Fall Scripture Study! Biblical Call Stories with Fr Christian Shiu

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Biblical Call Stories presented by Fr Christian Shiu

September 16th/17th through October 14th/15th.

Wednesdays 7:00pm - 8:15pm (Ministry Center) 

Thursdays 10:00am - 11:15am (Ministry Center)

Zoom - Wednesdays 6:30pm 

How is God calling you today? From Abraham stepping into the unknown and Samuel listening in the quiet of the night, to Andrew, Peter, James, and John leaving their nets by the sea—Scripture is filled with moments where God calls ordinary people to follow Him. Join us for an inspiring study as we explore these powerful stories of faith and reflect on how God is speaking to each of us right now in our daily lives.

ALL ARE WELCOME! Snacks, water and coffee will be available.

Register Here

Build Your Daily Prayer Routine with Hallow

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Build Your Daily Prayer Routine with Hallow

Build Your Daily Prayer Routine with Hallow

(Open the app, click on Discover and type in one of the names below. After you have prayed the first session, click on the three dots next to the title. A list of options will appear. Select “Add to Routine” and the Session will appear in your Routine - aligned with the time you entered it. If you would like to pray at a different time, select Edit in the upper right-hand corner and change the time associated with the Session.)

Daily Contemplation – Guide: Fr. Timothy Gallagher – TRT 10 – 15 mins

Daily Examen – Guide: Various – TRT 5 – 15 mins

Daily Exegesis – Guide: Logical Bible Study – TRT 15 – 3 mins

Daily Gospel – Guide: Lectio Divina – TRT 5 – 30 mins

Daily Holy Spirit – Guide: Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR – TRT 3 – 6 mins

Daily Homily – Guide: Various – TRT 8 – 15 mins

Daily Leadership – Guide: Dan Cellucci – TRT 3 mins

Daily Meditation – Guide: Various – TRT 5 – 30 mins

Daily Minute – Guide: Fr. Frankie Cicero – TRT – 3 mins

Daily Miracle – Guide: Lectio Divina – TRT 4 – 12 mins

Daily Reflections – Guide: Jeff Cavins – TRT 9 – 15 mins

Daily Rosary – Guide: Various – TRT: 20 – 3- mins

Daily Saint – Guide: Various – TRT 3 – 10 mins

Daily St. Paul – Guide: Jonathan Roumie – TRT: 4 – 9 mins

Daily Virtue – Guide: Sr. Mary Bethany O.P. – TRT 3 mins

Hallowed Be Thy Day – Guide: Lisa Cotter – TRT 8 mins

Building a Culture of Prayer Together Retreat

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St. Francis de Sales Parish is hosting a retreat on Saturday, April 11 called "Building a Culture of Prayer Together." You may begin this retreat with an 8:30am Mass and/or join us in the Ministry Center at 9am. We will provide a continental breakfast and refreshments during the retreat from 9am - 12:15pm.

Josh Danis will be our guest speaker. He will give three presentations: Listen to inspirational stories of the power of prayer. Learn from compelling and concrete examples how we can grow individually and as a community in our prayer life.

Imagine sharing life with other faith-filled people where you can celebrate each other's joys and give and receive support during challenging times

In between his presentations, there will be time for discussion to apply what he presents to ourselves, our families and our St. Francis de Sales Parish. As we prepare to welcome our new pastor, we want to support each other and come together in prayer.

This retreat is open to all.

Members of the early church devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Acts 2:4

Join us as we reignite the devotion of those Christian communities to learning, fellowship, communion, and prayer.

This gathering will be at the St Francis de Sales Ministry Center at

135 S Buesching, Lake Zurich

The Ministry Center is located south of the church building.

Questions: Pam Lynch Plynch@stfrancislz.org Parish Office 847-438-6622

Register Here!

Workshops of Hope: Mental Health Wellness Series

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We our excited to invite you to our Mental Health Wellness Series, created in partnership with Advocate Health. 

