380 LITTLE CANADA ROAD ◊ LITTLE CANADA, MN 55117-1699 ◊ WWW.SJOLC.ORG ◊ 651-484-2708

◊ M ARCH 31 , 2 019 ◊ Eucharist Schedule Saturday: 4:30PM Sunday: 8:30, 10:30AM Weekdays: 8:00AM (7:30AM - 7:55AM Rosary and Prayers) (9:10AM Some Wednesdays during the school year.) Reconciliation: Saturday, 3:30PM & 7:30AM on the days of an

8:00AM Mass, in the Church, or anytime by appointment. Please call the Parish Office.

Parish Registration: New Parishioners Welcome is normally the second Sunday of each month at 9:45AM. Please call the Parish Office to let us know you are coming.

Baptism: Baptism Information and dates are available on our website or by calling the Parish Office.

Marriage: Preparation and instruction must begin at least six months in advance of a suggested date. A specific date will be set with the priest when marriage readiness is indicated.

Visiting the Sick: Ministry to those who are homebound, sick, in hospitals or nursing homes is available. Please call the Parish Office if you know someone who wishes to be visited, anointed, and/or receive Communion.

Prayer Network: Parish Teams pray on behalf of the entire parish for needs brought to them. One call begins the chain of prayers. Only a first name and the prayer need are given to preserve confidentiality. Call 651-484-1048 between the hours of 9:00AM and 9:00PM.

Parish Office .............................................. (651) 484-2708 Fax .......................................................... (651) 484-0567 Hours: Monday thru Thursday: 8:30AM-4:30PM Friday: 8:30AM - 12 NOON - CLOSED SUMMER FRIDAYS

Direct Dial & Email Pastor: Rev. Tom Balluff 651-288-3265 ........................ pastor@stjohnsoflc.org

Pastoral Minister: Eric Cooley 651-288-3268 ....................... ecooley@stjohnsoflc.org

Director of Liturgy & Music: Ryan Chimzar .................... 651-288-3269 ..................... rchimzar@stjohnsoflc.org Contemporary Choir Directors: Bob & Jackie Harvey

Director of Faith Formation: Joe Block 651-288-3272……………………..jblock@stjohnsoflc.org

Business Administrator: Don Kellett 651-288-3267 ........................ dkellett@stjohnsoflc.org Administrative Assistant: Renee Anderson 651-288-3271 ................... randerson@stjohnsoflc.org Bookkeeper: Karla Schultz 651-288-3270 ...................... kschultz@stjohnsoflc.org

Parish Trustees: Paul Dinndorf: 651-697-1747 Craig Johnson: 651-653-8511

School ......................................................... (651) 484-3038 Fax .......................................................... (651) 481-1355 Hours: 8:00AM - 4:00PM Principal: Dan Hurley 651 288-3220 .................................. dhurley@sjolc.org

Preschool ................................................... (651) 484-3038 Hours: 9:00AM - 3:00PM AND HALF DAYS AS SPACE ALLOWS Eagle Club Childcare ................................. (651) 484-3038 Hours: 6:30AM - 6:00PM

Church of Saint John the Evangelist of Little Canada

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A MESSAGE FROM FR TOM PARISH & COMMUNITY

Greeters for Easter The Welcoming Committee extends an invitation to all families and individuals of the parish to join in greeting Mass-goers on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. No experience is needed and a brief training will be provided. Please join us for a fun, one-time opportunity to welcome those attending these holy day Masses. Questions? Visit our website at sjolc.org/welcoming or contact Eric Cooley, pastoral minister, in the parish office.

Food Collection Next Week Next weekend, April 6 & 7 is our regularly scheduled food collection for the poor. Please bring in non-perishable food items for those in need. Sponsored by the Christian Services Committee.

Springtime “Bakery” – April 6 &7 Prep your batters and doughs; preheat your ovens and export some enticing aromas! Then bring your cookies, muffins, pies, cakes, pastries, breads and candies “to market” (the Gathering Space) after 3 pm on Saturday, April 6. Plan to linger after Mass that weekend to purchase some sweet delights for home! Sponsored by Ste. Anne’s CCW.

Lenten Service Project Once again our Christian Services Committee and our School are collecting toothbrushes and toothpaste for children in Guatemala. Simply purchase items and deposit them in the boxes located at the entrances to the church between now and April 7 or drop items off at our school. Our goal is to collect over 2,000 toothbrushes and 2,000 boxes of toothpaste. Thank you!

