CRYSTAL LAKE—Reservations are open for the May 11 prayer breakfast at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, 1023 McHenry Ave., here.

 

The breakfast is sponsored by the “Mary, Mother of the Eucharist” McHenry chapter of Magnificat, an international ministry program for Catholic women.

 

Seating will begin at 8:30 a.m. followed by breakfast, open to women and men, at 9 a.m. 

 

Sister Appolonia Irika of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary Mother of Mercy (DMMM) is the planned speaker. She ministered in Rome and Sicily before pursuing further education in the United States. 

 

She felt the call to serve as a chaplain in community hospitals, and she now serves at Ascension St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin. 

 

Ticket prices vary. (See box below.) 

 

Magnificat ticket info Deadline: May 8.   Price: $30 before April 27; $40 after April 27’; $20 for students anytime; Priests, deacons, religious free (but reserve at 847-497-0073. Online: http://PayPal.me/MagnificatMcHenry List phone number and names for each ticket.  By mail: Form available at https://magnificat-ministry.net/chapters/il-mchenry/. Make check payable to “Magnificat” and mail to: Magnificat 4610 Spring Grove Rd., McHenry, IL 60051. Mail pricing is by postmark date, the same as online.  In person: Little Way Bookstore, 50 Brink St., Crystal Lake; Cash or check only until May 8.