We went on a little field trip last weekend and found the following additions to our Super Summer Sacraments Scavenger Hunt: Latin inscriptions honoring Mary and Joseph! Inspiring statues! Cornerstones And the “gate of heaven!”
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July 31, 2010Attention Church of Saint Paul families!
June 15, 2010Registration is now underway for 2010-2011 Family Formation. If you have not received a packet, please pick one up in the office. All registrations are due by July 6. Questions? Call Matt or Laurie at 763-757-1148.
Fireside Parables
June 15, 2010Wednesday, June 16 at 7:00 is the first Fireside Parables of the summer. Families, come and enjoy a night in the “backyard” of the church. The evening starts with a short skit and ends with a campfire for roasting marshmallows. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket, and roasting sticks. S’more supplies are provided. Mark your [...]
Thanks, Peoria!
June 13, 2010Many thanks to the gracious diocese of Peoria for their invitation to speak and have vendor tables at their Summer Catechetical Institute. We were able to present a Basics of Family Formation workshop to catechists and DREs on both Friday and Saturday, and we talked to many others who are interested in increasing parental involvement [...]
May 10, 2010
Like yesterday’s painting, the artist of this one uses his great skill to trick your eyes into seeing something that isn’t really thereOn first glance, this looks like a photograph of a sculpture, but again it’s just skillfully painted on a flat wall. You can see the Holy Spirit pictured as a dove and the [...]
Pope Benedict XVI and Abuse
March 31, 2010Hello Everyone, I am writing this article in order to set the record straight and give Catholics something to celebrate this season of Lent, namely, being persecuted for the faith. It is helpful to recall the words of Christ Himself in Matthew 5:11-12 “Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter [...]
Happy Birthday, Father Jon!
March 28, 2010The Parable of the Lost Son
March 11, 2010And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed, but nobody gave him any. Coming to his senses he thought, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger.’ ~Luke 15:16-17
The joy of repentance
March 9, 2010In this painting by Spanish painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), we see an interpretation of the famous parable of the Prodigal Son. The painting is part of a series depicting lessons from the Corporal Works of Mercy showing the necessity of good works, and the importance of personal participation in such acts. As you [...]
Stations of the Cross
February 26, 2010REMINDER – We apologize for the confusion, but the Stations of the Cross for children will be held on March 12, instead of February 28th as was listed in last month’s Family Formation announcements. You can still attend this week’s Stations with your family, but we will not be using the children’s meditations. Stations are [...]
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