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Palm Sunday
March 28, 2021
Celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday on Sunday, April 11th: there will be confessions
from 2:00-3:00pm (no signup) and there will be a Holy Hour at 3:00pm with the
recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (signup required).
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March 22, 2021
Holy Week
This Sunday is Palm Sunday (also known as Passion Sunday) and marks the beginning of the most Sacred week
of the year. On Palm Sunday, we hear two separate Gospel passages. The first passage is read at the start of
Mass prior to the procession and recounts Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem among singing and shouting,
“Hosanna in the Highest. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.” The second passage is read after
the second reading and recounts the Passion of the Lord, the moment when Jesus Christ is defamed, falsely
accused, beaten and crucified. The Church, in giving us these two passages within the same liturgy, points us Fr. Thomas Milota
toward contradictory treatment of Jesus. On one hand, He is praised and heralded as “coming from God,” and,
on the other, defamed and killed. Once more, all this happens within days of one another…in the same city…by many of the same
people.
We, in the here and now, are invited to meditate on the sacrifice Christ made for us…in order to meditate on this mystery…we
must believe, in fact, that Jesus Christ was real…that He was who we believe him to be and He did, in fact, suffer and die on the
cross and rise from the dead three days later. This may seem strange to say for us reading this…after all…we are Christians and
Catholics. I am a priest. You are regular Mass goer and one who prays and reads letters from the pastor.
However, it is quite easy to fall into the trap not only of going through the motions…but of allowing all of our other motions to
crowd out the reality of that in which we believe. One of the things I did this Lent was re-read some essays composed by C.S.
Lewis. You may better know him as the author of the Chronicles of Narnia, e.g., The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, but he
was actually a fine philologist and Christian author and professor.
One essay, in particular, struck me: “God in the Dock.” “The dock,” you see was the stand in a court room in which an accused
criminal is held and questioned. If God were in the dock, this would mean that he must prove his innocence…or, in this case, His
existence. Whereas for centuries it would appear that God, the Almighty and Omniscient Judge, determined what is right and
wrong or, perhaps, who is a sheep or a goat, now, in our modern world must defend Himself. God defends Himself not simply
against claims that He is not all good but that He does not even exist. Interestingly, C.S Lewis begins His essay pointing out that
his premise comes not from his experience with virulent atheists but his experience with those who are well-educated and who
would call themselves “christians.” He notes that, in his time, the word “christian” has, indeed, come to signify not an individual’s
belief in a personal God whose Son came to earth, suffered and died, and rose from the dead but rather to signify a person of high
moral standard, a person who behaves well, is generally honest and, perhaps, cares for the poor and those who are in need.
C.S. Lewis was not the first to make this observation and he was not the last. Although the list of such people who have made this
observation is long, it likely suffices to point out that our last three Popes have made such observations in the hope that we avoid
the danger of being a christian without God.
Now, mind you, it is good to behave well, be honest and care for people other than yourself; however, the person of faith is some-
thing more than this. A person who believes in a personal God who sent His Son to die on a cross and rise from the dead so that
we might have eternal life with Him, knows why he behaves, why he tells the truth and why he helps the poor. This person does
it, because Our Lord has made him and others in His image and likeness and it is this God who is the source of all that is good.
The Christian/Catholic determines his behavior not out of some ungrounded moral principle of which origin he is uncertain, but
because he has an intimate relationship with the person of Jesus Christ who truly walked the earth, cured the sick, raised the
dead and gave his life.
During Holy Week we are invited to not only to be good people but to walk with the Person who truly walked this earth, who has
spoken to us and continues to speak to us, who was scourged and derided and suffered just as we suffer, and a Friend who did not
merely promise to give His life for us but truly gave His life for us.
This Holy Week we are invited not just to believe but know and love Jesus Christ.
Fr. Art Update
As mentioned previously, two weeks ago, Fr. Art entered the hospital for some treatment and to regain his strength. He remained
in the hospital for a week and returned home for a week. Although he was not attending Mass with the community, he was with
us in the rectory and seemed to be doing better. Unfortunately, he was readmitted to the hospital earlier today. Please continue
to keep Fr. Art in your prayers in the coming days and we will keep you informed to the degree that we are able.
