Please mark your calendars for September 22nd – 27th, 2015 for the World Meeting of Families, a major event for the Catholic Church. This year, the Meeting will be held in Philadelphia, PA. Saint John is planning on attending this Meeting, and with a large contingent of our Parish Family. …
The Knights of Columbus, along with Father John and Father Len, provided a delicious, homemade pasta dinner for the Youth Altar Server Ministry on May 15th. Many of the Servers and their families enjoyed the camaraderie of spending time and a meal together. Paul Barrus announced the names of our…
Forms for 2014 Vacation Bible School June 9th – 13th Saint John the Evangelist is excited to have Wilderness Escape Vacation Bible School here, taking over our facilities and exciting the faith our youth with fun, interesting and exciting games, stories, and songs. Please sign up with the forms below:…
I just sent 25 priests from around the Diocese of Venice off on a day of fun and sun for Priest’s Day Out. These hard working “men of the cloth” had the option of offshore fishing, golf, cruising on a yacht to Marco Island and back or simply relaxing at…
We cannot understand the things of God only with our heads, we need to open our hearts to the Holy Spirit too. This was Pope Francis’ message at morning Mass Tuesday at Casa Santa Marta. The Pope also said that faith is a gift of God which we cannot receive…
Pope Francis again illustrates to all of us this week that the openness to change is a core tenant of our faith. He expressed this truth during a Mass dedicated to the early church’s acceptance of pagans into Christianity: “That was unthinkable. If – for example – tomorrow an expedition…
