Our BLESSING CUP ministry returns this weekend! One family 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.

First Friday ANOINTING OF THE SICK will take place in the Church Narthex, immediately following the 8 a.m. Mass this Friday, August 7th, for anyone seriously ill in body, mind or soul.

Saturday, August 15th, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary. This year, since the Feast falls on a Saturday, there is no Obligation to celebrate the Solemnity, but for those who would still like to do so, we will have a special Saturday morning Mass, that day, at 8 a.m.

Because of the special Mass at 8 a.m. on Saturday, August 15th, to celebrate the ASSUMPTION OF MARY, there will not be confessions heard that day.

An OUTDOOR ROSARY will be prayed under the Canopy of the Church on Saturday, August 15th, at 12 noon, to honor the Blessed Mother on the Feast of her glorious Assumption into Heaven. If the weather is bad, we will pray the Rosary in the Narthex of the Church. Come join us.

You can view the July 21st funeral Mass of our previous and 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 now, in the arms of God, after his heroic decade-long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

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 571,041 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, 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.

Please enjoy this quieter month of August. Before we know it, Summer will be over and our Parish will be very busy again with activity.

Fr. Darrio