January 1, 2017

Visit: www.stjoan.com 4537 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55419 612.823.8205 Fax: 612.825.7028

Pastor’s 2 Cents From: Fr. Jim DeBruycker

Happy New Year! One year gone and a new one starts and this one is going to be VERY interesting - on so many levels. Of course, I’m expecting the worst, but the happy folks around me are saying “It’s going to be okay. You gotta trust!” Easy for them to say. But it’s the same challenges in today’s readings. Mary, Joseph and the shepherds are trusting in the plan/messages revealed to them in what they saw or heard. I’d be asking “Why should I do that? or “Huh, what do you mean by that? or Why should I go there? ‘We mere mortals are wired to be skeptical and ask a lot of “why” questions.

Today’s Psalm says God spoke to our ancestors through prophets, but now with the birth of Jesus, God speaks to us “through the Son”. The question is: Do we listen and trust that God is speaking to us? Life sure gets simpler when we do.

Now, on to another topic – our Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Community. We continue to be a growing parish because of our many ministries that welcome and serve many, including the hurt, lonely, disenfranchised and suffering. In 2017, we will continue to focus on how we can keep serving by sharing our time, treasure and talent with one another and with those who reach out to us for support or enrichment.

At the same time, we have to be aware that it takes space to serve and welcome the commu-nity and the ministries that call SJA our spiritual home. It is for that reason we are embarking on a Capital Campaign to raise $2,998,200 to do some very long overdue restoration work in our Church, add a welcoming center and update our Egan Room kitchen area. We will be asking every member of our SJA community to help us raise the funding for these projects.

It will be your decision to make a campaign commitment and how much to commit. We will be inviting you to support the improvement of our facilities for today’s SJA community and for those who follow us. As a community we are committed to be welcoming, and I suspect we each felt that spirit when we first attended SJA. It is now falls to each of us to keep up the welcoming as well as the physical facilities strong for the generations to come.

We have started reaching out to some parishioners to help “jump start” our capital campaign. In January we will broaden the invitation to parishioners involved in our 90+ ministries. Then in February, we will open the invitation to all SJA members and friends.

I hope you will start thinking about how you can respond with a generous financial commit-ment, based on your blessings and capacity. I am very excited about the possibilities for our campaign and hope that you are too. Stay tuned, for good things are happening in our midst that will help to enrich the future of our SJA community.

Gym Masses

Presider: Fr. James Cassidy Happy 2017! It is New Year's Day and the feast of the Solemnity of Mary! Our liturgy will include an open mic to share your hopes and dreams for the new year. We will also hear a lovely Christmas Truce story sung by our own Steve Kremer. Thank you for this New Year's tradition here at St. Joan’s! We look forward to celebrating this day and our journey together as a community of faith.

Family Masses

Happy New Year! There are no Family Masses today. See you back in the church next Sunday, Jan. 8, to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany.

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9 am and 11 am Sunday in the Gym 9 am and 11 am Sunday in the Gym 9 am and 11 am Sunday in the Gym 9 am and 11 am Sunday in the Gym Family Masses at 9:45 am and 11:45 am in the Church Family Masses at 9:45 am and 11:45 am in the Church Family Masses at 9:45 am and 11:45 am in the Church Family Masses at 9:45 am and 11:45 am in the Church

Highlights This Week at SJA

Scripture Readings:

Sun, Jan. 1: Numbers 6:22-27; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21 Mon, Jan. 2: 1 John 2:22-28; John 1:19-28 Tue, Jan. 3: 1 John 2:29-3:3; John 1:29-34 Wed, Jan. 4: 1 John 3:7-10; John 1:35-42 Thu, Jan. 5: 1 John 3:11-21; John 1:43-51 Fri, Jan. 6: 1 John 5:5-13; Mark 1:7-11 Sat, Jan. 7: 1 John 5:14-21; John 2:1-11 Sun, Jan. 8: Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:2-3a,5-6; Matthew 2:1-12

Looking Ahead…

Anne, Randy Adamsick, Zach Arlein, Ben, Jodi B., Ray B., Sally Backstrom, Louisa Bailey, Dennis Barta, Dick Berggren, Maureen Black, Elaine Boehm, Sally Bolster, Lorraine Bryant, Ron Buchanan, Pam Burd, George C., Dayna Cell, Marge Collins, Clenora Creapeau, Dolores Cufaude, Betty Culver, Barb D., Roger D., Anita Dahinton, Megan & Nicholas Daoust, Colleen Dooley, Anne Duvalley, JoAnne Engelking, Bonnie Fitzgibbons, John & Margaret Frees, Rose Ann Garrison, Peter & Kathleen Giefer, Betty Goodman, Ralph Gotto, Teresa Graham, Ben Green & family, Tom Griep, Angie Hancock, Brent Harapat, Jamel Harris, Mary Havstad, Bernhard Hering, Katie Hines, Brad Hinker, Jim Hinton, Ethan Hoeschen, Megan Hoffman,

