The Most Holy Trinity Sunday MAY 26, 2013

St. Joseph Campus: 1310 Mainstreet, Hopkins St. John Campus (Parish Office): 6 Interlachen Road, Hopkins 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 (Sept. – May) ............... 9:30am Wed (June –Aug.) .................. 8:00am Fri & Sat .................................. 8:00am

SACRAMENTAL LIFE 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. 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 (week of the bulletin publication.) email to: mkrawczak@stgabrielhopkins.org

ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL NEWS Last Field Trip: St. John’s Preschool students attended their last field trip last Wednesday, May 15. They went to Westwood Nature Center in St. Louis Park. They were greeted by turkeys, chipmunks and the resident hawk.

Moms and Dads: Mrs. Peterson and grade 1 honored their moms on Thursday, May 9 with Moms and Muffins, and their dads on Friday, May 17 with Dads and Doughnuts.

Field Day: Friday, May 17, our P.E. teacher, Mrs. Racchini, coordinated St. John’s annual Field Day at Interlachen Park. Lunch was held at school and was a picnic lunch of grilled hot dogs, chips, pickles, watermelon and lemonade hosted by the grade 5 and grade 6 parents. The students each received a sugar cookie in the afternoon at the park. Our last Field Day will certainly be a memorable one. It started out cloudy but then ended in rain. We got wet on our way back. Upon the students arrival back to school each student received a participation ribbon and a bottle of Gatorade.

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LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR JUNE 1/2

4:30 Mass at St. Joseph’s Campus Sacristan: Karen Totall Lectors: Amy Jo Ames, Mary Anne Roberts Servers: Cassidy Kummrow Eucharistic Ministers: Amy Jo Ames, Cathy Carlson, Virgil Wolf Cup Ministers: Bill Johnson, Martha Krawczak, Dale & Jane Specken Usher: Bill Johnson Greeters: Fred & Darlene Braun, Angie Kuehn 8:30 Mass at St. Joseph’s Campus Sacristan: Phyllis Weinbender Lectors: Mark Banker, Pat Bell Servers: Brian Weaver, Jeffery Weaver

Eucharistic Ministers: Mary Beckering, Kay Kopesky, Harriet Lodermeier, Beth Lauzon Cup Ministers: Pat Bell, Denise & Patrick Hirl, Tim McDonald Usher: Peter Ames Greeters: Clint Hetchler, Diane Hemker 10:30 Mass at St. John’s Campus Lectors: T. Noonan, V. Vonhof Servers: J. Blackman, H. Bird, T. Skogstad Extraordinary Ministers: D. Branch, M. Goergen, J. Greene, T. Greene, A. Kempf, B. Kleiner, D. Noll, M. Noll, J, Racchini

Pastor: Fr. James Liekhus Ext. 420 frjliekhus@stgabrielhopkins.org

Deacons: Deacon Darrel Branch Ext. 199

Deacon Francis Tangney (952) 935-8530

Business Administrator: Brook Sullivan Ext. 401

bsullivan@stgabrielhopkins.org Director of Worship & Music:

Katie Schafer Ext. 102 - St. John’s campus

Ext. 440 - St. Joseph’s campus kschafer@stgabrielhopkins.org

Office Manager: Martha Krawczak Ext. 408

mkrawczak@stgabrielhopkins.org Pastoral Minister:

Mary Fran Karanikolas Ext. 402 mfkaranikolas@stgabrielhopkins.org

Faith Formation Director: Chuck Romportl

Ext. 410 - St. John’s campus Ext. 444 - St. Joseph’s campus

cromportl@stgabrielhopkins.org Faith Formation Administrative Asst.:

Louise Wilson Ext. 445 lwilson@stgabrielhopkins.org

Pre-School Coordinator (St. Joseph campus): Kathleen Esh

(952) 933-7610 Pre-School Coordinator (St. John campus)

Jenni Stankevitz (952) 938-2773

Director of Maintenance (St. Joseph campus) Rebekah Ext. 441

rkrotzer@stgabrielhopkins.org Director of Maintenance (St. John campus)

Tony Jaroscak Ext. 415 ajaroscak@stgabrielhopkins.org

Custodian (St. John campus) Ricardo Torres

rtorres@stgabrielhopkins.org Pastoral Council Chair:

Cathy Carlson (952) 938-3383

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL

www.sjshopkins.org 1503 Boyce Street Hopkins MN 55343

Principal: Kathy Segna (952) 935-7787

email: ksegna@stjohnhopkins.org

Parish Staff

PHOTOGRAPHS ARE IN… If your name is listed below please make arrangements to come in and pick up your 8 x 10 picture.

