2024 Lent Prayer Companion Booklets

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Lent is your opportunity to be even more intentional about your faith so that you can know the Father’s mercy, grow closer to Jesus and receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Being intentional is more than a mindset, it calls for action. Our Lenten tradition guides us to actively participate with prayer, fasting and service to others.

There is something for everyone in this booklet. Whether this is your first Lent or you have participated for many years, this companion is for you. Throughout these pages, you will find stories and reflections from your fellow St. Francis de Sales parishioners.

We pray that by journeying through Lent toward Jesus and His Resurrection, you will experience a conversion of your heart and mind and share in the Easter Hope of new things to come!!! 

Please keep our parish community in your prayers! If you have any questions please contact us at parishoffice@stfrancislz.org. God Bless!

The password is lent2024

Come & Experience Revival at the National Eucharistic Congress

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Come & Experience Revival at

July 17 - July 21, 2024 | Indianapolis, IN

Every Movement Needs a Moment.

THIS IS ONE OF OURS!

Every Catholic is invited. This is meant to be a gathering of the whole Church, and you are an important member! Even if you cannot come for all five days, you are welcome to be a part of this historic moment in whatever way you are able - whether that’s coming for the weekend or even just one day!

“Individual Full Event Pass: $360
Let us know (QR code below) if you are interested in attending! We can get a cheaper group rate, depending on number of people!”
— Cost does not include hotels/accommodations or meals.

For the first time in 83 years, the National Eucharistic Conference is inviting lay people, clergy and religious to experience a “profound personal revival so we can be sent out to share Christ’s love with a world that so desperately needs it. Whether you can come for one day or all five, join us for this generational moment.”

This conference includes keynote speakers, daily mass, Eucharist Adoration, music, special event experiences, rosary, open Expo Hall focusing on these themes:

  • Day 1: From the Four Corners

    1. Day 2: The Greatest Love Story

    2. Day 3: Into Gethsemane

    3. Day 4: This is My Body

    4. Day 5: To the End of the Earth

The Conference is expecting thousands to make the pilgrimage to Indiana for this eucharistic revival to celebrate the Eucharist – Our Source and Summit

Visit website: www.eucharisticcongress.org for more information and to register

Email Pam Lynch, St. Francis de Sales Director of Evangelization at plynch@stfrancislz.org with any questions and to be added to the list of people attending, so we can coordinate events with you.

Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship

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Sunday, January 21, 2024 @ Noon

We're happy to announce our annual Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship! All boys and girls ages 9 to 14 are invited to participate in the local level competition for the 2024 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition. The local competition will be held in the main gym of the St. Francis de Sales Parish School (enter through the side gym doors).

The Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship is sponsored annually, with winners progressing through the local, district, and jurisdictional competitions. International champions are announced by the Knights of Columbus international headquarters in New Haven, CT, based on scores from the jurisdiction-level competitions. All boys and girls ages 9 to 14 are eligible to participate and will compete in their respective age divisions. All contestants on the local level are recognized for their participation in the event. Participants are required to furnish proof of age and written parental consent.

For entry forms or additional information contact: Mike Iwanski at 224-246-5986 or mike.iwanski@gmail.com

Carmelite Spirituality

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Are you searching for something more? Wanting to go deeper in your faith? Were you aware that lay people can be Carmelites?

This part of the order is called the Third Order. Members, though not in Religious Life, choose to live out their baptismal commitment according to the spirit of the Carmelite Order. Third Order Members are brothers and sisters in the Carmelite Family and share in the same call to holiness and in the same mission of the Carmelite Order as the priests and nuns! The Third Order influences the spirit and the structure of the entire Carmelite family.

The call to Carmel is a vocation. It includes friars, monks, religious sisters, cloistered nuns and lay people. Third Order Lay Carmelites are not a prayer or social group. It is a vocation ... a call to live a way of life that is dedicated to prayer, service, and community. For those who are called to this way of life, it becomes a comfort, guide and beautiful source of spiritual strength as one is drawn into union with God. To become a Lay Carmelite, one must be at least 18 years old, a practicing Catholic in good standing and registered with a parish. You must also be searching for deeper spiritual guidance on your life journey.

Might you be called to live by the traditions and spirit of Carmel? We welcome you to learn more by attending a meeting. We meet the second Wednesday of the month in Crystal Lake. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us!

Contact the director Marcie Girolamo

(815) 245-0537 | marciegirolamo4@gmail.com