Parishioners:
First, we have three openings for Sunday’s Blood Draw at St. Mary’s hall. Please call the rectory 267-3334.
Second, please attend the September 21st 2025 Annual Diocesan Appeal at noon. Please sign up or call the rectory and if you are home bound and would like a dinner please call. If you can help to deliver to the home bound, let me know ASAP.
Thirdly, our CCD/Sunday School is now open on Sundays from 9 to 10:20. To register, please call the rectory ASAP.
Lastly, pray, pray, pray for peace. Pray a rosary. Tomorrow is Patriot Day which remembers the Islamic attach on the U.S. 24 years ago. Upwards to 3000 (and many more when you count those who died from toxic exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder) were killed that day. Pray to St. Michael the Archangel to expose plots of terror and ask God the Father to mitigate any divine punishment. Pray in reparation for sins committed against the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary! Last year I wrote and produced a video/song about Untied Flight 93 which crashed in western Pennsylvania. It is called “Please, Pick Up!” You can find it on my YouTube channel under my name. I have also been working on another song/ode to Rick Rescorla—the hero of the South Tower (he saved 2700 employees of Morgan Stanley). Ode To Rick Rescorla was sung/spoken by Richard Hainsworth of Cornwall, England. I am trying to get it finished in time for next year’s 25th anniversary. Please pray and if you want to help me physically with your tech skills or financially please offer.
God bless, Fr. Sauppé
Thursday, August 14th: St. Mary's Church at 6:00pm
Friday, August 15th: St. Mary's Church at 7:00am
Friday, August 15th: St. Isaac Jogues at 7:00am (Fr. Deus)
Thank you to all of our Teams, Sponsors and Donors who have helped make the Vermilion County Catholic Golf Scramble the success it is today. Thank you Wolf Creek Golf Club-Ann & Fritz Bateman- for all that you do in providing the best course, meal and hospitality for this event. Thank you Robb & Christina Dietzen for all that you do before and during the event. Finally, Father Deus would like to Thank all of those who donated their prizes, half of the winnings from the 50/50 raffle and the winner's half of the 50/50 raffle to him and Lazarus Ministries.
1st Place Low Gross: Scott Drews, Rich Miller, Steve Strader & Delbert Cornwell
*Score: 34*
1st Place Low Net: Rick Scott, Patrick Scott, Lauren Scott & Joe Cox
*Score: 30*
Sponsors:
Latoz Hardware
Integrity Vending LCC
Coal Miner's Bar, Package Liquor & Gaming
Rick & Karen Scott Family
In Memory of John (Tompy) Thompson
Judge Thomas O'Shaughnessy
Jim & MaryAnn Hughes
Don't Go To Hell- Fr. Sauppé
In Memory of Cas Mokijewski
Sara Snyder
Tom Petersak Farm
In Memory of Duane "Yogi" Lutchka
(Who Loved Golfing with the Geezers!)
Lorna J. Konsis Memorial Foundation
Strader Family
Knights of Columbus
Duane, Kim & Katey Hall
Illini Skateland & Family Fun Center
In Memory of Steve Lyons
Donors:
Integrity Vending LLC & Allen Rathgeber
Coal Miner's Bar, Package & Gaming
Sara Snyder
Deborah Strako
JoAnn Thompson
Dietzen Family
Wolf Creek Golf Club
You are invited to St. Mary's for Mass and Eucharistic Procession on Corpus Christi Sunday, with a parish picnic following. Please bring a side dish to pass.
This coming Sunday is Corpus Christi, which means in English, the Body of Christ found in the Holy Eucharist--- His Body, His Blood, His Soul, and His Divinity. It is our belief that Jesus was most serious about His words at the last supper. This is My Body....This is My Blood. Take and Eat. He offers Himself so that we may participate in His One Sacrifice for sinners. So in order to be a part of Christ's sacrifice is to eat of the sacrifice.
