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Check here for the latest, including plans to suspend all Mass sign-ups beginning July 12, and the addition of music to the Sunday 11am Mass.

Despite this year’s unusual circumstances, we had a number of outstanding female high school graduates who demonstrated acts of faith, humility, generosity, and kindness through her school, parish, and community involvement.

Nativity’s Society of St. Vincent de Paul conference and our parish will be collecting food and personal care items that will go to our neighbors in need throughout the Twin Cities. These donations will be used primarily by those in the Lake Street area as they recover from all that has taken place over the last several weeks. The drive begins this weekend and ends on July 1st when a truck will arrive in the school’s parking lot to collect our donations from 9am to 11am. If you cannot bring your donations on that date, please feel free to drop off at the back of church.

Due to the unpredictability of the pandemic, Nativity has made the incredibly difficult decision to replace the traditional Nativity County Fair with a new virtual event for 2020. The magnitude of our traditional County Fair weekend has grown exponentially over the years, and we do not believe we can meet all of the current or anticipated restrictions and guidelines that such a public event would demand. We know this decision is very disappointing news for everyone, and we wish it wasn’t necessary. Please see our full letter for additional details of the new events taking place in 2020!

Fr. Patrick Hipwell, Pastor of Nativity of Our Lord, addresses the parish on the tragic, unjust death of George Floyd

I am pleased to announce that we will return to limited public Mass here at Nativity of Our Lord beginning on Wednesday, June 3. Sign-ups open Monday at 9am.

As we begin to prepare for public Masses once again, we are looking to create a special team of adult volunteers to make this possible — the Mass Volunteer Team. We will also need one Lector for each Mass.

The priests and parish leadership of Nativity of Our Lord are currently in ongoing discussions on when and how to re-open our liturgies to public assembly as soon as is possible in a safe and healthy way.

Fraudulent emails appearing to come from "Father Patrick Hipwell" are again being delivered to parishioner email inboxes, with the intent to confuse and manipulate (updated with video).

Please join me in congratulating native son Brother David Hottinger, P.E.S. on his ordination to the transitional diaconate on Saturday, May 23.

Each year, the NCCW recognizes an outstanding young high school senior who has demonstrated acts of faith, humility, generosity, and kindness through her school, parish, and community involvement.

An Easter message from our pastor, Fr. Patrick Hipwell

Watching a video stream of Mass is new to most of us. We've compiled some helpful instructions and advice, including a video from Fr. Nick, and info-graphic from the Archdiocese, a free liturgy guide from Magnificat, and more.

The priests of Nativity sent a pastoral letter to all households to assure them of their prayers and support, update them on the state of operations, and inform them on how to stay connected and make the most of this time.

We have assembled a group of staff who are formulating a plan to reach out to Nativity’s households. We want to assist you in meeting your holistic needs of body, mind, and soul, however necessary.

As a sign of unity, Archbishop Hebda asks that all of us — especially students — to pray the “Litany in Time of Need” each day at 11:00 AM for protection and help.

Our pastor, Fr. Patrick Hipwell, explains the difficult decision to suspend public Masses and Confessions and offers other updates on the parish's coronavirus response plan.

Adoration has been moved to the main church and will be restricted to 9am-10pm Sunday-Friday and 9am-4pm on Saturday. 

Following Archdiocesan directives, there will be no public Masses at Nativity after Wednesday, 3/18 for at least two weeks. We have also suspended Confessions.

In the interest of the safety of our penitents and priests alike, we have suspended Confessions, effective immediately.