• St. Anthony’s Announcements

  The 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

  September 20-21, 2025 

• Please pray for all St. Anthony’s friends and family members who are ill or deceased. This week we especially want to pray for Salvador Mendez Gonzalez,Lovelynn McNew, Amanda Martinez, Nancy Forch, Ernie Saldana, Lupe Martinez, Bill and Cookie Spivey, Jim and Debbie Benjamin, and Jim and Kay Brown, Loretta Alt and all those listed in our weekly parish bulletin.

• Also. Please pray for the repose of the soul of Steve Sheppard.  Steve passed away Tuesday afternoon.  Please keep his family in your prayers as well.  Arrangements are pending at Anderson Funeral Home.

• Each Sunday, we would like for K-8 students participating in Faith Formation classes to sign in when they attend Mass. There is a sheet at the back of the church.   Incentives will be given for Mass and Class attendance.

•  There has been a change in the schedule for Adult Classes on Wednesday evenings.   OCIA will begin at 5 PM  in the Rectory Living room.  Bible study will follow at 6:15 in the parish hall.

• The CCD youth will meet at 5 pm on Wed. Sept. 24. Please note the changes in time for the OCIA(5pm) and the adult bible study(6:15pm) which will also meet on Wed. Sept. 24

• St. Anthony’s Parish Council is placing the parish farm up for bid for leasing the ground. The ground is not being sold. Details can be found on the parish website listed on the front of the bulletin.  The bid period ends on September 25.

• St Anthony’s is bringing back our community fundraising tradition. Many of you may remember the annual Salad Luncheon. The parish council is looking for volunteers to help with a Taco sale for Oct 31 during lunch. Please contact Kim Burch or Deb Benjamin at the parish hall for further information. A sign up sheet is at the back of the church. Thank you.

• The next Coffee & Rosary will be Tues. Oct. 21 at 9:15 in the Parish Hall. Everyone is invited to participate. Light refreshments will be served.

• The next meeting of Danville Area Women Connect will be at St. Anthony on Oct. 25 from 9am to 11 am. Anyone who has question can contact Linda Nicholls at 217- 260-4599.

• Thank you to all who made a pledge to the Annual Diocesan Appeal. Your generosity helps give food to the hungry, training to our seminarians, and give support to parishes. The ADA helps parishes support programs for forming children like Catechesis of the Good Shepard. If you have not completed a pledge card, please do so. There are envelopes in the pews. Every dollar raised to make our goal supports important diocesan ministries, and every dollar raised over our goal will be kept in the parish to help us. To those who have pledged Thank you. Our goal is $19,787.