BAPTISM: Please contact the Parish Office to fill out a baptismal registration form and to schedule with Fr. Draper or Deacon Prunty a date for your child's bap-tism. Note: If this is your first child being baptized, a bap-tismal preparation class must also be scheduled and taken with Fr. Draper or Deacon Prunty prior to the baptism.

MARRIAGE: Arrangements are to be made by contacting the Parish Office at least six months in advance of the pro-posed date. Couples must meet in person with Fr. Draper to set their date and are required to participate in a mar-riage preparation program prior to the wedding.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: If you or a fellow parishioner’s health is in danger due to sickness or old age, please contact the Parish Office to be anointed by Fr. Draper.

SICK VISITATION: If you are going to be hospitalized or are confined to your home and would like to receive Holy Communion, please contact the Parish Office to make ar-rangements.

PARISH STAFF

FR. TIMOTHY DRAPER, Pastor

DEACON KEVIN PRUNTY, Pastoral Associate

BEV HALSEY, Parish Secretary

CAROL PRUNTY, Parish Bookkeeper

SUSAN MCCOY, CRE

GERARD LEGNER, Custodian & Maintenance

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Meet 2nd and 4th Wednesday of

the month at 7:00 p.m. in the parish hall.

MASS SCHEDULE

FOOD PANTRY: Open the 3rd Wednesday every month at

9:00 a.m. in the basement of St. Patrick Church.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL: Meet 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the

month at 7:00 p.m. in the school.

† Communion Service led by Deacon Prunty: Mondays

at 5:00 p.m. at St. Patrick, Amboy.

WALTON

† Saturday 5:30 p.m.

HARMON

† Sunday 7:30 a.m.

AMBOY

† Saturday 4:00 p.m.

† Sunday 9:00 a.m.

† Tuesday 7:00 a.m.

† Wednesday 5:00 p.m.

† Thursday 7:00 a.m.

† Friday 8:00 a.m. Exposition of the

Blessed Sacrament & Adoration

Mass at 5:00 p.m.

AMBOY RECONCILIATION: Saturday 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Wednesday 5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.

HARMON & WALTON RECONCILIATION:

Upon Request

THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SEPTEMBER 14/15, 2019

First Reading: Exodus 32: 7-11, 13-14

Response: Psalm 51: 3-4, 12-13, 17, 19

Second Reading: 1 Timothy 1: 12-17

Gospel: Luke 15: 1-32

Parish Center For: St. Patrick, St. Flannen, & St. Mary

32 North Jones Avenue Amboy, IL 61310 Amboy Office: 815-857-2315 Harmon & Walton Office: 815-857-2670 Rectory (Sacramental Emergency Only): 815-857-4172 Fax: 815-857-3485 Office Hours: Monday-Wednesday, 8:30-4:00 Thursday, 8:30-3:00 Friday, 8:30-12 noon Website: stpatrickamboy.org

The Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time September 7/8, 2019

Monday, September 9th

5:00 p.m., Amboy HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE

Tuesday, September 10th

7:00 a.m., Amboy DOUG O’ROURKE †

By: Mr. & Mrs. Bill Bontz

FR. YOVANNY DORADO †

Wednesday, September 11th

5:00 p.m., Amboy SHEILA CLAYTON †

By: Her Family

Thursday, September 12th

7:00 a.m., Amboy JOE POWERS †

By: Jerry & Tina Corcoran

Friday, September 13th

8:00 a.m., Amboy Exposition of the Blessed

Sacrament & Adoration

5:00 p.m., Amboy MARGARET MEKEEL †

By: Dorothy Cheshire

Saturday, September 14th

4:00 p.m., Amboy RICK KETCHUM †

By: Peg Duffy

DAVID SIMPSON †

By: G.G. & Sheila Garcia

5:30 p.m., Walton LEO MCCAFFREY †

By: His Family

Sunday, September 15th

7:30 a.m., Harmon PATRICK HENRY †

By: His Family

9:00 a.m., Amboy PARISHIONERS OF ST. PATRICK,

ST. MARY AND ST. FLANNEN PARISHES

MASS INTENTIONS

MASS INTENTIONS: Mass intentions for a spe-

cific day are requested and assigned through the

parish office. We can only double up on Mass inten-

tions twice a week. The parish can only keep

enough Mass intentions/stipends, that can be cele-

brated for one year, in the Mass intention book. If

you have any questions call Bev at the parish office,

815-857-2315.

LITURGICAL MINISTERS SEPTEMBER 14/15, 2019

Sunday, 9:00 a.m.

Servers: Mallory Powers Courtney Lachat Natalie Pratt

Lector: Tim O’Laughlin

Extraordinary Minister: Larry Eisenberg

Sacristan: Frank Lachat Sr.

Music Ministers: Nancy & Stella

Saturday, 4:00 p.m.

Servers: Gabby Ketchum Kayla Oury

Lector: Peg Duffy

Extraordinary Minister: Sue Duffy

Sacristan: Sue Duffy

Music Ministers: Nancy & Stella

WE REMEMBER THOSE SERVING IN OUR ARMED FORCES…

SR. Anna Albrecht

PVT. Madeline Foster

SGT. Elise Hume

MA2 Jon B. Miller

LTC Jerald Newman

The RCIA program for our three parishes will meet

weekly on Monday evenings, at 6:30 p.m., beginning

September 9th. It will be held at the St. Patrick Parish

Center (office).

If you or someone you know living in Amboy, Wal-

ton, or Harmon is interested in joining our parish

RCIA program, please fill out one of the RCIA regis-

tration forms in the back of church. Please turn in

your form to the parish office as soon as possible.

