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Over NINE HUNDRED Videos have been recorded since 2019 for the Border Town Parishes to Enhance the Faith Life of Our Parishioners and to Connect with Those Locally and Around the World Who are not able to Attend Services On Site. Included Here are the Previous Online Masses Celebrated at the Border Town Parishes. God Bless You!!!


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Mass for the First Sunday of Lent at the Border Town Parishes February 22, 2026


Celebrated at St. Anne's Church

230 N. 6th Ave

St. Anne, IL 60964

During this year's Masses for the Season of Lent, Fr. Pete focuses on NINE individuals whose lives were/are marginalized by others in the faith, yet made significant contributions to the faith despite these struggles. Fr. Pete parallels each of these eight individuals with the eight "levels" of Holy Orders that one would approach (Prior to the Second Vatican Council) on their way to being ordained a deacon, priest and bishop:


The Minor Order of Porter (Ash Wednesday): St. André Bessette

The Minor Order of Lector (First Sunday of Lent): St. Bede the Venerable

The Minor Porter of Exorcist (Second Sunday of Lent): St. Benedict

The Minor Order of Acolyte (Third Sunday of Lent): St. Tarcisius

The Major Order of Sub-Deacon (Fourth Sunday of Lent): St. Vincent de Paul

The Major Order of Deacon (Fifth Sunday of Lent): St. Stephen

The Major Order of Priesthood (Palm Sunday): Venerable Pope Pius XII

The Major Order of Bishop (Holy Thursday): Joseph Cardinal Xen of Hong Kong

Summary of Holy Orders (Good Friday): St. Polycarp


Today's homily focuses on "The Father of English History" St. Bede the Venerable (c. 673-735 AD), a holy soul dedicated to the reading, studying and writing of scripture that his preference to stay within the monastery in which he prayed conflicted with the needs of the leaders of Church and State, preferring to exist in the world of God rather than enter the temptations of man. For this example, this patron of Catholic Schools and Scholars became an inspiration for Fr. Pete's ministry and the homily offered at this Mass.

Mass for Ash Wednesday

at the Border Town Parishes

February 18, 2026


Celebrated at St. Patrick's Church

119 N. Market Street

Momence, IL  60954


Ash Wednesday In-Church Services


St. Anne's Church

8:00 a.m. Mass and Distribution of Ashes

5:00 p.m. SERVICE and Distribution of Ashes


St. Patrick's Church

9:15 a.m. Mass and Distribution of Ashes

5:30 p.m. Mass (English) and Distribution of Ashes

7:00 p.m. Mass (Spanish) and Distribution of Ashes


Today's homily focuses on "God's Doorkeeper," St. André Bessette, an illiterate Canadian who was recommended by his local pastor as one "who is a saint." Through what others might consider a menial task, what St. André models as a "Porter" (the person who welcomes others inside a place of faith) is a form of hospitality that every secretary, ordained cleric, religious and lay person of faith must possess to draw souls into the heart of God.

Homily in SPANISH for the
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

at the Border Town Parishes - February 15, 2026

Celebrated at St. Patrick's Church

119 N. Market Street

Momence, IL  60954