BAPTISM: Please contact the Parish Office to fill out a baptismal registration form and to schedule with Fr. Gow or Deacon Prunty a date for your child's baptism. Note: If this is your first child being baptized, a baptismal preparation class must also be scheduled and taken with Fr. Gow or Deacon Prunty prior to the baptism.

MARRIAGE: Arrangements are to be made by contacting the Parish Office at least six months in advance of the pro-posed date. Couples must meet in person with Fr. Gow to set their date and are required to participate in a marriage preparation program prior to the wedding.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: If you or a fellow parishioner’s health is in danger due to sickness or old age, please contact the Parish Office to be anointed by Fr. Gow.

SICK VISITATION: If you are going to be hospitalized or are confined to your home and would like to receive Holy Communion, please contact the Parish Office to make ar-rangements.

PARISH STAFF

FR. JOHN GOW, Parochial Administrator

DEACON KEVIN PRUNTY, Pastoral Associate

BEV HALSEY, Parish Secretary

CAROL PRUNTY, Parish Bookkeeper

SUSAN MCCOY, CRE

GERARD LEGNER, Custodian & Maintenance

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Meet 2nd and 4th Wednesday of

the month at 7:00 p.m. in the parish hall.

MASS SCHEDULE

FOOD PANTRY: Open the 3rd Wednesday every month at

9:00 a.m. in the basement of St. Patrick Church.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL: Meet 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the

month at 6:30 p.m. in the school.

† Communion Service on Monday led by Deacon

Prunty at St. Patrick, Amboy is cancelled until further

notice.

WALTON

† Saturday 5:30 p.m.

HARMON

† Sunday 9:00 a.m.

AMBOY

† Saturday 4:00 p.m.

† Sunday 7:30 a.m.

† Sunday 10:30 a.m.

† Tuesday 8:00 a.m.

† Wednesday 8:00 a.m.

† Thursday 8:00 a.m.

† Friday 8:00 a.m.

AMBOY RECONCILIATION:

Saturday 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Tuesday 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

HARMON & WALTON RECONCILIATION

UPON REQUEST

SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 16/17, 2021

First Reading: 1 Samuel 3: 3b-10, 19

Response: Psalm 40

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:13 c-15a, 17-20

Gospel: John 1: 35-42

Parish Center For: St. Patrick, St. Flannen, & St. Mary

32 North Jones Avenue Amboy, IL 61310 Amboy Office: 815-857-2315 Harmon & Walton Office: 815-857-2670 Rectory (Sacramental Emergency Only): 815-857-4172 Fax: 815-857-3485 Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - noon These are Covid-19 temporary hours. Website: stpatrickamboy.org

The Baptism of the Lord January 9/10, 2021

Tuesday, January 12th

8:00 a.m., Amboy SYLVAN & VIRGINIA LEFFELMAN †

Wednesday, January 13th

8:00 a.m., Amboy MARY LANE †

Thursday, January 14th

8:00 a.m., Amboy TERRY LYNCH †

Friday, January 15th

8:00 a.m., Amboy LENA MERLO †

Saturday, January 16th

4:00 p.m., Amboy HELEN GLESSNER †

5:30 p.m., Walton PARISHIONERS OF ST. MARY,

ST. FLANNEN & ST. PATRICK PARISHES †

Sunday, January 17th

7:30 a.m., Amboy JO ANN LEFFELMAN †

9:00 a.m., Harmon BILL HOEFLER †

10:30 a.m., Amboy PAT MCCAFFREY †

MASS INTENTIONS LITURGICAL MINISTERS SCHEDULE

JANUARY 9/10, 2021

Sunday, 7:30 am

Priest: Fr. Gow

Lector: Tina Corcoran

Sanitizers: Hugh McCoy Susan McCoy

Greeter: Susan McCoy

Usher: Jerry Corcoran

Sunday, 10:30 am

Priest: Fr. Gow Lector: Tim O’Laughlin

Sanitizers: Tim O’Laughlin Lynn O’Laughlin

Greeter: Mary Kathryn

Usher: Brandon Klein

Saturday, 4:00 pm

Priest: Fr. Gow

Lector: Judy Marsili

Sanitizers: Terry Halsey Bev Halsey

Greeter: Bev Halsey

Usher: Frank Lachat Sr.

LITURGICAL MINISTERS SCHEDULE JANUARY 16/17, 2021

Sunday, 7:30 am

Priest: Fr. Gow

Lector: Sheila Garcia

Sanitizers: Terry Halsey Beverly Halsey

Greeter: Beverly Halsey

Usher: Larry Durso

Sunday, 10:30 am

Priest: Fr. Gow Lector: Eileen Piper

Sanitizers: Terry Halsey Bev Halsey

Greeter: Mary Kathryn

Usher: Brandon Klein

Saturday, 4:00 pm

Priest: Fr. Gow

Lector: Pam Payne

Sanitizers: Jim Murphy Brian Murphy

Greeter: Carol Prunty

Usher: Frank Lachat Sr.

CONGRATULATIONS TO

LILY ANN STEWART

DAUGHTER OF JACOB & NICHOLE STEWART

who received the Sacrament of Baptism at

St. Patrick Church, Amboy, on Sunday,

January 10th, 2020.

