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Join us for Advent Faith & Family, Sunday December 16th! Advent activities for the kids and Deacon Winninger will speak about this season of joyful preparation with the adults. It's also our annual pancake breakfast, "Pancakes from Heaven"!

This weekend, our Holiness & Mission talk with be, "Mary in Scripture and Salvation History" with Father Dan Griffith. Children's Faith Formation classes will meet and we will have Children's Liturgy of the Word at both the 8:30 and 11:00 am Masses.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be offered for Maria Gonzalez Haro, on Saturday, December 8th at 10:30 am, at Our Lady of Lourdes. Eternal rest grant unto her O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her.

Advent begins. Father Griffith shares a personal reflection about this season of expectant waiting, of joyful preparation.

Advent begins! Our Holiness & Mission talk this Sunday is, "Leaning into Advent", with Prof. Susan J. Stabile. Following the 5 pm Mass on Saturday, it's "Saturday Night Live" at Nye's. See you there!

Father Griffith writes about Restorative Justice, and how it can address harm and promote accountability and healing in the Church.

Our Holiness & Mission talk, Sunday November 18th, is titled, "Fifty Years after Humanae Vitae" and will be presented by Father John Floeder from the St. Paul Seminary. This event begins at 9:45 am in Hofstede Hall.

We will offer our highest prayer for people who have been harmed. This Mass for Justice, Healing and Peace will be held on Wednesday, November 14th at 6 pm. There will be a testimonial from a victim survivor of clergy abuse. A program on Restorative Justice, and an introduction to Healing Circles, follows at 7 pm. Mass will take place in the church, followed by the program in Hofstede Hall. Parking vouchers will be available for the Riverplace Parking Ramp.

Accountability and reparation. In this Star Tribune article, Father Griffith and Ombudsman Tom Johnson weigh in on work that remains after the bankruptcy settlement. On November 14th, Our Lady of Lourdes will offer our highest prayer, a Mass for Justice, Healing and Peace. The evening will include a testimonial of victim-survivor of clergy abuse, and healing circles. This event will begin at 6 pm.

Our faith formation program events are featured here on our parish website and are listed on our Calendar of Events and the full year of programs and events are also available in this formation program brochure.

Be sure to check out Father Griffith's annual letter; a look back at an event-filled year and a look ahead at more opportunities for all of us to grow in faith, community and service!

In the wake of the Church crisis, Archbishop Bernard Hebda, and Bishop Andrew Cozzens, each shared their thoughts regarding child protection and U.S. bishop accountability.

"Regarding Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano's most recent statement, I stand by my July 2014 memo to Bishop Lee Piche. I welcome a thorough accounting of the matter." Father Daniel Griffith, August 28, 2018.

Pope Francis has responded to new reports of clerical sexual abuse and the ecclesial cover-up of abuse. In an impassioned letter addressed to the whole People of God, he calls on the Church to be close to victims in solidarity, and to join in acts of prayer and fasting in penance for such "atrocities".

Ralph Strangis, long time member of Our Lady of Lourdes parish and former trustee, passed away Wednesday, August 15th. The Wake will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes on Tuesday, August 21st from 4 til 8 pm. The Funeral Mass will be held at Holy Cross on Wednesday, August 22nd at 10 am. The parish office at Lourdes will be closed at 3 pm Tuesday, and will open again at 1 pm, Wednesday afternoon.

Father Lucio will be with us for the Masses the weekend of August 18th and 19th. He will share more about the important work being done by the Oblates in this mission in Tijuana. A second collection will be taken at these Masses for the mission. Following the 11 am Mass, Father Lucio and some of the young leaders in his team will be joining everyone at the parish picnic at Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Northeast Minneapolis. Everyone is welcome!

Join us for an 11 day pilgrimage to the Holy Land, March 10 - 20, 2019. This pilgrimage will be led by Father Daniel Griffith, Pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes and Dean Robert Vischer, Dean of the University of St. Thomas School of Law. Additional information and registration materials are now available.

The Lourdes Block Party - where the community gathers to celebrate the gifts of: summer, our parish community; and the first neighborhood of Minneapolis. Indeed, a great combination!

It's Block Party week at Lourdes! Our fifth annual event is this Saturday, July 21st. Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Hebda at 5 pm, followed by food, fun and fireworks!