County Fair Coming Early this Year St Joseph and St Mary Parishes will have a booth at the County Fair. We will be needing help in manning the booth. The Fair starts Wednesday, June 27, and goes until Sunday, July 1. We will need a person at the fair from 11:00am till 10:00pm each day. Please call the office to sign up to be present at the County Fair.
Join Us for a Parish Potluck
The sun is out, and we should be too! We’re having a party, and inviting you! Everyone’s coming, you should be there! Bring your family, and a dish to share!
Join us for a parish potluck at St. Joseph Church after the 10:30 Mass on Sunday, June 10. Weather permitting, there will be seating outside and fun and games for the kids! Sign up to bring a dish to pass – see Zak Zovko after all 10:30 Masses until the event. Bring hot or cold dishes, or desserts. Beverages will be furnished.
Cost is $2.00 per person at the door. To sign up a dish by phone, call Connie Kronberg: 815-297-2138.
Blue Nun Fun Run
Save the Date – Saturday, June 2 The 3rd Annual Blue Nun 5K Fun Run and Family Obstacle Run/Walk is planned for June 2, 2018 starting at the Jane Addams Trail Head just off Highway 20 (same as last year). We hope you will join us and/or consider sponsoring this event.
Please contact Barb Lessman at 815-291-5431 with any questions. Register online at www.bluenuns.org. Early registration is $15 through May 25, and $20 after.
All proceeds to benefit the renovation of the Madonna Renewal Center.
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May Fest
May Fest — Come and enjoy— Food Drinks Games Entertainment Music
Noon to 5:00 pm Sunday May 6th
St Mary’s Church 704 S State Ave – Freeport, lL
Holy Hour and Healing Service
Eucharistic Adoration Holy Hour of Healing Are you hurting? Do you need quiet reflection time? Time alone with Jesus? Join us for an hour of Eucharistic Adoration with a healing service on Friday, May 4, at 6:30pm in St Joseph Church. PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE.
Madonna Renewal Center Saturday Work Day
We have set aside one more work day for this month — Saturday, April 28 (8:00am to 4:00pm) or choose your own day! Feel free to bring your teenage children — all types of age-appropriate work need to be completed!
You may also donate work items (work gloves, pliers, paint brushes, mops/buckets, brooms, sandpapers, hammers, and so on). Let us know on time — to prepare for you! God bless you. — Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Presence St Joseph Auxiliary Spring Luncheon
Meet your friends! Enjoy great food! Support a worthy cause by attending the Presence St Joseph Auxiliary Annual Spring Luncheon this Tuesday, April 24 from 11:00am to 1:00pm at St Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Kiwanis Dr., Freeport, IL.
Tickets are $9.00 and will be sold at the door. Carry-outs will be available. Thank you for your support!
Presence St Joseph Auxiliary Spring Luncheon
Meet your friends! Enjoy great food! Support a worthy cause by attending the Presence St Joseph Auxiliary Annual Spring Luncheon on Tuesday, April 24 from 11:00am to 1:00pm at St Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Kiwanis Dr., Freeport, IL.
Tickets are $9.00 and will be sold at the door. Carry-outs will be available. Thank you for your support!
Marian Society Meeting
The Marian Society will meet at 7:00pm on Thursday, April 12 in Berg Hall. Members are reminded that yearly dues of $10.00 are now payable.
The program will be presented by Peggy Badgett, who writes a weekly column for the Journal Standard. Peggy spent twelve years in pharmaceutical research before becoming a pharmacist. Peggy now lives on a small farm near Orangeville with a menagerie of assorted animals. She is an avid nature lover and adventurer.
Hostesses for the evening are: Carolyn Bowers, Roberta Schradermeier, Shirley Schuck and Pat Weigel. All ladies of St Joseph and St Mary are invited to attend.
Aquin PAWS Accepting Birthing Kits for Haiti
Aquin PAWS Accepting Supplies for Birthing Kits for Haiti Aquin PAWS is again preparing to assemble newborn kits for the babies in Haiti. The kits will be assembled in late April. We are in need of the following donations: 2 receiving blankets, 15 baby gowns (no feet), 24 pairs of baby socks, 60 cloth diapers, 5 housecoats for the moms (size medium or large), 24 bath-size bar soaps, and 48 diaper pins. Items should be new or gently used. Your donation can be brought to Aquin’s Student Office at 1419 South Galena during regular school hours. Please call Connie at 815-2353154 x 230 if you have any questions. Thank you for your support.
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