We neither walk alone nor comfortably, but we walk with “a heart that does not rest, that does not close in on itself but beats to the rhythm of a journey undertaken together with all the people faithful to God.” We walk becoming all things to all people, with the…
I remember it was the smell that hit me first. We had just been pushed out of a van with tinted windows into the middle of a block in Southeast Washington, DC. My friends of only 3 days and I had signed up for the Freshmen Orientation to Community Involvement…
The Church of Italy lets herself be carried by his powerful — and thus, at times, restless — breath. She always takes on the spirit of her great explorers, who on ships were passionate about navigating the open sea and not frightened by frontiers and storms. – Pope Francis A…
In a Welcome to our Parish Family event, over 100 new parishioners had the opportunity to meet the clergy and other ministry leaders last Sunday, October 23. Fr. John, Jean-Paul Boucher, General Manager, and other ministry leaders provided the new parishioners with an overview of St. John’s Mission, the new …
We are so blessed here at Saint John the Evangelist to have the opportunity to lead a long-running service program in Naples, Thanksgiving in the Park. Started over 32 years ago, Thanksgiving in the Park provides an ecumenical and community-wide food program to feed thousands of people in Immokalee on…
As we continue the path of vocations for our Parish Family, it is important that we all recognize the call God has for each of us. The call can be soft and we may not even hear it, sometimes for years. But, that call is there nonetheless. If anyone loves…
