Second Sunday in Lent

March 12, 2006

The choir is rehearsing music for

Holy Week and Easter and welcomes anyone willing to join us.  

We meet Thursday Nights at 6:30 PM in the church.  We welcome all ages! We are grateful for the students who have been joining us for the weekend liturgies…please keep coming.

My sincere thanks for all the faithful members of all the choirs.  Your dedication and faithful attendance week after week is unmatched to say nothing of your great voices!!  Thanks, Katie

Religious Education

Lola Higgins, Director

All Faith Formation Classes will be held as scheduled this week.

Bible School is Back – A family night of Faith Formation and Fun. This Wednesday, March 15th is a family night as We Celebrate God’s Love. Come together and learn how God loves and forgives our sins. Use this as a family Lenten time together to Start All Over Again.

Confirmation Class - next class is Sunday, March 12 at 7 PM in the Community Room.

That night there will be a speaker, Sue Obremski form Crisis Connection, here to talk with the classes about adolescent depression and suicide.

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Rice Bowls

As part of our faith community’s Lenten observance, we will participate in Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten program, Operation Rice Bowl. For thirty-one years, Operation Rice Bowl has inspired Catholics in the United States to pray, fast, learn and give as we increase our understanding of our global community and connect that with the principles of Catholic Social Teaching throughout our Lenten journey. We encourage you to participate in Operation Rice Bowl at home with your family and loved ones. Rice Bowl materials are available in the kiosk and at the Southeast church entrance.
Text Box: Hopkins Catholic Youth Ministry Robyn Magalska, Director This weekend, members of our Sr. High Youth Ministry participated in a Famine. Students fasted for over 24 hours only consuming liquids. During their fast, they learned about local and world hunger, participated in service projects, had time for prayer, games, fellowship and more. Students were encouraged to get sponsors for Catholic Relief Services Food Fast program in response to their own fast. If you would like to sponsor the group, you can do so by dropping off donations (checks made to CRS Food Fast) in the parish offices labeled youth ministry thru the month of March. This Sunday, March 12th begins our Youth Evangelization Initiative series. Small group gatherings will take place from 7:15–8:30 pm in Leo’s Den on all remaining Sundays during Lent. The gatherings will also include fellowship, games, and food! All 7th–12th graders are welcome. Mark your calendars for the Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast on April 2nd. We will be helping the Knights serve in exchange for a donation for our summer mission trip. All students are welcome to help serve. Also, join us for our Timberwolves outing on Sunday, April 9th. We will depart from St. John’s at 1 pm and return at 5:30 pm.

St. John’s Parish Collection

Based on Fiscal Year July 1–June 30

July 1, 2005–February 28, 2006

                Budgeted Income                       $333,333

             Income Received                          337,580

 

July 1, 2004–February 28, 2005

                Budgeted Income                       $333,333

             Income Received                          335,176           

Lenten Regulations

The Christian faithful are to do penance through prayer, abstinence and by exercising works of piety and charity. All Fridays through the year, and especially during Lent, are penitential days.

Abstinence All who have reached their 14th birthday are to abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent.

Fasting All those who are 18 or older, until their 59th birthday, are to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Only one full meal is allowed on days of fast.

Two other meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be eaten according to one’s need: but, together, they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted but liquids are allowed.

The obligation does not apply to those whose health or ability to work would be affected seriously. People in doubt about fast or abstinence should consult a parish priest or confessor.

An Irishman has an abiding sense of tragedy which sustains him through temporary periods of joy.