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This Weekend - January 18/19

Pro-life Breakfast - Sunday, January 19 from 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Help your Knights support the new ultrasound machine and other services at our local Women’s Life Care Center. Come and enjoy a wonderful breakfast of ham, scrambled eggs and a fresh baked cinnamon roll, prepared and served by your Knights of Columbus. We will be serving in the Pius community rooms from 8:30 AM to about 10:30 AM on Sunday, January 19. A free will donation of $6 or more is suggested but not required. All profits are donated to pro-life causes at the Women's Life Care Center in our area. Fresh baked cinnamon rolls will also be available for take-out while supplies last.

Connect for Families Potluck - January 19 from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Connect for Families supports families with children as we strive to raise up a community of saints. Connect follows the 10:30 AM Mass monthly. We meet for two hours to pray, build friendships, eat good food, and deepen our faith. Connect is for all families with children and/or teens, including parents who are single, engaged, married, widowed or divorced. We ask each family to bring something to share at a potluck meal. Childcare (ages 6 months and up) and teen activities take place during the second half of the event. Childcare provides an opportunity for parents to discuss and connect without interruption.

Starting January 19 - Small Group Discussion of John Paul II’s letter to the Christian Family. Learn more about the importance of the family’s role in the modern world and discuss the challenges and opportunities of faith with other parents. We will be reading the letter together and discussing. No need to prepare! Additional dates for small group discussion are February 16, March 15 and April 26.

Contact Shawn Gutowski, Director of Faith Formation, if you will need child care during our next Connect!

This Week

March for Life at the Capital

Take the bus to the state capital for the annual March for Life

Bus departs St. Pius X January 22, 2020 at 9:30 am and returns about 2 pm.

We will meet outside the parish office to wait for the bus.

We ask a Free Will Offering to help cover the expense of the bus.

The new Church Directories are available the Parish Office. If you had your picture taken by Lifetouch, your directory is free! If you did not have your picture taken, but would still like a new directory, we have a few extra available at $5 per copy.

Next Week - January 25/26

Archdiocesan Listening Sessions

You know what’s working and what needs work in your parish and this Archdiocese. This is your opportunity to help shape the future of our local Church. Archbishop Bernard Hebda is seeking your feedback to help discern and establish focus areas for the Archdiocese. He plans to attend all 20 events. We will pray together for the Synod and our Archdiocese and we will discuss what’s working as well as our challenges and opportunities. All are welcome! The Church needs your voice!

JANUARY LISTENING EVENTS

Saturday, Jan. 25, 9 a.m.-noon St. Peter Claver, St. Paul

Tuesday, Jan. 28, 6-9 p.m. Pax Christi, Eden Prairie

Complete List of Listening Sessions

Winterfest is right around the corner! Make sure you have Sunday, February 9th on your calendar so you don't miss the fun. We need many people to make Winterfest a success. Not only is it a huge fundraiser for the parish, it is a GREAT opportunity for us to welcome our neighbors to St. Pius X!

Volunteer for Winterfest

Steubenville Conference - High School Teens

REGISTRATION AND DEPOSIT DUE ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 30

What is “Steubenville”?

A Steubenville Youth Leadership Conference is an invitation for high school student to be the “hands and feet of Jesus” and deepen their faith! It’s full of awesome MUSIC [#SONAR] and dynamic speakers like Chris Stefanick, Fr. John Burns, Cooper Ray, Sarah Swafford, and David Calavitta. The leadership talks are aimed at teens and full of wit, wisdom, and power. You will discover that “Catholicism’s Not Dead,” it’s ALIVE with the Spirit!

The main conference will be held at University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN.
Our retreat dates are July 23-26, 2020

What is the Cost? $150.00 deposit due by January 30, 2020. Please make checks payable to St. Pius X. Deposits are non-refundable. The estimated cost of the trip is about $300.00, but we will be doing two fundraisers for the remaining portion (both during Lent). Scholarships are available.

Learn more online. Registration forms are available at the Faith Formation office or online. Space is limited!!

Connect for Families Super Bowl Tailgating

Sunday February 2 from 11:30 AM - 1 PM

Do you have children ages 0-18? If so, you are invited to the 4th Annual Connect for Families Super Bowl Tailgate Potluck! Bring your favorite "Game Day" dish to share and meet in the Community Rooms after the 10:30 am Mass. Extra points awarded for the best food served in a bowl that can be fairly described as "super." There will be games for the kids and a great opportunity to get ready for the ‘Big Game’ together. We hope to see you there!

ABC: About Being Catholic – The Lives of Great Christians

What does it take to be a truly great Christian? Learn from the masters like Augustine, Bernard, Francis and Clare. Their lives can be an example of overcoming sin and difficulties to change the world for Christ. This DVD course will look at 20 centuries of Catholic and Protestant Christians’ and see how they transformed history, culture and politics.

Thursday Mornings 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM January 30 – April 23. The cost is $5 for the spring session. Those that registered for the entire year of ABC last fall do not need to register for the spring session.

Register using the attachment below and return to the Parish or Faith Formation Office on or before January 28. You can register at the door!

Winter Spring 2019-2020 Adult Faith Formation Program Registration.pdf

Pints with Pastors - Saturday, February 1 at 6:30 PM

Young Adults ages 21-39 are invited to Pints with Pastors at the Big Wood Brewery in White Bear Lake Saturday, February 1 at 6:30 PM. Meet other young adults and the Pastors of St. Pius X, St. Jude of the Lake and St. Mary of the Lake. Bring your young adult friends! This is a kickoff event for the young adults of our area. Sponsored by the Around the Lake parishes of St. Pius X, St. Mary and St. Jude. Contact Shawn Gutowski at sgutowski@churchofstpiusx.org or 651-762-3634 if you have questions. Bring your young adult friends!