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# Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Church

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- [Diocesan Appeal 2026 - I Will Come to You](https://saintmargaretmary.org/diocesan-appeal-2026-i-will-come-to-you) - 2026 Diocesan Brochure DA26_Brochure Dear Brothers and Sisters, “I Will Come to You” is the theme for the 2026 Diocesan Appeal. Our theme comes from the Gospel of John. When Jesus speaks with His disciples about heaven and finding the way to the Father, Jesus reassures his disciples by telling them, “I will not leave
- [NEXT SUNDAY, Aug 16 - Hammer Open Charity Golf](https://saintmargaretmary.org/save-the-date-hammer-open-2026) - Welcome to the Hammer! Event Details Date: Sunday, August 16, 2026 Time: Registration @ 12:30 PM Shotgun Start @ 1:30 PM Dinner @ 6:30 PM Location: Redtail Golf Club 7900 Redtail Dr., Lakewood, IL 60014 We are happy to present the 27th Annual Hammer Open Charity Classic annual event this year on August 16, 2026,
- [K of C Blood Drive](https://saintmargaretmary.org/k-of-c-blood-drive) - Knights of Columbus Blood Drive Sunday, August 16th from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM in McDonnell Hall. We have saved 126 lives through your donations at the last Blood Drive. Thank you! Blood is the most…Blood is the most precious “gift” that anyone can give to another person – the gift of life. A decision
- [She Shall Be Called Woman (SHE)](https://saintmargaretmary.org/she-shall-be-called-woman-she) - Transformative journey designed to meet the deepest longings of the feminine heart. Our program is a sanctuary for women seeking to be truly seen, known, and loved, as they grow in their relationship with the Lord. Through vibrant conversations, authentic speakers, and enriching prayer experiences, we equip you with the tools to embark on a
- [That Man Is You!](https://saintmargaretmary.org/that-man-is-you) - TMIY: The Fight of Faith The Fight of Faith equips and enables men to engage in the cosmic, spiritual battle raging in our day. Biblical identities will emerge to inspire heroic lives of service to a calling greater than ourselves. Uncover the ultimate truth that sheds light on all things: God’s own identity. Fight the
- [St. Dymphna Mental Health Ministry](https://saintmargaretmary.org/st-dymphna) - Please join us in the Ministry Center Meetings are 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month – 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM 2nd Thursday: Meeting will focus on group and individual discussion with prayer 4th Thursday: Continued support along with an educational or information session If you need a place to rest your heart as
- [Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity](https://saintmargaretmary.org/franciscan-sisters-of-christian-charity) - Single Catholic Women 20-35: Franciscan Sisters invite you to in-person and on-line Discernment Events designed for you. Discover your calling and purpose. Visit https://fscc-calledtobe.org or contact Sr. Julie Ann 920-323-9632. The world needs you. God calls you. We invite you…with other Catholic Young Women to our Vocation Discernment Retreats or invite us to meet you where you
- [StMM Stewardship](https://saintmargaretmary.org/st-mm-stewardship) - Every parish should strive to envision its future existence in providing and serving the needs of its parishioners. This is also our goal St. Margaret Mary. Use the below links to fill out the Time (prayer), Talent (ministries) and Treasure sign up forms. Please complete all 3 portions: 1. Time 2. Talent (check the ministries that

## Pages

- [Home](https://saintmargaretmary.org/) - Mass TimesWeekdays: Monday-Thursday: 6:45 AM & 8:30 AM Friday: 6:45 AM 8:30 AM (June to August) 9:15 AM (School: August to May) First Friday: 7:30 PM in Polish Saturday: 8:30 AM Weekends: Saturday: 4:30 PM 6:30 PM in Polish Sunday: 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM 1:00 PM in Polish 4:30 PM (2nd weekend in
