We are encouraged to mark the fourth Sunday of Lent, Laetare Sunday, with joyful celebrations in our homes. Laetare means rejoice in Latin, and Family Corner this week will help us to look forward in faith to the joy of the Resurrection.

Almsgiving is one of our main practices during Lent. Family Corner this week will focus on ways we can work together in the family and parish to give to others.

Every year, March 19 calls for the celebration of the Solemn Feast of Saint Joseph. It is the perfect day to relax our Lenten sacrificial offerings as a way of honoring the love and leadership of the spouse of Our Lady and foster father of Our Lord. Click the link above for ideas about how to celebrate!

For those who missed the first Eucharistic Consecration, there will be another opportunity on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27. We invite you to read the Matthew Kelly’s "33 Days to Eucharistic Glory" daily on your own beginning March 26 and to click the link above to sign up.

Lent provides a chance to go deeper: both giving and giving up. Learning and praying together as a family enhances simpler meals. Lent coincides with lengthening days, enriching our patient waiting and preparing. Click for ideas to pray, eat, and work together.

Why does the priest sometimes wear green and sometimes white? What do the seasons of the Church have to do with our daily lives? All this and more in The Family Corner, a new feature where we’ll share ways to bring the liturgical seasons of the Church into our families and homes in simple, accessible, kid-friendly ways.

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Miss your chance to sit for a portrait? You can now submit a photo for our new parish Picture Directory.

We especially need Nativity School parents to attend our small group leader formation so we can offer small groups for School parents.

We have become aware of some generous gifts of stock that were donated by parishioners in the last 1-2 months of 2024 that have not yet been formally acknowledged. We apologize for the delay and please know they'll be arriving soon. Thank you for your generosity and for your patience!

Friday, January 31 is the priority deadline for room reservations at our Men’s retreat February 21-23. Don’t miss your chance to join in fellowship and faith with Fr. Tollefson at Eddy’s Lake Mille Lacs Resort!

One of our neighbors contacted us recently about some significant damage sustained to his parked car after one of our Sunday liturgies. While hopefully an isolated incident, we do ask that our parishioners and visitors be extra careful when driving to and from our campus.

Hello Nativity Parishioners! I am a third-year seminarian at St. Paul Seminary, and I have been living at Nativity of Our Lord as my January assignment, in order to get an inside look at the life of a parish priest.

Our Parish Business Administrator Laura Barr has departed from her leadership role at Nativity. We greatly appreciate her many years of service.

There’s rich irony in the pastor of a church called Nativity missing Christmas liturgies in his first year on the job. But as a believing Catholic Christian, I’m inclined to look for God’s hand moving amidst the seemingly random occurrences in our lives.

As the calendar year nears its end, please help us by fulfilling your 2024 stewardship commitment and/or by providing Nativity of Our Lord with a special year-end gift. Thank you for your generosity!

The city of St. Paul has declared a Snow Emergency beginning at 9:00 PM tonight.

As our national Eucharistic revival continues into Year 2, and our local Synod focuses on a year of Eucharistic focus, there are many local formation opportunities available.

Through prayerful discernment, the Lord revealed to our Director of Discipleship, Mahalia Marcelin, that he has new plans for her, and she has decided to resign from her role here at Nativity of Our Lord, effective December 31.

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