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From his recent experience at several forums on the church crisis, and from the celebration of the Sacred Triduum, Fr. Griffith offers a comprehensive reflection on the church crisis through the lens of Biblical and Catholic theology in this article titled, "From the Pit of Destruction to the Grace of Redemption: Biblical and Theological Foundations for the Renewal of the Catholic Church."

The reason we recognize the theme of restoration so prominently manifested on the Feasts of Christmas and Easter is because the work of restoration is central to the mission of Christ. We believe by faith that God’s incarnate love in Christ culminated in the paschal mystery of Christ – his dying and rising. Through the death and resurrection of Christ all of humanity is “wonderfully restored” and indeed reconciled to love of the Father ...

From Father Griffith: The three days from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday are regarded by the Catholic Church as the holiest days of the Church year. These days are called the Sacred Triduum, which means the “Great Three Days.” The Triduum is one feast and one continuous liturgy that takes place at the beginning of Holy Thursday and culminates with the Easter Vigil. These days are meant to be experienced together as continuous. Therefore, I invite the parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes to come and experience the profound mysteries that are central to our Catholic faith...

Holy Thurday, Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper at 7:00 pm followed by Eucharistic Adoration until 9:15 pm | Good Friday, Stations of the Cross at Noon and The Lord's Passion at 3:00 pm | Easter Vigil, Mass at 8:00 pm | Easter Sunday, Mass at 9:00 and 11:00 am.

Father Dan Griffith in "The Catholic Spirit" - Many Catholics hope that the unprecedented anti-abuse summit held in Rome will usher in a sea change for the Church in its handling of clergy abuse and the attendant cover-up...

Eucharistic Adoration, Friday afternoons during Lent, followed by Stations of the Cross at 5 pm. Stay for the fish fry beginning at 5:30 pm! The Lourdes Men's Club Lenten Retreat will begin with Mass at 8 am on Saturday. Father John Kelly and seminarians from the St. Paul Seminary will be at 5 pm Mass on Saturday to talk about their recent Pathways to Children mission trip to India. On Sunday, Prof. Liz Kelly is our featured speaker for our "Holiness & Mission" series, this week: "The Spirituality of the Beatitudes", beginning at 9:45 am in Hofstede Hall.

Eucharistic Adoration, Friday afternoons during Lent, followed by Stations of the Cross at 5 pm. On Sunday, Father David Haschka, S.J,. is our featured speaker for our "Holiness & Mission" series, this week: "Holiness and Scripture", beginning at 9:45 am in Hofstede Hall. Our next Lenten Fish Fry is April 5!

Our next Lenten Fish Fry is March 22nd! Eucharistic Adoration, Friday afternoons during Lent, followed by Stations of the Cross at 5 pm. On Sunday, Prof. Susan J. Stabile is our featured speaker for our "Holiness & Mission" series, this week: "Holiness and Scripture", beginning at 9:45 am in Hofstede Hall. Everyone is welcome!

Eucharistic Adoration, Friday afternoons during Lent, followed by Stations of the Cross at 5 pm. On Sunday, Father David Haschka, S.J. is our featured speaker for our "Holiness & Mission" series, this week: "Holiness and Scripture", beginning at 9:45 am in Hofstede Hall. Everyone is welcome!

On Friday, March 8th, Eucharistic Adoration is set for 12:30 till 4:30 pm; Stations of the Cross is at 5:00 pm; and the first of our three Lenten Fish Frys starts at 5:30 pm in Hofstede Hall!

"It's really happening in this room, tonight," Ramsey County Attorney John Choi told those gathered of the archdiocese's progress. "Where there's reconciliation, where people are acknowledging harm that was caused to all sorts of families..."

Our Lenten Faith and Family event, this Sunday!

Mass for the Feast of the Solemnity of Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation, is on Tuesday, January 1st at 10 am at Our Lady of Lourdes.

“Awake, mankind! For your sake God has become man. Awake, you who sleep, rise up from the dead, and Christ will enlighten you. I tell you again: for your sake, God became man…

Masses on Christmas Eve are at 4 and 10 pm. Christmas Day Masses will be held at 9 and 11 am. Music prelude begins 30 minutes before each Mass. Come and celebrate His birth!

At Christmas, with joyful hearts, we celebrate this awesome reality that out of love, God became one of us to redeem our very nature from within. Christmas can be celebrated from so many different aspects, but the word that sums up Christmas more than any other is Emmanuel, which means God with us. This is the beauty ...

This opinion piece appeared in the Star Tribune on December 15th. It was penned by Tim O’Malley director of ministerial standards and safe environment for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. O'Malley is a former FBI agent, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and deputy chief judge in the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings. Johnson is a Minneapolis attorney and the independent ombudsman assisting victims of clergy sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. He served as Hennepin County Attorney from 1979 to 1991 and was a founder of CornerHouse, a local nonprofit serving child sexual abuse victims ...

"Many of you have reminded me that our Church needs to face today's challenges with more direct action. Changes must be made that will prevent regression to old ways. I am taking additional steps in this Archdiocese to change the culture that fostered the clergy abust crisis ...

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.