- [Flocknotes](https://saintmargaretmary.org/flocknotes) - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 9th, 2026 Today God’s word invites all of us to attune our hearts to recognize the presence of God around us. Sometimes we will find God in the midst of the storminess of our life; at other times we will discover God during moments of tranquility. Let us
- [Parish Clergy & Staff](https://saintmargaretmary.org/parish-clergy-staff) - PriestsRev. Robert C. BloodPastorGet in TouchRev. Adam Slominski, S.Ch.Parochial VicarGet in Touch Permanent Deacons Deacon Robert ArmstrongDirector of LiturgyGet in TouchDeacon Howard FischerGet in TouchDeacon Michael LeRoyGet in TouchDeacon Donald MillerGet in TouchDeacon Christopher NocchiGet in TouchDeacon Timothy PignatariGet in TouchDeacon Roman BudekGet in TouchParish StaffTeresa ChiapponeDirector of Formation and EvangelizationGet in TouchBrenna O’HearnPrincipal of
- [Franciscan Jubilee Year](https://saintmargaretmary.org/franciscan-jubilee-year) - Upcoming Events TBA This year marks the 800th anniversary of the passing of St. Francis of Assisi from his earthly life to eternal life in Heaven. Pope Leo, in commemorating this historic milestone, exhorts us that “this Year of Saint Francis urge us all, each according to our own possibilities, to imitate the Poverello1 of
- [Po Polsku](https://saintmargaretmary.org/polska) - Festiwal Zup Jasełka 2024 Boże Ciało 2024 Patrick Kostrzewa2024-11-24T12:46:15-06:00IV Festiwal Zup / 4th Soup FestivalPatrick Kostrzewa2024-11-24T12:46:15-06:00 Polska Rada Parafialna zaprasza wszystkie grupy działające przy naszej parafii oraz osoby prywatne do wzięcia udziału w IV Festiwalu Zup. Festiwal odbędzie się 17 listopada w McDonnell Hall. Zgłoszenia u pani Magdy Remesz-Kopeć lub [...]Patrick Kostrzewa2024-12-01T19:57:30-06:00Prayer Taizé / Modlitwa
- [Schedules](https://saintmargaretmary.org/schedules) - Schedules Ministry Schedule ProCantor ScheduleMusic Selection
- [2026 Shamrock Shave](https://saintmargaretmary.org/shave) - The 2026 Shamrock Shave Thanks You! A Special Benefit for Needy Families in the Community OVER $545,000 RAISED SINCE 2008! OVER $23,000 RAISED THIS YEAR TO DATE! Thank You! We look forward to seeing you next year. Dear Brothers & Sisters, Thanks to all of you for your efforts in making the 18th Annual Shamrock
- [Liturgical Ministries](https://saintmargaretmary.org/liturgical-ministries) - Altar Server: Serve at Mass and other liturgical celebrations. Boys and girls, 3rd Grade or older. Monthly meetings and training are provided. Arts and Environment: Define and create the church environment based on the liturgical season. No training required. Monthly commitment or based on seasonal needs. Baptismal Coordinators: A joyful, supportive ministry which assists young
- [About Our Parish](https://saintmargaretmary.org/about-our-parish) - About St. Margaret Mary Parish Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Church and Parish is located in the southeastern part of McHenry County Illinois. It is a Franciscan parish served by friars from St. Anthony of Padua and B. James of Strepa Province in Krakow, Poland. It is located within the Rockford Illinois Diocese on the Fox
- [Connect](https://saintmargaretmary.org/connect) - Please contact us with your questions Thank you for your message. It has been sent.×There was an error trying to send your message. Please try again later.×Send Message×Contact UsClose
- [Bible Study & Prayer Groups](https://saintmargaretmary.org/bible-study-prayer-groups) - Bible Study & Prayer Groups Bible or Scripture Study is generally defined as learning what a particular book of the bible says and means. The Sacred Scriptures of the Bible were written at different times and in different styles, different literary genres, and different languages than we read them in today. It is necessary to
- [Education](https://saintmargaretmary.org/education) - Education at St. Margaret Mary Education is an important part of our parish. Along with our Pre-K through 8th school and Marian Central Catholic High School, we have Religious Education for children Pre-K-5, Faith Groups for 6-8, and Youth Ministry for Junior High & High School students. St. Margaret Mary Catholic School (Pre-K through 8th
