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๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ต/๐ฎ๐ฎ
Join us as we celebrate OLM! Tickets are on sale NOW! They are $5 per person & children 5 and under are free.
Purchase tickets after Masses: ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ & ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ฐ & ๐ญ๐ฑ OR stop by the parish office during those weeks. ๐ก๐ข ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ญ๐ฑ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐. DON'T MISS OUT!
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๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ต/๐ญ๐ฏ - ๐ต/๐ญ๐ฑ
Retrouvaille is a program designed to help married couples who are struggling. We will help you learn to communicate on a deeper level, approach conflict constructively, build a stronger marriage, and rediscover the love you once had for each other.
Our Joliet area weekend is coming this September 13th - 15th, 2024
For more information, call us at 815-246-2080 or visit us at HelpOurMarriage.org
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๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฑ๐๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐- ๐ต/๐ญ๐ฐ
Three liturgies will be celebrated in various parts of the diocese to bring people together in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Diocese of Joliet. Bishop Hicks will celebrate the Masses, along with priests from the local areas. Receptions will follow each of the liturgies, featuring entertainment and food for purchase. Mark your calendars for Sat, Sep 14th. Bishop Hicks will celebrate Mass that afternoon at 4:00pm at Montini Catholic High School in Lombard.
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๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ'๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ- ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐
For Mom's looking to connect with fellow Moms, reach out to Laura Reyes at 904-472-0385 or Katelyn Wood kmisdom2@gmail.com
๐จ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐:
September 6th
Adoration for Families- 2-3pm. Bring your children to spend time with Jesus.
September 20th at 6pm
Join us for a momโs night out at Burnt Barrel in Yorkville and meet other mamas who are as beautiful and amazing as you are.
September 27th from 9:45am to 11am
We are super excited to introduce our โMASSive Adventureโ series for children and their mamas. During this special time weโll have stories, presentations and crafts on the different parts of the Mass.
Every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 7 PM, we're gathering to dive into the book "Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father's Love" by Fr. Thomas Acklin and Fr. Boniface Hicks. This is a wonderful opportunity to grow in your faith, connect with other Moms, and find peace in the Father's love. We'd love to have you with us!
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๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐?? ๐๐'๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ!
Click here:https://olmercy.com/formation/ or email Karen at karens@olmercy.com
๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ข๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐-๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ & ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐:
๐ฆ๐๐๐ & ๐ฅ๐ข๐ข๐ง: This is a great option if it is your child's first year in Family Faith Formation. It allows families to experience the our "Glory Story" of Faith.
๐ ๐๐ก๐ & ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐: This is our First Reconciliation & First Communion pathway for those entering Grade 2 & up who have completed at least one year of Faith Formation.
๐ช๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ฅ: This is a great option for families who want to go deeper, and who have already completed SEEK & ROOT.
๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ
REACH is offered to individuals with special needs who are in grades K-6. The program meets September through May twice monthly, with additional opportunities throughout the year to gather and socialize.
๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฒ-๐ด
EDGE: Students in grades 6, 7 and 8 will participate in the EDGE program starting in September and going until April. Topics and activities will be presented to educate about the Catholic faith. There will be large and small group activities.
๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
The LIGHT CHOSEN program is designed to nourish and strengthen our high school teens on the journey towards the sacrament of Confirmation. Chosen is a two year process (Year 1 and 2) where teens will meet 12 times each year.
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๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐, ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐
Fr. Michael explores the profound impact of Love, illustrating how it captures our hearts, transforms us, and sends us forth with renewed purpose. He challenges us to reflect on whether our faith in Christ has truly done the same in our lives. Fr. Michael strongly encourages everyone to take a deeper step into community and spiritual growth through the Alpha ministry, starting this Thursday. Alpha offers a unique opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions, ask pressing questions, and build deeper connectionsโall while being captured, transformed, and sent by Godโs Love. He also highlights the importance of families joining Family Faith Formation, ensuring that both parents and children grow together in faith. Fr. Michael's invitation is clear: donโt just attend Sunday Massโimmerse yourself in the life of the parish and allow the Lord to work in your life through Alpha and other ministries.
For further details and registration proceed to
olmercy.com/alpha/
olmercy.com/formation/
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๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐น๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ต/๐ฐ- & ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ & ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐!
๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ช๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐!
