IMPORTANT REMINDER:
The All Saints Parish Celebration RSVP deadline is fast approaching - it is Friday, February 6th!
We look forward to seeing everyone from all 4 Churches (St. Mary, St. Patrick, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Holy Family) for the All Saints Celebration on Sunday, 2/15/2026 at the Knights of Columbus for food, fun, and fellowship! Please let Jennifer Craig know you are attending by the 6th.
You can RSVP one of two ways:
Please bring a dish or dessert to share on the 15th. The KC's will provide their famous fried chicken as our entree!
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Notice for Holy Family Mass Attendees:
Please help us by using the front set of doors furthest from Carroll Catholic/Closest to the Parish Office. The weather stripping has failed on the Right Set of Doors as you face the Church. We have locked them until the weather warms up to allow us to replace the stripping.
Thank you for helping us keep the weather out and the warmth in!
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📅 Mark Your Calendars!
We’re excited to announce a parish-wide potluck bringing together parishioners from all four locations, all in one place!
✨ Come enjoy food, fellowship, and fun as we gather as one community in Christ.
🍲 Bring your favorite dish to share!
🤝 All ages welcome.
🙏 We can’t wait to celebrate together!
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St. Thomas Aquinas wanted to share a photo of their beautiful Christmas decorations.
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We are excited to share that an Outreach Priest from Cross Catholic Outreach will be visiting our parish to celebrate Mass, speak about the amazing mercy ministries our Church is accomplishing around the world, and help Fr. Joe with a portion of the January Mass schedule while Fr. Nicodemus is in Kenya.
Be sure to extend a warm welcome to Father Paul Williams from Cross Catholic Outreach when he visits our All Saints Parish Churches. Fr. Paul will speak at each Church while he is with us.
Cross Catholic Outreach was founded to mobilize the global Catholic Church to transform the poor and their communities materially and spiritually for the glory of Jesus Christ. It supports existing ministries by partnering with Catholic bishops, priests, religious brothers and sisters, and lay workers already serving the poor in over 30 countries around the world.
To learn more about the ministry of Cross Catholic Outreach and its mission, please visit CrossCatholic.org/outreach.
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We welcome our Catechumens and Candidates to All Saints Parish
Sunday, October 26 at the 10 a.m. Mass at Holy Family Church. These Catechumens and Candidates who will journey together to the Easter Vigil and beyond.+
Please pray for each and all of them, and also remember their sponsors and the OCIA team. We are blessed to have them with us.
Back row: Candidates Andrew Cunningham and Cody Mundy
Front row: Catechumens Jade Adams, Aubrey Lichtenwatter, Jennifer Cunningham, and Nick Everson
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COMMUNITY PRAYER TIME
Join us at our next meeting to be held on Thursday, January 22, 2026, from 7pm to 8pm. We will meet in the Bride’s Room at Holy Family for prayer. We will come together to pray for your needs and thank God for your blessings. We will gather together to pray for each other, our community, and the world. All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you!
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Our parish has been participating in the 2025 Annual Diocesan Appeal (ADA) for the Diocese of Peoria. As the diocese celebrates its 150th anniversary, we are reminded of our mission as Christians. We are called to proclaim the Gospel yesterday, today, and forever. The Annual Diocesan Appeal gives us an opportunity to respond by sharing our gifts which will enable and equip the Church for today’s opportunities and challenges in witnessing to our faith. There are many ministries and apostolates that the Diocese can offer that we as a single parish cannot. Recruitment and training of priests, vocation discernment program for young men, marriage preparation, ministry to our students on college campuses, evangelization, Catholic Charities programs, these are just a few of the many services we receive from the Diocese of Peoria. Your support, in prayer and through your sacrificial gift to the Annual Diocesan Appeal, makes it possible to provide these services. Please prayerfully consider making a pledge to this year’s appeal.
We have not reached our goals in a few churches. You will find cards in each church if you have misplaced your mailing or feel free to go to the Diocese of Peoria ADA Giving at Annual Diocesan Appeal — Catholic Diocese of Peoria (www.cdop.org/ada), or use this QR Code to donate electronically.
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Amazon Wish List for Carroll Catholic Teachers and Staff
AMAZON WISH LIST FOR CARROLL CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STAFF
Here are links to the Amazon items the staff would love! Just copy and paste into your search engine and order away! Or, you can just click on the below links and shop! We appreciate your support!
Preschool - https://a.co/6uuSEMo
Prekindergarten - https://a.co/7WJtns9
Kindergarten/1st grade - https://a.co/8bWsgfs
2nd grade - https://a.co/dCpuA4e
3rd/4th grade - https://a.co/4f72OuV
5th/6th grade - https://www.amazon.com/hz/ wishlist/ls/326XEY51AJGWZ...
7th/8th grade - https://a.co/5zksiH8
Principal/History teacher - https://a.co/2M92vUq
Secretary - https://a.co/dyr6ahQ
Cook - https://a.co/e165La9
Thank you for all you do to support Carroll Catholic School!
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A library has been established at Holy Family Church! It is near the front entrance where the old baptistry and confessional were located. The room is still usable for confessions during COmmunal Reconciliation services. We are grateful to April Jensen who volunteered her library science skills to catalog and organize the books and media resources. Thank you, April!
Here is a list of all the books and DVDs April compiled https://bit.ly/HFLibrary.
The library will be open whenever the church is open. Please help yourself to books or DVDs and when finished, return them to the bin marked: Book Return. We will reshelve them. Enjoy finding a spiritual/religious book or DVD.
Religious book donations may be dropped off at the church rectory.
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