Attention High School Students! Calling High School seniors! Can you use a little help with future tuition? Applications for Ste. Anne CCW Scholarship are available in the Gathering Space Kiosk. Applications are due to St. John’s Parish Office by April 15, 2019 – don’t delay!

As we continue our Lenten journey, please consider this important aspect of the practice of our faith… mainly the Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confession. Confession can be the moment in which we experience God’s unconditional love most intensely! With integrity, openness, humility, and sincerity we approach God in the confessional with a deep confidence and conviction that Our Lord loves us no matter what, no matter how we have sinned and will forgive us quickly and easily when we are truly sorry. To lay it all out there can actually feel refreshing, certainly humbling…but after we are done, we can feel lighter and unburdened by all that junk we have been carrying around. Remember that Our Lord wants us to be happy and free from everything that binds us to the slavery of sin. God desires our friendship! He wants us to be part of his heavenly family, while still here on earth. That means that we work hard at living the way He wants us to. Prayer is the key to everything. A deeper prayer life as God asks from us, will create a place for His Presence to flow in and through us out into our families, friendships, work place, community and Church. An authentic prayer life will lead us into frequenting the sacraments especially Confession which is a powerful tool to gain for us deeper humility (the foundation to the spiritual life). This Lenten season let us continue to grow into a deeper conversion of heart, becoming more unselfish, more self-giving. We are a people of joy! Believe it or not, Confession will get us there. Peace, Fr. Tom

Volunteers Needed!! We are looking for volunteers to help with lawn care throughout

the summer (2-3 hours per week) and possibly some outdoor

spring clean-up.

If interested contact Don Kellett at dkellett@stjohnsoflc.org or

651-288-3267

mailto:dkellett@stjohnsoflc.org

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FAITH FAMILY FAITH FORMATION

IN OUR PRAYERS

We remember those who need healing, including: June F., Bernice R., Carl H., Jennifer W., Paul S., Rick M., Joan C., June S., Darlene G.

If you would like to add or remove a name from the prayer list, please contact our pastoral minister, Eric Cooley at ecooley@stjohnsoflc.org or call 651-288-3268. We will include names in this listing for 2 months. If you need the time extended, please contact Eric Cooley.

PARISH & COMMUNITY

The call to discipleship - In Baptism, the Sacrament of faith, and as strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit in the Sacrament of Confirmation, all Christians are called to be disciples of Jesus Christ. Who is a Christian disciple? “One who responds to Christ’s call, follows Jesus, and shapes his or her life imitation of Christ’s.”

Who is a Christian steward? “One who receives God’s gifts gratefully, cherishes and tends them in a responsible and accountable manner, shares them in justice and love with others, and returns them with increase to the Lord.”

YTD Sunday Offerings July 1 thru March 17

Actual Budget Last Year

$580,349 $587,353 $631,750

Thank you for supporting St. John's of Little Canada!

Youth Group (Grades 6-12) Wednesday, Apr 3, 7:30-9:30 PM - Games, fun, prayer and a talk about “Angels and Demons” Friday, Apr 12, 6:00-8:00 PM - Fish Fry and Stations of the Cross, together as a group!

Totus Tuus - Vacation Bible School The program calls upon college students and Seminarians from across the United States to carry out this mission. Those hired are trained and put onto teams of four (two men and two women) to go out into a parish for a week, putting on a "parish mission" in order to teach the faith and inspire the young. They do this for six weeks. In addition to trying to communicate our faith and translate that into daily life, we also strive to foster Christian vocations. It is our firm belief that vocations, callings from God, can only be heard and responded to if one is living a Christian life. We strive to foster this, first and foremost, in our teachers by providing them with an understanding of the faith, a strong prayer life, and an opportunity to witness to their faith. The teachers sign a “covenant” in which they promise to be open to God’s will for them and actively to discern it. Because the teachers are striving to live an authentic Christian life and are actively discerning their vocation, they can better help the youth to do the same. Parents, Totus Tuus (like Vacation Bible School) is returning again this summer from June 16-21 for grades 1-6 (M-F, 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM) and grades 7-12 (S-Th, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM). Register now at sjolc.org/totus-tuus-gr-1-12.