Teresa Alt, Tomas Arias, Rhianna Boyer, Anthony Chelbeck, Jose Diaz, Laura Feld, Nicholas Fischer, Victoria Helwig, Louise Hemker, Greg Herrmann, Terry Keseley, Stephen Kessler, Bernado Ledesmo, James Luger, Yvette Mader, Marilyn Matter, Hardin Olson, Misela Perez, Armando Rodriquez, Fabricio Sanchez, Teresa Sydness, Marlene Wallesverd, Jeff Ward, Marianne Wertzler.

Call the parish office at (952) 935-5536 Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 4:00pm. Thank you.

OUR PARISH CEMETERY Clean-up Session was

rained out last Saturday. We still invite all St. Gabriel parishioners to get acquainted with our parish cemetery, named St. Margaret’s Cemetery. Perhaps you’d like to come to our outdoor Memorial Day Mass at St. Margaret’s Cemetery this Monday, May 27 at 9:00am. Or whenever you happen to stop by to see the cemetery, please feel free to pick up any

litter that blew in, or tidy up any other way you see fit. St. Margaret’s Cemetery is something we should all take responsibility for.

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THE PRAYER LIST To add a name to the list, please notify the Parish Office. Because of the length of the list, names will be published for one month. Should you wish this extended, call the Parish Office. Thank you. Please pray for those in nursing homes, the families of the sick, caregivers, the military and their families, and for the following: Deborah Anderson, April & Michelle Beauchene, Pat Bell, Anne & Ron Bisson, Jeanette Blake, Char Murphy, Dan & Lorraine Cunningham, Marie Edquist, Baard Flesche, Jenny (Stein) Fortin, Mike Hruska, Dorene Johnson, Orville Kemper, Alma Kienzle, Margaret LeSage, Barb Mackintosh, Rose McGonagle, Dolores Millerbernd, Maggie Novak, Jackie Olafson, Carol & Dick Olson, Karla Pallansch, Alice Paulsrud, Bernie Reid, Diane Schmerler, Nick & Jenny Schmerler, Jean Schwappach, Sam Seward, Rochelle Smith, Fr. Martin Stilmock, Mia Teahjay, Carole Teclaw, and Jim Walker. The Deceased: Please pray for the repose of the souls of Raymond Fischer, Dorothy Sullivan, and Diane Wyffels and pray for their families and friends who mourn them.

