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Welcome to Holy Childhood!
Events-Week of November 1, 2026
Saturday, October 31: Weekday of Ordinary Time 4:00pm, Reconciliation-Holy Childhood 5:00pm, Mass-Holy Childhood Sunday, November 1: Solemnity of All Saints 2:00am, Daylight Savings Time Ends 8:00am, Mass- St. Liborious 10:00am, Mass-Holy Childhood 11:00am, OCIA-Holy Childhood 11:00am, Café Sunday, Hand in Hand Family Activity-Holy Childhood Monday, November 2, The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Souls
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Events-Week of October 25, 2026
Saturday, October 24: Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Claret 4:00pm, Reconciliation-Holy Childhood 5:00pm, Mass-Holy Childhood Sunday, October 25: Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary 8:00am, Mass- St. Liborious 9:00am, Coffee and Donuts-St. Liborious 9:00am, FCC, religious education-St. Liborious 10:00am, Mass-Holy Childhood 11:30am, Norrenberns & Emke Baptisms-Holy Childhood Monday, October 26: Weekday of Ordinary Time 11:00am, Funeral
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Oct 22
News and Upcoming Events
From Fr. Mark-November 1
UNDERSTANDING THE SOLEMITY OF ALL SAINTS (NOVEMBER 1) AND THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (NOVEMBER 2, ALL SOULS’ DAY) Let us first address the Feast of All Saints. The exact origins of this celebration are uncertain, although, after the legalization of Christianity in 313, a common commemoration of Saints, especially the martyrs, appeared in various areas throughout the Church. For instance in the East, the city of Edessa celebrated this feast on May 13; th
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From Fr. Mark-October 25
As Halloween, All Saints, and All Souls day celebration approach next weekend, it gives us an opportunity to look at those Saints who aren’t all sweetness and holiness. Some fit in just fine with Halloween creepiness. American Catholics sometimes feel conflicted about Halloween. The very name is a contraction for “All Hallows Evening,” but somehow a Christian vigil for the saints became a secular holiday that features witches, monsters, spooks, and hobgoblins. How do frighte
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Oct 22
From Fr. Mark-October 18
October is known as “Respect Life Month”. We have great concern for the unborn and we pray and visibly show our anti-abortion stance. However, on the other side of life, is the right to a natural end of life. Last week I wrote about Illinois’ “medical aid in dying” law — the End‑of‑Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. Also known as “Deb’s Law”— which took effect September 12, 2026, allowing eligible terminally ill adults to request life‑ending medication
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Oct 16
From Fr. Mark
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