Note: I will be using the Scriptures for the 31st Sunday in OT today instead of those suggested in the Lectionary for All Soul’s Day which falls on November 2, 2025. I will, though, be remembering this feast within my homily on Sunday.

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• Mass on Sunday, 11-2-25 at 10 A.M. Social time to follow. REMEMBER TO “FALL BACK” ONE HOUR ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT MASS AT THE CORRECT TIME. (:
• November 1, 2025 is All Saints Day, and November 2nd, as noted above, is All Soul’s Day. As always, at our parish during November, I will have our Book of Life present for the entire month, wherein you can list loved ones, saints and souls who have died this past year. Bring both their birth and death days to record. The last Sunday of the month, which is also the First Sunday of Advent, we will remember all in a special way.
• Beginning November 3rd, Monday rallies will start at 4:30 and go until 5pm due to the time change.
• Please never hesitate to call, 507-429-3616, or email, aaorcc2008@gmail.com, if I can help in any way.

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Dear Friends,

All of the Scriptures this week are about “saving us” from “the easy way out,” and challenging us to be our best. Our God does that by loving us right where we are at, each and every day.

Come; ponder this with us on Sunday. And again, remember to “fall back” one hour before bed on Saturday night!

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Wisdom 11: 22–12:1
• 2 Thessalonians 1:11–2:2
• Luke 19: 1-10

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• NO MASS THIS SUNDAY, October 26, 2025 – Pastor Kathy and Robert will be away. I will put out a homily for your use later in the week. Feel free to attend services with First Congregational if you wish. Mass will resume at AAO on November 2, 2025.
• 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 will be away this Sunday for a bit of family time. As we continue on in Ordinary Time, let us contemplate on the difference between “righteousness” and “self-righteousness,” always striving to be our best for ourselves and others.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Sirach 35: 12-14, 16-18
• 2 Timothy 4: 6-8, 16-18
• Luke 18: 9-14

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• Mass on Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10 A.M. Social time will be sponsored by All Are One with Pat P. and Eryn P. Thank you!
• AAO will be bringing dinner tonight to the Catholic Worker House – Bethany – Five members do this ministry 4 times a year: Maureen G., Bill C., Shirley M., Eryn P., and Pastor Kathy – thanks to all!
• 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,

Ordinary Time continues to challenge us this week “to preach the Word, both when convenient and when inconvenient.”

Come; ponder this challenge with us on Sunday.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Exodus 17: 8-13
• 2 Timothy 3: 14–4:2
• Luke 18: 1-8

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• Mass on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 10 A.M. with social time to follow. Your board will also be meeting immediately after Mass on Sunday–send any concerns you may have to me. These meetings are open to all parish members, if you wish to attend.
• A gentle reminder to the parish–5 people, Maureen G., Bill C., Shirley M., Eryn P., and Pastor Kathy produce a meal 4x a year for the Catholic Worker house on the 3rd Thursday of the month. October 16th will be our next offering. Many from the parish have served in this role in the past and have needed to stop due to health concerns. If there are any others out there who would like to help with this ministry, please let me know.
• Another gentle reminder that AAO is on for treats after Mass each 3rd Sunday of the month, with October 19th being the next time. I have one person, would there be another person to help this month?
• 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,

The readings for this Sunday call us to ponder what “faith” is all about for us, in the here and now.

Come; be with us, ponder and pray together.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• 2 Kings 5: 14-17
• 2 Timothy 2: 8-13
• Luke 17: 11-19

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• Joint liturgy with our sibling community, First Congregational Church, October 5, 2025 at 10 A.M. We will meet in their liturgical space, and this will be a joint communion service as this Sunday is World Communion Sunday for Protestant churches. Pastor Danielle and I have prepared what I believe is a lovely, unifying service which I hope many of you will be able to attend. If you are attending and would like to join their choir for this event, you are most welcome, but must arrive by 8:45 A.M. to practice. If you can’t physically be with us, there is the opportunity to live-stream the event – simply go out to First Congregational church in Winona, Minnesota, and you will find instructions for joining in.
• 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,

What Pastor Danielle and I are attempting this week, a joint Communion Service would most likely not be done in any Catholic church community other than ours or perhaps other women-led communities, but I believe that our brother Jesus would approve. The theme that the Protestants have chosen for their World Communion Sunday, “That all may be one…” John 17: 20-23 is the same Scripture passage where the name for our community comes from – this, I feel is significant!

So, my friends, come; be with us this Sunday, in person, or life-stream to celebrate “God with us,” in this special way.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Reading:

• John 17: 20-23 – chosen Scripture for World Communion Sunday

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