Bishop Malloy's Public Schedule
March 21, 2024
HAMPSHIRE - 5:30 p.m., Confirmation, St. Charles Borromeo Church
March 23, 2024
CARPENTERSVILLE - 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. (two ceremonies), Confirmation, St. Monica Church
March 24, 2024
ROCKFORD - 7:30 a.m., Sunday Mass, Cathedral of St. Peter
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March 24, 2024
DEKALB - 8:00 p.m., Palm Sunday Mass, Christ the Teacher University Parish
March 28, 2024
ROCKFORD - 11:00 a.m., Chrism Mass, Cathedral of St. Peter
March 28, 2024
ROCKFORD - 7:00 p.m., Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Cathedral of St. Peter
March 29, 2024
AURORA - 10:00 a.m., Living Stations of the Cross, Sacred Heart Church to St. Nicholas Church
March 29, 2024
ROCKFORD - 2:00 p.m., Passion of the Lord, Cathedral of St. Peter
March 30, 2024
ROCKFORD - 7:30 p.m., Easter Vigil, Cathedral of St. Peter
March 31, 2024
ROCKFORD - 9:00 a.m., Easter Sunday Mass, Winnebago County Jail
April 4, 2024
MCHENRY - 5:30 p.m., Confirmation for St. Patrick-McHenry, St. Joseph-Richmond, and Christ the King-Wonder Lake, at St. Patrick Church
April 6, 2024
ALGONQUIN - 10:00 a.m., Confirmation, St. Margaret Mary Church
April 7, 2024
ROCKFORD - 7:30 a.m., Sunday Mass, Cathedral of St. Peter
April 9, 2024
AURORA - 5:30 p.m., Confirmation, St. Therese of Jesus Church

Consecrated Life

Consecrated Life The word “consecrated” means “to be set apart.” Therefore, consecrated persons are “set apart” from the duties of married life and family life to love and live for God and His Church.

Since the early First Century, men and women have given their lives to Christ. We read this in Sacred Scripture in the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles as we learn about the call of the Apostles and the witness of the martyrs.

“The state of consecrated life is thus one way of experiencing a “more intimate” consecration, rooted in Baptism and dedicated totally to God. In the consecrated life, Christ’s faithful, moved by the Holy Spirit, propose to follow Christ more nearly, to give themselves to God who is loved above all and, pursuing the perfection of charity in the service of the Kingdom, to signify and proclaim in the Church the glory of the world to come.” (CCC 916)

The Rockford Diocese is very fortunate to have many religious communities of men and women serving God through its people.

Religious Communities of Men

Religious Communities of Women

Consecrated Virgins

From apostolic times Christian virgins and widows, called by the Lord to cling only to him with greater freedom of heart, bodies, and spirit, have decided with the Church’s approval to live in the respective states of virginity or perpetual chastity for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven. (CC 922)

As with other forms of consecrated life, the order of virgins establishes the woman living in the world (or the nun) in prayer, penance, service of her brethren, and apostolic activity, according to the state of life and spiritual gifts given to her. Consecrated virgins can form themselves into associations to observe their commitment more faithfully. (CC 924)

Consecrated Virgins in the Diocese of Rockford

Miss Helen Reier
(847) 890-5494
627-B West Main Street
Cary, IL 60013

Miss Rheta Zellner
(815) 399-1682
818 Fitch Road
Rockford, IL 61109