Connie has passed to Eternal Life with the Resurrected Christ. Funeral details will be posted here as soon as they become available.

If you would like to make a gift to the seasonal environment fund in memory of a loved one who has died or in honor of someone still living, you may do so using our secure online giving portal (Vanco), which is linked to our website at www.strichards.com/giving.

Dedications received by 12/15 will be acknowledged in a Christmas season bulletin.

We are pleased to announce the hiring of a new parish administrator, Beth Schorle! We will have some overlap in December before Sheryl Rose retires, with Beth and Sheryl working together to help ensure continuity in our lay ecclesial leadership. Watch for a future bulletin announcement with Beth S’s personal introduction to our parish family!

Don has passed to Eternal Life with the Resurrected Christ. Mass of Christian Burial will be held here at the church on Thursday, December 10.

In recent years, the Third Sunday in Advent has meant ADVENTure, an event that brought the parish together to celebrate our ancestral origins by sharing Advent and Christmas traditions, playing games, and performing works of service. This year, because of COVID-19, we are going virtual!

We need your help creating short videos and photos so that the Faith Formation team can create a video collage to be shared with our parish! Send videos (mp3 or mp4 format) and photos (jpg or gif preferred) to Susie Osacho via sosacho@strichards.com, by Thursday, December 10.

Our annual opportunity has arrived for giving useful gifts to guests at the Loaves and Fishes site that parishioners serve once per month. Ideal gifts are new hats, gloves, blankets, hoodies, socks, boots and coats in men’s sizes. You may drop off your donation when you come for weekend Mass through December 20.

The ancient office of Compline derives its name form a Latin word meaning 'completion' (completorium). It is above all a service of quietness and reflection before rest at the end of the day. It is most effective when the ending is indeed an ending, without additions, conversation or noise. If there is an address, or business to be done, it should come first. If the service is in church, those present depart in silence; if at home they go quietly to bed.

Even though our group has not been able to gather physically at the church for several months, we have been meeting on Zoom to continue having regular discussions. Newcomers are welcome!

Our next selection is Pope John XXIII, by Thomas Cahill. We will discuss the book on January 24.

Each month, our finance council meets to review our budget status. If you have questions about this YTD summary, please feel free to contact any council member.

I have been privileged to serve alongside an amazing staff, and with all of you, for 8½ years in my role as Parish Administrator for St. Richard’s Catholic Church. We have journeyed together as we supported three different pastors, raised over $1.2 million dollars to make several capital improvements throughout our campus, and evolved to make sense of what ministry means during the coronavirus pandemic.

After over a year of prayer and reflection, I have decided to retire from my role as Parish Administrator at the end of December...

The journey of the walking prayer labyrinth is a metaphor for our journey through life and our longing to be with God. Its twists and turns, like the twists and turns of our lives, can offer us new perspective and ask us to pay attention to where God is leading us next. While God is calling me to new ministries, I am confident that the future of St. Richard and the Catholic Church in Richfield is bright as we continue to discern God’s vision for the Church in this area...

St. Richard is now a teaching parish, collaborating with the Saint Paul Seminary to form future deacons and priests!

Sunday, October 11th, 4:00-6:00pm

Menu: Spaghetti and meatballs, salad, bread and dessert, to-go

$10 per person; $35 for family of 4; $45 for family of 5 or more 

Please sign up by Tuesday, October 6th

When you sign-up, be sure to indicate the number of dinners you are ordering. Please also specify if you want gluten-free noodles. If you are unable to attend, but would like to help this fundraising effort, monetary contributions can be sent to the parish office labeled "Spaghetti Dinner."

We will host flu vaccine clinic on Wednesday, October 7 , from 1:00-2:15pm. This vaccination is free with Medicare and most major insurance plans.

My name is Fr. Jim Liekhus, and I’m very excited to be your new pastor [effective July 1, 2020]. A number of you have already reached out to welcome me to your parish, which lines up perfectly with what Fr. Mark has told me about you: you are very welcoming. And chatty. Fr. Mark calling other people “chatty” is saying something. I am looking forward to getting to know you and the parish’s personality.... read more

Please join our community in this Novena, June 7-15, 2020

Fr. Mark Pavlik and music ministers at St. Richard offer this video Mass for your prayer on Sunday, May 17, 2020.

Weekend Masses are being recorded each week! Check back Saturday afternoon around 5pm.

We will work together to maximize the use of resources for the benefit of the three Catholic parishes in Richfield.

Recorded by St. Richard's music ministry (cantors John Kohlhaas and Donna Kavanaugh), Fr. J Michael Joncas' new hymn is a gift to us all during this time of pandemic. Until we can all gather to lift our voices to God together, pray with this in your home.

Reproduced with permission. Copyright 2020. The Jan Michael Joncas Trust. All rights reserved.

We are reminded again this week of just how closely the Spirit is leading our parish’s strategic planning process! Over the past year, our Finance Council committed to building up an emergency fund to sustain the parish’s cash flow in the event of an emergency.

Little did we know that emergency would come so soon...