The Parish PostLombard, Illinois · No. 3
The Saturday Parish Post
from The Lilac Post
Saturday, October 31, 2026
All Saints on Sunday, All Souls Monday at Christ the King, and Bishop Cahill’s installation
The Solemnity of All Saints falls on Sunday, Nov. 1, and Lombard parishes mark it with their regular Sunday Masses, including a vigil the evening before at St. Pius X. On Monday, Christ the King invites parishioners to bring photos of loved ones to the All Souls Mass and will read the names of those buried from the parish in the past year. Bishop-designate Brendan J. Cahill will be installed as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Joliet on Wednesday, Nov. 11.
This week’s story
Bishop-Designate Cahill to be installed Nov. 11 at Joliet cathedral
The Diocese of Joliet will install its seventh bishop on Wednesday, Nov. 11, with Cardinal Cupich and the apostolic nuncio taking part.
Bishop-Designate Brendan J. Cahill will be installed as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Joliet at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet, the diocese announced in a news release on Oct. 26.
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, and Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, apostolic nuncio to the United States, will participate in the Mass. Bishops, priests, deacons, religious, and faithful from throughout the diocese and beyond are also expected to attend, according to the release.
The Mass will mark the beginning of Bishop-Designate Cahill’s ministry as bishop of the Diocese of Joliet. The diocese serves approximately 500,000 Catholics in DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, and Will counties. Lombard and the rest of DuPage County fall within its boundaries.
Parish news
Christ the King marks All Souls with special remembrance
Monday, Nov. 2, is All Souls Day. At Christ the King, parishioners may bring a photo of a loved one to Mass, and the names of those buried from the parish in the past year will be read, the Nov. 1 bulletin says.
Christ the King bulletinAll Saints falls on a Sunday this year
The Solemnity of All Saints is Sunday, Nov. 1, so the regular Sunday obligation applies this year. At St. Pius X, the 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday, Oct. 31, is the vigil for All Saints, followed by Sunday Masses at 8 and 10 a.m., the bulletin says. Daylight saving time also ends at 2 a.m. on Nov. 1, so clocks go back one hour Saturday night.
St. Pius X bulletinKnights Council 6090 remembers deceased members on Nov. 1
Knights of Columbus Father Boecker Council 6090 will hold a brief memorial service for its deceased members after the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, Nov. 1, at Sacred Heart Church, according to a notice in the St. Pius X bulletin. The council especially invites the widows and families of departed Knights to join in the prayers.
St. Pius X bulletinBishop-designate Cahill will be installed Nov. 11
Bishop-designate Brendan J. Cahill, whom Pope Leo XIV appointed on Sept. 17 as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, will be installed at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet, the diocese says. Seating is limited, so attendance is by ticket only, and the Mass will be livestreamed on YouTube.
Diocese of JolietFirst Saturday Mass at St. Pius X on Nov. 7
St. Pius X’s First Saturday Mass is at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, the bulletin says. Each month the Mass is offered for the intentions of the parish’s Council of Catholic Women, living and deceased, and afterward the priest leads a devotion to Mary Immaculate Queen.
St. Pius X bulletinFrom the bulletins
Divine Mercy lists All Saints and All Souls Masses
The Divine Mercy bulletin lists the Solemnity of All Saints Masses on Nov. 1 and the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed on Nov. 2, including a noon Mass on All Souls. It also notes that clocks go back one hour overnight from Saturday into Sunday, and that adoration runs weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Divine Mercy bulletinKnights sell vocation raffle tickets Nov. 7 and 8 at Christ the King
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 bulletinThis week in the parishes
Sun, Nov 1 to Sat, Nov 7. Regular Mass and confession times are on The Parish Post front page.
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Sun, Nov 1 · All day
All Saints
All Lombard parishes
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Monday, November 2, 2026
Mon, Nov 2 · All day
All Souls Day
All Lombard parishes
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Thursday, November 5, 2026
Thu, Nov 5 · 5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
★Montini Catholic open house
Montini Catholic High School
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★Knights business meeting
Sacred Heart social center · 114 S Elizabeth St
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Friday, November 6, 2026
Fri, Nov 6 · 7:00 p.m.
★Misa de la Divina Providencia
St. Pius X · 1025 E Madison St
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From the wider Church
Illinois Right to Life delivers petitions to Cardinal Cupich
Illinois Right to Life delivered thousands of petition signatures to Cardinal Blase Cupich, calling on him to reverse an award to a philanthropist who has supported Planned Parenthood, LifeNews reports.
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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.
Friday, October 16, 2026
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How to go to confession, and where to find it in Lombard
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