Prayers
Please be assured of our prayers for all of you during this Sacred and Holy Time and may you have a truly Blessed Easter.
Sign-up
Please do not forget to sign-up for our Triduum Services and Easter Masses. You can find the sign-up genius on our parish
webpage beginning on Friday afternoon, March 26th.
May Almighty God bless you and keep you.
In Christ,
Fr. Thomas Milota
March 28, 2021 Page 2 Palm Sunday
Christian Service
As we begin to journey with Jesus during Holy
Week, I want to say thank you. During this Lenten
season you have helped support our community by
engaging in the Works of Mercy in so many ways.
Your children have helped “feed the hungry” by
collecting food donations for the Glen Ellyn Food
Holy Week Schedule Pantry. Many thanks to the Faith Formation
There will be no 24-hour adoration on Good students for their collections and thank you to Mrs.
Friday/Holy Saturday. Murray and Mr. Jones 7th and 8th grade students for
Confessions their coordination of food collections at the school.
Tuesday evening, March 30 at 7pm in the PLC Your families have helped those who “shelter the
Good Friday, April 2 at 5pm in the PLC poor” by your donation of Easter eggs for the
There will be no 7am confessions on Good children whose families are guests of PADS. You
Friday and there will be no confessions on have supported programs such as St. Vincent DePaul
Holy Saturday. by “giving alms to the poor”; your donations help to
Masses & liturgies during Holy Week / Easter: keep a family in their home. You have “visited the
sick” by distributing Communion to our homebound
· Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, March 29-
31: Mass 6:15am, 8:00am parishioners and bringing hope, friendship, and
love. Thank you for continuing to support our St.
· Thursday, April 1: Mass of the Lord’s Petronille and Glen Ellyn community so faithfully.
Supper May God Bless you and your families this Holy
7:00pm (signup required); Adoration in the Week.
church after Mass until midnight, Tenebrae at Tanya Singh, Coordinator
11:30pm. No morning Masses singht@stpetschurch.org
· Friday, April 2: Stations of the Cross
12:00pm & 7:00pm – in church (no signup);
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion – 3:00pm Women's Morning of Recollection
(signup required); no morning Masses Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church,
· Saturday, April 3: Blessing of food Naperville, IL
baskets 10am – outside in front of the church, Join us for our next morning of recollection
weather permitting Tuesday, April 13 at 10:00 am
Easter Vigil Mass 7:30pm (signup required);
no morning Mass Please note:
Due to the current situation there is a capacity limit of
· Easter Sunday, April 4: Mass Schedule 25 women, please come early.
7:30am; Church & PLC
9:30am 11:30am Church/PLC & Abbington We will be following the usual COVID guidelines -
(signup required), NO 5pm Mass on Easter Please wear a mask
Sunday Sanitize hands
To sign up, visit www.stpetschurch.org Sign your name & phone using your own pen
Triduum and Easter Masses and liturgies will not be Sit in the designated places
posted on the website until Friday, March 26.
