Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time AUGUST 4, 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 ........................................ 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

Parish News

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LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR AUGUST 10/11

4:30 Mass at St. Joseph’s Campus Sacristan: Karen Totall Lectors: Mary Rasmussen, Mary Anne Roberts Servers: Cassidy Kummrow Eucharistic Ministers: Cathy Carlson, Dale & Jane Specken, Beverly Stifter Cup Ministers: Mark Banker, Char Murphy, Bill Johnson, Alice Tangney Usher: Kristin Jamison Greeters: 8:30 Mass at St. Joseph’s Campus Sacristan: Patrick Hirl Lectors: Mary Beckering, Mark Ninnemann Servers: Andrew Hirl, Daniel Hirl

Eucharistic Ministers: Patrick & Denise Hirl, Pat Bell, Beth Lauzon Cup Ministers: Tim McDonald, John & Myra Underdahl, Phyllis Weinbender Usher: Regis Yunker Greeters: 10:30 Mass at St. John’s Campus Lectors: V. VonHof, G. Delander Servers: Jack B., Spencer M., Christian S. Extraordinary Ministers: G. DeLander, M. Stangel, Kirsten K., B. Kleiner, R. Fox, M. Torres, G. Sicheneder, M. Sicheneder, M. Dickinson

Pastor: Fr. James Liekhus

frjliekhus@stgabrielhopkins.org Deacons:

Deacon Darrel Branch Deacon Francis Tangney

(952) 935-8530 Business Administrator:

Brook Sullivan bsullivan@stgabrielhopkins.org Director of Worship & Music:

Katie Schafer kschafer@stgabrielhopkins.org

Office Manager: Martha Krawczak

mkrawczak@stgabrielhopkins.org Pastoral Minister:

Mary Fran Karanikolas mfkaranikolas@stgabrielhopkins.org

Faith Formation Director: Chuck Romportl

cromportl@stgabrielhopkins.org Faith Formation Administrative Asst.:

Louise Wilson 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

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

Tony Jaroscak ajaroscak@stgabrielhopkins.org

Custodian (St. John campus) Ricardo Torres

rtorres@stgabrielhopkins.org Pastoral Council Chair:

Cathy Carlson (952) 938-3383

Notre Dame Academy

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Stewardship-Sharing Our Treasure with the Community

“PETER’S PENCE” IS THE AUGUST RECIPIENT! In his address of March 20, 2013, Pope Francis spoke of our responsibility before the world and creation. “There is much that we can do to benefit the poor, the needy and those who suffer, and to favor justice, promote reconciliation and build peace,” he said. The Peter’s pence collection derives its name from

an ancient custom. In ninth-century England, King Alfred the Great collected money, a “pence,” from landowners as financial support for the pope. Today, the Peter’s pence collection has evolved to fund the Holy See’s charitable actions for those in need. The second collection for Peter’s pence is to provide the Holy Father with the financial means to provide emergency assistance to those in need because of natural disaster, war, oppression, and disease. Please be generous with your support.

The men did their part and won 16-4, but the unthinkable happened: Holy Family, who beat Good Shepherd 12-6 earlier in the year, managed to score ZERO runs in a SOFTBALL game, and OLG Purple managed to lose FOR THE FIRST TIME to OLG White, so we ended up in a four-way tie for second place. Based on a complex tie-breaker system that includes the phase of the moon on our patronal feast days and the number of letters in the middle names of our third basemen, St. Gabriel’s comes out last of the four, so we’re out of the

playoffs. Thanks for everyone’s support, and we’ll see you next year! Next week: 6:15pm: OLG Purple vs. OLG White, Good Shepherd vs. Holy Family, winners play for the championship at 7:30pm.

Final Standings 1. OLG Purple ·············· 7-1 2. Good Shep. ·············· 5-3 2. Holy Family ·············· 5-3 2. OLG White ·············· 5-3 2. St. Gabriel ··············· 5-3 6. St. Bart’s Bl. ·············· 2-6 6. St. Bart’s Gd. ··········· 2-6 8. St. Patrick ················· 1-7

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Parish News

Dear Parishioners, On the plane ride back to Italy, the Holy Father gave an impromptu 80 minute interview to the Italian reporters traveling with him. If you just read the news accounts, you may not get the whole context, so I’d like to reproduce a few of his answers here, and offer my comments. To a question about the role of women in the Church, the pope responded,

A Church without women is like the apostolic college without Mary. The role of women is the icon of the Virgin, of Our Lady. And Our Lady is more important than the apostles. The Church is feminine because it is wife and mother. To go further, you cannot understand a Church without active women in it. We have not done a theology of woman; we have to do it. With regard to the ordination of women, the Church has spoken and said “no.” John Paul II has expressed a definitive formulation, that door is closed. But remember that Mary is more important than the apostles, the bishops, and so the woman in the Church is more important than bishops and priests.

