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I wish to thank publicly Maurelio & Ruth Gomez, who behind the scenes have been cleaning our parish facilities with a wonderful spirit. Ruth owns a cleaning business in the area and her group has been teaming up with Maria Saldaña and Artemio Ojeda in cleaning our properties without charge. Towards that effort, Maurelio & Ruth have invested themselves in cleaning both parish churches, both parish rectories and both parish halls as well. On Friday, Ruth & Maurelio spent eight hours in the St. Patrick’s Church basement cleaning the kitchen and surrounding area, which was in really bad shape. The parish scrubber has not gotten anywhere near as good a workout as it did on Friday!

I also wish to thank Ted Peterson from Van Drunen Farms (and the Pittsburgh Steelers!) for working with Jon & Matt Cousins (the city inspectors in Momence), who are helping us acquire the local permits for the gym bathroom project we are undertaking. Parishioner Joe Kraus and his sons are preparing the gym area so that Joe Cohn and his workers from Boss Plumbing in Glen Ellyn have volunteered their time and resources to complete this project with little cost to the parish. My prayer is that the monies we made from the St. Patrick Golf Outing will cover what we are doing in the St. Patrick’s Gym on behalf of the faithful who use our facilities.

I also with to thank again Joe Martin and the good folks from Richards Supply for donating the shingles for our St. Patrick’s Roof Project, as well as greatly reduced labor costs, so that we can complete the roof project at this church. That we might be able to pull of an estimated $75,000 gym project and $60,000 roof project on a dime is a wonderful testimony to all of you and our volunteers for their wonderful help in sustaining our parish facilities.

While we are thanking people, I would like to acknowledge Miguel Aguirre from Joliet, whose tree service ground down over forty stumps, cut down a few trees, did landscaping work at St. Anne’s and charged us a pittance for his service to the parish. Miguel returns to St. Pat’s next week to cut down a tree, whose heavy, fallen branches have dodged our rectory and garage but is begging to get cut down before anything bad happens. I also wish to acknowledge Business Manager Kathy Griffiths who is in the process of completing BOTH parish budgets this month. Between that responsibility and everything else she does, Kathy truly is a blessing to our parish.

Now that we are into September, John Rehmer and Kim Emerson is preparing to start the 2022-23 version of Religious Education Classes at our parishes. If we want our kids to get to heaven (and fill the pews of our church!), we need to get our kids invested in this faith. In-Church registrations will take place on September 11 you also can register your kids online or by visiting the parish office during the week.

Concerning those over the age of fourteen, Ana Rivas (Spanish) and David Surprenant (English) are coordinating our Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults at both parishes. Those classes begin later this fall. Again, a link is offered online for registration or you can contact the office for more information.

Finally, St. Anne Parishioner Jackie Bruhn (Trust Officer at State Bank & Trust in Bradley) will be offering two ESTATE PLANNING SEMINARS at our respective parishes – at St. Patrick’s as part of the CCW Mass and Dinner on September 13 (5:30 p.m. Mass and a Pot Luck / Jackie’s talk to follow) and at St. Anne’s on September 14 after the 5:00 p.m. Mass. Please disregard all electronic and post card mailings about Estate Planning so that you may come to these events instead.

Have a blessed week! – Fr. Pete

CLICK HERE for the Religious Education Registration Forms FOR BOTH PARISHES

CLICK HERE to Register for the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults

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At this Mass, Fr. Pete talks the welcome we must offer each other at this "Table Fellowship of Sinners" and the responsibilities associated with sitting at that table of forgiveness, mercy and sacrifice.

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The Estate Planning Seminar with Jackie Bruhn will take place as part of the St. Patrick’s CCW Mass and Pot Luck Dinner on Tuesday, September 13, starting with a 5:30 p.m. Mass and the pot luck and talk from Jackie afterwards. All are invited!!! (State Bank will provide the chicken). Jackie will speak on “Three documents which every person should have. Proper ways to give a gift to my church."

At St. Anne Catholic Church: Jackie will speak after the 5:00 pm mass on Wednesday, September 14 in the church on the topic “Three documents which every person should have. Proper ways to give a gift to my church”.

Please disregard all electronic and post card mailings about Estate Planning so that you may come to this event instead.

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!!!

To View St. Patrick's Bulletin for

September 10-11, 2022



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To View St. Anne's Bulletin for

September 10-11, 2022

CLICK HERE!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Austin Fuhrmann, Jean Gibson, Evelyn Provost, Mary Kay Blankestyn, Elizabeth Rademacher, 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, M. Clocksin, 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 & 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.

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