ATTENTION, First Reconciliation Parents: You should  study Lesson 3 with their children this week. Questions? Call Teresa Neuman  at (651) 633-1540, ext. 1234.

CIRCLE OF WOMEN: We invite women of all ages to our next gathering on Thursday, October 12, 9:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., in Room 206. Carol Madison, Associate Director of Prayer Transformation Ministries, will be our guest speaker, and her topic will be "Come & See: Prayer for Revival & Transformation." Childcare is available. Call Shannon at (763) 780-4449 for details or to register your children for childcare. Join us in the Circle and bring a friend! NOTE: There will be no gathering on Thursday, October 19, because of the MEA Convention.

MEN'S FELLOWSHIP OF ST. JOHN'S meets every Thursday, 6:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m., in St. Joseph Hall. Visit our website at www.sjbmen.org, or call (612) 799-5618. We are faithful to all the teachings of Christ and His Church.

WILL YOU BE A MENTOR? Bel Air Elementary School in Mounds View is beginning its 11th year of mentoring. It only takes 90 minutes a week to be a mentor for a child in grades 3 - 5. An orientation meeting is set for Thursday, October 12, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., at Bel Air Elementary. For more information, please call (651) 633-3521.

THEOTÓKOS is a program run by the Archdiocesan Vocation Office for high school women to reflect on their dignity and vocation in the Church and in the world. Mass & pizza at St. Rita's in Cottage Grove at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 15. Call (651) 962-6890 or (651) 962-6891.

HIGH SCHOOL MEN: It takes the heart of a champion to follow Christ! Team Vianney is a Catholic movement of  high school men discerning life's vocation. Mass & pizza at St. Rita's in Cottage Grove at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 15. Call Fr. Klockeman for details, (651) 962-6832.

CATHOLIC ROCK N' ROLL is at Transfiguration Parish in Oakdale (6133 North 15th Street) on Wednesday, October 18, at 7:00 p.m., featuring international Christian recording artist, John Michael Talbot! Tickets are only $20/person. Call the reservation hotline today to see if tickets are still available, (651) 501-2233.
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THE CATHEDRAL YOUNG ADULTS welcome everyone to a five-week series lead by Father Joseph Johnson, Mass Confusion: Making Sense of the Catholic Mass, on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. in Hayden Hall at the St. Paul Cathedral, beginning October 18. Call (651) 291-4488.

ON OCTOBER 10/11/12, Tuesday - Thursday, there is MAT8 testing for grades 3 - 8. Please do not schedule any appointments in the morning on these days.

NO CLASSES for students on Thursday & Friday, October 19/20, because of the MEA Convention.

PLEASE CONTINUE to save Campbell's Labels for Education, General Mills for Education Box Tops, Kemps & Land o' Lakes milk caps, and empty laser/inkjet cartridges and bring them to the School Office. Also, please continue to use your Target Guest Card.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT is collecting pop tabs, so please have your children bring your family's tabs to school and drop them in the canister at the bottom of the lower level stairs near the Art Room. The tabs will then be sent to the Ronald McDonald House. Please help contribute to this fund throughout the year. Your donations are greatly appreciated! Thank you.

ALL 3RD - 6TH GRADE STUDENTS who like to sing are invited to join the Hallelujah Chorus. Rehearsals are on Tuesdays from 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. and on Wednesdays from 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Students need to come to only one rehearsal each week in the St. Cecilia Music Room. If your children like to sing, this is the group for them! Please call Mary Anne Bennek at (651) 633-8333, ext. 1220.

THE ADULT CHOIR has begun rehearsals. We are looking for more good, strong voices to join our wonderful  group. Rehearsals are each Wednesday from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. in the St. Cecilia Music Room. For details, call Jay Hunstiger or Mary Anne Bennek, (651) 633-8333.

THE FALL SERIES CONTINUES Thursday, October 12, with  Finding Hope in Loss. Speaker is Janice Stanton, M.A. in Theology, who is chaplain for the Benedictine Health Center in Minneapolis. Learn how to find solace and hope through the pain of loss and grief. The program is from 6:45 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at the Catholic Church of St. Timothy, 707 89th Avenue NE, Blaine. Small support groups follow the speaker. Registration is taken at each session, and childcare is free of charge. For details, please call Sue Amos Palmer, (651) 633-8333, ext. 1298.

Everyone interested in quilting is invited to our meeting on Thursday, October 12, at 1:00 p.m. in Room LL108. Please join us. Quilting is fun for people of all ages.

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