Scott Phelps is the featured speaker at the Collier Community Abstinence Program’s event. Scott is the Executive Director of the Abstinence and Marriage Education Partnership in Chicago and publishes abstinence education texts “Quest”, “Game Plan”, and “Navigator”. He is an enthusiastic speaker who has reached over 1 million teens. This…
I received an email this past week from a long time parishioner inquiring about the Catholic Faith Appeal. He was curious as to what the CFA supports and more importantly how our assessment is derived. Many years ago I used to speak from the pulpit in great detail about the…
With the ramp up to the World Meeting of Families next September, we are being treated with enduring images of how our faith and our Church engages in the love and joyousness of families. This past weekend, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia announced the patron saints of the Meeting,…
During the First Communion Mass, Father John wished to convey the meaning of our faith and, in particular, the Mission of Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church.
Almost exactly one year from the date of our catastrophic lightning strike which caused extensive damage to the Claussen Center and Parish Life Center in 2013, we were pounded again this past weekend. Most of the activity took place during a wedding Mass on Saturday afternoon where Fr. John was…
