After both Masses this weekend in St Joseph Campus social hall.

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time FEBRUARY 3, 2013 St. Joseph Campus: 1310 Mainstreet, Hopkins St. John Campus (Parish Office): 6 Interlachen Road, Hopkins Phone: (952) 935-5536 Website: www.stgabrielhopkins.org Fax: (952) 938-2724 CONTACTS Parish Office... (952) 935-5536 St. Joseph s Social Hall... (952) 938-8968 CELEBRATION OF MASSES St. Joseph Campus Saturday... 4:30pm Sunday... 8:30am Tue & Thu... 7:00am Morning Prayer & Rosary Mon, Wed, & Fri... 7:00am St. John the Evangelist Campus 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) 935-5536 Communion or BeFriender visit: Contact Mary Fran Karanikolas... (952) 935-5536 Parish Registration Contact the Parish Office at... (952) 935-5536 Bulletin Deadline Tuesdays at 12:00pm (week of the bulletin publication.) email to: mkrawczak@stgabrielhopkins.org BAKE SALE BAKE SALE BAKE SALE BAKE SALE After both Masses this weekend in St Joseph Campus social hall. Come check out the nice selection of baked goods. You will be glad you did! Cookies after the 4:30pm Mass on Saturday Donuts, juice and coffee after Sunday Mass Refreshments compliments of the Council of Catholic Women If enough bake sale items are left they will be on sale after the 10:30am Mass at St John's Campus. Meet our new regional Catholic School -- Notre Dame Academy! Open House Sunday, February 3, 2013 9:30am - 12:30pm Opening in September, Notre Dame Academy will be supported by Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Minnetonka and St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in Hopkins, MN (formerly St. John's and St. Joseph's) who together have sponsored Catholic school programs for over 50 years. Notre Dame Academy will continue to provide Preschool - 8 th grade at one location on the Immaculate Heart of Mary campus. Meet the new Notre Dame Academy principal, Mr. Terry Factor Join us for a facility tour Learn about exciting changes in store for our new school Registration available for 2013 school year

Parish News Parish Staff Pastor: Fr. James Liekhus Ext. 420 frjliekhus@stgabrielhopkins.org Deacons: Deacon Darrel Branch Ext. 199 Deacon Francis Tangney (952) 935-8530 Business Administrator: Brook Sullivan Ext. 401 bsullivan@stgabrielhopkins.org Director of Worship & Music: Katie Schafer Ext. 102 - St. John s campus Ext. 440 - 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. 410 - St. John s campus Ext. 444 - 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) 933-7610 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) 938-3383 ST. JOHN S CATHOLIC SCHOOL www.sjshopkins.org 1503 Boyce Street Hopkins MN 55343 Principal: Kathy Segna (952) 935-7787 email: ksegna@stjohnhopkins.org LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR 02-9/10 4:30 Mass at St. Joseph s Campus Sacristan: Kristen Jamison Lectors: Mary Rasmussen & Barb Kok Servers: Cassidy Kummrow Eucharistic Ministers: Amy Jo Ames, Lorraine Baumgardner, Dale & Jane Specken, Beverly Stifter Usher: Mark Hottman Greeters: Linda Galuszka, Fred & Darlene Braun 8:30 Mass at St. Joseph s Campus Sacristan: Patrick Hirl Lectors: Mary Beckering, Mark Ninnemann Servers: Katie Hirl, Daniel Hirl Eucharistic Ministers: Patrick & Denise Hirl, Harriet Lodermeier, Beth Lauzon, Rhonda Pantila Usher: Peter Ames Greeters: M & J Underdahl, Don & Mary Beckering & Family 10:30 Mass at St. John s Campus Lectors: C. Carlson, S. Goergen Servers: Jack B., Megan R., Evelyn C. Extraordinary Ministers: M. Remington, C. Vincent, M. Torres, R. Torres To perform Free Family-Friendly Concert at St. Joseph Campus-Hopkins The MSO returns to St. Joseph s Campus for the 8 th 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! Next 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 www.msomn.org. Early Catholic Family Life Program Continues Are you wondering how to pass your Catholic faith on to your children? Here is an opportunity for you to discuss the faith with other Catholic parents and have fun learning more about God together with your children. This new program is for parents with children infants to 5 years old. Father Jim Livingston will celebrate a Healing Mass on Tuesday, February 19 at 7:00pm at St. Joseph Campus. Please join us for the Rosary and Mass. Direct questions to Barb at (952) 933-8423. 2

