Join us for our " Cultural Heritage Celebration"

Cultural Heritage Celebration (formerly Immigration Sunday) is coming up on January 26.  We will be featuring music and classical dance of the Tamil culture from the country of India. Minnesota's Governor, Tim Walz, has proclaimed January as "Tamil Heritage Month". How appropriate that our focus this year is on this same culture.  On Sunday, the 26th, you are welcome to wear clothing representing YOUR country of origin and asked to bring a dish to share for our Cultural Banquet in St. Joseph's Hall.  Any person or family who wishes to participate in our flag procession at the commencement of the Mass, are asked to meet up in social hall at 9:30 a.m.

Thank you to everyone that made this year's Immigration Sunday a special and memorable event. Please take a moment to view the picture gallery of the day's events. 
A special thank you to Bain Lothier and Javier Cerda for taking photos and use of their images.



Immigration Sunday 2019 was a day to celebrate the heritage of our parishioners at SJTW. This has been a joyous occasion each year. We plan to keep our tradition going and want you to come and be a part of our celebration.

The Social Justice Board under the leadership of Dolly Prochaska are planning another amazing Immigration Sunday on January 27. I wanted to personally invite you all to join us. This year Marc has a special Creed for us, music from the Japanese, Latino and African cultures. We have also secured the Aztec Dancers to be part of our celebration. There will be amazing foods from many different cultures to feast on.  
Roxanne Smith, Director, Social Justice



The Kalpulli Ketzal Coatlicue ("Precious Mother Earth") is a Kalpulli ("learning community") of Indigenous people joined by the desire to learn, share and live the tradition of Aztec dance. Ketzal Coatlicue pursues this spiritual, mental, and physical vocation with music from the sacred drum, conch shells, seeds and other instruments gifted by the natural environment. A majority of the members are youth, but participating members ages range from toddlers to elders. Ketzal Coatlicue’s cultural learning center is located in South Minneapolis.

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Immigration Sunday – 
Thank you to everyone that made our Immigration Sunday celebration a great event!

We are "all one in Christ" as St. Paul tells us.

Immigration Sunday….Help us celebrate YOUR heritage! 
At the 10:30 liturgy, we will be honoring those in our family who made the journey to the United States, whether recently or long ago.  We are asking you to bring in a flag (2' X 3' or larger) will precede the Mass. Dust off or obtain your flag now. Help us to honor the immigrants of your family and be a part of our colorful procession.

Immigration Sunday & Potluck 
We are "all one in Christ" as St. Paul tells us. As a way of celebrating our vibrant diverse parish community we will be having a potluck lunch following the 10:30 liturgy on Sunday, January 24th. Please plan to join us and bring your favorite dish to share from your cultural family of origin.
As a way of celebrating our vibrahttp://www.sjtw.net/immigration-sunday#tabVideont diverse parish community we will be having a potluck lunch following the 10:30 liturgy on Sunday, Jan 26. Please plan to join us and bring your favorite dish to share from your cultural family of origin.