There are also several organizations in the area that assist homeless individuals and families, including Saint Vincent DePaul and Saint Matthews House. Unfortunately, there are hundreds of people living homeless that are not able to use these programs, due to substance abuse or other factors. “Amen, I say to you,…
Father John’s Homily focused on a specific issue of housing and living conditions in Immokalee. There are many Ministries, like the Ladies of Charity, and individual parishioners that already focus their efforts on Immokalee, through Habitat for Humanity and the Catholic Charities, especially from Our Lady of Guadalupe. We are…
I received the most beautiful note via U.S. mail last week. The note was from a parishioner who had recently returned to her Northern residence in New York. “Thank you for sharing the love of Jesus in such a beautiful way. The liturgy and messages are gifts to a faith…
Did you get a chance to hear one of Father John’s Homilies last weekend? He described our trip to Immokalee in detail, including the horrific living conditions that the men, women, and children undergo every single day. You can find the pictures from this trip at: https://legacysite.sjecc.org/featured/immokalee-needs-our-support-and-our-action Pope Francis has…
June 1st, 2014 is the 48th Annual World Communications Day, the only worldwide celebration called for by the Second Vatican Council. This essential component of our faith, the ability to communicate the Good News of Jesus in a loving, merciful, joyous, and inclusive way, is at the heart of our…
While on his historic trip to the Holy Land, our Holy Father celebrated Mass in Bethlehem. In Manger Square, he focused on how the Child Jesus was a sign of God’s tenderness, and how children in today’s world are a sign for all of us about the health of our…
