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 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time November 11, 2018

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Sunday, December 9, 2018 St. Michael’s Church & Atrium Doors and Silent Auction open at 2:30 pm Concert begins at 3:00 pm !

Vocal and Instrumental Celebration of Advent Stillwater Area High School’s Vagabonds Afternoon for the Arts Choir St. Croix Catholic’s Chamber Ensemble Children’s Chorus Angelorum Soloists * Small Ensembles

Arts-Inspired Silent Auction * Sweet Confections Zach Sobiech Music & Arts Fund Displays Please Consider Making a Donation Toward our Please join us for an afternoon of music and art, inspired by St. Cecilia, Arts -I nspired Silent Auction patroness of the arts.

♦ Unique, One-of-a-Kind Baskets The event is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be ♦ Local Merchants Baskets accepted, and will be used to build the Zach Sobiech Music ♦ Theater performance tickets & Arts Fund, which provides support for all performing and visual arts offered through ♦ Music performance tickets St. Croix Catholic School. ♦ Visual art experiences ♦ !Instrumental or vocal lessons More information available at: StCroixCatholic.org ♦ Dance lessons SupportSCCS>Zach Sobiech Music & Arts Fund ♦ Craft or hobby store gift cards ♦ Creative Experiences ♦ Bookstore gift cards ♦ Confectioner gift cards ♦ Restaurant gift cards

To make a donation to our silent auction, please contact: Diana Anderson, [email protected] 651.439.5581x346

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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 Saturday 4:00 - 5:15 p.m. of Catholic Thought and Culture. He is on the editorial board of Newman Studies 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 Twitter: @churchofstmike demonstrate outstanding intellectual merit in advancing the understanding of theology’s 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 [email protected] New Blackfriars , Nova et Vetera , and Society . His public and popular essays and reviews 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 , N ational 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 Office Hours 651-351-3175 Tue Jan 15 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 [email protected] No registration is 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 Ark of Angels Montessori Please note my change of address I don’t receive envelopes & would like to 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: ……………………………………………….

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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 Did you know more than 400 people in the United States die each year due to carbon arrangements. monoxide (CO) poisoning? Now that we are a week into the end of daylight savings

First Communion time, it’s an ideal time to check the batteries in your carbon monoxide detector. If you Starting in 2nd Grade, children can begin don’t own a battery-powered or battery back-up CO alarm, this is a perfect time to classes in September. Call Faith Formation at purchase one. 351-3175 for more information. With winter approaching, we tend to use items that produce carbon monoxide fumes- Sacrament of Confirmation furnaces, generators or by burning charcoal or wood. CO fumes are also produced by Starting in 9 th grade, high school students can vehicles, stoves, lanterns and gas ranges. The CO can build up in partially enclosed begin the preparation process and be confirmed when they are ready. Call the faith and enclosed spaces, silently poisoning people and animals that are in those spaces and breathe in the CO. formation office at 651-351-3175 ext. 4 to join the classes that begin each Fall. Tips to prevent Carbon Monoxide Exposure Rite of Christian Initiation •Every year, have your heating system, water heater and any other gas, oil, or coal Faith Formation is always pleased to speak to burning appliances serviced by a qualified technician. anyone returning to the church or who wishes to learn more about the Catholic faith. Formal •Install a battery-operated or battery back-up CO detector in your home and check or replace the battery when you change the time on your clocks each spring and fall. classes begin each Fall. Call PJ Butler, 651- 379-1272 for more information. •Leave your home immediately and call 911 if your CO detector ever sounds. Seek

Sacrament of Marriage prompt medical attention if you suspect CO poisoning and are feeling dizzy, light- Please see your parish’s website for full headed, or nauseated. information. If you have any questions, please contact your parish office. NEVER………………. •Run a car or truck inside a garage attached to your house, even if you leave the door Anointing of the Sick open. The anointing of the sick is administered to bring spiritual and even physical strength •Burn anything in a stove or fireplace that isn’t vented.

