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Palm Sunday is a favorite feast for children, who both love and learn from active experiences. Click here for suggestions about living Palm Sunday through the Triduum with children at home.

We are at the Fifth Sunday of our Lenten season. How can we help each other to remain steadfast in our prayer, fasting, and almsgiving? This is a time for patience and forgiveness. Click here for ideas for this last full week of Lent.

Fr. Tollefson has appointed Beth Giese to the role of Parish Administrator. Beth has served as Director of Advancement for the past two years, and will now manage all aspects of the administration of the parish, excluding spiritual and pastoral ministries.

Our Grief Support Group is pausing for Lent and will resume meeting with an adjusted schedule after Easter. Additionally, we need a minimum of five registrants, with a cap of twelve and a deadline of Wednesday, April 16.

Fr. Erickson offers a vision for returning to 24/7 Perpetual Adoration in this ongoing Eucharistic Revival, as well as an invitation for each of us to commit to an hour.

Governor Tim Walz has doubled down in his latest revised budget proposal to eliminate aid for nonpublic education, which would dramatically reduce our School’s resources. Click the headline above to learn how you can make your voice heard on this important issue.

We are encouraged to mark the fourth Sunday of Lent, Laetare Sunday, with joyful celebrations in our homes. Laetare means rejoice in Latin, and Family Corner this week will help us to look forward in faith to the joy of the Resurrection.

Almsgiving is one of our main practices during Lent. Family Corner this week will focus on ways we can work together in the family and parish to give to others.

Every year, March 19 calls for the celebration of the Solemn Feast of Saint Joseph. It is the perfect day to relax our Lenten sacrificial offerings as a way of honoring the love and leadership of the spouse of Our Lady and foster father of Our Lord. Click the link above for ideas about how to celebrate!

For those who missed the first Eucharistic Consecration, there will be another opportunity on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27. We invite you to read the Matthew Kelly’s "33 Days to Eucharistic Glory" daily on your own beginning March 26 and to click the link above to sign up.

Lent provides a chance to go deeper: both giving and giving up. Learning and praying together as a family enhances simpler meals. Lent coincides with lengthening days, enriching our patient waiting and preparing. Click for ideas to pray, eat, and work together.

Why does the priest sometimes wear green and sometimes white? What do the seasons of the Church have to do with our daily lives? All this and more in The Family Corner, a new feature where we’ll share ways to bring the liturgical seasons of the Church into our families and homes in simple, accessible, kid-friendly ways.

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Miss your chance to sit for a portrait? You can now submit a photo for our new parish Picture Directory.

Small groups for Lent 2025 will begin the first full week of Lent on Sunday, March 9. Sign-ups for open Lenten small groups will begin on Sunday, February 16.

Please pray for the 32 men attending our Men's Retreat next weekend on Lake Mille Lacs. May they be bold in their own prayers, and may they each listen to God's voice for His answers and direction. Thank you!

We especially need Nativity School parents to attend our small group leader formation so we can offer small groups for School parents.

We have become aware of some generous gifts of stock that were donated by parishioners in the last 1-2 months of 2024 that have not yet been formally acknowledged. We apologize for the delay and please know they'll be arriving soon. Thank you for your generosity and for your patience!

Friday, January 31 is the priority deadline for room reservations at our Men’s retreat February 21-23. Don’t miss your chance to join in fellowship and faith with Fr. Tollefson at Eddy’s Lake Mille Lacs Resort!

One of our neighbors contacted us recently about some significant damage sustained to his parked car after one of our Sunday liturgies. While hopefully an isolated incident, we do ask that our parishioners and visitors be extra careful when driving to and from our campus.