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Designs such as this (pictured) are a sample of the prayer environments Children's Faith Formation families are designing in their homes.

Children's Faith Formation families are finding activities and ways to keep Christ at the center of their lives, even while having to stay at home until April. 7.

Members from Community for the Kingdom Group No. 16 rolled up their sleeves and volunteered time with the Sleep in Heavenly Peace bed ministry, building beds for children who do not have a place to sleep in their homes.

More than 50 women from St Joseph and St Mary of Vernon parishes gathering for spiritual nourishment this Lenten season during the Morning of Reflection on March 7.

Fr. Thomas Baima, Vicar for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs for the Archdiocese of Chicago and a professor at Mundelein Seminary, gathered with guests on March 4 to discover the similarities and differences of the Eastern Church Eucharistic celebrations with the Western Church.

St. Joseph’s candidates preparing to be received fully into the Catholic Church joined hundreds of other men, women and children during the Rite of the Elect and Call to Continuing Conversion on March 1 at Holy Name Cathedral.

“The Holy Spirit: Living in the Mystery” was the theme of the 2020 Lenten Mission, as presenter Fr. John Kartje, rector at the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein Seminary, challenged the audience to renew themselves spiritually with Christ as they prepare for the Lenten season.

As part of their formation, candidates in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, their sponsors and catechists gathered to help feed the hungry.

Teens and adults preparing for this summer’s Appalachian Mission Trip had a wonderful weekend building community and welcoming Fr. Terrence DeSilva from Holy Trinity, our host parish in Harlan, Kentucky.

Families gathered to learn about the roles of ministers at the Eucharistic celebration during this year’s annual Teachings Masses.

Families, mark your calendars and get on board the "Rocky Railway," this summer theme for Vacation Bible School, June 15-19 on the parish campus.

Adults and families gathered on January 26 to learn more about what prayer is, and is not. “God is not a Vending Machine” presented by Fr. David Mowry, generated more than 250 from St. Joseph and St. Mary of Vernon parishes to learn about the relationship that forms when we we open ourselves to God in prayer and listen for his voice.

Another candidate celebrated the Rite of Welcome on January 12 during the 9 a.m. Mass, as part of his journey into full reception into the Catholic Church.

Teens preparing for Confirmation attended one of two retreats offered at St. Joseph to help refresh their minds and hearts and re-commit to God and the graces of the sacrament.

Small group members, whose facilitators include John Morgan and Maurice Griffin, gathered for their January meeting to create “blessing bags” for needy people they encounter in their lives.

Seventh-graders in their first year of Confirmation preparationat St. Joseph took time during their Christmas vacation on January 2 to make blankets for children needing emotonal support.

Looking to join a Community for the Kingdom small group? A new one is forming, geared toward young adult couples and younger families.

A Community for the Kingdom group comprised of families with younger children, gathered on December 20 to package food for children through Feed My Starving Children.

Eighth-graders in Ryan Krietsch, Dan Sugrue and Walt Melcher’s Confirmation session gathered to build beds for St. Joseph's “Sleep in Heavenly Peace” ministry on December 20.

Fourth-graders in Stephen and Ruth Wrolstad’s Tuesday afternoon Faith Building group recently completed a blanket project with a Noah’s Ark design.