Crystal - St. Raphael

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State or province: Minnesota

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Sharon Hedman
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Drive Thru Prayer 6/6/26

June 12, 2026

We had a beautiful sunny morning when we set up for the first Saturday in June.

Our evangelists/prayer team today were Pete, Phil, Rich, Sharon and special guest seminarian Matthew. Matthew just finished his Theology II year of seminary. He is assigned to our parish as his teaching parish, ie to help him learn about things that are required of priests in a parish setting. He is from the Diocese of Sioux Falls and attends the Saint Paul Seminary. He usually spends one weekend a month with us, but he is staying in our rectory this summer and Sharon invited him to join us.

We jotted down 11 prayer intentions, but we had a few more people stop by besides those. One was a teen who stopped by to receive a new chain and medal. The chain he had received previously was broken.

M wanted prayers for purity. L and K wanted prayer for their upcoming marriage in August. A grandmother stopped by with prayer requests regarding two grandchildren.

S wanted prayers for her daughter with fetal alcohol syndrome. Friends and family do not understand A's issues so S feels caught in between friends/family and A.

S and A wanted prayers for their neighbor who is 74 and still working. S became quite emotional during the discussion.

R is celebrating 9 months of sobriety and is on a wait list for a liver transplant. She asked prayers for healing and continued sobriety. She mentioned her father is a parishioner at St Raphael. R was taken to our adoration for private prayer time and was told how to request an access code to our chapel.

M wanted prayers for Christian unity and outreach for the community. She (as well as all who stopped) were told about our upcoming Free Food, Friendship and Faith Thursdays. M was also given one of our Word on Fire Gospels that were gracious donated to SPSE teams.

C stopped by to express praise to God for blessings in his life especially for protection received during a recent seizure.

Finally, F came by. She has a very busy life with four children and working full time. On top of that, her husband had surgery the day the before and they recently moved.