Welcome To the
Border Town Parishes
St. Patrick's Church
119 North Market Street
Momence, IL 60954
(815) 472-2864
St. Anne's Church
230 N 6th Avenue
St. Anne, IL 60964
(815) 427-8265
Online Mass for the
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
at the Border Town Parishes
August 31, 2025
Celebrated at the St. Patrick's Church
119 N. Market Street
Momence, IL 60954
Silvia Tejada (Our Border Town Director of Hispanic Ministries) has been teaching the faithful about the tradition of the "Brown Scapular," a sacramental cloth worn around a person's neck to protect that person from the temptations of the world and to allow God and His Blessed Mother to live with us in a special way. Explaining the history of the Brown Scapular, Fr. Pete's homily references St. Simon Stock in 1251 and the devotion of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, whose feast we celebrate on July 16. Fr. Pete will be distributing yet another two hundred scapulars to the faithful this summer as he did last summer - if you wish to receive and be invested to the Brown Scapular, please contact the parish offices.
Homily in SPANISH for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time at the Border Town Parishes - August 24, 2025
Celebrated at St. Patrick's Church
119 N. Market Street
Momence, IL 60954
Please continue to support our local parishes –
we need your support to continue our mission!
To support St. Patrick's Church,
please contact us at (815) 472-2864
or write us at 119 North Market Street - Momence, IL 60954.
To support St. Anne's Church,
please contact us at (815) 427-8265
or write us at 230 N. 6th Ave. - St. Anne, IL 60964.




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Irish Mass & Dinner Highlights
at St. Patrick's Church - Momence
Please continue to support our local parishes –
we need your support to continue our mission!
To support St. Patrick's Church, please contact us at (815) 472-2864
or write us at 119 North Market Street - Momence, IL 60954.
To support St. Anne's Church, please contact us at (815) 427-8265
or write us at 230 N. 6th Ave. - St. Anne, IL 60964.
Parish Ministry Links
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We have ERADICATED St. Patrick's $330,000 Debt in the Last Three Years!!!



The Parishes of the Border Town!

St. Patrick's Church
Momence, IL
St. Patrick's Church
Daily Mass: Wed-Fri 9:15 a.m.
Adoration: Th 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Spanish Mass Friday 7:00 p.m.
Saturday Mass: 4:00 p.m.
Sun Mass in English: 10:30 a.m.
Sun Mass in Spanish: 12:00 p.m.
The Rosary is Prayed
Prior to Every Mass
Spanish Rosary and Catechesis on Wednesdays and the 12th of Each Month at 6:30 p.m.
Office Hours: Mon, Wed & Thu 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Email Rectory

St. Anne's Church
St. Anne, IL

St. Anne's & St. Patrick's
Church Photo Directories
Thanks to Anne Andrade, Ruth Sparenberg & Joanne Hermann for editing the following Photo Directories from the Church History of the Border Town Parishes!
- 1973 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory
- 1981 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory
- 1986 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory
- 1993 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory
- 2004 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory
- 2006 St. Patrick's Academy 100th Anniversary Commemorative Booklet
- 2010 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory
- 2016 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory
- 2023 St. Patrick's Church Photo Directory

Help support our parishes buy purchasing copies of Fr. Pete's Homiletic Books! You can purchase them online at Amazon.com

Acquiring a Papal Blessing
The Vatican provides a wonderful opportunity to receive an Apostolic Blessing for Birthdays, Baptisms, First Communions, Confirmations, Weddings, Religious Professions, Ordinations and Anniversaries of these sacraments. Fr. Pete offers a special blessing for married couples on the first Sunday weekend of each month and can purchase an Apostolic Blessing for anyone who asks (and if he can afford it... since he pays out of pocket!!!
If you are interested in receiving an Apostolic Blessing, you can do so by clicking the link to the left or by calling the parish offices.

CELEBRATING THE SACRAMENTS AT THE BORDER TOWN PARISHES
Highlights from the First Communions at St. Patrick's Church (May 4, 2025)
Highlights from the First Communion at St. Anne's Church (May 4, 2025)
2024 CONFIRMATION
AT THE BORDER
TOWN PARISHES

2025 CONFIRMATION
RETREAT PICS
Advent & Christmas at the Border Town Parishes
Lent & Easter at the Border Town Parishes





Religious Items for Sale at Both Parishes!
$7 Mugs (Three For $20) - $2 Greeting Cards ($25 for Packet of Twenty) - $2 for a Bottle of Blessed Oil or Water - $10 St. Pat's T-Shirts (Three for $20) - Call (815) 472-2864 or (815) 427-2864!