- [Appointed Commissions](https://saintmargaretmary.org/appointed-commisions) - Appointed Commissions Finance Council: This talented group oversees the parish budget and financial reporting and works in tandem with our Pastor and Business Manager. Liturgy Commission: This group oversees the liturgy and works with the Pastor and the Director of Liturgy. Pastoral Commission: Advice the Pastor on Parish Life
- [Community Life](https://saintmargaretmary.org/community-life) - Community Life Adopt A Plot: If you enjoy gardening, then the “Adopt a Flower Bed” is for you! Your handiwork helps to beautify the parish grounds from spring to fall. There are no meetings, only a commitment to care for one of the flower beds around the church buildings or in the parking lot. All
- [Ethnic Communities](https://saintmargaretmary.org/ethnic-communities) - Ethnic Communities Filipino Community: This community is made up of people who speak the many Filipino languages. They gather monthly for fellowship. Polish Community: This community speaks the Polish language and celebrates the Polish culture. There are two Sunday Masses, Holy Days, and other celebration Masses in the Polish Language. We are part of the
- [Community Outreach](https://saintmargaretmary.org/community-outreach) - Community Outreach Homeless Outreach: Two monthly teams’ shop, cook, deliver, and serve breakfast for the area Homeless in Elgin, once a month, on different Mondays, alongside other ecumenical groups. “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat.” Matthew 25:35 Mail Team Men’s Kairos – Prison: Prayer Shawls: We knit, crochet, and create hand
- [Faith Formation](https://saintmargaretmary.org/faith-formation) - Faith Formation Catholics Returning Home: We are a ministry of love and compassion through which team members experience God’s love in a unique way by witnessing the Holy Spirit working through themselves, other team members and those returning to the Church. Little can compare to joining in the feelings of the father of the prodigal
- [Events](https://saintmargaretmary.org/events)
- [Advent and Christmas Schedule](https://saintmargaretmary.org/christmas-mass-schedule) - First Day of Advent November 29, 2025 and November 30, 2025 Advent Parish Missions English – December 14-16, 2025 @7:00 PM presented by Fr. John p McNamara, pastor of St Catherine of Siena Polish – December 20th @ 6:30 PM, confession @ 7:30 PM December 21th @ 1:00 PM, confession @ 2:00 PM presented by
- [Adoration](https://saintmargaretmary.org/adoration-2) - Adoration “If we are to experience the Eucharist as the “source and summit of Christian life” (Lumen Gentium, 11,) then we must celebrate it with faith, receive it with reverence, and allow it to transform our minds and hearts through the prayer of adoration.” St. Jon Paul II Our greatest gift is the source and
- [Formation](https://saintmargaretmary.org/formation) - Faith Formation is a term that envisions a process of formation in faith from birth to death. It is a lifelong process. Faith Formation encompasses all ages – infants, children, youth, young adults, adults, elderly. It brings all participants into a closer relationship with Jesus Christ by bringing all the faithful together to learn, share
- [Web Site Terms of Use](https://saintmargaretmary.org/privacy-policy) - Web Site Terms of Use Legal Restrictions, Privacy Policy & Student/Minor Photo Use Policy NOTICE: Please read these terms completely before using this web site. Using this web site indicates your acceptance of these terms. If you do not accept these terms, please do not proceed. The following policies are in effect for all of the
- [Stewardship](https://saintmargaretmary.org/stewardship) - Best Practices in Stewardship Every parish should strive to envision its future existence in providing and serving the needs of its parishioners. This is also our goal St. Margaret Mary. In general, it should be the goal of every parish, within its vision and mission, to assure that in the hearts, minds and eyes of
