All parish volunteers need to complete Protecting God’s Children, undergo a background check, and read a few important documents. Please contact Mona O'Bryan at the parish office 815-758-5432 x 102 if you are unsure if you have completed all the requirements or to answer any questions you may have. Thanks for your prompt cooperation with this important US Bishop's initiative.

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“No one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ except by the Holy Spirit. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit” (I Corinthians 12:3-7).
“I believe” has been the simple proclamation of many a saint. Each individual is called upon to profess the Baptismal faith in Jesus, and each individual is given a “manifestation of the Spirit” for others. Jesus is the final revelation of the Father, and this will never change. The public revelation is fulfilled in Jesus and will never change. How the Church, guided by the Holy Spirit, understands, and communicates this Revelation deepens but does not change in its essentials. Jesus entrusted this under the care of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles and their Successors in union with Peter to be kept in integrity. The understanding of these mysteries does deepen, however, and the church does modify non-essentials under the guidance of the Holy Spirit to encourage a deeper understanding of them.
We are each given gifts to benefit the common good and help each other to our common goal. Each of us must take personal responsibility for the communal faith. If I am going to profess the community faith, then I must embrace it all and benefit from others doing the same. This is how it becomes “our” faith. We praise God for the gift of Holy Spirit Who guides the Church and each one of us.