schedule of activities
2011 - 2012 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 2011
- 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 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 -January 1, 15 and 29
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 13-21, 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 22, 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 2011
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help **- February2, 9,16, 23
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm, and the first Wednesday of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - After Dinner Dance -February 26
A social and fund-raising activity. - Bi-weekly Novena -February 12 and 26
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other weekend. - Mass Taping @ Mercy Home **- February 27
Everyone is invited to join in the taping of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at the Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL.
March 2011
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help** - March 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 – March 12 and 26
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other weekend. - Hospitality Sunday: Group B – March 28
Hospitality Sunday group is the group in charge for the Coffee Hour after the Saint Lambert Parish 10:00 AM Sunday Mass.
April 2011
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help **- April 6, 13, 20, 27
Every Wednesday at 6:45 pm, and the first Wednesday of the month is celebrated with a Mass after the novena. - Holy Thursday Pilgrimage **- April 21 7:00pm
A custom of visiting seven churches on Holy Thursday as a manifestation of unity and charity. - Salubong, an Easter Dawn Service - April 24, 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 9 and 23
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday. - After Dinner Dance – April 30, 5:00 pm
A social and fund-raising activity. - After Dinner Dance – April 30, 5:00 pm
A social and fund-raising activity.

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 2011
- Feast of Divine Mercy** – May 1
“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.” - Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help** - May 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 -May 7 and 27
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday.
June 2011
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help** - June 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 – June 4 and 18, 2011
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday. - After Dinner Dance – June 18, 5:00 pm
A social and fund-raising activity.
July 2011
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help** - July 6, 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 – July 2, 16, and 30
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday. - FFOS Annual Picnic - July 16,
Annual picnic by FFOS members and friends after the 10:00 AM Sunday Mass.
August 2011
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help **- August 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 – August 13 and 27
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.
- After Dinner Dance – August 27, 5:00 pm
A social and fund-raising activity.
September 2011
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help **- September 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 – September 3 and 17
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 16-24, 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 24 , 5:00 PM
Annual Celebration of the Feast of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila.
October 2011
- Bratfest/Oktoberfest** – October 6:00-midnight
Annual Bratfest and fund raising drive of the Saint Lambert Parish - Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help** - October 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 – October 9 and 22
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 6-14, 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 15, 5:00 pm
Highlights the St. Lambert parishioners’ devotions to Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima.
November 2011
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help**- November 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 – November 5 and 19
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday.
December 2011
- Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help** - December 7, 14, 21, 28
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 3, 17 and 31
Devotions to the Santo Niño, Our Lady of Fatima, and San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila held every other Saturday. - Simbang Gabi-December 17 5:00 pm
The annual Simbang Gabi Celebration at St. Lambert Parish in Skokie, Illinois.
January 2012
- 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 14 and 28
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 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.
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