Taize Prayer Opportunity this Thursday

RSVP for Taize prayer at the Franciscan Welcoming House by January 27th. Please feel free to bring a friend.

Who: You!
What: (*Free) Dinner and Taize prayer opportunity
When: January 28th from 6-8pm
Where: Franciscan Welcoming House
1600 11th Ave So.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
How: Call if you plan to attend (320-229-0307)

Ski Trip to Itasca State Park

8th Annual ITASCA STATE PARK trip - Jan 29-31
When: Jan 29 – 31 2010
Where: Itasca State Park (map)
Contact: Jen Messing at 612-518-5490 612-518-5490 or jenmessing@usfamily.net
http://www.frassatisocietymn.org/calendar-of-events.html
Costs: for gas, lodging, food and park permits we ask for $80 from each person Extras: XC ski rental is $24, snowshoes are $6
RSVP’s: Beds will be held with a $45 down payment by Dec. 28. After Jan. 1 all unreserved beds will not be held for us! It’s the time of year when we start talking about our annual winter migration north! If you haven’t been there yet, we whole-heartedly invite you to join us! You can look forward to breathing in the sweet smelling air, listening to the wind blow through the pines and cozying up in the freshly renovated hostel with some true Frassati camaraderie! With the Mississippi Headwaters Hostel as our rendezvous point, we typically snowshoe or cross country ski on the pine-surrounded trails & open lakes, enjoy family-style meals, play cards or games and take lots of naps by the fireplace. Please consider making your down payment by Monday, Dec. 21. We must pay half the cost of renting the whole hostel by Jan. 1 and would appreciate any help we can get! Make your checks out to “Frassati Society of MN” and send them to Mary Stoick at 1723 Wordsworth Ave, St Paul MN 55116.

Ice fishing tourney this weekend--GREAT cause!

If you're like most native Minnesotans and enjoy sitting out of the ice (or even if you don't--you can support it without fishing!), you may already know about the ice fishing tournament taking place this weekend, January 23rd at Pearl Lake.
The 1st Annual Stoked Sports Apparel Ice Fishing TOURNAMENT

15% of all processed benefit Hands Across the World's (ESL) Learning Center.
There is a $15 entry fee (included in the raffle)
Event: 12pm-3pm
Fishing: 1-3

Drawing at 3pm at the Pearl Lake Lodge in Marty, MN

*Cash Prizes: 1st place-$250, 2nd: $150, 3rd, $75
*Free Family Clinics
*Great Raffle Prizes: Diamond pendant, Otter Ice Shlter, Best Buy Gift packages, Ice Augers, CPS, Scheels Gift Package, AT & T gift package

For more information, contact 320-209-8801

Talk at SJU TOMORROW (Tuesday Jan 19)

Come here TOT friend, professor Sarah Yost present!!

Minnesota Natural History Lecture Series
PLANETS OUTSIDE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM:
· What do we know about them?
· How do we know about them?
· Are there other Earth-like environments out there?

Skies permitting, we’ll go outside after the lecture!

Tuesday, January 19
6:30—8:00 p.m.
New Science 146, SJU
FREE—Students (of all ages) & Arboretum
members$5—Others
320.363.3163 arboretum@csbsju.edu

Upcoming Ski Event

Stay tuned both for reports of fresh snow and a cross-country skiing extravaganza!!
Never skied before?! No problemo. There are a variety of trails and experience on behalf of the skiers.
More info to come...

Upcoming Events

Pre-Valentines Day Fair Trade Coffee & Chocolate Sampling
Hosted by St. Joseph's Parish Waite Park- Social Concern's Committee
For more information, contact mmonnens@gmail.com

Theology on Tap Next Week!

Don't let the cold keep you away from Theology on Tap next week. Join us at 7pm on January 12 at Granite City for dinner, drinks, and/or discussion with Wendy Cichanski from the SCSU Newman Center: "Have You Been Saved? Catholics and Fundamentalists"