Anyone who has spent any time working in a parish knows how true these words are. Without the dedicated service of the women of the parish, there would be no parish. Do not be surprised if Pope Francis follows up on this theme at some point during his pontificate, and gives us a more developed theology of woman! To a question on the divorced and remarried receiving communion, he responded,

It's a topic that always comes up. I think this is the time of mercy, this change of epoch in which there are many problems both in the Church and through the not-good testimonies of some priests. Clericalism has left many injured, and you have to go to treat these injuries with mercy. The Church is mother, and inside the Church should be found mercy for all. And the wounded not only have to be waited for, but you have to go and find them. The divorced can take communion, it is the divorced and in a second marriage who cannot. You have to look at the issue in the totality of the pastoral care of marriage. When I meet with the group of eight cardinals in the first three days of October, we will discuss how to move forward in the pastoral care of marriage. We are on a path to a deeper pastoral care of marriage. My predecessor in Buenos Aires, Cardinal Quarracino, always said: "For me, half of all marriages are invalid, because they get married without knowing it is forever, or because they do it for social convenience, etc. ...” The theme of nullity should be studied.

The state of marriage in the world, especially in the Western world, is a great concern of the Church and of the Holy Father. The pope, as we see that he always does, approaches the question first as a pastor, remarking that this is a time of mercy, and chastising priests to not harm the faithful as they give testimony. While it will always be true that the sacramental bond of marriage is for life (“What God has joined together, no human being can separate”) and that therefore those who remarry outside of the Church are placing themselves outside of communion, the Holy Father recognizes that

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THE PRAYER LIST Please pray for those in nursing homes, the families of the sick, caregivers, the military and their families, and for the following: Kathleen Bianco, Anne & Ron Bisson, Jeanette Blake, Dan Cunningham, Marie Edquist, Jean Feltl, Baard Flesche, Richard Gibbs, Millie Good, Andrew Heil, Dave Hesse, Mike Hruska, Dorene Johnson, Orville Kemper, Pat Kempf, Susan Kobe, Ham Kurtz, Margaret LeSage, Barb Mackintosh, Rose McGonagle, Dolores Millerbernd, Jackie Olafson, Carol & Dick Olson, Karla Pallansch, Alice Paulsrud, Bernie Reid, Diane Schmerler, Jean Schwappach, Sam Seward, Gil Stifter, Carole Teclaw, Jim Walker and Marlea Warren. 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.

Pastoral Ministry for the Sick

If you or a member of your family is admitted to the hospital and wants the sacrament of the sick or a pastoral visit, please call the parish office. Hospitals do not alert us when parishioners are admitted.—Mary Fran Karanikolas, Pastoral Minister

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MASS INTENTIONS Sunday, August 4 8:30am For Priests and Religious 10:30am †Robert Velner 1:00pm People of the Parish Tuesday, August 6 7:00am Thanksgiving Wednesday, August 7

8:00am †Milt Pollock Thursday, August 8 7:00am Dale Krekelberg Friday, August 9

8:00am Tim & Tracy Turner Saturday, August 10

8:00am †Timothy Carr 4:30pm †Barb Sidla Sunday, August 11 8:30am For Vocations 10:30am †Kathleen Wheeler 1:00pm People of the Parish

Parish News

Monday, August 5 9:00am St. Gabriel’s Vacation Bible School J-SB 6:30pm Boy Scouts E-LD

7:30pm AA E_CAFE Tuesday, August 6 7:30am Adoration J-CH 9:00am St. Gabriel’s Vacation Bible School J-SB 5:30pm Benediction J-CH 6:30pm Holy Spirit Prayer Group J-LB Wednesday, August 7

8:30am Adoration E-Chapel 9:00am St. Gabriel’s Vacation Bible School J-SB 7:00pm Stewardship Committee Mtg. E-CONF 7:00pm Jeff Cavins Bible Study J-SH

Thursday, August 8 9:00am St. Gabriel’s Vacation Bible School J-SB Friday, August 9 Summer Hours—Office Closed 9:00am St. Gabriel’s Vacation Bible School J-SB Saturday, August 10