The parish offices will be closed from Maintain social distancing practices throughout
Thursday, April 1 through recollection for the health and safety of everyone in
Monday, April 5 for Holy week and Easter. attendance
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Parish Life Readings
Week of
March 28, 2021
Monday: Is 42:1-7/Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14 [1a]/Jn
12:1-11
Tuesday: Is 49:1-6/Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab,
15 and 17 [cf. 15ab]/Jn 13:21-33, 36-38
Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a/Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31
and 33-34 [14c]/Mt 26:14-25
Monday, March 29
Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper: Ex 12:1-
6:15am Intentions of the Celebrant
8, 11-14/Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc,
8:00am Frank Barr(d) r. Eileen O’Carroll
17-18 [cf. 1 Cor 10:16]/1 Cor 11:23-26/Jn 13:1
Tuesday, March 30 -15
6:15am Intentions of the Celebrant Friday: Is 52:13—53:12/Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-
8:00am Joe Maier(d) r. Colleen Maier & Family 16, 17, 25 [Lk 23:46]/
Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9/Jn 18:1—19:42
Wednesday, March 31 Saturday: Vigil: Gn 1:1—2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a/
6:15am Peg Oulvey(d) r. Barnett Family Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35 [30] or
8:00am Richard Manning(d) r. Tom & Claire Tansley Ps 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20-22 [5b]/Gn 22:1-18
or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/
Thursday, April 1 Holy Thursday Ps 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11 [1]/Ex 14:15—15:1/Ex
7:00pm For All Priests
15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18 [1b]/
Friday, April 2 Good Friday Is 54:5-14/Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 [2a]/Is
3:00pm Solemn Liturgy 55:1-11/Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 [3]/
Saturday, April 3 Holy Saturday / Easter Vigil Bar 3:9-15, 32—4:4/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 [Jn
6:68c]/Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28/
7:30pm Intentions of the Newly Baptized
Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3, 4 [42:2] or Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6
Sunday, April 4 Solemnity of Easter Sunday of the [3] or Ps 51:12-13, 14-15,
Resurrection of the Lord 18-19 [12a]/Rom 6:3-11/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17,
7:30am Ruth Orr(si) r. Family 22-23/Mk 16:1-7
9:30am Church O.J. Brueck(d) r. Mary Jeanne Castro Next Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Ps 118:1-2,
9:30am Abbington Pat & Carol Pavini(d) 16-17, 22-23 [24]/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/
r. Fr. Milota Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7 or Lk 24:13-35
11:30am Church Amy Catherine Leagans(d)
r. June Gruner
11:30am Abbington St. Petronille Parishioners Remember members of the
military, especially relatives of our
(d)=deceased (si)=special intention own parishioners, in your prayers.
We pray for this couple as they look forward to their Michael Boatright Christopher Melka
wedding day: Peter Carey J.J. Miller
Christopher Cavoli Mike Misner
Ashley Beck & Thomas Olsen Mitch Chmielarz Joseph O’Carroll
April 10, 2021 Patrick Daigle Paul Orbegoso
Robert Donnelly Eric Peterson
Joe Doyle Robert Piper
We welcome the following children Meagan Doyle Tony Russo
recently baptized into our Church family of John Hatfield John Ryan
faith: Anthony Iovinelli Mark Ryan
Harper Elizabeth, daughter of James & Francis J. Koykar Jason Sta Ana
David Laird David Stefanik
Courtney (Mildren) Hancock
Bobby Lendabarker Steven Tutaj
Victoria Anne, daughter of Ryan & Kellie Emily Martis Jack Ryan Vos
(Mazzarella) Chapman Brian McDevitt
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Prayers Needed For Those Who are Sick
Call Parish Office (630) 469-0404 x0,
with names to be added/removed from this list.
