The Parish picnic will be at McFerren from noon to three on Sunday July 21. The Special Events committee will provide fried chicken. We are meeting at the shelter between the civic center and the pool. Please bring a side dish. There will be lots of fun and games. All parishioners are invited.

Weather permitting, the Parish Hall parking lot will be sealed and re-striped on July 26th. Please DO NOT PARK in the lot on July 27th and July 28th.

Updates from the Diocese of Peoria: Because of changes that are occurring to our parishes, it has seemed opportune to make a modification to two of our vicariates: The Danville Vicariate has been merged into the Champaign Vicariate. TFr. Joel Phelps remains the Vicar Forane of the Champaign Vicariate. The Galesburg Vicariate has been merged into the Macomb Vicariate. Msgr. Timothy Nolan has been named the Vicar Forane of the Macomb Vicariate.

There will be a Women’s Cursillo Weekend Sept. 20th-22nd at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Urbana, IL. If interested, contact Jenny Causey via text at 217-621-

The White House Retreat in St. Louis, MO will be Sept. 5 thru Sept. 8. Anyone who is interested contact www.whretreat.org.

The Vermilion County Catholic Golf Outing is Sunday, Aug. 4 at 1 pm at Wolf Creek Golf Club. Shotgun start and limited to 13 4-person teams. Anyone interested call St. Mary’s to register at 217-267-3334.

The National Eucharistic Congress will be held July 17-21 in Indianapolis IN. For anyone interested please go to Eucharisticcongress.org.