Sartell • St. Francis Xavier Parish hosts big ticket raffle and online silent auction at noon at the church. Grand prize is $3,000 with prizes totaling $10,000. Tickets are $5. Send name, address, phone number and number of tickets to purchase (including money for each) to: St. Francis Xavier Church, P.O. Box 150, Sartell, MN 56377. Make checks out to St. Francis Xavier Church with“Raffle” in the memo line. Deadline for tickets by mail is Tuesday, Sept. 15. For information call 320-252-1363. Parishioners also have raffle tickets. Need not be present to win. Silent auction opens at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11. See www.stfrancissartell.org.(These events replace the annual Frantober Fest.)