Adopt a Highway
Please sign up for only one start time slot.
Adopt-A-Highway CleanUp Project - October 3
Adopt-A-Highway CleanUp Project. To move our mission beyond our parish doors, the Sustainability Committee has secured the adoption of Cliff Road, between Pilot Knob and Lexington, from Dakota County for the Catholic Community of St. Thomas Becket. October 3 is the next scheduled clean up of our stretch of road (rain date Oct 10).
We will meet at the church between 8:00am and 9:00am in shifts to gather supplies and then move out to different zones along the road. Expect to spend two to three hours between safety briefing and clean up efforts.
Participants must be at least 12 years old. Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Bring your own gloves, grabbers, sunscreen, and hats. Please bring a safety vest if you have one. The county will provide bags and some safety vests. Participants should wear long pants and closed-toe shoes.
Questions?
Please contact Michelle Sharp at michelle.m.sharp@gmail.com
SIGN UP HERE: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080c4daaaa28a20-adopt1
Here's a blast from the past! Around 2006 I believe. What a special group of dedicated Teens! If you're in this picture, give us a quick update on your life.
OUTDOOR service is perfect during this Covid-time! Grab your family, friends, and/or confirmation small group and help prepare an older adult’s yard for winter by raking leaves and other miscellaneous yard work. Just contact DARTS Aging and Caregiving Resources through https://dartsconnects.org/group-volunteering/ to pair you with a local individual.
We would love to see you in action. Please take a picture (wearing your STB t-shirt if you have one) and post it to Facebook and Instagram tagging STB and using the hashtag #stbserves.
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Group Volunteering - DARTS
FMSC has instituted safety protocols and now has many shifts available. Packing events are scheduled Monday thru Saturday at the Eagan location. Grab your family, a small group friend, or a confirmation buddy to help us serve "Beyond Our Walls". We would love to see you in action. Please take a picture (wearing your STB t-shirt if you have one) and post it to Facebook and Instagram tagging STB and using the hashtag #stbserves.
Feed My Starving Children - Richardson
September 9 at 10:21 AM ·
Saturday volunteer packing shifts open October 3!
We are excited to welcome more volunteers to pack lifesaving meals. The need for meals is more urgent than ever.
Sign up now at fmsc.org/volunteer and learn about safety measures in place for your session.
We can wait to see you again!
Great time on the links for the Bogey's best ball. Weather cooperated. Thanks to Steve Boehm for a great job with coordinating!
BLESSING OF THE BEAST
Last Sunday, we had over 40 pet animals blessed. It's a good thing pets didn't wear masks, that would have been an interesting sight.
ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY
Thank you to all who volunteered this past Saturday!
Blessing Bags for People in Need
Donations are needed for Blessing Bags.
Drop off in the Commons or outdoor package drop off bin by Monday, October 19.
Items needed:
Good quality protein bars, athletic socks, mini hand sanitizers, beef sticks/jerky, deodorant, and gallon size zip-style baggies.
NEED SOME FELLOWSHIP?
The video Masses are great, but do you feel the need to share fellowship with others?
One suggestion is to watch the readings and homily part of the Mass with your friends on Zoom, and then discuss your thoughts and feelings on what you heard. This is simple to do on Zoom - just have one of the attendees share their screen and then replay the YouTube video of the Mass. You can access the share screen button on the bottom of your Zoom window.
Decorate, paint or carve your pumpkin!
Details at: http://87e3fe3a943b5d2ccdf2-0124caf76e8af9e3c2f1a6d1f3dfd30b.r43.cf2.rackcdn.com/uploaded/p/0e10999405_1601581300_pdf-t-ff-pumpkin-contest.pdf
Get your costumes ready and join us for a fun day!
To go along with Fr. Tim's sharing this week. Have a listen...
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You Can Do This Hard Thing
Community Blood Drive at STB
Thursday, November 12, 2020
12:00 pm—6:00 pm
Go to https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=stb to schedule.
VOLUNTEER!
If you are able to volunteer, we are looking for volunteers on November 12 to help register donors who come in, and to take people's temperatures.
CLICK HERE to volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080c4daaaa28a20-stbcommunity
All presenting donors will receive a Coupon for a Free Pint of Culver’s Frozen Custard with any purchase.
"First Annual" Pumpkin Decorating Contest
Open to all ages, families, and groups.
- Pumpkins can be carved, painted, or otherwise decorated
- 3 winners will be chosen by anonymous judges
- Prizes: 1st place $30 in Starbucks gift cards; 2nd place $20 in Starbucks gift cards; 3rd place $10 Starbucks gift card
- NEW DATE Drop off pumpkins by this Saturday, October 24 at the wooden wagon on church grounds. DO NOT climb onto the wagon!
