Saint Patrick

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Please read Fr. Draper's Letter to all parishioners regarding his new assignment beginning July 1st.
Public Masses are now being celebrated with 30% capacity. Please contact the parish office to reserve a seat for weekend and/or weekday Masses. For more information, see Letter from Fr. Draper. Please note: Weekday Masses (Tues. - Fri.) will be at 8am. Please contact the Parish Office if you wish to be put on the Mass reservation list and/or wish to volunteer as a Greeter, Usher, Cleaner, or Lector during this time of reopening. See the Volunteer Page and the "Updated Directives for the Faithful to Return to Mass" video below for more information about volunteering and attending Mass. Please welcome Fr. John Gow as our new Parochial Administrator on July 1st!

• Daily Masses (Tuesday - Friday) are being celebrated at St. Patrick Church (Amboy) at 8 a.m.
• All Catholics within the Diocese of Rockford are still dispensed from the obligation of attending Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation (per canons 85 and 87 in the code of canon law of 1983).
• St. Patrick Church (Amboy) will continue to remain open during the day, as usual, for private prayer. The Parish Office will be closed to the public until further notice; for assistance from the parish staff, please email the parish staff or call: (815) 857-2315 or (815) 857-2670.
• The Sacrament of Confession will continue to be offered at St. Patrick Church (Amboy) on Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. and on Saturdays from 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. The Sacrament of Confession will also be available, as usual, by appointment. The Anointing of the Sick will be available by appointment.
• Until further notice, funeral visitations in the narthex of St. Patrick Church (Amboy) and funeral luncheons at the St. Joseph’s Hall (Amboy) are not permitted.
• Our parish celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation with Bishop Malloy (originally scheduled for Sunday, March 22, 2020) has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.
• Our parish celebration of First Holy Communion (originally scheduled for Sunday, May 17, 2020) has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.