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Pastor’s Letter: July 31, 2022

Pastor’s Letter: July 31, 2022

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The July 31 bulletin is now available online.  Dear friend, Deacon Daniel Dionesotes will end his summer assignment at St. Philomena after the 11am Mass on Sunday, July 31. All of the seminarians will go on retreat together before a week vacation and a return to seminary. Deacon Daniel attends Mount St. Mary’s seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. After one more...

Pastor’s Letter: July 17

Pastor’s Letter: July 17

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Dear friend, This week I was with the Junior Clergy of the Diocese of Peoria at the Sacre-Coeur Retreat Center in Henry, Illinois. The Junior Clergy are the Peoria priests ordained ten years or less. I help run a retreat for them each summer and organize some ongoing formation/education. Fr. Brett Brannen was the retreat director this week. He is...

Pastor’s Letter: July 3, 2022

Pastor’s Letter: July 3, 2022

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The July 3 bulletin is available online. Dear friend, On this Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we read one of Jesus’ call to ministry. The sending out of the Apostles to evangelize marked the beginning of Christian ministry. In Church governance, we look at the Apostles as the first Bishops of the Church. Each Bishop has the responsibility to hand...