The Diocese of Venice has provided all the parishes with a new software suite to securely access and manage parish information. The software comes from a company called ParishSOFT (http://www.parishsoft.com) and it will greatly increase our capabilities to serve all of you. From online forms for parish registration and other…
Father John took our Youth Acolytes (the Altar Servers and Lectors) up to Tampa this past weekend as thanks for all their dedication and hard work for our parish. Each week, the Youth Lectors spend several hours studying the readings and preparing to proclaim the Word for our parish. Our…
Saint John will hold a special Memorial Mass on Monday, September 1st, at 10 AM, for the loss of Bishop Nevins, who passed away August 26th, 2014. From the Diocese of Venice Press Release: With heartfelt sorrow the Diocese of Venice in Florida announces that the Most Reverend John J.…
Several months ago I wrote about the aging of our facilities and the need to address our buildings pro-actively in order to prevent large unexpected expenditures in the near and not so distant future. The “Honeymoon Period” ended quite some time ago for the church and is now ending for…
Our Holy Father has asked all of us to look into our own hearts and examine our faith as Jesus did when he called Simon “Peter”, or “Kepha”, which in Aramaic (the language of Jesus’ time and place) means “rock”. The strength of our hearts continues the work started by…
The Saint John Knight of Columbus are dedicated to serving our parish and our community in various ways, from events like the Fish Bakes to donations for important causes for our parish. The Knights will have a very special focus each month for the next year leading up to the…
