Want to be a sponsor? Contact the SJA parish office at
952-445-1319 or parishoffice@ssjacs.org!
We hope you saved the dates on your calendar to join us at our annual festival! This event is important to our parish, not only to raise the funds necessary to continue ministries that help to further the kingdom of God right here in Shakopee but also to build relationships within our Catholic family.
The JACS JAM committee is still looking for key leaders in some events and others need co-leads. Can you help fill some gaps in leadership? Come to the next festival meeting to find out more. Do you have a new area to suggest for the festival? Bring those ideas too! Hourly shifts to volunteer the weekend of the festival are coming soon!
There is still plenty of ways that you can help to make our festival a success!
6:30 pm | Marystown Social Center
168565 Marystown Rd, Shakopee, MN 55379
We ask each parishioner to participate in some way, from young to experienced. How are you helping to make it a successful and fun community-building event for all ages? We want to see you at the next festival planning meeting and hear your ideas!
JACS JAM is our re-envisioned UNITED annual parish festival that happens on the third Sunday of August but events occur on Saturday and Sunday of that weekend.
JACS = Joachim and Anne Church and School
JAM = Julifest and Marystown! (Our respective previous festival names.)
Instead of two festivals only a few weeks apart, in 2019 we joined forces for the most FUN, FAMILY-feeling, FAITH-fortifying FESTIVAL! If you have been around Shakopee and Marystown for a while, "do not be afraid," almost everything you loved about our two separate parish festivals held at each of the respective churches of St. Mark and St. Mary of the Purification of Marystown, is still happening from the outdoor polka Mass to the famous chicken plop game. Watch this page for details on this year's events and schedule. We'll see you in August!