Many of us have heard about the importance of Mental Wellness.  These three sessions are designed to aid our understanding so we can help ourselves and others.  Join us as we learn ways to connect, discover tools and grow in hope as we journey with those we care about.  

You may sign up for one or all three sessions.  

See flyer for more information and dates in October and November.

You can register online or print the attached form and bring it to the Ministry Center. More paper forms are available in the church and the Ministry Center.  

REGISTER ONLINE HERE
PAPER REGISTRATION

PARISH MISSION: Spiritual Growth Made Easy

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We want to invite you to the upcoming Parish Mission THIS WEEKEND!

PARISH MISSION

The focus of the Parish Mission is on Prayer. Josh Danis, who works for Hallow as the Head of Parish and Diocesan Partnerships, will be speaking at all Masses on Sunday and also on Monday and Tuesday at 9:30am and 7:00pm (in the church).

  • Sunday, March 2nd - Styles of Prayer for Anyone

  • Monday, March 3rd - Beyond the Peaks and Valleys 

  • Tuesday, March 4th - Pathways of Grace 

If you are unable to get to Mass on Sunday March 2nd, you can watch Josh Danis' presentation during the 9:30 Mass which will be streamed and  available on our St Francis de Sales Youtube page. https://www.youtube.com/@stfrancislakezurich9186

HALLOW APP

What is Hallow? Hallow is a Catholic app that offers prayerful meditation, formal prayers, scripture, sleep, and rosary content. It also includes daily Gospel readings, introductions, and commentary from some of our favorite Catholic believers. 

St Francis de Sales is partnering with Hallow to go deeper into prayer this Lenten season. Watch for the special St Francis de Sales code to get our group discount.

  • Free access to "Lent Pray 40" content on the Hallow App (free and no credit card required) 

  • Access to a full trial of the Hallow App for 9 months for only $1!

  • 20% discount on the annual subscription ($56 instead of $70)

The Hallow team works to ensure Hallow always stays 100% authentically catholic & aligned with the Church.

The goal of our partnership is to help people encounter the Jesus, form robust personalized daily habits of prayer, and help the formation of small Christian communities who pray together -- where people are praying for each other and with each other. Through these prayers we are fueling the mission of the parish - fueling the hopes for the parish

LEARN MORE ABOUT HALLOW HERE

STORY OF THE HALLOW APP

The Hallow app was created in 2018 by Alex Jones. Read more about his story HERE.

Alex Jones: "I grew up Catholic, but fell away from my faith. I became fascinated with secular meditation, but always felt like something was missing – like I was being pulled towards something deeper.

I started asking everyone I knew if there was any sort of intersection between meditation and faith, and what I found changed my life…

The Holy Spirit quickly pulled together our amazing team and we began learning about the Church’s beautiful tradition of prayer & meditation. Not just what we all knew from grade school, but deep and transformative contemplative and meditative prayer techniques.So we quit our jobs and began building Hallow. We launched the app at the end of 2018, and have just been working to make it better ever since."

Bible Study: Hebrews

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Hebrews: The New & Eternal Covenant

Presented by Andrew Swafford & Jeff Cavins

Hebrews: The New and Eternal Covenant draws out the riches of this book in a way that makes them easier to understand. It draws connections between the Old and New Testaments, the Liturgy, the Eucharist, the priesthood, and so much more. Most importantly, Hebrews will help Catholics appreciate the astounding generosity of God as they see the wonders he has given us in the Church.

Beginning Wednesday, October 9th @ 7pm & Thursday, October 10 @ 10am at the Ministry Center.

The series will be presented in the Ministry Center and is also available online if you miss a week.  

Register asap so we can be sure to have your workbook here for our first meeting. 

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Contact Pam Lynch with any questions.  plynch@stfrancislz.org

Please register asap so we have time to have the workbooks shipped.  

REGISTER HERE