Posted by St. John the Evangelist Catholic Community on 5/18/21
Dear friends,
What a privilege for us to remember and celebrate our mothers. Your participation in the Mother’s Day prayer remembrance was overwhelming. I’d like to thank our Art and Environment Committee members for their thoughtful preparations in honoring our mothers. I can’t wait to see how our DADS ... Read More »
Posted by St. John the Evangelist Catholic Community on 5/10/21
Dear friends,
Thank you for your continued prayers for Fr. John Patrick’s healing and recovery, both of which are coming along much better than expected. Thanks be to God for his patient endurance, kindness in returning to us to celebrate daily Mass, and for your prayers.
I want to ... Read More »
Posted by St. John the Evangelist Catholic Community on 5/04/21
Dear Friends,
“I give you your priesthood as a gift” (Numbers: 18:7) are reassuring words of comfort for me as I begin my 10th year as a priest. My vocation is truly an unmerited gift from God who leads me along uncharted pathways to a destination only he knows ... Read More »
Posted by St. John the Evangelist Catholic Community on 4/29/21
Dear Friends,
We enter this Fourth Week of Easter with amazement at the apostles who, in a dramatic turn of events, are not only preaching the good news of salvation in the name of Jesus Christ but also performing countless miracles such as enabling the crippled to walk. These ... Read More »
Posted by St. John the Evangelist Catholic Community on 4/19/21
Dear Friends,
We are ecstatic to see many of our parishioners coming back to worship with us. Praise God for the mysterious ways in which he has led us along these stormy days of the pandemic. In order to heartily welcome our brothers and sisters in their return, we ... Read More »
Posted by St. John the Evangelist Catholic Community on 4/14/21
Dear Friends,
The staggering number of people who came to celebrate the Easter Masses with us fills my heart with joy and gratitude to God. Praise the Lord! Alleluia! Christ is Risen Indeed. Alleluia!
Along with that sentiment I am indebted to so many of our friends in the ... Read More »
Posted by St. John the Evangelist Catholic Community on 4/06/21
Dear Friends,
After battling our sinful inclinations for 40 days, we gathered in community to share the wondrous gift of the Holy Eucharist at the Last Supper and venerated the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, accompanying his lifeless body to the tomb. Today, we REJOICE in receiving the ... Read More »
Posted by St. John the Evangelist Catholic Community on 3/31/21
Dear Friends,
After five weeks of penance and purification during the Lenten season, we now enter into Holy Week, the summit of the Church’s Liturgical Year. Palm Sunday, with its reverberating acclamation of Hosanna as Jesus enters the holy city of Jerusalem, is the messianic proclamation of his Paschal ... Read More »
Posted by St. John the Evangelist Catholic Community on 3/22/21
Dear Friends,
The Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on 19 March was a special occasion for us to remember and appreciate the crucial role that Joseph played in salvation history. Our celebration, which included a High Mass and some social time afterwards, also commemorated ... Read More »
Posted by St. John the Evangelist Catholic Community on 3/16/21
Dear Friends,
Congratulations to over 500 of our parishioners who have pledged to read and listen to “The Bible in a Year” podcast! I am very proud of you but kindly request that more of you make the commitment to just START reading, no excuses. Pope Gregory the Great ... Read More »
