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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
FEBRUARY 8, 2015
St. Joseph Campus: 1310 Mainstreet, Hopkins
St. John Campus (Parish Office): 6 Interlachen Road, Hopkins 55343
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, Fri & Sat ....................... 8:00am
SACRAMENTAL LIFE
Eucharistic Adoration Chapel:
Perpetual Adoration open 24 hours at
St. Joseph Campus
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.
BAKE SALE
BAKE SALE
BAKE SALE
BAKE SALE
THIS WEEKEND FEBRUARY 7 and 8
Come check out the nice selection of baked
goods after the Masses at both campuses this
weekend.
Refreshments compliments of the Cub and Boy
Scouts. Come meet the scouts and their leaders.
Proceeds will go to the automatic handicapped
door opener for the adoration chapel.
Sponsored by the CCW - Council of Catholic Women
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 except for
holidays
(week of the bulletin publication.)
email to:
[email protected]
Count Dracula & the
Firebird Meet the MSO
Special 1-Hour Family-Friendly Concert
February 8–3:00pm
St. Gabriel the Archangel (St. Joseph campus)
William Schrickel, conductor
Jake Endres, narrator
PROGRAM
Igor Stravinsky —The Firebird: Suite
1919 version)
Libby Larsen/Pamela Hill Nettleton —A Child’s Garden of
Monsters: Dracula’s Blues, Jake Endres, narrator
Benjamin Britten —The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
All MSO concerts are free of charge; free-will donations are accepted
Parish News
Parish Staff
Pastor:
Fr. James Liekhus
[email protected]
Deacons:
Deacon Darrel Branch
[email protected]
Deacon Francis Tangney
(952) 935-8530
[email protected]
Business Administrator
Beth Schorle
[email protected]
Director of Worship & Music:
Katie Schafer
[email protected]
Office Manager:
Martha Krawczak
[email protected]
Pastoral Minister:
Mary Fran Karanikolas
[email protected]
Faith Formation Director:
Chuck Romportl
[email protected]
Pre-School Coordinator (St. Joseph
campus):
Kathleen Esh
(952) 933-7610
[email protected]
Pre-School Coordinator (St. John
campus)
Jenni Stankevitz
(952) 938-2773
[email protected]
Director of Maintenance
Tony Jaroscak
[email protected]
Custodian
Ricardo Torres
[email protected]
Pastoral Council Chair:
Cathy Carlson
(612) 251-1191
Notre Dame Academy
www.nda-mn.org
13505 Excelsior Blvd
Mtka MN 55345
Principal
Ginger Vance
(952) 358-3500
email: [email protected]
LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR FEBRUARY 14/15
4:30 Mass at St. Joseph Campus
Sacristan: K. Totall
Lectors: J. Specken, M.A. Roberts
Servers: Elizabeth M.
Extraordinary Ministers: C. Carlson, K. Jamison ,
J. Jelinek, B. Johnson, C. Murphy, D. Specken,
J. Specken
Usher: M. Hottman
8:30 Mass at St. Joseph Campus
Sacristan: K. Kopesky
Lectors: B. Clemens, P. Bell
Servers: Hattie H.
Extraordinary Ministers: J. Brannan, D. Hirl,
P. Hirl, B. Lauzon, H. Lodermeier, T. McDonald,
R. Pantilla
Usher: P. Ames
10:30 Mass at St. John Campus
Sacristan: B. & K. Davies
Lectors: B. Martinka, S. Kraemer
Servers: Henry D., Emma W., Dawson B.
Extraordinary Ministers: Dec. Branch, B. Davies,
K. Davies, M. Dickinson, J. Donovan, R. Fox,
M. Goergen, J. Greene, T. Greene, B. Kleiner,
K. Kurtz
Loaves and Fishes on
Monday, February 16, 2015
Sign-up in the foyer at St. John campus to help
prepare the meal at St. Joseph campus 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
& Fishes. For more information contact Deacon Darrel and Chris Branch at
(952)-929-8695.
Put your Faith into Action - Knights of
Columbus
SERVING HOPKINS SINCE 1921
Meeting Tuesday, February 10 at 7:00pm in Leo’s Den at St. John campus. All
Knights are welcome! If you would like more information about the Knights of
Columbus, please call Grand Knight Wade Dunkley at (952) 451-3841 or
Chancellor Ricardo Cases at (952) 922-2905.
Senior Mass
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
St. John Campus
10:00am with reception following in
the Community Room.
