Dear St. Philomena Parish Family,
Lenten Blessings to you all this day! How is your Lent so far? Has it been fruitful? One of my favorite parts of Lent each year are the fish fries—ours last Friday at the school was especially great! I have to be honest, I have always really liked fish and never found it very penitential! =) During the evening, I had the opportunity to speak with many people, both members of our parish family and others who were just stopping in for a good dinner. The most common thing people shared were about how many young people we have here…and how great it is to be in an environment where they are just free to be joyful kids. Truly, that is a great gift! I also told a large group of our students that I would give them a shout out—at one point of the evening they were just hanging out together as a group, before they went on to assist with the bounce house, the bake sale, or just walking around enjoying the evening. We really have such great students! It is a real joy to be in a place with such good life and such good people! If you haven’t been to one of our fish fries in a while, I would definitely recommend it—the next one is Friday, Mar 6 from 5-7pm…hopefully we’ll see each other there!
This week…continuing with our look at the Sacrament of Confession, one of the common questions I hear…”Why can’t we just go to God? Why do we confess to a priest?”
Why don’t we just baptize ourselves? Obviously, we accept a mediator for the Sacrament of Baptism, why not for other sacraments as well? Catholics do confess their sins to God through His ministers. A good example of how the Apostles are mediators is Acts 8:9-24.
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Dear St. Philomena Parish Family, Lenten Blessings to you all this day! How is your Lent so far? Has it been fruitful? One of my favorite parts of Lent each year are the fish fries—ours... 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.
