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Please remember - Fr. Pete does not send out text messages, e-mails or social media posts to solicit
funds for himself or any organizations outside of the parishes he serves. Fr. Pete's emergency phone
number is (815) 685-1359 and his e-mail addresses
are either pjankowski@yahoo.com or pjankowski@stfrancis.edu.
Please do not trust any correspondences that
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PLEASE NOTE: THE SUNDAY ENGLISH MASSES AT BOTH PARISHES WILL TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE ON JULY 23, 2023 (ST. ANNE'S AT 9:00 A.M. AND ST. PATRICK'S AT 10:30 A.M.)
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News & Notes with Fr. Pete Jankowski
St. Anne's Day is Here!!!
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Feel free to contact Fr. Pete at email pjankowski@yahoo.com. If you have an emergency, please contact Fr. Pete at (815) 685-1359 | |
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As we finish the painting work inside St. Anne’s Church (watch the video above!), I was recalling how, in November 2022, I had contacted Susan Marie Evans of Melbourne, Australia to make a custom fiddleback vestment for St. Anne’s Day (which I will wear for Sunday Mass this weekend). Susan told me that the cost of this type of vestment was prohibitive – the cost ran me $1,055 out of pocket… but it was well worth it!). I ordered the vestment in November – it just arrived on Tuesday, a week ahead of our special event!
That said, the response of our Latin Mass community who will attend this Mass will be absolutely thrilled that we can use this vestment set for our special Masses at the parish. On my part, I want the St. Anne community to know how much I care about them (and you!) – just think about all the extra projects we have undertaken outside of the ones completed by the parishioners. Over the last year, the parishioners were able to update the church roof, seal the windows, upgrade the sidewalks and pavilion for seniors and those with special needs and replace gutters in our buildings. The parishioners were able to complete their painting work and are in the process of replacing the carpeting and refurbishing our kneelers and furnishings in the church. Adding to that, over the last year our online friends and deep-pocket friends of the parish have been able to fund the upgrading of lights to LED (thanks Tommy Klonowski for installing lights this week), upgrading our indoor sound system as well as installing a state-of-the-art outdoor sound system and indoor video camera system.
Nadine White and the wonderful folks from Soundtronix (who upgraded our sound and video systems) helped me record the first of what hopefully will be many indoor Masses at the parish with this Sunday’s online Mass and the Feast Day Mass as well. We are going to record the Mass for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time this week to fine-tune the camera installation, getting ready to record our in-church Masses for St. Anne’s Day on July 26th in Latin at 12:00 noon and in Spanish at 2:00 p.m. (the 10:00 a.m. Mass in English will take place outdoors).
We have provided for you in this week’s version of the Notes the Online Mass for this Sunday (the 7th Day of the Novena and the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time), as well as the Feast Day Mass on July 26, both of which being recorded inside St. Anne’s Church. For those who asked for these Masses inside St. Anne’s to be recorded to showcase our beautiful church and those who provided the funding for the cameras, please know how grateful we are for what you have offered for the faithful of this parish.
CLICK HERE for the link to the St. Anne Novena Page – if you have any pictures or videos of previous St. Anne celebrations, please send them to me in whatever form you choose (e-mail, postal mail or bring them to the office)!
Thanks, all for everything you have done to prepare for this wonderful celebration!!!
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On this Feast Day of St. Anne, we focus on Nonagenarian Ruth Sparenberg, one of the brightest lights in the sea of stars. Ruth's quiet and loving demeanor serves as a model for anyone wishing to live a Christian vocation. Much thanks to all ten grandmothers who were the focus of these homilies - Fr. Pete has benefitted from their respective examples of faith and we pray that you do as well!!! | |
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I just recorded a Mass last week at the Cerrito de Camino de Esperanza Retreat House, where Ana and Eileen Rivas are doing a $50,000 renovation of the grotto and the retreat center. Considering the dozens of faithful that have received sacraments in our parishes because of Ana and Eileen, I promised them I would do whatever I could to help them with their project. We have so many people that we have helped our local parishes; if anyone is interested in promoting this great ministry that, in no small part, has filled the pews of our respective churches, please call Ema at the offices or call Ana directly at (847) 334-3513.
