• Mass on Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 10 A.M. Social time to follow. This Sunday, Robert and I will be leaving shortly after Mass as this weekend our family is home for our Christmas celebration and we have other plans after Mass. Please feel free though to stay for the social time.
• AAO Board meeting for the 4th Quarter of 2025 will be held after Mass on January 25, 2026–all are welcome to attend. Three of our board members are up for re-election: Pat Przybylski, Paula Shaw, and Bill Crozier, and each has agreed to serve another two-year term. We thank them! No one has come forward wishing to serve, thus we can vote Pat, Paula and Bill in by unanimous ballot. We will do this officially at Mass on January 25, 2026.
• Please call, 507-429-3616, or email, aaorcc2008@gmail.com if I can help you in any way. Never hesitate to reach out to me with your needs.

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Dear Friends,

With this week, we move from the simplicity and peace of the crib out into our world, “to be the light” that our brother Jesus asks us to be.

Come; pray with us for each other and our world this Sunday.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Isaiah 42: 1-4, 6-7
• Acts 10: 34-38
• Matthew 3: 13-17

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