Get ready for flavor and fun at the Hispanic Ministry’s Spring Taco Sale! Feast on authentic tacos, traditional homemadefavorites, tasty snacks, and desserts while enjoying music and traditional dance performances. Bring your family andfriends along for a wonderful day of food, culture, and community!
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St Mary Immaculate is priviledged to announce that Sunday, May 17th, the 10:45 AM Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union. He will be in town visiting relatives and has agreed to celebrate Sunday Mass. Let’s pack the church for his visit!
We will be holding our special collection for Bishop McNamara Catholic School and the families of the community on May 9 & 10.
Members of this ministry will be available to mend or repair your clothing items on Saturday, May 9, in the St. Anne Room. Repair drop off will be from 9:00 AM until 10:30 AM Pick up by Noon.
Please make sure that all items are clean. They ask that even new clothing be washed, and that all price/vendor tags be removed.
The Sewing Angels will regularly be onsite for clothing repairs on the 2nd Saturday of the month. Check the parish bulletin, website, etc. for future dates.
Contact Mary Beth Perkins at maperkins58@hotmail.com with any questions.
Our parish spiritually adopted babies who were in danger of abortion in March. After two months from conception our babies are “dancing”:
The baby is making rapid progress developing all her external and internal organs. During the second month baby teeth form and her fingers and toes are developing. Ears, nose, lips and tongue can now be clearly seen. Even her brain waves can be recorded. The skeleton changes from cartilage to bone. The central nervous system is now functioning, and so forty muscle sets begin their first exercises.
By 8 weeks all body systems are present and the baby is called a “fetus”, a Latin word meaning “little one” or “young one”. Ultrasound reveals that this little one can now spring and jump – her first dance step!
Please pray for our Spiritually Adopted Babies:
“Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life of the unborn baby that I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion.”
Pray this prayer daily through December 25.
Our May 7th meeting will begin at Noon in Cana Hall for Mass, May Crowning, and Installation of Officers. Our Woman of the Year, Karen Grygiel, will have the honor of crowning Mary. We will then move into the Faith Sharing/Harvester Rooms to enjoy a luncheon. You must have prepaid for the catered lunch ahead of time. We will then proceed with the business meeting and close with a prayer.
Woman of the Year Mass
Cathedral of St. Raymond, Joliet
Saturday, April 25
1:00 PM
Honoring Karen Grygiel & others
Spring Institute 2026
Joliet-North Will-Kendall Deanery
Sunday, May 31
St. Andrew/Romeoville
3:00 PM
$20
Parish Picnic (Block Party)
Sunday, June 14
CCW will have a booth with popcorn and other goodies.
Our April meeting centered on Service to Others. Our ladies got so much accomplished and while they worked, they also got to visit with each other. Donations were made to Hines VA, Lakewood Nursing Home, Waterleaf, the Homeless and the Food Pantry. The program was a huge success and seemed to be enjoyed by many!
For more information, please contact Grace Blaszek at 773.727.0237 or gblaszak@sbcglobal.net
Honor your mother or a mother figure in your life with a Mother’s Day Remembrance Card. A card may be purchased for mothers who are living or deceased. For each card ordered, your mother will be included in prayer for 12 Masses throughout the year (one each month).
Cards can be delivered directly to the mother through an e-card, sent in printable form to the purchaser, or picked up from the Commons Desk. Cards picked up at the parish will be printed on cardstock.
Order online at www.smip.org/mothersday through May 6th or purchase at the Commons Desk through May 10th.
Remembrance Cards are $10 each. All proceeds will benefit the parish cemetery.
If you would like to become a member of St. Mary Immaculate Parish, you are welcome to register as a new parishioner online anytime at smip.org/register.
If you have already registered online and would like a tour of the campus, or would like to register in person, please join us on Sunday, May 17, at 10:15 AM in the School Library for our Welcome Gathering.
Please contact Laura Van Ham at lvanham@smip.org or 815-436-2651, x887 with any questions
Food Donations Needed BY MAY 5
Our next Daybreak Meal donation date is May 5. We would greatly appreciate your help with donating various items for meal preparation.
If you would like to help, please sign up to donate an item at smip.org/daybreak by May 4. We ask that donated items please be brought to the Commons by Tuesday, May 5, by 10:00 AM. for pick up that day. Perishable items should be marked and placed in the refrigerator in the parish kitchen.
Our meals are successful as a result of your generosity. Your participation is truly a way to make a positive difference in someone’s life.
Questions? Contact Chris McLawhorn at 815-436-8374 or Kathy Hall at 815-436-2729.
