• Mass on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10 A.M. Social time to follow. All Are One is on for refreshments this Sunday. Barbara R. and Pastor Kathy will be on! We will need two people for December 21st if you can help out.
• MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Sunday, December 7th, there will be First Congo’s Annual Christmas brunch. There will be an egg bake and breakfast breads/rolls. Hopefully, you can join us for this annual event!
• REMEMBER to bring birth and death dates during November, or you can send them to me if you can’t be with us for Mass, and I will add them to our Book of Life. We celebrate during November all who have passed and are now with God in a special way.
• 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 is the second to last of this Church Year, and we are called to look over our past year–how Christian have we been?

Come; ponder all with us this week.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Malachi 3: 19-20
• 2 Thessalonians 3: 7-12
• Luke 21: 5-19

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• Mass on Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 10 A,M. Social time to follow.
• REMEMBER to add your loved ones, family and friends’ names to our Book of Life, who have died this past year. On the last Sunday of the month, we will ritualize them all, from our parish and from your loved ones.
• 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,

Tough readings this week that point us today, as always, toward being our best.

Come; pray with us this week!

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• 2 Maccabees 7: 1-2, 9-14
• 2 Thessalonians 2: 16 — 3:5
• Luke 20: 27-38

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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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