Do you feel called to play a more active role in supporting unborn life? Pray on the sidewalk by Planned Parenthood on Mondays in Rochester, which is the day of the week that the chemical abortion pill is given. Contact Maggie Eggerichs if you feel called and for more information: 507-732-7516

Faith Formation sessions will start on Wednesday, October 14th at the Church of St. Michael, Pine Island. Registration Letter, Form, & Calendar were emailed to your family or you can pick up registration form at the entrance of the Church. Classes will start on Wednesday, October 14 from 6:30-7:45pm.

If you didn’t receive one and wish to register your children or have not previously attended our Faith Formation program but are interested in participating, please contact the Church Office by calling 507-356-4280 or email 

stmichaeloffice@bevcomm.net.

Faith Formation sessions will start on Wednesday, October 14th at the Church of St. Michael, Pine Island.

Registration Letter, Form, & Calendar were emailed to your family or you can pick up registration form at the entrance of the Church. Classes will start on Wednesday, October 14 from 6:30-7:45pm.

If you didn’t receive one and wish to register your children or have not previously attended our Faith Formation program but are interested in participating, please contact the Church Office by calling 507-732-5324 or email stpauls@hcinet.net.

“Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people: "What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, 'Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.' He said in reply, 'I will not,' but afterwards changed his mind and went. The man came to the other son and gave the same order. He said in reply, 'Yes, sir, „but did not go. Which of the two did his father's will?‟ They answered, „The first.‟ Jesus said to them, „Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. When John came to you in the way of righteousness, you did not believe him; but tax collectors and prostitutes did. Yet even when you saw that, you did not later change your minds and believe him.‟” --Matthew 21:28-32

“We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of

wars, or of hatred…If a mother can kill her own child, what is left

but for us to kill each other?” — St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

“You are called to stand up for life! To respect and defend the

mystery of life always and everywhere, including the lives of unborn

babies, giving real help and encouragement to mothers in

difficult situations. You are called to work and pray against abortion.”

— St. John Paul II

"I have great reverence for St. Michael the Archangel; he had no example to follow in doing the Will of God, and yet he fulfilled God's Will faithfully." St. Faustina Kowalska

"God is humanity's universal Teacher and Guardian, but His teaching to humanity is mediated by Angels." St. Thomas Aquinas

"If you remembered the presence of your Angel and the Angels of your neighbors, you would avoid many of the foolish things which slip into your conversations." St. Josemaria Escriva

"Since God often sends us His inspirations by means of His Angels, we ought frequently to offer Him our aspirations through the same channel. Call on them and honor them frequently, and ask their help in all your affairs, temporal as well as spiritual." St. Francis de Sales

"The Angels of God accompanied the faithful when the light of His Truth only dawned in the new world. And now that the day sprung from on high was visited, and exalted our nature to a union with the Divinity, will these beneficent beings be less associated or delighted to dwell with the soul that is panting for heavenly joys and longing to join in their eternal alleluias?

Oh, no, I will imagine them always surrounding me and in every moment will sing with them, 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts, Heaven and earth are full of Your glory!'" St. Elizabeth Seton

Please join us in public prayer for our state and

country's elections, conversion, and peace on the Sundays leading

up to the elections. These rallies will be held on Sundays near the

Rochester Government Center at the corner of 4th St. SE and 3rd

Ave. SE at 3pm, the Divine Mercy Hour . The next ralley will be September 27. May our united prayers through Mary

find the Heart of Jesus. Questions: Contact Mary

at mamiot@hotmail.com or 507-287-6481/ Janela at daveandjanela

@gmail.com or 507-282-6090.

The next Holy Hour for Women will be on Sunday, September 27, at 6:00pm at Church of St. Michael. All women are invited!

Saving Lives Through Courageous

Action Online Event on Monday, September 28 at 7:00 PM.

During this event, you'll be:

*SHOCKED to lear n how the abortion industry brazenly positioned

itself as an “essential” service during Coronavirus

*ENCOURGED by Pr o-Life Action Ministries’ effective, strategic

response to Planned Parenthood’s aggressive expansion

*INSPIRED to lear n how — even amidst COVID and riots —

more lives are being saved than even in Minnesota, Central Florida

— and beyond

*EQUIPPED AND EMPOWERED to help Pr o-Life Action

Ministries increase the number of trained sidewalk counselors to

bring love and support to more abortion-bound women

*MOTIVATED to take cour ageous action … to help many more

mothers and save many more babies from abortion!

Join us to be encouraged by our Baby Saved testimonials, 2020

Ministry Highlights, our incredible speaker, and support our mission

to stop abortion ... one life at a time!

REGISTER TO ATTEND FOR FREE: go to https://www.

webcastsuccess.com/plam

Rosary Coast To Coast Event: Join us on Sunday, October 11, at 3PM for the Rosary Coast to Coast event outside the Church of St. Michael in Pine Island. This event is part of a nationwide prayer campaign for the healing of our Church and our Nation culminating in the public recitation of the Rosary in over 1,000 locations across the United States at 3PM CST. Please join us at St. Michael, gathering around 2:50PM, with the Rosary beginning at 3PM. Please call the parish office for more information.