We pray for:
Parishioners: Gina Adduci, Max Adduci, Tom Allison,
Tom Koral Mili Bertrand, Carol Bonus, Donna Bresser, Delores Cassidy,
Diane Walen Paul Cassidy, James Chambers, Michael Clifford, Becky
Elbrecht, Patricia E, Adam Farley, Janice Farley, Jerry
that they may now enjoy the great blessings of Fleischfresser, Chris Forman, Anne Geraghty, Gloria Gogola,
eternal life. We pray also for their families and Lorraine Grabner, Erica Gustafson, Lois Hoffman, Elizabeth
friends, that they may find peace in the Hwang, Vicky Judd, Ed Jung, Omar Katafago, Beth Kilker,
promises of Christ. Nancy Kirkwood, Guy Lapore, Evelyn Lechner, Jean Leyman,
Joan Loesch, Kermit Ludwig, Diane Makowski, Mary
McGinty, Mekdes Manno, Jean Mazza, Molly McKenna, Bob
Melichar, Marilyn Melichar, James Michel, Mary Ann Mikus,
“Come Follow
Ethan Moon, Richard Moskal, Simon Nabeti, Clementina
Me” Niemann, Richard Pozdol, Sue Scarpelli, Jacqueline Radke,
Scott Radke, Don Rauch, Mary Rauch, Vito Scarpelli, Ginny
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Scruggs, Pauline Sypal, David Tansley, Jeff Valaika, Edward
Wolski, Tom Zur
Please pray for these adults who are currently on
the journey of becoming Catholic or completing Friends/Relatives: Amadeo, Julia Anderson,
their full reception into the Catholic Church by Constantinos Athanassakis, Ernie Avellana, Gemma Bailey,
receiving the rest of the Sacraments of Initiation Sara Bayliss, Baby Adrienne Bayliss, Bill Blair, Michel
(Eucharist, Confirmation): Brown, Daniel Burke, Joseph Camardo, Maria Luz Caro,
Steven Anderson, Brian Dorn, Stephanie Dorn, Teresa Caro, Ben Cavanaugh, Alyssa Chappell, Randy
Garrett Fife, Ashley Rivas, Brendan Sailer, Sara Rinehart Chase, Dolores Clement, Rita Danner, Kathy Davit,
Smith, Bob Zoellner Barbara DeMars, Dee DeMars, Fr. Thomas Dieter, Joseph
Dinaso, Mary Ann Doherty, John Dreyer, Marlys Dunlap, Joni
Considering becoming Catholic or are a Baptized Dunley, John Ellison, Judy Fontana, Anthony Giunta, Tom
Christian who would like to receive Eucharist and/or Gorman, Cecilia Grissom, Christine Hellman, David Higgins,
Confirmation in the Catholic Faith? Contact Christine
Balaty at balatyc@stpetschurch.org or
Phyllis Holmen, Bernadette Hotze, Kay Hyland, David
(630) 469-0404 x 2107 for more information. Ignacio, Jinny Irons, Jill Jackson, Jackie Johnson, Max
Kelderhouse, Becky Kreidler, Patrick Kuefler, Kim Kuhnle,
Fr. Roger Kutzner, Fr. Jim Lennon, Joy Loboda, Bob Lowrie,
Saint Petronille Stewardship Ernestine Lowrie, Mary Anne Luczak, Sue Mancini, Chrissy
McAleer, Matt McCollum, Tom McCluskey, John Mertz,
Thank you to all those who support the mission of Saint
Becky Meyer, Andrew Meyers, Paul Michel, Margaret
Petronille Parish with their time, talent and treasure.
Monnier, Lauren Montenegro, Paul Moran, Ronald Nelson,
Sunday collection; total YTD, Angela Novak, Joan Noviskis, Mary Jo Orbegoso, Angelo
including electronic giving
Sands, Nancy Sidener, Darin Tenuto, Dee Rankin, Ray
through February 2021 $ 1,026,268.27
Rasmussen, Mary Rathunde, Valerie Rauch, Mary Jane
Sunday collection budget Renschen, John Rossi, Carl Schaubhut, Angela Schuman, B
through February 28, 2021 $ 989,914.45 Wanda Slupik, Fr. George Smith, Jean Smith, Kay Smith,
Over $ 36,353.82
Drop-off/Mail-in collection James Spalo, Michael Stinn, Peter Stone, Julia Suchomski, Sr.
(not including electronic giving) Ellen Thomas, Eric Vargas, Kenia Vargas, Joe Vernon,
March 13/14, 2021 $ 13,826.50 Michael Vincelette, Nancy Vis, Margaret Waltman, Jason
Please notice that reporting of Sunday collections is only Weiner, Fr. Keith Wolfe, Ray Young
updated the first weekend of each month. This allows more
* bold type denotes new to the list this week.
accurate reporting due to the fact that electronic giving and mail
-in deposits are typically received on a monthly, not a weekly
basis.
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Happy March (and almost spring!) from the
Christian Service Christian Services Desk!
