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UPCOMING PILGRIMAGES
MEXICO PILGRIMAGE 2026 (OPEN FOR SIGN-UP)
FEBRUARY 2-9, 2026
visiting Mexico City (Guadalupe & the Tepeyac Hill), Teotihuacan, Coyoacan, Xochimilco, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, San Juan de los Lagos, Tlaquepaque, Guadalajara, Zapopan
SHRINES OF FRANCE (OPEN FOR SIGN-UP)
JULY 20-31, 2026
visiting Lourdes, Nevers, Tours, Normandy, Bayeaux, Caen,
Le Mont St. Michel, Lisieux, Paris, this pilgrimage is a collaboration
with Fr. Brendan Lupton, professor of Mundelein Seminary.
INTO THE ADRIATIC 2026 (OPEN FOR SIGN-UP)
Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina
visiting Venice, Opatija, Split, Dubrovnik, Medjugorje,
Plitvice Lakes, Bled and Ljubljana. This is Fr. Sunny's first ever pilgrimage to the Balkan Region, and he is very excited to
share the exciting experience of widening horizons in this less
known areas of Catholic pilgrimage.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
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
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FR SUNNY'S SIMBANG GABI LITURGIES. Fr. Sunny will be the celebrant at St. Michael Church in Wheaton on Friday, December 19 at 7:00 PM. He will also celebrate the Simbang Gabi mass of Visitation Parish in Elmhurst on Monday, December 21, at 6:00 PM. He will concelebrate the final mass of the Diocesan Simbang Gabi with Bishop Ronald Hicks on Tuesday, December 22, at 6:00 PM. The final mass will be held at St. Dominic Parish in Bolingbrook.
FR SUNNY'S CONCLUDES PILGRIMAGE 2025. Fr. Sunny concludes his 2025 pilgrimage season with a trip Jubilee pilgrimage from Lourdes to Rome, via the south of France.
Link to Fr. Sunny's Weekend Homilies
