Our Parish Leadership

Our parish staff is here for you on your journey of faith.

To reach a member of our parish staff, please click on their contact information below.

Did you receive a text or email from Fr. Steven?

WE DID TOO! BUT NOT REALLY...

Hackers are getting smarter every day. Some target parishes to try and make an email or text look like it was sent by staff. They get our information from our website, online bulletin, and advertisers.

GOOD TO KNOW:
We will NEVER ask you for "a favor" to send us gift cards or ask you to respond urgently and be discreet.

CHECK THE EMAIL ADDRESS:
A good indicator may be the sender's email address. They often create new emails similar to our parish staff emails. However, if you hover over the email or name, you can usually see the email is coming from a different source. Most often there is something different. The emails sent from St. Peter’s staff, including Fr. Steven, will end in @stpetersmendota.org. Capital and/or lowercase letters are irrelevant in email addresses.

BEST THING TO DO:
Delete those emails immediately and report them as spam/junk in your email system! DO NOT RESPOND!

Use your best judgment about whether what is being asked is really what and how any staff would contact you regarding the matter. If you have any questions or suspicions, call the office. DO NOT RESPOND!

CALL THE OFFICE:
Feel free to call Jennifer, Fr. Steven’s assistant, if you still have questions about the legitimacy of an email or text message. 651-905-4305

Servant Leaders

FR. STEVEN HOFFMAN

Pastor

frsteven@stpetersmendota.org

(651)905-4305

To learn about Fr. Steven, please

click here.

DEACON TIM HENNESSEY

Deacon

thennessey@stpetersmendota.org

(651) 905-4301

KAREN CRONIN

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

kcronin@stpetersmendota.org

(651) 905-4314

TOM DESHLER

Maintenance Supervisor

tdeshler@stpetersmendota.org

(651) 905-4322

DAVID DUNST

Director of Music and Liturgy

ddunst@stpetersmendota.org

(651) 905-4323

LISA FONTECHA

Pastoral Associate

lfontecha@stpetersmendota.org

(651) 905-4304

PETER GUZULAITIS

Director of Parish Operations

directorofoperations@stpetersmendota.org

(651) 905-4307

LISA LEVERSON

Communications Coordinator

lleverson@stpetersmendota.org

(651) 905-4302

LYNN KELLEY

Administrative Assistant

Baptism Program

lkelley@stpetersmendota.org

(651) 905-4309

ELIZABETH MCCANNA

Director of Evangelization

emccanna@stpetersmendota.org

(651) 905-4312

JENNIFER NELSON KELLAR

Executive Assistant to the Pastor

Healing Prayer Ministries

jnelsonkellar@stpetersmendota.org

(651) 905-4305

ANNE O'KEEFE

Community Life Coordinator

aokeefe@stpetersmendota.org

(651) 905-4308

Finance Council

The Finance Council helps establish the budget for the parish and works with individual departments, staff and committees to provide for the best stewardship and use of parish funds. The Finance Council presents the overall budget to the pastor for his endorsement before the beginning of each fiscal year.

Fr. Steven Hoffman: (651) 905-4305

Staff Contact: Peter Guzulaitis (651) 905-4307

Thor Raarup (Chair)

Tom O'Neill

Tim Bianchi

Jim Orrichio

Dan Vansteenberg

Sue Bielinski

Mark Mischke

Click here to visit the financial information page.

Trustees

The trustees of any parish are the two lay members of the parish who, together with the Archbishop, the Vicar General, and the Pastor, constitute the Board of Directors of the Parish Corporation.

Mark Mischke

Kate Blando

St. Peter's Synod Evangelization Team

In December of 2022, Archbishop Hebda released his pastoral letter: You will be My Witnesses, a post-Synodal letter to help guide the parishes and faithful of the archdiocese in the coming years. Each parish was asked to form a Synod Evangelization Team (SET). Here at St. Peter’s the SET is comprised of 12 parishioners/staff members who have committed to work with Fr. Steven on implementation of synodal recommendations. The SET members will be commissioned in May of 2023. The pastoral letter is available to all the faithful at https://www.archspm.org/synodletter/

If you need to speak with someone regarding St. Peter’s SET, please reach out to Elizabeth McCanna at (651) 905-4312 or emccanna@stpetersmendota.org

St. Peter's Parish Pastoral Council

The Church of St. Peter Parish Pastoral Council is a ministry that supports Fr. Steven and the mission of our faith community. Councilors serve a 3-year term which is renewable for an additional 3-year term. A councilor can serve a maximum of 6 years. Meetings are held during the following months of the fiscal year (beginning on July 1st): September, November, January, February, March, May & June on the second Thursday from 6:15 to 8 p.m. Please feel free to contact any of the councilors at pastoralcouncil@stpetersmendota.org

or call Jennifer Nelson Kellar, Executive Assistant to the Pastor at 651-905-4305.

Parish Pastoral Councilors

Ann Hoey: Chair

Anne Igo: Vice Chair

Amylia Bult: Secretary

Andrew Elm

Sue Lovegreen

Trish Reimann

Greg Montana

Mary Burns

Matt Reimann

Mike Maslow

Margaret Wolters

Parish Pastoral Council Minutes

Click to read

PPC Annual Report FY 2023-2024