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Peter Jankowski

From: Peter Jankowski <pjankowski@yahoo.com>Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 5:00 PMTo: Peter JankowskiSubject: St. Patrick's News & Notes - February 14, 2017 (Group #2)Attachments: Parish Projects in Development.pdf

Dear Friends of the Mailing List: This afternoon, I just signed a contract to publish my Second Book in my homiletic series, Stories on the Journey: A Homiletic Biography (Cycle B Homilies). This is the second in a four part series of homilies I have put together and am in the process of getting published. The folks at Lighthouse Publications have been kind enough to accept the second book, which hopefully will be available this summer. More info TBA. The two big events on the horizon are the , which will take place at St. Patrick’s on February 18-22 and the Irish Mass & Dinner on March 4th. As stated last week, I found a biographical video on Fr. Diego online (actually, I now found more than one), which is in Spanish (see below and on our parish website). Fr. Bill Hayward will take care of the English portion of the mission. Both priests will be focusing their mission on Divine Mercy and will be accompanied by Anna Nuzzo, an international cantor for the Marians who has been singing at Divine Mercy Missions for the last twenty-five years. You will find more information about the mission in this week’s bulletin as well as the one on February 18-19. Introduction to Fr. Diego Maximino: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdO17T5yj_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZtVSJJzJY8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdO17T5yj_g&t=22s Introduction to Fr. Bill Heyward: http://www.marian.org/marians/details.php?id=468 Introduction to Anna Nuzzo:

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http://www.annanuzzo.com/ Anna’s Song “Be Love” can be heard & seen on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICJ-FwW6Fts Following the Divine Mercy Mission on February 18-22, Karen Hatfield will be leading a , led in video presentations by another Marian priest, Fr. Michael Gaitley. This mission will run on consecutive Mondays during Lent, advertised in the following way: Discover and experience holiness as the Merciful Love of Jesus poured into your heart.

Discover how to live Saint Teresa’s Little Way and that God desires holiness for you. Join us for a six-week Divine Mercy retreat based on the book 33 Days to Merciful Love by Fr. Michael Gaitley from the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. The format of the retreat is simple: The participants will read a short passage from the book 33 Days to Merciful Love and answer several questions in their workbooks daily, on their own. Then the group meets weekly to watch a talk by Fr. Michael on DVD, and break into small groups for discussion. In just fifteen minutes a day, you can grow in Jesus’ love, If you have to miss a session, just keep up with the readings and join back up with the group.

A $15 fee covers the cost of books and materials. Call Karen at (815) 207-1361 to register. As stated last week, , which takes place on Saturday, March 4th starting with the 4:00 Mass, followed by the Irish Dinner in the gym from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. As with last year, our Corned Beef Sandwich Dinner costs $10, our Corned Beef Platter runs $13 (which includes soda bread and dessert) and our Irish Stew Dinner runs $15 (also including soda bread and dessert). The entertainment for the evening includes on the bagpipes (at Mass and at the dinner), the

and Irish Music by the local folk group . Here’s a preview of Rustic Detour’s Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc6Eb7Ol1fQ Here’s a preview of the Keigher Dancers at St. Pat’s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSckhkuZU38 And here is our Video of Last Year’s Irish Dinner: https://youtu.be/kFcFAM44eb0

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This is our last week for the

on the Life of the Early Church Fathers. This last week focuses on the life of St. Irenaeus and takes place this Thursday from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. and consists of a complimentary dinner, followed by the video and discussion, led by theologian Stephen Ray.

We are still working on our Handicap Bathroom Project, which was posted in the December 11th bulletin. Here again is the note… On sale at the office is the book of homilies I just published, entitled, STORIES ON THE

JOURNEY: A HOMILETIC BIOGRAPHY, published by Christian Lighthouse publishing. The cost of the book is $12 and all the proceeds go to the parish – this is one of my

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contributions towards doing my part in the ministry. (The Cycle B Volume arrives later this year!!!) You can also purchase them on Amazon.com at the following link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1532765835/ref=mp_s_a_1_10?qid=1462580446&sr=8-10&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=peter+jankowski Rather than attaching the Bulletins, Homilies and Newsletters as I have done in the past, I think it best to just send them as links from our www.stpatsjoliet.com website so that the files I am sending out are not so large. This way, those with limited sized inboxes will not have a problem getting these communications. Thanks for understanding! Here is the bulletin for February 18-19, 2017 (check out our info about the

here): http://www.stpatsjoliet.com/_modules/document.php?action=downloaddocument&fid=637 To access all the bulletins, you can go to: http://www.stpatsjoliet.com/documents/collection/bulletin Here is the homily for February 3-4, 2017 (The Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time): http://www.stpatsjoliet.com/_modules/document.php?action=downloaddocument&fid=635 Here is the homily for February 10-11, 2017 (The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time): http://www.stpatsjoliet.com/_modules/document.php?action=downloaddocument&fid=636 You can access all the homilies by clicking on the following link: http://www.stpatsjoliet.com/documents/collection/fr-pete-s-homilies. Have a blessed week! God Bless, Rev. Peter G. Jankowski

Pastor, St. Patrick’s Church “Gloria Dei Vivens Homo” (The Glory of God is living in Man)

‐ St. Irenaeus of Lyons

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1. DIOCESAN MINISTRY APPEAL. Please consider prayerfully this weekend the

manner in which you can support our diocese. Envelopes for this appeal can be found at the end of the pews or in the parish office.

2. Next weekend, be begin our PARISH MISSION with Fr. Bill Hayward and Fr. Diego Maximino. More information about the Mission can be found in the bulletin.

3. As we welcome Frs. Hayward & Maximino to St. Patrick’s for our Parish Mission, we will offer coffee and donuts following all the Masses next weekend. We also have bread for our faithful to take home following the Masses as well this weekend, as our FOOD PANTRY will be closed on Monday for the holiday.

4. Please pray for the family of John “Jack” Smith, who passed away on February 14th. His wake will be at Dames Funeral Home on Saturday from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. and his funeral service will take place at St. Patrick’s Church on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

Fr. Tim Andrés, Fr. Vytas Memenas, Jeanine Acuff, Joan Bannon, Joe Barello, Alejandra Becerra, Virginia Borio, Anne Buldak, Frank Butera, Mae Delaney, Bernice Demmick, Richard Duke, Ray Fenili, Russ Gable, Dan Green, Don, Dolores & Rich Jankowski, Kathy Kelly, Andrea Magosky, Christine McKitrick, Tom Meyer, Deborah Nobles, Eleanor Orr, Brenda Perez, Jack & Mary Lou Querio, John & Jean Roach, Enedina Salazar, Leticia Salinas, William Shega, Bernie Spieler & Scott Stackulak.

Melanie Duran, Consuelo Gutiérrez, Leo Ceci & John “Jack” Smith

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