I announce to you the very sad news that Gary Daigle, our good friend, and beloved, previous Music Director, passed away Tuesday morning, July 7th, surrounded by his family members. With nothing but grace and dignity, Gary heroically battled Parkinson’s Disease for the last decade. His funeral Mass will take place here at St. Edna on Tuesday, July 21st, at 10 a.m., with a visitation in the Church for an hour (9-10 a.m.) before the Mass. Visitation will also be held the day before (Monday, July 20th), at Glueckert Funeral Home, from 4-8 p.m. May this very gifted and talented man rest now, in the peace of God’s arms.

I will be speaking this weekend, at all the Masses, about the mandatory GENERATION TO GENERATION fundraising campaign that we have just begun. All parishes of the Archdiocese are part of this campaign. Most parishes completed their campaigns in 2024 and 2025. St. Edna has been placed in this year’s final wave of the campaign, and we are off to a very good start.

I hope you all had a very enjoyable Independence Day weekend. God bless our nation beginning another year of freedom.

Our new fiscal year has begun. 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.

Our 11:30 a.m. Mass with our Sharing Parish ( St. James on Wabash ) on Sunday, June 28th, was profoundly beautiful. And the luncheon afterward in the Parish Center was excellent, as well. Thank you to everyone who made these two events so joyful and Spirit-filled. The day was certainly blessed.

Our St. Edna teenagers and chaperones have safely returned home from the Catholic Heart Work Camp in Montague, Michigan. Teens from several surrounding Parishes participated at the same Michigan camp, which has allowed our St. Edna teens to make some good friendships and connections with the youth of our area. Beth Tsoumas (our Youth Minister) will be inviting all the teens and chaperones to meet here soon for pizza and fun.

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 566,804 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, 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 these summer months. Before we know it, it will be cold again.

Fr. Darrio