of the Instrumentum Dei Studio Joseph Macklin of the Instrumentum Dei Studio is a local Jackson artist, alumnus of Lumen Christi and Columbus College of Art & Design, and member of St. Mary’s Parish. He and wife Carly have two daughters who attend St. John School. In working on our apse mural, Joseph says this: … Continued
I would like to wish everyone a very merry and blessed Christmas and a happy and blessed New Year. This has certainly been a very trying and unstable year; it has been a reminder to us that we cannot handle this troubled time on our own. We need to grow our faith through prayer and … Continued
Somebody once said to me, “If I could read your mind, it would be a short story.” So, when I was asked to write my faith story, I realized that at least my life is a long, long story. Following our German family tradition, I was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. However, our … Continued
My faith story started back in the early 1960’s when I was born in the city of Escanaba in Michigan’s beautiful Upper Peninsula. I was so very fortunate to be born to Catholic parents and to grow up in a large Catholic family. The Escanaba area was a community strong in the Catholic faith, so … Continued
Dear St. John families, I have always loved stories, from when I was three years old and made my mother read Cinderella to me for the millionth time, to when I went to college to study journalism. They’ve always fascinated me and excited me as I learned the details of one’s life and interests, joys … Continued