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St. John is incredibly blessed with such a vast spectrum of individuals and families that we call our Parish Family. Some have been parishioners for 25+ years, having helped established this church when it was meeting next door at Naples Park Elementary. Others just joined last week. Some have watched…
Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity. – Saint Vincent de Paul Over the past few weeks, we have been describing the significant needs we have still here at St. John. The lists of urgent and needed renovations for the church, the PLC,…
And the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture goes to: Spotlight In case you missed my discussion about the importance of the movie Spotlight when it was released last November (https://legacysite.sjecc.org/ministries/continuing-to-create-our-safe-environment-for-the-entire-parish-family), I underscored the fact that the Catholic Church is currently under the microscope for our behavior and lack of…
Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own home. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor. – Blessed Mother Theresa You may have heard from Father John last weekend about the amazing progress we have made so far with…
Including from the horrible events last weekend in Paris, which I discussed on the Capital Campaign page, we have clearly illustrated the importance of fostering a completely safe environment within the St. John community. There are some additional recent illustrations on why our program is so essential to fostering the…
