Gala online auction available

Dear OLV Families and Friends,

This is a reminder that the Gala Online Auction is open now and will remain open until Saturday, May 3!
Bidding will begin to close at 6:15 PM on Saturday evening.

There are many exciting items available — don’t miss your chance to bid and support our school!

Click HERE to view and bid:

Thank you for your continued support!

Spring Gala May 3 at OLV gym

Tickets are still available for the annual Our Lady of Victory School Spring Gala, which will begin at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 3 at the Our Lady of Victory gymnasium.

The Gala’s theme this year is “A Lookback in Time,” celebrating the school’s history from the 1950s to today. It will include dinner - chicken prosciutto, beef tenderloin, or no-meat lasagna - and dessert, silent auction and games, with a live auction to top it off!

The Gala is the school’s primary annual fundraiser. All proceeds support the school.

Tickets are $50 for an individual and $360 for a table of 8. Contact the school office at 218-736-6661 or email office@ffolv.org.

May 3-4 masses at St. Elizabeth

Due to the Our Lady of Victory School Spring Gala, masses for the weekend of May 3 and 4 will be held at St. Elizabeth.

Masses will be held 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3, St. Elizabeth’s regular mass at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, and 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Church-office update

With painting completed in the church, carpeting is the next step. The building committee is in the process of selecting a carpeting contractor.

For the church office, the committee is in the process of evaluating the interior configuration.

Baccalaureate Mass May 18

For summer planning!  OLV will host a Vacation Bible School on August 5,6, and 7 from 6-8 PM.  It is for children going into grades 1-5, and we could use helpers from middle school through adults.  Also, we will be having a Family Fun Day at Inspiration Point on Saturday August 23rd.  More details to come on both of these August events!

Reminder that noon Tuesday and 9 a.m. Thursday masses will continue to be held at St. Elizabeth’s until Our Lady of Victory Church restoration is complete. Friday masses will be held at 9 a.m. at the OLV gymnasium.

 Message from Father Alan

Dear brothers and sisters,

This Divine Mercy, Second Sunday of the Easter Season finds us still within the nine days of mourning the death of Pope Francis. We give thanks to God for his untiring service to the Church right to the very end, appearing in St. Peter's Square, greeting people from the pope-mobile after Easter Mass just hours before his death! Francis has been dubbed "the people's pope". Of the three last popes, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York once said that Pope John Paul II was the soul of the Church, Pope Benedict XVI the mind of the Church, and Pope Francis represented the heart of the Church. Francis had a heart of compassion and mercy especially for the marginalized in our society and Church. He had a "listening heart": through the recent synodal process he wanted all in the Church to become better listeners of one another and the Holy Spirit.  To listen with the heart is something quite different than only with our ears, our heads! Pope Francis like his namesake Francis of Assisi had a great love of creation, calling the earth "our common home" which needs careful care and attention. Thanks to God for the wisdom, the love, the humor, the faith that Pope Francis (the "little man chosen by God from the ends of the earth"!) shared with us these last twelve plus years as pope.

Soon the conclave to elect a new pope begins. It's an exciting time in our Church as we join in prayer to the Holy Spirit that another man filled with wisdom and faith will be chosen from among and by the cardinals to lead "the Bark of Peter" forward in Christ. Come Holy Spirit!

Blessings to you all!

Fr. Alan

Queridos hermanos y hermanas,

Este Segundo Domingo de Pascua, por la Divina Misericordia, nos encuentra aún en los nueve días de luto por la muerte del Papa Francisco. Damos gracias a Dios por su incansable servicio a la Iglesia hasta el final, apareciendo en la Plaza de San Pedro para saludar a la gente desde el papamóvil después de la Misa de Pascua, apenas horas antes de su muerte. Francisco ha sido apodado "el Papa del pueblo". De los tres últimos papas, el cardenal Timothy Dolan de Nueva York dijo una vez que el Papa Juan Pablo II era el alma de la Iglesia, el Papa Benedicto XVI la mente de la Iglesia y el Papa Francisco representaba el corazón de la Iglesia. Francisco tenía un corazón compasivo y misericordioso, especialmente con los marginados de nuestra sociedad y de nuestra Iglesia. Tenía un corazón atento... a través del reciente proceso sinodal, quiso que todos en la Iglesia se convirtieran en mejores oyentes unos de otros y del Espíritu Santo. ¡Escuchar con el corazón es algo muy diferente a solo con los oídos y la cabeza! El Papa Francisco, al igual que  su  homónimo,  Francisco  de  Asís,  tenía  un gran amor por la creación, llamando a la tierra "nuestra casa común", que necesita cuidados y atención. Gracias a Dios por la sabiduría, el amor, el humor y la fe que el Papa Francisco (¡el "hombrecito elegido por Dios desde los confines de la tierra"!) compartió con nosotros durante estos más de doce años como Papa.

Pronto comienza el cónclave para elegir a un nuevo Papa. Es un momento emocionante en nuestra Iglesia, ya que nos unimos en oración al Espíritu Santo para que otro hombre lleno de sabiduría y fe sea elegido entre y por los cardenales para guiar "la Barca de Pedro" hacia adelante en Cristo. ¡Ven, Espíritu Santo!

¡Bendiciones a todos!

P. Alan

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