Having surpassed nine months with you now, let me tell you what a great grace it is to be serving Christ with you here at Nativity of Our Lord, and offer an update on the implementation of the One Nativity 2035 strategic planning as it relates to our mission.

Adoration will expand to include Thursdays from 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM, beginning this Thursday, April 25. Thank you to all who volunteered to make it possible!

Fr. Bill Duffert will lead Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bloomington beginning July 1, and Fr. John Paul Erickson will take over as Parochial Vicar (Associate Pastor) on July 20.

Fraudulent texts claiming to come from "Fr. Rolf Tollefson" are again being delivered to parishioners with the intent to confuse, manipulate, and steal. Please be on guard!

Videos are being viewed in small group meetings and are now also available for anyone else who wants to learn about prayer — whether they're brand new to an intentional prayer life, or seasoned vets.

We are expanding our Donut Sunday weekends to be our official Welcome Weekends, and we want all parishioners to make time to stay after Mass to meet new parishioners, and become better acquainted with everybody else.

The Minnesota House of Representatives Public Safety Committee will be voting on a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide, with a hearing is scheduled for Thursday, March 7, at 10:30 AM. Read from the head of Nativity of Our Lord's Respect Life Committee about what's at stake.

Longtime parishioner and artist Joshua Cunningham painted our historic parish church on the occasion of its 100-year anniversary. The original image now hangs in our Heritage Room.

Our Lenten Small Groups have officially launched as part of year one of the Archdiocesan Synod Implementation. Thank you to the 220 parishioners who signed up for our 26 small groups this Lent! 

Do you have a special connection or talent that could create an extraordinary experience package? This year the Silent Auction has made it easier than ever to contribute!

It's time to participate in the Split the Pot excitement! Raffle tickets are now available for purchase. We're also now offering sponsorships opportunities and accepting silent auction donations.

Here is the plan for the entire Lenten Series on Prayer from our Pastor, Fr. Rolf Tollefson. Videos will viewed in small group meetings and will also be available for anyone else who wants to learn about prayer — whether they're brand new to an intentional prayer life, or seasoned vets.

Mark your calendars for the upcoming Nativity Night to Shine Gala & Live Auction fundraising event on April 6th, 2024!

The stained glass has all been re-installed and is looking great! All that remains to be done is to remove the lift from the church and reinstall the pews. If all goes well, the church should be back to normal by Wednesday. Thank you for your continued patience!

The second year seminarians of St. John Vianney traveled to Denver to learn homeless ministry with Christ in the City. Read a recap from Brennan and watch a video he produced, including onsite (and drone!) footage.

In the first three days of online sign-up over 170 of you signed up for 27 different small groups, filling many of them. We'd particularly like more men and more School parents sign up. Registration will close January 31.

Our voicemail system has now been restored throughout our campus. Unfortunately, messages left prior to the outage last week have been lost, so please contact us again if you haven't received a reply. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

Archbishop Hebda hopes every parishioner in every parish will eventually be in some kind of small group within the parish. Why not begin with us this Lent?

I was excited to learn a short time ago that I have been assigned to spend two weeks here with you as part of the Saint Paul Seminary’s “Parish Experience” program.

Thank you for your prayers for our priests as they had to sit out the Christmas liturgies last weekend due to illness. They are both on the mend and should be back in action this weekend.