• Mass on Sunday, December 15, 2024, at 10 A.M. –come; bring a friend!
• All Are One is on for refreshments this week–Pauline and Pastor Kathy will be bringing treats.
• Please never hesitate to call, 507-429-3616, or email, aaorcc2008@gmail.com if I can help you in any way.
• Thank you to all who attended my presentation to the First Congregational community last Sunday. They had many good questions about who we are, and how the hierarchical church looks at us, as well as questions about significant Catholic beliefs. Pastor Danielle and I agreed that, as she said, “This was a match made in heaven.”

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Dear Friends,

We have come to the middle point of Advent, Gaudete, or “Joy Sunday” and understandably, we are called to “rejoice and be glad!”

Come; rejoice with us this week!

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Zephaniah 3: 14-18
• Philippians 4: 4-7
• Luke 3: 10-18

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• Mass on Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 10 A.M. at 161 West Broadway, Laird Chapel in Winona.
• After hospitality on Sunday, Pastor Kathy will be doing a short presentation along with a time for questions about All Are One Catholic church and how we came to be for the First Congregational community.–11:30-12:30 P.M. AAO parishioners are welcome to attend!
• Never hesitate to call, 507-429-3616 or email, aaorcc2008@gmail.com if I can help you in any way.

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Dear Friends,

We are at the 2nd Sunday of Advent –concentrating on the joy that can come into our lives by living with justice and mercy toward all.

Come; ponder with us this message on Sunday…

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Baruch 5: 1-9
• Philippians 1: 4-6, 8-11
• Luke 3: 1-6

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• Mass on Sunday at 10 A.M. at 161 West Broadway in Winona.
• This Sunday there is a holiday brunch after Mass–I will supply a coffee cake as our part of the meal. Maureen Guillou and Pat Przybylski will be helping to decorate tables on Saturday morning–thank you Maureen and Pat!
• Patte Peterson has successfully moved to Cincinnati: Her new address is the following: Patte Peterson/The Petersons, 8140 Ravenswalk Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45243. I know she would love to hear from you!
• Bev Dumonski continues to heal, and do well, and is still hoping to play piano for us at Christmas–she just needs to acquire more strength. We will just have to see how it goes for her.
• This Sunday, December 1 begins the 10 Days of Giving for the Winona Volunteer Services Food Shelf–our parish will again send a gift to this worthy cause.
• Never hesitate to call, 507-429-3616, or email, aaorcc2008@gmail.com if I can help in any way.
• As you know, this week we will be celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday–my deep thanks to each of you for your faith and trust this year in our “little experiment” here in Winona.

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Dear Friends,

With this Sunday, we begin the holy season of Advent–a time of expectant waiting and remembrance of our God who has and always will, love us in an over-the-top way!

Come; be with us and be “about joy!”

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Jeremiah 33: 14-16
• 1 Thessalonians 3: 12–4: 2
• Luke 21: 25-28, 34-36

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• Mass on Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10 A.M. at 161 West Broadway, home of the Congregationalists. Fellowship with our new friends follows theirs and our services in the Fireside Room.
• Please never hesitate to call, 507-429-3616, or email, aaorcc2008@gmail.com if I can help you in any way.

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Dear Friends,

This Sunday will mark the end of this Church Year–it is a feast that calls us to “truth,” and because of that, we can honor, praise, and be grateful to our God, in Jesus, the Christ, who has shown us the way…

Come; celebrate with us this week!

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Daniel 7: 13-14
• Revelations 1: 5-8
• John 18: 33-37

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• Mass on Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 10 A.M. –remember we are now meeting at 161 West Broadway at the First Congregational church of Winona, and enter through the Johnson Street side door and may park in the lot behind the church. We meet in the small chapel at the top of the stairs to the left. The community has been most open and inviting to all of us–a huge thank you to Pastor Danielle and her community!
• AAO is supplying refreshments for our joint hospitality time in the Fireside Room after services this week. Thanks goes out to Carol and Maureen who are “gifting” us this week. We will be on again the third Sunday in December, and if you will be coming and can help us out in this regard, please let me know.
• Throughout November we are remembering those family and friends who have died. Please bring birth and deaths to record in our church’s Book of Life.
• Please never hesitate to call, 507-429-3616, or email, aaorcc2008@gmail.com if I can help you in any way.

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Dear Friends,

We are called in our time and place to see beyond our own needs–The Scriptures, both Old and New call us to this…

Come; ponder and pray over all this with us on Sunday.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• 1 Kings 17: 10-16
• Hebrews 9: 24-28
• Mark 12: 38-44

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