Dear Friends,

Mass on Sunday at 10 A.M.-January 8, 2017-451 Huff Street

With this Sunday, we will officially conclude our celebration of the Christmas Season with the Solemnity of the Epiphany/The Coming of the Three Kings.  “Arise” and “Shine” are the commands for this concluding Sunday of Christmas–we are to get up and get moving and share the message of Jesus through our everyday lives of love toward all.

Come; celebrate this good news with us this week!

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings: 

• Isaiah 60: 1-6
• Ephesians 3: 2-3, 5-6
• Matthew 2: 1-12

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Dear Friends,

Mass on Sunday, January 1, 2017–10 A.M.

We begin a New Year, 2017!  New beginnings offer us a  renewed chance to be our best selves–for ourselves and for our world. Mary, our Mother, Sister and Friend, is a wonderful example as she “treasures all things and reflects on them in her heart” for us as we attempt to find our place in this world and share God’s goodness with all we encounter each day.

Come; celebrate life and love as we strive for peace in our world.

Love to all,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings: 

• Numbers 6: 22-27
• Galatians 4: 4-7
• Luke 2:16-21

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Dear Friends,

Merry Christmas! –Mass today at 4:30 P.M.–Caroling begins at 4:15 P.M.

Mass on Sunday, January 1, 2017–10 A.M.

Our Advent waiting is at an end–A Child is Born to us! God-is-with-us! Emmanuel!

Come; be with us tonight to celebrate our God’s over-the-top love for us! If you can’t be with us, please know that you are with us in spirit and prayer wherever you are this day and night, and may you be blessed with joy, peace and love through family of birth or family of choosing. If there is anything that I can do for you as your pastor, please know that I am always available to you and your families. My deep gratitude to each of you for the gift of your support and love this past year as we strive together to be the People of God and community to one another and the wider world.

Much love and peace,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings: 

• Isaiah 9: 2-7
• Titus 2: 11-14
• Luke 2: 1-14

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Dear Friends,

Mass at 4:30 P.M. –Christmas Pot-luck to follow (not too late to sign-up!)

We move this next week into the last week of Advent preparation for the Season of Christmas! The excitement grows as we look forward to welcoming once again into our hearts, The Child of Love, who comes anew each year, if we allow that to happen, to remind us that our life is ultimately in its best sense, all about love–given and received.

Come; celebrate this mystery and joy with us!

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings: 

• Isaiah 7: 10-14
• Romans 1: 1-7
• Matthew 1: 18-24

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Dear Friends,

• Mass on Sunday, December 11, 2016, at 10 A.M.
• Those wishing to assist with expenses in getting our contributions of food and clothing to Standing Rock Reservation can give a financial gift to Michael Maher either in the form of cash or check made out to Michael. Cash is preferred. 
• Remember to sign up for the Christmas Potluck after the 4;30 Mass, 12-17-2016
• Remember our collection for supplies this Sunday 12-11 and next Saturday, 12-17 for the Winona Community Warming Center (see earlier email for needed items)

Our journey through Advent continues, on our way to Christmas–we are part way there as this Sunday will be Gaudete, or Joy Sunday.  The prophet, Isaiah speaks of this joy and amid that joy, the apostle, James asks for patience in our waiting.  We see that even John the Baptist’s faith wavers as he lives on in prison, but recovers when Jesus reminds him that his work has not been in vain.

Come; celebrate with joy and patience and faith this Sunday.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Isaiah 35: 1-6, 10
• James 5: 7-10
• Matthew 11: 2-11

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