• 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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• Mass on Sunday, 9-28-25 at 10 A.M. Social time to follow.
• SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 10 A.M. Joint Sunday Liturgy with our sister congregation, First Congregational in their space. Protestants celebrate the first Sunday of October each year as World Communion Sunday–a wonderful time for our two communities to come together and pray as one. Pastor Danielle and I have put together what I feel is a lovely service combining the two traditions, and I hope many of you will be able to attend.
• Additionally, Nick Edstrom from 1st Congregational’s choir asked me to invite any of you who might like to join them on October 5, to do so–you must however be at church by 8:45 A.M. to practice! (: I know we have some wonderful voices within our AAO community, so I hope a few of you might consider joining in for this special service.
• And finally, we will have a joint collection on this Sunday for the suffering in Gaza through the World Central Kitchen. Please make any checks payable to All Are One, with a note in the memo line for Gaza. You can bring any gifts this Sunday if you can’t be present on October 5th. The collection will only be taken up the next two Sundays, and after the service on the 5th, we will write a joint check to First Congregational for the combined gift. Thanks 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,

Today’s readings call us once again to be “attentive,” in the positive sense –actually, we are told, “to not be complacent!”

Come; ponder with us this week the meanings for our lives.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Amos 6: 1, 4-7
• 1 Timothy 6: 11-16
• Luke 16: 19-31

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• Mass on Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 10 A.M. Social time to follow–AAO is hosting this week.
• As Pastor Danielle and I prepare for our joint communion service on October 5, 2025, we have decided to have a special collection to go to World Central Kitchen to assist the starving people in Gaza. Any checks should be made out to First Congregational church with WCK in memo line, and our offering will be sent in as one.
• 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 week’s Scripture are all about being attentive to our world, listening through our hearts to the needs being expressed.

Come; pray with us this week.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Amos 8: 4-7
• 1 Timothy 2: 1-8
• Luke 16: 1-13

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• Mass on Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 10 A.M. –social time to follow.
• Joan Redig’s husband, Wayne Purtzer’s Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2025 in Houston at the Hoff Funeral Home, 710 E Cedar Street, beginning at 1 P.M. A lunch will follow. If you can’t attend physically, the service will be live-streamed.
• 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 week’s readings lift up, in their entirety, “a merciful God” as depicted in the end by our brother, Jesus.

Come; pray with us this week.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Exodus 32: 7-11
• 1 Timothy 1: 12-17
• Luke 15: 1-31

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