Events

September 3, 2010

Mass

8:00am - 8:30am

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Mass Schedule

Saturday 5:00pm
Sunday 8:00am & 10:30am

Monday-Friday 8:00am
Thursday 8:00am & 5:30pm

Masses in Latin:
Ordinary Form
8:00am First Saturday

Traditional (Tridentine)
1:00pm First & Third Sunday

Cancellations: see Calendar

Sacraments & Prayer

Reconciliation: Saturday 4:00pm
Rosary: Saturday 4:30pm
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Every Friday 8:30am-Noon and First Fridays 8:30am until Benediction @ 8:00pm
Stations of the Cross: Friday 7:00pm outside on Prayer Walk

Cancellations: see Calendar

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Social Concerns

Meetings

The Social Concerns Committee meets one Sunday of each month after the 10:30am Mass (11:45am) 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: Meeting on September 12, 2010 and October 24, 2010

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.

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

Dinners at CHUM

Once a month, St. Ben's coordinates, sponsors, and serves a dinner at Churches United in Ministry (the second Tuesday each month).
In May, we are serving on May 18 due to the First Communion Dinner on May 11.
Please call the office if you would like to coordinate, donate food, or volunteer to cook and/or serve one month. We would love to have you, your family, or your parish group help serve the needy of Duluth.

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

Dates in 2010............... March 31, June 30, September 29, and December 29

Food Shelf

Every first Sunday of the month is Food Shelf Sunday. You may bring donations to the Food Shelf box in the Gathering Space. Volunteers will bring your food to the Duluth CHUM Emergency Food Shelf. You may bring donations any time the church is open, too!
Thank you for sharing your resources with others!

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
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12 Months for Life 2009

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 for more information and to join the Pro-Life Subcommittee!

JustFaith

"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.

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