I wanted to take a moment to say thanks for all your
Volunteers Needed! support recently with the many families we are trying
I am putting out a plea for help!! St. Petronille to help! I am often overwhelmed with your genuine
supports two wonderful and local organizations which care and concern for others. We continue to see need
are in need of volunteers from our parish. though and you may not know, but there has been a
We have a partnership with Bridge Communities statewide moratorium on rental evictions since Covid
to provide mentors to families in their Transitional began but that is set to expire March 6th, which means
Housing Program (taking families at risk of homelessness the needs of others in our community may increase
and working with them to self-sufficiency). Currently, we exponentially. We may begin to see more families
have one family in the program and two wonderful displaced and looking for help. You can help us help
mentors who will be working with this family. We have others by contributing to the SHARE Fund or the St.
space to host another family in the program, but we need Vincent DePaul Society fund; your contributions allow
volunteer mentors and that is where you come in. I am us to help with emergency rental assistance among
looking for 3-4 individuals who would be interested in other things. You can also help by providing donations
learning more about this very special program. of gift cards to Aldi or gas stations. Gas station gift
We also have a partnership with another local cards are one of the most requested needs in addition
organization, the Glen Ellyn Walk-in Ministry. This is an to help with groceries.
organization which provides financial support to Glen This month we are also responsible for stocking
Ellyn residents in times of need. The GEWIM is in need of the shelves of the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry. This is an
volunteers to help take phone calls from clients in need. I easy way to help; simply bring an item or 2 with you to
am looking for 4-5 individuals who are looking to make a church and leave it in the bin in the Narthex. You can
difference in the lives of those in our community. Please also bring an item to the Knights of Columbus Fish Fry
contact me if you are interested in learning more about dinners; they are collecting for the food pantry. Our
working with these wonderful organizations. school kids are collecting donations and our Faith
Formation kids are also collecting donations. There are
Tanya Singh, Coordinator so many ways to help fight food insecurity in our
singht@stpetschurch.org community.
Thank you again for all you do!! God Bless!
Thank you
to everyone who has already pledged a gift to the 2021
Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal (CMAA). Every gift,
large or small, brings us closer to our parish’s 2021
CMAA goal of $142,000.
If you have yet to make your gift, please
prayerfully reflect on how you can best support the
CMAA. If we raise more than our goal, 70 percent of
the amount over goal will be returned to us for our
use. This is an amazing opportunity for our parish.
Our pastor recently mailed a pledge envelope to
everyone in our parish. Please either return it, or the
pledge card you received from the diocese, in the mail.
You may also make a secure gift online at
jolietdioceseappeal.org or text
DONATE to (815) 205-1949.
March 28, 2021 Page 6 Palm Sunday
Jesus,
I Trust in You!
How do I get ready for
Divine Mercy Sunday?
“On one occasion, I heard these words: My daughter, tell the whole world
about My Inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a
refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day
the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of
graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive
Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day all the divine
floodgates through which grace flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its
sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it
throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come forth from the very depths of My most tender mercy.
Every soul in its relation to Me will I contemplate My love and mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy
emerged from My very depths of tenderness. It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday
after Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy” (Jesus, Diary of St. Maria
Faustina Kowalska, 699).
“This message and devotion to Jesus as The Divine Mercy is based on the writings of Saint
Faustina Kowalska, an uneducated Polish nun who, in obedience to her spiritual director, wrote a diary of
about 600 pages recording the revelations she received about God's mercy…In a series of revelations to
St. Maria Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s, our Lord called for a special feast day to be celebrated on the
Sunday after Easter. Today, we know that feast as Divine Mercy Sunday, named by Saint John Paul II at the
canonization of St. Faustina on April 30, 2000” (www.thedivinemercy.org).
Start The Divine Mercy Novena on Good Friday
Jesus asked that the Divine Mercy Sunday be preceded by a Novena to the Divine Mercy which would
begin on Good Friday. He gave St. Faustina an intention to pray for on each day of the Novena. In her diary,
St. Faustina wrote that Jesus told her: "On each day of the novena you will bring to My heart a different
group of souls and you will immerse them in this ocean of My mercy ... On each day you will beg My Father,
on the strength of My passion, for the graces for these souls." This can be prayed on your rosary beads.
In anticipation of Divine Mercy Sunday, you can personally pray the Divine Mercy chaplet each day
beginning on Good Friday.