The Lord has called home

CHARLOTTE FITZPATRICK

please pray for her, her family &

her friends.

Novena For Life

A Novena for Life sponsored by the Am-

boy/Sublette Knights of Columbus, Council

8277, will be held from Saturday, January 9,

2021 through Sunday, January 17, 2021 at St. Patrick, Am-

boy, St. Flannen, Harmon, and St. Mary, Walton, to pray

for a culture of life and civilization of love in our commu-

nity, nation and world. The Novena will begin with Gos-

pel of Life prayer said before each Mass throughout the

week. Gospel of Life prayer sheets will be available before

all Masses. Please take them with you and bring them back

do not leave them. Community members are encouraged

to pray at home if you do not attend Mass daily. For more

information call Jim Travi 815-535-8047.

The Lord has called home

DON REINHOLD

please pray for him, his family &

his friends.

The Lord has called home

ANN HELLMAN

please pray for her, her family &

her friends.

The Lord has called home

SHARON DREW

please pray for her, her family &

her friends.

Go to our website https://stpatrickamboy.org/adult-faith-

formation and read about the plenary indulgences for the

Year of St. Joseph. The article is in the Resource Tab.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Of the four coordinates Pope Francis lays out, the Eucharist is the most important. As said in Lumen Gentium (§11), it is the fount and apex of the whole Christian life. The Eucharist forms and nourishes us. It is the efficacious sign and sublime cause of communion in the divine life and the unity of the People of God and a culmination both of God's action sanctifying the world in Christ (CCC §1325). Going further into the Eucharist coordinate are words from St. John Paul II from his Encyclical Letter on the Eucharist in which he explains the communion that is presumed to exist for those participating in it. Participating in the Eucharist celebration presumes that one is in communion with Christ and through the Holy Spirit's working unites us to the Father. Additionally, it presumes that one is also in communion with the teaching of the Apostles, in the sacraments, and the Church's hierarchical order. (Ecclesia De Eucharistia §35) The Eucharistic coordinate then means more than just merely showing up for Mass. It means one is in communion with God and the Church in all of their life, consistent with the Gospel and Church teaching. As Catholics in communion, we ought to be forming our lives on the Gospel and Church teaching daily. The more we do that, the more we can spot moments when a group or person misrepresents them. An example of something Pope Francis said which has been greatly misrepresented came from his press conference on the return flight from Rio de Janeiro 7/28/2013. It was the response of Pope Francis when he said, "Who am I to judge?”. People have run with this as though Pope Francis is making it clear that he is impartial to how any person lives like he is going to look the other way. This claim is far from the truth. The actual quote of the Pope is this, "If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?”. Adding back the missing 75% of the sentence changes its meaning into something different than the one typically used. The truth in that response applies to everyone, regardless of attraction. Notice what words are missing from this quote. Searching for the Lord and has goodwill; two essential elements. Those misquoting Francis would rather have us think that the Pope will turn a blind eye to our moral choices rather than highlighting that he sees no need to make a judgment if one is in communion with God and the Church. The list could go on concerning misinformation given to us. It happens many times in the Church and the world in general. Needless to say, whatever the example, when people act in such a way, they hurt the communion we should be working for by sowing dishonesty and disunity. We should take the advice from Pope Francis to evaluate certain groups or movements. We should live by those same things: searching for the Lord, being of goodwill, life in the Spirit, prayer, communitarian love, and the Eucharist. The focus for us should not be if we belong on the left or the right; it should be if we are in communion. In that communion, there is no right or left; there is unity and truth. Let us always work to seek the truth and communicate it when we have found it. In Christ’s Love, Fr. Gow

ST. PATRICK

Weekly Budget Need $3,388.00

Sunday Collection $1,907.00

Income Required to date $94,864.00

Sunday Collection to date $76,899.60

ST. FLANNEN

Weekly Budget Need $909.00

Sunday Collection $574.00

Income Required to date $25,542.00

Sunday Collection to date $25,329.00

ST. MARY

Weekly Budget Need $632.00

Sunday Collection $354.11

Income Required to date $17,696.00

Sunday Collection to date $16,738.08

-STEWARDSHIP OF GOD’S BLESSINGS-

SUNDAY COLLECTION AS OF 12/29/2020

Every two seconds someone in

the United States needs blood.

The need is critical! Please con-

sider helping those in desperate

need through our A.C.O. and Amboy High School

sponsored Red Cross Blood drive being held on Tues-

day January 26, 2021 from noon to 6:00 P.M. at the Am-

boy Community Building. Please make your appoint-

ment on line www.redcrossblood.org or call Judy

Brinkmeier 815-238-8927 for an appointment. Won’t

you take a few minutes from your day to give the Gift

of Life?

Word of Life

“Like Our Blessed Mother welcomed Jesus, we are called to cherish and protect the gift of human life, at every stage and in every circumstance.”

USCCB “Living Out Christmas in the New Year

Rockford Diocese Combined Appeals begin with the

weekend of January 16-17 with the National Appeal.

Please be generous. There will be envelopes at the

back of the church if you did not receive one in the

mail. Please bring the envelopes to Mass next week-

end.

If you know of anyone interested in joining the

Catholic Church please feel free to invite them to

get together with Father Gow to ask questions or

for instruction.

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