Viking Newsletter

Help extend what our students are learning at home! Discuss the virtue at your dinner table. Invoke the saint that is a model of that virtue, and check out page 16 of the parents' guide for more ways to live out the virtue at home.

Congratulations to our students on their academic success!

5th - 8th Graders

At various times throughout the year a couple of our 5th - 8th grade students will be helping serve at funeral masses during the school day. What a beautiful way to live out the corporal and spiritual works of mercy!

November 2-6

Throughout the first week of November, we will be celebrating and learning about vocations. St. Vincent de Paul encourages families to pray for vocations together. Here’s a short prayer for an increase in religious vocations that you can add to your daily prayers:

Loving God, you call all who believe in you to grow perfect in love

by following in the footsteps of Christ your Son.
Call from among us more men and women who will serve you as religious.
By their way of life, may they provide a convincing sign

of your Kingdom for the Church and the whole world.

We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

Monday, November 23rd - Friday, November 27th

There will not be school due to Thanksgiving Break. We wish all of our Viking Family a very blessed Thanksgiving!

Our parish needs YOU!

The celebration of the Holy Mass is the heart of our parish community, and each of us has a special role to play in making our liturgies prayerful, beautiful, and welcoming. We are inviting parishioners and school families to prayerfully consider serving as Lectors or Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion.

As a lector, you have the privilege of proclaiming God's Word and helping others encounter Christ through Sacred Scripture. As an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, you have the beautiful opportunity to assist in sharing the Eucharist with your fellow parishioners. Training and guidance will be provided, and scheduling can accommodate your availability. Those interested in serving must meet the Church's requirements for the ministry.

Our parish is strongest when we all share our gifts! If you are looking for a meaningful way to become more involved in parish life, we encourage you to answer the call.

Could God be calling you to serve?

Contact:

Elisabeth Grace

Email: egrace@svdpvikings.com

Phone: 309-691-3602, ext. 253

“Serve one another through love.” — Galatians 5:13

Email: svdpoffice@svdpvikings.com
Website: www.svdpvikings.com
Location: 6001 North University Street, Peoria, IL, USA
Phone: 309-691-5012
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