You can find the prayers and instructions on how to pray the Divine Mercy chaplet at https://
www.thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/pray-the-chaplet
and links to the special daily intentions for the novena at https://www.thedivinemercy.org/message/
devotions/novena or all of the intentions together on https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/
liturgicalyear/prayers/view.cfm?id=1032
For more information about the Divine Mercy Devotion, go to formed.org, enter your email and parish (St. Petronille,
Glen Ellyn), and search for Divine Mercy. Divine Mercy 101 with Fr. Chris Alar, MIC is especially good!
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Friday, April 2 Good Friday
EVENTS 03.29 - 04.04 3:00pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Noon & 7:00pm Stations of the Cross
Saturday, April 3 Holy Saturday
Monday, March 29 - Wednesday March 31: 7:30pm Easter Vigil Mass
6:15am & 8:00am Mass Sunday, April 4
Thursday, April 1 Holy Thursday Solemnity of Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
7:00pm Mass
Adoration in the Church until Midnight
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Now, more than Eucharistic Adoration Every Friday
ever, it’s time to We have the exposition of the Blessed
get FORMED!!! Sacrament in the Church every Friday from 3
-10pm, Adoration on First Fridays beginning
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ever to register and access all the content YOU want. commitment to prayer, call Parish office at
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More content is constantly being added
Login to stpetschurch.formed.org Pro-life and family information links:
to connect or re-connect with your www.usccb.org/about/pro-life-activities/index.cfm
www.prolifeacrossamerica.org, www.priestsforlife.org
Catholic faith on demand!
www.onemoresoul.com
Choose Life! Ministry meetings held
ESSE – Ecumenical Third Thursday each month, 7:30pm, Parish Office.
Support Services for Contact simeojw19@yahoo.com for more information.
the Elderly is a not for
profit organization which PRAYER CONNECTION (urgent prayer ministry)
provides adult day care options that promote the Prayer requests which are deemed urgent should be emailed to
Gert MacPhail at gertalert3@aol.com. We also invite
physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of parishioners to join the Prayer Connection as ‘pray-ers’.
older adults and their families. Open to persons of
all faiths, ESSE is dedicated to preserving the
independence and dignity of individuals
MINISTRY OF CARE VISITS
We have many trained ministers of care ready to bring
experiencing dementia while offering respite for Communion and visit our sick and/or homebound parishioners.
their caregivers. There are three sites where safe, Please contact Tanya Singh at (630) 469-0404 x2108 or
singht@stpetschurch.org for more information.
comfortable, and pleasant interactive day care is
provided in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, and Warrenville.
Keep up on the latest Parish Happenings
The Glen Ellyn site is located at Faith Lutheran
Church, 41 N. Park Blvd. Call us at 630 260-3773
for more information.
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The Rite of Christian
Reporting Sexual Abuse: Anyone with reason
Initiation of Adults (RCIA) to believe that a child has been abused or is being abused should
report their suspicions to civil authorities. Contact: Illinois
Considering becoming Catholic Department of Children and Family Services: (800) 25ABUSE (800)
252-2873 or local police. The Diocese of Joliet Victim Assistance
or are a Baptized Christian who would like to Coordinator is available to help victims/survivors of child sexual
receive Eucharist and/or Confirmation in the abuse by a cleric, employee or volunteer of the Catholic Church. The
Catholic faith? Contact Christine Balaty at Victim Assistance Coordinator will report to Bishop Conlon and
coordinate efforts of pastoral support and outreach to assist in the
balatyc@stpetschurch.org or (630) 469-0404 healing process. The Victim Assistance Coordinator can also assist in
x2107 for more information. making a report to civil authorities. Contact the Diocese of Joliet
Victim Assistance Coordinator at (815) 263-6467.
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Directory Adult Faith Formation Inquiries (RCIA):
Contact Christine Balaty at (630) 469-0404 x2107.
Anointing of Sick:
Please phone the Parish Office. Communal celebration
held seasonally.
