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1 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time JANUARY 20, 2013 St. Joseph Campus: 1310 Mainstreet, Hopkins St. John Campus (Parish Office): 6 Interlachen Road, Hopkins Phone: (952) Website: Fax: (952) CONTACTS Parish Office... (952) St. Joseph s Social Hall... (952) CELEBRATION OF MASSES St. Joseph Campus Weekend Saturday... 4:30pm Sunday... 8:30am Weekday Tue & Thu... 7:00am Morning Prayer & Rosary Mon, Wed, & Fri... 7:00am St. John the Evangelist Campus Weekend Sunday... 10:30am & 1:00pm (Hispanic) Wed (Sept. May)... 9:30am Wed (June Aug.)... 8:00am Fri & Sat... 8:00am SACRAMENTAL LIFE Baptism: Second Sunday of the Month Contact the office 2 months prior to Baptism to schedule the required preparation conference. Matrimony: Contact priest 12 months in advance of desired date. Reconciliation (Private): St. Joseph s Campus Saturday 3:30pm St. John s Campus Saturday 8:30-9:30am Sunday 12:30pm Anointing: Contact Fr. Jim Liekhus...(952) Communion or BeFriender visit: Contact Mary Fran Karanikolas... (952) Parish Registration Contact the Parish Office at... (952) Bulletin Deadline Tuesdays at 12:00pm (week of the bulletin publication.) to: mkrawczak@stgabrielhopkins.org

2 Parish News Parish Staff Pastor: Fr. James Liekhus... Ext. 420 Deacons: Deacon Darrel Branch... Ext. 199 Deacon Francis Tangney (952) Business Administrator: Brook Sullivan... Ext. 401 Director of Worship & Music: Katie Schafer Ext St. John s campus Ext St. Joseph s campus kschafer@stgabrielhopkins.org Office Manager: Martha Krawczak... Ext. 408 mkrawczak@stgabrielhopkins.org Pastoral Minister: Mary Fran Karanikolas... Ext. 402 mfkaranikolas@stgabrielhopkins.org Faith Formation Director: Chuck Romportl Ext St. John s campus Ext St. Joseph s campus cromportl@stgabrielhopkins.org Faith Formation Administrative Asst.: Louise Wilson... Ext. 445 lwilson@stgabrielhopkins.org Pre-School Coordinator (St. Joseph campus): Kathleen Esh (952) Pre-School Coordinator (St. John campus) Jenni Stankevitz Director of Maintenance (St. Joseph campus) Rebekah... Ext. 441 rkrotzer@stgabrielhopkins.org Director of Maintenance (St. John campus) Tony Jaroscak... Ext. 415 ajaroscak@stgabrielhopkins.org Custodian (St. John campus) Ricardo Torres rtorres@stgabrielhopkins.org Pastoral Council Chair: Cathy Carlson (952) ST. JOHN S CATHOLIC SCHOOL Boyce Street Hopkins MN Principal: Kathy Segna (952) ksegna@stjohnhopkins.org LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR 01-27/13 4:30 Mass at St. Joseph s Campus Sacristan: Kristin Jamison Lectors: Barb Kok & Amy Jo Ames Servers: Eucharistic Ministers: Amy Jo Ames, Lorraine Baumgardner, Lynne Raphael, Dale & Jane Specken Usher: Bill Johnson Greeters: Bev & Gil Stifter, Sue Ebnet 8:30 Mass at St. Joseph s Campus Sacristan: Denise Hirl Lectors: Mark Ninnemann & Mary Beckering Servers: Eucharistic Ministers: Mary Beckering, Patrick & Denise Hirl, Harriet Lodermeier, Kay Kopesky Usher: Dale & Darlene Nelson Greeters: Joanne Urbanski & Diane Hemker 10:30 Mass at St. John s Campus Lectors: F. Tautin, G. DeLander Servers: Maddie S., Tyson H., & Hailey H. Extraordinary Ministers: M. Goergen, F. Tautin, B. Tautin, M. Remington, P. Orton Until the flu season is over, we will not be offering the precious blood to the people. Those scheduled should adjust their calendars accordingly Catholic Services Appeal Begins All the earth is filled with his glory Isaiah: 6:1-2a, 3-8 The 2013 Catholic Services Appeal (CSA) is underway. Many of our parishioners will soon receive or have received a mailing from Archbishop Nienstedt requesting your support of the 2013 Catholic Services Appeal. Please respond generously. The Appeal funds services that no one parish or individual can do alone; including food and shelter, education, spiritual support, monetary assistance, and sacraments to individuals who are hospitalized, disabled, imprisoned, or in nursing homes. The CSA also serves low-income seniors, pregnant mothers, refugees, and immigrants. Its funding helps prepare our seminarians for the