I have been throwing the word “Mission” around quite a bit. Mission is a very special word here at Saint John, not just because Father John leads the Diocese Pontifical Mission work, but because it encapsulates our focus and direction. Mission means to spread the joy and love of our…
Pope Francis has asked the Catholic Church to devote the 2015 Liturgical Year as the Year of Consecrated Life. What does that mean, you ask? Canon Law states: The life consecrated through the profession of the evangelical counsels is a stable form of living by which the faithful, following Christ…
The Guadalupe Center’s Thanksgiving in the Park is a wonderful service program that has been running for decades. Thanksgiving in the Park is an opportunity to provide food to those in need within Immokalee by bringing hundreds of Thanksgiving dinners to feed those that do not have the resources to…
Do you know that several years ago, Catholic Charities, the national and local organization in devotion and adherence to the teachings of Jesus and the Catholic Church, has taken over the Guadalupe Social Services, serving the people of Immokalee for over 35 years. Social Services provides a soup kitchen (Casa…
UPDATE: Pope Francis has officially confirmed his attendance of the World Meeting of Families: http://www.worldmeeting2015.org/papal-visit/ We are now less than one year away from the World Meeting of Families, September 22nd – 27th, 2015. This meeting was conceived by Saint Pope John Paul II in 1992 to look at strengthening…