๐๐๐๐. Wednesdays @ 6pm (4th, 11th, 18th & 25th) AND Saturdays @ 9:15am (14th, 21st & 28th)
๐๐๐๐๐. Our Lady of Mercy Parish Life Center (PLC), 701 S. Eola Road, Aurora.
๐๐๐. Women, aged 18 and above.
๐๐๐๐๐๐. Arrive 15 minutes prior to check in.
Bring an exercise mat and water.
Wear Comfortable clothing.
๐๐๐๐ด, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ olmercy.com/soulcore/
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Experience a prayer experience that combines the prayers of the rosary with core strengthening, stretching, and functional movement through SoulCore fitness classes.. No fitness level or experience is required. Join us for a unique class where we pray the Holy Rosary while engaging in gentle, mindful movements.
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Vine & Branches is a Grow Group at Our Lady of Mercy (OLM) that offers support and belonging to individuals of any age or faith who are divorced or separated on the way to divorce.
โ๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ.โ โ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ 15:9
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป?
This is an 8 session video series with ๐๐ง. ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฟ๐ง. ๐ฝ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐ which discusses our ongoing healing journey in accordance with God's plan for each of us. The WHOLE person is body, soul, and spirit-healing is our WHOLE communion with God.
๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฒ:๐ฐ๐ฑ-๐ณ๐ฝ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ. We begin with opening prayer and overview of the session. Sessions last from 7-8:30pm.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฅ๐: ourladyofmercyaurora.flocknote.com/signup/177422
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Who Is St Gregory the Great?
Saint Gregory the Great prayed, lived, and taught the wisdom of Godโs Word. On that rock he sought to build up the faith of the Church, which he served through his labors as pope.
A son of a noble and devout family, Gregory left civic life at the age of thirty for the monastery. In 590, he was elected pope, as the plague ravaged Rome and war threatened. With fatherly attention, Gregory expanded the reach of the papacy for the protection of the poor and the preservation of the peace. He wrote over eight hundred letters answering queries from both lay and clerical leaders. In his classic Pastoral Care, he urged priests to apply themselves to the care of souls: โWhat rashness it is, then, for the unskillful to assume pastoral authority, since the government of souls is the art of arts!โ One of the four great Latin Fathers, Gregory died in 604.
Among the many achievements of his papacy, Gregory revised the Roman Rite of the Mass and established a more uniform standard of music in church services, gathering chants โ monophonic, unaccompanied sacred songs โ from various regional traditions with the aim of organizing them into a more orderly whole for use by the entire Western Church. In posthumous recognition of his endeavors, this form of church music was later styled โGregorian chantโ.
The Second Vatican Council says that Gregorian chant takes pride of place in the liturgy, that it is the music proper to the Roman rite. Think of Gregorian chant as โthis glorious wedding of heaven and earth.โ With no other art form does the Church say, โthis is our in a preeminent wayโ, but she does say that about Gregorian chant.
Saint Gregory the Great, pray for us!
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On this day, when we rest from our usual labors, loving Father, we pray for all who shoulder the tasks of human laborโin the marketplace, in factories and offices, in the professions, and in family living. Allow us to find rest and comfort from the daily demands, and provide guidance for all the unemployed and underemployed. Amen.
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Work is a good thing for man โ a good thing for his humanity โ because through work man not only transforms nature, adapting it to his own needs, but he also achieves fulfillment as a human being and indeed, in a sense, becomes โmore a human being."
โSaint John Paul II
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๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ
The scribes and the Pharisees disregard Godโs commandments and cling instead to their own self-righteousness and sense of superiority. Since their hearts are far from God, evils like malice, deceit, blasphemy, and arrogance come โfrom their hearts.โ But God endows us with โstatutes and decreesโ in order to rescue us from our own fallen tendencies and to give us a way to โlive, enter in, and take possession of the land.โ By allowing our hearts to be formed by Godโs commandments, we โgive evidence of our wisdom and intelligence to the nations.โ For such obedience reveals just how close to us is the God who โwills to give us birth by the word of truth.โ โHumbly welcome the word that is able to save your souls.โ
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It was heartening to see the impressive turnout and overwhelming response at the OLM Ministry Expo held at the Parish Life Center this past weekend. The event showcased the many ministries/programs offered at our church, and provided useful information on how to get involved. Ministry leaders/representatives were available after all Masses to field questions and offer sign-up opportunities.
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