During the recovery from any disaster, man-made or natural, there is a tendency to start off strong, with lots of enthusiasm and vigor to immediately repair what needs to be done and get back to “normal”. We have seen it here at St. John within our Parish Family. I have…
Every day is a blank page upon which each Christian begins writing with good works. – Pope Francis It has been an interesting month for all of us here at St. John, both in our personal lives and in our church environment. From celebrating Mass in our Seminar Room without…
As our last test of various color schemes and layouts for our bulletin renewal, we thought we would try something a bit radical. As you can see, we have reworked every section of the bulletin, paring down the content and structure, and focusing on only the critical communication functions, like…
I am not normally an emotional person. Since my days of the post-Katrina FEMA offices to assist with disaster communications to standing up the Louisiana National Guard Headquarters in an Army Base in Baton Rouge, I have dealt with more than my fair share of crisis situations. Even in evacuating…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… – Charles Dickens “A Tale of Two Cities” When we came up with our theme for the Capital Campaign over three years ago, to Build Our Future, Serve Our Past, never did we believe that we would need…
God Promises to Make Something Good Out of the Storms that Bring Devastation to Your Life. – Romans 8:28 I hope you have been able to follow our efforts over the past two weeks, starting with preparing for Hurricane Irma, through the impact of the storm, and now into our…
