St. Stan’s will again be hosting a blood drive to support the Red
Cross, Saturday, March 19 from 9am-3pm. There will be a Red Cross blood mobile in front of the church. To sign up contact Mark Thiel at 651-647- 6675 or mmmka@comcast.net. You may also register at www.redcrossblood.org and use sponsor code “St Stan.” Refreshments will be provided, also inside the blood mobile. We are grateful to Mark Thiel for overseeing the outreach on behalf of this important community drive.
Financial Position Presentation
We welcome Father Matt Linn to St. Stan’s on Sundays, March 13 and 20, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. in our Church proper. Father Linn will speak on the Alcoholics Anonymous’TwelveSteps and will address Step 10 on Sunday, March 13 and Step 11 on Sunday, March 20.
Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Fellowship will follow the lectures in our Church Hall. Of note—Father Matt Linn has co-authored with Sheila Fabricant Linn and Dennis Linn, among many titles, a book called Belonging: Bonds of Healing and Recovery, you might find interesting and helpful.
- March 9th: Lenten Reflection, Theme – Community
- March 16th: Lenten Reflection, Theme – Nourishment
- March 23th: Lenten Reflection, Theme – Sacred Places
- March 30th: Lenten Reflection, Theme – Expectations
- April 6th: Lenten Reflection, Theme – Fullness of Community
Location: Cathedral of Saint Paul, St. Paul and livestreamed Cathedral of Saint Paul’s Facebook page (no Facebook account required to watch)
More Information: View the Act of Consecration prayer in English and in Spanish
Archbishop Bernard Hebda invites the faithful of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, priests, deacons, consecrated women and men and all people of good will to join him and Bishop Joseph Williams at 11 a.m. Friday, March 25 at the Cathedral of Saint Paul for a special Holy Hour and Consecration. The event will occur simultaneously with Pope Francis’ prayer for peace, and consecration of Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which will take place during the Celebration of Penance at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Because the Consecration locally happens during the workday, any faithful unable to attend in person are encouraged to join virtually via the Cathedral of Saint Paul’s Facebook page (no Facebook account required to watch), or else by simply stopping at 11 a.m. local time to pray the Consecration prayer (English, Spanish on their own, in solidarity with our sisters and brothers all over the world. Pastors of parishes in the Archdiocese are also welcome to observe the Consecration in some way in their own churches.
- March 9th: Lenten Reflection, Theme – Community
- March 16th: Lenten Reflection, Theme – Nourishment
- March 23th: Lenten Reflection, Theme – Sacred Places
- March 30th: Lenten Reflection, Theme – Expectations
- April 6th: Lenten Reflection, Theme – Fullness of Community