Parish News Dear Parishioners, 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. Please pray for those in nursing homes, the families of the sick, caregivers, and for the following: The Deceased: The repose of the souls of Leone Thomey and Alex Bachnick and pray for their families and friends who mourn them. The Sick: Lorraine Baumgardner, Anne & Ron Bisson, Jeanette Blake, Quinton Branch, Rose Cardinal, Barb Carney, Grace Clark, Mary Lou Cronin, Dan and Lorraine Cunningham, Marie Edquist, Jean Feltl, Fran Hayden, Grant Hilbert, Ron Hruska, Jan Kaiser, Jim Keller, Orville Kemper, Shirley Kloss, Tom Kloss, Margaret LeSage, Barb Mackintosh, John Malecha, Carol & Dick Olson, Karla Pallansch, Alice Paulsrud, Mary Rasmussen, Bernie Reid, Kathleen Sawyer, Sharon Schaefer, Diane Schmerler, Jean Schwappach, Sam Seward, 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. I was baptized and raised at Saint Olaf s parish in downtown Minneapolis, and every once in a while, someone will ask me, Wouldn t it be great if you were assigned to Saint Olaf s? You could go back and be pastor at the parish where you grew up! Whenever someone asks me that, I think of this weekend s gospel. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. As much as I love my home parish and the people there, my answer is always, No, that would not be great, that would be very difficult. Of course, I m very comfortable there and am familiar with the people, and the people are familiar with me, but that s the problem. We re too familiar. They know me as little Jimmy, growing up in the pews, asking them for donations for the school marathon and falling asleep on my dad s shoulder during the homily. So it would be hard for them to see me as Fr. Liekhus, their spiritual father and someone who has responsibility in the parish, just as it was hard for the people of Nazareth in today s gospel. This problem is certainly not unique to priests. As counterintuitive as it may seem, often times it is the ones that we are closest to, the ones that we know the best, our family and friends, who are the ones it is most difficult to share our faith with, to give that witness to the truth. We can be very bold in our faith to those we are less familiar with, those with whom we do not have a long-term relationship. But when it comes to our family and friends, it s just different. It can be difficult to be that same person that same witness to Christ s saving truth. Part of the difficulty may be because we have not formed the habit of speaking about the faith with our families. Even in those families that are very faithful, that come to Mass every Sunday, and celebrate all the sacraments and volunteer their talents at the parish, there can be a discomfort when it comes to speaking about our faith. Honey, what do you appreciate most about our faith? Sweetie, I feel like praying with you. Children, what did you learn from the homily today? Perhaps these phrases are spoken all the time in your household, but perhaps not. Maybe it s different for you, but speaking for myself, it is the ones that I am closest to, my family and my friends, whom it can be the most difficult to talk to about my faith. It can be easier to preach the gospel to a roomful of people than to my own brother. It can be easier to speak the truth with love about the Church s moral teaching to a stranger in the confessional than to my best friend. And I think part of the reason it is easy to fall into that is because we are told by our culture that we have to compartmentalize our faith. Faith is private; it is personal, so just keep it to yourself. If you re in church, fine, do whatever, but don t talk to me about your faith, because it might sound like you re judging mine, or lack thereof. We can learn from an early age that to speak about our faith in public is to open ourselves up to being politely ignored, if not scolded. We can become conditioned to hesitate, to think twice before we share something about our faith. That attitude is hard to turn on and off, to the point where we don t feel comfortable talking about our faith to anyone, even to our