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Join the Youth Group!
Middle School (Gr. 6-8) and High School (Gr. 9-12) students are invited to join the NEW St. Francis youth group! For planned activities or more information, please email Scott, Cadi, Kim, and/or Dean at youth_group@stfrancismhd.org. And invite a friend too! -
Upcoming Events
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Sunday, October 27, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Women of St. Francis de Sales Parish, St. John’s Parish, St. Joseph’s Parish and St. Elizabeth’s Parish, you are invited to a Faithful and Fun Afternoon. The Confraternity of Christian Mothers Organization from St. Francis de Sales Parish is sponsoring A Women’s Afternoon Retreat Sunday, October 27 from 11:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Read More
Featuring Guest Speaker Deacon Mark Krejci, Ph.D. Deacon Mark Krejci is the Director of the Office of Formation in Discipleship for the Diocese of Crookston where he also serves as Director of Deacon Formation and Personnel. He and his wife Julie are members of St. Joseph’s in Moorhead and they have two married children and two grandchildren. Deacon Mark also teaches psychology at Concordia College in Moorhead and he received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Notre Dame. The Retreat Theme Will Be: “Shepherding Them Home: Praying for Our Loved Ones Who Have Left the Church”
This retreat will feature:
➢ Brunch after the 10:00 a.m. Mass. If you have any diet restrictions, let us know.
➢ Goodie bags and door prizes.
➢ Most importantly, a unique opportunity to build relationships with women of all ages within our faith communities. Bring a friend with you to share this experience.
Please register in the Gathering Space, call the parish office at 233-4780, or email dennis@stfrancismhd.org with your name and phone number. If you would be unable to attend this retreat because you need childcare, please make a note on our sign-up sheet with the ages of your child/children and we will try to accommodate you.
There is no charge for this retreat but free will offerings will be accepted. -
Thursday, October 31
Help fill the crib in the Gathering Space with donated items for St. Gianna's Maternity Home and the Perry Center, two local nonprofits that help pregnant women in need. See the bulletin for details on what is needed. Can't donate? Your prayers are needed too!Read More -
Sunday, November 24, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event features exclusive savings, numerous door prizes, fun holiday entertainment, wine and beer, & cookies and milk with Santa. 100% of ticket sales purchased through St. Francis benefit the St. Francis de Sales Youth Programs. Get your ticket from an 8th grader or in the parish office! Learn more at https://westacres.com/iwn.Read More
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Beyond the Habit
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Prayer Corner
Praying the Rosary
The Rosary is very nearly a perfect form of Christian prayer, being a devotion both to Our Blessed Mother and to her Son, Jesus. It takes only about 15-20 minutes a day to say one set of mysteries, and the benefits are tremendous: stronger families, peace of heart, spiritual understanding.
Download the following two documents to guide you in saying the Rosary:
The Holy Rosary of Our Lady, the Most Blessed Virgin Mary
(print double-sided, then crease in the middle to make a booklet)Pray the Rosary online with people from all over the world:
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
This is a prayer to implore God's mercy upon the world, in reparation for the sins of humanity. Jesus gave it to St. Faustina, a Polish nun who lived during the 1930's, as a way for people to do penance for their sins and those of others. It is prayed on standard Rosary beads and many people pray it right after praying the Rosary.
Optional Opening Prayers:- You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.
- (Repeat 3 times) O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You!
Our Father, Hail Mary and the Apostle's Creed
For each of the five decades- (On each “Our Father” bead of the rosary, pray) Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
- (On each of the 10 “Hail Mary” beads, pray) For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Concluding prayer- (Repeat 3 times) Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Optional Closing Prayer- Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself.
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St. Peter Damian Available in Parish Library
Saint Peter Damian was an 11th-century priest who wrote against the clerical abuse scandals of his time. Two books about him are available to check out from the parish library:
St. Peter Damian, His Teaching on the Spiritual Life; and
The Book of Gomorrah and St. Peter Damian’s Struggle against Ecclesiastical Corruption.
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Pregnant?
Need someone to talk to? Call St. Gianna's Maternity Home at 1 (877) 701-3077,
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Women's Care Center (formerly FirstChoice Clinic) at
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Rom 4:20-25Responsorial Psalm Luke 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75Gospel Lk 12:13-21
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Word on Fire
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National Catholic Register
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By Kathy Schiffer | I’ve often thought, looking at pictures on missionary websites of simple thatched huts and woefully underfed children, that it would be so hard to be poor! Hard enough, I think...
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By Edward Pentin | ROME — For supporters of the 1965 “Catacombs’ Pact of the Poor and Servant Church,” the pact had the noble aim of bringing the Church closer to the poor and back to the early...
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By Father Juan Vélez | Many concerned observers are wondering whether the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region, which runs through Oct. 27, will lead to doctrinal changes. And if so...
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By Cardinal Jorge Urosa | We are now nearing the end of the Pan-Amazon synod. We have already seen the results of the various circuli minores (small working groups), most interesting and challenging;.
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By Edward Pentin | Despite being one of the four members of the drafting committee of the final document of the Pan-Amazon Synod, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna said today he had not...
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