- Be sure your first and last name is on the back/bottom of the pumpkin (carved, painted, or permanent marker) before dropping it off, so we can inform you if you win! • Winners will be chosen at our Halloween Hike family event on October 25; you do not need to be present to win
- Please no political or violent themes/props with your pumpkin
- If you want to get your pumpkin back, please pick it up by October 31.
ATTENTION - October 25th - Halloween Hikers!!
New safety plan in place!
To make your reservation for the
Halloween Hike! CLICK HERE: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040449a8a92ca5fa7-stbhalloween
Event starts 10am, after 9am Mass.
We are taking 3 families per time slot.
- Families who attend Mass can do the hike immediately following; no need to use the Sign-Up Genius is you are already signed up for Mass!
- See you Sunday, October 25 for a quick service project and lots of treats and treasures
- Activities can be completed in 15- 20 minutes
Mass Reservation: https://bookapew.com/app/mn/stb/
if you are attending Mass this Sunday, save a seat at https://bookapew.com/app/mn/stb/ for our for 9am Mass (families who attend Mass do not need to sign up for the Halloween Hike)-
WATCH VIDEO: https://youtu.be/USgD7LnsJys
After enriching and changing the lives of over 897 children from approximately 678 families for the past 20 amazing years, St Thomas Becket Preschool closed its doors in June 2020. This decision was made before the pandemic came along.
STB Preschool was a vision of Pam Magyar, one of our parishioners, who took on the challenge of creating it in July 2000 using her own $2000 donation. The first school year 2000-2001 enrolled 26 children with 2 staff members in 2 classes. The following year it grew to 90 children with 7 staff members in 7 classes. And it continued up from there. Many children came more than one year. The largest enrollment was 124 children in 2005-2006. From the field trips to the nature walks to the daily activities used to show children that learning can happen while playing, STB Preschool has been a fun and exciting place for children as well as staff. We are sad to see it end.
Here is a fun fact:
25% of the parishioner graduates from high school this year got their start attending STB Preschool!
Thank you to all the families who entrusted us with the care of your children and the staff who made it a great place to be.
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STB says goodbye to our Preschool
Fun day at STB, so many creative costumes!
We had the "Blessing Bags" service project first and then the Halloween Trail, with treats for our young visitors. Thank you to all who made this possible!!!
PUMPKIN CONTEST
We had 12 amazing pumpkins, all very creative and detailed. Our teen judges had a difficult time choosing the top 3.
GIVING GARDEN
A huge thank you to all who contributed to the giving gardens over the weekend. Between adding fill and staging the materials and equipment on Friday; and mixing, “soiling” and watering the beds, raking and building the greenhouse supports on Saturday - there were over 80 volunteer-hours donated to the project. Incredible!
Warms the soul to be part of such an engaged parish. The gardens will provide a lot of fresh produce to the food insecure in our midst over the coming years. You should feel very good about your contribution!
Help local Businesses
Please help the Eagan Knights support our local
Seminarians while enjoying fabulous hand-made, sweet and savory strudel from Ruhland’s Strudel Haus. The ultimate convenience food, strudels go from the freezer to the oven and in about 45 minutes you have Love on a Plate for your holiday meals. Strudels include chicken pot pie, Italian, Apple and Blueberry Lemon.
Orders are due by December 5th and pickup will be at St. John Neumann on Saturday December 19th at 9:00 AM Delivery is also available.
Please visit:
www.eaganknights7604.com to order.
Proceeds will go towards supporting local seminarians.
For questions contact eaganknights@gmail.com
Make sure to reserve a spot at:
https://bookapew.com/app/mn/stb/
Share your lights!
The Season of light and Giving is almost here!
Choose how you would like to share your light this Advent / Christmas Season
STB ministries are working together this year to communicate meaningful options for your household to make a difference for families in need that live in the Minneapolis / St Paul area.
Explore the options and decide which giving opportunity is best for you and your family.
Hurry, sign up ends Sunday, December 6.
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Here are some things you can begin to do now to more fully experience the Sense of Place which is church, home and your inner being.
• Make a manger at home in a craft project(see below for an example) or using any container, like a bowl or box which is meaningful to you. See below for an idea.
• Make an Advent Wreath and light it when we light the Advent Candles at the video Mass. These wreaths are limited only by four candles and your
imagination. Some helpful websites: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/
98657048058774629/ or https://mariebostwick.com/diy-advent-wreath/.
• Begin thinking about a special item that you have that is meaningful to you. Something that brings you joy, peace, hope, evokes a good memory. That gives
you that sense of place in your life. Bring it to Mass on the Feast of Christ the King or have it with you that weekend when you watch the on-line Mass. We will bless those objects at that Mass and use them for contemplation during Advent.
During this season of craziness are you looking for something to look forward to?
