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Some time ago, I made a promise to Brothers Alphonsus Brown (pictured here) & Charles Pratt that I would celebrate a Mass once a month at Good Shepherd Manor. The priest assigned to them had not celebrated a Mass there in over a year (maybe two) and my heart broke for them because their residents have two wonderful shepherds that serve them (and the staff as well) but had no opportunity to receive the sacraments. | |
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As I celebrated Mass yesterday, my two altar servers told me that Brother Alphonsus was celebrating his 75th birthday that day. They wanted to sing “Happy Birthday” at Mass, so I led them in my lower octave, off-key rendition of the song. I said the same thing to Brother Charles that I say to all of you – the best present someone can give him (or me, for that matter), is YOU – the people that we serve. St. Lawrence the deacon referenced good people like you as “Treasures of the Church” way back in the third century and the metaphor applies today – every human being is created in God’s image through his likeness. Every creature is sacred. What we do with that gift is up to us but we still need to treat every life as a treasure, which you are!
On June 10th, St. Anne’s hosts their Golf Outing at Oak Springs Golf Club (St. Pat’s will do the same on June 24th). Many thanks to Jim Sparenberg, Brenda Pitts, Bonnie DeYoung and everyone involved with making this event the success it had become. St. Anne’s runs this outing like a well-oiled machine; the proceeds from the outing will go towards the carpeting inside the church. We need pictures and articles of the Golf Outing!!! I would like to go, but with two funerals, three baptisms, a quinceañera and the 4:00 Mass at Pat’s, I will be slightly busy tomorrow. If you can send me pics and any stories about the event, I would appreciate it.
Speaking of Anne’s, while the painters took a two-week fishing break in between their work inside the church (which has received really nice comments, by the way), we had a chance to install the new, state of the art camera system that was donated to the parish. With that system, I was able to record two of the TEN Novena and Feast Day Masses that we will put online in preparations for the July 26th Celebrations. This endeavor has taken a great deal of my time (I figure these ten Masses have taken at least fifty hours of my time in recording and producing). As soon as the Masses are put online, I will send out the final St. Anne’s Day communication prior to the end of July. We have included two snippets of these online Masses, one from the Camino y Esperanza Retreat House on Wichert Road in St. Anne and the other inside St. Anne’s Church.
I also would like to thank John Cousin, Tood Clark and everyone at Cousins Plumbing for going above and beyond their normal duty to help both of our parishes out. The State Fire Marshall did not approve our boiler systems under St. Anne’s Church; we found out that the heat exchangers at St. Anne’s (and one in St. Patrick’s Gymnasium) needed to be replaced; they caused a great amount of leaking at both parishes. Luckily, the exchangers were under warranty, so Cousins Plumbing took care of the boilers at Anne’s and Pat’s, as well as the fountain and waterfall at St. Pat’s Grotto as well.
In the meantime, this Sunday is our pecial Corpus Christi Procession at 1:00, starting at St. Patrick’s Church. We will process with the Blessed Sacrament around the property and offer adoration until 3:00 p.m. I will hear confessions after the procession until all are heard. If we truly claim that we wish to spend the rest of our existence with God when we leave this earth, perhaps we should take an hour away from our secular lives to spend time in our Lord’s sacred space.
Have a blessed week! Hope to see you at the procession on Sunday!!!
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A Preview of the Mass at the Camino y Esperanza Retreat House in St. Anne, IL | |  |
A Mass Preview with the Newly Installed Camera System Inside St. Anne's! | |
Outdoor Masses at
St. Anne's Pavilion
(230 N. 6th Ave. - St. Anne, IL)
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Every Wednesday Evening at 5:00 p.m.
Every Sunday at 9:00 a.m.
EXCEPT June 25, July 30,
August 27 and September 24
All Nights of the St. Anne Novena (Excluding Sundays) from July 17-25 at 7:00 p.m.
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Outdoor Masses at Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto
(St. Patrick's Church - 119 N. Market St. - Momence, IL)
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Sunday 10:30 a.m. Mass on June 25, July 23, August 27 and the Parish Picnic’s Bilingual Mass on September 24 (with Blessing of the Animals)
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The person who significantly was responsible for addressing the debt was Kathy Griffiths, who made great inroads in attacking St. Pat's financial woes. This week, Kathy had to step away from her job at the parishes due to health issues; her doctor told her to pull back from so much work, so leaving the parishes was a hard but necessary decision she had to make.
Blessed for us, a business manager named Julie has stepped in for Kathy and seamlessly has continued Kathy's good work. Julie serves as a business manager in the diocese and is a wonderfully spiritual person. She and Ema are already fast friends (not so much with me... Julie seems to prefer the White Sox over the Cubs so pray for the conversation of her baseball soul...).
