Please be part of our second annual outdoor CORPUS CHRISTI Eucharistic Procession next Sunday, June 7th, immediately after the 11:30 a.m. Mass. We will process from the Church to the north parking lot (four adoration altars) and then return to the Church for Benediction. We should conclude by 1:15 p.m.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK takes place this Friday, June 5th, in the Church Narthex, immediately following the 8 a.m. Mass for anyone seriously ill in body, mind or soul.

CONFESSIONS will be heard on Saturday, June 6th, in the Church Reconciliation Room from 8 a.m. until 8:45 a.m.

Thanks are extended to Finance Council members Jim Perkins, Wayne Fritz, and Ron Tsoumas who recently, at all our Masses, asked us to prayerfully consider increasing our weekly contribution to the Parish by $5.00. This will keep us in the black in the new fiscal year which begins on July 1st. Thank you for doing what you can to keep our Parish strong.

Congratulations to THERESA STOKLOSA, our 2026 WOSE (Women of St. Edna) WOMAN OF THE YEAR. Theresa was honored on Wednesday, May 13th, along with 22 other women from some of the surrounding Parishes in our Vicariate. Bishop Timothy O’Malley presented Theresa with her award.

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.

All our First Communion celebrations on May 2nd and May 3rd were very beautiful. Congratulations and best wishes to the 18 students of our Religious Education Program who received the Lord for the very first time. Please let me know of any other St. Edna students who go to our area Catholic Schools or other Religious Education Programs who have also made First Communions this year, so we can congratulate them. Thanks.

Check out the Lost & Found Box mounted on the wall inside Entrance 2. There are many items in there that you may have lost these last few winter months.

Be sure to walk around our Parish grounds or drive around our parking lot to view all the Spring flowers in bloom. Our Gardening for God volunteers do a wonderful job keeping our campus looking so beautiful!

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 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 554,520 Hail Mary’s have been prayed.

Please continue praying for peace, and for the many people killed and suffering from wars, unjust aggression, wildfires, storms, violence, homelessness, unemployment, disasters, shootings, accidents, and poverty.

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.

Fr. Darrio