St. Anne's Catholic Church / National Shrine of St. Anne

Serving in St. Anne, IL

CONGRATULATIONS to our students receiving First Communion at St. Anne's Church (May 9, 2021) and Thanks to Kim Emerson, as well as the catechists, for their really holy work during some very trying times!!!

For First Communion Pictures at St. Anne's, CLICK HERE!

Online Service for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time - June 13, 2021

Celebrated at the National Shrine of St. Anne - St. Anne, IL

Fr. Pete Jankowski has been celebrating all Masses on behalf of the parishioners of St. Patrick's Church (Momence) and St. Anne's Church (St. Anne) who are not able to church. Feel free to invite others to join our Masses if they are not able to join their own parish communities – we will never get large enough to worry about too many people that come and join us (and what a wonderful dilemma it would be if they did!). All we ask you to do is bring your own chairs to the Masses, bring your own masks and observe social distancing. For Social Distancing Guidelines, Please CLICK HERE (English Instructions) or CLICK HERE (Spanish Instructions).

Please continue to support our local parishes – we need your support to continue spreading God’s mercy during these difficult times.

To support the mission of St. Patrick's Church, please contact us at (815) 472-2864 or write us at 119 North Market Street - Momence, IL 60954.

To support the mission of St. Anne's Church, please contact us at (815) 427-8265 or write us at PO Box 470 - St. Anne, IL 60964.

Congratualtions to the Students of the Border Town (or, at least, those who could weather the Snowstorms!) for Receiving Their First Confessions in February 2021!!!

Previous Online Masses, Blessings and Services...

(Corpus Christi)

June 13, 2021 (11th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

(The Second Sunday of Lent)

January 31, 2021 (The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

February 7, 2021 (The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

February 14, 2021 (The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time)

January 24, 2021 (The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time)

December 27, 2020 (The Solemnity of the Holy Family)

January 1, 2021 (The Solemnity

January 3, 2021 (The Solemnity

December 25, 2020 (The Solemnity of Christmas)

To View all Our Previous Masses

(Starting with the 3rd Sunday of Lent 2020),

PLEASE CLICK HERE!!!

St. Anne's Catholic Church was founded by Father Charles Chiniquy, who travelled to Illinois in 1852 and helped found the parish for which the city was named. He was accompanied by most of his French-Canadian parishioners from nearby Bourbonnais, IL. The current structure was built in 1872 to replace Father Chiniquy's original log church.

The stone structure is of Gothic design and topped with a bell tower. The church survived a fire in 1893.

The church contains a national shrine to St. Anne, established in 1888 to provide parishioners with a counterpart of the shrine at Beaupré, Canada. The shrine is now known throughout the Middle West and several miraculous cures have been reported. St. Anne's Day, July 26th, brings hundreds of visitors to venerate the relic of la bonne Sainte Anne.

Learn more about St. Anne's Church and the Miraculous Power of the Relics by CLICKING HERE!

Parish Council Minutes

October 17, 2019

August 22, 2019

September 24, 2020

Take a video tour of the parish by clicking onto our YouTube Video of the Church! St. Anne's Church is located at 230 North Sixth Street in St. Anne, IL.

St. Nicholas visits the St. Anne's community in December!

To learn more about St. Nicholas, CLICK HERE!

Help support our parishes buy purchasing copies of Fr. Pete's Homiletic Books! You can purchase them at the parishes or online at Amazon.com!

Cycle A Homilies

Cycle B Homilies

Cycle C Homilies

CLICK HERE to watch Fr. Pete's Videos that Walk Through the Liturgy, produced for the University of Dayton

CLICK HERE to watch Fr. Pete's Twelve Part Series "Stories on the Journey," Broadcast on Shalom World TV!

Other Resources for Your Consideration...

Augustine Institute:Free subscriptions of FORMED for 40 days

Bayard: Living with Christ

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd(for parents)

Catholic Faith Network

Dominican Friars on Sunday Readings

Liturgical Press: Give Us This Day

Loyola Press

Faith Formation and Grammar and Writing Games

Magnificat

Oregon Catholic Press

Resources for Parishes

Resources for Home

Pauline

Eucharistic Adoration with the Daughters of St Paul

Mary Walks Beside You: Strength for Living in Fragile Times

The Word Among Us

Pope Francis’ Prayer with Mary for COVID-19

Archbishop Gomez Prayer for COVID-19

Spiritual Communion. . .

COVID-19: A Prayer of Solidarity

Light a Candle Online (from the National Shrine of St. John Neumann). . .

Pauline Media Eucharistic Adoration . . .

Mary Walks Beside You: Strength for Living in Fragile Times. . . from Pauline Media

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR 2020 ADVENT & CHRISTMAS OPPORTUNITIES!


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FR. PETE'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY BILINGUAL MASS OUTDOORS (WEATHER PERMITTING)

ST. PATRICK'S GROTTO (WEATHER PERMITTING)

SUNDAY, JUNE 6TH AT 10:30 A.M.

A RECEPTION WILL FOLLOW THE MASS.

In a two-minute video, Three Masses are highlighted on May 23, 2021 at the Border Town Parishes ... The OUTDOOR Mass that takes place at St. Anne's Church (St. Anne, IL) every Sunday at 9:00 a.m. (weather permitting; the first Sunday of the month, the Mass is indoors)... The OUTDOOR Mass that takes place at St. Patrick's Church (Momence, IL) every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. (weather permitting) and a special OUTDOOR TEEN RETREAT Mass at the Camino y Esperanza Retreat Center on Wichert Road (St. Anne, IL). We also were honored to celebrate the "May Crowning" at St. Patrick's Church as well.

Weather Permitting, We Will Celebrate ALL Masses at St. Patrick's and St. Anne's, Outdoors (otherwise, Masses take place indoors).

Please bring Your Own Chairs to the Mass and Observe Social Distancing. For Social Distancing Guidelines, Please CLICK HERE (English) and CLICK HERE (Spanish)

An Online Memorial Day Service at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Momence

Memorial Day Masses

May 24, 2021

9:30 a.m.

St. Patrick's Cemetery

11:00 a.m.

St. Anne's Cemetery

VIDEO EASTER HIGHLIGHTS AT ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH IN MOMENCE - APRIL 3-4

FR. PETE'S

ORDINATION MASS FROM JUNE 1, 1996

HOMILIES FOR FR. PETE'S FATHER (DONALD JANKOWSKI)

Fr. Pete was ordained twenty-five years ago at the Cathedral of St. Raymond. Please continue to pray for his ministry to the folks of the border town parishes.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SERVICES DECEMBER 12, 2020

Fr. Pete celebrated TWO Masses on December 12, 2020 - one outdoor Mass at the Camino & Esperanza Retreat House & Grotto in St. Anne, IL and the other at St. Patrick's Church in Momence. Thanks to everyone who made these wonderful events possible!