I have been describing these next years here at St. John as the time of flexibility and patience. We are building a brand new Life Center. We are renovating existing buildings. We are starting new programs and enhancing current ones. We will be taking a hard look at some efforts…
The Naples Daily News just released a wonderful article on the life and influence of Father Dan Smith. Please take a few minutes to read it: http://www.naplesnews.com/news/local/the-rev-daniel-p-smith-former-parochial-vicar-in-north-naples-dies-at-52-366ebeaa-62c4-2045-e053-010-384925631.html
Isn’t it interesting how we discussed the new parish-wide events just last week and Our Holy Father decided to give us all a pep talk on how the future of the Catholic Church rests on the shoulders of all of us, including the majority of people in the Catholic Church,…
We need lay people who take risks, who get their hands dirty, who are not afraid of making mistakes, who go forward. We need lay people with a vision of the future, not confined to the little things of life. – Pope Francis How is it that we are so…
Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are…