Fatima Movie Night at St. James Coffee, Rochester, MN

Come and watch the NEW movie Fatima on October 13 & 16 at 6:30pm. Each night will begin with a short talk by someone who has been to the apparition sight in Fatima. They will share their experience and answer any questions people may have. The movie will start promptly at 7:00 pm. There is no cost to attend, but if you are planning to attend, please call (507) 281-3559, email mscaccio@stjamescoffee.com, or simply let the barista know when you are at St. James. We will be keeping a sign up list to ensure we can safely accommodate numbers.

The St. Pio Knights of Columbus Council is sponsoring a food drive to support both the Pine Island and Zumbrota food shelves. Food, household goods and personal care items may be brought to St. Michael or St. Paul on the weekend of October 17 and 24. Specific items requested from the food shelves include coffee, spaghetti macaroni noodles, toilet paper, and dish soap.

Want to transform your work, your marriage, your family,

and your life, but think you don’t have time? Looking

for the quickest, surest, and easiest way to holiness,

but don’t know where to begin? In our hectic day and

time, Pope John Paul II and Blessed Mother Teresa

knew that the quickest way to be transformed into a saint is

through a relationship with Our Blessed Mother, Mary.

Join us on Monday, October 12th, as we begin a 33-day preparation

for Marian Consecration. For six weeks, we’ll individually

read about and reflect on four great Marian giants: St. Louis de

Montfort, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Blessed Mother Teresa, and

Pope John Paul II. They’ll teach us the secrets to drawing closer

to the Heart of Jesus through the Heart of Mary.

In our weekly meetings, at 6:30PM (Church of St. Michael, Pine

Island) we’ll share our insights within our small group and then

watch a 30-minute video. The video is by popular author and

speaker, Fr. Michael Gaitley MIC, brings our individual reflections

and group experience into a clear and live-able focus. If

you’re looking for a simple way to be spiritually renewed, develop

a deeper relationship with Our Merciful Savior, and grow in

holiness, join us for 33 Days to Morning Glory Small-group Retreat.

Pick up a flyer in the vestibule and contact the Parish Office

(507-356-4280) prior to October 12th.

Get involved in the Synod Process through Praying with

Scripture Series: This five-part virtual series on praying with

Scripture offers practical tools for growing in holiness, drawing

upon the rich tradition of the Catholic Church. Archbishop Hebda

and Bishop Cozzens will teach the fundamentals of praying

with Scripture and explain how to use a Prayer Companion resource

to enrich your prayer experience. Watch at your convenience

with family, friends or on your own. To participate and receive

materials, download “MyParish” from your app store and

search “Archdiocesan Synod” OR sign up to receive emails

at eva.us/archspm-fall2020. More information at archspm.org/synod.

Classes teach couples the Church approved methods on how to achieve or postpone pregnancy while embracing the beauty of God’s gift of sexuality.

The Creighton Ovulation Method will be taught by the Twin Cit-ies FertilityCare Center on:

Monday, August 26 at Our Lady of Grace Edina

Register online at www.tcnfp.org

The Marquette Model Ovulation-Sympto Hormonal Meth-od classes will be held on:

Sunday, August 30 - Online

Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/109396756644

 “The soul united to God and transformed in Him draws from with-in God a Divine Breath, much like the most high God Himself. And God, abiding in the soul, breathes forth the Life of the soul as its exemplar. This I take to be what Paul meant when he said: Because you are Children of God, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father;” this is what takes place in those who have achieved perfection. One should not wonder that the soul is capable of so sublime an activity. For if God so favors her that she is made God-like by un-ion with the most Holy Trinity, I ask you then, why it should seem so incredible that the soul, at one with the Trinity and in the great-est possible likeness to it, should share the understanding, knowledge and love which God achieves in Himself? How this is possible no other power or wisdom can express, save by explaining how the Son of God obtained this sublime state for us and won for us the power to be the Children of God, as He asked of the Father: Father, I desire that where I am those you have given me may also be with me, that they may see the glory you have given me, that is, that they may share with certainty the very task I perform? And then He said: Not for them alone do I ask but also for those who will come to believe in me through their teaching, that all

may be one as you, Father, are one in me and I in you, that they may be one in us; that the world may believe that you have sent me. And the glory you have given me I have given them that they may be one as we are. I in them, you in me, that they may be made perfect, and the world will know that you sent me and as you have loved me, so I have loved them. The Father thus gives them the same love He shares with the Son, though not by nature as with the Son, but through unity and trans-formation of Love. One should not think that the Son is asking the Father to make the saints one with Him in essence and nature as the Son is with the Father, but rather that they be united with Him in Love, just as the Father and Son are one in the essential unity of Love. Accordingly, souls possess the same goods by participation that the Son possesses by nature. As a result, they are truly Divine by participation, equals and companions of God. Thus Peter said: May grace and peace be perfected in you in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. For all things of his divine power, which are given to us for our life and goodness, are given through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and power, by which he has given us great and precious promises, that by these we may be made partakers of the divine nature. So the soul, in this union which God has ordained, joins in the work

of the Trinity, not yet fully as in the life to come, but nonetheless even now in a real and perceptible way. O my soul, created to en-joy such exquisite gifts, what are you doing, where is your life go-ing? How wretched is the blindness of Adam’s children, if indeed we are blind to such a brilliant light and deaf to so insistent a voice.”

The Zumbrota Food Shelf remains open as usual and ready to assist anyone needing food assistance at this time. For information, to make a donation, or request a delivery call (507) 732-7330 and leave a message.