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To better serve our guests and to improve operations, here are the new St. Joseph Food Pantry operating hours starting Oct. 25.

Join us to make and deliver lunches for the homeless at a Franciscan Outreach Shelter in Chicago. We meet on the first and third Wednesday of the month from 10-11 AM in Formation D. Please click here to sign up.

After 19 years of ministry to our community, the St. Joseph Employment Ministry is coming to an end. Thank you to the Employment Ministry Steering Team for 19 years of service to those underemployed, unemployed, and exploring career changes. In this time, we've served over 4,800 people, offering tools, support, camaraderie, and friendship. Thank you for being the hands and feet of Jesus here on earth.

The Giving Tree Project was a wonderful time for all. Over 2,200 gifts were returned to the gym to help agencies and families in need this year. Thank you to all for your help and generosity!

Everyone enjoyed an An evening filled with delicious food, great music, and heartwarming friendships was enjoyed by all. Mark your calendars for our next gathering on January 29th. All are welcome.

The Archdiocese of Chicago provides an Advent Calendar aligned with Laudato Si's 7 Goalsof caring for our common home during Advent.

Our Seminarians collected coats for the day laborers and purchased boots and clothes with donations from the parish.

Our Community Dinner event served 82 people accompanied by a delightful musical performance. Peter Brush and Michael Mahany graced us with their singing and guitar and piano playing. Our dedicated volunteers prepared and served the food, fostering a wonderful time as we connected wtih fellow attendees.

Dave Wilms' presentation, on Solar Power -- Harnessing Mother Nature's Gift, September 21st had 21 folks turned out to hear about the benefits and savings of using solar as well as the importance of using solar power to reduce our dependence on fossil fuel.

Our generous parishioners have contributed a total of $8,220 to the Seminarian Education Fund as of September 19, 2023. The Seminarian Education Fund helps support the education and formation of our future priests.

Aid for Women of Northern Lake County is celebrating forty years of service to the families of Lake County and beyond.

16 people participated in our Meditation Walk at USML this past Sunday. We reflected on paragraphs from Pope Francis' Encyclical, Laudato Si': on Care for Our Common Home.

Our Community Garden has generously provided our Food Pantry with more than 246 pounds of nutritious, freshly harvested produce.

Fantasy Foodball Draft Day was a huge success with 14 participants rallying together to raise $210 in support of acquiring a refrigerated food van for the food pantry.

Our Bed Ministry had delivered 1,600 beds to children in Lake County. The Bed Ministry will be scheduling bed builds soon and these sessions will take place at the old shop #126 situated at the rear of the Formation Center.

Our generous parishioners have contributed a total of $17,966.94 to the Mission Cooperation Plan as of August 14, 2023. Father John Bosco Ssekkoma representing the Archdiocese of Kampala made an appeal for the needs in rural Uganda at all Masses the weekend of July 29 & 30.

During the PADS Conversation that Matters event on August 2nd, we had the privilege of listening and learning from Eric Foote, the Executive Director. He provided valuable insights into the essential services offered by PADS and shed light on the future needs of the organization.

The Catholic Charities of Lake County's Community Center located at 914 8th St. Waukegan needs volunteer instructors starting to assist with basic English Language and US Citizenship exam preparation.

The Bed Ministry, in collaboration with the Boys and Girls Club of Rockford, UCAN, and the participants of ComEd's Tools of the Trade workforce training program, joined forces with their ComEd mentors to create twin-sized bedframes for children in need.

Our parish received a Certificate of Appreciation for the 2023 Reuse-a-Shoe Program. The program encourages all of us to reuse and reimagine.