• Blog: More love, less accountability for your New Year’s resolution
Laurie Russell Pickert
I have plenty of fodder for New Year’s Resolutions, considering all the things I signed up for in the last few months of 2021: a peer networking group. A passion collective. Cooking for Lasagna Love. A LinkedIn “pod” where members promote each other’s content. Wearing the same dress for 100 days. I started a spirituality […]
• Blog: Lessons in love from feminist icons
Laurie Russell Pickert
bell hooks died yesterday. She was a pioneering Black feminist and pushed the conversation on women’s rights to include Black women’s rights. I can’t think about bell hooks without thinking about Sister Nancy Hynes and the other Sisters in the English Department a the College of St. Benedict. I’ve often said I learned feminism from […]
• Advent Schedule and more . . .
Laurie Russell Pickert
ST. STAN’S ADVENT SCHEDULE December 8, Wednesday: The Immaculate Conception of The Blessed Virgin Mary 5:30pm December 12, Sunday: Communal Penance 11:00am (following 10am Mass) December 24, Friday: Christmas Eve Mass, 4:00pm ** December 25, Saturday: Christmas Day Mass, 10:00am January 1, Saturday: New Years Day, Solemnity of Mary, 10:00am ** Masses with ** are also […]
• Blog: Mother Teresa or Janis Joplin? Quite a spectrum
Laurie Russell Pickert
We had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend – reunited with people and traditions we missed so much last year. We ate a lot of turkey, lasagna, pie, fudge, quiche, cake and charcuterie. We played games and played with cousins and walked the dog. I reveled in things I’d been missing, and I worried about things I […]
Thanksgiving Message 2021
Laurie Russell Pickert
Dear St. Stan’s Beloved Parish Community, We are grateful this Thanksgiving that we find ourselves gathering together to celebrate the love that God has for us. We are also thankful for our extraordinary volunteers who serve St. Stan’s with their time, presence and talents. We thank our greeters, eucharistic ministers, lectors, funeral luncheon volunteers, religious […]
• Stewardship Committee – Next Meeting November 10th
Laurie Russell Pickert
ST. STAN’S STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE MEETINGS Next meeting: Wednesday, November 10 at 6pm in the Church Hall, Topic: Attracting New Members (We ask attendees to please wear masks.) The Committee meets five Wednesday evenings October 6, 20, 27 and November 3, 10 @ 6:00-7:30pm in the Church Hall. The committee will address different topics important to […]
• Stewardship Committee – Next Meeting November 3rd
Laurie Russell Pickert
ST. STAN’S STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE MEETINGS Next meeting: Wednesday, November 3 at 6pm in the Church Hall, Topic: Moving Forward — Action Items (We ask attendees to please wear masks.) The Committee meets five Wednesday evenings October 6, 20, 27 and November 3, 10 @ 6:00-7:30pm in the Church Hall. The committee will address different topics […]
• Stewardship Committee – Next Meeting October 27th
Laurie Russell Pickert
ST. STAN’S STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE MEETINGS Next meeting: Wednesday, October 27 at 6pm in the Church Hall, Topic: Our Mission Statement and Wish List. (We ask attendees to please wear masks.) The Committee meets five Wednesday evenings October 6, 20, 27 and November 3, 10 @ 6:00-7:30pm in the Church Hall. The committee will address different […]
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