Mary Hoody, Emily Horner, Jan Horner, Kathy Horner, Neysa Housley, Kirk Ingram, Dorothy Irvin, Judy, Ginny J., Cecilia Jaisle, Dan & Tom Jay, Paul Jonsson, Kevin, Jean Karol, Maria Karpinski, Glen Kelley, Erika Kraus, Gary Kremer, Fred Kroog, Paul L., Amy Lainus, Ivy Lang, Melva Larson, Rachel Larson, Dick Leahy, Gary Lindstrom, Pat Lyon, Jim Lyons, Malia, Margaret, Kyle M., Thomas Madryga, Katherine Malaga, Marguerite,

Anthony Marino, Harvey May, Anne McCraken, Mary Jo McMahon, Katherine & Lauren McManus, Wally May, Bill McReavy, Chuck Meiers, Mike, Jerre Miller, Nate, Craig Norby, Millie Nortley, Tom O’Brien, Rana Olk, Ken Olsen, Dick Olson, Paul Olvera, Pam, Judy P., Sandy Pearson, Joan Penrose, Bill Peterka, Bob Pierce, Dick Pirola, Ted Pouliot, C. Popp, Bennett Queen, Ross, Doris Rausch, Bob Reiter, Barbara Risdall, Lynn & Natalie Roloff, Donald Roufs, Margaret Rowser, Helen Russett, Conrad Sampair, Kay Samuelson, Kay Sanders, Gene Schultz,

Larry Seekamp, Dana Sell, Mac Shapland, Aileen & Dave Sheppard, Sam Slagerman, Joan Speltz, Jeff Stearns, Ted, Teddy, Tim, Trisha, Tom, Irene Taddiken, Jane Tax, Matthew Tennant, Mary Eve Thomas, Echo Thoren, John Trueman, Carin Vagle, Leroy Vague, Susan Weatherly, Marlys Weber, Bennett Wentworth, Darlene Wheeler, Phil Wixsten, Darlene Wojcik, Maureen Wolf, Patricia Wood, Ann Woolsey, Tara Zozel

Prayer Corner Requests: To keep prayer requests current, names will be included in the bulletin for four weeks and then removed. To add a name or to renew your request, please call Nancy Becker at 612.823.8205 ext. 223.

A Book of Prayer is located in our Gym vestibule. If you have a family member or friend who is ill or who has recently died, please write their names in our Book of Prayer before Mass so we may include them in prayers during our Sunday Masses.

Prayer Corner: Please remember in your prayers those who are in need of healing:

FFI check the bulletin, the SJA website or call the Parish Center. The Upper Room is located in the Parish Center; Hospitality Hall, in the Church basement; the Arc, across 45th Street, 4457 3rd Av. Monday, January 2

The Parish Center Offices will be closed.

Tuesday, January 3

8 am Mass in the Church

Thursday, January 5

8 am Mass in the Church

Sunday, January 8

Confirmation Retreat, 2 pm in the Church and Hospitality Hall

SignUpGenius for Eucharistic Ministers is available online. It is simple, user friendly and a reminder is sent 3 days before your scheduled volunteer day. FFI contact Marcia at mkurtz@stjoan.com. Gluten-free Communion is available upon request. Please see any of the Sunday sacristans in the Gym before Mass.

Sunday 9 and 11 am Gym Masses:

Sunday, January 8: Presider: Fr. DeBruycker. The Lincoln High School Choir from Thief River Falls under the direction of Darcy Reese will again sing their hope-filled songs as we ponder the mystery of the Epiphany.

Sunday, January 15: Presider: Fr. Cassidy. MLK Sunday. In our liturgies, we will lift up the powerful words and music of the civil rights movement and recommit to ending racism in our community and our nation. Singer/actor TMychael Rambo joins the SJA choir.

Sunday, January 22: Presider: Fr. DeBruycker. Pre-Mass Speaker: Chuck Denny has been a prominent business and community leader for more than 50 years, Chuck is also a former director of the MN Center for Corporate Responsibility and a challenging voice for systemic change in our economy.