- [Traditions](https://saintmargaretmary.org/traditions) - Seasons of the Church YearAll Saints and All Souls Days Why does the Church celebrate this Feast of the Saints? To honor God in His saints, through whom He has shown Himself so wonderfully, To thank God, as the author of all holiness, for the benefits He has bestowed upon these saints. To inspire the people
- [Sacraments](https://saintmargaretmary.org/sacraments) - Anointing of the Sick/Namaszczenie Through the sacrament of anointing, Christ strengthens the faithful who are afflicted by illness, providing them with the strongest means of support. Jesus showed great concern for the bodily and spiritual welfare of the sick and commanded his followers to do the same. The celebration of this sacrament is an opportunity
- [Spiritual Life](https://saintmargaretmary.org/spiritual-life) - Adoration Charismatic Prayer: In Spirit and Truth Prayer Group. We experience the grace of Pentecost through the gifts and charisms of the Holy Spirit to build up of the Body of Christ. “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.” ~John 4:24 Eucharistic Adoration: Eucharistic Adoration is a
- [Praying the Rosary](https://saintmargaretmary.org/praying-the-rosary) - Archbishop Fulton Sheen said, “The rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known; it is the book of the simple, which initiates them into mysteries and knowledge more satisfying than the education of other men; it is the book of
- [St. Dymphna Mental Health Ministry](https://saintmargaretmary.org/st-dymphna-mental-health-ministry) - St. Dymphna Mental Health Ministry Meetings are 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month – 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM 2nd Thursday: Meeting will focus on group and individual discussion with prayer 4th Thursday: Continued support along with an educational or information session For more information call: (847) 658 – 7625 Behavioral health Crisis: call
- [Raise Right](https://saintmargaretmary.org/raise-right) - Help us pay down our Parish Debt! How: By changing the way you purchase day-to-day items such as gas, groceries, restaurants, clothing, gifts, and much more. Instead of using cash or a credit card at one of the hundreds of stores in the program, simply download a gift card from a particular store and use
- [Sluzba Liturgiczna](https://saintmargaretmary.org/sluzba-liturgiczna) - Służba Liturgiczna Ministrowie Eucharystii Kim jest minister Eucharystii, inaczej nadzwyczajny szafarz Eucharystii? Osoba rozdająca Komunię świętą nazywa się, zgodnie ze słownictwem używanym w Kodeksie Prawa Kanonicz¬nego, szafarzem Komunii świętej lub szafarzem Eucharystii. Prawo Kościoła dzieli tych szafarzy na dwie zasadnicze grupy: szafarzy zwyczajnych i szafarzy nadzwyczajnych. Do szafarzy zwyczajnych należą: biskupi, kapłani i diakoni. Drugą
- [Ministries](https://saintmargaretmary.org/ministries) - About Our Parish Ministries OUR CALL TO SERVE As Catholics, God’s call to us is a call of Service. It is a call to serve each other by building up his Kingdom through his Church. The many Ministries of our Parish are only able to meet the needs of people because of the generous giving
- [OCIA](https://saintmargaretmary.org/ocia) - Order of Catholic Initiation of Adults (OCIA)Wanting to Learn about the Catholic Faith or Thinking about Becoming Catholic? Perhaps you would like to know what Catholics believe. You might feel drawn to the Catholic Church. Or, possibly, you have no church affiliation and have reached a point in your life when you would welcome membership
- [Mass & Confession Schedule](https://saintmargaretmary.org/mass-confession-schedule) - Mass and Confession Times Weekday Mass Times Monday – Thursday 6:45 AM & 8:30 AM Monday 7:00 PM (Polish) Friday 6:45 AM & 8:30 AM (9:15 AM during the school year) Saturday 8:30 AM Weekend Mass Times Saturday 4:30 PM, 6:30 PM (Polish) Sunday 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM (Polish) 4:30 PM
