Thank you to all who have joined us today for this Eucharistic Celebration. Welcome to visitors, guests and parishioners. If you have been attending St. Anthony’s regularly and would like to be a registered member, you may pick up a registration form in the pamphlet holder in the back of church by the holy water. After you have completed the registration form, you can place it in the offertory basket or drop off to Debbie in the office.
Today we celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Easter. The readings begin on p.158.
Please pray for all St. Anthony’s friends and family members who are ill or deceased. This week we especially want to pray for Carlos Juarez, Bill and Cookie Spivey, Jonathan Nichols, Jim and Debbie Benjamin, Jim and Kay Brown, Father Ignatius, Father Ted, Dolores Forch, Raquel Torres, Jerry and Pat Northam, and Loretta Alt.
The Parish Council is very excited to announce that Bishop Tylka will be visiting and celebrating Mass with St. Anthony’s in July! As soon as we have confirmed the date, we will let you know!
Please help yourself to Easter Lilies after Mass today. They are done blooming for this year, but if you plant them in your garden now, they will come back next year and bloom in June or July!
We are in need of more help on Thursdays for Adoration. Please contact Debbie in the office if you would be willing to be a Partner with a current adorer.
Ticket sales started Mon. March 24 for the 28th annual Schlarman Spring raffle. Don’t miss your chance to win $100,000 as well as 74 other cash prizes. Lisa Lukas will have tickets to purchase. Don’t miss out, there has been one drawing all ready.
CCD will be held along with Adult Bible study on Wed. May 14 at 5pm.
The men’s Cursillo 1235 (for men 21 years and over) is the weekend of July 25-27, 2025. For more information, go to ChampaignCursillo.com or call Dick Baxley@217- 377-0318.
The next Rosary & Coffee will be on Friday May 23 at 9:30 in the Parish Hall. Everyone is welcome to join us.
The Methodist Church has completed their 8th water resistant sleeping mat and are requesting more shopping bags. You may leave them in the back of our church. They are also hosting a spaghetti dinner(free will donation) benefit on May 10 for Mark Schaumburg from 5 to 7.
Loose change for St Vincent de Paul Society will be collected this weekend. Please be generous. “Amen, I say to you: Whatever you did for the least of my brethren, you did it for me, says the Lord. Come, you blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Mt 25:40,34.
The Parish Council is very excited to announce that Bishop Tylka will be visiting and celebrating Mass with St. Anthony’s this summer! As soon as we have confirmed the date, we will let you know!