Palm Sunday at St. John is a perfect time to reflect on the love, joy, forgiveness, and mercy at the heart of the Catholic Church. Not only because we all need to have mercy as we navigate the parking lot (which we are looking forward to improving with our Capital…
God’s mercy transforms human hearts; it enables us, through the experience of a faithful love, to become merciful in turn. – Pope Francis If you have been away from the Catholic Church, whether it has been just a few days or decades, welcome! St. John is such an active and…
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…