You can also find the registration form on our parish

website. For more information, call Carol in the par-

ish office.

The fall Bible Study, “The Gospel Of

Mark”, with Deacon Kevin, begins

Thurs., Sept. 12th, at 7 p.m. It will be

held in the parish office building.

The cost will be $45 per person. All

are welcome. If you have any ques-

tions, call Carol at the parish office

(815) 857-2315.

HOLY HOURS FOR HOLY ORDERS

The seminarian for September 13th will be Mr. Theodore Pfundstein,

who is in his 4th year of College at St. Gregory the Great in Seward,

NE.

More Adorers are needed. Can you spare a half hour before our

Lord each Friday? If so, the time slots in need of more than one

adorer are: 10:30-11:00 a.m., 11:00-11:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-

12:00p.m., 12:30-1:00 p.m. and 2:30-3:00 p.m. If you can fill one

of those slots please call Bev at the Parish Office 815-857-2315 to

commit to a time slot. You are also welcome to come whenever

it is a good time for you.

Happy Blessed Birthday, Deacon Kevin Prunty, Saturday, September 14th!

My dear parishioners, This Sunday we begin a new year of Religious Education

classes at St. Patrick Catholic Church! At this time, I wish to ex-tend a very warm welcome to all our returning catechists and stu-dents, as well as to all those who are newly attending or assisting with our program. I also wish to express my gratitude to our Co-ordinator of Religious Education, Susan McCoy, for working so diligently over the summer to prepare for this Sunday and this new academic year. The opportunity last year to make regular visits to the classrooms of our Religious Education students was enriching for me as well as for the students. In addition to wor-shiping with our students at Sunday Mass, I am looking forward again to sharing our beautiful Catholic faith with them, joining them for Eucharist adoration, and making myself available to them for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

I am particularly excited that our 7th and 8th grade Reli-gious Education students will be receiving the Sacrament of Con-firmation this academic year. To prepare our 7th and 8th graders for this Sacrament, we will again be using a video-based instruc-tion on the Sacrament of Confirmation called Decision Point, fea-turing world renowned Catholic speaker and author, Matthew Kelly. The program’s videos and bonus content can be found in the “LINKS” sections of our parish website: www.stpatrickamboy.org/youth-faith-formation.

If you have not registered your son or daughter for our Religious Education classes already, it is not too late to do so. You can find our regis-tration form online in the “RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DOCUMENTS”

section of our parish website: www.stpatrickamboy.org/youth-faith-formation. Finally, I kindly ask all of you to keep our Religious Education families, catechists, and helpers in your prayers throughout this academic year. “May the favor of the Lord our God be ours. Prosper the work of our hands! Prosper the work of our hands!” (Ps 90:17)

Fr. Draper

ST. PATRICK

Weekly Budget Need $3,388.00

Sunday Collection $3,545.10

Income Required to date $33,880.00

Sunday Collection to date $33,645.06

ST. FLANNEN

Weekly Budget Need $909.00

Sunday Collection $857.00

Income Required to date $9,090.00

Sunday Collection to date $9,043.00

ST. MARY

Weekly Budget Need $632.00

Sunday Collection $960.11

Income Required to date $6,320.00

Sunday Collection to date $8,094.44

-STEWARDSHIP OF GOD’S BLESSINGS-

SUNDAY COLLECTION AS OF 09/03/2019

Pilgrimage Trip To Rome: Join Fr. Timothy Draper and Fr. Je-

rome Koutnik, Thursday, November 14 - Thursday, November 21,

2019, on a Pilgrimage to Rome. Visit the Historic Sites of the Eter-

nal City! Attend a Papal Audience with Pope Francis and much

more! For more information go to the website: finisterratours.com

using Pilgrimage Code ROMENOV19, or email:

finisterratoursltd@gmail.com.

On Saturday, September 28th the

Amboy Conference of the St. Vin-

cent de Paul Society will hold its

Annual Friends of the Poor® Walk.

The walk will begin and end at St. Joseph’s Hall.

Registration begins at 8:30 am. The walk starts

9:00 am. Pledges made on behalf of registered walk-

ers will remain in our community and will benefit

those most in need in our local area. We want to en-

courage those who are able to register online now at

www.fopwalk.org. You can also pick up a registra-

tion form in the back of the Church.

Here and There: Divorced and Healing- St. Bridget Church, Loves Park, IL on Wednesday’s, Oct. 2 through Nov. 6th, at 6:30p.m.-8:00p.m. It is a free program. For more information or to register call or text Rita Araoz at 815-277-7118 or Len Nicolosi at 815-654-9727.

“One in seven Americans (46 million people)

rely on food pantries to feed themselves and

their families”.

Hunger in America, Washington Post 2019

Thank you for your continued generosity to the Food Pantry at St.

Patrick’s. We are low on all supplies this month. We have need

especially of all canned vegetables and soup crackers.

Cursillo Weekends Coming Up:

Men’s Weekend: Thursday, October 17-Sunday,

October 20, 2019 The Theme is, “Behold, I stand at

the door and knock”. Revelations 3: 20

Women’s Weekend: Thursday, October 24-Sunday,

October 27, 2019. The Theme is, “Peace Be With

You”. John 20:19

For more information contact Carol Prunty at the

parish office 815-857-2315.

If you are new to our Parish family welcome! We

encourage you to register in the parish so we know

who you are and a little more about you. Call the

Parish Office at 857-2315 or 857-2670 and we will

send you a Registration Form.

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