BAPTISM: Please contact the Parish Office to fill out a baptismal registration form and to schedule with Fr. Draper or Deacon Prunty a date for your child's bap-tism. Note: If this is your first child being baptized, a bap-tismal preparation class must also be scheduled and taken with Fr. Draper or Deacon Prunty prior to the baptism.

MARRIAGE: Arrangements are to be made by contacting the Parish Office at least six months in advance of the pro-posed date. Couples must meet in person with Fr. Draper to set their date and are required to participate in a mar-riage preparation program prior to the wedding.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: If you or a fellow parishioner’s health is in danger due to sickness or old age, please contact the Parish Office to be anointed by Fr. Draper.

SICK VISITATION: If you are going to be hospitalized or are confined to your home and would like to receive Holy Communion, please contact the Parish Office to make ar-rangements.

PARISH STAFF

FR. TIMOTHY DRAPER, Pastor

DEACON KEVIN PRUNTY, Pastoral Associate

BEV HALSEY, Parish Secretary

CAROL PRUNTY, Parish Bookkeeper

SUSAN MCCOY, CRE

GERARD LEGNER, Custodian & Maintenance

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Meet 2nd and 4th Wednesday of

the month at 7:00 p.m. in the parish hall.

MASS SCHEDULE

FOOD PANTRY: Open the 3rd Wednesday every month at

9:00 a.m. in the basement of St. Patrick Church.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL: Meet 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the

month at 7:00 p.m. in the school.

† Communion Service led by Deacon Prunty: Mondays

at 5:00 p.m. at St. Patrick, Amboy.

WALTON

† Saturday 5:30 p.m.

HARMON

† Sunday 7:30 a.m.

AMBOY

† Saturday 4:00 p.m.

† Sunday 9:00 a.m.

† Tuesday 7:00 a.m.

† Wednesday 5:00 p.m.

† Thursday 7:00 a.m.

† Friday 8:00 a.m. Exposition of the

Blessed Sacrament & Adoration

Mass at 5:00 p.m.

AMBOY RECONCILIATION: Saturday 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Wednesday 5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.

HARMON & WALTON RECONCILIATION:

Upon Request

THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SEPTEMBER 21/22, 2019

First Reading: Amos 8: 4-7

Response: Psalm 113: 1-2, 4-6, 7-8

Second Reading: 1 Timothy 2: 1-8

Gospel: Luke 16: 1-13

Parish Center For: St. Patrick, St. Flannen, & St. Mary

32 North Jones Avenue Amboy, IL 61310 Amboy Office: 815-857-2315 Harmon & Walton Office: 815-857-2670 Rectory (Sacramental Emergency Only): 815-857-4172 Fax: 815-857-3485 Office Hours: Monday-Wednesday, 8:30-4:00 Thursday, 8:30-3:00 Friday, 8:30-12 noon Website: stpatrickamboy.org

The Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 14/15, 2019

Monday, September 16th

5:00 p.m., Amboy HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE

Tuesday, September 17th

7:00 a.m., Amboy JIM BRAIDA †

By: Larry & Bette Hawes

LEROY KLEIN †

By: Cheryl O’Hare

Wednesday, September 18th

5:00 p.m., Amboy KEN & RITA SPITZ †

By: G.G. & Sheila Garcia

Thursday, September 19th

7:00 a.m., Amboy JOE POWERS †

By: Larry & Eileen Piper

KEVIN POWERS †

By: Monica Scorby

Friday, September 20th

8:00 a.m., Amboy Exposition of the Blessed

Sacrament & Adoration

5:00 p.m., Amboy BARBARA GOY †

By: Bruce & Lori Setchell

Saturday, September 21st

4:00 p.m., Amboy LARRY KNOLL †

By: Zach Moss

DAVID SIMPSON †

By: Knights of Columbus #8277

5:30 p.m., Walton PARISHIONERS OF ST. MARY,

ST. FLANNEN AND ST. PATRICK PARISHES

Sunday, September 22nd

7:30 a.m., Harmon MARILYN HENRY †

By: Roger Colmark

9:00 a.m., Amboy CORI MILES & FAMILY †

By: Crecht Family

MASS INTENTIONS

Sunday September 15th is Catechetical Sunday

The Theme this year is “Stay With Us”.

Jesus, you told us that laborers for the vineyard

would be few and that we should pray to the Lord of

the Harvest in the hope that many might respond.

You have answered our prayers by sending us cate-

chists for your vineyard. Bless these men and women

who have responded to your call to the ministry of

catechesis. May they be filled with zeal for your

Church, with care for those they catechize, and with

love for your Word of Life. Let your Spirit come up-

on them so that your Word may echo through their

teaching and through the witness of their lives.

Through our catechists, may the members of our

parish whom they teach be transformed into wit-

nesses to your Word. And may these catechists re-

ceive the blessing your Son promised to all who la-

bor in your vineyard. We pray to you, gracious Fa-

ther, in the name of your Son, Jesus, the Word of

Life, and in the unity of the Holy Spirit who trans-

forms us by that Word, one God, forever and ever.

Amen.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CATECHISTS

8th Grade: Mrs. Allison Schalck

7th Grade: Mr. Tim O'Laughlin

6th Grade: Ms. Kaylee Jones

5th Grade: Ms. Bonnie Oury

4th Grade: Mrs. Laura Morgan

3rd Grade: Mrs. Sue Ely

2nd Grade: Ms. Bonita Willis

1st Grade: Mrs. Kelly Klein

Kindergarten: Mrs. Mandy Powers

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AIDES

8th Grade: Mr. Bill Schalck

7th Grade: Mrs. Lynn O’Laughlin

5th Grade: Ms. Sidney Corcoran

4th Grade: Mrs. Billie Child

2nd Grade: Ms. Marisel Schalck

LITURGICAL MINISTERS SEPTEMBER 21/22, 2019

Sunday, 9:00 a.m.

