How often we hear the sad news of young people risking their lives, attempting suicide, getting duped to the drug abusers, or alcohol abusers’ groups. Home schooled as well as church schooled or public schooled, all are easily drawn away from the morally upright behaviors. The symptoms are very identical in everyone’s case. Both teenage … Continued

Dear Parish Family, As you may know, July to June is the fiscal year for the Diocese of Lansing and also the time when any new priest assignments take effect.  Those are often made known in the month of April.  I am very pleased to announce that Deacon Brian Lenz, who will be ordained to … Continued

Dear Parish Family, HAPPY EASTER to you and yours!  This Divine Mercy Sunday is the last day of the “Easter Octave,” which is eight straight days of solemnities to celebrate the kickoff of the Easter season.  We had a beautiful Easter Triduum that saw 25 people receive at least one of the sacraments of initiation … Continued

Dear Parishioners & Guests, The great celebration of Holy Week and the Easter Triduum often brings visitors to our parish.  If you are one of them, I extend to you a warm welcome on behalf of all the parishioners of St. John, “the Mother Church of Jackson.”  For over 150 years, the steeples of this church … Continued

Dear Parish Family, Today, “Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord,” begins the holiest week of the year!  Do you observe it as such, or is it about the same as every other week?  If it is, it’s not too late to make this year’s different.  Carve out the time necessary to enter into … Continued