April 6: Women's retreat in Morrison

St. Mary Parish, 13320 Garden Plain Road in Morrison, will host a Lent retreat from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on April 6. The topic is "Becoming a Woman of God." The retreat will lead participants to become the whole, holy and authentic self that God made them to be.
Cathleen Filipski will lead the retreat. She is serving in spiritual ministries through Scripture and prayer. She is a wife and mother of six children.
RSVPs are requested to plan for refreshments and lunch. Call 815.772.4890 or visit https://www.stmarymorrison.org/

March 24-28: St. Mary in Elgin hosts parish mission

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St. Mary Parish in Elgin, 400 Fulton St., is having a parish mission beginning at 6:30 p.m. March 24, and continuing each eveining through March 28. The name of the mission is "Companions on the Journey" and the mission speaker is Father Peter Schavitz, CSsR, a Redemptorist priest from Chicago. 
Admission is free. Transportation and child care will be available at no cost. 
Each session will be followed by a social gathering in Binsfeld Hall featuring refreshments with a different food theme each night. 
Everyone is invited to attend.

Date: March 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
Time: 6:30-8 p.m.
Location: St. Mary, 400 Fulton St., Elgin, IL
Free

Info: Chris Mattoon at (847) 888-2828
Web Site: https://stmaryelgin.org/
Email: cmattoon@stmaryelgin.org 

Feb. 27 and March 2: Diocesan Chorale rehearsal changes

Because both parishes needed to schedule funerals, the Feb. 27 and March 2 Diocesan Chorale rehearsals ahead of the Rite of Election have changed. 
The new schedule is:
Wednesday, Feb. 27: 7-9 p.m. at St. Peter in Geneva
Saturday, March 2: 12:15-2 p.m. at St. Catherine of Siena in West Dundee
Thursday, March 7, 7-9 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Rockford.
The mandatory call for March 9 is still at 8:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Rockford.
Info:Valerie Holland, choir director, diocesanchorale@rockforddiocese.org

Dec. 14: Communal Penance, St. James, Rockford

St. James, Rockford

CORRECTION

On Dec. 14 at 6:30 p.m. St. James Parish, 428 N. Second St., Rockford will host an Advent Communal Penance service.
There will NOT be a Communal Penance Service at St. James Parish in Belvidere.
The Observer regrets the error.

Dec 1: Marmion-Rosary Cheerleaders to host clinic

AUIRORA--The Marmion Academy/Rosary High School Cheerleaders are hosting a cheer clinic for students in grades K-8 on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 12:30 to 4 p.m. at the Marmion Academy field house, 1000 Butterfield Road. 
Participants will learn cheers, jumps, and stunts along with a dance routine that they will perform during half time at the Marmion Academy basketball game on Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. 
The cost is $35 and includes a snack and a T-shirt. Sign up at www.rosaryhs.com/cheer.

#WhyImCatholic movement aims to share hope at difficult time for church

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#WhyImCatholic movement aims to share hope at difficult time for church

Oct. 6: 22nd Ecumenical Brunch in Rockford

22^nd Annual Ecumenical Benefit Brunch

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Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018

St. Bernadette Parish

2400 Bell Ave. 

Rockford, Illinois

Far Away and in Our Backyard –

Continuing our conversations… Human Trafficking

Jimmie Getter, RSAC, and Brittney Fry, RAASE, will be speakers and responders in a question and answer session. 

REGISTRATION:  8:30 AM      

BRUNCH AND PROGRAM:  9:00-11:30 AM

Sept. 22: SVdP Walks in Geneva and Carpentersville

Sept 22

GENEVA

South East District: 8:30 a.m. check-in, 9 a.m. walk; Fabyan Forest Preserve Bear Cage Shelter, 1925 S. Batavia Ave.Info: St. Peter Parish
CARPENTERSVILLE

St. Monica: 9 a.m.; 90 N. Kennedy Dr. Info: 847/428-5467

Proceeds for St. Vincent de Paul Society local charitable work in the community.

Learn more at https://www.fopwalk.org

Sept. 15: SVdP walk in Algonquin

Sept 15

ALGONQUIN

St. Margaret Mary Parish: 9 a.m.;111 S Hubbard St. Info: 847/628-5161

Proceeds for St. Vincent de Paul Society local charitable work in the community

Learn more at https://www.fopwalk.org/

Sept. 14: Bishop's Mass for Healing and Reparation

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Sept. 6: 'Priest with a Mic' on Sirius radio

Father Kyle Manno

Starting Sept. 6, Father Kyle Manno will be the "Priest with a Mic" on the Sirius radio series.

It will be a three-week series, brodcasting Sept. 6, 13, and 20 at 11 a.m. CST for an hour on Sirius XM 129, the Catholic Channel.

Father Manno is the vocations director for the Diocese of Rockford and a parochial vicar at Christ the Teacher University Parish and Newman Center at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

Sept. 15: Golfing for All Saints Catholic Academy

Already supporters of Rockford's All Saints Catholic Academy, due to open for the 2019-20 school year, are raising funds. 

They've scheduled a golf and dinner for men and women at 1:30 p.m., Sept. 15, at Westlake Village Golf Course, 3820 Westlake Village Dr. in Winnebago. 

There will be nine-holes and cart for golfers in a scramble format with prizes for lowest score, men's and women's longest drive and closest to the pin. 

Dinner with a silent auction, 50/50 raffle will follow at 6: p.m. at  St. James Parish Beauvais Center, 428 N. Second St., Rockford. 

Reservations are due by Sept. 1.

Cost: $25 golfing; $20 dinner. 

Info: Ed Geeser, 815/540-0224; Dale Sanders, 815/222-6884

May 22: Aquin CCHS opens assembly to the public

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FREEPORT--Aquin Catholic Schools, here, welcomes families, friends, and community members to join them for a special program at 10:45 a.m. May 22.  Lt. William Gleason will share his heroic and inspiring message.
 Lt. Gleason a highly decorated retired New York City Fire Department lieutenant and a World Trade Center rescuer. 

Lt. Gleason will talk about his experience on Sept. 11, 2001, and the time after the rescue and recovery operation. Lt. Gleason brings a positive inspirational message of hope from tragedy

His talk will be in the Aquin Central Catholic Junior/Senior High School auditorium. Visitors should use the Galena Street entrance.

Info: https://www.smore.com/