Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Minot is seeking a full-time Administrative Assistant for the parish office.  Candidates must have strong telephone, interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.  They must be proficient with Microsoft Office and able to learn how to work effectively with our ParishSoft database.  Responsibilities include greeting visitors and parishioners and caring for a multitude of needs/requests related to parish operations and ministries, both in person and on the telephone, maintaining multiple calendars, and composing documents.  The qualified candidate must have a strong Catholic faith and be willing to embrace our parish family.

Full Time position. Excellent benefits.

For more information or to apply for this position, please contact our Business Manager, Sharon Pearson at 701-839-6834.

Construction News:  Updated May 15, 2026

Dear Parishioners,

Much of the interior construction work on our Parish Center addition has been somewhat out of the way for most of you during these past several months.  In the last few weeks, however, if you have entered through the Gathering Space to attend Mass, your eyes have definitely been drawn upward.

We are in the finishing stages of the Parish Center addition project and are adding the fire suppression system, electrical wiring and fixtures, ceiling panels and more in the Gathering Space.  The wallpaper came down and everything has a fresh coat of paint.  The stairway railway, worn from use, will be refinished to match the darker woodwork that you see in the new Upper Room conference area.  Soon the floor will be carpeted with the blue carpet you may have noticed when you have looked down the hallway of the lower level Parish Center addition.

I thank you for your patience during this project and for your donations to help our parish renew and enlarge this place of worship, learning and fellowship.  If you have not yet given, or if you have received some unexpected income that you are able to donate, please consider doing so.  Our construction expenses have been managed well, but there are always extras that boost the cost of construction projects.  Plus, we received a large gift to add the new Adoration Chapel, but furnishings and other aspects of the chapel will soon be needed.  We will share with you some gifting options for the Chapel in the weeks ahead.

We have not yet moved into the new parish offices in the upper level because access to the offices is through the Gathering Space, where the primary construction work is currently taking place.  We expect to be able to begin moving, and possibly be in that space altogether, by the first week in June.  And, trust me, we will not miss our temporary office space in the trailer, although it did serve us well for nearly a year now.

In the lower level, we have to wait for the Food Pantry to move to its new building before construction workers can cut and install a doorway from the classroom hallway into the Pantry room.  Once completed, that room will be used for classes and meetings.

Also in the lower level, one of the new rooms is cleaned out and ready for items from the existing classrooms – St. Gabriel, St. Joseph and St. Dominic – to be stored there so that carpet can eventually be laid in the existing classrooms.  The folding wall, which can be used to divide the largest new classroom (the new Sts. Anne & Joachim rooms) into two rooms for smaller groups, has been installed.  Workers have been busy putting into place the wiring, cables and controls for internet and other technical capabilities.

In the outdoor courtyard between the dining room windows and the Parish Center addition, retaining wall footings have been poured on the northwest side and placement of the wall is underway.  This will be a beautiful area in which we may enjoy nature while praying in this place to be dedicated to Mary, the Mother of Jesus.

The new Food Pantry is very close to completion and we are planning open houses for both the Food Pantry and the Parish Center addition on our parish’s Feast Day – Saturday, Aug. 15 – which is also the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  More details will be shared as plans are made. 

I was pleased to be able to cook and treat the construction crew and our parish staff to a pizza lunch this week.  I am grateful for the sacrifices each of them has made during this time of change, challenge and anticipation.

Thank you again for your prayers.  May God bless you as we move into the quieter, family-focused days of summer.  I look forward to seeing you at Mass and at the upcoming open houses.     

Sincerely in Christ,

Fr. Adam Maus
Pastor