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Mass Schedule
Sunday Masses:
Saturday: 4:00 PM
Sunday: 8:00 AMWeekday Masses:
While Fr. Ariel is on sabbatical from Jan. 20 through April 6, weekday Masses at St. Mary's will be on alternating weeks with Ss. Peter & Paul in Virgil, all at 8:00 AM. This begins Monday, Jan. 20, with Masses at St. Mary's. -
Today's Readings
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Reading 1 1 Sm 16:1-13Responsorial Psalm 89:20, 21-22, 27-28Gospel Mk 2:23-28
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From the Desk of Fr. Ariel Valencia (January 19, 2020)
The Lion's Roar
An incardinated priest shall be entitled to apply for a three-month sabbatical on the occasion of every fifteenth (15th) year of service to the Diocese (“major sabbatical”). The purpose of the sabbatical shall be spiritual and/or educational. (Diocese of Rockford Priests’ Personnel Policies, Article V)
This May 17th, I will have been a priest for 17 years. Thanks be to God for all the graces throughout these years of ministry!
At this time, I thank the diocese for this opportunity to take a sabbatical which, for me, will be a time of spiritual and educational enrichment. I also thank Msgr. Thomas Dzielak for taking care of our parish while I am away. Let us keep each other in prayer so, though we are far, we will always be united in spirit. -
Online Giving
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Parish Calendar
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Sunday, January 26Saturday, Adoration 2:45 PM, Confessions 3:00-3:45 PM, Mass 4:00 PM; Sunday, Mass 8:00 AMRead More
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Monday, January 27, 8:00 AMWeekday Masses this week will be at Ss. Peter & Paul in Virgil at 8:00 AM.Read More
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Sunday, February 2Saturday, Adoration 2:45 PM, Confessions 3:00-3:45 PM, Mass 4:00 PM; Sunday, Mass 8:00 AMRead More
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Monday, February 3, 8:00 AMWeekday Masses this week will be at St. Mary's at 8:00 AM.Read More
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Sunday, February 9Saturday, Adoration 2:45 PM, Confessions 3:00-3:45 PM, Mass 4:00 PM; Sunday, Mass 8:00 AMRead More
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Monday, February 10, 8:00 AMWeekday Masses this week will be at Ss. Peter & Paul in Virgil at 8:00 AM.Read More
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Catholic Link
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Catholic News Service
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Parish News & Events
Mass Intentions
Please remember your loved ones with a Mass intention. We can pray for anyone, they do not have to be deceased. It can be for a wedding anniversary or birthday, a Mass of Thanksgiving, or any other special intention. Weekend Masses fill up quickly, but we do have daily Masses each week that are available. You can also use these Masses while you are away and cannot be here to pray for those loved ones. Please call or stop in the parish office for more information.
New Parishioners Welcome!
If you are new to our parish or just visiting - WELCOME!! If you would like to officially claim St. Mary’s as your Parish Home - we would love to have you! Contact the Parish Office (815-827-3205) for information and a registration form. Forms can be mailed or emailed to you or you may stop in and pick them up.
The Catholic faith community of St. Mary, Maple Park is constantly in need of people to be involved in our liturgy. We are very much in need of cantors, accompanists, choir members, extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist, lectors and altar servers. Make an effort to actively participate at Mass and step up! Contact Deacon Greg if you feel called to serve in a ministry.
Volunteers - We Need You!
Religious Education NewsClasses Sundays, 9:15-10:30 AM
CALENDAR:- January 19 ~ NO CLASS
- January 26 ~ CLASS
- February 2 ~ CLASS
- February 9 ~ CLASS
Confirmation with Bishop Malloy will be on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. Mass will begin at 5:30 PM. All parishioners are encouraged to attend!
Please pray for those being confirmed: Devin Crowe, Julianna Gonzales, Ashley Hanson, Nicholas Johnson, Brendan O’Shea, Brock Piechocki, Joshua Stover, and Kiefer Tarnoki.
Local St. Vincent de Paul Chapter Seeking Donations
The St. Vincent de Paul Society is in need of donations to help those in need in our area. Checks should be sent directly to Ms. Joni Kupar, SVdP Conference Treasurer, 4N830 W. Mary Drive, St. Charles, IL 60175. Also, the St. Vincent de Paul Society is always seeking new members who wish to serve those in need. Please call Mike Sims at 309-696-8237 to find out more about the Society and what you can do or come to one of their monthly meetings on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm at St. Gall Church, 43W855 Hughes Road in Elburn.
Seeking Music Director
We are seeking a part-time Music Director. Services are on Saturday evening at 4:00 PM and on Sunday morning at 8:00 AM. Applicant also needs to be available for Holy Days of Obligation and occasional funerals and weddings. Please contact Fr. Ariel at 815-505-7471 or the Parish Office at 815-827-3205 for more information.
Remember Your Parish...
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From the desk of Msgr. Thomas Dzielak (January 19, 2020)
YOU HAVE MADE US FOR YOURSELF, O GOD, AND OUR HEARTS ARE RESTLESS UNTIL THEY REST IN YOU[St Augustine, THE CONFESSIONS]As Father Ariel heads out to his three-month sabbatical in Rome we wish him Buon Viaggio! I’m sure he will have a most delightful time in the Eternal City, which is the heart of the Church, where the great saints Peter and Paul are buried.
This week we have a Gospel selection from Saint John (1:29-34) and the part of the reading which strikes me is the opening line: John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”
One of the most astounding things we see about God in the Holy Scriptures is something many people don’t seem to recognize: God always seeks us out, is always coming to us, as His goodness always precedes our own search for Him. I am more and more aware of the many ways in which God seems to have worked through me even though I did not do anything special for Him. I find the only appropriate answer I can give when someone remarks positively about something I am able to do as a priest is, “It’s a gift; I didn’t order it.”
Do you notice that in your own life? Think about different times in your life where you have thought, “Where did that come from?” Each of us has talents and abilities that we don’t see in others, and we see things in their lives that we don’t have in ourselves.
Why are you a Catholic? Was it because you somehow thought in your mother’s womb, “That’s what I want to be when I’m born?” No, your faith is a gift of God, and so many people around us don’t seem to have that gift. Catholic teaching tells us that God gives every person the opportunity to believe in Him and find salvation at some point in his or her life, but to have grown up in the Faith or have had a conversion at some time in your life is a gift.
Let’s remember those words of the Gospel as we go about our daily lives: John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him...and remember, Jesus is always coming toward you—what a great and humbly realization that is! Is your heart waiting for Him? -
From the Desk of Deacon Greg Urban
Church Stained Glass Window Work
The work installing exterior vented clear-glass on the nine windows (five windows on the North side of the church and the four windows in the upper church sanctuary (altar area)) has been completed. The cost for this phase of work was $80,000. Through your generosity and our fundraising activities (many thanks to our volunteers and guests!), we had the funds on-hand to complete this work. There are ten more windows on the South and East (front) sides of the church that will still require this work when we raise the necessary additional funds.
The Diocese has granted us permission that donations we receive for “Stained-Glass” will be exempt from the diocesan assessment (used as a basis of setting our diocesan appeal goal) until December 31, 2020. Therefore, we ask that you use the “stained-glass” offering envelope, online giving selection, or write “stained-glass” on your checks for contributions for the window work. We sincerely thank you for your past donations and ask for your continued generous support in this endeavor to help properly maintain our beautiful church building. -
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