Parish News

Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church will host its annual Memorial Day Mass at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery (911 E. North Ave.) at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 30. Rev. John McGeean will preside over the Mass at the cemetery’s Mausoleum of the Holy Apostles (see map). In the event of inclement weather, the Mass will move to Saints Peter and Paul Church (36 N. Ellsworth St.).

On Pentecost Sunday, June 4, 1922, the church was completely destroyed by a fire that still remains the worst in Naperville’s history. Out of the ashes, the 350 families that comprised Saints Peter and Paul parish at that time built the magnificent church we have today.

Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Father Lennon. Rite of reception will take place on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus, 604 N. Raynor Ave, Joliet, IL 60435. Rev. Lennon will lie in state at the Cathedral from 2 until 8 p.m., and on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, from 9 until 10:45 a.m.; Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Interment following Mass at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery, Romeoville.