As Jim Sparenburg and the St. Anne's gang work diligently towards our annual St. Anne's Golf Outing event on June 11th and Rick Preston and the St. Pat's folks do the same for their St. Patrick's June 25th Golf Outing, as Ardis Wardynski and the good folks at St. Pat's are putting the final touches on our St. Patrick's Rummage Sale this weekend and next (CLICK HERE to ledarn more about the Rummage Sale!!!), I have been recording as many St. Anne Novena Online Masses that I can while the weather has been good outside. So far, I have celebrated Masses at the St. Anne's Pavilion, St. Pat's "Our Lady of Lourdes" Grotto and today I celebrated Novena Masses at the Camino y Esperanza Retreat Center Grotto on Wichert Road. A video preview of the Novena Masses can be found below. As we get later into the month, I will talk more about the St. Anne Novena.

In the meantime, we prepare for the Corpus Christi Procession that will take place at St. Patrick's Church on June 19th following the 12:00 noon Mass. As tradition of the Church tells us... On Sept 8, 1264, Pope Urban IV designated this special feast day as “Corpus Christi” or “The Body and Blood of Christ.” In reality, we celebrate this feast on Holy Thursday, the day where we remember how this Mass was first introduced to us by the Lord. However, because Holy Thursday fell into Holy Week, Pope Urban felt that this particular feast could easily get lost in the significance of the Paschal Mystery. Thus in 1264, Pope Urban designated this particular day as one to honor the great gift that is given to us from the altar before us.

As part of this tradition, we will process around St. Pat's Campus with the Blessed Sacrament following the 12:00 noon Mass, followed by adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 4:00 p.m. I will hear confessions until 4:00 p.m. and conclude the day with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

St. Pope John Paul II once implored every parish throughout the world to dedicate themselves to Eucharistic Adoration. St. Patrick's Church offered adoration every Thursday from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Feel free to join us on June 19th or any Thursday at 10:00 a.m. to spend time with the Lord. If we show God we wish to spend time with God NOW, then we are better prepared for the other side of life!!!

Thanks to the generosity of a local business, we are able to gift John Rehmer, Ema Elvir and Kathy Griffiths complementary laptop computers for their home and business use! We also are working with a migrant organization in the area who will be setting up shop at St. Pat's to help the needy. As a "thank you," they are going to gift the St. Pat's office with an upgrade to our business manager's desktop computer. We are really blessed with the generosity from our local businesses in the area... THANK YOU!!!

My "roof guy" at St. Patrick's in Joliet (Rafael Hernandez) found a company that can take care of the roofs of the church, the rectory and the garage for $38,000! By far, this is the most inexpensive bid we have received from a company with whom I have had an association for over twenty years. If anyone can help us offset the costs of this project, please contact the office.

Finally, we have included the most updated pictures and videos we have from our Confirmation and First Communion Services at both parishes. All the pictures and videos can be found on our parish website.

ONLINE VIDEOS THIS WEEK

CLICK HERE for St. Anne's First Communion Pics!!!

Click Below for St. Patrick's First Communion Pics

First Communion - 10:30 English Mass

First Communion  - 12:00 Noon Spanish Mass

If someone is able to drive to Oak Brook or Morris to pick up cases of food for the needy of our area, Fr. Pete has connections with a gentleman who can set us up with a good amount of food that is "overstocked" or often unwanted by production companies. If you can help in any way to pick this food up, please contact Fr. Pete at (815) 685-1359. A great number of people benefit from this service but Fr. Pete's time is too limited for this one particular ministry. WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Renovate Gym Floor - $20,000

Repair Church Roof - $38,000

Pave Parish Parking Lot - $75,000

Create Gym Parking Lot - $150,000

Gym First Floor Bathrooms & Kitchen - $150,000

Parish Debt $254,000

If you can help in any way, please contact us at (815) 472-2864. Please remember St. Patrick's & St. Anne's in Your Will or Estate Planning!

To View St. Patrick's Bulletin for

June 11-12, 2022



CLICK HERE!

To View St. Anne's Bulletin for

June 11-12, 2022

CLICK HERE!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Mary Kay Blankestyn, Elizabeth Rademacher, Ron Gall, Jean Gibson, Carmen "Butch" Florio, Cynthia Vickery, Joanne McCracken, Joseph & Elizabeth Rademacher, Karen Hensa, Irene Budz... 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, Joni Kleinert, 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, 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. Gibson, 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, S. 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.

From February 8-17, Fr. Pete led a group of thirty-four members of the Border Town Parishes and the Camino y Esperanza Retreat House on some of the most spiritual places our Lord walked some two thousand years ago. The spirit of this particular group often played out the life of our Lord, modeling the type of passion, death and resurrection our Lord offered in their prayers and joy of heart in the life of a Christian. Thanks to Ana and Eileen Rivas for making this trip possible for our Border Town Pilgrims. All pictures can be accessed on the parish website.

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