priesthood, provides care for our retired priests, and goes beyond our borders to our 65,000 brothers and sisters at our mission in Venezuela. This year, the theme of the Appeal is: All the earth is filled with his glory. Funds given to the Catholic Services Appeal help to shine the light of God s glory not only in our parish but throughout our Archdiocese and beyond. As you consider the amount that you will give to the 2013 CSA, please contemplate God s gifts to you and reflect on your gratitude for these gifts. Your financial support for the work our parish, of our Archdiocese and of the Church throughout the world is one way to express this gratitude. Please note: when our parish reaches its goal, MCCW Deanery The Mpls Council of Catholic Women's Family Concerns Commission invite you to attend our 3 rd Quarterly Deanery Day on Monday, January 28, 9:00am to 2:00pm, at St. Clement s Catholic Church, th Ave. NE, Mpls, MN. P eg Benicke, Director of the Robbinsdale Women s Center, and Kathy Freed, Director of Women Source in Osseo will be our speakers. The cost is $13.00 with Mass at noon and lunch to follow. Call Judy at (763) to register by January 22. Baby shower items are welcomed. For more infomatioin call Joellyn at (763) or Linda at (763) Please invite friends and family for an informative & fun winter event. 2

3 Parish News THE PRAYER LIST To add a name to the list, please notify the Parish Office. Because of the length of the list, names will be published for one month. Should you wish this extended, call the Parish Office. Thank you. The Deceased: The prayers and sympathy of the parishioners are extended to the family and friends of Frank R. Dewey, husband of Lupe, father of Cesar and Elizabeth Dewey. Please also pray for the repose of the souls of Rose Baer and Joe Pierro, and pray for their family and friends who mourn them. The Sick: Lorraine Baumgardner, Anne & Ron Bisson, Jeanette Blake, Quinton Branch, Peggy Burnham, Rose Cardinal, Barb Carney, Grace Clark, Mary Lou Cronin, Dan and Lorraine Cunningham, Marie Edquist, Jean Feltl, Penny Finke, Fran Hayden, Grant Hilbert, Jim Keller, Orville Kemper, Shirley Kloss, Tom Kloss, Margaret LeSage, Barb Mackintosh, John Malecha, Carol & Dick Olson, Karla Pallansch, Alice Paulsrud, Donna Porwoll, Mary Rasmussen, Bernie Reid, Chuck Romportl, Kathleen Sawyer, Sharon Schaefer, Diane Schmerler, Jean Schwappach, Sam Seward, Bill Stankevitz, Marguerite Starich, Gilbert Stifter, Carole Teclaw, Steve Vesper, and Jim Walker. The Military: Harry Torvik, son of Julie Holland & Peter Torvik; Peter Ninnemann, son of Mark & Kathy Ninnemann; John Munnelly, cousin of Fr. Liekhus, who is deployed to Korea; Justin Kemper deployed to Afghanistan, grandson of Orville & Maryann Kemper; John Kurtz, son of Kirsten & Hamilton Kurtz; Tony Weaver, son of Barb Weaver. Dear Parishioners, How does your concern affect me? That is what we hear Jesus say to his mother at the wedding feast in Cana, when she told him that they had run out of wine. That statement could be interpreted to be fairly harsh. So what? Why would I care? How does your concern affect me? If Jesus had said these words to anyone other than his mother, we might be tempted to read them that way. But we all know that Jesus would not and did not speak to his mother in that way, so we don t understand his words in that way. How does your concern affect me? In case there s any doubt, we see clearly how her concern affected him by the fact that shortly after this, there was plenty of wine for everyone. Still, it does seem odd that Mary would come up to her son with this situation. Surely Jesus had more important things to worry about. He had just been baptized in the Jordan by John the Baptist, he had made himself known, he was beginning his public ministry, but he had not yet performed a sign. He had not yet done anything. We are told that his disciples were there with him at the wedding, and they were no doubt wondering: what would be his first sign? Would he give sight to a blind man? Would he cast out a particularly evil demon? Maybe he would go right to