January 29: Presider: Fr. Cassidy. Pre-Mass Speaker: Dr. Edwige Mubonzi is a physician from the Democratic Republic of Congo who refused to be silent about the treatment of women in war and was forced to flee her country as a refugee.

Rest in Peace Katherine C. Reano,

mother of parishioners Michael and Christine Reano, has passed onto eternal life.

Please keep her and her family in your prayers.

Parish Life

Choir: No rehearsal on Jan. 5. Rehearsals for the MLK concert will resume on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 7 pm at Mayflower Church and Thursday, Jan. 12, 7 pm at St. Joan of Arc. Happy New Year to you all!

2016-2017 SJA Concert Series! Sunday, January 15: MLK Holiday Concert 2017: When I Think

of Home. Music and stories about the African American experience with Yolanda Bruce, TMychael Rambo,

Robert Robinson, Bruce Henry and the combined choruses of St. Joan of Arc and Mayflower Church all hosted by Dan Chouinard. Special $10 student price! Sunday, April 30: Collective Unconscious: Deja Vu. With preci-sion and soul, CU plays Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's 1970 album front to back right in front of our eyes. Come and experience this album in an exciting new way!! All concerts at 7 pm and all tickets $20. Tickets are on sale at www.stjoan.com.

New Member Dinner: On Wednesday, January 25 we welcome new members! If you’ve registered as a member since October, you and your family are invited to this informal dinner hosted by staff and volunteers at 6 pm in Hospitality Hall. Did you register this past year but were unable to attend a previous dinner? Join us at this one! RSVP to the Parish Center at 612.823.8205 by Jan. 22.

The Sunday Morning Registration and Information Office is located in the Parish Center. In the office you may register to become a SJA parishioner, get program information, sign up for a program, and register to volunteer. The office is open after both of our Sunday morning liturgies.

Parking: Be considerate of our neighbors and their property. Please don’t block driveways or park in their on-street handicapped areas. Thank you!

Consider Carpooling or Riding the City Bus to Church: Go to metrotransit.org for more information. Thank you!

Food Shelf Donations Are Needed: You are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items with you when you come to Mass on Sunday and place them in our food shelf bins, located in the entrances to our Church and Parish Center. Your food offerings are donated to the Foodshelf at Sabathani Community Center each week. Thank you for your willingness to help those in need.

Mobile Loaves and Fishes needs toiletry size soap, toothpaste toothbrushes, shampoo, lotion, socks, hats and mittens for the winter. Please place your donations in the collec-tion hamper across from the food shelf bin in the Parish Center entrance. FFI contact mlf.mpls@gmail.com.

Summary of contributions for the week and fiscal year. Includes plate, envelopes and estimated Sustaining Member payments.

Week of December 18, 2016 Actual $42,095 Budget $54,434 Prior Year Actual $60,001

YTD (July 1 – December 18, 2016) Actual $867,251 Budget $941,638 Prior Year Actual $833,648

Thank You!

Welcome Center and Church Restoration: You can now see a video on our Web site (www.stjoan.com) featuring the pro-posed welcome center and the planned restoration work in the Church. You will also find some frequently asked and answered questions about our capital campaign. Our thanks to parishion-ers Jeff and Rita Nohner for their outstanding work in producing the video. Wedding Policies at St. Joan of Arc: Weddings are provided as a service to members of the parish community. Because of the large number of weddings, it is not possible to provide the services of a Presider or our facilities for people who are not registered parishioners. For a wedding to take place at SJA, it is necessary that one of the engaged couple be a registered member of the parish for at least six months before a wedding date can be set. A date can only be scheduled by one of the priests after an initial interview with the engaged couple. A mini-mum of six months from the time the date is set to the wedding is necessary in order to complete requirements. In cases where there has been a previous marriage ending in divorce, it is not possible to set the wedding date until notice of an annulment is in hand. FFI call Mary Ann at the Parish Center.

Recycle: Please use the labeled receptacles for compost, paper, glass, plastic, cans, waste and cups. By doing so we will be ecologically responsible and a big help to our maintenance staff as well. Thank you.

Where Does My Coffee Cup Go? We strive to be a zero-waste campus and your help is needed making sure that coffee cups are disposed of properly on Sunday mornings. Here's the info you need: 1. All hot cups brought in from outside SJA are TRASH (not recyclable), unless marked "Certified Compostable" 2. Cold plastic beverage cups and lids are RECYCLABLE. Straws are not. 3. All cups from within SJA are COMPOSTABLE - organic, made from corn. Thank you for your help!

