This November 1st and 2nd weekend is the Commemoration of ALL SOULS at Catholic Churches worldwide. All five of our regularly scheduled weekend Masses will celebrate this Holy Day. At tonight’s (Saturday, November 1st) anticipated Mass at 5 p.m., the names of all the parishioners who have had funerals from St. Edna this past year will be read. Please continue praying for all the souls in Purgatory.

SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK an hour tonight (Saturday, November 1st), as Daylight Saving Time comes to an end.

Our monthly ANOINTING OF THE SICK will take place this month on Friday, November 21st (instead of November 7th) in the Narthex of the Church after the 8 a.m. Mass for anyone seriously ill in body, mind or soul.

Veteran’s Day is Tuesday, November 11th. The Parish Office will be closed that day. There will NOT be a 6:45 a.m. Communion Service. Mass will be at 8 a.m. (as usual). There will NOT be Breakfast with Friends. The Adoration Chapel will only be open from 7 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.

The newly remodeled Teen Center has been renamed THE NANCY HOLPUCH TEEN CENTER , to honor our former Youth Minister, Nancy Holpuch, and all the wonderful work she has done with Teenagers and young adults over the years. God bless you, Nancy. You are legendary!

More SCAM EMAILS  and  SCAM TEXTS  are going around again. Never believe them . Some are supposedly from me, or from our Deacons, or from Fr. Paul, 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 .  

Always be EXTREMELY CAREFUL when exiting our Parking Lot and making the left turn onto Arlington Heights Road to travel south. We have always hired (and we still do) Arlington Heights police officers for traffic control at our Saturday evening 5pm Mass and at two of our Sunday morning Masses, but less and less officers are signing up for this detail, so please be very cautious, and, as always, be extra kind and patient to your fellow drivers exiting our parking lot. Thank you!

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.

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 495,845 Hail Mary’s have been prayed.

Our St. Edna 60th Anniversary Cookbooks are loaded with many wonderful recipes. You can always purchase them at the Parish Office.

You can also purchase our beautiful, 60th Anniversary Keepsake Ornaments at the Parish Office.

We’ve had a very good growing season this year. Our Parish Grounds have looked lovely, thanks to the efforts of our Gardening for God volunteers. Extra love has been given to the Rectory lawn these last few weeks, and its many bare spots are starting to fill in nicely with new grass.

Dave Jackson and John Romza recently replaced all the wooded seating on both of our outdoor picnic tables. One table is behind the Parish Center; the other is on the Community Room patio. Thanks, guys, for a job very well done!

Fr. Paul has decided to step away from St. Edna Parish and has been granted permission to take some personal time for prayer and reflection. Please continue praying for him.

During this month of November you are invited to bring framed photos of your deceased loved ones to Church, and place them on the tables in the Narthex. We pray for these people during the month of November. Enroll their names (and the names of any other deceased loved ones) in our BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE set up next to the Baptismal Font this month.

Keep our Confirmation candidates in your prayers. Bishop O’Malley will administer to them the Sacrament of Confirmation on Wednesday, November 5th. Please pray, too, for the many people suffering from wars, storms, violence, homelessness, unemployment, and poverty. May God’s peace reign in our times .

Fr. Darrio