Hope to see you at the Novena Masses next week! Fr. Pete
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On August 15, we are going to sponsor a “Birthday Baseball with Fr. Pete” Excursion, where we will invite fifty members of our community to join us in a Joliet Slammers Baseball Game. The Knights of Columbus have donated the tickets for us and former business manager Kathy Griffiths found a local bus service to use that was economical enough to take care of our parishioners. For this event, ALL ALTAR SERVERS ARE INVITED TO GO FOR FREE, but they must be accompanied by an adult in their family, over the age of 18. If anyone else is interested in going, the cost for each ticket and the bus is $10 a person ($10 would not even cover the gas from our area to Joliet!) This is a fantastic deal and a wonderful way to bring our communities together. | |
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A Video of the Completed Bathroom Project at St. Patrick's Academy
Gym & Community Center
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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 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 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!
Currently on the docket for the Picnic...
- 10:30 Outdoor Bilingual Mass at the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto (no 12:00 noon Spanish Mass)
- 11:30 Blessing of Petes and Re-Dedication of Gym as an Academy Community Center
- 11:30-1:30 Music from the Saddle Shoe Sisters
- 1:30 - 3:30 Music from the Fender Benders
In addition, the Picnic will Offer the Follwing...
- Four Different Food Vendors
- Vendor Sale & Rummage Sale
- The Illinois Migrant Council will Offer Free Computers and Resources for our Migrants (we have given away over three hundred computers in the last year or so!!!)
- Raffles for a 65" television
- Auctions for Dinner with Fr. Pete, Cookout with Fr. Pete and more (watch the notes for more information)!
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Music from the
Saddle Shoe Sisters
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Music from the
Fender Benders
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UPDATED 50/50 PROGRESSIVE RAFFLE PRIZE WINNING TICKET DRAWN AT PARISH PICNIC
(UPADATED JULY 14, 2023):
1st Prize $4,680
SECOND PRIZE $500; THIRD PRIZE $250
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The More Tickets We Sell, the Higher the First Prize of the Raffle Grows!
Let's Get the First Prize to $5,000!
| 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 THE 16TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
RECORDED INSIDE ST. ANNE'S CHURCH AND SHRINE - ST. ANNE, IL
The inspiration for this ten-part reflection series on grandmothers of the faith (and the inspiration for today's homily) came from Facebook reflections by Tom Jagodzinski about his own mother Genevieve, who passed away in 2017. Fr. Pete reflected on Tom's memories and his own about this grandmother; Gen reminded Fr. Pete about so many other grandmothers who have modeled this life of grace, prompting these series of homilies about this under appreciated women of faith who followed the example of the grandmother NOT mentioned in the bible, Good St. Anne (the grandmother of Jesus).
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UPCOMING PROJECTS AT ST. PATRICK'S | |
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UPDATE... It is official - we are still going to Fatima, Lourdes and Medjugorje in September!!! At this point, the group consists ofsix individuals… and Fr. Pete. We still will get the tour as scheduled, we still get our private Masses etc. Best of all, we get to go as a small group so the individual attention on this trip should be really good!
If we can get two more people to go, that would help. Fr. Pete knows a couple people who would go if we get sponsorship for them. No worries about anything. If you can help, please call the parish office.
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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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St. Anne’s Novena Masses will take place each night at 7:00 p.m. OUTDOORS (weather permitting). Friday’s Mass will be a bilingual Mass INDOORS and Sunday’s Mass will take place at 9:00 a.m. 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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On August 15, we are going to sponsor a Birthday Baseball with Fr. Pete excursion, where we will invite fifty members of our community to join us in a Joliet Slammers Baseball Game. The Knights of Columbus have donated the tickets for us and former business manager Kathy Griffiths found a local bus service to use that was economical enough to take care of our parishioners. For this event, ALL ALTAR SERVERS ARE INVITED TO GO FOR FREE, but they must be accompanied by an adult in their family, over the age of 18. If anyone else is interested in going, the cost for each ticket and the bus is $10 a person ($10 would not even cover the gas from our area to Joliet!) This is a fantastic deal and a wonderful way to bring our communities together.
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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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KEEP UPDATED WITH OUR PARISH BULLETINS!!! | |
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To View St. Patrick's Bulletin for
July 23, 2023
CLICK HERE!
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To View St. Anne's Bulletin for
July 23, 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, Austin Fuhrmann, Ron Gall, Jean Gibson, Karen Hensa, Joanne McCracken, Marilyn Peterson, Evelyn Provost, Ruth Sparenberg, Cynthia Vickery, Gary Witherall... 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: Carmen F. Florio.
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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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