The second collection this weekend is to raise money for the Catholic Ministries Appeal. We are still $3,825 short of our goal.  If we are short of our goal at the end of December, the remaining amount due will need to be paid out of church operating funds.  Your donations to the CMA are greatly appreciated and help immensely. Donations help fund marriage preparation classes, conferences, Newman Centers, TV Masses, and much more throughout our Diocese. Please give generously and…

The Knights of Columbus, Owatonna Council 945, will be having their membership drive on October 28-29. The Knights of Columbus is the world’s largest Catholic family fraternal service organization with 1.7 million members. It provides members and their families with volunteer opportunities in service to their parish, communities, families, and young people. Please consider joining our “Double Star” council.

World Mission Sunday, organized by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, is a day set aside for Catholics worldwide to recommit themselves to the Church’s missionary activity through prayer and sacrifice. World Mission Sunday is our annual worldwide Eucharistic celebration for the Missions and missionaries of the world. This collection is a unique, global effort for the entire Church to provide for the building up of over one thousand local churches in Asia and Africa, the Pacific Islands, and parts of Latin…