in the Dominican Tradition . . .

1530 Jackson Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305     

 

Worship and Sacraments
   
FIRST COMMUNION
FIRST CONFESSION

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION
Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM and 12:00 PM (Rosary said daily before the Noon Mass)
Saturday, 8:00 AM, and 5:30 PM (Anticipated) 
Sunday, 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM and 5:30 PM 

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
MONDAY, TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY 7:30AM -- 9:00PM
Adoration is held in the west sacristy. Use the southwest entrance to the church.
 No adoration on THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY OR  SUNDAY

NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP
Tuesday after Noon Mass; Rosary daily before the Noon Mass.

Eucharistic Guidelines
    The Reception of Holy Communion at Mass
    GIRM Resource Material: Chicago Office of Divine Worship
   USCCB Committee on the Liturgy: Documents on the Eucharist
   Redemptionis Sacramentum: Chapter IV, Holy Communion
   Guidelines for Reception of Communion
   The Real Presence of Jesus in the Sacrament of the Eucharist
   Guidelines for ... Persons with Disabilities
   Holy Communion and Celiac Sprue Disease

 

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Saturday, 4:30-5:00 PM.

MINISTRY TO THE SICK, HOSPITALIZED AND SHUT-INS
Notify the Parish Office so that we can visit and minister to your confined loved-ones.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK
We will have a Communal Anointing of the Sick following the 8:00AM Mass, on the second Saturday of each month. If you wish to receive the Sacrament of Anointing during this celebration, you are most welcomed to attend Mass.

INFANT BAPTISMS
Every Sunday of each month (except during Lent) at 1:00 PM. Parents are required to attend the Baptismal Preparation Program, first Friday of each month at 7:30 PM. Call the rectory to make arrangements with a priest for Baptism and the Preparation Program. Click here for the Church Policies on Godparents.

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS
The RCIA invites those interested in the Catholic Church on a journey of faith. This process is open to those who are not baptized, to those who have been baptized in other Christian denominations, or to be baptized Catholics who have never received catechetical instruction or first communion. Adult Catholics who were never confirmed can enter a separate program for their patrticular needs. For further information contact Director of Religious Education at 366-7090 x 144.

WEDDINGS     Parish Guidielines for Marriage and Weddings (revised March 2009)).

FUNERALS
Funerals are held for current or former parishioners and their immediate relatives.
Please consult the Parish Funeral Guidelines for times and other suggestions.  
Suggested Scriptural Readings for Funerals can also be a helpful link.. Extended eulogies by family or friends are allowed only at the wake service or at the cemetery. Eulogies are no longer permitted at Mass.