- Professional portraits make wonderful Christmas gifts!
- Please return your Volunteer Opportunity Forms
- drop them in the collection basket during Mass
- return them to the Church Office.
- Thank you for making stewardship a way of life!
- All Saints DayTuesday, November 1st (a Holy Day of Obligation), Masses are at
- 9:00am (with the School)
- 6:30pm
- PennyWise Is Now Accepting Donations The PennyWise Shop is open for donations onlyon the following dates from 11:00am to 3:00pm:
- Monday, October 17th
- Tuesday, October 18th
- Wednesday, October 19th
- West Suburban Grief Coalition
- meets at Wayzata Community Church, 125 East Wayzata Blvd, Wayzata. 763-473-8876.
- meets Thursdays from 4:30 - 6:00pm.
- October 20th: Why Holiday Grief is Tough
- October 27th: Grief and Downsizing
- November 3rd: Coping with Grief During the Holidays
- Altar Server Training: Parents and students in 5th Grade & above
- Sunday, November 13th,from 9:30 - 10:20am.
- Deacons Nick Froehle and Jeremy Bock will be teaching and answering your questions.
- Current Altar Servers are invited for a refresher!
- Series on Anticipatory Grief
- The next session is Thursday, October 27th, from 2:00 - 4:00pm in the Club Room.
- Facilitated by Rev. Gary Mueller, Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator.
- Please call Sue at 952-471-3920 for more information.
- Eucharistic Devotion: Eucharistic adoration can be a powerfully transforming experience.
- Through our prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, we come to an inner quiet and deeper awareness of the Body of Christ present within ourselves and in one another.
- Eucharistic Adoration is scheduled at Our Lady of the Lake Parish each Tuesday from 8:30am to 10:00pm, and on First Fridays of the month 8:30am until Midnight in the John Paul II Chapel.
- St. Veronica’s Guild potluck luncheon meeting
- Monday, October 24th, at 12:00pm at Barbara Thibault’s home.
- Please call Barbara at 952-474-7862 for more information and to RSVP
- CCW Fall Holiday Luncheon
- Saturday, November 5th, at Noon
- Gather some friends and join us for a delicious lunch
- Entertainment by the Gillespie Singers
- Basket raffle.
- Tickets are $15 and can be purchased after the Sunday Masses on October 23rd & 30th,and in the Church Office during regular business hours.
- The CCW is collecting supplies needed for the homeless. Please help by bringing the following items to our Collection Bucket (located in the Church Hall connecting to the PACE Center):
- toiletries
- bath towels
- socks
- FORMED guide for October Here are some suggested programs for October
- Audio: Praying the Rosary Like Never Before for Our Lady of the Rosary (Oct. 7th)
- Book: Deep Conversation, Deep Prayer for the Feast Day of St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church (Oct. 15th)
- Program: Lectio: Evangelization for the Feast Day of St. Luke (Oct. 18th)
- Audio: The Second Greatest Story Ever Told for the Feast Day of St. Pope John Paul II (Oct. 22nd)
- Contact Carla with any questions or concerns
- Children’s Liturgy of the Word has resumed on Sundays at the 10:30am Mass
- Prayer & Playtime
- each Monday morning from 10:00 to 11:00
- Moms, Dads, and Caregivers of children, newborn to 5 years old
- Faith Formation Classes for Grades 1 - 8 WILL NOT meet this Wednesday, Oct. 19th, due to MEA.
- Our next serving date at Loaves and Fishes is Tuesday, November 8th,
- Guatemala Mission Trip Meeting Sunday, November 13th, 5:30-6:30pm
- get an overview of the trip including schedule, costs, and how to apply.
- trip is open to adults and teens currently in 9th grade or older.
- trip will be July 18th-26th, 2017.
- deadline to apply: December 11, 2016
- SERVICE & SLICES
- Sunday, November 20th • 5:30 - 6:30pm, PACE Center
- Come serve the community and enjoy pizza with your friends!
- Making fleece blankets to donate to Children’s Hospital.
- If you can, please bring $5 or fleece for a blanket. Open to all high school-aged students.
- Juan Anna Coffee orders now being taken for pickup on Sunday
- World Mission Sunday • Celebrating Our Missionary Call
- October 22nd & 23rd
- The day the entire world celebrates their missionary spirit by offering what they can for the worldwide Body of Christ.
- An appeal of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, which supports our brothers and sisters in over 1,150 mission dioceses worldwide.
- This year’s theme, “Mercy … to the Ends of the Earth,” reflects on mission as a corporal and spiritual work that goes to the margins of the Earth to serve the poor and disenfranchised.
- Please be as generous as you are able.
- Spaghetti Dinner
- Thursday, October 27th • 4:30 - 8:00pm
- Enjoy a spaghetti dinner with the OLL students and families as they fuel up to prepare for their big day of raking.
- Tickets are $5/person or $20/family.
- There will be a contest for the best pumpkin dessert. All desserts must be in the PACE Center kitchen by 3:00 that day to be entered in the contest.
- Rake-A-Thon
- A fun,OLL community event that provides service opportunities for our students.
- By raking the yards of seniors and/or residents of our community who are unable to do it themselves, students will provide a valuable service while earning support for our school programs.
- Students seek people to sponsor their efforts and there is no charge to the recipient.
- This year’s Rake-A-Thon is Friday,October 28th (weather permitting), with a carb-up Spaghetti Dinner on Thursday, October 27th.
- Healing Mass on Tuesday, October 25th,
- 7:00pm at Holy Name of Jesus Church,155 County Road 24 in Wayzata.
- Fr. Jim Livingston, Pastor of the Church of St. Paul in Ham Lake, is the celebrant.
- The Rosary will begin at 6:30pm.
- Seating for the handicapped is available.
- For more information, please call Teresa at 763-553-1343.
- Blood Drive Results from the Blood Drive at the Mound American Legion on September 22nd
- 53 donors - nine were deferred
- 15 no-shows
- 3 first-time donors with MBC
- collected 51 whole blood donations and 2 double red cell donations, for a total of 55 units of blood.
- Thank you to all the donors who contributed to this Drive!
- The next Westonka-area Blood Drive is here at OLL on Monday, December19th.
- Marriage: To confirm a wedding, please contact Fr. Tony at least 8 months before planning to marry.
- Baptism: Please contact Carla LaBore, Coordinatorof Adult Faith Formation, for baptismal information, at 952-472-1284 ext. 145.
- If you would like to honor a loved one with a Mass Intention, please stop by the Church Office.
- Church Office is now open Fridays from 8:30am-Noon
Sent by Pamela Vogt on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 10:05AM
