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Fr. Tony's 30th Anniversary of Ordination will be Sunday, June 8th 2:00 - 6:00pm. Click here for more details. Hope to see you there!

Seeking Director of Discipleship! Our Lady of the Lakes Parish is looking for a full-time Director of Discipleship—someone alive in their Catholic faith, committed to following Jesus Christ as an intentional disciple, experienced in evangelization and passionate about bringing others to Christ, and equipped for the mission of the New Evangelization. Come Holy Spirit! Click here for more information.

We are looking to hire a Director of Discipleship/Adult Faith Formation Director. Click here for more information!

Mark Your calendar, Saturday, May 17, to attend this fun and casual event at Roundhouse Brewery in Nisswa! Tristan Borland will be sharing about his personal experience on redemptive suffering and share his journey to the church. Doors open at 5:30pm and Tristan will speak at 6:30pm.

Totus Tuus will be June 22-27, 2025. Registration is now open! This summer’s themes are the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary and the Sacraments. This is an awesome program for both young kids and teens! Registration forms can be found by clicking here, and near the doors at each church. Forms are due May 16. Contact Mia or Lisa for more information.

Sanctuary renovation is taking place at Our Lady of Lourdes. Click here to view a rough draft of what it will look like. Also, we will be purchasing a new organ for the new church. Out hope is to be able to purchase it sooner, and then use it at our St. Christopher Church until we move it to our new location. Click here for more information. If you would like to participate in helping with the cost of these two items, you can either donate online or write a check to Our Lady of the Lakes with a note on the memo line of either "Lourdes Renovation" or "New Digital Organ". Thank you in advance for your generosity!

Stations of the Cross: Fridays at St. Alice at 12 noon and 5:30 p.m. (family stations: accessible to children, but open to all!) Soup Dinner: Fridays at 6 p.m. at St. Alice sponsored by the Knights of Columbus

Join us for the next Theology on Tap on Saturday, March 22 with doors opening at 5:30pm at Roundhouse Brewery in Nisswa. Click here for more details. Hope to see you there!

Ash Wednesday is just two weeks away! If you are looking to enter more deeply into Lent this year, we invite you to consider embarking on a journal study with your fellow parishioners. We'll be meeting at St. Alice each Thursday evening beginning March 6 and utilizing Fr. Mark Toups' new Lenten Companion journal to prayerfully enter into this season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. The evening schedule will be as follows: 5:30 p.m. - Dinner 6:15 - 7:30 p.m. - Video, followed by discussion Click here to watch this trailer to learn more about the series, and please register here (or call the parish office) so we can order enough books, prepare enough food, and arrange for childcare if needed. Please contact Chrysa in the parish office if you have any questions.

RCIA or OCIA classes (Order of Christian Initiation for Adults) will be starting on Tuesday, December 3rd, at 4:30 at St. Alice. If you or anyone else you know is interested in becoming Catholic, please contact Fr. Timothy at [email protected].

An ADVENT faith formation invitation for all adults! The “Rejoice!” experience! Starting on Thursday, November 21st, we invite you to join us at St. Alice for dinner at 5:30, followed by a video with Fr. Mark Toups and others, and discussion. Click here to sign up!

Did you miss the Parish Mission? Would you like to listen to the talks again, or share them with a friend? You're in luck! Our phenomenal speaker, Maria Knuth, recorded all three of her talks. Click here to access the three recordings and the associated handouts!

Come join us for our Parish Mission November 3 - 6! What does it mean to Encounter, Love & Proclaim Jesus Christ? Maria Knuth will help us to "unpack" what this means for us individually and as a parish. Click here for more information.

Tuesday, September 24th Town Hall Meeting was live streamed! If you weren't able to attend one of the townhalls, please consider watching the video to see the plans for our new church building. Click here to watch.

Click here to view the renderings of the new church that was discussed at the recent town hall sessions. If you have comments you would like to share, please email [email protected].

We wrapped up the 6-part series by 4pm media and Fr. Dave Pivonka called "My Father's Father." Our adult faith formation will continue with the next series by the same producers on Jesus Christ, called "Metanoia," which means "repent." It is a 10-part series (plus 1 bonus episode), of which we will watch 6 episodes before moving into our Advent Adult Faith Formation, and finish the series in January after Christmas. Each session is "stand alone" so if someone misses one night they are not "behind." We will be holding this series on Thursday evenings at St. Alice starting with a meal at 5:30, followed by the video talk by Fr. Dave (and others), small group discussion, and a short time of prayer, finishing by 7:30. Childcare will be available if needed: we just need to know ahead of time! Please click here to register so we can prepare enough food and have small groups ready. (The Advent series will be a separate registration later!) Contact the office if you have any questions!

Our local churches will again this year be providing time for religious instruction for grades 1-4 Click here to access the form to register.

Ignite Formation for Middle and High School age youth is now open for registration. Click here to register. Also, come join us for the Ignite Kick-off Bonfire, BBQ and Games on Wednesday, September 25 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm at the new church location - 27265 W Twin Lake Drive, Pequot Lakes.

If you weren't able to attend one of the town hall meetings in August, please plan to attend one of these September meetings. We will be presenting the latest plans for our new church building, and your feedback is most welcome! • Tuesday, September 17, at 6:30 p.m.at St. Christopher's (Nisswa) • Sunday, September 22, after the 10:30 a.m. Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes (Pine River) • Tuesday, September 24, at 6 p.m. at St. Christopher's (Nisswa) • Wednesday, September 25, after the 5 p.m. Mass at St. Alice (Pequot Lakes)

If you were unable to be at the blessing of our new church site, please click here to view the video of the event!