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Join us Friday, September 8 for Germanfest and Sunday, September 10 for our Wild Rice Festival! Click the title for more information!

Our annual parish pilgrimage is Saturday, July 29! This time, we start at 4 different spots and traverse our way back to St. Michael's for Mass! Click here for more information and to register!

We will be celebrating the first annual Emerald Festival from 12:00-4:00 PM on Sunday, July 30th at St. Michael’s, followed by a musical concert in the church at 4:00 PM. July 30th is the feast day of Blessed Solanus Casey, so the festival will be centered around him. This will be a great summer get together, so please save the date and stay tuned for more information as the weeks go along! Click here for more information.

Fr. Michael Creagan has been announced as the next pastor to succeed Bishop Izen! The announcement was made to the public over the weekend of April 15 & 16, direct from Archbishop Hebda. Fr. Creagan served as Parochial Vicor here from 1997-2002 under Fr. Michael Skluzacek, the pastor at the time. The move will take effect on July 1, 2023. Click the title for more information on Fr. Creagan.

On the morning of January 5, 2023, Pope Francis named then-Father Michael John Izen, a priest of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, assigning him the titular see of Newport.

Saint Mary’s will remain closed through the completion of the renovation and reopen in July.

Join our Council of Catholic Women at the Church of St. Michael for our annual Merry Market event on Saturday, November 12 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM!

You are invited to join us for a day of prayer and reflection for the unborn on Wednesday, October 5!

Join us on Sunday, September 25!

Support our Immaculate Conception Parish in Bwambo, Tanzania from home by purchasing whole bean or ground coffee.

St. Michael's and St. Mary's are excited to stay connected with you through Flocknote! Sign-up for email or text message communications from your parish, ministry, or group.

Staff members and volunteers occasionally receive emails or texts pretending to be from Fr. Izen or Fr. Barnes, asking for help and/or money. Please be aware of this and never reply to those emails or texts. If you aren’t sure about a communication from us, please call your parish office. The following was sent to us from the Archdiocese:

Inspired by the needs of our community, the desire to live out the Works of Mercy, and an opportunity to build a broader faith community, our tri-parish will be hosting a community dinner every third Saturday of the month!

Thank you to all who have contacted the office regarding Mass intentions! We have received a high volume of them, and the 2023 masses are filled up. And while the arrival and opening of the 2024 book was anticipated for March, the directors have decided to wait until our new pastor arrives. So the 2024 Mass intention book will become available in mid-late July. Please keep your current requests handy! Thank you for your cooperation. As Mass intentions for both parishes are booked through 2023, we rejoice that our faithful understand these words of St. Alphonsus Liguori: “The entire Church cannot give to God as much honor, nor obtain so many graces, as a single priest by celebrating a single Mass.”