This is an exciting weekend at St. Charles. First, of course, we are celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi. This is the day in which the Church focuses on the Body and Blood of Christ, given to us at Mass. Jesus has not left of orphans… he gives us the food that we need to keep him at the center of our hearts and to find our way one day to heaven.
It is also an exciting day because two young men from our parish, Fr. Sam Martinez and Fr. Noah Isch, will stand at the altar for the first time and offer the Eucharistic Prayer. In their hands the bread and wine will change into the Body and Blood of Christ. Fr. Sam and Fr. Noah are both being ordained priests on Saturday, June 6, and they will have their first Masses at 9:00 and 11:00 on Sunday. There will be a reception in the Hession Center for each, after the two Masses.
Our annual Corpus Christi procession will be especially important this year because of the two new priests who will be carrying the monstrance. We will process after the 11:00 Mass, walking from the church, north on Reed to Trier, and then around the school and back to the church for Benediction. Fr. Noah will carry the monstrance for the first half of our route and Fr. Sam for the second. Please join us if you can.
Next weekend will be the final weekend at St. Charles for Fr. Bobby Krisch, who will be the new pastor of St. Patrick in Arcola. We will have a reception for Fr. Bobby in the school cafeteria after the 11:00 Mass next Sunday, June 14. Please stop by and thank him for his three years of ministry here at St. Charles.
The US bishops have determined that the 250th anniversary of our nation is a time when we should be consecrated, as a nation, to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Prayers of consecration will take place at the US bishops’ meeting this summer. To learn more, check out a short video made by Bishop Rhoades. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f4ePOA2R_K0. You can also join in with novena prayers and praying a litany to the Sacred Heart along with Bishop Rhoades at diocesefwsb.org/America-250.