loved ones. We become afraid that it will be received the way Jesus was received in his hometown, with hostility and anger. That is clearly not the way our Lord wants it. He has told us, If you deny me to others, I will deny you to my heavenly Father. I will close the door, and you will knock and say, Lord, let me in, and I will say, I do not know you. Depart from me. We must never be ashamed to confess our faith in Jesus, we must be proud to call ourselves disciples of Christ. That is why we have to be intentional in teaching our children that talking about and sharing their faith is good, it is normal, and that they should never be made to feel ashamed or embarrassed because of their faith. We must immerse them in our faith; we must engage them, talk to them, ask them what they think; help them understand, share with them our own faith. We must make it as natural as talking about what they did in school or how they did at their game. If it hasn t started yet, then it must start now. Let us grow comfortable speaking about our faith with our family and friends, so that we can all help each other grow in holiness. Fr. Liekhus 3

Parish News MASS INTENTIONS Sunday, February 3 8:30am Mary Ann Penaz 10:30am Catherine Kohman 1:00pm People of the Parish Tuesday, February 5 7:00am Ann Marie Ricci Wednesday, February 6 9:30am Rev. Jerome Junski Thursday, February 7 7:00am James Brannan, Sr. Friday, February 8 8:00am Susan VanDyne-Coleman Saturday, February 9 8:00am Sharon Adele Rackner 4:30pm Robert Ludwig Sunday, February 10 8:30am Donna Schumann 10:30am Eileen & Nicholas Koster 1:00pm People of the Parish Sunday, February 3 10:30am Preschool Program SJE 10:45am Hispanic Religious Ed. SJCR 6:00pm NO Sunday Evening Faith Formation (Super Bowl Sunday) Monday, February 4 7:30pm AA CAFE Tuesday, February 5 7:30am Eucharistic Adoration SJ 1:00pm Legion of Mary SJLB 5:30pm Benediction SJ 7:00pm Holy Spirit Prayer Group SJLB 7:00pm RCIA SJCR Wednesday, February 6 10:00am Adoration Chapel 11:00am Senior Coffee SJCR 6:00pm Pastoral Council 7:00pm Stewardship Committee SJECONF Thursday, February 7 6:30pm Choir Rehearsal SJE Weekly Calendar 7:00pm REDISCOVER: Meaning Our Lady of Grace, Edina 8:30pm Men s Club Basketball SJG Friday, February 8 6:00pm Early Catholic Family Life SMR Saturday, February 9 7:00pm Hispanic Prayer Group SJCR Sunday, February 10 10:30am Preschool Program SJE 10:45am Hispanic Religious Ed. SJCR LD 3:00pm (MSO) Children s Symphony Orchestra Family Concert SJ 6:00pm Faith Formation SJ SJSH-Social Hall SJSC-School Cafeteria SB-School Building SJLB-Library SJAU-Auxiliary Room SJEYR-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 WOMEN S CLUB NEWS Ladies: Upcoming Events February 2/3 Bake Sale February 12 General Meeting Loaves and Fishes on Monday, February18 Sign-up in the foyer at St. John s Campus to help prepare the meal at Holy Rosary at 3:00pm or to set-up, serve or clean-up after the meal. CLEAN-UP HELP IS NEEDED FROM 5:30 TO 6:30pm Monetary donations may be sent to St. Gabriel s Parish Office, attention Loaves and Fishes. For information contact Deacon Darrel and Chris Branch at (952)-929-8695. Holy Rosary: 2424 18th Ave. S., Mpls, MN 55404, (612) 724-8929 ST. JOHN S CAMPUS LITURGICAL MINISTERS REMINDER: Please turn in your CAN T SERVE times. You can email your requests to Deacon Darrel Branch at sweetbranc@aol.com. 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. GREETERS SCHEDULE Attention all Greeters and prospective Greeters. Commitment is usually just one Mass per month. I'll be preparing the March thru June schedule soon. Please let me know by February 11 if you have any requests. Gail Aubrecht (763) 559-0790 to email billygail@gmail.com. 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, 2013. The next schedule will run from March 2-3 through May 25-26, 2013. You may turn in your requests to Katie Schafer (952) 935-5536 or email Jim Svihel at jcsvihel@aol.com. 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. CHECK THE Brown Folder Pocket on the Bulletin Board at both campuses! Many activities throughout our Archdiocese are coming up that you might be interested in attending. Day of Recollection for Caregivers, February 16 is next at the Parish of Annunciation. 4

