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MAY THE LORD OF SURPRISES bless you beyond your fondest dreams! May the Lord bless you with abundant patience as you receive His Son this Christmas Season. May you know the joys of Christmas Present and recall the happy memories of Christmas Past, as we work together to make the Christmases of the Future those of peace on earth and goodwill toward all humanity. May the Lord bless you and keep you in the palm of His hand. Have a Blessed Christmas Season & JOY-filled New Year!
Classes resume Monday, January 5, 2004
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK is January 25 through 30. The theme is Catholic Schools: A Faith-Filled Future.
KINDERGARTEN ROUND UP on Wednesday, January 21, at 7:00 p.m. in the school gym. This is the time to get information about St. John's Kindergarten. You will have an opportunity to learn about the programs available to you as parents and about St. John's mission and philosophy. We will be providing registration papers to all who attend; you may take them home to fill out. Please join us on Sunday, January 25, at the 11:30 a.m. Mass, followed by Open House in the school from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Return registration forms to the school office on this day, too (Sunday, January 25).
WITH YOUR REGISTRATION FORMS, please bring your child's birth certificate and baptismal certificate unless baptized at St. John's. A registration fee is paid at the time of registration; no student is considered registered unless this fee accompanies the registration form. Please come and join us!!!
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Nursing Home Schedule
Tuesday, December 30
Word/Comm. 11:45 AM Presbyterian Homes
Thursday, January 1
No Services New Year's Holiday
THANKS TO OPEN DOORS for your very substantial collection for our food shelf. It is much appreciated.
NEEDED: We are in need of a person to bring Communion every other Thursday to the Catholics at St. John's hospital in Maplewood. Training provided. This could be a commitment until summer and then resume ministry in the fall. If you have questions, or if you want to do this, please call Anne Marie at 651-633-8333, ext. 1237.
FAMILIES MOVING FORWARD Next weekend we will be having a sign-up for the Families Moving Forward Week which is February 15 - 22. We will have job descriptions and the sign-up will be in St. Joseph's Hall the following week. Please consider trying this ministry. It takes 60 - 70 people to make a week run smoothly. You will have some new awareness for those who are homeless.
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PLEASE PRAY FOR...
Those who have entered eternal life:
Katherine Young, mother of Lorraine Johnson and
grandmother of Pam Niles; Dan Sebesta, husband of Miki
Those in our community who are ill:
Beau Anderson, John Battmer, Donald Beaubien,
Marcelline Beseler, Marcella Boomer, Karen Bona,
Shawn Brewer, Esther Cadwallader, Wayne Carlson,
Louis
Czech, Lenore Dougherty, Joe Fellner, Linda Franklin, Bernice Hopkins, Anna Horbatuck,
Fr. Michael
Joncas, Kevin Keenan, Br. Joseph Katzmarek, Esther Knapp, Mary
Krenik, Leonard Kujawa, Helen Kulas, Linda Leier, Herb Loscheider,
Julie Martinez, Nancy
Mehrer, Rupert Meyer, Irene Mitchell, Lance and Ann Moe,
Corliss Moore, Ray Nelson, Mary Peterson, Raymond J.
Pouliot, Rose Ryan, Cynthia Schwall, Frances Sventek, Ted
Spiess, Ed Stich, Richard St. Germain, Sr.; Bob Sorem,
Sylvia Thorne, Judith Tschida, Frances Vonacek, Donna
Waldoch, Helen Winger, Mildred Werner, Linda Zappa
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PRESCHOOL WILL BE ON CHRISTMAS BREAK through January 2. Classes will resume on January 5 & 6. We will begin the year with a fun "in-house" field trip on January 7 & 8. The Silly Sisters are coming to do a performance of interactive story telling and singing songs; a great way to start the new year!!
PRESCHOOL ROUND UP is the time to begin taking registrations for next year. The Round Up is on Thursday, January 15. There will be an Open House in the preschool rooms from 6:30 - 7:00 p.m., with a parent meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. in St. Joseph's Hall; the preschoolers will have supervised play in the preschool rooms. Little Lights Preschool offers a half-day program for 3, 4 & 5-year-olds for either two, three, or five days a week. For more information, please call Mary Walus at 651-633-8333, ext. 1227.
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