during an illness, especially near the time of •Heat your house with a gas oven. death. If you are undergoing surgery, are aged or experiencing declining health, con- •Use a generator, charcoal grill, camp stove, or other gasoline or charcoal-burning tact your parish office to request an anointing. device inside your home, basement, or garage or outside less than 20 feet from a window, door, or vent. Bulletin Articles Send via email, whenever possible, to (Tips provided by Center for Disease Control, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning [email protected]. Prevention, 2018). Resources Televised Mass Valley Access Carbon Monoxide poisoning is 100% preventable. Protect yourself and your loved Shown live on Sundays at 9:15 a.m. & tape - ones by knowing the dangers and how to prevent CO poisoning. delayed on Wednesdays & Thursdays

Archdiocese of St Paul & Minneapolis www.archspm.org Victim/Survivor of abuse Assistance Stillwater Catholic Worker Community 24 hours/day 7 days/week 651-291-4497. Outreach to Persons with disAbilities Deacon Sean & Joan Curtan-Coordinators The Stillwater Catholic Worker Community meets the first and third Fridays of every [email protected] 651-291-4543 month at 7:00 p.m. for evening prayer, potluck soup supper and discussion. Often

National Catholic Partnership on Disability times we have speakers, special music and poetry readings. We are inspired by the life www.ncpd.org and teaching of Dorothy Day and are committed to the practice of both the spiritual

St. Michael’s Library and corporal "Works of Mercy." Our two local homes of hospitality, Solanus Casey Open during parish office hours. and Our Lady Queen of Peace House, have provided Christian love, shelter, safety and support to those in need for over 15 years. ReturningCatholics www.CatholicsComeHome.org Our next gathering is November 16 at the Our Lady Queen of Peace House. We

Project Rachel [email protected] will be discussing ideas and planning our calendar for next year including desired Confidential individual referrals for those suf- topics and speakers. All are invited and warmly welcomed to these Friday evening gatherings! Childcare is available. fering with the pain of abortion 651-291-4515.

St. Michael’s Cemetery, Bayport For information specifically about soup suppers or to be added to our mailing list, Meets the burial needs for Catholics through- contact Karen Loome at [email protected]. For information about current needs out the St. Croix Valley. Contact cemetery and how you can help, contact Kim Barnhart at [email protected] or 651-270- manager, Claudia Baldwin, at 439-4511 or 1981. [email protected]. 4 | Churches of St. Mary & St. Michael • Stillwater, Minnesota

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Stewardship — A Way of Life

Operating Funds (Weekly collection, EFT payments and gifts used only for operating expenses for Fiscal Year July 1, 2018—June 30, 2019) As of 11/4/2018 St. Mary's St. Michael's Budgeted Collections $136,000 $569,548 Actual Weekly Collections $130,925 $536,844 Amount Over / (short) (-$5,075) (-$32,704)

Simplify your sacrificial giving through electronic funds transfer. It’s easy, plus our parishes benefit in many ways. Call St. Mary’s Parish Office at 439-1270 or go to http://www.stmarystillwater.org Call St. Michael’s Parish Office at 439-4400 ext. 210 or go to http://www.stmichaelstillwater.org

Meal Ministry for our Priests Log onto the carecalendar.org web site. There is a quick link in the upper right hand corner of our parish websites. Enter calendar ID: 215802 and Password: 9368 . Complete your entry online as directed. Meal preferences and directions for drop off time and location are listed on the site. There is a refrigerator on the porch for leaving food and a storage bin where cleaned dishes can be picked up. Call either parish office for assistance in signing up to bring a meal. The December calendar has been posted.

Third Quarter statements will be The popular IRA Charitable Rollover is now mailed this week. Gifts of stock are always appreciated and there are permanently available. This means that, if you are 70 Please take a minute significant tax benefits available to those who give 1/2 or older, you may now direct distributions from to look it over and appreciated stock held longer than a year. Those your IRAs to qualified charities. This allows you to notify your parish who choose to donate stock are generally entitled to support our parishes without including this distribution office of any errors a tax deduction based on the full fair market value of in your taxable income. so it can be the stock at the time the gift is made, not just the To make a charitable rollover and qualify for tax corrected before original cost. Additionally, donors do not incur any year-end statements relief: capital gains tax when stock is given away rather • The distribution must be made from a traditional go out in January. than sold. Please consider a stock gift when IRA. donating to the Church of St. Michael, St. Mary’s The 2019 • The IRA owner must be 70 1/2 or older. Church or St. Croix Catholic School. Stewardship • The distribution must be paid directly from the

information and IRA custodian to the church. Advent and If you are considering or planning a gift of stock • for 2018, please make your year-end stock The maximum distribution cannot exceed Christmas schedule $100,000 per year. is also included in donations by December 10, if possible. this mailing. Most transactions take only a few days to process, We ALWAYS recommend that you seek Your prayerful and but there is the occasional one that can take a couple professional advice in these matters. However, if financial support of of weeks to pass through the process. Please contact you have any questions for either parish , please our parishes is Paul Kiolbasa at Wealth Management Group, contact Laurie McGee in our Finance Department vitally needed and 651-351-0900, for our routing numbers. located at St. Michael's office, 651-379-1267. appreciated.

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St. Mary’s Parish News Respect Life

Ministry Schedule Sunday 10:30 a.m.– November 18 Monday–Saturday Reader: Bob Keldsen “Look for the good of everyone. 7:30 a.m. November 12 EMHC: Charles Andrews* Sharon Pazlar #, Each person has potential, Sacristan: Bruce Kramer Bob Newlander, Mary Pat Goodman, the seed of goodness. Sunday 8:00 a.m.– November 18 Ann Newlander (choir) We are all children of God.” Lector: Joni Polehna Altar Servers: Patrick Johnson, Evan Stoerzinger Altar Servers: Ryan & Chelsea Grubb Ushers: Jeff Olsen, Andy McCurdy, Bob Burger, Pope Francis EMHC: Paul* & Sharon Price, Marge Galowitz Bob Newlander Ushers: Dick Schmidt, Ron Roeller, Dave Schultz, Sunday 6:00 p.m.– November 18 Dennis Mencke Lector : Cheryl Colton EMHC : Cheryl Colton Ushers : Al Roettger, Rob Zoller St. Michael’s Parish News Seeking Facial Tissue Donations It’s that time again for us to Sympathy ask our generous families to We pray for the repose of the soul of Edna think of us as you start to stock Ludowese, mother of Connie Nelson, and up at home on facial tissues. for comfort for her family. May she rest in A collection box will can be the peace of Christ found in the back of church and thank you Baptisms for your generosity. We welcome into the family of God the following children who recently received the sacrament of baptism: Giving Tree of St. Michael’s and St. Mary’s

Mayla Marie Forliti Daughter of Joseph & Kate Forliti
VC]QJV:JQ .V`8 .111.: V% V:H.V%8 Quentin Michael Muehleck .111.: RQ8JRRQ1 11 .I7.V:` 8Q]V`:JH1 ! Son of Christopher & Sarah Muehleck Christmas Giving Tree Program Josephine Grace Denise Trom Love and generosity is at the heart of every good thing we do for one another. The Daughter of Matthew & Denise Trom parishioners of St. Michael’s and St. Mary’s have a long history of giving to people in Advent Candle Sets need at Christmastime and throughout the year. Preparations for St. Michael’s and St. There are Advent Candle sets available for Mary’s Giving Tree programs have begun. In recent years, we have assisted over 500 individuals from our parishes and community. sale at $6.00 per set from St. Michael’s CCW. They can be purchased from the If you are facing financial hardship or are aware of an individual or a family who is front desk at St. Michael’s parish office and having a difficult time, call Deacon Bert Bliss at St. Michael’s, 651-379-1266 or Flo the office at St. Croix Catholic School. Harris at St. Mary’s, 651-439-1270. We assist people of all ages through this program.

Requests for help need to be called in by November 16th . All referral information is New Altar Server Training confidential. !!!!!!!!! !!! New servers, fourth grade and older, are ! invited to attend the training. Q$V .V`51VH:J`V`CVH  .VCQ0VQ` QRG7.VC]1J$Q .V`7 RQ1J$1 11 .Q%`.V:`  . Saturday, November 17, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Altar Serving is a great opportunity to both serve our parish and learn more about the Knights of Columbus Partnership Breakfast Holy Mass. A ssistance by our servers helps the priest celebrate Mass with a greater spirit of reverence and prayer. The Knights of Columbus invite everyone to a delicious benefit breakfast at If training goes well for you, and you the KC Hall, 1910 South Greeley Street, next Sunday, November 18th from choose to pursue this opportunity, you will 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. This breakfast is in partnership with St. Croix begin serving at Holy Mass. New servers Catholic School Girl Scouts. Proceeds will subsidize the formation of 2 new will initially be placed with experienced troops at SCCS as well as Sponsor World Thinking Day for all SCCS Girl servers for a smooth transition. Please Scouts. Adults are $8.50; children age 5 - 12 $5.00; under age 5 eat free. Ample parking contact David deLeon the altar server and wheel chair accessible. Bring your family & friends and an item for the St. Michael's scheduler for St. Michael's, with any Food Shelf. Open to the Public -- All are Welcome. Sponsored by the Solanus Casey questions at [email protected]. Council #1632 Stillwater Knights of Columbus.

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Bi-Parish News and Events Upcoming Events

Made for More Monday, November 12 with CHRISTOPHER WEST & 1:00 p.m. Befrienders Meeting MIKE MANGIONE MI-Board Room

Friday, November 30, 2018 Tuesday, November 13 7:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. Seniors Movie Tuesday St. Michael’s Catholic Church MA-Room C 1:00 p.m. Quilters This event will sell out, so grab your tickets NOW in the parish office or online at MA-Room B www.corproject.com/stillwater and stmichaelstillwater.org. Tickets are $20. 7:00 p.m. Befrienders Meeting Tickets will also be available for sale after Sunday Masses on November 4, 11 & 18. MI-Pio Room 7:00 p.m. Parish Council MADE FOR MORE is an inspired blend of teaching, live music, and art that taps the MI-Board Room deepest desires of the human heart revealing their ultimate purpose and goal. Join Christopher West and Mike Mangione as they offer a vision of the Gospel like you’ve Wednesday, November 14 never heard through the lens of Saint John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. This event 10:00 a.m. Legion of Mary is appropriate for ages 15 and up. MI-Thomas More Library 10:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study Please contact P.J. Butler at 651-379-1272 if you would like more information. MA-Room B 7:00 p.m. Men’s Reading Group MI-Thomas More Library

Thursday, November 15 8:00 a.m. Donuts and Hospitality MA-Great Hall 9:00 a.m. Adoremus Walking with Purpose Presents a MI-Board Room Connect & Reflect Gathering for Women: 1:00 p.m. St. Vincent de Paul Society Mtg God—First Place in All Things MI-Thomas More Library Please join us as we discuss putting God first amidst of the messiness of life. Come as 6:00 p.m. Finance Council you are for some refreshments and a chance to see what Walking with Purpose is all MA-Board Room about! 7:00 p.m. Parish Council MA-Board Room Monday, November 12th ~ 7:00 - 8:30 pm ~ St. Michael’s Social Hall 7:00 p.m. Theology of the Body ALL WOMEN WELCOME! BRING A FRIEND! MA-Room B “He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from 7:00 p.m. St. Vino’s Fly Fishing Group the dead, so that He himself will come to have first place in everything.” (Col. 1:18) MI-Thomas More Library