School News ST. JOHN S SCHOOL NEWS Pancake Breakfast St. John s School is very grateful to Mary Rivers for chairing our pancake breakfast and all those that said yes when asked to help out and work. Sincere thanks to all that attended. It was a huge success. We grossed $1603.50 and had approximately $250.00 in expenses for an approximate net of $1353.00 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! Thank you note from St. Josephs Home for Children When our parish communities reach out and assist us at St. Josephs Home for Children we feel especially gratified. Thank you sincerely for the hygiene products you provided for our children, our residents on Hope Street were most grateful. Christmas at St. Joseph s for Children was great fun for our children and would not be possible without the support of kind donors like you. Thank you for thinking about our children and helping to make Christmas special for them, your parish community is wonderful. Warmest regards, St. Josephs Home for Children What getting a Catholic Education means to me. I like that I am able to go to a Catholic School and get a Catholic education because I am able to talk about God, attend Mass on Wednesday, and that I can pray in the classroom. I like this because as a Catholic, I am able to stay connected with my religion, while at school. Also the classes are smaller, and you can get special attention. This is nice because if you need help in a subject you could set that up with the teacher. You can also do some extracurricular activities that you cannot do at a public school, like how St. John s does the musical. I like that we are able to do the musical because it can help many kids be more confident in themselves. St. John s has given me a great life experience. I came here in preschool and have been here ever since. In the years I ve been here I have made lifelong friends, friends I will never forget. And that s what getting a Catholic education means to me. By Anna, gr. 6 Where I go to school is a Catholic school. We have activities like attending school Mass on Wednesday. When we go to church we bow before entering the pew. We kneel down and say a prayer. We respond clearly. It makes the priest happy. We are proud to talk about God. It makes me feel good because I know I can share my love of God with others. I like to learn more about God in Religion class. Our small classes are great and I like to spend time with my best friends. We do a musical play every year. We also have Lego Robotics after school on Wednesday where I learn more about technology. We all receive special attention from excellent teachers and staff. Thank you Mom and Dad for sending me to St. John s. By Ethan, gr. 6 5

Faith Formation PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN SUNDAY MORNING FAITH FORMATION Parents: Bring your 3, 4 & 5-year olds to Sunday Morning Preschool this Sunday February 3 during the 10:30am Mass at St. John s Campus. Haven t signed up yet? Contact the Faith Formation Office (952) 935-7004. SUNDAY EVENING FAITH FORMATION for Grades 1-10 There will be NO FF session this Sunday, February 3 (break for Super bowl Sunday). Sessions will resume next Sunday evening, February 10, at the St. Joseph s School Campus. See you then! ECFL Early Catholic Family Life Just a reminder Session 4 is this Friday evening, February 8 at 6:15pm in St. John s School. Come for an enjoyable, enriching time with you child. PCYI The Protection of Children and Youth Initiative Last Sunday, our Faith Formation students in Grades 1 5 and their parents together enjoyed a very entertaining presentation of children s safety. Rachael Kroog came and made the topic both fun and memorable, including animals, interaction and music as part of her show. This is part of St. Gabriel s commitment to keeping our children safe from any potential harm. There will be a similar presentation at the High School level for our 9 th & 10 th Graders and parents on February 10. REDISCOVER: MEANING - Finding God s Purpose for My Life Presented by Father Peter Laird We all feel the tug of the big questions in life. Who is God? What is God s purpose and plan for my life? Take a break from the hustle and bustle of life and