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ST. PATRICK BORDER TOWN PICNIC - SEPTEMBER 24, 2023 STARTING WITH THE 10:30 MASS | Parishioner Joanne Hermann suggested that we re-dedicate the gymnasium at the parish picnic, blessing a sign that should read "St. Pat's Academy Gym and Community Center." She is working on getting this project done while secretary Ema Elvir continues to line up vendors for the event (as well as at St. Anne's Novena - thanks for our newly installed video camera inside the church... and our wonderful donor who made this possible!!!). At present, we are working on having at the parish picnic a Vendor Fair, a Rummage Sale, a Car Show, the Illinois Migrant Council giving out free computers to migrants, as well as our games, music and all the stuff thjat goes with a parish picnic. If you are willing to help, please contact Ema at either parish (she is at St. Anne's on Mondays and Tuesdays and at St. Patrick's on Wednesdays and Thursdays). Thanks to Anne Andrade for helping us out in the summer as well at St. Pat's Office! | |
Watch the Video Highlights from Our Frist Communion Liturgies at St. Anne's Church (April 23) and St. Patrick's Church (May 7) | |
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Mark Your Calendars! Our Confirmation Masses
for the Border Town Parishes will take place on Saturday - April 27, 2024 at
St. Anne's (2:00 p.m.) & St. Pat's (4:00 p.m.)
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UPDATED 50/50 PROGRESSIVE RAFFLE PRIZE WINNING TICKET DRAWN AT PARISH PICNIC
(UPADATED MAY 12, 2023):
1st Prize $3,850
SECOND PRIZE $500; THIRD PRIZE $250
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The More Tickets We Sell, the Higher the First Prize of the Raffle Grows! | Help support St. Patrick's Church with our Inaugural 50/50 Progressive "Split the Pot" Raffle, which will be drawn during our Parish Picnic in September! We need your help in selling these tickets - please call (815) 472-2864 for more information. | |
WATCH THE MASS FOR
CORPUS CHRISTI
RECORDED AT ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH
Talking about how the Eucharist serves as "The Source and Summit of Our Christian Life," Fr. Pete offers a homily about the manner in which we have offered this sacred gift of the Lord's Real Presence during the time of COVID and how that presence remains strong in our midst. The video is preceded by highlights of the Memorial Day services at our two respective cemeteries on May 29, 2023 and is followed by Fr. Pete's talk on the Eucharist for the University of Dayton as part of their online course.
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UPCOMING PROJECTS AT ST. PATRICK'S | |
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ONE MORE PILGRIM AND THE TRIP IS GUARANTEED TO HAPPEN!!!
Pilgrimage to Medjugorje, Fatima & Lourdes: September 6-15, 2023 $4,649.00 ... To Read the Brochure and to Sign Up, CLICK HERE!
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Trip Includes Flights from anywhere in the United States and flights between countries as per your itinerary. (all necessary flights on your trip are included)
- Daily Mass will be scheduled.
- Airport Taxes, Security Fees & Fuel Surcharges Saving you an average of $400-$600!
- Transfers as per itinerary.
- 4 or 5 star hotels in downtown areas.
- Transportation with luxury bus.
- All breakfasts and all dinners. Wine included with all dinners.
- All tips to driver, hotel, and tour guide. If you feel that the tour guide did a great job, offering them extra tips is greatly appreciated.
- Guided Tours and Tour Fees ~ Our tour guides are very caring, licensed, and well educated. Many of our guides have their PhD's.
- Luggage handling (1 suitcase and 1 carry-on per person)
- Single Supplement (as long as the passengers is willing to room with someone and allows us to provide them with a roommate. If the passenger wants a guaranteed room to of their own, then they have to pay the $900 single supplement)
- Remember: Our trips are not more expensive during high season ~ Passengers will never be expected to pay extra for anything while on the trip.
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NOTE: If you wish to deepen your knowledge of the Catholic Faith as a preparation for this pilgrimage, we recommend the following book as it is faithful to the teachings of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church (Imprimatur by ARCHBISHOP FELIPE AGUIRRE FRANCO): The Catholic Faith in Easy Terms. Introduction, Nihil Obstat, and Imprimatur by Archbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco.
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ST. ANNE NOVENA - JULY 17-26, 2023 | |
ST. PATRICK'S / ST. ANNE'S
PHOTO DIRECTORIES
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Thanks to Ruth Sparenberg, Anne Andrade & Joanne Hermann for assembling, scanning and editing the follow Photo Directories from the Church History of St. Patrick's and St. Anne's Churches! | |
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The Holy Father provides a wonderful opportunity to receive an Apostolic Blessing for Birthdays, Baptisms, First Communions, Confirmations, Weddings, Religious Professions, Ordinations and Anniversaries of these sacraments. | | |
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For weddings and such, Fr. Pete offers a special blessing on the first Sunday weekend of each month and is willing to purchase an Apostolic Blessing for anyone who asks (and if he can afford it... since he pays out of pocket!!!).
