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During the course of a year, we have several new families visit OLP, like what they experience, and register to become members of our community. We are forming a group this summer to help welcome new families into our parish family. If you would like to learn more about this opportunity to make OLP a more welcoming community for new families, please click here and fill out the form you are taken to.

Don’t forget about our second annual Corpus Christi Procession immediately after Mass next Sunday, June 23! Similar to last year, we will be processing with Jesus in the Holy Eucharist through the neighborhood, weather permitting. Please join us in this witness to our faith in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

OLP will once again participate in Habitat for Humanity this summer through ”Nokomis Builds”, a joint project of four South Minneapolis Churches. This year we will sponsor a one-week work camp. Our work camp is July 8 – July 12. We will be working on a home in St.Paul. Click through to volunteer.

Is your car suffering from all of the mud and dirt flying around this spring? We’ve got just the solution for you! Come to church and get your car washed while you go to Mass on June 2.

Beginning June 1 the Parish Office will be shifting to our Summer office hours schedule. The office will be open Monday through Thursday from 8:30 am - 4 pm and Friday from 8:30 am - 12 pm.

Vacation Bible Camp’s theme this summer is “Roar! Life is Wild. God is Good.” VBC is the week of June 24-June 28 and youth in preschool through fifth grade are invited to participate in VBC as Campers. Youth in sixth and seventh grade are invited to be assistant leaders. Teens in eighth grade through twelfth grade are invited to be leaders. For more information contact Michaela Swarthout.

Beginning Memorial Day Weekend (May 25-26) we will switch to our summer Mass schedule. Masses will be on Saturday at 5 pm and Sunday at 10 am.

Are you searching for high-quality Catholic content to enrich your and your family's life? Consider supporting us as we embark on a one-year test run of FORMED. Click through for more information.

Parents, do you need an evening for date night or a Target run? Or even just a few hours of peace and quiet in your house? Drop your kids off for Parents’ Night out at the OLP gym on May 17 from 5:30-8:00 pm for a night of games and fun with the teens going on the mission trip this summer. ​​​​​​​Register in advance here or pay at the door, the cost is $25 per family.

Join men from OLP for a weekend of golf at the Dacotah Ridge Golf Club May 31 & June 1.

Please join us for the OLP Home Sweet Home Spring Gala. May 4, 2019, at 6 PM. The event will begin in Pates Hall with cocktails and a silent auction, followed by dinner, a live auction and dancing in the gym. You don't want to miss this fun event that benefits our school!

Join our community for Holy Week and Easter!

OLP's Global Solidarity Committee is once again hosting Soup Suppers on Fridays during Lent. Soup Supper dates this year include March 15, April 5, and April 12. Supper will be from 6 to 6:30 PM in Pates Hall. This year we are asking for parishioners to volunteer to make vegetarian soups for the supper on April 12. Sign up today!

Join us this Friday, March 29 for our final Fish Fry of Lent!

Join KSO for an evening with this year's showcase winners on March 23 at 7:30 pm in the OLP Church. The program will include music by Beethoven, Donizetti, Mozart, Prokofiev, and many others! Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 dollars for children 12 & under.

Visit our Lent page for information on upcoming events, prayer resources, and information on our almsgiving projects.

All men of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis are invited to this annual tradition of archdiocesan Catholic men on March 23. Join fellow men of the OLP community in this day of prayer and spiritual growth and get a 25% discount on the cost of registration. Click to learn more about the conference and to register.

What does your faith mean to you? Faith is something so personal that words cannot easily explain it. Faith can bring peace amidst turmoil, and true joy even in difficult circumstances. As Catholics, we are called to freely live out our faith and to give back to others as Christ has poured Himself out for us.

Did you know that we spend 70% of our waking hours at work? Learn how to focus on working for Our Father. See how your work really matters to God. Discover how you can make a difference. This dynamic workshop series could be what you need to renew yourself in the Holy Spirit.

Attention all men!  Join the OLP Men's Club for an evening with storyteller and wordsmith Jim Thorp for a discussion titled: "Little Lower Than the Angels: Creation, Evolution and the Origins of Authentic Manhood" on Friday, January 25 at 6:00 pm in Pates Hall.