Pastor’s Letter: June 1, 2025
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Dear St. Philomena Parish Family, Blessed weekend to you all! I am still enjoying the many fruits of the ordination weekend and the celebration of Fr. Ben Schoonmaker’s First Mass of Thanksgiving. I was joyful to look back over a snapshot of his life and to recall how God has been at work preparing him to serve as a priest...
Pastor’s Letter: May 18, 2025
Posted by chadmin
Dear St. Philomena Parish Family, Blessings and continued Easter joy to you all! I hope this week has been full of many gifts and joys! I am writing this week from the seminary in Mundelein—I’m up here again for a continuing education week. So far there has been a good deal of conversation about our new Holy Father, Pope Leo...
Pastor’s Letter: May 11, 2025
Posted by chadmin
Dear St. Philomena Parish Family, Blessings to you all this day! As I am writing this, the cardinal-electors are gathering to begin the selection of a new Pope to serve as our Holy Father. Perhaps by the time you are reading this we will already have a new Pope announced! If we are beforehand, we continue praying for the Holy...
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