Banquet of Love - Saturday, April 6th Marriage retreat day and dinner. Join nationally renowned speakers and authors Jim and Maureen Otremba in a powerful Saturday designed to transform your marriage through the power of the Eucharist! Retreat starts at 10:00AM - Mass at 4:00PM - Reception, Fellowship and Dinner at 5:15PM - Evening Program at 6:15PM - Fellowship and refreshments until 9:00PM. Please register by Monday, April 1st. Register Now: Online at www.churchofstpeternsp.org/marriage-retreat Or call 651-777-8304

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COMING UP THIS WEEK

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Monday, 1 8:00AM - Communion Service - Church 1:00PM - Prayer Shawl - Fireside Room 2:00PM - Communion Service @ Gable Pines 6:30PM - Welcoming Committee - Fireside Room 6:30PM - Christian Services - Holy Family Room 7:00PM - Scouts - Troop Meeting - Gym 7:30PM - AA Meeting - Lower Church Kitchen Tuesday, 2 7:30AM - Confessions - Church 8:00AM - Mass - Church 8:30AM - Fellowship - Lower Church 9:15AM - Men’s Faith Discussion - Fireside Room Wednesday, 3 9:15AM - All School Mass -Church 6:00PM - A Family of Faith - Adult Night -

School Dining Room 6:00PM - First Communion Class #2 -

Faith Formation Office 7:00PM - Contemporary Choir Practice - Chapel 7:00PM - Traditional Choir Rehearsal - Church 7:30PM - AA Meeting- Lower Church Kitchen Thursday, 4 7:30AM - Confessions - Church 8:00AM - Mass - Church 8:30AM - Eucharistic Adoration - Chapel 1:00PM - St Francis Prayer Group - Fireside Room 6:30PM - Liturgy Committee - Fireside Room 6:30PM - Adult Bible Study - Lower Church Kitchen Friday, 5 7:30AM - Confessions - Church 8:00AM - Mass - Church 9:15AM - Stations of the Cross (School) -Church 1:00PM - Mass @ Mayfield 7:00PM - Stations of the Cross - Church Saturday, 6 (Ste. Anne’s Springtime Bakery Sale) (Food Collection Weekend) 7:30AM - Confessions - Church 8:00AM - Mass - Church 8:00AM - St John’s 3rd Order Lay Carmelites -

Gathering Space 8:45AM - Rosary - Church 3:30PM - Confessions - Church 4:30PM - Mass - Church Sunday, 7 (Ste. Anne’s Springtime Bakery Sale) (Food Collection Weekend) 8:30AM - RCIA - 3rd Scrutiny - Church 8:30AM - Mass - Church 9:00AM - RCIA - Class - Holy Family Room 10:30AM – Mass - Church

MASS INTENTIONS April 2-7

Tuesday: Josephine Kinney †

Wednesday: Millie & Bill Fyten †

Thursday: Roy Kreuser †

Friday: John & Betty Reese

8:00AM Saturday: For The Parish

4:30PM Saturday: Gloria Millette †

8:30AM Sunday:

LaVonne McCumber †

READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 31 Sunday: Jos 5:9a, 10-12/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 [9a]/2 Cor 5:17-21/Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Monday: Is 65:17-21/Ps 30:2 and 4, 5-6, 11-12a and 13b [2a]/Jn 4:43-54 Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12/Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 [8]/Jn 5:1-16 Wednesday: Is 49:8-15/Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18 [8a]/Jn 5:17-30 Thursday: Ex 32:7-14/Ps 106:19-20, 21-22, 23 [4a]/Jn 5:31-47 Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22/Ps 34:17-18, 19-20, 21 and 23 [19a]/Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Saturday: Jer 11:18-20/Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-10, 11-12 [2a]/Jn 7:40-53 Next Sunday: Is 43:16-21/Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 [3]/Phil 3:8-14/Jn 8:1-11

Rich Ripka † 10:30AM Sunday:

LITTLE CANADA 55 PLUS CLUB Our next meeting will be April 15, 2019.... Our meal will be Baked Chicken and all the trimmings. Reservations should be made by April 10th.....Call Lee Margl at 651-486-9627. Our Entertainment will be Bingo. If you are interested in joining the 55 Plus Club, please call Frank Costa at 651-484-1363 or Lee Margl at 651-486-9627.

Fish Fry! Save The Date - April 12th - 4:30pm - 7pm Come join us in the school gym for Baked and Fried Fish (come taste the new recipe!) and all the fixings! Beer, wine and soda too!