St. Joe's Summer Picnics Begin This Weekend In Joliet

JOLIET, IL - If you've lived around the Joliet area over the years, you know that venturing over to St. Joseph's Park on Sundays during the summer time is a time-honored tradition. There's great ethnic food. There's plenty of cold beer. There's kids games. There's live music, Polka bands and of course, there's the bingo. Last summer, this Patch Editor tried his luck at a few games of bingo inside the hall during one of the church picnics, but he was not successful. Will this year be any different? Probably not.

Now to the news: the St. Joseph Catholic Church Parish recently posted its summer picnic schedule. The fun begins in just a couple weeks with Wags 2 Wishes holding its picnic event on Sunday, June 17.

The following Sunday, June 24, will be the St. Joseph Parish Homecoming.

July 1 will be St. Mary Nativity Church, which is my former grade school.

July 8 will be St. Joseph Academy.

July 15 will be Holy Cross Church.

July 22 is St. George Serbian

July 29 is St. Anne Church

Aug. 5 will be the City of Crest Hill

The current schedule does not have a picnic listed for Aug. 12

Aug. 19 is St. Mary Magdalene Church

Aug. 25 is the Irish American Society - Celtic Fest, which is usually a major event.

Sept. 2 will be the Crest Hill Lion's Club.

Is your organization interested in using St. Joe's Park picnic grounds or hall in the future? If so, you can visit the church website here. It has lots of good information.

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Image via St. Joseph Park Facebook page