If you are interested in receiving an Apostolic Blessing, you can do so by clicking the link below or by calling the parish offices.
CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR OWN APOSTOLIC BLESSING!!!
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Parish Hotline... If you know of someone who is sick and in need of the sacraments or if you know someone who wishes a visit at the hospital or care facility, please contact the parish office or Fr. Pete Jankowski at (815) 685-1359.
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Fr. Pete offers the anointing of the sick at both parishes at the First Friday Masses every month (St. Patrick’s at 9:15 a.m. and St. Anne’s at 5:00 p.m. (English) and 7:00 p.m. (Spanish). | |
PULPIT ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS WEEKEND | |
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The St. Patrick’s Parish Picnic will take place on Sunday, September 24. We are looking to have an Auto Show, Vendor Fair, Rummage Sale, the Illinois Migrant Council and whatever else we can put together. If you would like to help or if you have any ideas for the Picnic, please call the Parish Office at (815) 472-2864.
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We are asking you to help us sell our 50/50 Progressive Raffle Tickets which will be sold on behalf of St. Patrick's Church. Currently, the grand prize stands at $3,850. The winning tickets will be drawn at the Parish Picnic. Tickets are available in the sacristies of our churches and at the parish offices.
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If you are interested in serving in one of our Parish Liturgical Ministries, please contact the parish office.
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(SPM) We need Rummage Sale Items. You are invited to donate rummage sale items for our parish event, which will take place on September 24. No clothes or electronics.
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(SPM) Corpus Christi Procession. On June 11 following the 12:00 Spanish Mass, we will process with the Blessed Sacrament throughout the property, offering Adoration until 4:00 p.m., following by Benediction. All are invited to join us.
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KEEP UPDATED WITH OUR PARISH BULLETINS!!! | |
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To View St. Patrick's Bulletin for
June 11, 2023
CLICK HERE!
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To View St. Anne's Bulletin for
June 11, 2023
CLICK HERE!
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PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Former Parish Business Manager Kathy Griffiths, Mary Kay Blankestyn, Irene "Reney" Budz, Ashley & Jesse Childress, Carmen "Butch" Florio, Austin Fuhrmann, Ron Gall, Jean Gibson, Karen Hensa, Joanne McCracken, Marilyn Peterson, Evelyn Provost, Ruth Sparenberg, Cynthia Vickery... 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, Carol Futcher, Raelynn Garrett, Jack & Lucia Houk, Val Lagacy, Bentley Lottinville, Linda Miramontes, Cynthia Vickery and John Wojnowski.
At St. Patrick's... P. Anderson, N. Atkinson, R. Bailey, D. Barth, Beedle Family, D. Brown, W. Bukowski, B & 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. Grill, R. Harper, J. Hibbs, D. Hiller, C. Jones, L. Kane, R. Kazee, A. Kijewski, L. Lee, L. Leranth, E. Lopez, B. Love, J. Marcotte, W. Marten, L. McNulty, L. Mercado, R & V Morse, C. Ortman, D. Petronio, M. Peterson, C. Piec, C. Provost, E. Provost, R. Rehmer, P. Reising, D. Roberts, B. Ryan, A. Schaff, J. Schopf. Schmied, K. Simpson, B. Siwicki, B. Spagnola, M. Tolbert, M. Tolmer, H. Tousignant, M. Velazquez, C. Vickery, M. Williams, M. Witherspoon, S. Young, A. Zimmerman, M & L Zink and G. Zokal
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR BELOVED DECEASED: Stephen Dennison & Jose Ayala
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Fr. Pete Jankowski posts his homilies online at the parish website for those who wish to keep up with the gospel message each week.
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PARISH REGISTRATION FORMS | |
FR. PETE'S TELEVISION SERIES | |
CLICK HERE to watch Fr. Pete’s Twelve Part Series “Stories on the Journey,” Broadcast on Shalom World TV! | |
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BOOK, BRICK & PEW DEDICATION PROGRAM | |
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For only $100, you can dedicate a brick to someone special at St. Patrick's Outdoor Grotto (where the Our Lady of Lourdes Outdoor Masses are celebrated)!!!
(815) 472-2864
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For only $25, you can dedicate a Journeysongs Pew Book from either parish. Please call (815) 472-2864 (St. Patrick's) or (815) 427-8265 (St. Anne's) for more information! | | |
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