Last Updated on June 26, 2026 by web manager
PRAISED BE JESUS CHRIST!
SCHEDULE AND OFFICE HOURS
For information concerning times for Mass, Confessions, Adoration, Family Faith Formation and Office Hours, click here.
YOUTH ACTIVITIES
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FROM THE PASTOR
This past week, while preparing for Mass, I had a few different thoughts floating through my mind. The Sacred Heart of Jesus (since it’s still the month of June); the invisible reality of what’s going on at Mass; and Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis. On one hand, that may be attributed to God’s influence, it may also be the randomness that lives in my brain. In any case, I thought it would be fun to ‘squish’ the three ideas together and see what happens.
At first, it didn’t seem like there was a way to neatly synthesize the three concepts, when I came across a line in Benedict’s exhortation. In paragraph 14, he wrote: “… the Church is able to celebrate and adore the mystery of Christ present in the Eucharist precisely because Christ first gave himself to her in the sacrifice of the Cross.” Pope Benedict was reminding us that Jesus’ self-gift in the Eucharist is an extension of His love and His desire to be deeply united with His Church. In essence, Jesus’ gift of himself is an extension of both His humility and His meekness, which we reflected on over the past couple of weeks.
In His love and mercy, Jesus gives Himself to us in order that we may have the strength to … (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.
FAMILY FAITH FORMATION PARTY
Thanks to all participating and enjoying the first annual Family Faith Formation party. Lots of fun and comradery inside and out. Just a couple of pictures from the games outside:
FAMILY FAITH FORMATION
A major congratulations and thanks to another wonderful year for this program!! A slide show will be posted soon showing some of the great fun from the party on April 29th. For at home sheets for the entire year and other FFF information, click here.
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:
