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Corpus Christi Sunday
June 19, 2022
Living Mass Intentions for the Week
OLPH: Prendergast Family, Francis & Janice Henkel, Doug & Nicole Jones,
Carlene Schuhler, Anita Vaessen, Michael & Brenda Vaessen
SMA: Robert Hahn, Gene & Patricia Bronge, Peg Jones
St. Patrick: Danielle Ledbetter, Indian Bickett 
From the Gusset
The archangel Gabriel told the Blessed Virgin that her barren
kinswoman (Elizabeth) was already 6 months pregnant ± for
nothing is impossible for God. Mary quickly went and spent the
next 3 months helping Elizabeth until John the Baptist was born.
The Catholic Church has always placed John’s birth in late June
± the 24th. Outside of Jesus’ birth (December 25th) and Mary’s
birth (September 8th) ± John’s Nativity is the only birth that the
Church celebrates! We celebrate the death date of all the other
Saints of Heaven (their birthday into Heaven) ± but John’s is the
only birthday we celebrate, and his we celebrate as a high Feast
day called a Solemnity! An interesting thing happens this year.
The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is always celebrated
the 2nd Friday after Pentecost, which happens to fall on the 24th of
June this year. Since there are greater and lesser Solemnities ± the
Sacred Heart Solemnity trumps the Nativity of John the
Baptist’s Solemnity, and bumps John’s Feast Day to Thursday,
June 23rd. This is fascinating to liturgical nuts like Fr. Randy.
You see, a Solemnity is so important ± we cannot “not” celebrate
a Solemnity that is trumped by a greater Solemnity. In other
words, we must celebrate the birth of John the Baptist ± we cannot just say well this year,
because of the Sacred Heart Solemnity, we just won’t have a Feast of John’s birth. In fact, the
Solemnity of John’s Nativity is so great it even has a Vigil Mass associated with it. This is the
Mass (the Vigil) where the Faithful are encouraged to go home and light their own St. John’s
Fire. So, on Wednesday evening the 22nd of June at 7:00pm, we will celebrate the Vigil of the
Solemnity of St. John the Baptist ± then we will go home with blessed candles to start our own
St. John’s fire in the grill or firepit in our backyard, and we will also receive a special
sacramental to celebrate St. John’s birth. Remember, St. Zechariah (John’s Dad) said, “You,
my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High; for you (John) will go before the
Lord to prepare His way, to give His people knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of
their sins.” John the Baptist is so great, we give him all of the fanfare he rightly deserves. Just
think it is only 6 more months until Jesus is born! We want God the Father to see us joyfully
anticipating the birth of His Son. When God looks
down from Heaven and sees the night of June 22nd
(this year) ablaze with campfires, as we thank God
for sending us John the Baptist²the light that
breaks the darkness in which we dwell²we desire
to have God well pleased with us, His adopted
children. It doesn’t get much better than this for us
Catholics in Lee county, as we will celebrate 4
consecutive Solemnities from June 23rd through June
27th ± the Nativity of John the Baptist, the Sacred
Heart of Jesus, the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
and Our Lady of Perpetual Help’s Feast Day!
Yours on the Path Fr. Randy 
Collection Amounts for the Month of May
OLPH SMA St. Patrick
Loose Collection $856 $55 $137
Envelopes $6,770 $2,035 $1,610
Total $7,626 $2,090 $1,747
Monthly Expenses $8,354 $4,683 $3,532
Diocesan Appeal $6,830/$9,766 $2,023//$6,015 $650/$3,023
Would you like to grow your child’s Faith this
Summer?
Of course bring them to Mass every Sunday and receive the Eucharist,
and maybe even have them make a Summer Confession. St. Patrick’s
Church in Amboy is inviting the youth of our Parish to join them for the
Totus Tuus Summer Camp. The Camp, based on the spirituality of Pope
St. John Paul II has two sections ± one for grade schoolers and one for
older kids.
The dates, times, and costs are as follows:
1st6th Grades:Monday, June 20Friday, June 24, 2022, 9:00
AM 2:15 PM, cost is $25.
7th12th Grades:Sunday, June 19Thursday, June 23, 2022, 7:00
PM 9:15 PM, cost is $10
Maximum cost is $50 per family. Please make checks payable to
St. Patrick Church. If your family has been coming to Mass
regularly, our Parishes would have no qualms about paying your
child’s registration fee. We only want to see them grow stronger
in their Catholic Faith. If you have any questions contact the
office at: 8158495412.
Marcella Dinges
Memorial Scholarship Fund
College Loan applications for the School Year 20222023 are
now being accepted. Applications are available at Pioneer State
Bank in Sublette and at Midland States Bank in Dixon, and will
be accepted until July 15, 2022. First considerations will go to
the Catholic Parishioners at St. Patrick Church, Maytown,
St. Mary of the Assumption, West Brooklyn, and Our Lady of
Perpetual Help, Sublette. 
Questions on Your Catholic Faith
What is the Earliest One Can Celebrate a Vigil Mass?
In Seminary, the Faculty wanted
us to celebrate a “ClassMass”
each semester. We celebrated
Mass as a community; that is, all
four years of Seminarians (1st
Theology through 4th Theology)
every day. But to build
camaraderie with the men whose
ordination year we would share for
the rest of eternity ± the Faculty
wanted us to celebrate a
ClassMass. I remember, we
were going to have the Mass on
Saturday, but since my classmates and I attended two different schools ± the Gregorian
University, which honored a split weekend (they had Thursdays and Sundays off), while the
Angelicum University had the more typical Saturday and Sunday weekend off ± we couldn’t
decide on a time. The Angelicum students did not want to wake up early and have Mass on a
Saturday morning (their day off), so we were going to hold the Mass on Saturday afternoon. We
thought maybe 4:00pm. Well, the House Liturgist recommend that we just celebrate the
anticipatory Mass for Sunday (or what we call the Vigil). Instead of celebrating a Saturday
ClassMass ± we would celebrate a Sunday ClassMass. Pope Pius XII in his Apostolic
Constitution, Christus dominus, set the earliest hour for a Vigil Mass at 4:00pm. Until the
Church issues a new rule regarding when to officially define “evening” the 4:00pm Mass remains
the earliest time a Mass is considered to fulfill the next day’s obligation. This is actually in
Canon 1248. Attending a Vigil Mass fulfills the Catholic Sunday obligation. Now, some
Solemnities actually have their own prayers and readings for the Vigil of the Solemnity, which
differ from the actual Solemnity Mass’ prayers and readings. Although when one attends a Vigil
Mass of a Solemnity, he fulfills his obligation for the Solemnity ± Solemnities that have their
own Vigil with different prayers and readings than the next day ± are actually opportunities for
the more zealous Faithful to actually celebrate the day with greater devotion. For example, if
you have a devotion to St. John the Baptist (next week); perhaps, you would come to Mass on
the Vigil and attend Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of John, or if you had a devotion to
St. Peter or St. Paul (two weeks hence) you might come to the Vigil and the Solemnity Mass as
well. You see, the rules of the Church are mostly there to ensure that we do the bare minimum
to grow in holiness. There are a lesser number of
rules concerning the maximum we can do. For
instance, how many times can I receive the
Eucharist in one day? We will answer that
question next week. We are all called to be in
love with Jesus Christ, but the deeper we fall in
love with God (or any person for that matter) the
more we want to show our Beloved our love.
That is why the priest does not break the
Commandment not to work on Sunday;
whenever, he celebrates the Mass, because the
Mass is a labor of love!
Mass Intentions
Saturday, June 18th
11:00 am, OLPH (+) Betty Prendergast Memorial Mass
4:00 pm, OLPH (+) Eugene Leffelman/ Shawn & Scott Leffelman &
(+) Betty Prendergast/ Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Setchell
5:30 pm, SMA Pro Populo/ Fr. Randy
Sunday, June 19th Corpus Christi Sunday
8:00 am, St. Patrick (+) Urban & Helen Ann Becker/ Jeanne Shanyfelt
10:30 am, OLPH (+) Leon Full/ Mr. & Mrs. Darrell Full
Monday, June 20th
(+) Stacey Wertz/ Susan Fassler & (+) Thomas Farrell/ Jeanie Teichman
Tuesday, June 21st Feast of St. Aloysius Gonzaga
7:30 am, SMA (+) Eugene Leffelman/ Keiffer Family
Wednesday, June 22nd Vigil of St. John the Baptist
8:00 am, OLPH (+) Betty Prendergast/ Marilyn Bonnell
7:00 pm, OLPH (+) Lucille Becker/ Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Henkel
Thursday, June 23rd Nativity of St. John the Baptist
7:30 am, SMA (+) James Jones/ Betty Bohn
8:30 am, OLPH (+) Melvin Leffelman/ Julie Brechon
Friday, June 24thSacred Heart of Jesus
8:00 am, St. Patrick (+) Norma Bushman & (+) Jerome McLaughlin/ Bickett Family
Saturday, June 25th Immaculate Heart of Mary
11:00 am, OLPH (+) Catherine Taylor/ Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Wilson
4:00 pm, OLPH (+) Craig & (+) Ray Bresson/ Mr. & Mrs. Mark Bresson
5:30 pm, SMA Pro Populo/ Fr. Randy
Sunday, June 26th Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
8:00 am, St. Patrick (+) Annette Bickett Nettleton/ Bickett Family &
(+) Norma Bushman/ Mr. & Mrs. Marty Bickett
10:30 am, OLPH (+) Mary Christine Henkel/ Mr. & Mrs. Hugh McCoy
Parish Website: www.olphmarystpatrick.com
Parish Phone Number: 8158495412 Parish Email: olph.mary@gmail.com
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