Saint Peter Catholic Church

We will be resuming our Mass schedule starting Saturday, June 6th with restrictions.  Please contact Cindy at the office 815-525-3400 or cell 815-218-1226 to register. Pre-registration is required as we have limited seating.  Face coverings are required to be worn during Mass.  Please check in with the usher; we are required to retain the names of those who attend Mass in case notification of a positive case of covid19 is required.  

St. Peter Church is open for private prayer Monday through Saturday:  noon - 4:00 pm. with a maximum of 80, and social distancing rules apply.  Please enter the church through the handicap entrance on the south side of the church.  Holy hour with confessions at St. Peter 7-8PM Tuesdays, and at Church of the Holy Spirit on Thursdays 7-8PM

If you would like a priest visit at home, please call the parish office.

Please click on the link below for information on the Rockford Diocese plan to reopen the churches.
https://www.rockforddiocese.org/

Adoration on-line 24 hours at The National Shrine of St. Maximillian Kolbe at Marytown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUp4cFcfu6I

Monday, June 1st
Theme: "Behold, Your Mother" (St. John 19:27)
In these words spoken by our Savior from the Cross, we receive the Blessed Assurance that: "I will not leave you as orphans" (St. John 14:18). ALLELUIA! Today we celebrate a new Memorial: "The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church."  To experience our greatest consolation and source of comfort in midst of this incurable cultural crisis, "plant your life firmly on three great realities." Cardinal Robert Sarah explains: "This celebration will help us to remember that growth in the Christian life must be anchored to the mystery of the Cross, to the oblation of Christ in the Eucharistic Banquet, and to the Mother of the Redeemer and Mother of the Redeemed, the Virgin who makes her offering to God." ALLELUIA!"To survive this cultural, moral, and spiritual storm, anchor yourselves to the Cross, the Most Holy Eucharist, and to the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is both: "Mother of the Redeemer" and "Mother of the Redeemed!" The Gospel taken from St. John (19:25-29): "near the Cross of Jesus stood His Mother." The proper understanding of these words, spoken by our Savior, is crucial to solving this crisis raging throughout our Country. Yes, people feel betrayed and abandoned by the Church. Yes, Millennials are both mad and sad at the poisonous propaganda, leading them away from the promises of Christ. Yes, the Baby Boomers are disillusioned by the constitutional confusion, as to the most obvious conclusion: "Lawlessness is Godlessness!" All this isolation is dangerous to our mental health, it makes for an inhumane campaign to protect people "at all costs," from what we all most need: one another! "Who is my brother's keeper?" Sorry, it is not the so-called C.D.C! When a society waters down morality, it leads to insanity and the destruction of the family. We need to "Return to Tradition," the "Faith of our Fathers," and "the Science of the Saints!" Yes, an "Extreme Soul Make Over," complete with the help of the Paraclete. Do not be afraid to shout out: "Lord, send forth Your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth" (Psalm 104). As the saying goes: "United we Stand, divided we Fall!" Ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, "Mother of the Church," to lead you and guard you; to love you and guide you! In the Holy Eucharist we: "taste and see, the Goodness of the Lord" (Psalm 34:8). ALLELUIA! Remember to pray the Rosary as a family.      
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