Community Corner
St. John Brebeuf Host Picnic July 21
St. John Brebeuf's “Olde Fashioned Parish Picnic” is scheduled for Sunday, July 21, beginning with an 11 a.m. mass in St. Paul Woods on Oakton east of Caldwell. Open to the entire community, the all day event, is part of the 60th anniversary celebration of the church which was established in Niles in 1953. Admission is free.
Games and activities for both children and adults are planned including pony rides, a petting zoo, camel rides, face painting, an egg toss, win a prize, bingo, Bozo buckets, a fish pond, and bean bag toss. All food and beverages including hot dogs, Polish sausage, Italian beef, Bratwurst, roasted sweet corn, ice cream, popcorn and chips will be sold at old time prices.
Affording an opportunity to remember the past and celebrate the present while looking forward to the future, the picnic recalls parish carnivals that were held in the 1950s, “A Night of Wine and Roses” in 1963, and the annual festivals from 1970 to 1988 when 600 to 700 people put on stage shows for two weekends just before Lent. For further information, call 847-966-8145.Find out what's happening in Niles-Morton Grovewith free, real-time updates from Patch.
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