A Mother's Day Prayer

Dear Lord, today I turn to you to give you thanks for my mother.
With your own gift of life, she bore me in her womb and gave me life.
She tenderly, patiently cared for me and taught me to walk and talk.
She read to me and made me laugh. No one delighted in my successes more; no one could comfort me better in my failures.
I am so grateful for how she mothered me and mentored me, and even disciplined me. 

Please bless her, Lord, and comfort her. Help her loving heart to continue to love and give of herself to others. Strengthen her when she is down and give her hope when she is discouraged.

Most of all, Lord, on this Mother's Day, give my mother the graces she most needs and desires today. I ask you this, in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior forever and ever. Amen.

 ST. ANTHONY MISSION GROUP—will meet at noon at the home of Bill Traut on Tuesday, May 15. Lunch will be served followed by a short meeting and quilt tying. If you would like to attend or have questions, please call Marcella at 251-3578.

The Baccalaureate Mass for all High School Seniors of our parish will take place on Saturday, May 19 at the 5:00 pm Mass. Please mark your calendars. Tell your classmates and make plans to attend.

A light reception will follow in the Gathering Place. There will also be time to take a last group picture together.

SOCIAL JUSTICE CONCERNS GROUP

Our Mission Statement:

We foster education, prayer and action around  social justice concerns of the day  and reach out to the parish in various ways to build the reign of God in our midst."

If this sounds like something you'd be interested in being a part of in a more intentional way, please consider joining us monthly to pray, be educated and look for ways we can "become what we eat" each Sunday. Our plan is to meet the 4th Thursday of each month from 6:30-8 pm in Xavier Hall.  

Our next meeting is on Thursday, May 24th at 6:30 pm. For more information contact: Molly Weyrens at mollyweyrens@gmail.com.

Those in the group include:  Marcie Popowski, Rhonda Mastey, Tracy Johnson, Carol Hart, Deb & Stan Weinberger and Molly Weyrens. Feel free to contact any of them for more information as well. We hope to see you on the 24th and look forward to how this might enrich our parish and build up the Kingdom we've been entrusted to serve.   

MEMORIAL DAY MASS & SERVICE 

There will be a Memorial Day Mass on Monday, May 28 at 8:00 am.

 Following Mass, at 9:00 am, the annual Sartell American Legion Post 277 Memorial Day Service will be held at the Veteran’s Park on Riverside Avenue in Sartell. The service will include vocal and instrumental numbers by the Sartell Area Community Choir and Sartell Area Community Band.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS vs.

GREEN BAY PACKERS TICKETS

St Francis Xavier Home & School Association is selling raffle tickets to raise money for the school.

Raffle Prize: TWO  MN Vikings vs. Green Bay Packers game tickets for Sunday, December 30th AND Hotel for two at the Marriott Residence Inn at the Depot on Saturday, December 29th.

Cost of Raffle Ticket: $10.00

The raffle will be held at the St. Francis Xavier, end of School Year Picnic on Tuesday May 29th. Tickets will sold after Masses from now until May 27th. Tickets will also be available in the parish office.