The Archdiocese informed me last Wednesday, that Fr. Paul Barwikowski has entered into a formal Leave of Absence from active ministry as a priest. He is no longer assigned to St. Edna Parish as our Associate Pastor. During his sixteen months of service here, he created the vibrant TBD Group for young adults, ages 29-45. We thank him for that, and for the great energy he put into all his tasks. Please keep him in your prayers as he discerns his path forward.

Our Ugandan Catholic friends will celebrate their monthly Mass tomorrow (Sunday, November 23rd), in the Church at 2:00 p.m. followed by their Social in the Parish Center.

The Parish Office will close at noon on Wednesday, November 26th, for the Thanksgiving holiday, and will re-open on Saturday, November 29th at 8:30 a.m.

Thanksgiving Day Mass will be at 9 a.m. this Thursday, November 27th. There will not be a 6:45 a.m. Communion Service on Thanksgiving Day or on Friday, November 28th. The Adoration Chapel on both of those days will be open for only 2-1/2 hours (from 7 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.). The Parish Office will be closed both of those days.

Please remember that there will be no 5 p.m. Mass on Sunday, November 30th because of the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.

More SCAM EMAILS  and  SCAM TEXTS  are going around again. 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 .  

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 499,577 Hail Mary’s have been prayed.

Advent begins next week. Prepare yourselves for the Lord’s coming. And please continue praying for the many people suffering from wars, storms, violence, homelessness, unemployment, and poverty.

Fr. Darrio