Holy Week Celebrations!

Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper St. John Church – 7:00 PM Good Friday Celebration of the Lord’s Passion St. John Church – 12:30 PM Prayers around the Cross St. John Church – 7:00 PM Saturday – Easter Vigil St. John Church – 8:45 PM Sunday – Easter St. John Church – 8:00 AM … Continued

In loving memory of Deacon Joseph Kratofil

With great sadness, we announce the passing of Deacon Joseph Kratofil. Deacon Joe has long served as a deacon of St. John the Evangelist Parish, ordained on 12-5-1987. Visitation will be March 31, 2015 from 2 to 4:00 PM and from 6 to 8:00 PM at St. John Church. Due to the visitations, the Tuesday … Continued

The Holiest Week of the Year!

Dear Parish Family, With today’s Passion Sunday celebration, Holy Week is upon us! I pray that it may be a moving week for each of us, one that draws us closer to the Lord that intimately knows our suffering, but also raises us up from it through the power of his Resurrection. May you enter … Continued

Save us, we beseech you, O Lord

With the Palm Sunday liturgy we enter in to the Holy week.  The church invites us to enter into a journey to accompany Jesus in his last week, to reflect and renew our Christian lives in the light of Jesus’s life. The triumphal entry of Jesus in to Jerusalem comes first to our minds. Every one … Continued

Only Two Weeks Until Easter Joy!

Dear Parish Family, Already on the 5th Sunday of Lent, we only have two weeks to go before the Resurrection of Easter!  The topic this week for Faith Formation Friday is a very fitting one, given what we celebrate this upcoming Holy Week, “The Paschal Mystery: The Mystery of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection.”  It begins … Continued