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.
From the desk of Father russell (november 3, 2024)
As we approach All Saints Day and All Souls Day, we rejoice in so many witnesses of courage and virtue. We remember those who have gone before us and bore their share of the cross. We pray for those dear to us and mourn the loss of loved ones in this world as we commend them to our Merciful Savior. We wish for them and all of us to see “a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb… they cried out in a loud voice: ‘Salvation comes from our God, who is seated on the throne, and from the Lamb.’ All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They prostrated themselves before the throne, worshiped God, and exclaimed: ‘Amen. Blessing and glory, wisdom and thanksgiving, honor, power, and might be to our God forever and ever. Amen’” (Revelation 7:9-12). We participate in some way in this vision at every Mass and are invited to share in some way in our lives through our Baptismal union with Christ and His Body, the Church. We join in the longing of the Psalmist: “Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face” (Psalm 24).