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    • Our History
    • Our Mission
    • Our Team
    • Becoming Catholic
    • Parishioner Registration
    • Mass and Penance Times
    • Employment Opportunities
  • SACRAMENTS
    • Baptism
    • Penance
    • Eucharist
    • Confirmation
    • Matrimony
    • Holy Orders
    • Anointing of the Sick
  • FORMATION
    • Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
    • Faith Formation (CCD)
    • Youth Group
    • Become Catholic (OCIA)
    • Encounter the Eucharist
    • Eucharistic Adoration
    • Spiritual Direction
  • HEALING
    • Annulment
    • Bereavement
    • Sick and Homebound
    • Prayer Chain
  • STEWARDSHIP
    • Parish Organizations
    • Altar Servers
    • Gifts of Time and Talent
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Anointing of the Sick

In the Church's Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, through the ministry of the priest, it is Jesus who touches the sick to heal them from sin – and sometimes even from physical ailment. His cures were signs of the arrival of the Kingdom of God. The core message of his healing tells us of his plan to conquer sin and death by his dying and rising.
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The Rite of Anointing tells us there is no need to wait until a person is at the point of death to receive the Sacrament. A careful judgment about the serious nature of the illness is sufficient.
When the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is given, the hoped-for effect is that, if it be God's will, the person be physically healed of illness. But even if there is no physical healing, the primary effect of the Sacrament is a spiritual healing by which the sick person receives the Holy Spirit's gift of peace and courage to deal with the difficulties that accompany serious illness or the frailty of old age. 

~from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
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FR. DAVID SABEL, ADMINISTRATOR
FR. DAVID WHITESIDE, PAROCHIAL VICAR

119 E. HOWARD ST., PONTIAC, IL 61764
PHONE (815) 844-7683  FAX (815) 842-4345
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  • ABOUT
    • Our History
    • Our Mission
    • Our Team
    • Becoming Catholic
    • Parishioner Registration
    • Mass and Penance Times
    • Employment Opportunities
  • SACRAMENTS
    • Baptism
    • Penance
    • Eucharist
    • Confirmation
    • Matrimony
    • Holy Orders
    • Anointing of the Sick
  • FORMATION
    • Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
    • Faith Formation (CCD)
    • Youth Group
    • Become Catholic (OCIA)
    • Encounter the Eucharist
    • Eucharistic Adoration
    • Spiritual Direction
  • HEALING
    • Annulment
    • Bereavement
    • Sick and Homebound
    • Prayer Chain
  • STEWARDSHIP
    • Parish Organizations
    • Altar Servers
    • Gifts of Time and Talent
    • SCRIP
    • Food Pantry
  • GIVE
  • NEWS & EVENTS
    • Bulletins and Newsletters
    • Calendars
    • 4-H Fair
    • Flocknote