Ministries
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Get involved at both parishes!
- Altar Servers
- Legion of Mary
- Ladies' Guild
- Parish & Finance Council
- EMHC for the Homebound
- Music Ministry
- Uniting in Heart
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Altar servers meet for training once a year in the summer. You must be in 5th grade or older to be an altar server. Check the bulletin for the serving schedule.
Please be in the sacristy at least 10 minutes before Mass when you are scheduled to serve. If an altar server is not able to serve at the assigned Mass, he or she should make arrangements for a replacement. Thank you!
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The Legion of Mary is a group of men and women who dedicate themselves to the service of the church by prayer and good works, especially in service to the priests in a parish. Our group meets every Monday at 1:30 PM in the St. Francis Xavier parish hall.
To join our parishes in prayer, good works, and dedicated service, contact Kay DeFreese.
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Each parish has a finance council to oversee spending and finances. We are grateful for the dedication and care the members of the council have shown our parishes by their service on the council. If you have a concern you would like to bring to either council's attention, please contact us.
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Those who are unable to come to Mass and would like to be added to the list of parishioners who recieve the Eucharist on a weekly basis at home, please contact Father Rasner at 765-762-3330.
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Are you interested in joining the choir? Please contact us today!
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The Pastorate Council is made up of Deacon Mike, Tim Hays, Director of Operations, Jenny Goeppner, Director of Evangelization, Kay DeFreese, Matt Murphy, Paul Risler, Rob Beckett, Rosemarie Finney and Katherine Powell.
Please feel free to reach out to Deacon Mike or any of the council with questions you may have.
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Live the Faith!
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Cursillo is a community of Catholic men and women who meet regularly to support and encourage each other in our efforts to grow in knowledge and become more committed in the practice of our Catholic faith.
Cursillo ultreyas (meetings) are held monthly from September to June, usually the last Saturday of the month.Weekend retreats are held at the St. Joseph Retreat Center in Tipton.
More about Cursillo3 Day Cursillo
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The Lafayette Serra Club is a group of lay men and women, committed to the work of the Church, who seek to achieve excellence in that vocation while convinced of the need to support it ministers. The work of Serra is primarily a spiritual work, praying for the promotion and encouragement of vocations, but it also works to aid priests, seminarians, and religious through various activities. For more information contact Tim or Eileen Hays ([email protected]).
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The Knights of Columbus is a group of men of faith and character who are determined to make a difference in their parishes and their communities. Most of the Knights in our parish are members of the Council at St. Patrick in Oxford. These men hold fundraisers to contribute to various food banks, the Benton County Special Olympics, Life Teen, and Gibault Correction Facility for teens. They provide "boots on the ground" by serving meals at Lafayette Urban Ministries, holding cook outs at the Benton County Retirement Home, and helping to make necessary repairs in the community, especially to help people in need or the church. For more information please contact Jeff Windnagle ([email protected]).
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What is Natural Family Planning?
Natural Family Planning (NFP) is fertility awareness. A couple can then use that knowledge to either postpone or to help achieve a pregnancy. Barring any problems, men are always fertile. Women go through phases of fertility and infertility. Modern methods of NFP teach you to identity these phases of fertility. When used correctly, NFP is 99% effective in postponing pregnancy.
For more information including classes availble in our diocese click here.
NFP printable brochure.
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