The St. Stan’s Library will be open after the 10:00 mass on the first Sunday of every month. Parishioners can check out, return, or donate books at this time. The library is located in the Parish Center, across the street from the church.
Is your life affected by someone else’s drinking? To help them, you have to help yourself first. Al-Anon, help for families and friends of alcoholics. Mondays, 11:30am-12:30pm in the St. Stan’s library.
Call Sandra at 651-454-1817 for information.
THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH GROUP SUMMER READING
All are welcome! St. Stan’s Tuesday Reading Group will read Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle this summer. Participants will read the book on their own and participate in a one-time group discussion of the entire book on Tuesday, September 6, in the Parish Center Library. Gregory Boyle was a pastor working in a neighborhood with the highest concentration of murderous gang activity in Los Angeles. Boyle created an organization to provide jobs, job training, and encouragement so that young people could work together and learn the mutual respect that comes from collaboration. Tattoos on the Heart is a breathtaking series of parables distilled from Father Boyle’s 20 years in the barrio. Arranged by theme and filled with sparkling humor and glowing generosity, these essays offer a stirring look at how full our lives could be if we practiced compassion. Detailed information to follow.
Youth group is for students in grades 7-12. We meet regularly during the school year on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:00 in the parish center basement. Students may join at any time. Contact Kristine at 651-292-1390 or kristine@ststans.org
11th Day Prayer for Peace
…….a Ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of of Carondolet
This is our ninth year of gathering monthly on the 11th of the month in hope and peace for all living beings and for Earth. Each gathering has a different justice theme including immigration, care of earth, dismantling racism, St. Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Project, immigration, etc.
FREE and open to the public.
WHERE: Presentation of Our Lady Chapel, 1890 Randolph Ave., Saint Paul
WHEN: 6:30 – 7:15 pm, each month except August
Is your life affected by someone else’s drinking? To help them, you have to help yourself first. Al-Anon, help for families and friends of alcoholics. Mondays, 11:30am-12:30pm in the St. Stan’s library.
Call Sandra at 651-454-1817 for information.
Youth group is for students in grades 7-12. We meet regularly during the school year on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:00 in the parish center basement. Students may join at any time. Contact Kristine at 651-292-1390 or kristine@ststans.org
CENTERING PRAYER EXPERIENCE
To continue building on Fr. Clay’s Ten Year Vision, we are teaming up again with Minnesota Contemplative Outreach to offer a Centering Prayer Experience. We welcome all to participate in this event from 9:00am to 9:45 am in the Parish Center Library on the following dates:
Sunday, September 18th
Sunday, September 25th
Sunday, October 2nd
Each Sunday will include brief instructions; a time to practice “sits”; along with sharing and questions. All are welcome! If you are interested in attending please R.S.V.P. to Lindsay Lopez at 651-292-1913 or lindsay@ststans.org.
“Another way to think about Centering Prayer is training the mind to become free from distraction so it can ‘Rest’ in God”.
Is your life affected by someone else’s drinking? To help them, you have to help yourself first. Al-Anon, help for families and friends of alcoholics. Mondays, 11:30am-12:30pm in the St. Stan’s library.
Call Sandra at 651-454-1817 for information.
Youth group is for students in grades 7-12. We meet regularly during the school year on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:00 in the parish center basement. Students may join at any time. Contact Kristine at 651-292-1390 or kristine@ststans.org
CENTERING PRAYER EXPERIENCE
To continue building on Fr. Clay’s Ten Year Vision, we are teaming up again with Minnesota Contemplative Outreach to offer a Centering Prayer Experience. We welcome all to participate in this event from 9:00am to 9:45 am in the Parish Center Library on the following dates:
Sunday, September 18th
Sunday, September 25th
Sunday, October 2nd
Each Sunday will include brief instructions; a time to practice “sits”; along with sharing and questions. All are welcome! If you are interested in attending please R.S.V.P. to Lindsay Lopez at 651-292-1913 or lindsay@ststans.org.
“Another way to think about Centering Prayer is training the mind to become free from distraction so it can ‘Rest’ in God”.
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY/RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA)
Would you like to know how much you are loved by God? Fr. Clay will be offering an opportunity to learn more about the spiritual journey and to be transformed by that journey. This will be from the Christian perspective which includes our perspective as Catholics. This is offered for those who are not Catholic and want to learn more about us. It is also for adult Catholics who would like to celebrate First Communion or Confirmation. The group’s initial, introductory meeting will be on September 25 after the 10:00 a.m. mass and then the *second and fourth Sundays of October through April from 11:30-1:00 p.m. in the Church Hall. Father Clay will be present at each meeting. To register, please call Pat Heroff at 651-964-2808 or email at pat@ststans.org. *correction from first and third Sundays previously announced.
