Vermilion & Pelican Lake Parishes

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thanksgiving Mass

9:00 a.m. St. Mary's, Cook

Adoration 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Immaculate Conception Mass Schedule

Monday, December 7th, 5:30 p.m. - Holy Cross, Orr

Tuesday, December 8th

9:00 a.m. - St. Mary's, Cook

5:30 p.m. - St. Martin's, Tower

The annual Respect Life Essay Contest sponsored by the department of Marriage, Family and Life of the Diocese of Duluth has begun. The essay contest strives to promote middle- and high-school students' ability to articulate the arguments for respecting life. This year's theme is "Live the Gospel of Life." Students in middle school, grades 5-8, and high-school, grades 9-12, are eligible. All submissions should be postmarked by Dec. 18th. Prize amounts are higher this year since COVID has messed up almost everything else (1^st prize is $150, 2^nd is $75, and 3^rd is $50). You may also see the guidelines and poster found under "Links" at https://www.dioceseduluth.org/marriage-and-family-life, or contact betsy kneepkens at (218) 724-9111 or [email protected]

Church doors at both St. Mary's and St. Martin's will be open from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. for those who would like to come in and pray.

"Traditional Latin Mass" will be offered at St. Mary's on the 1st Saturday of every Month at 9:00 am

We have started using a program called Flocknote to stay in touch with our Parishioners during this time. Please text Eucharist55723 to 84576 to be added to our Parish contact list and stay informed with news from your local Parish and times of Live streams, etc...

See our weekly bulletin for more details

Normal Mass Schedule is Resumed

A few important things to note...

1. Sunday obligation to attend Mass is still lifted. It is NOT a sin not to come to Mass.

2. The 10:30am Sunday Mass will be streamed here on this page.

Personal responsibility and fraternal charity are the themes during this time. We are relying on people taking personal responsibility for keeping themselves and others safe and limiting risks. We are relying on fraternal charity. This means if someone isn't following the guidelines, we don't need to shame them. We don't need to be personally offended. We must always assume the best intentions of our brothers and sisters in Christ. We don't need to judge anyone.

*Masses will have distribution of Holy Communion

**Plenty of opportunities to get to Confession before receiving Holy Communion if you need the spring cleaning of your soul!

Before attending Mass, please be sure to read the COVID-19 Protocols so you can keep yourself and others safe.

Click here to view the letter from our Diocesan Administrator, Fr. Jim Bissonnette regarding the re-opening of our churches.

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Around Our Parishes

Electronic Giving

During this time, please consider making your contributions online. Please click on your Parish below to get started. Should you need assistance, please call your parish office.

St. Martin's E-Giving

St. Mary's E-Giving

Holy Cross E-Giving

We have now added TEXT GIVING as a way to send contributions to our parishes. If you want to use text
giving—you can give to the PLATE or to UCA. For PLATE use GIVE; for UCA use UCA. To text, use the
phone number for your parish and follow the prompts. The phone numbers are:

Holy Cross—1-218-210-2376
St Mary’s—1-218-210-2535
St Martin’s—1-218-210-0446