Come to pray and enjoy being
together after Mass at the reception.
All are welcome.
Forum on Mental Illness in Youth
March 14, 2015 from 9:30–11:30am at the Richfield Municipal Center, City
Council Chambers, 6700 Portland Ave. S, Richfield, MN 55423
The goal of the forum is to educate and inform people about mental illness
and to help reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness. The session features a
panel discussion featuring:
Sue Abderholden, Executive Director of NAMI-MN, Steve Lepinski, Executive
Director of Washburn Center for Children, Barb Goodwin, State Senator, and
Mindy Greiling, former State Representative
For more information visit www.namihelps.org or call
651) 645-2948 x 118.
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Parish News
Please pray for those in nursing
homes, the families of the sick,
caregivers, the military and their
families, and for the following:
Dale Baggio, Arlene Beers, Art &
Pat Bell, Kathleen Bianco, Anne &
Ron Bisson, Herb Branch, Al &
Claudia Brazil, Dr. Dennis
Clifford, Mark Clifford, Maggie
Doe, Marie Edquist, Helen Eisel,
Marie Fick, Sharon Francis,
Fr. Ralph Goman, Lu Gragert,
Joan Gruidl, Ted Hagert,
Rosemary Harrington, Dee
Holschuh, Millie Howe, Dianne
Hummel, Ben Insky, Rose Irrgang,
Dorene Johnson, Pat Kempf,
Evelyn Kerber, Justin Keyes,
Susan Kobe, Madonna Leonard,
Teresa Lucken, Barbara
Mackintosh, Rose McGonagle,
Dolores Millerbernd, Alice
Paulsrud, Algartha Peterson, Elsie
June Phillips, Bernie Reid, Joshua
Reid, Sharon Reid, Maryanne
Remington, Kathleen and Robert
Sawyer, Sharon Schaefer, Diane
Schmerler, Jean Schwappach,
Mary Seurer, Ned Shelton,
Annabelle Specken, Sandy
Sperrazza, Gil and Bev Stifter,
Darryl Stohl, Jim & Ranee
Sulfridge, Darlene Vanek, Mrs.
John Vilipski, and Regis Yunker.
Dear Parishioners,
In our second reading this weekend, St.
Paul speaks of an obligation that has been
imposed on him, the obligation to preach the
gospel. He obviously took this obligation very
seriously, dedicating his life to spreading the
name of Jesus. So if there were ever an
expert on preaching the gospel, St. Paul
would certainly be one, and in our second
reading, he gives us a little explanation of
what he has found effective as he goes about
spreading the gospel.
He says to the weak, he became weak,
to win over the weak; to the Jews he spoke as
a Jew to win over the Jews; to the Gentiles he spoke as a Gentile to win over
the Gentiles. He apparently was involved in many different circles, and in each
one, he adjusted his witness accordingly in order to attract as many as he could
to his saving message.
We can all identify with his situation. We speak and behave in one
manner with our family, in another manner with our friends, in another manner
during our sports or other extracurricular activities, and in yet another manner
at work. But in each of these circles, we are still under the same obligation that
St. Paul was under: to preach the gospel, and woe to us if we do not preach it.
Now that doesn’t mean being a pain. Just as St. Paul instructs us, we adjust
our preaching to our audience, we find the most effective way to present our
faith to others in order to make it attractive to them. That is an obligation that
we are always under; there is no situation we can walk into where we check our
faith at the door. No matter where we are or who we’re with, we do not have
license to spread gossip, to put others down, to cheat to get ahead, etc.
In fact, our refusal to participate in such things when others are doing them
is often times the most effective witness we can give to them. We show them
that they can play sports without debasing themselves and others with foul
language and crude humor, that you can have a close group of friends without
putting others down. The obligation we have been given by God is to show the
world what it means to be faithful to our Lord while living our daily lives.
And just like St. Paul, we do this in order to ensure that we will have a
share in the gospel we preach. That is our reward, and it is worth what the Lord
asks of us. Let us resolve to be that witness God asks us to be, and hope for that
eternal reward He has promised us. –Fr. Liekhus
A Listening Presence
Everyone at times has difficulties and needs a caring
companion who will listen empathize and be a reminder of
a caring faith community. BeFriender ministry is not a
ministry of “doing” but of “being.” BeFrienders provide
care through a listening presence to anyone experiencing
grief, loss, transition or other cares.