7:00pm Hispanic Community Prayer Group E-CR

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

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ALTAR SERVER TRAINING If your child is a 5th grader or older and would like to become an Altar Server please contact Deacon Darrel & Chris Branch at (952) 929-8695 or email sweetbranc@aol.com as soon as possible. We will schedule a time for training.

this does not exhaust all that needs to be said about the topic, and that a greater pastoral care of marriage is needed. And on the so-called “gay lobby” within the Vatican, he responded,

A lot is written about the gay lobby, but so far I have not found in the Vatican anyone who has written "gay" on his identity card. One must distinguish between being gay, having this tendency, and lobbying. All lobbies are not good. If a person is gay and seeks the Lord with good will, who am I to judge him? The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that gay people should not be discriminated against, but received. The problem is not about having this tendency; the problem is lobbying for it, and the same goes for lobbies of greed, political lobbies, and masonic lobbies.”

This paragraph received a lot of coverage in the news, though the headlines were mostly misleading. As his predecessors always did before him, the pope distinguished between having homosexual tendencies and committing homosexual acts, or in this case, lobbying for condoning such acts. It should come as no surprise that the pope would refrain from judging another, because the Lord himself told us that we cannot judge another person. We can and must, however, judge actions, as the pope does in this paragraph when he condemns lobbying within the Church. It is my hope that the discussion this paragraph has begun will lead to greater inclusion for those “persons who are gay and seek the Lord with good will.” I think I have mentioned before that I am one of the chaplains for the local Courage Ministry – the archdiocesan ministry to those who have same-sex attraction but who recognize the truth of Church teaching and are striving to live a chaste life. These men are among the most faithful that I know – attending daily Mass, frequenting Confession, singing in their parish choirs, teaching in RCIA and faith formation programs, etc. They are not defined by their sexual orientation, but by being sons of God – a message that we need to convey with our words and our actions to those with same-sex attraction. -Fr. Liekhus

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Parish News

♦ ♦FALL FESTIVAL♦ ♦ FIVE WEEKS & COUNTING

Volunteers are needed. Forms are in the pews or call the Activity Leader.

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED! Donations are needed for the Fall Festival Silent Auction. We’re looking for new or homemade items with a value of $25.00 or more. This is a chance to use your creativity! Some ideas…theme baskets such as food or wine, game night, bathroom or kitchen themes; homemade Afghans, quilts; wood creations, etc.

Please bring your donations to the parish office at St. John’s Campus any day, Monday through Thursday from 8:30am to 4:00pm. Items can be dropped off at St. Joseph’s Campus on Tuesdays only between 7:00am and 4:00pm. Need a pick-up? Call Mary at (952) 938-5739.

NDA (Notre Dame Academy) Job Openings The following job openings are at

Notre Dame Academy, 13505 Excelsior Blvd., Mtka, MN.

Middle School Religion/Algebra I teacher (half-time) Library/Media Educational Assistant (3/4 time) Kindergarten Educational Assistant (full-time) Primary Grades Educational Assistant (full-time) School Office Receptionist (half-time)

Job descriptions are posted on the Archdiocese website at www.archspm.org/careers or contact Terry Factor, Principal at (952) 358-3500 or email tfactor@nda-mn.org.

Invitation from Father Ralph Goman

Please join me in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of my ordination as a priest

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 at the 10:30am MASS St. John the Evangelist Campus of St. Gabriel Parish

Reception will follow. If you are not able to be with us for this celebration, please pray for me and

my classmates, and know that I pray for you always. Father Ralph Goman

To help us plan for your attendance, please return the response below in the parish collection basket by August 30, 2013

or email goman50th@gmail.com

Mr./Mrs. ___________________________________________

__________ Persons will attend.

HEALING MASS Father Jim Livingston will celebrate a Healing Mass on Tuesday, August 20 at

7:00pm at St. Joseph Campus church. Please join us for rosary and Mass. Direct all questions to Barb at (952) 933-8423.

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Faith Formation & School News

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL MEETS THIS WEEK VBS meets this Monday through Friday: August 5-9, Time: from 9:00am to Noon at the (air-conditioned!) St. Joseph Campus. With questions or to volunteer – contact Kathleen Esh at (952) 933-7610 or kmeyesh@yahoo.com.

