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Welcome to Holy Childhood!
Events-Week of October 18
Saturday, October 17: Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch 4:00pm, Reconciliation-Holy Childhood 5:00pm, Mass-Holy Childhood 6:00pm, Auction fund raiser-Holy Childhood Sunday, October 18: Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time 8:00am, Mass- St. Liborious 10:00am, Mass-Holy Childhood 11:00am, Server Training-Holy Childhood 11:00am, Wurstmarkt Dinner-St. Liborious (at the St. Libory American Legion) 12:00pm (Noon), Brammier Baptism-St.
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Events-Week of October 11
Saturday, October 10: Weekday of Ordinary Time 4:00pm, Reconciliation-Holy Childhood 5:00pm, Mass-Holy Childhood Sunday, October 11: Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary 8:00am, Mass- St. Liborious 10:00am, Mass-Holy Childhood 11:00am, Modglin Baptism-Holy Childhood Monday, October 12: Weekday of Ordinary Time Indigenous People’s Day/Columbus Day-Offices Closed No Mass Belleville Priest Convocation until Thursday, October 15, I will be
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News and Upcoming Events
From Fr. Mark-October 18
October is known as “Respect Life Month”. We have great concern for the unborn and we pray and visibly show our anti-abortion stance. However, on the other side of life, is the right to a natural end of life. Last week I wrote about Illinois’ “medical aid in dying” law — the End‑of‑Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. Also known as “Deb’s Law”— which took effect September 12, 2026, allowing eligible terminally ill adults to request life‑ending medication
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From Fr. Mark-October 4, 2026
“MARY, MOTHER OF LIFE” For Catholics throughout the country, the month of October is a time to reflect on the dignity of every human life from conception to natural death. This year, Respect Life Month will begin Oct. 4, Respect Life Sunday, and will have as its theme, “Mary, Mother of Life.” Respect Life Reflection When the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary to tell her that she would conceive and bear a son, Mary responded with her fiat, “May it be done to me accordi
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From Fr. Mark-September 27
Next Sunday, October 4 is the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi. This “celebration of the 800th anniversary of the Easter of Francis of Assisi invites us to contemplate our life both personally and communally with the eyes of faith, and by doing so, perceive the divine presence and action in everything, even in the difficult and dramatic situation we have experienced or are experiencing now.” October 4 also marks within the Church a time of prayer and re
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