Got your Goat?!

Still finishing up your Christmas shopping for this year? If you have difficult people to shop for on your list, consisder donating to a charity in their name instead. See the links below for fun ideas and more details!

Possibilities include:
Purchasing a goat to provide milk and extra income for a family
World Relief

Preventing homelessness before it begins:

Contributing to development of wells to provide clean drinking water.

Jewelry and art made by artisans getting paid just wages to carry on their traditions and support their families.

Give from the heart (donate blood) in someone else's honor this year at the St.Cloud Red Cross

The possibilities are endless!

Volunteers needed

As we prepare to celebrate the joyous Christmas season, let us remember those for whom the blanket of snow and dipping temperatures are cause for real concern. If you can, please consider helping with a meal or to staff the Church of the Week overnight shift so that no one has to sleep outside this winter, please reply to saintcloudtot@gmail.com or call Place of Hope and ask for Conrad: 320-203-7881. St. Anthony's parish was also intersted in a young adult group of volunteers for this task.

Christmas Program

Everyone is invited to the Saint Joseph Lab School Christmas program. It will begin at 5:45 pm on Thursday, December 17 in the Escher Auditorium of the BAC at the College of St. Benedict. Attendees are asked to bring donations for the St. Joseph Community Food Shelf.

Here we come a Wassailing among the leaves so green...

C Dreamstime
There will be caroling, a potluck and games on Saturday afternoon/evening December 19.Load up your friends,
favorite game and/or dish to pass and dress in layers!
Meet at Jason's house at 4pm to drop off potluck goodies and practice a few songs before we head out.
e-mail saintcloudtot@gmail.com for directions and carpooling possibilities (a headcount would be oh-so-helpful for food planning!).

Live from St. Cloud

This Friday morning at 9am, listen in to AM1180 (the new Catholic radio station) for an interview with Theology on Tap's very own Peter & Katie on "Voice from the Cloud." We'll be talking about Theology on Tap as well as young adult ministry in the area! Fr. Aaron will be on as well, so be sure to tune in or stream it online!
http://www.kyesradio.com/

Upcoming Events

December 13: 2-4pm Christmas open house hosted by the Franciscan Community Volunteers @ 1600 11th Ave So. St. Cloud, MN 56301. Come for cookies and coffee/cider, call 320-240-6184 with questions


December 8: Theology on Tap- Finding your God-Given gifts, 7pm @ Granite City, St. Cloud

December 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception, potluck and speaker @ Newman beginning at 5:30pm for Mass.

December 7: Jazz concert 7:30-9:30pm at Petter's Pavillion, Saint John's University

December 6: Craft and Jewelry fair @ St. Aug's, call 252-9298 with questions

December 5:Christmas @ Saint John's 2pm Great Hall, call 363-5777 for tickets

December 4: Christmas @ Saint John's 8pm Great Hall, call 363-5777 for tickets

December 3: Student Meal at Newman Center 5pm

December 2-3: Fair Trade Craft Sale @ St. Ben's in the Gorecki center 11:30am-7pm