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Stop by the parish office to pick up your Lou Malnati’s Pizza Coupons or Chick-fil-a calendar while supplies last. They make great Christmas gifts. Pizza coupons are good at any Lou Malnati’s for a frozen pizza to take home and bake.  Chick-fil-a calendars include over $40 of free food through the year. Your purchase supports Youth Ministry teens.

Hardcover $15, Vinyl $16, Daily Gospel $10

For nine days before Christmas many Filipino Catholics celebrate Simbang Gabi. This novena to the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated with Mass early in the morning at 4:00 or 5:00 AM. The early time is a remnant from the days when many Filipinos worked in the rice fields and sugar cane plantations and so needed to perform their religious duties before the work day began. Parols, large decorated lanterns fashioned in the shape of a star, would guide the faithful to Mass in the hour before dawn. The novena concludes on Christmas Eve day, with the Misa de Gallo, or "Rooster's Mass," celebrated with great fervor by the entire community. Many communities hold competitions for the best parol, which remains in church until the Epiphany as a reminder of the star of Bethlehem.

Join us as CAFE's Catholic Minds - Catholic Matters series continues with Fr. Fred Licciardi C.PP.S. on December 6. Thomas Merton taught his novices a way of praying that allowed them to enter the school of wisdom provided by their most personal experiences. We will explore the spiritual teachings of Thomas Merton. An emphasis will be given to Merton's insights into the contemplative path along which we learn to live in habitual awareness of God's presence. We will examine key texts from Merton's writings featuring the monk's understanding of the value of his relationships with others as guidance for creating his own destiny to love and seek God. Our hope is that this evening will lead us in a new way of meditation as a practice for ourselves.

October, 2017 Update

If you would like to provide a poinsettia or greens for the environment this Christmas season, please print out this form and bring to the Parish Ministry Center or drop in the collection basket. Any donation is welcome and can be applied toward the seasonal decorations. Checks should be made out to St. Hubert Church.

Please join us for an old fashioned caroling experience. We will gather on Monday, December 4 at 6:30 PM in the Narthex of the church. As we walk the close-by neighborhood and offer our songs to willing listeners, we will gift them with candy canes. After warming the hearts of our neighbors, we will return to the narthex and warm our noses and toes while enjoying hot chocolate and cookies. We can promise easy to read music sheets and a truly enjoyable time, so please plan to join us and sing along. All are welcome – adults and children too. We look forward to seeing you there!

Mrs. Michelle Aquino-Tulgar is a parent of twin 5th grade boys, Gabriel and Matthew, at St. Hubert School. Mrs Tulgar is in need of a kidney. If you are interested in finding out if you can be a donor, please call Leza Warnke at the University of Wisconsin Hospital at 608-261-1284. Please keep Mrs. Tulgar in your prayers.

Join us for our upcoming programs, Applicant Assessments – Trend or Blip at 7:00 PM on 11/27 in the St. Hubert Parish Ministry Center and Resume Review at 9:00 AM on 12/2 at Saint Mary’s Church in Buffalo Grove.

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Join us as CAFE's Catholic Minds - Catholic Matters series continues with Fr. Fred Licciardi C.PP.S. on December 6. Thomas Merton taught his novices a way of praying that allowed them to enter the school of wisdom provided by their most personal experiences. We will explore the spiritual teachings of Thomas Merton. An emphasis will be given to Merton's insights into the contemplative path along which we learn to live in habitual awareness of God's presence. We will examine key texts from Merton's writings featuring the monk's understanding of the value of his relationships with others as guidance for creating his own destiny to love and seek God. Our hope is that this evening will lead us in a new way of meditation as a practice for ourselves.

Hardcover $15, Vinyl $16, Daily Gospel $10

Thanksgiving Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, November 23rd at 9:00 AM. Reception to follow in the church hall.

THE PARISH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23 & FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24.

Stop by the parish office to pick up your Lou Malnati’s Pizza Coupons or Chick-fil-a calendar while supplies last. They make great Christmas gifts. Pizza coupons are good at any Lou Malnati’s for a frozen pizza to take home and bake.  Chick-fil-a calendars include over $40 of free food through the year. Your purchase supports Youth Ministry teens.

Are you overwhelmed with jobs at home and need help?  Call the Helping Hands ministry at St. Hubert. Parishioners have volunteered their time and talents to help you for ‘free.’ Jesus taught us to love your neighbor as yourself so we love with our thoughts, words and actions. Contact the parish front office at if you would like help or would like to become a volunteer.

Please join us for an old fashioned caroling experience. We will gather on Monday, December 4 at 6:30 PM in the Narthex of the church. As we walk the close-by neighborhood and offer our songs to willing listeners, we will gift them with candy canes. After warming the hearts of our neighbors, we will return to the narthex and warm our noses and toes while enjoying hot chocolate and cookies. We can promise easy to read music sheets and a truly enjoyable time, so please plan to join us and sing along. All are welcome – adults and children too. We look forward to seeing you there!

No one deserves to be in an abusive relationship!!! We, the general public, have a moral obligation to recognize and help stamp out domestic violence.  We must speak up when we see signs of physical or emotional abuse.  We need to encourage and empower the ones affected to report offenses. Anyone affected by domestic violence should seek help.  Start by calling the Domestic Violence Helpline at 877-863-6338.

There will be a pilgrimage going to Spain and France next year, co-hosted by parish member Joseph Marco, Chaplain/Coordinator of Catholic Ministry at Northwest Community Hospital, and Fr. Allen Bratkowski, Pastor of St. Edward and St. Richard Parishes in Racine, WI. The dates are April 9 to 20, 2018 departing from O’Hare International Airport. The tour includes Barcelona and Zaragoza, Spain and then Lourdes, Carcassonne, Avignon and Nice, France.   Brochures with the itinerary are available in the Narthex on the bulletin board at the main entrance of the church. You are invited to attend an Information Meeting with a representative of Trans World Travel on Monday, November 20th at 6:30 PM in the Dorothy Day Room of the Parish Ministry Center.

There were 43 whole blood units collected on this Drive which will potentially save 129 lives! Thanks to all of those who gave unselfishly of themselves to help others. Their generosity will help our neighbors in need— including cancer patients, critically ill newborns, accident victims, and many more who have illnesses requiring blood products. - LifeSource and the Hoffman/Schaumburg Knights of Columbus