St. Anthony of Padua Parish

We will continue to stream Masses on Facebook and YouTube each week while we continue to work towards a full reopening of our parish. Please be patient with us as we work to welcome everyone back in a safe manner under the guidance of Bishop Malloy.

Check the Homilies tab at the top to see previous homilies throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

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Current Bishop David J. Malloy statement in regards to the spreading COVID-19. 

Diocese of Rockford

The reason for this letter is to share with you the change in the administration of All Saints Catholic Academy taking place in our next school year.

Jim Burns, our principal, will be retiring at the end of this 2019-20 school year. Jim has served for eight years as principal at St. Peter Cathedral School and another year as principal at our new All Saints Catholic Academy. I have been blessed to work with him for six of those years. Jim has served the Church and our children very well with his expertise and leadership through all this time. It has been a pleasure to work with him. Jim also did great work in preparing for and helping to plan the consolidation of our schools into All Saints Catholic Academy. I am especially glad that he was able to help see us through this first year of the Academy's operation.

As Jim steps down from his position, Renee Payne will serve as Principal of All Saints Catholic Academy. Her new position will include the responsibilities now being covered by the two separate roles. The evolving discussion of the leadership roles, Jim's retirement, and the present pandemic with its anticipated effects on our enrollment all influenced this decision. Renee's new position will include the responsibilities now being covered by the two presently separate roles of Principal and Head of School. As the Executive Pastor of our academy, I give Renee all my support.

I am sure that Jim could continue to be a valuable leader in our academy if he stayed on, but I respect his desire to have the freedom to enjoy with his wife Deb the time to relax, travel and do many of the things they've been wanting to do together. We wish him many years to enjoy life and travels. 

Sincerely,

Very Rev. Stephen St. Jules

Executive Pastor

All Saints Catholic Academy

Holy Day Masses are at 7am, Noon & 5:30pm (unless otherwise stated)

- 2020 -

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 (Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Welcome to our parish website, which we hope will be a useful tool for you. If you are new to the parish, please introduce yourself, we would love to get to know you better! 

Become involved in our many parish ministries, learn about our faith formation programs for parishioners of all ages, find out how you can contribute financially, view some great photos, know what's going on by looking through our parish bulletins online. Prepare yourself for Mass by the Daily Readings, submit a prayer intention, and so much more!

Thank you for visiting St. Anthony of Padua website!

Don't forget to checkout our Facebook page!

https://www.facebook.com/St-Anthony-Church-Rockford-1902419389982607/?fref=ts

Reborn in Christ,

our mission is to worship God

in truth and in love, 

and to discern and fulfill God's will 

in the work of evangelization

by welcoming, sharing our faith,

and compassionate outreach.

If you would like to volunteer at our parish we are always looking for help in various ministries, events and more! In order to follow Diocesan Policy and make everyone aware of the safety of our Youth and Vulnerable Adults we need you to fill out the required paperwork which can all be found at the links below. 

The following need to be signed and returned to volunteer in the parish:

1. Criminal Background Check Authorization Form (18 years of age or older)

    http://www.rockforddiocese.org/pdfs/human-resources/Authorization_to_Conduct_Background_Check.pdf

2. Protecting God's Children Training Certificate (live sessions and online sessions available) (16 years of age and older)

     http://www.ceorockford.org/virtus-protecting-gods-children/

3. Mandated Reporter - Volunteer (18 years of age or older)

    http://www.rockforddiocese.org/pdfs/safe-environment-program/CANTS_22_Acknowledgement_of_Mandated%20Reporter%20Volunteer.pdf

4. Forms a, b, c and d need to be completed (16 & 17 years of age)

   a. Code of Pastoral Conduct (pg. 16)

       http://www.rockforddiocese.org/pdfs/safe-environment-program/pastoral_conduct_en.pdf

   b. Technology and Social Media Guidelines (pg. 5)

        http://www.rockforddiocese.org/pdfs/safe-environment-program/Diocesan_Code_with_Signature-9-17.pdf

   c. Guidelines for Youth and Those Working with Youth (pg. 10) 

        http://www.rockforddiocese.org/pdfs/safe-environment-program/2019-Guidelines_for_Youth.pdf

   d. Sexual Misconduct Norms (pg. 27)

       (password protected document, please contact the office 815-965-2761)

        http://www.rockforddiocese.org/pdfs/sec/2019-Sexual-Misconduct-Norms.pdf?passCor=true

If you have a person you would like us to add to our prayer chain, email the first name of the person only to [email protected] Make sure in the subject line to add: Prayer chain. 

To explore what is happening in our Diocese click on the link below:

http://www.rockforddiocese.org/

http://www.rockforddiocese.org/Bishop-Malloy-Homilies

The USCCB (The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) offers a multitude of information. Please click the link below to visit their website.

www.usccb.org

Keep up to date on things happening at the Vatican by clicking the links below.

 http://www.zenit.org/en

http://www.news.va/en