Dear St. Philomena Parish Family,
Continued Easter Blessings to you all! As I am writing this, we are preparing for our First Communion celebration this coming Sunday afternoon. What a great joy! I am always so edified by the genuine faith of our young people, and especially the care they show in receiving Communion so reverently. Our children truly are the great treasure of our parish—they point us toward a strong future for our church and school. Their good faith and reverence are a reminder to us all of the great gift we have in Jesus present in the Eucharist. Please join me in a prayer of thanksgiving for our young people receiving First Communion this weekend!
Continuing our review of the Sacraments, I thought we would dive into a Sacrament that can sometimes be misunderstood…both in terms of when it happens and who should receive it: The Anointing of the Sick. As our Catechism teaches, Anointing of the Sick is “One of the seven sacraments, also known as the ‘sacrament of the dying,’ administered by a priest to a baptized person who begins to be in danger of death because of illness or old age, through prayer and the anointing of the body with the oil of the sick. The proper effects of the sacrament include a special grace of healing and comfort to the Christian who is suffering the infirmities of serious illness or old age, and the forgiving of the person’s sins” (CCC, Glossary, p.866). Because of the long connotation of being a “sacrament of the dying,” sometimes people only associate it with end of life situations, but as we will see in the weeks ahead, there are several health situations and times where Anointing of the Sick is a great and fitting gift for a person in the midst of health challenges.
Anointing of the Sick is included in the list of Sacraments of Healing, along with Baptism and..
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Dear St. Philomena Parish Family, Continued Easter Blessings to you all! As I am writing this, we are preparing for our First Communion celebration this coming Sunday afternoon. What a great joy! I am always... Read More
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St. Philomena Parish is a Catholic Church with a parochial elementary grade school in an established family neighborhood in the heart of Peoria, IL.
Our mission is to proclaim our faith in Jesus Christ through worship, sacraments, education and community life. Each parishioner is invited to understand, embrace, and communicate the truth of Catholic Christianity to our culture.
Monday-Friday: 7:00 a.m.
Monday-Saturday: 8:00 a.m.
Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:30 p.m.
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 7:30 p.m.
7:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 5 p.m.
Thursday: 8:30 a.m.
Saturday: 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
