Fifth Sunday of Easter

May 14, 2006
Text Box: Hopkins Catholic Youth Ministry Robyn Magalska, Director Join us for our Youth Advisory Council meeting to plan for summer and fall events this Sunday, May 14th in Leo’s Den from 7:15–8:30 pm. All youth and adults interested in the youth program are encouraged to attend. No RSVP is necessary. Contact the youth office if you would like more information. On Friday, May 19th, all 7th–12th graders, plus our current 6th graders, are welcome to our Grand Slam Event! We will be meeting at St. Joe’s at 6 pm and returning at 10:30 pm. For $15, the event will include transportation, unlimited laser tag, bumper cars and mini-golf as well as one batting cage token and four video game tokens a slice of pizza and a pop. Permission slips are required and friends are welcome! Our Senior Baccalaureate Mass and Reception will be held at St. John’s at the 6 pm Mass on Sunday, May 21st. If you are a senior and you have not received an invitation, please contact the youth office. We are also in need of students and adults to help with the reception. Contact the youth office if you would like to volunteer. Join us to congratulate our parish graduates. Text Box: Religious Education Lola Higgins, Director All classes have ended for the year. Please pray for and welcome into the St. John’s Community those young people who received the sacraments of initiation outside of the group sacraments this spring. They are Brittney Evers, Kevin Belanger and Dominic Berg. May the Holy Spirit always be their guide. Thank you, everyone who helped in anyway with Faith Formation, First Communion and Confirmation. I have been getting many compliments on how wonderful everything was especially this past weekend. I receive the compliments, but it is a team effort. Please know that whatever you did, it was truly appreciated! God bless you all.

Outreach Opportunity

Weekend of May 20–21

Next weekend we will be collecting for Global Solidarity. It includes four outreach areas:

Catholic Relief Services, Solidarity with Africa, Aid to the Church in central Europe and Eastern Europe and the Church in Latin America.

All Are Welcome to the Pastoral Council Mtg.

Thurs., May 18 at 7 pm in the School Meeting Room

Meeting minutes from the last council session are in the kiosk and this week’s agenda is posted on the parish bulletin board in the foyer.

Dear Parishioners,

This June, there is a small group of college students, who all participated in past mission trips with Hopkins Catholic Youth Ministry, who are going down to New Orleans to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  We could use as much support as possible; here is a list of items that we will need: work boots, bug spray, sunscreen, respirators, heavy duty gloves, latex gloves, band-aids, face masks, bottled water, etc.  Also, at the moment, we only have one driver who is over 25 for a 2-day long journey (both directions).  This is a problem because of car rental policies and age limits on drivers.  If you have any ideas or you are willing to help in some way, that would be greatly appreciated as well.  Please contact Jessica Friedlander; email: jfriedland@brynmawr.edu or cell: 612-720-8844 or you can contact Robyn Magalska at 952-935-5536 ext. 6 for more information or questions.  Thank you for your support.