DID YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE TRAINING SESSIONS FOR OUR CATECHISTS? Have you thought about being a Faith Formation Catechist, but weren’t sure if you had the skills? We do provide Catechist Formation Sessions each fall, and follow it up with networking with other catechists, in-service and online sessions, and guided supervision. Please contact Chuck Romportl, our Faith Formation Director, to see if taking the catechist training would be a good way expand your catechetical skills. Please prayerfully consider this ministry for yourself, or perhaps you know the name of someone else who should receive the call to become a catechist. As always, we are counting on the prayers of ALL our parishioners to support the catechetical ministry here at St. Gabriel’s.

WE ARE NOW PROCESSING THE REGISTRATIONS FOR THIS FALL’S FAITH FORMATION PROGRAM. You can find copies of the registration form at the church entrances and on our parish website: http://storage.cloversites.com/stgabrielthearchangelcatholicchurch/documents/FF%20Registration%20Form%202013-14.pdf

ATTENTION ALL LITURGICAL MINISTERS

Sacristans, Servers, Lectors, Eucharistic and Cup Ministers, time-off requests are due no later than Friday, August 9, 2013. The next schedule will run from August 31/September 1, through November 23/24, 2013. You may turn in your requests to Jim Svihel at (952) 938-0985 or email Jim Svihel at jcsvihel@aol.com. Thank you.

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Meeting Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 7:00pm at St. John the Evangelist campus, Leo’s Den. All Knights are welcome! If you would like more information about the Knights of Columbus, please call Grand Knight Wade Dunkley at (952)543-0937 or Chancellor Ricardo Cases at (952) 922-2905.

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952-935-5536 www.stgabrielhopkins.org XVIII Domingo Ordinario “C” 4 de agosto del 2013

GRANEROS LLENOS DE BIENES Ya pagamos la hipoteca. Y también los préstamos que se tomaron para el pago de la universidad y las bo-das de los hijos. La segunda casa, que una vez fue un sue-ño lejano está ahora tan cerca que sería recomendable empezar a revisar las revistas de bienes raíces. Y en ese momento. . . un hijo o una hija no puede atender a su pro-pio hijo. Es entonces tiempo de volver a empezar, esta vez como abuelos en el rol de padres. Miles de adultos mayo-res se enfrentan hoy a esa situación, y se convierten en tutores temporales o permanentes de sus nietos. Vanidad de vanidades. Los años de trabajo arduo con miras a una gran jubilación hoy pertenecen a alguien más: comida, ropa, ortodoncia, campamentos, escolarida-des. Pero, como dijo una abuela de su nieta de 13 años, “Todo ha valido la pena. Ella me da una enorme alegría. ¿Qué haría yo sin ella?” Y así el granero lleno de “bienes” se vacía y descu-brimos nuevas y verdaderas riquezas. Otra vez encontra-mos nueva vida en Cristo, y el almacén se llena de la vida que realmente agrada a Dios. © Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Del 1 al 5 de agosto los capitalinos en El Salvador celebran la fiesta del Salvador del Mundo, cuando re-cuerdan la Transfiguración de Jesús en el Monte Tabor. Como muchas fiestas patronales en Latinoamérica esta semana está llena de carnavales y desfiles. La celebra-ción principal es una procesión religiosa con la imagen de Jesús, el Divino Salvador del mundo. La estatua de Jesús con sus brazos extendidos en bendición es llevada desde la Basílica del Sagrado Corazón hasta la Catedral Metro-politana. Vestida de un rojo que recuerda su pasión, la imagen es cargada sobre los hombros de una veintena de fieles. Al llegar a la catedral la imagen patronal es pues-ta en una torre de más de 20 metros de alto. Eventual-mente la estatua revestida de blanco aparece de una esfera encima de la torre en medio de gritos, aplausos y cantos. Esta esfera azul representa el mundo entero, mun-do salvado por Cristo. La transfiguración de esta imagen en San Salvador recuerda la pasión y resurrección de Jesús, eventos claves que han hecho de él, el Salvador del Mundo entero. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, © Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES Domingo: Decimoctavo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario Lunes: Dedicación de la Basílica de Santa María la Mayor en Roma Martes: La Transfiguración del Señor Miércoles: San Sixto II; San Cayetano y sus Compañeros Jueves: Santo Domingo; Eid al-Fit’r (la fiesta musulmana al final de Ramadán) ce celebra esta semana Viernes: Santa Teresa Benedicta de la Cruz Sábado: San Lorenzo

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.