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Welcome to the Stillwater Catholic Parishes Church of St. Michael St. Mary’s Church 611 South Third Street 423 South 5th Street www.stmichaelstillwater.org www.stmarystillwater.org Parish Office: 651-439-4400 Fax: 651-430-3271 Parish Office: 651-439-1270 Fax: 651-439-7045 St. Croix Catholic School www.stcroixcatholic.org School Office: 651-439-5581 Fr. Michael Izen, Pastor [email protected] 651-379-1261 Fr. John Powers, Associate [email protected] 651-379-1262 After-hour Clergy Emergency Line 651-430-1551 Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time November 18, 2018 The Priests and Staff of St. Mary’s and St. Michael’s wish everyone a happy and blessed Thanksgiving. Please join us for Mass on Thanksgiving morning: 7:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s 9:00 a.m. at St. Michael’s The parish offices will be closed on November 22nd & 23rd. Churches of St. Mary & St. Michael Help one another. This is what Jesus teaches us. This is what I do. And I do it with my heart. ~Pope Francis St. Michael’s and St. Mary’s Christmas Giving Tree Programs provide an opportunity for you to reach out to someone in need in this season of preparation for Christ’s birth. Let your eyes be open to the physical, spiritual and emotional needs of parishioners and members of our community. Gift requests for individuals are written on ornament tags. These tags are hung on garland in the Atrium and along the choir loft stairwell at St. Michael’s and on the Christmas tree in the back of the church at St. Mary’s. Each tag represents a gift request (approximate value of $25.00). The Giving Tree programs serve our own parishioners and other community organizations, including Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Stillwater Residence, Hope House, Options for Women (formerly Project Life), Peace House, The Franciscan Brothers of Peace (St. Paul) and Missionary Sisters of Charity (Mpls). We help people of all ages, young and old alike. To participate, please follow the procedures below. St. Michael’s Procedure Fill the request and return the gift in a gift bag with handles. Attach the ornament tag to the bag. Some of our ornaments have an envelope attached to it. These ornaments are asking for a monetary donation toward a specific request, i.e. a jacket or boots, or they are requesting a gift card. REMEMBER gift cards can be purchased at the SCRIP table in the atrium. Put the card in the envelope and leave it with the SCRIP volunteer at the table. In addition to the items noted on the tags, we are most grateful for extra games, books, art kits, gift certificates for groceries, gas, etc. We add these items to the individual bags. During office hours, we ask you to drop off all Gift Bags and envelopes (with their tags attached) to the Church Office. After office hours and/or during Sunday Mass times, gift bags may be dropped off at either of the designated boxes in the Church or atrium. Envelopes, with their attached gift tags, should be placed in the Sunday Collection Basket or can be taken to the Parish Office and slid under the partition at the front desk. Please do not leave any envelopes in the drop off boxes. St. Mary’s Procedure Pick a tag off of the Christmas Tree in the back of church. Fill the request and wrap the gift. Remember to tape the tag to the outside of the gift as this identifies where it goes. The tags on the tree represent many different community outreach organizations. Remember that the gift card requests on the Giving Tree can be easily purchased through the SCRIP program every Sunday right next to the tree, therefore benefitting SCCS as well as the recipient of the gift card! You may leave your wrapped gift under the tree or bring it to the office during office hours. Gift cards, with their attached gift tags, should be placed in the Sunday Collection Basket or can be brought to the Parish Office. Please do not leave any gift cards under the tree. All gifts, with their tags attached, must be dropped off at the appropriate church no later than Sunday, December 16th. 2 | Churches of St. Mary & St. Michael • Stillwater, Minnesota Churches of St. Mary & St. Michael Contact List St. Mary’s Church Parish Office Hours 651-439-1270 Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. [email protected] Men, Join Us Tuesday, November 20, 7-9 p.m., St. Mary’s Great Hall Parish Council Chair, Mary Wicker 651-430-3223 Monthly meetings call men in the Stillwater parishes into community, formation, and Mass Times equip them for discipleship and mission. We gather to build fraternity and to zealously Sunday 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m. live the Catholic faith. The topics will have an explicit focus that relates to masculine Daily Masses Monday - Saturday 7:30 a.m. spirituality, particularly that of fatherhood, and being a Watchman. Gatherings consist of Sacrament of Penance social time, presentation, small group discussion, and prayer. Saturday 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Dr. David Deavel will be presenting on “Chesterton and the Masculine Genius” His Church of St. Michael presentation confronts how much of the world is now trying to deny the true nature of a Parish Office Hours 651-439-4400 “man”, clearly articulates the contemporary situation for men, and speaks to the gifts Monday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. which men possess that fit them for service to the family, community, the world, and to Friday 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. the Church. Dr. Deavel will pay attention to a number of sources, with special attention [email protected] to the thought of G. K. Chesterton. Parish Council Chair, Mike Thielen 612-849-9090 Dr. David Deavel was born and raised in Bremen, Indiana. He is currently a visiting Mass Times: assistant professor of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, Saturday 5:30 p.m. where he has taught courses on Catholic literature, spirituality, theology, and culture. He Sunday morning 7:30, 9:15 and 11:00 a.m. attended Fordham University, where he received the M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in theolo- Daily Masses Monday - Friday 5:30 p.m. Sacrament of Penance gy. Dr. Deavel is a prolific editor and writer. He is currently editor of Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture. He is on the editorial board of Newman Studies Saturday 4:00 - 5:15 p.m. Monday - Friday 5:00- 5:25 p.m. or by appointment Journal , is an associate editor for Voegelin View , and is a contributing editor for Gilbert , the magazine of the American Chesterton Society. He was the 2013 winner of the Novak Facebook: Church of St. Michael Stillwater Award, awarded by the Acton Institute to scholars early in their academic career who demonstrate outstanding intellectual merit in advancing the understanding of theology’s Twitter: @churchofstmike connection to human dignity, religious liberty, and freedom in economic life. His academic work has appeared in several books as well as a number of journals including Pastoral Staff Chesterton Review , Chicago Studies , Faith & Reason , Journal of Markets and Morality , Fr. Michael Izen, Pastor 379-1261 New Blackfriars , Nova et Vetera , and Society . His public and popular essays and reviews [email protected] Fr. John Powers, Associate 379-1262 have appeared in, among other places, America , Catholic World Report , Christian [email protected] Century , Commonweal , Crisis . First Things , Minneapolis Star Tribune , National Review , Fr. Jack Donahue, retired 439-4400 Religion & Liberty , and The Wall Street Journal . He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with Deacon Bert Bliss, Pastoral Minister his wife, Catherine, and their seven children. [email protected] 379-1266 Tue Nov 20 You are Sat Dec 1 Faith Formation & Youth Ministry encouraged Tue Jan 15 Office Hours 651-351-3175 to invite a friend Tue Feb 19 Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. or family member www.stmichaelstillwater.org to come with you. Tue Mar 19 www.stmarystillwater.org Tue Apr 16 No registration is [email protected] PJ Butler, Director of Faith Formation, required. Tue May 21 Phone 651-379-1272 Fax: 430-3271 We are glad you attended Mass here. How may we serve you? I am interested in parish membership I would like a call by the pastoral staff St. Croix Catholic School and Please note my change of address I don’t receive envelopes & would like to Ark of Angels Montessori Preschool Name:………………………………………………………………………………………….. 621 South 3rd St. www.stcroixcatholic.org Phone: …………………………………...... www.arkofangels.org Address: ………………………………………………………………………………...…….. Principal, Sr. Mary Aquinas, O.P. [email protected] Email:…………………………………………………………………………………………… Phone: 439-5581 Fax: 439-8360 Parish: ………………………………………………. Please remove and send to the parish office or drop in the collection basket. | 3 Churches of St. Mary & St. Michael Sacrament of Baptism This sacrament is the door to the Catholic Church and the entrance into a new life in Parish Nurse News Christ. Parents must participate in a baptism prep. class before baptism. Visit your parish website or call the parish office to make Christian Medical Cost Sharing Programs arrangements. With the new year approaching, insurance changes are upon many of us. Did you First Communion know that there are other alternatives to medical insurance, including Catholic and Starting in 2nd Grade, children can begin Christian cost-sharing programs? Join us after each Mass on Sunday, December classes in September.