Pastor’s Letter: May 24, 2026
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Dear St. Philomena Parish Family, Blessings to you all this joyful weekend! By the time of our weekend Masses, Deacon Blake will be Fr. Blake! Each year, ordinations are such a deep joy for our Diocese as we celebrate the gift of the priesthood and how God calls forth servants for His people here. It takes me back to 2003...
Seminarian Appeal
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November 2025 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In February, we began celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of our diocese, with the theme, “Proclaiming Christ: Yesterday, Today, Forever.” I have spent much of this year reflecting and preaching about our providential and courageous history as it inspires how we continue our commitment to carry out the same mission...
Pastor’s Letter: August 31, 2025
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Blessings and peace to you all this weekend! Now that I’m an adjunct faculty member of Mundelein Seminary [If you missed it, last week’s bulletin column will fill you in =) ], I thought it would be good to get another series of columns going. Perhaps it is fitting, since we are now back into the full swing of school,...
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