Dear Parishioners, This weekend, we celebrate the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, the revelation that God is Triune: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I remember in seminary, my professor began the class on the Trinity with a challenge: “Who cares that God is Triune? How is believing in a Triune God different than what other, non-Christian monotheistic religions believe, like the Jews or the Muslims? They believe that there is one God and so do we. Why does it matter that we believe He is Triune? Is it just a bit of trivial knowledge, or does it really make a difference in our faith and in our lives?” This is an important question, because the Christian belief in a Triune God is at the core of our faith, and it separates us from our non-Christian brothers and sisters. In past centuries, when our discourse was less civil, it was the cause of accusations of being polytheistic - worshipping more than one God, because we said that God is one but God is also three. That sounded like the pagans, worshipping multiple gods. If it doesn’t really make a difference that God is Triune, than why not just drop it in order to get along better with our neighbors? It does make a difference, first of all and at the most basic level, because it is true. Why does that matter? It matters because the more we know the truth about another, the more we are able to love them. Christ came to tell us the truth about the Father and what he told us is that he and the Father are one, together with the Holy Spirit, one God in three persons. This is a revelation that we could not come to know by ourselves; we needed God to come tell us, which is exactly what He did. This is hard to understand. Christ has revealed to us that he, the Father and the Spirit are one, but this truth is still inaccessible to our human reason, which is what you would expect. After all, we are talking about the nature of God, our Creator. We shouldn’t expect to be able to fully grasp who He is. That may be why we are sometimes hesitant to speak about God as Triune because we have a hard time articulating exactly what that means. We don’t want to say something about God that isn’t true. But while we do know that God is Triune, it is a mystery, and there’s nothing wrong with that. It is something we know and believe simply because Christ has revealed it, because He is trustworthy, and because it makes sense. And the fact that God is Triune tells us something else about Him: God is a relational being, a personal being, not a solitary, impersonal one. That has an enormous influence on us, especially in the way we pray. He is not “The Force,” that exists but doesn’t care. He is not the wind blowing through the trees or the babbling brook. That is not God. God is a living, tri-personal being, one who loves us and desires to be in a relationship with us. That is why Christ tells us to call out to Him as our Father, for we are His sons and daughters. If God is personal and desires to be in relationship with others, that tells us something about ourselves, too. We are created in His image, and so we are also relational. We cannot be solitary. Just as He did not stay within Himself and watch from a distance as the human race stumbled and fell, neither should we. There is no one on the face of this earth of whom we can say, “I don’t care what happens to you. Take care of yourself, you are not my problem.” That is not the image of the Triune God. We are called to empty ourselves for the sake of others, all others, to invest our lives in each other and to make it our goal to bring each other into communion with God. God loved us so much that He became one of us in order to reveal Himself to us. Let us take comfort in this truth of our faith and give Him praise, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. - Fr. Liekhus

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MASS INTENTIONS Sunday, May 26 8:30am Elinda Fuentes & Romeo Fuentes 10:30am †Eileen & Nicholas Koster 1:00pm People of the Parish Monday, May 27 Memorial Day 9:00am For the deceased service men and women Mass at St. Margaret’s Cemetery Tuesday, May 28 7:00am All souls Wednesday, May 29

9:30am Paul Thursday, May 30 7:00am †Donna Porwoll Friday, May 31

8:00am †Steve Zayac Saturday, June 1

8:00am †Catherine Kohman 4:30pm Barbara Senich Sunday, June 2 8:30am †Charles Lodermeier 10:30am †Joseph Pierro 1:00pm People of the Parish

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Monday, May 27 Memorial Day Parish office closed today 9:00am Mass at St. Margaret's

Cemetery (weather permitting) 7:30pm AA E-CAFE Tuesday, May 28 7:30am Eucharistic Adoration J-CH 1:00pm Legion of Mary J-LB 6:30pm Holy Spirit Prayer Group J-LB 6:30pm Rediscover Catholicism Book

Club E-CR Wednesday, May 29

10:00am Graduation Ceremony & Reception E-CR

Thursday, May 30 6:30pm Ensemble Choir Practice E Saturday, June 1

7:30pm Hispanic Community Prayer Group E-CR Sunday, June 2

11:30am Corpus Christi Procession E-SJCR

J = St. Joseph Campus J-CH– Church • J-SH-Social Hall • 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-SMR-School Meeting Room E-CONF-Conference Room

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WOMEN’S CLUB NEWS Ladies:

Upcoming Events General Meeting at St. Joseph campus Social Hall, Tuesday, June 11 at 7:00pm. Please join us for an evening of fellowship and refreshments.

Weekly Calendar

News Registrations continue to be accepted for our new preK-8 regional school. Registration packets can be picked up at the St. John’s School office or downloaded from www.nda-mn.org.

Second Time: Kim Schatz/ Robert J. Gleason Please remember this couple in your prayers as they prepare for their marriage.

REDISCOVER CATHOLICISM

Our book club will meet on Tuesday, May 28 at 7:00pm in the Community Room at St John’s campus. We will discuss pages

22-58 of the Rediscover Catholicism. Come join us.

