Please join us 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, at St. Peter and learn about Southwest Options for Women. SWOW offers free and confidential pregnancy services and support, including free ultrasounds. Executive Director Kim Bennecke will be our speaker.

Join us for A Biblical Walk Through the Mass, a Bible study (in English), Tuesdays at St. Richard beginning Jan. 21. We will offer both morning (8:40-10 a.m.) and evening (6:10-7:30 p.m.) sessions each week.

An exciting new podcast is available: The Rosary in a Year - a podcast designed to take listeners on a journey to deeper prayer and devotion to the Blessed Mother. It is not too late to start and you can go at your own pace.

Jan. 22 is the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision (Roe v. Wade) legalizing abortion in 1973, which was overturned by the Court in June 2022 (Dobbs v. Jackson). The church encourages people to pray for all life, with particular emphasis on the unborn, especially in October (Respect Life Month) and January (anniversary of legalized abortion).

January is Sanctity of Human Life Month. Especially during this time, please consider supporting organizations like the following that care for our most vulnerable.

We will celebrate five Masses on Christmas Eve (three English, two Spanish) and four Masses on Christmas Day (three English, one Spanish). Come join us to bear witness to the birth of Jesus./Celebraremos cinco Misas en Nochebuena (tres en inglés, dos en español) y cuatro Misas el día de Navidad (tres en inglés, una en español). Únase a nosotros para dar testimonio del nacimiento de Jesús.

Los Posadas are a commemoration of Mary and Joseph’s search for lodging in Bethlehem. The posadas help us to prepare our hearts with joy and prayer for the coming of Jesus Christ./Las Posadas son una conmemoración de la búsqueda de María y José de alojamiento en Belén. Las posadas nos ayudan a preparar nuestro corazón con alegría y oración por la venida de Jesucristo.

At the heart of our stewardship is being thankful to God for all that we have and our desire to share our gifts with others. Jesus has provided us with many examples of how we are called to be stewards of these gifts. Our act of Stewardship allows us to take our gifts of time, talent and treasure and demonstrate our gratitude to God.

Please join us for all Masses this weekend (Nov. 30-Dec. 1) for coffee and fellowship. We gather after each Mass the weekend of the first Sunday of the month.

We will celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe with three Masses on Thursday, Dec. 12. There will be Masses at 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. (in English) at St. Richard, and at 7 p.m. (in Spanish) at Assumption.

Parish penance service, 12:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 14, St. Peter Servicio de penitencia parroquial, 12:30 p.m., sábado 14 de diciembre, en San Pedro

Our parishes' annual Party with St. Nick will be 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at St. Peter. Admission is free and tickets are not required./La fiesta anual de nuestras parroquias con San Nicolás será de 1:30 a 3:30 p.m. Domingo 8 de diciembre en St. Peter. La entrada es gratuita y no se requieren entradas.

Please consider donating toward Christmas flowers for the altar. Envelopes for donations can be found near the entrance of the church.

In honor of the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, we will be holding an outdoor Blessing of the Animals at both St. Richard and St. Peter on Friday, Oct. 4.

We are showing videos from the main speakers of Eucharistic Revival, Tuesdays at St. Richard through Aug. 27.