From the desk of Deacon Mike McCormick… Amen, Amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life. These are the words from today’s Gospel as we celebrate … Continued

From our Parish FOCUS Missionary, Joseph Gruber… Dear Parishioners, Happy return to Ordinary Time! Right now, there are all sorts of discussions of what a “new normal” is going to look like— people are wondering if will we still hug friends, have parties, continue to wear masks to the grocery story, etc. The Church, though, … Continued

Dear Parish Family, How wonderful that at the time of this writing, plans and preparations are moving forward to join together as a parish family for Mass at St. John and St. Joseph Churches on this Pentecost weekend, May 30-31! Our WEEKEND MASS schedule will be that which you were accustomed to prior to our … Continued

From the desk of Deacon Dave Etters… “Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.” (Acts 1:11) It is customary for the winning driver of the … Continued

My faith journey, as many others do I’m sure, feels like a novel, with a main plot interwoven with several subplots along the way. One of the subplots is actually quite recent and is the guiding work of the Holy Spirit and how I started working here at St. John Parish. But that’s another story! … Continued