St. Joseph's Prayer Ministry This Sunday after the 8:30am Mass, we will have a prayer team available at the front of the church. If you have special intentions that need prayer, or would like someone to pray with you, please come to the front of the church directly after Mass to meet with one of our team members. You can also make a prayer request through our parish website, www.stjoeshopkins.org. Just click on the “PRAY” button and fill in the form. If you have any questions or want to make a prayer request, please contact Denise Hirl at (952) 935-0716.

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Hope Rekindled 3rd Annual

Widow's Day of Reflection

Our Lady of Grace Church, Edina Saturday, June 29, 2013 -

8:00am to 1:00pm Come join us for the 3rd Annual Hope Rekindled Widow's Day of Reflection. Our speakers this year will be Bishop Lee Piche, auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and Deacon Joseph Michalak, Director of Diaconate Formation. The day starts with Mass at 8:00am and concludes with prayer and a final blessing at 1:00pm. Cost is $20.00 with lunch provided. Please register by June 15. Questions? Call Cheryl Broich at (952) 831-2656. To register: email Melissa Miller at melissamiller@olgparish.org .

THANK YOU To Dan Petrosky for his presentation about the Memorial Rifle Squad at our Pre-Memorial Day Event. His talk and film were very

educational and moving. THANK YOU to the following: the Knights of Columbus for the delicious meal, to everyone who attended and those who donated money for the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Wartime Prayer books for our Military, Father Liekhus for approving this event and for joining us for special prayers for the military and their families. Kathleen Esh

Our 4th Grade Faith Formation Students Mrs. Esh designed a special emblem earning program for her 4th Grade Faith Formation Class. They had certain things to learn for each emblem and this was in addition to their assigned textbook. The banners are titled "Proud to Be Catholic!" Fantastic work, 4th Graders!

With Praise and Thanksgiving to Almighty God

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Anderson join with the

Diocese of Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands In cordially inviting you to the Ordination of

Bruce Thomas Andrew Anderson to the Sacred Order of Diaconate through the Imposition of Hands

and the invocation of the Holy Spirit By His Excellency

the Most Reverend Herbert Armstrong Bevard Bishop of Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands

on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus the seventh day of June two thousand and thirteen

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Reception in the parish gym after Ordination

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Faith Formation & School News

Calling Forth of Catechists. Do you want to express your faith life more actively in our parish community by sharing faith with our young people? Or do you know someone whose gifts suggest that they would excel at being a catechist? Please prayerfully consider these questions and please talk to Chuck Romportl, our Faith Formation Director, about this. Everyone’s prayers for our catechetical ministry are always appreciated.

ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL NEWS Celebration: You are invited to attend our End of the Era Celebration this coming Thursday, May 30 from 5:30 to

7:30pm on the church and school grounds. Bring your lawn chairs. Reflection Jar: If you have a private memory of St. John’s School please feel free to stop by the school and drop it in

our Memory Jar. The memories will not be shared but will be blessed at the ‘End of Era Celebration’ on Thursday, May 30. Living Water Project: Wow! A check for $1,457.14 was sent to the Center of Mission for the water project in Kitui,

Kenya. The check for $1,457.14 was a joint effort of St. John’s School, St. John’s Faith Formation and St. Gabriel Parish.

St. Gabriel Preschool: Registration is now open for St. Gabriel preschool for next fall. Please call the school office at (952) 935-7787 for more information or email ksegna@stgabrielhopkins.org.

Out of Uniform: The students may be out of uniform May 28-31 to allow parents time to wash, mend and donate uniforms for a collection to Haiti. All uniforms must be donated to school by Friday, May 31.

Last Student Day: The student’s last day will be Friday, May 31. The students will eat lunch and be dismissed at noon. Parents MUST pick up their children at Noon. There is no afternoon Kids Care.

SUMMER HOURS BEGIN MAY 31

For the months of June, July and August the parish office will be closed on Fridays.

