02/09/24 | 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass & Confession Times

Mass Times

• Monday - Friday: 12:00pm (MC)
• Tuesday & Thursday: 7:30am (EC)
• Wednesday: 5:30pm (EC)
• Saturday: 8:00am, 5:00pm (MC)
• Sunday: 8:00am, 10:00am (live streamed), 12:00pm, 5:30pm (MC)

MC - Main Church

EC - Emmaus Chapel

Confession Times

• Monday - Friday: 11:15-11:45am
• Wednesday: 6:00-6:30pm
• Saturday: 8:30-9:00am 
• All Confessions in Emmaus Chapel

Relying on the Lord with John and Liz Holmes

 Marriage, Family Life!

Catholic Services Appeal



Join us in contributing to the 2024 Archdiocesan Catholic Services Appeal!

Your gift will transform countless lives by bringing Jesus to others through the education and outreach of ministries throughout the Archdiocese.

You can contribute online by scanning the QR code, or pick up an envelope in the Gathering Space in the next several weeks.

How Your Gift Makes an Impact:

Educate in Faith

Help Those in Need

Strengthen in Faith

Protect Life

Ash Wednesday Sacred Environment Prep Feb. 13

We need your help to prepare the sanctuary for Ash Wednesday & Lent! We will begin at 6:30pm on Tuesday February 13 in the Main Church. Prepare your heart for Lent as well as preparing the sanctuary for this blessed season of renewal and grace.

Bring in Blessed Palms by Feb. 14

Be sure to bring your blessed palms from previous years and place them in the baskets prior to Ash Wednesday on February 22nd. As they are blessed items, they must be burned rather than disposed in the trash.

Stations of the Cross

All are welcome to join us in the Main Church for this time of prayer where we follow in the footsteps of Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection. From beginning to end it takes about 20 minutes. You are also welcome to pray the Stations in the Main Church on your own, booklets will be available next to the first station in the back corner of the Main Church behind the choir section. Feel free to take a booklet home with you!

Wednesdays in Lent following 12pm Mass

starting Feb 21 (approximately 12:30pm)

Fridays in Lent at 7pm

starting Feb 16

On this “Day of Ashes” marking the start of Lent, the presider blesses the ashes and administers them on the foreheads of the congregation while saying: “Repent and believe in the Gospel.” This tradition signals to God creating us from dust, marks our desire for continued conversion to Christ, and reminds us that our eternal home is in Heaven--thus we strive not for things of this world but rather our eternal home. It also hearkens back to the Old Testament practices by the Israelites as an outward sign of repentance. Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation, but it’s always a great way to start Lent by worshipping the Lord and receiving Christ in the Eucharist!

Questions or looking to minister for Liturgy or Music?

Liturgy contact: [email protected]

Music contact: [email protected]

Questions or looking to minister for Faith Formation?

Faith Formation contact: [email protected]

Join the St. John Neumann Team and help us raise $5k for CRS.

There are two ways to participate.

• On February 10/11, please pick up a Rice Bowl at the table in the Gathering Space, follow the instructions, and bring it back on April 6/7. (Recommended to families with young children).
• Join the SJN team and give online at http://tinyurl.com/SJN-RICEBOWL-2024 ~ preferred method.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) 2024 Rice Bowl Fundraiser

February 10/11 to April 6/7

CRS Rice Bowl is the Lenten program of Catholic Relief Services, the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. Through CRS Rice Bowl, faith communities in every diocese throughout the United States put their faith into action through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Learn about how our sisters and brothers across the globe overcome hardships like hunger and malnutrition and how, through Lenten alms, we can make the world a better place for all. 

St John Neumann is delighted to support the Rebuilding Catholic Community - 2024 Spring Speaker Series 

The Center for Catholic Social Thought is pleased to announce our Spring Speaker Series on Rebuilding Catholic Community, featuring, among others, Bishop Joseph Williams and writer/speaker Leah Libresco (author of Building the Benedict Option). The talks are on Thursdays at 7 pm, Feb 15-March 7, 2024, at the Assumption Church in St Paul. We’ll discuss the breakdown of community life, community and the parish, community and the poor, and practical suggestions about building community today. The talks are free, open to the public, and include a reception. For more information and to register, please visit catholicsocialthought.org.

Blankets 4 Babes Ministry

Meeting on February 13, from 9:30 am -11:30 am in the Youth Room.

• Blankets can be made at home and dropped off at the Church during meeting hours.
• New members, welcome!

Will have a Fabric and Sewing materials Drive on February 17 to 25.

B4B needs new materials to continue making blanket bundles for mother-babies in need and Crisis pregnancy agencies. Items needed are flannel, kid-friendly cotton, batting, fleece, thread & yarn, or JOANN Fabrics gift cards. Only new fabrics, please. Thank you!

Please place donations in the box located in the Gathering Space. 

If you have any questions, contact [email protected].

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) February

SJN will team up with Saint Thomas Becket in February at FMSC’s south-metro Mobile Pack in Lakeville. This is a special offsite meal drive event to pack over 2 million meals in one week!  Our time slot is noon to 2 pm on Saturday, February 10. This Mobile Pack will be at Hosanna Church at 9600 163rd Street West in Lakeville, 55044. 

World Day of the Sick 2024



Saturday, February 10 at 10:00 am at St. Charles Borromeo, 2739 Stinson Blvd, Minneapolis. All are invited to attend a special Mass, blessing and reception dedicated to the sick, caregivers, chaplains & healthcare workers.

Parish Health Ministry will be sponsoring an annual Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday, March 14 from 1:00 to 7 pm. For whole blood donors, please do not donate after Thursday, January 17, which is 56 days prior to our blood drive. You can register at www.redcrossbloodorg, enter sponsor code SJN, and choose your donation time.  

Other Upcoming Events/News!

In 1921, Maria Kowaska left home and traveled to Krakow to become a nun. Various convents rejected her because she had only three years of schooling and had no money to purchase her habit and contribute to the convent. After a year of working, she was accepted to the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy and took the name of Faustina. Life was not easy for Sr. Faustina–she endured ridicule by her fellow nuns. However, her spiritual life changed dramatically when our Lord Jesus Himself started appearing and speaking to her. He named her “His Secretary” and told her to write down everything. She continued to receive words from Our Lord that were recorded in her diary. Sister Faustina was diagnosed with “Consumption” (likely Tuberculosis) and for years steadily grew sicker while continuing her diary recording. Sister Faustina died in 1938.

Upon the election of Pope Saint John Paul II, the diary was presented to the Holy See and the Divine Mercy devotion were declared authentic and “in keeping with Church Teaching.” In 2000, Pope Saint John Paul II declared Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska a Saint and began strongly promoting the Divine Mercy message and devotion.

St. Faustina Kowalska, pray for us! Pope St. John Paul II, pray for us!

Meal Cost

1. Adult Meal costs $18 : includes Walleye, Potato and coleslaw
2. Kids meal (Ages 8 and under) costs $5 : includes Mac and Cheese and Animal Crackers