Explore the latest bulletin articles from St. John the Evangelist Catholic Parish in Jackson, MI—featuring weekly reflections, pastoral insights, faith formation, community updates, and spiritual inspiration for parishioners
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Happy Mother’s Day – May 08, 2026
Happy Mother’s Day! This weekend as we honor our Moms, I want to direct our attention to one of the greatest gifts that Jesus has given us: Mary. Just as through baptism in Jesus we have received a heavenly Father, so he also gives us Mary to be our heavenly mother. She plays the same
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A Journey Home to the Catholic Church, Jacob Faist Story – April, 30, 2026
Jacob Faist’s Story I came into this with a strong faith in Jesus as our savior but looking back at it now was lacking direction in it and I believe that I have found that direction in the Catholic Church. I believe with all my heart the teachings of the Catholic church are not simply
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Called Home: My Journey to the Catholic Church, My Story Annie Hancock – April 23, 2026
My Story , Annie Hancock I knew who Jesus was from a young age. I didn’t grow up going to church regularly, however my parents did their best to introduce my siblings and me. I was home schooled until age 12 and I have few memories of my life prior to then. I didn’t have
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Born Again | Walk Thru the Mass – April 16, 2026
Every year for the last dozen, Angel Koerkel and I have had the great honor of helping people through the Christian initiation process, OCIA (the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults). Our newest staff member, Evan Connors has joined us for this Easter. We have an amazing team of people who assist in so many
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Ecce Homo! – Behold the Man! – Good Friday April 3, 2026
Dear People of God, We associate those words, Ecce Homo, as the words spoken by Pontius Pilate on Good Friday, when he presented the scourged and bloodied Savior crowned with thorns. The Latin words literally mean “Behold the Man!” Jesus was difficult to look at, “so marred was his look beyond human semblance” (Is 52:14).
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Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord – March 26, 2026
When our daughter Allie was in her senior year at Lumen Christi, she had a part in the musical Godspell. Watching the performance night after night, the opening song still rings almost hauntingly (but jubilantly) in my mind:“Prepare ye the way of the Lord!” It is sung by the character of John the Baptist as
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Living “Christ-Like” This Lent at St. John School – March 19, 2026
Student Mission: Today, may God give me the eyes to see His Truth, Beauty, and Goodness; the heart to love Him, and the will to become a saint. “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved Children.” Ephesians 5:1. This is the Scripture verse thatour school chose to be our focus for this year. It inspired
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We Say Welcome! | Bulletin Article March 12, 2026
If you’ve been at 10am Mass during Lent, you’ve been a part of the rites and blessings that those going through OCIA (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults) are experiencing. Maybe you’ve wondered what this OCIA thing is all about. If you haven’t been at 10am Mass, you’ve probably seen pictures in our bulletins/media announcing
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These Pretzels Are Making Me Thirsty, Bulletin Article March 5, 2026
In an episode of the 90s sitcom Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer, Jerry’s neurotic neighbor, boasts that he has just landed a part in an upcoming Woody Allen film. It turns out that the extent of his one line “part” in the film is comically minuscule: sitting at a bar with Woody and spouting, “These pretzels are
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This Week’s Bulletin Article | Diocesan Services Appeal 2026
Diocesan Services Appeal “What we give is what we have from the Lord.” (1 Chronicles 29:14) Bishol Earl has chosen this verse from the Old Testament as the theme of this year’s Diocesan Services Appeal (DSA). It is a simple phrase that helps us to understand generosity. God gives freely to us and when we
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Lent 2026: Don’t Just Pass It By, February 22, 2026
This year for Lent, rather than give up ice cream (that’s not REALLY a difficult fast anymore), or add a virtue like being kinder to people (NAH, that never goes well), or attempt Exodus 90 (THAT never goes well either), I’m going to try to be intentionally aware of my daily practice of Catholicism. What
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Disciple Maker Index Survey, 2026
“Be ready! Be prepared for Lent! Get your fasting ready, please!” I got this advice from my granddaughter Lucy, who will soon be six, as I asked her for some encouragement for my bulletin article which is partly about Lent.. While I write this, we are having a grand time visiting her, her two sisters,
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Salt & Light, February 6, 2026
In this week’s Gospel Jesus speaks on the nature of effective evangelization: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world…Just so, your
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Exploring the Kingdom of God, January 30, 2026
The Kingdom of God: The mystery of the Kingdom of God is one of the greatest mysteries of our faith. It was such an important part of what Jesus wanted to communicate during His time on earth. There are over forty parables about the Kingdom of God in the Gospels. When Pope St. John Paul
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from the Desk of Tara Brady, January, 23. 2026
Today, may God give me the eyes to see His Truth, Beauty, and Goodness; the heart to love Him; and the will to become a saint. This week we celebrate Catholic Schools Week and the joy that fills Saint John School! We celebrate our parish, whose prayers and financial support strengthen our mission; our students,
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Troubadour of a Nobler Romance , January 18, 2026
In early December, instead of “decking our halls with boughs of holly,” Marcia and I were in flight to Rome for a Jubilee Year pilgrimage to Assisi and Rome. We were led by Sister Faith Marie Woolsey, FSE, daughter of parishioners Mike and Ellen Woolsey, and fellow Franciscan Sisters from Assisi and Rome. And truly,
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The Baptism of the Lord, January 11, 2026
To baptize means to dunk, drown, submerse, wash. John’s baptism was something new; there were lots of Jewish washing rituals and rites, but his was so unique that St. John became known as “the Baptizer.” He took the practice of mikvah (mick-VEH; a Jewish bathing ritual) away from the temple and took it out to
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The Beauty That Satisfies, January 04, 2026
Beauty – I think that is ultimately what we all yearn for as human beings. It is great when we find it, but unfortunately the pleasure in obtaining it dissipates all too soon, and we are on to the next best thing. Coincidingly, beautiful things lose their splendor to the corrupting progression of time, even
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