The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ & 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time               June 10 & July 17, 2007

Text Box: Hopkins Catholic Youth Ministry Robyn Liebl, Director Youth Office Contact Information: 952-935-5536 ext. 6 or robyn_magalska@yahoo.com . This weekend is our Baccalaureate Mass and Reception for our graduating seniors at 10:30AM at St. Joe’s which all are welcome to attend. Please keep these young adults in your prayers. There will be Youth Activity Night for all 7th – 12th graders this Sunday, June 10th from 7:15-8:30PM in Leo’s Den. Join us for games, food and fun! Friends are welcome. No RSVP is necessary. We will continue Youth Activity Nights on June 17th and 24th as well. On Saturday, June 16th, the youth will have a free-will donation Car Wash Fundraiser in support of this summer’s mission to Oklahoma City. It will be held at Bauer’s Express Lube on Baker Rd. and Excelsior Blvd. from 9AM-3PM. Come and support the youth mission! Service Opportunity: Come help out a great cause. On Friday, June 22nd come and help setup Relay for Life at Hopkins High School. Help is needed anytime from 3pm – 6pm (even an hour of your time is still worthwhile). This event raises funds to help fight cancer. Contact the youth office for more details and if you can help. Mark your calendars for Tuesday, June 26th for our annual youth outing to Valleyfair! We will meet at St. Joe’s at 9AM and return at 6PM. The cost for the event is $25 which includes a group-rate ticket and transportation. Friends are welcome to this event and permission slips are required for all participants.

Eleventh Annual Archdiocesan Corpus Christi Procession

Sunday, June 10, 2–4 pm

Join Catholics from throughout the Archdiocese in this joyful witness to Eucharistic faith and love. 2 pm Eucharistic adoration at the School of Law of the University of St. Thomas Minneapolis Campus, LaSalle Ave. between 11th and 12th Streets, plentiful street and ramp parking. Festive walk with the Lord to the Basilica of St. Mary, 3 pm Vespers and Benediction, 4 pm ice cream social and return busing. Bring the family. Call (651)489-0116 or visit www.walkwithhim.net for more details.

Parish Collection

                                                 Actual                     Budget

May 2007                       $40,804.00         $45,158.00

YTD                                $539,847.00       $496,741.00

Thank you for your generosity and support.

Help Wanted and NEEDED!

Tuesday, June 19th from 9 to 3 o’clock

Time to do the yearly cleaning of the Community Room kitchen (scrub, throw out things, organize, inventory etc.). An hour or two or all day would be great. NO RESERVATIONS NEEDED!

Loaves and Fishes

Monday, June 18

• Sign-up in the foyer to help prepare the meal at Holy Rosary at 3 pm or to set-up, serve or clean-up meal.

• CLEAN UP HELP IS NEEDED FROM 5:30 TO 6:30 pm .

• Do not bring cupcakes due to health concerns for guests.

• Monetary donations may be sent to St. John’s Parish Office, attention: Loaves and Fishes. For information contact: Deacon Darrel and Chris Branch at 952-929-8695.

• Holy Rosary information: 2424 18th Ave. S.,

Minneapolis, MN 55404, 612-724-8929.

Fed by the Lord

Jesus’ words “This is my body” and “This cup is the new covenant in my blood” were only part of his table blessing. Jesus twice said: “Do this in remembrance of me”

(1 Corinthians 11:24, 25).

This is the good news of today’s solemnity. Like the five thousand hungry souls, we are fed by our Lord. This is not food that satisfies for only a short time, until the next meal. It is food that lasts and changes us. It is food for sharing in much the same way as Melchizedek did when he brought bread and wine to the returning Abraham.

As children of God’s reign, we are blessed to be able to receive and share God’s gift. And we do so in the way most appropriate to our state in life—as parents, children, husbands, wives, or religious.

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The Eucharist

       Just as the bread, which is made from the earth, when God is invoked is no longer common bread but the Eucharist, both earthly and heavenly, so our bodies, after we have received the Eucharist, are no longer corruptible, since they hold the hope of the resurrection.

—St. Irenaeus