the climax, maybe he would raise someone from the dead, maybe even a king or the emperor, something that would really announce his presence and make people take notice that God was at work among His People. Son? The bride and groom ran out of wine. This was the first miracle the Son of God was going to perform? The long awaited Messiah, who would be the Savior of God s People, Lord of heaven and earth, King of all nations, was going to announce his coming by making sure the wedding guests had plenty of wine to drink? That hardly seems fitting. Jesus was much more than just someone who helped out in a pinch. He existed before the beginning of time. He created the entire universe. When we ponder on the life of Jesus, especially in the gospel of John from which we read this weekend, we recognize that he is always in control. When the crowds come to arrest him, he speaks, and they fall to the ground. When we think of his miracles, we think of the mighty signs, curing the sick with a word from afar, commanding the demons to be gone and they obey without hesitation, proclaiming that he is the resurrection and the life and calling his friend Lazarus to rise from the grave. Our Lord is powerful, our Lord is mighty, so He does great and mighty things, he walks on water, he calms storms, he feeds thousands. Those were the things his disciples were looking for, those are the kinds of things that they expected. With such a great and mighty and powerful Lord, why would he bother with our small concerns, what would he care about the little trials in our lives, when we go to him and ask for help with something we ought to have done for ourselves in the first place, we can expect to hear him say, How does your concern affect me?! No. Jesus did not speak that way to his mother, and he does not speak that way to his brothers and sisters. He turned the water into wine. Our concerns do affect him, deeply. It was only out of love for us that his Father sent him to earth, so how could he not be affected by the concerns of those whom His Father loves like that? So we go to him with our concerns, great and small, with our worries, with our anxiety, with our pain, with our suffering, with our sorrow, with our sadness, we bring them all to him, and he takes them, and he loves us. It is easy to get caught up in the great and awesome things that the Lord did, to the point that we forget why he did them. Christ did not do them for humanity; he did them for human beings. Christ does not love the human race; (Continued on page 6) 3

4 Parish News MASS INTENTIONS Sunday, January 20 8:30am Dick Vasser 10:30am Georganne Duesman 1:00pm People of the Parish Tuesday, January 22 7:00am For the souls of the unborn Wednesday, January 23 9:30am Lyle VanWald Thursday, January 24 7:00am Bettie Lou Merrick Friday, January 25 8:00am Jim Madson Saturday, January 26 8:00am Joe & Marie Loeffler 4:30pm Robert Ludwig Sunday, January 27 8:30am Jim & Joyce Brannan 10:30am Mike Williams 1:00pm People of the Parish Sunday, January 20 8:00am Pancake Breakfast SJSH 10:30am No Sunday Morning Preschool Program 10:45am Hispanic Religious Ed. SJE 6:00pm No Sunday Evening Faith Formation Today Monday, January 21 Martin Luther King Day School & Parish Office Closed 10:00am St. Joseph s Bridge Group SJSH 7:30pm AA CAFE Tuesday January 22 7:30am Eucharistic Adoration SJ 1:00pm Legion of Mary SJLB 5:30pm Benediction SJ 7:00pm Holy Spirit Prayer Group SJLB Wednesday, January 23 10:00am Adoration Chapel 11:15am Senior Coffee SJECR Weekly Calendar Thursday, January 24 6:30pm Choir Practice SJE 7:00pm Divine Mercy Study Group SJ Rm. 149 Saturday, January 26 10:00am First Reconciliation SJ Sunday, January 27 8:00am Pancake Breakfast SJG 10:30am Preschool Program STJ 6:00pm Faith Formation SJ SJSH-Social Hall SJSC-School Cafeteria SB-School Building SJLB-Library SJAU-Auxiliary Room YR-Youth Room SJFF-Faith Formation Office SJCR Community Room- SJE-St. John s LD Leo s Den at St. John s- SJ-St. Joseph s CAFE St. John s Cafeteria SJG St. John s Gym- SMR-St. John s School Meeting Room- SJECONF-Conference