FFI on Pastoral Ministries contact Mary Ann Kelly-Wright at 612.823.8205 ext 231 or via email: mkelly@stjoan.com.

Mental Health Ministry: Monday, Jan. 9 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 41st & Lyndale. Staff members from Work Incentives Connection will return to present more information on, Navi-gating SSI and Employment When You Have a Mental Illness/Disability. Learn how to manage receiving public benefits while collecting wages and how Work Incentives Connections can help. Light supper 5:45 pm; program 6:30 - 8 pm. Free will offer-ing accepted. All are welcome. 1.8 CEU's available to students and professionals. FFI contact Mary Ann Kelly-Wright at the Parish Center.

Did You Know? The State of Minnesota website: www.mndisability.gov provides a single entry point to program and services related to disability issues, as well as access to state laws, statutes and regulations in disability related areas.

The BeFriender Ministry offers confidential listening and support in times of life challenges or transitions. FFI contact Carolyn at 651.485.2868 or Mary Ann at the Parish Center. All active Befrienders are reminded our next meeting is Saturday, Jan. 14, 1 - 3 pm in the Parish Center. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend.

The Parish Visitor Ministry is available to parishioners who cannot join us for worship or would like an additional long or short term parish connection in the home, hospital, rehab or care center. FFI contact Mary Ann at the Parish Center. Anyone interested in serving in the BeFriender or Parish Visitor Ministry may contact Mary Ann at the Parish Center.

TRUST, Inc. Winter/Spring Grief Series will be hosted by SJA in the Parish Center on Thursdays Jan. 26 through March 30, 6:15 - 8 pm. Watch for more information or pick up a schedule from the church/gym hallway bulletin boards or in the Parish Center. FFI contact Norine Larson, 952.925.2437.

FFI on Peace & Justice programs contact Julie Madden at 612.823.8205 ext 228 or jmadden@stjoan.com.

Happy New Year, SJA: As we enter 2017, let us remember once again that "we were made for these times." We are people of power and faith, and we bring light to the world in the name of our God and our brother Jesus. We will sustain one another on this journey, and our peace and justice ministries will be a witness of love and resistance. Join us, and Happy New Year, SJA!

Update from SJA Peace and Justice Minis-tries: Stop by tables outside the gym entrances for a current calendar of upcoming peace and justice events at SJA. There is so much good happening!

SJA: Our History with Racism. On Wednesday, Jan. 18, we will build on the energy of MLK weekend at SJA with an event at 6:30 pm in Hospitality Hall, looking at racism in our parish and neigh-borhood, historically and to the present day. We commit ourselves to being an anti-racist community together as we move forward.

LGBTQ Holiday Party: Festivities are at 6 pm on Saturday, Jan. 7 at a group member's home - FFI please contact Julie Madden at the Parish Center. Our group is planning great things for 2017! Please join us.

SJA EcoSpirits Retreat: On Saturday, Jan. 14, our SJA EcoSpirits team will host a half-day retreat here at SJA and we welcome new people to join us for a time of prayer and discussion and lunch together. Joined by Karen Monahan of the Sierra Club, we will reflect on our call as leaders in this crucial time in the movement for environmental justice. FFI/to register, please contact Julie Madden at the Parish Center.

Every Church a Peace Church: On Monday, Jan. 23, SJA will host this network of people of faith dedicated to nonviolence, and we are thrilled to welcome Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Kathy Kelly, back to us! She will speak on Confronting State-Sponsored Violence at Home and Abroad (potluck at 6:30; presentation at 7 pm). All are welcome!

For Such a Time As This: Building Our Prophetic Resistance. On Saturday, Jan. 28, join fellow SJAers and more than 1500 people of faith from ISAIAH member congregations in worship and action. We have a vision and a plan to realize economic and racial justice in our state and we will call on our elected representatives to join us as we build a hopeful Minnesota together. ISAIAH is a powerhouse coalition, more necessary than ever - join us! FFI/to register, contact Julie Madden at the Parish Center.

Outreach Fund News: Thanks to our donors, we have recently awarded Justice Grants (see more on our website); our CARE committee provided emergency assistance that helped more than 100 families maintain housing and keep utilities on this year; and our Sustaining Partner organizations - Sister Parish, Arm in Arm in Africa, Mobile Loaves and Fishes and Women Against Military Madness - continue to be a source of hope in our world. Our SJA Outreach Fund is separate from our operating budget and donations are not subject to the archdiocesan assessment. Thank you for your support!

