St. Mary Catholic Church

DeKalb, Illinois

     

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 107 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.

Attention Volunteers!  An update to the Youth Guidelines (in sections E and F) requires all volunteers to sign a revised copy. You can do so by printing this document and returning a signed copy to the parish office as soon as possible. Please note that the Safe Environment protocol has been instituted for the safety of those most vulnerable. We appreciate your compliance as we work to protect our community.

We see the remarkable hospitality and generosity of Abraham, who had received so much from God spiritually and materially, toward strangers: “Looking up, Abraham saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet them; and bowing to the ground, he said: ‘Sir, if I may ask you this favor, please do not go on past your servant. Let some water be brought, that you may bathe your feet, and then rest yourselves under the tree.” After Sarah joins in the hospitality, one of the visitors confirms the promise made to their descendants by God. St. John Paul II emphasized the importance of hospitality that we often neglect. Pope Francis points out the spiritual benefit of welcoming the poor: “The poor save us because they enable us to encounter the face of Jesus Christ.” This is a focus of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, whose members honor the “clients” they prayerfully visit and to whom they seek to bring relief spiritually and materially; even as they receive blessings in their visits. “Looking at things from a human standpoint,” says Pope Francis, “we fail to see this saving power, but with the eyes of faith we see it at work and experience it personally. In the heart of the pilgrim people of God there beats that saving power that excludes no one and involves everyone in a real journey pilgrimage of conversion to recognize the poor and to love them.” Of course, all of us are poor and recipients of great hospitality, relief, rest, and salvation. In Christ, son of Mary,

1.) Please bring all St Mary property keys to the Parish Office so we can reissue them back to you.
2.) Pilgrimage to Marytown - July 25th, Deadline to register is July 1st, Bus will be leaving at 7;45 AM returning at 4:45 PM. Cost is $60 which includes transportation and buffet lunch. Click here for form