Dear Friend,
We hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with God's bounty and joy!
As we move past the holiday, we quickly find ourselves at the first Sunday of Advent and our four week period of repentance and reflection leading to Christmas. Many of the notices in the flocknote below provide details on opportunities Saint Andrew has for you to make the most of this holy season. Whether by preparing your Advent wreath with us tomorrow, joining our Advent Speaker Series, or joining us for Adoration on Fridays, may your Advent journey help you find the tenderness of God's love found at Christmas.
We also find ourselves coming into the final days of our Saint Andrew Novena which culminates tomorrow on the Feast of Saint Andrew. If you have not already, please keep praying the prayer of Saint Andrew below as day by day, we seek to become better followers of Christ as he was.
Key notifications for the week ahead at Saint Andrew Parish are listed below.
The Saint Andrew Novena will begin on Saturday, November 22 and end on the Feast of Saint Andrew on November 30.
Parishioners can pick up novena cards at church with a prayer to say once every day during the entire novena.
The full text of the prayer can also be found by clicking on the button below.
The button above also has a daily recording of the prayer spoken by the staff of Saint Andrew so that you can pray together with them.
Novena Prayer to Saint Andrew
Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Andrew the Apostle
as an example of holiness.
Help us to imitate his openness to Your call in our own lives,
Help us to imitate his openness to Your call in our own lives,
that we may be as ready to serve You as he was.
St. Andrew, you were one of the first people to be called personally by Our Lord.
He called you and your brother St. Peter to leave behind your lives as fishermen
St. Andrew, you were one of the first people to be called personally by Our Lord.
He called you and your brother St. Peter to leave behind your lives as fishermen
and to follow Him as Apostles.
You followed His call to become “fishers of men.”
You followed His call to become “fishers of men.”
And you remained faithful to that call,
staying with Him throughout His ministry and spreading the Gospel after His death.
You probably never would have guessed that you would be invited to be one of the
closest friends of the Son of God,
staying with Him throughout His ministry and spreading the Gospel after His death.
You probably never would have guessed that you would be invited to be one of the
closest friends of the Son of God,
but you left everything behind in order to follow Him.
Pray for me, that I may be as ready to serve Christ as you were.
Please also pray for (mention your intentions here).
St. Andrew the Apostle, pray for us!
Pray for me, that I may be as ready to serve Christ as you were.
Please also pray for (mention your intentions here).
St. Andrew the Apostle, pray for us!
The Giving Tree Project
The Giving Trees in the Church and the School are both up and stocked full of ornaments. Families are able to continue taking ornaments off the tree in the church again this weekend. Each ornament is labeled with a students NAME, GRADE and GENDER. Please pay special attention when shopping and purchase 2 winter warmth items which may include gloves/mittens, socks, a hat or scarf in the appropriate sizes. Spend no more than $25.00 on each child. When you are done shopping, please place the 2 winter warmth items into a ziplock bag, along with the ornament, and drop off at the Saint Andrew Rectory. Please email Julie Richards if you have any questions at julie@standrew.org.
Wreath Blessing Moved
Tomorrow's wreath blessing will be modified due to the incoming snowy weather. Anyone who previously ordered a wreath will have it prepared for them and can be picked up during the week ahead. Please contact David Heimann at david@standrew.org. Materials for refreshing your wreath will also be available for pick up, but there will be no organized gathering to remake and bless the wreaths as previously announced.
Advent - A Chance to Grow In Faith
ADVENT SPEAKER SERIES:
Come hear our pastor Fr. Hank and our neighboring pastor Fr. Robert discuss the topic "Exploring How God Comes to Us" on December 2 and 9 at 7:00pm in the chapel at Saint Andrew. They will offer reflections and insight for our journey through Advent.
ADVENT ADORATION:
We will also offer the chance to pray before the Blessed Sacrament on Friday nights in Advent from 7pm to 8pm starting Friday, December 5, 2025. Please make plans to join us!
Join us for Mass
4:00pm on Saturdays
and (family-focused) 9:00am,
11:00am, and 5:00pm on Sundays.
Daily Mass is celebrated in the church at 9:00am
If for any reason you can not attend in person, please watch our live stream of the Sunday 9:00am Mass in real time, or as a recording throughout the day. Click on the image below to be brought to the live stream.
