“Arise and Eat, Else the Journey Will Be Too Great for You.” (I Kings 19:7)

I am very happy to welcome Deacon Gregory Abbott to our parish for a summer pastoral experience with this great community of faith.  As you get to know him and as he gets to know us, both will learn from the other.  I am looking forward to his help at Masses and in pastoral work, and to his companionship at the rectory. Keep him and this assignment in your prayers.

                                                                                                        —Father Ralph

Summertime Greetings!

My name is Deacon Gregory Abbott.  I am a seminarian studying for ordination as a priest for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.  God willing, I'll be ordained a priest on Saturday, May 26th, 2007.  As an ordinary part of formation for priesthood, seminarians, like myself, who are entering their fourth year are sent out to serve in a local parish.  I am encouraged and grateful to see that you have a tradition of praying for vocations to the religious life, priesthood and deaconate here at St. John’s.   

I am from that foreign country on the “other side of the river” known as St. Paul.  I ventured over that great divide of the Mississippi River a few years ago when my Carmelite Religious Community moved to St. Joseph’s Church in Hopkins.  I have come to enjoy the Minneapolis side of the world—but you can keep the traffic!

My occupational background includes time working in guest services and physical therapy in a long-term care facility and a hospital in St. Paul.

I am excited that I will be spending 10 weeks this summer with you at St John's learning about parish ministry and serving as a deacon.  I am looking forward to meeting you in person throughout the summer; please feel free to introduce yourself to me.  You will be the lucky (or unlucky!) recipients of my first homilies at Sunday and weekday liturgies.  Please be patient and don't spend too much time counting the "umms" and "ahhs." 

I am grateful for the opportunity to spend time with and learn from your beloved pastor, Fr. Ralph Goman.  Many people have already told me what a wonderful priest you have in Fr. Goman.  We have already established that when the morning newspaper comes and he gets the “Source section” and I get the “Sports section.”  We’re getting along quite well! Talk to you soon!                                                                     

—Deacon Gregory

 

Mass Intentions Weeks of June 11 & 18

Sat.        June 10        5:00 pm      †Robert Fink

Sun.       June 11       10:00 am      †Louise Fox

             Hispanic      2:30 pm      People of the Community

                                6:00 pm      People of the Parish

Tues.     June 13       5:30 pm        †Donald Beeson

Wed.     June 14       8:00 am        †Patricia Maxwell

Thurs.    June 15       5:30 pm        †Gloria Lindquist

Fri.        June 16        8:00 am      End to Abortion

Sat.        June 17        8:00 am      †Mary Madson

                                5:00 pm      People of the Parish

Sun.       June 18       10:00 am      †Patricia Maxwell

             Hispanic      2:30 pm      People of the Community

                                6:00 pm      †Rev. Nicholas Cody

Tues.     June 20       5:30 pm        †Rev. Harry F. Egan

Wed.     June 21       8:00 am        †Alton Howe

Thurs.    June 22         5:30 pm     †Gloria Lindquist

Fri.        June 23        8:00 am      †Abandoned Souls in                                                           Purgatory;Reconciliation of                                                   a Married Couple

Sat.        June 24        8:00 am      †Louise Clare Fox

                                5:00 pm      In Memory of Ray Sullivan                                                     and for his family

Sun.       June 25       10:00 am      People of the Parish

             Hispanic      2:30 pm      People of the Community

6:00 pm †Rev. Allen J. McIntyre

Prayer Corner

Please remember the sick of our parish in your prayers: 

 

Keep in the Know Electronically!

Summer can be a busy time for all of us.  Here’s a couple of easy ways to keep in the know about St. John’s.  Check out the parish website to read the weekly bulletin, check on Mass and confession times, or learn more about our ministries (www.stjohnshopkins.org). 

And if you wish, you can receive the weekly School and Parish Newsletter via email by contacting Dan Petrosky at d_petros@ix.netcom.com or 952-925-5324.  It’s full of up-to-date info along with interesting photos.

Many thanks to Trevor Brace for making the website happen and to Dan for producing the newsletter.