Last Updated on July 17, 2026 by web manager
PRAISED BE JESUS CHRIST!
SCHEDULE AND OFFICE HOURS
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YOUTH ACTIVITIES
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YOUTH FORMATION ’26-’27
Volunteer Catechist Meeting on Wed, July 22nd 6:30 @St. Patrick’s. Whether you have generously donated your time in the past or are new to potentially working with our youth, we invite you to join an informational meeting about the upcoming Faith Formation year. This meeting will lay out the schedule for the upcoming year, identify curricular resources, formulate ideas for service opportunities, and take input on our formation program as a whole. Attending the meeting is not a commitment, rather a chance to see if the Spirit is calling you to work with our youth this upcoming year. Our goal is to have at least 2 adult catechists in every room, and if you love working with kids but do not necessarily want to lead this is a great opportunity for you to get involved. Please prayerfully consider attending the meeting and working with our youth this year!
Pope Saint John Paul II, Pray for us
FROM THE PASTOR
This week, I write from Ft. McCoy Wisconsin and a week of planning and preparing for the next federal fiscal year’s training. One of the things that stands out is just how much planning goes into almost everything that the Army does, especially the training. In large part, this is because training is how most of the Military’s time is spent, as without training, no one would know what to do or how to react to various situations that may arise. The more I thought about it, the more apparent it became that there are a lot of parallels between them. And this makes sense, since St. Paul used sports-related analogies throughout many of his writings. In particular, it seems that in both Military and spiritual training, there’s a great emphasis placed on maintaining the fundamentals. After all, if we lose our basic skills, we quickly lose everything that’s built upon them.
While it may seem a little boring sometimes, getting back to the basic practices is essential for spiritual growth. As a bit of a side-note, it’s good to keep in mind that God doesn’t always allow us to see our progress in the spiritual or moral life since, in our fallen nature we’d probably … (click here for more).
-Pope St. John Paul II, pray for us-
SUMMER PICNIC
The combined parish picnic will be Sunday, August 16th starting at noon in Sandstone at the Train Park. It will be a pot luck with the Knights providing brats & hot dogs. Anyone wanting to help, please contact the secretaries at St Patrick’s who can be found here. Thank you.
FIRST SATURDAY MASSES
We now offer Masses in honor of the First Saturday devotion at St. Luke’s at 9:00am. The Mass is followed by normal Confession time. The First Saturday devotion is in keeping with the Blessed Mother’s request to St. Lucia to offer prayers of reparation for sins committed throughout the whole world.
1ST COMMUNION at SP 2026
Congratulations to our 2026 first communicants: Gabriel Keller, Charles Kordiak, Aracely and Norabel Nelson, Maria Sanford, and Allison Lucht and their families!
1ST COMMUNION at SL 2026
Congratulations to our 2026 first communicants, Charles Judd and Lucas Becker and their families!
CONFIRMATION 2026
Congratulations to our 2026 confirmands: Addie Presley, Autumn Cavagnetto, Brennan Erickson, Brooke Cekalla, Carson Hopkins, Ciara Cekalla, Curtis McClain, Danika Froehling, Emmitt McClain, George Watrin, Gwen Brackenbury, Hudson Bork, Ilsa Watrin, Julia Watrin, Levi Kosbab, Luke Williams, Miley Worlickey, Nathan Kroska, and Sophia Watrin!!
MONSIGNOR JOSEPH BUH
Meet Monsignor Joseph Buh, the Duluth priest who could become America’s next saint.
ARE YOU REGISTERED IN THE PARISH?
If you are new to our area, or if you are a summer parishioner & consider this your spiritual home during the summer months, please join us & become part of our parish family. We value your time, treasure & talents. Contact the parish office to get a parish census form.
ARK BUILDING continues
See our Ark Builders menu and page here for more.
EUCHARISTIC MIRACLES
Eucharistic Miracles happen as Blessed Carlo Acutis shows us here! God does indeed seek to help us believe that he is truly present in the Eucharist.
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The Chosen is an artistic portrayal of the life of Jesus and the Apostles. As “The Passion of the Christ”, the creators of this series attempt to show how things might have been if we had been there … using the art of cinematography. It is worth watching, but with the idea that not all of the words, actions, or ideas presented are known to be true. Consider it like looking at a work of art attempting to portray the parable of The Prodigal Son. As we watch “The Chosen,” we turn to prayer and the Gospels for “the truth” but realize the lives of those portrayed must have been amazing! Here is a video where Bishop Barron and Jonathan Roumie attempt to describe the series and faith and their relationship:
The following videos discuss two of the most popular Podcasts in the country done by Father Michael Schmitz with help from Jeff Cavins:
