy Rosary.
4. Meditate for fifteen minutes on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary.

The Intention
To console the Immaculate Heart of Mary, offer reparation for the blasphemies and ingratitude of unrepentant sinners, and for peace in the world.
Volunteers Needed

Please help Wednesday, April 13 after the 5:15 p.m. Mass. Assistance is needed to clean the church prior to celebrating the Triduum. Many hands make light work. Please join us as we prepare our lovely worship space to celebrate Easter!
Call the church office to volunteer: 630-355-1081.
Thank you!
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Accountant Position
Saints Peter and Paul is looking for a full-time parish accountant to provide day-to-day accounting services for both the parish and school. Part-time/job share may be considered for this position. If interested in this amazing opportunity, please send a cover letter and resume to finance manager Mark Cummings.
How have you been filling your
CRS Rice Bowls?
We’ve heard from a few people on how they have been filling their CRS Rice Bowls this Lenten Season:
• Skip a coffee-run and donate the money you saved
• Say an unkind thing, maybe a swear word? Pay up
• Skip a trip through the drive-thru, or to restaurant and donate what you would have spent
• Clean out your old purses, coat pockets and couch cushions—you know where to put the change!

If you didn’t yet get a rice bowl, we still have some in the church narthex. To learn more about this important Lenten program, visit crsricebowl.org.
Traveling for spring break or Easter?
Online giving is available through Vanco Mobile
The parish has a new mobile app that makes online giving easy. Download Vanco Mobile, search "Saints Peter and Paul" and make a donation for any Sunday or special collection throughout the year, including Easter flowers.

Download the app on Apple or Android.
Watch an install video here.

NOTE: Parishioners can also make online donations through our website here. Previous users of GivePlus (which will be discontinued at the end of April) can use the same email and password in the new Vanco Mobile app.
Did You Know
is a series about the history of the parish. Featured information comes from parish historians Judy Chapleau and Marjorie Peters, as well as the 1996 book, 150 Years of Sharing the Word, which is part of the Naperville Heritage Collection on the Illinois Digital Archives.
DID YOU KNOW?
In 1903 parishioner John Meisinger, Sr. donated the church bell for the tower of the original stone church. Before dawn on June 4, 1922, neighbor Bertha Keller alerted the parish to a fire at the church. Hundreds gathered to watch, fearing the steeple would fall on nearby homes. The spire slowly swung north and then twisted east, finally falling squarely into the remnants of the church.

An investigation by the State Fire Marshall determined that the fire had started in the basement of the building, but the cause remained unknown.

Few realized how thoroughly the clock and bells of the church tower were associated with the community until Sunday morning found these bells mute. For twenty years the church clock and four bells had recorded the time of the day, rang in gladness or tolled the knell of life departed.
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Email development and communications manager Michelle Dellinger mdellinger@sspeterandpaul.net