Room Pancake Breakfast Please mark your calendars for the Pancake Breakfast, Sunday, January 27, 9:00 Noon. Scrip Please remember to use Scrip for all your everyday shopping and gift giving needs. Scrip is on sale after the 10:30am Mass on Sundays and in the school office during the week. Bingo St. John s Home and School is hosting their annual Bingo event on February 9, at St. Joseph s Social Hall from 5:30 to 8:00pm. Come and support St. John s Catholic School with Bingo, Silent Auction and Fun! Martin Luther King St. John s School will not be having class on Friday, January 18 or Monday, January 21 due to the Marin Luther King holiday. The teachers will be having a staff development day on Friday, January 18 on the English Language State Standards, training on environmental safety from McNeil Environment and time to work in their classrooms. Geography Bee The annual geography bee was held this past Monday. Contestants were: grade 4 Ben, Mia, Andrew and alternate Sara, grade 5 Charlie, Chelsea, Cylysce and alternate Ethan and grade 6 Joe, Eli, Nathan and SCHOOL NEWS alternate Ethan. Congratulations to all of our contestants! The overall 2 nd place winner was Andrew, he received an appreciation certificate. The 1 st place overall winner was Nathan. Nathan was the recipient of an achievement certificate and medal. Nathan will also be taking a written test for eligibility for national competition in Washington DC. Good luck Nathan! 4

5 Parish News ATTENTION ALL ST. JOSEPH CAMPUS LITURGICAL MINISTERS Sacristans, Servers, Lectors, Eucharistic and Cup Ministers Time off Requests are due no later than Friday February 8, The next schedule will run from March 2-3 through May 25-26, You may turn in your requests to Katie Schafer (952) or Jim Svihel at The Schedule will include Easter Sunday, March 31. Signup sheets will be posted for Holy Week, Holy Thursday and Good Friday and for the Easter Vigil. Bible Study is starting again! We will be studying the second half of St John's Gospel and his letters. We will be using the same books that we used last fall. The Monday night group will meet at 7:00pm starting February 4, 2013 in the Conference Room at St John's. The Tuesday morning group will meet at 9:00am starting February 5, 2013 in the Conference Room at St John's. Pro-life Website A WEBSITE SUGGESTED by the Bishops' Pastoral Plan for Pro Life Activities is: ST. JOHN S LITURGICAL MINISTERS REMINDER: Please turn in your CAN T SERVE times. The next liturgy schedule includes Holy Week and Easter Vigil/Sunday. The schedule runs from March to May and is due to be done in February. Thank you. PRAYER SERVICE & MARCH FOR LIFE TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 Prayer service at 10:30-11:30am at the Cathedral in St Paul. MN Citizens for Life Rally follows prayer service at noon with a short program to follow at the Capitol in St Paul. This march by MCCL offers an opportunity for you as a pro-lifer to call for protective legislation for the most defenseless lives among us. This is the 40 th anniversary of the 1973 US Supreme Court's deadly Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton decisions that legalized abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy. Come and stand up for justice for those who cannot speak for themselves. Bishop Lee Piche will speak at the Prayer Service for Life. Consider carpooling as parking space is limited due to a nearby event. HOLY HOUR In this Year of Faith, the Catholic Bishops of the United States have called for a nationwide effort to advance the movement for Religious Liberty, Life and Marriage, through prayer, penance, and sacrifice. The Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis responds by offering a Holy Hour, at: The Cathedral of St Paul, Led by Archbishop Nienstedt on January 20 from 3:00-4:00pm. We ask you to join us and Catholics across the nation to pray for increased protections of religious liberty, and the rebuilding of a culture favorable to life and marriage. For more information contact the Office of Marriage, Family and Life (651) or St. Clare Guild St. Clare Guild will meet on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 1:00pm at the home of Clarice Forrette, Marion Lane W., Plymouth, MN, Apt Phone (952) with any questions. To perform Free Family-Friendly Concert at St. Joseph Campus-Hopkins The MSO returns to St. Joseph for the 8th consecutive year to perform another very popular one-hour Free Family Concert. If the past is any indication the church will again be packed with enthusiastic concert goers of all ages. Family Concert titled Pirates and an Elephant! Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 3:00pm St. Joseph s Campus All MSO Concerts are free of charge; free-will donations are accepted. For more information and directions to the performing venues please visit 5

6 Faith Formation PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN SUNDAY MORNING FAITH FORMATION No preschool this Sunday January 20. Sunday Morning Preschool resumes Sunday, January 27 during the 10:30am Mass at St. John s. SUNDAY EVENING FAITH FORMATION for Grades 1-10 We had our final session at the St. John s Campus last Sunday, January 13. There will be NO Faith Formation session this Sunday, January 20 (for Martin Luther King Holiday weekend). Sessions will resume Sunday, January 27 at our new location at the St. Joseph s School Campus! FIRST RECONCILIATION CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT This SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 from 10:00 to 11:00am. At St. Joseph s Campus in the Church. Parents and children together experience the forgiving love of Jesus in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This is for the children both from St. John s School and Faith Formation and their parents. PCYI The Protection of Children and Youth Initiative St. Gabriel s Parish (along with all parishes in the Archdiocese) are committed to keeping our children safe from any potential harm. Our approach is threefold: In every parish and school, all staff and volunteers who work with children (including our catechists) must pass a background check and take the 3-hour VIRTUS children s safety training. All our parents and families are offered literature and training, to give them the resources they need to ensure their children s safety. The children themselves have lessons to give them the skills they need to protect themselves from harm, including Dealing with bullying and Cyber-safety. By all of us working together, we can ensure that our homes, schools and parish will continue to be a haven of safety for all our children. WOMEN S CLUB NEWS UPCOMING BAKE SALE The Council of Catholic Women at St. Joseph s Campus (CCW) will be having their annual bake sale on February 2 and 3. Anyone who would like to help after the Masses that weekend please contact Pat at (952) Ladies: Upcoming Events February 2/3 Bake Sale February 12 General Meeting LOST AND FOUND Did you lose an article of clothing, missing a shoe, glove etc.? Check the Lost and Found to see if it is there by January 31. All unclaimed items will be donated to an emergency program. (Continued from page 3) he loves you. You, whom he knows intimately. He knows how many hairs are on your head, he knows your sleeping and your rising, he knows your innermost thoughts. And not only does he know, but he cares. He cares when you re worried about your child, he cares when you re anxious about your job, he even cares when you re frantic because you ve run out of wine. How does your concern affect me? It affects him, he is affected when you are affected. So don t be afraid to share even these small things with the Lord who cares for you. Don t listen to the voice that says, God is too busy, He has more important things to do, I should not bother Him with this. Bother Him. He wants you to. He commands you to. Give Him your entire life, great and small, and let Him show you just how much your concern affects him. Fr. Liekhus ARCHDIOCESEAN EVENTS CHECK THE Brown Folder Pocket on the bulletin board! Many activities throughout our Archdiocese are coming up that you might be interested in attending. Retreat for Single Parents, February 2 is at Maternity of Mary Church AND Newly Married Retreat is February 2 at St. Charles Borromeo. 6

