When our community comes together, amazing things happen at Saint John! Nearly 350 people filled our Ballroom on August 10 to support our second annual Catholic Relief Services Helping Hands Event. We had a goal to double the meals we packed last year, 20,000, to an astonishing 40,000 meals. The…
“Evangelii Gaudium” [The Joy of the Gospel], an apostolic exhortation, written by Pope Francis in 2013, was the subject of discussion for the Convocation of Catholic Leaders in Orlando from July 1 to July 4. Pope Francis has clearly called all of the Church, lay and clerics alike, to ponder…
Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words. – St. Ignatius of Loyola I want to thank you all for your commitment to the vision Father John put forth years ago. We have begun to renew our Parish Family and the larger community with our focus on…
For the past several weeks, our Parish Mission has focused on the Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of the Gospel in America. We were blessed to have the largest contingent from any church in our Diocese attend this essential and enlivening conference, whose focus was to set the direction…
So after hearing the testimonials and description of how our Catholic Church in the US must be renewed with the zeal of intentional disciples, Day three of the Convocation of Catholic Leaders needed to delve into exactly HOW we take this to the streets as the Pope has asked us…