To request a visit, contact Mary Fran Karanikolas,
Pastoral Minister at (952) 935-5536.
To add a name to the prayer list
please call the Parish Office.
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Parish News
MASS INTENTIONS
Sunday, February 8
8:30am †Florentio Alba & Ramon Alba
10:30am †Wyatt Shepherd & Family
1:00pm People of the Parish
Tuesday, February 10
7:00am †Wyatt Shepherd
Wednesday, February 11
8:00am †Jane Clifford
Thursday, February 12
7:00am †Joe & Mary Nagel & Family
Friday, February 13
8:00am †Larry & Fern Ketel
Saturday, February 14
8:00am †Albert Hoffman
4:30pm †Michael Hraska
Sunday, February 15
8:30am †Shirley Ann Wanchena
10:30am Marge Freier
1:00pm People of the Parish
WOMEN’S CLUB NEWS
Ladies:
Upcoming Events
General Meeting
Tuesday, February 10 at 7:00pm
St. Joseph Campus - Social Hall
Weekly Calendar
Sunday, February 8
9:30am Bake Sale
J-SH
10:20am Hispanic Faith Formation E-LD
E-School
10:30am Sunday
School
E-Preschool Rm
11:30am Bake Sale
E-CR
3:00pm Metropolitan Symphony
Orchestra Family Concert J-CH
4:00pm Blue & Gold Ceremony BS
Pack 254
J-SH
6:00pm Faith Formation
Sessions Meet
E-School
Monday, February 9
5:00pm Legion of Mary
J-LB
5:30pm Loaves & Fishes
J-SH
6:30pm In His Time Infertility Support
Group
E-Conf
7:00pm Boy Scouts
E-LD
7:00pm Bible Study
E-CR
7:30pm
AA
E-CAFE
Tuesday, February 10
9:00am Bible Study
E-RM 105
10:00am Senior Mass
E-CH
11:00am Senior Reception
E-CR
5:30pm Loaves & Fishes
J-SH
6:30pm Bell Rehearsal
J-Choir Loft
7:00pm Women’s Club Mtg.
J-SH
7:00pm Holy Spirit Prayer Group J-LB
7:00pm Knights of Columbus
E-LD
8:00pm Men’s Basketball
E-Gym
Wednesday, February 11
9:30am Mother’s Group
E-School
10:30am Women’s Bridge
E-CR
8:00pm Men’s Basketball
E-Gym
Thursday, February 12
5:30pm Alzheimer’s Support Grp E-CR
6:30pm Choir Practice
E-CH
7:00pm RCIA
E-Conf
Friday, February 13
7:00pm West Metro Young Adults
E-Gym
7:00pm Little Flower’s
Girls Club
E-RM105
Saturday, February 14
4:00pm Hispanic Baptism Class E-Conf
7:30pm Hispanic Community
Prayer Group
E-CR
Sunday, February 15
10:20am Hispanic Faith Formation E-LD
E-School
10:30am No Sunday School this morning
6:00pm No Sunday Evening Faith
Formation Sessions this week
J = St. Joseph Campus
J-CH– Church • J-SH-Social Hall
• J-AC-Adoration Chapel
• J-SC-School Cafeteria
J-SB-School Building • J-LB-Library
J-AU-Auxiliary Room • J-FF-Faith Formation Office
E = St. John the Evangelist Campus
E-CR Community Room • E-LD Leo’s Den
E-CAFE Cafeteria • E-G Gym
• E-Chapel-Chapel • E-School-School
E-SMR-School Meeting Room
E-CONF-Conference Room
ICA NEWS
ICA thanks you for
your generous
donations of food
and money during
2014. St. Gabriel
the Archangel
Church donated
4774 pounds of food and $2779.
Let’s see if we can increase or
even double these donations. The
need in our community continues to
escalate, so hopefully our support
will increase as well. Some easy
items to include are your empty
grocery bags, empty egg cartons
and canned goods, which are always
needed.
5 NIGHTS IN THE
UPPER ROOM: A
LENTEN BIBLE STUDY
FOR BUSY PARENTS
AND YOU
Join us on five Sunday evenings in
Lent 6:00-7:30pm for a homework-free journey into the Gospel of John’s
theology-packed Upper Room discourses with Jesus and his apostles (John 1317). In-depth study and informal discussion led by Ben Martinka in Room 100 at
St. John’s School (Boyce St. entrance), Sundays February 22 through March 22.