St. Petronille Parish Communion Calls:
420 Glenwood Avenue, Glen Ellyn IL 60137 Communion for homebound available. Contact Tanya
(630) 469-0404 Singh (630) 469-0404 x2108.
Web Site: http://www.stpetschur ch.or g Parish Registration:
Parish office hours A special welcome to our new parishioners. Please
8:30am - 4:30pm M-TH introduce yourself, and register your household as soon as
8:30am -1pm F possible. Please call the Parish Office at (630) 469-0404 x0.
Pastoral Staff
FR. THOMAS MILOTA, PASTOR, X2100
frmilota@outlook.com Mass Schedule Sacrament of
FR. EDUARDO FLORES, PAROCHIAL VICAR, X2101 Weekdays 6:15am & 8am Reconciliation:
fr.eduardofg@gmail.com Saturday 8am
Fridays: 7 - 7:45am
FR. JOHN SULLIVAN, SENIOR PRIEST, (630) 849-5006 Sunday Liturgies Celebrated: Saturday: 4 - 4:45pm.
FR. ART MAHER, SENIOR PRIEST (630) 740-7991
DEACON JOHN SPIEZIO, DEACON, (630) 469-0404 X2105 Saturday Other times available by
5:00pm appointment with priest.
DEACON RON YURCUS, DEACON, (630) 858-5499 Communal Reconciliation
yurcus60137@yahoo.com celebrated seasonally. The
Sunday Reconciliation Room is
7:30am located in the southeast
9:30am corner of the Church.
Ministry Offices at 420 Glenwood Avenue 11:30am
5:00pm Sacrament of Baptism
(630) 469-0404 : Pre-Baptismal catechesis
Adult Faith Formation : held third Monday of the
MS. CHRISTINE BALATY, DIRECTOR, X2107 Holy Days: month. Baptisms held
balatyc@stpetschurch.org Vigil 7:00pm Sundays at 1:00pm. For
Holy Days 6:15, 8am and Baptism inquiries, phone
Christian Service: 7:00pm the parish office.
MRS. TANYA SINGH, COORDINATOR, CHRISTIAN SERVICES X2108
singht@stpetschurch.org National Holidays: 9am only Sacrament of
Liturgy and Music: Eucharistic Adoration: Marriage:
Couple must personally
MR. ERIC RASMUSSEN, DIRECTOR OF SACRED MUSIC, X2104 Fridays 3-10pm notify the parish office at
rasmussene@stpetschurch.org First Friday of each month, least six months prior to
DEACON JOHN SPIEZIO, LITURGY COORDINATOR, X2105 24 hours following the preferred wedding
spiezioj@stpetschurch.org 8am Mass date.
Grade School: 425 Prospect Avenue
MAIN: 630 469-5041 FAX : 630 469-5071
E-mail address: office@stpetschool.org MRS. MAURA CANZANO, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, X4000
MS. MAUREEN ASPELL, PRINCIPAL, X3101 canzanom@stpetschurch.org
aspellm@stpetschool.org Youth Ministry:
MR. KEITH MATUNE, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, X3103 MS. ANNEMARIE COMAN, DIRECTOR, X2106
matunek@stpetschool.org comana@stpetschurch.org
MRS. KAREN GRONWICK, SECRETARY, X3000 E-mail address: office@stpetschurch.org
gronwickk@stpetschool.org
MRS. DIANE MAKOWSKI, BUSINESS MANAGER, x2103,
Parish Office & Ministry Offices at : makowskid@stpetschurch.org
420 Glenwood 630 469-0404 fax: 630 469-0412 MS.JESSICA PAYNE, OFFICE MANAGER, X0
Faith Formation (P3-Gr. 8): paynej@stpetschurch.org
MAIN: 630 858-3796 x4000 Fax: 630 858-6232 MRS. SHEILA LYNCH, PARISH ACCOUNTANT, X2004
E-mail address: faithformation@stpetschurch.org lynchs@stpetschurch.org
MRS. JULIE KNOX, DIRECTOR, X4109 MRS. PAULA BARNETT, COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR, x2302,
knoxj@stpetschurch.org barnettp@stpetschurch.org
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