Parish News

April 29, 2021

• Blog: Look Around, Look Around

Laurie Russell Pickert

DearPeopleWhomGodLoves Blog “Look around, look around” My theme song this week is from the Hamilton soundtrack: “The Schuyler Sisters” are prowling lower Manhattan singing “how lucky we are to be alive right now.” My family and I weren’t in the greatest city in the world last week, but we were on the greatest of the […]

April 22, 2021

• Archbishop Hebda Statement Regarding Guilty Verdict in Derek Chauvin Trial

Kim Myers

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda The verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer now convicted on all counts as a result of his role in the death of George Floyd last spring, is a sobering moment for our community. The decision by a jury of peers punctuates the grief that has […]

April 20, 2021

• Blog: Anti-racism and the spiritual journey

Laurie Russell Pickert

DearPeopleWhomGodLoves Blog “Anti-racism and the spiritual journey” “Anti-racism” was a new word for me in 2020. I have so much to learn. I have so much to rewire in terms of my own understanding of privilege and systemic oppression. And of the fear that lives in a body and keeps it from sitting still in times […]

April 3, 2021

• Blog: A Good Friday Reflection on Sin

Laurie Russell Pickert

A Good Friday Reflection on Sin Father Clay’s perspective on sin has always resonated with me. He has helped me think of “sin” as the anxiety, suffering and pain we carry in ourselves or inflict on others. When I hear that God forgives sins, for me that means I have permission to stop beating myself up […]

February 22, 2021

• Cuppa Joe: 10 Talks on the 10 Wonders of Saint Joseph

Laurie Russell Pickert

Cuppa Joe is a series of 10 talks by 10 theologians on the 10 wonders of Saint Joseph, taking place at 10 locations in our archdiocese entrusted to the patronage of our spiritual father. These talks will premiere the first Tuesday of the month, March – December, at 4 p.m. – just in time for […]

February 13, 2021

• Blog: Yes, I Do Need Mercy

Laurie Russell Pickert

Sin . . . loaded term?  Maybe not.  Katie writes about how we perceive sin and that confession with Father Clay felt more like therapy than a punishment – more like, Come, be with Jesus rather than a come-to-Jesus. Father Clay wrote and spoke so much about sin and trauma and how great these are […]

February 6, 2021

• Youth Group Food Drive

Laurie Russell Pickert

YOUTH GROUP FOOD DRIVE February 20-21 & 27-28, 2021 On the weekends of February 20-21 and 27-28, St. Stan’s Youth Group will be having a Food Drive Collection to support the mission of 7th Street W. Salvation Army. Food and cash donations will be accepted. The COVID-19 outbreak continues to drive a very high demand […]

February 4, 2021

• Lenten Activities Schedule

Laurie Russell Pickert

2021 LENTEN ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE Masses marked with ** are also live streamed on our Facebook page. February 17: Ash Wednesday Service at 5:30pm ** February 19, 26: Quiet Centering Prayer, 10am-11am in Church February 19, 26: Stations of the Cross, 11am-12pm in Church March 5, 12, 19, 26 Quiet Centering Prayer, 10am-11am in Church March […]

February 1, 2021

• Blog: For When You’re Not At Your Best

Laurie Russell Pickert

Ever have a tough week?   In case you’re beating yourself up about something, Katie shares a tough experience from her week and an offer of Father Clay’s message of ….. Do You Know How Good You Are? Do you know how good you are? I don’t care who you are. You are beautiful. We all […]

January 23, 2021

• Blog: We Are Called… To Act With Justice

Laurie Russell Pickert

DEAR PEOPLE WHOM GOD LOVES BLOG UPDATE From our blogger Katie:  “I told you earlier this year that I’m committing to shifting my volunteerism from charity to activism. I’d like to focus more on alleviating the causes of suffering at a systemic level. I am slowly discerning what this looks like.”  Read on to hear […]

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