Catholics Coming Home

Tuesday evenings, beginning Mar. 14 from 7–8:30 pm

St. Joseph’s Church, Hopkins

The Church of St. Josephs will be offering the Catholics Coming Home series again this Lent. The first meeting will be Tuesday, March 14th and will continue for four Tuesday evenings ending on April 4th. All meetings will be in room 12 of the school. Invite friends or family members to consider attending. Tell them you are praying for them. For information or to sign up call Deacon Francis at 952 935 8530 or email him at atangney@ties2. net.

Thank you, Deacon Francis

March Is Minnesota Foodshare Month

 

Hunger:

The physical and mental condition that comes from not eating enough food due to insufficient economic, family or community resources. Hunger exists in families where members take turns eating or eat smaller meals to make food last longer.

Please support Minnesota food shelves by bringing donations to our local food shelf, ICA (Intercongregational Communities Association). Our goal is $100,000 combination of pounds of foods and dollars. Collection begins March 1 and continues until March 31. The statewide goal is 8.5 million pounds. ICA reports to a central unit every week.  Food can be dropped off at Excelsior, 339 Third Street, between 9 am and 1 pm Mon. through Fri. (952-938-0729 or email ICA@emergencyfoodshelf.org ).  If delivering less than five bags of food, it can be dropped off at Minnetonka, 3909 Williston Road, between 9 am and 4 pm Tues. through Fri. (952 470-0692). Thank you!

Did you know?

• More than half of the hungry who visit food shelves are children. Hungry kids have difficulty learning and have more medical problems and absenteeism than children with adequate nourishment.

• More than 50 % of adult food shelf clients work; 35% are retired or have a disability which prevents work. More than 20 % are elderly. (This adds up to more than 100 %; some people overlap in these categories, such as elderly and/or retired clients with part-time jobs.)

• In the Twin Cities suburbs, the working poor make up 60 percent of food shelf clients.

• People using food shelves do not make enough income to cover their basic needs. Low wages without benefits, child care expenses, skyrocketing housing and energy costs, and high out-of-pocket medical expenses make working families vulnerable to hunger.

Calendar

Monday, March 6

7:30 PM             AA—School Cafeteria

Tuesday, March 7

7:00 PM        Stewardship Committee Meeting—CL

Wednesday, March 8

10:00 AM         Women’s Bridge—CR

6:30 PM        Religious Ed Classes—School

6:30 PM        First Eucharist Class #4—School

7:00 PM        RCIA—CR

Thursday, March 9

6:30 PM        Ensemble Choir—CH

Friday, March 10

4:00 PM        Youth Group Famine—LD & Gym

6:00 PM        Lenten Soup Supper—CR

7:00 PM        Stations of the Cross & Holy Hour—CH

Saturday, March 11

10:00 AM         Hispanic Youth Group—LD

7:00 PM        Hispanic Stations of the Cross—CH

Sunday, March 12

10:00 AM         Sunday School—School

10:00 AM         Liturgy of the Word—CR

12:00 PM         Hispanic Catechesis—School

7:00 PM        Religious Confirmation—CR

7:15 PM        Youth Evangelization Initiative—LD

Hopkins Empty Bowls Event

March 21, 2006, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The 8^th Annual Fundraiser, Empty Bowls, will be held at the Hopkins Center for the Arts on Mainstreet.  Soup and bread will be served for a free will donation. Every guest can choose a bowl to take home, plus bowls by local artists and students will be sold at silent auction. This year’s goal is to raise $40,000 for ICA and Hopkins Minnetonka Family Resource Center.

St. John’s School Play—Aladdin

Order your tickets for ALADDIN!! Call the Hopkins Center for the Arts at 952-979-1111.

Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 at 7 pm

Sunday Matinee at 2 pm

Twentieth Annual Marian Congress

“In the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph and the world will enjoy a period of peace.”

—Our Lady of Fatima

March 25, 2006 from 9:00 am–4:00 pm at the University of St. Thomas O’Shaughnessy Education Center

Registration starts at 8:00 am. The theme is ”The Incarnation and Annunciation of Jesus” Father Robert Altier will be the speaker. For more information call 651-457-6609.