Family Mission Information and Communication
VBS kicked off today in spectacular fashion! The 12 (times 4 since we have over 200 children participating this year) tribes of Israel began their desert journey through the parting of the Red Sea. They learned new songs and built tambourines. They got to play with desert mice to help…
We are very excited to be in the final stages of preparation for Vacation Bible School. The next two weekends will be filled with staging, preparing and costuming the Saint John buildings to represent the Hebrew camps as they leave Egypt on the way to the Promised Land. The youth…
There are also several organizations in the area that assist homeless individuals and families, including Saint Vincent DePaul and Saint Matthews House. Unfortunately, there are hundreds of people living homeless that are not able to use these programs, due to substance abuse or other factors. “Amen, I say to you,…
Father John’s Homily focused on a specific issue of housing and living conditions in Immokalee. There are many Ministries, like the Ladies of Charity, and individual parishioners that already focus their efforts on Immokalee, through Habitat for Humanity and the Catholic Charities, especially from Our Lady of Guadalupe. We are…
Did you get a chance to hear one of Father John’s Homilies last weekend? He described our trip to Immokalee in detail, including the horrific living conditions that the men, women, and children undergo every single day. You can find the pictures from this trip at: https://legacysite.sjecc.org/featured/immokalee-needs-our-support-and-our-action Pope Francis has…
