Prayer Vigil&

VIGIL COMMITTEE MEETING
The St. John's Eucharistic Adoration Committee will meet Tuesday, March 20 at 7 p.m. in the main floor meeting room of the parish center.  We will review the  experiences of other parishes which have set up programs of perpetual adoration.  All interested persons are invited to attend.

SilverTones&
COMING EVENTS...
ANNUAL DAY OF RECOLLETION
Wednesday, March 21, 2001
There will be NO SilverTones meeting on this day.    Instead, please register for our Day of Lenten Reflection presented by Linda Neal, RN a mother, teacher and nurse at Assumption Parish in Richfield.  We are really in for a treat!  All senior parishioners are invited.  Lunch is  included.  Fee $5.00.  Pick up you registration forms on the bulletin boards in the back of church or at the parish office. 

LENTEN SOUP SUPPER--Friday, March 23
The SilverTones will host the soup supper at 6:00 p.m., preceding the Stations of the Cross at 7:00 p.m., followed by Benediction.  We have a fabulous recipe for Minestrone (which we ran out of last year) and which we are doubling this year so you can have seconds!  For no extra charge you may partake of our home-made bread with all the trimmings!

DON'T FORGET!!
HOLY THURSDAY CHURCH TOUR
Thursday, April 12.  Look for flyers soon!

TURTLE LAKE CASINO TRIP
Tuesday, April 24.  More details to come.

School News&
There are NO CLASSES March 19-23 because of Spring Break.

Early dismissal of Friday, March 30 at 12:25.  PM Kindergarten class attends in the morning.  No classes for the AM Kindergarten class.
Metropolitan Achievement Tests for Grades 1-7 will be April 3--5.  Please do not schedule appointments on these days.
Circle your calendar -- Parent-teacher conferences are 1:30--8:00 on Wednesday, April 11 and 9:00--3:30 on Thursday, April 12.  Kindergarten conferences are April 11, 12 & 16. 
There is early dismissal at 12:25 on Wednesday, April 11 NO CLASSES FOR PM KINDERGARTEN
There are NO CLASSES on Good Friday, April 13.

Bulletin Board&
THANK YOU!  BOY SCOUT TROOP 93

Don't the church pews look great?  A big thank you goes out to Patrick Abraham, Tom Duffield, Matthew Eskolin, Michael Falconer, Michael Gobel, Matthew Gemlo,  Andrew Healy, Daniel Hurley, Peter Labuza, TJ Labuza, Justin Lee, Chris Kerzman, Brandon Kessler, Adam Quade, CJ Rother, Greg Sandquist and Tim Sandquist (and their parents) for spending Sunday, March 11 cleaning and oiling all the pews in the church.  The boys who are working on their Ad Altare Dei religious award and other boys in the troop took on this huge project for a service project.  We think they did a great job!  Thank you, boys!

INVITATION TO ORDINATION

You invited to attend the Episcopal Ordination of  Rev. Richard E. Pates, Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of the  Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.  The ceremony will take place at 2:00 p.m. on   Monday, March 26, at the Cathedral of Saint Paul.  A public reception will follow at 4:00 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel Saint Paul.  For further information go to the Archdiocese web page at www.archspm.org or call 651-291-4411.

NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING

The Ovulation (Billings) Method of Natural Family     Planning is safe, healthy and effective.  Classes are   scheduled at St. Charles Borromeo Church in St. Anthony Monday, March 29, 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. For other times and locations or to register call (651) 232-3088 or visit the web at www.tcnfp.org

THANK YOU

I want to thank the people of Saint John the Baptist Parish for the $1, 608.50 which you contributed to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.  As you know, CCHD works to eliminate poverty by funding community-controlled, self-help organizations who are addressing the root causes of poverty.  The money you collected is vital to this anti-poverty work of the church.
  Michael Griffin--CCHD Coordinator