Dear Parishioners,

Just a quick couple of things. Faith formation begins this coming Wednesday Sept. 10th. This is a Formation night, so dinner is served at 5:30, and class runs from 6:15-7:30 PM. A reminder that the next Wednesday Sept. 17th we will have our first Encounter night which is adoration and testimony, and this will be at St. Joseph in the Church and is for all ages (adults, students and even guests). Please sign up your students online at www.cuyunacatholic.org/ff or you can call the office if you have any questions: 218-546-6559.

We will hopefully be publishing groups for people to join for Group night on the weekend of Sept. 13th -14th so you can see what potential options are. If you have an idea for a group and want to start it, give us the basic info.

Think through these details:
1. Who is the group for? (adults, high school students, girls, boys etc.)
2. What will the focus of the group be? (book group, bible study, prayer group etc.)
3. How many people can be in the group? (example 6-12 people for bible study)
4. How will people sign up and learn about the group and who is the contact person? (email, phone call, show up on the night)
5. Who will lead the group?

We will plan to have this information available for people to be able to join groups. If you want to join a group, see the posters at the back of the Church that will be posted by the weekend of Sept. 13th -14th. Currently we have the following groups that will be offered. Little Flowers, Radius, Discipleship group for 11th and 12th graders, Discipleship group for adults. These groups are the ones we have information for at this time. A fuller description will be posted on the posters next weekend.

Looking down the road a bit, here are some upcoming events:

• There is a one-day women’s retreat offered on Sat. Oct. 11th from 9-4PM. The day will look similar to the men’s retreat, ending with 4 PM Mass. You can RSVP online, or by calling the office.
• Thursday Oct 23rd we are planning our first 55+ event. It will be a dinner, social and games. We hope this can be a chance to get this group going. It should be a fun evening. Please RSVP by calling the office.
• In November the first 3 Tuesdays (4th, 11th, 18th) after the noon Mass we will be offering a program aimed at seniors. This program will include a light lunch, and then a presentation on (4th) Knowing God’s Plan for our Eternal Life, (11th) Examining the Writings and Experiences of the Saints, and (18th) Making Estate Plans for our Temporal Goods. RSVP by calling the office.

I pray that school is starting up okay, blessing to all our students, teachers, and families as they begin this new academic year.

In Christ,

Fr. Eli