Servers: Jairon Hochstatter Sam Russell Nick Tarr

Lector: Bonita Willis

Extraordinary Minister: Tom Mead

Sacristan: Jim & Jean Travi

Music Ministers: Nancy & Stella

Saturday, 4:00 p.m.

Servers: Henry Klein Avery Shaw Hayden Wittenauer

Lector: Pam Payne

Extraordinary Minister: Karen Stenzel

Sacristan: Gary Schultz

Music Ministers: Youth Choir

HOLY HOURS FOR HOLY ORDERS

The seminarian for September 20th will be Mr. Ben Pfundstein, who is

in his 4th year of College at St. Gregory the Great in Seward, NE.

More Adorers are needed. Can you spare a half hour before our

Lord each Friday? If so, the time slots in need of more than one

adorer are: 10:30-11:00 a.m., 11:00-11:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-

12:00p.m., 12:30-1:00 p.m. and 2:30-3:00 p.m. If you can fill one

of those slots please call Bev at the Parish Office 815-857-2315 to

commit to a time slot. You are also welcome to come whenever

it is a good time for you.

My dear parishioners,

This Sunday we celebrate Catechetical Sunday. Each year, Catechetical Sunday gives us the opportunity to reflect on the role that each of us plays, by virtue of our Baptism, in handing on the Catholic faith and being a witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Catechetical Sunday encourages us to rededicate ourselves to the mission of evangelization. The catechetical theme for this year’s Catechetical Sunday is “Stay With Us.” The words “stay with us” were spoken on Easter Sunday by the disheartened disciples who encountered the Risen Lord on the road to Emmaus (cf. Lk 24:13-35). After Christ’s words set their hearts afire, they asked him to stay with them. That evening Christ stayed with them and re-vealed to them his Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist, thus reviv-ing their hope. These hope-filled disciples then returned to Jerusa-lem to share their experience of the Risen Lord with the Apostles. Pope Francis has emphasized “the foundational experience of en-counter with God through Christ’s death and resurrection” and our need to bear witness to this experience through “fraternal love, community life and service.” The Holy Father says that: “All Christian formation consists of entering more deeply into [this encounter with God] and incarnating it ever more fully in our lives.” To facilitate this encounter and our ability to share it with others we have our Lighthouse Catholic Media Kiosk in the back of St. Patrick Church. As in years past, I extend on this Catechetical Sunday the following four-step evangelization challenge: (1) listen to a Lighthouse CD or read a Lighthouse book or booklet from the Kiosk; (2) spend nine days (a novena) praying for God’s light to know the person with whom you should share the CD, book, or booklet; (3) after these nine days of prayer, give the CD, book, or booklet to that person; (4) pray, through Mary’s intercession, that the person will hear God speak to him/her through what you shared. Passing on such a resource is one of the easiest ways to share our experience of the Risen Christ. Fr. Draper

ST. PATRICK

Weekly Budget Need $3,388.00

Sunday Collection $3,519.65

Income Required to date $37,268.00

Sunday Collection to date $37,164.71

ST. FLANNEN

Weekly Budget Need $909.00

Sunday Collection $615.00

Income Required to date $9,999.00

Sunday Collection to date $9,658.00

ST. MARY

Weekly Budget Need $632.00

Sunday Collection $486.11

Income Required to date $6,952.00

Sunday Collection to date $8,580.55

-STEWARDSHIP OF GOD’S BLESSINGS-

SUNDAY COLLECTION AS OF 09/09/2019

On Saturday, September 28th the

Amboy Conference of the St. Vin-

cent de Paul Society will hold its

Annual Friends of the Poor® Walk.

The walk will begin and end at St. Joseph’s Hall.

Registration begins at 8:30 am. The walk starts

9:00 am. Pledges made on behalf of registered walk-

ers will remain in our community and will benefit

those most in need in our local area. We want to en-

courage those who are able to register online now at

www.fopwalk.org. You can also pick up a registra-

tion form in the back of the Church.

You are invited to Gianna’s House PRC

Fundraising Banquet

Thursday, Oct, 17, 2019 Dixon Elks Lodge, 1279 Franklin Grove

Road, Dixon, IL. Fellowship begins at 6PM. Dinner is served at

6:30PM. Program presenter Andre Brass, (Assistant Deputy Chief

of Rockford Police Department). He will share his personal expe-

rience of being pro-life in a secular work force. For reservations

contact your table hostess, Carol Prunty, 815/857-2315. An invita-

tion for a monetary donation will be extended following the pro-

gram.

Cursillo Weekends Coming Up:

Men’s Weekend: Thursday, October 17-Sunday,

October 20, 2019 The Theme is, “Behold, I stand at

the door and knock”. Revelations 3: 20

Women’s Weekend: Thursday, October 24-Sunday,

October 27, 2019. The Theme is, “Peace Be With

You”. John 20:19

For more information contact Carol Prunty at the

parish office 815-857-2315. NEED TO CONTACT THE PARISH STAFF? YOU CAN REACH US BY

PHONE AT 857-2315 OR 857-2670 OR:

Bev Halsey, Parish Secretary: beverlyhalsey655@gmail.com

Carol Prunty, Parish Bookkeeper: cprunty1979@gmail.com

Susan McCoy, Religious Education: susanmccoy60@gmail.com

Have you had a change in your email, address or phone number? Please

let us know!!!

We have a team of faith-filled prayer warriors who

lift up in prayer those who are ill, dying or in dis-

tress. If you would like to put someone on the pray-

er line please contact Bev at 815/857-2315.

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