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Mass for the 27th Sunday

in Ordinary Time

at the Border Town Parishes

October 4, 2026

St. Anne's Church

230 N. 6th Avenue

St. Anne, IL  60964

To have Christian Charity in the world can be so difficult - sometimes what a good soul might offer does not receive a warm reception; sometimes the charitable act is rejected altogether. Yet, even though the world is the way it is, we cannot stop loving or giving - that is the gospel message on which we focus at this Online Mass.

On a beautiful, breezy 77° day in Momence, IL the community of faith gathered at the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in Momence, IL for our FIFTH ANNUAL MASS & PICNIC AT THE BORDER TOWN PARISHES. During this special homily, Fr. Pete references the secret to the parish growing, offering three phrases that welcomed the sinner into our "table fellowship" by receiving sorrow, offering forgiveness and making sure the redeemed sinner is loved. By doing so, we make for a better family, a better community and Church and certainly have a better chance of getting into heaven, as Christ teaches us this lesson today.

Following this On-Site Mass is the Online Homily Fr. Pete offered (touring the campus and showing how this forgiveness and love resulted in so much GOOD on the campus) as well as the Highlights from this year's picnic celebration..

Focusing on the theme of forgiveness and love, this homily focuses on all the GOOD that results from welcoming the outsider, forgiving the sinner, accepting those that others do not and, essentially, LIVING LIKE CHRIST. The results of this kind of love and forgiveness is the manner in which we were able to renovate a campus that was left in disrepair and eliminate a $330,000 debt that had not been addressed for years.

This homily allows us to take a "Tour of St. Patrick's Campus" and all the wonderful upgrades we have been able to make in these last seven years.

Homily in SPANISH for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

at the Border Town Parishes September 27, 2026

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Celebrated at St. Patrick's Church

119 N. Market Street

Momence, IL  60954

Thirty Years of Baptism from Your "Useless Servant" (Lk 17: 10) of a Catholic Priest

Fr. Pete Jankowski is looking for any baptism pictures a family might have of the baptisms he has celebrated as a deacon or priest. Please send these pics to pjankowski@yahoo.com!!!

Fr. Pete Jankowski's Homily Celebrating THIRTY YEARS as a Catholic Priest

Celebrated at St. Patrick's Church

119 N. Market Street

Momence, IL  60954

Special Blessing and Presentation of Papal Certificate to Frank & Virginia Pilotte

On the Occasion of their 75th Anniversary of Marriage - Celebrated with Friends & Family!