I invite you to come to St. Mary's for our 10:30am Mass at the end of which we will have a Eucharistic Procession around the church and back in for Benediction. Following is a parish picnic at St. Mary's Hall. We will have Lee's chicken with mashed potatoes, cole slaw and biscuits. We do ask that you bring a dish to pass, as there will not be a lot of the sides from Lee's. If you have not registered, please call ASAP. We also need volunteers to deliver dinners to the home bound. If you want a dinner delivered, please call ASAP.
We will be having our Rummage Sale again this weekend at the Parish Hall.
Friday: 8:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday 8:00am - 2:00pm
If you have any more items you would like to drop off this week, please bring them by. If someone is not at the Hall, contact Jennifer at the Parish Office (217-267-3334).
We will be having our Rummage Sale again this weekend at the Parish Hall.
Friday: 8:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday 8:00am - 2:00pm
If you have any more items you would like to drop off this week, please bring them by. If someone is not at the Hall, contact Jennifer at the Parish Office (217-267-3334).
Friday, June 13th (8:00am-6:00pm) and Saturday, June 14th (8:00am-2:00pm)
Proceeds will go to St. Mary's Altar & Rosary Society
Acceptable items: working appliances and electronics, hardwood furniture (tables, chairs, cedar chests, bookcases, etc.), outdoor furniture/patio sets, home furnishing items (pictures/paintings, decor, etc.), purses/handbags, toys and bicycles, kitchen items, and garden tools/equipment
Items we are not accepting: mattresses and bedding items, upholstered chairs, couches, etc., clothes, hats and shoes, broken or dirty items
We ask that you please clean up your items ahead of time. Thank you!
Drop-off Dates/Times:
Monday, June 9th- Thursday, June 12th
8:00am-11:00am and 3:00pm-7:00pm
*Doors will be unlocked all day if you are unable to drop off when someone is there*
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!
Please call the Parish Office at 217-267-3334 if you able to help set up, sort and work at the Rummage sale. Thank you!
Celebrate Divine Mercy on Sunday, April 27th at St. Mary's Church from 2:00-3:00pm.
Divine Mercy Chaplet
Eucharistic Exposition
Benediction
Homily
Veneration of the Divine Mercy Image
There are Divine Mercy and Novena Pamphlets located at the Church entrance. There will also be additional flyers available to anyone who needs one at the Good Friday Mass. Be sure to start praying the Novena starting on Friday, April 18th
September 11th is Patriot Day: A day to remember that over 3,000 lives were lost to Islamist's in the destruction of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, the jet that crashed into the Pentagon, and the lost lives on United 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania. To help remember and to teach new generations of Patriots, I have been inspired to write this song and produced this YouTube music video. It is called, "Please, Pick Up!" (sung by Jennifer Boyd featuring her daughter Elizabeth Boyd)
The song is told from a United Flight 93 passenger's perspective while leaving a phone message to her husband. While the song is fictional, it relates accurate actions taken that day and represents a composite of all victim heroes of United Flight 93.
If this song is moving to you, then please pass it along to your social sites, so other Patriots will hear it and remember their heroism. Finally, pray that God may bless the U.S.A. and world for peace.
Thank you,
Fr. Timothy Sauppé
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEehjDhuNwE
Congratulations to Wyatt DeAth on being named a 2024 WYXY Classic FFA All-Star!
This award recognizes the top ten FFA members nominated from WYXY Classics region across Central Illinois and Central Indiana. Make sure to click on the link below to vote for Wyatt as the People's choice winner to receive and additional scholarship!
https://wyxyclassic.com/ffa-all-stars/wyxy-classic-99-1-exceptional-ffa-all-stars/
Prayer on a Beautiful Morning
Our Father in heaven, how we love you; how you love us. A new day unfolds, and we desire that it is infused with our worship of you. As we turn our eyes on the beauty of you, our spirits lift and find peace. Please pour out your Spirit upon us today, so we can worship in fresh ways.