All men in the parish are invited to a Golf Outing (nine holes) on the afternoon of Friday, June 1, at Flagg Creek Golf Course.

The cost is $26 and includes cart and two beverage tickets, snacks, and participation in contests with prizes for Low Score, Closest to the Pin and Longest Drive.

Location:  Flagg Creek Golf Course, 6939 S. Wolf Ave., Indian Head Park (just south of Joliet Road on east side of Wolf).

Times:  2:03 – 3:19 tee times; followed by camaraderie, beverages, and snacks at the Clubhouse.

Click here to download a printable tee time preferences form.

Please contact Steve Ryan at steve.ryan@us.gt.com, 708-217-2530, with your top three preferences for tee times and any questions.  Checks should be made payable to SJC Men’s Club and mailed to the Parish Center.

Sign up soon for a great day on the course with fellow Men’s Club Members!

Every year, all children from the parish are invited to sing at the First Communions in the choir with other adult/children members of the St. John of the Cross choirs. This tends to be siblings, cousins or close friends of the 2nd graders that are members of the parish. Any of these interested children should plan to attend a rehearsal on Wednesday, April 25 or Thursday, April 26th, from 3:45 – 4:30 in the church. Children should be 2nd grade or older (exceptions made for 1st grade siblings or Cherub Choir members.)

This is a great way for kids to enhance an already beautiful ceremony and show support for their favorite 2nd grader. (It doesn’t hurt that the choir loft has some of the best seats in church either!)

Please let me know if you have a child interested in singing and which ceremony(ies) they would sing. If you have any questions regarding the rehearsal or ceremonies, please contact Ann Bourjaily-Maney at (708)246-4171 or bourjman@sbcglobal.net.

Located on Chicago’s south side, St. Francis DePaula Shelter is one of Catholic Charities’ two interim housing shelters serving families who have unexpectedly become homeless.  Generally, a family spends three or four months at St. Francis DePaula.  During that time, they receive intensive case management services where each family works with a case manager to create a plan, identify goals, develop life and parenting skills and find job opportunities and other necessary resources. For each family, the ultimate goal is permanent housing and self-sufficiency — but that can only happen after their immediate needs of food and shelter are addressed!

St. Francis DePaula Shelter is capable of serving 14 families at one time. Last fiscal year (July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011), St. Francis DePaula Shelter provided an astounding 16,092 nights of stay and 48,282 meals to 338 parents and children. Located in a former convent that was built in the late 1920s, St. Francis DePaula Shelter has been in continuous operation 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, year round since 1984 causing significant wear and tear.  Fortunately, the Shelter is currently undergoing a renovation of the common areas of the facility, including the kitchen and dining room.  That is where you come in!!!  We have set up a registry on Target.com where you can go online and purchase items needed for the new kitchen and dining room.  These needy families should feel at home . . . even when they don’t have one.  The Registry is simple: (1) Go to Target.com; (2) Click on TargetLists; (3) Enter the first name “Christina” and the last name “Brotto”; (4) Start shopping.  All of your purchases will be delivered to the Parish Center. When the Shelter remodel is complete, we will arrange to have all of the purchases delivered to the Shelter.

If you have any questions, please contact Christina Brotto at (630)920-2203 or cbrotto@brottofreel.com.

Women’s Club Flower Sale

Women’s Club Garden Expo Plant & Herb Sale

Our Legacy News

Pomegranate is a home based business launched in 2004 by Sue Lockie and her sister Maryjean. A need was recognized in the market for a source for floral and trim to highlight your home. Pomegranate hosted their first Winter Market in 2004. Hundreds of customers continue to use Sue and Maryjean for all their holiday decorating needs and nature inspired gifts and treasures for the home.

Other services provided include: container consultation and selection, pre- party staging, mantlescaping and accessorizing, dining room table container selections, seasonal indoor fresh plants such as hydrangeas, orchids, ferns, custom floral for gift giving or a gift certificate for that special friend

Email Sue or Maryjean at pomegranatefloaldesign@yahoo.com with any questions you may have or to reserve a spot on the summer planting schedule.