All parishioners and children are welcome.
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Parish News
Care Giver Support Group
This group will meet monthly on the Second Thursday of each month.
This group offers an opportunity to meet in a confidential environment
while enhancing our understanding of dementia and its effects. For more
information call Sherri at (952) 912-2745
Open to Caregivers, Family & Friends of those suffering with
Alzheimer's Disease or a related dementia
When: 5:30pm on Thursday, February 12, 2015
Where: St. Gabriel's Catholic Church - St. John Campus
6 Interlachen Road, Hopkins, MN
Co-sponsored by: Golden Living Center - St. Louis Park
and Alzheimer's Association.
Calligraphy Group
to Meet
Join us for three Tuesday evenings,
February 24,
March 3 and 10
in the Auxiliary
Room of St.
Joseph campus
(social hall level) from 7:00 to
8:30pm. Have you always wanted to
try your hand at calligraphy? Have
you done calligraphy in the past and
want to get back into it? Do you
practice calligraphy and want to
meet with others to share different
styles and information? Then this
group is for you. Questions contact
Jay at [email protected].
Eucharistic Adoration
Please consider a renewed commitment to spending quiet time with our Lord.
Come to the Adoration Chapel to hear the voice of God. Come pray anytime.
Specific hours for which we need adorers are listed below.
We need volunteers to adore Our Lord on:
Monday, 2:00am and 4:00am
Wednesday, 12:00am
Friday, 2:00am
Saturday, 1:00am & 1:00pm
For information or to register to adore Our Lord, please call Barb: (952) 933-8423, Luis Becerra: (612) 600-6821,
or Roberta: 952-935-1774 or [email protected].
Save the Date
March 19, 2015
Celebrate the One Year Anniversary of
St. Gabriel’s Perpetual Adoration Chapel!
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Faith Formation, Parish, & School News
FAITH FORMATION SESSIONS (FF)
THIS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8
SUNDAY MORNING PRESCHOOL – During the 10:30am Mass at St. John Campus, for 3 & 4 year-olds and
kindergartners.
SUNDAY EVENING FAITH FORMATION: Sunday evening sessions for grade 1 – 9 meet as usual this week. Please use
the St. John’s School entrance at 1503 Boyce St.
WHEN TO SIGN UP FOR FAITH FORMATION? HOW ABOUT NOW? Registration forms for FF are at the Church
entrances, or here:
http://storage.cloversites.com/stgabrielthearchangelcatholicchurch/documents/Registration%20Form%20201415.pdf.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (VBS)
Planning you summer? Keep July 27 - 31 open! VBS is for children going into Grades 1 - 6 from 9:00am - 3:00pm (bring their own lunch.). This is a fun week for making memories! We ask for teen and adult volunteers, too! All adults
need to have Virtus training so sign up now, as training locations and dates vary. Contact: Kathleen Esh at (952) 9337610 (afternoons or evenings) or [email protected]
NOTRE DAME ACADEMY NEWS
HELP WANTED
Part time custodial help needed at Notre Dame Academy.
The position would be four hours per day Monday - Friday beginning at 3:00 or 4:00pm.
$14.00 per hour, generous tuition discount for your children enrolled at NDA. Email [email protected] for more
information or to apply.
2015-2016 REGISTRATION OPEN
Registration for Notre Dame Academy's 2015-2016 school year is now open. Contact [email protected] for more
information or to set up a tour. A Catholic education costs less than you think and financial aid if available
own doctor). That should happen in a couple of weeks. I will
be leading a “quiet” life for a while still – I tire easily and
I am just about done with the home care that followed my
they say that is the result of the pneumonia and not unusual
week and a half in the hospital fighting off flu and
pneumonia; I have received great care from this system and – I was one of those statistics about the extent of serious flu
in Minnesota. I am very aware that God guided all the
feel pretty good now. I will not be having the hip joint
medical people in response to your prayers and mine; I
repair surgery – too much risk for the “extra” things that
cannot thank you enough for your care, cards of
would have to be done to repair some damage in that
area. So I now have a battery-operated scooter for moving encouragement, Mass intentions, etc. I know always that you
around the building and a walker to use when I have to go hold me in prayer all the time, but this time was especially
important and your love and prayers as well as excellent
someplace (the scooter is too big to transfer to a car). I
have received excellent care from the home-hospital care I medical care brought me through it. You are in my thoughts
have been receiving since I got out of the hospital. I should and prayers daily. I am so fortunate to be part of the
family-community of St. Gabriel, especially the St. John the
be released from that program when the heads of each
Evangelist people that I served for 12 years. What great
area (e.g., visiting nurse, occupational and physical
experiences and memories we will always have.
