God Is! One Day Journey Closer to God  Our parish ONE day retreat is right around the corner.  Join us** Sat., Oct. 24th (7:30am-5:30pm).  

If you are not able to attend this time, please pray for our team and attendees, and consider donating a package of individually wrapped snack items, a case of water bottles or soda.  Donations can be dropped off at the Parish office during operating hours or at our God Is! registration table after all weekend masses Oct. 17&18.  
** We look forward to journeying safely with you.  Please know that we will be adhering to our safety protocols (masks, large spaces, social distancing, managed number of attendees, catered lunch and pre-packaged snacks, etc)

We are very excited to announce our Fall Parish Mission and Retreat will be held Sunday, October 25 through Tuesday, October 27 at 6:30pm each evening in the main church. Fr. Ervin Pio M. Caliente will be presenting our mission.

SUNDAY EVENING: Jesus and the Father Jesus’ life is all about His relationship with the Father.

MONDAY EVENING: To Jesus through Mary As the Father entrusted Jesus to Mary, in turn, Jesus also entrusts us to Mary. 

TUESDAY EVENING: Holy Communion- Suffering Hearts United Jesus’ obedience to the Father and entrustment to Mary has you and I at its’ core.

Once again, St. Vincent de Paul is selling Fannie May candy bars after all Masses during the month of October. Please stop by after Mass and purchase some candy
to help the St. Vincent de Paul Society provide financial assistance to those in our community in need. Enjoy a little Fannie May chocolate and help the poor!

We will be celebrating mass on November 5, 2020 at 7pm in the main church for the 8th anniversary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Praying Parents Ministry.  You may bring pictures of your families and flowers to place on the altar but should have them there 15 minutes before mass.  All COVID protocols apply.

Bring all your unwanted clothing, shoes, and household textiles and fill the bins so our parish wins! Bins can be found at the back parking lot.

40 Days for Life is an internationally coordinated 40-day campaign that aims to end abortion locally through prayer, fasting, community outreach, and peaceful all-day prayer vigils in front of abortion facilities. Choose a day, a time, and location that fits your schedule to pray in front of an abortion mill for the end to this atrocity. The closest Planned Parenthood is in Aurora. For more information visit 40DaysForLife.com.

     The details are being finalized for this first ever “virtual” raffle. We hope to live-stream the drawing so you can watch to see who wins the 4 ‘grand’ prizes this year! Tickets go on sale Oct.31/November 1st weekend. We are working on securing the prizes for this raffle, and that is where we need the help of our parishioners. Because of Covid-19, we couldn’t have bake sales, and the local restaurants who usually donate have been struggling to remain open. We cannot in good conscience solicit donations from those restaurants, who have been so good to us in previous years. It just wouldn’t be right. This is why we are asking our parishioners to help BOTH the parish AND our local restaurants this year by purchasing gift cards/certificates from these establishments for the “Dine Around Town” raffle prizes. When you patronize your favorite local eateries, purchase a gift certificate that will help them, and your parish! 

     Along with the “Dine around Town” prize, we will have a 2020 version of the very popular “Party Wagon” prize we offered last year (Radio Flyer wagon filled with $650 worth of wine). This year, we will offer a wine refrigerator stocked with wine! Many have already donated bottles of wine and the fridge is full! Thank you so much! If you still would like to donate towards the raffle, we would really appreciate cash donations to help fund the cash prize. 

     As you may be aware, the Craft Show is our only parish-wide fundraiser. All of the proceeds go directly to the parish to help cover a multitude of needs. The Craft Show is a 40-year tradition that has become a community holiday tradition as well. Although the Grand Raffle is all we will be able to offer this “special” year, we want it to be the best possible for both our parish and our parish community. Please help us spread the word

For more information visit our parish website