Walking with Purpose is a women’s Catholic Bible study held on Monday’s at St. Friday, November 16 Michael’s from 7:00-8:30 pm from October 8 th , 2018 through May 13 th , 2019. The 9:30 a.m. Respect Life Committee program aims to bring women to a closer relationship with Christ. Our current study, MI-Board Room

“Opening Your Heart” links our everyday challenges with the solutions given to us Saturday, November 17 through the teachings of Christ and the Catholic Church. 8:30 a.m. Apologetics Contacts: Becky Thomson and Heidi Franke at [email protected]. MA-Room C

Sunday, November 18 Calling All Who Like to Sing! 11:45 p.m. Baptisms For the third year we are forming a choir to sing for MA-Church Afternoon for the Arts. P lease consider joining us this year! In years past we have had parishioners, SCCS parents, teachers, and alumni. Those in high school and older may join. There will only be four rehearsals: Tuesdays, November 13 and 20 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. and Saturdays, December 1 and December 8 from 9:00-10:00 a.m. All rehearsals will be held at St. Mary’s church. T he performance date is December 9 at 3:00 p m. I f you can make it to at least two of the four rehearsals we will take you! Please contact Elizabeth Schaefer at [email protected] for more information.

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Worship and Liturgy

Mass Intentions for the Week Eucharistic Adoration

St. Mary’s Church Church of St. Michael November 12-18 November 12-18 Monday 7:30 a.m. Fr. Powers Monday 5:30 p.m. Fr. Powers † Patrick Watson † John Rueb

Tuesday 7:30 a.m. Fr. Donahue Tuesday 5:30 p.m. Fr. Powers † Pete Flock † August Dudenhoeffer

Wednesday 7:30 a.m. Fr. Powers Wednesday 9:15 a.m. Fr. Powers † Eric Swamby † Linda Wilson 5:30 p.m. Fr. Donahue Thursday 7:30 a.m. Fr. Izen St. Agnes Ladies Mother’s Group † Brad Johnson

Thursday 5:30 p.m. Fr. Donahue Friday 7:30 a.m. Fr. Izen Dorothy and † Mike Scullen † Bill Gfrerer Chapel Etiquette Friday 5:30 p.m. Fr. Powers Saturday 7:30 a.m. Fr. Izen Some adorers are sensitive to allergens † Lucy Pickerign St. Elizabeth’s Unit such as the scent of perfume or Saturday 5:30 p.m. Fr. Powers smoke. Thank you for your consideration Sunday 8:00 a.m. Fr. Izen † Joseph and Clara Neuman of others sharing our small chapel space. † Jeffrey Ritzer Sunday 7:30 a.m. Fr. Williams 10:30 a.m. Fr. Izen What If I Need a Sub? People of St. Michael People of St. Mary’s First, please prearrange three people that 9:15 a.m. Fr. Williams you can call when you need a sub. Second, 6:00 p.m. Fr. Powers † Cyril McFadden call from the list of available subs in the † James F. Simonet adoration chapel. Third, add your request 11:00 a.m. Fr. Powers to the sub binder, also in the chapel. In † Mary Ann Rigney doing so, be sure to follow up to see if someone signed up, or if you need to make a few additional calls to secure your Please note that Celebrants are subject to change. replacement. In general, get to know who Request A Mass Intention adores before and after you and share To have a Mass said for someone, please contact your parish office. contact information as you are comfortable.

Daily Readings NEW ** Teen Night Beginning in Advent, the Saturday 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Holy Hour will be Teen Readings for the Week of November 12, 2018 Night. We are testing a new program for the winter season. Please contact us if

you’d like registration information. Monday, November 12 Friday, November 16 St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr St. Margaret of Scotland; Family Holy Hour Reminder: Bring your Ti 1:1 -9 /Lk 17:1 -6 St. Gertrude, Virgin kids to the chapel Sundays any time from 2 Jn 4-6/Lk 17:26-37 5:00 to 6:00 pm. Let the little ones come Tuesday, November 13 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin and adore! Saturday, November 17 Ti 2:1-8, 11-14/Lk 17:7-10 St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious Thanksgiving 3 Jn 5-8/Lk 18:1-8 Wednesday, November 14 Please look for details about the upcoming Thanksgiving Day schedule. Ti 3:1-7/Lk 17:11-19 Sunday, November 18

