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The Holy Family Shrine at St Albert's is ready for people’s prayers, reflections and hopefully miracles! The Holy Spirit helped during the construction by sending us some very generous people and companies to assist with the construction.

Warmth, humility, and faithfulness are the three things parishioner Michelle Forcier appreciates most about St. Albert’s. The faith formation events have had a significant impact on her spiritual growth.

Anonymous parishioner shares how fun it is to belong at St Albert's despite being a small parish --- Fr Joe, music, and the fun events like parish picnic and festival!

Kristen Berning and her family are blessed to be able to continue the Berning's family traditions with their children at St Albert's focusing on faith, service and community.

Rick Kosey shares his three favorite things about our parish: Welcoming, Vibrant Youth and Spiritual. Find out more why they chose St Albert's their home parish and they serve the Lord together as a family.

Lori Mills likes being in St Albert's Adoration Chapel—the peace and quietness bring her so close and to have a deeper relationship with Jesus. Also, her prayers have been answered every time in Adoration.

Betty Matras loves being at St Albert's because Jesus is present whenever she visits the church or adoration chapel. She loves being around people who give her warmth, care and comfort. She is truly grateful for the friendly parish community.

Lori Valerius is a lifelong parishioner and she shares how she has a deep connection to the Church of St Albert.

Here is the beautiful story from our parishioner, Tom Gindele, sharing how amazing it was to witness the conversion of his son-in-law and his mother to receiving the sacraments. Read more here.

Sharing how people help him to grow in his faith and how God works in their lives are what make St Albert's special for our parishioner, Jack Steffl. Click here to read more.

It is the reverence of the Mass, the Eucharist and Fr Joe's love and care for the parishioners that make our anonymous parishioner like our parish, the Church of St Albert. Read more here.

Jean shares that she enjoys seeing familiar and friendly faces at St Albert's and how it reminds her of her hometown parish. She loves spending her weekly adoration hour in the peaceful space of Adoration Chapel. She appreciates the prayers and support of people from St Albert's including the pastor that gives peace and comfort to her family. Read more here.

Barb Douglas shares how St Albert's becomes a spiritual home for her and how she enjoys the events of St Albert's. She has good experience in volunteering opportunities and in various committees. Read her full article

Merry Christmas! I hope that you and your family have a wonderful, Christ-filled, and joyful celebration this Christmas! This time of year has been one that I have always loved for various reasons throughout my life. I have found that these reasons center around one aspect—giving and receiving. In that, we recognize how good God has been to us and all that He has given to us throughout the year–from that promotion at work, to welcoming a newborn grandbaby into the family, to a greater conversion to the Lord–all of these things and more have been a gift from God.

St Lucy shows the example of “being the light of Christ into the world.” Why is St Lucy so importantly honored as a saint? There is a special reason why her feast is celebrated in the Advent season that happens during the approach of the darker days of winter.

Pilgrimages are ways that can help deepen our life with Christ. Through pilgrimages, we get to experience certain truths. One is that we are on a pilgrimage in life with our ultimate destination being in Heaven with God. A pilgrim can reflect on the pilgrimage itself and see parallels in our lives with our journey to Heaven.