An Interfaith Peace Vigil Against War: Wednesdays, 4:30 - 5:30 pm, at the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge. Join us!

Pastoral Ministries

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We form the faith of our community through participation in prayer, liturgy,

sacraments, education, community and works of justice.

Feed My Starving Children: On Feb. 4, join other SJA families to make a difference by helping to pack food for children and families in need around the world. We meet at the Eagan site, 2 - 4 pm. FFI contact Gabrielle at gdane@stjoan.com.

New to SJA? Meet a Mentor Family! Do you love SJA but find it hard to connect with other parish families? Would you like to be part of the many exciting SJA ministries, but don’t know how to get started? Sign up with a mentor family! Your mentor family will join you for coffee and cookies after a Family Mass to share with you the ways their family found a home at SJA. FFI, contact Gabrielle at gdane@stjoan.com.

Baptism: To have your child baptized at St. Joan’s you must be a registered member and participate in a 90-minute Baptism preparation class. FFI and to register call JP at the Parish Center.

Nursery� FFI contact Michelle Dehn, Nursery Director at mdehn@stjoan.com or 612.823.8205 ext. 240.�

Our Nursery, located in the lower level of the Parish Center, is open for the 9 & 11 am Sunday Masses. The Nursery is a wonderful community of families and volunteers that allows parents to enjoy Mass and meet other families in the Parish. Drop-ins welcome! The Nursery will be closed New Year’s Eve and

New Year’s Day.

Pre-school��(Ages 4-Kindergarten) FFI contact Therese Pendleton at 612.823.8205 ext. 230 or tpendleton@stjoan.com��

Grade School��(Grades 1-6) FFI contact Marie Bissonnette at 612.823.8205 ext. 229 or mbissonnette@stjoan.com�

Schedule: No Faith Formation Classes on Jan. 1 or Jan. 15. Regular classes on Jan. 8, 22 and 29.

At-Home Faith Formation Confab will be on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 6:30 - 8 pm in the Church and Hospitality Hall. Everyone is invited! We will have fun learning about the Mass. RSVP to mbissonnette@stjoan.com.

First Reconciliation has been rescheduled to Jan. 28 at 10 am in the Church.

Youth Ministry��(Grades 7-12) FFI contact Donelle Poling at 612.823.8205 ext. 241 or dpoling@stjoan.com or Kelley Deshler at kdeshler@stjoan.com.

Slopefest (Grades 7-12): Join us for a weekend full of fun, faith, friends, skiing, snowboarding and snow tubing. Friday, Feb. 17 - 20. $275 for skiers and snowboarders. We will be staying at YMCA Camp Warren and hitting the slopes of Giants Ridge in Biwabik. Pick up a permission slip in the Parish Center. FFI contact Donelle at dpoling@stjjoan.com. Must register by Feb. 5. Friends are welcome!

Adult Learning:�FFI contact Cynthia Bailey Manns at 612.823.8205 ext. 226 or cmanns@stjoan.com.

Scripture Matters will not meet on Jan. 3. The group will start a new book sometime in January. All are welcome to join! FFI watch the bulletin.

Parish Book Club meets on the 2nd Wednesday of a month at 6:30 pm in the Parish Center to discuss our experiences with great stories. Everyone is welcome anytime! Here’s what to read next: • January 11: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair • February 8: Vatican Diaries by John Thavis • March 8: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

2nd Monday Dialogue with SAGES: Enjoy coffee and dialogue with presenter, Loni Goetig from Carrousel Travel on Monday, Jan. 9, 1:30 - 3 pm in Hospitality Hall. In her discussion, Travel Savvy Seniors, Loni will explore travel opportunities for seniors. Loni is an experienced travel agent who has worked with individuals & groups for many years. Everyone is welcome!

Women's Spirituality Series Information Gathering: Join us on Saturday, January 14, 9:30 - 10:30 am in Hospitality Hall. FFI contact Cynthia Bailey Manns at the Parish Center.

Conscious Parenting Series Information Gathering: Join us on Saturday. January 14, 10:45 - 11:45 in Hospitality Hall. FFI contact Cynthia Bailey Manns at the Parish Center.

Remember the Sabbath - Saturday, January 28, 9 - 11:30 am in the Upper Room: Whether you're juggling work, parenting, church involvement, recreation, sacred activism and/or all the other things in your busy lives, unplug and join us as we explore the spiritual practice of Sabbath-keeping. Let's draw replenishment from the still voice of the Spirit within.