- [Funeral Arrangements](https://saintmargaretmary.org/funeral) - Catholic Funerals The Church asks spiritual assistance for the departed, honors their bodies, and at the same time brings solace of hope to the living. The celebration of the Christian funeral brings hope and consolation to the living. While proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ and witnessing to the Christian hope in the resurrection, the
- [Lenten and Easter Session Schedule](https://saintmargaretmary.org/holy-week-mass-schedule) - Lenten and Easter ScheduleCatholics in good health ages 18 – 59 are required to fast and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Fasting consists of eating only one meal, with the possibility of two smaller snacks that do not add up to a single full meal. Catholics age 14 & older are
- [Kontakt](https://saintmargaretmary.org/kontakt) - Nazwa *Adres email *TematWiadomość * Thank you for your message. It has been sent.×There was an error trying to send your message. Please try again later.×Wyślij Wiadomość
- [Galeria](https://saintmargaretmary.org/galeria) - Galeria Boże Ciało 2024Festiwal ZupJasełka 2024
- [Grupy Duszpasterskie](https://saintmargaretmary.org/grupy-duszpasterskie) - Grupy Duszpasterskie Ministranci Ministranci to chłopcy i dziewczynki, którzy przyjęli I Komunię Św. i pragną służyć podczas Mszy Św. w naszej parafii. Spotkania odbywają się w czwartą niedzielę każdego miesiąca po Mszy św. o godz 1 po południu. Kontakt: O. Daniel Zdebik Kontakt Polska Wspólnota Parafialna Grupa Parafialna jest odpowiedzialna za organizacje i przygotowania polskich

## Calendars

- [NewParish](https://saintmargaretmary.org/calendar/newparish) - [title] [if-not-whole-day] at [start-time][/if-not-whole-day] [location] [if-description][link newwindow="yes"]See details[/link][/if-description]
- [Parish](https://saintmargaretmary.org/calendar/parish) - August 10, 2026 Adoration at 8:00 PM Church August 11, 2026 Rosary Makers at 9:15 AM Ministry Center - Room 6 Polski Chór at 7:00 PM August 12, 2026 Adoration at 9:00 AM Church Prayer for Life at 7:00 PM Church August 13, 2026 Adult Choir at 7:00 PM Church St. Dymphna Mental Health Ministry

## FAQs

- [I see something in the app about “paying your Coordinator directly”. What is this?](https://saintmargaretmary.org/faq-items/i-see-something-in-the-app-about-paying-your-coordinator-directly-what-is-this) - Saint Margaret Mary’s is not participating in this option at this time.
- [I’m not comfortable with giving RaiseRight my back account or credit card information](https://saintmargaretmary.org/faq-items/im-not-comfortable-with-giving-raiseright-my-back-account-or-credit-card-information) - First, this Q&A does not come from RaiseRight. It’s from another Saint Margaret Mary parishioner like you. This may seem like a long winded answer, but I’m trying to document my own concerns and thought process. Any time you give any outside entity your personal information you run the risk that that information will be
- [Why are there multiple options for gift cards from some stores?](https://saintmargaretmary.org/faq-items/why-are-there-multiple-options-for-gift-cards-from-some-stores) - There are three different types of gift cards a store may offer. Each has its advantages. eGift Cards - Digital gift cards delivered instantly to your Wallet with a barcode that can be scanned at a store or a card number and PIN that can be entered on the store’s website. Physical Gift Cards –
- [How does the Parish earn money from the program?](https://saintmargaretmary.org/faq-items/how-does-the-parish-earn-money-from-the-program) - Simply shop for gift cards from 750+ brands that offer earnings Each brand shows the earnings percentage of each gift card purchase that goes back to our parish. Some contribute more than 15%, though others are lower. You can earn even more when brands go on bonus, so check the website or app regularly since

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