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Meetings
The Social Concerns Committee meets on the last Sunday of each month after the 10:30am Mass in the Parish Center. Please see the Bulletin or Calendar for this month's meeting date or call the parish office. All are welcome!
Please note: The Social Concerns Committee will meet next on August 30 at 11:30am in the Parish Center.
Sunday January 18, 2009 2:51am CST
Mission Statement
Our mission is to infuse the social justice teachings of Scripture and Tradition within all the St. Benedict community's prayer, study, worship, and outreach--with an emphasis on assisting all our members in bringing God's justice and love into their daily lives.
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Contact
If you are interested in learning more about the social concerns committee, please join us at our next meeting or e-mail Dick Larson at or Jim Mischler-Philbin at
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Links
JustFaith website: http://www.justfaith.org/
U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishop's web page on faithful citizenship: http://www.faithfulcitizenship.org/
CHUM Congregational News (Churches United in Ministry monthly newsletter): http://s15553.50belowcommerce.com/monthlycongregationalnew.htm
Register to receive CHUM e-mailings:
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12 Months for Life
We created the Pro-Life subcommittee to organize " 12 Months for Life" at St. Benedict's. 12 Months for Life focuses on what different parish groups are doing to help the pro-life movement. Here are the upcoming months for 2009, which group is having an event, and the contact for the group.
***April: Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll fundaraising campaign for people with developmental disabilities (Chuck Stoetzel)
***May: Carnation Sale for Birthright (Meg Kearns)
***June: The choir prayed a rosary a day for life (Sandra Eller)
***July: Social Concerns Pro-Life Subcommittee held an Office Supply Drive for the Lake Superior Life Care Center (Theresa Ganser)
***August: Prayer Shawl Ministry is donating a two Prayer Shawl baby afghans to the Lake Superior Life Care Center (Wanda Birnbaum)
***September: Pastoral Council (John Specht)
***October: Respect Life Month (Fr. Eric)
***November: Religious Ed – Youth Group - The Edge program high school students will pray a rosary for life together on November 18 and can take a rosary to pray for life at home (Nic Davidson)
***December: Religious Ed – K-5 & Pre-school will collect items for the Bethany Crisis Nursery for their Advent project (Colleen McDonald)
Come to a Social Concerns meeting or contact or Jim Mischler-Philbin at or talk to Teresa Ganser, Pro-Life Subcommitte Chair, for more information.
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Soup Kitchen Wednesdays
The Social Concerns Committee has arranged to prepare and serve lunch in the Damiano Center soup kitchen the 5th Wednesdays of the month.
All St. Benedict's parishioners are encouraged to volunteer. We prepare and serve lunch from 8:30-1:30pm. If you are interested in serving a full or partial shift, contact John and Jolane Sundstrom at 724-6030 or
Remaining Dates for 2009:
September 30
December 30
Dates in 2010:
March 31
June 30
September 29
December 29
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Recent Events
"JustFaith" is a thirty-week program focused on understanding and addressing the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable people in our world. The program included weekly meetings, regular readings, retreats, and immersion experiences. JustFaith began in September 2008 at St. Benedict's and ended May 11th, 2009. Please contact Sharon Lohman at 721-3960 or for more information.