Greeting Cards of These Images are Now Available for Purchase in the Parish Office.

$25 for Books of Twenty...

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funds for himself or any organizations outside of the parishes he serves. Fr. Pete's emergency phone

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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

On April 6, 2024 Bishop Christopher Glancy, CSV ordained Brother Jhobany Orduz, CSV as a deacon of the Catholic Church (the step before being ordained a priest). Deacon Jhobany was ordained at Maternity BVM Church in Bourbonnais, the main parish served by the Viatorian Community in Joliet.

The following day, three of Jhobany’s Viatorian priest friends from Columbia celebrated a Mass at St. Patrick’s Church in Momence, where the good deacon preached his first Mass in Spanish. Assisted by Deacon John Eustice, CSV (who will be ordained priest later this summer in Las Vegas), a large contingency of St. Patrick’s faith attended by his ordination Mass and his first preached Mass in Spanish. We were honored to host this liturgy for our Viatorian friends, who have served both of the Border Town Parishes over the last one hundred plus years.

Below is the video of Deacon Jhobany’s First Preached Mass at St. Patrick’s Church. We also included a link where you can view ALL the pictures we took of his Ordination and First Mass.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL THE PICS OF DEACON JHOBANY’S ORDINATION AND FIRST MASS!!!

While all of this took place last week, Gabby the Basset Hound decided to “Photo-Bomb” our weekend liturgies and our Divine Mercy Holy Hour last Sunday. We also thank the St. Patrick’s CCW for putting together gift bags for our local shut-ins (St. Anne’s Religious Ed and the Sodality of St. Anne do the same thing at the other parish as well). Our Easter promise to serve the needy was very much alive at our parishes last week!

After receiving all these pictures from last weekend’s events, I got re-introduced to the “Smug Mug” Website online, which allows the faithful to download pictures of our various events FOR FREE. Hopefully this will come in handy when we celebrate our Confirmation Liturgies on Saturday - April 27, 2024 (St. Anne’s at 2:00 p.m. and St. Patrick’s at 4:00 p.m.) and our First Communion Liturgies on Sunday – May 5, 2024 (St. Anne’s at 9:00 a.m. and St. Patrick’s at 10:30 a.m.).

Thanks to Jim Studer and Fast Printing of Joliet, IL we were able to reproduce those nice watercolor images of St. Patrick’s and St. Anne’s, turning them into greeting cards for our Border Town Parishes! For the time being, we are charging $25 for books of twenty cards. You can purchase these cards at either parish office.

In the meantime, we get ready for the Blessing of Seeds for Planting this weekend at our Masses and prepare for our special liturgies for the students later this month. This weekend, I have been asked to take my university teaching skills to Immaculate Conception Parish in Morris, IL to offer a workshop on “End of Life” issues for their Right to Life Group and another workshop at St. John Paul II for the Hispanic Community entitled, “Faith and Family.” Lots of work but lots of faith as well!

ONLINE VIDEOS THIS WEEK

Mass for the Third Sunday of Easter

Celebrated at St. Patrick's Church - Momence, IL

Reflecting on the importance of supporting vocations to the priesthood and religious life, Fr. Pete's homily focuses on the essential role that a priest plays in today's society, serving as the "gateway" to the sacraments through which we find our Lord's grace. Included in this Mass is the Blessing of Seeds for Planting Time, the yearly custom for farmers each Spring.

ALSO INCLUDED WITH THIS VIDEO ARE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DIACONATE ORDINATION MASS OF DEACON JHOBANY ORDUZ, CSV ON APRIL 6, 2024 AT MATERNITY BVM CHURCH IN BOURBONNAIS, IL.

For Catholic Daily Reflections (based on the scripture readings of the day),

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CLICK HERE to Access the Readings for This Sunday's Mass

From the Website of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops

2024 St. Patrick's Church Irish Mass & Dinner Highlights

2024 Border Town Confirmation Retreat Highlights

Now that The Irish Review (Our St. Patrick’s Church and Alumni Newsletter) has been mailed out, we are in the process of selling our 50/50 Raffle Tickets for the event ($10 a ticket or $50 for six tickets). Last year, we were able to take in around $25,000 the raffle, half of which being used for prizes and half retained by the parish. If you could help us sell these tickets, please call the parish office at (815) 472-2864.

WE HAVE REDUCED OUR PARISH DEBT AT ST. PATRICK'S BY A FACTOR OF OVER $200,000 IN THE LAST TWO YEARS!!!

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

2023 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

2023 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).

1. Confirmation Mass at St. Anne’s (Saturday – April 27 at 2:00 p.m.)
2. Confirmation Mass at St. Patrick’s (Saturday – April 27 at 4:00 p.m.)
3. First Communion Mass at St. Anne’s (Sunday – May 5 at 9:00 a.m.)
4. First Communion Mass at St. Patrick’s (Sunday – May 5 at 10:30 a.m.)
5. Weather permitting, Outdoor Weekend Masses will return to St. Anne’s on May 12.

To View St. Patrick's Bulletin for

April 14, 2024



CLICK HERE!

To View St. Anne's Bulletin for

April 14, 2024



CLICK HERE!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Ashley & Jesse Childress, Guadalupe Maria De Leon, Austin Fuhrmann, Ron Gall, Adrienne & Tony Gallinaro, Cindy Gould, Joel Hart, Karen Hensa, Don Hout, Joe Kraus, Joanne McCracken, Marilyn Peterson, Joanne Prather, 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, Abraham Daily, Tom Dandurand, Aria Dionne, Carol Futcher, Raelynn Garrett, Jack Houk, Val Lagacy, Bentley Lottinville, Linda Miramontes 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. 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.

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FR. PETE'S HOMILIES

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