Since the Knights of Columbus Christian Refugee Relief Fund launched in August 2014 to support those suffering persecution in Iraq and Syria, anti-Christian violence in the region has reached unimaginable dimensions. For more than a year, a campaign of religious cleansing by the Islamic State group has terrorized Christian communities…
Many of you have heard of and participated in one of the largest service events in Naples, Thanksgiving in the Park. This program is operated by the Guadalupe Center and provides a Thanksgiving dinner to hundreds of people and families in Immokalee. St. John has been asked to serve as…
“Cura Personalis” – Latin: Care for the Entire Person When we were developing the programmatic focus of the St. John Life Center, the functions that would breath life and activity not only into a building, but throughout our Church and our community, a special term came to mind. Cura Personalis. …
While attending a Knights of Columbus meeting last month (if you are a Catholic man, young or old, I highly recommend joining this service-oriented group, which dedicates its time to the Parish Family and our community locally), one of the most experienced members stood up and stated that we are…
The Parish Family has been working feverishly over this summer to come up with new efforts to engage every age group and every need at St. John. From renewing structures like our Ushers and Greeters Ministry to encapsulate our “Moment of Encounter” to enlivening our Adult Faith Formation Program with…
