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Ministry Schedules
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On Catholic Marriage
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31–5:1Responsorial Psalm Ps 113:1b-2, 3-4, 5a and 6-7Gospel Lk 11:29-32
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rcia program
RCIA SESSIONS IN THE PRESENTATION ROOM OF THE PARISH OFFICE FROM 7:00-8:30
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Diocesan Safe Environment Program
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. -
PARISH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
We need your financial support to complete future improvement projects! If you can help, please give what you can to our Capital Improvements Fund using the mailed envelopes or through our online giving system. God bless you in advance for your generous support! If you have questions, email Jim Glemkowski at jimg@stmarydekalb.org.
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volunteer forms requirement update
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. -
from the desk of Edith stein (SEPTEMBER 23 , 2018)
“It’s an especially serious situation for the state if different theories are fighting over it and trying to gain influence over it. Indeed, all fighting among political parties is an attempt to get control of the leadership of the state in order to model it as they see fit. Even if no well developed theory of the state is the dominant ideal, but special-interest groups are wrangling with one another for control, then within that very attempt by the private interests to advance their views on the issue of the configuration of the state their lies a quite definite view of the state (about which they don’t even need to be clear) and it’s surely a particularly dangerous view. Now for example, in a parliamentary organized state, if different theories of the state take over the rudder with the change of parties, the downfall of the state can be brought about (according to its external aspect) systematically in a lawful way without breaking the law. There’s a corrective against all of these possible destructive influences of political theory, and it lies in the power of ratio [reason], which the real relations themselves bear within themselves. Every legal arrangement that offends against this ratio instead of taking it into account must be prepared for reality to resist it and run its course with constant breaches of the legal order. Certainly a disruption of the operations of the state is present here as well” (“Investigations Concerning the State”, 144-145).
A German contemporary of Edith Stein, Joseph Ratzinger, would brilliantly expound on the importance of “Fides et Ratio” [“Faith and Reason”] in every area of life as a fellow German professor (and later as Prefect of the Doctrine of the Faith and as Pope Benedict XVI).
In Christ, Son of Mary,
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International pilgrim statue of our lady of fatima
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St. Mary, DeKalb will be hosting the tour of the Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima Sunday, September 30, 6:00PM - Monday, October 1st 7:00PM. It will be an extraordinary occasion of healing, hope and grace. Please join us throughout her time here as well as praying the novena that begins on Friday, September 21st! Click on title above for more details!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
From the Desk of Father Russell -
Deacon Armando Regalado informed me that he had accepted a position in religious education at St. John the Baptist Church in Somonauk to begin this Fall. He will remain a parishioner of St. Mary Church in DeKalb, but will be relieved of liturgical responsibilities while he takes on his new responsibilities in Somonauk. We thank him for his ministry and pray for him and his family during his transition, as well as for the people of St. John the Baptist, who called himself the “voice”. They will experience a beautiful new voice in Somonauk, and we pray it will be fruitful in Christ, Son of Mary. As Deacon Armando likes to say in the spirit of St. Louis de Montfort: “All to Jesus, through Mary.” -
Upcoming events/news/programs
2018 FALL EVENTS @ ST. MARY
Tuesdays(starting 9/25) - St. Mary's Moms Book Club - 9:00-10:30am - Ministry Center St. Anne's room - "The Year and Our Children" - Your small children are welcome to attend with you!
2nd & 4th Wednesdays - St. Mary Men's Group - "A Pope and a President"
Tuesdays - Teen Tuesday High School Youth Group
NOTE: DeKalb County Nursing Home Visits CHANGED to LAST TUESDAY of the month.
Thursdays (9/6 - 10/11) 10:00 - 11:30am - WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY - "The Gift of Repentance" by
Kevin Perrotta. Ministry Center St. Joseph Room.
Tues., 9/25 - St. Mary Student Council Annual Fatty's Pork Chop/Chicken Dinner Fundraiser @ St. Mary church parking lot. Tickets are $14 each, available from any St. Mary School student or through the school.
Sun., 9/30- Mon., 10/1 - Return Visit of Our Lady of Fatima Statue (Scroll up for info links above.)
Wed., 10/3 - 6:00pm - Soup & Cinema with Fr. Russell. Movie: "St. Anthony," Ministry Center Cafeteria (See parish Facebook event for more details.)
Sat., 10/6 - 10:00am - Blessing of Animals, Ministry Center Courtyard
Mon., Oct. 8 - 11:00am - 1:00pm - Fall Salad Bar Luncheon by the Catholic Daughters. Tickets - $10 each, available at parish office or from any CDA member.
Sat., Oct. 13 - 9:00am - St. Mary Cemetery Fall Clean Up
Thursdays (10/18-11/15 only 4 sessions!) - 6:30-8:00pm - "Presence: The Mystery of the Eucharist" Small Group Study, in the Ministry Center. (Please visit the parish office or Facebook page for more information.)
Fri., 10/19 - Pilgrimage to Chicago Churches (Please check the bulletin, parish office and/or the parish Facebook page for details and registration.)
Fri., 11/2 - Sun., 11/4 - KAIROS High School Retreat @ Bishop Lane Retreat Center (Registration info coming soon!)
Thurs., 11/8 - RCIA Informational Meeting - 7:00pm - Parish Office Presentation Room
Please call the parish office for more info (815)758-5432
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