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Wednesday, December 22 · 6:00pm - 11:30pm
Come and help spread the Holiday Cheer by caroling!

Be sure to bring your favorite dish to share. Potluck begins as soon as we return from caroling!!!

Directions to Jason's from HWY 15:

Turn West on County Road 120 at Hennen's. Travel past Gold's Gym and Turn Left on West Oakes Drive. Travel past the Four Way Stop and it is the Fourth House on the Right.

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.

Christmas Open House December 13: 2-4pm

You're Invited!!!

As many of you know, the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls have begun a new ministry this year called the Franciscan Community Volunteers. Please visit our website for more information on this new program(http://www.fslf.org/franciscan_volunteers.html).

In the meantime, please know that you're invited to a Christmas open house on December 13 from 2-4pm to celebrate the season and the many people who have made this new program possible.

Join us for cookies, cider, conversation and a tour of the volunteer house.

1600 11th Ave So.
St. Cloud, MN 56301

Advent Retreat

Give yourself some time away to prepare for Advent this year

Sign up now for an Advent Retreat Saturday December 5 from 8:30-3:30
Feasting on Festivity: Reflections for the Advent-Christmas Season
Who: You! [And anyone you'd like to bring]
What: Day-long Advent retreat
When: 8:30-3:30, Saturday December 5th
Where: Franciscan Convent in Little Falls

Presenters: S. Michelle L'Allier, OSF, and Brother David Liedl, TOR
Cost: $30 (includes lunch). Pre-register by November 20 with a $10 non-refundable deposit. Call 320-632-0668 to register.