join fellow Catholics in exploring your faith. It s a wonderful way to help prepare yourself for Lent and a great opportunity to bring a friend or family member with you. Take some time to ponder the all-powerful God who created the heavens and the earth, who created you and knows you by name and his purpose and plan for your life. Rediscover: meaning - Finding God s Purpose for My Life is offered at 7pm at three locations on three dates: Monday, February 4 New Brighton: Saint John the Baptist, 835 2nd Avenue NW Tuesday, February 5 Eagan: Saint John Neumann, 4030 Pilot Knob Road Thursday, February 7 Edina: Our Lady of Grace, 5071 Eden Avenue All talks are FREE and start at 7:00pm and run 90 minutes, followed by hospitality time. Attend one or all of the four talks in the 2013 Rediscover: Faith Speakers Series. Please visit Rediscover-faith.org to find out more. 6

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SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA Santa Misa, domingos 1:00pm Pastor: Rev. Padre James Liekhus (Padre Jim) 952-935-5536 www.stgabrielhopkins.org X Domingo Ordinario C 3s de febrero del 2013 UNA MISIÓN CONTINUA En la sinagoga de su pueblo natal, los vecinos se maravillaban con las palabras de Jesús. No obstante, se preguntaban: No es este el hijo de José? Con seguridad la gente sabía quién era Jesús. El hijo del carpintero. El joven que aprendió en esa misma sinagoga. El muchacho de la calle. El conflicto surge cuando Jesús empieza a definirse de una manera nueva. Las tensiones aumentan cuando se compara con los antiguos profetas Elías y Eliseo. Las tensiones se multiplican cuando Jesús empieza a hablar de una nueva misión para el pueblo de Dios: la Buena Nueva de la Escritura está dirigida a todos. En su famoso pasaje de la primera carta a los Corintios, san Pablo nos recuerda la naturaleza del amor eterno. El amor no termina. En la lectura de hoy, se nos recuerda que, como el amor, la misión de Jesús no se puede detener. Jesús se desliza entre la multitud de perseguidores y sigue adelante con nuevos retos. Estamos llamados a esta misma perseverancia en nombre del amor. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura Dios destina a Jeremías a ser profeta de las naciones (Jeremías 1:4-5, 17-19). Salmo Señor, tú eres mi esperanza (Salmo 71 [70]). Segunda lectura El amor con todas sus muchas facetas es la más importante de las virtudes (1 Corintios 12:31 13:13 [13:4-13]). Evangelio Jesús reclama que su misión salvífica es para todos los pueblos (Lucas 4:21-30). LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Heb 11:32-40; Sal 31 (30):20-24; Mc 5:1-20 Martes: Heb 12:1-4; Sal 22 (21):26b-28, 30-32; Mc 5:21-43 Miércoles: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Sal 103 (102):1-2, 13-14, 17-18a; Mc 6:1-6 Jueves: Heb 12:18-19, 21-24; Sal 48 (47):2-4, 9-11; Mc 6:7-13 Viernes: Heb 13:1-8; Sal 27 (26):1, 3, 5, 8b-9; Mc 6:14-29 Sábado: Heb 13:15-17, 20-21; Sal 23 (22):1-6; Mc 6:30-34 Domingo: Is 6:1-2a, 3-8; Sal 138 (137):1-5, 7-8; 1 Cor 15:1-11 [3-8, 11]; Lc 5:1-11 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 En muchos hogares Latinos el tiempo de Navidad terminó el día dos de febrero con la levantada del Niño Dios en la fiesta de la Candelaria. Es interesante como el pueblo cristiano tiene un cierto afecto para Jesús en su aspecto de niño. Desde hace siglos con el evangelista Lucas y la virgen María la imaginación cristiana ha ido buscando al Divino Niño en el templo; con san Cristóbal lleva cargando al Niño Dios sobre los hombros mientras cruza el rió de la vida y san Antonio de Lisboa juega con el Niñito Jesús sobre un libro teológico mientras estudia la Palabra de Dios. Fueron los monjes cistercienses del siglo XII quienes primero desarrollaron esta devoción al Niño Jesús. En su afán por conocer mejor al Dios hecho humano entraban por medio de la meditación imaginativa en los cuatro evangelios. Esta meditación es un entrar en la vida de Jesús de tal manera que vives los eventos en tu corazón y desarrollar así una relación afectiva con el Señor. La devoción al Niño Dios debe ser acompañada de la lectio divina. Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. 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.