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Advent is Here
The Advent season is here and we are called to celebrate as we connect more deeply with God during this special season. Looking for ways to help make that connection? Check www.olpmn.org/advent2011 for weekly updates, special events, Mass times, and outreach opportunities.
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Help Us Turn This . . . Into This
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Youth Group to Net Ministries
The Senior High Youth Group will check out Teen Mass at Net Ministries on Saturday, Dec. 3. Youth will gather at Our Lady of Peace and enjoy a pizza dinner before going to Net Ministries. Interested in our Senior High Youth Group? Check out the Senior High Youth Night page. They have several great upcoming events.
Haven't heard of Net Ministries? Find them at http://www.netusa.org/ |
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Students in our Pre-K Program Work Hard.
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For your next construction project you may want to check with some of the kids in our Early Learning Program. Details. |
Magnificat Advent Companion
Some Advent Companions are still available. These are free and are at the entrance of the church and in Pates Hall. This booklet of daily reflections and seasonal prayers is a good way to focus your Advent prayer during the week.
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This Guy is Coming. Are You?
 Come to the Stable * A Live Nativity Scene
Sunday, December 18 * 4:00 - 7:00 pm
We are bringing some of Bethlehem to south Minneapolis as we gather neighbors and friends at a live Nativity scene. Join us to visit this beautiful and living scene complete with carolers, cookies, warm drinks, an inviting fire, and some authentic animals that will include a camel, sheep, calf, and donkey. Non-perishable food and donations will be accepted for the Minnehaha Food Shelf.
Getting a camel to south Minneapolis in December and making sure our scene runs smoothly for three hours is quite an operation. Help us present this gift to our neighbors by volunteering to help organize this event. You can sign up to volunteer after Mass in Pates Hall or by emailing Joy Biedrzycki.
Visit www.olpmn.org/cometostable for more details! |
Barnes and Noble Day!
Support Literacy. Support Our School Library.
Join us at Barnes and Noble Day on Saturday, December 3, 2011
This is a great fundraising event for the Our Lady of Peace Catholic School Library. It is through events like this that we are able to get new books, replace well-loved favorites, and keep our library current. Our Lady of Peace library will receive a percentage of all sales on December 3! All you have to do is stop by the Highland Barnes and Noble located at 2080 Ford Parkway in St Paul and mention that you are with the Our Lady of Peace Book Fair.
Join us for crafts, music, gift wrapping and story telling from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm!
Can't make it in to the store? No problem. You can shop online or at ANY Barnes and Noble nationwide. Just use the code: 10592632 and your purchase will be applied to Our Lady of Peace. Learn more about how online purchases between Dec. 3 and Dec. 9 can benefit the library. |
Do An Advent Good Deed - Toys for Tots
Get in the holiday spirit and help sort and package toys at the Kare 11 Toys for Tots drop off location on Friday, December 9, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm.
The Our Lady of Peace volunteer group will meet in the OLP parking lot on Dec. 9 at 5:30 pm before heading to Kare 11 for the shift.
For more information please contact Joe McCullough at 612-636-7910 or Scott Wiestling at 651-271-5720.
Sponsored by the Our Lady of Peace Men's Club.
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Help Us Empty This Tree and Give
a Gift this Christmas
Sponsor a Child Christmas Trees Your family may have already decorated your Christmas tree for the season. Now we are asking you to help clear our tree. This tree is full of children that are looking for a sponsor. The sponsorship, through Nuestro Pequanos Hermanos, provides the child with food, shelter, and education. Simply take an ornament fill out the form and return it in the collection basket or send to Friends of the Orphans at 2052 Marshall Ave, St. Paul, MN 55104. For further information please contact Deacon Paul Tatone. Trees are located at the church entrances. Fair Trade Christmas Gift Bags This year we will again be selling Christmas Gift Bags. Each bag contains a package of Fair Trade Coffee or tea and a bar of Fair Trade Chocolate. These bags make ideal gifts for co-workers, neighbors, mail carriers, etc. The cost of each bag is $10.00. Gift bags will be available after all Masses beginning the weekend of November 26-27 and continue until they are sold out.
Christmas Rocks at Standing Rock
Again this Advent, we will be collecting new toys and toiletries for the youth of Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Boxes will be available at the doors of the church after all Masses beginning November 26 and continuing until December 15. Please place new, unwrapped toys and toiletries in the boxes.
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