Breakfast to benefit Dakota Hope Clinic

Knights of Columbus Council 4894 will host a free will offering breakfast on Sunday, January 5, from 8:30 a.m. to Noon in the Our Lady of Grace dining room.  Proceeds will benefit Dakota Hope Clinic in Minot.  The menu includes French toast, pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, fruit, juice and coffee.  All are invited!

Middle School Youth Group is on January 8

We changed the January date for the next Middle School Youth Group gathering.  It will now be held on Wednesday, January 8, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.  All in grades 6-8 are welcome!

Enter the Knights of Columbus Christmas coloring contest!

Children in Kindergarten through grade 6 are invited to enter the Knights of Columbus Christmas coloring contest.  Please download and print this page 2-sided (so that the form is on the back side of the coloring picture), color it, complete the back in pencil, and turn it in to the Faith Formation office by Wednesday, January 8.

Bible Study begins January 14

We are offering two sessions of the Ascension Press study "Luke:  The Story of Salvation Fulfilled".  You may attend either on Tuesdays at 7:45 p.m. beginning January 14, or on Wednesdays at 9:45 a.m. beginning January 15.  This is an 8-session study on the Gospel of St. Luke with Jeff Cavins and Dr. Jeffrey Morrow.  The cost is $40 per person with online access or $35 for no online access.  Pre-registration and payment is required.  If you have questions, please contact the parish office at 701-839-6834.    

Mass in Class for Wednesday Faith Formation is on February 12

Our annual Mass in Class for Wednesday Faith Formation Kindergarten through grade 5 students will be during their 4:00 and 5:30 p.m. class times on Wednesday, February 12.  (This was changed from January 22.)  The fifth grade students will do the ministries of the Mass, such as reading the Reading, carrying the gifts, etc.  Parents, siblings, grandparents and others are invited and encouraged to attend.

Required First Eucharist Retreat

There are two options for students and their parents to attend the required First Eucharist Retreat:  Sunday, January 26, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. OR Thursday, January 30, from 6:00-7:30 p.m.  The retreat is for the children who prepared for their First Reconciliation during the beginning of the school year and will prepare, during the next few months, to receive Communion (Jesus in the Eucharist) during First Eucharist weekend, which will be April 26 and 27, 2025.

Stewardship Form:  We encourage you to get involved in your parish

On our new Stewardship Form, there are many ways that you may use your gifts to help others and to grow in your faith.  Please check it out by clicking here and consider how you may get involved.  

There is still time to give to our Vibrant Vision campaign

Thank you to all who have pledged and donated to our Vibrant Vision campaign which will help us respond to the needs of our vibrant, growing parish and our local community through improvements to our parish facilities and food pantry.  Please click the image above, or go to this link for information.  To make your gift, go to the campaign page by clicking the Pledge Now button below, then watch the video and review the information, if you'd like, before scrolling down to the second Pledge Now button.  Thank you!

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Formation is available

If you are interested in becoming a trained catechist or aide for our Catechesis of the Good Shepherd program – which is the hands-on, Montessori-style Faith Formation program we use with preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students – please talk with Christine in our Faith Formation office.  We will be offering Level 1 formation at Our Lady of Grace beginning next summer.