Evangelization

The readings reminds us of our Divine adoption as God's children and of our call to preach the Good News of Jesus. I read a story of a prison chaplain that challenges us. He went to talk with a man sentenced to die in the electric chair. He urged him to believe in Jesus Christ and be baptized; that forgiveness and eternity with God awaited him if only he would turn towards God. The prisoner said, "Do you really believe that?" "Of course I do," replied the chaplain. "Go on," scoffed the prisoner. "If I believed that I would crawl and hands and knees over broken glass to tell others, but I don't see you Christians making any big thing of it!" He had a point.
 
We have group of vibrant, faithful college-aged evangelizers, who can effectively impact our children, junior high, and high school youth. Haley Arndt, CJ Kallevig, Charles Luke and Robbie Simon are here to run the Totus Tuus. Totus Tuus means totally yours. Totus Tuus is a summer Catholic youth program dedicated to sharing the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith. It is a fun learning program and a great opportunity for our children and youth to learn and develop a personal relationship with Jesus. Please encourage our children and youth to participate.
 
Please join us, your pastor and parish council members to welcome our new Parish Council Members:

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Diane Nolan: My name is Diane Nolan and I was born and raised in Illinois.  I am a cradle Catholic and I went to Catholic schools from Kindergarten through Senior High School. I relocated to Park Falls in 1975 and my two sons went to St. Anthony School. I moved to Butternut in 1982 and attended Immaculate Conception parish until 2002 when my husband Harvey and I moved back to the Park Falls area and I switched back to St. Anthony again. Together, Harvey and I have 5 children and 8 grandchildren.
 
I have been a hairstylist for 50 years and am still working part time at Hometown Hair Care in Park Falls. I am currently serving as President of St. Anthony's Council of Catholic Women, am a greeter at Mass, and I am also the contact person for the Dynamic Catholic Parish Champion program. When you see free books or dvd's at the entrances to church, that is where they come from. I would be honored to serve on St. Anthony's Parish Council. 

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Gregory Oswald: I was born in Park Falls and have been a member of the St. Anthony Parish since baptism. This includes all sacraments from baptism, first communion, confirmation, and was married at St. Anthony's. Sarah and I have three children and we moved back to Park Falls in 2012. We are active members of the cluster since returning. Sarah and I read at 9:30 am Mass.

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Barbara Gustafson: My name is Barbara Gustafson, born and brought up in Park Falls. I went to school at St. Anthony and received all the sacraments at St. A’s. My husband, Bob and I raised four children and they went to St. Anthony School. We are active members of the parish and honored to serve in the parish council.