therapists heads and other aides that have been helping
Father Ralph Goman
me out, submit their impressions and recommendations to my
Note from Fr. Goman,
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952-935-5536 www.stgabrielhopkins.org
V Domingo Ordinario “B”
MINISTERIO DE SANACIÓN
Durante su ministerio, Jesús “curó a muchos enfermos
de diversos males y expulsó a muchos demonios”. Así es el
caso en el Evangelio de hoy. Jesús cumple la visión del
Salmo 147: “Él sana los corazones destrozados y venda
sus heridas.”
Jesús sabía, sin embargo, que nunca podría sanar
todas las enfermedades del mundo. Por mucha gente que
curara o muchas horas que dedicara al ministerio, siempre
habría más personas afligidas como Job, ansiosos de su
toque sanador. Su misión principal no era la de erradicar
todo sufrimiento del mundo. Su “obligación” era predicar
la venida del Reino de Dios que sana, sí, pero en último
caso, trasciende y transforma todo sufrimiento humano.
Con Pablo, Jesús pudiera decir, “Ay de mí si no anuncio”
esa Buena Nueva.
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TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE
Los textos sagrados que componen lo que llamamos
Biblia fueron coleccionados, organizados y ordenados durante los primeros cuatrocientos años del cristianismo. Fue
durante el Concilio de Cartago (Siglo IV), que finalmente
se canonizó (estableció el orden) la Biblia católica. Los textos sagrados de la Biblia se han proclamado a lo largo de
los siglos en la celebración eucarística para nutrir la fe de
los creyentes. En 1969, la Iglesia católica estableció un
nuevo Leccionario conteniendo los textos bíblicos que se
proclaman en la litúrgia. El Leccionario contiene un gran
número de textos de la Escritura, organizados de una manera muy especial a fin de que estos textos sean proclamados en las misas dominicales y en las feriales (entre semana). El Leccionario está organizado de tal manera que si
una persona asiste a misa diariamente durante un período
de tres años, escuchará casi todos los textos de la Biblia. La
proclamación de los Evangelios se realiza mediante ciclos
dominicales. Durante el Ciclo A, proclamamos el Evangelio
de Mateo; el de Marcos durante el ciclo B y el de Lucas
durante el ciclo C. El Evangelio de san Juan se proclama
durante la Cuaresma y la Pascua. Así mismo, el capítulo 6
de este Evangelio se incorpora al Ciclo B, que es el de
Marcos. El resto del Nuevo Testamento se proclama como
segunda lectura, excepto durante la Pascua, mientras que
la primera lectura se proclama siempre del Antiguo Testamento, excepto durante la Pascua. No olvidemos el Salmo,
que es una respuesta a la Escritura.—Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM,
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8de febrero del 2015
LAS LECTURAS DE HOY
Primera lectura — Job declara que la vida en la tierra es
monótona, miserable y triste (Job 7:1-4, 6-7).
Salmo — Alaben al Señor, que sana los corazones quebrantados (Salmo 147 [146]).
Segunda lectura — Pablo dice que no tienen otra alternativa sino la de predicar el Evangelio
(1 Corintios 9:16-19, 22-23).
Evangelio — Después de sanar a muchos enfermos y de
expulsar a los demonios, Jesús predica la Buena Nueva
(Marcos 1:29-39).
LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA
Lunes:
Gn 1:1-19; Sal 104 (103):1-2a, 5-6, 10, 12,
24, 35c; Mc 6:53-56
Martes: Gn 1:20 — 2:4a; Sal 8:4-9; Mc 7:1-13
Miércoles: Gn 2:4b-9, 15-17; Sal 104 (103):1-2a, 27
-28, 29bc-30; Mc 7:14-23
Jueves: Gn 2:18-25; Sal 128 (127):1-5; Mc 7:24-30
Viernes: Gn 3:1-8; Sal 32 (31):1-2, 5-7; Mc 7:31-37
Sábado: Gn 3:9-24; Sal 90 (89):2-6, 12-13; Mc 8:1-10
Domingo: Lv 13:1-2, 44-46; Sal 32 (31):1-2, 5, 11;
1 Cor 10:31 — 11:1; Mc 1:40-45
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.