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UPCOMING PILGRIMAGES
PILGRIMAGE OF HOPE: ITALY / OCTOBER 19-30, 2025
visiting Venice, San Giovanni Rotunda, Assisi, Sorrento, Amalfi Coast, Rome
PILGRIMAGE OF HOPE: LOURDES-ROME, DECEMBER 1-11, 2025
visiting Lourdes, Carcassone, Avignon, Nice, Genoa, Florence
Assisi, Rome, Vatican City with papal audience
INTO THE ADRIATIC 2026: TBA
Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina
visiting Venice, Opatija, Split, Dubrovnik, Medjugorje, Plitvice Lakes,
Bled and Ljubljana
LATEST HIGHLIGHTS
PASTOR INSTALLATION. Fr. Sunny will be officially installed as pastor of St. Michael Church by Bishop Ronald Hicks on Sunday, May 11, 2025 at the 10:45 AM mass. The solemn liturgy will include the rite of installation. Reception follows after the mass.
DIVINE MERCY WEEKEND. Fr. Sunny will be receiving 12 new members of the Catholic Church on April 27 at the 10:45 AM Mass at St. Michael Church. That same day, he will do a baptism and a wedding convalidation. At 3PM, he will be available for confessions at the service for the Divine Mercy.
SANTACRUZAN MASS AND PROCESSION. As the spiritual director of the Santacruzan Cultural Group of Greater Chicago, Fr. Sunny will celebrate the santacruzan mass on May 18 at 3:00 PM. The mass will be followed by the traditional Filipino sagala, a procession of queens bearing the titles of the Virgin Mary.
WELCOME
LAETITIA in CARITAS et GRATIA
"I want to be remembered as a joyful priest."
Fr. Sunny Castillo
Saint Michael Catholic Church
Wheaton, IL
The Roman Catholic Diocese
of Joliet-in-Illinois
The United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
La Citta del Vaticano
The Vatican City
