The Parish PostLombard, Illinois · No. 1
The Saturday Parish Post
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Saturday, October 17, 2026
Undy Sunday at Christ the King and new catechumens at St. Pius X
This weekend Christ the King’s Council of Catholic Women collects personal items for Catholic Charities neighbors, while St. Pius X welcomes three catechumens and five candidates into the path toward full initiation. Christ the King also schedules its next Behold Adoration for Oct. 28, and the week ahead brings no major holy day of obligation.
This week’s story
November is for the holy souls: how to gain the cemetery indulgence
From Nov. 1 to 8, the Church offers a plenary indulgence each day for the souls in purgatory to anyone who visits a cemetery and prays for the dead.
The Church sets aside November to pray for the faithful departed. All Saints Day falls on Sunday, Nov. 1, this year, and All Souls Day, the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, follows on Monday, Nov. 2.
The Church's Manual of Indulgences grants a plenary indulgence, applicable only to the souls in purgatory, to anyone who devoutly visits a cemetery and prays for the dead, even silently, on any day from Nov. 1 through Nov. 8. It can be gained once a day, so a person who visits on all eight days can offer eight plenary indulgences for the departed. On All Souls Day itself, a plenary indulgence is also granted for devoutly visiting a church or oratory and praying an Our Father and the Creed.
The usual conditions apply. You must go to sacramental confession, receive Holy Communion, and pray for the intentions of the Holy Father, and you must be free of all attachment to sin, even venial sin. Confession can be made within about 20 days before or after, and one confession covers several indulgences, but each plenary indulgence needs its own Communion and its own prayer for the Pope. An Our Father and a Hail Mary are the customary prayer for his intentions. If a condition is missing, the indulgence is partial.
Parish news
Undy Sunday collection at Christ the King this weekend
Christ the King’s Council of Catholic Women is collecting essential personal items for neighbors served by Catholic Charities on Oct. 17 and 18, the parish bulletin says. Donations go to the church narthex during the weekend Masses, and cash gifts are also welcome.
Christ the King bulletinSt. Pius X welcomes new catechumens and candidates
At St. Pius X on Oct. 18, three catechumens enter the Order of Catechumens as they prepare for Baptism, Confirmation, and First Communion at the Easter Vigil in 2027, the bulletin says. Five candidates who are already baptized will be received into full communion with the Church this spring.
St. Pius X bulletinCandlelight Behold Adoration on Oct. 28 at Christ the King
Christ the King holds Behold Adoration, an hour of adoration with candlelight, music, and silence, on the fourth Wednesday of each month from 7 to 8 p.m. The next one is Wednesday, Oct. 28, according to the parish bulletin. The parish also has adoration every Wednesday after the 8:30 a.m. Mass until noon.
Christ the King bulletinKnights sell vocation raffle tickets at Christ the King Nov. 7 and 8
Knights of Columbus Council 11027 will sell tickets for the Illinois Knights’ annual raffle for priesthood vocations after the Masses at Christ the King on Nov. 7 and 8. Tickets are $5 each or five for $20, the grand prize is $10,000, and the proceeds support Illinois seminarians, the bulletin says.
Christ the King bulletinFrom the bulletins
St. Pius X VIP Seniors Thanksgiving Luncheon Nov. 10
The St. Pius X bulletin says the VIP Seniors Thanksgiving Luncheon is Tuesday, Nov. 10, starting with prayer in church at 11:45 a.m. and lunch at noon in the Martha Room. RSVP to Barb Keane at 630-627-9606, and bring a food or paper product for the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry.
St. Pius X bulletinChildren’s Liturgy of the Word returns at St. Pius X
The St. Pius X bulletin says Children’s Liturgy of the Word has returned at the 10 a.m. Sunday Mass for children ages 3 through third grade. It is a drop-in program; children are dismissed before the Liturgy of the Word. It is not offered on the second Sunday of each month when the children’s choir sings.
St. Pius X bulletinFrom the Pew
Take the family to the cemetery this November
By The Parish Post Editors
Most of us visit a cemetery only for a funeral. November gives Catholics a reason to go back on purpose, and we think more families in Lombard should take it.
From Nov. 1 to 8, the Church attaches a plenary indulgence for the souls in purgatory to a simple act: visiting a cemetery and praying for the dead. It takes a short drive and a few minutes. It costs nothing, and it may be the greatest kindness we can still do for grandparents, parents, and friends who have gone before us.
This week in the parishes
Sun, Oct 18 to Sat, Oct 24. Regular Mass and confession times are on The Parish Post front page.
Sunday, October 18, 2026
Sun, Oct 18 · All day
Undy Sunday
Christ the King · 1501 S Main St
Add to calendarSun, Oct 18 · 7:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Vocations rosary
St. Pius X · 1025 E Madison St
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From the wider Church
Pope Leo XIV calls world hunger a ‘terrible offense’ against human dignity
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