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Thursday, November 15 Contact: Dn 12:1-3/Heb 10:11-14, 18/Mk 13:24-32 St. Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor of Rick and Connie Hill

the Church [email protected]

Phlm 7 -2 0/Lk 17:20 -2 5 612-597-0769

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St. Croix Catholic School Serving the parishes of St. Charles, St. Mary and St. Michael SCCS Office: 651-439-5581 Website: www.stcroixcatholic.org

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Churches of St. Mary & St. Michael Faith Formation Serving the parishes of St. Mary and St. Michael Faith Formation Office: 651-351-3175 Website: www.stmichaelstillwater.org & www.stmarystillwater.org

What’s going on with high school? Part Three Our lives are given to us, and they are meant to be given away. to give it away, and this is where our fulfilment lies. This is the second part of the law of charity. Mysteriously, as This week, I wanted to take a closer look at the thinking persons we cannot be ourselves without receiving an Other, behind the next get-together we have every month, which and giving ourselves back to the Other. In a word, we need we call charitable work. The summary statement for what to “share” in the life of others. A fancier word is we are trying to communicate and educate ourselves to “participation”. We need to participate in the needs of others, with charitable work, is that our lives are given to us, and and let people penetrate into us. This requires another they are meant to be given away. There are two parts to choice, the choice to give of yourself, and we all know the this statement, and both of them are important for us to experience and the joy of giving ourselves to someone we understand, and we want to start right away with the high love. This is especially important for us today because the school kids. dominant complaint among not only high school students, but many of us as well, is loneliness and disconnection. I Firstly, as creatures, everything we are and everything we don’t think it’s too generalizing to say that disconnection is have is given to us. Contrary to the way we tend to think of the root of many of our social and personal ills today. More it, the foundation of our lives and our happiness is not and more people are attributing the opioid epidemic and something we work for and earn, it is something given to us. addictions in general, as well as depression and anxiety, to a Therefore, the first step toward happiness is receiving the fundamental dis-connection, with self, other people and the gift (and gifts) of life. God speaks us into being, and we are world around us. The fact that we are made to share in the conceived in our mother’s womb, without any awareness or lives of others and give ourselves to them is the next crucial assent on our part. But as human beings we are made to thing we want to discover more and more together in know and receive love, and so we must mature towards a charitable work. position of welcoming, accepting, embracing, receiving life. This is the first part of the “law of charity” that governs the During charitable work we want to simply be present to the whole human race and the whole universe. And this is the people we are with, in our case the residents of Boutwells first lesson we want to understand more and more by our Landing, as well as the other high school kids, and pay participation in charitable work. Today this is especially attention to ourselves in action as we test these claims. important for us to understand because there is so much These moments will provide good experience for us to pressure to perform, to compete, to achieve, and to win. All discuss at the end of the month at “discussion meetings.” of these things are good, but we see a problem when these Next week, we will look at our monthly formal prayer things take on an existential dimension, in the sense that my moments called Cor Jesu. value and happiness are based upon those. This is not the true foundation of our lives, they come second, not first. For this reason, discovering this in action, in the company of others who are also discovering it, is something we’re very interested in.

Secondly, as human persons we are meant not only to receive life from others and from God, but we are also meant P.J. Butler | Director of Faith Formation

Classes this week/ PreK—8th Gr. Confirmation Candidacy Retreat Tues, Nov. 13 CGS Saturday, November 17 November 11, 7:15 PM Wed, Nov. 14 Aft & Eve, RCIA St. Mary’s Education Center St. Mary’s Catholic Church Thurs, Nov. 15 CGS Upper Room Open to parishioners of all ages. 9:00 am—noon

Gr. 6-8 Register by Nov. 12. Call our office for more info.

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