Pope Leo XIV
Saint Joan of Arc keeps you in our hearts and prayers, Pope Leo XIV!
Outreach Sunday!
Outreach Sunday is June 15: We will host representatives from our CARE Committee, our Sustaining Partners (Sister Parish, Women Against Military Madness, Risen Christ School, Arm in Arm in Africa, and Mobile Loaves Twin Cities), and the 31 organizations that received Justice Grants in 2024. Our Welcome Center will be packed! And of course, ice cream sandwiches will be available as you peruse our tables and meet our guests. Be here for this celebration.
Family Mass Animals for Farmers
Throughout the year, Family Mass kids have brought in their donation envelopes, collecting $939.67 to buy animals through Heifer International to make farming families around the world sustainable. We have enough to buy a heifer, a water buffalo, a goat, two flocks of chicks, and honeybees! Heifers and water buffalo can help farmers plant up to four times as many crops and give milk that a family can use for themselves and sell. Goats produce cheese and chicks lay eggs that a family can use for themselves and sell. Bees can double the yields of small farms and help support the environment. Thank you for making all this goodness possible!
SJA LGBTQ+
Please stop by the St Joan of Arc booth at the Golden Valley Pride Festival, Saturday, June 7th, noon - 6:00 PM at Brookview Park, Golden Valley. https://www.goldenvalleypride.com/ For those who are interested in helping to staff the booth for one or more of the 2 hour shifts, please contact me,
Ron Joki.
Parish Council Nominations
Nominations Sought for New SJA Parish Council Members
The St. Joan of Arc Parish Council is accepting nominations for new members. The Council is advisory to the Pastor as the visioning and planning body which listens to the community, aids in identifying needs and concerns that will help in Parish long range planning.
We need parishioners who are enthusiastic about the future direction of our Parish and are willing to listen, to speak honestly, and to work toward consensus. Candidates should be active members of SJA for at least two years.
Council members are expected to regularly attend a two-hour Council meeting on the first Thursday of the month.
We invite you to nominate yourself or someone else by Friday, May 16, 2025. You can do so by completing a nomination form which details the qualifications and discernment process is available in the back of the Gym or Church as well as in the Parish Center office.
If you have questions about the Council or the discernment process we encourage you to contact any current Parish Council member (listed HERE). You can also email Dennis Heaney or call 612-823-8205.