St. John's Centennial Celebration

July Centennial Event:

Mass & Picnic
at Long Lake Park
Sunday, July 28
11:30 a.m. Mass
Picnic following
Music (Wild Honey & The Locusts)
Old Fashioned Children's Games


Bring your blankets & lawn chairs and join us for a very fun, old fashioned picnic!


FREE tickets available after
all Masses!
Help to Bring Back the Bottle Blast to the Fallfest!

Youth Newz&
Camp TNT will not meet on July 4th . Camp will resume July 11. All registered participants should plan to be at St. John's, by 9:00 am. Please dress appropriately for your work project. Wear closed toe shoes ( do not wear sandals). If  you are unable to attend your scheduled session please notify Mark or Kathy so that they can reschedule your group accordingly. 763- 754-7666.

Parents of TNT campers  PLEASE  NOTE: Parent volunteers may be needed to drive and supervise small groups of youth at  service sites in the metro area. If you can volunteer for any of the Thursday mornings, July 11,18,25 or August 1, please call Kathy or Mark 763-754-7666. Thank you!

All 7th-12th graders mark your calendars for August 8th and plan to join us at Valleyfair. The cost of the trip, which includes transportation and admission to the park, is $25. TNT campers are already registered for this trip.   Registration deadline is July 31. Call Mark Klein with     questions 763-754-7666.

Browsing the "web"? Be sure to check out                              www.theyouthroom.com for photos of youth activities,  news of upcoming events, permission slips and more!


Seniors&
ATTENTION SENIORS.  NOTE MEETING CHANGE
 If you missed the June Silvertones meeting you missed the planning for summer and fall trips/outings.  Please join us for the July meeting or who knows what you will miss!  The meeting will be Tuesday, July 16 at 9:15, (immediately following 8:30 a.m. Mass) in the Jeanne Jugan room in the lower level of the Pastoral Center.  A continental breakfast will be served at no charge.  No reservation is needed for the summer meetings.  All persons who wish to come are      welcome.

CASINO TRIP
Treasure Island Casino, Wednesday, July 17, 2002. 
Because we will not be getting a seniors package from   Treasure Island we will be getting a free buffet!  Cost of trip is $6 we will have a four hour stay.  Pick up a reservation form in the parish office.


Bulletin Board&

PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING

Available on Tuesdays to adult parishioners on a no fee   basis.  Call Teri at (651) 633-8333 for an appointment.

A Note From Fr. Bill&

     Tomorrow, Monday, July 1, Father Michael Keating arrives to begin his service to St. John the Baptist parish.  Michael was ordained May 25, 2002, by Archbishop Flynn.  After ordination he returned to Rome, where he studied theology these past three years, to complete his academic year.  Father Keating is a native of Cleveland, Ohio (the suburb of Lakewood) and is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.  Please join me in welcoming him to this great parish where he'll learn to be a minister-servant to God's people.  I've asked all the past associates to write a weekly column in the bulletin (good experience) and Fr. Michael can use this space to introduce himself in the weeks to come. 
Welcome Michael!  We hope this will be a great assignment for you as you join our local faith community!

     I am pleased to announce that Sr. Clarinda Coffel, OSF has been hired as our new Director of Religious Education.  Sr. Clarinda comes with a strong background in education.  She was principal at Immaculate Conception in Columbia Heights and St. John the Baptist in Excelsior.  Sr. Clarinda comes with strong administrative and mediation skills.   She is an excellent communicator and is well organized.  With Sr. Gwendolin running the school and Sr. Clarinda running religious education both programs should hum along.  The Franciscan women can do anything and everything.


Fr. Bill 

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