Pride Volunteers Needed

Golden Valley Pride is Saturday, June 13, and SJA will have a booth - if you'd like  to help staff it, please let Julie Madden know.

And don't forget our annual Pride Week prayer service  on Wednesday, June 24 in the church at 7pm as  we celebrate and give thanks for the presence of our LGBTQ+ community.

We will also participate with the Downtown Churches booth in the Pride Festival in Loring Park on Saturday-Sunday, June 27 - 28, and we hope you'll volunteer to be a welcome at  that booth as well. These events are a wonderful opportunity to reach out in love, to be a presence of inclusion and hospitality,  and to live the motto of SJA, as we welcome everyone, wherever you are on your journey. To volunteer, contact Julie Madden.

Animals for Farmers

Throughout the year, Family Mass kids have brought in their envelopes, collecting $1222.50 to buy animals through Heifer International to make farming families around the world sustainable. We have enough to buy a heifer, a water buffalo, two goats, a sheep, honeybees, a hope basket of rabbits and chicks, and another two flocks of chicks! 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 and sheep produce cheese and wool, 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!

Support Risen Christ Catholic School

Risen Christ Catholic School, founded in 1993, is the only dual-immersion Catholic school in Minnesota and is a Sustaining Partner of our SJA Outreach Fund. It primarily serves low-income Latino families in south Minneapolis. It educates children in both English and Spanish in a Catholic environment that honors faith, language and culture of all students.

By the numbers: 

  • Nearly 300 students
  • 96% Hispanic/Latino
  • 91% qualify for free or reduced lunch (low income)
  • Nearly 80% are English Language Learners and speak Spanish at home
  • The average tuition paid by a family is $750 per year
  • The actual cost to educate one child is about $9,000 annually
  • Donors cover roughly 90% of the cost of educating every single student 

The annual fundraising goal is $2.5 million—just to keep the doors open, the lights on, and a stable, loving environment in place for children who desperately need it.

"As a Catholic community, we affirm the inherent dignity of every person. That dignity is not dependent on citizenship, immigration status, skin color, or language. At Risen Christ, we remain steadfast in our commitment to ensuring that every student and family experiences a safe, stable, and nurturing environment--especially in moments of fear, uncertainty, or loss."

Risen Christ exists because people like you have decided that children deserve safety, dignity, and education—no matter their status. Your support is what allows Risen Christ to:

  • Keep classrooms open
  • Retain teachers
  • Remain a trusted, stable foundation for families under siege

Thank you for helping Risen Christ remain a place of refuge, faith, and love. To donate use the QR code or this LINK.
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