FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH MORNING SOCIAL-Join us in the Gathering Place after the 8:00 am Mass on Thursday, September 2. Birthdays and wedding anniversaries for the month of September will be announced. All are welcome!
ST. STEPHEN PARISH FESTIVAL-Sunday and Monday, September 5 & 6. Music, food and lots of fun!
500 CARDS will take place on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month starting September 8. Card players are invited to gather in Xavier Hall at 1:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served. Let the games begin!
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING (NFP) cooperates with nature and God's plan for married love. It is effective, healthy, and marriage building. . first instruction in the Billings Ovulation Method will be offered in St. Cloud on Thursday, September 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Office of Marriage & Family. For more information, or to register, call 320-252-4721.
2nd Annual Casting for a Cure Fish-a-thon event being held on Saturday, September 11 at the Blue Line in Sartell.
Go to www.castingforacure.org for details. Hope to see you there!
The 5th Annual 2010 Lake Wobegon Regional Trail Ride For the Kids will be held on Saturday, September 11, 2010 to benefit Catholic Charities St. Cloud Children's Home and local participating faith communities. The charity bike ride will kick-off in St. Joseph at 9:00 a.m. and will conclude in Sauk Centre. Later start times will be available further down the trail in Avon and Melrose between 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Anyone may participate in this family event.
ST. JOSEPH PARISH IN WAITE PARK-Sunday, September 12th at the Waite Park Community Park, near the Moose Lodge, and City Hall. All are welcome to begin the day with 10:30 am Outdoor Polka Mass. (Bring a chair). The Food Court opens at 11:00 am with many kinds of food including ethnic foods. There will be adult and children games, refreshments and fun throughout the day. Chance book raffle drawing will be held at 5:00 pm. Raffle chances are $2.00. The Grand Prize is $1000.00.
KOINONIA is a community experience in Christian living designed especially for adults 20 and older. It is a Catholic Retreat program sponsored by the St. Cloud Diocese. The next retreat will be held in Belle Prairie at the TEC Center, 3 miles north of Little Falls on September 17-19. Fr. David Maciej will be the spiritual director for this retreat. The weekend retreat starts at 5:30pm Friday and ends Sunday evening. Applications can be gotten from the website; centralmnkoinonia.org or by calling LeRoy and Mary Lou Raden at (320) 293-2080 or email for information at cmkoinonia@clearwire.net Cost of the weekend is $60 (partial or