Welcome to Catholics Come Home!

Welcome to Catholics Come Home. We’re here to help you begin or continue your faith journey, so you can find true peace, happiness and purpose in life. Your are most cordially invited to stop by the 'Welcome Catholics' desk in our Gathering Space (there will be a parishioner there after most weekend Masses), and get some information or leave your name for further answers.
     Clicking on the logo will take you to the Joliet Diocesan 'Catholics Come Home' page which has more information.  Here, on the HOME Catholics Come National link, you can view commercials on the program or get answers to questions you may have.   

  
    
Dear Friends,
          St. Alexander Parish is a loving, caring, faith-filled community. We think we have something very special - a warm, close, active and friendly group of parishioners who have accepted the Lord into their life, and in loving God, have come to serve Him.
     The Gospel of John tells us He is the true vine, and we are the branches. Jesus says if we are connected to Him, we will bear much fruit. We are proud of our parish because we are connected to Jesus, not only through our Eucharistic celebrations, but also in our service to one another.
     If you are in our geographical area, please come worship with us. 
                                                 Love and prayers,

                                                Rev. Tuan Van Nguyen, Pastor

Please come to St. Alexander's Parish Lenten Mission
     February 27-March 1

On the evenings of Sunday, February 28; Monday, March 1, and Tuesday, March 2, beginning at 7pm, Fr. Albert Haase, OFM, will give the homily at all the Masses on the weekend of February 27-28, and will then lead us in a parish mission titled:
SIGNED AND SEALED WITH THE CROSS
Together with Fr. Haase, we will explore the identity of our God announced in the ancient Christian gesture of being signed with a cross.  We will also take a serious look at the challenges and responsibilities we accept when we make the sign of the cross.

Welcome to our newest Deacon!  After many years of preparation, Julio Jimenez was ordained a permanent deacon by Bishop Peter J. Sartain on August 18, 2009, and celebrated his first Mass as Deacon at the 11am Mass the following day.  Following the Mass, many parishioners rejoiced with him in a reception at the parish Hall.
                                                                           organized by the Council of Catholic Women.



We thank our generous parishioners who continue to support our "Pay off the Loan" campaign using with the envelope in their monthly envelope packets, as well as continuing to use our Memorial Gift program to honor a  living  friend or relative or remember deceased family members or friends with full or partial Memorial Gifts.  There are many such remaining gifts: center aisle pews and side pews, a number of doors and windows, even one of the Stained Glass Light boxes in the Gathering Space.  Do consider such a Memorial for one of your loved ones. Such gifts will help us pay off our loan as quickly as possible, and reduce the amount of our parish loan.
      The Memorial Book and its initial pages of contributors to the Church Capital improvement campaigns of 1993, 1999 and 2003 (through June 1, 2007) is permanently displayed at the Main/east entrance to the Church/Gathering Space/Parish Center.  Memorial Gift donors and those who give a new general contribution after June 1, 2007, will have their names engraved on pages to be added later; in the meantime names of donors and their gifts are printed on these pages.  

Part of the 100th year celebration of the Boy Scouts of America at St. Alexander will include the presentation of these medals.