Fifth Sunday in Lent

March 25, 2007
Text Box: Hopkins Catholic Youth Ministry Robyn Magalska, Director Youth Office Contact Information: 952-935-5536 ext. 6 or robyn_magalska@yahoo.com . This Sunday, March 25th youth are welcome to participate in the Lenten Faith Sharing Group. These gatherings will take place from 7:15-8:30 PM in Leo’s Den. Don’t miss out on great conversations. If you haven’t been able to participate on previous Sundays, you are still welcome to come when you can. Snacks will be provided. All youth and families are invited to attend the Timberwolves game on Friday, April 13th. Come and watch KG and the Wolves take on Tim Duncan and the Spurs! Tickets are $20 and a portion of each ticket sold will go toward the 2007 Mission Trip. We will meet at St. Joe’s at 6pm to head, by bus (optional), to the Target Center and return to St. Joe’s at approximately 10 pm. Come and support both the Wolves and our parish youth! Friends are welcome! If you would like to donate to Catholic Relief Services’ efforts to stop world hunger in sponsorship of our youth’s 24-hour fast this past month, you can do so by dropping your donation off at the parish office or by mail thru

Fridays of Lent

For Friday evening, March 30th: 

Sign up for soup and stay for

Sr. fran Donnelly, bvm, on The future of parish life as we know it now.

Sr. Fran is the director of Parish Life and the

Personnel Office in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. She is a long time friend of St. John’s.

Sign up on the bulletin board in the foyer. 

             Soup Supper at 6 pm,

             Presentation at 6:40 pm,

             Stations of the Cross at 7:15 pm
Text Box: Faith Formation Margaret Stimmler, Director Faith Formation Office Contact Information: 952-935-5536 ext. 4 or mstimmler@stjohnhopkins.org . Confirmation Class is Sunday March 25— Mass at 6 pm, class at 7 pm. March 28th the Parish Penance Service with Archbishop harry flynn All confirmation students are expected to be there. Faith Formation Families are expected to bring their children to class at 6:30 pm. Families then join their child at the penance Service at 7 pm. The Bishop would like the children to sit in classes at the front of church.  Families are to join the group. The 1st Reconciliation children are expected to attend. There are no Sunday school classes on Easter Sunday! Spring Break at St John’s is April 1st–April 8th   No Faith Formation Classes on April 4th.

Outreach Opportunity for ICA This Weekend

Thank you for continuing to support our parish’s mission to “respond to the needs of those in and beyond our

parish” by contributing to outreach opportunities. This weekend we’ll take a collection at all Masses for ICA (Intercongregation Communities Association). ICA is a collaborative effort by west metro churches to provide help to neighbors in crisis. Your contribution will support emergency food, housing, transportation, and financial assistance and many other services. This is a great opportunity to help the needy in our own geographical area!

Minnesota Food Share Month continues through

March 31. All donations made during March are eligible for important incentives which increase the value of every contribution. Your monetary donation makes it possible for ICA to “stretch our dollars” and buy “more for less” by making food bank purchases. You can also donate on your Visa or MasterCard by visiting our website— www.icafoodshelf.org. Checks may be sent directly to ICA, 3909 Williston Road, Minnetonka 55345. Call

952-938-0729 for credit card donations and/or food drop-off information.

In February ICA moved the food operation into our new building at 12990 St. David Road. We will accept food donations Monday through Friday. Thank you for your generous support.

Altar Refinishing

I want to thank our Hispanic Community for their recent work on the altar.  They worked overnight to strip and refinish the altar's tile floor and steps.  This a wonderful gift to the parish in time for Easter.  Thanks.

—Brook Sullivan, Parish Business Administrator

When we have traveled all ways, we shall come to the End of all ways, who says, “I am the way.”

—St. Ambrose

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