MEMORIAL DAY MASS

Mass on Monday, May 27, 2013 will be at St. Margaret’s Cemetery at 9:00am. Please bring chairs to sit on if you wish. In the event of inclement weather the Mass will be held in St. Joseph’s Church. Directions to St. Margaret’s Cemetery: South on Shady Oak Road; turn Left on Bren Road; then take the first right into the Cemetery entrance.

TO DAN PETROSKY The parishioners of St. Gabriel thank Dan Petrosky for his many years of excellent service sending out the weekly email newsletter and funeral announcements. We appreciate his dedication and hard work. He would get the newsletter out even when he was travelling.

Thank you, Dan. Best wishes on your new endeavors.

The email newsletter will continue to be sent out. Please call the office if you are interested in helping.

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COMPRENDER LA TRINIDAD Si a veces encuentras que las enseñanzas de la Igle-sia son incomprensibles, el Evangelio de hoy te animará. Viendo cuán desconcertados estaban sus discípulos, Jesús les dice, “Aún tengo muchas cosas que decirles, pero todavía no las pueden comprender”. Y les promete “el Es-píritu de la verdad” que vendrá a aclarar todas las cosas. Aún con la venida del Espíritu Santo, seguimos sin entender completamente. Hoy podemos escuchar el viejo poema del libro de los Proverbios donde se ensalza la sabiduría de Dios, “jugando con el orbe de la tierra” y sus delicias “eran estar con los hijos de los hombres”. Y escu-chamos a Pablo, gloriándose de su alegría, no sólo en las bendiciones recibidas del Señor, sino también “hasta de los sufrimientos”. Los teólogos han luchado por explicar el misterio de la Trinidad y, con la ayuda del Espíritu, han logrado acla-rar un poco para la Iglesia ese misterio divino. Compren-demos poco. Pero escuchamos, oramos, y le pedimos al Espíritu que nos dé luz para comprender cada vez más. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — Antes de que algo fuese creado, la sabiduría de Dios estaba presente (Proverbios 8:22-31). Salmo — ¡Qué admirable, Señor, es tu poder! (Salmo 8) Segunda lectura — El amor de Dios ha sido derramado en nuestro corazón mediante el Espíritu (Romanos 5:1-5). Evangelio — El Espíritu de verdad tomará todo lo que es mío y te lo concederá (Juan 1:12-15). LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Eclo 17:20-24; Sal 32 (31):1-2, 5-7; Mc 10:17-27 Martes: Eclo 35:1-12; Sal 50 (49):5-8, 14, 23; Mc 10:28-31 Miércoles: Eclo 36:1, 4-5a, 10-17; Sal 79 (78):8-9, 11, 13; Mc 10:32-45 Jueves: Eclo 42:15-25; Sal 33 (32):2-9; Mc 10:46-52 Viernes: Sof 3:14-18a o Rom 12:9-16; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lc 1:39-56 Sábado: Eclo 51:12cd-20; Sal 19 (18):8-11; Mc 11:27-33 Domingo: Gn 14:18-20; Sal 110 (109):1-4; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Lc 9:11b-17

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Este domingo la Iglesia celebra la Solemnidad de la Santísima Trinidad: Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Santo. Este dog-ma acerca de la realidad de Dios es la clave para com-prender la verdad de la religión cristiana. Mediante el poder del Espíritu Santo el Padre envió al Hijo como Sal-vador del mundo. Estas tres personas son un solo Dios. No es una doctrina fácil de comprender y mucho me-nos de pintar en arte sagrado. Sin embargo muchos artis-tas latinoamericanos han intentado pintar simbólicamente la verdad de la Santísima Trinidad. En muchos casos ima-ginan al Padre cargando a Jesús en la cruz y soplando sobre él el Espíritu en forma de paloma. A veces Padre e Hijo están entronados sobre las nubes soplando el Espíritu mutuamente y las alas de la paloma tocan los labios de ambos. En algunos casos el Padre, el Hijo y el Espíritu Santo son tres cabezas que salen de un solo cuerpo. Se-guido los tres tienen el mismo rostro distinguiéndose solo por el color de sus vestiduras o los símbolos que cargan. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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