Category: Father David

Pastor’s Letter: July 31, 2022

Pastor’s Letter: July 31, 2022

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The July 31 bulletin is now available online.  Dear friend, Deacon Daniel Dionesotes will end his summer assignment at St. Philomena after the 11am Mass on Sunday, July 31. All of the seminarians will go on retreat together before a week vacation and a return to seminary. Deacon Daniel attends Mount St. Mary’s seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. After one more...

Pastor’s Letter: July 24, 2022

Pastor’s Letter: July 24, 2022

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The July 24 bulletin is now available online.  Dear friend, I’ve had several people ask when the summer assignment ends for Deacon Daniel Dionesotes. His last Sunday at St. Philomena will be next week, Sunday, July 31. The summer assignments always progress so quickly. Summer around the parish is quite different from the school academic year and the seminarians have...

Pastor’s Letter: July 17

Pastor’s Letter: July 17

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Dear friend, This week I was with the Junior Clergy of the Diocese of Peoria at the Sacre-Coeur Retreat Center in Henry, Illinois. The Junior Clergy are the Peoria priests ordained ten years or less. I help run a retreat for them each summer and organize some ongoing formation/education. Fr. Brett Brannen was the retreat director this week. He is...