UPDATE: WINK News Story Available Online: http://www.winknews.com/2015/09/21/dozens-of-southwest-floridas-faithful-head-to-philadelphia-for-papal-visit/ The Naples Daily News will run a special feature this weekend on the World Meeting of Family and the Papal Visit to the United States. In particular, they will focus on our Parish Family trip. Saint John is the only Parish in Southwest…
There is a desperate need in the community of Naples to provide an active and involved venue that includes events, programs, nourishment, and social engagement, especially for Catholic individuals. Youth and young adults are leaving the Catholic Church because they are not finding connection to their lives. Too often, families…
There is a close bond, then, between the family and the Church. Families and parishes are the two places where we encounter, in every age, that communion of love which has its ultimate source in God. – Pope Francis As you can see from the exciting progress being made each…
This past week has been a tremendous one for St. John, given the new and exciting programs we have been rolling out, along with seeing friends returning to the area already from up North. Some of the biggest news comes from our Catholic Church around the world. From churches responding…
“Cura Personalis” – Latin: Care for the Entire Person When we were developing the programmatic focus of the St. John Life Center, the functions that would breath life and activity not only into a building, but throughout our Church and our community, a special term came to mind. Cura Personalis. …
