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Before we get to Advent... Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Gabby has gone into a "turkey coma," which serves the priest well (he needs his "long winter's nap" as well!!!). As we take this pause before all the craziness of Advent & Christmas kicks in, I wanted to give you an update on our parish projects and all the good things happening at the parishes.

First of all, I would like to thank Mayor David O'Connell and the members of the St. Anne Village Board for their $6,500+ donation towards the sidewalk repair at St. Anne's Church. As with the other parish, a bunch of folks at Anne's have been burning the candles towards a Vender Fair, an Angel Giving Tree, their upcoming CCW party on December 8th at noon and so much more!!!

The gym floor project at Pat's is now completed! Thanks to Ford & Sons (and Ted Peterson's gentle prodding), we now have a concrete floor in the new bathroom area! We are hoping that Joe Kraus and the gang will be able to finish the bathrooms by the end of the calendar year. Regardless, we are moving forward on the project so stay tuned!

We have the parish mission coming up this weekend - Fr. Tom McCarthy has gotten rave reviews from his past mission work in other parishes in the area. We haven't had a mission for quite a while (among other things!), so hopefully we will have a good showing for this event - if we truly want to get to heaven, we need to show God that we actually care about our relationship with Him and the community that serves God as a gift!

Bishop Ronald Hicks comes to our parishes on December 4th. He will be making difficult choices concerning parishes and school closures in the near future - I have heard that neither St. Pat's or Anne's are on his radar but, nevertheless, a good showing at our parishes might make a difference as to what he decides.

That is it for now - have a blessed Thanksgiving & Advent Weekend! Hope to see you at our Parish Mission on November 27-29.

A One Minute Tour of Our Gym Floor Renovation. To read the article from the Kankakee Daily-Journal about our Gym Renovation, CLICK HERE!

ONLINE VIDEOS THIS WEEK

WATCH THE MASS FOR THE

1st SUNDAY OF ADVENT ONLINE

RECORDED AT ST. ANNE'S CHAPEL - ST. ANNE, IL

In his homily, Fr. Pete reiterates the themes of Matthew 25: 31-46 and the Prayer of St. Francis that serve as a foundation to his ministry and should serve the same for any person wishing to live the Catholic Faith.

To get your Catholic Daily Reflections (based on the scripture readings of the day), CLICK HERE!!!

CLICK HERE for

Readings for the 1st Sunday of Advent

Talk #1: St. Patrick’s Church

on November 27 at 6:00 p.m.

Talk #2: St. Anne’s Church

on November 28 with Talk

and Confessions at 6:00 p.m.

Talk #3: St. Patrick’s Mass & Reflection on November 29^th at 6:00 p.m.

Fr. Tom is a native of the South Side of Chicago. He received his elementary school education at St. Adrian School and high school education at St. Rita of Cascia High School. He graduated from Villanova University with a B.A. in Communication Arts. He also has a Master of Arts in Educational Administration from Lewis University. Fr. Tom entered the Midwest Province of the Augustinian Order in 1987. After completing his novitiate, he attended Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and graduated with a Master of Divinity degree. In 1993 he made his solemn vows as an Augustinian Friar and in 1994 he was ordained to the priesthood.

He did a pastoral internship at St. Clare of Montefalco Parish in Grosse Pointe Park, MI, and taught theology at Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox. Fr. Tom ministered for 21 years at St. Rita of Cascia High School in Chicago as a teacher, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Fr. Tom ministered for nine years as the Vocation Director for the Our Mother of Good Counsel (Midwest) and five years for St. Thomas of Villanova (Eastern) Province. Fr. Tom spent two years as the Augustinian Advisor to the Office of First- and Second-Year Initiatives - Office of Student Life at Villanova University.

Fr. Tom ministered in Rome as part of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization where he was named a Papal Missionary of Mercy by Pope Francis in 2018. Father Tom spent two years as the Director of the Augustinian Marylake Shrine in King City, Ontario, and the Prior of the Marylake Augustinian Monastery.

St. Anne’s will celebrate her 150th Anniversary of her church’s building at 9:00 A.M. and St. Pat’s will host the bishop at the 10:30 A.M. Mass in English and the 12:00 Mass in Spanish. As the bishop attempts to visit all the parishes in the diocese before his consolidation plan takes effect in 2024, it would be nice if we make a nice showing at all our Masses that Sunday.

To get us into the Christmas Spirit, we are hosting an event held at other parishes, a Drive-In Movie experience of “The Polar Express” in our parish parking lot! In your cars, you will be able to signal in on our movie experience with your family! We will offer hot chocolate, popcorn, snacks and pictures with Santa Claus and “The Conductor” from the movie! The movie experience starts at 6:00 p.m. in the parish parking lot – all are invited to join us but you need to reserve your space by calling the parish office at (815) 472-2864.

Asked to teach a new course for the University of St. Francis concerning the largest growing Catholic demographic in the United States, Fr. Pete offers the following videos that he used to teach his students for your consideration.

In an effort to build good will at the parishes, Fr. Pete badly produced a series of Christmas songs he once wrote for your edification and enjoyment. Have a blessed Christmas everyone!!!

1973 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

1981 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

1986 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

1993 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

2004 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

2006 St. Patrick's Academy 100th Anniversary Commemorative Booklet

2010 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

2016 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

1960s St. Anne’s Church Photo Directory

1970s St. Anne’s Church Photo Directory

1989 St. Anne’s Church Photo Directory

1998-2004 St. Anne’s Church Photo Directory

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!!!

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).

To View St. Patrick's Bulletin for

November 26-27, 2022



CLICK HERE!

To View St. Anne's Bulletin for

November 26-27, 2022

CLICK HERE!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Austin Fuhrmann, Jean Gibson, Evelyn Provost, Mary Kay Blankestyn, Ron Gall, Carmen "Butch" Florio, Cynthia Vickery, Joanne McCracken, 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, 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. Gilbert, J. Grill, R. Harper, D. Haut, 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.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR BELOVED DECEASED: John Krone, Melanie Zahradnik and Alex Meyer

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ALL OF FR. PETE'S HOMILIES!

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& Talent Form in English

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