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  • Join Us
    • Mass
      • Mass & Confession Times
      • Mother's Spiritual Bouquet
    • Church & School
      • New Members
      • St. Joseph School
      • Staff
      • Mission & Vision Statement
      • Our History
    • Communication
      • Bulletins
      • How Can We Help
      • Contact Us
      • Website Suggestions
  • Pray
      • Pope Leo XIV Daily Prayer
      • BEHOLD Holy Hour
      • Parish Center Chapel
      • Prayer Resources
      • Sorrowful Mother Novena
  • Worship
    • Sacraments
      • Baptism
      • Holy Communion
      • Confession
      • Confirmation
      • Holy Matrimony
      • Holy Orders
      • Anointing of the Sick
    • Liturgy & Worship
      • Adoration
      • Altar Server
      • Art & Environment (Church Decor)
      • Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion
      • Funerals Ministry Team and Choir
      • K-8 Liturgical Ministry Sign-Up
      • Lector
      • Music Ministry
      • Sacristans
      • Ushers
    • Lent, Holy Week & Easter
      • Lent
      • Palm Frond Weaving
      • Stations of the Cross
      • 7 Church Pilgrimage
      • Triduum for Kids
      • Fast, Pray & Give Alms
      • St. Joseph Table
  • Formation
    • National Eucharistic Revival
      • Eucharistic Revival
    • Adults
      • Scripture Studies
      • Be Formed
      • FORMED.org
      • Resources for Gender Issues
      • Q&A with Fr. Bill
    • OCIA
      • Want to be Catholic? OCIA
      • Catholics Returning Home
    • High School
      • St. Joseph Youth Ministry
    • K-8 Registration
      • K-8 Liturgical Ministry Sign Up
      • K-8 RE Registration
      • K-8 RE Payment
    • Religious Ed (K-6)
      • Religious Education
      • RE Calendar
      • First Holy Communion
      • Communion Permanent Record Form
    • Confirmation (7-8)
      • Confirmation
      • Confirmation Calendar
      • Confirmation Forms and Documents
    • Children
  • Ministry
    • Get Involved
      • Getting Involved Form
      • Be a Catechist
      • Protecting God's Children
      • Volunteer Eligibility Form
      • PGC Donation
    • Administration
      • Finance Committee
      • Pastoral Council
      • School Advisory Board
    • Outreach & Support
      • Prayer Hot Line
      • Grief Support Group
      • St. Joseph the Worker
      • St. Vincent De Paul
      • Community Kitchen
      • Blood Drive
      • Nursing Home
      • Retrouvaille
    • Groups & Organizations
      • Catholics for Life
      • Knights of Columbus
      • Legion of Mary
      • St. Joseph Cursillo
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      • St. Joseph Youth Ministry
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    • “Because you were there, I changed my mind. I was looking for a sign from God”… 
      and Baby David was born!
    • You can be that Sign from God!

    • Join us to pray for moms and their babies
      During a 40-day prayer vigil.
      • Come pray whenever you can, any day 7 am - 7 pm
      • Even better - sign up and select the same hour to pray each week or different hours throughout the 40 days
      • If you can’t join us, you can always pray from home

      “Speak Up For Those Who Cannot Speak For Themselves”
      Proverbs 31:8

      When
      Wednesday, March 5 to Sunday, April 13
      7AM to 7PM daily
      
      where
      Access Health Center 
      1700 W. 75th St., Downers Grove
      
      Sign up anytime online
      
      Click on “Log in/Signup”
    • In Our Own Backyard

      February 11/12 at all Masses
      We learned just what is happening at Access Health Clinic right here in Downers Grove, and what each of us can do to save lives.
      use this link to watch or share

    • Catechism Quotes

    • “Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person—among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.”

      Catechism 2270

    • “Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law.”

      Catechism 2271

    • Promoting the Culture of Life through Prayer, Education & Action

      The Catholic Church has a wealth of teaching on life issues.
      Catholics for Life strive to pass on the beauty of these teachings
      through prayer, education, and action.

    • Mission Statement

      As Catholics for Life we:

      • Entrust to Mary, bright dawn of the new world and Mother of the living, the cause of life
      • Vow to proclaim the Gospel of Life with honesty and love to the people of our time
      • Accept the Gospel of Life as a gift ever new
      • Celebrate the Gospel of Life with gratitude throughout our lives, and
      • Bear witness to the Gospel of Life resolutely, in order to build, together with all people of good will, the civilization of truth and love.

      All this we do to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and lover of life.
      (Adapted from Evangelium Vitae, Saint John Paul)

    • Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use violence to get what they want.  That is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion.
      ~ Blessed Mother Teresa ~

  • Abortion in illinois

    • Extreme Abortion Bills In Springfield

      Can’t believe that the abortion bills in Illinois are all that bad? You’re sure that it’s just hype, and everything will be fine? Read the HB2495 bill for yourself at http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2495lv.htm and decide if you agree with this summary:

      All restrictions on abortion are removed. Only the "pregnant individual" (they removed "mother" and "woman" from the definitions!) can decide (at any age--parental notification is revoked), all abortion statistics are now secret (no FOIA requests), doctors can't be disciplined for abortions on women who aren't even pregnant, and coroners can't investigate deaths at abortion clinics (women or children).


      House Bill 2467 & Senate Bill 1594

      • Repeals Illinois Parental Notification of Abortion Act. This current law requires a parent or legal guardian be notified when a minor seeks an abortion.

      House Bill 2495 & Senate Bill 1942

      • Repeals the current state ban on partial-birth abortions.
      • Defines abortion as a fundamental right.
      • Removes abortion clinics from regulations for serious medical procedures.
      • Removes the requirement that only doctors can perform abortions.

      Links for Parishioners

      • Find your representative
      • Draft message for lawmakers

      More information!:  

      • See the Supporting Document above left: Spring 2019 Illinois Abortion Bills
      • Go to the Pro-Life Action League website
      • Go to the Illinois Right to Life website
    • CLICK FOR: Bishop Conlon's Message on Abortion Legislation

    • Supporting documents

      • Spring 2019 Illinois Abortion Bills
    • “Every human life, from the moment of conception until death, is sacred because the human person has been willed for its own sake in the image and likeness of the living and holy God.”

      Catechism 2319

    • “The inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation…”

      Catechism 2273

St. Joseph Catholic Church
4801 Main Street • Downers Grove, IL 60515

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4824 Highland Avenue • Downers Grove, IL 60515
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