Our Ugandan Catholic friends will be celebrating their monthly Mass here at St. Edna this Sunday, August 23rd, at 1 p.m. followed by a Social in the Doherty Center. All are welcome.

Mark your calendars and buy your early-bird tickets for our “End of Summer BINGO” on Friday, August 28th. Even though 24 additional seats will be available, another sell out is predicted.

The weekend of September 5-6, we will have a special Second Collection for the LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR, in honor of Gary Daigle . This weekend is closest to what would have been Gary’s 69th birthday on September 7th. Gary spent his final months in the care of the Little Sisters of the Poor (in their Chicago facility), so, in his memory, we’d like to send them this special collection. All the music played at our weekend Masses on September 5-6 will be hymns written and composed by Gary.

You can view the July 21st funeral Mass of our previous, beloved Music Director, Gary Daigle , which took place at St. Anne Church in Barrington, by clicking on the link on our St. Edna website homepage www.stedna.org . May Gary rest in peace in the arms of God, after his heroic decade-long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

Our BLESSING CUP ministry is back! One family or individual can sign-up each week to take Fr. Hurley’s chalice home with them and pray for vocations (from the Booklet included with the chalice). Call the Office to sign up for your preferred week. The chalice should always be returned to the Office by the Saturday that concludes your week of prayer.

Our new fiscal year began last month. Thank you to everyone who has increased their weekly contribution to the parish by $5.00 to help keep us in the black. Because of increased insurance rates on our buildings, and increased costs for employee benefits, we need to reach a budgeted income goal of $26,000.00 per week. Thank you for understanding our need.

OUTDOOR STATIONS OF THE CROSS have been mounted on the north wall of the Parish Center. Come and pray the Stations year-round, at any hour.

Please remember that if police officers are not present to direct traffic after our weekend Masses, it might be best to consider (for safety’s sake) making a right turn out of the parking lot, heading north , even though that might take you a little bit out of your way.

Regarding SCAM EMAILS  and  SCAM TEXTS , please never ever believe them . Some are supposedly from me, or from our Deacons, asking you to contact us, or to purchase gift cards for us to distribute to other people. Don’t be fooled. We would NEVER ask you to do this kind of thing, no matter “how busy” these messages say we might be. Just DELETE these scam requests and save yourself some major headaches  and financial losses .  

Our Adoration Chapel is a wonderful place to find some personal peace. Pray before the EUCHARISTIC LORD Monday through Friday from 7am to 7pm. Enter the Chapel through Door 4 (off the Community Room patio).

The parents of any interested boys or girls who would like to be ALTAR SERVERS should contact the Parish Office at 847 398-3362. Veronica (Ronny) Erxleben provides the training for our Altar Servers.

Our Rosary Group is praying a continuous SPIRITUAL BOUQUET   “for peace in the world” , so please continue praying Rosaries and  Hail Mary’s  and letting Tomi Gaudio know at  tomig@comcast.net so she can keep count. As of this writing, over 580,528 Hail Mary’s have been prayed.

Please continue praying for peace, and for the many people killed and suffering from earthquakes, wars, unjust aggression, wildfires, storms, flooding, drought, violence, homelessness, unemployment, depression, anxiety, disasters, shootings, accidents, poverty, humidity, and excessive heat.

May our Blessed Mother, the Queen of Peace, intercede to bring an end to all wars, and may her Son, our Risen Lord, bless us and guard us.

Have a good and blessed week.

Fr. Darrio