St. Thomas Becket is joining several area churches to create Christmas light displays. On Sunday, December 13th from 5-7pm, the community can drive through the parking lots to see displays of Christmas Hope and Joy.
There are several ways parishioners can help:
1. Please let us know if you have Christmas light displays to loan for a day or two, which could be set up Saturday December 12 or Sunday December 13. We would like to focus on a grouping of religious themed displays and have a separate grouping of secular displays.
2. Let us know if you would be interested in creating a light display (on your own or with a group), perhaps a giant star, outlines of the three wise men, etc.
3. We would like to hang lights on trees in front of the church and by our entrance sign, which can happen once we have purchased lights.
Let us know if you have experience hanging lights on trees or if you would just be willing to help with this.
Contact Kristin from STB's Fun and Fellowship Council at kmatlon@outlook.com to donate, volunteer or ask questions.
Saint Thomas Becket
ADVENT CALENDAR 2020
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A Sense of Place
We carry our sense of place deep in our memories, and even deeper in our hearts.
Yet even when time or space… or pandemic keeps us from visiting special places, we can go there in our imagination. And we can use them as invitations to prayer.
This Advent Calendar invites you and your family to visit special places and events at St. Thomas Becket as a way to experience a sense of place with our loving God. It is also a way to envision a future full of hope.
Each day of Advent, click on a numbered ornament and reflect on the image and message.
If you haven’t looked at the STB Advent Calendar yet, do yourself a favor and look. It is so beautiful with pics around STB and of members, including Rocco! See previous post for link.
Merry Christmas to ALL!
LIVESTREAMED MASS THIS CHRISTMAS EVE
LIVESTREAM 3pm:
https://youtu.be/CUWHf3eWAsU
3:00 pm presided by Fr. Mike Erlander
LIVESTREAM 10pm:
https://youtu.be/VM_xwfcoBk0
10:00 pm presided by our pastor Fr. Tim Wozniak
You can also find these livestream links on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUminxYup15HYonL5TP3FgA
We will have a recorded Mass for Christmas presided by our pastor Fr. Tim Wozniak. It will be available on our website (www.stbeagan.org) at 8:00 am on Thursday, December 24, 2020.
A Christmas Meditation……
If you didn’t watch the livestream Christmas Eve Mass – and you’re missing your St. Thomas Becket home – check out this short video.
https://youtu.be/2NLvsP8SUMg
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Christmas at The Catholic Community of St. Thomas
RESERVE A SEAT AT BOOK-A-PEW:
https://bookapew.com/app/mn/stb/
THIS SUNDAY:
Archbishop Hebda will Preside and Preach at our 9 am Mass on January 24. The Archbishop visits each parish during his time as Archbishop, so he will be with us on January 24.
We will use the same procedure we have in the past months for Mass attendance: signing up on Book A Pew, a limit of 150 people, following all COVID protocols.
Ideally, it would be wonderful to have a reception after Mass to greet the Archbishop; however, due to safety reasons regarding the pandemic we will not be doing that.
Fr. Tim
CLICK on the link to sign-up! Please do so by February 14.
tinyurl.com/kff8k2sp
Join us, Saturday, February 20 at 6:00 pm!
Select your choice of entree and dessert ahead of time, pick up at STB and then go home, cook and gather with all via zoom.
It will be a fun night!
Couples who have been married for less than a year are free.
Cost: $30 per couple
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Easter Basket Project
Take a look at our 2020 video and be part of this amazing project this 2021!
SIGN UP HERE:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080f4da8a722aafe3-easter1
2020 VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/M8ItNR9gLyY
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STB Easter Basket Project 2020
https://youtu.be/syi6wIb5-W8
Save the date for a fun day of Sledding at our STB grounds - Saturday, March 6 from 6pm - 8pm
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STB Sledding 2021
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUminxYup15HYonL5TP3FgA
STATIONS OF THE CROSS VIDEO LINK:
https://youtu.be/WE7xH-_9h-Y?t=1
This year due to the pandemic, we will not be able to gather at our parish to walk through our Stations of the Cross and have a bowl of soup as a community.
Fr. Tim made a video for you. We invite you to walk with him (virtually), every Friday and gather at your table to enjoy a cup of soup.
Lent 2021: A Passageway to Life http://87e3fe3a943b5d2ccdf2-0124caf76e8af9e3c2f1a6d1f3dfd30b.r43.cf2.rackcdn.com/uploaded/p/0e11530744_1613145403_pdf-lent-introduction-a.pdf
Reserve a spot for our Lenten Reconciliation Service, this THURSDAY, March 25 at 7:00 pm: https://bookapew.com/app/mn/stb/
Dedicate a loved one in prayer by offering beautiful Easter plants for our worship space.
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Holy Week Celebrations SCHEDULE here:
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WEBSITE: http://stbeagan.org/