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8 SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA Santa Misa, domingos 1:00pm Pastor: Rev. Padre James Liekhus (Padre Jim) VIII Domingo Ordinario C 20 de enero del 2013 ENCUENTRO CON DIOS Los espléndidos Reyes Magos destellantes, majestuoso y solemnes, salen hoy de las páginas de Mateo y van rumbo a nuestra iglesia. Solamente Mateo nos habla de esta grande e interesante historia para que podamos ver la luz y saber que el niño que visitaron los Reyes Magos era el cumplimiento de la profecía, el rey cuyo mensaje llega hasta la tierra natal de estos magos y mucho más allá, hasta nuestra época. Nosotros también nuevamente podemos ver y entender. Al igual que estos magos, nuestros santos patrones en este día, vemos en el niño recién nacido al rey del universo y la luz del mundo. Como los Reyes Magos, encontramos dentro de nosotros una nueva fe y una nueva vida. Como ellos, regresamos a casa por una nueva ruta. Se nos pide terminemos esta temporada festiva renovados y consientes de la presencia de Dios entre nosotros. Se nos pide encontrar a Dios donde se le puede encontrar, que estemos atentos y listos para, con asombro, inclinarnos en adoración y ofrecer nuestras ofrendas LAS LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura Levántate y brilla, Jerusalén, porque sobre ti se levanta (Isaías 60:1-6). Salmo Que te adoren, Señor, todos los pueblos (Salmo 72 [71]). Segunda lectura El misterio se ha dado a conocer, que los no judíos han de compartir en Cristo Jesús la misma herencia (Efesios 3:2-3a, 5-6). Evangelio Vinieron unos Magos de Oriente preguntando: Dónde está el rey de los judíos que ha nacido? (Mateo 2:1-12). BAUTISMOS Clase: sábado 9 de febrero/13 4:00pm Bautismo: sábado 16 de febrero/13 11:00am Por favor NO niños en la clase. Registración después de la Misa. TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Es tiempo de añadir los reyes magos al pesebre. En 1448 llegaron los pesebres italianos a las iglesias españolas, pero no fue hasta que el Rey Carlos III le regaló un pesebre a su hijo en el siglo XVIII que el uso de pesebres se expandió en los hogares. Desde entonces, el uso de nacimientos llega al continente americano en donde se convierte en la decoración principal para las fiestas navideñas. Así como en todo país latinoamericano el montaje del Belén es una tradición, lo es también en Venezuela. Con el pesebre venezolano llegan también aguinaldos, parrandas, Misas y patines. Sí! Patines! Desde la mitad del siglo pasado los venezolanos celebran la época navideña con patinadas. Estas patinadas normalmente se hacen por las mañanas y muchas calles están cerradas a los autos hasta las 8 a.m. para que niños y jóvenes puedan disfrutar de los patines, bicicletas y otros juguetes que les regala el niño Dios. Por eso, muchos niños duermen con un cordoncito atado al dedo gordo de los pies, que cuelgan por la ventana para que los despierten los que pasan patinado. LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: 1 Jn 3:22 4:6; Sal 2:7bc-8, 10-12a; Mt 4:12-17, Martes: 1 Jn 4:7-10; Sal 72 (71):1-4, 7-8; Mc 6:34-44 Miércoles: 1 Jn 4:11-18; Sal 72 (71): 1-2, 10, 12-13; Mc 6:45-52 Jueves: 1 Jn 4:19 5:4; Sal 72 (71):1-2, 14, 15bc, 17; Lc 4:14-22a Viernes: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Sal 147:12-15, 19-20; Lc 5:12-16 Sábado: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Sal 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 3:22-30 Domingo: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 o Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Sal 29 (28):1-4, 3, 9-10 o Sal 104 (103):1b-4, 24-25, 27-30; Hch 10:34-38 o Tit 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Lc 3:15-16, GRUPO DE ORACION Sábados 7:00pm Catequesis de Padres de familia Bienvenid@s a la Santa Misa SÓLO JESÚS Debemos orar sin cansarnos, porque la salvación de la humanidad no depende del éxito material sino sólo de Jesús.