schedule of activities
2012 - 2013 Schedule of Activities:
Activities with two asterisks [**] are not organized by the FFOS. Please refer all inquiries to their respective organizer/s. Thank you. – Admin
January 2012
- Hospitality Sunday: Group G -January 2
Hospitality Sunday group is the group in charge for the Coffee Hour after the Saint Lambert Parish 10:00 AM Sunday Mass. - Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help **- January 4, 11, 18, 25
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm and the first Wednesday of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - Bi-weekly Novena -January 14, and 28
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other weekend.

- Nine-day Novena to the Sto. Niño – January 12-20, 2011
Sto. Niño Festival begins with daily novena at 6:45 in the evening at Saint Lambert Church, 8148 Karlov Avenue, Skokie, Illinois, starting on January 14, Thursday until January 22, Friday.
- Sto. Nino Festival and Mass – January 21, 2011
The highlight of the Sto. Niño Festival is the Procession and a Solemn Mass on Saturday, January 25, 2010 at 5:00 in the evening at Saint Lambert Church, 8148 Karlov Avenue, Skokie, Illinois.
February 2012
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help **- February 1, 8,15, 22, 29
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm, and the first Wednesday of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - Bi-weekly Novena -February 11 and 25
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other weekend.
March 2012
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help** - March 7, 14, 21, 28
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm, and the first Wednesday of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - Bi-weekly Novena – March 10 and 24
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other weekend. - Hospitality Sunday: Group B- to be scheduled
Hospitality Sunday group is the group in charge for the Coffee Hour after the Saint Lambert Parish 10:00 AM Sunday Mass.
April 2012
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help **- April 4, 11, 18, 25
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm, and the first Wednesday of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - Holy Thursday Pilgrimage **- to be scheduled
A custom of visiting seven churches on Holy Thursday as a manifestation of unity and charity. - Salubong, an Easter Dawn Service - April 8, Sunday, 6:30 am Mass
On Easter Sunday dawn mass, Parishioners of Saint Lambert Parish observe a long-time Filipino tradition of the visit of the resurrected Christ to His Mother and the lifting of the “veil of mourning” of the Blessed Virgin Mary by an angel. - Bi-weekly Novena – April 7 and 21
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday. - Feast of Divine Mercy** – April 15
“Throughout the world the Second Sunday of Easter will receive the name Divine Mercy Sunday, a perennial invitation to the Christian world to face, with confidence in divine benevolence, the difficulties and trials that mankind will experience in the years to come.”

Salubong: Easter Dawn Service
” When Jesus meets his mother, her veil of sadness is removed by an angel of the Lord. She is elated in his life; he is gladdened in her elation. And this is the doctrinal content of the Philippine devotion.”- Fr Joel Tabora, S.J.
May 2012
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help** - May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm, and the first Wednesday of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - Bi-weekly Novena -May 5 and 19
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday.
June 2012
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help** - June 2, 13, 20, 27
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm, and the first Wednesday of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - Bi-weekly Novena – June 2, 16, 30
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday.
July 2012
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help** - July 4, 11, 18, 25
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm, and the first Wednesday of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - Bi-weekly Novena – July 14, 28
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday.
August 2012
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help **- August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm, and the first Wednesday of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - Bi-weekly Novena – August 11 and 25
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday. - Devotion to the Sto. Ñiño de Agosto** – August (for scheduling), 9:00am. A Mass and Procession around St. Matthias parish Church of St. Niño images.
September 2012
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help **- September 5, 12, 19, 26
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm, and the first Wednesday of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - Bi-weekly Novena – September 8 and 22
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday. - San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila 9-day Novena – September 20-28, 2011
A Nine-day Novena in preparation for the Feast of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila starts at 6:45pm.
- Feast day of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila - September 29 , 5:00 PM
Annual Celebration of the Feast of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila.
October 2012
- Bratfest/Oktoberfest** – To be scheduled
Annual Bratfest and fund raising drive of the Saint Lambert Parish - Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help** - October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm, and the first Wednesday of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - Bi-weekly Novena – October 6 and 20
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday. - Our Lady of Fatima 9-day Novena – October 4-12, 2011
A Nine-day Novena in preparation for the Mass for Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima starts at 6:45pm.

- Mass for Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima- October 13, 5:00 pm
Highlights the St. Lambert parishioners’ devotions to Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima.
November 2012
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help**- November 7, 14, 21, 28
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm, and the first Wednesday of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - Bi-weekly Novena – November 3 and 17
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday.
December 2012
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help** - December 5, 15, 19, 26
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm, and the first Wednesdays of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - Bi-weekly Novena – December 1, 15 and 29
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday. - Simbang Gabi-December 21 5:00 pm
The annual Simbang Gabi Celebration at St. Lambert Parish in Skokie, Illinois.
January 2013
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help **- January 4, 11, 18, 25
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm, and first Wednesday of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - Bi-weekly Novena – January 12 and 26
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday.

- Nine-day Novena to the Sto. Niño – January 9-18, 2013
Sto. Niño Festival begins with daily novena at 6:45 in the evening at Saint Lambert Church, 8148 Karlov Avenue, Skokie, Illinois, starting on January 14, Thursday until January 22, Friday.
- Sto. Nino Festival and Mass – January 19, 2013
The highlight of the Sto. Niño Festival is the Procession and a Solemn Mass on Saturday, January 25, 2010 at 5:00 in the evening at Saint Lambert Church, 8148 Karlov Avenue, Skokie, Illinois.
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